Friday, August 12, 2016

BB18 Recap "Here's Why We Can't Have Nice Things"

        Boy, was that disappointing. We were promised a game changing episode. I felt like a kid in a candy store surrounded by delicious goodness expecting the greatest of payoffs.  I was sure that nothing could go wrong. Zakiyah was evicted, showing that the house was ready to play against Paulie. But then, the unthinkable happened. Corey won the double eviction HOH and Paulie was safe. I have never been so disappointed except for when I found out Lizzie McGuire was ending. But, I must soldier on and continue this recap.

    This recap will be shorter than the usual because not much game occurred. As a double eviction, 70 percent of the show is focusing on the competitions. I’m not a sports commentator so what I’d have to say would just be pretty boring.

    We start the episode with the house waking up. No, not to their bedroom alarms, but to the fact that Paulie is playing them all. Even his PP alliance mate Paul is worried that he has been getting “boned”. No Paul, it’s not quite that bad. Paulie still only bones Zakiyah, and maybe Corey in his dreams. Either way the house decides to evict Zakiyah to loosen Paulie’s grip on the house, with James using his power to get rid of Paul and Corey’s votes. Major props go out to Paul for finding a way for this eviction to play out in his favor regardless of who won. He can claim to Paulie that his vote was cancelled because he would’ve saved Z, while still having his actual target walk out the door. By a vote of 3-2 Zakiyah is evicted.

     But then, the tides turned as Corey won HOH. My smile beaming from ear to ear was replaced by the sound of angry tears cascading down my face. Because lets be real, Corey was never going to put his boyfriend Paulie up. Heck, Corey was even stupid enough to call James in on the meeting to decide who was going home. JAMES! The dude who just voted in a way to blindside you. I know Corey wasn’t cast for his brain… but still.
       So he nominates Bridgette and Michelle. Then he wins the veto and keeps those two on the block. In a span of five minutes, they decide to evict Bridgette instead of Michelle. Because for some reason the girl who is basically crippled and can’t win anything physical  at this point is more of a threat than the super fan who blew up your games? This is just the latest in a string of Paulie blunders that have made him go from top dog to least likely to win this game.

     So with that being said:   Worst Player of the Episode is 

        Paulie!  I have never seen a person ruin their game so much in just 24 hours.  You were the top dog. But, when you heard rumblings of Zakiyah going, you let your douche side show through. They won’t show this until the episode Sunday, but he went into a string of misogynistic comments aimed primarily at Natalie. They were disgusting to read and hear about, and those were the final nail in his coffin. James, Natalie’s slave at this point he is so whipped, was never going to support Paulie after that. Now Paulie’s only allies are the Nicorey showmance who will also leave shortly. He went from being a shoo-in to win to having virtually no shot.

                                      Best Player of the Episode is

       This is a choice that might surprise everyone. Paul was a very close second place, but I’m giving this to Natalie. I am doing that because she was the actual one to instigate Zakiyah’s eviction. The edit gave the credit to Bridgette and Michelle, but they were mostly lackeys. The idea to flip votes was Natalie’s, and she was the person who got Paul and James on board. Without them, this never would have happened. Recently, she has come off as smarter than I gave her credit for, so this is my way of apologizing as well as giving her credit for something the episode refused to. She’s the best female left in this game.

   There it is. My thoughts on this most recent episode. Hopefully someone not named Nicole or Paulie win HOH and we can see some real game start to happen. With that being said, have a great day, and don't be afraid to let me know what you think.




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