Big Brother 28: Taylor’s last-minute pitch leaves Devens weighing Drew’s exit

Big Brother 28 finalist Taylor Brown urged Rick Devens to take her to the final two during a private conversation in the house on September 30, arguing that he might need Drew Campbell’s jury vote. Reports published ahead of the October 1 finale show Devens reconsidering his choice, with the last eviction still unresolved.

Devens called Taylor’s idea a ‘no brainer’ at 10:45 p.m. Pacific, according to Big Brother Network’s overnight recap. But he also wanted to sleep on it. That qualification matters: his remarks showed him weighing Drew’s departure, without confirming who would leave.

What Taylor told Devens about Drew’s jury vote

Live-feed spoilers follow. OnlineBigBrother’s account places the opening discussion in the Have-Not room shortly after feeds returned around 7:20 p.m. Pacific. Big Brother Network logs Taylor’s pitch at 7:25 p.m. Both describe her approaching Devens about reaching the final two together.

Taylor’s case was about where Drew could help Devens most. Sitting beside him, Drew would be his opponent for the win. Sitting on the jury, Taylor argued, Drew could provide a vote Devens needed. That was her prediction about a possible vote; it was not a commitment from Drew.

The conversation paused when they heard Drew leaving the Diary Room. In a later exchange logged at 7:55 p.m., Taylor identified Drew, Dee, Angela and Barrett as potential votes for Devens. Devens pushed back on treating Barrett’s support as certain, underlining how much of the discussion rested on guesses about the jury.

Why Devens was still weighing his choice

By 10:30 p.m., Devens was still talking through the proposal. Big Brother Network reported him discussing his attachment to Drew and his fear of again ‘losing late’. Fifteen minutes later came the favorable response to Taylor—and his request for more time.

Hamsterwatch independently reported that Devens thought evicting Drew was a ‘no brainer’, but wanted to sleep on the decision and speak with Taylor again the next day. Its account therefore preserves the same important limit: he had not finished considering the choice.

Morty’s TV recorded another part of his calculation. Devens thought Taylor and LaLa could support Drew if Drew reached the final two. He reasoned that facing Taylor might improve his chances while retaining Drew’s vote. Those were Devens’s assumptions about other players, rather than established jury positions.

Who is in the final three, and who controls the next decision?

The remaining contestants were Rick Devens, Taylor Brown and Drew Campbell. Taylor had won Part 1 of the final Head of Household competition, and Devens had won Part 2. According to Morty’s TV, Taylor and Devens were due to face each other in Part 3 during the finale.

Drew had secured his place in the final three by winning the final-four veto and removing himself from nomination. Morty’s recap says Devens became the replacement nominee, and Drew evicted Dee. Drew’s next placement was still undecided in the pre-finale coverage.

The money attached to those placements makes the final-two discussion consequential. Hamsterwatch lists $750,000 for the winner, $75,000 for the runner-up and $10,000 for third place. Taylor’s proposal concerned both reaching the jury vote and who Devens believed he could beat there.

How the finalists prepared their jury speeches

Earlier on September 30, Devens and Drew were still helping each other prepare. OnlineBigBrother reported Devens asking whether to build much of his final speech around having spent three weeks as a Have-Not. Drew encouraged the idea.

Devens also rehearsed a case built around aggressive moves, competition wins and surviving nominations. Those were his proposed arguments to the jury. Drew acknowledged that his own speech was unfinished and tried out a humorous introduction, while neither man yet had a guaranteed final-two appearance.

Taylor continued preparing after midnight. Big Brother Network reported her studying season events, competition results and possible tiebreaker material before returning to her final-two speech. Her evening had included both making a case to Devens and preparing to make one to the jury.

What remained unknown before the Big Brother 28 finale

On October 1, Drew told feed viewers, ‘I don’t know if I’m going to win,’ according to Morty’s TV, which also recorded him acknowledging the possibility of third place. Those general finale remarks do not establish that he knew about Taylor’s private proposal.

Hamsterwatch reported individual goodbyes from the finalists before feeds ended a few minutes after 9 a.m. Pacific on October 1. Its status panel had not recorded the final Head of Household, final eviction, winner or runner-up; Morty’s also listed Part 3 and the final eviction as undetermined.

The finale was scheduled for October 1 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, with the final competition, jury vote, reunion and winner announcement listed by Morty’s TV. The remaining questions were concrete: who would win Part 3, who would reach the final two, and whether the contestants’ jury calculations would match the votes.