"Big Brother 8": Home Of The Brave

"Malice In Wonderland": Imagine Staying In Close Quarters With Your Worst Enemy

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WEEK THREE RECAP

Well, it's not like his name is "Really Nice" Dick, right?

After enduring Jen's smug ways and Kail's backstabbing behavior, Evel Dick wasted no time in taking over as HOH. Everyone ooh'ed and aaah'ed over his photos, which included a beautiful picture of a pre-punk ED and a very young Daniele. Unlike most Heads of Household, he's already said that he doesn't want to spend much time in his deluxe quarters because he's going to stick close to the other houseguests and keep tabs on them.

Kail, in the meantime, was desperately searching for her alliance, which vanished during the vote on Thursday. The final tally was 9-1 — with Kail as the lone vote to evict Evel. Mike, Zack and Nick all parted company with her, but somehow forgot to let her know in advance. Oops.

So what was Kail thinking when she decided she'd rather have Joe in the house than ED? It would seem that both men would be repugnant to her religious beliefs — why pick one over the other? And in such a ham-handed, obvious way? Why even attempt to sway Daniele, his daughter, to vote against him? Kail seemed like she had so much on the ball the first week — what happened? Her explanations, especially to Evel, have been lame and lamer.

And while he contemplated his nominations — Nick was briefly considered, as was Mike — everyone knew that ED would ultimately select Kail and Jen, which he did. And he made sure that everyone understood that his choices were extremely personal.

Baby steps — that's what Daniele took in her father's direction. Confused and agitated by Nick's (mostly) unwanted affections, Daniele sought out Dick for a late night father-daughter talk. And ED sounded, well, parental and supportive as he tried to give Daniele the big-picture perspective on her in-house flirtation. Later, an emotional ED confided his own pain about Daniele's situation — and their estrangement — to Dustin.

Jen-uine moments: She wrestled with Eric and won, though she definitely used a few illegal moves (she explained that she had wrestled guys "in high school"; supply your own punchline in the comments section below). And the Jen statement of the week (thus far): while watching Jameka choke down a bowl of Slop, Jen admited, "I don't really feel bad for people that are on (slop). I suck at that, the feeling bad thing."

But the "BB" Slop diet became a thing of the past once the houseguests — working together for a change — had another nasty food challenge, just slightly less retch-worthy than the faux butter from Week One. It involved sliding into a vat of spaghetti and scooping up plastic meatballs with foods written on them. Everyone was super pleased that they were going to have sweetbreads for the week, until Evel Dick explained that these sweetbreads have no carbs, are an acquired taste and are most likely found on a French menu, not in the "BB8" refrigerator.

ED put thought and careful consideration into exactly how he planned to undermine Kail's confidence before the POV competition and bully her into losing. He mostly stuck to berating and intimidating her. His tactics worked handily and she was the first houseguest eliminated. Soon she was crying almost as much as Amber.

The POV competition involved standing on a stump with a drinking glass balanced on top of a large hat; the houseguests were dressed up as characters from "Alice in Wonderland." Soon it's just Jen and ED standing there and though Dick tried his best to convince Jen to step down by telling her that she's not his target this week, she stood firm.

Soon Mike -- who has had a change of heart since he abandoned Kail during the vote last week -- came out wearing funny costumes to distract ED, which angered the HOH; how dare Mike even consider upsetting the Supreme Commander? (Later Daniele warned her father that he's become overly aggressive and domineering and needs to dial it back before he alienates the rest of the house.) To paraphrase the Queen of Hearts from "Alice in Wonderland" -- off with Mike's head. Dick deliberately gave the POV to Jen, which she, of course, used on herself. And so it was that Mike ended up nominated for eviction, a selfless move not seen since Marcellus back on BB3 (in that case, it backfired and Marcellus was sent home).

Mike's not the only person to irritate Evel Dick -- he's also quite annoyed with Nick's hold over his daughter, which is another item on his and Daniele's Really Long List of Things to Argue About. Because she's so poised it's easy to forget that Daniele is only 20; however, when she argues with Dick, she sounds like a typical whiny teenager.

Speaking of teenagers, Eric, America's Player, is ordered to vandalize Jen's belongings. He squirts mustard onto her pillow. She is annoyed, but ultimately shrugs it off. BTW, did anyone else notice that America's Player has twin nipple rings? Who knew?

While we're on the topic of revealing details, Zack decided to streak to the pool. Predictably, the other houseguests took his towel and locked him out. That wacky Zack! He is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. (Later, he explained to Julie that he needed the streak to "get (his) high back." Dude, next time stick to Red Bull.)

The TV audience got to meet Daniele's boyfriend, Kris, who is about as opposite from her father as a man could possibly be. Well-scrubbed, short-haired, no nail polish, stable, sweet, cute, thoughtful, concerned, devoted, stable -- did we mention that he seemed stable? Meanwhile Daniele was burrowed under the covers with Nick, where they shared a not-so-surreptious smooch. And American women cried out in unison: Daniele! Don't do it!

Meanwhile, the houseguests talked amongst themselves about whether Kail had the emotional strength to remain in the house -- she had several crying jags and was spending her free time under the covers (without Nick). Then conversely, the group wondered, if she's having a melt-down, doesn't that make her less of a threat than Mike, who spends his free time lifting weights and keeping to himself? At least with Kail, what you see is what you get, they reason.

Unfortunately for Eric, America wants him to get Kail evicted, and though he tried mightily to convince ED and the others that she is an aggressive, smart and unpredictable player, no one really bought the arguement. Mike was voted out, 9-2 (his "close" friend Jen voted him out, while Wacky Zack voted for Kail, along with Eric). Afterward Mike contended that he didn't mind being evicted because he played the game with high morals and character.
See his exclusive interview and rationalizations here.

Though Eric came close, Dustin won the HOH competition (it involved answering questions about the houseguests who have already been evicted). Will the power go to his head the way it did with ED? Will he be more than Dick's puppet? Who will he nominate for eviction? Stay tuned!

[peninsulapar]

I for one am really tired of the abusive foul mouth Evel and his ongoing conduct. It is beneath the dignity and quality of CBS to showcase his excremental posturing. Out with the distractor.

[cindalbee]

I want to share our thoughts with CBS/Big Brother about Eric's task of "Sleep-walking"....I really feel you owe the $10,000 offered to Eric for the task of making someone in the house believe he (Eric) was sleep-walking. America chose Joe. BB said he did not complete the task because he was not "kicked" out of bed by the person America chose (Joe). However, the task was to make the chosen "houseguest" believe he (Eric) was asleep and had been sleep-walking and was unaware he had crawled into someone else's bed and not his own. He most certainly accomplished this task. It was later stated that he was supposed to have been kicked out of the bed. However, that is not the way it was told beforehand. Joe was thoroughly convinced Eric had been sleep-walking. Therefore, his task was accomplished and he should be given the $10,000. On the subject of the tasks given to Eric...It would be really nice if BB would recap the number of tasks assigned and the number of tasks accomplished for America to see how much Eric has won to date for being "America's Player".

On another subject%u2026what is being done to insure the integrity of the game and stopping outside influences as happened with the airplane pulling the banner the evening of the HOH competition this week on Thursday, August 2nd. This has jeopardized Eric%u2019s position as America%u2019s Player.

[gigi112]

We want Nick back! We want Nick back!! We want Nick back!!! I've had about enough of Waaaaaaaaaamber!! And ERIC - what a disappointment.

[gigi112]

PLEASE bring NICK back!!!! Get rid of Jen and Kail and let NICK come back in.

[dgermenis]

Big Brother is the worst show on TV. The program is a huge waste of time.

And Julie Chen, make up your mind - do you want to be in New York on The Early Show or a million miles away in LA to do Big Brother? I don't like it when you're in LA. Get back to the NY studio or quit The Early Show gig. On second thought, just stay in LA.

[kuamane]

nick you stayed under the radar for a little while . but getting mixed up with that dizzy blond was a mestake . i would have played her and jen! its a game .. you let your non pro football skills take over . had you played REAL football here in the U.S you would have still been in the game ... BUT HEY now your BENCHED !!! dummy ...
keep the mohalk its you ... DUMB!!!!

[mike_id45]

Nick you're such an idiot. You played this game with your (GF in the house, fathers name)How could you let a girl play you that way? She used you, then she booted you out. How can you have good feelings toward her an dick? They are rotten people. Dick is an ugly person inside and out. When Dick was young you can see he was goodlooking but his inside ugliness and vile personality came throught to his ouside. Don't let that happen to you.

[ang2ques]

Now that u are out of the house, did u know that a few hours later, everyone know that the decision u made was wrong? And how do u feel about the Banner that was shown at HOH that read AMBER AND ERIC ARE LIARS?

[sadie9101]

Is it me or what? Every time I see Evil Dick on the screen he just looks like a dirty old man trying to re-kindle his youth with those nasty tattoos and piercing and dirty looking hair. He is a poor example of what a person should be like at his age. No wonder his daughter was ashamed of him.

[nukstr-2009]

i think Evil Khail, Dustin, Jamica, and Amber are terrible, they sit on there high horses and laugh at people and JEN needs to stay with this weeks nomination

[peninsulapar]

I resent "ED" running about blowing smoke in the houseguests faces and. His smoking addiction is unspeakably attrocious. It was good to see "smokey Joe" out.

[lilsassy1]

The thing I miss the most is the feed into the new HOH room each week. It was nice to see what the HOH got from home,like the little letter for loved ones and the pictures of family members. Please bring this feed back into the show.

[lilsassy1]

I think evil is sa good of a father as he can be. He can only use what he knows in order to be a good father. When Danni came outside and was crying to him about her feelings towards Nick you could tell his heart was breaking for her and he just wanted to reach out and hug her, but held back because he didn't want to push Danni into something she wasn't ready for. The moment was about her not what Evil wanted and that is what parents do.

[sm81206]

are you serious???

i do not think E.D is a horrible father!!

if danielle put up her father this early, i wouldnt like her as much as i do now!!

hello we all make mistakes and he wants to be apart of her life.. come on people!!

[lillulu11]

I think Evel *** is a nasty father to his daughter. He always is passing the buck oh his sorry fatherhood and blames his daughter instead and how she treats him. Well duhhhhh dad. Its ok for him to not be perfect but her oh no then comes the name calling. He is trying to shame her and blame everything on her. What a piece of work he is always calling people out and berating them for what he thinks isn't so nice--none of his business---geesh!

I feel so sorry for that girl having a stupid dad that can't grow up. This man is mean and abusive and needs to be canned. I hope she wins HOH next time and puts him up for eviction. Time to start fighting back Daniele. Don't let him hurt you any longer.

[mommakay54]

*** made the right choices when he chose Jen & Kale for the block this week. Jen needs to go this week. If I could text, I would text that America's player votes Jen out this week. Also that he takes those stupid shirts Jen wears with her name on them that says stuff. Jen is all about herself.
If anyone out there can text, please text that Eric takes those shirts.....
GET JEN OUT THIS WEEK...

[hmsacca]

I don't believe that it is right to judge a show on being too white, too not, too big, or too hot! Mike can't help it if he's hot! He's genuine, honest, loyal, and to top it off, he cooks and cleans too. I'm in love!
I do expect that there should be a basic amount of intelligence among all the "Houseguests" though!
Janelle may have been gullible, but she was no idiot.
Jessica on the other hand, squawks her way to the top of my annoyance meter with such brilliant revelations as "Did you know that fat tans faster than regular skin?" She definitely isn't the sharpest blond in the bunch. Now that Carol is gone, she can forget about her $5 and leave.
Don't even get me started on Jen! There isn't enough space on this website!

[theworkmom]

I have been fan since the first show, often listening to live feeds to early hours in the a.m. I will miss the bb6 group, they were the best. The thing I miss the most is the weeklong challanges, I think it brought the house together working for a similiar goal. It also made entertainment at all hours of the nite and day. I just loved Curtis. I am a fan no matter what! Dee

[yosbaby]

I'm sure if you took a knife, and cut open jens chest you would find a heart of gold. Even if you didn't, it would be worth it, just to cut her open. She has a great body, and a personality to protect it.

[kcgal3]

Alright! Every summer I count down till BB aires! And why? For a HUGH disappointment!! Where are the "real" ppl? the ones who actually have curves? I Miss chicken George! This is no different from the MTV and the VH1 reality shows, with there model girls and pretty boy guys. And where are the black ppl? Every season BB has no more than 2 (possibly three)Black ppl.And this season only one? Come on!!! I'm absolutly discusted with CBS and am glad that I do not have any t.v. programs with this station that I watch!(excluding BB)