The houseguests get their final words, and April gets to speak first. She says she's grateful to be here and she asks them to vote what's best for each person. She makes a charming joke about arranging the cereal boxes in descending order of size and I like her for a brief moment. I've seen that in the background of some shots and wondered. Jerry then gets to speak, and it is, of course, a jumbled mess of senile sentimentalism. He says that other than the 26 days of slop, the 44 days they've spent there have been great. So, you're saying over half of it has sucked? I don't get it. While he's decked out in Marine gear, he tells them that he "won't be taking any sour grapes" with him, which is a mixed metaphor, because he's Jerry and that's how he rolls. At least he didn't say "street fighter mentality" again. That made me want to Dragon Punch him.
Time to vote! Keesha votes April, Memphis votes April, Ollie votes Jerry. Dan votes April, but not without trying to fake us out, because he is exactly that kind of dork. Michelle votes April too, so she is gone.
Back from commercial, April gets evicted and hugs everyone, even Keesha. She doesn't kiss Ollie, she just hugs him and says something quickly before shuffling out the door. It's a fairly classy exit. She's soaking up the applause as she walks out the door. I think she has no idea what's about to hit her once she starts seeing her edit. Julie starts the interview by asking her about relationship with Keesha. Julie uses the word "frenemy", so we know her vocabulary database has been updated. April says that she has "nothing bad" to say about Keesha, by which she means "I nothing bad left to say, because I have already said it all." April says that she is confused why Keesha turned on her, which just goes to show you how little she thought about all that. Keesha wasn't turning on April (although I'm sure that part was satisfying) she just wanted Jessie out. It's not personal. But whatever, April's prettier.
Julie then asks about Ollie, and if the whole relationship with him is why she got evicted. April says that she doesn't think so. She got knocked out because no one likes her and she's a shit stirrer. Julie asks about Ollie moving in with her, and April says that Ollie was going to move to Arizona anyway, and now he has an extra reason. She also makes it clear that the whole marriage thing was a total joke. You can kind of tell that April is afraid that she just got played by Ollie and she really, really doesn't want to look like an idiot on national television by telegraphing her feelings.
In the goodbye video, everyone is very nice to her, even Keesha. When it gets to Ollie, he asks her to be his very first girlfriend. Don't you know you're supposed to send a Check Yes or No note to your first girlfriend? He's doing it all wrong. Julie gets all BFF with April, sidling up close to her like they're getting their nails done and then going "and"? April tells Julie that she'll say yes. Julie tells April that she's headed off to the jury house with Libra, and April makes a very charming little villain noise and makes the audience laugh before the Chenbot sends it to commercial. Wow, April was very charming throughout that whole thing. I mean, I'm glad to see her go and everything, but I bet she's probably not as bad as the show made her look.
Time for the HOH competition! It looks to be endurance right off the bat. There's a whole jungle setting, and they have to climb up on these perches that are attached to ropes. It starts raining on them immediately, and then the vines start swinging.
America's Vote! Who should get a phone call? I'm going to bet that Renny or Dan wins this, but I bet Renny.
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Comments (21)
I'm so glad that week's over. You're right, there was almost no drama this week, so the editors had to make stuff up to get things interesting.
I was shocked that Chen didn't cut Renny off during her HOH interview. Julie had a great show last night, especially since Dan didn't call her Mrs. Anything. Was he warned?
Speaking of Dan, please stop wearing that red St. Mary's shirt. Pretty please with a cherry on top. If I have to see that one more time I'm going to go insane. Seriously, do you have seven of them?
1 of 21 | Posted by lickitysplit | Posted on August 22, 2008 6:06 AM
I can take your uncomfortable about April's sister and raise you one.
April talked about making out with her sister because someone dared them to.(really,honestly)
Great recap as usual!
2 of 21 | Posted by hoxharding | Posted on August 22, 2008 6:33 AM
"My NUTS!!" I always say that when I'm getting slammed into a wall!
3 of 21 | Posted by krut | Posted on August 22, 2008 6:40 AM
Hi! How about when Jer-Jer corrected Julie? Kinda harsh! She asked him how it was to be on slop for "almost half" of his time in the house - and he rather gruffly replied that "26 is more than half of 44, Julie..." Sheesh! Lesson-y!
4 of 21 | Posted by C MacKenzie | Posted on August 22, 2008 6:44 AM
I've got a BB logistical quesiton here. I know Jerry only has his Marine muscle shirt and Dan has his school shirt, but do the houseguests really fit all all of their clothing/toiletries into a duffel bag?
5 of 21 | Posted by Dirty Sanchez | Posted on August 22, 2008 7:06 AM
One mystery solved is that, based on April's twin sister, the boobs are in fact real, unless they went to the same plastic surgeon. The sister's actually looked even bigger. Her sister seemed a little prettier because her face looked less plastic and pasty.
Worst thing about that large group watching April and Ollie strategize and dry hump in bed was the little kids watching. Ugh. I wouldn't let my daughter anywhere near this show.
Will be interesting to see which group/person Ollie attaches himself to. I could see Dan and Memphis bringing him on board, and then they wouldn't have to rely on Renny, who they clearly can barely stand.
6 of 21 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on August 22, 2008 7:14 AM
JasonR, I think April's sister was sporting "new mom" boobs.
7 of 21 | Posted by foxbasealpha | Posted on August 22, 2008 8:30 AM
If Dan can could get Memphis on board as his "final 2" partner, I think he could lock this game up.
I'll say it... I'll give Renny a rousing bout of sexual activity. Especially if she's weather one of her feather boas.
8 of 21 | Posted by Dirty Sanchez | Posted on August 22, 2008 11:32 AM
Weather is also known as wearing here in the MD area.
9 of 21 | Posted by Dirty Sanchez | Posted on August 22, 2008 11:33 AM
Dirty Sanchez
please do not speak for all of maryland. i live in montgomery county and have never heard the term "weather" used as wearing
10 of 21 | Posted by preppyboy6 | Posted on August 22, 2008 12:56 PM
Wow. Is what just happened here real?
11 of 21 | Posted by schoonie | Posted on August 22, 2008 2:25 PM
Totally agree with JasonR. If Dan, Memphis & Ollie were to form a tight alliance the game is over.
Does anyone think they need to worry about Jerry breaking a hip on these competitions? Also, how clear is it that this endurance challenge is tailored for Ollie. Lord knows he wouldn't win any other kind!
12 of 21 | Posted by suckitbitches | Posted on August 22, 2008 2:33 PM
Two things...
First, I don't think Michelle ever thought it was April who offered Dan the money. When Michelle said, "Did you see her face?" (in reference to April at the veto meeting), I think Michelle was thinking that April looked as shocked as the rest of them.
Second, I thought it was actually funny when Dan he wanted to evict "Jer...April" I didn't find it dorky at all. Well...except that he yelled it.
13 of 21 | Posted by trink621 | Posted on August 22, 2008 4:31 PM
Between my grammatical errors and preppyboy's thick-headedness, I'd say The Old Line State is being strongly represented here.
14 of 21 | Posted by Dirty Sanchez | Posted on August 22, 2008 6:05 PM
How come Dan came prepared with a raincoat and gloves for the HOH Competition? Why didn't the rest of the houseguests do the same thing?
Did Dan bring a raincoat and gloves when he entered the house?
--Eric
15 of 21 | Posted by ericantaki | Posted on August 22, 2008 6:06 PM
Ollie was wearing gloves too, so...
16 of 21 | Posted by schoonie | Posted on August 22, 2008 6:34 PM
WHERE IN THE HELL ARE THE PICTURES OF FLIPIT FROM THE AUDIENCE?
GET TO WORK GEEZ.............
17 of 21 | Posted by giffordsaz | Posted on August 22, 2008 10:59 PM
trink621- You're right! Michelle always did believe it was Jerry. The editing about her suspicions (and Michelle's overall lack of clarity) made this confusing.
ericantaki - I wondered about the gloves, too! The coat Dan's wearing I thought was just a hoodie sweatshirt or windbreaker that he was smart enough to strap on in anticipation of a messy endurance competition (wondering if they can hear the massive construction out in the yard and figure out when this big stuff is coming...)
Also FYI schoon, I believe it might have been DAN who yelled, "OW, MY NUTS!" at the end of the episode. Which makes it loads funnier, in my opinion
18 of 21 | Posted by woollykatie | Posted on August 23, 2008 5:01 PM
YES! LOADS funnier!
19 of 21 | Posted by lirpa | Posted on August 23, 2008 6:19 PM
Okay the last comment that follows is pretty funny but I've always been a sucker for gay prison jokes!
"On camera. Jerry then gets asked about how he's reacting to being on slop for so long. He says that you just have an open mind, take your punishment, and swallow fast. Hey, just like being in prison!"
Sorry to see beautiful APRIL go but we still have big butt Keisha (she should think about dieting!), Renny who I'm sure is a TRANNY and of course Michelle who has never been and will never be "the pretty one."
I'm liking that Dan more and more. He's no Jessie and he's no Memphis but he's pretty cool anyway.
Oh, one last thing. That April looked AMAZINGLY SEXY in her blue eviction night dress. YOWZER!
20 of 21 | Posted by Mr Dangerous | Posted on August 24, 2008 12:51 PM
lickity split:
A few weeks back, after Dan called Julie "Mrs. Chen", she said "I am married, but Mrs. Chen is my mother." How does he not know she's "Mrs. Moonves"? Doesn't he listen to Howard Stern?
And Michelle did say at some point that April definitely looked surprised about the money thing, and that Michelle def thought April wasn't the one who tried to bribe Dan.
Very squicked out about April/Ollie being watched by her whole family..
Sorry, just watched this last night, so I'm just getting here now...
21 of 21 | Posted by duckncvr | Posted on August 25, 2008 4:43 AM