We’re in the middle of the “ice skating” Head of Household competition except instead of ice, hamsters are sliding around on vaseline. This is Shelli‘s chance for revenge so hopefully she won’t win. We get to see lots of falls: Liz, Vanessa, Julia. It’s kind of satisfying. I didn’t realize that they’re on a slant. They can use gravity to get down but going back up is much harder. Once again, Meg is the worst. Just the worst.
Ooh, we get a flashback to the big fight that happened right before Clay was evicted! Clay wanted to be eliminated (to save his beloved Shelli) and he actually came up with a smart plan. Knowing how easy it is to get Vanessa swirling in a cyclone of paranoia, he made up a lie that James supposedly told about her. Vanessa lost her mind and unleashed a chain reaction of confrontations. Vanessa to James, James to Clay, Vanessa to Clay, Vanessa to Johnny Mack. It was a free-for-all of shouting, posturing and excuses. There was Clay getting into James’ face, physically towering over him. Then Vanessa spun out of control with her, “He’s lying! Why is he lying? He’s lying” on a loop that kept spinning and spinning until all the words ran together. Shelli just sat back and watched the whole thing go down, knowing she was safe for another week.
Back at the HoH competition, the falls keep coming. Meg is still crawling along and everyone is teasing her about it. Suddenly Becky is about to win. She knows she wants to win HoH but feels confident enough to go for the other two prizes (No Have Not and $5000) first. She did it! The self-proclaimed Big Brother historian won! Everyone is a little nervous because Becky isn’t really a part of anyone’s alliance. She has some kind of connection to Johnny Mack (romance?) and last week she was a rat for Shelli and Clay but we’re not sure who she’s going to nominate.
After the excitement dies down, Shelli finally loses it and starts blubbering. I almost feel bad for enjoying this but then I remember her smuggy smugness and I’m okay. “I’ve never been the kind of girl that cries over a guy…” Shut up, Shelli. No one cares.
Becky got kale and other organic vegetables in her HoH basket. Apparently she considers herself aligned with James and Jackie. Cool. We need at least one more week of that side of the house in power to keep things interesting. And Becky is finally playing the game! She really wants to send Vanessa packing but knows she needs to backdoor her in order to decrease the drama. “I’ve worked Black Friday. I know how to deal with Vanessa.” For some reason, Becky warns Shelli that she is going on the block with Steve but that Vanessa is the real backdoor target. She then tells Vanessa that she is sticking to the agreement they made last week: she is putting up Shelli and Steve with Johnny Mack as a backdoor option. Instead of trusting Becky, Vanessa goes into her whole “I’m trustworthy, my word is gold” loop. When Vanessa tries to make another deal with Becky, Becky explodes. “I’m done with deals and alliances! I don’t want to hear any more deals!” Vanessa leaves shaking her head. “Does she even know that she’s playing Big Brother?” Yes, she does. She finally does.
Nomination Ceremony
Once again, we get the key box with only two slots. Why won’t they bring back the key wheel? Production makes another ridiculous choice. Unsurprisingly, Becky nominates Shelli and Steve. She tells Shelli that she hasn’t recovered from the ugliness of last week. She tells Steve that, as a Big Brother superfan, he needs to get his hands dirty. Vanessa is still nervous, Shelli is still smug and Steve seems pissed (although I can’t tell if it’s an act or not).
On Wednesday: The Veto Competition
James cracked me up when he said ‘hell has no FURRY like a woman scorned.” I love James, I’m glad he had the gonads to get his hands bloody. It’s a tough job, but somebody had to do it. When Shelli was blubbering (great word, Lady) about dumb wuss Clay, I wanted to hurl. Shut up Shelli is right. STFU. Ugh. I want Shelli out because she is so annoying, but I want Van out more. I hope the plan works and it just might. As usual, fingers crossed!
Great recap, Lady, it was a fun read!
I think Clay had a waaay better chance at winning than Shelli. He was less polarizing. He should have fought harder to stay. Vanessa gets on my nerves with her I’m loyal, don’t ever question me crap. Her explosions are very staged. I would have to laugh if she tried it with me though. I’m team James after his HOH reign. Get’em James!
Somebody tell me that I am not the only one who heard Julia tell Shelli that Miami is in New York or something…,,unless I heard it wrong. And are the rest of you as sick as I am over the twins and the way they talk. Or maybe just one of them , has the worst drawl I’ve heard in a looooooong tiiiiiiime.. I don’t care enough about them to even try to keep up with who is who. And I did laugh at James saying furry instead of fury. 🙂 But I do love James. And he is definitely playing hard.
No, that’s what I recall too.
Yes, I’m with you about the twins and their drawwwwwl, and like you, I have no idea which is which, and don’t care enough to try and figure it out either. The best I have is it’s Liz because she’s the one forever attached to Austin. I’m hoping at some point they will get rid of Liz and break up the Austin/Liz couple, as well as the twin couple, all in one fell swoop. That might be fun 😉
And the shrieking they do collectively makes them sound like they are each 12 years old. It is getting very old.
I knoooooooooooooooow!
I’d end up being a raging bitch if I had to be around the twins for any length of time. They also add a syllable. I knooooooowah.
Yes barb! Everything ends with a “wah”. Lol
I’m so glad the dynamics are changing. I really want Austin to get sent home next though, I can’t stand him and that stupid lame Judas alter ego.
I’m so sick of MEG!
I hate her more then listening to the twins whine.
Also, what happened to #BigBrotherTakeover??? They sure bailed on that twist after 2 weeks
where DID that go? Could CBS have recognized the lameness and pulled it? Why do I feel it will come back anyway with some stupid explanation for its absence? I swear I watch this show every damn year hoping someone will kidnap Allison Grodner and make it good. Go James…for now.
I am so sick of vanessa’s face and hats, I hope she goes next!
I wonder if that green hat gets washed?!
Thanks for the great recap, Lady! Still #teamJames.
Vanessa has been nominated for eviction alongside Shelli, who is managing to gain popularity by simply having fun with everyone. Steve got Johnny to shake hands on an agreement that John will begin to pursue Becky romantically if he and she reach the jury house. There has been lots of good humor and playfulness in the livefeeds. Personally, I feel that it will do Vanessa good to leave the game, as I perceive cabin fever in her case and feel quite protective of her well-being. Thank you, Lady Cocette, for your wonderful reviews! My family and I had the pleasure of great bellylaughs over your observations about ” I knooooowww” as it drives us all nuts.
Oops… forgot that ,if voted out as expected, Vanessa will be the first jury member and not going home to her girlfriend. Please excuse me for this momentary lapse.
I worry that Vanessa with DOR in jury since she doesn’t need the money and she doesn’t want to sit in isolation, no matter how pretty, for 8 weeks.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Late Monday night, James, Jackie and Meg began to discuss keeping Vanessa and voting out Shelli instead. James feels terrible to see Vanessa crying and wearing sunglasses in bed while reading the Bible, and it’s beginning to occur to them that Shelli will go after James for getting rid of Clay, and that Shelli seems to have it more together as a social player. Becky wasn’t part of this powwow, and might also have private plans to align with Shelli, Steve and JMac. The twists this season are marvelous. There’s enough entertainment in the house that the takeovers ( a LA Kathy Griffin) have been scrapped.
The problem with this new plan is they will need FIVE votes and they only have three. Their plan will need to involve ALL the Austwins for it to work. Julia will vote out Shelli for sure but unless Liz or Austin (who will likely vote together) are down with voting out Shelli, it will never work.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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The good news is that Vanessa is up and at ’em this afternoon. She has adapted, stopped acting like Audrey and is interacting again. She took off the shades and the blankets, had a shower and is back as the player she really is. HALLELUJAH!!!
One especially enjoyable aspect of this season is that virtually everyone in the game feels personally empowered to win the whole shebang. Even Meg thinks she’s a real player and she is, in her own way. Last night the twins and Austin were in the hammock chirping about their intentions to dispense with Shelli, then (in random order) jettison JohnnyMac, Becky and Steve. They see the advantage of temporarily aligning with the James gang to TCOB. Their plans include kissing Vanessa buh-bye once she has done some more of the contentious dirty work. Double eviction is this week , and many can smell it coming and are ready to use it to eliminate the so-called floaters. Jackie began to remind me of a Smurfette last night, as I could no longer see her beneath her hair extensions and boobettes. Vanessa’s lucky star really seems to have shone it’s light on her for the moment, too. How I love all of the sudden mutations and unpredictability of this season. For longtime observers, this is like old-school Big Bro and we’re having a blast, blast , blast.