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Posted Apr 17th 2008 7:40AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Reviewcaps, Episode Reviews
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S09E31) Adam is safe and Natalie is on the block. She's been playing everyone against each other and now she's paying for it. Of course, in typical Natalie style, she's acting like a psycho, calling people out, and quoting Bible verse. Bottom line: This week the boys are in power. If Ryan and Adam wanted to be really devious, they should just split the vote and make Sheila decide.
Find out if Natalie is safe and what the boys decided to do after the jump.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Eviction #10 & HOH Competition #11
Posted Apr 10th 2008 8:22AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E28) So Ryan has won the power of veto and rectified Adam's stupid nominations. That means, this girl to the right and Team Christ (ridiculous name) is still in power. Now, I don't like James. But I don't like Team Christ either. Does that make me a bad Christian? What would that zealot Natalie say? I'm just so sick of TC thinking that they are the "chosen" houseguests and when things go their way, it's the work of God.
Okay, on to the review. Find out tonight's drama, who got evicted, and what happened in the HOH competition after the jump...
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Eviction #8 and HOH #9
Posted Mar 26th 2008 7:25AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E21) You know
Big Brother 9 isn't the best of seasons when Evel Dick, winner of
BB8, comes across as a breath of fresh air! I do think that the season picked up a bit more steam when they dropped the couplings and the "'Til Death Do You Part" bit from the title. But the damage was already done. They started the season with some odd half-cocked porno theme, condoms in a bowl and all, then backed off when it started bombing. At least we're back to the game of
Big Brother.
Read on past the jump for my full review.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: PoV Competition #7
Posted Mar 24th 2008 12:14AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E18) In a rather surprising move, both to us and to himself, Adam won the Head of Household in last week's competition on
Big Brother 9. This season has definitely turned into a house divided and Adam leans to one side, yet gets along with just about everyone in the house. He's played it safe all along, but now he's in the position of power. It's unlikely that he'll don a robe and a "Princess for the Day" tiara, for sure.
Read on past the jump for the review of tonight's show!
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Nomination Ceremony #6
Posted Mar 20th 2008 9:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E17) I have to say something before I start talking about last night. The Bible buddies segments on this show have saved the winter
Big Brother in my opinion. Okay, maybe
Big Brother 9 is still the worst season fans have ever seen, but the Bible buddies segments that feature Mattie, A-Baller, and Ryan are still pretty darn funny.
My review of
Big Brother's fifth eviction ceremony and the sixth Head of Household competition is after the jump.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Eviction #5 and HOH #6
Posted Mar 19th 2008 12:32AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E16) It's day 36 in the
Big Brother 9 house and all is copasetic between Matt and Natalie. Matt's gone so far as to say that he'd sacrifice himself later in the game if it came down to him or Natalie getting evicted from the house.
Personally, I find Mattie's character completely suspect. His eyes are about half-inch too far apart and he's just got that future-criminal-in-the-making shine about him. Yup, I'm willing to bet that if it came down to him and Natalie in the final two he'd hang her out to dry faster than a freshly washed fitted sheet before clothes dryers became a staple in American households.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: PoV Competition #5
Posted Mar 16th 2008 11:30PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E15) "The last one remaining above their disco ball will be the new Head of House." - Julie Chen
That's right. Before we can even think about getting to the nominations,
Big Brother 9 has to finish up the head of household endurance competition which started at the end of the live show on Wednesday night. We last left the houseguests suspended on tiny platforms over disco balls hanging by chains. Now, they should have been playing "Stayin' Alive" but they must not have paid for the song. So there was silence ... and Natalie's never-ending voice.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Nomination Ceremony #5
Posted Mar 13th 2008 8:35AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Reviewcaps, Episode Reviews
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S09E14) I just need to take a moment to say, "I called it!" I knew from the very beginning when Sheila, during the first HOH competition, sat on Adam's lap and rubbed her boobs in his face. I knew that she didn't hate him. And I knew that while he thought she was annoying, he kind of liked her too. Some of you even pointed this out in your comments. And now, my
BB friends, we have the confirmation. Adam gave Sheila $10,000 during the PoV competition on Tuesday night.
The funny thing is...well, there's two funny things. First, Adam has no job (except he doesn't know that yet). So, 10K probably would have come in handy. Second, Ryan took away Sheila's money when he won the Power of Veto. Okay, now I'm done and I can do the recap.
Continue reading Big Brother: Eviction #4 and HOH #5
Posted Mar 12th 2008 12:03AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E13) Take a look at this face ladies and gentlemen, because it was the catalyst for all the madness that went down in the house tonight.
The funny thing is, she didn't plan
any of it. She has no real strategy in this game. She doesn't think more than ten minutes into the future as far posturing goes. And she thinks there are 27 letters in the alphabet. Enough said. Natalie is playing this game with love goggles on and, for better or worse, her undying obsession with Mattie has caused the biggest commotion in the
Big Brother 9 house all season and I'm elated.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: PoV Competition #4
Posted Mar 9th 2008 11:00PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E12) "We can only come out of this stronger." - James
I think he meant "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." While
Big Brother 9 probably won't be responsible for the physical deaths of any of the houseguests, it just might ruin whatever social lives they may have once had. I'm continually amazed by this group, usually not so much in a good way. I think I'm more amazed along the lines of
Dumb and Dumber.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Nomination Ceremony #4
Posted Mar 6th 2008 9:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
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S09E11) Expect the unexpected. Those of you who are dedicated
BB fans know this phrase all too well. It could mean that your ex-boyfriend is getting thrown in the house with you. It could mean that your estranged father is one of your fellow houseguests. It could mean that your nemesis who you campaigned against is getting another chance at the
Big Brother crown. Last night we evicted another houseguest, found out what the siren meant, and got a new HOH all in one hour. It's not going to be a really short season of
BB after all!
A review of last night's
Big Brother 9 follows after the jump...
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Eviction #3 and HOH #4
Posted Mar 5th 2008 12:30AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E10) "I'm between a Josh and a hard place." - Allison
When I was young, there was a show called
Peyton Place -- a soap opera which, at the time, seemed to be the epitome of all soap operas past, present, and future. It worked its way into the daily vocabulary for any sort of high drama situation.
Why am I talking about
Peyton Place in an episode review of
Big Brother 9? I mention it because it has dawned on me that
Big Brother 9 is
Peyton Place zapped to the present day while on meth filled with exaggerated whacko characters and all the drama you can stand (or not). Those
Peyton Place people had it easy!
Continue reading Big Brother 9: PoV Competition #3
Posted Mar 2nd 2008 11:40PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E09) Will the soulmates inside the
Big Brother 9 house find true love? In watching this group, the only couple with any real possibility of even speaking to each other after the season ends would be James and Chelsia. Leading into tonight's show the commercials first focused on romantic possibilities between Ryan and Allison. Over the past few days, the commercials switched to a Joshuah and Allison blow-up.
Tonight was the nominations episode. Who's on the block and what else happened? Read on past the jump!
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Nomination Ceremony #3
Posted Feb 26th 2008 11:21PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E07) Alex is pissed and rightfully so. He hasn't done a single thing that would cause the other house guests to put him up for eviction, but due to the fact that he's tied to Amanda, he finds himself up for eviction.
How fair is that? Not remotely fair if you ask me, and this is coming from a guy who thinks Alex is a bigger toolbag than you could find at your local Sears and Roebuck.
For the first time I'm starting to thing this whole "soulmates" thing is incredibly unfair. I kind of felt this way in the beginning when Sharon got the boot thanks to her idiot ex-beau Jacob, but I feel much stronger about it this week.
Continue reading Big Brother: PoV Competition #2
Posted Feb 20th 2008 1:23AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
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S09E04) It's another night in the
Big Brother 9 house and the house is full of people in various states of unhappiness and discontent. Most prominently, Parker was extremely upset with Jen's antics so he decided to list out the "three steps of destruction by Jen."
A. She held the secret that her and Ryan were dating (then subsequently revealed it to the house).
B. She's cocky to a fault.
C. She's an idiot and he's the one who has to suffer because of her ignorance.
I can't really say that I disagree with any of his points. In fact, I'd probably add a few more items to the list.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: PoV Competition #1
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