Adam - Attacked by The Heathers
You’ll recall that James was trying to work a deal with Adam for his safety and Ryan and Natalie were opposed to this. Natalie shrieks that Adam needs to read the Holy Bible because clearly he’s forgotten about his duty to do away with the evildoers. Natalie claims that James is just a bum and a con-artist. She really does embody the spirit of Christianity, that one.Later James comes up to the HOH talks to Adam about making a critical move to spare him so they can work together. This exchange starts off reasonably enough, until Natalie barges in to break it up and goes head to head with James about who is the biggest lair. (My ruling: it’s a draw). Downstairs Sheila snots that James is just a trouble maker. Unlike herself, who would never try to stay in the game.
While Natalie is yapping at him like a hyperactive monkey, James talks to Adam about the game and Adam is clearly distressed by the whole situation. James is crying about being isolated, and embarrassed to be crying, but he’s broken down by the social aspect. Natalie finally leaves and I notice James is wearing Chuck Taylors. I don’t know why I didn’t notice this before, but it makes me like him a little bit for that.
Adam is genuinely torn at having to be the catalyst for the drama with James. Behind his bragging and sometimes off-putting manner there’s a very decent guy in Adam.
The Nomination Ceremony
Adam opens the Nomination Ceremony by stating that there are a lot of factors involving personal and group safety as well as a fire and passion for this game. On to the noms: First Natalie is safe, then Ryan, then…James. Sheila is none too thrilled to find herself on the block with Sharon.Adam says he did this to fast forward through what would take place if James wins the POV. He tells Sheila she needs to step up and fight for the POV. Without coming out and saying it, he said a lot more. He put her on notice that the entire house knows her place in their pecking order and it’s about time she either came to terms with that or did something about it.
Sheila decided that Adam is the biggest jerk in the house which only goes to show America didn’t get to vote on that. She feels broken hearted and stabbed in the back, as she would never have done that to Adam. Actually she’s done far worse to Adam…but this is Sheila we’re talking about so let’s not waste any time waiting for self-awareness. Natalie denounces Adam as a “freaking idiot” for being suckered by James crying him a river. “A river of tears. Which is like a mashed potato river, but with tears.”
Something tells me she doesn’t have a future writing greeting cards.
Attack of The Heathers - Part 2
Sheila claims she can take being nominated, and to prove she is a sport and taking this so well she continues to harangue Adam about how she would never have done that to him. She impresses everyone by showing off her extensive vocabulary by shouting “der” at him. Next season I hope they skip the Bible as the book of choice and opt for a dictionary, or at least a word of the day calendar.Sheila vows to save herself with the POV and we laugh and laugh.
Sheila and Ryan bond over the spinelessness of Adam. I get that they are upset, but couldn’t they have come up with a more accurate insult than spineless? He went against his alliance and angered three people, which for good or bad wasn’t the easy way out. Natalie joins in and they agree that this POV is very important this time around. They figured this out all by themselves which is somewhat surprising. Sheila, despite her stated confidence in her ability to save herself, demands that Ryan or Natalie win the POV and save her. She does not want Adam to save her, no sir. She will not accept a favor from the jerk who put her on the block. So I’m sure if he does win and takes her down she will refuse, staying on the block out of principal.
You couldn’t possibly have thought her ranting was over, and you’d be right. She and Natalie wonder what kind of pills Adam was on to make the dumbest move possible. The irony that an Adam on three bottles of Vicoden would have more mental acuity than these two put together alludes them. Natalie thinks this makes it easier for herself, Ryan, and Sheila since Adam has taken himself out of the loop so they can turn on him first without guilt.
What house are they living in where there’s no chance of a shift between now and the next HOH?
Adam is reeling from the backlash and goes to Sharon for confirmation that he did the right thing. He doesn’t get the comfort he seeks as she is completely non-committal. He’s regretting his decision so seeks solace in offering abject apologies to first Sheila, then Natalie, and later Ryan. He doesn’t know what he was thinking, he’s so sorry, he doesn’t know why he did that…Sheila says she will forgive him but she can’t speak for Natalie or Ryan. He mea culpas some more about being a moron for being mesmerized by James’ tears the other night.
So that’s James’ secret - he’s a mesmerizing hypnotist casting spells on helpless HOHs.
He steps up his groveling to outright begging for forgiveness. See, Sheila and Ryan…this is what spineless looks like. But since this kind of ass kissing is exactly what works with entitled narcissists (and don’t think for one moment that Adam doesn’t know that. Know that!) they take him back into the fold. Their rallying cry is do-or-die for this alliance and they vow to win the POV and oust James.
To Adam’s credit he’s upfront with James about this. James knows he needs to win the POV or he’s on the block. That was a refreshing moment of candor.
Natalie may have accepted his tears upon her feet, but she isn’t ready to forgive him. Too bad there isn’t something in that Bible she’s always reading on the topic of forgiveness.
Adam claims that he’s his own man and makes his own decisions. And then castigates himself publicly to minimize the repercussions, although he let that part go unsaid.
