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(S08E22) Tonight's episode of Big Brother was very Jen-centric which is a good thing in my book.
After several weeks of insanity in the beginning, Jen appeared to consciously take a back seat in the day to day happenings of the house.
Sure, there was an occasional episode where she rubbed Dick the wrong way or made a poorly received comment to Daniele, but for the most part she didn't stir up as much trouble as early sequences in the house seemed to allude to.
That all changed tonight. Jen went right back into crazy mode and while I might be in the minority, I found most of her actions completely justifiable.
To start us out, Jen confronted Daniele in regards to why she was put up for eviction when the two of them appeared to have an alliance.
Daniele explained that they were the two strongest competitors in the house, and that she would be foolish not target Jen. I can agree with that logic.
However, I disagreed with her other reason. Daniele and the other house guests didn't appreciate the fact that Jen took such a "what will be will be" approach to the game. In addition, they hated the fact that Jen didn't really seem to care all that much about the prize money.
I think Jen cared about the game pretty deeply and it was best illustrated by the sacrifices she made to stay in it. Not only did she elect to eat a hideous substance for the duration of the season (more on that in a bit), she also gave up $250,000 to stay there. I can't think of anyone in Big Brother history who has given up more to stay in the game.
Sure, the fact that she gave up half of the money kind of played into Daniele's second point, but I find it a little ridiculous to fault her for lack of enthusiasm for the game when she forfeited a huge chunk of money to ensure she stayed in it.
Jen kind of moped around the backyard for a bit and made a few defeated comments before she hightailed it into the house once Dick lit up a cigarette. She appeared to start packing up her belongings in preparation of her imminent eviction, and Dick even made a comment about the empty drawers and the shoes missing from her room. 
It all turned out to be a clever ruse as Jen was about to go all Surgeon's General Warning on DIck's prized possession.
She said, "I hid all my stuff because I was planning on breaking every single one of Dick's cigarettes and pouring bleach on them and I knew that would upset him so I had to hide my clothing so he wouldn't do anything to my clothes."
Right on cue Jessica said to Dick, "Maybe she's going to do something crazy and that's why she took all her stuff out. I'd hide your cigarettes if I were you."
Dick immediately bounced up and said he was going to stick them in the HoH room.
Too late. Jen had already made off with his cigs and was destroying them in the pantry. She broke and bleached four cartons of Marlboro Reds and looked 100% satisfied the entire time. I couldn't help but smile the entire time.
The next 10 minutes involved Dick frantically searching the house for his stash - all the while calling Jen every vile variation of the word "bitch" that he could think of.
He ultimately gave up the search, but did come across Jen's clothing which he promptly locked up in the HoH room. He then blew some smoke directly into Jen's face and appeared to purposely burn Jen with his cigarette while she attempted to bat it from his hands.
This was probably one of the most difficult sequence of events to sit through this entire season. I felt bad for Jen and my opinion of Dick plummeted to a subatomic level I never thought it could reduce to.
I'm not old fashioned by any stretch of the imagination, but to see a man treat a woman so poorly was absolutely nauseating. Hell, to see a person treat another person this bad was nauseating. It was one of the most uncomfortable things I've seen on TV, and while Jen was wrong destroy Dick's personal property, after seeing his reaction (on top of the way he's treated her all season), I was elated that she had the stones to do it.
By this point, Jen had pretty much lost her mind and decided to eat some real food in defiance of her previous commitment to be on slop for the rest of the game. A voice that sounded suspiciously similar to the Xerxes the Great from the movie 300 called Jen to the diary room and informed her that she'd be receiving a penalty vote in the eviction ceremony for breaking the rule. This coupled with her mental breakdown all but ensured she'd be evicted tonight.
And I just spent way too much time on that portion of the recap...
Power of 10 Trip
We didn't get to see much of the the Power of 10 visit, but we did get to see the lead up to it.
Amber and Daniele were blindfolded and treated to a limousine/private jet ride across the country to the set of Drew Carey's new game show.
We learned that Amber's cousin was going to assist her while she played the game, and that Nick (listed as Daniele's BB8 boyfriend) would be Daniele's aid.
I thought it was pretty scandalous on the part of the show to send Nick instead of Daniele's real boyfriend. It's like they're doing everything in their power to make that relationship fail. CBS will do anything for ratings, won't they?
The only other thing of note was when Amber said she had an upbeat personality and that the crowd would love her for it. Upbeat personality? I had to wonder if she was referring to when she's crying or when crying. It has to be one of the two because it's practically all she does. Amber sure has a skewed sense of self. At least that's how it seems viewing her from this side of the television screen.
Eviction Ceremony
Jen basically gave a farewell speech during her last opportunity to save herself. I figured she'd have a slight change of heart and try to fight a little harder to stick around. No such luck. She checked out of the game long before she wolfed down a turkey burger. I dozed off during Jameka's speech but I imagine it was something completely unintelligible.
Amber voted to evict Jen.
Dick was thrilled to cast a vote to evict Jen.
Eric voted to evict Jen on behalf of America. I was positive America would pick Jen. Shows what I know.
Zach voted to evict Jen.
Jessica voted to evict Jen.
With a vote of 5-0 (6-0 if you count the penalty vote), Jen was evicted from the house.
Jen's exit from the house was spectacular. She sarcastically said "Thanks for having my back Daniele," and Eric said something to the effect of, "We're just as happy to see you leave as you are to leave."
I wasn't happy to see Jen go, but I'm glad she went out muzzles blazing.
Head of Household Competition - Tanks for the Memories
Tonight's HoH competition was called Tanks for the Memories. The house guests had to guess which evicted house guest was responsible for saying a phrase that Julie Chen read.
Even though she was evicted, Jen was able to participate in the HoH competition by pressing the button that released the eliminated contestants into a tank of water.
It played out as follows:
- Who did Joe say is most in need of a slop diet. Answer was Zach.
- Who did Carol say would do worse in a spelling bee. Answer was Jessica. Eric was eliminated.
- Given the choice between Jameka and Dick, who did Kail say she'd give her Bible to. Answer was Dick. No one was eliminated.
- Who did Nick say he'd least like to see streaking. Answer was Zach. Amber and Zach were eliminated.
- When asked to describe what movie their Big Brother experience was most like, Kail said Animal House and Nick said Love Actually. Who said Meet the Fockers? Dick guessed Mike and Jessica guessed Joe. As a result, Jessica won HoH for the second time.
| Yep - Jen clearly didn't care if she won or lost. She just loved the fact that she was on TV. | |
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| Nope - Jen might have played the game differently, but she wanted to be there and win as badly as the rest of them. |
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