Big Brother Recap

When we left the Big Brother house Janelle and Britney’s teams had aligned with each other. Willie Hantz (brother of the infamous Russell Hantz of Survivor) was Head of Household and had nominated Frank from Boogie’s team and Kara from Dan’s team. Personally I wasn’t thrilled with the nominations since Kara and Frank are two houseguests that I would like to see more of. Frank is the son of former pro wrestler Sid Vicious (later Sid Justice) and Kara is former Playmate of the Year Kara Monaco. I thought both were intriguing and would like to see them last a few weeks. Unless they are saved in tonight’s veto ceremony then one of them is going home. Find out what happened tonight after the jump…

After a solid three and a half minute recap and opening the show finally starts. Thank God for being able to skip ahead. Not to get on a tangent but that is one of the things that annoys me most about reality TV, the constant recapping everything that was already seen. The show opens with Willie explaining why he nominated Frank and Kara. He believes that Dan and Boogie are gunning for him so he put up their toughest players. Maybe it’s just me but wouldn’t it be smarter to put up two players from one coach so that coach is weakened no matter what? Dan only has two players left, why wouldn’t you want to nominate both of his players?

Cut to Dan explaining to Kara how Frank is the real target in his opinion. He is the threat and she is just a pawn. Kara sometimes looks like a deer caught in the headlights. Dan tells her she is popular with the other houseguests. Maybe she’d be more popular if she showed off what got her Playmate of the Year and laid out topless or something.

Boogie is huddled with Frank and tells him not to panic. Getting nominated is part of the game and it happens. Boogie says hopefully Kara falls apart now and goes into a shell. Frank leaves to sit down and bond with Willie. He wants to know why he was put on the block. Willie says it is Boogie that bothers him, he likes Frank personally. Frank agrees that coaches might be influencing players too much and this worries him also. Frank points out that he is in this to win it for himself. He’s not worried about Boogie making money, he wants to make his own money. Frank hopes he and Willie can work together and Willie agrees.

Britney and Janelle are talking strategy. Janelle has a very tiny bikini on. I never saw any of the previous seasons that she was on but wow, what a body! Britney seems kinda clueless. Again I never saw her previous season so my impression is solely based on what they have shown this year. I’m not too impressed and it seems like there are better all-stars they could have brought back as a coach instead of her.

Dan and Boogie get together. Not as much a strategy session as it is whining about being up against each other. They are both in the same boat and unless one of their players wins veto then there is nothing they can do about it. It has finally dawned on Dan that “Team Blonde” is a reality. I think I like that name for Britney and Janelle more than Boogie’s “Blonde Ambition”.

Next they cut to Ian. This kid is such a spaz. Last week they showed him creeping around the house, farting and being just weird in general. This time the entire house is outside and he shows off his “talent”. What is said talent? Why kicking himself in the face of course! Ian thinks if he shows them his “fun side” it will help him stay around longer. Sure, everyone is laughing but they are laughing at him not with him. I was hoping Ian would be sort of a Cochrane type character but instead he is just a weirdo.

Time to pick players for the veto competition. Six people will compete, HOH Willie and the two nominees Frank and Kara. Each of them will randomly draw a name to fill out the six. The randomly drawn players are Danielle, Shane and Wil. Boogie is not happy with the draw and he shouldn’t be. It’s not favorable for his boy Frank at all.

Time to lobby! It’s pretty much decided that if Danielle wins she will use the veto on Kara. Nobody really mentions Wil. Instead Shane is the target of all the lobbying shown. First Kara gets him alone. She says she is willing to make deals. To me Kara doesn’t sound too persuasive. Frank then gets his chance and lobbies Shane in the storeroom. Shane is playing this up for everything that he can. He seems to be a smart player and is quickly becoming one of my favorites. The coaches get into the lobbying game and Boogie sits down with Britney. She says from confessional that it’s day six and this is the first time Boogie has sat down to talk to her. Mike Boogie asks her point blank if Janelle’s people are off limits to Britney’s team. Britney says no, she is in this game for herself. Then Boogie makes a big mistake and says he is drawing a line in the sand and if POV is used then one of Janelle’s players needs to be nominated. Britney is having none of this and says later in confessional that she thought Boogie was a smarter player than this. I did too. Next Boogie tried to pitch Janelle on knocking out Kara thus decimating Dan’s team. This is a smart plan if Boogie wasn’t aligned with Dan already.

Janelle goes to Dan right away and informs him that Boogie is suggesting they all vote out Kara. Dan doesn’t like hearing this at all. Janelle correctly points out that this is week one and if Boogie is already selling Dan out then how can he work with him in the future. Very true, it is way too early in the game to stab someone in the back

On to the Power of Veto competition. It is outside and the yard has been done up like a giant laundrymat. It has washing machines, laundry baskets and lots of water and of course suds everywhere. They have to race thru the laundry machines into the suds and find large coins. The coins are in 5 cent, 25 cent and one dollar denominations. Once they have one coin in hand they need to race back and toss the coin over the baskets and into the coin slot. First person who gets to $1.30 wins.

Kara is the first to score with a nickle. Shane follows up with a quarter and Frank does the same. Danielle seems lost in the bubbles. Wil does not seem to good at this either. Willie Hantz tosses a nickle through the slot and Shane follows with another quarter. Lots of misses follow. This is harder than it looks. Frank has a stack of dollar coins hidden but can’t get any through the slot. Shane is killing it with quarters and is up to $1.00. Willie is at $1.05. Shane makes another one then Frank. Both are tied at $1.25 and it’s a race to see who can win. Shane wins it and has the Power of Veto!

Team Blonde gathers and celebrates. Willie and Wil jumping up and down like schoolgirls. The coaches try to give Shane advice on how to handle the pressure. The pressure starts in the have-not room with Dan and Kara. ”You know I’m willing to make a deal”, Kara says. Now there are a million deals I could come up with but Shane isn’t thinking as dirty as me evidently. Back to the storeroom with Frank. Frank indicates he’d be willing to switch sides, he just doesn’t want to go home. Shane needs to think this all through. Boogie lobbies Shane a little and tells him that he is in complete control of his team and he doesn’t see Shane as a target.

Shane ponders his options and then it’s time for the veto meeting. Both nominees give speeches on why they should be saved. Shane then announces that it’s the first week and he does not want blood on his hands so it’s in his best interest not to use the POV. Show ends with clips from the relevant players and we have to tune in tomorrow to see who goes home.

In my opinion, as much as I like him, the best strategy is to get rid of Frank. He is very likable and popular in the house and is an obvious physical threat. Not to mention the fact that his coach, Mike Boogie, is the most devious player out there. I don’t see where it makes any sense to get rid of Kara. She doesn’t really seem to be playing the game well and even though it’s early I don’t see her as a threat to win the game. The only thing that is gained by voting Kara out is weakening Dan since he will be down to one player.