'Big Brother 10' HuH?

Tonight, Big Brother 10's producers faced the biggest challenge they have ever faced. How can they make anything seem interesting after an episode in which one HG ends his eviction speech with the words "suck it, bitches"? I do not envy them this task, especially with a cast that has been rather hit and miss so far.

But first, let's review: Jessi, as HoH and nominated Steven and Dan, while a new alliance formed between Memphis, Angie, Jessie and Michelle. Michelle won the veto but didn't use it, and Jerry and Libra fought, Steven was evicted and Keesha was upset until she won HoH, when she vowed revenge. Stupid, stupid revenge.

It seems that Keesha feels Angie hung Steven out to dry by siding with...well, everyone else in the house. Given that Keesha herself didn't even toss Steven a pity vote, it seems like a pretty high horse she's complaining from. But everyone seems pretty thrilled that Keesha is the HoH, including Libra, who states things couldn't have gone better. Odd, considering the fact that Libra is part of the alliance Keesha appealed to with not luck in her endeavors to save Steven from eviction. Given that immediate history, were I in Libra's shoes, I would be a bit worried. April seems to share Libra's belief that they are all somehow BFFs with Keesha, which means she has a pretty short memory. Keesha, on the other hand, is amazed at the depth of the ass kissing she's received as HoH, which means that she is at least a little more observant then I gave her credit for. Of course, since I figured her to have the intellectual acuity of an addled houseplant, that isn't saying much.

Speaking of dumb, Jessie and Memphis agree with each other that they are the only people Keesha can trust. Clearly. And soon enough I am deciding to stand by my original assessment of Keesha, as she confides in Keesha that even though the group will want her to put up Dan, Jerry or Renny, she has her own plan and will be "changing the game". Because Libra is the sort of person you want to give that kind of information to, obviously. Except for the not at all part.

Keesha HoH room is, again, about what we would expect. Filled with mementos of her dog - including his scarf. Which Libra sums up nicely by saying "Because it gets so cold in L.A.". When they notice she has a letter from home, all the HGs file out to give her a moment alone, except for Renny, who stays and consoles her when she starts crying over her parents letting her know they are proud of her. Eventually, April returns and Renny leaves, with Libra and Ollie appearing a moment later. Keesha tells them that she wants to put up Angie because she feels threatened by her. They all look confused by that, but none of them want to argue with her on the matter. They advise her to put Memphis up as well, but Keesha is secretly considering Libra. The person she confided to a moment ago.

Keesha decides to talk to Memphis about her plans and despite his alliance with her, he doesn't immediately speak out against her being put up. He does eventually mention that he would want to be positive that someone was targeting him before he nominated them, but that is as far as he takes that. He recommends she put up Dan or Jerry and she seems about to debate that with him when Renny and Angie show up and she asks them to give her 5 minutes. Actually, she only says something when Angie appears, so it's pretty clear who is being discussed. Way to run a covert operation, Keesha. Angie goes downstairs and tells Michelle and Jessie that Keesha is talking about putting her up and they all decide that Jessie is the person to go talk to her about it. Because he is such a stunning linguist with such a quick intelligence that she is sure to be swayed by his flawless logic. In opposite land.

Next to hit the HoH room is Dan, who basically pulls the exact same stunt with Keesha that he did with Jessie. He tells her that he has no game, is at her mercy, made a mistake by aligning with Brian in week 1 and points out that he remained loyal to him to the bitter end even when it was clear that it was a mistake. And just like how it worked with Jessie, it works with Keesha. Except this time, Dan tosses in that he has pledged loyalty to no one since Brian. I guess Jessie doesn't count.

Finally, Keesha goes to confront Libra, about how hurt she was to feel like Libra was doubting her abilities and loyalties in the house as well as targeting her along with Steven. Libra admits that she was probably in the wrong, but that she wasn't really targeting Keesha as much as she was targeting Keesha's friendship with Steven. Which is sort of like saying you are sorry you were caught, but not really sorry that you stole something. Either way, the whole exchange makes Libra nervous. I am made nervous by a short sequence involving strange men dancing with dead pigs, but let's just not go there.

The Food Competition is pretty cut and dry. Everyone gets dressed like rejects from a community theater casting call for Grease, leading April to admit "I really love the 60's". Apparently, she didn't really love history or even paying attention to basic pop culture facts regarding anything pre 1980. That aside, they are broken into boys and girls, each team with a giant turntable and laundry basket of socks, with a big wall between them. Each team must send one member at a time to the socks and those people must yell over the wall to the other team about what socks they have, until the match a set. Then they must also agree on where to put it on the wall. Each correct pair winds a food item. They get some cool things, like beef and beer, and then some odd things, like pig's feet - which only makes Michelle happy.

A side note to the BB producers: please do not design any more competitions that require screaming while Renny is in the house. Thank you.

There is a short and painfully nonsensical conversation with those two mental giants, April and Ollie about the various self help books they've each read. April says she has read a lot about codependency, but later categorizes herself as having always been fiercely independent. Which...no. If that were true, she would not have latched on to the first male who showed her the least amount of interest in the house and gotten involved in the quickest showmance in BB history. Ollie, meanwhile, boils his philosophy into some weird metaphor involving stop lights and construction signs and taking detours and really, it's not even worth talking about, so let's not, OK?

Back in the HoH room, Keesha is getting last minute advice. April tells her to put up Angie and Memphis - saying that they suspect they are aligned, so either way she can get one of them out. Additionally, she points out that Memphis already won an impressive car with a nice chunk of change and that he's a fierce competitor, so the nomination would make sense there as well. Not long after, Jessie arrives and tries to talk her out of putting up Angie, saying that she is not threatening and hasn't even won a single competition. He tries to convince her to put up Dan and Libra, saying that Libra would get sent out by Jerry, Renny, Dan, Memphis, Angie, himself and Keesha.

Both of those seem like viable options with at least a modicum of sense to them. So, of course, Keesha does neither. Instead, she puts up Angie and Jessie.

So, are these the silliest nominations ever? How soon before Keesha is sent home?

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