Big Brother 10, Week 5
By Eric Hughes
August 17, 2008
Week 5 at a glance
Head of Household: Michelle
HouseGuests nominated for eviction (pre-veto): Keesha and Libra
Power of Veto winner: Jerry
PoV used on: No one
HouseGuests nominated for eviction (post-veto): Keesha and Libra
HouseGuest evicted live on Wednesday: Libra
Who should have been evicted: Libra
New HoH: Renny
HouseGuests remaining: 8 (April, Dan, Jerry, Keesha, Memphis, Michelle, Ollie, Renny)
"But I'd like to get to know you (Yes I would)"
It's hard to believe, but when the next eviction episode comes 'round, we'll be halfway through Big Brother 10. Though the franchise's sixth season cast still stands as the contest's best, the current HouseGuests are nothing to sneeze at either. In fact, they're the most entertaining group of folks to walk through Big Brother's doors in years.
Well, now that we're approaching the halfway mark, I thought it appropriate to discuss the current state of the house, in terms of whom I'm fond of and whom I'd like to see get the boot as soon as humanly possible.
April: Ugh, where to begin. The girl is as fake as they come, pledging allegiances to whomever is in control of the house and then likely ditching them like old firewood when necessary. I don't know, she and Ollie can go have babies and live a happy life together if that's what she wants (because she definitely wears the pants in that relationship).
Luckily, she's probably the next HouseGuest to be evicted now that Renny is in power.
Dan: Dan is a bit hard to grasp, really. He's just about impossible not to like, and has played the game with a certain respectfulness and honesty that you just don't get out from the average HouseGuest (except when he played as America's Player, of course; yet, that shouldn't be considered since he had no control over what the Big Brother audience wanted).
For me, though, too much of Dan's game is making himself look like a weak HouseGuest so that the rest of the house has sympathy for him and fails to nominate him for eviction. In fact, that's all he really does. It's a solid way to play the game, and hell, it's worked for him brilliantly up to this point. But at the same time, his honest game play makes for a boring character on national television. Get in the mix, man! Start some trouble.
Jerry: When we first met Jerry, I was a bit skeptical about Big Brother's casting decision and surmised that I'd immediately want him gone. As the show's oldest contestant ever (75!), a War vet and a probable Republican, I knew I wouldn't be inviting the old man over for dinner anytime soon.
That's when Jerry surprised me. Most importantly, he proved he had a solid heart (in more ways than one, too. I'm still shocked that April practically gave the man a lap dance hours after meeting him and Jerry showed no signs of nearing a fatal heart attack).
However, now five weeks in, it seems the game has transformed his character from the-grandpa-you-don't-mind-chilling-with to the-crotchety-old-guy-who-should-be-permanently-banned-from-Thanksgiving-dinner. He's just plain evil!
A fine example would be at the most recent PoV ceremony, where Jerry could save either Keesha or Libra from the Chopping Block by nominating a new HouseGuest for eviction. Though he ultimately decided to keep the nominations as is, the man still voiced his frustrations to Catholic school teacher Dan, who one week earlier went against his word by voting to evict Jessie instead of Memphis. (Of course, those of us at home know he was merely playing the game as America's Player).
Jerry concluded his nonsense outrage by telling Dan, in front of the rest of the house, that he "would always be Judas in (his) house." Ouch. His comments, of course, would have been warranted if he then nominated Dan for eviction. Instead, he cowardly let out a lot of hot air and then sat back in his chair, effectively doing nothing.
You, sir, need to pack your bags.
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