Season 25 Episodes Live Chat: What Just Happened?

[Lamb18]

This is like a wall challenge on the ground.

[Michichick]

Not a telegenic comp. What were they thinking?

Edited August 3, 2023 by Michichick

[Lady Calypso]

Also, not the two relatives of Survivor alumni!

[Slider]

Are the other three still playing?  Why are they still face down?!

[Lady Calypso]

Wait...who was that just in the kitchen?

That looked like Cirie.

[dizzyd]

Why are those 3 still holding on? Aren’t we done? I liked Cory so naturally he’s going to be out of the comp indefinitely right off the bat. 

[Lamb18]

Is Felicia's outfit supposed to be hiked up in the front like that?

[Ananayel]

I think the extra time before the season started provided more time for additional involved stupidity. This whole thing was not well thought out.

[Maggie Mae]

I am very underwhelmed by this first episode...

[Lady Calypso]

Well, at least the Power of Veto is still in effect, so someone can be taken off the block.

Ohhhh, Jared gets to see his mom randomly in the house lol

[Lamb18]

Just now, Maggie Mae said:

I am very underwhelmed by this first episode...

Me too. I wanted to see more interaction between the contestants. Well, we'll see what the feeds are like tomorrow. Morning shift tomorrow!

[dizzyd]

Wtf! I love Cirie but no!!! Jared is the spitting image of her, that secret dies on night 1🤦🏻‍♀️ Underwhelming 1st episode. 

Edited August 3, 2023 by dizzyd

[Ananayel]

What? WHAT?!

[Lady Calypso]

Oh.....oh, she's actually playing the game??

That's not great for Jared. Now him and his mom NEED to keep this secret. 

[Lamb18]

3 minutes ago, Lady Calypso said:

Wait...who was that just in the kitchen?

That looked like Cirie.

It is Cirie!

[Michichick]

OMG CIRIE IS PLAYING

[Lamb18]

Ha! A mom and son twist.

[Katesus7]

Hate this twist so very much, and I love Cirie. STOP IT, Big Brother!

[enchantingmonkey]

I love Cirie but that but that is so lame for them to put her in there with her son.  

[leocadia]

I love Cirie, but am kinda hoping they're smart and she goes early.  Really not interested in watching the dynamics of a pre-ordained power player in the house.

[Lamb18]

This is just a preview for when he and Cirie pair up for The Amazing Race.

Edited August 3, 2023 by Lamb18

[Guest]

E02:  HOH #1, Nominations #1

[Lady Calypso]

And here we go! We get to hear the first DRs for the houseguests!

Jesus, Izzy, maybe don't ask Jared that when everyone is in the room! What if someone heard you? Keep some discretion, goddamn! 

[Lady Calypso]

Cirie's face when finding out that Izzy knows is instant regret, as in "well, I have no choice but to bring her in to this alliance."

[Guest]

Yep.  Exactly this.  Also?  Izzy is already on my nerves.

[Lady Calypso]

Felicia pre-show: I'm gonna lie about my age!

Felicia: Hi, I'm Felicia, I'm 63!!

[Guest]

Red OB\GYN.  lol

[Lady Calypso]

Oh, I hate that next HOH, someone's gonna be pulled from the house for an undisclosed amount of time. It better not be longer than a couple of hours. If it's over a day, even if they're safe from being nominated, it SUCKS. 

[Guest]

Blue's hair reminds me of a ring-tailed lemur.  I hope that's on purpose because it will make me like her more.

[Thalia]

If Izzy ever feels threatened the game, the first thing she'll do is threaten to out Cirie/Jared if they don't protect her.  If she's on the block with one of them, despite her promise, she'll pretty much have to let everyone know that Cirie and Jared are built in votes for each other.  

[Lady Calypso]

That boot in the Have Not room is gonna get old real fast. Guaranteed people are gonna drop it by week three and just walk out of the room.

Cirie's crying over the fact that Jared's in the house with her.

I wonder if she'd sacrifice herself for him if it came down to her vs him. I didn't think so before, but with how emotional she is over seeing Jared playing the game, now I wonder.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Lady Calypso said:

I wonder if she'd sacrifice herself for him if it came down to her vs him. I didn't think so before, but with how emotional she is over seeing Jared playing the game, now I wonder.

I think it may depend on how well she thinks he can manage the money if he won.

[dizzyd]

That boot makes no sense. And I’d rather sleep on the floor than on the cheese, I’d be worried I’d rollover and fall off and it’s a pretty tall wedge. 

[Lady Calypso]

4 minutes ago, Thalia said:

If Izzy ever feels threatened the game, the first thing she'll do is threaten to out Cirie/Jared if they don't protect her.  If she's on the block with one of them, despite her promise, she'll pretty much have to let everyone know that Cirie and Jared are built in votes for each other.  

I mean, it's one way to give Cirie and Jared a disadvantage despite their very big advantage of having a pre-existing relationship: because of Izzy knowing, they now have an extra layer of keeping Izzy happy for as long as possible to not piss her off and have her spill their secret, and that could be tricky, given how fast Izzy zoomed to Jared to call him out on the relationship.

Izzy inadvertently made their games harder and trickier to navigate.

LOL, yeah, Luke, let's scream your alliance name in the bathroom where people can hear you from the kitchen.

Smart plan.

[dizzyd]

I don’t see how Izzy is going to work for Cirie and Jared, they’re unfortunately stuck with her. The only way she can be eliminated without collateral damage to them is if the house was split like last year. Too many Cirie DRs already, yup this is going to be the Cirie show 🤬

Edited August 7, 2023 by dizzyd

[Guest]

Dang.  I was hoping that losing comps would result in auto nominations for the rest of the season.  Guess not.  

[Lady Calypso]

Ooof, poor Matt, he looks completely lost with this explanation.

They didn't bother having a visual explanation for him? They're really just having an auditory explanation for someone who is deaf?

[Fostersmom]

What happened to the real BB announcer? 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Lady Calypso said:

They didn't bother having a visual explanation for him? They're really just having an auditory explanation for someone who is deaf?

I hope they're explaining it behind the scenes.

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, CuriousParker said:

I hope they're explaining it behind the scenes.

I'd hope so, but with the announcer also announcing times and it looking like everyone is getting the explanation on the spot, I'm not so sure.

They should have just asked one of the nominees to announce the rules.

[jsm1125]

Can the people in the have not room just not close the door to avoid that contrived wheel and boot exercise?

[Lady Calypso]

Good on Reilly for that time. Only a couple got somewhat close to beating it, but not really.

[jsm1125]

I’m puzzled by why so many people wanted to avoid being HOH this week when they can get the least amount of blood on their hands than most HOHs (by being able to “save” 2 people) 

[Lamb18]

Cory looks like Anthony Scaramucci.

[Michichick]

Nice babushka, Jared

[Lady Calypso]

Feel like we barely heard from any houseguests not named Cirie, Jared, Reilly, Kirsten and Cory.

We needed to see way more of everyone else.

[Lamb18]

I bet Jared is the spitting image of Cirie's grandma in that scarf.

[Lady Calypso]

Also, those choices weren't a surprise because the only two people we saw in this episode pitching to stay were Jared and Cory. Felicia threw Kirsten under the bus but we never saw her fighting to stay.

[Lamb18]

Cory seems like a caricature of . . . something.

1st use of "Bye Felicia" is made by Felicia herself.

[Guest]

E03:  Power Of Veto #1