Am I first?

Good for Eric telling Dick to back off. Dick's only power in this game is his ability to intimidate. I know he's your father, Dani, but seriously, can't you see the giant target he keeps putting on his back, and yours by association?

Hours wasted at work catching up on the feeds and reading tvgasm: at least 300. Amount of sanity spent trying to make sense out of these people: nearly all of it. Having flipit point out that Kail and Dani "both have very strong knees" and laughing for twenty minutes: priceless.

I love you, Flipit.... That's it.

I'm over the whole America's Player thing. It was flawed to begin with and now its just stupid. Eric getting Jen nominated does not help him. He needs to be in save my ass mode because eventually everybody's gonna find out that he's not voting with his alliance.

I'm officially on Team Jen, I hate everybody. Dustin, Jameka, and Amber are the worst to me. I'd love to see a Jen/Zach final. Everyone has trashed Zach to point where I like him. I really wish Eric would go home. Its not personal, I just think the Americas Player thing does nothing for the game.

Very nice Flip, very nice.

Ok, I have been a Dani fan since day 1...and she's starting to prove her stuff now. If her plan doesn't go through I will be very sad, because I'm so looking forward to the drama when she nominates America's Idiot.

Speaking of...I can't stand the guy. Why'd he get so mad? He got found out, what did he expect people to never ever consider that he could be the other vote? Ugh, and his comments about how he's the one who is all "bro" like with the guys and flirting with the girls. If those eyebrows ever came near me I'd instinctively start vomiting.

Jen is awesome, I think if Jen and Dani got an alliance going that would be beyond awesome.

Amber makes me nausiated..."I can't...lie...physically". BULLSHIT. Dumbass. I want her gone soon, the crying is amusing, but my TV can't handle her puffy face anymore.

Absolutely best line, Flipit: "You can pour pig's blood on Carrie all you want, bitches; she's still Prom Queen."

Go Jen!

OK, Flipit, I've compared you and Schoonie and I have to tell you that your recaps are better. Oh, shit, now Amber's gonna cry and yell "but I love Schoonie SO MUCH!"

Seriously, I have a tough time finding a character I can really get behind. Last week I thought Eric was being sarcastic about there being room for only one stud in the house, but now I find he's being serious! It is to laugh.

The way you wrote about Jen's beg for mercy from Dani had me laughing out loud. I was wondering, while I watch the show, how you would comment on this. You didn't disappoint.

"My finger is already defensively on the mute button. If they ever get into an argument it's gonna sound like a dolphin gang bang." That one busted my gut. I think Jessica's cute in a vapid sort of way, but if I had to listen to her voice, in the dark, after having a hellacious lovemaking session with her, I swear I would jump out the window.

Jameka-another Jesus freak that will get put out with the trash when they're done with her. And Dick? I would love to see what kind of bar he "manages". The guy is a total hating loser. Grow up, poser!

Dustin and Amber. What a pair of asshats. He blew his cover and whatever credibility he gained when Joe was put out of the house. He's so full of himself he's going to burst. Loved the way he sat on the bed with two girls flanking him, in that robe and glasses, discussing who was going to be picked next.

Jen? Hm.I really can't decide if she can REALLY be so dumb, but I will tell you, she's gutsy and very patient the way she continues to handle Dick's abuses. The live feeds let us know she was considering dropping out because of the abuse, but she stuck it out, so props to her.

Daniele may well turn out to be the winner, and not out of sympathy. Her fall from grace by blowing Nick (allegedly) won't mean a thing in the end. She's just spunky enough to hang in there and use Dick's negative energy to her advantage.

And finally, Zach. Poor Zach. I can picture him watching the "torture" show, with his mouth hanging open. I'm sure he didn't know what to make of it and was probably taken there not knowing what he was about to see. I can't get behind him only because he has no game. Why the producers picked him baffles me.

Does that leave anyone? Oh, yes, Kail, the "MOM of the Year-in-her-own-mind" who was so full of herself she dictated the alliance to the long-gone Mike, Nick and might-as-well-be-gone Zach. She just doesn't get it. Middle America, you're looking at yourselves here, so tread lightly. I can honestly say I enjoy her being flailed every week and hope they keep her around a few more weeks.

I think this is the first BB that has not had any successful alliances yet. This LNC doesn't have any hard-core members. Everyone just seems to drift in and out of the room.

And, finally, Daniele's figuring out that Eric's the loose cannon was awesome. Never mind Dick trying to get credit for it. He didn't suspect a thing until Dani voiced it to him.

jen doesn't gulp evian when she's ruffled...she's staying hydrated to prepare for BATTLE! and lol for anticipating dani's bf's letter. love her!

i'm completely tired of dick's tyranny. eric is a skillful player and i'm peeved that the banner may blow his cover. i hope dani's plan to backdoor eric doesn't work and the house starts going after DD.

Flipit - nice recap. the knee joke was funny on so many levels. a little coincidental that nick called dani "the bees knees"

Thanks for the great recap, Flipit -- I missed the show & appreciate the low down!

I'm really struggling here as to who to root for. (for whom to root?)

I liked Dick, but he's a vile, abusive, disgusting misogynist. I liked Dustin, but well, he's disappointing.

It seems as though I'm in the minority, but I think I'm rooting for Jess & Eric, now. I feel myself pulling for poor little AmERICa's hamster, because he is so entirely screwed. Imagine if he lasted to near the end, and America is choosing his nominees/votes? OMG, disaster.

Re: ERIC's bravado:
In my view, he really seems to spazz out when he's in the Diary Room, but I think Eric's TRYING to be funny/sarcastic about taking out Nick in a "studly" war -- because he often makes comments about how short, skinny, nerdy he is, how he didn't go to the prom because he was only 4'4" freshmen year, etc. (Awwwww.) The real reason he took out Nick is because when Jen was HOH and Jen was threatening to put Nick up in Dani's place (after POV), Nick suggested she put up Eric ... and Jen told Eric that.

When Dick was in the backyard ranting "I knew it!" (which he did not), wasn't there someone sitting out there who he was ranting to? It looks like you can see someone's knees on the bottom right side. Maybe it doesn't make a difference, but I was wondering who it was.

Eric was completely flying under the radar and succeeding at subtly shaking up the house with his AP stuff. It's lame that he was outed by a banner. Seriously, without that I don't think Danielle would have connected any dots.

I’ve never liked Eric very much, he’s jittery and goofy and waaay too animated all the time. I think the America’s player is lame and would be happy to see him and that concept off the show. Eric seems to get a lot of credit for being a good player and I just don’t see it. If he was smarter (and less of a nervous Nelly) he might be able to make a good argument about the banner. He could point out to the two Dicks (and everyone else) that no one knows who the banner is intended to help. That he like the rest of them have lied to HG outside of their alliance and if this banner was sent by a fan of Jen’s or Kail’s then where is the problem? In addition, he could freely to cop to lying about putting mustard on Jen’s t-shirt and try playing dumb (if he can do this without looking so darn guilty) suggesting that it is the only thing he has lied about to everyone because he wanted to make sure Jen was never sure who “hated” her that much. I think it would be too late for him to do this now but if he had just kept his wits about him for 2 seconds….

I love Jen. From the first moment when she sobbed about her picture I knew she would be entertaining. I like her attitude…she is the only one who seems to know it is a game. I wish when she had nominated the two Dicks in her HOH stint that she just lied and said that her choice was not personal, it is a game and it is just plain strategy to put father and daughter up because whatever problems they had blood is thinker than water and non of the other house guests had that kind of bond. She was smart to nominate them but not smart about why she did it or how she presented it. Also, last thing about Jen…she doesn’t lie that much (compared to some HG especially) but she lied in week 1 about Nick trying to make out with her and her lie was so publicly exposed by douche-jorts Joe and Nick that no one has forgotten it.

Love your recaps Flipit but Tony A. let’s give Schoonie his due too. You guys are both great and quick!

Sorry for the novel!

"If they ever get into an argument it's gonna sound like a dolphin gang bang."...

OMG, my stomach hurts from laughing so much. Seriously, I have been laughing over that for like 30 minutes straight.

The Carrie and dolphin gangbang takes are brilliant!

Nice of Dick to take credit for figuring out Eric was lying. Has a woman ever gotten credit for anything good in Dick's life?

I think it's hysterical watching Eric squirm like he's about to tell his parents he's converting to Catholicism. Eric's problem is that he thought he could be America's player and win the 500 gs. What he fails to realize is that he's nothing but BBs lap dog. He was screwed the moment he agreed to be America's tool.

Sure as hell hope Dani doesn't chicken out on back-dooring little Yentl. I'll say it again, the America's player thing it tired. BB really didn't think this one through. Even the mortal enemies twist blew up in their face. Maybe next summers twists could be that there are no twists.

Amber, stop crying... no really, STOP CRYING, YOU FREAKING DISASTER!!!

Why does Dani think backdooring Eric will cause an uproar? By the time she said that she'd already told nearly everyone in the house.

Or is she really going to get rid of someone else?

The problem with America's Player is that the votes have to be made before we TVGASM readers get to discuss the noms.

And I thought Eric could choose whether to take or reject any of America's instructions. Does he really HAVE to vote the way he's told? How much money has he won so far, anyway?

And PS: Dick cries almost as much as Amber.

Good Times Flipit! Great recap.

Sparky, I totally agree that Eric, who seems like a decent player, is handicapped with America's boneheaded suggestions. Instead of stupid pranks, etc., the producers should be concerned with tasks that would actually help him further in the game. Things like "Should Eric throw the next competition?" or "Should Eric form an alliance?" Poor guy gets stuck instead with "I'd do that for a dollar." How dumb, I mean- Sweet Chicken!

Instead of America's choice, it should be Tvgasm's Choice. At least some strategy would get in this game.

*If they ever get into an argument it's gonna sound like a dolphin gang bang*

OMG--that will have me laughing for days. i actually like Jessica--and probably would like Danielle if she would get rid of Dick--but i can't take that high pitched screech thing they have going.

i'm really torn this season. i LOVE Jen--she makes the whole self-centered shallow thing work to her advantage--but i HATE Kail. i would probably like Dani w/out Dick, i still kinda like Dustin--but HATE cry-baby (how did she pass a psych eval?), which makes it hard to root for or against anyone.

Dani should switch things up and get rid of Kail--or better yet, Dick--that would be wonderful! i thought these shows did some psychological testing of applicants--although they obviously aren't too picky--but i can't see how Dick and Amber made it through. i thought Dick was just acting, but he seems like he might hurt someone--it really looks like he loses control. Amber is just a basket case--they need to adjust her medication.

I'm wondering if Eric is just allowed to confess to his fellow players that he is the twist. He could just tell his alliance that he's at the mercy of America and that he's not trying to go against his wishes. Or would that just put a bigger target on his back since he's so unpredictable ...

guys THANK YOU
i never know where this show is going and i love trying to figure it out with you.
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Katie- I don't think Eric is allowed to tell the HGs the secret or his money making days are over.
My husband and I were trying to figure out what kind of person would send that banner? Not only that, what if it had been more specific? I mean, it could read, "Eric is the other voter." Seems like CBS would have some way to alter private plane flight plans or something. The Chenbot will find out who you are and send a UFO your way!!
Love Danielle, I think she's coming out of her shell this week. Personally, I'm ready to see Kail (LOVE Flipit that you call her Fail) go home to her multi-businesses. Do you think she's in the "horse feed" business or something, b/c she's sure not very well spoken.
I'm going to send a banner, "AMBER, sober up! Quit yer cryin' cry baby!!"

Hey, go to TMZ.com, there's a story about CBS grounding that plane!

THANKS!!

Flpt & Schnie...You both are SUPER QWIK with the hee-larious recaps!!

For the record....I was the first to call Eric the "Little Weasel" not Daniele!

.......and I'd like all of them evicted and have a "do over"!

....oh, and I forgot...I love you Flipit and once again, your recap was the best, but I'm dumb as Amber, who was that red-head with the curly hair.

Awesome recap flippy! I'll never look at dolphins OR gang-bangs the same again :)

Fantastic recap!

I feel bad for Eric. He's a little goofy, but he's a real fan of BB, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's been here among us reading TVG recaps and maybe posting here too in seasons past. Now he's stuck doing dumbass America's bidding, which means just campaigning against Jen week after week.

Why the hell isn't Amber America's most unpopular houseguest anyway???? Has her virgin/whore routine, empty lipservice to Christianity, constant bawling and ever expanding ass won over middle America? If she wins this thing it will be worse than when we had that final with those pigs Jun and Allison.

P.S. I think next year CBS is going to try to get permission to build the BB house on a military base so the government can shoot down anyone trying to fly a banner over the house.

Great recap, Flipit! The dolphin gang bang line almost made me spew my Coke out of my nose.

I agree with what some of you have said. Eric is a goof but he seems to be the one person in the house who has followed this show from the very beginning. I think he would have a much better game if he didn't have to do stupid stuff. and JasonR, I couldn't agree with you more about Amber. How the hell have we not told Eric to get her nominated??? I can't stand her. Ugh.

Go Jen!

i heard about a study recently that said the average worker spends 30 minutes a day on personal business and i said tomyself, "but i takes me at least that much time to read tvgasm recaps!"

great recap! i have to say that i too feel sorry for eric, and agree that it seems like he is an avid fan of the show and would be really sucessful if he didn't have to cater to america. i'm still rooting for him though.

definitely hated jen at first, but love her more and more every week. just like other people are saying, she DOES seem jenuine and not really sneaky or mean to people. on the other hand, i am hating hardcore on dick and daniele. at first i liked dick's straight up in your face game play, but he has taken it way to extremes. and i lost all sympathy for daniele last week when she went off on jen, who by the way didn't do anything (that we saw) at that point to deserve daniele's tirade. and when she smiled when dick was yelling at jen made it even worse. not to mention her laughing about how she was waiting on kail to commit suicide. i think she is just as awful as her dad but is keeping it under the radar since he is so extreme.

whew. anyway, love the recaps-can't wait to see what happens next!

p.s. even though i love jen, i don't like to see her talk about daniele cheating and her "morals" and "values"-don't stoop to their level!!

Not sure if anyone has brought this up, but the whole scene with Dick on the hammok blowing up at Eric.
Eric and Jameka were sitting behind the hammok at first talking.
Dick went over and laid on the hammok, most probably to get them to stop talking about whatever.
Then everyone else came over I think. I can't remember. BUt yeah.. just to clear up that. Eric wasn't the one that butted in on a convo already going on.

I'm uber PO'd about that damn banner. If it hadn't been for it, Eric still would've been safe and Dani and her Dumbass would've still been clueless.

I'd share what's been going on on the feeds, but well, you'll see alot of that tonight.

Flipit.. hands down best recap so far. LOVED the "dolphin gang bang" blast!!

OK guys, this is my first BB experience, so I need a little help. WTF is with that banner??!?! can anyone just fly by the house and give shit away? and why hasn't it happened so far? and is there no way CBS is up to shenanigans to mix things up?

also, how is the winner determined? is it Survivor style with a jury at the end?

and can i assume they've never done the America's Weasel thing before?? damn i hate that bag of douche.

i find myself obsessed with Daniele. I spent hours at work one day reading her high school LiveJournal on oddandstupid.com. i am so freaking glad she is coming out ready to kick ass. and Dick is right... she IS a badass at those challenges. 2 POV's and now HOH. I love the chick, but they better get her outta there or she's taking it all.

oh and one more "Past BB" question... have the challenges always been so damn ridiculous and retarded?? holy crap they are hard to watch after 10 or so seasons of Survivor.

PDS
President, Team Dani

Chooch850 (#23),

The woman in the picture is Allison Grodner, producer of Big Brother.

Personally, I find it interesting that many people think it is the producers sending the banners. My theory is that Chilltown is responsible, doing what they can to help their ringer, Jen.

Dear poor, dead shannon:

Sorry you have missed out on the awesomeness of the great Dr. Will from past seasons, the best BB player ever. (I won't say ChillTown is great for the obvious reason.) There are other great past players of BB, but next to Richard Hatch he was the finest Realty Show player ever.

One of the great joys of wasting the summer watching BB is the ridiculous stunts they have to do. Clipgasm has a great example from the allstar season, with them dressed in bees. Look it up, it's hilarious.

The winner is decided by jury and the America's player is a new twist. They try to do a different twist every summer.

Must preview first....that's dressed "as" bees. Sorry.

Poor, Dead Shannon,

First off - long time no see - great to see your name on the boards again :)

As for the banner planes - they started in Season 1 and actually really messed up the game of Chicken George who was a house favorite. Back then the houseguests would nominate 2 people for eviction and then America would call in to vote one person to stay. George owned a bar in a small town and his family set up tons of phones in the bar and let all the bar patrons dial over and over to kick out anyone they saw as a threat to George. Someone flew a banner over the house revealing that George was being set up to win by his home town and he ended up being nominated and evicted the next week.

Soon there were banner planes flying all over the place.

Since then, Big Brother has made it a practice of ordering the houseguests inside whenever a banner plane flies over. Often that is why they will be put on an indoor lockdown.

Every once in a while you'll hear a mention of one of the planes but it rarely makes it to the CBS show.

Occasionally one will sneak through and the houseguests will see it. What CBS didn't show was that during last Thursday's HOH comp when that plane flew over everyone was pulled off their perch and made to lay face down in the back yard until the planes were gone and then the challenge was resumed. However, by then it was too late as many had already seen the message.

Hope that clears up the airplane question for ya!

Thanks for the welcome back Pixie. Good to be back.

Thanks for the clarification. You would think CBS could arrange some sort of a no-fly zone... but then again, they aren't exactly the FAA.

Last night's episode is REALLY pissing me off, but I won't comment until the recap is up.... because I've been burned reading older recaps/comments and someone mentioned an episode I hadn't seen on Tivo yet. But oh man I am steaming.

PDS
President, Team Dani and Team LC.