Big Brother 9 Episode 1 introduced us to a new cast with a new twist, teams of two. Sheila, the oldest member of the cast by 16 years, proved to be the least mature, while her partner Adam didn’t do himself any favors either (her shallowness/negativity is matched by his abrasiveness). Meanwhile, ex-couple Jacob and Sharon, who apparently dated since elementary school, were clearly not getting along well. Ultimately, Parker & Jen won power couple and $10,000, which will allow them to make quick work of one of the opposing teams.
Immediately after the power couple competition, Adam makes an off color and easily offensive comment, and Sheila jumps all over it, taking more offense to it than she would if somebody she actually liked said it. I would say she’s looking for reasons to hate him, but they’re so far beyond hate within the first two hours they’ve known each other that it’s just silly.
Jen’s already finding it difficult to pretend Ryan’s not her boyfriend. Great couple you picked to keep things a secret, CBS.
Alex and Amanda are both open to the idea that each of them could be the other’s soulmate.
Jacob tells the guys that Parker’s a snake. Then he takes it a step further and tells Jen this information. Dumb dumb dumb. She quickly runs inside and tells Parker, her partner. They walk back outside to confront him, but Jacob refuses to answer the question. So Parker wakes up everybody in the house in an effort to prove a point, and he calls a meeting to yell at people for calling him a snake. If people weren’t pissed off at him before, he’s giving them a really good reason to be now. Jen’s proud that Parker handled it by overreacting. Obviously, nobody fesses up, nor should they, as the target lies squarely on Jacob now.
Sharon tells Parker she promised she wouldn’t say who it was, but if he just stops and thinks, he’ll figure it out. She spins it so that Ryan’s got a finger pointing at him now, but that’s problematic since Ryan is Jen’s boyfriend. That leads her to tell him that Ryan is her boyfriend. Way to go. You managed to keep the secret for a matter of hours. So now Ryan has to tell his partner Allison as well. She’s not happy and doesn’t like or trust Jen, but all of the others admit they don’t trust anybody either.
Now Sheila hates Adam because he snores. She seems to be making an effort to get everybody else to hate him, too, which doesn’t make any sense since if they turn on him, they’ll turn on her, too.
Unlike HOH, with the power couple, there is no nomination. It’s just a straight up eviction decision. Parker & Jen decide to evict Jacob & Sharon. He really screwed over her game.
Sheila & Adam realize they got lucky. Now it’s just a question of whether they take that information and actually start behaving like partners.
HOH is up for grabs. The backyard has been turned into a tunnel of love. Eric & Jessica are here to host the competition. They’re still together, and were basically the only two somewhat likeable people we got stuck with in Big Brother 8. The teams have to match each other’s answers. This is an effort to prove how much they know about each other. Apparently. It’s obvious that the goal here is to make people find it amusing, as I have no idea what the heck is actually happening here. Natalie & Matt take the lead with 6 hearts. Allison & Ryan, Amanda & Alex, and James & Chelsia are in second with four. After James & Chelsia get the next question wrong, they’re unable to win, leaving it down to the other three teams. Amanda matches Alex to take the lead. Allison gets it wrong and is out, and Natalie follows. Amanda & Alex are HOH.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 3, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.