Allison got what she wanted in Big Brother 9 Episode 5: she got rid of her partner Ryan’s girlfriend, which she presumably hopes will help open the door for her (if you ask me, I’d say just leave the door shut). Along with Jen, her partner Parker, whose strategy was apparently to stick out like a sore thumb, became the second pair to be evicted from the Big Brother house. In the competition for the next HOH, James and Chelsia emerged victorious.
Amanda’s crying because Parker’s gone, saying she didn’t want him to leave. Ironic considering she’s one of the people who nominated him.
James & Chelsia believe they’re in charge of the house. HOH only lasts for one week, folks.
James promises Matt he won’t be on the block.
Joshuah tells Sharon the “secret” that Sheila and Allison are lesbians.
They head up to the HOH room. Chelsia quickly becomes obnoxiously loud. James gets pictures of his family, which he doesn’t have any of since he’s riding his bike around the world.
After the unveiling, they tell Natalie the same thing they told Matt: she’s safe. They want to get rid of Alex & Amanda.
Amanda pulls Joshuah aside to make up after the fight they had. She then makes an offer of an alliance, since nobody would suspect it.
Natalie’s already discussing having 5-7 kids with Matt. He’s going to be running for the hills very soon. Matt doesn’t want to get distracted by flirting and wants to keep his eye on the prize.
Allison now wants to stop pretending she’s a lesbian. Sheila doesn’t want to flip, though.
The house is divided into two teams for the food challenge. Joshuah & Sharon, Ryan & Allison, and Natalie & Matt are on yellow team. Sheila & Adam, Chelsia & James, Alex & Amanda are on green team. They walk outside and are greeted by the smell of dead fish. Deckhands will hold the nets, while divers will dive for fish and fill the opposing team’s net. Yellow team has all their guys holding nets, while green team opts to have one guy diving. Ryan thinks women covered in fish guts and blood is sexy. They gang up on him, and he’s the first one out. James is out next, followed by Amanda. Matt’s next out, making it Joshuah against Adam. As far ahead as they are in sinking Adam, it’s clear it’s just a matter of time before he’s out. Yellow team wins the food challenge. Green team must eat slop for the week.
James sorta has romantic feelings for Chelsia. He doesn’t know if she likes him but eventually convinces her to snuggle with him.
Sheila and Allison tell Chelsia, one half of the HOH couple, that the lesbian story was just made up. She told James, since she tells him everything, so they have to tell him, too. Then Allison decides to tell Josh. Nobody believes they can trust them any more, and everybody’s pissed off. My initial reaction was that the lie was stupid, and while it worked out in their favor briefly, it just doesn’t make any sense in the long term.
To carry out operation condor, which is completed when Amanda & Alex are eliminated from the game, James needs a pawn. He tells Matt that now he’s thinking of putting him up.
Nominations
Adam & Sheila-Safe
Joshuah & Sharon-Safe
Ryan & Allison-Safe
Alex & Amanda and Matt & Natalie have been nominated. James and Chelsia make no bones about the fact that they’re targeting Amanda, in what is ultimately a very dumb nomination speech. In the process of letting Amanda know they hate her, though, they’ve also made an enemy out of Matt, who wants revenge for the nomination, which is never a guaranteed thing, pawn or not.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 7, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.