This is it, my last Big Brother post – for the year – unless something crazy happens.

It is Thursday night, at 8:30pm, Walker Dennis is sleeping and I’m about to watch Episode 40.  Now that our Fall shows are back, our Retro Big Brother Days have come to an end.  Watching The Voice and Dancing with the Stars, cuts a lot of time in our nights, as they are an hour and a half long.

Twitter and Tumblr haven’t spoiled this for me, nor has my wife.  She isn’t thrilled by the Final Three, so I couldn’t tell by her disappointment, exactly who won.  She got spoiled this morning, when she went on Facebook, which I guess Facebook didn’t spoil this for me either.

Let’s learn who the winner of Big Brother 17 is!

fuck~  My wife didn’t watch the show through the cfedits and so I just saw Steve crying and hugging his mother, that’s who I would want to win.  Dang it!  I know better than to not make sure that I have “Watch from beginning” selected on CBS All Access.  Well, let’s see if that is how the episode unfolds.

98 Days, they were in the house.

Julie Chen doesn’t look bad.  She really does like wearing the color, black.

Liz gets the first spotlight, which segues into Vanessa.  Now we see Steve’s season.  The Twin, The Poker Player and the Trombonist.

So many tears, this season.

HoHPart1.  First place winner (of the game) gets $500,000 and second place gets $50,000.  Production and the cast, are making a big deal of how third place, gets nothing.  41 minutes, Everyone is still on.  1 Hour 57 Minutes, who is doing the voice?  Mark Hamill?  Probably not.  They went from sitting on the disc to the apple bag, itself.  3 Hours, 15 minutes.  Powder Sugar was the white substance that I saw, get shot on them.  Steve drops!  NOOOO!

Part two is always mental, except for Season Eight’s.  Vanessa starts with her mind games.  Steve is grabbing some popcorn as Liz makes a deal with Vanessa.  Liz drops and Vanessa wins!  So lame.  Steve does end up with some popcorn.

Dr. Will Kirby is back for the Jury House discussion.  I believe this is his second or third time, doing that.  He’s a good sport.  Vanessa’s girlfriend, Mel, is sitting on the other side of Dr. Will.

HoHPart 2.  Poor Steve, almost trips!  There is a giant crossword puzzle!  Liz doesn’t stand a chance.  Production loves making the second HoH into something that the houseguests have to climb up on.  I imagine that Liz is more fit than Steve, so she may have the speed.  Steve finished in, 28:27, seems decent.  Liz finished in – 31:11, not too bad.  Steve wins!  They both got stuck on “Double Eviction.”

Part Three, Steve v Vanessa!

The most pointless part of the finale, Jury House Debate.  Austin got shoes.  John makes some jokes.  Who cares how the individual jurors think the others should vote, as it is up to the individual.  Will makes sure that they all know that Vanessa got them all in the jury.  Seems like Shelly and James are already voting for Vanessa, which is good, Vanessa has played the hardest.  She should win the game, but she wasn’t great about it.  It has been very hard to watch.  Whoa, John!  He doesn’t like Steve, how he was shielded the entire time, whereas Vanessa was on front street.  Liz, is an afterthought.  Liz played Vanessa’s game.  Meg wants a nice person to win, so that would be Liz.  Dr. Will brings up the fact if whoever wins Round Three, if they bring Vanessa, that person is chose to not win the game.

They brought back the giant scales, which serves no purpose!  Well, it makes me worried that the houseguests are going to fall off of it.  Just let them sit in comfy chairs.

Jeff and Jordan!  are sitting next to Steve’s parents.

FinalHoH.  Scales of Just Us.  Liz looks pretty nice,, in her blue dress.
Question One, Shelly’s favorite moment was (B) winning HoH, duh!  Steve gets it right, I got it wrong.
Question Two, Jackie’s most annoying thing about the house was (B) the constant paranoia.  I got it right, but not those two.  There is a super long and weird pause between the jurors.
Question Three, Becky, biggest lie was everything out of Audrey’s mouth.
Question Four.  who needs a reality check?  Clay or Austin?  Meg’s question – Clay!
Question Five, James said (A) was himself was the strongest competitor.  He said B, Johnny Mac, all three of us got it wrong.
Question Six, Julia respects Shelly’s game, the most.  I have no idea what the score is.  Austin, I got it wrong but Vanessa and Steve got it wrong.
Question Seven, Austin said (A) Zingbot mentioning his girlfriend.  (B) Zingbot mentioning that Austin stinks.  They are tied!
Question Eight.  John’s favorite thing about the house, was getting ripped.  Vanessa . . . Steve got it right!   John didn’t want to drill people’s nasty teeth!  Which isn’t great, as that is his job.  I hope that doesn’t hurt his job!

Steve has said that taking Vanessa would be a mistake!  Oh man, he has to take Liz and win!  Vanessa will be brought back, at some point – I’m sure.

Steve has to decide if he wants to win this game or not.  Steve wants a moment but Julia says that they are live tv.  Steve’s speech to her, is so intense!  Is he going to murder her?  He evicts Vanessa, but says that she is the strongest female player in the history of the show.  Liz didn’t see that coming!  Steve just won the game.

Vanessa tells Julie that she saw this coming.  She isn’t crying, amazingly enough.

Apparently Bradley Cooper is recurring on that Limitless show, I would thought they would promote that fact.  I didn’t see the film nor read the book so I’m not sure how possible that is.  CBS Access hasn’t shown Bradley Cooper being in the ads, but my wife said that she saw one.

Madame Secretary got renewed for a second season!?!  I thought it got cancelled.  I do like Tea Leoni.  I saw Morgan Freeman was a Supreme Court Justice, I imagine he only appears in the one episode.

Julie brings out the jury.  People do not like Austin.  Julia doesn’t want to guess.  Austin guesses correctly.  Austin is so happy.  James got a haircut.  Vanessa looks like she is going to cry after Austin’s response.  John is happy to see his best friend again.

These three questions are usually so dumb.  Johnny Mac, first question.  Steve looks so nervous and awkward.
Q1.  Steve, I was a good friend to you in this game, why am I wrong in that you didn’t use him and Vanessa.  John has such a confident answer, but Julia Chen keeps stopping him.  The live audience can’t hear him but we can.  So awkward and stupid.  “Scramper Squad” is such a dumb name, to say aloud.
Q2.  Becky.  What moves were Liz and not Austin?  So dumb, as Liz won more competitions than him and
Q3.  James.  Steve is sitting next to a strong competitor.  What did he do that wasn’t being a floater?  He explains it, pretty well.
Q4. Julia.  What is Liz’s strongest game move?  Working with her sister and her showmance.
Q5.  Jackie.  Steve didn’t talk to many people, about game, and those he did work with, said that he didn’t really game with them.  Steve used his alliances.  I do like how some of his game matches Julia’s, so that was smart to bring her along.
Q6.  Austin.  He says she looks beautiful and the audience turns on him.

Vanessa didn’t get a prompt to question.  These questions are always so easy to imagine an answer.

I just saw the Bradley Cooper commercial of Limitless and now I’m having to hear about it again.

Final Speeches.  Julia mentions how much Steve is a Super Fan.  Liz loves Julia but doesn’t mention a second person.  Her speech seems unrehearsed.  Steve seems like his speech is very planned.  Steve won 4 HoHs and Liz only has two.  Steve mentions how Julia was in a hotel room for the first five weeks.  Steve got Vanessa out of the game, Steve just won the game with that speech!  Liz just has to smile, through that.

The Votes –

Shelly. Julia loves Liz and Steve’s mom loves him.  Shelly is voting with her heart
Jackie.  She is proud of both of them.  Her vote is for the person who has dreamed of this, “their” entire life.
Becky, looking great.  She is extremely glad for who she is voting for.
Meg.  Loves them.
James.  mentions his own haircut.  James is letting Jesus take the wheel, like Carrie Underwood.  Instead of just turning into the skid.
Julia.  Her vote is obvious, which goes against what Chen said to do!
Austin.  He loves Liz and is proud of Steve.  Judas has left the building, which gets some boos.  He quotes Selene Gomez, the heart wants what it wants.
John.  He has to choose between the worst alliance member or . . . he couldn’t come up with an insult for Liz.
Vanessa.  No hard feelings against Steve.  She votes for who best presents the season.

The six houseguests who didn’t make it to jury, are up next.  This segment is always a waste.

Audrey left her crazy pants at home.  Shelly is all smiles.  They made the jury and these fools switch sides.  Davonne thought the most surprising was Austin talking about how Judas was going to own the season and didn’t.  He has no decent response.  He liked the house too much.  So long of a response.
Vanessa has a secret!  90% was the truth.  She has four and a half million dollars, and is a professional poker player.  So she will be okay.
Jason, he is impressed with Vanessa’s game.  She Doctor Will it, Dan it and Derrick it.  He mentions what I’ve been saying, she cried as she made big moves.  She never owned it.
Julie Chen let Audrey talk and she instantly starts to cry.  oh my.  She keeps it together.

The winner is next.

I’m sort of excited to see Supergirl.

The Votes –

Shelly – Steve, Julie shows it at the end.
Jackie – Steve (he knew he was going to win!) such a great moment!
Becky – Steve
Meg – Steve
James – Steve
Julia – Liz
Austin – Liz
John – Steve
Vanessa – Liz

Julie went backwards, as she really wanted to know who Vanessa voted for.  Which is a nice real moment.

Steve earned that shit!

Life in Pieces, does look good.  Glad Person of Interest got a fifth season.  CBS All Access refuses to air episodes three through 20, so we can’t get caught up.

Steve should be made mayor of that town of his.

America’s Favorite Houseguest is . . . James!  wha!?!  Must have been the live feeders.

Top Three are – Johnny Mac, James and Jason.

Steve has no big plans for the money, just be smart with it.

Jace didn’t get to say anything, neither did Jeff, that’s for the better.

Who wins the first round of HoH?  Will we see the second part?  This is the penultimate episode, ya’ll!

In Retro Big Brother, we did skip Season Nine and we are now on Season Ten, Episode Three.

The episode description hints that there will be flashbacks, so a lot of this will be missable.

Steve tells Vanessa, that he knows that Vanessa has a Final Two deal with Liz – she denies it but he knows.

They get a very nice Final Three breakfast.  Scrample Squad!

These flashbacks are clearly written down.

First up, twin hints.  Second up, Vanessa talks about her “struggles.”  Do I miss Audrey?  No.  Will she be back for the finale?  I bet in some sort of “safe” way, like from home, as some emergency happen.

Third, showmances.  When will the HoH start?  At the end of the episode?  I hope not.

Zingbot!  I just said I hope they recap that Austin was cheating on his girlfriend.  Zing!

They are including Meg and James.  Liz brings up “NerdMance” with Steve and John!  Who I love!  We end with Shelli and Clay.

Becky’s train story!

Clay’s mumbling!

But seriously, get to the HoH comp!

oh the necessary Audrey recap.  Does it end with her downward spiral?  I also don’t miss Da’vonne, at all.

Seriously, 11 minutes left, and no footage from the comp.  Is it a two hour finale?

James the Prank Master, so we are definitely only going to get the beginning of the comp.

My wife told me her suspicions and I got it confirmed with cbs.com, Survivor is on first, for an hour and a half, then Big Brother gets an hour and a half.  We won’t be watching the episode Wednesday night, sadly.

Whack Street Boyz!  Liz is the last Boy standing.

Audrey’s segment just ends with how the house was turning her and not her downward spiral to BlankeTown.

Even people keeping it real in the Diary Room, Audrey and her blanket show up!  Is that from the seven hour time?

I also don’t miss Jace, at all.

Steve didn’t want it!

Day 88, Liz and Austin’s food fight, that I must have missed.  How she is with him, after that, is beyond me.

They hint at the part one comp, with three minutes left.  So lame.  They were not on tonsils but Candy Apples.

Worst penultimate episode!  At least cut three of those segments could have been cut and gave us a result of the comp.  Lame!

Who won HoH?  Who will they nominate?  Let’s find out!

Episode 36!

In Retro Big Brother, We are on Season Eight, Episode 14.  Eric’s game is being blown up due to a banner – which I’m not entirely sure how Production has been able to put a stop to banners but they sure have.

Oh, Frankie is going to appear on this episode – lame!  We keep thinking that season 18 will be a second official All Star season.  It is the last official season, unless they get renewed.  Which I can only imagine an all star season, will make that possible.  My wife has told me that real fans are boycotting this episode, as Frankie is there to take people to his sister’s – Adriana Grande – concert.  It does seem a tad lame.  At least bring Zach along too.

The Egg themed HoH.

John, Vanessa and Austin get three eggs, around the same time.  Liz is pretty horrible at this.  Vanessa is in the lead, after 30 minutes – with six eggs.  Liz, finally realizes that she is horrible, and goes for the Luxury prize.  She promises to take the HoH with her.  Vanessa gets 7 eggs, as Austin gets six.  40 Minutes, John gets his 7th leg.  Vanessa gets her eighth egg and that isn’t it!  how many eggs does one need?  Whoever wins HoH, is for sure, in the final four.

Vanessa gets her ninth egg and is working on her last, the tenth egg.  John gets his ninth egg.  Vanessa is the new HoH!  Should be a lame week, unless she plays the game smart – but she will probably end up crying and take Liztin with her.  If she wanted to be safe, I guess she could nominate one from each group – Steve and Liz, probably.

oh Liz, “Vanessa likes girls and I’m a girl – I hope she still likes me” ooof, not the most offensive thing but still, a dumb thing to say.  Especially in DR, that’s more of a dumb joke to say with Vanessa.

Steve tells Vanessa that he made a deal with Liz.  Which sounds pretty dumb, to make any deals with Liz and to tell Vanessa.  My wife and I were talking about how Vanessa is sort of playing the same game that Evel Dick was.  Instead of bullying tactics, she is using paranoia (mostly to herself).  But, like Dick, she is in every conversation and knows everything that is happening.

I do like how Austin seems bored with all of Vanessa’s trust issues.

Vanessa goes to John, to get more information.  He tells DR that she made him make a deal, but now she has forgotten that.  Vanessa is starting to really lose it.

Liz talks to Vanessa, poor Steve likes to go into the storage room but runs away when he hears their voices.  Is it weird that Liztin and Vanessa are all wearing pink shirts?  Austin lies about a deal he made with John, on Day 85.  Which wasn’t that long ago.  Vanessa is going to go with her gut, so she is about to make a mistake.

ooooof, three straight segments with Vanessa, is way too many.  Vanessa talks to Steve about how he will take John to Final Two, over her.

Vanessa is so dumb.  Her odds are better going with Steve and John.  Taking a couple to Final Three is just dumb.  At least, in DR, she recognizes that taking a showmance to the finals is super risky.  One might even say, too risky.

With the change up of Tuesday and Wednesday episodes, I’m hoping that since Big Brother is airing at the 7pm time slot, we can watch those at 10:05pm on CBS All Access.  If so, I will have my recaps up, the next day.

They are airing an ad for applications for next season, so maybe no All Stars 2.  Though they should do it for Season 20 or 25.  I hope we get to Big Brother 25!

Door Bell!  I always enjoy the houseguests reactions to a door bell.  People are excited to see Frankie, probably because they have to be.  He was okay last year and they have really scaled back on returning houseguests.  They are going to put Liz in a disguise so that no one recognizes her.  Liz said she would take the HoH so she does.  This will go a long way to secure Liz and Vanessa’s deal.  Will people actually recognize them?  That one guy is powdering Liz’s cleavage!  Um, neccessary?  Liz looks the same, but with short red hair and arm tattoos – which probably will work.  Vanessa has a clear black wig on.  Liz knows what is happening, she says “Adriana Grande” as much as possible.

Frankie freaks out, from seeing his sister.  oh my.  I thought, as a society, that we had moved on from Adriana Grande.

I’m pretty sure I’m misspelling her name.  She has a fragrance coming out.  Hey, the ears from the swag bag, light up!  The clip they show from the concert, is from three singles ago.  So silly.

I wish we got a scene of the boys, by themselves.

Ariana Grande, if I saw the shirt okay.

John only cares about who is going to be nominated.  It wasn’t the worst commercial for a thing, done on this show.  That probably would have been the football game that they did last year.

John talks to Vanessa, as he feels like Vanessa is still unsure.  Vanessa feels she is between two showmances, which is odd as John is pretty sure that he hasn’t made out with Steve.  John says the right thing, and tries to assure her of everything.  She is definitely that type that lives in her own head.

Nomination Ceremony.  I feel like this hasn’t happened in a while, that a full episode was centered around the one concept.  Vanessa has nominated . . . Steve and John.  So dumb

So Vanessa has to hope and pray that she wins everything, going forward.  So, John wins PoV (let’s say) and takes himself off.  She puts up Austin, Liz and John tie the votes.  Vanessa has to split the tie and she will most likely go with Liztin.  From there, they get rid of John and then Vanessa.  The house chooses Liz, as Austin is the worst, and Liz wins the entire game.  That’s the next three weeks.  Not the most exciting sequence.

Which wombmate goes home, Liz or Julia?  Who will become the new HoH?  This time, I really don’t know.

In Retro Big Brother 8, we are on episode six.  Evel Dick and Jen started their feud so much sooner than I had remembered!

Episode 35

Julie Chen is dressed like a naughty school teacher

Did the audio cut out for anyone else, at the beginning?  I got it back by exiting and going back into CBS All Access.

They have to get Vanessa out of the house or give her half a million dollars.

Day 82, Veto Ceremony

The twins are not going to campaign against each other, which makes sense.

It makes sense to keep Julia, over Liz, as it weakens both Julia and Austin.  Plus, it keeps Austin away from Liz, in the jury house.

If I was Liz and Austin, I would be so annoyed that Vanessa already has her three demands – at the ready.

Live Show, is the 85th Day.

Julia Chen teases about the special wishes from home.  I love John’s family!  This use to be a stable of the show.  Ratings must be up.  Steve’s mom is so nice!  Someone hug Steve!

Jury House.  Meg and James join that house.  There are some ladies there, to distract James.  James get one final scare in.

The Vote –

Austin – Julia
Vaneesa – Julia
It is Official, Julia is gone
John – Julia, John gave Chen a “hey girl”

Julia takes it pretty well.

Chen asks Julia about her poor choice in choosing Austin, during the last Veto competition.  Julia, having a full week to answer this question, gives a decent answer.  Julia brings up Austin, which I’m sure Chen appreciates so she can ask all of her showmance questions.

Steve and John don’t seem to mind risking not getting Julia’s vote.  John was more direct than Steve.

Julie asks Julia if she thinks Liztin can make it to Christmas, after Austin’s video message.  I doubt it but she’s hopeful.  Which I get, as Julia doesn’t want to have to apologize for all time, if they do get married.  Which they won’t.

HoH Competition.  Not a quiz, wha!?!  “Under the Rainbow”  Oh, it is that egg competition.  Instead of it going horizontal, it goes over a ramp.  There is a luxury prize (get to leave the house and go on a trip), the competition doesn’t end until there is a HoH and a Luxury prize winner.

There is five minutes left of the episode.  Liz has lost two eggs.  Austin has a slight lead, Vanessa and John are tied and Liz is behind.

That is pretty much it.  I do like that Irish song that they are playing.

There is an ad for Applications for the next season.  I wish I could be recruited!

Oh no, stupid football is messing up Big Brother!  We’re hoping CBS All Access just works it out for us.

Sunday is normal

Tuesday is a special eviction episode, plus Veto is up for grabs too

Wednesday is another special eviction, after this, we have our final three!  Things are wrapping up now!

I like football but it is annoying how it interferes with Big Brother.

Austin has an egg, they have to do this ten times!  Though I suspect who gets five eggs, also gets ten.

Who wins PoV?  Will they use the veto to take either Austin or Liz off the block?

Episode 34!

In Retro Big Brother, we decided to go ahead and watch Season Eight, we are now on episode three.  I forgot how much I really enjoyed Jessica.

From the episode picture, Jesse is coming into the house.  That guy, for a long while – like seasons – showed up once a year on this show.  He was always available.

Day 79, was the Veto Nomination Ceremony.

Liz is crying, so much.  She’s calling Austin her, boyfriend.  oh dear, then Austin calls her his girlfriend.

My wife has told me that the Veto Competition is the exact same one that MacCrae and Amanda had to do, with the throwing of the ball.  MacCrae could have given Amanda the game, but choose to win it himself.  We’ll have to see if Austin does the same or goes the hero route.

Since there are only six left, everyone plays for PoV!  Steve also mentions the trivia from Season 15!  Good thing Production has Steve!  Jesse is the host!  Mister Pec-tacular!  Austin is jealous as Liz and Julia are hot for Jesse.

Jesse picks the order, but I guess this doesn’t work the way I thought.

Liz – Julia – Vanessa – John – Steve – Austin (hey!  Steve Austin!)

Liz v Steve. Steve falls off the stage!  Liz and Julia do sort of look great in their unitards.  Each has one pin to go, at the same time.  Liz wins!  Steve and Jesse need a tv show!

Julia v Austin. Vanessa recommended, such a sweet move!  Austin is so confused, it doesn’t make any sense.  Vanessa tries to explain why it is good, to Liz but she doesn’t buy it.  Julia is hating her decision.  Austin believes he is the target.  I keep commenting on how neither Liz or Austin are going to marry each other, so they are worried for nothing.  Austin wins.

John v Liz.  John wins, on his first try!  Amazing!

Vanessa v Austin.  Austin doesn’t understand what is happening.  Austin wins, on his first try!  He was pissed off!

John v Austin, the finals!  Austin tells John that he wants the win.  John thinks that means that Austin wants to take out the twins.  Austin kills himself, and Judas is now here.  Judas tells Jesse that he is making a heel turn.  Austin will take himself down and Steve will have to put up Julia.  Austin is way heel turning!  This could be super interesting!

Liz tells Julia how wrong she was to choose Austin.  Liz isn’t remembering sisters before misters.  Judas comes into the room and rips into Julia as well.  They know that Vanessa isn’t with them.  Judas’ “in public” cracks me up.  His eyes got all big.  Julia goes to Vanessa and Vanessa tries to spin it.  Liz comes in to try to make Vanessa feel bad.  Vanessa should just own this but she is trying to piss on fire.  Put a lid on it! COME ON!  Vanessa’s crying, good grief.  Poor Steve, he goes into the bathroom (where they are) and they tell him (so fast!) “not now.”  He walks away, as he needs these social cues.

Liz confronts Austin, about how Vanessa told her that he is hiding things.  This turns into a super fight.  Oh man, we can see down Liz’s sports bra, I forgot my initial attraction to her.

Liz tells Julia and Vanessa that she can no longer trust Austin.  Liz, apparently, thought a guy who was willing to cheat on his girlfriend ON NATIONAL LIVE TELEVISION, was a guy that she could trust.

John and Steve recap what they believe is going.  oh man, Steve should put up Vanessa!

John should win HoH, great advice Steve!

If Austin takes Liz off the block and leaves himself up – that would be so dumb for him.  Austin tries to talk to Vanessa in the parlor room, but Vanessa does her fast talking and Austin loses interest.  Or maybe it is me.

Liz and Austin are talking, and I really don’t care about these two.  But this episode is all about them.  Austin ‘loves’ Liz but he isn’t going to make some sweet sacrifice for her.  Austin throws in her face, how he choose her over the girl on the outside.  He isn’t keeping his lies straight.  They have a major fight.  I do like how he tells her that he was willing to sacrifice his game for her but he clearly isn’t willing to do that, anymore.

Austin wears his Veto pendant, all day.  Julia moves his shit across the room.  It is the most I’ve liked Jiz in weeks.

I do like Liz telling Austin that she has won more HoHs than him, so she has been keeping them safe – this entire time.

The twins are sleeping in the bed.  Lis goes to talk to Austin, they are still kissing.  Did he cast a spell on her while giving her head?  My wife tells me that she is pretty sure they haven’t gotten that far.  I didn’t realize I said it aloud.

Veto Meeting!  This should be awkward.  Austin uses the Veto to safe himself, so he listen to his head.

Steve nominates . . . Julia!  He is all milly mouth about it though.  Own the moment, Steve!  I guess I rather have Liz out of the house.  Julia tells us that she rather have Liz stay in the house.

. . .

Here is a gif of Liz –

Pretty funny

Who won HoH?  Steve!  Who does he nominated?  Let’s find out!

Final Six!

So it is John – Vanessa – Steve v Austin – Liz – Julia

HoH Comp is Baseball theme.  The goal is to see all of the former houseguests, as baseball cards, and they have to figure out who is missing.  Last one to ring in, loses.

Inning One (Jason) – Steve – Julia – John – Austin.  Vanessa is out, as she didn’t use three pieces, what a moron
Inning Two (Da’Vonne) – John – Julia – Steve.  Austin is out, he was too slow
Inning Three (Jeff) – Steve – John.  Julia is out, she was too slow
Inning Four (Jace) – Steve wins!  John stopped before the final piece.

Austin makes a deal to keep Steve safe, next week, if Steve doesn’t nominate him.

Julia is clearly the funner twin.

Steve got a picture of his nephew, Harrison, who looks like a new born!

That reminds me, in Retro Big Brother, we finally got to the Neil Patrick Harris episode!

John is making fun of the twins, as they are clearly flirting with Steve in his HoH room.

Twins ask if Steve has ever been in love, he hasn’t told the gal.  Julia is getting Sigmund Freud and the tiger trainers in Vegas confused, Siegfried & Roy.  Austin’s eyes kept popping out of his head.  Luckily, John came into the room and cleared it up.

In the hammock, Liz tells Julia that Austin’s tongue skills are pretty lacking.

If I was Steve, I would nominate Liz and Austin, get rid of the couple and then the wins.

Steve really wants to talk to Austin but he and Liz are napping.  He keeps checking on them, after 20 minutes, Austin wakes up.  Steve wants to tell Austin that he is going up, so he is going back on their deal.

Steve nominates . . . Austin and Liz!  Everyone looked like they recognized which twin it was.  Liz walked away crying!  Another first for Big Brother!

Who goes home, Meg or Julia?  Who goes home second, as this is Double Eviction night!

In Retro Big Brother, we are on Season Seven, Episode 18.  Getting closer to where I began!  We just got our HBO Go account figured out so I doubt we are going to rewatch BB8 like we thought.  I have a year’s worth of Last Week with John Oliver to catch up on!

This is Episode 32.

Julie Chen is making a big point of things being back – John from Jury, James from the block and Double Eviction.

I already know that Julia didn’t go home, proving this house is pretty dumb.

Veto Ceremony was Day 75!  AusTwins is a weird word to have people keep saying.

At least people were talking about getting Julia out, I guess that’s something.

I do like how Vanessa knows how to talk to Steve.  I also like how John’s go to topic to have fake conversations, with Steve, is dinosaurs.

I like how Chenbot reveals the news of the double eviction, but the houseguests just accept it.  The days of shock and awe are seasons ago.

Speeches were only okay, mostly shout outs.  I do like Julia mentioning Zingbot.

The Votes –

Liz – Meg
James – Julia
Steve – Meg (so that’s who is going home, shoot!)
John – Meg
It is official, Meg is gone
Austin – Meg

Meg takes it pretty well.  Julie and Meg’s interview was pretty decent.

HoH Comp.  A Quiz, wha!?!  True or False questions.  Production is trying to keep the first six alive in our memories, which is decent as I can’t remember them, at all.  Question One – False, they all got it right.  Question Two – False, Steve and James are out.  Idiots.

Question Three – True, Austin and John are out.  Twins fucking deserve to win this game, the rest of the house are idiots.  Going to be disappointing couple of weeks.

Question Four – False, both got it right though Julia changed her mind at the last moment.  Question Five – False – both got it right.  Question Six – False, both got it right.  Question Seven – here we go, True – Liz is HoH!  Goodbye James.

Liz nominates . . . James and John, shocker!

Live Veto Comp.  Only Vanessa isn’t playing.  Each gets two rolls, around a giant boomerang.  Steve is first, first ball off the track and the second one, goes the same.  Oh Steve.  John – first goes off the track, as does the second.  Austin – gets a 6 & 9 – 15, is the one to beat.  Vanessa has to clear the balls, for some reason.  Liz – first is 15 and the second goes off the track.  Julia, first is 13 & 4 – 17, she is the new front runner.  James, come on!  First goes off the track as does the second one.  Idiots.

Julia doesn’t use the Veto.  James’ speech is pretty much his good bye speech, which does seem to be silly, to force them to make two speeches.  John wants her to use the Veto on him.

Speeches.  James wants to keep playing, for his daughter.  John would also like to stay.

The Votes –

Austin – James
Julia – James
Vanessa – James
It is official, James is out
Steve – James

See, Austin’s Angels are all the votes, with Steve, so the Scamper Squad.  John doesn’t stand a chance, sadly.  Unless Steve can play it smart. He’s the current HoH, from what I’ve been told.

Julie Chen and James have a decent interview, as well.

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These were the last pictures I were able to find, before I had to stop posting them.  I figured that Meg wasn’t going to make it to the end.

Meg really does have a nice body.

Who plays in the Veto?  Will the winner use the Veto?  If so, who goes up?

In Retro Big Brother, we are on Season 7 Episode 17 – still no Neil Patrick Harris.

If CBS Access is right, this is the 575th episode of Big Brother!  I doubt they will do anything on the show to reflect that.  Season 18 will get Episode 600, pretty early in their season.

I’m not sure who I will be more upset with leaving, James or Meg.  Narrator called them, FriendMance, poor James.

Liz holding Austin’s hand, under the table, is so gross!

Day 72, the Nominations.

Vanessa talking to James, is it how fast she tries to talk, that I find so exhausting?

Meg keeps crying in the Have Not room.

Players for Veto –

Vanessa – Julia
James – Liz
Meg – Austin

Of course, they choose the other side of the house.  Of course

Vanessa keeps crying about how successful she has been, with getting people out of the house.  If it was me, I would be using that to be making my final speech.  The person sitting next to her, is going to have to say that they made lesser moves.

I thought James was doing a Batman impression (I was distracted looking up how many more seasons of Big Brother there will be, one more – guaranteed, in 2016 – Big Brother 18).  But my wife told me he was pretending to be Audrey.

I can’t believe this is Episode 31.

Poor James’ daughter, Bailey, gets her drunken origins told on national television.  Brianna is the baby mama.  She is pretty cute.

John is the Veto Host.  Veto is an old school game show.  Steve is co-host!

The comp, they have to hide Veto cards and the others will look for them.  It doesn’t sound great.

They each then get two minutes to look for the others’ cards.  Meg doesn’t find one.  Austin doesn’t find one, but wrecks the house, unnecessarily.  James doesn’t find one, but also wrecks the house.  Who is cleaning this up?  For the past few years, Production has done this, where the house gets wrecked.  Julia doesn’t find anything.  Liz also doesn’t find anything.  Vanessa finds the first Veto card!

Round 2.  Austin doesn’t find one.  Did Meg not go?  Liz didn’t find one.  James is just messing up the house.  Julia finds a Veto card!

Round 3.  Liz doesn’t like the house being such a mess, she has OCD.  She doesn’t find a card.  Meg finds a Veto card!  I honestly can’t remember who is finding which cards.

Round 4.  Vanessa doesn’t find a second one.  Austin doesn’t find one.  James tries to cover his card, so his isn’t found.  Austin’s isn’t either.  James does find another one.

Round 5.  Julia doesn’t find one.  Austin doesn’t find one.  James doesn’t either.  Vanessa is close to finding James, in the living room.  She did it!  So Austin wins Veto.

Vanessa – Eliminates Liz
Julia – Eliminates Vanessa
Meg – Eliminates Julia
James – Eliminates Meg
Vanessa – Eliminates Austin

John hosts while Steve does the physical work

Due to the edit, it looked like she found James’ Veto Card.  Will James used the Veto to take off Meg?

Vanessa has to figure out who she can sit next to Meg, as anyone is a bigger threat.

James is gearing up to talk to Vanessa.

Vanessa wants to put up Julia, but AusTwins want John put up.

James tries to talk to Vanessa, but she gets super offended, so quickly.  oooof

Veto Meeting.  James uses Veto on himself.  Vanessa nominates . . . Julia, this could get interesting!  The house needs to get Julia out of there!  That’s the smartest move there is!