DEVENS: Interestingly enough, Patrick Devens goes by Rick Devens on LinkedIn but has come to be called Devens of CBS fame. Incidentally, he lists “Survivor 38 & 50” as his LinkedIn headline as opposed to “Director of Communications” which is definitely a choice but his choice alone. I wonder if he’ll add Big Brother 28 to that headline tho it remains to be seen if he’ll be able to add it as “Winner,” considering he came into the #BB28 house a two-time loser who’d won the hearts of many Americans. It’s not hard to see why he appealed to so many people tho. Seemingly a harmless, good-hearted, boy-next-door-who-grew-up-to-be-the-dad-next-door. Based on his time on Survivor alone, you probably wouldn’t mind having him as a neighbor, believing he’d lend you his hammer or hotdog when you needed one. He’s got two kids and two cats and two dogs like he’s re-creating his own Devens’ Ark. His wife is probs his biggest flex, in reality. Alas, because of live feeds, you get to see multiple dimensions of a person on BB and not just in 1D like on Survivor. You get to see people in 2D on BB. And some of us didn’t like everything we saw in Devens in 2D. Despite his expertise in public relations and communications, Devens chose to use questionable and offensive words in a broader pattern of microaggressive and targeted behavior against the Black women in the house. But considering he’s said in previous press interviews that his pet peeve is people “not taking ownership of actions,” and the fact that his wife is not an idiot (far from it), I do have hope that Devens will watch the footage of himself and eventually pick up his jaw off the floor and make things right. But behaviors aside, Devens the Aries, is pretty much an Aries through and through (I know this because my son Noah is an Aries). Bold and passionate, impatient and impulsive, and most of all quick-tempered (which we’ve also seen signs of throughout the season). But because of these traits, he’s actually a dynamic and interesting HG. And men his age rarely ever get to a final three in the BB house, so kudos to him for playing into Drew’s daddy issues but not being the annoying dad to the rest of the HGs (which is an easy role to fall into when you’re a dad). Devens years of experience in the public space allowed him to small talk like a master and remain pragmatic in his dealings inside his 14,099 alliances. It’s a shame that he was put in a power position by production the first week and then given the HOH the second week before being handed a power the third week and whatever other advantages he got, because I would have liked to see how he fared on his own. But there’s no way he would have made it to final three without all his advantages and I stand by that 101%. However, we can’t deny that he provided all the right sound bites and cam talks to bring us along the ride. CBS def got their money’s worth out of him and he snatched $10K to boot in exchange, perhaps, for ditching Drew given the chance and losing that jury vote OR being cut at the last possible moment in the game and leaving as a three-time loser? They said the third time’s a charm…