Thanks for the interview, Erika and Lorraine.
And yeah, it was a spineless vote. It was easy to tell that for some it was a difficult vote even with 1/2 of an obvious alliance still on the block. Now in week two, that person is HoH. Just exactly who "the house" is changes each week. It was as if everyone thought Hayden's wishes were not to be questioned because they thought he (and whoever his allies would be) was going to dominate the house, so you'd better not stick out.
Fortunately for the Brigade, not only are they a well kept secret, but Rachel decided not to retaliate (we'll see about replacement nom, if there is one) and Brendon doesn't seem to mind. Otherwise it could have been a drastic turn of events for the Brigade, so they got lucky. It's the exception that proves the rule: maybe Rachel made a dumb move against Britney/Monet, but if a person in an obvious alliance can escape eviction, they can also get the biggest power in the house a few minutes later. It simply made more sense to evict Rachel, even if Annie was a better player.
Annie staying in the game would have been good for the Brigade and good for the audience, I think. IMO, this feels like Brian getting evicted in BB10 week one for playing too hard. Unfortunately Annie didn't learn from his example, especially when she was the twist this year so she shouldn't have drawn so much attention to herself regardless. I like seeing active players though, not people like Britney and Monet crying about how they've been "betrayed."
And what about how self-congratulatory the house has been about evicting the saboteur week one? Not only did they not know it was Annie (except Enzo and Ragan, it seems--I like them more and more each day), they totally ripped the twist out of the game before it even mattered.
I hope to see Annie re-enter the game even if she probably wouldn't stay around long. She made waves and is one of the more memorable first evictions, saboteur or not.