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Metaphorically speaking, the Big Brother 10 house has had quite a few shakeups in its 19 days. None of them, however, were quite as literal (or amusing) as seeing the house's reaction to the recent Los Angeles earthquake.
Before we get things shaking (get it? shaking? like the earthquake? gosh, I'm clever) let's do a quick recap of the past week: Keesha won HoH and used her power to get revenge on those who wronged Steven, namely Angie and Jessie, although she assured Jessie he wasn't her true target. Jerry and Memphis fought. Jessie lost his marbles and tried to bully Keesha into nominating Libra in his place. Keesha won the veto competition and unsurprisingly kept her nominations the same. There was a banner, and a few houseguests lied about what it said.
Julie welcomes us to this week's live show looking quite lovely. In fact, there really isn't anything about her appearance that I can mock, which makes me blue. Doesn't she know the pleasure I get from my weekly dressing down of her, well, dresses? Sigh. She wastes no time getting us into the action, which begins with an unfortunate montage of Michelle freaking out about losing one of her very good friends. That she's known for 19 days. There are no words, so let's just move on. Jessie's down in a different way, wondering what his alliance did wrong to get targeted so early. I'd love to roll back the footage for him on his entire week as Head of Household and let him know exactly what he did wrong, but alas, I cannot. Memphis blames Jerry somehow, for simply existing, I suppose.
Angie tries another tactic besides bullying and intimidation to get a few votes on her side. That's right, she has a calm and rational conversation with Jerry! She's far too sane for this house. Jerry says he has nothing against her personally, but that her alliance of Memphis, Jessie and Michelle got really cocky during the past few weeks. Michelle gets wind of Jerry's statement and works herself (and Jessie, and Memphis) into a right frenzy which culminates in her confronting him in the kitchen. Because everyone in this house apparently has a fuse about an inch long, the confrontation quickly escalates into a full-on screaming match. There comes a point where the yelling just becomes like background noise, you know? I fear 19 days is far too early to have reached the point where yelling isn't interesting anymore.
After the boring fighting, it's time for the fun: scaring the crap out of the houseguests! This time, instead of Big Brother doing the scaring it's Mother Nature. Good job, Mother Nature! The entire house is sitting around when all of a sudden an earthquake hits. The people inside freak out a bit and move away from the walls, but don't think to run to a safer location until the thing is over. The houseguests in the back yard immediately sprint for the center of the lawn, which was actually pretty smart. The best part of the entire sequence is the aftermath, with the folks outside urging the insiders to get out onto the lawn (after the earthquake was already over) and the hilarious sequence where Jerry doesn't even understand what just happened. In fact, he thinks a truck ran into the side of the house. Hee! Mother Nature, from her perch up on high, giggles with glee.
After the earthquake shenanigans, it's time for the weekly Q&A session with the houseguests. This time we actually get some interesting answers when we learn that Memphis got so angry when Jerry called him a womanizer because he's "dedicated his life" to treating women with respect, and Jerry pipes up that he sincerely apologized to Memphis for the incident. Memphis, in turn, says that he can forgive Jerry but not necessarily forget. So Jerry should be hoping Memphis doesn't win HoH. Then Julie talks to Keesha in the HoH room, where Keesha reveals that she is planning on staying loyal to Libra until the end, but in her heart she feels more loyal towards Renny.
Next, Angie and Jessie give their final speeches before the live vote. Unsurprisingly, Jessie's speech is all about respect and about how everyone should give him the respect he believes he deserves (what is unsaid: or else) and Angie's speech is all about rational thought and the fact that Jessie is obviously the bigger threat. Hmm. Angie gave a reasoned, thoughtful speech and Jessie mouthed off like a tool. I wonder who they'll keep? If you said the mouthy tool, you are correct, as Angie is unanimously evicted. Silly Angie. Rational thought doesn't work on reality show contestants! Angie is surprisingly emotional at her eviction, and assures us that her wearing Brian's knit cap every day since we was evicted wasn't because she was in love with him, but because it drove the rest of the house crazy. Score one for Angie! Why is it I like everyone in the house so much more once they are evicted?
Finally, it's time for the reveal of who America voted for to be our America's Player for the week. And the winner is...Dan! I knew it! I totally would have voted for Dan, if I voted for these sorts of things. After a moment's hesitation, he accepts, explaining that the $20,000 he gets for doing our bidding for a week will greatly help him since he's a teacher. Good luck, Dan. You're the only one I still sort of like.
This week's HoH competition is called "Livin' on the Edge." (And...now I am going to have that Aerosmith song stuck in my head for days. Thanks, BB.) The houseguests are all perched on a small ledge on a wall built in the backyard of the house. The goal? Stay up there the longest. Sounds easy, until the game starts and the ledge gets much, much smaller. Then, the entire wall starts shaking! Just like an earthquake! Clever, BB. As the show ends, we see a wind machine start up, blowing sand all in the houseguests' eyes. Now, that's just mean. Just like I like it.
Favorite quotes:
- "I thought somebody ran into the house or something." - Jerry, on the earthquake
- "You know, it's Jerry, he's an idiot." - Memphis, on Jerry's earthquake response
- "Just for the record, I am married, but Mrs. Chen is my mother." - Julie to Dan, in response to his habit of referring to Mrs. Moonves as Mrs. Chen
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We Jessie is nuts...he deserved to leave but im glad he didnt...i dont like him but the show needs him...cbs needs him...angie is boring...jessie is annoying but fun to watch...
poor dan...its nice ppl like him but im sure america is gonna make him target Libra and that will not be good for him if someone from Libras side gets hoh...i personally wanted someone on Libras team to get it so we could force them to put her up...but i knew it would be dan or renny...
well i cant say to much till after the hoh is shown...then i will give my 2cents that everyone loves so much...i know i love hearing what everyone thinks...so JVice...BillyBob...DL and everyone else please hurry you must all be on the west coast...
The houseguests totally lived up to their self-proclaimed mantra of being "the dumbest cast in BB history".
I pray Memphis, Jessie, or Michelle doesn't win HOH...
Hi Linda! I agree with you on Jessie. He is a nut-job. But interesting to watch (with or without his shirt). This was the time to get rid of him. But as it turns out the smart people have all left (Steven, Brian, and now Angie).
I agree with Memphis... Jerry is an idiot! I'm afraid of what will happen with Dan being America's Player. It will just be a matter of time before he goes all Christian/Catholic on them and starts to rant and show his ugly "righteous" side. Too bad, because he's been playing it cool lately.
I'm still liking Libra and Keesha a lot. They are a force to be reckoned with. Does anyone else think that Keesha sounds like Danielle from a couple of seasons ago?
Next time she's in the diary room look away when she speaks. Sounds just like her, but in a less irritating way.
PS. No spoliers please. If you've seen the live feed and know who won HoH, please keep it to yourself. As Jessie would say "Show some respect"!
Peace.
Thanks Justin. Now there are two idiots. Jerry and YOU!!!
I have to agree with Memphis...Jerry is a total idiot...not just because he suspected that "they" moved the house, but his strategy is so friggin transparent! He goes along with whatever the current majority is and then plays the innocent. "I don't have a choice!" moron. Then when someone confronts him about ANYTHING he reacts by immediately screaming...ughh.
The house was incredibly stupid not to get rid of Jessie. Angie was no threat and could be removed almost anytime after the real threats are gone.
I'm glad Dan is America's Player, but not because I think he's a great guy...he's got no one in the house, so he's the obvious choice to stir things up...I found his comments funny about not making enough money as a teacher....didn't he say in the first episode that America wouldn't have a flag if liberals were in charge? There's just something ironic about a conservative republican teacher commenting that they don't make enough money....
hey It'sMe, you're correct about Dan! And about Jerry and about Jessie. What does America want Dan to do next? How do we find out?
I think that everyone is ignoring the fact that Angie was much smarter than Jesse. To be honest, I don't think that big brother has ever housed a bigger dolt than him. I think that Angie was the bigger threat. She's rational, capable of planting seeds that disrupt the game of others and not attached to anyone enough to care if they stay or go. If she survived this week, I have a feeling that she could have made it to the end.
Jesse has painted a big target on his back. He's arrogant and a fairly incomparable jack***. Yes, he's strong in the physical competitions but he has nothing else going for him. He can't and won't win this comp. Not a prayer. As much as I hoped that he'd be evicted, I'll enjoy of few more weeks of poking fun at his idiocy.
Keesha cracks me up. When Julie suggested that the houseguests underestimated her and she agreed, I almost lost it. She did absolutely nothing to win the HOH. Literally, nothing. All those up against her erred in their responses, so she won by default. Then, she justified her nominations with the most dimwitted explanation she possibly could have concocted. Players lose this game when they seek "revenge". Angie might have been closer to Memphis, Jesse and the ***** from Rhode Island, but the latter 3 should have been targeted and one of them should have been ousted.(I ultimately think that Angie was the best possible evictee because she was the smarter player and potentially greater threat, but this was not the rationale employed by Keesha--and I agree with a previous poster that Keesha is strikingly similar to Danielle in look and voice).
Well-stated, Michael. She pretty much lucked into winning POV, also. She got up because she couldn't take the worms and the compost, not as any type of strategic move.
In another way, Keesha cracked me up last night. On BBAD she was insisting to the other houseguests that the earthquake was not real because she can "absolutely tell". She was adamant that it was all staged by BB, even when the others asked her how they could possibly cause the earth to move.
This cast is SO stupid. Keeping Jessie? Seriously? And all of this 'keeping your word' crap. If only we hadn't already lost Brian and Angie. I miss Steven too, but Brian and Angie had the potential to be a formidable alliance with genuine gameplay. Too bad the Nerd Herd 3.0 spotted Brian's true colors too early. Libra is the new Maggie. She could win.
boy, the producers sprung right into action tying in the hoh comp with the earthquake. do you get the feeling they really don't like the hg's?
yes, it is ironic that the seemingly smarter types are being systematically picked off by the herd of dumber ones.
but i agree with others (hi Linda!), glad jessie survived if just for entertainment value alone and so we get more of--
more fave "quotes":
"she's the most deviant person in the house," said i think by jessie about libra. i'm pretty sure he meant devious, but i guess deviant applies just as well!
and "she has a rationalized mind." jessie about angie on why she is more likely to be evicted. huh?
i also agree that keesha is a dolt (true about the hoh and pov comp's). Beth, thanks for that earthquake tidbit about keesha, lol hahaha....
It'sMe! i think you are spot on about dan. i wasn't surprised he became america's player. he's a weasly loose cannon in the house. and he'll probably have to target libra by america's vote. oh i hope he can pull that off, but good luck, right?
and JVice, i love how you always wait for ugly sides of players to come out. and usually they do, that's why we love this game! i am gonna listen to keesha next show and check it out about her voice!
jerry gots to go!!
HEY JUSTIN THIS IS A NO SPOILER SITE!!