Wow, It hasn’t rained here in six weeks, so it decided to rain right now, knocking out my satellite TV.
yes, the farmers and my yard could use a drink, but why couldn’t it do it an hour from now…or two hours ago.
CRAP, I guess I’ll have to watch it on the internet tomorrow.
Geez, it’s the same people every year.
Observation #1: Does Ragan have the Ring inscription tattooed on his arm? I couldn’t get a really clear look at it, but what I saw during his diary room sessions looked like it. GEEK! (jealous)
Observation #2: Is Hayden one of our own? He was wearing a Team Cecil sweatshirt in HIS diary room sessions.
Observation #3: Matt is a grown-up Malcolm from Malcolm In The Middle. And Matt? Bragging about being a MENSA member is SOOO not hip.
Can someone fill me in. Satellite outage was on/off for most of the hour.
What I did see was the HOH competition and who won and the injury (which looked legit). could one of the yellow guys not go back to help the girls mount the wiener? (I feel a dirty saying that, but just a little dirty)
I got about 10 seconds of saboteur prank at the end. Something about food. Details on what it was.
I missed most of the introductions. and what happened when they entered the house.
So very true. Run in some tits and hope the gals hanging off the back of them have enough intelligence not to knock stuff over.
Did Bruce Jenner get cloned?
I disagree, though last season was the first season I ever watched. I thought the cliques greatly added to the viewer experience of BB11, because without them Jeff would have been gone the first week.
It occurs to me that the saboteur would have positioned him or herself on the ends of the sofas to be able to leave in the dark without brushing past the others. If anybody cares enough to go back and see who was sitting in those spots when the lights went out, that might narrow it down.
Ooh, fun. Let’s play Guess The Saboteur. I think if it’s a guy, it’s either Andrew “Look at me, I’m Jewish!” the podiatrist or Jersey Shore reject, Enzo. If it’s a girl, it’s either Sheriff Kathy or Rachel, the redhead from Vegas.
Enzo and Rachel are the most unlikely suspects, therefore very suspicious.
But Andrew and Kathy are the most obvious. Kathy kept grabbing the middle of the hotdog instead of the top, therefore ensuring she would always slip off. Her cop background helps throw people off her trail.
Andrew, on the other hand, had no chance of eviction, thanks to his immediate volunteering to be the mascot. He also snuck around in the dark and was nearest to the locked door.
I suspect the actual blackout period was longer than was depicted on camera and was edited down for broadcast. There were 10 people at the couch at the beginning of the blackout and all 13 were there when it ended.
Since the saboteur will be revealed to America next week, there’s no point in a deep cover, therefore Enzo and Rachel are out.
My choice for likeliest saboteur is Andrew. He seemed to have inside info when he volunteered as mascot and Allison Grodner is smart enough to cover against a week one exit for the saboteur. Being a doctor, he would have the smarts to successfully deceive the others (lessens the risk of a ditzy youngster giving it away too soon). And I think a guy is harder to read emotionally.
He admitted to being a prankster and if he is a busy doctor, maybe he needs a fixed out so he can return to his practice otherwise he could be sequestered all summer.
There was a mention (I forget where) of a 20-minute timespan during the blackout. My impression is the blackout lasted around an hour.
Tonight Andrew seemed a little too eager to point out the work of the saboteur.
I’m guessing the “twist” is actually a double twist, maybe even a two-and-a-half.
During the first episode, when they announced the “twist” they also asked for viewers to vote on who they thought the saboteur might be; with the results to be revealed a week later.
I think the saboteur has yet to be chosen, and this week is just production staff, with the real saboteur being decided by viewer votes – so s/he will be the highest vote getter (who isn’t eliminated first.)
Or… the lowest vote getter.
I don’t think so. Remember that the saboteur can only win at most $50k. I don’t think they could tell one of the contestants now that they were it. It had to be done ahead of time.
I watched both episodes last night. It’s too early to tell who I really like or dislike, but so far I’m not fond of Kathy.
Enzo is annoying the hell out of me. He thinks he’s Tony Soprano but he’s really The Situation.
In a related note, they can stop playing their schtick anytime. Enzo with the Joisey shout-outs, Andrew with the constant reminders that he’s Jewish (really? A mohel/circumcision comparison for your nervousness? Go ahead, convince me that wasn’t gratuitous.), Kathy’s near-constant reminders that she’s a LEO. They’re REALLY anviling us over the head this season.
I agree that the saboteur pranks could (and very well may be) done by production personnel. But I disagree that the saboteur has yet to be chosen.
IMO, The Controvert is spot on with his handicapping. IMO, it is Kathy, the LEO. The caramel couldn’t been that bad where she couldn’t move.
Thanks for the compliment.
In Big Brother, there are two POVs: the contestant’s and the audience’s. Guess which one the producers care about?
They can screw with the contestants all they want, but never the audience. They will soon reveal the saboteur’s identity to the audience, so they don’t need to try to fool us with editing tricks. Therefore, Kathy’s subpar performances thus far must be real. There’s no way the real saboteur would make throwing the challenge so obvious, as it lessens the chance to make it to week 5. And the other contestants would not masquerade as the saboteur since that’s a guaranteed early exit.
I’m thinking the producers must have insurance for the saboteur scripted in. For example, week one, the mascot was immune. Week two, they could announce whomever was evicted was the saboteur (pulling a trick on the contestants but keeping the audience in the know so we can laugh along). This gives the saboteur extra cover until week three when a blurry video announcing the saboteur’s return shocks the house.
This season’s cast already appears far more intelligent than BB11. Even Britney uses vocabulary that demonstrates a fair amount of intelligence, compared to Jeff or Jordan who constantly struggled to form a coherent thought.
I think Kathy is the saboteur both because she has torpedoed both challenges so far and because she said she thinks the saboteur is a woman who all the houseguests like. She is just such a woman, and the appeal of pulling a Sixth Sense where you’re telling people the surprise straight out without them catching on is always fun.
Separate from that, I was thinking that the saboteur has to be nondescript because they’ll almost surely be gone fairly early in the season. From the producers’ perspective, you don’t want the saboteur being a player with a great hook because you want those players to last as long as possible.
By that logic, it can’t be:
Britney: Too hot. You never want the hot chick gone.
Enzo: Too colorful. With how hot NJ is right now, you hope Enzo becomes a breakout star.
Andrew: Radical religious beliefs are interesting, especially since slop isn’t kosher.
Ragan: Token gay guy is sacrosanct.
Brendon: He looked like this season’s Jeff coming into the game, plus he’s highly educated. Slam dunk fan favorite from a producer’s perspective. (Too bad he turned out to be uber-creepy as soon as they closed the doors.)
Instead it has to be a bland, unremarkable player:
Kathy: For reasons listed above, plus the fact… (veto spoilers boxed)she was going to be put up in place of Brendon but then wasn’t. Convincing DR sessions, maybe? (eg: “Who you thinking about putting up? Kathy? What about Annie?”)
Annie: My second guess. All signs point to her, IMO, but her performance has been pretty good in challenges.
Lane: Huge potential, IMO. Looks like a bumpkin but is clearly thoughtful, insightful and intelligent. (Based on game conversation with other houseguests.) Is on nobody’s shitlist because he’s playing such a subtle game. Has no personality the producers might covet despite being from some podunk town in Texas; he stears clear of drama and conflict and doesn’t say much.
Kristina: Is the very dictionary definition of bland. Has she even been on the network broadcast yet? Her only characteristic of note is a bad boob job.
One final thought is Hayden, who is simply too stupid to be the saboteur. From what I can tell he’s operating on a Jeff/Jordan level.
I have no opinion of the saboteur status of Matt, Monet or Rachel.
I think the lifelong friends are Kathy and Britney, since they both had tape on their pictures courtesy of the saboteur. They look alike and were dressed alike in the last episode.
Houseguest speculation is that they are mother and daughter. All I know is that on BBAD, unless it’s a close-up shot I can’t tell them apart to save my life.
A few thoughts:
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[li]Are we convinced the saboteur was telling the truth about the friends? The goal is to be disruptive.[/li][li]During the veto challenge, when Rachel spelled “chemistry” and said it was her “go to” word, I immediately thought she was a phony and possibly the saboteur. Start a showmance with one of the main competitors right away? Hmm…[/li][li]I’m not sure if Britney’s move to immediately tell Annie that she was a suspect was brilliant strategy or ditziness. Can’t tell with her yet. Maybe the After Dark watchers have some insight?[/li][li]Kristen and Ragan were barely in the show last night. I almost forgot about Kristen completely until the end.[/li][/ul]
Rachel claims to be an actual chemist.
Kristen isn’t on BBAD any more than she’s on the network show, unless of course she’s in the hottub. The BB camera guys love to perv out on bikinis.
Ragan to date has been almost completely oblivious to the entire game, not only not a part of any alliance but not even aware that there are any alliances.
So far as I can tell, the alliances are as follows:
Lane, Enzo, Matt(, Hayden is in this alliance but I don’t think it’s his first loyalty)
Hayden, Kristen, Andrew
Britney, Monet, Kathy
Brendon, Rachel
Annie is out the door, and as I said Ragan has been oblivious. Brendon and Rachel started reaching out to him last night, though, so he may yet get with it.
Britney isn’t ditzy at all. That editing made it seem sooner than it was; in reality it was several hours later that she had that conversation with Annie. Annie really screwed her by telling Hayden.
The dynamic is not looking good for the girls’ alliance. As it stands, Hayden is in the ultimate power position, holding great influence over two distinct alliances. He is also worried about Brendan in challenges, so is hesitant to go against him. That leaves nobody as a “safe” target except the girls.
I’m loving Britney not just because she’s hot, but because she’s the ultimate Mean Girl. Her snark is biting, and the way she acts toward the girls she doesn’t like (not in her alliance) is exactly the way Rachel McAdams acted in Mean Girls. It’s friggin’ awesome. Quick example: She and Monet were eviscerating Rachel’s gymnastic moves up in the HoH room, mocking her about being old and fat with big giant boobs. (Did you feel the ground shake when she landed?) The next day, Rachel was doing cartwheels and round offs, and Britney was sweetly encouraging her to keep doing more. It was clear as day she was going to destroy her as soon as she and Monet were alone. hehheh. I’m guessing I would find this traumatizing if I were a girl and had been bullied by Mean Girls in high school, but from my perspective it’s funny as shit.