Select Player · Episode 2Devens⌄
Active Player Big Brother 28 · Through Episode 2
Devens
Devens entered the first HOH competition, but an awkward greeting with Taylor produced the episode’s clearest negative relationship response. Every active player still held a Total Power Score of 9, so no meaningful Current Rank is assigned.
Devens
Power Rating By Episode
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Player at a Glance
Devens entered the first HOH competition, but an awkward greeting with Taylor produced the episode’s clearest negative relationship response.
Current Position: Opening score of 9; no meaningful rank because all seventeen active players share the same score.
Clearest Response: Taylor became upset and withdrew after Devens skipped her greeting.
What Changed: Taylor became upset and withdrew after Devens skipped her greeting. The decline was real in that one-on-one relationship but did not lower his overall Referent Power rating.
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Current Power
These are the clearest and most consequential facts supporting Devens’s opening ratings—not every observed or attempted use of power.
Clearest Supporting Evidence
| Power | Evidence and Response | Why It Mattered and Where It Stopped |
|---|---|---|
| Referent Power | Taylor became upset and withdrew after Devens skipped her greeting. | The response showed immediate relationship damage. One dyad was not enough to lower his overall Referent Power rating. |
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Relationships and Alliances
Taylor → Devens weakened immediately when Taylor became upset and withdrew. The episode did not show whether that first impression would last.
No alliance had shown enough coordinated action to count yet.
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Power Shifts
No Power Shift is supported yet.
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Position Analysis
Taylor became upset and withdrew after Devens skipped her greeting. The decline was real in that one-on-one relationship but did not lower his overall Referent Power rating.
Bottom Line: Devens remained at the opening power mix (Legitimate 1, Reward 1, Coercive 1, Expert 2, Referent 2, Informational 2). The episode preserved a meaningful relationship or perception signal, but the episode did not show enough repeated influence to change a rating.
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Performance, Structure, and Chance
Devens had direct HOH access while most players only supported a platform. The winner and Have-Not result remained unresolved.
Round 1 Time Capsule voting was open, but no recipient, challenge result, power, or punishment was known.
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Best Move Right Now
There is not enough evidence yet to name a supported best move.
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What the Rating Means
The score still shows an opening profile, not a full picture of Devens’s game. A higher rating requires a clear response to authority, a benefit, a consequence, judgment, a valued relationship, or information.
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Public Opinion
No completed public-opinion result is available at this Evidence Cutoff.
Official Audience Action: Round 1 Time Capsule voting was active, but no recipient or result was known. It is recorded separately from fan ranking.
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What to Watch For Next
How does Devens respond to the damage with Taylor?
Why It Matters: A repair, apology, or later cooperation would show whether the negative first impression persists or can be reversed.