Once again 60 Minutes’ curmudgeonly Andy Rooney caused a delay in the broadcast of Big Brother. To make matters worse, the first 15 minutes of the episode was nothing but a now-irrelevant rehashing of Thursday’s accelerated show.
Things began to pick up at the HoH competition. Since Dick couldn’t compete as outgoing HoH, it was a three-way heat among Daniele, Zach, and Jameka. I was hoping Jameka would be full of fury after a five-week absence from the HoH competition, but she soon petered out.
Zach won, causing Daniele to enter full-out pout mode. It’s my contention that Daniele is most deserving of the half-million dollars, but I wish she’d stop whining like a jilted cheerleader on prom night.
For her sake, she better rally for the veto competition. She and her dad may be in jeopardy now, but the veto holder possesses an insane amount of power—not only is the veto winner safe from eviction, but he or she single-handedly decides who goes ho
me.
Going into this crucial competition, it is truly a house divided. On one side we have unlikely allies Jameka and Zach. Both better pray that they win the veto; otherwise the Donatos will evict Jameka and leave Zach with the chips stacked against him. Or the other side, Dick and Daniele need to win the veto, otherwise Jameka will vote to send one of them to sequester.
In this do-or-die situation, it’s a shame Zach doesn’t have more finesse. I suppose being suave doesn’t matter much when you’re this close to the finish line, but Zach’s nomination ceremony was awkward as all get-out. What was that line about Jameka restoring his faith in God? Also, describing Jameka’s situation as “unfair” was a poor choice of words—Jameka had the same opportunities as everyone else.
Still, I’m fairly confident Zach made the right decision by putting up the Double D’s. The sad truth, however, is that this may be a case of too little too late—last week was the perfect opportunity to cut them loose.
Let’s backtrack: Zach won the veto when Dick was HoH and Eric and Jameka were the nominees. If he had taken Eric off the block, Dick would have had no choice but to put up Daniele. Zach then votes with Eric to eliminate Daniele, which leaves Dick without an ally and Eric and Jameka in his debt. By doing so, Zach would have earned the respect of the jury and no one could justifiably call him a floater.
Tuesday’s live episode will make it clear whether Zach has a master plan or is just fumbling his way to the end.
2 comments:
I contend that Zach is an undercover genius. He saw the writing on the wall that he wasn't making friends quickly in the house after the guys he was aligned with got voted out. So, like he said, he ate alone, played chess against himself, and became the epitome of the floater. He voted where ever he was needed (and contrary to Daniele's contention, he was a BIG factor in Dick still being in the house), and didn't actually try for HOH or POV because that would put a spotlight on him. Once the numbers started getting low and he saw the writing on the wall, he turned on his game and actually tried at the games and low and behold, he's good at them! I can really see him taking this whole thing if he can win the next HOH.
Dani most deserving of the money? Perhaps, but I can't get past the whining and the pouting. My irritation with skelator is so great I could slap her every time she says it was just strategic. Then the outrage expressed by D&D over Zach not honoring his bargain and putting them up, well excuse me but didn't D&D have the same bargain with Jameka and the now defunct Eric and Jessica. Don't get me wrong I fully understand making bargains and reneging is part of the game, so is lying. It is the hypocrisy that irritates me, especially when coming from "tell like it is" Dick. Where was Dani's "it's just strategic" when she and her dad were put up? The next gripe is the amount of repeats. Sunday's show didn't repeat Thursdays show once but twice. Is the show really lacking enough filler for a full hour? I don't remember another year being this repetitive. Next is the sequester house not being shown. If there really isn't enough action to fill an hour wouldn't it make since to fill in time watching the jury greet new members. It is strange which is why the internet is filled with so many conspiracy theories. Lastly my money is on Zach as most deserving to win, although admittedly a long shot. Dani has won competitions but a huge part of her still being in the game has been Dick's intimidation of other houseguests and his own self-sacrafice with the POV. Zach has played alone without a true alliance to further him along. Since D&D had alliances with E/J and then another with Jameka one can argue that Zach's alliance with D&D never exsisted and Zach would have been sacraficed the minute Dani saw it as strategic.
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