We left off in Big Brother 8 episode 25 with the eviction of Amber, followed by an endurance HOH competition. History has shown CBS will probably drag this out at least twice as long as needed, but we will eventually find out who is the HOH and who they choose to nominate.
Everybody still has the outcast mentality about Zach, and they all feel pretty good that it’s 3 against 1. Eric’s a disaster at this competition as usual, and it wouldn’t be wise for him to win anyway since America would probably make him nominate Jess. Considering he’s so far behind, Eric proceeds to go for the phone call from home instead. At 1 hour 45 minutes, BB makes an offer of two larger cups at the price of one day on cold water for the whole house per cup. Everybody in the competition takes the offer.
It came down to Dick and Zach at the end, as Eric and Danielle were so far behind it was pointless. Dick was particularly scared of Zach since he stuck his foot in his mouth two hours before the competition by attacking Zach, who pled his case but didn’t back down or get scared. And Zach is the new HOH. This goes back to the theory of Zach being a vote. Jessica with her HOH (and moreso because of Eric’s lame attempt to pacify America and boot Amber) managed to piss him off, rather than pulling him closer. Moreover, as Zach warned last week, unless they’re nominated, Dick and Danielle will decide who goes home.
Eric decides to give the call to Jessica, which was a nice gesture, because he didn’t want it anyway, and an attempt to apologize for being stupid last week. He then comes up with the plan to go after Jameka and make a deal with Zach.
It’s time to see Zach’s HOH room. Nobody cares. Nobody even pretends to care. These people aren’t getting any brighter.
Zach asks the question “Can you really trust a guy named Dick?”
Eric comes clean and tells Jessica he cast the stray votes. As much as he wants to tell her he’s America’s Player, he’s not allowed to do so. She figures out the mustard incident.
Jessica gets a call from her younger brother, who just go back from Iraq. The typical short tearful chat we see on Big Brother, but it seems like it was positive for her both emotionally and potentially in terms of how she’s perceived.
America wants Eric to get Jameka to get nominated. Ever since he changed his strategy to pleasing America rather than thinking on his own, he’s been getting votes that go along with his strategy, so this should be pretty easy for him to pitch. Zach doesn’t understand how he can benefit by keeping Jameka around, making this a logical move for him as well. Dick and Danielle, meanwhile, hatch a plot that will get rid of either Eric or Jessica without getting any blood on their hands: having Zach nominate both of them.
The America’s Player tonight is who America wants Eric to mimic to demonstrate just how annoying they can be. He should be able to skate by this no matter what as just being a joke.
It’s time for the nominations.
Dick-Safe
Danielle-Safe
Eric-Safe (but not looking pleased)
Jessica and Jameka have been nominated for eviction. He put up the two people who are the most well liked by the jury, leaving the weasel, the whiner, and the asshat as safe (feel free to assign these descriptions as you see fit). Jessica knew she was going up and understood. Jameka got upset. Eric blames himself for Jessica’s nomination, as he should. There’s always the veto, but it would make a lot of sense to get rid of Jessica if the nominations were to stay as they are now. Zach’s been largely invisible until this point, but I liked how he handled himself tonight.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 27, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.
please someone, anyone nomiante Dick and Danielle so one of their asses can go home very very quickly.