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Looks like I'm almost finished with the "couples" part of S9 (at least Julie Chen said that after the next eviction, it will be a 'new' part of the season, so I just need to do that episode). I'm guessing some sort of comeback competition or buy back since Sharon and her ex were in sequester. Will Ryan really want Jen back in the game? It didn't look like the game was good for their relationship. How scary was it for two houseguests to have pretty serious medical problems at the same time. Seriously, slop diets are a bad idea. So my favs so far are Joshuah/Sharon (they killed the last HOH), and James/Cheslia. I'm a bit on the fence with James (and I had to look up the issue with his arm tattoo), but he seems pretty smart. Amanda definitely annoying. Watching the feeds with her going "bueno" all the time must have been seriously tedious. Natalie,....Matt is so not into you, give it a rest. Sheila and Adam are a hoot, that love/hate relationship. And did I miss some details as to wtf happened between Sheila and Allison? (and seriously making up a lesbian story, really?) What happened with Joshuah's first "house husband"? All they said was a family emergency. A shame that it had to happen to the house's one gay couple. All that asperagas going to waste....unless they ate some.

Ok I’ll keep more of an open mind then on S9. Yes I did see Eric and Jessica host the comp. I just finished the first veto comp, so I’ve a ways to go. definitely not a fan of the theme, but it looks like the players are trying to strategize outside the forced couples, so we’ll see how it works out. i did wonder why they were doing a winter edition, I’d forgotten about the writers strike. I guess they had to move a little fast to get S9 cast and ready.

Wow so much producer manipulation, even more than I could imagine. I suppose they didn’t care that the Donatos were cheating in all sorts of ways, since the producers were as well. Hard to believe that’s legal. It it did look to me that dick was purposefully trying to burn Jen when she tried to get his cigarette. They didn’t show much as to why she started eating food, it looked like she was pissed at dick for taking her clothes, knew she was getting voted out so figured why not eat. Sounds like things were so bad that BB might have lost viewers despite the “drama” they created. I started S9 and OMG this is terrible. What did someone say ‘hey you thought S8 was bad, wait till you see this!’ Of course it’s in the winter, so they probably didn’t expect high ratings anyway. I did laugh that one of the twist couples got evicted immediately. But they must have a buy back or return people this season because they are doubling the rate of evictions but it’s still 33 episodes. I don’t recognize a single name so this must really be a forgettable seat. gotta try to speed through this dreck so I can get to the I hear much better S10 with Dan G.

Finished S8 with the expected disappointing finale. I appreciated that it was admitted but for America’s player, Dustin would have stayed and Dick voted out, Results would have been far different. It was hard routing for Zach at the end, but he played into them as well. How did Dick survive several weeks without cigarettes? I was a little scared for Jen there . They make him wear a patch? When did it become known Dick’s son cheated the voting? Did Eric and Jessica remain a couple? I noticed they never said to the other houseguests that Eric earned extra money for playing for “America”. Will start S9 tomorrow

Yes, she mentioned that this was originally supposed to donate a portion of the proceeds (after Doral got paid, of course) to a charity, but then the charity found out about the rest of the event (i.e. the stripper connection) and pulled out. There was then a "discussion" among the organizers and Doral/Trump cancelled the entire event. However, she said the stipper club was still advertising the event on their website. I mean, can you believe this? Really? I loved how Rachel commented that well, you know Obama had his stripper golf charity event.

Wow, the most produced "unscripted" show yet. What a mess it must have been at the time. But hey, anything for ratings.

So some (casual?) fan spoils out Eric, turns ED and Dani against him and now America is fucking with Eric to hurt him with his allies so mean ED will stay. Nice. Just to stir up drama? America likes the Mis-editing of Dick? Ok. Can’t wait to hear how Eric will spin this.

Yeah I did see the tea incident, but not the cigarette. After seeing a lot more of ED's temper the last couple of episodes (14-15), I started to wonder if he purposefully did want to get the other men out because he could intimidate the women more easily.

I appreciated the information about central america and how the US contributed to the mess in that area decades ago and because of the mess, people left the countries and came to the US, got arrested, put into prisons, learned to be criminals, got deported back to their countries and now criminals run those same central american countries, causing the next generation of people to flee to the US. So good job US!

the next several episodes I watched yesterday definitely start to show a different side to him. The way he was laying into Eric. I know Eric was lying (because he was America's player), but Dick was definitely going a bit overboard. I felt so bad for Jemeka after that veto comp, especially giving up the right to compete for HOH. I hate those types of comps. Jen reminds me a lot of Will, except she's not quite as adept at manipulation. I didn't like Will either. But I appreciate that neither of them let it bother them to be on the block, or eat slop.

They really show how repetitive the show was many times.

I tried to look. I think so, but we didn't see very much.

I don't understand why Sylvia hasn't hugged Emily. I know Emily has suffered immense trauma, but really, not even a hug? Even if Sylvia has moved on (and there was no evidence of that we were shown - and clearly the son still thinks of Emily as a mother too), or Emily doesn't want to 'be a couple' anymore you'd think Sylvia would still hug Emily. Why was the girls' school like a prison camp. Armed guarded towers? Really? We've seen nothing to suggest that anyone has a snowball chance in hell of sneaking a child out. I suppose that it must be all male wait and kitchen staff at the restaurant since women can't hold jobs. We get all these surface views, but no actual background/supporting facts.

Honestly, no. nothing has really changed. June's no closer to getting Hannah and the Waterfords are trying to get Nichole out of Canada. that's pretty much it. If you want some shock visuals, watch the DC episode (#6)

Finished S7 over the weekend. I was still flabergasted that the hamsters kept Will in for so long. They really must not have watched his season if they believed a single word he said to them. Janelle finally gets a clue and votes him out, but then fails at the critical time to win any of the final challenges, handing the win to Boogie (who was definitely just a Will follower, but smart enough to take Erika to the finals, knowing that Janelle was possibly the only one who could beat him). Of course, I knew Boogie won the moment he won the final HOH, because I know NicoleF was the first woman to win against a man. I thought it was a pretty poor All Stars, primarily because it allowed America to vote on the contestants. That allowed too much emphasis on S6, the most recent season in people's mind, and going in with a presumed 4 person alliance helped Will manipulate them, by saying that everyone else would ally against them, which was the furthest thing from the truth. Onto S8 and the 'infamous' Evil Dick. I've heard about him a bit, from general reading, so color me a bit surprised that I actually like him. He's very assertive and confronts problems head on rather than let them fester, which I think is great. But its clear he cares about Danielle and isn't doing mean stuff for the sake of just being mean. Get on his bad side, like Jen, Kail, Zach, Mike and he'll go for you, but otherwise, he appears to be a very decent guy. I appreciated how he talked things out with Jemeka after he made the 'starving african children' comment. It really must be hard for the majority of black contestants to be so isolated in the house, not having others like them, with similar culture and/or background. How refreshing would it be for BB to have a season with maybe 5 or 6 black players? Or at least a real minority of white players. Seriously. And omg, whoever hires Jen as a Nanny, I hope they watched this season and fire her ass/never hire her again. I'd hate to really see how she cares for kids given how she acts here inthe House, almost sociopathic. And Amber, is it even possible for you not to cry about anything???? I like Kail as well, but she really made a bad move in getting on Dick's bad side, and Mike and Zach did themselves no favors sticking with her when it was clear they were going down. I do have to laugh that as often as Kail and Jen get on the block, so far, as of episode 13, they're still in it. Oh, the first Hide and Seek Veto! They didn't tear the house apart too much back then. I loved hiding the veto in the bucket of slop, that was very smart! They picked a great America's player in Eric. I can see him going a long ways. I had to chuckle that the first two out were part of the twist, the one's part of the group, not the "enemies". Dustin is definitely more likable than Joe, that was clear on the first day when Joe couldn't wait to show how much of a villian he could be. I did like Carol a bit more than Jessica, but mostly because I can't stand Jessica's voice. I assume that was probably the reason America first wanted Jessica out, until they got to see how horrible Jen and Kail were.