BB28

Day 1 · July 7 · Ep 1

• MomentHouseguests move in — The BB28 'Time Trip' cast moved into a house themed around different eras. It all aired two days later on the 90-minute premiere.
• CompetitionJungle-river safety competition — Chuk Anyanwu won the Survivor-style jungle-river safety comp, the one that recruited Survivor's Rick Devens into the house.
• CompetitionLong Beach 1988 safety competition — Rome Seymour won the mall-themed Long Beach '88 safety comp, which recruited BB26 alum Angela Murray.
• CompetitionLas Vegas 2010 safety competition — Jason De Puy (drag persona Salina EsTitties) won the Vegas-club safety comp, a round of cocktail-name questions, which recruited BB13 winner Rachel Reilly.
• EntranceAngela Murray enters — BB26 alum Angela Murray, 52, joined as a surprise houseguest via the Long Beach comp.
• EntranceRick Devens enters — Survivor's Rick Devens, 42, entered as a surprise crossover recruit via the jungle-river comp.
• MomentRachel Reilly's velociraptor volcano exit — Before she could play a single comp, Rachel Reilly was chased into a volcano by a velociraptor, and Julie confirmed her 'untimely demise.' The premiere ended on it.
• CompetitionFirst HOH decided: Dee wins — Groups of four stood on a boulder holding up a platform with ropes while their icon built a fire-themed puzzle, and Dee Valladares' team finished first. The Jul 10 'Unlocked' aired the start of the comp; Dee's win aired on Episode 3.
• TwistLosing HOH team becomes the first Have-Nots — Rick Devens' group finished with the fewest pieces on their platform and became the season's first Have-Nots: Devens, Drew Campbell, Chuk Anyanwu, Haley Thogmartin and Taylor Brown.

Day 2 · July 8 · Ep 3

• MomentRome & Lyric showmance sparks — Rome Seymour and Lyric Medeiros were 'kissing on the freakin' 2nd day': the season's first showmance, before the live feeds existed. CBS titled its own clip 'Day 2 Showmance? Lyric & Rome Get Cozy'.

Day 4 · July 10 · Ep 2

• TwistDee Valladares revealed on 'Unlocked' — To replace Rachel, Julie Chen Moonves sent herself through the Dining Table Time Machine to December 20, 2023, the night Dee Valladares won Survivor 45. The debut of 'Big Brother: Unlocked' unveiled Dee as the season's third returning alum.
• MomentThe Red Corner and The Crossovers form — Before Dee's first nominations, two alliances took shape around the HOH. The Red Corner: Dee Valladares, Rick Devens, Kamuela Kirk, Haley Thogmartin and Chuk Anyanwu. The Crossovers, where Dee said her loyalty lay: Dee, Devens, Angela Murray, Drew Campbell and Barrett Pfeiffer.
• CeremonyFirst nominations — HOH Dee Valladares nominated Mallory Aurichio, Taylor Brown and Yash Patel, one from each team. Her main target was Yash.
• MomentLive feeds begin — The BB28 live feeds went live at 9pm ET on Friday, hours after the noms. Everything before this point is known only from the broadcast.

Day 5 · July 11 · Ep 4

• CompetitionFirst Power of Veto: "Back From The Future" — Barrett Pfeiffer and Melody Morris were drawn to play. Dr. Will Kirby appeared by video and BB6's Howie Gordon turned up in person; players fitted time tubes together to flip a switch, and rocket scientist Mallory Aurichio won it.

Day 6 · July 12 · Ep 4

• MomentAngela and Dee compare notes — Returnees Angela Murray and Dee Valladares agreed on the feeds that they were already 'so tired' of Chuk and Haley, whom Dee figured were 'toast.'
• MomentMelody backs away from Mallory — Melody Morris and Lyric Medeiros, two of Mallory Aurichio's closest players, started putting distance between them once Mallory hit the block.

Day 7 · July 13 · Ep 4

• CeremonyFirst veto ceremony — Mallory Aurichio vetoed herself, and HOH Dee Valladares named Ashley Trail as the replacement. Final block: Yash Patel, Taylor Brown and Ashley.
• MomentDrew takes the Court Jesters' plan to the vets — Jason De Puy had pulled Drew Campbell and Melody Morris into The Court Jesters to pick off the returning vets. Drew, a Crossover all along, carried Jason's talk straight to Dee, Devens and Angela.

Day 8 · July 14

• MomentLaTrice's birthday — The house celebrated LaTrice 'LaLa' Verrett's birthday.

Day 9 · July 15

• MomentDee and Barrett turn into a showmance — The season's unlikeliest pair went public on the feeds, with Dee Valladares on camera: "he's a nerd, but he's my nerd."

Day 10 · July 16 · Ep 5

• CompetitionYash wins the first BB Block Buster, "Do Over" — The three nominees had to name which houseguest appeared most often in a reel of hairstyle-themed images. Yash Patel got it right and took himself off the block, his first comp win.
• EvictionAshley Trail evicted 14–0 — Ashley told Melody Morris that "a whole group" was saving her, and the pitch travelled to Barrett, Drew and Dee. Not one vote went against Taylor Brown.
• TwistThe BB Time Capsule is revealed — Each week for six weeks, America votes one houseguest into the BB Time Capsule to play for a power from a past season, or take a punishment if they lose. Nobody can go in twice, and Julie confirmed Ashley has no way back.
• CompetitionDevens wins the Week 2 HOH — After the live show, a 1992 Nashville comp ran three rounds of disc-sliding, and Rick Devens edged Haley Thogmartin 35–27 for his first Head of Household.

Day 11 · July 17 · Ep 6

• TwistThe Toolshed mega-alliance forms — Devens merged the Crossovers and the Red Corner into one eight-person bloc: Barrett, Chuk, Drew, Haley, Kamu, Devens, Dee and Angela. Drew Campbell named it "The Toolshed."
• TwistAngela is the first houseguest sent to the BB Time Capsule — America sent Angela Murray in first. She lost the challenge and took the punishment: Vince's BB27 "hard-boiled detective" egg suit for a week.
• CeremonyDevens nominates Melody, Lyric and Jason — The block was cover for the Toolshed's real plan: backdoor Rome Seymour if the veto was used. Jason, shut out of the new alliance, fought with Angela and insisted the HOH was really hers.
• MomentRome melts down at Haley — At the nomination ceremony a spiraling Rome Seymour told Haley Thogmartin she was snarky and "unbearable," and a couple of the men stood up to defend her. Rome later broke down crying with LaTrice Verrett.

Day 12 · July 18 · Ep 7

• CompetitionDevens wins the Week 2 Power of Veto — In a 1967 "Flower Power" comp, players raced to build a 12-piece festival poster. Rick Devens won, with Angela Murray and Barrett Pfeiffer drawn to play.

Day 13 · July 19

• MomentRome and Lyric stage a fake breakup — Rome Seymour and Lyric Medeiros staged a public "breakup" to lower Lyric's threat level so she could work votes freely.

Day 14 · July 20 · Ep 7

• CeremonyDevens saves Lyric and backdoors Rome — Devens pulled Lyric Medeiros off the block after she promised never to nominate him, and named Rome Seymour as the replacement. Final nominees: Rome, Jason and Melody.

Day 17 · July 23 · Ep 8

• CompetitionJason wins the Week 2 BB Block Buster, "Pirate's Booty" — The nominees sorted twelve treasure pieces (emeralds, pearls, rubies and doubloons) onto four poles in matching stacks. Jason De Puy finished first, beating Rome Seymour and Melody Morris.
• EvictionRome Seymour evicted 12–1 — Rome became the first casualty of Devens' Toolshed. Taylor Brown cast the only vote to keep him.
• MomentRome declares his love for Lyric, who voted him out — Before the results Rome said "Lyric Medeiros, I am in love with you" and dipped her for a kiss. On the couch Julie revealed his lone vote came from Taylor, not Lyric.
• CompetitionKamu wins the Week 3 HOH, "Wrestlegasm '85" — Players watched a 1985 wrestling match and answered true/false questions, one wrong answer and you were "down for the count," with BB alum Jessie Godderz cameoing. Kamuela Kirk outlasted the field, the third straight Toolshed HOH.

Day 18 · July 24 · Ep 10

• TwistDevens wins the Diamond Power of Veto from the Time Capsule — America voted Rick Devens in, and he came out with the Diamond Power of Veto: good at any of the next six veto meetings, it saves any nominee and lets the holder name the replacement himself. He told only Dee.
• CeremonyKamu nominates LaTrice, Mallory and Lyric — BB28's first all-women block. Lyric Medeiros was the pawn; the real plan, pitched by Drew Campbell, was to backdoor Jason De Puy.
• MomentThe Honor Society and the Handymen form — Dee Valladares, Angela Murray, LaTrice Verrett and Taylor Brown formed the four-woman "Honor Society," while Kamu and Drew Campbell became a two-man deal called "The Handymen."

Day 19 · July 25 · Ep 11

• CompetitionLyric Medeiros wins the Week 3 Power of Veto, "Pickleball" — In a comp set in July 2051, players danced with a giant pickle partner and then paddled balls into a scoring zone. Lyric beat Mallory Aurichio in the final round; LaTrice, Kamu, Jason and Haley also played.

Day 20 · July 26 · Ep 11

• MomentKamu hijacks Mallory's tea party to expose Jason — HOH Kamu turned Mallory Aurichio's dress-up tea party into a grilling of Jason De Puy over rumors he was gunning for the "Icons" (Dee, Devens and Angela). Kamu wouldn't name his sources, and it fizzled into silence.
• MomentJason's kettle march — That night Jason grabbed a kettle and marched the hallway banging it, hailing "Queen Kamu, queen of the tea party."

Day 21 · July 27 · Ep 11

• CeremonyLyric uses the veto on herself; Kamu names Jason — Lyric Medeiros came off the block via the veto for the second straight week, this time her own. Final nominees: Mallory Aurichio, LaTrice Verrett and Jason De Puy.

Day 24 · July 30 · Ep 12

• CompetitionMallory wins the Week 3 BB Block Buster, "Video Tape Tumble" — The nominees pulled VHS tapes from a teetering video-store tower. LaTrice Verrett's fell at two; Mallory Aurichio beat Jason De Puy eight tapes to seven.
• EvictionJason De Puy evicted 12–0 — Kamu's backdoor landed with no votes against LaTrice. Jason waved off Kamu's goodbye hug ("don't touch me") and handed out tea bags at the door. Julie told him he'd placed top three in every Time Capsule vote.
• CompetitionHaley Thogmartin wins the Week 4 HOH — After the live show Haley won the Week 4 Head of Household: the Red Corner's fourth straight HOH (Dee, Devens, Kamu, Haley).

Day 25 · July 31 · Ep 13

• TwistDee wins the BB Bribe out of the BB Time Capsule — America voted Dee Valladares in, and she won the BB Bribe: $5,000 she can offer any houseguest, once, in exchange for a move that helps her game.
• CeremonyHaley nominates Drew, Melody and Taylor — Melody Morris and Taylor Brown were the expected chairs. Drew Campbell was the shock: sold a pawn pitch, he was really the Toolshed's target, with Angela Murray pushing hardest.

Day 26 · August 1 · Ep 14

• CompetitionTaylor Brown wins the Week 4 Power of Veto, "Murder at the Masquerade" — At a masquerade hosted by BB27's Morgan Pope, players drank from goblets where one pour was "poisoned"; drink poison twice and you were out. Chuk Anyanwu and Mallory Aurichio were drawn to play, and Taylor won.

Day 28 · August 3 · Ep 14

• CeremonyTaylor vetoes herself; Haley renominates Lyric — The season's fourth straight veto save. Final nominees: Drew Campbell, Melody Morris and Lyric Medeiros.
• MomentThe Toolshed lines up against Drew — Lyric was the cover: the Toolshed lined up the votes to cut Drew Campbell while keeping him in the dark. Lyric spent the night crying with Chuk.

Day 31 · August 6 · Ep 15

• CompetitionDrew Campbell wins the Week 4 BB Block Buster, "Paw Patrol Dino" — Drew, the majority's real target, solved a two-layer dinosaur puzzle first and pulled himself off the block.
• EvictionLyric Medeiros evicted 8–3 (blindside) — With Drew safe the votes pointed at Melody, until Dee, Devens and Angela flipped the house onto Lyric hours before the show. Only Kamu, Yash and Chuk voted to keep her.
• MomentLyric's exit: reads the room, names Rome — Lyric told Julie she was "not surprised" and "grateful," correctly named Kamu, Yash and Chuk as her votes, and said she wants to pursue things with Rome outside the house.
• CompetitionLaTrice Verrett wins the Week 5 HOH on the Wall — Clinging to a tilting wall while doused in water and slime, LaTrice outlasted Kamu after about 90 minutes. The oldest houseguest in the cast, she became the oldest ever to win the Wall on a regular season, and the first HOH from outside the Red Corner.

Day 32 · August 7 · Ep 17

• TwistMallory takes the "Adam & Eve" punishment — Mallory Aurichio lost her BB Time Capsule challenge and drew BB16's "Adam & Eve" punishment: chained for 48 hours to a houseguest of her choice, Melody Morris.
• CeremonyLaTrice nominates Haley, Chuk and Barrett — LaTrice planned to backdoor Haley, but Yash talked up Chuk as the bigger threat and Kamu turned on his Red Corner allies. Haley and Chuk were the first Red Corner members nominated all season, with Barrett the pawn.

Day 33 · August 8 · Ep 18

• CompetitionKamuela Kirk wins the Week 5 Power of Veto — In "Saturday Night Veto," players crossed a light-up dance floor on remembered green tiles; a red tile sent you back to the start. Kamu beat Barrett Pfeiffer in the final round.

Day 35 · August 10 · Ep 18

• CeremonyThe first unused veto of the season — Kamu left Haley, Chuk and Barrett on the block, telling the Diary Room he needed to distance himself from the Red Corner and "move differently."
• MomentDee shows Kamu the Bribe; Angela's lie unravels — Dee Valladares revealed her secret BB Bribe to Kamu, after already telling Devens. Angela Murray admitted to the Red Corner she had lied about her Lyric vote, then broke down in tears.

Day 38 · August 13 · Ep 19

• CompetitionHaley Thogmartin wins the Week 5 BB Block Buster — LaTrice's target all week, Haley won "Newton's Apples" and pulled herself off the block.
• EvictionChuk Anyanwu evicted 9–1 — Haley cast the only vote to keep him. Chuk refused to hug LaTrice on his way out, payback for her declining his handshake before the comp, and told Julie "LaLa is legitimately confused about this game."
• CompetitionYash Patel wins the Week 6 HOH, "Bugs in the System" — Yash beat Barrett Pfeiffer in the final round for his first Head of Household. His only earlier win was the Week 1 Block Buster.

Day 39 · August 14 · Ep 20

• TwistDee offers Yash the BB Bribe, and he turns it down — Dee Valladares offered Yash her $5,000 to leave her off the block. He refused.
• CeremonyYash nominates Angela, Dee and Haley — The season's second all-women block, and a Week 1 debt settled: Dee put Yash up during her HOH, so Yash put Dee up during his.
• TwistMelody becomes "Lord of the Latrine" — Melody Morris lost her Time Capsule challenge and drew BB23's latrine punishment: bathroom attendant, unlocking the door every time someone needed it.

Day 40 · August 15 · Ep 21

• CompetitionYash Patel wins the Week 6 Power of Veto on OTEV — OTEV returned as a 1950s B-movie Blob. Yash beat Barrett Pfeiffer in the fourth round for two comp wins in one week.

Day 42 · August 17 · Ep 21

• CeremonyDevens pulls Dee down with the Diamond Veto and names Kamu — Yash left his own veto unused. Then Rick Devens, after agonizing in the hammock ("you can't play these games scared"), used the Diamond Power of Veto on Dee Valladares and named Kamuela Kirk himself.

Day 45 · August 20 · Ep 22

• CompetitionAngela Murray wins the Week 6 BB Block Buster — Ten red and ten yellow balls whipped around a wind tunnel. While the others chased them through the air, Angela worked from the floor and buzzed in first.
• EvictionKamuela Kirk evicted 8–1 — The Mosh Pit, a seven-person alliance formed that week, voted as a bloc. LaTrice Verrett cast the only vote to keep him.
• CompetitionDee Valladares wins the Week 7 HOH — Paul Abrahamian hosted a timed obstacle course with seven buttons to hit. Drew Campbell set the time to beat until Dee ran it down, after Barrett Pfeiffer and Mallory Aurichio threw it. Her second HOH, the first houseguest with two.

Day 46 · August 21 · Ep 23

• TwistYash takes Dee's $5,000 this time — Dee re-offered the BB Bribe, with the block as the alternative. Yash took it, promising to leave the Icons off the block in his next HOH.
• MomentYash lies his way through the Mosh Pit meeting — At a Mosh Pit meeting Yash pinned the plotting on Drew Campbell and Barrett Pfeiffer, then admitted to the cameras he was lying.
• TwistDrew wins the "Never-Not Pass" — America voted Drew Campbell into the Time Capsule, and he won BB15's Never-Not Pass: permanent immunity from being a Have-Not, and nothing else.
• CeremonyDee nominates LaTrice, Drew and Taylor — Dee called all three "sus." Drew was the shock: a week into the Mosh Pit with her, he was up because his allies believed his information ran in every direction.
• MomentTaylor makes Drew back down — At the ceremony Taylor Brown and LaLa accused Drew of lying and demanded to know when Taylor had targeted the Icons. Drew, calling himself the biggest liar in the house, conceded she never actually named anyone.
• MomentLaLa breaks down; Yash calls Drew "spineless" — LaTrice 'LaLa' Verrett, frozen out of the vote talks, broke down more than once and said every group she joins gets dismantled. Yash Patel called Drew "spineless" for taking orders from "daddy" Devens.

Day 47 · August 22 · Ep 24

• CompetitionLaTrice Verrett wins the Week 7 Power of Veto, "Feel The Burn" — An eighties fitness comp scored on reps, lowest count out each round. Angela Murray and Barrett Pfeiffer were drawn; Angela and Drew went out first, then Dee, and LaLa was the last one moving.
• MomentLaLa smooths things over with Angela — Still stinging from the Kamu vote and the nomination-ceremony fight, LaLa went to Angela Murray and patched things up.

Day 49 · August 24 · Ep 24

• CeremonyDee names Mallory as the replacement — LaLa used the veto on herself, and Dee named Mallory Aurichio, as Devens had pushed. That put two Mosh Pit members, Drew Campbell and Mallory, on the block beside Taylor Brown.

Day 52 · August 27 · Ep 25

• TwistBig Brother's 1,000th episode — CBS marked it with a "BB Time Machine" retrospective, alumni in the audience and two Guinness World Records titles: most episodes of a primetime TV show and of a competitive reality show. Fan awards went to Dan Gheesling (Favorite Winner), Janelle Pierzina (Best to Never Win), "Floaters, grab a life vest!" (Favorite Iconic Quote) and The Cookout (Best Alliance).
• CompetitionDrew Campbell wins the Week 7 BB Block Buster, "BB Grand Cliptacular" — The nominees matched clues to clips from past seasons in boxes marked A, B and C. Drew won and left Mallory and Taylor to face the vote.
• MomentBarrett tells the Icons he won't vote Mallory out — When the target moved from Drew to Mallory, Barrett Pfeiffer told the Icons directly he would not be a vote against her.
• EvictionMallory Aurichio evicted 6–2 — Angela, Drew, Yash, Haley, Devens and LaLa voted her out; Melody and Barrett voted against Taylor. Mallory named her two votes correctly and admitted she'd thrown the Week 7 HOH: she "slowed down a little" because she got nervous.
• TwistJulie announces a week with no HOH, no veto and no Block Buster — "There will be no Head of Household, no veto competition, no Block Buster, but when all is said and done, someone's game will come to an end." The ten left were sent to the year 1000, with Keanu Soto, Britney Haynes, Tiffany Mitchell and Cody Calafiore in costume. The feeds went dark until Saturday.

Day 53 · August 28 · Ep 27

• TwistThe Year 1000 safety chain — Britney Haynes explained it: four contests, each winner safe and handing out Stones of Safety and Stones of Sacrifice, until the last contest decided who went home a pre-juror. Britney, Cody, Tiffany and Keanu each hosted one.
• CompetitionDee wins the candelabra build — Dee Valladares took her own safety, gave the spare Stone of Safety to Rick Devens, and sent Drew Campbell and Haley Thogmartin to fight next.
• CompetitionDrew beats Haley, saves Angela, sacrifices Barrett — Drew won Cody's cart-and-crops puzzle, said out loud he'd considered saving Melody Morris, gave his Stone of Safety to Angela Murray instead, and sent Barrett Pfeiffer in against Haley.
• CompetitionBarrett wins the wine press — Barrett beat Haley in Tiffany's grape run across a balance beam, earning two Stones of Safety and two of Sacrifice. He sacrificed Yash Patel and LaTrice Verrett.
• EvictionYash wins King Keanu's crown build and eliminates Haley — The final winner chose who went home, with no vote: Yash picked Haley Thogmartin over LaTrice. She is BB28's last pre-juror; the nine left reached the jury phase, where seven would make up the jury.
• MomentMelody tells Drew her heart was ripped out — Still angry about Mallory's eviction, Melody Morris told Drew Campbell it felt like her heart had been ripped out of her chest. Drew admitted being close to him may be terrible for her game.
• CompetitionDrew wins "2026: A Zing Odyssey" for his first HOH — Zingbot narrated a video and the house answered true/false questions on it. Drew beat Yash and Melody in a tiebreaker, a week after his own alliance nominated him. Yash said he wanted to throw it.
• CeremonyDrew nominates LaTrice, Taylor and Yash — Drew kept every Crossover and Melody off the block. Dee had wanted Melody nominated.

Day 54 · August 29 · Ep 27

• CompetitionYash wins "The Gold, the Bad and the Ugly" — Players carried 25 gold nuggets across a balance beam in 1849, and any fall reset the pile. Yash Patel went slowly and never fell.

Day 56 · August 31 · Ep 27

• CeremonyYash uses the veto on himself; Devens is the replacement — Devens had volunteered as a pawn hoping Drew would use the slot to backdoor Yash. Drew put him up and ran no backdoor, and Devens began second-guessing it. Final block: LaTrice Verrett, Taylor Brown and Devens.

Day 59 · September 3 · Ep 28

• CompetitionDevens wins the BB Block Buster, "Your Game in Ruins" — Devens won his way off the block he had volunteered for.
• EvictionLaTrice "LaLa" Verrett evicted 4–2, the first juror — Dee, Barrett, Yash and Devens voted to evict LaLa; Angela and Melody voted against Taylor. Eight houseguests left.
• CompetitionBarrett Pfeiffer wins HOH, "Rainbow Rollers" — Players rolled coloured balls down a rippled lane into matching rows, and Barrett was the first to land all seven, winning his first HOH.

Day 60 · September 4 · Ep 30

• CeremonyAll three Icons nominated together for the first time — Barrett put Dee Valladares, Rick Devens and Angela Murray on the block, calling them the three biggest threats with a built-in bond. Dee told him he was the one person she would not have turned on.
• MomentThe Icons expose the Bribe's terms — Devens told the house Dee's Bribe covered all three Icons in Yash Patel's next HOH, not just Dee. Yash denied it, then conceded.
• Moment'Unlocked' unpacks the first jury vote — That night's 'Big Brother: Unlocked' (episode 29) had Taylor Hale and Derrick Levasseur, joined by Jay Mohr and Zingbot, on Barrett's failed push to evict Devens and LaLa becoming the first juror.

Day 63 · September 7 · Ep 31

• CompetitionYash Patel wins "BB Comics" — Barrett picked Yash for the veto and Angela picked Taylor, passing over Drew, who had been promised a spot; he and Melody sat out. Players memorized the order of superhero comic covers and rebuilt it from a pile seeded with fakes, and Yash finished 26 seconds ahead of Devens for his third veto.
• CeremonyYash declines to use the veto — All three nominees pitched him and all three failed. Dee told Barrett he'd "go from 6'6 to 5'2." Yash kept the Icons on the block, believing Taylor would be the replacement.
• MomentThe newbies call a ceasefire — Barrett, Drew, Melody, Taylor and Yash agreed not to target one another until the Icons were gone. Devens asked Barrett what happened to the Crossovers and got four words: "Social came in, man."

Day 66 · September 10 · Ep 32

• CompetitionDevens wins the BB Block Buster again — The three Icons raced an eight-piece puzzle. Devens finished first and saved himself for the second week running.
• EvictionAngela Murray evicted 3–2, the second juror — Devens, Taylor and Yash voted out Angela; Drew and Melody voted against Dee. Angela was the first Icon out, leaving seven.
• MomentYash and Taylor blindside their own alliance — Yash Patel and Taylor Brown told Barrett, Drew and Melody that Dee was going, then flipped to keep her. That was the end of F.A.P.

Day 67 · September 11 · Ep 33

• CompetitionYash Patel wins HOH, "Wet 'n Wild West" — In Tombstone, 1881, players caught cactus spray in a cowboy hat to fill their horse's trough until an apple floated up. Yash posted the fastest time. Drew, never close, decided he at least "looks cool as hell."
• CeremonyYash nominates Drew, Melody and Barrett — With the Icons off-limits under the Bribe, every remaining F.A.P. member went up. Yash named Drew the target, "repaying the favor."
• MomentYash sells a handshake deal — Yash and Taylor told Barrett and Melody the Bribe covered only Dee, and Yash claimed a handshake deal with Devens to explain why Devens stayed off the block.

Day 68 · September 12 · Ep 34

• CompetitionDrew Campbell wins the "Pressure Cooker" veto in 13:06:21 — The comp ran overnight. Dee dropped first, then Melody, Devens and Barrett, leaving Yash against Drew, and Yash stepped off as part of a deal. At 13:06:21 it was the third-longest endurance comp in Big Brother history, about 47 minutes short of Jennifer Vasquez's 13:53 from BB6.
• MomentDrew swears on his sister's life — The deal: Drew would not nominate Yash next HOH and would vote to keep Taylor Brown. Yash only believed him once Drew swore on his sister Natalie's life.

Day 69 · September 13 · Ep 34

• CeremonyDrew vetoes himself; Taylor is the only possible replacement — With the Icons covered by the Bribe, Yash had nobody left to name but Taylor Brown. Melody Morris told Drew she'd be furious if she left before him.

Day 73 · September 17 · Ep 35

• CompetitionMelody Morris wins the BB Block Buster — Melody saved herself, leaving Barrett Pfeiffer and Taylor Brown to face the vote.
• EvictionBarrett Pfeiffer evicted 3–1, the third juror — Drew, Dee and Devens voted out Barrett; Melody voted against Taylor. He left two weeks after breaking up the Crossovers for a week of power.
• EvictionThe double eviction: Yash Patel evicted 2–1 — A full week played inside the hour: Melody won HOH and nominated Dee and Devens, Devens won the veto and saved himself, and Yash was the replacement. Drew and Devens voted Yash out; Taylor voted against Dee. Yash became the fourth juror.

Day 74 · September 18 · Ep 37

• TwistVince Panaro's Pharaoh's Curse — After the live show BB27 runner-up Vince Panaro arrived from Egypt in 1922 with a Pharaoh's treasure. Alone in separate rooms with one button each, the final five could all take $1,000 if nobody pressed, or the first to press took $10,000. Devens pressed, for his family. Only then did the curse land: an extra eviction within three days, with only the HOH and veto winner safe.
• CompetitionDevens wins the "Reverse the Curse" Tiny HOH — Using Pyramid Pinchers, the four eligible players rebuilt miniature sarcophagi to match the originals; outgoing HOH Melody sat out. It ran just over four hours before Devens won.
• CeremonyDevens nominates Drew and Melody side by side — Melody was the target, but beside anyone else Drew would win the veto and save her. Nominating both meant a Drew veto could rescue only one of them.
• MomentDrew asks how many times his allies get to nominate him — Devens on the week: "I don't want to put Drew in a situation where he has to choose between his flirtmance and his dad, because I think we all know what a young man is gonna choose."

Day 75 · September 19 · Ep 38

• CompetitionDrew wins "Block Like an Egyptian" with 15 strikes — All five played, dragging a Pharaoh's remains back to his sarcophagus through booby-trapped ropes; every trip wire was a strike. Drew finished on 15, the fewest.

Day 77 · September 21 · Ep 38

• CeremonyDrew vetoes himself again; Taylor goes up — Drew's second self-save in three weeks left Melody alone on the block, and Devens named Taylor Brown as the replacement.
• EvictionMelody Morris evicted 2–1 on the HOH's tiebreak — Drew voted against Taylor and Dee against Melody, so Devens broke the tie and sent Melody out as the fifth juror. This was the curse's extra eviction, unleashed when he took the $10,000.
• MomentDrew breaks down after Melody walks out — Melody hugged Drew and told him to win it all. He held it together through the vote, then cried once she was gone.
• CompetitionTaylor Brown wins the Final 4 HOH — The winner can't be nominated and is guaranteed a Final 3 seat. A week earlier Taylor had been calling herself the next boot.
• CeremonyTaylor nominates Drew and Dee — That left Devens off the block, safe unless the veto was used, in which case he was the only possible replacement.
• MomentMelody arrives at the jury house — Melody filled the jury in, and it became a fight over who'd played the better game, with Angela Murray screaming at her and LaTrice Verrett joining in. It aired in episode 40.

Day 78 · September 22 · Ep 39

• CompetitionDrew Campbell wins the final Power of Veto — Players matched images to dates against the clock; slowest each round took a strike, three strikes and out. Dee went first, then Devens, and Drew, never the slowest, beat Taylor in round nine.

Day 80 · September 24 · Ep 39

• CeremonyDrew saves himself a third time; Devens goes up — At the live ceremony Drew vetoed himself, and Taylor had to name Devens beside Dee.
• EvictionDee Valladares evicted 1–0 — At Final 4 the veto holder casts the only vote. Drew teared up and evicted Dee, in 4th, as the sixth juror. She laughed it off and called him a "little weasel."
• CompetitionFinal HOH Part 1: the kite on the spinning log — That night the final three held kites on a spinning log through fake rain and shocks. Drew fell first, Devens after nearly an hour, and Taylor won Part 1. Episode 40 aired the start; the result aired on the finale.

Day 81 · September 25 · Ep 41

• CompetitionFinal HOH Part 2: Shakespeare with a slingshot — Each round gave a Shakespeare-style playbill clue, and players slingshot the cutouts of evicted houseguests who didn't fit it. Drew won round one; Devens took the next three.

Day 86 · September 30 · Ep 41

• MomentTaylor talks Devens out of taking Drew to the end — Devens had promised Drew the Final 2. The night before the finale Taylor ran the math: next to Drew, Devens would face Melody, Barrett, LaTrice and Taylor herself, four votes. Cut Drew, and those votes had nowhere to go.

Day 87 · October 1 · Ep 41

• CompetitionDevens wins Part 3 and the final HOH — Live on the finale, Devens and Taylor spotted the lie in juror video statements. Devens went perfect and won 5–3, so the last question was never asked.
• EvictionDevens evicts Drew Campbell in 3rd place — Devens cut the ally who had saved him at Final 4: "This is a total betrayal, and I know that." Drew became the seventh juror.
• MomentThe jury roundtable, hosted by Chelsie Baham — The BB26 winner sat down with the jury after Dee filled them in on the final week. It stayed civil, a long way from the Angela vs. Melody fight.
• CeremonyRick Devens wins Big Brother 28, 6–1 — LaTrice cast the only vote for Taylor; Angela, Barrett, Yash, Melody, Dee and Drew voted Devens, the first Survivor contestant to win Big Brother.
• MomentDevens also wins America's Favorite Houseguest — Yash and Drew rounded out the top three. Devens is only the second houseguest to win the game and AFP in the same season, after Taylor Hale in BB24, and leaves with $810,000. Julie then announced Big Brother is renewed for Seasons 29 and 30.