The beauty of Big Brother is that it is next to impossible to run the table because of the constant shifting of power. Just because you have numbers, doesn’t mean you have ultimate control. On the flip side of that coin is the fact that the power is not totally in the hands of the HOH (necessarily). HOH has the power to put up whoever they want…but if you get far enough into the game the choices you have (of who to put on the block) become smaller and smaller and much like cannibals in a plane crash, eventually you have to eat your own.
Looking at the current power structure in the house there are 4.5 people who actually have a clue what is going on. As much as it pains me to say so, Enzo has done a masterful job putting together an alliance. Almost nobody has any clue that “The Brigade” exists, but someone is starting to piece it together. That person is…Ragan.
This week, moreso than any previous week is critical. Why? If the non-brigade doesn’t figure out that “The Brigade” is there it will be hard to prevent one of them from winning. I’d accept it as a fact that Kristen is going home tonight. She finally actually started showing some glimmer of personality, but that was when she was already halfway out the door.
Kristen leaving leaves the house with 9 left standing, half of which are “The Brigade” leaving Britney, Ragan, Kathy, Rachel, and Brendan. Britney is unwittingly the 5th member of “The Brigade”. I say unwittingly, because she has no idea that it exists and is more pared with individual members of “The Brigade”, especially Lane.
Sidenote: I asked the wifey if she would have issues with me doing certain things if I was on the show. Specifically some of the flirtation that is going on amongst the people who have significant others in the real world. Obviously what Kristen has been doing with a BF back home is wrong, but what about the flirtatious nature of the relationship between Britney and Lane. I don’t remember how she answered because I was distracted by Britney’s wonky eye. Back to the breakdown…
Kathy and Ragan are definitely floaters. They have some allegiance to a few people, but no well defined alliances. Ragan is oh so close to figuring out “The Brigade”, but hasn’t been quite able to get there yet. The only chance Rachel and B have right now is for the others to figure out (and figure out quickly) about the secret alliance, otherwise they are done. Barring a revelation of “The Brigade” if anyone other than Brendan win HOH, they are both on the block, assuring one of them goes home. I’m really looking forward to both the fireworks and the waterworks that will happen if this occurs.
Random thoughts:
Rachel is scary. She has a look that I’ve seen before. It is the “I’m a crazy, unhinged bitch and I’ll cut you” look.
Brendan is a pussy. My wife actually said those words. He is definitely the bottom in that relationship. The “fight” the two of them had was awful. Not awful in a good way, but awful in a boring way. It was like a poorly scripted fight. They repeated the same words over and over and over.
“You kept repeating yourself so I went out in the backyard. Then you came out and kept doing it…I’m sorry, but couldn’t you tell it was upsetting me?”
“I am Vegas.”
Blah, blah, blah.
There is no “hot chick” this season. Kathy has scary eyelashes. Rachel has really bad acne. Kristen has something wrong with her, I don’t know what, but she looks vaguely alien. Britney would be hot with an eye-patch.
Have you noticed that almost half the remaining people have not been targeted at all? Lane, Enzo, Ragan, Matt (he put himself on the block). Of those Enzo and Ragan have never been mentioned as being put up, with the exception of Enzo going up as a pawn.
The End-game
Double-elimination is coming up soon, and some of “The Brigade” have talked about not wanting to win the HOH tonight. That is stupid. You can’t play for “what might happen” you have to play for what you’re sure will happen. Honestly, the best case scenario for tonight is that Britney wins HOH. She puts up B/R and then one of them goes home for sure.
B/R, which one would be better to get rid of? This is a tough question. Rachel has won two HOH’s, but I’d argue that B is a bigger threat. Rachel also will completely self-destruct once B is out of the house, probably begging to get sent to the jury house. The downside of keeping her there is she is unbearable when she is happy. Imagine what she’ll be like when she’s upset.
With the eviction of Kristen tonight, the players that will be in the game (on the jury or actually in the game) until the end is set. This sets Matt up in a strong position, especially if Britney wins HOH tonight. Right now B/R feel that they can trust Matt, so that’s two votes for him. He only needs two more and to make it to the end an he’ll have a cool 500K to spend (which should have been mine.)
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