No near death stories to tell you about today, so I guess I might as well just jump right into it, right? It was a crazy, long weekend for me, culminating in somewhat of a shocker for me with watching this episode. Like I previously stated, I’m going at Big Brother blind this week, not looking at any of the spoilers, to see if it makes the show more interesting for me, and I have to say I think it does. I know it’s tough not to read the spoilers when they are so readily available, but I would have to say that I think Big Brother is one of those shows where, if you read the spoilers, there really isn’t a reason to watch, so I’d try it for a week and see if you like it better. Although, it has only been one episode, so we’ll see how much further I can go here.
Anyway, given the long weekend I had, I completely forgot that we didn’t get to see who the HOH was after the Thursday episode. I completely forgot about that and when they started off the show that way, I felt a bit cheated (this is because I knew who won HOH already – ok, so I’m not going without ALL the spoilers, but who wins the HOH is something I feel we SHOULD know after the Thursday episode airs, so it’s ok “cheating” and reading who won that competition, just not anything after it). I knew we were going to lose 15 or 20 minutes of the show, watching everything I already knew about. But, I digress.
We start off hearing about Ian thinking the coaches entering the game being the biggest twist in Big Brother history. Personally, I don’t think this was the biggest twist, seeing as the entire house knew it was coming from day 3. Everyone had been talking about, some people were positioning their alliances in case it did happen, and even the coaches knew from the contracts they signed that there was a high chance it would happen. Therefore, I can’t consider this the biggest twist in history. Off the top of my head, I think the coup d’etat was the biggest twist in Big Brother history, and also the most unfair. That twist directly lead to someone being evicted from the house (Jessie), so I can’t say that a twist that involved NOBODY being evicted was the biggest twist. Another thing I want to say for these houseguests is that I know a lot of them think this hurts their chances at winning the game, but for the people like Ian, Joe, Ashley, and Wil, I believe this twist actually helps their chances. I know, technically, it takes their chances from one-in-eight to one-in-twelve at this point in time, but this twist adds four huge targets into the game when those folks already weren’t targets to begin with. It gives the houseguests an opportunity to strike deals with players they normally wouldn’t have since they weren’t on the same “teams” together and also provides an opportunity for the eight TRUE houseguests to band together in order to get the coaches out of the game. I know it won’t work out that way, but we started hearing ground level plans forging through in this episode, with Jenn talking down about Boogie, Wil has already been defiant with Janelle, and so on and so forth.
Can we get back to Dan being an idiot? I don’t get why people are so threatened by this moron. “I’ll be back here any time, any place, anywhere.” Do you realize, dipsh*t, that when you say “I’ll be back here” that you are saying you really can’t be back ANY place or ANYwhere! You are saying you’ll be back “here,” so you can’t be back there, that place, or anywhere! Jesus, stop yelling at the damn camera and start thinking before you speak. You’re definitely not Dearborn’s Finest, either. That distinction goes to Henry Ford or George Peppard. Why don’t you invent a f*cking car or play Hannibal on the A-Team and then we can talk about you being Dearborn’s Finest. Hell, at this point, I’m placing you behind Matt Giraud. His fifth place finish on American Idol (in which he lost to the musical legend Kris Allen) is incomparable to Dan’s victory in his season of Big Brother.
I always wondered the same thing about “pharmaceutical sales reps”; there were always like, three or four of them per Survivor and Bachelor/ette season along with “students,” and “actors/actresses/models.” The reason is because these people (for the most part) don’t have 9 to 5er’s and can take three months off without quitting their jobs. It’s a nice perk, but I’m a teacher and currently reaping the benefits of my own 10-month job, so I’m not complaining:)
Great recap again, Scott.
Yup, the network had this suprise worked out from the get go – I dont believe for a nano second that America voted these guys to go back in. As you way, whatever – it is what it is and thats why my instinct about Miss Vapid Spraytanner 2012 being in the running for the prize isnt so far fetched. Shes completely up Janelles a$$, and I can see her being taken to the end as who would expect jury members (other than Ian) to vote giving her a tic tac, let alone the money.
Dan as a coach makes me howl. But the fact is, he knows this chick will do as he says – to get HIM as far as he can. Theres no coaching involved here – its simply manipulating the weak and vulnerable. Can you imagine how much fun Colton from survivor would have with this chick!! Hed be calling her all sorts of names, pointing out how she has no chance of winning, and STILL get her to do what he wanted!
…And when this is over, I hope they recruit Ian for Bachelor Pad 4.
At this point, I’m willing to say anybody can win this game. It definitely depends on who the final 2 is, but I think Ashley is actually the LEAST likely to win it all. Unless she comes on strong in the end, there isn’t a soul in that house that is going to vote for her. The only way she’d win is if Willie came back into the game and was final 2 with her. But, like “they” always say, you just never know what is going to happen. Stranger things in life have definitely happened than Ashley possibly winning Big Brother!!
Ian would have a heart attack from having an extended hard-on if he went on Bachelor Pad…
I don’t understand why Boogie is so shocked about them being screwed over and the plan for Frank to be back doored. Especially if he thinks of himself as the biggest target in the game, why would he assume anything any of them tell him wouldn’t be some sort of strategy? He seems to think everyone is really dumb (well, a lot of them are) – dumber than him – and he’s just thinking ‘no one would screw me over’. I mean, from the very first time he got screwed with them putting up Frank, he should have been on high alert for it to happen again. Unless some big incident happens or you have a very different kind of cast, an initial target will always be a target until they are gone. It’s like people in BB have tunnel vision that way (whether they should evict that person or not). I feel like Boogie feels like he’s so above these people, that he shouldn’t have to even play the game with them, b/c they are not worthy – but this cockiness is going to cost him – he already had 3 instances of it already coming close to doIng so – but of course, if CBS keeps stepping in to save him and his team, I guess he’ll have a few more.
I hope the newbies soon break their old patterns and forget about their past groupings because they still are playing as though they still have coaches. Exactly Scott – Danielle is an idiot for doing what Dan said, for falling for Shane, and for thinking she’s better than Janelle. As for Dan, ya the first move was dumb, but I thought his second move of not getting any of the coaches nominated was a good one. And he seemed to do it without much of an argument. Those newbies need Willie to come back in and give them another pep talk – or just replay his previous one over and over again for a while on the big screen. Some of these floaters need to step up and start playing.
Also last week, a couple of people said about the winner of HOH (I don’t read spoilers) would be a game changer – why did you think that? Given Danielle will always look out for Shane – and I guess Dan?
I think Danielle winning IS a game-changer. Anytime someone who isn’t expected to win pulls out a victory, the house goes into scared-puppy mode. Everyone is looking around because nobody knows what that person is going to do. Yes, everyone knew she wouldn’t put up Shane or Dan, but who else was safe? Nobody. And, she proved that by even going back on her word and putting up Wil. She is a loose cannon because nobody in the house even talked to her about strategy, and she didn’t talk to anyone, either. She barely even campaigned for herself to stay when she was on the block, so nobody really knew where she would stand. Plus, it’s inherent that when a “weak” player wins HOH they ALWAYS vote out a “strong” player because they understand they probably won’t ever win HOH again, so they need to take full advantage of the week. Hence why she wants Frank out and Boogie second. That is why I considered it a game changer. She will easily move up the totem pole, as well, and become able to form new alliances that she once wasn’t able to crack because she was expendable to everyone else. But, since she proved she CAN win an HOH, people are going to go to her and bargain with her and make deals, etc. If Frank, Shane, or even Boogie won HOH, all the deals in the house pretty much stay the same. Now, with a newbie HOH, all bets are off and anyone can be anyone’s ally…
Okay, I think I’d agree with that if it was Ian, Ashley, or Jenn that won the HOH – that would be the case for them, it would have been a very unpredictable week. Danielle might have had potential to be a game changer, but since she is now seen as synonymous with Shane, and is smitten with him, that weakens what power she could have had on her own to up her game. After her HOH reign is over, people will go to Shane or both of them to secure Danielle’s vote – I don’t see her making alliances on her own without Shane or Dans okay at this point. She has proved her inability to strategize on her own up to this point, she has not proven she has potential to be a game player. I think you’re giving her too much credit! 🙂
Does anyone else feel like the producers of BB screw up everything? LOL, seriously….this wasn’t from Sunday, but still pissed that there was no eviction Thursday. Producers just did it on purpose to spice up the house, and that’s stupid to me. I swear, any time I like where the game is headed, the people who are still there, a twist happens to “spice it up,” and it always goes against any person I like. I get twists in the game, but no eviction was crap. I want Frank gone. I promise I won’t tell you a word of what’s going on Scott, I hope you know that’s hard for me and my big mouth!!
Thanks Jackie, I appreciate you not telling me anything you’ve read/seen! I have come to the determination that the episodes of Big Brother may become better without reading the spoilers, but the days in between the episodes have become WAY too boring, without reading about the spoilers. So, I think this is definitely the last week I’ll be going the no spoilers route…
What am I missing? Why was Wil the only person she (and her boss) thought of when it came to needing a pawn?
I might be just guessing here – but Rainy, I think its because she (they) think of Wil as the next big target to get out of the house. So, in the off chance that Boogie wins the POV and takes Frank of the block (so they are both safe) she would have what she/they think as the next biggest target on the block. So he’s a pawn, as long as Frank or Boogie sits beside him. If not, then he’d be the next to go. They’ve talked about him before being the next biggest threat – Janelle used her save on him last week because he was going to go up last week on the block (why they think of him as a threat I do not understand).
I think…
I’d find it seriously difficult to continue watching this show without spoilers or without watching After Dark. There is just SO much more going on than what is broadcast.
All I will say for now (having read spoilers and having watched two After Dark programmes over the past week) is this: Boogie is freaking brilliant. 🙂
Cnd – thank you! I was being too short sighted and literal. They said pawn and I went with it. Love the insight lol. I do agree that I wonder also why they seem to view Wil as a huge threat.
Alright, I’m woman enough to totally admit it, I was wrong about Danielle, I did not think she had it in her to do what she did this week – even if it is all Boogie – and they know that too, so that’s not a secret. Although the power seems to be going to her head. I did not call that one!
Scott where are you? I’m waiting or your riday blog. Anyone know what happened to Scott?