Let’s see where we want to begin. I think I’ll skip the usual introduction paragraph about what is going on in my life and just get right to the show. Sound like a plan? Nobody wants to hear about an unemployed blogger’s life, right? Probably not. So, without further ado, I give you Big Brother.
We start off the show with Frank telling us they’ve been scumbagged after showing loyalty the week before. I happen to agree with Frank here and this is where I realize what my issue with Big Brother has become. I watch the show as if I’m playing in it. I know that being scumbagged is all a part of the game, but for some reason when my players are doing the scumbagging, I’m ok with it. For example, had Frank scumbagged Dan the week before and got him backdoored out of the house, I would have, essentially, been agreeable with the decision and loved watching Dan pack his bags and leave for good. But, this week, since it’s one of my favorite players to play (and the only player I have any interest in this season) getting scumbagged, I am taking issue with it. I watch the show as if I’m playing alongside Frank and Boogie, and it ends up pissing me off when I get scumbagged. Another reason why CBS needs to put me on the show is because the week I get scumbagged will be the best week of television ever on CBS. Better than the M*A*S*H finale. I have no clue if M*A*S*H was actually on CBS, but I believe it had to be since CBS has been around since the Flintstone Age of time. Moral of the story here is that I agree with Frank that they are getting scumbagged here.
Boogie thinks that Britney is behind all of this and Frank thinks it’s Dan. These two never see eye-to-eye and it’s the truest reason why they can never, and will never, compare to the original Chill Town. Frank is NO Dr. Will. Not even close. Frank is just blind to wanting Dan out of the game and can’t see anything other than Dan when he closes his eyes to sleep at night. He’s just blinded by one thing whereas Will saw the entire game before it even happened. But, Frank and Boogie end up talking to Shane to go air things out and figure out what just happened. Shane tells them that he heard they were going to put him up if they won HOH. Boogie’s answer to that comment was all Shane needed to tell himself when he heard those whispers, “WE JUST WON HOH!” This is my problem with people like Shane in the Big Brother game. They don’t really have minds of their own. They get wrapped up in what other people are telling them and can’t see what is truly going on and that the last people they need to be trusting are the very people they trust the most. People like Dan, Ian, and Britney are never going to be the types that win competitions, so they rely on weak-minded people like Shane to do their bidding for them. People attach themselves to people like Shane, because they know they are a force in competitions, and then make sure that blood gets on their hands with the nominations and evictions, while they get to sit back, look weak in competitions, and then come on strong at the end by talking up how they played the “mastermind” role the entire season and eventually win the entire game because nobody likes the a-hole that nominated them and got them evicted. But, again, this is all part of the game. Boogie did this to Danielle earlier in the season, to vote out Janelle, so I need to realize even my favorites choose to scumbag others at times. Calm down, Scott.
That’s gotta be the funniest goodbye video we’ve ever seen. Hilarious! Good job Britney entertaining us at home. And even Ian’s message and confession, just to be able to see boogies reaction. I will miss Boogie to because he made things entertaining.
I think the reason why Dan doesn’t seem like a floater is because his intent isn’t to play as a floater. I think the definition of a floater is to never really do anything – no strategic game, no significant social game, no comps. No substance. Thing is that Dan is choosing and strategizing the whole time – constantly thinking about who to talk to, how to talk to them, when to pull, when to push, and if you remember towards the end to his game he won lots of competitions. And I guess the audience is behind him because he tells us everything in the diary room of what he’s doing, and then he does it, and comes across as truthful in the diary room – like a real diary session. So while externally he may look like a floater, he really doesn’t seem like one – b/c real floaters only have a reaction or try to strategize when it’s way too late, like Ashely, Jenn etc.
I’m not sure of Ian either – I kept saying “he IS kaiser soze” a few times too! He’s doing just enough so he doesn’t seem as if he’s floating, but maybe not enough to believe he’s a mastermind yet, but he seems to have potential, and believes he is one – when others say it, it just seems ridiculous, but for some reason when he says it, it feels like it could be true. Maybe it’s because he’s a little nutty. How is what he said to Brit about boogie wanting to vote them out any different than the serendipitous conversation boogie had with Danielle et. al. about getting Janelle out? I guess we’ll have to see what he does when if Frank gets any power he will go after Ian, what he’ll do then.
I was surprised that they voted off Ashley before Joe. That just seems kinda dumb, but I guess it’s fine because Juggles isn’t gonna win this game anyway.
Since I am Team Janelle, I am not a fan of Boogie/Frank, so I was glad to see him walk out the front door. Although I would prefer Frank, since this guy seriously never leaves and has 9 lives.
My stomach kinda turned seeing that POV comp. Jeff is one of my favorites to never win this game and I hated that that clown shoe did that to him! 🙂 I think they need to have a season where Jeff and Janelle are on together; plus bring back some Howie, Kaysar, and throw in some Britney just because she is funny. Plus Rachel because she cracks me up. I don’t care what anyone says, when she fell running…that was so great 🙂
Anyway, I really don’t think Dan has a chance to win this game. I get to spend a lot of time talking BB with you since we’re related and all, and usually agree with you, but he will not win. I just don’t think if he makes it to the final 2 anyone will vote for him. I DO agree with you in the fact that he does NOTHING. Like you said, he gets “lucky” (aligning with the right people, etc.) I don’t hate Dan the way you do, but I just want to see him make a big move one of these days, but that will never happen because he “throws” comps (or so he says-he really just can’t win them).
I think Shane, Britney, and Ian have a good chance at winning this game. Only time will tell.
I have to admit that I was NOT sad to see Boogie go. The vile things he said on Big Brother After Dark (about other contestants and about what he was “going to say” on his way out the door) really ticked me off.
Boogie said that although he will watch the “last couple of weeks” of this BB season (just prior to his eviction), he wasn’t going to watch the whole show, nor was he going to go on the internet, because the stuff people post about him is just nasty. Well, duh, a**hole!
Let’s see – what kind of venom did he spew during his last week on the show? Oh yeah, …
* Joe is a terrible cook (Boogie said he’d actually say this to Chenbot in his “exit interview” on live TV – I’m thinking BB Production put the kibosh on that);
* Danielle has a big ass, and as soon as she hits her 30’s she’s going to balloon up to Michelin-man size;
* Ashley and Jenn are also going to become obese, but probably not Britney because she’s so tiny and barely eats;
* Ashley and Britney are so stupid that it pains Boogie;
* Dan is an a**hole and is running the whole house – and everyone else is too stupid to realize it;
* Shane is Dan’s bitch and barely has a brain cell;
* Ian may be book-smart, but otherwise he’s as dumb as a bag of hammers.
Boogie said that when he got evicted, he’d tell the house guests to just keep their seats EXCEPT for Frank, Ashley and Ian, who were the only people he would “accept” walking him to the door, and that he’d instruct everyone to NOT stand in front of his picture and watch it go grey. (I’m guessing BB Production had some words for him about that, too.)
As for the “Shamrock” HOH competition, I am cynical enough to believe that Big Brother probably placed 15 or 20 of the damn things in Frank’s pit-of-balls to guarantee another HOH win for Frank.
Look … they let Boogie & Frank get away with cheating in the POV draw and they gave Frank a free pass when it was certain he’d be out-the-door by invoking the “America says they want the coaches in the game” conceit.
I swear, if they find a way to bring Boogie back into the game, I will stop watching this season and will boycott the franchise from now on.
Am I pi**ed? Well, perhaps just a little.
Hi Scott,
Let’s just say that if I were cast as a Big Brother houseguest with you, you and I would totally be aligned. I’m telling you this because I 100% agree with EVERYTHING you said about Boogie, Frank, Shane, Ian, and not caring about Jenn being on the block. But one question, which none of us really has the answer –> What was she so angry about?! Ha!
With Boogie being gone, I felt like a piece of myself left from that house. He didn’t win much this season, but his personality, player mentality, and social game had it all going on. I didn’t watch his season, but to me – this season, he was THE man and will truly be missed. Who else would make me laugh by breaking a water basketball hoop??
Frank is my golden boy in this whole thing – he amazes me with all his wins. Has he broken a Big Brother record, yet? He deserves to be there in the end, and if not, he deserves viewers favorite houseguest award.
Let’s not discuss Ian – he pisses me off, and continues to do so with everything that comes out of his mouth.
Shane is glued to Britney’s hoo-ha, and it’s not cute. He’s the real puppet in this game. Oh yeah…..Britney? Are you really starting to like her? I want her out – we might disagree on that little tidbit. I just see her as all talk in this whole thing. She doesn’t do anything, but get in Shane and Ian’s ear. As I’m writing, I’m realizing since she doesn’t do anything, then maybe that is her strategy. Still, she needs to go – as she might be the actual masterminder that Ian says he is. Hmmm.
And last but not least, this veto competition made me CRINGE too because of JEFF! When I seen it, I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach, because all I could think about was when my favorite player last season, Jeff, had lost here. Then I thought the same would happen to my favorite player this season, which is my golden boy….Frank.
Thanks for a great re-cap/blog and all your input that I couldn’t agree with more! Can’t wait for the next one!
Good luck with the job search!