If you didn’t watch last night’s episode of Big Brother yet, do yourself a favor. Get off this blog (but come back!!!), march to your DVR (or CBS.com!), and watch the damn thing because it was Excellent with a capital “E.” Every season has a defining episode, and this was it. Everything about it was positively riveting — a word I know I’ve been throwing about a lot recently, but don’t let my lack of creativity detract from how awesome the show was. The only thing that sucked about it was that it had to end, and sadly, we all know that nothing will be able to top it the rest of the season.
Amazingly, Chima’s ejection from the game was probably the least amusing part of the whole show. Sure, it was great to watch, and I absolutely loved the producers making a case for themselves with a brief history of Chima Simone’s greatest hits / bitchy moments. However, the real fun of the show was watching her alliance totally fall into psychological disrepair. It was fantastic. Natalie spent much of the time whining about the situation, spewing hypocritical complaints and acting like the petulant teenager she claims to be. Method acting at its best. And let’s please note that Natalie was wearing Jessie’s dumb shirt in practically every scene — many of which were recorded over the span of MANY days. It’s called a washing machine. USE IT.
Lydia, meanwhile, just got wasted and engaged in horrendous self-pity, which would have been painful to watch on its own, but thankfully the wonderful alliance of Jeff, Jordan, Michele, and Russell were not gonna stand for it. They relentlessly mocked Lydia to no end, and as such, they served as a much-welcomed mouthpiece for the audience. I personally loved when Michele suddenly snapped “Wear your unitard, BITCH!” — perhaps the line of the night had it not been for Jeff’s brilliantly offbeat but totally awesome “Take it easy, Mrs. Roper. You look real classy.”
Even Jordan got in on the action. When Lydia illogically accused Jordan of being a “ho-puppet” (this despite Lydia’s well-documented bedroom trysts with Jessie), Jordan just exasperatedly sighed and asked “Lydia… Seriously?” It was such a simple expression of condescension and from the most unlikely of sources that it proved to be kind of amazing. I’m not gonna lie. I clapped. WE WERE ALL THINKING IT.
Truly, this episode was a gold mine of classic reality moments, and to see Lydia and Natalie receive such horrendous “edits” (as they say) was totally gratifying. I could go on, but truth is that pretty much everything else I have to say can be found in this great rundown of the night’s activities on Reality Blurred. Check that out, BUT FIRST a photocap after the jump.
“She just did what they wanted her to do! That’s bullshit! She should be doing what WE want her to do!”
“I can’t believe those motherfuckers want me to wear a motherfuckin’ microphone. What is this? Some motherfuckin’ voluntary reality show experience where motherfuckers document every second of our motherfuckin’ lives???”
“If I don’t get another motherfuckin’ pillow up in this motherfucker, I’m gonna get the motherfuckin’ FCC on CBS’s motherfuckin’ asses, motherfuckers.”
Natalie: “Here Chima. This is your microphone. Make sure it doesn’t fall out of your hands and accidentally fly across the entire yard into the pool, which could very well happen.”
Natalie: “Wow, the microphone just fell right out of her hands, which is weird because it actually had an upward trajectory and landed perfectly right in this pool. Color me amazed. Then again, everything is amazing to me, what with my wide-eyed teenage naîveté, WHICH I HAVE.”
“You know, we could just get in the pool and pluck it out ourselves. That would probably save a lot of time.”
“Yeah, but it’s like two feet deep.”
“Yeah. Never mind.”
Most controversial microphone EVER!
“Motherfuckers, you should see me in a bad mood.”
“I’ll motherfuckin’ sit down if I want to, motherfuckers!”
“Fine, sit down.”
“No. I’m not gonna do what you motherfuckers want, motherfucker!”
“Chima! Why did you have to do that??? I’m so upset I’m gonna go back into the house and say quiet things!!!!”
“I think the clock just struck nineteen!”
“Oooh. Big announcement about to happen. You can just call me Shotgun Anticipator Russell the Love Muscle!”
“UGH. I’m so over sitting on this couch.”
“All I know is that I’ve been wearing this shirt for five days straight, and I think that’s sexy.”
“You guyyyyssss… I’m sad. You guyyyyyyssss, listen to me. I might just have to put my hands on my cheeks again.”
“That’s better.”
“I want vindiction! VINDICTION!!!! Wait, what? ‘Vindiction’ isn’t a word? Oh. That might explain the low verbal score on my SATs, WHICH I JUST TOOK.”
“Check out my hair. It’s what all the teenagers are doing these days, and of course, I know this on account of being eighteen years old, WHICH I AM.”
“UGH. I’m so over mimosas.”
“There’s no clichéd tattoo that could express my rage right now.”
“Damn, I wish this was Jessie.”
“I really miss my dad. I haven’t gone this long without hearing from him since I went away to college… which obviously I never did on account of being eighteen and a recent high school graduate, WHICH I AM!”
“[sniff sniff] But I don’t wannnna shower! [sniff sniff]”
“How could you say such an awful thing, Russell?”
“Hey, there’s a reason they call me Shotgun Awful Thing Sayer Russell The Love Muscle.”
“You know, I may have gone down on Jessie, and I may have done whatever he wanted, but Jordan, you’re such an effin’ ho puppet.”
“Don’t you dare call me Mrs. Fuckin’ Roper! I have dignity and class! Just LOOK AT ME!!!”
“Ohmigosh. This is so sweet. Should I put my hands all the way up on my cheeks? Should I? Should I? You guyyyssss….”
“It’s a letter from my mom. She says we got a new clock! One that I can read!”
“Hahahaha. Just call me Shotgun Giggle-Face Russell the Love Muscle.”
“Never in my teenage youth have I been around such bastards. It’s like being in a frat house, an experience I will surely be exposed to soon as a matriculating freshman at the ripe age of eighteen, WHICH I AM!!!”
“Don’t you realize, Jeff, you ruined EVERYTHING with your wizard power!!! WHICH YOU USED TO SAVE ME, you ASSHOLE!!!!!!”
“I’M NOT SHHLLUURRRINNG MY WWUURDDSH! UGH. I’m SO over proper phonics.”
“I miss Ronnie and Chima and Jessie and everything else that is horrendous about America.”
“I am Captain Unitard, and my special power is the ability to be AWFUL.”
“UGH. I’m so over special superhero powers.”
“Big shock. I’m up on the block. This is like high school all over again… a very fresh memory for me on account of having just graduated from high school myself only two months ago — just like any normal eighteen year old, WHICH I AM.”
awesome…simply AWESOME
keep up the great work!
Natalie looked just like Shrek, dressed in green with those horns on her head.
At one point while she was packing up Sheeeema’s stuff, Lydia made some sense. I was shocked!
That was a premier episode. Great photocap!!
Natalie looked like Shrek dressed in green with those horns on her head. Funny.
At one point while Lydia was packing Sheema’s bag, she was making sense talking to Natalie and Kevin. I was shocked.
Great photocap of a premier episode.
BRAVO!!
OMG, THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!! More please!
Best. Episode. Ever.
Love that Chima getting the boot wasn’t even the best part of the episode. Had to rewind the Mrs Roper comment to hear it again. Classic.
Did anybody else think Natalie looked like Olivia from the Cosby Show with her hair like that?
http://www.tvland.com/photogallery/photos/cosbyshow_homeremedies_19.jpg
“[sniff sniff] But I don’t wannnna shower! [sniff sniff]”
I think I peed a little.
What was that you said a few days ago about Natalie not doing much wrong? This last episode only scratched the surface on how awful she is. Although she’s playing one of better games in the house, which isn’t saying a lot considering the cast.
Mrs. Roper was an instant classic. Why is it that the truly awful people always think they are “good” and paint the good people as “evil”…it’s really fucked up.
What they didn’t show is that the producers had to give Chima and Lydia some facial products to calm them down. And after Jordan won HOH, they gave Lydia her pink hair dye to calm her down.
That last pic of Lydia in the Capt. UniTARD outfit reminds me of a troll. WHICH SHE IS. No wait, that’s for Natalie. Oh well, still fits.
I love when hgs have meltdowns about some who they have just met is gone. Dude – you knew them for like a month and they (in all likelihood) lied to you during that time so why the self-flagellation.?
One of my favorite of these was BB6 when Ivette lost it over Eric’s eviction. She totally went on a jag wailing about how‘Eric was taken from me and it hurts like nobody can ever imagine’.
But I think the BNK (which is what the Lydia/Chima/Natalie alliance called themselves and it stands for Born Natural Killers) meltdown was even better.From the loss of Jessie due to Jeff to the loss of Chima due to Michelle – their level of delusion has set a new BB Bar. Then even have to tell each other “that lie will never sell” — how bad is that.? It’s like saying “But his penis just fell into my vajayjay.”
I love this Motherfucking show.!
hb
this post is as classic as the episode B. Hopefully you will make it to another live show before the season ends.
That was a great episode from beginning to end.
Great photocap.
No Jeff pics?
no jessie pics? i know he’s gone…but still!
Bloody awesome – I loved it!!!! Kudos!
Ben,
That was the best recap ever! I think I fell a little in love with you!
The best part of this episode was when Lydia and Jeff were bickering like a petulant daughter and her father, and Lydia yells at Jeff to just kick her out of the house, and Jeff says, “You’re staying”. I love it! Loved the whole episode. Loved the recap.
Ahhh…so much awesomeness, I can’t stand it! 🙂
Can’t wait for the HOH comp tonight! Go Team J/J!! 🙂
The editing in this episode didn’t even scratch the surface of how awful those three (Chima, Nat, Lyd) had been all week. They were messing with Jeff so much and calling him an a-whole, etc. They also took Russell’s rosary and said he didn’t need it because he’s a Muslim Terrorist. I really can NOT stand one of those girls and I wish they could all be sent packing with another magic wizard power. Sadly, it could be that neither Lyd or Nat go home now and it’s CRAZY to me. **ugh**
Thanks for another excellent recap.
The best part for me was hearing Allison’s voice say to Chima when she entered the DR, “No need to sit down, come this way!”
No if only, they get rid of Natalie tonight, please!