Episode 10 · Power brief
Lyric wins the veto. Jason is still the plan.
Jason sees the backdoor, asks for a place in the veto, and gets drawn through LaTrice’s Houseguest Choice. Lyric wins. She now controls the veto decision while Kamu keeps the right to name a replacement.
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Power snapshot
Terminal: Ashley remains terminal at 7. Rome remains terminal at 8. Both are excluded from the active ranking.
He seeks access, and LaTrice selects him through Houseguest Choice.
She gains the right to use it but is not safe until she does.
The governing group still wants Jason on the block when the Episode stops.
Episode action sequence
Jason gets a veto spot. Lyric wins and leaves him exposed.
- 1Jason names the backdoor
He asks potential selectors for access
- 2LaTrice chooses Jason
Houseguest Choice puts him in the veto
- 3Six players compete
Jason gets his direct safety chance
- 4Lyric wins
The live veto belongs to her
- 5Kamu keeps Jason as the target
The ceremony has not happened
What changes
The veto gives Lyric one narrow decision that can reshape the block.
Legitimate Power rises 2 → 3 because Lyric now holds the recognized right to use the veto. The win does not raise Expert Power, and she does not receive safety until the veto is used.
Access is not safety
Jason reaches the competition and still ends the Episode exposed.
- He reads the planJason identifies the replacement route
- He seeks accessPotential selectors hear the request
- LaTrice selects himThe choice opens the veto path
- Lyric winsJason loses the path and remains the target
Jason’s warning now reaches action and access, but the record cannot show that his pitch causes LaTrice’s choice. The lost competition leaves Kamu’s target unchanged.
Claim stop: Episode 10 stops before the planned confrontation, veto use, replacement nomination, Blockbuster, eviction, or any later use of Devens’s Diamond Veto.
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Where this Episode sits in the season
The frame stays consistent. The values show only what is established through Episode 10.She keeps replacement authority and the group keeps her target.
Her one-point rise lasts while the live veto gives her a recognized decision right.
He reaches the competition, loses, and remains exposed to the replacement plan.
The group stays effective around Jason while side alliances and visibility concerns multiply.
The people inside the numbers
Players in this Power story
Featured cards are limited to the strongest Episode-level Power changes, uses, responses, or closures.
Veto holder · Rank 3
Lyric Medeiros
25 · Honolulu, Hawaii · Attorney
Lyric wins the veto but has not yet turned it into safety.
Lyric’s Power rises through relationships, reciprocal benefit, and a successful veto pitch. Episode 10 adds narrow Legitimate Power when the competition gives her the next formal choice.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 3
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 3
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 14
- Current
- 14
- Episode 5 · Reaches 12
- Episode 7 · Reaches 13
- Episode 10 · Rises to 14
- Episode position
- Nominated player who wins and now holds the live veto.
- What they do
- Wins the veto and gains the recognized right to leave the nominations unchanged or remove one nominee.
- Result
- The decision remains unmade. Lyric holds authority without a Safety Lock at the cutoff.
- Power change
- Total Power rises 13 → 14 as Legitimate moves 2 → 3. Expert remains 2.
Replacement target · Rank 10
Jason De Puy
35 · West Hollywood, California · Drag queen · RuPaul’s Drag Race 15 and All Stars 11
Jason gets the veto chance he wants and loses it.
Jason repairs enough of one relationship to return to 11 in Episode 6 and survives Episode 8 through a competition win. Episode 10 gives him another safety route, but not another win.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 2
- Informational
- 2
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 11
- Current
- 11
- Episodes 4–5 · Falls to 8
- Episode 6 · Returns to 11
- Episode 10 · Holds at 11
- Episode position
- Concealed replacement target seeking access to his direct safety route.
- What they do
- Warns potential selectors about the backdoor and competes after LaTrice uses Houseguest Choice on him.
- Result
- Lyric wins. Jason remains outside the nominee group but stays Kamu’s intended replacement.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 11. Awareness reaches access without becoming safety or a proven target reversal.
HOH · Rank 1
Kamuela “Kamu” Kirk
32 · Phoenix, Arizona · MMA fighter
Kamu loses control of the veto but keeps control of the replacement.
Kamu reaches 19 when the Episode 9 HOH turns her relationships into formal authority. Episode 10 keeps that role active while Lyric takes the next decision.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 4
- Reward
- 3
- Coercive
- 4
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 3
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 19
- Current
- 19
- Episodes 3–6 · Holds at 10
- Episode 7 · Reaches 12
- Episodes 9–10 · Holds at 19
- Episode position
- HOH with safety and the sole right to name a replacement nominee.
- What they do
- Keeps Jason as the planned replacement after Lyric wins the veto.
- Result
- The target holds, but Kamu cannot make the replacement unless Lyric first changes the block.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 19. Her HOH authority remains active; the planned confrontation earns no additional credit.
Nominated · Rank 14
LaTrice Verrett
57 · Maplewood, New Jersey · Boutique salesperson
LaTrice gives Jason a place in the veto competition.
LaTrice rises to 10 when her relationships deepen in Episode 3 and holds there. Her Houseguest Choice changes Jason’s opportunity in Episode 10 without moving her global score.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 1
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 2
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 10
- Current
- 10
- Episodes 1–2 · Holds at 9
- Episode 3 · Reaches 10
- Episodes 4–10 · Holds at 10
- Episode position
- Nominee holding a Houseguest Choice selection in the veto draw.
- What they do
- Selects Jason, placing the concealed target into the veto competition.
- Result
- Jason receives access and loses. LaTrice remains nominated when the Episode stops.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 10. The choice is a consequential dyadic response, not a global threshold change.
Active · Rank 10
Taylor Brown
27 · Deerfield Beach, Florida · Elementary school counselor
Taylor gives Mallory information that changes her stated choice.
Taylor reaches 11 when her information access grows in Episode 3 and stays there. Episode 10 adds a direct response to a warning while keeping the global threshold at 3.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 1
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 3
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 11
- Current
- 11
- Episodes 1–2 · Holds at 9
- Episode 3 · Reaches 11
- Episodes 4–10 · Holds at 11
- Episode position
- Information source for Mallory during veto positioning.
- What they do
- Warns Mallory, who changes her stated selection in response.
- Result
- The warning works at the relationship level without establishing wider decision control.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 11. The accepted warning supports Taylor’s existing Informational score.
Cast details: Paramount+ official Season 28 cast guide. Official cast portraits: Evan Mulling / CBS. Episode analysis: S28E10 Technical Episode Report v1.
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