JEDI

I'm ok with someone coming back.

I just think that doing it at this last stage of the game leaves the returning houseguests with a severe disadvantage, as opposed to if someone were being brought back earlier, because at this point alliances were formed long ago and are solid enough that the only way to break them apart is to win an HoH or PoV competition.

If ever they were to return the houseguests BEFORE the vote, that would also be unfair, as they would be voting without having faced the danger of nomination.

So, if someone comes back (let's say Gary), if he doesn't win HoH or PoV, he will most likely be the one voted out next.

Giving the returning houseguest immunity from the block this week would also not be fair.

I do understand that it had to be now because if it had been last week, there would have only been 2 houseguests in the jury house to choose from. However, had they done the double eviction a week earlier, they could have had the vote a week earlier with Canada choosing from amongst 3 evicted jury members instead of 4, and the returning houseguest would have re-entered the house this past week (at a second final 6 point, instead of a second final 5 point). And at the point of next Thursday, we would still finally be at final 4.

Their only other choice would have been to sequester non-jury evictees for an earlier return, like has been done in past seasons of BBUS.

A while ago, I made a post titled "Is the shield in trouble" but it seems to have disappeared.

Moderator Note: your topic was moved to the Big Brother Canada Archives sub-forum.

I stand corrected.

"Loft Story" if the name (which escaped me earlier) of the Big Brother clone we had here in Quebec for a long time. Then, when the network changed hands, they decided to rename the show (unbeknownst to me because although I'm perfectly fluent in French, I never watch French TV, even if it's Big Brother!), but apparently it only lasted one season, and there were so many differences that it was in essence a whole other show.

Judge for yourselves:

Big Brother Quebec loosely followed the format of the American version in that the public did not decide who to evict; only the housemates decided who would stay and who would go. However, there were slight differences:

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Actually, "Big Brother Quebec" does NOT exist. there is a similar type show called "Occupation Double", and there was another show as well, recently, that also had a similar concept to Big Brother, but none of these shows actually went under the name "Big Brother".

I would think that it would be on Thursday.

On Wednesday's show, they will show events between nominations and the PoV ceremony, as usual.

I imagine that voting ends Tuesday (at midnight) so that production has enough time on Wednesday to bring the winner of the vote back from jury house, and have them ready for Thursday.

As it stands now, Andrew is in decent shape.

His final three with Jillian and Emmitt looks solid.

No one seems to have mentioned yet that the final 4 veto comp is more important than the final 4 HoH comp in regards to who goes home.

The three East Coast alliance members seem to be fine with being the final 3 and fighting it out at that point, instead of stabbing one of them and dragging Talla to final 3.

However, all this can change depending on who gets voted back in (which takes them back to final 6 for a moment) and who the next 2 people to go home will be.

I voted for AJ, solely on the grounds that he wasn't given a chance to save himself, as there was no Veto competition during the instant eviction (Topaz's reign) responsible for his eviction.

Based strictly on fan popularity, I would have to assume that Gary would most likely be the one voted back in.

However, as many Peter fans seem to want Alec back in the game to help Peter, that may indeed come to pass.

I am not a fan of Alec, however I am a huge fan of the Shield (which obviously includes Alec), so I would be happy with that outcome.

By the way, I am also a huge fan of the ECA (East Coast Alliance), and don't think that the two must be exclusive.

If it follows the US format, then like Kaysar (BB6) and James (BB9), they will re-enter the game right before the next HoH competition and take part in it. In Kaysar's case he was voted right back out. In James' case, he won HoH. In both cases, the competition was endurance based. (BB9 viewers had voted for Alex to re-enter the game, but the remaining houseguests then had a vote about whether to let the last evictee (James) re-enter, or the evicted houseguest that America had chosen, who remained anonymous. They chose James.) And in BB13, Brendon was chosen in America's vote to come back and compete against the last-evicted houseguest (Lawon). He didn't win HoH and was eventually put up as a replacement nominee after veto and was evicted again. So this goes to show that if the returning houseguest (or someone they trust without exception) doesn't win HoH upon returning, they will most likely leave that same week.

One other thing. Since the houseguest voted back in will only re-enter the house AFTER the next eviction, there is a VERY strong possibility that PETER will leave the house this week, before ALEC returns (if he is the one voted back in). The only way this can be avoided is if Peter wins the veto, since he is the target this week!

I was just watching last night's After Dark, and we now have confirmation from the houseguests that the houseguest who comes in second place wins $20,000.

Andrew and Jillian were talking about the double eviction, and how Peter could have used the veto on Topaz, the two of whom would then control the votes, and vote out either Talla or whomever Emmitt would put up to replace Topaz, which would probably be Andrew, although Jillian had said earlier that Emmitt had previously spoken to her about using her as a pawn, so it is by no means certain. Then they started talking about final 3, and how it would go down. Their conversation went like this:

Andrew: I want to win. But then the thing is, you have to start thinking.. you and Emmitt are starting to... that this night made you guys a little bit more than me. I was like doing ok to win anything tonight.

Jillian: Yeah, but... you win some, you lose some. We've all got 3, so that's even and good.

Andrew: Yeah, but one of mine is crap, though!

Jillian: That doesn't matter.

Andrew: It doesn't matter. We want to get to the final 3. I just want to have a chance to go to final 2, obviously. You know what I mean? That's why the two of you... I know I'm ok, because I know we're all competitors, but at the same time, the two of you, against each other you don't know who's going to win. You don'[t know if you're going to win against me, either. So it all comes down to who wins that final one, still. Right?

Jillian: That's just scary.

Andrew: It is scary, because, you know, the thing is, once you go to final three, and that's the thing about having a final three, is that one person doesn't get any money.

<long pause>

Jillian: I know.

Andrew: Right? So? It's ok, though. Whatever.

Jillian: And they went all that way, and all that...

Andrew: I know, but...

Jillian: 120 divided into three... LOL... SHHHHHH...

Andrew: You don't do that.

Jillian: LOL... I'm just kidding, we're not allowed!

Andrew: Obviously.

They then go back to talking about what would have happened if Peter had used the veto, and how Peter didn't want to use it because he would have lost Emmitt's trust.

So, to clarify, if first place is 100K, then second place must be 20K (replacing the stipend, probably). Alec won 10K, plus he gets his stipend.

If you want to get technical, the way that it's phrased: "for each week that he or she remains in the Big Brother Canada House", could be taken to mean they are only paid for being in the House, not the Jury House. (Or possibly paid MORE while in the house than in the jury house.) So that would mean that the runner-up would get paid the most, after the winner, because they had been in the House the longest, and therefore been paid for the most weeks in the House in comparison to those houseguests evicted. (And, based on the quoted LFU above, the total payout for making it from Day 1 to the last day would be over $20,000.)

Ok. So I just watched the competition again on my PVR.

After Arisa reveals that the correct answer was "before", the audience cheers.

This is what sets off Topaz's celebration, because she knows that she answered "before", and since the audience did not previously cheer, she figures that this means that Talla must have answered wrong. Simple as that.

(We know from previous houseguest conversations that they can indeed hear when the audience cheers loudly.)

I'd have to see it again.

Usually, on the US Big Brother, the eliminated houseguests (and the outgoing HoH) are seated in a location so as they cannot see what the competitors are answering, nor can they influence their answers by giving hints.

Final 8 houseguests answer fan questions.

[media=]

Houseguests' goodbye messages to Gary.

Link: http://bigbrothercanada.slice.ca/video/exclusives/?slug=the-houseguests-say-goodbye-to-gary (Canadian IPs only?)

Topaz: I am devastated that you are not here with me. I do not know how I'm going to play this game without you. You are my sanity, and I absolutely love you and I will forever. I'll see you... again.

Peter <shouting>: You called me an evil nerd! But in reality, <holds up one finger> I'm only one of those things! But I'll let you decide!

Alec: You are a great guy and you know, I hope to see you outside the house. You're a little annoying to live with, with the glitter. But um, you're a good guy.

Andrew: We're all equal in my eyes. And unfortunately you are a very strong player in this game, um, and the time has come for you to go.

Emmitt: I voted to send you home. But I really enjoy your company, and nothing against you. I think you're a great guy, and we'll hang out in Nova Scotia.

Jillian: Gary Glitter! Uh, you're already a star to all of us, and I'm sure to the rest of Canada. I will miss you. Keep doing your thing. And I'll see you soon! <blows kiss to camera>

<end of goodbye messages>

AJ at the Jury House:

(photos from Slice's Big Brother pages. http://bigbrothercanada.slice.ca/theshow/photos/?slug=jury-house-update-1&id=53098 )

3:50pm Live feeds are not on.

Probable food competition taking place?

Her name keeps getting mentioned (by pretty much everyone) as someone to get out sooner rather than later.

They call her a floater instead of a threat, but they know that if they focus on threats then the floaters make it to the end, and they've noticed that she's come in 2nd in both an endurance and two quiz Head of Household competitions.

Personally, it doesn't look like she's set herself up with a winning alliance. Yet!

However, as the numbers dwindle, someone may try to draw her in because she doesn't seem like she can beat them in competitions down the stretch.

Anything can happen, so we'll just have to wait and see what develops.

One of my favourite things about this season was the emergence of FLONK.

I remember watching it unfold on AfterDark a couple of weeks ago.

(Maybe it was more recently. Perhaps the picnic/pool party night?)

This is for you Andrew!

Or, if someone bumps into me, I say "sorry" not because I'm sincerely sorry but because it's customary. It's just what we do.

I do notice that most Americans say sorry when they bump into someone though.

LOL. Read it again, Shinra!

We Canadians say "Sorry" when someone ELSE bumps into US!

On the topic of politeness and kindness, I have to say that it's still a little early to render judgement because the season is only halfway through.

And whether or not Canadians are more polite than Americans ON AVERAGE, there are still plenty of times where we are NOT polite.

The "Tom exposing Alec in the shower" thing wasn't very kind, and Tom did go around boasting about it afterward (also not very kind), before eventually apologizing (which I believe really was sincere).

And Suzette apologizing to Tom after the "redneck" comment was very classy and adult of her.

I know Canadians have this reputation for politeness, but I've met more than my fair share of polite Americans.

It seems to me that our houseguests do swear an awful lot. And it appears (at least to me) that the ones who come from urban centers are more guilty of it than the ones who come from more rural areas.

Still, the houseguests, taken as a whole, do seem to be less apt to take things personally, and more willing to accept that they are playing a game and people need to go home. (I mean, they gave AJ a round of applause as he was leaving! C'mon!) I have a feeling that will change, though, the deeper we get into the game. The less people there are left, the more each will feel a sense of entitlement.

Although I really am enjoying this season, I do feel like some evil cutthroatedness is lacking, and would elevate the caliber.

He's starting to grow on me. Seems stable and subtle. Could end up going far if he can solidify a real alliance (before stabbing them in the back at the end.) However, he will eventually have to win a competition of some kind if he wants to win it all.

This just came on the live feeds:

(Looks like we get Easter weekend off, eh?)

Feel free to read my AfterDark report (still in progress) earlier in this thread, while you wait.

Link: http://www.tvfanforums.net/index.php?showtopic=85003entry781825

AfterDark is showing new events.

The AfterDark report

(All times are unsure, as AfterDark is taped and edited, so I will use times from 00:00 to 3:00.)

00:00

All the houseguests are wearing solid color shirts of different hues and talking about a competition in which they had to find Canada's provinces.

Alec sits on the couch with Peter, playing with one of the long pool floaters.

Alec says that they are waiting for Big Brother to write their scores from the competition on a board, so that Andrew (the HoH comp host) can reveal them properly.

Peter jokes to Alec "if I win HoH you're going home!"

The houseguests agree that the competition can be considered as a mental/puzzle type challenge.

Topaz didn't run. Emmitt only ran.

They seemed to agree that Newfoundland was the hardest to find (calling in Not-Found-Land in jest).

Andrew is apparently in the Diary Room, or so they think.

Suzette said that the medic told her that he would stand by in case she needed him. She was worried that she would get really hurt.

Alec jokingly asks Jillian "if you win $10,000 can I have $5". She answers that she's not allowed to make a deal like that on a prize. They laugh that Alec was trying to get her disqualified.

Houseguests were not allowed to talk to the players during the competition. But it sounds like everyone shouted some encouragement at some point or another.

Talla tells Peter that Jillian and Suzette did talk to players during the competition and she wouldn't be surprised if they get punishments.

AJ talks about having heard Mark Burnett speak at a conference.

Peter starts to fall asleep on the couch.

AJ talks about wanting to light up a cigarette during the challenge.

Topaz tells him that the maze was indoors, technically, and they aren't allowed to smoke indoors.

00:10

Talla says that she's so hungry she could eat a cigarette.

AJ complains about how long this is taking to calculate. "You guys shouldn't have fell asleep during math class!" (He wants to go outside for a smoke.) "It's not fucking rocket science."

Topaz wonders who won the $10,000. (Sounds like whoever wins HoH wins the money too.)

AJ and Talla hear sounds from the backyard and hope that they're not taking it apart, because they want to smoke. But Topaz points out that they probably want to wait before taking it down, so that it will still be there when they reveal the results.

Alec points out that they'll have to go back out there because they were asked to remember where each one was sitting.

AJ thinks that since it took them like 10 hours to set the competition up, it won't be taken away very quickly.

Topaz says that they'll also have to stay in their competition clothes until after they've done Diary Room sessions.

AJ thinks he has the possible winner narrowed down to 4 people. Topaz thinks she has it narrowed down to 3.

Jillian complains that she wants to eat food. Talla seconds that.

00:20

AJ counts that there are 9 of them. (He forgot to count Andrew who is in the Diary Room?)

Peter is now fully asleep. Topaz puts a pillow on Talla's lap and lies down on her. Alec comes and cuddles up to Topaz.

Gary is playing a type of shuffleboard on the dining room table, with Suzette. (It's quite noisy, as the metallic puck slides.)

AJ brings up how Emmitt commented that they should have a comp for everything, even things like cleaning the fridge, because "what else do we have to do all day?".

Alec and Talla discuss how no mention was made of how those who performed the worst would be Have-Nots. Topaz and AJ speculate that there might only be 3 Have-Nots this time.

00:27

(we come back from a commercial break and can tell that time has passed.)

All houseguests in the kitchen area.

Alec is dumping his slop in the sink because "I hate it!"

Emmitt is eating a cookie. (With a big smile on his face.)

Talla says that she's very happy Alec won that.

Alec and Emmitt shake hands and say they are happy that they are not Have-Nots.

Gary "Oh my God, 7 kinds of milk!"

Female Big Brother voice calls "Andrew, please go to the Diary Room".

Emmitt says that he feels half full after that one cookie.

Topaz tells Emmitt that he looks like he's lost a lot of weight.

Jillian has changed her clothing. She says she's happy with her score of 17 seconds. And that she won't beat herself up about not being 3 seconds faster.

Alec said he got lucky. That he only made one wrong turn.

Peter said he knew that Jillian was really close.

Topaz said she was lost the whole time.

Peter said he thought he took 6 minutes, but it was less than 4. That the Edmonton, Alberta one was the one that screwed him up.

NO HAVE-NOTS for the week.

Emmitt and Jillian say that they wouldn't even have taken a prize of like $2000 if it meant having to do another week a a Have-Not.

00:30

Emmitt "Big Brother, can you tell me when the storage room opens, because I hate walking over here and being disappointed!"

Female Big Brother voice says "Houseguests, can you please return to the house".

AJ comes in and says "that was the greatest cigarette I've ever had in my life!"

Jillian is getting antsy that the storage room isn't open yet.

Peter tells her that it's ok, they are restocking and it will be open soon.

Gary asks Alec how it feels to win $10,000. Gary tells Alec that he's happy for him.

00:35

Topaz says that she doesn't even know what kind of food Alec likes, because he's always on slop.

Topaz says she is going to shower.

Female Big Brother voice says "Houseguests, please grab your things and immediately go to the bedroom and shut the sliding door, please".

There was a lot of noise, so now they're confused as to what exactly was said.

They start gathering food for the lockdown.

Alec "where's the trail mix?"

Female Big Brother voice says "Take the whole kitchen with ya, and get into the bedroom".

30 seconds later, they are all on their way to the bedroom with arms full of snacks.

Female Big Brother voice says "Perfect. And if someone could just close the door on the way."

AJ closes the door.

Female Big Brother voice says "Thanks, AJ."

Emmitt and Jillian high-five over the fact that they are no longer in the Have-Not room.

Houseguests settle into the bedroom and start snacking.

00:40

Everyone is happy that they won't have to smell slop for a week.

Alec jokes about how his first meal after 3 weeks on slop ends up being trail mix.

Suzette is happy that they all get to hang out together in the bedroom again, no Have-Not room.

They are on lockdown in the bedroom (with bathroom access).

Suzette says "smorgasbord".

Gary says he was scared because Andrew had said that all the slowest people in the competition were going to end up on slop.

00:45

Suzette tells Alec "Good thing you didn't win HoH last time!" (Because he ended up winning $10,000 in this one, and he would not have been able to compete as out-going HoH.)

Emmitt says that Andrew is out in the backyard because he has to do his HoH comp speech again.

They talk about the cameraman having to stay crouched there, with a mask on, and how he must be sweating his face off.

Alec says "Know what kind of sucked? Andrew had tilted it downwards, so I already saw that I won."

Talla says that they'll play spin-the-bottle tonight.

Jillian says that they'll clean the Have-Not sheets this week because no one is in there.

AJ congratulates Alec on being the first one to be assured at least jury. (Because only one eviction remains before jury, and as HoH you can be sure that Alec will not be the one evicted.)

Emmitt jokes "just send Pete home this week!" Everyone laughs.

Gary asks if the person who wins Veto will be considered as guaranteed to make the jury as well.

Gary says that Topaz will now have 2 weeks straight in the HoH room

Big Brother voice says "Jillian, please put on your microphone".

Jillian doesn't know where it is. Can't remember what she did with it. Thinks that it is in the living room. She has a pink hoodie on, no shirt underneath.

Jillian keeps trying to tell Big Brother that he microphone is in the living room, but without a microphone on, they might not hear her well.

Peter tells Big Brother into his own microphone that Jillian's microphone is in the living room.

Houseguests start talking about other things, like who will sleep where, and cashews, cookies.

AJ wonders what the whole long delay was. And how the HoH dragged on so long that it was overall longer than the lumberjack endurance challenge. That Alec won it in less than a minute, which is ironic considering how long it took Jillian to win her endurance HoH.

Alec says how for the smokers and Have-Nots, this comp was an endurance comp in a way.

Talla finds a little bottle of something in Liza's old cubby. She and AJ joke that there could be sperm in there.

Emmitt says that it is eyedrops for Tom.

00:50

Big Brother voice again says "Jillian, please put on your microphone".

Jillian yells that it's in the living room. Twice.

Aj repeats it into his microphone.

(Still no sign of Andrew).

Alec offers someone some "delicious raisins".

Suzette bandages her knee.

They talk about seeing Alec's mom, and how she said "Oh no, you're on slop again."

Gary liked when she said "we're so proud of you" and then choked up."

Suzette said that when Alec's mom cried, she wanted to cry.

Suzette adds that when she said "Vancouver" she was like "Yeay-a!"

Emmit says that they must have had video messages from everyone, for all of them. (In case they won Hoh)

"So our families are all making video messages back home. That's pretty neat, eh?"

Jillian "oh yeah, they're putting our families to work at home"

Alec says he didn't recognize the strange background behind his Mom.

Gary says to Jillian "I didn't even think of that. all our parents have to take time out of their busy schedules..."

Gary says his Mom would probably tell them "listen bitch, my son's on TV, not me, I have to fucking work"

00:55

Houseguest all chime in at the same time with similar comments and jokes about their own families.

They try to cheer up AJ about not having won anything. He says "there's no bronze medal". He doesn't need cheering up.

He does say that he's made it to chalkboard a couple of times, and not lost any Have-Not competitions yet.

It quiets down.

They start organizing and unpacking their stuff into chests and drawers.

AJ says that there's a bunch of new stuff in the storage room. (Tehy are still on lockdown.)

They start talking about when the gym equipment will be back.

And how PoV ceremony is always on Monday, and that the schedule between now and then will be a little compressed and slightly different than previous weeks due to the double eviction.

01:00

Andrew is back.

AJ "All Haves! What a freaking nice break that is for everyone!"

Andrew says "You were shitting bricks, weren't you!"

AJ "Hell yeah, I was thinking of friggin slop recipes, and like shit, do I know how to fucking make anything?"

Andrew "You can't even peel an orange!"

AJ "Exactly!"

AJ "Somebody up there likes me!"

Peter "Is the living room still off limits?"

Andrew "Yeah, they'll let us know".

AJ "It'll be a while before they clean that backyard, like 6 hours or something."

<feed switches to the bathroom>

Topaz is post shower.

Alec is weighing himself. Says 159. Lost almost 11 pounds in a week.

Emmitt weighs himself in just blue boxer-briefs and says 185. Says he will gain it all back.

Topaz says that before they called out the last 2 names, she knew it was either Jillian or Alec so she felt safe.

When they called "her" (meaning Suzette) third, is when she got relieved.

01:05

Big Brother voice says "Houseguests, you are now free to go back into the house".

Topaz sees Emmitt, then Talla, and then Jillian, burst through the door.

Talla runs to the kitchen and immediately starts making a salad. Jillian says she will make chicken. (Jillian is once again wearing her microphone now.)

Talla says that at one point she thought that Suzette might win.

She tells Jillian "when you actually see that episode, you're going to laugh your face off at what happened to me"

Jillian says she really wants to know, but knows that they're not allowed to talk about it.

Talla says that she was having a panic attach while going through it. (Earlier she said she apologized to the cameraman for using the F word so much.)

01:10

Emmitt walks by with blueberries and tells Talla that the storage room is unlocked.

Talla runs into the storage room.

Jillian tells Emmitt the funny things Talla was telling her about losing it in the challenge.

(Like how Talla was yelling back at the Female Big Brother voice during the comp.)

They laugh about it.

Emmitt says he'd like to see Liza's bio when he gets out.

Talla comes back and says she thinks the fridge in the storage room actually just got scared of her.

The 3 of them talk about what kind of chicken to make, and what kind of pizza.

01:15

Talla says she got disqualified. That she quit. She says she would have been in the 4-minute range if she hadn't quit.

Big Brother voice says "Talla, please go to the Diary Room".

Jillian tells Emmitt she was glad that he told her. That he kind of like nodded, because then she knew and didn't care.

Emmitt gets up and walks to Jillian, starts whispering about it's good how she didn't win because now they can both play next week, and no one will hold the fact of winning a lot of money against her.

Emmitt tells her "we're not here for 10 grand!". He walks away.

Jillian "I'm really excited to sleep in a real bed with you, and..."

Emmitt "And what?" (He smiles.)

Jillian "Kiss!" (They laugh.)

They talk about being scared that the 4 slowest competitors in the competition would be Have-Nots.

And how Gary almost turned into a monster when he got scared that her would be a Have-Not.

Jillian is chopping up the chicken. Emmitt is eating blueberries.

01:20

Jillian starts frying some chicken.

Gary comes in. He's changed into a purple sleeveless shirt.

They start talking about making chicken pizza, and nachos with ground beef.

Jillian mentions how they just talked about his reaction to almost being on slop, and they all start cracking up about it.

01:25

Jillian asks if they think she turns into a huge bitch when on slop.

Gary "Yeah, you do!"

AJ joins them.

Still talking about when they though the slowest times were going to be on slop.

There was a car out there in the backyard during the competition, because Gary just said he would have kicked the car if they had told him he was going on slop. Jillian jokes that she would have beat the windshield in.

AJ "Get this fucking slop out of here! This is not necessary!"

Jillian still laughing about it, says "I love us!"

Gary is trying to make a ponytail.

Jillian has finished prepping the chicken for the pizza.

Gary's ponytail looks ridiculous.

Gary and Jillian discuss making chicken.

Gary notices that Tom and Liza's photos are now in black and white.

Says that Tom looks more bearable like that.

The camera zooms in on the photos in question.

<feeds switch to bedroom>

Everyone has now changed except AJ.

AJ runs in with garlic and runs up to Andrew with it, yelling "DIE!" (Running vampire joke.)

Emmitt and Alec discuss the challenge.

Alec says there were see-through parts.

Emmitt says he thought there would only be four digits (address) to gather and memorize their order, run out.

Alec says you didn't have to go up to each one.

Andrew says, that's right, there were 3 you could see from the front, just go boom boom boom.

Alec says he was nowhere near Vancouver in the maze, but could see it through the glass, so that's all he needed, it was the last one.

01:30

Gary calls the bedroom boys for food.

Peter, Andrew and Alec stay in the bedroom to talk.

Andrew shakes his head and says "I can't believe that she fucking freaked out. She was yelling about how it's not fair, and said that fucking 90210 was ..."

Alec says that he's scared to put her up against Suzette, because she'll freak out.

Andrew says Suzette's score was 2 minutes and 6.

Laughs that he won the competition Alec gave him (in a dead language), then Alec wins $10,000 and HoH the next week.

"I'm on fucking TV. I look like a moron!"

Alec jokes that it would be hilarious is Andrew ended up going home this week. They all laugh (including Andrew).

Alec says he wants to tell everyone as soon as possible, that if Suzette wins PoV he's putting up Talla.

They talk about how Suzette's closest person is Gary, and Topaz is his closest.

They laugh about how some of them say "pond" instead of "pawn". How Talla even said something like "I don't want to go up as a pawn - I mean 'pond'."

They discuss how Talla was swearing after giving up in the competition.

They start counting votes.

Andrew talks about having to play along with Tom about him staying last week, while actually knowing he was going home.

Peter tells Andrew "You're actually still a better Hoh than Tom, though. Because the person you wanted to go home, went home. He put up 3 different people, and none of them went home!"

01:35

Peter "So if it's Suzette and Talla, and Suzette somehow gets off the block, we get rid of Talla."

Emmitt comes in, wearing a toque.

Alec asks him would he vote out Suzette if she was on the block against Talla.

Andrew says "I'll be there" in response to voting.

Peter sings "I'll be there"

Big Brother voice says "Houseguests, please stop singing."

They are amazed how quickly that came on.

Andrew points out that they are in the middle of a game conversation.

01:40

Talk turns to AJ.

Andrew says "Well, he was close today. 9 minutes and... " (The rest gets drowned out be the laughter of the other 3.)

"And he had his hat on. He looked like he was on the short bus. The guy was sauntering. Floating, let's say."

Peter "We'll have to nominate tomorrow, probably. Then play the veto Sunday, and then Veto Ceremony on Monday. Right? Does that make sense?"

Emmitt "AJ should not be scared, because AJ's not a threat. If someone's going up as a pawn that's a threat, they should be scared. AJ's not a threat, as we just discussed (they all laugh!) he's going up against Suzette who "A" has a couple of different reasons why she should be going home. She's been kept in here by Canada."

(He gets cut off by chatter from the others.)

Alec says he's not even worried about veto because it's 5 against 1.

Andrew mentions that the one thing he's worried about is that Gary could win it and use it on Suzette.

Alec says he would have a chat with him and tell him that the whole house would be against it.

Emmitt points out that Alec can tell Gary that since Alec didn't use it when Gary asked him, Gary owes him the same.

01:45

Andrew talks about how Suzette has been kising Alec's ass, and how Alec will never hang out with Suzette outside the house.

Alec says "yeah, can you imagine?"

A moment later Suzette comes in.

Andrew asks her "how's the old knee?" (She injured it in the competition today.)

They take a look at Andrew's knees, which have healed quite nicely.

He says he might go in the hot tub tonight.

Alec says he wants some steak, so he and Peter head to the kitchen.

Now Andrew gets up and puts on some pants. AJ and Emmitt head to the kitchen too.

<feeds switch to the kitchen>

Jillian asks what Alec wants on his pizza, because Emmitt is turning it into a meat pizza.

Peter says he can feel Jillian's excitement.

Gary is chopping meat. Says "I'm only happy when my man is happy". (He was talking about Emmitt. LOL)

Peter says "There's such a positive energy in the house" (since everyone is a Have.)

AJ, Peter and AJ sit and look at the black and white photos on the memory wall.

Peter says "one-third, guys!"

The camera shows all the photos on the memory wall. The five on the right side are all black and white.

01:50

In the kitchen. No sign of Talla or Topaz. Suzette is still in the bedroom.

Talla walks in.

Someone else gets called to the Diary Room.

Cooking continues. Jillian, Gary and Talla in charge. Guys just sitting around talking.

(Hard to make out more than just phrases here and there.)

Talla says to Peter "Hey, do you know what I though of, people make out all the time in public. So me kissing Topaz is not even a big deal. So everyone just saw us kiss - it's not even a big deal. It's what people do. Right? Because when you kiss out in public, you're still like everyone is seeing it, it's not that big of a deal. Right? Would you agree?"

Peter says "It's a very small portion of a very large episode."

02:00

Now Talla is asking what Jillian would say if her students told her that they saw her kissing a girl on TV. Jillian jokes how they wouldn't say that to her (because Jillian hasn't kissed any girls on TV), and if they did, she would leave school.

Andrew asks who takes credit for making up the vampire theory about him. Jilliam lays claim.

Talla is asking Alec now about what he thinks if people would ask her about kissing a girl on TV.

Alec ends up saying that he would say it was while playing spin-the-bottle.

Emmitt tells Talla they all heard her freak-out.

Talla starts to explain herself, then stops herself and says that she doesn't think she's allowed to talk about it because it's production.

Meanwhile, Alec and Gary are in the storage room, and Alec is telling him about putting Suzette up.

How she's going to lose, and shouldn't be away from her kid like that.

Then talk turns to the Veto.

Gary suggests Talla go up.

Alec says that Talla would come after him if she didn't leave.

Gary says that ideally Talla would go home. That he knows what is going on in Suzette's head.

Alec asks Gary not to use the veto if he wins it.

02:05

Everyone but AJ and Andrew are around the kitchen counter.

Alec and Emmitt go over to join them in the living room area.

Jillian is putting the finishing touches (mozzarella) on four mini pizzas.

Now she's putting it into the oven.

Gary is still preparing meat. (Steaks? Porkchops?)

Peter tells BB that "I love these shoes. Checklist of things that we'd like to have at the end of the show. Super-duper cool."

Peter tells Talla (Calling her Lala) that she has to clean the blender.

02:10

Big Brother voice says "Alec, please go to the Diary Room".

Suzette "This whole house is going to be so nice now."

Andrew to Emmitt "Like last night, imagine if you and Jill had of played spin-the-bottle with us?"

Gary is working on nachos. But he wants to use both bags of cheese.

Emmitt is trying to talk some cheese out of him.

They hear the car alarm go off in the backyard and joke that someone is trying to steal the car. Probably the cameraman.

Jilian and Gary still have cheese-sharing issues and joke about it.

02:15

Andrew jokes that they're going to eat all the food tonight and have nothing left for the rest of the week.

Emmitt was grating cheese and ended up grating a bit of the cloth towel he was holding the cheese with.

Jilian cut a little chunk of skin off her finger while slicing some vegetables.

Big Brother female voice "Andrew, please bring today's (garbled, sounded like "strip") into the storage room."

Andrew "this I can do."

Peter says he is tired but doesn't understand why, since he slept most of the afternoon.

Jilian still slicing. Asks if she should sautée before putting it on the nachos.

02:20

Talla and Gary washing the slop buckets in the sink.

Andrew wants, for Christmas, "that think you put a potato in, press down and make fries".

Jilian says she's looking forward to just her life for the next week.

Emmitt is sweeping up in the kitchen. "Watch your step in here, there's nasty stuff on the floor."

Jilian "Oh! Why's the storage room always friggin locked?"

Emmitt asks Andrew if his brother is doing his taxes.

Andrew forgot all about it.

Talk turns to doing your taxes.

02:25

Andrew "As long as you don't owe, it's ok. There's no penalty for filing late."

Talk turns to someone having heard a guest say "I want to be the first one voted out of the house", just for the moment of fame.

Emmitt is keeping an eye on the wings and pizza in the oven. Andrew comes have a look.

Now they're talking about when Alec will get his HoH room, and what Big Brother had to do to prepare.

Emmitt and Andrew play a kind of patty-cake.

02:28

The lights dim to nighttime levels.

Talls says "it's 5:28" (According to the clock on the stove, which is nowhere near accurate, but they still use it to measure time anyway), AJ got up at 1."

The lights come back up to full strength.

02:30

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End of AfterDark

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