Ivana Tinkle

What in holy hell was this episode? I have so many questions: Have they always played actual radio songs during the transitions? They've been doing it a lot this season and I HATE IT. Does every girl here have to constantly talk in upspeak? Does production not allow Jesse to say anything if it doesn't sound earnest? Could whatever poor PA that was tasked with getting rocks for Parisa have possibly done a worse job than those two basic ass white rocks? Was Grant low key trying to tell Serafina she sucks at kissing? Is Juliana capable of wearing anything other than a shiny, tight, spaghetti strapped dress with breast cups to the rose ceremony? Were Dina and Natalie truly not the same person this whole time? Does Grant genuinely give a single fuck about any one of these women? Why am I still watching?

Shallow rant: Dolores' giant eye sockets and jutting cheek bones remind me of Cruella de Vil; she's genuinely painful to look at. On the flip side, Ciara might be one of the prettiest people I have ever seen and I may have a wee girl crush on her. I still maintain that Boston Rob isn't that great a manipulator, but, like with Derrick is his season, these people are all too stupid to live. For fuck's sake Wes, Rob was basically toast and then you go and THREATEN THOSE WHO CALLED YOU OUT?? Even though I suspect he was being tongue-in-cheek, he has to know these people are morons who wouldn't understand sarcasm if it bit them in the ass so that was a truly fatal move on his part.

A pretty good start to the season so far - Grant is definitely a great looking guy and I liked that he asked the women different questions to get to know them during their alone time. Social media girl from Atlanta (Bailey?) was super annoying from the jump and I genuinely hope she doesn't last long. Litia's constant upspeak was also grating to listen to, she sounded like Kourtney Kardashian (or whatever the oldest one's name is). Rooting for Juliana since she's from my hometown, was happy to see she seemed very sweet thus far and Grant seems pretty into her. Then again, he seemed into a lot of women - that was a lot of kissing for the first episode!

I don't understand Danielle's strategy during the challenge at all, way to telegraph that you feel safe. And then to have the very person she was saving call her out on it was hilarious, but clearly didn't make an impact on anyone. I've never seen Survivor, but does anyone else think Carolyn kind of looks a bit like Kathy from BB12 (incidentally, Britney's original season)? I've heard of Boston Rob but obviously never seen him in action and he seems...kinda meh? I don't really get the hype based on what I've seen. I wonder if Chief Derrick Wiggum is still trying to feed his daughter.

Nothing much to say about the episode, although I completely agree production must've been pissed at how quickly OTEV was done. My main complaints are that I don't understand why editors feel the urge to cut to someone every time their name is mentioned, because it happens multiple times in an episode. Like, we KNOW who Angela is. You don't need to show her face every damn time, or flash through the members of "the five" every time HGs talk about them. We watch the show and retain basic information, thanks. The other gripe is the announcer. Holy crap, have you gone back and watched earlier episodes of BB to see the difference? He was so much calmer back then and now he sounds like he's high on cocaine. Dude, can you take it down about TEN FUCKING NOTCHES? I literally have to mute when he starts speaking because it sounds like what I imagine Monster Truck Rally announcers sound like when they're trying to be heard over engines revving and people shouting but...we're all just in our living rooms or whatever watching Big Brother. Calm the fuck down.

Making Jenn watch the proposal while she sobbed in the inset shot was BRUTAL. Holy shit, this show has proven they don't care about what they inflict on those who choose to participate in their shenanigans but this was a new low. Fuck you, ABC.

Devin always seemed to be super confident with what he and Jenn had so his sudden "I need her to love me too" bit seemed like the producers grabbed him, put him in one of those A Clockwork Orange eyeball opening thingies, and made him watch footage of her making out with other guys for hours while occasionally offering an eye drop.

Agree that Tucker definitely knows what show he's on and is probably in the lead for America's Favorite Player due to his antics. He's still a douche to me but there's honestly no one this season that I hate with the same fire as I have in the last several seasons, so that's something. I remember Quinn having a few DRs where he always said that his true loyalty was with Kimo and T'Kor but maybe he's said otherwise on the feeds.

I see the show is going to continue using the unbelievably tired joke of having the contestant DR something like "I am in it to win it. There's no way I will - " and then it cuts to them falling. Dear BB Production: That joke was cute when you first tried it with...idk, BB 18 maybe? But you keep doing it every year as if it's something new and it's no longer a clever gag. Please stop. There's really no one to root for when it comes to Tucker vs. Quinn, is there? I find them both to be insufferable (although Quinn's completely dejected DR realizing the allies he was actually loyal to betrayed him almost made me feel a sliver of sympathy).

I think this is the saddest I've been over an eviction since Donny in BB16 (and Derek X, to a lesser extent). I don't watch the feeds but read the forums pretty religiously; Cedric didn't seem too popular over there - was there something he did or said that wasn't shown on the show? All of the houseguests seemed pretty torn up over evicting him and from what I saw he seemed like an earnest, genuine guy. I wish there was a buyback this year because it genuinely bummed me out to see Cedric go so early.

Tucker reminds me of BB16's Zach minus the annoying pink hat and preening Grande cotton ball attached to his hip.

Who the hell was Lisa talking about when she was talking about "those who we represent"? Like, I'm sure the glitter wielding maniacs of the world don't want you to be their spokesperson Lisa.

Both of the Sams were super gross this episode. Sam M. was so dismissive of Jenn during their date, from straight up laughing while she was freaking out to nonchalantly saying "It wasn't that high" when spoke about the jump later during dinner...ugh. He's such a douchebag. Agreed, I was thinking the exact same thing when he was saying "I'm gonna have my first kiss...with my wife." It was so fake and performative, glad she sent him home.

Glad the HGs all seemed to unanimously dislike Lisa as she immediately irked me as well. She's...creepy. Tucker seems high at all times. Unlike Natalie from BB11 who pretended to be a high schooler despite being like 25 years old or something Cedric ACTUALLY looks like he should be at Staples going back to school shopping with his mom. Agreed! I had to do a double take. Angela's "best summer ever" appears it will involve flaming out as the first HOH and then watching from home until mid-October.

Omg remember when they had the special with Jake and cross eyed Vienna and they argued the whole time? And at one point he was like "STOP INTERRUPTING ME!" and Vienna ran off and cried? Man, those were good times. On topic, I genuinely don't know what Jenn sees in Devin. Unless she's hoping Pete Davidson's BDE has rubbed off on Devin and she fancies herself some sort of Ariana/Kim hybrid.