A few Big Brother 18 houseguests might (finally) be catching on to another houseguest's schemes.

Head of Household: Victor Arroyo

Nominees: Michelle Meyer and Zakiyah Everette

Other houseguests: Bridgette Dunning, Corey Brooks, James Huling, Natalie Negrotti, Nicole Franzel, Paul Abrahamian and Paulie Calafiore

Paulie has largely been in control of the Big Brother house for weeks now, and the other houseguests have pretty much fallen under his spell. It had gotten to the point where even if Paulie has won five (5!) competitions so far, he was still not considered a threat over people who had literally won nothing, like Natalie or Zakiyah.

However, things are gradually changing. Paulie has been suggesting that Michelle should go home this week instead of Zakiyah, even if those within his alliance, like Paul and Victor, want Zakiyah out. Corey had a rare moment of lucidity on Sunday, though, when he realized that Paulie was trying to convince the others to vote out Michelle, knowing that Michelle would blame them for her eviction, and not him (Paulie).

Corey spoke with both James and Nicole about this, and Nicole observed that Paulie seems to be running the house at this point. James also discussed this with Natalie, with the pair agreeing that Michelle would not nominate them. They formulated a possible plan for James to use his Care Package to eliminate Paulie and either Nicole or Corey's votes at the upcoming eviction. That way, James, Natalie and Paul could vote to evict Zakiyah and send her out of the house. That would leave Paulie without a close ally.

Of course, there are still several days to go before Thursday's eviction so anything could change, as they often do in the Big Brother house. But either way, this is certainly an interesting development that could send this season into a fun new direction assuming any of James, Natalie, Nicole or Corey decides to target Paulie soon.

Big Brother 18 returns Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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