BIG BROTHER Recap & Spoilers: Butter Me Up

The weather being what is was this weekend, I can’t say I really watched any TV. But it’s Sunday night and BIG BROTHER is back so let the recap commence.

Daddy & Daughter

Tonight we saw the aftermath of all the houseguests meetings for the first time. Dick and Danielle are both quite emotional about their reunion. Dick claims he’s not going to use, lie or back stab his daughter. I guess only time will tell. I’ll give him this much, he certainly was persistent with trying to connect with Danielle, which was quite impressive since he spent much of his first week name dropping celebs he “supposedly” knows. Dick made a point to mention Danielle’s weight, or lack thereof. Something tells me this is going to come up a few more times before the summer is over.

Veronica & Betty

Carol and Brainless Jess are a bit bewildered why they were thrown in the house together as enemies. Carol, being somewhat mature, doesn’t seem to really have a problem with Brainless Jess since they haven’t spoken since Freshman year and she’s quite over whatever issues they have. Jess continues to act brainless to the point I want to stick her in closet so I don’t have to hear her talk.

The STD Twins

I’ve chosen a gay and his name is Dustin. I’m so over Joe. Ugh, he’s such a little bitch and he seems to be obsessed with telling his houseguests (and those of us watching at home) about his STD. We get it. You have gonorrhea!! Move on already. While Joe was busy talking smack about Dustin, Dustin was busy making friends and real connections (aka playing the game). The drama between these two is surely going to put one of them out on the street sooner than later – let’s hope it’s Joe.

The Crying Game
Speaking of drama. My Lord Jen has got some issues. In one of the most dramatic and hysterical scenes in Big Brother history, Jen had a major meltdown when the cast pictures were revealed. She thought the angle and lighting was bad and it resulted in her breaking down in tears both in front of her housemates and in the confessional. Talk about being completely self-centered and superficial. Just for that, I’m on the hunt to find your house picture so I can post it and further embarrass you (although you did a great job yourself).

Sadly, Jen wasn’t the only one boohooing tonight. Amber also let the tears fall when speaking of her family and how she wanted to win the game for them. A bit too much too soon but at least it was a somewhat legit reason to be emotional. But I have to ask – have either of these women ever seen Oprah? Don’t you know that you should avoid the “ugly cry” at all costs? Especially on TV? If you have to cry, then tilt your head back so your face doesn’t get all read and bloated and you don’t ruin your make-up. That’s a tip from Oprah to me to you.

Do you want to form an alliance? Absolutely, I do.

In the first real moment of game play, Kail and Mike for an “alliance”. Ugh, I can’t tell you how much I hate that word. Kail thinks she’s really cool and a great game player. She’s not. But she did form an alliance with Mike, Zach and Nick early on so she should be safe for a few weeks at least.

The Food Competition
The first food competition of Big Brother 8 had me dry heaving it was so nasty. Basically the house was divided into two teams (Red and Blue) and each team was doused in melted butter which had to be transported to a huge bucket of popcorn across the yard. The teammates had to rub the butter off each other in an attempt to get the most butter onto the popcorn. Yes, it was as nasty as it sounds.

Jen was overly concerned with Dick touching her and rubbing the butter off (and for once that’s not a euphemism). Get over yourself – Dick could care less about touching you and your fake boobs. Brainless Jess is still annoying and I have to believe that her dumbness is an act because I don’t know how she could get through life, none the less cross a street on her own if it’s not. Joe was worried about being distracted by having to touch Nick – ok, I’ll give him that one, as I would be distracted as well. Meanwhile, Danielle was freaking out about having to be that close to food since she obviously never eats.

In the end, Amber’s 80’s style hair proved to be crucial to the win (the butter coming out of her hair was like water from a faucet). The Red team wins food for the week while the Blue team is stuck with Big Brother Slop.

America’s Player
The audience gets to vote on the first America’s Player challenge of the series. Eric is going to have make-up a traumatic story about this life in order to (hopefully) get sympathy from one (or more) of his housemates. We get to vote on whom he should share his story with. Click here to vote. (I went with Dustin. I figure Eric could come up with something good and Dustin wouldn’t be able to keep the story to himself, and in turn Eric could get some real traction on his tall tale).

Nomination Ceremony
In the very first nomination ceremony of the season, HOH Kail put up Carol and Amber. Kail was quite diplomatic as no one could really take issue with her nominations since Carol and Amber came in last in the first HOH competition. The ladies now have to fight to win the coveted Golden Power of Veto to save themselves from the chopping block. It’s week one so they can’t count on any of their houseguests saving them.

GMMR’s Favorites
So every week I’m going to pick my favorite Big Brother houseguests based on their game play, their behavior in the house, or any other factor that got my attention (this week I’m going on facts listed in their bios) It’s early but here are my three faves thus far:

Carol – She’s staying under the radar which is always a good thing, and she’s showed her maturity by not getting caught up in the drama with Jess. She lists So You Think You Can Dance as her favorite show, so yeah, I’m down with her.

Dustin – I’m on Team Dustin because I’m soooo not feeling Joe. Dustin is way to good for Joe and I hope he manages to boot his ex from the house ASAP. Oh, and anyone that lists The Office as one of their favorite shows is fine by me.

Eric – America’s Player has won me over in week one. He kind of reminds me of Jason Biggs, and he seems pretty fun, so I’m liking him so far. But what really won me over? Eric lists John Krasinski (Jim Halpert, The Office) and Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen, Friday Night Lights) as two of his favorite actors. Right on my friend.
Sooo…who are you loving and hating so far? Please tell me that you all will be talking about Big Brother with me this season. If not, it’s going to be a lonely summer.

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