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Seriously, what the HELL were the Big Brother 10 houseguests thinking? I’m totally confused, angry, and… well… CONFUSED. This episode completely had me scratching my head. Don’t get me wrong  it was a phenomenal episode. From the amazing Jerry fight (above) to Julie’s pointed questions, it was all fantastic. And let’s not forget the Chenbot-Dan smackdown. That’s right: she certainly is married (TO THE HEAD OF THE NETWORK), but “Mrs. Chen” is her mom, DAN.
With all these great elements in play, the only thing that could have topped it all would have been Jessie’s dumb, cocky expression as he got kicked out of the house. Surely it would happen. But NO. No no no no no! The dumb houseguests got rid of Angie, despite a surprisingly articulate and well-stated speech. That’s right. They kept Jessie (who, yes, mentioned respect and being disrespected YET again in his little soapbox moment). Why they kept him made literally no sense. He certainly wasn’t more fun to be around. He’s definitely a threat in competitions. And he does nothing but cause trouble.
Still, the house continued with its tunnel-vision against Angie. Granted, Jessie IS better television; so for us as an audience, this can only mean more reality gold (such as mangling two different attempts at the word “rational”), but this quest to railroad Angie out made literally no sense. Some say it’s because of her old devotion towards Brian  an reasoning that seems more like an excuse than a strategy. Then there’s Keesha’s illogical line that Angie somehow let Keesha take the heat for all this Steven business. It didn’t make sense on Sunday when we saw the nominations, and it still doesn’t make sense now. I like Angie’s take on it: competitiveness with the females  or as I like to call it, bitchy jealousy. The good news for Keesha is that her reign was totally consistent: nonsensical every step of the way.
Oh well. I guess we’ll still have Jessie to kick around. And, more interestingly, Dan too. Yes, he’s America’s Player, which seems about right. If this screws up his game and gets him kicked out, I won’t really mind. I just hope America has him target Jessie, and given the pseudo-alliance they made last week, I’m sure Jessie would more than flip out if he found out Dan’s pushing for his ouster (meanwhile, I’m sure he’d simultaneously forget that he was pushing for Dan to go on the block this week).
As for Jerry. Oh Jerry. What a fight. He’s a cranky old coot, and he does seem to talk at people, rather than to them (a very old man thing to do), but man, the way he stood up for himself in the fight was fantastic. He totally called that group out on their shit  as he should have. They completely didn’t even hear what he had said, played a game of Big Brother telephone, and next thing we knew, it was like he had told Angie that he had ordered a fatwa on Jessie’s head. Surely when they confronted him, they should have known he wasn’t lying to them  he had his MILITARY HAT ON. Nevertheless, I like how they (Michelle in particular) acted as if he started the fight when clearly they had egged him on. Plus, I also enjoyed how Jessie, Memphis, and Michelle shirked the notion that they had all the power last week. Surely they weren’t in control of the household! It’s not like Jessie had some special title called “HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD” or anything. OH WAIT. I actually like Michelle, and I wish she’d move away from the double douchebag alliance of Jessie and Memphis. Sigh.
Anyway, there were like three million other wonderful, notable parts of the episode, but I’m so overloaded that I can’t even remember them. What did you think about the show? What haven’t I touched on yet?
(Photocap to go up as soon as CBS.com posts photos, which may take a while, but in the meantime, be sure to check out this new Big Brother blog at TV Week called “Oh Brother!” My friend Joe Adalian co-authors it, and he’s very funny and observant.)