Big Brother Season 12

[OlgMvp]

I was super excited she won. She can be very annoying but the whole HOH competition was made clear only due to Andrews speech.

They were immediately pitted against each other due to Andrews speech. That is awesome because it's called everyone out before he left, bravo.

Hayden's skated through unnoticed and virtually well-liked and no one's detected this relationship outside of Andrew, the roommate and the brigade. Rachel needs to put them both up and just hope they don't win the POV.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 11 - InGame Play By Play 1st Period

Crowd filing inside the Reality TV Arena...

Hello and welcome to Episode 11 of Big Brother Season 12. I'm BroadwayBomber55.

Joel: And well, well, well. It is I. I am. The One and Only. The quintessential studmuffin, Joel 'Delivers more package than UPS' Gertner. Crowd chanting: GERTNER! GERTNER! GERTNER!

Rachel needs a pie in the face by a rocket launcher.

Joel: BB55, we have fireworks already.

I know!

It's about time that we have some fireworks. I've been so sick of this love fest that I am thinking fondly of Evil Dick and throwing iced tea at Jen.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 11 - InGame Play By Play 2nd Period

I hate how Brendon always kisses Rachel to shut her up. I hate guys like that. Let her run her mouth so this snooze fest will finally end.

Joel: Everytime she jumps on him and wraps her legs around him I swear that I can hear Brendon in his head "oh my back"
It would be SO funny if Brendon dropped Rachel during her little-girl leap.

A BB fan in front row wired for sound: Hayden is one ugly mofo!!!!! Typical AF jeans guy w/the nappy shaggy 'do.

Rachel apologizes and Kristen said "apology not accepted " HUH ?? Kristen you are nuts, Rachel has HOH !

Joel: Does Rachel have only a loud volume for her voice ? Is she used to being loud to get attention from guys ?

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 11 - InGame Play By Play 3rd Period

Hmmm. I think America should vote for whoever would make the WORST Saboteur. Just to screw this dumb idea up even more.

Rachel, maybe? She'd SUCK at it, and it would be hilarious. Also, she'd definitely do that thing where she'd convince herself that it meant America was "voting for her", and thus must love her (even if the opposite was true) and it would swell her head--making her even WORSE at the actual execution.

Joel: I can't take the screaming anymore, the girl is worse than nails on a chalkboard.

A BB fan in the sauna area: I have to admit that the DR comments about the fight and Rachel's HOH room were pretty funny.

And Spice Girls? Really Rachel? Out of all the CDs in the world, that would be your first choice?

My side is hurting! I can hear him saying "oh, @!*#! Fill in the four-letter blank!

A BB fan in the upper deck: I voted for Ragan to be the saboteur. The way that he worries about everything I think he would have to accept the challenge but it would drive him crazy.

Joel: "Clueless" doesn't always cover this. I'm wondering if she has a hearing problem.

Ha. Enzo is so dim that he thinks Will Ferrell is ACTUALLY speaking to him. The doofus doesn't get that he's pre-recorded! Crowd chanting: BB12! BB12! BB12! BB12!

Oh my god! Rachel is stripping?!

Joel: If she pulls out a pair of handcuffs, Brendon better start running....

A BB TV insider in the media gondola: In the real world Kristen was right for not accepting Rachel's apology because she blatanly LIED that Kristen said she would put her up. In the Brother House, her not accepting the apology was a death sentence.

I can't look at Kathy with her over-processed hair and way too much mascara on her fake eyelashes. I just can't believe that in real life she is a cop.

Ragan and his foam party story FTW! Crowd chanting: holy sh*t! holy sh*t! holy sh*t!

Joel: Does Ragan have a fake made up dirty story for EVERY occasion? Geez. It stops being funny after the 100th time.

Ragan: The car wash reminds me of the foam parties I went to in college, but back then, I definitely wasn't strapped to two women. However, I would end the night in a cop car.

Hayden, Enzo and Brendon had a blast on their time in the car.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 11 - InGame Play By Play Overtime

Joel: The eyelashes are very twiggy and tammy fay, she looks older than 40.

Rachel gets to watch the movie also ? Well that just ruined it for the guys to have a good time. She will probably be TALKING the whole time during the movie. (Talking to her is yelling to me)

Joel: Why is Rachel yelling at us in her confessional! She needs to use her inside voice!

A BB fan in the lower bowl seats: when Brendan refers to Rachel as 'his girl' i throw up just a little. i'm starting to see these two deserve each other.

They were hilarious. I really liked watching this challenge.

I loved the way Ragan compared having Kathy on your team to the movie Weekend at Bernies she is like carrying a dead body around.
Kathy is pretty useless and should have went home last week instead of Andrew.

Joel: Wait....this means Brendon and Rachel are planning to make out in front of Hayden and Enzo? Kinda makes it less of a reward for them.

I think that anytime Rachel went to the DR I would have to get a drink from the kitchen and s l o w l y walk past the door. Her voice has got to carry even though there is a hallway between that 1st door and the actual DR door.

Even if Brendon and Rachel actually bother to watch the movie, Rachel will probably bellow comments at Brendon throughout the entire film. Too bad the viewers can't vote on which house guest could be muzzled for twenty-four hours.

I have noticed that all of her DR's they show she is yelling at the camera. I don't know why BB doesn't tell her to stop doing that. It is so irritating when someone screams like that at the camera.
If she is hoping to have some kind of career on camera from this. She has definitely made herself a joke that no one in their right mind would hire.

Joel: Okay... someone who "plays both sides of the house" is not a definition of floater.

And I also wish that Rachel would quit yelling in the confessional as well... I wonder if others can hear her???

A BB blog writer in the media gondola: Now that would be a America's choice I would love to vote on. Rachel would win hands down and it would send a clear message to her how much she irritates us.

You know she is going to be totally distracting at the movie and ruin it for the others. She is going to be loud and obnoxious and drive them crazy with that fake forced loud laugh.

Another BB fan in the sauna area: I can't stand that Rachel's HOH. Oohhh, I would love for Rachel to have to be quiet for even an hour. That would kill her but the house would be happy.

Sounded like Kristian made Rachel an offer she can't refuse. I hope Kristian gets her!

Joel: I actually hope Rachel gets Kristen.I really hope she puts her up. And then next week someone gets Rachel. I can't stand either of these women so I would love to see both of them leave in the next 2 weeks.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 11 - InGame Play By Play Shootout

Joel: This movie is brand new and can't you see Rachel wanting to come out and brag to everyone about the movie ? I can see telling the whole plot and even the ending. I hope that Enzo has the balls to tell her to shut up during the movie.

Kristen and Rachel were friends? They were? The only one Rachel's seemed genuinely friendly with (and friendly is putting it mildly) is Brendon.

Even the girly bond with Britney is recent and completely game play on Britney's side. Britney may be mean, but at the moment, she's coming off as the smartest woman in the house, though she doesn't have much competition for that title. Kristen and Rachel are way too emotional and stupidly fell right into showmances, which hardly ever work for house guests and frequently work against them. Moreover, they don't have much of a track record for lasting beyond the house, so anyone involved in them is risking the win for a temporary relationship of a few weeks at most. Kathy is a poor competitor and doesn't seem to have any genuine strategy either.

I also absolutely refuse to believe that Rachel is ever going to get through graduate school. She just doesn't come off as bright enough to figure out how to get a child proof cap off an aspirin bottle, much less smart enough to get a degree in chemistry. She certainly couldn't pass an English composition class with her grammar skills.

Another BB fan in the front row: Brendon and ME!

Hayden would be happy if Kathy and Kristen were put up on the block ? Wow, Kristen is going to be pissed when she watches this episode. Hayden is also stupid because he is not safe, he could always be backdoored. He's not too smart.

Joel: I bet some of the house guests wouldn't be able to resist tormenting her during her enforced silence either. "Hey, Rachel, do you mind if I get between you and your man? Just say so if you do."

Really, Ragan has told them he's a grad student in communications (as opposed to a professor). Perhaps he should have a little chat with her about controlled volume as an element of effective communication.

Kristan and Bamm-Bamm, er, Hayden, are nominated.

Joel: Rachel really was nasty in what she said to them. Way to lay down the challenge. Telling them to bring it on. She just made people even madder at her and her target even bigger.

Wonder if Kristen is regretting screaming at the HOH now. You should never get into a screaming argument with the person who can put you up.

Joel: Brendon is taking note too. She is on a power trip and he needs to cut his double bond (chemistry) with her!

A BB fan in the skybox seats: Wow, she didn't say "you are gunning for Brendon and I." Rachel is a dingledorf.

So, Kristen and Hayden are up on the eviction block? Who will win PoV? Find out on Wednesday.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 11 - BB55's Takes

Being not too smart is epidemic this season. I can't think of a house guest I'd really describe as smart. Perhaps as comparatively less dumb, but that's a lot different than smart. Heck, Lane's looking brighter all the time just because he manages to stay away from all the drama and keep his mouth shut.

I want the numbers to get smaller so the Brigade will actually have to start playing the game for themselves.

hope kristen, kathy, brit, and ragan are the next ones to go, because the only ones who can give them a fight is brenchel. i'm not rooting for the brigade and am all too sure that those three floaters after this week not named kristen cannot take them on. for one, they have no true allies. brit is being used and on her own, ragan is foolishly loyal to matt, and kathy, well, she has noone. only brenchel have an ally-each other and the brigade have each other. without an ally, you are expendable. is britney gonna be like james every week or janelle? i think rachel has more of that competitiveness in her than brit.

I bet whoever does the sound in the DR wants to take a break if Hayden or Rachel are getting called to come to the DR. I would be "Uh, it's time to take my break , let the new guy get some experience"

This show is starting to get interesting, with Andrew's speech and Rachel and Kristin's argument. I've never heard anyone not accept an apology... and with half a million dollars at stake, it should be automatic. Kristin could have tried making her point to Rachel without arguing with her. But, maybe making her point calmly would never have worked, since Rachel is convinced of what she thinks Kristin had said. I don't know why Rachel shouts in the DR and not in the bathtub. If anything, the microphones in the DR would be a lot better than the ones in the bathroom. Someone in production should talk to Rachel about her shouting.

Catfights, rejected apologies, scrambling and bonding (not) bubblebaths. This season is now beginning to look like BB should.

[krystl]

Ugh. I know people like Rachel, but as the weeks pass, I am getting sicker and sicker of her.

[destelle]

Ugh. I know people like Rachel, but as the weeks pass, I am getting sicker and sicker of her.

I have never liked her... I want her GONE! She's just good at comps so she'll probably be here for awhile.

These houseguests are pretty stupid. But the stupidity is what makes me laugh!

Britney, Lane and Enzo are my favs though...

[krystl]

I have never liked her... I want her GONE! She's just good at comps so she'll probably be here for awhile.

These houseguests are pretty stupid. But the stupidity is what makes me laugh!

Britney, Lane and Enzo are my favs though...

I want her gone too. I hate that she's so good at comps and she rubs it in other people's faces.

I wonder why Kristen and Hayden are trying to hard to deny their showmance? Seems pretty stupid at this point. But Hayden isn't as "far gone" as Brandon apparently. I think he wouldn't be too broken up if Kristen had to go. And I'm glad he hasn't exposed the Brigade to her.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Well, I watched POV last night. Congrats to Britney for winning POV and Rachel had to put Hayden and Kristen on the block for eviction.

Well, finally someone's talking about changing the game. They all seem so terrified of doing that, but ultimately it has to be done. Besides, what's so great about the way the house is running at the moment? They're not having that much fun, and there's a lot of tension. Could they be more miserable and anxious if they did change the game?

And please, please, please let that game changing involve getting rid of Rachel ASAP. Why oh why didn't they dump her when they had the chance, week one? Her hair, voice, wardrobe, attitude...it's just all so annoying. If it's annoying to watch three hours a week, I can't imagine what it's like to live with 24/7. Besides, if she were gone, they'd have to show something other than the "showmance" for 3/4 of the show.

About the only one who's really playing the game with any skill at the moment is Brittany. I don't think she stacks up against some of the better players from other seasons, but compared to the rest of this group, she's a genius.

Rachel: "Why don't you feel bad for me when I'm the one who had to put them on the block?" Wow. Self centered much? She's also off her rocker.

[sprucemoose]

Britney and Lane are the only people I like in that house, and that's mostly because of their DR sessions. Rachel is obnoxious, Brendon is boring, Enzo tries to hard to be a character, Hayden looks like Papelbon wearing a wig, Kathy is just terrible, and Matt is possibly the most unlikeable person to ever appear on TV. I don't know what to say about Ragan because he may as well not even be in that house.

[CoyoteYankee]

Britney and Lane are the only people I like in that house, and that's mostly because of their DR sessions. Rachel is obnoxious, Brendon is boring, Enzo tries to hard to be a character, Hayden looks like Papelbon wearing a wig, Kathy is just terrible, and Matt is possibly the most unlikeable person to ever appear on TV. I don't know what to say about Ragan because he may as well not even be in that house.

I'm with you. Brit and Lane are my favorites too. I don't dislike anyone else besides Brendon. He just bothers me. I almost have to change the channel when he is on screen. The rest of them, there are some things that I don't like about each of them but most of the time they are fine.

I know most despise Rachel but I don't. There are many things that I can't stand about her like when she is faking drunk or when she is with Brendon but when she is in one on one conversations then I like her. She seems to be trying to play a role in front of everyone and around Brendon. I think she is really insecure. When she is just normal and having a conversation, she actually seems pretty sweet. I'm hoping that Brendon goes home next week and Rachel and Britney team up and wreck shop in that house!

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 13 - InGame Play By Play 1st Period

Crowd filing inside the Reality TV Arena...

Hello and welcome to Episode 13 of Big Brother Season 12. I'm BroadwayBomber55.

Joel: And well, well, well. It is I, the quintessential studmuffin. Joel 'Bigger and better than the Titanic, because only 400 women went down on the Titanic' Gertner. Crowd chanting: GERTNER! GERTNER! GERTNER!

Recap time. Crowd boos.

So Enzo is mad that Rachel/Brendan would actually nominate Lane????

Joel: How dare they?

How are Kristen & Hayden seriously mad that they're plan didn't work? Saying stuff like "we had the perfect plan, Rachel messed it up". YOU WERE GOING TO BETRAY HER ANYWAY so really she outsmarted the both of you and you're just mad!

Rachel made a great play

A BB fan in the front row wired for sound: I am so happy Rachel derailed Britney using the POV. Sorry Kristen, you didn't get your way. Your deceptive plan didn't work. Rachel didn't fall for it. Too bad.
I was really glad that Kristen stayed on the block so she could leave tonight.

Seeing Kristen crying with that wig on --- man, I'm getting strong flashbacks to Waaamber / BB8.
*shudder*

Joel: Brit and Matt got busted wearing Rachels wig and making fun of her. Too funny.
But Rachel is so dense she thought it was funny. I can't believe that.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 13 - InGame Play By Play 2nd Period

Rachel's laugh is like a nails on a chalkboard.

Joel: It is. I hope she doesn't make it far. I may go deaf.

A BB TV insider in the media gondola: I really don't like Kristen and hope she's voted out tonight.
Can't say I'm a big Hayden fan either, but I think he's played a pretty good social game while being part of a still undetected alliance.
That's pretty good going in my book and if he doesn't win hoh this week I don't think anyone will nominate him, even Brendan.
He looks to have come out of the furore over Andrew's revelation last week pretty much unscathed.

Joel: I can't wait either. I never did like her I think she is a total manipulator. I think Andrew was right. She is the tin man. SHe is totally self centered and doesn't care about anyone but herself. And the way she has campainged against Hayden shows me she will stop at nothig to win. She is very dangerous.

Kristen is making a lot of sense!

Kristen claims to care about Haydon so much. Yet she is campaigning and throwing him under the bus to Ragan, Brit and Brendon, and trying to out that there may be a mens aliance. She doesn't care about him if she did she wouldn't be doing that.

I don't buy it I think she was using him to get farther. She wants to stay so bad she will do anything to get her way.

Joel: I don't really blame her for trying to stay, I mean, she came in the house to win, not to find love. I would expect anyone in her position to fight. People who start romances need to separate that from the game, otherwise why be on the show?

"The most powerful Head of Household ever" -- what the...

A BB radio insider in the media gondola: Rachel's laugh is dreadful and I'm not a fan of her either, but I did cheer when she won HoH last week.
To be everyone's target then win a game where others were clearly gunning for her, a high-pressure game where mistakes are easy, well, I thought that was impressive.

It was nerve wrecking for her I bet. I want drama in the house also so it was fun.

What's Julie smoking, Kristen does not give Jen a run for her money in a unitard.
Jen's creativity was limitless with that thing.

now we know where he gets his mouth from

I think Hayden's mother is bang on when she says Kristen isn't genuinely into Hayden.

Wow, mommy can see right through Kristen! She has a boyfriend! A good-looking one at that!

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 13 - InGame Play By Play 3rd Period

Joel: Kristen's boyfriend seemed like a nice enough guy, but if he wants to take swipes at someone he should direct them at Kristen.
Calling Hayden a "24 year old boy" was a bit uncalled for.
It's Kristen who's ruining your relationship, Steve, not Hayden.

A BB fan in the upper deck: Kristens boyfriend is livid. He is done with her. I don't blame him.
Even if she comes home claiming it was just for the game. Who wants a woman who is willing to cheat for the money. That is pretty low to do to him especially when he gave her the chance to go in single and then make him watch her cheat on tv. The guy is better off.

Right, they were only dating for two months. He offered her the option of being single and she should have taken it.
I wouldn't believe her if she said she didn't intend to make hooking-up part of her strategy.

Rachel, it's 'Brendan and ME!!!!!!!'

They should put a warning on the screen prior to her laughing so everyone has the chance to adjust the volume on the tv.

Joel: So, anyone want to bet that her goodbye message to Kristen (if Kristen leaves and we get to see it) will include a reference to Kristen trying to come between "me and my man"?

Anybody notice it seemed as if Britney could hear Rachel.

Joel: They showed Britney's face after Rachel said she'd like to recruit her to their alliance and she opened her mouth and looked shocked at something.

Pure coincidence? Probably. Just interesting to look at

Rachel is like a broke-down Angie Everheart with a farty laugh!

Voting time!

Joel: Hmmm, a 'stand up person'. I'm guessing ex-boyfriend Steve wouldn't agree with that.

Enzo - Kristen
Kathy - Hayden
Matt - Kristen

Two more votes and Kristen's out.
I can't imagine Lane and Brendan won't vote to evict her.
She's toast.

Joel: She's not going to be on the jury, Ragan, no need to lay it on with a trowel.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 13 - InGame Play By Play Overtime

Bye Kristen

Joel: Please Julie ask Kristen about her boyfriend!

Kathy went rogue again.
She better hope Matt doesn't win HoH or he might target her again.

There's no way in hell I'd be sitting there with that wig on still.

Joel: So is Rachel 4 for 4 in "don't try to become between me and my man" ?

Brendan says Kristen made up the alliance about The Brigade! Boy is he in for a rude surprise!

Rachel is so freaking loud! Case and point listen her goodbye speech!

Joel: Oooh, Hayden said he'd have chosen Kristen over the Brigade if he'd had to.

I wonder if BB is using the same clip for the "dont try to become between me and my man" just for lulz

HoH time!

A BB fan in the sauna area: i'm just hoping for a personnel change in the hoh room. i'm sick of her. (rachel)

A BB fan in the skybox seats: Rachel proved YET AGAIN what a piece of trash she is. What a worthless skank. I hope her friends and family are proud of her. Although I'm pretty sure they already know what a nasty ho she is.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 13 - InGame Play By Play Shootout

What is up with Rachel's goodbye speeches! She never has anything good to say! What she said about Kristen was uncalled. I am not a Kristen fan, and I cannot wait until Rachel gets her due!

Joel: I wonder if they tell them to speak up in the diary room as most of them seem to use a voice louder than their regular spekaing voice.

Unless Brendan wins, and he hasn't won an HoH so far this could be a week to shake things up a little.

Ragan chosen for Saboteur?
He won't take it I don't think.
He's so far under the radar I don't think he wants to do anything that might put a target on his back.

Another endurance HoH!

It would have been nice to give them some kind of "uniform" this week instead of spraying crap at their own clothing.
Sweat pants a t-shirt and a hoodie would have done.

Joel: He gave $5000 away! He won't do it!
Rachel is constantly screaming at the camera. It is horrible. She acts like it is the only way to get her point across is to be loud.
She does it during goodbyes, Diary rooms and when she announces anything from the diary room like her HOH and the food and POV comps.

I think there's a slightly higher chance he'd agree to become Saboteur simply because he no one would know.
He'd have had to very publicly take $5000 and he knows that would make him a target.

This looks like another challenge tailor-made for Matt and Ragan.

Good they made it so no one will want to just jump out of the comp 1st. They will be a have not if they do.
They made it 1 person will be the have not I think they should have made it the 1st 3 people

As soon as someone falls off there will be jumpers who want to avoid getting HoH.

Joel: Ugh, Jeff and Jordan.
Not everyone thinks they're the greatest romance that ever romanced.

So, another endurance HoH. Who will win? Find out Sunday.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 13 - BB55's Takes

Every time, Rachel screams, my ear drums hurt.

She said nasty things to another evicted houseguest. This time it's Kristen who is feeling the wrath.

Now that we're in the jury stage, I wonder if she'll continue with dissing each evictee every week. Call me crazy, but it'll be sort of refreshing to see someone say how they really feel in their goodbye message instead of faking it for a jury vote.

I wouldn't say I'm rooting for her (actually I'm far from it), but she's one of the few entertaining ones this season. I'm just imagining an endgame with the Brigade, Kathy, and Ragan..

Britney is the saving grace this season. I have never been this bored with a BB season, and I've been watching for a fairly long time. It's too bad she doesn't know that Rachel and Brendon would be better allies to her than the rest of the house would be.

[krystl]

The best part of last night's show was when they showed Brit and Matt making fun of Rachel in the HoH room. It was the funniest thing I've seen on that show in a long time.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 14 - InGame Play By Play 1st Period

Crowd filing inside the Reality TV Arena...

Hello and welcome to Episode 14 of Big Brother Season 12. I'm BroadwayBomber55.

Joel: And well, well, well. It is I, the one and only, the quintessential studmuffin. if you got an hour, I've got the power.
Joel 'You can't have your pudding if you don't eat your meat' Gertner. Crowd chanting: GERTNER! GERTNER! GERTNER!

Who will win the endurance HoH?

Kathy is off after only 12 minutes ? HUH ? Is she faking this or is this part of her plan to make it to the end ?

Joel: Enzo is down next, well at least Matt says it like it is, Enzo is selfish and lets the others do the hard work

A BB fan in the front row wired for sound: Ok, is everyone just bored with the Sunday / Wednesday show and are only going to watch on Thursdays ?

Matt knows Enzo is making them do all the dirty work. He said Enzo's time to do the dirty work will never come.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 14 - InGame Play By Play 2nd Period

A BB fan in the sauna area: Waiting on Brendon to fall - hopefully!

They want you out Rachael, because you're a b****! Crowd chanting: W***E! W****E! to Rachel.

Joel: I love how the well built guys fall off ahead of the 2 skinny guys. Lifting weights does not always equal strength

A BB fan in the upper deck: So if Brendon and Rachel are put up does that mean that someone is coming between her and her man ?

Joel: I wish they didn't bother to make such elaborate set-ups for endurance comps.
Some of the best ones have been pretty simple.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 14 - InGame Play By Play 3rd Period

Matt wins another HoH!

Thhis is like opposite world. Like Rachel said, the two scrawniest guys are left and Matt wins again!

Joel: Then come to think of it, she won two kind of intelligence based ones and almost the word challenge. Opposite indeed!
Matt better open pandoras box. If anybody would, it's him. Do it!

I think both endurance comps have favoured smaller guys so I wasn't surprised Matt and Ragan were left at the end again.

Matt wins Diamond POV which can be used over the next two weeks.

Joel: Why is Matt allowed to tell the house about opening Pandora's box ?

Matt could be a really good player if the didn't tell the stupid lies! His best move would have been to say nothing at all.

Ragan needs to stop helping others in the house by explaining the things that have happened previous times in the BB house

Joel: Matt tells the others he opened the box and got $1.
The others don't believe him.
Brendan thinks he got $20,000 Ragan thinks someone will be allowed back into the house.
Ragan now getting the Saboteur invitation.

Oh my god, Ragan is gonna do it. Crowd chanting: holy sh*t! holy sh*t! holy sh*t!

A BB fan in the skybox seats: I was staring at my screen saying "Do it do it do it!" like the crowd does during a fight or at some stupid party. So glad he will. The show needs spicing up.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 14 - InGame Play By Play Overtime

Ragan is who I picked for the next saboteur. I knew that it would drive him nuts and that is why I voted for him. He is smart but he will think and re-think every choice he makes.

$ 20,000 is pretty cool too.

I wonder how long he really had to decide to become the next saboteur ?

Joel: Had Matt known that the only negative for opening the box would be a new Sab in the game he might not have told them.
If a whole series of bad things started happening someone might have connected that with Pandora's Box being opened.
Of course the person most likely to make that connection is Matt himself.

Another BB fan in the front row: Go Ragan!!!! Tell Rachel!! Go!!

oh my god! this Ragan v Rachel fight is so pointless.
Rachel looks like she's cracking.
Hayden looks as bemused by this as I am.

Joel: Rachel mentions that Matt and Ragan are a pair. I think that they are good friends and I do wonder if they knew each other before they came in the house.

HA HA , Matt Mr. Mensa opens pandora's box and the release of the saboteur is directly his fault . LOVE IT !

Lane, Enzo and even Hayden will end up taking down Ragan and Mr. Mensa. Crowd chanting: BB12! BB12! BB12! BB12!

I think Brendan's mentioned every aspect of the Pandora's Box/Sab twist, but just hasn't pieced it all together correctly.
He suggested Matt got $20,000 and the Sab got a special power.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 14 - InGame Play By Play Shootout

A BB TV insider in the media gondola: I think Matt may be regretting a little bit opening the box. I don't think he likes the idea of having the sab back. Because if things work out and one of the brigade ends HOH again next week he isn't even going to need it. And it is only good for this week and next week. Then the whole thing would be a waste.

Joel: So they would have told the house, whether Matt told or not. Then he was smart to tell. He could have thought of a better lie though.

Ragan is already looking good. That drama with Rachel was PERFECT. She was ready to get down to business and make a deal and Ragan totally hijacked the conversation and she wasn't in the mood after.

I think he will do good. And he'll have that $20,000 too if all goes according to plan getting Brenchel out. Brenden one week, Rachel the next. $20,000. If they really think it's him they risk putting Brenchel further, and I doubt they will dare do that again.

A BB radio insider in the media gondola: Through all of this excitement what I don't like is that Kathy and Britney are staying so far off the radar. I really don't want them to coast to the end.

Good job Matt did tell them about opening the box.
I wonder whether the Sab would have mentioned Matt opening the box if Matt hadn't already told them.

Joel: I still can't believe none of the others is really on to the Brigade.
You'd think Ragan would twig something was going on. If people aren't coming to you for alliances wouldn't you naturally think that's because they have their alliance already in place?

Well, well, well. What do you know. Matt puts Brendan and Rachel on the block for eviction.

Joel: The first person of the jury house could be Rachel ( I Hope !) and she will go crazy all by herself for a whole week. what if the next person to join her is Kathy.
I can dream can't I ?

A BB fan in the upper deck: Just when you think Rachel can't look worse week to week, BAM, she always finds a way.

Another BB fan in the upper deck: I hate the Brigade members more than I do Brenchel. They're sooooo boring! At least I can laugh at Rachel. I mean, did she really say that she wanted another botox injection?
It's appropriate that this week's banner is about sleeping. I think that's what we all want to do when we tune in.

So, Brenchel is up for eviction? Who will win PoV? Find out on Wednesday.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 14 - BB55's Takes

Rachel is so using Brendon she doesn't care a bit. She just needs a partner to try to go farther and is leading him on. She has shown that loud and clear since he fell of the HOH comp. She said in the DR he was a disappointment because he didn't hold up his end this week and keep them safe (I guess she forgot he won POV 2 weeks ago and the 1st week in the game. Which at the time saved them. They were leaving then if he hadn't won. He has done his share) SHe acts like he has done nothing she has done it all. THen she gives him the cold shoulder what a witch.

At the end of the show and even before that he keeps saying he just wants to be there with her and thats all he cared about.He even told her he would go home so she could stay. He is so in love with her. Her reaction on the other hand is disappointment in him and feeling sorry for herself and crying that she is going to go and that she is glad she had her botox so that she isn't wrinkled. Not one word about him. Only that she is upset that she lost.

This guy seriously need to dump this selfish, self centered, whiny little skank. She is just using him.

She's such an "all about me" girl. I almost fell off my chair when she told Brendon "It's not always about YOU Brendon"....WHAT?????

[krystl]

Rachel is such a drama queen. Boohoo. I hope she goes home. Although, I will miss Brittany and everyone else's mocking of her.

[destelle]

Rachel is such a drama queen. Boohoo. I hope she goes home. Although, I will miss Brittany and everyone else's mocking of her.

She really is - I cannot believe some of the stuff that comes out of her mouth. I don't see how Brendan can stand her (and I dont even like him )

I sooo hope that she goes this week, but you are right, the mocking of her is classic!

[NYDCYankee]

You guys realize that the show will be a lot less entertaining if she leaves though right?

[krystl]

You guys realize that the show will be a lot less entertaining if she leaves though right?

Yeah, I know. Maybe it would be better if Brandon goes home, then we'll get to see more Rachel drama without all the mushy gushy stuff.

[2PhonesMaccabee]

Rachel is such a drama queen. Boohoo. I hope she goes home. Although, I will miss Brittany and everyone else's mocking of her.

I agree, I can't wait for her to leave.

[BobLoblaw]

Can't wait until I don't have to see Rachel's ugly mug anymore

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 15 - InGame Play By Play 1st Period

Crowd filing inside the Reality TV Arena...

Hello and welcome to Episode 15 of Big Brother Season 12. I'm BroadwayBomber55.

Joel: And well, well, well. It is I, the quintessential studmuffin. Joel 'I've busted more nuts than a peanut factory' Gertner. Crowd chanting: GERTNER! GERTNER! GERTNER!

Oh Rachel, if Matt didn't put up any of the guys don't you think that might be because he has an alliance with some of them?
Can't believe they still haven't sussed out the Brigade.

Joel: Rachel...
Please, somebody put a net over her and cart her out? She's just not hooked up right.

Come on Rachel, don't just cave in. Fight, woman!

So far it's the Brenchel Show...I think I saw Britney and Matt for a second...

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 15 - InGame Play By Play 2nd Period

Joel: Gotta give it to Rachel as much as she drives me crazy.
I kinda feel bad when its 2 against an entire house. Just me thing of pulling for the underdog

I'm the same. Although I don't think they made much effort to allign with others and have been smug when things were going well, I don't like seeing people so upset.

A BB fan in the front row: I don't feel sorry for them when they were so BIG and BAD last week as HOH. now it's time for payback

PoV time!

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 15 - InGame Play By Play 3rd Period

Britney is pretty good at these veto competitions.
Waiting to see what the saboteur does though.

Joel: Woah I just had deja vu when I saw Rachel sit down as she tried to talk to Cathy. I know I saw that moment in a dream or somewhere else.

A BB TV insider in the media gondola: Rachel is selfish and she brought it on herself. It's the way that she plays the game-cocky. She wanted people to "bring it on"so there...she got her wish! I thought that Brendon had a good head on his shoulders, but calling Matt a Midget was uncalled for! Who does he think he is? The earth doesn't center around Rachel now she can feel how she made the other evictees feel. She and Brendon weren't the underdogs. Being an underdog means having some sense of humility!

Kathy needs to have about eight inches cut off her straggly hair and dye it back to its natural color. Oh and not wear a one shoulder denim romper.
good god, woman.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 15 - InGame Play By Play Overtime

Britney wins PoV!

A BB radio insider in the media gondola: I don't think I've ever hated a houseguest as much as that skank Rachel. She has the nerve to be pissed at Kathy for doing well in a competition, when she herself has done the SAME thing. Did she forget how she SCREAMED when she won HOH? I really can't believe how ignorant this loser is. And Brendon...how about TRY to become a man one day. That will apparently won't be today, but that's something to work towards.

Yet during how many weeks it was the entire house against them? Did they let the power get to their head.Yes are they the only ones that have done that? No.

Do I like Rachel and Brendon? No Do I feel bad about the position of it being them against the house yes. Since the main start of it was only because they were a couple. Kinda like the brigade is a couple X's 2.

Joel: That Saboteur message was ridiculous. Ragan's useless.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 15 - InGame Play By Play Shootout

Too bad they're too dumb to figure it out. In that case, he is successful. I mean they actually think Rachel is the saboteur!

Joel: I thought the Saboteur message was great. I'd LOVE for the skank and wuss to turn on each other. You go Ragan.

Brendon is so desperate to be loved.

Joel: Yes he is. He's a nice looking guy, but has the personality of the ugly ducking...SOOOO desperate to be loved. I can't believe what a loser he is.

Rachel confronting Kathy is stupid. Kathy was glad to do well in the competition. Rachel makes everything about her. She gets what she deserves.

What a useless episode. Of course she wasn't gonna use the veto on either one of you. This episode should be called "Who could you hate more?" since they seem to have a bad habit of 1uping each other.

Joel: I really hope after they are gone the brigade is targeted. I really do NOT want to see them make it to the end. They are the ultimate coasters! This is a sucky BB season so far, and the first one I've seen.

Integrity, morals, and character...please. Rachel is a piece of work! Please go home! Rachel get a life vest!

So, Britney wins PoV and Brenchel are going off again. Will Rachel go home? Find out Thursday.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 15 - BB55's Takes

Rachel and Brendon are incredibly delusional and unbelievably annoying. I got the impression Jeff and Jordan were actually kind of uncomfortable and embarrassed to be around their obvious poor sportsmanship. If the rest of the house were more relaxed once they were out and enjoyed the game then, well, what did they expect? Every time they've been in power, they've been obnoxious to everyone else, and they've made absolutely no attempt to engage with the rest of the house guests, because they've been way too busy leaping upon one another's bones. As for Rachel going after Kathy for being happy that she beat her, Kathy had a point: Rachel picked her because she thought she'd be easy to beat, and Kathy, who's been awful at all the challenges thus far, finally pulled one out at the last minute. Of course she was happy, and she was far less crazed about it than Rachel was about winning her last HOH, after which she called out the "floaters, " including Kathy. Rachel needs every vote she can get to stay in the house, and she goes after Kathy? In front of everyone? After warning Brendon he needed to be a better sport? What an idiot!

But then, in terms of pure idiocy, Brendon may be even dumber, because he wants to throw the competition for Rachel, whom he's known a matter of weeks. How can he not realize that Rachel would bounce his butt out of their in a second if she thought it would advance her game? Heck, she's doing it right now. She's not telling him, no, don't throw your game to keep me in the house, even though that's what he's saying he would do for her. Why isn't that resonating with him?

Oh, and does anyone else think that Jeff was deliberately calling Enzo "Meow Meow" to draw attention to the brigade, since the rest of the house is too stupid to realize they have an alliance and have had one since the first day? Any other season, those four would have had their alliance outed long ago.

Brittany's comment on Brendon's unsportsmanlike behavior was the highlight of the episode: "He has the worst sportsmanship I have ever seen in my life--and I played fifth grade basketball!"

Rachel is losing it. Integrity, morals, and character...over my dead body.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 16 - InGame Play By Play 1st Period

Crowd filing inside the Reality TV Arena...

Hello and welcome to Episode 16 of Big Brother Season 12. I'm BroadwayBomber55.

Joel: And well, well, well. It is I, the quintessential studmuffin. Put those floppy disks away here comes the man with the biggest hard drive in professional wrestling … Joel 'I've got more RAM than you can handle' Gertner. Crowd chanting: GERTNER! GERTNER! GERTNER!

They're recapping Brendon's POV speech, trying to move the target from Rachel's back to his.

Ragan calls Brendon the Neanderthal man from The Cable Guy right after the POV ceremony. Britney in DR calls Brendon a disgusting pig.

Joel: Brendon in the DR explains that Rachel is probably going to be his wife and the mother of his children (oh spare me), so he is going to keep trying to get himself evicted instead of her. He's in love, which means more to him than the money. Dope.

Rachel in the DR getting teary-eyed at his gesture.

Oh my god! The mother of his children! Brendon is whipped! This is the worse showmance ever! Crowd chanting: holy sh*t! holy sh*t! holy sh*t!

Joel: Rachel is already sitting there looking like she is pouting with that usual sour look on her face. Rachel is the worst actress ever. WHen she does that fake crying you can see right through it . I don't know how the other HG keep from laughing in her face. I wouldn't be able to hold back.

Rachel is a chemist not a scientist.

A BB fan in the skybox seats wired for sound: Please vote Rachel out. She is such a drama queen.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 16 - InGame Play By Play 2nd Period

her diary room sessions have been reminding me of jen from season 8.

Joel: WOW they really edited the brit and brendon fight.
Can't wait to see this with brendon's ex-fiancee

A BB fan in the lower bowl seats: you know they could be perfectly "normal" in real life. being couped up with no contact with the outside world would probably drive a lot of people crazy. just shows how they deal with it. they don't deal so well. but they also have nobody else either.

Brendon's ex-fiancee? Oh this should be rich!

A BB TV insider in the media gondola: These Sab acts really are just silly, imo.
I still prefer that to outright interference in the game that we saw with America's Player.

What is Britney talking about? "They might not necessarily both be going home"? They were never both going home.

Joel: These HG are trying to get between me and my man. Enough of the me and my man stuff.

Rachel really needs to go.

The sab message has them all paranoid that Rachel and Brendon have some special power to stay.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 16 - InGame Play By Play 3rd Period

the bro-gade isn't that smart...falling for Brendon's plan they will leave Rachel in and still have the drama...Brendon won't have much drama without Rach

Joel: I was hoping for an interview with his family. I think it would be interesting to see what they have to say about this showmance.
His ex fiancee broke his heart about 2 1/2 years ago and he took her to small claims court because she wouldn't give the ring back.

A BB radio insider in the media gondola: i hate that this eviction starts the jury house ... rachel really should go home and see how we REALLY feel about her. alas, she's going to sit in the jury house and continue to be dilusional for another how many weeks? ugh. :/

A BB fan in the sauna area: Brittney and Ragan are getting on my nerves on this one. Brendon is correct in this case. Britney was taking a bath with Rachel pretending to be her friend when she had hoh.

There is a school of thought that suggests that personalities are amplified in stressful situations. I truly believe Brendon and Rachel are just as self-absorbed in real life as they are in the house.

Joel: Regan has really been choosing his "doings" with just the game in mind, not just what would be entertaining. Annie did all sorts of random things to mess with people, not just from a game perspective. Regan seems to be too scared of getting caught.

A BB print insider in the media gondola: I agree with Rachel, I'd love to see them play harder, or at least Britney, Kathy and Ragan. None of them seems to have any plan beyond getting rid if Brenchel/Radon.

Shes saying he always acts like this with his women. He tries to change them to be what he wants. And her mother says he is very emotional and very dramatic.
And they are grateful that their daughter didn't marry him..

Brendon's ex has him pegged! She is spot on about Brendon!

Joel: Ok so the guy is emotional. Whats the problem?

Her family is laughing at his chivalry stuff.

The ex is on team Rachel. That interview really gave Rachel yet again another favorable edit. They didn't show how much of a nut she is. It made Rachel look like a saint for putting up with him..
That was a crock I don't know why the producers keep giving her this edit.

Joel: ....I'm so embarrassed of Brendon comparing himself to a witch in the Salem Witch Trials... Good grief.
I thought Rachel gave a pretty good speech.
I wish we'd seen that Rachel instead of the "Heeeyyyyyyyy" "woohoo Vegas" version.

Please sit down already, Brendon. You are the new Jessie 3.0!

A BB TV play-by-play commentator in the media gondola: Brendon's ex! YES! How perfect!
Everything he's said to Rachel, he's said to the ex too. He tried to change her into what he wanted her to be instead of loving her for herself, which is what he's doing with Rachel too.

Ultimately it's sad for Rachel, but it makes perfect sense after watching his behavior all season...

A BB TV color commentator in the media gondola: I gotta kinda agree with him. They have been going after Rachel & Brendon for being a couple yet there is other alliances in there. Its like Rachel and Brendon cant be an alliance but everyone else can be.
That is my take on it

Voting time!

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 16 - InGame Play By Play Overtime

YES! Rachel is gone!

Joel: Karma!

6-0 vote!

The other alliances are secret, which is why they can't be called out. If your alliance is public, of course the rest of the house is going to try to break it up, especially if you are winning HOHs and POVs together. That's just Big Brother 101.

Joel: Alliances are good and part of the game, but Rachel and Brendon do not have a sense of humility. They are both clueless about the social aspect of alliances. They are gloat and boast when they are winning, and cry and moan when they aren't winning! They don't know how to play in the sandbox! I'm glad to see Rachel get a taste of her own medicine even if she spits it out!

Another BB fan in the front row: YEAH she is gone. Good riddance. Should have happened before the jury. I'm just sorry she is getting to stick around and get paid until the end of the show..

Oh Rachel, what a disappointment she was.
She's competitive and smart, but she seemed to play the game like a ditzy cocktail waitress instead of a chemist.
Her goodbye messages from the other hg's could be doozies.

"They're scared of me as a competitor--" She's said that 4 times in that past minute.

She says she'll probably move to LA, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Crowd chanting: YOU TAPPED OUT! YOU TAPPED OUT! to Rachel.

A BB blog writer in the media gondola: Not really everyone knows Matt and Ragan, Brittney and Lane have each others back. That is no secret. It also doesn't make it right to expect everyone else to be allowed to have an alliance but Rachel and Brendon cant. Nawww that inst right.
Heck whats her name went to Regan and others saying Hey I think the 4 guys are in an alliance.

What's up with Rachel facial expression! She is a tool. :/

I think she may be a little stunned I expected more tears.

Joel: Brits message was mean. Saying she will miss putting on her extensions and screaming Who wants to see me go into the jury house. Woo Hoo.

A BB fan in the lower bowl seats: Wait... what? "It may not be the last you've seen of the Big Brother house..."
Was Julie just going along with what the Sab said?

Joel: DON'T LET HER BACK IN. I hope she is just playing off of the sab message

Another lame twist coming our way!

Vote for the Have-Not food:

1) Bologna and Bran Muffins

2) Eggplant and Escargot

3) Turnips and Tofu

Joel: #1 doesn't seem like a punishment, I lived on bologna when I was a kid...

I'll be pissed if Chenbot and TPTB lets Rachel back in.

I thought Enzo gave a good goodbye message, Hayden's was pretty good too.
Britney's was bitchy as I would have expected and as Rachel probably deserves, but I don't think it ever hurts to give a decent goodbye to people who could be voting for you.

Joel: Hopefully Julie just meant she is going to help with the comp like they sometime do when they get evicted..

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 16 - InGame Play By Play Shootout

HoH time!

Joel: If Brendon doesn't win this he is going to complain that he was too big to fit through the ropes.

I know everyone thinks Brendon's complaining is hilarious, but those first two endurance comps dud favor people with smaller feet, that's just a fact.
If everyone's standing on a platform that's the same length or width, those with smaller feet will probably have an advantage.
That doesn't necessarily mean the competition gets into the realm of being unfair or fixed, but it certainly looked easier for Matt and Ragan to stand on the paint can than it did for the guys with bigger feet.
Unless they're going to make these comps ergonomically perfect for each contestant it's likely every one will favor one body type or another.

Another BB fan in the sauna area: Come on Brendon just so its a bit more interesting.
( I don't have a dog in this fight and right now there isn't a clear person I want to win as of now) I just want it to be more interesting

Joel: I can't believe how many HoH comps they aren't letting people see from start to finish. The point is to watch the competition, not to see them start, then see 4 minutes of commercials and promos. It's just wrong.

I think that she realized what a piece of work she was in the house. No one had anything bad to say, I know that the goodbyes were strategic, but Rachel was horrid in the house. When Brendon said his goodbye, her expression was like disgust. Brendon sucked in challenges and Rachel knows it! I don't think Rachel likes "weak" guys.

So, Rachel is gone. Will Brendan create another showmance? Who will win HoH? Find out Sunday.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 16 - BB55's Takes

Bye bye Rachel? Yes, she was voted out, but Julie Chen might bring Rachel back in.

I think if they do something like they did with James in Season 9, the house will fortunately be smart enough here to bring back the recently eliminated house guest (unless it's Brandon, and even here iffy) than risk it being Rachel.

The only way she'd be coming back is if either our vote automatically brings her back (like Kaysar in Season 6, who squandered that chance by falling for that trick), or there is a competition they set up and Rachel wins and automatically goes into the house.

And, the only way that I feel even if she were to end up automatically winning the right into the house (i.e. another way other than the season 9 way) she'd have to win HOH or get a free week (immunity) in order to not be revolving door'd like Kaysar was. Fortunately, most of those are endurance competitions and I think everyone would have to pass out - therefore falling beyond their control - before they'd let Rachel win HOH

Was it just me, or did Chenbot look like she could be pregnant again? The more I looked, the more I was convinced.

And what was that Enzo said when he was in the pool and was trying to say "the laws of physics"? Something like "phyzgs"? You know, that's not a particularly difficult word to pronounce. It came out all twisted up! That was just stupid....but what can you expect from a man who wants to be called "the meow-meow"?

The best way to hurt Brendon was to get Rachel out. He ought to be an easy mark now. She was his strength.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 17 - InGame Play By Play 1st Period

Crowd filing inside the Reality TV Arena...

Hello and welcome to Episode 17 of Big Brother Season 12. I'm BroadwayBomber55.

Joel: And well, well, well. It is I, the quintessential studmuffin. Joel 'I've busted more nuts than a peanut factory' Gertner. Crowd chanting: GERTNER! GERTNER! GERTNER!

Another lame saboteur message.
Bb has really let Ragan cop out by just doing messages.
Annie's sabotage was lame too, but at least she did things where there was a risk she could get caught. Ragan stands to make $20,000 for sitting on his butt recording messages.

Have not food this week is eggplant and escargot.

Joel: Gross. Guess I would starve.

Brendon picks Ragan, Britney and Matt for Have Nots. Brendon is so annoying whenever he acts likes a jerk!!

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 17 - InGame Play By Play 2nd Period

A BB fan in the upper deck wired for sound: Payback is a Brittney....

A BB TV insider in the media gondola: I thought I might be able to tolerate Brendon a bit better with Rachel, but all he's done is whine about how she's the love of his life, and he's doing this for her. Good grief, he's known her for, what, less than two months? And under bizarre, abnormal circumstances at that. He sounds like a fifteen year old with an infatuation instead of a grown man.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 17 - InGame Play By Play 3rd Period

I also hate that Hayden and Enzo are trying to go after a second alliance because they don't have side alliances like Matt and Lane. Weren't they the ones who were encouraging Matt and Lane to have side alliances? Actually, I wouldn't care if they were sharing the information that they've done a side deal with Brendon, but they're really only looking out for themselves while simultaneously expecting Matt and Lane to support them. I'd love it if their side deal went against them. A Matt/Regan/Brittany/Lane alliance vs. Brendon/Enzo/Hayden might work. I realize I left Kathy out, but she just floats whatever direction the wind takes her anyway.

I'm surprised Lane hasn't been better at this rope thing for exactly the reasons he pointed out. He's done rodeo. He ought to know something about knots.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 17 - InGame Play By Play Overtime

Brendan wins HoH!

A BB radio insider in the media gondola: Geez, and now Brendon's won...and he's immediately obnoxious about doing it for Rachel and blaming everyone for trying to break up his showmance. I'm really, really, REALLY tired of this entire season being about Rachel and Brendon. I know folks felt that way about Jordan and Jeff last year, and while I was basically fairly neutral about them, at least they took a little more time becoming a couple and were amusing a lot of the time. Brendon and Rachel were crawling all over each other from day one and acting as if they were the center of some kind of romantic tragedy. Ugh.

Brendon's letter from his mom should read, "Stay away from Rachel!"

Joel: Perhaps it should have been a letter from the Las Vegas Public Health Office suggesting he stay away from Rachel.

Okay, that was catty. And I'm really much more a dog person...(guess that would make it bitchy, rather than catty, huh).

Joel: Oh for heaven's sake...now Brendon is saying "Rachel and I, " when it should be "Rachel and me." Did none of these supposed science geeks get any training in basic English grammar?

A BB fan in the front row: I really, really don't want to lose Brittany or Lane, just for entertainment's sake. How come they're just bothering to show us their goofy brother-sister relationship now? Did they have to spend the whole first half of the season on Brenchel?

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 17 - InGame Play By Play Shootout

Saboteur says that the lifelong friends are still in the house and one is male and the other female. Kathy and Brit say it's not them and that they are thrown under the bus.

Joel: Ragan goes to Brendon to make a deal. He said no one will suspect them if they are in an alliance and that he won't put him up when he is HOH. (Oh no!)

And Brendon is ready to throw away Ragan's proposal, because he "spit on the woman I love," but he seems to be considering Brittany's proposal, when he has even less reason to trust her. I'm sorry, but he's just dumb, and he's way too focused on Rachel, who's no longer even in the game. Why doesn't it occur to him to play the best game he can for himself now, since Rachel cannot possibly win? Wouldn't that be the best revenge? Heck, he could always dedicate his win to Rachel (though I'd like to think that if the two of them stay apart long enough, he might realize he's not quite so madly in love as he thinks).

Joel: Brendon should definitely think about himself and not Rachel because if she were still in the house and he ousted, she wouldn't mention his name at all.

Lane and Ragan are nominated for eviction.

Who will PoV? Find out on Wednesday.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Episode 17 - BB55's Takes

Brendon wins HoH in revenge for Rachel's eviction.

Rachel would blame the whole house for getting between her and her man. That being said, she'd play the game to benefit herself and not be worrying about Brendon. She barely worried about him when he was in the house.

I don't see the logic in putting Lane up against Ragan. I'm sure it has to be something other than his idea that he wants to see everyone have to fight for the right to stay in the house. If he was trying to eliminate people who haven't shown much ability at all, he'd be putting up Enzo and Kathy. If he was looking for people who did "the love of his life" wrong, I don't know why he wouldn't be madder at Matt, who put them up, or Kathy, who got in a huge fight with Rachel, after Rachel accused her of celebrating at her expense. Really, when it comes to not fighting to stay in the house, I don't think that's true of either Ragan or Lane. Lane was the only one really competing with Brendon in the last HOH, and he was the last one left standing against Rachel the last time she won HOH. Ragan's been second twice in endurance competitions too.

Obviously he's just blowing smoke about why he chose to make the nominations he did, but why bother to offer obviously thin explanations of why he chose them?

Wonder what would happen if Brittany won POV and pulled Lane off the block, making both of them safe from eviction, and then Matt pulled Ragan off the block. Only Kathy, Enzo, and Hayden would be left, right? What would Brendon do then? Obviously Kathy would go up, but which of the other two? And would the other one have the votes to stay or would a new non-Brigade alliance form?

I think that the producers gave Ragan that message about the secret alliance as a hint that there really is a secret alliance... but Ragan didn't get the hint.