07/10 - Jenerally Speaking

When I Jenuflect on Tuesday's episode, I can't help but dread that Jen might be in the house a very long time. Sure she rubs everyone the wrong way, but seeing as how she poses absolutely no threat of winning a competition (let alone the game), I think people will overlook her and target the shrewder players.

And although there was a veto competition and ceremony, the main focus of the episode was the alleged kiss between Jen and Nick. Did the precisely coiffed Adonis try to make out with her? I'm thinking no, since the BB producers would have gladly shown home viewers footage of the incident had it happened. Still, it was fun watching Nick get riled up, particularly since it seemed to spark his latent Minnesota accent. Confronting Jen's accusation, the former football player spouted, "I tried to make oot with you? What are you fooking talking aboot?

Speaking of Nick's descriptor, I get that he used to play football, but what does he do now, wander around the 50-yard-line reminiscing about his glory days? If past activities and accomplishments count than the screen might as well read, "Nick: Former Third Grader."

Despite the he said/she said between Jen and Nick, my favorite dialog of the evening had to be the one in which Dick told Kail about spending his son's birthday in a strip club. Sure, Kail may have kept composed during the talk of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll, but you just know the multi-business owner was having a ball internally judging that poor depraved man. Seeing the two of them was like watching some lost installment of "Wife Swap", and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Surprisingly, I also enjoyed watching Eric "open up" to Kail. At first I was skeptical of the America's Player twist (and still am to a degree), but if Eric continues to embrace the idea and put himself out there I think we'll see a lot of funny--and by funny I mean hilariously awkward--moments in the weeks ahead.

Checking in on Joe and Dustin, I'm getting the impression Joe might be a crazed super-villain outside the BB house. How else can he justify referring to Dustin as his "arch-nemesis"? I mean, c'mon, did Dustin foil his plot to blow up the moon? And, if so, was that before or after the STD exchange?

Perhaps these two are nearing a truce, but if anyone needs to worry about their safety in the game I'd say it's Joe. In the past two episodes we've witnessed Dustin reach out to a lot of the other houseguests and he seems genuinely (or is that jenuinely) compassionate about it.

Finally, Daniele winning the veto was pretty blah, although you do have to give her credit for hiding her veto card in the pot of slop. I'm going to predict that Amber's tears will be more effective than Carol's blase attitude, which means the senator's daughter will be shown the door on Thursday.

This will make Jessica very happy, which, in turn, will make me very unhappy. What was Kail thinking when she asked Jessica to host the veto competition? The players were lucky enough to wear headphones, but everyone at home had to listen to a voice so irritating it would provoke Shirley Temple to swear like a sailor. Not cool, Kail. Not cool.