Under Pressure

kaysar_pressurecookerThere were so many titles I could have used for Saturday's episode of Big Brother: "Under Pressure," "Man in the Box," um, some other song title I thought of four hours ago but have since forgotten. Point is that some of these people spent twelve hours in a plastic box, or "pressure cooker" as Julie Chen noted, and when you think about it, that's a really, really long time to stand around. I mean, what were you doing twelve hours ago? I was watching La Bamba on Encore. Man, that movie gets me every time. Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales? It doesn't get any better than that.

But I digress. Let's talk about what's really important: Big Brother (no disrespect, Lou Diamond). I'll admit, I've been a bit slow getting this recap up. You see, last night I wound up getting a little bit drunk, and while I did somehow manage to watch the show before passing out, I was clearly in no state to write comedy. Ditto this morning when I woke up (hence, I watched La Bamba). Now, many hours later I've finally summoned the strength to sit down and tackle this interesting, if not totally compelling episode.

So let me say this. Kaysar. Kaysar Kaysar Kaysar. Millions of people just spent a whole week devoting their lives (or at least 30 seconds) to returning you to the household. And what do you do? You screw everything up! What happened to the cunning, calculating, and ruthless player we loved so much? How could you make that deal?? HOW???

Okay, I need to simmer down. Might as well start from the beginning. The episode kicked off right where we left the house guests: standing in a makeshift greenhouse with their fingers on a button. Of course, since this is a Summer of Secrets, the producers were kind enough to stock this "pressure cooker" with several mystery boxes, inside of which were prizes and horrors. As Julie Chen said in her classic wooden style, "Some surprises are good. Some are not so good." We then watched as Julie once again opened up a box, causing several flies to escape into the room. "Hope this doesn't bug you," said Julie, all but winking at the camera and giving a thumbs up.

With the flies buzzing around their faces, the house guests soon complained that their insect companions were surprisingly aggressive. I don't really know how much more aggressive a housefly can be. And let's not forget, they'd been trapped in a box for who knows how many hours. It's like they were in their own special, all-fly version of Big Brother. Oddly enough, one of the flies was named "Cappy" also.

As the roommates stood around, they soon began guessing what was in the boxes. "Ashlea could be in one of the boxes," surmised James. Anyone else just get nightmares of Ashlea's severed head lying in one of those boxes? Then again, maybe CBS figured out a way to shrink her down. That would explain not only the whole leaving-sequester issue, but also all that "CBS wants to shrink me" stuff she was always talking about.

Random side note for all my 24 peeps. Is it just me or is Kaysar totally getting a Behrooz fro? I definitely dig it, if only because it reminds me of our favorite puffy-haired teen. Memo to CBS: please incorporate Shohreh Aghdashloo into this show somehow. I beg of you.

Anyway, while everyone babbled in their cage, we zoomed back in time to Sarah's recent eviction. Ah, so this is how this episode's gonna work. Flashbacks. So very postmodern. I love when Big Brother gets artistic. They should really make it into an auteur showcase. Maybe get Quentin Tarantino to direct an episode. Seriously, nothing would inspire me more than Julie Chen bantering with Samuel L. Jackson about an obscure pop culture reference.

As we watched Sarah tearfully head out of the house, everyone chimed in from the Diary Room about how they all liked her. "We all loved Sarah. She was a really nice girl," said Rachel, adding, "Now who was Sarah again?"

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Comments (75)

Dana:

Hell no! Kaysar did not do the right thing! You'd think he'd have learned from his exit the first time that you play this game for yourself first, and let everyone else figure out where there true allies are. He should have known how vulnerable he was already and held on. Why make a deal with someone who has not proven themself to be trustworthy to you? It is frustrating for those of us that voted him back in b/c we thought he had skills in this game.

holyterror:

I would have thought it would take someone with more intelligence than Jen (and that means pretty much anyone else) to outwit Kaysar like that. I'm hoping they'll find Jen's murdered corpse in the HOH bedroom on Tuesday -- what a sleazy thing to do. I can't wait 'til the people she saved turn on her when the competition gets tighter. And by the way, B-Side, I think you missed a potential "camel toe" from Jen during the dance exhibition/lesson.

TV-Eyes:

I was furious at Kaysar for caving in to Jennifer. But now I just had a thought...maybe he had to go to the bathroom and didn't want to embarrass himself in front of America. Twelve hours is a long time to hold it!! Worst case scenario is the stupid Friendship puts up Kaysar instead of James. I have a bad feeling about this....

boondocksaint:

Well, America's Choice just went down the drain. We all (well, 82% of us anyway) had a huge tvgasm upon the Return of the King, but now, thanks to more idiocy in the ranks of the S6, there is a good chance the guy we fought so hard to give a second chance will get the outs one stupid week later.

Thanks, CBS for making an endurance HOH challenge where it was anyone's game...oh, and for NOT giving Kaysar immunity too. Now your ratings will plummet exactly 82% if Kaysar leaves. Then again, that was a VERY dumb move on his part which is very sad bc he almost deserves what may happen to him bc of it.

America's Next Top Fan:

So you think you can dance...

hahahahahahah


Kaysar's move is the moment in each season where one group takes complete control of the house and run roughshot over the other. And the problem is that Kaysar simply handed it to them and there is absolutely NO upside or advantage to doing that. What was he thinkging? Maybe all that hair twirling caused the hair follicles to dislodge some brain cells.

Kaysar's move ranks in the league of Marcelles not using the veto on himself and then promptly being voted off. Stick a fork in the Soverign 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.

A good title for this episode... KING NO MORE.

Kaysar, Fucking idiot. Someone please give Howie "The Brains" the HOH again!

Starlight:

I am SO pissed at Kaysar. Being one of the fools who votes HUNDREDS of times to get him back into the house, I am disappointed and astonished that he would do something SO stupid as to give away HOH to a Friendship member on a lame promise. My support of Kaysar is GONE. He deserves to be evicted this Saturday, again! What a betrayal of the 82%!

hjordanc:

Sadly, ANTF, I believe the turning moment of this season was Howie's nomination of Jamesarah. As has been pointed out previouly by much more articulate people than I, by keeping the friendshits intact for an extra week, Howie pretty much guarenteed that he and his allies would be fighting to regain majority interest in the house for the rest of the season.

the secretary:

B-Side, as usual, excellent recap.

I must say I am conflicted. Kaysar, Kaysar, Kaysar. I'm going to have to bite the bullet here and declare that I am now rooting for James 100%. If our beloved King can somehow turn it around before Thursday I might be persuaded otherwise, but until then J, you're my man (despite the weird scarf fetish thing.)

hannahthehun:

Jennifer didnt trick, outwit, or outsmart Kaysar. She just lied to him. It doesn't take a whole lot of intelligence to lie, two-year-olds do it all the time. Giving up the competition was pretty stupid on Kaysar's part but I refuse to believe that somehow makes Jennifer a "smart" player. And if she thinks her own team won't use this as an excuse for why she can't be trusted she is crazy.

Before anyone feels a twinge of guilt over bashing that “See you next Tuesday” Ivette, keep in mind you don’t see a lot of the crap she pulls. She’s a disgusting cockroach of a human being. She makes fun of everyone behind their back, especially Kaysar. She is constantly making terrorist jokes about him, and comparing him to Osama Bin Laden. And lets not forget the “you don’t respect women” crack. She’s filth. So when she broke down crying when she let go of her button and then got the aire horn just made me happy.

Kaysar said that Eric was furious when his name wasnt announced. He was cursing up a storm. God I would've loved to see that. BUt this is not the Kaysar I know and love. OF COURSE Jenn was going to backstab him. Jenn does whatever she's told. Essentially Maggie is HOH this week. Freaking Howie. If it wasnt for his stupidity we wouldnt be in this mess. Can you imagine the final weeks of the show all we can watch is Beau, ivette, maggie and April? Ugh, I'd rather watch "Still Standing".

Tony A.:

Hey, OK, I'll take your "drunk" excuse this time, but don't do this again! BB6 just ain't fun without your review the very next day, so watch it!

Having said that, I'd like to add my "Kaysar, Kaysar, Kaysar" to all the above. My jaw dropped as I watched him let a member of "The Friendshit" win HOH!. That M.Fer! Do you know how many times I voted for him? Does he not know that he's up against a solid wall? Jeeeeesus!

Jenn's move doesn't rank as being as calculated as Johnny Fairplay's famous "dead" grandma move, but it was both expected and damned smart. Did you see her face as she made her decision. Fucking evil, is what it was. Sadly, the "Sorry 6" will be short a member this week and "The Friendship" will win.

jack:

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

i don't know what's more pathetic--kaysar's sudden, ill-timed mental vacation, or the fact that i care so much about it. this is the dark side of the Big Brother experience: you get compulsively addicted to a brainless, totally valueless show--i mean, really, folks? what could be more soul-sucking than sitting around watching a bunch of people you don't know and usually don't even like, sitting around talking in circles and making asses of themselves?--then, you get invested in the occasional one or two people who don't seem like the type of person you'd slap in public if you thought you could get away with it, and then those very people--whom you started to like because they seemed vaguely intelligent, at least in comparisosn to everyone else--fuck up catastrophically, leaving their own fates in the hands of the kind of idiots that make you lose your faith in the future of humanity. and then, because you are addicted or have nothing better to do or just love to kill time at work reading the clever recaps on tvgasm, you find yourself following the asshole patrol all the way to the end, as they slowly pick off all of the interesting people, all the while inventing backwards-assed justifications for abject hypocrisy and unconscionable backstabbing, rounded off with endless, nausea-inducing self-congratulation for their 'integrity' and 'honesty.'

i feel like i need a 12-step program. how could you, kaysar? we worked so hard for you! now we're like the jilted wife who busts her ass putting her husband through law school, only to be thrown over at 45 for a 20 year-old bimbo and a convertible maserati.

of course, this probably all comes down to kaysar's inexperience with amoral women. come on, kaysar. nobody stands up in a glorified garbage can for 14 hours just so she can look at her boyfriend's picture. never trust a woman's tears and promises when she's trying to get something out of you.

marimari:

I agree that all Jennifer did was lie to Kaysar, and it doesn't make her a smart player. But it does make Kaysar, as much as I hate to say this, a dumb player. It's a reality show for goodness sake, you don't take people's word, especially when they haven't helped you before.

protegefox:

Jennifer really did not even lie to Kaysar's face. I think that when she originally made the deal, she was ready to agree to anything to get those pictures and whatever. But Kaysar should have taken into consideration that the rest of her group wouldn't let her follow through.

tv freak:

Kaysar do you know how many times I voted for you (okay only once, but still). I liked the April/Praire Dog reference. As for quiting, I think you guys are taking it too far. I'm still watching for Janelle, to see if Beau ever becomes less boring, and Ivette's antics (they amuse me). I'm calling right now that Beau will win.

tv freak:

btw: let's hope that Kaysar wins veto. Here's how I look at it if he wins: He takes off Janelle and James is put up and evicted. There's still hope but very little

megstar:

So dumbfounded and confused. Kaysar, how could you do it? What were you thinking? Being out of the house must have mellowed you and obviously you did not realize how divided things are in the house.

Maybe if he had time to find out what he missed when he was gone he would have fought to the end. Oh Well. I guess I will be going though Big Bro withdrawls if things don't work out for the anti-friendship.

boondocksaint:

Another thing is this...I know it was early in the morning and everyone was asleep, but why the hell didn't he wait for a witness to be present before cutting a deal like that?? As stupid as it was to accept such a dumb deal, that would have made it a little more tolerable so at least one other person could put the pressure on Jen being a liar.

Yeah, 14 hours is a looong time to be in a box with a dead fish and non passive-aggressive flies, but you make it back to the house, win America's vote PROMISING to stir things up and then just give up??? Disappointed doesn't even begin to summarize how I feel right now...

Ashes:

I guess the beauty of this show is that the winner isn't the most liked in the house, the most popular with viewers, or even necessarily the smartest. In that way it's like Survivor--sometimes people get to the end without ever winning challenges or doing the plotting and scheming for themselves. Riding coattails is often an effective reality competition method. So Kaysar, who until now was the most popular with viewers and the most strategic, might lose because of one bad moment that leads to his allies being vulnerable, while someone like Maggie, Beau, or James, who have not been popular both in and out of the house, could pull it off.

Rick D.:

What a bunch of idiots. This whole thing with James is just stupid. Kaysar and Howie took the word of the group that is playing against them. All they'd have had to do was sit down and talk to James and Sarah and ask them what all the talk was about. James would have said sure, I told them I'd put up Howie and Rachel, but I was not being honest with them, I was trying to get in good and backstab them. Which I beleive he was trying to do. But instead the Kaysar alliance blows it all out of proportion and tries to get James and Sarah out, butting their numbers from 6 to 4 and leaving them at the mercy of the friendcult. Stupid, Stupid game play.

Rick D.

J:

WTF?! Oh Kaysar...only a week and already the end is nigh for you!

It looks like after Thursday, I'll hold off watching until he's back for the finale. He was the only likeable character out of the whole cast.

(Yes, Janelle's a good player and will hopefully win this but meh, Kaysar seemed like a guy you'd hang out with outside the house too)

Ed:

As angry as I (and Rachel) was when Howie screwed up last week, the fact is that they had a chance to get rid of Ivette. Instead, every last one of these fools voted against Sarah (assuming James voted for her). This doesn't fall on Howie, they all deserve to go.

I was filled with hatred for Jen as she tried to rationalize her duplicity in the conversation with (I think) Maggie. Instead of admitting to her lie to Kaysar, she came up with the most tortuous logic I've yet seen to justify her deed.

Oh well, I now officially no longer care who wins. Maggie is the most deserving of this bunch, but a pox upon all their houses.

Retroqueen:

****B-side,

I watched this episode on the East Coast station. When Howie was admiring Beau's appendage he clearly said, "big cock" before he went on calling it a chocolate pee pee.

Obviously this was caught by the censors when it aired on the West Coast or I'm sure you would have mentioned this censor malfunction.

Stunned:

Without question, the bonehead move of the season. If Kaysar manages to win veto, I think Howie goes up.

scorpiella:

On the feeds when April was in the pressure cooker, she had Beau come over and rub her hips. Apparently Grandma's going to need a hip replacement soon.

Mary:

I dunno. I just keep thinking about how damn hard it would be to be standing there pushing a button for TWELVE HOURS. No bathroom break, no food or water, no sitting. That would be hell. I would be ready to make a deal with anyone at that point. I can't say I really blame Kaysar all that much, but I think he should've tried to manipulate Jennifer into letting go, rather than the other way around. But he's only human after all.

I'm trying to take a positive outlook on all this and think of Janelle and Rachel as pawns to backdoor James. Maybe that's still the overarching plan and Jennifer was just being a bitch sacrificing two people from the other team instead of her own.

I hope they just end up voting James out and then Janelle or someone get HOH next week. Then shit will really hit the fan.

"The only thing more devastating would be if he'd learned that he could not, in fact, import the giant Jesus above Rio De Janeiro into his living room, home of the 50 foot crucifix."

for some reason, i read this as "the giant jesus above ronnie james dio", which, when you think about it, is funny in its own right.

For starters, everybody has a the right to be very pissed at Kaysar. It doesn't matter if Jennifer lied to him, his deal was a boneheaded one from the beginning. It is always better to be HOH because it is the only time you are assured of being in the house to play again the next week. It does not matter if being in power puts a huge target on your chest, at least you will be in the house.

My only hope is that the Friendship is stupid and decides to actually backdoor James out of the house. The problem is, since the Friendship has all of the numbers, they can decide who leaves the house. If Janelle is vetoed, put up James and then evict Rachel, or vise versa. Since you have nearly twice as many people, you have decent odds at winning HOH again, no matter what.

It will be interesting to see how James plays this. I think he has potential to stir shit up. I hope he tells the Friendship he will be on their side if they don't vote him out, then wins HOH and backstabs them.

The most frustrating thing about this is that Howie, Rachel, Janelle, and Kaysar deserve what's happening because they felt they had to protect themselves because of what James said and forgot that actions mean more than anything else. They trusted Jennifer's words and now get to see her in action, which led to their nominations.

Kaysar, we all love you, but right now you're a huge idiot.

Lyndsay:

I knew I had seen Eric before. As a Koopa Troopa! Hilarious!

J-Unit, you are so right. I loved everyone in Kaysars allaince but Howie's nominations and Kaysars stupid "deal" with Jenn (which anyone knew she would back out of instantly) destroyed them. First rule of Big Brother, the losers ALWAYS bitch and moan about how they got backstabbed. Thats why they are the LOSERS.

But I can't help but be more mad at Howie for his idiotic nominations taht started all this. god what a tool.

me:

Do these people not watch BB??? Seriously. I shake my head most of the time.

Jennifer is a rogue player. She is not out for the "friendship", she is out for herself. She will stab them all in the back to get to the end. She is on a total power trip and is more pathological than James. I can't wait until she cuts April loose. Actually, if Kaysar leaves this week, I'm pretty much done with this show. (even though it was his own fault for letting go)

Why didn't Howie or Janie give Kaysar details about the previous week while they were trapped in the box all that time?

This show infuriates me. It just highlights the worst qualities of humans.

anon:

Thank you for the recap!! My Tivo didn't record this Saturday's episode - it said there was a football game on instead! Stupid football, sent me into BB withdrawl! But with your wonderful recap I feel like i didn't miss a thing! Did this ep air in the LA area at a different time this week?

America's Next Top Fan:

Madelyn Kahn: "Is it true what they say about how you people are.... gifted?

Cleavon Little unzipping his pants.

Madelyn Kahn: Ohhhh, it's true, it's true, it's true...it's true...it's true!

from the movie Blazing Saddles

Why oh why did God bless Beau with a huge package? He doesn't use it...he's a bottom bitch.

Howie totally Madelyn Kahned over Beau's package. Closeted homo.

Mullethead:

Retroqueen (#23): I watched on the West Coast AND the ep was preempted for football so it came on at about 10 pt I think. Howie saying "cock" was clearly audible.

This was a better editing move than showing Jennifer popping Howie's back zits.

sparky:

My guess is that Kaysar thought as long as everyone wanted James out, it didn't matter in the who engineered it, and it would give Kaysar a chance to be HoH next week (with Jen winning and James out, the competition for HoH next week will be 4 against 4; if Kaysar had won then it would have been 5 against 3).

What happened to James? First he's vowing to wreak havoc on the house and next he's completely giving up? And now Janelle is saying she's wants to take out Jen? Well, good luck with that. Your claws don't seem to be all that sharp, dear.

And Kaysar talking strategy when it's clear he's now all about revenge: first James (and for what, I ask; all he knows is what April told him); and now Jen. In the Diary Room he's got his hair slicked down and talking in monotone about payback. This is playing strategically? What happened to the Kaysar we used to know, stirring up trouble and laughing about it? Now he's just some dull tv-mafiosi. Boston Rob already did that one to death. WILL THE REAL KAYSAR PLEASE COME BACK??

Does it seem to anyone else that he must have spent all last week working out? Or have the producers just supplied him with extra-tight t-shirts?

Meanwhile, my vendetta against April continues. GET HER OUT OF THE HOUSE NOW.

floopeygirl:

B-Side, excellent re-cap!

Can't believe that King Kaysar folded that easily, but then again, he is a true gentleman .. he let the woman have her way. Unfortunately, she turned out to be a lying cheating skank, but that's another story.

Jen is so not a strong player, that hopefully her inadequecies will shine thru and she'll be the next one out the house .. after James is backdoored, of course.

And as for April, I'm quite surprised that she's still in the house ... haven't the people from her old age home even attempted to find her after she wandered off the property?! Isn't a missing patient an insurance liability?! Has her face been posted on the side of a Mylanta bottle yet?!

The scenes of Rachel trying to dance were some of the best comedy I've seen all summer. Thanks for showing us this. I just wish I'd TiVo'd it so I can go back and watch this ditty repeatedly. She is stiffer then James is funny.

Waiting for the PoV competition which should be good fun. Janelle is gonna win and the look on James' face when he's backdoored in and then out the house will be oh so much fun.

And hey, new drinking game .. every time Ivette or Maggie mention Crappy -- time for a shot! Every time James talks about Sarah and revenge -- time to drink. I figure I should be thru at least one bottle of Kettle One by the first commercial. =)

lia:

ok i still 100% love kaysar, but sometimes you just wanna slap the ones you love. honestly kaysar, what in the hell were you thinking when you let jen, the dumbass, win HOH????? i'm highly disappointed, but i'm gonna have some faith that janelle will stay and we'll take over the house again.

amelia:

did Kaysar accidently leave some logic back in the sequester house?
do you know how many times i voted to put him back in, i don't care if he wins i just want him to stir shit up. god! and what does he do!? he gives away the competition to that tiny bitch who'd be partners with that ugly decay corpse and AAAHHHHHHHHHHHhh!!!!!!

i keep telling myself that kaysar can win next week that they'll get out james (even though kaysar should have re-partnered with james because they'd be an extremely formiddable alliance)... but since we all know how ADAMANT jen is about keeping her word, it's like that she'll just back door kaysar for her own sick amusment. if janelle rachel or kaysar doesn't win HOH next week i'll be livid.

i'm starting to think that the friendship alliance isn't the stupid one and maybe S6 has just gotten by on luck.

J:

Re: Comment #33

I was watching Blazing Saddles yesterday and while watching that scene, the image of Howie looking at Beau's goods popped in my head!

So funny you posted that analogy....

Also, whoever said the Ronnie James Dio Jesus....hilarious...

august:

I know Kaysar's going to be a goner because Jennifer did not keep any of her word. This is a terrible move on her part because she is not thinking about next week when she and April wind up on the chopping block. She is simply doing what Maggie is telling her to do because Maggie is trying to set her up to fail.

Anyway, if Kaysar goes, I'm gone from Big Brother. This cast is retarded.

blip:

Well, the Friendsheep succeeded in making the game solely about getting James out and in the process decimating the Dumb Sovereign Six. I could see Howie falling for it, but I never expected Kaysar to buy it as well. How could Kaysar not realize that James is a powerless player right now, with no ally and no friends in the house?!? There's absolutely no point in going after him, regardless of what he may or may not have said to Ivette... James can be taken out at any time. What needs to be broken up is the Friendsheep.

Can you believe this? Since Crappy left, the Friendsheep have lost NO players, while the Sovereign Idiots lost a player each week (including this week). That's three weeks in a row! Janelle has been quiet and absolutely unthreatening, Rachel has been weak, and Kaysar--the only real hope--has been thoroughly duped by this James-hunt smokescreen.

I just don't understand why Kaysar didn't control the terms of the HOH deal. He let Jennifer call the shots, which was dumb and unnecessary. It was a total mental game at that point. Neither of them had more leverage over each other.

Kaysar, Kaysar, Kaysar...

Eddie:

Today is a sad day.

jack:

it is mind-boggling, isn't it? all i can figure is that after 14 hours, kaysar was so addled and ready to get out that he just wore down, like a suspect under interrogation who confesses just to be able to end the ordeal. as irritated as i am that kaysar gave up, he outlasted evryone else in his alliance. give credit to jen--she was mentally tougher. she cried and lied, but he fell for it.

HicksPub:

"To be fair, she hadn't seen a penis that big since that time she had panic-sex with a circus freak during the Cuban Missile Crisis."

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Suddenly, I envision you and J-Unit betting on whether or not you can use "panic-sex," "circus freak," and "Cuban Missle Crisis" in the same sentence...either that or your writing tools were a case of beer and Mad-Libs.

...anyway you slice it, quality fun.

And, oh yeah, don't you just hate it when your favorite player has a massive brain-fart at a critical moment in the game? It'll be interesting to see if Kaysar can recover from that. I hope so (with guarded optimism).

Charity Hope Valentine:

This would probably have gotten me on the block when I was in that box, but I would have told Kaysar EVERYTHING that happened the previous week. EVERYTHING in front of everybody because you know those bitches wouldn't be able to hold back. There would be so much fighting and yelling that some idiot would take their finger off of the button. THAT would be good television.

Y.O.D.F. When I was younger and I did something to myself that was stupid, my dad would always say, "Y.O.D.F." (read: Your own damn fault)I look at Kaysar and think, "Y.O.D.F." He trusted that stupid wench (who looks stupid dancing by the way...)and look where it got him. I love him and I voted for him like mad, but come on, honey. My mother used to say, "Don't trust trash." Listen to my mother, Kaysar!

Charity Hope Valentine:

Speaking of Jen's dancing, did anyone else notice that in that segment you could see Sh*tty in the reflection of the glass. Clearly that was him. Either that or the producer's 8 year old got onto the set or Trashette and Haggie fashioned one of Howie's blow-up dolls (You know he brought some in there...)to look like our Crappy. Anyway, that must have happened a while ago and they are showing us that now. They are in that much need of filler. Good gravy, Marie!

BB fanster:

All I know is James better go home this week.
I'm so sick of having to hear his lying, whiny ass. Boo hoo! Shut up prick!!!

me:

The thing that gets me about Kaysar's quest to rid them of James, is that James is the ONLY one who voted to KEEP Kaysar the week he was ousted!!! Why not go after someone who VOTED to get rid of you!?

Y'know, people, you're sadness, pity, and anger is all misplaced. Sure Kaysar f'd up, Jen is a liar, and everyone else sucks too... but the REAL losers here are none other than our friends B-Side and J-Unit!

Keep in mind these TV warriors must continue to recap Big Brother when the final 5 are April, Jen, Beau, Ivette, and Maggie! Christ, I think I'd rather be locked in a plastic box with a squealing drunken Beau, a rotting fish, and Ivette.

Oh, wait, that was redundant.

amelia:

it would have been lovely to see some fighting inside the box.
start talking shit about other people right in front of them.
get what's true out. people are under so much stress as it is, it would be awesome to see what lies come out. and possibly a nice screaming match. and there'd probably be atleast one person who loses their cool and takes their hand off their button.

more conflict please!

august:

|Keep in mind these TV warriors must continue to recap Big Brother when the final 5 are April, Jen, Beau, Ivette, and Maggie!|

Abandon ship! Abandon ship!

British guy here - lovin' this site!

First - poor Kaysar - however, to be fair to him, 12 hours in a glass box probably does weird things to your head - Jennifer probably just tuned out (not many brain cells anyway), whereas Kaysar probably ended up over-thinking the game. I still love him.

Second - that episode was one of the best yet - this series of Big Brother has been so much about strategy and while that's fun, I've missed those little character-defining eccentricity inserts. Rachel's anti-dancing made up for that. Almost as good as the "Karen is Insane" montage from last series.

Third - like TV Freak, I think Beau may win. He's so boring and inoffensive (apart from his habit of lying on top of Kaysar). He's part of the friendship, he's rubbish at the competitions so no-one's going to see him as a threat. I get the impression that some of this year's contestants are like rather hissy third-generation copies of earlier, more fun contestants. So Eric the macho fire-fighter is a poor copy of Eric the macho fire-fighter from season 3. And Beau the bald black camp gay man is a poor copy of Marcellus the bald, black camp gay man from season 3.

Keep up the good work. The recaps and comments make me laugh more than the episodes themselves.

callygirl:

Ok, the more I think about it, the more I realize that I don't really like the remaining anti-frienship players that much more than the friendship cult members. Honestly, Rachel's crying and claiming not to be in it for the money and Howie's total stupidity and weakness as HOH irritates me just as much as the things April, Beau, and Jennifer do. I will never detest anyone on this show as I do Ivette, and Maggie also incurs extra ire because of her devotion to eric, while I still like Kaysar and Janelle a bit more than I do everyone else. However, everyone has made dumb moves and non-stratetic decisions and said stupid, irritating things. At this point, none of them are playing well enough to win without mostly luck to account for it. If it weren't for the scarf, James might just be my favorite!

me:

I am just hoping that this is one of those 'promised' weeks where NO ONE wins the veto...then at least we get to keep Kaysar an extra week!

sparky:

Fantasy: the last secret of the summer will be that America Chooses whether the winner actually gets any money.

scorpiella:

I did hear a rumor that there will be an America's Choice to evict one of the houseguests. I have no idea if that is true or not, but if it is it will be impossible for me to decide which member of the cult I hate the most!

shelley:

The Secretary (#8),

I'm with you.

Every week that passes and James hangs in there, I like him more and more!

I'm hoping that with all the recent backstabbing from other players, they all forget how badly they want James (who is no longer even a threat) out of the house.

But let's not hold our breath...

Jules:

I am no longer doing tequila shooters whenever Ivette does something stupid. After Saturday's episode of idiocy, I'm just drinking to forget the fubar'd mess.

Jill:

I hated that Kaysar took his finger off the button, but he isn't the first gentleman to be fooled by a woman's lies. I won't keep watching BB6 if he is gone. I will read about it, but I won't watch. I hope CBS finds a way to keep him in the house, they know he will keep the viewers. I know that is a long shot, but a gal can dream.

ha!:

Yes, but -

"A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline."

(Unless I miss my guess, - and it really is just a guess - those who are left may come to envy those who are evicted.)

That doesn't mean that I like the way certain things are being played out. It really is a sad, sad day. :(

ha!

P.S. And yes, I also saw Cappy's reflection during the Jenn/Rachel dance lessons.


olivethan:

Ok so Kaysar totally fucked up .. after 12 hours in a box w/Jen, flies and a dead fish, even I'm willing to cut the guy some slack, but c'mon ... Jen is a total idiot. The lying bitch held a button for 12 hours to accomplish what exactly? Let James' reign of terror continue?! She is a sheep ... loved the renaming of that group the FriendSHEEP. Brilliant.

All I can say about Jen, besides it was entertaining to watch her try and teach Rachel how to move, is that she is on the verge of making Ivette look, well, not smart exactly, but ... not exactly like the dumbest person in the house.

Even with the Beau in the shower scenes, he is still the boringest person on tv. EVER. Really.

museglet:

I noticed the Behrooz-morphing too. If our new favorite Muslim-American ends up going home for good this week, I hope that like his brother-in-arms Behrooooooooz that on his way out he either shoots James in the back or hits Ivette over the head with a shovel.

bat_music:

You say Eric = Koopa Troopa, but I say Eric = Oompa Loompa!

EROSion:

EEEEEW
Check out HOH pic #41 on cbs.com

Maggot's Wide Load:

Pizza... $12.99

Martini Set... $54.99

DVD Player and 42 inch Plasma Screen TV...$2500

Maggot standing with her finger on a button for hours, opening up the secret box of rotten eggs... priceless

Baz:

I think the episode proved just what an idiot Kaysar is. This guy is an idiot who thinks he's all that but really isn't. It's great that Kaysar thinks he can "shake things up" but the guy can't actually get things done. If it wasn't for CBS's ridiculous attempt to put him back in, Kaysar would have already lost. I guess Kaysar just really misses the outside world because he'll be there soon enough.

Jen did what she had to do but she should have done it more tactfully not burning the bridges with the Soveriegn whatever. Hopefully they'll win the veto and backdoor James and quit bitching. Still the "friendship" is still in the lead. Ivette and Beau should be next, they are uterrly worthless and cannot win a competition... or get rid of "I'll shake things up" Kaysar.

Greg:

I agree with "me" (post 55) - all I could think of when I heard about the plan to "backdoor" James was that this might be one of the weeks where nobody could win the veto competition... I know it has already happened but I am unable to check the live feed updates on this computer - all I get is my TvGasm! So I guess we will find out what happens tonight.....

TinkerbellAPixie:

I have now learned not to erase BB off my DVR until after I read the recap and comments since so often I rush back to re-see things through your eyes. First off, that was Cappy in the window watching Rachel "dance" and he even provided a grunt near the end. Too funny.

About the whole box situation. I am furiuos at Kayser for letting Jen have it but I am also mad at Janelle for dancing her thumb right off the button. UGH how stupid was that? When they started the competition I thought for sure this would be one Janelle could take.

Mike:

I love that everyone is freaking out over what Jennifer did. I also love how the people in the house who outplayed Kaysar sad, "America can have him back." ROFL !!!

But someone here wants to see Jen murdered in her bed? Get over yourselves...it's a freaking game show, people. Kaysar and his crew got played, pure and simple. I LOVE what Jennifer did. It's one of the best moves ever done on BB.

Aunt Sassy:

Someone wants to see Jen murderered in her bed? It's funny cause it's true..

sparky:

I wish we'd get to see more about what happens between the Veto ceremony and eviction night. That's three days of drama that the Thursday night broadcast boils down to a few minutes of red herrings. Do we care what people say in the lame group interview? Or in the Diary Room while they decide how to vote? (I can't stand, either, how the players are made to pretend to still consider the pros and cons of each nominee, as if they haven't decided who to evict.) All that wasted air time when we could be watching the in-fighting. CBS, more drama on Thursdays please.

America's Next Top Fan:

Sparky (#72)

I always wonder what the hell happens between Tuesdays and Thursdays that we don't get to see. You'd think Wednesday would be the most dramatic days of the show. For that reason CBS should look into supersizing Thursday nights and cutting the Chenbotts cheesepuff Q&A sessions (blasphemy). Hell we all know how the houseguest are going to answer, except for Beaubitch.

sparky:

ANTF, I agree with all the above. The supersizing in particular. We want to see the tension in the house leading up to the vote.

Dagiana:

Regarding airing on the west coast, thanks to someone on this site tipping me off that the show would be preempted last Saturday, I had my Tivo make a call so that it would be up-to-date, and sure enough, it was on KCAL 9 at 8 p.m. So - just a tip - I set up a season pass for channel 9 as well, just in case that happens again.

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