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by R.J. Carter Published: August 27, 2006
With the eviction of James last week, Danielle (James' sole vote) has spotted the cracks in the Legion of Doom, which has only and always been a front company for the team of two that is Chilltown. Now Danielle has no one she can trust. The rest of the competitors make their excuses as for why they voted him out. At least James went out with aplomb, unlike his predecessor, Howie. Hoo-boy. Will's strategy now is to admit that he was behind the evictions of the jury members. He figures it will plant seeds in the minds of the others that perhaps the jury members will carry a grudge against Will and not vote for him if he were in the final two. Yeah, just like they didn't do the last time, when Will won BB2. Danielle confronts Boogie about the votes, and brings up Will's admission. Boogie lets the blame fall on Will and Janelle, almost implying that Janelle was manipulating Will into the way he voted. Boogie understandably wants to retain control of Danielle, playing the role of her new friend in the house. Danielle seems to have bought it, as she focuses her resentment on Will. Right after Erika won the HoH, she tells Danielle during a congratulatory hug, "You are so safe." Not surprising, since they have the unspoken alliance. But that definitely leaves a smaller field of targets. Will tells Janelle that Boogie's going to try to push Erika into nominating Danielle and Chicken George. With Boogie's help, they devise the usual "We're going to help you fight for the veto" plan with Janelle. Will also tells Janelle that she should be nice to Erika, and perhaps call a one-week truce. The houseguests have been using M&Ms as poker chips during their down time. Janelle seems to be a slow learner, asking questions about what the different terms mean. But George calls her as a bluffer -- "You're probably a shark at cards, too!" And yes, she's cleaning them out. So why do we get to watch this? I'm betting it will tie into the veto competion somewhere along the way, since most games we see the houseguests play in their spare time always end up meaning something later. Erika opens up the HoH room, and it's a fashion experiment in orange and flowers. Will comments on the BB4 cast photo while George (still on slop) pines over the home-made chocolate chip cookies. When it's just Erika and Danielle in the HoH room, Danielle grouses about why Janelle voted against James, and begins to put together that something's in the works between Janelle and Will. Oh, how close she is to the truth, and Danielle vows to get rid of Will as soon as she can. Watch your back, Danielle! That's a vow that's been taken before, and the doctor is still in the house. After the commercial break, we see the houseguests chanting "Chicken George!" It's a call for a belly-flop competition, and even 20 pounds lighter, George creates quite a splash. Danielle confronts Will (who has the gall to ask her, "Did you vote James out?"). Dani is convinceed that Will has some guilt over a very difficult decision, and Will makes no apologies for voting James out, only apologizing that James was Dani's friend. He plays it as though he did it out of fear of Janelle. Dani accepts Will's explanation, but Will knows what Dani really feels. These people have played long enough to develop a level of telepathy -- they know who's out to get them. From there, we get more showmancing with Will and Janelle in the pool, with more of Will playing the shy boy trying to resist Janelle's advances. Janelle denies any love, but it's definitely playful, particularly when they pair up in the Diary Room. Meanwhile, up in the HoH room, Boogie visits a bikini-clad Erika for a little kissyface. But it cools quickly when Boogie learns that Erika won't put Danielle up -- she's sighted on Will. Erika point-blank asks Boogie if his allegiance is to her or to Will. Boogie says he's happy to send Will to the jury, just not right now. He continues to push for Danielle's nomination, even though he knows that Erika is tight with her. But Erika gives Boogie the same argument Boogie gave for keeping Will. They leave the discussion for some bedtime cuddling, and Erika warns him, "If I find out you're playing me for this, I'll kick your ass." Better bend Boogie over now, Erika. Unless, of course, Boogie wins, in which case she'll probably continue the showmance outside (but I'll go out on a limb and say that if Erika wins, it'll be 'Bye-Bye Boogie'). Tonight we get to see the food and luxury competition, and it's another costume debacle. They dress up in foam costumes of flowers and bees. Will says his medical career is over once people see him as a bee, and George looks like a gay superhero. (Erika on the other hand, fills the suit out much better.) "Deceit, betrayal and hatred often work in the shadow of the Big Brother House," declares Erika as she introduces the competition. But not today. It's a peace and love event. The birds and bees have to jump into a nectar pool, absorb nectar into their foam costumes, and squeeze it out into tubs to win privileges -- one of which is a slop pass, which George has his eye on. Chicken George got to use his belly-flop ability to land on other competitors to 'wring them out' of their nectar. Will, on the other hand, sees some hot girl-on-girl action in the way they play, and the camera delivers the same vision with a soft focus and a little slo-mo. That mood gets broken, however, when you see George humping on Janelle. That just looked... wrong... on so many levels. So let's see what they've won:
After the break, Will and Boogie discuss strategy over the pool table (taking a last minute game, I suppose, before the beer arrives.) Will pushes Boogie to get Erika influenced in the right direction. Will's concern is to make sure the two of them don't get nominated. Boogie says Erika wants to put Will up as a pawn. Will comments in the Diary Room, "Am I really putting my future in the hands of Mike Boogie's lovemaking ability?" Speaking of lovemaking, Will starts making love to the BB cameras, mugging it up and no doubt making some female viewers giddy. He's giving it all his best bad pickup lines, while George watches on with a dumbfounded look. But the camera just isn't enough, and Will has to give it a breakup. Or does he? Will is in the HoH with Erika, feeling sorry for Janelle. "Janelle is coming after me, but at least she is admitting it," says Will. He pushes again for Erika to nominate Danielle over Janelle, portraying Danielle as the more dangerous and cunning player (he doesn't have to push far for that image to work.) Will implies that Erika would be Danielle's target if Danielle got the HoH, pointing out how Danielle semantically cages her promises. He also tells Erika that, in the final two, Erika could beat Janelle, but could not beat Danielle. Erika might believe that, realizing that maybe your best ally in the house is the person you should evict to secure their vote (yeah, it's hard to believe, but you always hurt the ones you love, right?) The show comes down to the Nomination Ceremony, and Janelle admits that she's probably a target -- again, while Will expects to dodge a bullet -- again. Boogie is confident that he's safe. Dani feels the same, but with reservations. George says, "I think I have an alliance with just about everybody, but I don't get to go to the meetings." The houseguests gather, and the keys are drawn. When the smoke clears, the hot seats are reserved for Janelle and George. Erika claims to be a fan of the way Janelle played the game in BB6, and that's why she sees her as a threat. (It would have been easy to use the word 'despise' in her speech, but Erika's too classy for that.) George, however, is up to remove a vote for Janelle to stay. "I'm not the strongest player?" he asks with innocence. Oh, George. Janelle claims she's going to fight tooth and nail for the Power of Veto, while George plays the role of 200 pound pawn. Ah, but as he says -- if the pawn makes it all the way to the end, he's the king! (Actually, George, that would make you the queen, and Marcellas has already been evicted.) Come back Tuesday night, when we'll find out what the PoV game is, who wins it, and who -- if anybody -- gets to fill the replacement seat if the PoV is won and used. |
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