Big Brother, Ep. 14.2

Second episode of season 14, here we go. Each episode has so much to discuss and dissect, so I think what I'm going to start doing is give a brief synopsis of what happens in the episode, and then cover all the details. 

Episode Synopsis

• Boogie wins the Coaches Challenge and gives Ian immunity
• Shane, Ashley, Ian and Danielle were chosen as Have-Nots for the week
• Willie nominates Frank and Kara for eviction

I'm excited to see how the alliances will start form. Will people stick with their teammates, or will there be alliances across teams? Should be interesting. In the words of Wil: “It's official. The games have begun.”

Alliance Formation

Dan was smart putting Kara and Danielle on the same team, because they seem like they will make a very tight alliance. Their personalities are very similar and they seem to have a lot in common.

The coaches almost immediately start to pair up. First it's the guys. Boogie asks Dan if he wants to “Will it up”, which means he wants to basically create Chilltown 2.0. (For anyone not familiar with the "Chilltown" alliance: in Season 2, Boogie and Dr. Will teamed up to create the alliance known as Chilltown. The duo resurrected Chilltown in Season 7, for the All Stars season. They were basically, the “cool kids”, hence the name.) Since the guys have teamed up, naturally, Britney and Janelle are quick to team up. Janelle knows Boogie very well, having played with him on the All Stars season, so she knows if he's talking to Dan, that pretty much means they are forming an alliance. Very quickly, it's become guys vs girls.

On both sides, the alliances seem to make a lot of sense. The hard part? Convincing their team members that it's going to be a good idea to stick together. While the coaches might be on board with making an alliance, that doesn't necessarily mean that each of their team members are going to want to go along with the alliances that the coaches are forming. 

HOH (Head of Household) Room

Willie gets to see his master suite, the HOH room, for the week. He jokes that “a real king gets a suite”...making fun of Russell having to sleep in the dirt, when he was the self-proclaimed king of the island.

In another new addition to the game this year, the coach of the HOH also gets their own room, sort of. The coach's suite is adjoined to the HOH room...with no door. Needless to say, Britney was a little creeped out to be sleeping so closely to Willie, with not much of a buffer zone.

As most people know, one of the special perks of the HOH room is a tv with access to hidden cameras around the house. Essentially, they can see what everyone's doing, who they're talking to, etc. The first performance they get to see is Ian. Now, Ian is a huge Big Brother fan, as he's made it quite known, so one would think that he would be aware that Willie could be watching him. He can't sleep, so he decides to scour the house, checking things out. He has a good memory, so obviously, checking the house out so thoroughly, will help him in future challenges when they are asked to remember details about the house. That is, if he lasts long enough to get to that point. Those in the HOH room are starting to seriously question who this kid is, and what he's up to. He starts acting crazy, like spanking himself on the butt and crawling under a table.

Willie was having a blast watching him, he said: “this is like the best movie ever.” Haha!  To those watching him right now, he looks like a lunatic who's one beaker short of a chemistry set, but I think (for the most part) he knows what he's doing. I think he knows that they are all watching him. But, if he's not careful, his plan is going to backfire on him, because there are some really smart people playing this game, and some of them are on to him.

So, now it's down to business. Britney has to talk to her players and get them on board with siding with Team Janelle. But in this case, it doesn't take too much persuading to get Ashley, Wil, Joe, Jojo, Shane and Willie to go along with Janelle and Britney's plan. 

OMG!!!!! Willie couldn't last more than 1 day before he had to let the cat out of the bag, and confirm that he is in fact Russell's brother. Wow...even Brandon lasted longer than that!

Willie thinking strategy, knows he needs to do some talking to, what has now become the “other side”. He goes to Frank because he thinks that they are very similar. Frank is on board, and promises loyalty to Willie. Things seem to be progressing nicely.

Back to Ian. Let's just say that everyone is starting to become slightly annoyed. OK, they're really getting annoyed. Janelle thinks that Ian is a creeper...he walks on his tippy-toes. That's just weird. Poor Danielle hasn't been able to take a shower, because he's always lurking in the bathroom. All of the girls are afraid that he's going to watch them sleep. Oh no! Now he's naked! Boogie needs to do some damage control. There's a time to be the funny guy making everyone laugh, and then there's the very fine line into just being an idiot and making it totally unbearable for people to live with you. He's teetering on that line. Pretty much everyone wants him put on the block. Uh-oh...

Boogie is impressed with Frank. He thinks that he's got a good thing going right now. He's very likable and he doesn't appear to be a threat...which makes him a threat. He tells Boogie that Willie initiated conversation and he feels VERY safe (and admits that he probably shouldn't feel as safe as he does...RED FLAG! Alarm bells should be going “ringy dingy dingy!” That is EXACTLY when you should feel worried).

Coaches Competition

This season there is a new competition, just for the coaches. The winner has the power to grant immunity to one of their team members. Watch out, Janelle, the competition queen is in the house! This new competition will also determine the haves and the “Have-Nots” for the week.

Big Brother Derby (aka “Sliding Horse Race”). This reminds me of the challenge on Survivor where they had to carry heavy bags while running through water. The difference: this is on a slip-n-slide and they are running with stuffed animal horses.

Mike vs Britney – Poor Britney just isn't very good at competitions.

Boogie wins the first heat.

Dan vs Janelle – Janelle wins, because Dan wants to throw it so there isn't a target on his team's back. Interesting strategy since he's already down one player.

Side observation: Wil screams like a girl (big surprise!).

Boogie vs. Janelle – This one is about revenge for Janelle (since Boogie voted her out in the All Stars season). Janelle is a work horse (pun intended)! But oh wait...Boogie is catching up, and Janelle is tagged!

Boogie wins the right to choose to save one of his players: Jenn, Frank or Ian. Based on his conversation with Frank, he doesn't think he has anything to worry about. Jenn hasn't really been a factor, so she's probably safe. That leaves Ian, the guy who's been everyone's target so far. I'm hoping that Boogie takes this opportunity to sit Ian down and explain what's going on and tell him to take it down a notch.

The coaches now each have to pick players to be “Have-Nots”. Britney picks Shane, Janelle picks Ashley, Boogie picks Ian, and Dan picks Danielle.

For anyone who doesn't know what a Have-Not is: Have-not = slop only (no other food), cold showers and they sleep (this year) in a twisty, psychedelic room with beds that are slanted with raised bumps on them. Ian is kind of happy...he's always wanted to try the slop. Strange kid, that one. Danielle, on the other hand, is nothing but whiny. That high-pitched, shrill voice is going to get old, really quickly.

Nomination Ceremony

So, who to nominate. Ian was the obvious choice, so now Willie and Team Britney/Team Janelle must look elsewhere. They come to the conclusion that they should put up the one person Dan doesn't want to lose and who Boogie doesn't want to lose, so that would be Kara and Frank.

On the other side, we have Dan and Boogie. They are really going to make a tough duo. They are both incredibly smart and they really know this game. I mean, they both won, so, yeah, they know what they're talking about. They waste no time analyzing their players and sharing tips on what to do with each of their players.

Boogie starts looking for players to suggest to Willie. He thinks that Joe could have a tendency to be a “hot head” and isn't as likeable like Frank. Doing what he does best, Joe wastes no time preparing huge delicious meals for the house. Boogie reminds the viewers that the house is only allotted a certain amount of food for the week, so if he continues to make such large meals, they could all end up with nothing to eat for a couple of days. He said that Joe must think they are the Waltons the way he's cooking up the big family dinners. Boogie shares his thoughts on the “potentially volatile” Joe with Willie, and he's hoping that his seeds grow an orange tree that Joe will go hang himself on. Gotta love Boogie! Ha!

Question: Is Joe hard of hearing? Why does he scream everything he says in the Diary Room?

Willie thinks the coaches will be surprised by his nominations. Oh snap! Willie nominated Frank and Kara! Frank was totally blind-sided. He really thought that Willie was going to have his back. So much for Willie showing Frank some protection. Gee, who does his game-play remind me of? It's on the tip of my tongue...I think it starts with an R and ends with an -ussell. Was it a little too soon to make a "Russell" move? It could be deadly. He already had the fact that people thought he would play like Russell, against him. He manages to get at least some people to think that he's not like Russell, but that deceptive move kind of proved that he and Russell aren't so different.

Boogie's face was priceless. As good of a player as he is, he still didn't see that coming.