Previously on Big Brother
We said a welcome goodbye to Josh and Adam regained control of the HOH once again. Adam nominated Sharon and Sheila for the block and don’t think his petty alliance won’t make him pay for offering James safety.The Biggest BB Twist Ever
Natalie brought the most shocking surprise of the evening. She was dressed for a portion of Sunday night‘s show. In an actual top and jeans. They won’t be able to top that for most shocking moment of the season.Adam’s Second Term
Adam is more confident in his HOH abilities this time around. Natalie isn’t surprised by his win since she had a dream he would win HOH. I had a dream once that Sean Connery came over to cut my lawn. Maybe that will come true, also.Adam holds court in his HOH room. He’s happy about the fresh flowers, pictures of his “homeys”, (Am I the only one who likes Adam better when he isn’t adopting the lame white guy street shtick? I didn’t think so.) and another letter from his mom. It’s the usual stuff about how many people are pulling for him, but she also brought the funny when she said she turns the live feeds on as soon as she gets home but closes her eyes whenever he picks his nose. Yikes, if she also does that when his hands are in his pants that poor woman is going through life with voluntary blindness right now. This calls for a quote:
“What good is mining nose gold if I can't share it with the townspeople?!” Family Guy - Season Four Adam is also told that all kinds of women are coming out of the woodwork and contacting his family. You can’t possibly suppose that has anything to do with the fact that he’s in the running to win $500,000 would it? I’m sure not, I’m sure they collectively and coincidentally all miss him deeply and it has nothing to do with his 15 minutes of fame or potential winnings. He’s smart enough to see this for what it’s worth, but not smart enough to make that point for the camera. That’s disappointing.
His mom also outed Adam’s room-mate as the culprit behind the great baby-food fiasco.
Sheila: Princess Put-Upon
James recruits Ryan and they toilet paper Sheila’s room. I really wish BB would have told them they used all the toilet paper and weren’t getting anymore, that would have been good TV, watching them explain to the girls why no one can wipe their collective butts due to their clever, clever joke. I have to say, though, excellent job on the tp‘ing. I have done my share of tp’ing as a child and my hat is off to them. A work of art.This leads into a montage of the pranks that have been played on Sheila in recent weeks. The toilet paper, Natalie jumping out the trash can to scare her in the kitchen (Natalie put herself in a trash can, the jokes write themselves), the night they woke her for a fake POV comp, and James tossing flour on her face when she was laying out. She takes this remarkably well, for her, and says that she has three brothers and a teenage son so she’s used to getting pranked. What a lovely family she must have. Adam claims they are doing it out of love, and she does take it as a sign of affection. While it’s true that sometimes we tease the ones we love, I doubt that is the sentiment spurring this on. Whatever helps her sleep through the night, I suppose.
Speaking of her son, Sheila cries to Adam about how much she misses him and her family. She feels Adam is the only one who gets her in the whole house. Talk about damning with faint praise. She thinks about her child every day and wonders if he’s okay. She’s never been away from him for this long before. That really is too bad, it’s tragic that she was drafted and sent to Iraq where she is forced to be away from her child. Oh wait, she wasn’t? She left him of her own volition to go on gameshow? Nevermind.
Everything Sheila does is for her son. That is commitment. Maybe she should try winning a competition for him once in a while.
The Food Competition - It’s All Gravy
The real challenge is in trying to recap these comps so they make sense - they are getting more and more convoluted as we go along. But that’s my problem…the problem facing the hamsters is a week on slop and mashed potatoes unless they work together and win some food for themselves.In case you were wondering, Ryan the compulsive eater didn’t enjoy his week on slop. His insights are indeed riveting.
In the backyard there’s a huge ramp with various kitchen implements secured to it. They have to take the copious amounts of mashed potatoes Big Brother has provided and create pathways down which they will pour gravy so it collects in various tubes representing different food groups and three luxury items (outdoor toys, a BBQ grill, and a feast). Lest you think walking on an incline coated in potatoes and gravy is a simple feat (and if you have ever contemplated what that would be like, please don’t email me. You frighten me) it’s made more difficult by the ramp being constructed with particularly slippery footing.
Amid the requisite bickering over the proper way to make mashed potato tunnels the manage to win meat and fish, desserts and snacks, outdoor toys, dairy and eggs, bread and pasta, and right under the wire the grill. What they did not win were fruits and veggies, beer and soda, and a feast.
These idiots chose backyard toys over beer. I can’t even dignify that with a response.
