Previously on Big Brother
Chelsia was voted out and went out with the bang of a cap gun. Natalie won HOH, James is mired in rage, and Sheila is still a 45 year old single mom. On to this week…Religious Ideation and “Team Christ”
Ryan, to Natalie’s delight, names the alliance of himself, Adam, Natalie, and Chelsia Team Christ. Adam is okay with it, because as he says - he can’t knock the Lord. Can’t argue with that, but I wonder what Jesus thinks about being elected their leader.How Bored Are They?
How bored can you get in a house with no outside contact? Pretty bored, judging by the game of hide-and-seek Natalie is playing. Ryan, Adam, and Josh are humoring as she hides in a laundry basket and then in the cabinet under the sink. It was as fascinating to watch as it is to read about. The excitement builds as Adam and Ryan make a whirlpool for the rubber ducky in the pool.Thank goodness for Sharon, who in another scene brings the topic back to game play. She and Josh are alone in the hot tub where she tells him that he can’t trust James. Their tiny alliance is crumbling fast. Josh did dress for this very serious conversation, in the ¾ length gloves and blindfold from the previous HOH challenge. First hide-and-seek, whirlpools for ducks, and now dress-up…there’s some serious regression happening this week.
The Food Competition
The rules are so convoluted that this is where a recapper earns her stripes. I cannot tell you how many times I had to hit rewind to try to figure out how this game is played. The House Guests need to select a token for either “food” or “slop” and place it in slot carved into a watermelon atop the post with their name on it. If everyone chooses food they will all get slop. If there is a majority of one answer, the minority will get food and the majority slop. Natalie is exempt from slop as HOH. To reveal their choices they need to break their watermelons with mallets. Who knew Gallagher had such a lasting impact on our zeitgeist?Sharon, Sheila, Josh, Ryan, and James choose slop. Adam chooses food, so everyone in the house is on slop except for Natalie and Adam.
The Nomination Ceremony
The people who should be nervous are, the people who are clearly safe aren’t worried about it. It’s a pretty anticlimactic week, in case you didn’t guess by the amount of screen time given to games of hide-and-seek and swirling ducks.Adam, Sheila, Ryan, and Sharon are all safe…leaving James and Josh on the block. Josh is rattled to be losing his “block virginity” and James trots out his tired old speech where he promises to gun for Natalie should he avoid eviction.
Matty’s Birthday Gifts
Back in the house Natalie wants to send James to Matt in sequester as a birthday present. Talk about a lousy gift giver. And by the way, when did Matt rise to the status level of Martin Luther King, Jr. where his birthday is touted for an entire month? I must’ve missed Matt’s significant social contributions.Good birthday gifts: Jewelry or an interesting book. Bad birthday gift: An entitled guy with a chip on his shoulder so you can watch him cry to his girlfriend in sequester.
