Predictable

Big Brother S21 E6-8

I feel like there were such high hopes for this season. Usually, we watch the pregame interviews and it seems like a bunch of turds were cast. I saw potential in almost all the houseguests, except maybe Kathryn. Here we are two weeks in and looks like we have a bunch of turds anyway. A problematic, toxic, offensive power alliance preying on the minority alliance and apparently minority people. Let’s get into this….

This week started with one of the lamest HOH competitions I can remember. They watched a “fireworks show”, which I mean a digital computer screensaver show. Then had to answer incredibly easy questions about the color patterns. You know that boring explanation you just read? That’s the feeling we all had watching it. Jack wins, wonderful.

That all wrapped up the live eviction episode. Starting the nominations episode we are shown a stupid long recap segment. By the time the recap and theme song was over we were past 5 minutes into the episode. In that same recap I heard Kathryn’s “Are you bitches conspiring against me!?” and I wanted to die.

Jackson is doing damage control with David. He knows David is a strong competitor and depending on the type of competition, has a good chance of getting back in the game. It doesn’t seem to work right off the bat, but at this point it doesn’t hurt having the conversation. Jackson goes on a PR tour and chats with Ovi. Tries patching things up in case he gets back in. Ovi seems too nice and innocent at this point and they are on good terms by the looks of it. This conversation is beneficial for us as well because we learn the Nightmare Power is not dead. It is dormant until he gets back in the house. The work by Jackson doesn’t last long as Nicole tells Ovi how Jack and Jackson were never behind him and the plan all along was to get him out. 

Random little short paragraph here. David and Kathryn talk and she says how there aren’t any alliances. David gives her a hilarious “are you serious” look. He tells her there are alliances, and if she doesn’t think there are any, that means she isn’t part of a majority. She seems pretty shocked, but moves on pretty quick.

Wacktivity

*Summer camp horn plays here*

This whole comp is about matching snake colors. There are three snakes in boxes. The contestants need to look through all the released snakes around them and match the color/designs of the snakes. Jack wins seemingly gaining even more power in the week! Until we learn what the power is…Chaos Power: Until there are only 6 players left if Jack doesn’t like the people playing in the veto he can cause a redraw. Not pick who plays, but initiate another random draw. Almost a completely useless power, but good for you Aquaman.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m so sick of seeing Love Island bull shit stuff. We see it on commercials and ads constantly. What could be worse? It being in the show we are watching? Sure! Houseguests see a video of Brett, Winston, Swaggy C, and Bayleigh from Season 20 pushing the show and telling the houseguests whoever wins Veto gets a trip to Fiji. Thanks guys, bye!

To go along with the Love Island stuff, we get a Holly and Jackson showmance package. Which ends with Kathryn popping up and scaring the two of them while they are cuddling in the hammock and she awkwardly joins them. Kathryn is becoming an enigma to me. I don’t think shes playing the game, but she’s pretty funny. Safe to say Jackson is tired of her though and is considering pushing Jack to put her up to get her out of the house.

CREATION OF A NEW ALLIANCE: Black Widows. Jessica, Nicole, Bella, Kemi create an all women’s alliance. We know how well women’s alliances happen in the past. This might be a record for how fast one falls apart though. Bella goes right to Jack and tells him about he Black WIdows alliance. Bella says in a confessional if the Black Widows had a number she’d stay with them, but they don’t. “Floaters grab a life vest”.

Nominations

With the info of the Black Widows alliance it validates Jack’s already problematic plan of targeting Jessica and Kemi. Jack was able to use in his nomination speech that he was going after the Black Widows alliance that would be going after him. In the DR Jessica is rightfully pissed because she doesn’t know who she can talk to and trust. Kemi says he is an idiot and should have backdoored him because she thrives under pressure. Jack later on says how he didn’t want to risk backdooring her with Camp Comeback in play.

Now we are to the veto episode of the week. Bella tells Nicole she told Jack about the Black Widows. Says it was best for her game.  Nicole is pretty shocked. Bella seems to tell everyone everything. She is truly a wildcard. She says in the DR how she wants to be in an alliance with everyone but she can’t keep her mouth shut.

David has only been in the house a few days now, and he already has the whole house figured out. In the DR he tells us how he knows Jack and Jackson are the big 2. Holly and Analyse are with them and he knows Christie and Nick are with them. Tommy is a likable guy who no one would put on the block. Nick and Bella are close so she is safe there. Cliff, Kemi, Jessica have no idea what is going on and Sam is a wild card, not part of an alliance.

Jessica and Jackson have a talk. She tells Jackson she didn’t create an all women’s alliance. She tells him that she didn’t even know about an all women’s alliance. Sometimes this move can come off as desperate and not believable. I actually think she did a good job selling it. I don’t think it matters in the long run but it was good hustle on her part.

Veto Competition

Players in the veto are Jack, Kemi, Jessica, Bella, Jackson, Sam. Jackson was a houseguest choice by Jessica. Just for the record that wasn’t a typo. Jessica picked Jackson. Jessica who could have picked Nicole who she has a relationship with, chose the guy who is BFF’s with the HOH who nominated her.

Tyler, season 20 runner up hosts this comp. The houseguests pull the plug on a “Aqua Clock”. They can fill up a container and if all the water runs out their time is out. While this is draining they need to take foam frogs to the other side of the course and stack them on their side. Whoever has the most frogs on their stand when the timer runs out wins.

Sam is the first to let his clock run out when he stacks 18. He knew stacking more would risk it falling. Great move by him, except winning the first 2 vetoes and appearing as a comp beast in week 2 isn’t a smart look. It’s guaranteeing a backdoor down the line. Jessica lets her clock run out at 13 and Kemi’s falls right before time is out at 4. I can’t fathom this. There is no set time on this competition. Only when you let it run out. If you know you aren’t winning, why would you not run back and put more water in your container to extend your time until you find a way to win. It’s the equivalent of giving up to me.

As usual after Sam wins he becomes Mr. Popular in the house. Kathryn is afraid if he uses the veto she will go up, so she talks to him about it. Jessica talks to him trying to get him to use it. An amazing moment happens when Nicole walks in on the conversation and they trail off awkwardly. She stands there sipping her drink when it hits her that they are talking veto and she apologizes a ton and leaves. The idea that Nicole is a very plausible replacement nominee is the extra fun in this. We round this out with Kemi talking to Sam about veto. Kemi makes a good argument that Jessica really is all in on the Black Widows and would put up 2 men everytime she is in power, where she would work in the game and promises not to nominate him. Sam says if he used the veto it would 110% be on her. 

Big Brother goes a little off script here. Sadly, Sam’s grandfather passed away while he is in the house. They were close and production wanted to tell him. On a human level I have no issue with him being informed of this. It also created some heartwarming moments where the house rallied around him in support. I do think it would be a mistake to say this info didn’t effect the game. There is no way to tell for certain, but Sam seemed to consider using the veto on Kemi which would have kept a strong competitor in the game. However, the news of his grandfather passing reminded him why he is in the house, for his family, so he didn’t want to rock the boat and kept noms the same. 

Eviction Episode

CREATION OF A NEW ALLIANCE: Fellowship of the Zing! So this is a partial alliance. Its Cliff, Nicole, and Ovi. The strength of this alliance hinges on Ovi getting back in the game. If he doesn’t make it out of Camp Comeback this is nothing. 

More showmances are developing. Nick and Bella have been simmering for a bit so that wasn’t surprising. The other is Jack and Analyses. By the way, Analyses goes by “Sis” which I’m not cool with, so Anal Lice will stay as Analyse on my blog. Jack calls Analyse “Exotic” which I feel like has to be a little shade by production to include in this. Don’t use “Exotic” as a compliment, it’s outdated and problematic. Just goes in line with his already shown race issues.

Every morning sweet, fun, super-fan Cliff gets up before everyone else and does his “Cliff-Notes” talking to the cameras. He addresses his family, friends, fans about what is going on in the game. Talks about everything on his mind. The only issue with this is that he doesn’t appear to talk quietly, assuming everyone is still asleep. It didn’t take long for someone to catch him. Christie gets up one morning and walks by and hears him talking. As he is explaining Fellowship of the Zing, and the majority power alliance putting her and Tommy as a 4th couple. Essentially the worst timing possible for someone to overhear. Instead of using this revelation to her advantage and listening to future conversations, she goes right to Tommy, Jackson, Holly and freaks out about it and everyone finds out. Her loss for losing the well of information. Only a matter of time until it gets to other people not in Gr8ful.

Kemi knows she has a good chance of being voted out this week. She isn’t going out with a fight. She brilliantly, in my opinion, tells Jackson that Bella created the Black Widows and blamed it on the other girls. Jackson tells Jack about this, as well as the whole Cliff-Notes thing. News is spreading like wildfire at this point in the game.

Lets jump back over to Bella partaking in her favorite past time, telling people secrets! She tells Sam about the 8 alliance and he is on the outside at 9. Says sooner or later he is going to find out, might as well be from him. Sam seems mad about this. I get the initial anger, but if I was in the house I would LOVE to be the 9 in an 8 person alliance. There is no way the 8 will stay strong to 8. At 9 you become a chip that the fractured sides will be fighting over. Being fought over is one of the best places to be. 

Not only does Bella blow up Gr8ful to Sam, but Jack fucks up too. They are talking in the pantry and Sam is pitching an idea of flipping the vote away from Kemi to Jess (if only he had won the Veto and would have been able to protect Kemi!). Jack says he is “good with whatever is best for Gr8ful..I mean…whatever is best for the 9 of us”. I’m warming up to Sam and I hope he can do some damage some day this summer.

Eviction

The ladies give their speeches. Jessica has a speech of rambling nothingness that I can’t believe didn’t get cut off sooner. Kemi went and blew up Nick and Bella’s spot. It was wonderful. They were pissed off and made it real easy to vote her out. 

Kemi is voted out 10-1. Jackson threw out a rogue vote to keep Kemi. I have to say, with Camp Comeback being in play, the “goodbyes” after an eviction are quite awkward.

There you have it, folks! Week 2 in the books and evil still reigns. Jack was able to finish what he wanted to do with Christies HOH. There was a lot of information exchanged, but it was a pretty predictable week which makes it boring. I for one can’t wait to see the chaos that will happen when the 8 blows up. Kemi obviously put in a lot of work to put Bella and possibly Nick on the outs with putting Black Widows on her, and calling them out in the farewell speech. We need to hope the 8 crack sooner rather than later because this could potentially stay boring at this pace for a few more weeks. That’s all for this week!….Bye!