Monday, August 22, 2016

BB18 Recap: How I Survived the 18th Century

           Hola, mis amigos. It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve posted. There was no blog posted on Friday because I was busy finishing up life in the 18th century. We had no internet or cable. It was a full blown time machine. So yeah, there was no blog. Apologizes for that, but I’m super excited to be back at UVA and back on the normal schedule for blogging. They may be posted later than usual, but they wil be posted almost every day. So cheers to an existence out of an apartment that had 3 landline telephone collectors and only one cable line.
        
         You know what else felt like the 18th century? This most recent Big Brother episode. The heterosexual couples formed an alliance to stay in power, while the non-romantic couple and the 18th century equivalent of a spinster(Michelle) ended up being in trouble.  How did this come to be? Well lets start with the HOH competition.
         So the HOH competition required the houseguests to be able to hold a button until a voice told them they could go search for rings in the complete darkness. Whoever collected the most rings in 2 hours won. Natalie wins the competition after complaining nonstop about her neck. I think her neck is a euphemism for the pain being around James brings her.

                                                The You Suck Award for this comp goes to…
      Michelle. She had an advantage that allowed her to search an extra time for rings, but wasted it by being eliminated because she let go of the button. She also predictably cried over this. Then, she was gifted with America’s care package allowing her to be Co-HOH. I’ll get to that in a second.

      Natalie thinks about who she wants upon the block. After many ditzy thoughts, Natalie decides/is brainwashed by producers to save Nicole and Corey and out up Paul and Victor. Gamewise, the logic makes sense, but Natalie didn’t come up with the idea and that angers me. If Paul was able to manipulate people, the DR should’ve let him do that, not plant seeds in Natalie’s head to get her to take him out. Paulie also had something to do with it by planting seeds before his eviction, but that impacted Michelle more than it did Natalie.

        What’s even stupider is that Michelle went along with the idea to put up Victor and Paul. She says that she can’t trust Paul because he lied about Davonne going home. Paulie had given her this information. Hello? Are you seriously basing your gameplay off of information a socipathic liar tells you? If Paulie told you jumping off a bridge would win you Big Brother, would you do it? The funny thing is what Paulie told her wasn’t even fully true. Paul knew Da going home was possible, but his target always was Bridgette.

         But alas, Victor and Paul are the nominations and I look forward to an explosive veto episode.

                                                Best Player of the Episode
        The sarcastic persona side of me would like to give this award to production. But, I can’t so I’ll give it to Nicole for being smart enough to be production’s pet, as well as trying to work a showmance alliance for as long as she can before Corey comes out of the closet.

                                                     Worst Player of the Episode
           Michelle. She could’ve forced Natalie’s hand to get out Nicole or Corey. Without her support, Natalie would not have been able to ensure they had the numbers to get out her target. By giving her support, Michelle gave up an alliance where she’d likely make final 2, for an alliance where she is the 5th wheel and the most disposable. Horrible game play all around.

          Well that is it for now folks. I'll be back with another post tomorrow about Bachelor In Paradise. If you're enjoying the blog, don't hesitate to let me know, ask any questions, basically whatever you want. I do this mainly for me, but if  there is anything I can do to improve the reader experience, let me know.



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