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SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, DAY 12

At the end of the last episode, Day 9, the houseguests were sucked into the “Nether Region.”

[Every time I hear that term/name, I get the feeling something very perverse and wrong is happening to these players, something worse than catering to an obnoxious little person who pretends to be a player’s mother? Was that the gimmick? He dressed up as a mom and kept badgering a “cursed” houseguest? I think there was another season where he reappeared as a nagging athletic instructor who made the “cursed” one do so may reps of various exercises whenever he felt like being a pest, even if that meant waking the person up in the middle of the night, depriving them and their roommates of sleep.]

They arrive in a spooky neighborhood, where a “Nether-Gorgon” threatens them with game to decide who becomes the next HOH and who remains in the “Nether”…for whatever dumb reason.

[I’m not going to repeat what the monster says. Too many creeps say that. But, I don’t think a gorgon does that. You sure this isn’t some other form of “nether-monster?” Gorgons are generally more like semi-invincible ogres, with the exception of a “medusa” which could turn someone to stone with a look and maybe collect petrified corpses in a sort of gallery. The creep looks more like a gargoyle on stilts. I suppose a gargoyle might scare and carry victims off somewhere. But, do gargoyles do anything else? Don’t they just serve as flying monkeys? And, you’re already in the creepy zone; where are you going to take your prey? I don’t want to know, actually…except for legal and personal reasons. Can I bring Bowie Jane with me, for legal representation?]

[The game is decent but should have been saved for OCTOBERRR!!!…during which the houseguests will still be in the game and Halloween would be sensible. Anyone young enough to care about things like trick-or-treating and seasonal themes would probably appreciate this competition then. This BB retreat ends in November, not far from Thanksgiving. But, whatever.]

The creep on stilts gives the players clues which should help them find safe locations to hide, marked by round mats (like rubber pepperoni). Sort of like a scary game of musical chairs, whoever gets stuck in the unsafe seats gets sent back through the portal to the house, without the HOH title. [Just because you figure out where safety is doesn’t mean there will be a spot left for you to stand/hide.] The number of safe spots diminishes with each round of play. The final two players must piece together clues carved into the various locations to determine which of the two porch doors is a portal to the HOH room. The loser stays with the creep, where they are able to contact the other houseguests via an oversized (dumb-phone).

[Apparently the two oversized screens will be a means of communicating with players separated from the group and will probably see glimpses of the other three universes yet to be fully utilized. Buuut, how did the final two players get keys to the doors? When did they get the keys? Once they were the final two? The creep gave them the keys? The keys just sort of appear when they reach the doors.]

[Honestly, if you know the game will go into Halloween season, why not save the scary stuff for that? You’d at least make brother Jag happy, as he claims to favor scary stuff…and he can have it, the idiot. Oh, I’m so smart but will play dumb…yea, play dumb and tip everyone off to your “final two” alliance with Reilly, ya moron! Either he’s really dumb or he’s toying with Reilly and setting her up to fail. If it’s the latter, I’m gunning for his eviction. Take him out.]

So, Hisam wins HOH, and baby tattletale, Jared, is the loser who thought he had all the clues before everyone else…the cocky fool. [I thought he was going to be smart and win until the very end, when they put the clues together for the general audience. Phew!] Now, the “old people” are somewhat relieved, and the “young people” are running around like cartoon animals about to be shot by Elmer Dudd. And, Hisam says the one person who has already pecked at him is Reilly??

Did I not say she may have a big mouth that gets her into trouble? Well, this isn’t really her fault as much as it’s inevitable. So, Hisam is just reacting how anyone threatened–slightly or severely–would do. I suppose I would, too. But…it’s Reilly! Heck. Almost every guy in the house is smitten with her. She’s like Aphrodite crossed with Goldie Hawn. She magically appears naked on a clam shell with her pale blonde hair curling around her private parts. All the guys drop their jaws. Then she laughs and says, “Sock it to me!” AAAnd, the mood passes.

What remains sad about this game/show is that most challenges are geared toward younger people, people who can swim, climb ladders, zip-line, run, stand on a log in rain, snow and slop for eight hours, etc. If the young people get eliminated, leaving the older folks in the house, I doubt competitions will suddenly turn into a tabletop card game or low-impact aerobics. The older folks are going to suffer and possibly die. This may be the first season an EMT removes a player. If any challenges DO favor the older folks, the show’s gonna put viewers to sleep.

[What exactly would be a good challenge for someone like bald Felicia? She’s not the fierce lioness Jared’s Survivor-mom is (who I want to see fall off a slimy log, covered in crap, because she’s just wicked-ly dangerous, and not in a fun/competitive way. No one will feel good losing to her, at anything. I would never say “Well done.”

Cory is sprinting toward the same nasty boat. Every time they show his uneasy face, I get the feeling he’s up to no good. He, too, is a loose cannon, the sort of weasel that could sneak out a win just by surviving the company of a bigger threat/better player. He could bow to a master until November and find himself the big winner just for being an enduring sneak who won nothing and achieved nothing during the game. He’s that annoying sort that suffers from asthma, pops an inhaler in his mouth every time he gets spooked and fusses about how everyone and everything bothers him, that is if he had the nerve to speak up. Instead, he just shifts his eyes around and makes unsettling faces. He’s male Nicole Oktoberfist without the whining (so far)…he’s Milhouse from The Simpsons, but less amusing. He would be Jared if Cory’s mother was in the house; he’d tattle and play all sides.]

As soon as I saw what the scary neighborhood game required, I thought the older folks would not only fail but get trampled and troubled by the dark and creepiness.

[And, is it just me, or was the set design a re-used slasher movie set combined with a Geico commercial? You know the one…with the four teenagers escaping the masked murderer, hiding behind the wall of chainsaws in a garage.]

So, Reilly and Cameron are nominated (for eviction). And, Hisam aspires to go after Matt, as well. Jared saves Jag from nomination by sending him to the “Nether” via a special Scary-Verse request that came back with him, when he is released (some threat of staying in the “Nether” that was). [Stupid helping Stupid; great.] Also in the mail that came from the “Nether” is a clause about periodically sending other houseguests into the “Nether” to satisfy the creep in there and either get punished or granted a bonus. [‘Sounds sick and twisted and probably inappropriate for television, which is why they don’t show what actually happens in the “Nether.”]

Well, there’s always that Veto competition on Wednesday…

Seeing Cameron and Reilly nominated blows up my prediction for the final group. Way to go, “unexpected” show. If Reilly is kicked out, I want to find/speak with her ASAP. If Cameron is kicked out, that’s just wacky. He has done nothing to be a threat to anyone other than be part of the youthful alliance(s). Cameron is what I’d describe as one of the “gray people,” he hasn’t emerged from the introductory fog, yet. He’s just a dust bunny of brown fuzz, bouncing around the more active houseguests. If he’s included in anything, it’s because of his age, not so much his input. He’s just…there, for now. We probably won’t see his true colors–ha–until Day 60, if he gets that far.

I now wonder if Reilly really has any supporters or is just cruising after her big HOH win. When she made her first alliance, it seemed like she was alpha female. But, in just a few days, she’s turned into a movie monster people are plotting to thwart. And, those who aren’t saying it are probably thinking it or sure to side with the train that turns against her. So…so much for alliances. Ay?

Hisam keeps winning things and says he doesn’t want to win (and get a target put on him). That’s just annoying. And, the more I see of him, the less I give a crap. If that’s how Reilly feels, then, again, her and I are in agreement. There’s noble ambition Hisam…and then there is whiney loose-cannon Hisam, likely to shoot someone in the dark when he gets spooked. Clearly, he’s as athletic as the other big men, including the one already removed. So, comp’ threat? Duh. No wonder you’d be targeted. It’s not Reilly alone who’d make that call.

You get rid of Reilly, and you suck out most of the positive energy in the house. I don’t see too many cheery faces in this group. Most seem a tad depressed and paranoid. Reilly is like a cosmic balancing force, the moon keeping the tides at peace. Without her, I predict Red turns vicious and Blue becomes manic-depressive, bringing down the house with her foul mood. Maybe Red is secretly a gremlin you can’t feed after midnight. Heh. A were-possum. ANyway.

Let’s see what the Veto competition brings…

[IF Reilly gets spared, she needs to focus her attention on Hisam and get him out of the house before his “older-folks uprising” gets any stronger. Back-door him if you must. But, get him out, because he is a physical threat. I don’t think he would do as well at the mental challenges…but neither will most of the older folks. I thought Hisam might blend in and go ignored for a few weeks, but he’s already walking into victories and targeting people I like. That’s enough for me to break out the big guns and aim at him. Gatling gun unleashed! And, after Hisam, Jared, his mommy and little Cory. Purify the house. OR, convince Hisam that he is a fair sport/competitor who will be respected as such as long as he helps oust Jared, Cirie and Cory…but I doubt that would happen, considering Hisam has aligned himself with Cirie, and Cirie is linked to Jared.]