In episode 21, the contestants finally got what they’ve been hoping for since week one: Jen finally got (and stayed) on the block. I’m not so sure it’s the smartest move to get rid of her, but it does appear quite likely that they will. Can she somehow manage to scramble and save her life in the house?
Dick’s truce with Jen is over, as he doesn’t believe he needs her any more. He’s probably right, but instead of waiting to be sure, he jumps the gun as usual and immediately just assumes he’s going to get what he wants.
Jen seems pretty carefree about the nomination but decides she doesn’t want to go to sequester. She immediately packs and starts cooking, despite the fact that she’s supposed to be on slop for 30 days. Then proceeds to grab Dick’s cigarettes and destroy them. In retaliation, Dick steals her clothes.
And it’s time to eat: a turkey burger, cottage cheese, and an apple, none of which resemble slop. Stick it to the man. Of course, Big Brother is not happy with her decision. She receives a penalty vote in return, as if it matters. Nobody else has ever been bold enough to break the food restriction rule, as threats by BB are normally enough to prevent it. While she’s trying to eat, Dick blows smoke in her face, and things get even more heated. She tries to take away his cigarette, and he obviously has no problem using it as a weapon against her.
Amber and Danielle get to go on Power of Ten as their reward for coming in first and second in the veto competition. Amber’s cousin is there to meet her. It goes without saying that Danielle’s boyfriend isn’t anywhere within 1000 miles, but Nick shows up to greet her. Amber waves to the crowd as if she’s popular. The show will air on Tuesday on CBS.
Danielle looks forward to sitting with her dad in the final two because she feels nobody likes him. As we get closer to to finding out the winner, this actually becomes a more compelling reason for everybody to keep him around.
Votes:
Big Brother-Jen
Amber-Jen
Dick-Jen
Eric-Jen
Zach-Jen
Jessica-Jen
By a vote of 6-0, Jen has been evicted from the Big Brother house. This leaves us with three pairs of two and one wildcard (Zach). I’d be surprised if someone doesn’t regret not making a deal to grab Jen as another swing vote. Dick, of course, does not say goodbye to Jen, and is the first person I can recall to ever to leave the room when someone’s leaving. These two should have much fun together in sequester. Despite that, everybody has positive farewell comments. As positive as “you’re not as bad as I first thought” can be anyway.
Jameka is on week three of not being able to compete for HOH, which has been helpful for her thus far, making her seem non-threatening. Jen gets to dunk anyone who answers incorrectly in the competition.
Joe said a slop diet would best suit Zach. Everybody got it right.
Carol said Jessica (her arch enemy) would do worst in a spelling bee. Eric got it wrong.
Kail said she would give her bible to Dick. Everybody got it wrong.
Nick said he was least fond of Zach streaking. Amber and Zach got it incorrect.
Joe said his BB experience could best be described as Meet The Fockers. Dick got it incorrect. Jessica is the new HOH. The most logical target from here is Amber and Jameka. However, Eric has a lot of influence over her, so America may be able to change that. Granted, I suspect America will likely vote for one of those two, thereby just simply cementing the nomination.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 23, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.