Episode 12 · Power brief
Mallory wins safety. The house evicts Jason 12–0.
Mallory beats Jason by one tape and removes herself from the block. Jason then faces LaTrice without a delivered protection vote. Every eligible voter evicts him, and the authority attached to Kamu’s HOH ends with the cycle.
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Power snapshot
Terminal: Ashley remains terminal at 7. Rome remains terminal at 8. Jason becomes terminal at 8. All three are excluded from the active ranking.
Mallory wins the Blockbuster and becomes safe, leaving Jason beside LaTrice.
All twelve eligible voters choose to evict him.
Kamu loses HOH authority while the Wolfpack and other agreements carry forward.
Episode action sequence
The house settles on Jason before Mallory wins safety.
- 1Drew and Barrett yield
They release the plan to protect Mallory
- 2The Wolfpack forms
Dee, Devens, Kamu, and Yash coordinate
- 3Mallory wins
One tape gives her immediate safety
- 4Jason faces LaTrice
His last direct safety route is gone
- 5The vote is 12–0
Every eligible voter evicts Jason
What changes
Kamu completes the plan and loses the office. Jason loses his last relationship point.
Kamu’s Legitimate Power falls 4 → 2 and Coercive Power falls 4 → 1 when the HOH cycle ends. Jason’s Referent Power falls 2 → 1 after no eligible voter delivers protection.
Why Jason leaves
He reads the danger. He cannot turn that read into safety or a vote.
- The early damage holdsBroken deals leave little trusted protection
- Late appeals stay narrowTaylor does not commit to Jason’s request
- Mallory removes the alternate targetHer Blockbuster win sets Jason against LaTrice
- Twelve voters make the same choiceJason leaves without one delivered vote
Kamu creates the backdoor route, the governing groups keep the vote aligned, and Mallory fixes the final matchup. The 12–0 result still records twelve individual choices, not sole control by one player.
Claim stop: Episode 12 establishes the eviction, terminal state, and Week 3 expiration. It does not establish the next HOH, prove Wolfpack durability, or include any Episode 13 event.
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Where this Episode sits in the season
The frame stays consistent. The values show only what is established through Episode 12.Broad information and protection ties move him to first when Kamu’s formal authority expires.
The Jason plan succeeds, but the nomination rights and formal consequences end with the cycle.
The target leaves while loyalty tests, side alliances, and protection losses continue.
Dee, Devens, Kamu, and Yash form the group; repeated durability is not yet established.
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.
Safe · Rank 7
Mallory Aurichio
24 · Township of Washington, New Jersey · Rocket scientist
Mallory wins safety and leaves Jason on the block.
Mallory reaches 13 with early veto control, settles at 12 after the first cycle, and holds there through several protective ties. In Episode 12, direct performance ends the danger without changing a social-power threshold.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 2
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 13
- Current
- 12
- Episode 3 · Reaches 13
- Episode 6 · Returns to 12
- Episode 12 · Holds at 12
- Episode position
- Final nominee with one remaining direct route to safety.
- What they do
- Beats Jason by one tape in the Blockbuster.
- Result
- Mallory becomes safe and leaves Jason beside LaTrice for the eviction vote.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 12. The win creates temporary safety without crossing an Expert Power threshold.
Terminal · Evicted at 8
Jason De Puy
35 · West Hollywood, California · Drag queen · RuPaul’s Drag Race 15 and All Stars 11
Jason sees the route clearly and still cannot secure it.
Jason recovers from an early low through relationship repair and competition safety. The final sequence reverses that recovery: a failed protection deal, a Blockbuster loss, and a unanimous vote freeze him at 8.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 1
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 1
- Informational
- 2
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 11
- Final
- 8
- Episodes 4–5 · Falls to 8
- Episodes 6–10 · Holds at 11
- Episode 12 · Freezes at 8
- Episode position
- Final nominee seeking either Blockbuster safety or delivered vote protection.
- What they do
- Keeps campaigning, loses the Blockbuster by one tape, and faces LaTrice in the final vote.
- Result
- All twelve eligible voters evict Jason. His player record becomes terminal at this boundary.
- Power change
- Total Power falls 9 → 8 as Referent moves 2 → 1 after the complete failure of broad vote protection.
Active · Rank 2
Kamuela “Kamu” Kirk
32 · Phoenix, Arizona · MMA fighter
Kamu gets the outcome and gives up the authority that produced it.
Kamu climbs from 9 to 19 when the Episode 9 HOH activates nomination authority and formal consequences. Jason’s eviction completes the plan; the cycle then removes five temporary points and leaves her at 14.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 3
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 3
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 19
- Current
- 14
- Episode 7 · Reaches 12
- Episode 9 · Rises to 19
- Episode 12 · Settles at 14
- Episode position
- Outgoing HOH whose replacement nominee reaches the eviction vote.
- What they do
- Keeps the target coordinated while giving selective assurances and information.
- Result
- Jason leaves 12–0. Kamu’s HOH authority and cycle-specific safety expire.
- Power change
- Total Power falls 19 → 14 as Legitimate falls 4 → 2 and Coercive falls 4 → 1.
Active · Rank 7
Drew Campbell
22 · Temecula, California · Surgical dental assistant
Drew gives up the preferred vote to keep coalition protection.
Drew reaches 12 through information access and cross-group ties. Episodes 11 and 12 turn that brokerage into a liability test: the score holds while governing-side trust and protection weaken.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 1
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 4
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 12
- Current
- 12
- Episode 3 · Reaches 11
- Episode 5 · Reaches 12
- Episode 12 · Holds at 12
- Episode position
- Broker balancing a stated preference for Mallory against pressure from the governing group.
- What they do
- Yields the independent vote plan with Barrett in exchange for continued safety.
- Result
- Mallory wins safety on her own, Jason leaves, and doubts about Drew’s loyalty remain.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 12. Protection and trust decline without crossing a global rating threshold.
Active · Rank 3
Dee Valladares
Miami, Florida · Survivor 45 winner · Survivor 50
Dee protects Barrett while helping build a smaller center.
Dee’s early HOH produces the season’s first 19-point peak. After the office expires, relationship and information reach keep her at 13. Episode 12 adds a protection promise and the new Wolfpack without moving another threshold.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 4
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 19
- Current
- 13
- Episode 2 · Enters at 9
- Episode 4 · Peaks at 19
- Episodes 5–12 · Holds at 13
- Episode position
- Vote coordinator and protection source inside overlapping governing relationships.
- What they do
- Promises Barrett protection and joins Devens, Kamu, and Yash in the Wolfpack.
- Result
- The vote lands on Jason. The new four-player group exists, but its durability remains untested.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 13. The new actions support existing Reward and Informational ratings.
Cast details: Paramount+ official Season 28 cast guide. Official cast portraits: Evan Mulling / CBS. Episode analysis: S28E12 Technical Episode Report v1.
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