Anyway, the actual Takeover is Phil letting both Vanessa and Da’Vonne know that like in The Amazing Race and their Fast Forward, he’s introducing a Big Brother Fast Forward, meaning that neither of them can be nominated OR evicted this week. That OR is important because after Nakomis introduced the backdoor to the game, Big Brother has never been the same and nominations typically mean nothing. I hate that the backdoor has become so popular in the game, but I guess I’ll just have to get used to it because that’s all we ever hear every single week. Of course, Phil wasn’t done there – he is giving both Vanessa and Da’Vonne the power to take one person with them on the Fast Forward, meaning that person would also be safe from nomination and eviction this week.
The girls scurry into separate rooms in order to talk to everyone in the house before they make their decision (they were given 30 minutes to do so). Vanessa uses the time wisely to build up her game. She tells a few houseguests that they shouldn’t be worried because they aren’t targets, but wants to team up with someone who is on an opposite path than she is, and someone who does well in the part of the game where she believes she lacks, which is the physical competitions. So, she chooses to use her time with Austin to discuss teaming up and not becoming an alliance, but instead working with each other along with their alliances to cover the entire house and keep each other safe while not truly being devoted to each other. However, I’ve found that those type “alliances” typically end up being the strongest in the game.
While Vanessa used her time wisely, I believe Da’Vonne had good intentions with her idea about not wanting to put a spotlight on her and the person she chose to save, however Shelli didn’t see it that way. Shelli started to question Da’Vonne’s loyalty after she told her that she doesn’t want to choose Shelli or Audrey, the two girls she began an alliance with so early in the game. And that’s all it takes to end an all girls alliance…
In the end, Da’Vonne chose Liz because Liz offered her safety in the future if she saved her this week. Not a bad choice by Da’Vonne, earning herself a new alliance member, possibly. And Vanessa, of course, chose Austin. Those two may become a power couple. We should keep our eyes on those two.
And just as I think that, we get the #ShellTown montage. Please God, make it stop! Those two need to be broken up ASAP. Mostly because of Jace. He just seems like he’d be REAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLY annoying to be stuck in a house with for 1 day, let alone 98. At least Austin ends his Diary Room visit with a sensible remark and that he wants to team up with Jace, not only because he likes him but because he’ll always be a bigger target than him because he’s so loud. But what Austin isn’t realizing is that people associated with targets also go home on weeks said target can’t. If someone is a threat in the game, if you can’t take them out, you at least have to weaken them by taking out their allies. So, in essence his idea to befriend the target is a good one, however it’s also a dumb one. And yes, ideas can be both good and bad at the same time.
Oh how cute, Clay and Shelli are getting closer and closer to making the BOOM BOOM happen! And Shelli can get real with herself, every girl loves the mommy’s boy until they’re actually with a mommy’s boy!! What woman wants to be married to a MAN who calls his mom “mommy,” and goes to her for everything? Yes, it’s fine for men to call their mom’s and to have a good relationship with them, but Clay’s giving off the mommy’s boy vibe where he’ll be 40 and still taking his laundry over to mommy’s house to have it washed while she cuts the crust off of his PB&J sandwich he’s having for lunch! He’s probably the type who doesn’t cry after the first time they have sex, he’s crying DURING the sex because the moment is just too beautiful to him. Go ahead lie to yourself, Shelli, but we all know the truth!
And here we go…Da’Vonne is telling Audrey that Shelli needs to be on the outer circle of the alliance. Uh…somebody needs to tell Da’Vonne that when three people are together, they can’t form a circle. And if two people are together, they most definitely can’t form a circle, so let’s just call it keeping her on the outskirts for now. There’s no circle just yet. But see what I mean, a girl starts talking to a guy and all of the sudden she’s untrustworthy?!? Yet, Da’Vonne can talk to any guy in the house she wants and not think she should be untrustworthy. Women: fabricating reasons to hate each other since Eve was the only woman on the Earth. The snake that told Eve not to eat the fruit was probably a woman and Eve was all like “Who the f*ck does that b!tch think she is telling me what to do?!? Aww hell naw, I’m eatin’ that fruit!” And here we all are now…
But at least they didn’t agree to take her out right away. Audrey wants Jace gone. She thinks he’s the biggest threat in the house right now with his physical prowess and social game. I can see what she’s getting at and think that Jace is a good first week target in the house. I can’t be mad at that decision.
I got a good laugh out of Steve’s “Love you, too!” moment with Da’Vonne. I’m sure for Da’Vonne it was one of those moments where she didn’t really hear him at the time, but made out what he said after she already said “What did you say?” But props to her for not making him feel bad about it. Although, it wouldn’t have been that bad to say something to him about it, but for how awkward Steve is in social settings, it probably would have stuck with him and bothered him had she made fun of him for saying what he said. Call me an a-hole but I do get a good laugh out of watching socially awkward people in social settings. I’m allowed to laugh because people think I’m socially awkward since I’m an introvert and am fine sitting in corners by myself while everyone else dances and converses. So I get where Steve is coming from being embarrassed by that, but don’t worry Steve, we’re all laughing because it’s cute, not because you’re weird.
Loved your recap! Too funny! Followed you on Twitter!
I got a kick out of the bro-code scene. It had me laughing.
Totally agree with you on Meg’s glasses. Not sure what she’s thinking! The scene where Steve said I Love You was the best! Too funny. I was embarrassed for him and was so glad she didn’t call him out!
Did you catch the first show when Audrey introduced herself to Shelli and Shelli stated that her name used to be Audrey and she would explain later? Did you ever hear the explanation?
Also, any before pics of Audrey before her transition? I would have never guessed she was once male and think she looks great! I did notice that she was wearing a one-piece bathing suit with skirt in the pool pics.
So glad you’re back, Scott! Thanks for the great post!
One more question…
Any thoughts on Liz/Julia twin swap? I’ve heard Austin may be catching on.
Hey @bachfan101, thanks for the comment! And for the follow! 🙂
I forgot to mention Shelli saying her name used to be Audrey in my first blog. There was so much going on, I guess I let that slip through the cracks. My fault. But I haven’t read anything anywhere as to her telling Audrey why she changed her name. My guess is that the two don’t talk enough to each other for the story to have come out, so who knows if we’ll ever hear it…
As for the twin swap, I always try and skirt the spoiler fence in my blog since I’m really only recapping the episode. But, I have mentioned on Twitter that it’s not going so well. Jiz (as they’re being referred to on some sites) can’t keep their stories straight and obviously aren’t given enough time to compare notes. I’m also guessing the one not in the house isn’t watching feeds, because they’ve forgotten some simple things that the other one has done while in the house, making them questionable to the person they’re talking to as to why they don’t remember saying/doing something. I’ve also heard that some people have caught on but aren’t sure if they can/should bring it up…
The comment about Meg’s glasses is classic….I’ve always said the same thing….they should automatically set up 24/7 surveillance on anyone who buys those serial killer glasses because they are always the ones with bodies decomposing in a crawl space somewhere.
After Jace started on his third “Bro Code” rule while following that dude around, I was seriously hoping that Goliath, Judas, Austin (whatever his name is) would’ve picked him up over his head and thrown him into the backyard like a freakin’ javelin. That segment was super creepy. I know it’s early, but I could not believe no one told him to shut his stupid pie hole already.
Also, my husband and I were thinking Becky Breasticles should star in her own ‘Got Milk?’ commercial. Obviously, for the large utters she is growing, but the husband noticed that she’s apparently got one of a chocolate milk mustache going on. We threw out a bunch of theories on what’s up with it, obviously not knowing that only her face had apparently been pulverized by a freight train. (Which, like you said, is a really confusing concept.) Anyway, we ruled out “actual mustache.” I was thinking she uses an acne product or other medication that warns you to stay out of the sun, yet being on BB, she still can’t resist baking those huge boobies in her bikini all day long. Sometimes sunbathing when you’re supposed to avoid the sun leaves ugly brown sun spotting on the face, especially where you are prone to sweat. Anyway, I guess that one’s gonna remain a mystery. I was just very surprised and happy that the hubby actually took a second to actually look up at her face! Score! 🙂
Keep up the great work, Scott!
Hey @kwilson1101, give us men some credit! Do you know they did a study that proved the part of the woman’s body men stare at the longest in porno’s is their FACE?!? See…we are decent humans us men. You women just need to deal with the fact that we don’t womanize women as much as you think we do… 🙂
As far as the lip issue with Becky, PERHAPS BB got the transgender houseguest wrong and it’s actually Becky and not Audrey. Maybe that will be revealed as a twist later in the season. As for other theories, I’m assuming God just spent too much time on her boobs that he was running out of time when constructing her face and glanced over it before she was sent out of the cooker…
Thanks for reading. And commenting! I love interaction with my readers so keep it coming.
Ah, I did have some one liners that popped into my head, but somehow it seemed way too intimidating to turn them into paragraphs…next time I will try to be brave and send them along! Though disclaimer – while I think I’m hilarious others may not agree… (as you can see I am also a fan of the ‘…’)
Don’t be scared @Cndgirl, send those thoughts on over! Like I said, even if they’re one-liners, I’ll throw them in the recap and we can tag team that moment in the show! 🙂
There are times when I think I’m not funny, either, but you’d be surprised. I’m always surprised at who finds what funny and what isn’t funny. A lot of the stuff that I write that I think is HILARIOUS, people never mention or comment on being funny…such is life!
Do the dental insurance companies have a hotline set up so people can change their dentist from the BB rock ‘n roll dentist and Cupcake from Bachelorette?