(S04E11) At the start of this episode, Janelle admits that her "big plan" is to keep Boogie in the house. Oh surprise, surprise. To all of you who think that Janelle might really be playing Will, I have only one thing to say. Ha! Perhaps the oily charms of the evil doctor are incredibly potent in person because it seems Janelle is one smitten kitten. So much so that she is throwing the whole house into turmoil.If I had a crystal ball and could look ahead to the end of this season, I would probably say that this episode was the pivot point of the season. The trouble begins during the veto competition. The veto team includes Will, Howie, Erika, Boogie, Janelle and Diane. Janelle tells Howie they must not let Diane get the veto. After a sleepless night the teams are given a challenge that involves spelling. They also get the chance to torture the other members of the team with trick glasses, headphones and worms. In a key move, Janelle chooses to hinder Diane instead of Boogie. Boogie wins veto which means that Janelle has to make a tough decision. Boogie also cuts his foot up pretty badly by stepping on glass googles.
Janelle starts hemming and hawing about the thought of nominating Will. This makes Marcellas crazy. When the SeaSick alliance chats Janelle is caught for going after Diane during the veto competition and so the SeaSick alliance smells a rat. Of course after that Will starts working Janelle using very circular logic to sway her. What do you tell a very pretty girl to charm her? That's she's very smart, of course. That no one appreciates just how smart she is and that she can make her own decisions (provided they are the decisions he wants her to make of course).
The luxury competition is a lame tie-in to the new Will Farrell movie. It's one thing for Will to call Howie "big boy" but when Howie starts referring to himself by this name it's just disturbing. I like it better when he calls himself Jedi Howie. On Survivor luxury competitions often create big time enmity but here where you are just playing for snacks it's not quite so life and death.
The big question of the night is whether or James is ready to implement his new "revolution" against Janelle. He is so angry he can barely contain himself once he realizes that Janelle is well and truly under the spell of Dr. Botox. Janelle chooses to put Diane on the block which should be the signal for James and the shadow alliance to start their power play. Can Chilltown, a shiny duo of Los Angeles players in no way in need of money defeat an entire house based sheerly on the power of their veneered smiles or will James actually manage to swallow his anger and bitterness enough to galvanize the house?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-02-2006 @ 7:45AM
RICH said...
JANELLE JANELLE, IN SEASON SIX YOU WERE ALMOST UNBEATABLE, NOW ON ALL-STARS YOUR ALLIANCE WINS EVERY HOH AND ARE ON YOUR WAY TO GLORY. THEN YOU FLUSH IT DOWN THE DRAIN WITH ONE STUPID BRAIN DEAD MOVE.
WHEN YOU SEE WILL AND BOOGIE LAUGHING AT YOUR STUPIDITY MAYBE YOU WILL WAKE UP AND REALIZE HOW YOU JUST MADE YOUR SELF THE #1 TARGET FOR ABOUT 8 HOUSE MEMBERS, YOU WERE MY FAVORITE GIRL NOW I THINK I'LL JUST STOP WATCHING
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8-02-2006 @ 8:24AM
MrsEldubya said...
The one thing about getting rid of floaters, it evens out the playing field. I tried to explain that to my husband last night that the less floaters, the more power. What S6 doesn't realize is Erica isn't really a floater and neither was Diane. That shadow alliance behind the scenes might be their downfall because they weren't paying enough attention to who was helping who in this game. Diane needs to go too because she is so pitiful and useless except to Boogie as a "showmance."
What I would like to see is a double elimination week or two because they put in 14 instead of 12 people. Also wouldn't it be cool if the six who didn't make it into the house had been living somewhere else and were going to get added once six are out? Or that all are really in sequester and will vote in the end, not just the last seven or eight people. Just adding slop to the show doesn't make this that much of a big difference than other seasons.
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8-02-2006 @ 8:38AM
miche1le said...
Jannelle is putting nails in her coffin. She said she nominated Diane because it was the best thing for her...DUH!!!! Now almost everyone has her in their sights (including members of her own alliance). I thought she was smarter, but I guess I was wrong.
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8-02-2006 @ 9:22AM
Kk said...
Janelle will be fine. She still has her Sea Sick alliance (James will realize they are only strong when they are 4 strong) and she also has an alliance in the great doctor. Diane was a great choice to go up. the pitiful, I have nothing, and I am nobody act, is just that...AN ACT to gain pity votes. She is as vicious as Allison was and needs to be gone. This is ALL STAR Big Brother, so therefore the only fair thing is to make sure the best players are left to play this game.
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8-02-2006 @ 10:00AM
iarz said...
Has anyone else wondered about the change in the POV player selection? Before they were using the wheel of fortune that had each players name on it, now they've switched to a bag with balls in it. Who really knows how many balls are in that bag and if every players name is on a ball? Are the producers manipulating the outcome of the players for POV?
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8-02-2006 @ 10:12AM
Captain Obvious said...
@iarz
I believe they switched to the balls because the wheel couldn't account for landing on the same person twice. By taking a person's ball out, then only the remaining players are in the pool of available veto-ites. Unless the Houseguest's Choice is used and then the person's ball is drawn. But they'll probably edit that out.
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8-02-2006 @ 10:18AM
Robert Gordon said...
Diane has to go. I'd imagine that her whining is hurting the ratings. I know I change channels whenever she starts...she just bugs me.
I knew when she came in to 'appeal' to Janelle on Sunday that Janelle planned to back door her. Janelle's face while Diane was talking did not look very friendly. Good riddance.
James will get over his 'parachute' being voted off. After all, Diane has been gunning for Janelle forever. Why not put her on the block?
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8-02-2006 @ 10:48AM
LC said...
Good point about the balls. It seems that there are an awful lot of Housguest choice balls in that bag. They should have stuck with the wheel. If you hit a name twice you could just spin again.
Janelle lied to everyone in her alliance right to their faces. Now Howie will follow her off a cliff if she asked him. What I am interested in is Kaysars take on it. They didn't show us any diary comments on how he felt about Janelle lying to him.
I think James made the right move for the situation he is in now. He tried the alliance loyalty thing by putting up Jase instead of putting one of the Chilltown members, so now he has to look out for himself. If he can mobilize George Danielle Marcellas and Kaysar to vote out Erica, he would have a more solid alliance of floaters. Right now the floaters have the numbers and whoever can get them to work together can eliminate chilltown and then Janelle.
I actually want Janelle out before chilltown because last year she was such a strong and confident player and this year she is coming off as the dumb blonde who gets all giggly over the evil doctor. SHe may have said she was playing him, but she is only fooling herself. They may protect her, but if Chilltown wins HoH this week someone in season six is being nominated.
One thing I have been enjoying though, is those fake phonecalls Will and Boogie give to each other in the diary room. They are as incredulous as the rest of us on how stupid some of the houseguests are in underestimating them.
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8-02-2006 @ 11:46AM
Carol said...
What makes Janelle nominations any worse than the people before her.
Let's see Kaysar put Nok and Diane, James put up Will and George. They all had changes to put up Will and Boogie but they did not! They all could have VOTED OUT Will but 9 to 0 They voted out Jase. There are more floaters than they are alliances. So getting rid of floaters is a good idea so they can even out the votes. They still need to get out one more floater or Will/Boogie. I am just hoping Kaysar or Howie win HOH or Janelle is cooked!
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8-02-2006 @ 12:41PM
Debra said...
I can hardly stand watching this year, I really liked Janelle but now I can hardly stand her. She doesn't seem like the same person. A little fame changed her. I hope someone can mix up the show. So far it's been so predictable. The network needs to do something before most quit watching!
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