Don’t Hate the Game, Hate the Players

Big Brother

By admin | Friday, September 1, 2006 | 9:18 am | 40 Comments

bbas8-31-06It seems like every week I have a different opinion on Big Brother. While the last two episodes have been good, overall the show lacks that much drama. There have been individual episodes that have been great, but I keep on returning to the overall feeling that this show was decided in the first week. There is lots of backstabbing and the scheming is great, but you just know that Will is going to win, and while I may respect him as a player, his domination of the game is not compelling. I kind of feel bad for him because every great player needs a rival, and this cast has decided not to worry about challenging him AT ALL.

Our last great hope, Janelle, has done a great job saving herself, but unfortunately has not been able to save us from the slop that we now call Big Brother. The producers have taken a page from Emmy-Award winning reality production and introduced their own Fast Forward, where we’ll have two evictions, plus a whole entire round of HoH, nominations, and vetoes sandwiched in between. Will it generate the needed excitement? It’s not Neil Patrick Harris, but it will do.

OK, so I guess I was a little bit of a Debbie Downer, but please don’t think that just because this show is boring means that I won’t tune in. First of all, I have to show solidarity for all of the TVgasm peeps that have been following us all summer, and second, we still have the one, the only… JULIE CHEN! Yes, we love the Chenbot. If there was one sentence that could sum up my relationship with her, right after “non-existent”, “stalker-like”, and “a little too obsessive to be called normal”, it would be “You had me at ‘But first!’”

This summer the Chenbot hasn’t been her wild and crazy self. If there is anything that would spice up this season, it is the return of the Saturn V pantsuit. Instead Julie has been keeping the wardrobe in check and held back a little. Oh Julie, why must you do this to us? Bring back the espantoso top! I was beginning to think I would never know the old Julie, and then I saw her tonight!

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I’ve been a bad boy Julie!

Julie was dressed in all black, and on top, she had a leather jacket that was one part dominatrix, one part Hell’s Angels, and 100% Julie Chen. When Julie is dressing well, her outfit is actually distracting from the rest of the show, as you might have noticed since I am approximately 400 words into this recap and not even thirty seconds has passed in the entire show.

For those of you who missed Tuesday’s excellent Doogie-Hauser infested episode, Janelle won the veto, saving herself, and putting Erika in the position to nominate arguably her closest ally, Danielle, for eviction. For all the great strategy and scheming Danielle has done, she left too much out in the open when it came to Erika’s decision. Danielle let Chilltown fill Erika’s head with thoughts that she couldn’t beat Danielle in the final two, but Danielle didn’t do a good enough job of reminding Erika that Danielle is the only person who would have picked her for the final two in the first place.

As for Erika, the decision has to be considered very stupid. She says that the game is “about getting to the end”, but if that were the case, why would she put her biggest and most effective ally in harm’s way? What’s even worse, Erika is saying that in the end, who can you trust but yourself? Well, obviously, she is trusting Chilltown. I am not if all of the peroxide in Mike Boogie’s hair has been killing off her brain cells when they spoon, but how in the world does she think it’s better to trust the two biggest liars in the game? Then again, how can I blame her when everybody else has been doing it too?

And what about Chilltown? They are in the same maddening position that they have been in all year; they are causing all the problems in the house, but nobody has dared make them pay for it. Will even said, “I am the one who did this, and nobody is mad at me.” Danielle actually believes that she is safe, but Will says he’ll just string her along like he has with James, Howie, and Marcellas.

The saddest part about this is that you see both Erika and Janelle playing right into their hands. Mike and Will are both telling them the same things, i.e. that they both are the “secret member of Chilltown”, but they are crafty ninjas and nobody knows what they are doing. Erika looks stupidly into the camera and says, “Being that I am the secret member of Chilltown, I think they have my back” and Janelle says, “Nobody knows that I’m with Chilltown”. The only person more delusional is somebody confusing Lara Flynn Boyle for Delta Burke.

To make matters worse, Will and Mike decide that they might as well have Chicken George as an ally as well. Granted, Chicken George barely knows what’s going on at this point in the game. He looks so confused it’s like he spent his whole summer in Australia driving on the left side of the road and watching the toilets flush clockwise and his brain has just enough function left over to enable him to eat and speak. He eats up his initiation into Chilltown, promising to “step up” when the guys need him.

Am I just hating on a good team? Well, yes. I thought I simply loved the game, but at this point it’s like watching the Saturday movie on TNT. You’ve seen it all before, you know how it’s going to end, and you feel pissed off at yourself because you can’t find anything better to do, but still sit through it anyway. For the love of God, why do these people just sit there and take it? Danielle, who you would expect to fight for her life, because that’s what she does, is content on taking promises from Will and Mike that she is safe. Before I can say to myself “Has she not been watching this entire season?” Will says “I’m not sure if Danielle’s been watching, so maybe I should introduce myself, they call me the puppet master.” It’s smug, it’s arrogant, but he talks the talk and walks the walk, so why should he stop himself if others are too stupid to do it themselves?

Back to the Live Show, Julie Chen promises that we have never experienced a show like this, which is true, because Julie’s outfit has never inspired me to go out and buy assless chaps made out of latex until tonight. With THAT disturbing image in your head, the show is like no other because we are getting “Big Brother Fast Forward”, or as I like to call it “We’ve been getting our ass kicked in the ratings, so let’s switch to Cold Case”.

Looking into the house, it’s worse than I can imagine, George is dressed up as a huge flower. My only hope is that he sees the awesome video B-side made and throws that suit away for good. Why would he wear that after all of the “nectar” that is all over it? Seems like it would be a little sticky, no?

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I am sure the last few days have been crazy in the actual house, but it appears like Danielle is actually very calm. She didn’t bother getting dressed up for the event, but it doesn’t look like she wants to chopsticks with a machete and Erika’s face any longer either. During her speech, she basically says that she doesn’t want to go home, which is nice because it is heartfelt, but in the little corner of the world that we call “reality”, this is never going to happen.

Admittedly, I have been a little bitter during this recap, but can you blame me? I want to believe in miracles, and I should have learned my lesson last year not to trust any of these idiots to do the right thing, but Will is not taking any Chances. Will, Mike Boogie, and Janelle all vote for Erica. Another promise of safety from Chilltown, another person going home.

Adding to my disappointment was that Danielle was totally calm about the whole thing. I was hoping that she would get mad and kick Will or Mike in the nuts or something, but she decided to go out with dignity and told people to have fun, kick butt, and that she’ll be voting for the best player. UGH! If I am going to be so frustrated with these episodes, the least thing I can get is some violence. Instead, Danielle looks about as angry as somebody ordering extra cinnamon in their Chai latté at Starbucks.

Danielle came out to meet Julie, and really, what can you say when the first thing you see after sixty days of being sequestered is the host of your show dressed up like she was late for a Sopranos convention? My only thought is that Julie wanted a little something extra special for Les when she got back home, but he was on the East Coast saying goodbye to Bob Scheiffer, so I guess that theory is out the window.

Julie asks Danielle about Chilltown, and she said that she was expecting the unexpected. You know, if something happened to Danielle that was unexpected and she was evicted, I could understand. However, what happened to her WAS NOT UNEXPECTED. Chilltown had done it three weeks in a row, so how can she say this was unexpected?

The goodbye messages were the usual stuff. Danielle is great, etc, etc, but a few stand out. Will said that when James left, he felt that she would have animosity and come after him, as if Will somehow didn’t deserve somebody to come after him. Seriously, don’t you come after the people that break alliances? Isn’t will proud of doing it? I also find it odd that Will somehow blames this on Danielle, when he was the one who got rid of James (he admitted as much), causing all of this animosity he was worried about!

If there is anything I could be happy about, it was that Danielle finally got mad at somebody at the end. Erika gave a tearful goodbye message, saying that she was really hurt that Danielle told her that she wouldn’t vote for her from the jury. Is she even listening to herself? Did she really expect Danielle was going to encourage her to keep her off the block by saying “No matter what your decision is, I’m going to vote for you. You know what? Betrayal is awesome! Let’s do it again sometime!” Luckily this won’t be an issue because Erika will probably be joining her soon. And even if she makes it to the final two, will anybody vote for her after seeing that she was spending the summer sleeping with Mike Boogie?

Anyway, Danielle said that it’s now personal, and she hopes that Danielle is the one joining her on that charter flight to the sequester house (which we got absolutely ZERO of tonight. Want to make the Internet work CBS? Show special web-only sequester house videos. They will be HUGE). She said that she had Erika’s back, and if she thinks Chilltown or Janelle is going to do the same, she is wrong. But then Danielle says that she forgives Erika. Damn! Why can’t these people hold a grudge? Where’s Howie when you need him?

Back in the house, I was nearly blinded as Chicken George started taking off his clothes just in case a green leotard was somehow a disadvantage in the upcoming competition. He didn’t get naked, but I think I have some strange reflex where I begin to reflexively look for a fork to stab my eyes out whenever somebody that big and pasty takes their clothes off. I call this the Kathy Bates effect because it first happened to me while watching “About Schmidt”. Luckily, Junior Mints aren’t damaging to the cornea. While watching Big Brother, I think it was about to happen again, but the cameras cut away just in time, which is cool, because I don’t think I could rock the eye patch all that well.

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The next HoH competition was again not true/false, but male/female. The houseguests were asked 8 questions about events in the house, and the winner of the game was HoH. Our girl Janelle won, once again giving me hope that there would be some sort of sweet redemption that us viewers could savor! After so many weeks of us having to watch Chilltown screwing people over, finally Janelle will screw over Will and Boogie!

Or maybe not.

Like I said, I should have learned last year not to get my hopes up. Julie told the houseguests that they would have four minutes. When Chicken George won the HoH competition on a live show, he was forced to make a nomination decision, so Janelle probably knows what is coming. Almost immediately, she calls Will into a side room with her to discuss her possibilities.

It’s hard for me to explain just how upset I was, but it would be something along the lines of them telling me that Vitamin Water caused cancer. I hadn’t been so upset since I just finished watching Lucky Number Slevin in the theaters, and realized I paid $25 for two tickets to see that show. Basically, it means that Janelle is not her own person, and any designs we had on sweet revenge are now about as likely as Alec Baldwin being able to see his own feet when he gets out of bed in the morning.

Janelle and Will discuss strategy. As strong as we like to pretend Janelle is, she is as weak-minded as Erika. Janelle wants to get rid of Boogie to secure Will’s allegiance, just like Erika thought of getting rid of Will to test Boogie’s allegiance. Instead, Will says that they are coming after us, and we have to come after them, but they just don’t do it loud. When this game is said and done, this is how Janelle is going to be remembered? Best player to ever play the game? Hardly. Even is she wins first place, people are going to see that when things got tough and she had to make a decision, she sought ought advice from Will. It’s almost as stupid as Kaysar taking his hand off the button. Janelle had control of this game, and effectively gave it to somebody else.

I’ve been waffling back and forth about her all season, but this might be what makes me put her in the dumbass category once and for all. Janelle even let Will talk her into staying in the side room until Julie called their names. He said that he is making the show and it would add drama if they didn’t leave until Julie called their name. Yeah, it might have added drama if we didn’t all just hear you talking about it, dumbass. What’s next Will? Are you going to park in the red zone until the meter maid tells you to stop? Maybe he is going to tap on the glass on the aquarium at the pet shop? What a genius!

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Well, Julie did call everybody back into the living room, and I am not sure what happened, but her mike was REALLY loud. Will and Janelle walked back into the living room and there really wasn’t that much drama. The only thing that was interesting was trying to figure out how Erika and George could just let the other two talk without trying to interrupt them at all. That four minutes of strategy just put the two of them on the block. Janelle tried to act confused like she didn’t know what was going on, saying “I haven’t really had that much time to talk to anyone”, and by anyone, she meant anyone besides Will. She tried to sound like she was making a hasty decision picking Erika and George, but it was the worst acting job since James threw that Power of Veto.

Since we were on a tight schedule, we proceeded straight to the veto game. The houseguests were tied to long piece of rope. The rope had two knots in it, and on the other end was a veto symbol. To win, the houseguest had to unite their knots and pull the veto symbol off the rope. With veto symbol in hand, they then had to touch a red button, signaling the end of the game.

The best scenario would have been for Chicken George to win, and Janelle being forced to nominate Boogie, which would have sent Erika to sequester, which would have made for one sweet sequester house when she arrived with Danielle. Unfortunately this plan requires George to have some skill, and we know he doesn’t excel at anything besides farting. And he may be a good farter, but those knots were too strong for that.

The competition actually came down to Erika and Dr. Will. The Big Brother season has come down to this. I was basically gloating because Will said he would throw every competition, but clearly he was trying on this one. HA! I told you! He was a liar! HA! Will was actually the first one untie his knots and then touch the buzzer, but Julie clearly said at the beginning that you must take the veto symbol OFF THE ROPE, and Dr. Will’s veto symbol was still attached. He hit the buzzer and thought he won, and it took him a while to figure out why Julie didn’t name him the winner. In those few seconds, Erika was able to detach her veto symbol and take herself off of the block, making sure that somebody else was going to be the pawn this week.

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Once again, we go back in the house, and at this point, everybody is really confused. Erika of course vetoes herself off, and Janelle nominates Mike Boogie to replace her. Mike takes his seat and Julie Chen made a joke about mike taking the proper seat, and was very pleased with herself. Unfortunately, the self-congratulation routines on the Chenbot were a little messed up and there was this awkward silence while Julie said nothing, and the people left in the living room were just sort of staring at each other until somebody rebooted Chenbot off screen and she said “The Veto meeting is now adjourned”.

Hey, we have to give Julie credit, she had to a live eviction, an exit interview, and HoH competition, and HoH ceremony, a veto competition, a veto ceremony, and now another live eviction and exit interview. Hopefully she has the Lithium batteries to keep her going this long. So, Julie asked George and Boogie if they had anything to say, and George is so used to being up there, it’s like an amusement park attraction. He has the fast pass to nominations, and he’s just here for another ride. Boogie made sure to thank his business partner at the Dolce group, saying that he was expecting to be gone for two weeks and that he never would have been able to do this without him. Wouldn’t it be funny if Boogie gets back and the Dolce group had its best summer ever and he was bought out because they realized he was bringing the whole franchise down? Ahhh, there I go again with the wishful thinking….

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I have tried to put some suspense into this episode, but let’s be honest; nothing could have saved Chicken George. Will and Erika voted to evict George and nobody was surprised. I hope CBS is happy with what they have done. We have Chilltown plus their two showmances. There is going to be enough smug in this house over the next to weeks to fuel a whole nation of Priuses.

George went out to meet Julie, and when he said, “You look great”, she said, “So do you!”. I guess looking great is relative. I’m not sure the Chenbot has any algorithms to handle seeing Chicken George’s package in a leotard, so she must have been happy he had taken that off. My hat goes off to George for lasting this long. He was a gamer, and he made it quite far for somebody who admitted to having no strategy whatsoever. He called himself the donkey in the Kentucky Derby, or the kid who ate paint chips at the spelling bee.

I had wondered if the producers were going to be cruel enough to make Chicken George eat slop the rest of the way, but Julie kept her promise and there was friend chicken waiting for him when he got out. It was even delivered by Colonel Sanders! A strangely silent Colonel Sanders, but still Colonel Sanders.

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Is it just me or does Colonel look like he wants to get back to Shady Pines?

I am resigned to a Chilltown victory. The only reason I watched this show was my hope that somebody would eventually doublecross Chilltown with some a dish of revenge served very ice cold. Now I really have to comfort myself with small victories. Will thought he broke his thumb, but that sort of injury doesn’t hurt that much, especially when the only pain is because you were counting your $500,000 prize. There was also Boogie’s random shoutout to his boys from New Hampshire. How maladjusted is this guy? He runs clubs in Los Angeles, is probably the coolest guy to ever graduate from High School, and he makes it to the final four of a reality show and thinks that he is finally validated? Hopefully he’ll have tickets to Dr. Phil after this.

No, my sense of victory will happen when everybody leaves the house. It was funny to hear the final four all inside the house saying that somebody has to return because there is so much time left and only four people. Will, who said that he was running this game, is going to come outside and learn that this game that he dominated was the lowest rated Big Brother in years. Will’s ego is large enough that learning the producers thought it would be better to cut the season short than make people suffer watching this group in the house is enough to have some sort of effect, but once again, $500,000 can sure help massage a bruised ego.

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Your final four.

What did you think of the episode? Who is going home next week? Who will be in the final two? Are you happy with this group of four? Did Janelle make the right decisions? Can anybody beat Chilltown? Does anybody else even deserve to win?

And don’t forget, the next live show will be on CBS on Tuesday. If you haven’t slit your wrists, you should try and tune in.

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40 Comments

  1. 1
    OD-TV
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 9:37 am

    I am just sick about Janelle’s noms. I had hopes and they were just dashed when she went to talk to Will. Her vision was clouded by power of the penis. I hope she can redeem herself but I doubt it. Not nominating CT just showed where her loyalty lies and exposed that to Erika.

  2. 2
    ThereBeNoShelterHere
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 9:46 am

    I am a secret member of Chill Town too.

  3. 3
    Craig C
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 9:51 am

    I am glad that you have finally come to realize what a jackass Janelle has been this season.

    “Oh, I am playing Will, not the other way around…”

    Please. The sad fact is that we are left with a house full of ass-clowns. The un-entertaining kind of ass-clowns to boot.

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    mikey
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 9:51 am

    What was with the red splotches on Danielle’s right ear/neck and George’s face? They seemed to have rashes of some kind.

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    Mark
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 9:52 am

    A few thoughts:

    1) Debbie Downer is love. Next!

    2) I really want Janelle to win. I mean, so what if she’s been complete crap this season? She was great last season, and just for that, I want her to win. Also, the fact that Boogie makes me sick, Erika’s humping Boogie, and Will just plain pisses me off.

    3) Oh, how I wish someone would come back… hopefully James or Danielle… oh, please, Julie, please!

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    jasminetheawesome
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 9:56 am

    All is lost.

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    needrealitytv
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:07 am

    I thought it was hilarious when Chicken George was leaving and he was having problems grabbing his luggage and the green leotard/flower suit. Boogie told him to leave and and they would make sure that he got it. Burn it!!!!

    Also, on this morning’s interview with Chenbot, the Chenbot asked Chicken George if he was surprised that there were two eliminations this week. He said “Julie, in the house we have a saying ‘Expect the unexpected.’” Chicken George, that’s Big Brother’s theme this year…how stupid that he would say that the houseguests have a saying…

    mikey, I noticed the red splotches on Danielle’s ear and neck when she was talking with Chenbot. They were from Chicken George’s make-up that he had on when he was dressed up as a flower. Chicken George and Danielle hugged/pollinated as she was leaving.

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    Lady J
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:08 am

    My disgust runneth over. These people cannot be this stupid. Everyone except Will and Mike are actively acting against their instincts? Why?!

    To paraphrase Alla from “The Apprentice” : “The Janelle I knew has gone away…” All she had to do was look at those four people and her work was made clear. Put Chilltown up against eachother and one of them could be gotten out. All she had to do was make a deal with Erika and George to break them.

    It is so heartbreaking to watch people dig their own graves.

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    bestsariah
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:12 am

    Janelle had hickies on her chest.

    My children watched this episode with me. My five year old asked me if the chubby guy has learning disabilities.

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    beccs98
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:20 am

    i don’t like this cynical negative side of you j-unit. i understand the frustration, but come on. they’re the most entertaining group to be left (well.. not erika or boogie, but will and janelle!) you couldn’t pay me to watch a janelle/erika/george finale.

    and i think chill town deserves to be there at the end, they manipulated and controlled their way there. it’s better than george who was just too much of an idiot to vote off.

    and my girl jannelle worked her way there, it’s not like she never was put up. she always had to fight her way off. thats a good competitor. even if she is brain washed.

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    Pamsey
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:22 am

    Haven’t read the recap yet, but did find it hilarious that it says Laguna Beach above your pic of the Chenbot. Is there something you aren’t telling us, some wierd cross promotion?

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    james_woods_rules
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:24 am

    My Dear Bestsariah, those are not hickies. It’s a birthmark. It was there all last season too.

    I am not sure Janelle will last with the four of them, makes me kind of sad….I assume CT (if one wins HOH) will put up Erika and Janelle and whoever wins veto will be replaced with one of CT, the other gal will be voted out. They’ve already made it quite clear they don’t care who goes or stays.

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    Maynerd
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:25 am

    Is it me, or were Janelle’s stretch pants stretched pretty much to their limit?

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    bestsariah
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:40 am

    I always stare at Janelle’s boobies. How did I miss birthmarks? HOW???

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    Blue
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:41 am

    OMG- I signed on just to say that Janie’s hickies have addled her brains- I totally wanted the girls to kick ass in this game- Janie You just got played- BIMBO.
    Why doesn’t CBS show the “Showmance” between W & J- and the hickies or is it the same red rash as on Danielle’s ear?
    J-Unit can we get a pic of Janie so we can analyse it??

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    MrsC
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:41 am

    Oh Danielle…I was looking forward to some ranting and ravin’, something to rival Howie’s departure.

    Janelle can’t be that bad of an actress. C’mon now, she’s played men for years, (I don’t mean that in a bad way) there is some acting involved there. I think she purposely did a bad acting job to send Erika and Chicken George a message that it was Will’s, not her idea to put them up.

    Man I was so hoping Erika wouldn’t win POV and wonder why her Boogie just voted her out. That would of been awesome. It really did look like Will was trying, but does anyone else suspect he might of purposely forgot the instructions at the end, thereby making Erika POV winner?

    Janelle’s looking at 4th but there is a chance she can win POV next. If anyone can do it, she can! C’mon Janelle!

    Who else is looking forward to the (AWKWARD!!! Yes!!!) wrap party when Ms.Erin-let me crinkle my nose when I smile because I know you guys think that is just so cute-Brodie and Janelle are face to face trying to act civilized.

    Erin won’t break up with Will even after all of the flirting he’s done. He’s proven he can persuade anyone to do anything and I betcha a big ol’ rock on her finger will help her forgive.

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    mikey
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:43 am

    needrealitytv(#7):

    Thanks for the red splotch clarification. I’m so used to seeing George look completely ridiculous that I didn’t even notice that he had red paint on his cheeks.

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    Tony A.
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:46 am

    Maynerd (#13), it’s not just you. There’s a lot more of Janelle to love.

    J-unit, we have been over this scenario over and over and over all season. It has been incredible to see all these people trust the two sneakiest guys in the house, but, watching last night I noticed Will’s air of confidence as he tells lie after lie and the look of befuddlement in his victim’s eyes. Janelle has swallowed his bunk completely, but I’d like to think she is really hanging on so that she can prevail in the final four and then three ON HER OWN. If she makes it to the final two she’s going to have a chance against the Puppetmaster.

    Look, Will is an accomplished liar, he probably has a great bedside manner with his patients, alternating from being forceful to befuddled to fearful to amiable to loving and caring to…whatever the situation calls for. This game was designed for a guy like him and, in his case, you have to grant him all the credit in the world for being able to play with his HGs fears and paranoia. It’s been amazing how everyone played by Will and then evicted finds him/her self wondering “WTF happened?”

    Yes, the season looks like a winner for the two a-holes and even though I hate the fact Will’s dragging Boogie with him, we have a new “Reality” series champion worthy of the title.

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    Lauren
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:50 am

    Okay, begin rant.

    I was so hoping this would be an exciting episode. What a let down. Did anyone else find it curious that the person that left was the only one WITH BAGS ALREADY PACKED? Erika herself made a comment about Pilates and the Veto comp–it was made for her. I mean, this was Janelle’s last chance. She can’t play for the next HoH, so whoever wins it is going to nominate her, which means she has to win the veto, and then someone else will be nominated…so she better hope that Will or Boogie wins HoH so Erika can be eliminated since whoever is not nominated/wins PoV will be the only vote. She had an opportunity here to get rid of Boogie, her and Erika could have teamed up, and made sure they went to the final two instead of handing all the dough to Chill Town.

    Granted, Chill Town has been somewhat entertaining, but there has been no back stabbing by ANYONE but them. Even the Nerd Herd and the Sovs had more animosity than these sheep do when Chill Town walks all over them.

    Sigh. I’m still watching though.

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    c-wise
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:00 am

    J-Unit, I agree that Erika’s decisions as HOH sucked. She’s getting played even worse than Janelle in my opinion.

    As bad as it was for Janelle to not put up CT last night, it was even worse for Erika not to do it when she was HOH. Getting rid of Danielle was indeed a huge mistake because she would have gone after everyone except Erika.

    I can’t believe CT has made it this far… this is like a pair making it to the end last season. Ridiculous!

    Most deserving Final 2: Will/Janelle (strategy/competitions).

    Least deserving:
    Erika/Boogie.

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    zengolfguy
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:17 am

    I love when Julie wears that leather outfit. She sorta looks like Chenbot Beef Jerky…

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    mistichristi
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:22 am

    I have called it from day 1. It is going to be a Will Janie final.
    I really missed the sequester house footage with James arriving.
    I felt bad for Dani but she really seemed to lose her fight.
    Will deserves to win this game hands down. They should have voted him out week one since he was already a winner but the season six egos didn’t credit him with being the master manipulater that he is. He deserved to win in season 2 and he deserves it again. I am actually glad that he played them all especialy since they were so dismissive at first. That being said…….I still was hoping that Janie would put chilltown up, hoping for Will to at least have to fight for his win a bit. Go Will. Don’t hate him just because the others are weak. Love him because he is the puppet master! Go Will and Janey!!

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    HoneyBunny
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:30 am

    Bye Bye Danielle – now you and JamesWhine can be reunited as the Legion Of Gloom.
    When Julie asked Dani if she could ever forgive Erika – Dani said “Oh, I forgive her”…
    I just want her heart on a stake in my front yard!

    Janelle wins HoH. Janelle wins everything. The Janeybot…the Machine.
    Will “directing” Janey to wait until Julie calls them to gather in the living room. He just can’t stop being the Puppet Master and knowing how to put on a good show. She puts up Erika and CG. Another lost opportunity.

    Erika wins POV by a narrow margin. It looked like Will really wanted to win that one. Booger and CG sucked.
    Janelle replaces Erika with Booger. Then Chenbot completely breaks down…until she stammers out a “Get ready for another live eviction”. The ‘OH FUCK’ look on Booger’s face was so gleefully satisfying. And then he takes the opportunity to save himself by reminding the hg’s that CG would be hard to beat in the final 2. “Class Act” Booger – you are so NOT.

    CG voted out. Da. “I consider I done very good. I had no strategy.” CG and Colonel Sanders was just pure Gouda.

    hb

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    stacyrocks
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:32 am

    Damn, I wanted to see Erika be evicted by Mike/Chilltown! Oh well, it’s definitely coming so I gotta be tough and stay with the rest of the season.

    And that ‘Colonel Sanders’ cameo was so awkward and cheesy… Awesome! Hahaha!

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    jack
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:44 am

    There is going to be enough smug in this house over the next to weeks to fuel a whole nation of Priuses.

    hi-LArious, and too true, j. hate to see the ultimate big brother cheerleader turn so bitter and jaded, but you are right on target. the big problem here is just that all-star reality shows don’t work. survivor all-stars was the exact same: for the last eight weeks of that one, all i could think was ‘WHY WHY WHY ARE THEY SO AFRAID OF BOSTON ROB AND AM-BAH? WHY DON’T THEY JUST VOTE AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR SORRY ASSES OUT?’ bb all-stars has been identical; the only difference is that will has done this all before. no one wants to vent on him after they get evicted because they know that all three dozen of us who are still watching this show would have voted him out in the first week.

    i’m especially sad to see you turn on janelle, j-unit. even though she’s clearly in will’s pocket, and even though she has sprouted a pair of love handles that make james’ anna-nicole smith comparison seem generous, i’m still behind janey 100%.

    as for dr. will, well, don’t hate the player just because he has no worthy competition. as for that whole ‘let’s wait for julie to call our names to add to the drama’ line: it seemed clear to me that will was just making sure erika didn’t have a chance to sway janelle, which is exactly what she should have been doing (though it was no surprise that she didn’t, as erika has been by far the most lamb-like of will’s flock of sheep).

    the big bummer of the night was erika winning veto, as i was dearly looking forward to watching her soul get crushed by boogie on live TV. hopefully we’ll get that tasty bit of carnage on tuesday.

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    babeblue
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:55 am

    MrsC (#16),

    good observation about janelle making it obvious that will told her who to put up….now if only she were smart enough to have done it on purpose it would have been better.
    not that the rest of the cast would pick up on that anyway, they’re so blinded by the puppetmaster.

    i admit it was unrealistic of me to hope janelle would have the sense to put up will and booger for eviction. but i REALLY wish that she would have at least put up mike and erika. janey could have easily convinced george to get rid of mike (i.e. break up CT)and if will had voted against erika, janelle would have been the tie-breaker to get booger out.

    this would make erika easy pickings since george admires janey as a player and has already promised to have her back in the past.

    ARGH, sooo frustrating!!!

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    soflat
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 12:35 pm

    These are All Stars?

    Janelle wanted to have Chicken George evicted why? Because he’s the worst player and she didn’t want to compete against any slackers in the upcoming competitions?

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    james_woods_rules
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 12:41 pm

    Bestsariah- I think she may cover it from time to time with makeup. I thought the same thing last season, that they were hickies, the first time i saw it, but it was there sometimes and not others. And it’s always in the same exact place. You know maybe when she’s flushed, it shows up more. Am I making any sense? ahahahahhahahahaa

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    chronic
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    My goodness the contortions reasonong people come up with to still justify Janelle as a great player. Let’s face it, all she did last year was win lots of competitions. There was actually very little in the way of strategy in season six, which is why I enjoyed it so much. I mean, especially with this double-eviction episodes, there’s very little screentime for actually just watching people interact like human beings.

    I was fully prepared to root for her this year, and frankly, I have nothing against her now, but would continue to root for Janelle? If CT doesn’t win, I will be annoyed. I really can’t believe my eyes, seeing them in the house week after week. But I can’t blame them if people are too stupid to evict them.

    P.S. I haven’t watched much this season admittedly on account of the suckage, and I really find the Chenbot’s incompetence to be thoroughly unentertaining, but my god, a lot of the stiltedness imho comes from the desperate pruning that this show needs. The whole eviction ceremony, for example, get rid of the ridiculous preamble about changing anyone’s mind with your speech, get rid of the speeches, and get rid of the pointless commentary trying to create any suspence as each person votes.

    I will resume not watching this show.

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    norma rae
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 1:27 pm

    OMG — did you see how absolutely freaked Boogie was when Erika took herself off w/Veto? I thought he was going to hyperventilate. Too bad Janelle (who I have been rooting for all season) is an absolute spaz and, like a good little girl, did Will’s bidding. And too bad Erika is so stupid that she didn’t realize how amazing it would have been to vote off her showmance…hos BEFORE bros!!!! Maybe that would have given Janelle back her senses and she could have broken the tie and kicked Boogie to the curb. Oh well, Will & Boogie will definitely be in the final two now and I hope Boogie realizes that there is no way he will win over Will. I can still hope for a miracle…but I doubt I’ll see one since they are so rare.

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    sweetblondie
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 1:57 pm

    (sigh) i’m ready to give up on Janelle.
    i was insistent that she was just waiting for the right time to take out CT and she proved me wrong last night.
    i’m disappointed in her. she does have great strategy and kicks ass in comps but…can she really be into Will??? and if so…eww. i’m doubly disappointed.

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    financegirly
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 1:57 pm

    I cracked up when Chenbot snapped at CG & Boogie for hugging while she was talking. She doesn’t like anyone not paying attention to her!

    Janey, Janey, Janey. I’m so disappointed in her. I’m going to have to root for Will now since she has proven that she really is a dumb blond. And what is up with that pink thing she’s wearing?

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    Keyser Soze
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 3:26 pm

    I too am a secret member of Chilltown.

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    pearlblackdragon
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 5:48 pm

    I do believe that with all of the extra inhabitants the correct term is now, Chill City.

    pbd

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    tenny
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 9:21 pm

    as soon as i saw julie’s outfit, i couldn’t wait to read what you thought about it.

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    Tabby Lavalamp
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:56 pm

    I’m bored so I read the recap, and while the always amusing J-Unit was entertaining, I was reminded by how crappy this season has been and why I’ve stopped watching. Not even loyalty to the readers at my site has made it worth shitty strategy and Janelle’s grating self.

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    IrideBlimp
    Posted September 2, 2006 at 12:29 am

    I’d like to say if BBAS is doing a questionaire comp,
    Will’s Fav tv shows are:

    TV Shows: Dr. 91210, Celebrity Charades, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, THE AMAZING RACE, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

    out of all the HG’s male and female he is the only person to list soap operas as his fav serioulsy wtf?!

  38. 38
    KatiesHole
    Posted September 2, 2006 at 4:23 am

    I think he lists CBS soaps because, its the CBS network, but also, I think he wants an acting job on one of the soaps.

    Remember his making love to the camera? That was a soap audition, if I ever saw one. What an egomaniac he is!

    This show is so fixed, I’m very disappointed in BB7. Sorry.

    KH

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    LagunaBeached
    Posted September 3, 2006 at 8:52 pm

    This season stinks.

    Janelle: *plays with hair* like omg I’m so going to take down Chill-town..*giggle*

    Uhh no. Your pretty much SCREWED!

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    countrybabe
    Posted September 5, 2006 at 7:49 am

    I really hope Janelle, doesn’t go down tonight, but if she does it’s because she voted all the women out of the house because she doesn’t like them. She’ll have to win the POV and HOH.

    As for Will, he may really like soaps, I don’t think the guy likes women at all.
    As for a wanna be actor, he’ll have to do some work on his face.

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