Big Brother 19

[JirinPanthosa]

Cody's playing a second place game at best. Most likely he's playing a 'Need to win HoH or veto every single week' game.

Early in the game staying below the radar is good strategy.

Cody is inches short of being Colton level toxic. He's just not fun to watch.

 

[Timewalker]

Are you referring to Colton from Survivor? He was nothing more than a self-entitled crybaby who regularly tossed out crap that made it perfectly clear what an elitist little bigot he was. FFS, he quit the show TWICE when the going got too rough.

Cody is despicable as well, but unless he's spouting elitist, racist crap on the feeds and it's not making it on the regular show, it's not the same kind of loathing he inspires.

I think that if Cody had been on Survivor, he'd have been kept around for a few votes just to win tribe challenges, but they wouldn't want him around after the merge. The only thing that would save him on Survivor would be if someone else was worse.

In Big Brother, however, hindsight tells me that they should have kept Dominique one more week and evicted Jessica instead. That way, it wouldn't have mattered as much who won the Battle Back Competition.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Cody is a bully who's cold and exclusionist to anyone he decides is not part of his circle.

Yeah, he's a much better competitor than Colton but equal in terms of his treatment of other people and general elitism and unpleasantness.

 

[Timewalker]

Cody is much worse than Colton. Colton had babyish emotions that were pretty nasty, but at least he had emotions. Cody just stands there and brushes his teeth at you, while looking past you with his cold, dead eyes.

 

[Timewalker]

I decided to re-read some of our early impressions of the season, and make a couple of comments:

So, drinking games. "Your boy", drink, "Sketch", drink?

My eyeballs are getting a lot of exercise, rolling whenever Josh utters the words "your boy."

No, Josh, you are not "my boy." If I were your mother, I'd have given you away on Kijiji (website similar to Craigslist) rather than put up with your whining and crying.

showmance is the word of the season. The fact that the question is asked in their introductions just shows that the producers believe they can only sell this show with people who look good in swimwear.

The first CBS reality show "showmance" was Greg and Colleen on the first season of Survivor. And that was basically innocent flirting. It's not like they were in a two-person alliance (the Pagong tribe thought alliances were not really what the game was about, which is why they all got picked off).


So, about last night. Dammit, Jessica has more lives than a herd of cats. At this point I'm not sure who I'd prefer to go. I like Ramses, so it would be too bad if he were evicted. OTOH, if Josh stays, it means one more week that the Couple From Hell will be focused on him instead of on Paul or the others.

That talk about Nascar and changing tires reminds me of one of the tasks the teams had to do on The Amazing Race. I hope Christmas realizes that Cody was putting on an act.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Gah, what is there a war on pleasant people in this house?!

 

[Timewalker]

Yeah, it's too bad about Ramses. I'm pleased that Paul won HoH again.

Josh is a clueless idiot. He has no idea that as soon as Paul no longer needs him as a shield against Cody and Jessica, he'll be gone.

This is the first time they've shown the goodbye messages.

 

[Spot's Meow]

This is the first time they've shown the goodbye messages.

I think that's because this was the first evicted houseguest who has no shot of coming back into the game. When players might return, they usually don't want to "taint' them by showing goodbye messages.

I'm sick of Cody and Jessica, but unfortunately she has that temptation, so Cody and her won't be going anywhere this week. What's funny is that even though she announced that to the whole house, most don't believe her. Paul is stuck on the mindset that she meant being saved from nominations, and he doesn't think BB would allow two people to be safe from nominations like that. He says that he wants to nominate them both anyway to call their bluff on the temptation. He hasn't yet figured out that it has to do with the eviction, not with the nominations. Even if he does nominate them and they use the temptation this week, at least it will no longer be usable and there's a chance of them leaving next week.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Yeah, this at least blows away the hex.

Temptation challenge is interesting, Cody will no doubt compete, confident in his challenge skill.

I think Paul is already looking at Josh as the perfect final 2 goat.

 

[Timewalker]

I expect that Paul will try the usual backdoor strategy - put one of them on the block and put up a pawn - gambling that he, the pawn, or an ally will win it so he can backdoor whichever other half of Jessica/Cody he didn't put up at first.

Naturally Jessica will use her temptation, Paul will be royally pissed, but at least the temptation will be used and gone. Thank goodness these aren't like the continually respawning hidden immunity idols on Survivor.

Josh would be valuable to keep around as the one to take to the final 2... unless he becomes so unstable that he basically keeps blowing up other people's plans. I've noticed times when some of the houseguests have had to shush him before he said something stupid.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Looks very much like nobody is going home this week.

I wonder what will happen if Josh makes it to Zingbot. Maybe he'll punch it.

Like that Elena is showing some signs of intelligence.

 

[Timewalker]

Well, this was pretty predictable. Paul would have put up Cody and Jessica, no matter what, or at least one of them in an attempt to backdoor the other.

 

[Timewalker]

O-kay... that was quite the episode of "As the Big Brother House Turns". All that was missing was the violins.

Hopefully Jessica listens to Paul and Elena and doesn't use the Hex. I can't stand her, but I can't stand Cody more.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I was busy last two episodes so didn't watch them but looks like they turned out exactly how I expected.

Looked up new HoH on Wikipedia so don't know if it was revealed on the show or not so won't say much. Just that it's somebody who it seems is likely to target the right people.

I wonder if they were planning a different third temptation, then Megan quit and they thought of a way to put the numbers back the way they wanted.

Also I wish they would stop pretending to give choices. Yeah, when has it EVER happened that you gave a choice to the houseguests and nobody said yes? If you want the coaches to enter the game just say the coaches are in the game, don't pretend it was a choice.

 

[Timewalker]

I was busy last two episodes so didn't watch them but looks like they turned out exactly how I expected.

They were pretty predictable, although there were a few minutes when I actually thought Jessica might go along with Paul's deal.

But WTF was this hysteria over Raven and the hand gestures? Were any made, to signal people to change the subject if Jessica entered the room? Or did she just misinterpret someone's body language and get hysterical over nothing?

Cripes, I can't stand Jessica - what an obnoxious motormouth, expecting everyone to shut up while she's interrupting and never letting anyone else have a say.

Looked up new HoH on Wikipedia so don't know if it was revealed on the show or not so won't say much. Just that it's somebody who it seems is likely to target the right people.

Yeah, it was revealed in the last few seconds. This next week is either going to be interesting, or it's going to be pure hell.

Of course it's obvious who is going on the block next week. Hopefully nothing happens so they both get taken off. At this point I don't care which of them goes first - Cody or Jessica - as long as both of them end up gone.

And aren't they getting close to jury now? How many more evictions before they end up on the jury instead of just gone? I can just imagine how much fun the jury house would be with Josh, Cody, Jessica, and Mark in it... [/definite sarcasm]

I wonder if they were planning a different third temptation, then Megan quit and they thought of a way to put the numbers back the way they wanted.

It would have had to be planned as a possibility from the get-go, since this is a game show and by law they can't change the rules after it starts.

Also I wish they would stop pretending to give choices. Yeah, when has it EVER happened that you gave a choice to the houseguests and nobody said yes? If you want the coaches to enter the game just say the coaches are in the game, don't pretend it was a choice.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious that someone was going to take that $25,000 so Paul would enter the game. That's why they made it such a high amount - someone was sure to want it.

I wonder what would have happened if nobody had taken it? The season would likely have been a lot more boring, I guess.

I still can't believe I'm cheering for Paul. I couldn't stand him last time. But his gameplay has improved a lot, and he manages to control and manipulate people without bullying.

 

[Danny99]

Being on Twitter and listening to people cry because Cody and Jessica will be nominated and one evicted this week is difficult to listen to. I for one am sick of listening to Jessica's constant whining about how everyone is against them and making her life difficult while taking no responsibility for being aligned with Cody and being a general pain.

The best line of hers from the show is berating Cody for ruining her job outside with his antics. Let's all remember she is a VIP concierge. She, like Janelle, wears almost nothing and serves drinks to rich men, a career choice all parents should aspire to for their children.

 

[Timewalker]

Being on Twitter and listening to people cry because Cody and Jessica will be nominated and one evicted this week is difficult to listen to. I for one am sick of listening to Jessica's constant whining about how everyone is against them and making her life difficult while taking no responsibility for being aligned with Cody and being a general pain.

Well, I guess there will always be some people who confuse eye candy with integrity and ethics and emotional maturity.

The best line of hers from the show is berating Cody for ruining her job outside with his antics. Let's all remember she is a VIP concierge. She, like Janelle, wears almost nothing and serves drinks to rich men, a career choice all parents should aspire to for their children.

I thought a concierge was like a high-end customer service agent, not a waitress who dresses like a hooker.

In hotels or resorts, a concierge assists guests by performing various tasks such as making restaurant reservations, booking hotels, arranging for spa services, recommending night life hot spots, booking transportation (like taxi, limousines, airplanes, boats, etc.), coordinating porter service (luggage assistance request), procuring tickets to special events, and assisting with various travel arrangements and tours of local attractions. Concierges also assist with sending and receiving parcels.

Source.

Or is she some other kind of concierge?


Whatever she does in RL, she should have understood that at some point, everyone on Big Brother is forced to do undignified things in the competitions, and tempers run high when you put 16-18 people in one studio house and have cameras filming everything they do and say, 24/7. If she wanted to protect her precious reputation, she shouldn't have applied in the first place.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

It would have had to be planned as a possibility from the get-go, since this is a game show and by law they can't change the rules after it starts.

I'm not sure. It certainly seemed the 'MVP' thing was changed after Elyssa won the first three weeks. And I know for a fact in Amazing Race the 'The leg isn't over, you're still running' thing was invented on the fly because it was supposed to be a non-elimination leg but they were in a country where begging was illegal. Are these shows legally game shows or 'Reality shows'?

It's likely it was a planned contingency to have a different third temptation if somebody quits or gets ejected because it's not overly unlikely for somebody to get ejected.

 

[Timewalker]

I'm not sure. It certainly seemed the 'MVP' thing was changed after Elyssa won the first three weeks. And I know for a fact in Amazing Race the 'The leg isn't over, you're still running' thing was invented on the fly because it was supposed to be a non-elimination leg but they were in a country where begging was illegal. Are these shows legally game shows or 'Reality shows'?

It's likely it was a planned contingency to have a different third temptation if somebody quits or gets ejected because it's not overly unlikely for somebody to get ejected.

Legally they are game shows.

I should think that TAR probably got an "extenuating circumstances" pass that time since the show would have been in even more hot water if the contestants had been forced to break the law in order to comply with the game show rules. The producers were probably on the phone with the lawyers over that incident.

The non-elimination leg is the lesser of two evils, by far. I always hated that thing about taking away their money and forcing them to beg. Game shows are supposed to be fun, not humiliating.

The way lawsuits can be launched over some really trivial things these days, it's in the show's best interest to not only have a Plan B, but also Plans C through at least F.

Of course they can't anticipate everything. I found myself irritated with Julie Chen for pushing Christmas to hurry up. FFS, give the woman time to get balanced on her crutches so she doesn't fall!

 

[JirinPanthosa]

You mean the speed bump is lesser of two evils? Totally agree.

I know in first season Survivor Stacy sued over the show talking people into voting off her instead of Rudy to prevent the older people from just all losing first. But since then I think it's written into contracts that the producers have a lot of leeway in nudging the outcome.