Big Brother - Season 9, Episode 19 Recap

Here we go with part two of my weeklong nightmare. At least we get the return of Evel Dick Donato, but I’m still stung by the news that my girl Chelsia is on the block.

Of course, we start with the reactions to the nominations. James notes that Adam is no longer a floater, and is definitely aligned with Ryan, Natalie, and Sheila. Well, duh. Chelsia admits it’s a smart move because if she wasn’t up against him she’d do anything to save him. They pretend to celebrate in the storage room.

Josh is proud of himself for not being on the block, and Sharon is so starved for some – any – notice that she asks him for a hug. Chelsia adds that she knows it’s James everybody’s after, and they’re just going to try to have fun with the nominations. “Who’s going to be backdoored”, Josh sarcastically adds. “Will it be Joshuah or Sharon.”

Up in HOH, Adam celebrates with Natalie. “Good job, Adam. D-U-N, done.” The sad thing is that’s probably how she thinks it’s spelled. She goes on and on about how that’s the best move he could make. Well, it’s the best move for you, Natalie, but nominating Sharon, Josh, and/or Sheila would be just as strategic for him.

James and Chelsia continue to play around, and it is disgusting Sheila (of course). “They’re kids. It’s to be expected that they’re going to be childish.” So it’s better to cry and mope and yell at everybody like you have done when you’re nominated? Sheila heads up to HOH to complain. “They’re all down there talking smack. She’s just losing it.” Huh? They’re having fun. I won’t even report the stupidity Natalie says in the diary room.

Hang on for a second here. They both keep saying how it “took a lot of guts” to put those two up. Weren’t they the obvious choices? Wouldn’t the really guts move be to put up some unexpected people? I can think of two that would have rocked the house.

The next morning, Josh and Chelsia chat in the storage room about attempting to get Adam to backdoor either Sheila or Natalie. Good luck with that. Josh informs her that of the two of them, she’s safer.

Looking especially beautiful, Chelsia gives James the evil eye from the green chair in the bedroom. They both agree that it really sucks they’re up together, but James talks about throwing the POV competition. He informs her that it’s only fair, though, for it to be her turn as he’s already been evicted. “I want to stay in the game, though”, she replies.

Time for a meeting of the minds. Sheila and Natalie talk about the POV, and Natalie says God knows that it’s important “they” win. “This POV is more important than any one of them”, Sheila claims. Really? Whatever.

We jump ahead in the timeline to tonight’s extended commercial for the movie “21”. Those who get to see the movie are given a bucket of popcorn, and inside one of them is the trip to Vegas that Ryan lost the other night. The buckets are emptied, and my girl Chelsia wins!!! I know who she should take with her!

They head up to see the movie, and Natalie’s pissed. “I’m going to just sit here and eat this popcorn.” Sheila’s happy because they’re serving milk duds, but movies are “her life” because she takes her son to them. Uh, so does the majority of American parents.

It’s time to fast forward a bit, as we really don’t need a recap of the commercial for the movie. Let’s just say that of course they loved it. Sheila calls it “amazing”.

We move back a day or so to pick player for the POV, and they’re all shocked it’s happening at night. Adam is the first to pull a name, and he gets Josh. Chelsia gets Sheila (lucky her), and James gets “houseguest choice” and picks Sharon. Ryan’s pissed he didn’t get picked, and whines to Adam. James, meanwhile, continues to act goofy, but Sharon’s not so pleased as she knows she’ll probably go up if either of them get saved.

Here’s the moment we’ve been waiting for. It’s early morning, and Josh is snoring as Evel Dick walks in. He grabs a frying pan and a pot, and…we go to commercial.

Ok, we’re back. We see everybody sleeping, and Dick comes into the bedroom pounding his pot and pan. I’m a bit shocked that he’s pretty reserved in his pounding, but Josh wakes up scared to death! Natalie has some serious bedhead- can somebody please send me a screencap of that awful face?

Sheila claims she hates Evel Dick, but jumps all over him and tries to say she has come to respect him. “I had to get you up because you dream about me every day”, he tells her. I had to stop that shit right away.” Natalie is still going on about the number eight. “Evel Dick has eight letters, this is week eight…” Enough with the numbers! Tee hee – Adam locks himself out of the HOH.

The competition involves ten “evel” drinks, and each drink consumed is rewarded with a croquet shot. Plus, if anybody beats Dick’s score last year of 33, they get a Gibson Les Paul. If nobody beats him, he gets to keep it.

Sharon’s up first, and she doesn’t appear to do very well (we’re not initially told how many they downed). Josh comes out next, and tells Dick that people call him the “gay version of you”. Dick corrects him – “I heard you call yourself the gay version of me”. Josh appears to do a bit better than Sharon, but quits before he’s finished.

Sheila’s up next, and it seems that she’s as bad in this competition as in any others. Chelsia is belching as she downs them, which seems to impress Dick. Adam seems to do so-so, and it’s down to James. “I’m way more determined than anybody in the house”, he claims, and it does seem that he might have drank them all.

It turns out that Josh came in last place, followed closely by Sharon and Chelsia. None of them did well in the croquet. Sheila drank seven of the ten drinks, which James says “blew my mind”. She even did reasonably well in croquet, taking the lead with 23 points.

Adam downed eight shots, and his croquet score (28) easily beats Sheila. Chelsia admits that she kind of hoped that Adam “rocked” the croquet. James finished all ten shots, and his first croquet shot was awful. He improves as the game goes on, though, and with one shot left he’s two points behind. Sure enough, the last shot was just enough to win, although still behind Dick’s 33.

Josh and Sharon are worried that they may now go up, and Chelsia knows she’s probably out of the house. “I’m royally screwed.” Yes, my dear, you are.

James and Chelsia escape into the storage room, and after a hug James says whomever escapes this week must go on to the end. Surprisingly, he throws in a “I love you”. Josh knows he has to figure out a way to ensure that he’s not put up as a replacement. He heads to his buddy Ryan and lets him know that Sharon is the best person to ensure Chelsia’s departure. Ryan promises to try to help him out.

He also convinces Sharon that she’s a better candidate than he is. “The thing I love about Sharon is that Sharon loves Joshuah,” says an over-caffeinated Josh. Sharon throws out the “no I in team” cliché, and runs out to tell Adam she wants to go up. “I know it’s a tough week for you”, she tell him, “and I’m trying to make it easier. I would be ok with you putting me up.” My girl is screwed!

Sharon explains her decision to Natalie, who for the very first time has an insightful opinion. “I suspect that Joshuah has something to do with it. He’s very sneaky.” You think? She takes her suspicions to Adam, but adds that “God has to help me get rid of James”. She wants Adam to put up Josh, but Ryan has come into the room at this point and puts an end to that idea, saying it’s more important to weaken James.

So we conclude with the POV ceremony, which is just a formality. James performs the obligatory pose in front of the pictures, and rounds up the crew for the meeting. Although CBS continues to attempt to create suspense, to nobody’s surprise James pulls himself off the block, and Sharon is put up. It doesn’t look good for my girl Chelsia!