Week 4 Eviction Recap! 8/4

Last night’s episode was action-packed.  We learned about the new twist (for the second time), saw Rachel with an overly-generous edit, heard Dick bash his own daughter on national television, and watched the “all-time floater” Kalia win HOH.

RACHEL FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Brenchel genuinely believed that their plan to lie about who was staying on the block would trick everyone (they even thought that Dani would be so flabbergasted she’d put up one of her friends as a replacement!).  You can tell from their “Did you see their faces?!” conversation after the veto that they genuinely think they’re brilliant people.  I loved seeing that juxtaposed with everyone else in the house talking about how stupid it was.  One rule for future BB players:  Do not lie unless it’s absolutely necessary!  It almost always bites you in the ass or makes you look like an idiot!

Other than this one moment, Rachel unraveled for several days over Brendon leaving.  She acted like Brendon was diagnosed with a terminal illness and that she’d be all alone forever.  It was ridiculous.  But production gave her an EXTREMELY generous edit in this episode, because the reality of her behavior was far more outrageous than what was shown.  They made it look like Rachel’s hammock meltdown was all about Brendon leaving, when in fact it was because she tried to pick a fight with Daniele and ended up making herself look like a complete ass to everyone in the house (see my “Epic Meltdown” post for the story).  I have absolutely no sympathy for Rachel because she brings it all on herself.  But, of course, she makes herself the victim of everything, just like last season. Which is why Rachel’s temper tantrum was nothing but hilarious.

DICK, THE LOVING FATHER

I was pretty uncomfortable with Dick’s comments about Daniele last night.  Granted, I think he was right in all of what he said (she’s playing too hard too fast and it’s likely because she’s trying to get out of Dick’s shadow).  But that doesn’t mean he should be saying it so bluntly on national TV for all the world to hear.  He should have said what he said a bit more nicely, at least.  I very rarely take the moral soapbox when it comes to reality TV, but I did think his comments were pretty inappropriate.

It WAS pretty hysterical, though, when they played the montage comparing Dani/Dom to Dani/Nick (from season 8).  It was spot-on!

THE HOH

Kalia kicked ass in this competition.  She completely obliterated it.  She answered almost every question before Julie even finished asking it.  I was sincerely impressed.  I really didn’t think she would be able to keep cool enough to perform under that pressure.

Rachel, on the other hand, surprised me with how badly she blew it.  As soon as Julie explained the competition, I was positive Rachel would win (she won this competition last season).  The pressure obviously got to her, because when she answered incorrectly (and yelled “FUCK!” on live TV) it was obvious she didn’t mean to press the button.  If she were a bit calmer, I guarantee she would have won.

I’m glad Kalia won it.  I’m so sick of Rachel calling her an “all-time floater.”  Kalia needed to prove that she’s in it to win it, and after her silver medal in last week’s HOH, she’s definitely a force to be reckoned with.  And watching Rachel sulk afterward was pretty hilarious.

THE TWIST!

I can’t say I was at all surprised about any aspect of the twist that was revealed last night, since it was accidentally revealed on CBS.com the day before (read my blog about that here).  It was interesting, though, that Julie hinted at it to the house guests.  She told them that the next evictee may be coming back.  If I were in the house, I’d throw the HOH this week.  I wouldn’t want to be responsible for booting someone who would come right back into the game.

I wonder if Kalia will consider the twist when she makes her nominations this week.  She might be wary of booting someone like Rachel, who would come back like a bat out of hell.  It might behoove Kalia to target someone like Shelly, whose social game is threatening but she’s unlikely to win a competition to return to the house.

I’m really excited to see how this all plays out.  I honestly wouldn’t be too averse to any of the evictees coming back (they were all decently likeable) EXCEPT Brendon.  I’m hoping that with him gone, it won’t be the Brenchel show every week like it has been, and I’m really interested to see how Rachel’s game develops (or implodes) without Brendon there holding her hand.