Coming into the game guns blazing, Mike immediately began targeting Jase Wirey and Scott Long, viewing them as his biggest threats. However, once Jase won Head of Household, Jase nominated him for eviction and when Scott won the Power of Veto he discarded it. Still, Mike didn’t back down and continued to tell them to their face that he was going after them. Despite Mike forming a close relationship to Diane Henry, Mike’s scheming led to him failing to make any other close connections in the house leading to Mike being evicted evicted by a vote of 10-0 at the end of the week, placing 14th.