In my last article on Big Brother, I joked that Jase might have run out of some of the anti-psychotic medications keeping his mental state together. I just wanted to say that I was exaggerating a little bit; there is no way Jase functions with just one medication. Jase hasn't just run out of Valium, he has run out of Valium, Haldol, Lithium, and Xanax. I imagine that wherever he calls home, his house is probably within a 15 minute drive of a 24-hour drug store. I suspect it may be on advice of a court order. We have all seen the situation building as Jase and Scott continue to plod their way through the house with as much concern for discretion as a B-list actor at a movie premiere.
To reiterate. Jase had a problem last week after his girlfriend, Holly, was sent home packing with only his mercy vote preventing a clean sweep. Jase acted like it was OK, but after nearly flying off the deep end during the HoH competition, he found himself on the block along with his hetorosexual(?) lifemate Scott. For most of us, it was the dream scenario. Not only were we almost assured that one of them would be gone, pending the Veto competition, but we got to see what would happen when they were unable to combine their two egos together to intimidate the rest of the Big Brother house.
Ahh, the veto competition. It actually means something this year. Other than Scott neglecting to change Jase's choices the first week, the veto winner has been using their power to shake things up. Before this week's veto competition, Scott and Jase were pleading their case to Diane. You might say they were being civilized about the process. You could also say that their obvious duplicity was enjoyable to watch. Jase and Scott both succeeded in making Diane cry, but were in the HoH room within minutes of the nomination to talk strategy. Their idea? Win Veto, get Diane to put Marvin up, vote Marvin out, and the Horsemen stay intact long enough to get rid of Diane the next week.
The first step, the Veto competition, pitted Diane/Will, Jase/Drew, and Scott/Michael. Each person was isolated in a separate room of the house and one by one had to place 13 coins among six piggy banks corresponding to each of the participants, with no more than 12 in one bank. Anybody receiving over 20 chips would be eliminated, and the person closest to 20 would own the veto. Simple enough, as long as Will and Diane had some sort of concept of the game, they could eliminate Jase with no problem. And true to form, Will placed 12 chips in Jase's bank. The horsemen did their job eliminating Diane with their chips. Diane was last, and she had the power in her hand to eliminate Jase, but couldn't grasp the strategy and Jase ended up winning the power of Veto.
Oh dear.
Yes, Jase got the veto, meaning we all have to live with him for at least another 9 television days. What's worse, we had to live with Jase's veto speech in the present. Jase was, of course, very polite and didn't gloat over his power to take himself off. Hey, I can dream can't I? Jase, with Scott, came out with some sort of rehearsed poor man's version of the courtroom scene from "A Few Good Men". Or something. I couldn't tell quite what it was through Jase's crazy hairstyle and over the top speech that managed to put a gloat and a threat in there at the same time. He took himself off, and Diane managed to show how little she has thought about things when she put Marvin up for eviction, meaning there is a good possibility that the Horsemen wouldn't lose a member this week.
On a serious note, aren't you a little worried about Jase? Not only has he demonstrated paranoid rantings and a revenge complex, but he goes between manic and depressive more and more. Hey, I'm not saying he is bi-polar. As the song goes, "I'm so happy, 'Cause today, I found my friends, they're in my head". But hey, whatever works. He will tell you all of this is strategy, but starting next week, evicted houseguests are sequestered to vote on the final contestants, and if there is anything such as Karma in this world, they should meet their fate there. Like Diane trying to get the spy screen to open, let's all pray that is the case.
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Comments (1)
Why she didn't put Cowboy up I have no idea. IT seemed like a no brainer.
How could you get psyched out by Jase? He can say all he wants, but he doesn't have the numbers to back him up.
Geez I can't believe I watch this show or take so much interest in it.
1 of 1 | Posted by Genevieve | Posted on August 5, 2004 6:56 AM