This weeks episode doesn't look have as exciting as last week's but somebody actually leaves a hair in their food. I thought that only happened when my mom was cooking.
2. The Voice (NBC 8/7c)
Another knockout episode, if they do it like last year it will be Blake and Ushers teams that are up and I hope that we get some Ryan Innes.
3. Storage Wars (A&E 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c)
Do you know what's different this week? Nothing. We still get two new episodes of Storage Wars. Yuuuuuup!!
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We are now speeding towards the finish line with the final four. Emmet and Jillian have been in complete control of the house since Alec was evicted and they have made the East Coast alliance. Talla still has no idea what it means to be in the final three and Gary is more interested in what he looks like then how he is playing the game. There is a week left and if you are a fan of the show hold on and keep watching because even if the finale is lackluster we want the ratings to be high enough to get a second season.
Head of Household
(The HoH has all the power in the house.)
Jillian
Jillian earned the HoH power by getting as many true or false questions as both Talla and Gary wrong. The competition ended in a tiebreaker and like pretty much the rest of the contest Jillian won by guessing better than Gary or Talla, which I don't know if that sort of circumstance should ever be rewarded. She got the ire of the house because they had to see her HoH room for the fourth time but really should they be mad at her or mad at themselves for not winning more competitions. Jillian used her power to make a (fake) final two deal with Talla and also securing the idea that she will not go to the final two with Emmet when she clearly is only taking Emmet. When the season ends if she is in the final two I hope the jury can overlook her broken promises and see how good of a game she played when it came to the competition side of things.
Nominees
(The two players currently nominated for eviction.)
Gary - I don't know who is the pawn and who is the target this week and at this point the only person who can decide that is the person who wins the Power of Veto (if it isn't the HoH). Gary looks to have the best chance if Emmet wins the PoV but if Talla wins her first competition it could be the end of Gary.
Talla - If Talla decided to win her first competition she could control her fate going into the final three. The more likely thing that will happen is that Talla will not win the PoV and end up just floating her way to the Jury house.
Big Brother Canada Awards
(Canada voted on some of the best moments this season.)
Best House Entrance
Nominees: Talla Walks in Backwards & Gary says Hi to Danielle's big boobs
Winner: Talla walks down the stairs backwards
Best Costume
Nominees: Andrew's French Maid & Jillian Evil Dead Outfit
Winner: Andrew's French Maid
Best Freak Out
Nominees: Suzette on Aneal & Talla 1-9-1-9-9
Winner: Talla 1-9-1-9-9
Best Alter Ego
Nominees: Gary as Zoe Winbur & Alec as Ricardo
Winner: Gary as Zoe Winbur
Best Kiss
Nominees: Emmet and Jillian & Andrew and AJ
Winner: Andrew and AJ
Best Dramatic Cry
Nominees: Aneal's Sympathy Cry & Gary Goes on Slop
Winner: Gary Goes on Slop
Random Thoughts
(Here are some of my random thoughts.)
- The HoH competition this week was pretty much a guessing game, unless you want to believe Talla that she was the only one who knew the actual answers.
- Emmet is the most self aware person in the house and the way he played Talla after she got upset was the reason he should win this season.
Running Cast Grade: C
(Last Week: C)
(Grading the cast on an episode to episode basis.)
I don't know about you, but I already know who I want to win and it is pretty simple at this point. The winner of Big Brother Canada should be Emmet and there is no arguing unless you have decided who to root for based solely on who you like more. Emmet has played the best social game, he has had more alliances than anyone and hasn't really burnt any bridges or gotten any blood on his hands. Not only that but he has played one of the best physical games as well winning HoH more times than anyone except for Jillian. If he doesn't make it to the finale I will be shocked and won't root for any of the other people who really don't deserve it.
It looks like brother Bates is going to be looked at for a murder. Norma is going to lose Norman so she'll yell his name and it looks like the first guest at the motel will be as creepy as the people who run it. It's always nice seeing Wynn Duffy(Jere Burns) spread his wings and land on another TV show, hopefully his character is half of the one he plays on Justified.
2. The Voice (NBC 8/7c)
Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the knockout rounds. Each coach has eight singers left on there teams and will have to pair up two singers and pick a winner. The difference from the battle rounds is that the artists all pick their own songs and only learn who they are battling minutes before they have to go up. This is probably be some of the better performances of the season and I will be pretty mad if we don't actually see all the performances.
3. How I Met Your Mother (CBS 10/9c)
It's a surprise bachelor party for Barney! It looks like Ted and Marshall went all out and didn't skimp on anything. I wonder if Ted meets his future wife on this episode, probably not though.
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Last week's episode is arguably one of the best episodes of the show, and since all that energy was expended during the last hour this weeks will probably be a little slower. From the clip it looks like we will finally get an episode where Rob actually does something, Tywin is planning to save his son and Arya is condemning someone to burn in hell. I know it wont be as good as last week but I am still super excited for what comes next.
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9c)
As much as the previews for next episode of Mad Men usually give up, this weeks we actually get a couple of clips from the same party. So my prediction for something that will happen this episode is simple: The main characters will attend a party. I'm getting good at this.
3. Vikings (History Channel 10/9c)
In order for Ragnar to get King Horrik to hep him attack Britain he needs to settle some sort of land dispute with another tribe of Vikings. Everything seems to be going well until his wife starts having dreams about his fate. If this is the last episode of Vikings ever I will be utterly disappointed if we don't get a resolution of the British conflict and if this is the end is Ragnar going to die? I really hope not.
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This season has been pretty good if you compare it to the first season of Big Brother US season 1. If you compare it too any of the newer seasons well then that's you're own fault and I can't deny that this season isn't really that exciting. The few fights that we have had have been tame and mostly fueled by alcohol. The alliances have been weak to say the least and there is a floater, a coattail rider and a Canada's choice returnee in the final five. Has it been a season driven by characters? No. Did Big Brother do to much to affect the game? Maybe, but probably not. We won't know the problem until they put together a season that does excite and entertain for the whole two months. For now we are left with the final five that could probably sleep there way through the last day.
In Memoriam (Remembering the evicted house guest.)
Andrew
Old Man Andrew, the oldest of the men in the house and also the crankiest. Every time Talla did something ridiculous you would let her know and by the end you were just blatantly punishing her with insults. You won enough competitions to get you to the final five and if you wouldn't have relied on Jillian and Emmet as much as you did you could have made it further. You bro-love for AJ will go down in history as the weirdest showmance in Big Brother and the way that you always told it as it was, may not have helped you, but was quite admirable. You were my initial pick to win it all and I'm sad to see you go.
Head of Household (The HoH has all the power in the house.) Competition: What the Dunk?
The three remaining eligible players were each seated on dunk tank planks about a dunk tank full of freezing cold Canadian water. They had to remember nine pictures they had been shown earlier and answer true or false questions about them. If they got it wrong or answered to quickly they would be dunked, the person with the least amount of dunks or zero dunks would win the HoH.
(If you want to know the HoH competition winner highlight the space after winner.) Winner: Jillian
Random Thoughts (Here are some of my random thoughts.)
- The Andrew/Talla argument was the best fight of the season. The fact that they both had had a few beers made it even better. Andrew screaming stuff like "THAT'S HORSE SHIT" make me like him more and more.
- Just so everyone knows the Sheyld, spells there name with a 'y' "because, why not?" I wonder if they spell if they spell it Jury or Jurie?
- The Mom's were the best part of the episode. They both seemed to be amazing and supporting parents, especially Gina "Glitter."
- Talla definitely dropped an F-bomb on live TV.
- The Jury house segments are the worst because Talla and AJ are so boring. Alec and Peter were great when they were telling the other two about their alliance. I could watch days straight of Peter pretending to deal with Topaz now that they both have nothing to win or lose.
- Surprise eviction to get it down to 3 before next Sunday, live feeds shut down on Sunday and the last episode of Big Brother Canada After Dark is this weekend. Looks like they are gearing up for a pretty great season finalke. I hope.
Running Cast Grade: C (Last Episode: B-)
(Grading the cast on an episode to episode basis.)
The Andrew and Talla was the best thing about the episode and the fact that it involved alcohol only proves my point that they should have been flooding the house with magic water. Instead we end up with a final four of Talla, Jillian, Emmet, and Gary. If Jillian or Emmet win the HoH I'm worried that neither of them will make the right move and get rid of the other and to see Jillian and Emmet in the final two would be very anticlimactic. With that said the only real good scenario would be if somehow Gary goes to the end with Emmet and Emmet wins, not only is that probably the best case scenario for fans , it seems the most likely. Hope fully we get some Survivor Season 1 Jury member speeches so that the finale is unforgettable.
With five players left and really just two people controlling the house, the only way for change to happen is if Gary can seriously infiltrate Emmet and Jillian's alliance. At this point it looks like Andrew is on the outs with his alliance, Talla is a wildcard and Gary is desperate to stay and will do or say anything to accomplish that, so it is pretty much up to Emmet on how to manage the game. With Veto up for grabs and a special guest let's hope something big happens or at least something fun.
Power of Veto
(Winning the Power of Veto means you can change one of the nominations.)
Competition: The Price of Veto
Hosted By: Dan Gheesling
This week the Veto competition is an auction type game. Each player starts with 30 and will be offered a prize or a punishment with a coordinating point amount. To earn a prize the players would need to give up point and if you accept a punishment you will earn points. The person with the most points, after the nine offers, will win the Power of Veto. The twist is that the only person that knows who earned the prize/punishment is the person that hit the buzzer and every one else will learn after the competition.
Offers
1. Who is willing to cut up the clothes they are wearing for 5 points? (Winner: Talla) (Secondary Winner: Men of Canada)
2. Who is willing to be a Have Not for the rest of the season for six points? (Winner: Gary)
3. Who is willing to wear a prison suit and wear a ball and chain for a week to earn 7 points? (Winner: Gary)
4. Who is willing to give up 5 points for a season slop pass? (Winner: Talla)
5. Who is willing to stay awake 24 hours straight for 7 points? (Winner: Gary)
6. Who is willing to be the house bathroom attendant for the day to earn 6 points? (Winner: Jillian)
7. Who is willing to give up 9 points for $1000 cash? (Winner: Emmet)
8. Who is willing to not shower (or go into the pool/hot tub) for a whole week to earn 9 points? (Winner: Gary)
9. Who is willing to get a haircut of Big Brothers choosing for 11 points? (Winner: Andrew)
Winner: Gary
Ceremony: Gary used the Veto on himself and Emmet had to nominate someone in his place.
Nominees
(The two players currently nominated for eviction.)
Andrew - Old Man Andrew is getting crankier than ever and it probably has to do with his impending doom. Can you really blame him?
Talla - Could Talla be anymore useful? I don't think so, she might be the most suited person ever to be a pawn.
Special Guest Sleepover
Dan Gheesling
In order to build some drama and create some action Big Brother decided to send in the most schemingest player in Big Brother US history. And from what they've shown us, he does absolutely nothing except make the remaining five players to do stupid pranks to earn a red headband. He got Talla to jump in the pool, Jillian had to poor juice on herself while dancing seductively, Andrew had to kiss Jillian right in front of Emmet and Emmet had to impersonate Gary. All the tasks felt very high school-ish and if it wasn't for the last task I don't think I would have laughed this entire segment. The last task was Gary's and he had to poor water on the first person that fell asleep, which just so happened to be Talla. When Talla woke up and started stumbling around the house like a zombie I could not stop laughing.
Besides the pranks, all Dan seemed to do was to tell each player that they needed to make a big move. It seemed he tried to play everyone against Emmet since Emmet is the "biggest threat." He really just kind of told everyone what he thinks they should do with very little context from the season. Gary just can't get Talla to join him and then hope she wins the Veto(she hasn't won anything) and Andrew doesn't have any more moves since he pledge his allegiance to Emmet and Jillian. The whole thing seemed like maybe an attempt at a ratings boost or just trying to make the final five less boring.
Random Thoughts
(Here are some of my random thoughts.)
- The biggest and best twist would have been if Big Brother would have given Dan the permission to evict one of the house guests. At the very least let him give out the PoV or change one of the nominees.
- Dan was really trying to get in Emmet's head when he was there.
- Talla is ridiculous and I really don't think she knows what's going on most of the time. I also think she might be reading cue cards in the diary room or else she just has really active eyes.
- I don't know if the producers told them to play dumb about who won the Veto but as soon as Gary was told how many punishments he had compared to everyone else (Gary: 4 Talla: 1 Andrew: 1 Jillian: 1) they should have known immediately who won.
- Zombie Talla might be the funniest version of Talla we have seen so far.
Running Cast Grade: B-
(Last Episode: C+)
(Grading the cast on an episode to episode basis.)
Adding Dan Gheesling to your cast, even if just for the day, will always boost your grade. He came in for 24 hours and did his best to stir up trouble. The only problem with that is that none of the house guests(excluding maybe Gary) don't want trouble and would rather have a very simple final four alliance. Now that Dan has come and gone we are again left with the no fun bunch. At this point my only suggestion would be to get an endless supply of booze in there and have at least one more twist that keeps Andrew over Talla because if Andrew goes the possibility for drama drop considerably (unless of course Drunk Talla is there for the rest of the season.)
Troy and Abed and Hannibal and Sheldon on a Thursday
1. Hannibal (NBC 10/9c)
I heard that they were pulling the new episode of Hannibal due to the horrible events that happened in Boston but from what I am reading now it looks like we will be getting a new episode.
Hannibal is a great new show and the thing that puts this show above other network horror shows, is the acting. Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen and Laurence Fishburne all stand above other actors on network TV right now. Then you take into consideration the stories that they deal with, this episode they will be searching for a murderer who cuts the back flesh of his victims and stretches it out in order to look like wings. That's some mature stuff right there.
2. Community (NBC 8/7c)
This season has been hit or miss, any week you can get a great episode or you're in for a boring 22 minute ride. This week it looks like Leonard is ahead of Shirley and Annie in the valedictorian race and they decide that they need a plan to deal with him. Meanwhile high jinks ensues when Troy and Abed re-enact a scene from a body switching movie. I wonder which body switching movie it is? Freaky Friday? Wish Upon a Star? Or is it The Change-Up?
3. The Big Bang Theory (CBS 8/7c)
Sheldon gets upset and needs Amy to console him when one of his favorite TV shows gets canceled without a satisfying ending. We all know how he feels.
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With the battle rounds starting I am going to be taking a few different things into consideration. I will be looking at the choices of battle contestants, the picks of the winners, whether any of the coaches stole anyone and especially which adviser is the coolest.
1. Team Adam
Battles
Midas Whale vs. Patrick Dodd
Song: Burning Love by Elvis Presley
Winner: Midas Whale
Sarah Simmons vs. Duncan Kamakana
Song: Wanted You More by Lady Antebellum
Winner: Sarah Simmons
Amy Whitcomb vs. Agina Alvarez
(Not Shown on TV)
Song: Heartbreaker by Pat Benetar
Winner: Amy Whitcomb
Stolen Artists: Orlando Dixon
Adam easily has the most talent on his team and that is proven by the fact that one of the best singers on his team hasn't even been shown on the show for more then a couple seconds. Besides my love for Amy Whitcomb, Adam picked Midas Whale to move on and had an easy decision when he kept Sarah Simmons over Duncan Kamakana. Out of all eight of his singers he has five that are arguably the best singers in this competition. It looks like it will come down to which coach uses their artists the best in the next round.
Already Picked: Judith Hill, Amber Carrington, Warren Stone, Caroline Glasser
Best Performance: Midas Whale vs. Patrick Dodd
2. Team Blake
Battles
Jacqui Sandell vs. Savannah Berry
Song: Little White Church by Little Big Town
Winner: Savannah Berry
Justin Rivers vs. The Morgan Twins
(Not Shown on TV)
Song: Easy by Rascal Flatts ft. Natasha Bedingfield
Winner: Justin Rivers
Stolen Artists: Luke Edgemon
Blake had pretty much secured the best country singers last week and surprised no one by bohlstering his stable a little more. He picked Justin Rivers and Savannah Berry and stole the pop/country Luke Edgemon. Add those three to Holly Tucker, The Swan Bros, Danielle Bradbury and Grace Askew and you have a touring lineup for any country music festival.
Already Picked: Holly Tucker, The Swan Brothers, Danielle Bradbury, Grace Askew, Taylor Beckham
Best Performance: Jacqui Sandell vs. Savannah Berry
3. Team Usher
Battles
Jessica Childress vs. Vedo
Song: Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars
Winner: Vedo
Orlando Dixon vs. Ryan Innes
Song: Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
Winner: Ryan Innes
Chelsea M. vs. Michelle Chamuel
(Not Shown on TV)
Song: Titanium by David Guetta ft. Sia
Winner: Michelle Chamuel
Stolen Artists: C. Perkins, Cathia
Usher drops a spot this week only because it looks like Blake has put together a better team of eight. He made great picks in Ryan Innes and Michelle Chamuel but kind of surprised me when he took Vedo over Jessica Childress. His wasted one of his steals on probably the weakest artist that was left and got lucky when Shakira picked Mary Miranda instead of the obviously better Cathia.
Luke Edgemon vs. Monique Abbadie
Song: You and I by Lady Gaga
Winner: Monique Abbadie
C. Perkins vs. Kris Thomas
Song: It Will Rain by Bruno Mars
Winner: Kris Thomas
Brandon Roush vs. Shawna P.
Song: Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin
Winner: Brandon Roush
Mary Miranda vs Cathia
Song: Antes De Las Sies
Winner: Mary Miranda
Stolen Artists: None
We got a lot of Battles from Shakira's team this week and I'll tell you what, it doesn't look to good going forward for her chances of winning. She made a huge mistake taking Monique Abbadie over Luke Edgemon and a not-so-big but still confusing choice of Mary Miranda over Cathia. Brandon Roush and Kris Thomas were the obvious choices, if only because of who they were up against. The best case for Shakira to win is one of the artists she stole from Adam.
Already Picked: Garret Gardner, Tawnya Reynolds, Karina Iglesias, Sasha Allen
Best Performance: Luke Edgemon vs. Monique Abbadie
American Spies, American Psychics and American Survivors
1. The Americans (FX 10/9c)
With one week left until the season finale this episode will probably be a little bit of a table setter. It looks like Phillip and Elisabeth are tasked with turning a high ranking American politician into a source but at what risk. It all really depends on how close Stan is coming to capture them and we see he has some drawings of what the Russian spies look like. Let's hope they don't look too much like the Jennings'.
2. Psych (USA Network 10/9c)
After Juliette decided Shawn should move out she quickly hops onto craigslist for a new roommate and when someone contacts her they get off to a great start. But like every Psych episode something bad is going to happen, this time Juliette's new roommate turns out to be an identity thief. Good thing Juliette has an ex-boyfriend who is a crime solving psychic.
3. Survivor (CBS 8/7c)
After last weeks tribal council I was speechless and now I'm left wondering how my favorite player, Malcolm, is going to be able to save himself and his boys club for another week.
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Gordon Ramsay tried something new last episode, he took the chef coats of four contestants and they would only get them back by earning them. Although he has been trying some new stuff, the good ol' f-bomb dropping chef is still berating the contestants and he seems to be losing patience faster than normal. Now, when you put all the ridiculous characters in the group, you get some great interaction between the contestants and chef Ramsay. And in the preview clip it looks like someone might try and talk back to the head chef which could turn out to be quite exciting.
2. The Voice (NBC 8/7)
I have only one thing to say about the fourth season of the Voice, I want there to be more battles like Judith Hill and Karina Iglesias. NBC/The Voice executives, please take that into consideration.
3. Robot Combat League (Syfy 10/9c)
The finale of the first ever giant robot fighting league airs tonight! That means Crash will face Steam Punk in the domed circle, for the championship. I can't wait to hear if they are bringing it back for another season of this giant robot demolition derby.
Honorable Mention
Storage Wars (A&E 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c)
Two new episodes? Yuuuuuuuup!
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Now that Gary is back in the house you can be sure that he will do everything in his power to stir things up. The real big question though is will he be in the house long enough to actually change anything? Besides Emmet, Gary really doesn't have anyone that he could trust seeing as how Andrew got him out, Jillian lies to everyone and Talla still thinks Gary is just visiting. Look out Gary Glitter is back in the house.
Head of Household (The HoH has all the power in the house.)
Emmet
Emmet won the HoH competition by putting together a puzzle faster than Gary, Talla and Andrew, earning his second reign as Head of Household(would have been third if he didn't get DQ'd). After the competition he started playing both sides rather quickly. He told Gary that they have options now that he's back in the game and at the same time tried to calm Andrew down by telling him the truth. Although both strategies backfired pretty quickly with Gary trying to get him to talk about getting Jillian out of the house while she was around the corner and when he told Andrew the truth, Andrew realized that he was as trusted as he thought and got pretty upset.
Nominees (The two players currently nominated for eviction.)
Gary - I still can't figure out if Emmet is playing Gary or actually plans to take him to the final two but either way Gary has made it further than I think anyone expected and I have a feeling he won't care if he goes to the Jury house for a second time.
Andrew - Andrew, the old man, is about to lose his mind. At one point before Gary was re-introduced, Andrew said he would self evict if Gary came back(he has yet to do it). He is constantly annoyed by Talla and is probably on his last nerve. Now he also has the fact that his alliance isn't as faithful as he is and it is unlikely he will take that laying down.
Marcia The Moose
Marcia came alive this episode to scare the crap out of Talla, she also confused her with simple statements and made her revert to a childlike wonderment with the revelation that she couldn't tell anyone about her.
The mission that Marcia had Talla do was to set up an hour long talk show. She had specific tasks to accomplish in order to earn a reward for the house. Her first task was to do a two minute monologue, her second task was to find out an interesting fact that she didn't already know about each one of the other house guests and the third task was that after each fact she had to reply "I did not know that!"
Talla ran around the house and forced the cast to join her in the living room and actually telling Emmet that it could not wait and that he had to come now. It seemed that we were forsure in for our first fail of the season but I think the rest of the house kind of knew that it was a secret mission and went along with it in order to get a reward.
In the end Talla pulled it off and earned the house a night of fun and Talla-tini's. Talla and Gary were the only two that seemed to be excited for the alcohol.
WTF: Jillian Crazy Face (Things I just can't explain.)
Mid-way through the episode we are shown a flashback to Peter and Jillian talking the day before Peter was evicted and Peter basically told her that if he was sent to the jury house then he would poison the whole jury against her. Now here is were it gets really good Jillian is obviously being threatened and she knows it so she tells Peter exactly what she thinks. While her emotions start to show we get to see a side of Jillian we have never seen before: The Jillian Crazy Face.
Best Quotes (Here are some of the best quotes from last nights episode.)
3. "You're a prick." - Andrew to Emmet
2. "What's a monologue?" - Talla to Marcia the Moose
1. "Now when Talla finally wraps up this episode of Talking With Talla, you know, you get that sense of relief, like after you go to the doctor to get a rectal exam perhaps." Andrew in the Diary Room.
Random Thoughts (Here are some of my random thoughts.)
- Talla has no chance of winning the game. The Jury will not vote for her to win and if she goes to the final two her best case scenario is second place.
- I give Jillian and Emmet's relationship one month when they get out of the house.
- Gary might have screwed himself by bringing up Jillian's name while she was in the HoH bathroom. Although he Jury house lies might give the house a reason to keep him.
- I believe out of every one Jillian knew the Talla Talk Show was a secret mission the whole time because as soon as Talla brought up the idea she was nudging Emmet and telling him they should go.
- I wonder how many producers had to tell Talla she couldn't tell the other players about Marcia. My guess is three.
- I don't know if Emmet know's any actual chess strategy but if he wins I will definitely start to play that certain board game a lot more in preparation for the next Big Brother Canada.
Running Cast Grade: C+ (Last Episode: C+) (Grading the cast on an episode to episode basis.)
This episode was filled with Andrew complaining, Gary lying, Jillian and Emmet making out(I don't know if that happened because when they are on the screen together I usually tune out for a bit) and Talla not know what was going on. The talk show bit was boring, it dragged on for a little longer than necessary and if it wasn't for the couple of hilarious quotes from Andrew and Emmet would have been completely useless TV. Ladies and gentlemen get ready for at least two more weeks of you Big Brother Canada top five.
Monday is quickly becoming a slow night for TV(during the someone a lot of nights become "slow") and with that in mind I only have two suggestions for what you should be watching.
Bates Motel has been a pretty good show so far this season and where it is heading definitely intrigues me. This weeks episode has the Bates joining together to take down the dirty cop that's been doing the dirty with Norma. Who is the next one to die? The Blonde Cop? Norman's crush? The girl crushing on Norman? Or will it be the older Bates brother? My odds are on the cop but that might be too easy.
2. The Voice (NBC 8/7c)
The battle rounds continue and hopefully we get a few unforgettable performances. After last week I'm worried that we might be in for one of the worst battle rounds in the four seasons.
If I had to pick a #3: Defiance (Syfy 9/8c)
I still haven't seen the premiere(that's why I wasn't sure about it) but I've heard good things and if I was forced to pick a third show it would be my pick.
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Daenerys gets her army, Cersei is trying to take out the Tyrells, the Hound might be in too deep and from the editing it looks like Jon Snow might be taking a little trip over the wall. But the least exiting sub plot is if Theon will make it out alive. All I really want is him to be killed in a spectacular fashion, come on HBO give me that at least.
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9c)
If you take the YouTube clip into consideration you'll see Stan being sneaky, Joan being snarky and every one else saying a couple lines that have absolutely no context. And with that here is another one of my weekly not-bold-at-all predictions: Stan's bear will look bushier than ever.
3. Vikings (History Channel 10/9c)
War is coming but instead of that(we'll have to wait until next week for that) it looks like we are getting an episode where the Vikings led by Ragnar go on a spiritual journey where they will have to sacrifice someone, that doesn't sit to well with the priest. But my main takeaway from the clip is that is that Donal Logue(Terriers, Grounded for Life) is playing a Viking leader of his own. I have a feeling this series is going to have an epic ending.
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With another Power Shift coming this episode we look forward to Peter or Talla walking out and one of the members of the jury house coming back into the game. Whatever way the vote(the eviction and Canada's) it will be a different house after this episode.
In Memoriam (Remembering the evicted house guest.)
Peter
Peter was an incredible social game player and although he won very little when it came to competitions he definitely won my heart. Whether he was eating pizza, chicken tenders or pizza he always had something clever to say. He was the funniest member of the Big Brother Canada cast and built one of the better alliances of the season. During his exit speech with Arisa Cox he said that because he was out of the game he had played the whole thing incorrectly, but if I were to pick one thing that could have been his downfall was that he didn't get a third or a fourth person into the Shield(or The S.H.I.E.L.D.). I really don't know who I will cheer for the rest of the season and would much rather watch the Jury House with Alec and Peter over the last two weeks of Jemmet, Lalla and Old Man Andrew. You will be missed by all the awkward nerdy Canadians that now see you as a role model.
Chevrolet Power Shift (Big Brother sometimes likes to affect the game.)
The third Power Shift of the season brought one of the evicted Jury members back into the game. It was between Topaz, Alec, AJ and Gary and it was all decided by a vote from Canada. The vote was close and in the end Gary was chosen by Canada with only five percent more of the next person(they never told us who was the second place finisher in the vote). So Gary re-enters the house with only two weeks left and a whole lot of adversity sitting on the outside of a four person alliance.
Head of Household
(The HoH has all the power in the house.)
Competition: Brick by Brick
The house guests each had a metal outline of the big brother house and they had to use different magnetic pieces to build the house. The winner would win the HoH.
(If you want to know the HoH competition winner highlight the space after winner.) Winner: Emmet
Random Thoughts (Here are some of my random thoughts.)
- A friendly four person alliance is never good for the end of a Big Brother show because there is no tension and very little infighting. The best case scenario is you get The Brigade and worst case you get Beast Coast.
- Talla is the least deserving person in the final five. She hasn't won anything and it appears she doesn't even understand the game.
- The clips of the BBUS contestants was pretty great. Obviously Janelle would love Jillian and Ian would love Peter but the fact that Janelle and Rachel both like Jillian blows my mind.
- Rachel's idea of a Big Brother Mash-up of the Canadians and the Americans is a great idea(maybe her best idea ever) but they should wait until a couple seasons into the Canadian version and wait for me to be on the show!
- Everything about Peter this episode was amazing. His campaigning was some of the best I'd ever seen and if Jillian and Emmet were smart they would have kept Peter just in order to split the alliance of Andrew and Talla. His silent speech before the votes was easily the best one of the season and when he exited the house and became a professional wrestler for a few minutes had me standing and cheering.
- The Jury house scenes were so scripted and directed pretty poorly.
Running Cast Grade: C+ (Last Episode: C) (Grading the cast on an episode to episode basis.)
At the end of the night Peter left and Gary came back. Andrew wont be happy because he is old and change bothers him, Talla wont understand that Gary is back in the game and Jillian and Emmet share a brain so whichever way one goes the other will follow. Bringing Gary back into the game will be great for a couple days and is a guarantee for some action but in the end he will probably be gone next week and it will be back to the most boring final four since I can remember.
