In the Olympics, it means you get a silver medal because you weren’t quite fast enough or your score wasn’t quite high enough to win the gold medal in your event. In the Glass House, well, “second place” depends on your interpretation.
At the end of the final episode, there will be a single person who wins $250,000. The ultimate victory. The person who could buy him or herself a lot of gold medals because $250K is a lot of money. The runner-up on the final episode… I don’t know whether it’ll depend on audience participation, but the runner-up won’t get as many votes or won’t have as much support or something and the result will be the same as it is for all of the non-winners: they get jack squat.
Except for Steph. She’d been voted team captain two weeks in a row, so when the show offered “bribe money” for someone to give up their place in the house, she knew she’d be likely to take it—no one else knew exactly how popular they were (or were not, in most cases). Thus, when the numbers started climbing higher, the temptation became greater. When the number reached $37,600, Steph decided it was time to go. The likelihood of her winning the $250,000 was microscopic, so it was her best option. As she pointed out as they lowered her down the tube, “That’s more than five of you will be getting.”
So that’s it. Steph has left the Glass House, but she took home $37,600 and will eventually be taking a trip to Vegas as well. Maybe she didn’t last until the final episode, but if you’re talking money, what she got from the show could buy her a lot of silver medals.
