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[liebery]

More proof that Maggie is not so smart She and April were obviously talking about the plan to backdoor James and how it must be this week, etc. Then, Maggie asked April why Janelle is acting like she is, and why she alsways tries to start fights and act sarcastic, etc...especially because she knows she's safe this week (paraphrased).
So, James is already suspicious (and has offered to play POV with April) and Maggie thinks it would be a good idea for Janelle to be quiet, and essentially not herself. That wouldn't seem at all suspicious.


eta:as per Jokers Wild, maggie said Janelle knows the trget isn't on her this week.

This post has been edited by liebery: Aug 26, 2005 @ 7:18 pm.

[netful]

Nope, they haven't thought about it at all, because IT'S. NOT. ABOUT. THE. MONEY!!! After they get all the non-Sith out, they're going to sit in a circle, sing Kumbaya (sp?), refuse to vote anyone else out, and ask that the money be split between them or be given to Crappy.

That's funny oscrapit, especially since it's almost the truth. I had a brief moment of wanting to call you Scrappy, but it just sounds to much like that other name that I don't even want to say. (type)

About the noms. I hope that Janelle or Howie pick James for the veto comp. I know they won't because they know they'd be history, but I can still dream.

[mootermutt987]

Actually, that's what happened the first season, which was also the suckiest one. The most controversial and interesting HGs were evicted immediately, making for two and a half months of mind-numbingly boring television.

It is also the way it is done everywhere except the U.S. I'm not really sure why what works for European television doesn't work here.

My main beef with BB1 was that the HG's learned to play to the audience so that they wouldn't get voted out. It kinda became a forum for a bunch of people to see who could say, "We LOVE you, America!!!" the most. To me, it became really vanilla and boring. Nobody wanted to get too controversial, for fear of offending America. In America anyway, this format sucks. And I don't have a solution for it. Now that we are over 1/2 way through the current season, though, putting one eviction to the American viewer would be a good twist. Tell us, and don't tell the HG's, and they won't alter their behavior for us. Let them have an HOH and go through all the comps, as usual, then drop the bombshell on them at the end of the week that so-and-so has been voted out by America. Or, what the hell, tell everybody. We've already seen enough of the HG's behavior so we won't be 'fooled' by their "We LOVE you, America!!!" altered behavior. Just one eviction, that's all I ask. Go back to the regular format after that one eviction. Not only would it be a REAL twist (as opposed to letting a HG call someone), it would make ME feel like I am invested in the game again. Frankly, with the way the game has gone the last few weeks, the show is losing its draw. Draw us back in, CBS.

[Textell]

I'm debating on watching the rest of this season. The only one's I can stomach winning, now that Rachel is gone, are Janie/Howie/James, and one of them is going to go home because April is never going to put up Ivette/Beau.

This season went down the crapper really fast. I can't believe it was only a week ago that I was jumping up and down, so excited that Janie won, and now I'm dreading watching the rest of the season.

Ivette won't have a chance of winning against any of the other Friendship alliance. By her nasty goodbye message, she probably lost three votes right there, and there's no way that April will vote for Ivette over Beau or Maggie, and if April is up against Ivette for the final 2, Jenn is going to vote for April.

[crystalsage]

I said way back in this thread: Maggie's gonna win this thing. And the worst is yet to come: when she does, she'll be thanking the Crapster for his "guidance and heroism." Guaranteed. The only way she won't get it is if the losers in the sequester house formulate a plan and vote as a block - against Maggie. I can't see her not making it to the final two. I'm hoping that Janelle or James can pull off a miracle and get to be the other finalist, but I doubt it. Janelle and Howie should be making a deal with James = NOW before it's too late.

[archgirl]

Oh. My. God. Read this on another site. Ivette told Maggie that she wants to have Eric's baby. The natural way. And she needs Maggie to talk to his wife. Creepy! I read it here!

This post has been edited by archgirl: Aug 26, 2005 @ 8:38 pm.

[LahLah]

archgirl is that post from the other site for real? If so, gag me with a spoon!
Yuckette is yucky!! I smell a restraining order.

This post has been edited by LahLah: Aug 26, 2005 @ 8:40 pm.

[netful]

archgirl, I really hope that's true, because maybe the others will be so squicked out by it that they'll backdoor her instead. hee

[FlippinChipmunk]

Oh.My.God. That is so gross. And not normal at all.

[Flying Peanuts]

I've not seen that particular bit about Ivette in any of the other BB recapping sites, so I very much doubt it's true...

And Janie - I like you, but you do not run cold water over pasta: if you're going to use water, then you should use the water in which the pasta was cooking, and only a very little bit of it. I'm just sayin' - Mario Batali is going to kill you!

ETA: that last bit was obviously from the feeds.

This post has been edited by Flying Peanuts: Aug 26, 2005 @ 9:09 pm.

[msrayrudd]

About the noms, If Maggie and April keep true to wanting to backdoor James, then as much as they dislike Janelle, if they get the veto I think they have to use it take her off the block. If Mags is serious about getting him out, I think having Janelle on the block might be a little too tempting for Ivette and by extension Beau. I could completely see Ivette voting to evict Janelle hoping to keep her buddy James in the game. I think Howie would be a little less tempting for them and I hope Mags realizes it.

Also, didn't Howie also already tell Janey that if he wins Veto he would sacrifice himself for her. I don't know if he'll stick to that, but he said that yesterday. I'm not sure Rachel would be too pleased with that since she sacrificed herself for Howie, but whatever, I'm sure she's enjoying her time in sequesterville.

This post has been edited by msrayrudd: Aug 26, 2005 @ 9:13 pm.

[jenifaohjenny]

It would give me no greater joy then if Chenbot said - "So Houseguests = do you want to know how the viewing public feels about you, well here is our Love Em or Leave Em results from the CBS website. Who do you think is most popular"

Ivette yelling from the couch - CAPPPY!!!

Chenbot - Well no Ivette, actually Kaysar is still in the lead with 91% followed by the rest of the Jedi crew.

Shot to Maggie with her nervous "I'm freaking out but I need to look like all is okay" smile.

Please please - to the GODS at CBS...will you give us NO satisfaction this season? Why keep toturing us?

I just voted 150 times on that website - I just wish James was on there.

[sofa addicted]

But what has she done? Yes, she got out Kaysar when she won HOH. That was a no-brainer, not really strategically great. Sure, she helped talk Howie into going after James, and that's the most I'll give her credit for, but that was more him being an idiot.

Since she had the skids completely greased for her by Kaysar's telling everyone to get James evicted, it wasn't a tough job to sell Howie on the idea that this was a good thing because everyone was united on it. Kaysar told Julie he really did say get rid of James and his troops didn't obey him, so there isn't any doubt that he did it. Howie may have been incredibly naive to go along with it, and not to insist that at least one Sith be on the block with James instead of Sarah, but his worst crime was blindly following a plan Kaysar prepared. For that matter, when Kaysar returned to the house and he would stop mooning over Janelle for a few minutes and deign to discuss the game, all he could still talk about was evicting James. For a brilliant strategist, Maggie was extremely slow in figuring out that James would want a Jedi at his side in final two, not a Sith. It dawned on her days after Rachel had laid it out to James.

I'm going to be conspiracist here and say if Maggie winds up winning, it's because CBS had a story arc about the brave firefighter and his plucky nurse partner being the heroes, and have stubbornly stuck to it despite the way viewers have reacted. It's as if they modified it somewhat; the brave firefighter may have died a hero's death but his widow/partner/avenger snatched up the flag and is carrying it to the finish line in his honor. This would help explain the unending Cappie references and shrines and the refusal to stop discussing him, the constant stilted, scripted-sounding references to Team Cappie's integrity, and the generally more favorable edit Maggie and her girls have received.

[Rocky Monoxide]

I never thought that Cowboy was dumb. It's just that he had that drawl and he moved and talked so slowly that he appeared that way a lot of the time

Also because when your mouth hangs open all the time you look like you're missing a chromosome.

I've decided to stop trying to predict who's going to win this game because I don't care any more. Instead, I'm using my crystal ball to make two predictions:

1. Eric's wife will have a restraining order against Ivette by Thanksgiving.

2. Proudly following in the footsteps of BB4's Alison and her boyfriend Donnie, Ivette and Beau will be cast in the next season of "The Amazing Race." Unfortunately, however, they are eliminated from the competition in the 2nd episode when, caught in a rainstorm, they tilt their heads upwards to see where the water is coming from and drown.

This post has been edited by Rocky Monoxide: Aug 26, 2005 @ 10:23 pm.

[Hoola]

If a Fraudship member goes up against James or one of the Stupid2, then most of the jury is going to be ex-fraudship. They positively must appear to stay loyal to one another or risk being labelled a rat, and losing all the votes of the people they betrayed. That's one very tight group. It isn't smart at all for any of the four friendship people to go over to the other side. They still stand a better chance of winning against each other than by becoming a traitor. At this point, at least. It really was a must-win HOH for Howie and Janelle.

Janelle or Howie HAS to pick James for veto or they're royally fucked. They seem to have a problem with independent thought, so I'm not counting on it.

This post has been edited by Hoola: Aug 26, 2005 @ 10:18 pm.