Brian Cronin

Frank sucked here, to be sure, but what the fuck was Emily's deal complaining about the lack of footage?!

"I arranged this so that we can talk about our marriage. We can't keep putting this off. Okay, now I have to go to a meeting." What the fuck was the point of THAT by James? If he wanted them to talk, just talk THEN, why in the world would he do this big thing so that they could just schedule a talk LATER?

Yeah, I think she's right around top five. Five or six, I'd say. I love that Makensy just HAD to win the Final HOH and evict Cam, just to cement her place in BB history (along with all of the OTHER people who did the same dumb thing as her, but still).

I legit don't understand how hurting MJ has even factored into Chelsie's thinking here.

Yep, people really ARE delusional at this point. Josh also took Paul (which worked out, but still).

It is still amazing, in retrospect, to see Steve avoid it in BB17, because yeah, by this point, people really are just absolutely blinded by the delusional narratives that they've created in their heads.

I always point out that BB HGs are almost always mostly morons, so when a HG goes far in the game due to other players making moronic decisions, I don't begrudge them. And I still basically hold true to that position, but I will allow that Makensy is an unusually dumb HG this season. This isn't just normal stupidity, this is someone who actually instantly figures out the appropriate way to go, and then is talked out of it because she's unusually stupid.

Phew. That's something, at least.

The most iconic thing will, of course, will always be Janelle spending her catchup time with Michael learning whether Britney Spears had her baby yet.

Don't worry, Rubina will work on her hard and get her to change her mind. Oh, what's that? Rubina won't do shit? Oh, yeah, never mind. Is Makensy particularly stupid? Yes, but so was Cody and Cowboy, and Lane and Enzo, and all of Maggie's alliance mates. BB HGs are just typically pretty darn stupid, and when you give them THIS much time to overthink things, they're easy prey.

Oh, right, good call, final eviction and THEN the final vote. Yeah, you might be right that it is the first part that they intersperse with the recap.

No, they want it to be live for the show, then they'll start the first part of the F3 HoH live on Thursday. Then an episode on Friday (taped second part of F3 HoH, plus a trip down Memory Lane), and then on Sunday, the live conclusion of the F3 HOH followed by the final vote.

Yep, 100%. It's just absurd.

Yeah, it's one of those things where all you can do is get in your own head about it.

Yeah, OTT was a blast, but it definitely doesn't count. And yes, 1 was a whole other game.