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Tonight on "Big Brother" someone wears a banana suit, the houseguests get whacked by a giant foam diploma and a twist is revealed. Are you not entertained?
Julie welcomes us looking absolutely adorable in a purple satin shirt. That color looks good on you, Chenbot. The first thing she does is reveal that the cliques are being dissolved and mentions a big twist announcement coming later in the episode. Tease!
We then go post-veto ceremony to see the reaction from the house. Casey and Jeff are gobsmacked, which shows that Casey and Jeff aren't very good at this game. Jordan says everyone is just following Jessie, and the fact that Jordan is better at this game than Jeff and Casey is a little sad for Jeff and Casey.
We then see a segment where we learn that Lydia likes to watch Jessie sleep and dream he is thinking about her. Oh, man, that is so sad I can't even snark. Then she talks about being able to, like, do things to him in his sleep. Like kill him. (She doesn't say this, but it's implied.) Psycho alert!
Kevin talks to Casey about drumming up votes to keep him in the house. He is sure he can get Lydia on his side. Against Jessie? Hmm. Casey tries to get Russell by telling him he's number four in Jessie's group. Russell insists he's number two.
[And, I'm so sorry but...my local CBS affiliate was having some technical difficulties. I missed almost the entire Jeff/Jordan are madly in love package! Drat. Here's a recap of the little bit I did see: Jordan and Jeff's families agree that they are madly in love. I am impressed at the innocence of their showmance so far. Good on ya, guys.]
My audio picks back up in time for Julie's houseguest Q&A. Lydia straight out lies and says that her beef with Natalie is all about beds. Julie tries to get Natalie to admit Jessie is the root of all evil between her and Lydia, but she won't. Booo. In Jessie's private Q&A, he says the girls are likely playing him and it wouldn't bother him all that much if they were. He then refuses to pick a "favorite" out of the two girls. I am officially over this trifecta of disgust. (TM Jessica! I told you I was going to steal that!)
Jordan gives the speech of a woman who knows she's staying, and Casey gives the speech of a man who knows he's going home. Casey takes a page from Chima's book and uses his speech as the opportunity to lampoon Ronnie and Jessie and vent some pent up anger, and still manage to beg for votes. Hey, he's not wearing his banana hat! Shenanigans! The vote goes down just like we suspected, with Casey getting the boot 7-1. As Casey leaves the house he starts a ridiculous argument with Jessie and Natalie jumps in to defend her man. Casey's exit interview is mostly uneventful, but Natalie "outs" herself as a 24-year-old in her goodbye message. I'm not sure she thinks that's as big of a deal as it actually is. What an ultimately pointless lie, is what I'm saying.
Julie then goes back into the house and tells the houseguests what they already know: the cliques are no more. She then reveals the big twist, a "Mystery Power" that can be used in the next two weeks. The best part of the twist is that the person receiving the power is the only one who will know about it, and America gets to do the choosing. Let's give it to Jordan! Or Kevin! Seriously, America. Please. This power is called the Coup D'Etat and the recipient can overthrow the HoH and get rid of one or both the nominees...right before the live eviction. If you're thinking "Hey, this sounds familiar," that's because it is. Mike Boogie had the power in the All-Stars season, but never ended up using it. Considering how much they hyped it up that season, it was more of a Coup D'Fail. Here's hoping it goes better this time.
The HoH competition this week is an endurance challenge where the houseguests have to sit on those barfy circular swings like at Busch Gardens. The last person off, wins. The competition reveals it's AWESOME BEST COMPETITION EVER nature when a giant foam tube (shaped like a diploma, and enough with the high school theme already, show!) comes out and whacks each houseguests as they swing by it. And when I say whacks, I really mean whacks. It's all kinds of fantastic. Houseguest torture, hooray!
Note: please refrain from posting who wins the HoH competition on this post. Some of us hate to be spoiled! Thanks.
Favorite quotes:
- "This could be the banana's final appeal." - Julie (Boooooooooo, Julie!)
- "Dude, you gotta throw that last zinger in? You're wearing a banana suit." - Jeff, on Jessie's "zinger" to Casey in the POV ceremony
- "Give me a little dignity." - Casey, in response
- "Lydia loves Jessie, man. He'll be laying in bed with another bitch and she'll make his breakfast." - Casey
- "What are you, his pit bull?" - Casey, to Natalie and being far too derogatory to pit bulls. They're awesome! Natalie...not so much.
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If Ronnie is as big a fan as he claims to be (he claims he can recite the names of all the contestants in order of elimination) then he will figure out that the Coup d'etat is back. I wonder if he will share that information with the other house guests or not!
P.S. AGP needs to inform the house guests that they have cracked down on youtube videos so they do not need to worry about something they did living on forever on youtube. Maybe that will free up their actions somewhat because they won't have to care about their "escapades" appearing on youtube!
:( Sad to see Casey go.
Loved the quote that he said about Lydia loving Jessie. I almost spit out my drink.
I want Jeff or Jordan to win the mystery power. I don't know if Kevin would use it in a smart way...since he voted Casey out.
Being evicted WHILE wearing a giant banana suit, talk about adding insult to injury. that's what he gets for being so dumb.
the coup d'etat is the show's way of getting someone WE HATE out of the house. thank god for BB shenanigans!
I hope American votes to give Jeff the coup power. or Michelle, or Jordan. Not Kevin, because i think he's under control of "Fatal Attraction" Lydia, who's under control of Jessie. (who is still a major tool but who is coming off much smarter than last season--did you see his face as soon as he heard America was voting for the power? he was like uh-oh!)
finally, why do we love seeing the hg's getting whacked with a giant diploma so much? idk, but yes it is delightful, i won't look a gift horse in the mouth.
I think Jeff will get the Coup d'Etat, but I think it's too much power to hand to someone simply because America likes them. I'd sooner have seen America choose 4-5 houseguests to play in a competition To see who gets it; perhaps, a combined brains/brawn style one, so no one would have an obvious advantage. If anyone from Tean Jeff gets it, I'd say either Ronnie or Jesse is out the door next week.
I want Jordan to get the power. They need to get rid of Ronnie, he is so smug I just want to punch my TV, and Jessie, another disgusting smug person. Yeah Jessie is in trouble because on his season, American voted to have him kicked out.
My pit bull was insulted that he was compared to Natalie. My Pit Bull is way smarter and cuter than her.
Loved it when Casie told Natalie to "Shut up and go make Jessie a sandwhich". HAHAHA
Does the coup d'etat work so that conceivably a nominated evictee might put the HOH in his stead? Say, Ronnie is HOH and nominates Jeff. Jeff has The Power. Just before voting, is he able to remove himself and put Ronnie in the hot seat? (I'd like to see that.)
They shouldn't just be given the coup d'etat power, they should be required to use it
I must have missed something this year. What happened to the key to the HOH room? Everybody seems to be able to sneak in whenever they want and watch the HOH sleep. Talk about no privacy.
Reply to Maureen: No, the coup d'etat does not work that way. If Jeff had the Power, he could override the HOH's nominations and replace them with two of his own choosing, but could not put up the current HOH as one of them.
And reply to Jeff regarding the HOH key: I read recently that Jessie had lost the room key, so possibly he can't lock the door anymore. Either that or he just wants his two women to be able to come and go as they please.