Let the bitching and moaning commence. After watching a few weeks of Big Brother, I have to start taking some issues with the members of this cast. Perhaps it is my fervent anticipation of this season that clouds my judgment, but I am really disappointed with the way some members of the cast have built their strategy. I am on the outside looking in, but it is beyond me how the cast has gotten to this point. Marvin won HoH, and in a surprising strategy move initially nominated Lori and Holly for eviction. While this was not the dream scenario of Scott and Jase dealing with the thought of leaving the house, Marvin showed at least a semblance of original thought. Something has got to happen to shake up the game, not necessarily because I want Scott and Jase to rot and die, but because there needs to be something else on air besides Scott and Jase talking about how powerful they are.
There was a little bit of intrigue that gave me hope early on. It's patently clear how much a majority of the house detests Holly, so Will and Karen came up with a plan to vote Holly out, but give the impression to the guys that everybody is going to vote for Lori. What was great about this strategy, other than the obvious warning blow across the bow of the Horsemen, was the measure of public humility facing Scott and Jase when they see they have been duped. Will was completely giddy. Jase in particular has been making derogatory references to gays, but really hasn't said much about it. You do understand to a certain point. If Will let people know how much it bothered him, he would instantly become a target. Quite a difficult position to find yourself in.
Will is not alone, however, as Scott has successfully bullied other people in the house. He added to the checklist of phrases that make him look dumb by saying to Diane "You have as much power as Saddam Hussein had over his people". Correct me if I am wrong, but being a dictator Saddam had absolute power over his people, or at least was able to rule them with fear. Scott, therefore, is more like Saddam because the threat of violence is the main way Scott keeps people from confronting him. After a little back and forth exchange, Diane left crying, and Scott was left to contemplate if he should stick with the soul patch or try and go for the fu man chu. Clearly Scott was upset that Nakomis, now sporting a mohawk to go with her greenish hue locks, might garner more hair attention than he was.
There are a lot of interesting things happening inside the house. Nakomis has started to let her personality show a lot more and Holly sort of let her guard down a little bit while talking about her nomination. For the first time since the show started, we heard her speak without the bubbles and with total seriousness. Still, just when I thought she was doing a little manipulation of others, it is clear she is not really in touch with the reality of the house, at one point saying she knew how everybody knew she and Lori were friends. I don't pay attention to the live feeds, so I can't say for sure that they aren't close. The way Diane's eyes rolled at the comment did have me believing that Lori and Holly weren't joined at the hip. As for Nakomis, we finally got some input on her side of the Project DNA reunion with her brother. Turns out that "they have nothing in common" and that her relationship with him is not going to stop her from understanding what she needs to do. Unlike Marvin, she sees that she is only going to be a pawn as long as the Horsemen need numbers. Afterward, she is going to be dead weight. Therefore, her vote is almost sure to coincide with Karen, Will, and Diane and not whatever Michael is feeding her.
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