Big Brother – All eyes on Frank

Well, with Willie out of the Big Brother house, it’s been relatively drama free this week … which is a shame because with only a handful of House Guests left in the game three weeks in, it almost feels like we’re into late August. With Willie’s untimely departure, though, Frank has become the biggest target in the game because of his strength and his social game. But with Shane aligned with Danielle — yes, she’s still flirting with him and understands his game play with JoJo — and a side deal with Boogie and Frank, that really only left three people vulnerable on Janelle’s team … and she went and saved Wil (apparently Public Enemy Number One for some reason) after winning the Coaches Competition. But even with Janelle, Britney, Danielle and Joe all telling Shane he had to nominate Frank, he had no choice but to nominate Joe and Ashley, which is probably going to ignite a war now that Janelle is the coach on the outside looking in. (And wasn’t it weird to see only four keys in the nomination wheel three weeks into the game?)

But how long will the war last, if it even gets started? If Janelle had a player win HOH this week, you can bet Shane and Frank will be the targets. But, because the numbers are dwindling and there are already four extra “players” in the house, Big Brother is going to leave the decision up to America about what happens next. I don’t believe that the voting will matter either way. I think the plan was always to bring the coaches into the game at some point, just like Britney predicted back in the first week. They just didn’t start with enough “real” players to make it to September, so don’t be surprised if the coaches are “voted” back into the game (with the producers pointing the finger at us … and I voted “NO” ten times!). If that were to happen, I’d love to see the House Guests stage a protest and walk out. You can screw with the game only so much before it becomes just a game for the producers and not for the people playing. And if the coaches do come back, will they align with each other to go against the new people, or stick with their teams … or will the newbies gang up on them to take them all out?

And since not much happened on this episode, here are just a few of the highlights to tide you over (and one hidden spoiler if you care to read it):

• Shane invited everyone to see his HOH room, and there was the most awkward silence as everyone sat around staring at each other, not wanting to be the first one to leave the room (with a target on their back).
• Janelle tried to re-friend Britney, knowing her team was in danger.
• Joe started kissing Shane’s ass the very next morning after HOH with a deluxe breakfast in bed (he didn’t make anything for Britney too?).
• Danielle has gotten a whole new, positive perspective on gay people thanks to Jenn.
• Shane and Danielle pinky swear on a Final Two deal.
• In the Coaches Competition, the coaches had to do silly exercise reps to score points. The coach with the lowest point total was out in each round, but they got to choose a locker with a prize in it.
• Britney was the first coach out. Her reward was to pick two people as Have Nots. She chose Joe, and Ian volunteered … again. His reasoning is that as long as he takes punishments, no one will see him as a threat.
• Boogie was out second. He won $10,000 that he had to share with two others. He kept $6000, gave $1000 to Jenn and $3000 to Ian (who started crying because he really needs the money. It was a sweet moment). The amounts were pre-determined.
• Dan lost to Janelle and got to pick five House Guests to accompany him to a sushi and cocktail party. Dan picked all the coaches to keep them away from their players, Shane, because he’s HOH (and aligned with Danielle), and Danielle because she’s his only player.
• Janelle saved Wil from nominations.
• The Have Nots were given cereal and salmon to go with the slop (a reference to the argument Willie and Boogie had about salmon and Fruit Loops).
• Poor Ashley was verging on hysterics in the Diary Room after nominations, crying and laughing at the same time. She’s kooky and I hope she stays.
• Frank now trusts Shane 100%, so they could be a force to reckon with in the coming weeks if everyone holds to their alliances, and the coaches aren’t brought back into the game.
• The Power of Veto competition has already taken place, and the winner is:

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  Shane. Don’t expect nominations to change. Joe will probably leave this week.

Clacked by Chuck Duncan
on Jul 29, 2012 @ 22:05 EST5EDT