'Big Brother 10' The fallout

The great thing about shows like Big Brother 10 is that no matter how much the people involved want to rewrite history, we've got evidence to the contrary. It's kind of beautiful, really.

But first, we must review! The HGs swung on vines into walls and pegged each other with dye filled water balloons, but the HoH winner was fuzzier then one might think. Dan and Ollie cut the strangest and perhaps stupidest deal ever, with Dan promising to protect Ollie and Michelle, let Ollie nominate a HG for elimination and have full control over any veto choice that might be necessary. Ollie exercised his nomination choice by telling Dan to put up Memphis, who he was in a secret alliance with. Which is when Dan confessed in the DR that his plan might backfire on him. Thanks for joining the rest of us, Dan!

So, Memphis and Jerry are on the block, which makes Ollie thrilled since, as he says "My hands are clean!" Memphis is less then thrilled and Jerry is a little worried. Dan tries to rationalize that the nomination choices are actual helpful because no one would ever think that an HoH would nominate the person they are in a secret alliance with. And there's a reason for that Dan - it's a dumb move.

After the nomination ceremony, Memphis comes up to the HoH room. Dan looks at him and asks if he is putting on an act or if he is really pissed and Memphis tells him it's real. I have to laugh out loud as Dan shows how clueless he is by saying "Well, I need you to keep it up in public" and Memphis says "I will. Because I REALLY am Pi$$ed!"

Dan talks to Keesha about how Memphis is nervous and Keesha counters "he should be", a sentiment Renny agrees with. She also figures that the deal was Ollie got to pick a nominee, and that he picked Memphis, as well as securing safety for himself and Michelle. Dan says he won't confirm or deny, but adds "You're a very smart lady", to make it clear that she is right. Why not just tell her?

He does tell them that if the PoV is used this week he won't put either of them up. Renny tells him that he better not, otherwise she will make him miserable. He tries to assure her that the decisions he's made this week were done with the best intentions towards their group, but Renny basically tells him to shut up, adding that actions speak louder then words. And cliche's are the loudest of all!  Meanwhile, Ollie tells Jerry abut the deal he made with Dan. Ollie is still jubilant, but Jerry says he doesn't trust Dan to keep his word. Ollie foreshadows that if Dan double crosses him, all hell will be unleashed upon him. Like Judas?

All the HGs are asked to gather in the LR, where they are told that America has voted on one of them getting a phone call and they will find out who tomorrow. Michelle immediately goes to cry and Renny comforts her. Jerry also cries, confessing that in 54 years, this is the longest he and his wife have ever been apart. Proving the BB editors think we have no attention spans, the edit is clipped by a phone ringing. It's tomorrow!

A few of the HGs gather around the phone that has appeared in the LR and stare at it. Michelle asks several times "What should we do? Should we answer it? Is that what we are supposed to do?" before finally picking up the phone. It's for Jerry! His great-grandson monotones that he misses him and then hands the phone off the Jerry's wife. I miss most of what is said because I am awestruck by the fact that they have the exact same voice. Is that psychosomatic? Like sympathy pains during labor? They make small talk for a few minutes and Jerry asks if she thinks they've all been behaving well. She says "Well...." and he laughs. There was that part where you grabbed April's boobs, so you may want to be careful about what questions you ask your wife at this juncture, Jerry.

Dan, Memphis, Keesha and Renny all meet and talk about what the best case scenario would be. It is agreed upon that Michelle going home would be ideal, so they decide to focus on her during the PoV. The selected contestants are Dan, Jerry, Memphis, Renny, Keesha and Michelle. The game is the standard BB puzzle, but to get from the pieces to the board they have to move themselves along while dangling on a pulley. They will battle in 2 heats of 3 HGs each and the 2 that win those will race each other. In the race between Dan, Michelle and Keesha, Keesha wins. In the race between Jerry, Renny and Memphis, Memphis won. When it comes down to Memphis and Keesha, Memphis takes the PoV.

Dan shouts in the DR (seriously, the other HGs have to be able to hear him) that Ollie is dumb for thinking that he would give up all that power and honor their deal. He then tells Renny and Keesha that this was his plan all along. While I agree that Ollie was rather dumb to think he was getting such a free ride, I must disagree with the second part. We all watched Dan congratulate himself on setting up a scenario in which he got to win HoH, still appear weak and have the nominations fall without blood on his hands. We also saw the moment in which he admitted that his plan was backfiring on him, with Ollie wanting to put Memphis on the block. So, no way am I buying that this was some master plan all along. I CALL SHENANIGANS!

Anyway, Ollie is thrilled that Memphis won, because it means he gets to use his PoV control. How this eclipsed his desire to have Memphis out of the house I am not sure, but alrighty then. He cackles about how he is going to make Dan put up someone from his own alliance and I wonder if Dan might just a usurper to his throne. That would be the throne of dumb, for those playing along. But Ollie proves he's not completely clueless when he at least goes to ask Dan for reassurance that he is still holding to their agreement. Dan lies and says he is.

Up in the HoH, Memphis and Dan perform a victory dance. I suppose this means Memphis forgives him? I don't see why though, because Dan still put him up, he got himself down. Oh well, dancers need partners, I suppose. They talk some more about being sure Michelle is the best choice, since she is a tough competitor and a loose canon. Or, as Memphis says "She's a friend, but she's a b!tch". The pull Keesha and Renny in again and reveal the last part of Dan's deal, leading Renny to tell Dan he's a crap negotiator. Which is the smartest thing she has said all season!

What happens next, I am just bewildered by. Dan decides that he doesn't want to take heat for how this will all go down - meaning his ultimate betrayal of his deal with Ollie. so, he intends to turn the other HGs against each other. As such, he finds out that Ollie wants Keesha to replace Memphis on the block. But Dan asks him to say Renny and then gets Michelle to agree to say she wants Keesha on the block. For some reason, they agree to this.

THEN Dan goes to Renny and Keesha and tells them that he plans to go around a circle and have everyone name another HG at the ceremony. He asks Keesha to say Michelle's name and she readily agrees. He then asks Renny to say Ollie's name, but she seems reticent and asks him to explain what it is he's trying to accomplish and what's in it for her to name Ollie. Dan bypasses all that by telling her the Ollie wants her on the block, and Renny agrees to say she wants Ollie on the block. Seriously?

So, at the PoV Ceremony, it goes down like this: Memphis takes himself off the block and Dan says he's a gambling sort and likes to have fun, so they are going to play a game he likes to call Replacement Nominee Roulette. Of the 4 he can put up, he wants them each to name who they want on the block. He stresses that they must be truthful and if someone tries to cop out and say they don't want to name someone else, he will put that person on the block. Michelle names Keesha, Ollie names Renny, Keesha names Michelle and Renny names Ollie. Dan then announces that every so often in the game you have to gamble, place your bets and take a risk, but that you better know who made the bet for you and in this case Ollie lost, so Michelle is on the block.

Which....what? How did that accomplish anything? Everyone got named by one person, so in the end all he did was prove that it was his decision. All his speech did was clarify that point, while also revealing that Ollie had played a hand in too - which everyone already knew anyway, but still. Nonsensical.

On the plus side, Ollie broke a light in the back yard in anger and Michelle threw a tantrum in the DR about being back doored by some one else's bad deal. So, at least stuff is happening!  So, next up is the big double elimination - who do you think is going home? What alliances will split? Will paramedics need to be called?

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