The meek shall inherit the house
I’m happy that Dick did the right thing and nominated Mike to replace Jen after she used the veto to save herself. Mike is a key element of that trio (Mike/Jen/Kail) and removing him should be enough to eliminate them. Jen will float to another alliance and Kail will be gone within the next few weeks because no one wants to associate with her at all.
It seems like a lot of stuff went down while I was away from BB for my birthday. My favorite trio (Dick/Dani/Nick) seemed to fall apart a bit. Apparently everyone was fighting. Dick and Nick had a big blowout, Dani and Dick had a big conversation and she had a breakdown, and even Dani and Nick seemed to be pissed at each other. What has been going on around that house?
This reminds me so much of BB6 and BB7. In both those seasons, there was a solid dream team in the house that crumbled way too soon. Kaysar’s team (Kaysar/Janelle/Howie/James) was a perfect unit, a BB machine. It was like they were designed to play this game. Still, every year they all started to grow suspicious of each other and question each other constantly and it lead to a total break down of their alliance before we even hit sequester. If the strong team destroys itself, the whole game is left to the scavengers who thrive in that environment. Seeing Mike go up was such a relief for me. It meant that the good team would stick around, at least for another week.
I just didn’t want Kail and Jen to get in their heads and convince them to put up Zach instead of Mike. Eliminating Zach does nothing to push them forward in the game. Zach believes he’s with them, part of the cool team, and that’s exactly where they need to keep him to ensure that he’s not a threat to them. If Zach feels that he’s part of the team, then their enemies will become his enemies. If he wins HOH, he’ll go after Kail and what’s left of her alliance…. that is…. as long as he thinks that’s the best move for him and his group.
The only other concern I have is the Float Herd. In BB6, the strong team imploded on itself and the house was left to the Nerd Herd. Two of the worst people in BB history made it to the finals, while the good players sat in sequester. As much as I like Eric, Jameka, and Jessica, I think they’re flying under the radar and if they combine with Amber and Dustin, they could form the largest alliance in the house.
Right now, the strong players have to walk the line between getting out other threats and keeping the floaters in check. Otherwise, the BB meek will inherit the house.
We’ll see how it plays out.
Dean said,
July 25th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Happy Belated Birthday.
I saw the show last night and it reminds me how this game changes from week to week. I don’t have a problem with Mike. I now have a problem with Dick. Again, I don’t know if it was edited but he was really on a power trip this week with the whole HoH. During the Veto competition, if he really wanted to show his power he could have won the veto and taken down Jen and put up Mike. Instead he gave into his ego and in a way gave into Mike.
Dick said earlier that he wanted to show he can get into Kail’s head and he just showed how people can get into his head. Bait him long enough and he will bite. And since I am on the subject of him attacking Kail before the veto game, I didn’t like it at all. I do not like Kail, I think she is a phoney in the way Holden Caulfield described one. Dick is the HoH and by taunting Kail, I think he is just going overboard in showing off the kind of power he has.
Its probably the best move by nominating Mike but I think the way Dick has conducted himself this week will hurt him in the long run. Everyone wants to play with an honest person but not with a bully like the way Dick has been playing as HoH.