Boom, goes the dynamite. Wow, last night’s episode of Big
Brother was surely explosive. Michelle’s words at the nomination ceremony sent
Paul into a whirlwind of fury that ended up targeted at the snake of the house,
Nicole. Not only did that win brownie points with me, it also made this episode
the most entertaining one since Paulie was booted.
Let me start the recap by addressing the elephant in the
room: one jury member will come back. This means that the viewers at home know
that Natalie and Michelle made the worst nominations. Paul and Victor are comp
beasts and have a huge chance of coming back if evicted, making this week
pointless. Furthermore, let’s say they lose, but Paulie comes back. Not
evicting Corey or Nicole means Paulie will come back and immediately have his
group to rejoin with. Depending on competition wins, that means that side could
have the majority. Now, I know the argument some people may have. You may be
tempted to say something along the lines of they don’t know another person is
coming back. But, here’s the thing: they should.
Big Brother and its schedule
is determined MONTHS in advance. That means that things like double evictions and
the number of returning house guests are also planned that far in advance. That
means that even though the round trip ticket was a bust, that producers had
planned in the schedule for 2 house guests to come back during this season.
Meaning, something would have to happen to bring back another. Secondly, this
show for the past few years has ALWAYS had more than one double eviction. If
any of the house guests bothered to remember this, and then do the math about how
many evictions were left, they’d realize there is another person coming back.
There have been plenty of seasons where the contestants have figured similar
things out just by being observant. Michelle, a BB super fan, should have
figured this out.
Now
on to the episode. Paul immediately blows up and goes to the people in power to
ask why he was put up. Basically, Natalie and Michelle can’t think of any
good reason that they can back up. They just reiterate he is a liar with no
proof. That’s where Paul wins this argument. If Natalie had stuck to her DR’s
she could have just told him he was a threat, but she didn’t. This led to her
and Michelle second guessing the nominations, and Paul screaming at Nicole for
lying to get him on the block. Which brings me to another point: Nicole has to
stop playing innocent. She’s a bad liar and everyone knows her game. If she
just owned it, she’d have a chance to win. But, the way things stand, people
may not like her enough to give the money to her. The fight between Paul and
Nicole was interrupted by a funny little moment when Corey, oblivious to
everything, decides to take off his patriotard in a little strip tease for
Nicole. It was ridiculously awkward but super funny to watch.
Less than a full day later, Natalie is back to wanting Paul
to go home because he slept in her HOH bed when she wanted to. That’s right
ladies and gentlemen. She made a game decision based on where someone slept.
Forget the rational and adult way to handle the situation, where you wake him
up and ask him to move. Let’s just skip right to evicting him for this. Next,
Natalie will dump James if he leaves the toilet seat up.
The veto competition starts with Paul having to win it to
stay safe. House guests had to listen to storm broadcasts using the names of
past house guests and be able to recite the information on a television prompt. Paul
wins the competition having gotten every single question right. But, that’s not
all the house guests could win. They could also win the….
You Suck Award for this competition
I had a hard time deciding who to give this to. As much as I
wanted to give it to Corey for being more into making out with Nicole than
studying; Natalie’s performance was just too horrific to not give it to her.
Out of 21 points, she only got 10. And this is in a scenario where the
questions were all fairly easy and only had 4 potential answer choices.
Since Paul won the veto, he obviously used it on himself,
dooming his boy Victor by having him sit next to Corey. However, knowing the
two of them, they likely have some sort of plan brewing to save themselves.
Tune in tonight at 9/8 c to see whether they succeed.
Best Player of the Episode
This goes to Paul for winning the veto competition when he
had to. He’s always been good about winning when he needs to and throwing a
comp when there is no incentive to win it.
Worst Player of the Episode
I’m going to give this to Michelle again for basically the
same reasons as last time. There at least was some logic to Natalie keeping
Corey/Nicole because , depending on the buyback, there could be a chance for some loyalty
there. But, Michelle has no chance of a close relationship with Corey/Nicole. Paul
and Victor were her best chances at a stable alliance and she’s blown it. I
fully expect this to bite her in the butt later in the game.
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