So we're down to five. Which means fewer idiots, but a lot more time spent with each of them. Everything's a tradeoff.

During a flashback to Thursday's double-eviction episode, Hayden Diary Rooms about how this "grenade" spiked his stress level. Enzo talks about how "the Brains" went home, and Britney calls Matt a "shady character" and it was time for him to go. Keep it clean, Britney! Ragan says he's upset about Matt's exit, but not as much as he would have been a week ago, given how Matt campaigned against Ragan. Again, everything's a tradeoff.

Hayden and Lane talk about what this means for the Brigade, namely that they have to get Ragan out of the house before he blows their cover. Because just think of the havoc when Hayden won the HoH, and everyone was happy about it except Brendon. And probably Ragan, who told them during a Thursday commercial break that it was great getting to know them all. Lane tells him to stop it, but then the remainder of the Brigade agree with Brendon that Ragan's eviction is plan A, and Britney's plan B if Ragan wins the PoV. Hayden and Brendon have a whispered conference in which Hayden assures Brendon that Ragan's his target and Brendon basically says, "He'd better be." After Hayden nominated Brendon and Ragan, he met with Enzo and Britney to whisper about the backup plan, which for Hayden, consisted of, "One of you three is going up as a pawn." And then Ragan won PoV and was happy to have guaranteed himself another week in the house. Hayden confirmed with Britney that she was okay going up as the pawn. Which she did, of course, and Brendon was voted out 3-0. "Oh, my gosh, it took forever," Britney celebrates in the DR. "The Neandertal [sic] is out." Enzo invites Brendon to go to the jury house with Rachel and "Go make ugly babies."

Exit Brendon, leaving the final five behind, to give him his props in absentia. "He was a target from week one," Ragan DRs. Hayden DRs to Brendon, "Sucks to be you."

Afterward, Ragan and Britney agree that they have to win. But how can they both win? Ragan still knows there's an alliance between the men of the house. "sans the house gay." Indeed, Enzo, Lane, and Hayden congratulate themselves on this final-five victory, and Enzo offers to nominate Britney and Ragan so Lane doesn't have to. Not that Enzo's ever won anything but a screening of The Other Guys, and I'm not sure "won" is the correct verb in that case.