Episode 14 · Power brief
Taylor saves herself. Haley puts Lyric up.
Taylor wins the veto and removes herself from the block. Haley names Lyric as the replacement, leaving Drew, Melody, and Lyric as the final nominees. The office still works for Haley even as trust around her and protection around Drew weaken.
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Power snapshot
Terminal: Ashley remains terminal at 7. Rome and Jason remain terminal at 8. All three are excluded from the active ranking.
The veto gives her temporary authority and safety; the authority ends after self-use.
Her replacement decision works while criticism spreads across several relationships.
Former allies accept the chance that he leaves, and his Referent Power falls.
Episode action sequence
Taylor forces a replacement. Haley uses the opening as trust drains from the old structure.
- 1Chuk and Mallory join the draw
The veto field expands to six
- 2Taylor wins
She gains the only live veto decision
- 3Trust strain widens
Haley and Drew lose dependable relationship reach
- 4Taylor saves herself
Her veto authority becomes safety and expires
- 5Haley names Lyric
Drew, Melody, and Lyric become final nominees
What changes
Drew and Haley lose trust while the nominations hold.
Drew’s Referent Power falls 3 → 2 as former allies withdraw dependable protection. Haley’s Referent Power also falls 3 → 2 as distrust spreads across several voluntary relationships. Her HOH authority remains active.
The split inside Haley’s HOH
Her authority keeps moving the block. Her relationships stop moving with it.
- Taylor creates the vacancySelf-use forces Haley to name someone new
- Haley still owns the decisionThe replacement right remains fully active
- Lyric’s disclosure failsInformation does not produce protection from Haley
- Several relationships deteriorateFormal control and voluntary trust move apart
Haley can still impose the replacement nomination because the office remains hers. The same action does not repair the trust losses spreading through Lyric, Taylor, Kamu, Mallory, and the wider alliance network.
Claim stop: Episode 14 establishes Taylor’s safety and the final nominee group. It stops before the campaign, Blockbuster, final matchup, eviction vote, or any Episode 15 evidence.
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Where this Episode sits in the season
The frame stays consistent. The values show only what is established through Episode 14.HOH keeps Legitimate and Coercive at 4 while broad relationship loss lowers Referent to 2.
Information reach remains high, but the Toolshed no longer guarantees protection.
The competition changes her structural position without adding a lasting power point.
The Blockbuster and eviction remain unresolved at this boundary.
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 10
Taylor Brown
27 · Deerfield Beach, Florida · Elementary school counselor
Taylor wins the veto and uses it on herself.
Taylor rises to 11 in Episode 3 and stays there through Episode 14. The veto win changes her immediate safety and forces a replacement without changing the six-base profile that has held across the season.
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
- Episode 14 · Safe at 11
- Episode position
- Nominated player who wins the veto and controls its use.
- What they do
- Wins the veto and uses it on herself.
- Result
- Taylor becomes safe, her live veto authority ends, and Haley must name a replacement.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 11. Temporary veto authority expires after use, and the competition result does not add Expert Power.
HOH · Rank 1
Haley Thogmartin
29 · Wildwood, Missouri · Telemedicine executive
Haley keeps the right to nominate as voluntary trust slips away.
Haley moves from 10 to 16 when the Episode 13 HOH activates formal authority. The next decision still works, but conflict across several relationships lowers the voluntary side of her influence and leaves her at 15.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 4
- Reward
- 1
- Coercive
- 4
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 2
- Informational
- 2
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 16
- Current
- 15
- Episodes 7–12 · Holds at 10
- Episode 13 · Rises to 16
- Episode 14 · Falls to 15
- Episode position
- HOH retaining safety and the sole replacement-nomination right.
- What they do
- Receives the vacancy created by Taylor’s veto and names Lyric as the replacement nominee.
- Result
- Lyric joins Drew and Melody on the final block. Distrust around Haley grows despite the completed decision.
- Power change
- Total Power falls 16 → 15 as Referent moves 3 → 2. Formal HOH ratings remain at 4.
Nominated · Rank 10
Drew Campbell
22 · Temecula, California · Surgical dental assistant
Drew still has information. He no longer has the same shield.
Drew reaches 12 through broad access and brokerage. Repeated visibility makes those connections more expensive, and Episode 14 supplies the threshold: former allies become willing to let him leave.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 1
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 2
- Informational
- 4
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 12
- Current
- 11
- Episode 3 · Reaches 11
- Episodes 5–13 · Holds at 12
- Episode 14 · Falls to 11
- Episode position
- Final nominee confronting the collapse of dependable Toolshed protection.
- What they do
- Presents loyalty while saying he is ready to dismantle the alliance that no longer shields him.
- Result
- Drew remains on the final block, and former allies accept the possibility that he leaves.
- Power change
- Total Power falls 12 → 11 as Referent moves 3 → 2. Informational stays at 4.
Nominated · Rank 4
Lyric Medeiros
25 · Honolulu, Hawaii · Attorney
Lyric shares information with Haley and receives no protection from it.
Lyric reaches 13 through relationships, reciprocity, and a successful pitch, with a one-Episode veto peak at 14. Her disclosure to Haley damages a specific relationship but does not erase the broader network behind the current 13.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 3
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 14
- Current
- 13
- Episode 7 · Reaches 13
- Episode 10 · Peaks at 14
- Episode 14 · Holds at 13
- Episode position
- Replacement option trying to manage the HOH relationship through disclosure.
- What they do
- Exposes Mallory to Haley while trying to preserve her own position.
- Result
- Haley trusts Lyric less and names her as the replacement nominee.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 13. The negative response remains specific to the Haley relationship at this boundary.
Active · Rank 3
Kamuela “Kamu” Kirk
32 · Phoenix, Arizona · MMA fighter
Kamu keeps her own network as trust with Haley weakens.
Kamu peaks at 19 during the Episode 9–11 HOH cycle and settles at 14 when the office expires. That converted relationship and information base holds in Episode 14 even as the Red Corner connection with Haley strains.
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 · Peaks at 19
- Episodes 12–14 · Holds at 14
- Episode position
- Former HOH and relationship hub diverging from Haley’s current direction.
- What they do
- Pushes back as Haley’s decisions create wider conflict and trust loss.
- Result
- The Haley–Kamu relationship weakens, but Kamu’s broader protection and information network holds.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 14. The trust loss remains dyadic for Kamu while it contributes to Haley’s broader Referent decline.
Cast details: Paramount+ official Season 28 cast guide. Official cast portraits: Evan Mulling / CBS. Episode analysis: S28E14 Technical Episode Report v1.
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