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I find myself wondering about Britney's game. Her major claim to fame in Big Brother is bringing on the Snark in Diary Room sessions. In contrast, she seems really subdued and not inclined to sarcasm and if she is any kind of alliance at this point, I can't name any other members. I can't help but think that one reason she is subdued is, as you saw in episode 1, she had an "oh shit" moment when she saw Danielle, who apparently holds a grudge when people she "trusts" cross her. I wonder if she had a mirror handy to look at herself casting the vote against her bae, Bob the Drag Queen. Spoiler about Reindeer Games and the Britney/Danielle conflict: Anyhow, I have seen Danielle talk with Britany, and as BB people and former friends it seems like they would gravitate to each other and toward Derek. Whether by happenstance or design, Britney and Derek seem to be doing a good job of staying under the radar. Not a Derek fan (and I actually loathed Britney during her first BB season), but if faithfuls win this year I wouldn't mind if either or both are in the group. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to seeing how they will react when they are under pressure.

I've watched 3 and a half of the four episodes (I just couldn't get into the writer's episode.) I expected the series to be a more straightforward history of the show from 1975's Point A to 2025 and Point B. Instead they look at the show in four differnet ways: Casting, Writing, Intensive view of one sketch (More Cowbell!), and Season 11. I enjoyed what I saw and will eventually go back and finish episode 2

I've been trying to think if there can be another variation of Tiny Horse. Normal horse? According to the first version, Tiny Horse had a pretty sweet career path before he became Giant and Evil. Maybe President Tiny Horse?

I watch the BB live feeds every summer. "You're not allowed to talk about Production" comes over the loudspeakers in the house about eleventy-billion times over the course of any given summer.

The entire conversation between Wes and Rob was ... odd. "did you say my name?" "No, I swear, I never said your name!" [repeat x 10] Wes's demeanor was so strange. Did he actually say the name or did he just point out that anyone who is so certain about a traitor must be a traitor, without actually saying "Lord Voldemort Boston Rob"? No, I'm with you. I now have Nikki pegged for the person at the reunion show who spends the entire hour filled with righteous ire because her "close friends" --- people she had known for less than a week and more importantly, had only known her for a week --- had the gall to actually try to win the game. A game, furthermore, where people are expected to lie and make decisions based on very little information. And, as others have noted, she didn't give them a lot of reasons or even "a" reason to believe her. I loved Bob the Drag Queen's reaction last week. He really had a pretty good reason to be angry with Rob. But, surprise, he realized it was a game move and wasn't mad. BTDQ is now my hero.

It probably is good that he was made a player and not the Banker's Assistant. He's the kind of officer that fragging was made for. But I don't want him to go because I haven't seen either of Dr. Will's BB seasons and I want to see the "magic" i'm always hearing about. According to Rob Cesternino and Co. he always starts out by antagonizing everyone. Okay. Seychelle was the one I wanted to go. She lost me when she said, speaking of Rock, "I guess I should have made an effort to get to know Yosemite Sam." Her snobbery and/or disdain got to me. Of course, I don't know how he'd been treating her. Maybe he'd also been dismissive. But from what I've seen/paid attention she seems cold and more than a little angry while he was just a sweet, funny soul who likes to say use the word "fuck" as an adjective on a regular basis. It really is too bad that Rock had to follow Luke's debacle. Rock seemed to have the happy-go-lucky attitude and desire to go for it where he really might have gone to the end if he hadn't seen Luke go home leaving behind a 1 cent parting gift. My favorite players at this point are David and Phillip. Apparently Will has no idea that a) David was on Australian Survivor or b) that there is such a thing as Australian Survivor. I'm glad Parvati sees both of them as allies and doesn't seem inclined to out David, at least as long as Will is around to attract the Reality Star Threat. Maria-Grace explaining Survivor to the "clueless" Golden God? Comedy Gold.

If craziness that goes off the rails bothers you, you might not want to watch the finale. 😁 even after all this time I still think about things that happened in it that drove (and still drive) me crazy. I know I posted with a lot of others on PrimeTimer about it. But I'm glad I watched it and miss seeing Josh Dallas and Matt Long on my television on a regular basis. I forgot about this. As @Snazzy Daisy mentions, there are a lot of questions to answer when the show returns next month. But I hope they answer this one and the one surrounding the Pit's True raison d'etre in Ep. 2. However, the latter will probably be kept from us until the season finale. Although for a brilliant intuitive thinker taught to question everything, Bex seems awfully chill about whatever was really going on down there.

I watched mainly because of Melissa Roxburgh because I think I'm one of the few people who really enjoyed Manifest. But I agree her acting was better here, and it probably is the writing. Mick always seemed to be all over the place. I liked this enough to keep watching and am glad that there will be more going on than catching the Serial Killer of the Week. although the show as a little heavy handed with the hints about what was really going on in the pit. Oliver offers some nice eye candy too (I had to look up to see why he was so familiar -- he played Jack Porter in Revenge.) Let me be the first to predict the end of the season cliffhanger: Something is going to happen to Samantha. Finally, I wonder what the ration of commercials to actual show content was? It seemed to me like there would be three minutes of show, followed by four minutes of commercials.

Cheryl Burke is one of the contestants in the Celebrity edition of Worst Cooks in America, premiering on Sunday, 1/05 https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/big-brother-alums-rachel-reilly-and-frankie-grande-on-worst-cooks-in-america-check-out-the-teaser-footage/ar-AA1wS85Y?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Rachel Reilly and Frankie Grande are two of the contestants in the celebrity edition of Worst Cooks in America. Premiers on 1/05/25. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/big-brother-alums-rachel-reilly-and-frankie-grande-on-worst-cooks-in-america-check-out-the-teaser-footage/ar-AA1wS85Y?ocid=BingNewsSerp Speaking of Our Frankie, for ten years my loathing for him has led me to ignore All Things Grande in this world. But dammit, I've seen Wicked now, and Ariana is talented.

I was thinking the same thing. At the very least, she'll owe the man a dinner at Applebee's

First of all, looking good Sol. Second, I'm glad Andy is gone, but I also wanted them to suss out Genevieve's fake idol. But she had immunity, so Andy was best number 2

It was sweet the way that Sue saved Caroline like she promised.

I really do loathe her

Why is Sue the only one with a dirty face? Has she washed her face at all since they've been there, or is she refusing to wash off the make up she spackled on before getting on the island?