BIG BROTHER FINALE – 9/20/12

Tonight is the night we find out our winner for season 14 of Big Brother. Will it be Ian, the self-proclaimed genius, who never really came off as much of a genius? Or will it be Dan, the jackass self-proclaimed life coach? Either way, I won’t like it, but I will not like it a little less if it turns out to be Ian over Dipsh*t. I can agree that they both played a good game, and can be happy that at least two “deserving” players made it to the final, rather than it being Jenn and Danielle in the end, or something along those lines. So, let’s just get to it, shall we? I have a long road ahead of me, it’s 11:23 as I start this blog and I still have my Survivor blog to write, so if somewhere along page 3 of the Survivor blog, I start to make less and less sense, you’ll know why. And, I know that some of you out there are saying, “Well, geez Scott, it’s not like you have a job or anything to wake up for tomorrow morning.” Well, to you, I will say why don’t you wake up every morning and watch a two year old every single day while you still try to send out 4-10 resumes each day that you know are just getting thrown right in the trash along with the other 87 resumes each company is getting. I have a new respect for single parents, as well as permanent stay-at-home parents (especially those that are single, as well). Good Lord! My daughter is very well behaved, but God help me if it isn’t frustrating most of the day trying to just sit down and relax for three seconds without having to hear, “Daddy, I watch Einsteins?” Or, “Daddy, come play Lego’s on the stairs.” Yes, my daughter will only let me play Lego’s with her on the stairs. I can’t sit on the couch and play or sit on the floor, I have to sit on the stairs. It’s cute, because it’s something only her and I share, but at the same time, daddy just wants to sit on the couch and watch you play. Also, I don’t think there is peace and quiet in my house for longer than 8 seconds. And, if there is, it’s because she’s coloring the walls or pouring her milk on the dogs back. Does anyone else find it odd that kids can have fun doing all kinds of things, but when they know they’re doing something they shouldn’t (and still having fun doing it), they’re quiet? It’s almost as if kids are criminals and they know they need to avoid getting caught doing what they’re doing, so they keep quiet as long as they can. I don’t know, at this point, I think I’d take a job as the second guy in a 2-Guys-1-Cup video over having to be a stay-at-home father!

Anyway, let’s just get this show over with, shall we? They show us the first part of the Final HOH, again, and I’m almost hoping the mechanism that is lowering them into the water malfunctions and Dan gets sent under water for a little too long. I’m not saying death-long, but long enough for him to see the light and then come back from it, maybe even having to medically evacuate the house and finish in 3rd place. But, it doesn’t happen, and instead he somehow talked Ian into dropping out of the first challenge, as a way to thank Dan for keeping him in the house. Come on, Ian, this Final HOH is for $500,000 and you are going to say “Thanks, Dan” by dropping out of your automatic chance at playing in the 3rd leg of the Final HOH because Dan tells you he can’t beat Danielle in a puzzle competition? Genius, right? Come on now, I know you have faith you can win the second part, but tell Dan, “Sorry, bud, but at this point it’s all of us for ourselves, I don’t want to take any chances and have Danielle end up winning and then us having to face off and have to worry about still beating her in the end. This is for $500,000, you won this game already once, I want my chance.” How stupid can these people be? Well, Ian proves how stupid (or should I say gullible) and ends up dropping out of the competition, which Dan also used as a way to earn back the trust with Danielle. He told her before the competition, and after voting Shane out, that he told Ian to lose on purpose and that he is doing it all to show he is trustworthy. And, I think someone needs to explain to Danielle what the word trust truly means. You do not trust someone who has to constantly earn back your trust. You trust someone who you trust and that’s it. They don’t break that trust over and over again. If they do, they realize their error, do everything they can to earn it back and then you go on trusting each other again. But, then that’s it. They don’t get to break it 3 days later and earn it back. Then break it again 2 days after that. And again a week after that. Doesn’t she even realize by this point in the game that she has been just going along with everything Dan has said and done. What would she tell the jury when they ask her why she deserves to win? That I trusted Dan even though I shouldn’t have and look where it got me? Great, you got to the end because someone dragged you there, so I should give you $500,000 as the best player of the season? Whatever, Danielle, just drop in the water and let’s get on with the show.

Dan wins Part 1 of the Final HOH. Lame.

One other note I’d like to add is that I’m glad the producers allowed the competition to stop long enough for Dan and Danielle to have the conversation they did while sitting on their ropeseats (yes, I made that up). How convenient that the ropes stopped swinging, the rain stopped, and they didn’t dunk them in any water for that full conversation. Whatever, CBS, we’re already onto your ways…

Dan tells us that he is planning on taking Danielle to the Final 2. It is at this point, just like with the last episode, that I knew Dan wasn’t going to win the Final HOH (even though it’s live), because CBS wouldn’t just let us know what the end is going to be. It’s not as if they added in Ian telling us who he was planning on taking, and Danielle was still being wishy-washy about it in her interviews. So, it appears that Ian is going to win the Final HOH at this point, because we all know Danielle isn’t pulling out a victory in Round 2. How’s that loss going to feel, Danielle, knowing you blew your chance in the first part by just giving up for no reason other than to appease Dan and make it easier for him to get to the final round? WHO GIVES A SH*T IF HE THINKS HE CAN’T BEAT IAN, YOU AREN’T PLAYING THIS GAME FOR HIM TO WIN!! ARE YOU? Sorry, I got carried away here, but I’m just tired of these idiots and them being so stupid, just handing away their chances at $500,000. I would, literally, kill another human being for that kind of money (someone who raped and murdered children, of course) and these people have the opportunity right in front of them, and they decide, you know what, I think I’ll pass and let you have it…tired of this, just so tired of it. Please, CBS, put people on the show who truly are willing to do anything for that money and aren’t going to subside to others. Get an FBI profiler to do final interviews, and let them choose who is right for the show and not these losers who are just there for the experience, and to watch other people win money.