Posted by johnnysweeptheleg
Jessie is a friend. Yeah, I know he’s been a good friend of mine. I can’t think of any other way to begin this recap, than quoting the Rick Springfield classic, because Jessie really has been a good friend of mine on this show. He provides so many (unintentional) laughs. Sadly, they’re the kind of laughs where his mother will sit him down once he leaves the house, and say, “Jessie, honey, they’re not laughing with you … they’re laughing at you.”
Less than five minutes into the show, Jessie gives us this gem. “I’m supposedly the youngest person in here. By three years.” And he used air quotes when saying “supposedly.” No, Jessie, when it’s a proven fact that everyone else in the house is older than you by at least three years, then it is no longer supposedly. Jessie, Jessie, Jessie. If you can’t tell, I’m shaking my head in disappointment. And by disappointment, I of course mean hysterical laughter. At you. Not with you.
Even though Dan is on the block, he’s been reassured that he is not the target. And while the pawn is usually the one to get pawned in these reality situations, it’s pretty obvious he really isn’t the target. Jessie and Memphis have brought Angie and Michelle into their alliance, and agreed that if anyone wins the POV, they will keep the noms as is, to vote Steven out.
This week, the POV competition is a Bumper Stumpers knockoff theme. Houseguests combine license plates to form popular Big Brother sayings. Dan, even though he’s on the block, has decided to throw the competition. He tells the Diary Room that he knows it’s completely crazy to throw the competition, but the crazy thing may just be the right thing to do. Yeah, Dan, throwing competitions is totally crazy and unheard of … prior to Will winning SEASON FRICKING TWO doing the exact same thing! Seriously, contestants, become better students of the game. Do your research before opening your mouths.
Participants begin dropping like flies. Then Steven guesses wrong. Finally, it comes down to Keesha and Michelle duking it out. Keesha answers incorrectly, and Steven’s only hopes of survival are dashed. After the comp, Steven warns Keesha that the rest of the house was talking about her motives while she was competing.
This leads to the first of a machine-gun fire of houseguest outbursts.
Keesha calls everyone out who was talking about her. She tries to clear her name, and tell them she would’ve kept the nominations. Realizing Libra was the ringleader of the anti-Keesha campaign, Keesha begins pushing to have Libra back-doored. This campaign gains steam. Renny tells Jerry that Libra was quick to complain about being stuck on a team with the two oldest people in the house.
Jerry goes all military and marches in formation to Libra and calls her out. This causes an explosion as Libra and Jerry compete to see who can shout louder over the other. I didn’t have to watch this on CBS. I heard the argument as it happened, all the way in Milwaukee.
Steven attempts to use this as a way to get Libra put on the block. He even tells Michelle to keep him on the block and take Dan down, for Libra. While Libra will no doubt become a target, it won’t be this week. Michelle decides not to use the power of veto, and Steven remains on the block.
Oh, by the way, did you know that there’s a guy named Ollie in the house? Yeah, you wouldn’t know this, though, with him not getting a single line of dialogue the entire show. I think I may have seen him walk past the camera once for a millisecond, though, if I’m not mistaken.
Or should I say, there’s “supposedly” a guy named Ollie in the house? Thanks for correcting me, Jessie. You are a friend.
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