What a boring week in the Big Brother 19 house… we only had 2 house meetings, about 10 fights, an all night study session for VETO, bullies bullying bullies, and who knew there was a second clown in the house? As Ramses would say – this house is LIT!!
Honestly – we had more drama this week than we have had in any season in a long time! The best part of it all… this week probably wont even matter!! Come Thursday – we may be nowhere closer to having the 5th person evicted this season. The next HoH competition will decide how the rest of the season will play out.
BUT FIRST – lets hand out some treats to the HGs for their gameplay this week.
THE FANS – 5 strips of Bacon. We deserve it after these last few days. I am sure many of you out there were either glued to the feeds, or frantically looking for updates on Big Brother Network, Twitter, or wherever else you may go for your updates. (Not that you need to go anywhere sle besides BBN). We have sat through so many ho-hum seasons these past few years, so I will reward you all with 5 strips of hot, crispy, salty, delicious BACON
Paul Abrahamian – 4 strips of Bacon – OK, if you are following me on Twitter, you know I have been very Anti-Paul for the way he is acting. He is a walking contradiction, calls people out for lying, meanwhile he’s lied the most. The “psychological warfare” tactic is actually a great game move. We have seen it done by several people over the year in many different ways.
Paul did win HoH, he did nominate Jessica and Cody to snuff out the Temptation, he did win Veto – and most important he did get a few of his minions to literally fight for him. Yes, both of his HoH’s this season will have netted 0 evicted HGs – but at least he is playing.
Jason Dent – 3 strips of Bacon – back in the week 2 rankings, I quoted Jason “I suck at this game” and gave him tofu. While he still may not be GREAT at the game, he is probably/hopefully going to be the one to finally turn on Paul if Cody/Jessica do not get him first. Jason will need some help and that’s going to be the tough part as both of his biggest allies seem to be under Paul’s spell. While Alex may not be the one to take the first shot – Jason could call on Kevin for some help.
Kevin Schlehuber – 3 strips of Bacon – Kevin is also aware of how manipulative Paul is being, and has either finally started to figure out the game, or he knew it all along & fooled us. Sure, Kevin did spoil the blindside last week – but that was a GREAT game move for him. Kevin knows exactly how far under the radar to fly. But not too far where he is invisible, just enough to be in on everyone’s plans. IF Kevin turns on Paul and Paul tries to bring up the 25K – which he made such a big deal to pin on Ramses – Kevin is smart enough to blow that off as he has blown off all the hinkey votes this year. (I HOPE!!!!)
Maybe I can do the next person without talking about Paul’s game… probably not!
Matthew Clines – 2 strips of Bacon – YES, finally, Matt did something to separate himself from Raven – even if it was just for a few minutes. When the whole house temperature was rising on Monday – Matt was actually the voice of reason. No one listened to him, and eventually he just gave up trying to discourage it, but he did not join in the brouhaha. Still a blind member of the Paul Patrol (if you have kids, I know you are thinking of Paw Patrol) – Matt at least proved to us that he does have the ability to do something other than eat cereal.
Alex Ow – 1 strip of Bacon – even though Alex was a big part of the fighting on Monday – she still came away from it all in no better or worse position in the house. She is still one of the grittier players this season – and other than being completely engulfed up Paul’s ass, she will be the only person able to back up her game by winning a comp when she needs to. Her tighthold on Kevin, Jason, and Josh could be slipping – but they still adore her for now.
Mark Jansen – 1 strip of Bacon & 1 strip of Tofu – since Mark has been back and forth all season, I may as well give him Bacon & Tofu this week. He earns bacon for keeping himself safe this week by winning the first Temptation Challenge. Knowing he may not be in the good graces of “Paul’s Side” – he did not want to take a chance and played for his safety.
Mark gets tofu for pretty much everything else. The way he blubbers over Elena still even after her “I’m just not that into you” speech is pretty pathetic. He still says he is loyal to Cody & Jessica, and even made up with Josh (kinda / sorta) despite almost cracking him over the head with a frying pan. I picked him early on as a potential winner of this game, can I go back and change that???
Christmas Abbott – 1 strip of Tofu – no one really knows what’s going through Xmas’ head these days. She is so hopped up on pain meds and has been very moody of late. She got into a little tiff with Matt – and was actively feeding Paul & Josh ammo to go after Jessica & Cody. She still has the Veto temptation in her back pocket and has been able to compete in challenges recently – but no one knows what she will really do if she actually has some power in the house.
Elena Davies – 2 strips of Tofu – this girl has gone from bad to worse in my opinion. First she sat around all summer talking about everyone’s private parts (and trying to touch everyone’s private parts). Then she broke up with Mark – but still wants to work with him – and has been a flip flopper. One minute she is all in with Jess & Cody – then hangs all over Paul – then tells Jessica she loves her.
This season has shown a few different people having split / multiple personalities – Elena being one of them. Her game is going down the tubes quickly. She wants to win HoH to get off Slop – and tells people she would nom Jess & Cody if she does win – but we’ve seen her flip so many time, who knows what she would actually do.
Cody Nickson – 3 strips of Tofu – Cody has done a great job of keeping his cool despite all the shenanigans being thrown at him this week. But he still has put himself in this position with his cold exterior and inability to have a normal conversation. While the abuse he is getting (or got – depending if Josh, Paul, Raven keep it up) is 100% worse than what he dished out – he has done nothing to try and diffuse it. I know it’s tough for someone like him to succumb to others – but that is something that needs to be done if you plan on getting far in a social game like Big Brother.
Jessica Graf – 4 strips of Tofu – similar to her boyfriend Cody – Jessica is in this situation because of her own doings. How much better would this week have been for her had she listened to her gut last week and put up a better pawn next to Josh – or dare I say… put up Paul in Ramses place? She will use the Hex this week and kept herself & Cody safe another week – but she moved up the target list leapfrogging Cody. Poetic justice would have her win HoH this coming week – and if she does, hopefully does a better job this time around.
Raven Walton – 5 strips of Tofu – Raven is another one that I had high hopes for this season. I thought she was going to be whimsical, and funny – but she has been a bore most of the season. Talking only about her condition (which we are finding out out here may not be as sever as she claims), and snuggling with Matt up til this week.
Well, we saw a whole new side of Raven this week when a simple misunderstanding by Jessica thinking she was talking about her turned into the fuel that started the big house fire. While the tormenting of Jessica & Cody was going on Raven became the voice of unreason and started attacking them for doing everything that she was doing… lying, cheating, being shady, etc… at least when Paul was doing this – it was his gameplay. Raven is so far out of her mind that she actually thinks these people are the devil.
That brings us to this week’s Tofurkey – and not only does Josh Martinez get the Tofurkey – but I will throw a dozen Tofu Meatballs his way too. Part of me wants to think that this is all an act by Josh – that he thinks he is this season’s Zach Rance and going over the top for entertainment value only. But that’s only part of me… the rest of me is pretty damn sure this kid is cukoo for cocoa puffs!
Josh talks about how horrible it was when he felt alone in the game, how horrible it felt when he was shunned by people & / or attacked personally. But the way he treated Mark – then Jessica & Cody is far beyond game. He really has some screws loose. I lost all respect for him when he said to Jessica he would abuse Cody but he really likes her. She said – “don’t you see that attacking him, is attacking me?” (logical right?)
If Josh really liked Jessica as a person in/out of the game – he would have eased up. But he was having so much fun being the bad guy – he could not even comprehend how this was a contradiction. Jessica told him (and the rest of the house) how Paul was using them – so what does Josh do with that info – continues to get used by Paul. It was not all bad – Josh made up with Mark… for now.
My question of the week is – do you think the fights this week crossed the line of gameplay? I mentioned in Paul’s recap how we have seen “psychological warfare” in the game before – and it comes in many forms – but this time seemed to get way more personal and heated than anytime in the past.
Wow – we are 43 days in – and if the Hex is used – we would be at Day 51 with only 4 evictions & 1 player quitting. That means in the last 41 days we need to have 10 evictions. That means the drama is going to be pedal to the metal – and we need to brew a lot of coffee to keep up with these Houseguests. Let’s just hope no one swaps your coffee with Decaf!
Let me know what you think of my rankings this week – as well as answer my Question of the Week in the comments section below.
From outside the Big Brother House – I’m Adam Poch – have a great day!!
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