Let me type this one final time: although I think Jordan is adorable, I want Jordan's personality in Porche's body. Holy moly. I'll be in EACH of your bunks. One at a time.
Meanwhile, although I don't personally care for or about Tori Spelling, I was all grins watching Adam's response to the situation. You know Grodner arranged that specifically. The coincidence is too much to bear otherwise.
- Akiva
I don't know what this is about but the title alone made me lol
- Rodfather
I completely forgot this was on tonight. I'll have to watch it tomorrow. If Jesse was on there, maybe it's a good thing I missed it.
- Trish R
I actually like the new Rachel. I'm not sure what happened but her reeling it in after the bush tantrum has probably been her best game play move.
- Akiva
Oh, and it was funny seeing Porche wearing a pair of Jessie's sweatpants.
- Akiva
I'm even more convinced that the producers are in significant control of the shape of the game. They're setting it up so that Rachel has the greatest chance to win, with timing of competitions continuing to save Jordan (who will not win the final HoH, but has an outside shot to win again).
- Julian
Julian: Are you suggesting that a "Reality" show might not, in fact, be 100% real and above-board? I'm shocked! Shocked, you hear, shocked!!!! (Number of !s suitable for BB, which I've never intentionally watched.)
- Walt Crawford
It's certain they influence the game; I mean, they choose the cast based on prefigured roles. But the type of competitions almost always come in waves. For example, the early competitions are almost always physical. Then, midseason, they have usually one guess-the-number-of-items game and a contest based on food. And around the time people start going in the jury house, they have at...
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- Akiva
Production saved Rachel and Jordan with this last twist, I have no doubt.
- Trish R
Except they couldn't have guaranteed that Porche would have opened Pandora's Box. Or that Porche would have been the HoH. There's just too many factors that they can't control.
- Akiva
It's a reality TV show. I'm not going to waste my time stroking my chin about conspiracy theories. If it makes you feel better thinking you've figured something out, by all means. Don't let me stop you.
- Akiva
Trish... [whispers] I heard that there are black helicopters hovering over the BB house... [whispers even more deeply] I'm not taking this conversation seriously at all. Should I be?
- Akiva
Although I imagine Rachel would make a great Deep Throat. [rimshot]
- Akiva
I'm waiting for someone to call out Dick at Nite for being misogynistic. Four guys getting together to talk about a game with six people left -- five of whom are women.
- Julian
What is up with shirtless Howie being an idiot behind shirtless James on cam? [ETA: There was no other way to put that, and it needed to be said.]
- Julian
Thinly veiled reference to how the producers [allegedly] rig the game to keep certain people in.
- Julian
Now waiting for a random flash of the Kalia photo. Yes, that one. Can't unsee it.
- Julian
Given the current demographics of the house, and how the game is over seven weeks in, it would be difficult for most of the house to not notice. Over a long enough period of time, things start to... well... align.
- Julian
I wonder if CBS wanted this to happen -- if not encouraged it to happen.
- Julian
That spoiler was worth it. I hope it only gets better.
- Julian
I hate to admit it but I've actually been rather impressed with how Rachel's handled situations in which she would have last year melted down melodramatically. Of course, we only see what CBS wants us to see and the live feeds almost always reveal a remarkably different story. However, taking it solely as a network broadcast consumer, she's been keeping it together. For now.
- Akiva
She's not helpless at all. She uses drama and tears to get her way and it only worked with Brendan, who is gone.
- Trish R
That's what I mean. Only when you're the most helpless do you behave so desperately.
- Akiva
It's a shame that she is going to enter the house for a record (?) fourth time on Thursday. I just wonder what the producers are cooking up...
- Julian
from Android
Rachel is about as useless in the game without her man as any of the alleged floaters.
- Julian
from Android