TVSquad

You'll be happy to know I checked into the background of the third preexisting relationship currently in the Big Brother 9 house -- the guinea pigs. It is indeed a relationship started well before the ill-fated BB9 season. Hansel and Gretal (their names have been changed to protect them from nefarious ne'er-do-wells currently appearing on the show) were high school sweethearts in Piscataway, NJ. Both pursued acting careers after college, but Hansel became a bartender at CBGB's on the Lower East Side while Gretal taught aerobics to gerbils in Washington Heights. Now, here's the kicker -- they met James at a bar in Brooklyn and he got them cast for this season.

Or, I could be making it all up. Show spoilers after the jump!

The hamsters, not to be confused with the guinea pigs, spent a good part of last evening wondering who the third couple in the house is. They went the gamut, guessing those in the house and in sequester. They talked about it as Sharon played and cooed at her fur-iends. They thought along the lines of relatives not knowing they're related similar to Cowboy and Nakomis. They barely talked about Natalie leaving because the couple bit had them so mesmerized.

Ryan got his HOH room complete with pictures, a six pack of beer, and a letter from his dear Jen. She's cheering him on, of course. She's even writing a journal which she plans to get published. For some reason, I'm not seeing a New York Times bestseller in the making. But it was a sweet letter.

Immediately after BB woke them up this morning, they went on an indoor lockdown. A brief live feeds shot of the yard showed a huge multi-monitor game board with popcorn, church, a lighthouse, and a face. Then it flashed away as quickly as it showed. It's a comp! But it's not the POV comp. It was luxury. As a result, Sheila and Adam have the luxury of being chained together for 24 hours to start after the nominations ceremony. Somehow Sharon picked them to suffer that fate. Sharon and Ryan will meet Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher (unless they've been Punked). They won a movie premiere package with deluxe accomodations and a Beverly Hills shopping spree.

In house crumbs:

• Sharon figured out it was Adam casting the vote to save Natalie. She saw him wink at her as he returned from voting. I don't know what great proof that is, but she's right.
• This morning Sharon and Sheila mentioned that they think Natalie went into a state of shock when she was evicted last night.
• Then they went on trash-talking about the girl. They all tend to trash whoever leaves.
  
• Sheila thinks Matt will be happy Natalie didn't win because she ruined his game.
• Sheila's best line of the day: "On the block and chained to Adam, what could be worse?"
• Adam is upset because he didn't tell Natalie he voted to save her.
  
• Ryan told Sheila that he will have to put her on the block this week. He thinks she shouldn't worry because Adam and Sharon will target each other, not her.
• Ryan told Sharon he can probably talk Adam into keeping her if he wins POV, so he's planning to put Sharon and Sheila on the block. No surprises there.
• Ryan told Adam that if he wins POV he has to do what he (Ryan) wants.
• Sharon thinks that Adam and Sheila are a real couple. (A couple of whats? They're a couple of odd people, I'll give them that.)
• Sheila asked Adam to wear a nicotine patch instead of smoking while they're chained together.

Nominations should be later this evening. I'll update this post when I get the news, but it should be Sharon and Sheila on the block.

UPDATE: Ryan nominated Sharon and Sheila for eviction this week. What a surprise!