Big Brother: All-Stars - Air Date July 25
Something scary happened during this broadcast. There was the usual recapping of the previous episode with clips and such, the opening credits started rolling, and then snow. After a short while there was "Attention - Please stand by for the satellite signal. Thank You [sic] for your patience." What patience? I've got people depending on me, bubba! I don't have time for environmental issues taking time for the show!
Thankfully it didn't last long though and came back on as the flashback to the nomination ceremony was just ending.
Just in time to hear James spew a bunch of crap. He nominated Chicken George because by nominating him, it forces the other floaters to pick a side. I really want to try to keep this PG, so lets just say BULLCRAP! It doesn't force the floaters to do friggin' anything! Quite the opposite, in fact. What it does is give the floaters an easy target so they don't have to pick a side.
I feel a rant coming on...
Really, annoyingly bad reasoning like this is starting to grate on me. If you want to force the floaters to pick a side, you nominate someone from Chill Town and someone from Season Six. That would be stupid though, because they just might choose a side against you and there goes someone from your alliance.
This is what pissed me off last year with Kaysar when he was going after James instead of the Friendship. Floaters can be used. What you need to do is go against the people who are direct threats to you and want you gone. The Friendship did go after James, but not before getting Kaysar out of the house first. Say what you want about them and the negativity they brought into the game, they stuck together and cleared everyone who was a threat to them whenever they had a chance. Yes, I'm daring to say it. I was a huge Sov6 fan during BB6, but in the end the Friendship played a better (if nastier) game. It's possible to not like someone and still give them props (and to also change your mind, because I'm a big fan of Ivette now thanks to the way she took all the negative backlash - taking it as well as she dished it out (and before writing to me, please keep in mind that she and Janelle get on quite well these days, thank you very much)).
I'd also like to know where all this venom James has towards floaters comes from, considering the level of floating he did himself last season. James, I gave you a bunch of votes to get back into the house this year because I like your ability to play a smart weasel's game. Please don't start getting high and mighty against that very style of gameplay that you admitting you were doing for last season.
Okay, rant over.
James then said he nominated Dr. Will because he can potentially play the perfect pawn role as he doesn't care if he goes home. Nominating Will as a pawn?
The only reasonable explanation for all these truly horrible moves we've been seeing is that there are a lot of secret alliances going into the house. I have to believe that in order to continue accepting these as smart people.
George called Dr. Will the master of the game, and to go up against him doesn't give him good odds.
There is more of Howie trying to hug Will, which is getting as tiring as "boobies" now, then Will's Diary Room where he said he loves getting nominated. He's in the forefront of everyone's thoughts, he gets to compete in everything for the week, and he likes being the underdog.
In the kitchen everyone's trying to feed more bull to George that it's early now and he might not be going, but he's not as stupid as some people think. He knows his time is up unless through some miracle he gets the Veto.
George made a crack about it must have been his strategic playing that got him on the block, and James started getting nasty saying that if he's not strategic and is a bad player, should they just let him get through to the end? Should they just give him the cheque? "It's all about playing the game, George."
George then told him to chill, James is the one copping the 'tude but George is the one who got nominated.
In the DR, George talked about how James and he just don't mesh, and he doesn't know why. I suspect it's James buying into the "great player of the game" stuff he's been told, from myself included, a little too much. I still like the guy and he's the one from BB6 I'd like to see go furthest, but this arrogance in regards to the game is wearing thin.
I haven't been funny much yet, have I?
James and Howie walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and asks what they'd like. Howie shouts, "BOOBIES!"
I still haven't been funny much yet, have I?
How about a fun little observation?
Engaged to a woman with a child? Check.
Loves that child as his own? Check.
Playing for that woman and child? Check.
Acts as a messenger boy for the "cool" alliance? Check.
Jase has turned into Cowboy.
All he needs to do now is climb into a bathtub with Will and call him "Daddy".
Back to the show, there's a little Pinky and the Brain moment where they comment on how George looks like a completely different person after the nomination. The Brain said that if he wins the Veto he might just take George off the block - then take over the world! Pinky doesn't like that idea and ideally would like to see the Brain's nomination Vetoed. Narf!
Danielle is out there with them, she seems to have become part of this alliance, and Boogie talks about how they have this nice guy who cleans for everyone up against the evil winner of Season 2, and they're all shocked at how the plan is to keep the evil winner around. I know!
Boogie has being saying stuff in the house that hasn't aired, but puts him down around Howie's level in my esteem. His one saving grace though is that he's still great in the Diary Room, and I loved how he talked about in what sick, twisted universe is Will the pawn how he finds that a little "quizzical".
Danielle in her DR said she wishes neither of these people were on the block, but if the vote were right then she would have to vote to evict George. That makes sense, as Will is the stronger person to be in an alliance with. It is nice as well that people are liking George instead of making him a pariah. With James hating on him as much as he is, the Chickenman needs those friendships.
Up in the Head of Household room, Jase was talking to James and kissing ass, saying how the reason he didn't come up the day before was to not kiss ass. The talk back and forth between them was so arrogant and full of testosterone I found myself starting to choke. "Oooooooh, the floaters sicken me!" "Aaaaaah, that's not how to play All-Stars!" "Eeeeeeeee, I'm full of myself!" "Uuuuuuuuuuuh, my manhood is huge!" Shut up! IIIIIIII'm tired of hearing this! They then made a deal to not backdoor each other and compete head-to-head later on in the game after clearing out the floaters and shook hands on it.
After all this gameplay talk, the mood needs to be lightened a lot and the windows opened to clear the air after that last bit of nonsense, so we go to Marcellas who has a bit of a crush on every man in the house except for George. Even Howie, Marc? Even Boogie? His biggest crush though is on Kaysar. It even got a little (lot) gross when he talked about how the "Iraqi Peach" sat beside him and had a bit of a stench, and how he'd try to catch that musky smell, sniff it deeply in, and keep that pungeant odour forever. The smell was apparently better than banana cupcakes. In case you're wondering, that's not a gay thing. I've been to gay bars and nobody was standing around snorting on each other. The music was great though! There are already enough GLBT myths out there, let's nip this one in the bud.
There is some great talk with him to Janelle and Erika about how he's falling in love with Kaysar, and while his body isn't the greatest it's the kind of body he'd just love to toss around. As if there aren't going to be enough people sending off outraged letters to CBS, he then wishes Kaysar was gay so they could marry and Marcellas could be happy for the rest of his life. I love it! Marcellas, if that ever happens come up to Canada and marry him here while it's still legal!
Later, Erika and Marcellas are talking about who should go, and Marcellas said it should be George. If he had the capacity to step and win something, then he could be a member of the alliance, but he has to be able to win something. Erika then said there's a lot more going on with him than he's letting on. Marcellas feels Pinky and the Brain still need to stay in the game as a buffer against SeaSick, but this could also be their chance to get rid of Will.
Speaking of Will, he thinks he's getting a good sleep when all of a sudden "8 Mile" breaks out in the bedroom, and we see Jase doing a freestyle rap. 8 Mile? More like 8 Centimetre! Ha! My wit is back, watch out world!
Jase then asked the other to go wake up "Chicken Floors" to come do a rap. Huh? "Floors"? It turns out George is sleeping on the floor. At first glance this might seem to be highly bizarre behaviour, but take into account the age and physical shape of the man and the logical conclusion is that he likely has some back problems. I really hope that's why he was sleeping on the floor.
So they wake him up. "They say something about a rap song? But... I'm sleepin'" He is a very good sport about it though and goes to join in with the fun.
"They call me Chicken George I'm a Big Brother All-Star!
I got voted off in week number three, but that's okay with me 'cause the doctor's got the beat!
There we go, no mo'!"
But they don't let him off so easily and prompt him to keep going.
"James threw me out but I don't care. He'll get his chance, maybe you can wear his underwear.
I hope it's quick 'cause he's a real ______,
I hope you take him off, 'cause he's kind of a ________!"
Go, George! I love this fire in him, and he had the room in hysterics! While we here at Realivision try to keep it PG, we're not primetime CBS, so let's fill in those blanks. My best guess is "dick" and "prick". But come on, CBS. Anyone who's going to be offended by those words already turned their televisions off in outrage over a gay man being shown to have sexual feelings.
After this we get a bit on Jase, his hair, and the look he gets at the mirror, his "mirror face" that his mother asked him not to make. Danielle is highly amused by Jase's hair and the amount of work he puts into it. I'm surprised she doesn't comment on the mandana! How can you talk about Jase and his hair and not bring up the mandana? I'm highly offended by this! The only mention she gives is when she talks about how he arranges his bangs just so over his "headgear". IT'S A MANDANA, LADY!
We're then whisked off to the kitchen where it's just George and Howie, and George is talking about how it's his last stand, he's going home. Howie told him he needs that Power of Veto. In the DR Howie said he can't let his personal feelings get in the way this year (really? Nakomis might think differently) but he loves George.
The conversation gets really sweet, and I say that without any sarcasm, when George gives Howie a little boost telling him to go for the money and that he's really rooting for him. He warns Howie to watch who is friends are, and to not let anyone tell him he can't do it, leaving Howie speechless for a moment before he talks about the apprentice teaching the master. George then warns him about "the snake", who of course is James. If George gets his miracle, this Jedi Alliance may be one to watch out for.
This quiet, softer Howie is very likeable. If he'd stop talking about boobies and "banging" women all the time, he'd be so much sweeter. But it's important to remember how he talked about Nakomis. If he apologizes sincerely to her, that would make a difference, but for now I just can't bring myself to like him again.
Now it's Power of Veto time, and something is different. Instead of the Wheel O' House Guests, James has a bag. He, Will, and George will each pull a ball out of the bag. The balls with either have a name, or the phrase "House Guest's Choice" meaning that the person can then choose anyone to play for the Veto.
James picked Kaysar.
Will picked House Guest's Choice, so he picked Boogie to play. Narf!
George picked Jase.
This doesn't look good for George at all.
They went outside and there were things covered up with sheets, something Diane points out is never a good sign in the Big Brother house.
The competition this time is about making choices. There are going to be progressively harder tasks as the game goes on. In front of the players are lecturns and inside each one there is a green cube and a red ball. If the players decide to do the task, they pull out the green cube. If not, it's the red ball.
First up is "Sloppy Surprise" where they have to eat a bowl of Big Brother Slop, and everyone goes for it. I don't know how bad this slop is, Danielle called it "Satan's oatmeal", but Will pulled out his red ball, he couldn't do it. Kaysar was the first to finish. Boogie started wretching on the stuff and left the game. James finished his, as did Jase, leaving George who wasn't looking so good but managed to get it down.
Next was "Shirt Off Your Back", in which the contestants had to take off their shirt and pants and throw them into a barrel full of fire. Not just any fire, but flaming hot fire! Okay, I guess that is any fire. All the contestants pulled their green cubes, making Marcellas stand up and cheer when it came time for Kaysar.
Following this was "Sign Me Up". This meant the contestants had to let the other House Guests come and write on their bodies with markers. Really? Who's going to say no to that? Something was written on George's chest that had to be blurred out, but come on! Remember? The people who would be bothered by it have already stopped watching!
"Human Blueberry". For this task, they contestants had to get into a bathtub full of blueberries. I love blueberries! Don't waste them like this! They do stain though, and that's the point for this. With a flash to the DR, Jase said this is Big Brother: All-Stars, there is nothing he wouldn't do. We'll just see about that.
All the players competed in this one. James said that George looked like Fat-Ass Smurf, Kaysar was Iraqi Smurf, Jase was Vanity Smurf, and he was Skinny Anorexic Smurf. What, none of them looked like Violet Beauregarde? They were all pretty blue, just not as blue as whoever would end up going home on eviction night.
Then it gets kicked up a notch. BAM! "No Veto For You"! To complete this task, the players would have to choose to sit out next week's Veto competition. Awesome! James as HoH this week can't compete for HoH next week, so not having the Veto would be very risky for him. Too risky, so he pulled the red ball. Jase can compete for HoH if he's there next week, but there's no guarantee so he'd like to have that option to play for the Veto, so he too pulls the red ball. Kaysar must feel awfully confident about the next HoH, because he pulled the green cube, as did George who had nothing to lose.
We then get to the top of the board, and it's "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow." The contestants must have their heads shaven.
George whispered to Kaysar to cut him some slack and he'll remember it. Kaysar must have felt that it doesn't matter, because he pulled out the green cube, as did the Chickenman.
This upset Marcellas who said that it doesn't matter what happens with George's head, but beautiful Kaysar doesn't know what he's going to look like without hair.
Howie shaved George's head and told him this will make him a Jedi soldier.
Marcellas told Kaysar he can still change his mind any nobody would think badly of him. But they had to win the Veto, so he sat down on the chair and Marcellas shaved away, more upset about this than Kaysar was. Hey, after the hairstyle last Thursday this can only be better.
They've both completed all the tasks, so it's time for a tie-breaker. There are sixty days left in the house (oh gawd, I'm not going to get any sleep for another two months). How many consecutive days would they be willing to go on Slop to win this veto competition? Kaysar didn't need the plan to stay on track bad enough it seems, as he wrote down 15 days, whereas George wrote down 60 and won the Power of Veto. Yay, George! A lot of people claimed this was rigged for George, but nobody made Kaysar write down "15".
The look of rage in James' face was something to behold! "It is what it is," he said in the Diary Room. He is not a happy camper. Unlike George, who is happy as heck. Finally, things are going to get mixed up!
Back from commercial, James goes into the HoH room to wash the blueberry and markers off, and he is pissed! Everything he was working for is down the drain. Hee hee! That's what the Veto is for! Remember, the thing you used to thwart plans so often last season?
Then he turns into a whiny brat it the DR, and he can't even look at the camera as he says, "Hopefully this backfires in the house and there's even more hatred of George than's already there. Someone else will take him out." Oh suck it up, man! I'm really trying my best to stay a fan of this guy and continue liking him, but damn, this is making it hard. And really, why the absolute hatred of George? It's really mindboggling. I really suspect he's projecting feelings left over from last season onto this one man.
Of course someone else needs to go up now, and SeaSick discusses who needs to go up. He thinks it should be Boogie, but the others feel strongly it should be Jase. This doesn't go down well with James who thinks back to the understanding the two of them came to about competition and he sees this as kind of like a backdooring.
Kaysar goes to talk to Jase, and told him he will be going up. Jase doesn't understand why they wouldn't put Boogie up, and Kaysar says it's because everyone would keep him and vote out Will, and SeaSick wants to keep Will around. These people are hurting my brain. It doesn't make sense to Jase because those two are a tighter alliance than he is, and they will pull something shady. I agree, Jase.
Jase then plays it as smartly as possible and goes outside and has a fit in front of everyone, throwing things and glowering.
He then says, "James, you of all people I didn't think would take the bitch route." I have to give it to James, he did well at keeping his cool while Jase went at him, even though his arguments were wavering between good and crap. He then brought up Marcellas, saying he's not so good at going back and forth, which brought Marc into it too and he doesn't keep his cool, resulting in the best fight of the season. Jase is trying to put all the attention on Marcellas, bringing up how he hangs around in the HoH room then comes down and says Season Six needs to be broken up, and to Marcellas' credit he says "Everyone knows Season Six needs to be broken up!" This went back and forth for a while and was very enjoyable.
Jase brought up how they would have the numbers to vote out Marcellas, who responded with how obvious it was that he was trying to throw him under the bus. This ended with Marcellas saying, "Now I see why everyone in Season Five hated you."
At the Veto ceremony, things continued to stay interesting. Dr. Will gave a wonderful speech about how he hates everyone in the house, and he hates them all equally. He then asked to be removed by everyone in the house. If they keep him around, he will throw every competition, PoV, HoH, and food. George is on Slop, and he will do the best he can to ensure they are all on Slop.
George then gave a beautiful speech about how honoured he is to be in the All-Star house with all of them, and he really wants to play the game. They've been given a second chance, and how many people get that chance in life (other than Kaysar)? How anyone can hate him after this speech, I don't know, but it was great.
He then chose to use the Power of Veto on himself. To nobody's suprise, James replaced his nomination with Jase.
In the final DR words, George never thought that using the Veto on himself would cause so much controvery. Will said he made the target on his back so giant that it's invisible. James said that Jase shot himself in the foot. Jase feels like he was backdoored. He then called himself a "true competitor of the game" (again, I didn't quote him when he said this earlier), and he will try his best to stay in the game.
We finally got ourselves an episode worthy of the name "All-Stars"! This was the best of the season, and possible one of the best Big Brother episodes ever!
Thank you for winning the Veto, George, you brought life to the game!
Thankfully it didn't last long though and came back on as the flashback to the nomination ceremony was just ending.
Just in time to hear James spew a bunch of crap. He nominated Chicken George because by nominating him, it forces the other floaters to pick a side. I really want to try to keep this PG, so lets just say BULLCRAP! It doesn't force the floaters to do friggin' anything! Quite the opposite, in fact. What it does is give the floaters an easy target so they don't have to pick a side.
I feel a rant coming on...
Really, annoyingly bad reasoning like this is starting to grate on me. If you want to force the floaters to pick a side, you nominate someone from Chill Town and someone from Season Six. That would be stupid though, because they just might choose a side against you and there goes someone from your alliance.
This is what pissed me off last year with Kaysar when he was going after James instead of the Friendship. Floaters can be used. What you need to do is go against the people who are direct threats to you and want you gone. The Friendship did go after James, but not before getting Kaysar out of the house first. Say what you want about them and the negativity they brought into the game, they stuck together and cleared everyone who was a threat to them whenever they had a chance. Yes, I'm daring to say it. I was a huge Sov6 fan during BB6, but in the end the Friendship played a better (if nastier) game. It's possible to not like someone and still give them props (and to also change your mind, because I'm a big fan of Ivette now thanks to the way she took all the negative backlash - taking it as well as she dished it out (and before writing to me, please keep in mind that she and Janelle get on quite well these days, thank you very much)).
I'd also like to know where all this venom James has towards floaters comes from, considering the level of floating he did himself last season. James, I gave you a bunch of votes to get back into the house this year because I like your ability to play a smart weasel's game. Please don't start getting high and mighty against that very style of gameplay that you admitting you were doing for last season.
Okay, rant over.
James then said he nominated Dr. Will because he can potentially play the perfect pawn role as he doesn't care if he goes home. Nominating Will as a pawn?
The only reasonable explanation for all these truly horrible moves we've been seeing is that there are a lot of secret alliances going into the house. I have to believe that in order to continue accepting these as smart people.
George called Dr. Will the master of the game, and to go up against him doesn't give him good odds.
There is more of Howie trying to hug Will, which is getting as tiring as "boobies" now, then Will's Diary Room where he said he loves getting nominated. He's in the forefront of everyone's thoughts, he gets to compete in everything for the week, and he likes being the underdog.
In the kitchen everyone's trying to feed more bull to George that it's early now and he might not be going, but he's not as stupid as some people think. He knows his time is up unless through some miracle he gets the Veto.
George made a crack about it must have been his strategic playing that got him on the block, and James started getting nasty saying that if he's not strategic and is a bad player, should they just let him get through to the end? Should they just give him the cheque? "It's all about playing the game, George."
George then told him to chill, James is the one copping the 'tude but George is the one who got nominated.
In the DR, George talked about how James and he just don't mesh, and he doesn't know why. I suspect it's James buying into the "great player of the game" stuff he's been told, from myself included, a little too much. I still like the guy and he's the one from BB6 I'd like to see go furthest, but this arrogance in regards to the game is wearing thin.
I haven't been funny much yet, have I?
James and Howie walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and asks what they'd like. Howie shouts, "BOOBIES!"
I still haven't been funny much yet, have I?
How about a fun little observation?
Engaged to a woman with a child? Check.
Loves that child as his own? Check.
Playing for that woman and child? Check.
Acts as a messenger boy for the "cool" alliance? Check.
Jase has turned into Cowboy.
All he needs to do now is climb into a bathtub with Will and call him "Daddy".
Back to the show, there's a little Pinky and the Brain moment where they comment on how George looks like a completely different person after the nomination. The Brain said that if he wins the Veto he might just take George off the block - then take over the world! Pinky doesn't like that idea and ideally would like to see the Brain's nomination Vetoed. Narf!
Danielle is out there with them, she seems to have become part of this alliance, and Boogie talks about how they have this nice guy who cleans for everyone up against the evil winner of Season 2, and they're all shocked at how the plan is to keep the evil winner around. I know!
Boogie has being saying stuff in the house that hasn't aired, but puts him down around Howie's level in my esteem. His one saving grace though is that he's still great in the Diary Room, and I loved how he talked about in what sick, twisted universe is Will the pawn how he finds that a little "quizzical".
Danielle in her DR said she wishes neither of these people were on the block, but if the vote were right then she would have to vote to evict George. That makes sense, as Will is the stronger person to be in an alliance with. It is nice as well that people are liking George instead of making him a pariah. With James hating on him as much as he is, the Chickenman needs those friendships.
Up in the Head of Household room, Jase was talking to James and kissing ass, saying how the reason he didn't come up the day before was to not kiss ass. The talk back and forth between them was so arrogant and full of testosterone I found myself starting to choke. "Oooooooh, the floaters sicken me!" "Aaaaaah, that's not how to play All-Stars!" "Eeeeeeeee, I'm full of myself!" "Uuuuuuuuuuuh, my manhood is huge!" Shut up! IIIIIIII'm tired of hearing this! They then made a deal to not backdoor each other and compete head-to-head later on in the game after clearing out the floaters and shook hands on it.
After all this gameplay talk, the mood needs to be lightened a lot and the windows opened to clear the air after that last bit of nonsense, so we go to Marcellas who has a bit of a crush on every man in the house except for George. Even Howie, Marc? Even Boogie? His biggest crush though is on Kaysar. It even got a little (lot) gross when he talked about how the "Iraqi Peach" sat beside him and had a bit of a stench, and how he'd try to catch that musky smell, sniff it deeply in, and keep that pungeant odour forever. The smell was apparently better than banana cupcakes. In case you're wondering, that's not a gay thing. I've been to gay bars and nobody was standing around snorting on each other. The music was great though! There are already enough GLBT myths out there, let's nip this one in the bud.
There is some great talk with him to Janelle and Erika about how he's falling in love with Kaysar, and while his body isn't the greatest it's the kind of body he'd just love to toss around. As if there aren't going to be enough people sending off outraged letters to CBS, he then wishes Kaysar was gay so they could marry and Marcellas could be happy for the rest of his life. I love it! Marcellas, if that ever happens come up to Canada and marry him here while it's still legal!
Later, Erika and Marcellas are talking about who should go, and Marcellas said it should be George. If he had the capacity to step and win something, then he could be a member of the alliance, but he has to be able to win something. Erika then said there's a lot more going on with him than he's letting on. Marcellas feels Pinky and the Brain still need to stay in the game as a buffer against SeaSick, but this could also be their chance to get rid of Will.
Speaking of Will, he thinks he's getting a good sleep when all of a sudden "8 Mile" breaks out in the bedroom, and we see Jase doing a freestyle rap. 8 Mile? More like 8 Centimetre! Ha! My wit is back, watch out world!
Jase then asked the other to go wake up "Chicken Floors" to come do a rap. Huh? "Floors"? It turns out George is sleeping on the floor. At first glance this might seem to be highly bizarre behaviour, but take into account the age and physical shape of the man and the logical conclusion is that he likely has some back problems. I really hope that's why he was sleeping on the floor.
So they wake him up. "They say something about a rap song? But... I'm sleepin'" He is a very good sport about it though and goes to join in with the fun.
"They call me Chicken George I'm a Big Brother All-Star!
I got voted off in week number three, but that's okay with me 'cause the doctor's got the beat!
There we go, no mo'!"
But they don't let him off so easily and prompt him to keep going.
"James threw me out but I don't care. He'll get his chance, maybe you can wear his underwear.
I hope it's quick 'cause he's a real ______,
I hope you take him off, 'cause he's kind of a ________!"
Go, George! I love this fire in him, and he had the room in hysterics! While we here at Realivision try to keep it PG, we're not primetime CBS, so let's fill in those blanks. My best guess is "dick" and "prick". But come on, CBS. Anyone who's going to be offended by those words already turned their televisions off in outrage over a gay man being shown to have sexual feelings.
After this we get a bit on Jase, his hair, and the look he gets at the mirror, his "mirror face" that his mother asked him not to make. Danielle is highly amused by Jase's hair and the amount of work he puts into it. I'm surprised she doesn't comment on the mandana! How can you talk about Jase and his hair and not bring up the mandana? I'm highly offended by this! The only mention she gives is when she talks about how he arranges his bangs just so over his "headgear". IT'S A MANDANA, LADY!
We're then whisked off to the kitchen where it's just George and Howie, and George is talking about how it's his last stand, he's going home. Howie told him he needs that Power of Veto. In the DR Howie said he can't let his personal feelings get in the way this year (really? Nakomis might think differently) but he loves George.
The conversation gets really sweet, and I say that without any sarcasm, when George gives Howie a little boost telling him to go for the money and that he's really rooting for him. He warns Howie to watch who is friends are, and to not let anyone tell him he can't do it, leaving Howie speechless for a moment before he talks about the apprentice teaching the master. George then warns him about "the snake", who of course is James. If George gets his miracle, this Jedi Alliance may be one to watch out for.
This quiet, softer Howie is very likeable. If he'd stop talking about boobies and "banging" women all the time, he'd be so much sweeter. But it's important to remember how he talked about Nakomis. If he apologizes sincerely to her, that would make a difference, but for now I just can't bring myself to like him again.
Now it's Power of Veto time, and something is different. Instead of the Wheel O' House Guests, James has a bag. He, Will, and George will each pull a ball out of the bag. The balls with either have a name, or the phrase "House Guest's Choice" meaning that the person can then choose anyone to play for the Veto.
James picked Kaysar.
Will picked House Guest's Choice, so he picked Boogie to play. Narf!
George picked Jase.
This doesn't look good for George at all.
They went outside and there were things covered up with sheets, something Diane points out is never a good sign in the Big Brother house.
The competition this time is about making choices. There are going to be progressively harder tasks as the game goes on. In front of the players are lecturns and inside each one there is a green cube and a red ball. If the players decide to do the task, they pull out the green cube. If not, it's the red ball.
First up is "Sloppy Surprise" where they have to eat a bowl of Big Brother Slop, and everyone goes for it. I don't know how bad this slop is, Danielle called it "Satan's oatmeal", but Will pulled out his red ball, he couldn't do it. Kaysar was the first to finish. Boogie started wretching on the stuff and left the game. James finished his, as did Jase, leaving George who wasn't looking so good but managed to get it down.
Next was "Shirt Off Your Back", in which the contestants had to take off their shirt and pants and throw them into a barrel full of fire. Not just any fire, but flaming hot fire! Okay, I guess that is any fire. All the contestants pulled their green cubes, making Marcellas stand up and cheer when it came time for Kaysar.
Following this was "Sign Me Up". This meant the contestants had to let the other House Guests come and write on their bodies with markers. Really? Who's going to say no to that? Something was written on George's chest that had to be blurred out, but come on! Remember? The people who would be bothered by it have already stopped watching!
"Human Blueberry". For this task, they contestants had to get into a bathtub full of blueberries. I love blueberries! Don't waste them like this! They do stain though, and that's the point for this. With a flash to the DR, Jase said this is Big Brother: All-Stars, there is nothing he wouldn't do. We'll just see about that.
All the players competed in this one. James said that George looked like Fat-Ass Smurf, Kaysar was Iraqi Smurf, Jase was Vanity Smurf, and he was Skinny Anorexic Smurf. What, none of them looked like Violet Beauregarde? They were all pretty blue, just not as blue as whoever would end up going home on eviction night.
Then it gets kicked up a notch. BAM! "No Veto For You"! To complete this task, the players would have to choose to sit out next week's Veto competition. Awesome! James as HoH this week can't compete for HoH next week, so not having the Veto would be very risky for him. Too risky, so he pulled the red ball. Jase can compete for HoH if he's there next week, but there's no guarantee so he'd like to have that option to play for the Veto, so he too pulls the red ball. Kaysar must feel awfully confident about the next HoH, because he pulled the green cube, as did George who had nothing to lose.
We then get to the top of the board, and it's "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow." The contestants must have their heads shaven.
George whispered to Kaysar to cut him some slack and he'll remember it. Kaysar must have felt that it doesn't matter, because he pulled out the green cube, as did the Chickenman.
This upset Marcellas who said that it doesn't matter what happens with George's head, but beautiful Kaysar doesn't know what he's going to look like without hair.
Howie shaved George's head and told him this will make him a Jedi soldier.
Marcellas told Kaysar he can still change his mind any nobody would think badly of him. But they had to win the Veto, so he sat down on the chair and Marcellas shaved away, more upset about this than Kaysar was. Hey, after the hairstyle last Thursday this can only be better.
They've both completed all the tasks, so it's time for a tie-breaker. There are sixty days left in the house (oh gawd, I'm not going to get any sleep for another two months). How many consecutive days would they be willing to go on Slop to win this veto competition? Kaysar didn't need the plan to stay on track bad enough it seems, as he wrote down 15 days, whereas George wrote down 60 and won the Power of Veto. Yay, George! A lot of people claimed this was rigged for George, but nobody made Kaysar write down "15".
The look of rage in James' face was something to behold! "It is what it is," he said in the Diary Room. He is not a happy camper. Unlike George, who is happy as heck. Finally, things are going to get mixed up!
Back from commercial, James goes into the HoH room to wash the blueberry and markers off, and he is pissed! Everything he was working for is down the drain. Hee hee! That's what the Veto is for! Remember, the thing you used to thwart plans so often last season?
Then he turns into a whiny brat it the DR, and he can't even look at the camera as he says, "Hopefully this backfires in the house and there's even more hatred of George than's already there. Someone else will take him out." Oh suck it up, man! I'm really trying my best to stay a fan of this guy and continue liking him, but damn, this is making it hard. And really, why the absolute hatred of George? It's really mindboggling. I really suspect he's projecting feelings left over from last season onto this one man.
Of course someone else needs to go up now, and SeaSick discusses who needs to go up. He thinks it should be Boogie, but the others feel strongly it should be Jase. This doesn't go down well with James who thinks back to the understanding the two of them came to about competition and he sees this as kind of like a backdooring.
Kaysar goes to talk to Jase, and told him he will be going up. Jase doesn't understand why they wouldn't put Boogie up, and Kaysar says it's because everyone would keep him and vote out Will, and SeaSick wants to keep Will around. These people are hurting my brain. It doesn't make sense to Jase because those two are a tighter alliance than he is, and they will pull something shady. I agree, Jase.
Jase then plays it as smartly as possible and goes outside and has a fit in front of everyone, throwing things and glowering.
He then says, "James, you of all people I didn't think would take the bitch route." I have to give it to James, he did well at keeping his cool while Jase went at him, even though his arguments were wavering between good and crap. He then brought up Marcellas, saying he's not so good at going back and forth, which brought Marc into it too and he doesn't keep his cool, resulting in the best fight of the season. Jase is trying to put all the attention on Marcellas, bringing up how he hangs around in the HoH room then comes down and says Season Six needs to be broken up, and to Marcellas' credit he says "Everyone knows Season Six needs to be broken up!" This went back and forth for a while and was very enjoyable.
Jase brought up how they would have the numbers to vote out Marcellas, who responded with how obvious it was that he was trying to throw him under the bus. This ended with Marcellas saying, "Now I see why everyone in Season Five hated you."
At the Veto ceremony, things continued to stay interesting. Dr. Will gave a wonderful speech about how he hates everyone in the house, and he hates them all equally. He then asked to be removed by everyone in the house. If they keep him around, he will throw every competition, PoV, HoH, and food. George is on Slop, and he will do the best he can to ensure they are all on Slop.
George then gave a beautiful speech about how honoured he is to be in the All-Star house with all of them, and he really wants to play the game. They've been given a second chance, and how many people get that chance in life (other than Kaysar)? How anyone can hate him after this speech, I don't know, but it was great.
He then chose to use the Power of Veto on himself. To nobody's suprise, James replaced his nomination with Jase.
In the final DR words, George never thought that using the Veto on himself would cause so much controvery. Will said he made the target on his back so giant that it's invisible. James said that Jase shot himself in the foot. Jase feels like he was backdoored. He then called himself a "true competitor of the game" (again, I didn't quote him when he said this earlier), and he will try his best to stay in the game.
We finally got ourselves an episode worthy of the name "All-Stars"! This was the best of the season, and possible one of the best Big Brother episodes ever!
Thank you for winning the Veto, George, you brought life to the game!
posted by Tabby at 11:32 a.m.
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