Episode #21 - Saturday, August 24th - Nomination Night
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NOMINATION NIGHT


Big Brother Episode #21 * August 24, 2002



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Opening Segment
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This episode opens with the fallout from Chiara’s eviction. Everyone in the house is upset that Chiara was evicted except Amy who tells the Diary Room that she is “miserable, everyone is walking around moping and crying and acting all upset and I have to act like I care! And I don’t. Amy thinks that she is “the wicked which of the south” and says that “this is a game, it’s not death. She’ll see her old boyfriend again in a couple of weeks…. This is a game and it isn’t called Love Connection”.

Roddy is visibly upset that Chiara is gone and calls everyone over to look in his bag. Jason pulls out Chiara’s security blanket that she had since she was a baby. Everyone is touched. Roddy says “to give that to anyone for any reason is touching. That showed more than I’ve seen any one person show in one gesture” Jason tells Roddy that it is “amazing, you gotta know how much she cares about you now Roddy”. Roddy agrees and tells us “I’m so proud I got to be a part of her life for her to share something like that with me.”

Danielle and Lisa are also upset about Chiara’s eviction and are crying and having a conversation about their mixed emotions in the Map Room when Marcellas walks in. He reminds them both “she did dirt on you (Lisa), she did dirt on Amy, she did dirt on me and she was gonna do dirt on you (Danielle). Danielle regains her composure in the Diary Room and says that it was “nothing personal but business you know. I got to keep my mind in the game, I don’t have to like it but I’ll do what I have to do to survive in this game. Four down, plus one friend, five to go.” Marcellas also sums up his feeling in the Diary Room “You sit around and plot against someone, manipulate situations to get what you want and then you sit around and cry about it?”


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Jason moves into the HOH
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Danielle said she was so excited that Jason won HOH that she could barely contain herself. Roddy, Gerry and Marcellas are also happy that Jason won HOH because they are sure that Jason will not nominate them. Jason tells us that only Danielle is safe.

Everybody follows Jason into the Head of Household Room (HOH) to inspect his goodies from home. He shows them pictures of his family and a blanket made for him by his ex-girlfriend. Jason says he is glad he won HOH and that he is looking forward to a bed and privacy.

Danielle pays her first visit alone to Jason in the HOH to tell him that Chiara’s last words to her and Lisa before she left the house were to not trust Jason. And she points out that if Chiara was thinking this then “he” (Roddy) probably is too. Jason says in the Diary Room that he is ready to do dirty work and will put Roddy up if he has to.


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Commercial
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The camera pans to the Dining Room table and then fades to a smaller table with only 8 chairs. Jason calls the other houseguests in to look at it. They are all visibly shaken. Gerry says it is a “reminder of their fallen comrades”.

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Danielle – The Comedian
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We are treated to many shots of Danielle dancing around the house and on the kitchen island. Jason says he loves it when Danielle dances. We see more clips of Danielle entertaining everyone with her imitations of the other houseguests and doing her “mad ghetto woman” routine.

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Jason’s Nervous Habits
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Jason says that he is a dead give away when he is nervous. He stutters, he fidgets with his fingers and he plays with his hair. He says that he tries not to let on what he is nervous about and not give any answers. They show us some humorous clips of Roddy asking Jason if he still sees him, J and Chiara as the final three. Jason fidgets, and stutters. Roddy says nice non-answer Jay, and laughs.

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Amy The Party Girl
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Everyone in the house is concerned about Amy’s alcohol consumption again. Big Brother shows us clips of Amy asking for Gerry’s beer and offering Marcellas $50 for his beer. This time the bandwagon to stop Amy’s is led by Marcellas. He takes Amy aside in the HOH and lectures her. He tells her to “avoid the appearance of impropriety in the house”. Amy says she was just joking and can’t have any fun in the house and Marc tells her “you can have fun in the house but remember that you are working”. Amy relents and they make up and hug.

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Marcellas Thinks Gerry has a Crush
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We see Marc, Gerry and Jason at the outside table playing cards. Gerry turns to Marc and says “you are so cute - - it is a good thing I’m straight, would you look for an old white sugar daddy?” Marcellas tells the Diary Room that “Gerry is in love with me, there its out in the open … he doesn’t have a chance in hell”

This segment features clips of Gerry doing things to get closer to Marcellas that drive Marcellas crazy. Marc complains that Gerry sat on Marc’s pillow and picked his feet. Gerry climbed into the hammock beside Marc even though Marc never made room for him and various shots of Gerry gazing at Marcellas. There is also a clip of Gerry leaning on the shower door while Marc is in the shower. Gerry asked Marc if he minded and Marc said ‘No, but the camera comes on if two people are in the shower so back off and Gerry does immediately. These scenes culminate with Danielle teasing Marc that Gerry wants him and Marc claiming that he is going to push the panic button and leave. Gerry thinks that he is comfortable with his own sexuality but that Marc isn’t comfortable with having a straight male friend.

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The Food Competition – “Making the Donuts”
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Big Brother set up an obstacle course with seven stations in the backyard. The houseguests are given 7 minutes to transport 18 donuts and 1 special donut through the obstacle course. They need 16 donuts to travel through the course without falling off any apparatus to get all their food for the week.

Station 1 – Lisa – shoots the donuts down the slide
Station 2 – Gerry – catapults the donuts into the hot tub
Station 3 – Jason – places the donuts on a skateboard and releases down a ramp
Station 4 – Danielle – cranks the donuts along a conveyor belt
Station 5 – Marcellas – places the donut on the fin of an inflatable shark and floats the shark across the pool
Station 6 – Amy – transports the donuts on a flat rack hanging off a clothes line pulley system
Station 7 – Roddy – tosses the donuts into a huge coffee cup

Marcellas lost one donut in the pool when he threw the shark. Gerry catapulted four donuts onto the ground and five fell off the conveyer at Amy’s station when they got rushed and she tried to put more than one on the rack.

They got eight donuts through the course which gave them half of their food for the week and the Mystery Donut which entitled them to food and coffee from Dunkin Donuts every morning for the week.


Commercial break.

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Jason in the HOH Planning the Nominations
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Jason tells Danielle to sit on the bed in the HOH and they whisper. Jason says that he needs to talk to Roddy to make sure that if he doesn’t nominate him that Roddy will keep Danielle and Jason safe. Danielle says that Jason isn’t safe because Roddy doesn’t trust Jason after he voted to evict Eric. Jason asks her if Roddy said that and Danielle says yes. Jason then says that he’s got to eliminate Roddy. Danielle wonders in the Diary Room whether Jason has the “hutspa to nominate Roddy”. Jason ultimately decides to ask for everyone’s opinion.

Lisa confirms to Jason that Chiara told her and Danielle that Jason couldn’t be trusted and that Roddy said the same thing to her in a round about way. Jason stutters and plays with his hair while talking to Lisa.

Next up is Roddy. Roddy lays across the HOH bed and says “Beyond anything have I lied to you about anything? Have I told you one thing that hasn’t been true?”

Jason – No.

Roddy “Yeah well I know you’ve done it to me”

Jason – “yeah, I’m sorry”

The scene switches to Jason in the Diary Room “I’m really sorry stories of the Eric eviction still linger in the house. It really gets to me because it was thrown back in my face” Now we see Marcellas with Jason in the HOH telling Jason that “Roddy knew more than he said”. Jason says he “can’t believe that Roddy talked to everyone” about the Eric eviction and Jason’s vote.

Jason has a meeting with Gerry in the HOH and says he’s thinking of putting up Amy and Roddy. He tells Gerry that he’s worried that Gerry might want to win the Power of Veto and save Roddy. Gerry tells Jason that he “doubts seriously that he would use the Power of Veto in that case”.

Jason decided to have a meeting with Roddy to hear Roddy’s version of things about the Eric eviction and why it is still an issue in the house today. Roddy joins Jason in the HOH and takes the chair while Jason sits on the floor with his legs outstretched and crossed and his arms crossed. Jason starts the conversation.

Jason – “There are a lot of undercurrents in the house and some things I’ve learned today. Almost everyone is like Kik & Roddy have said a lot of things like ‘I love Jay but I can’t trust him.’ That’s been really hard to hear that today”

Roddy forcefully – “I have been incredibly clear on what I’ve said and not said here. In fact, just the other day I said my trust in Jason is golden. It pisses me off what happened.” Jason starts to tap his feet and stutters “I d…,. I don’t”. Roddy continues “I don’t know Jay, I have been so straight forward with you. Have I lied to you about a thing? Have I done a thing to you that you know?

Jason – “ No but I feel you’ve gone and you’ve taken this thing and talked behind my back….”

Roddy interrupts “ do you really think Jay when people come in here to lobby you to do something or to not do something that -- Obviously they don’t want to go Jay. It’s in their interest to tell you something like that to make it sound like I was stabbing you in the back. When if there’s anything you think -- What do you think Jay?”

Jason “ well that’s what I”

Roddy interrupts again “What do you think? I - - Don’t worry about what those people told you, What do you think?”

Jason – “Right now I don’t know Roddy”

Roddy – “Okay. Are you aware of - that there is actually a special friendship between you, me and Chiara in different ways and between you -- and to say that that’s not a reason to believe in each other. Jay I’ve always, I've always followed up all this stuff to say I believe in you and I just got done talking about that last….”

Jason breaks in “I believe in you Roddy, so much….”

Roddy – “Jay, but apparently you don’! If you’re gonna say that then mean it. Don’t just say it because it sounds good.

Jason – That’s the problem. What you’re using - - what your doing, That’s where I feel you manipulate me. You’re using my emotions and my friendship and how I feel about you and saying don’t look at me as a player in this game.

Roddy quieter now “Jason you have my word I’m being straight forward with you, that I trust in you, that I believe in you. You know you have it and if something doubted it -- I don’t understand how that possibly has gotten to you considering the way I feel about you. Jay I completely believe in you. If you think otherwise you’re making a mistake.”

Jason nods and sighs.

Roddy – “ And Jason I completely trust you.”

Jason reviews the conversation in the Diary Room and says “ Roddy said a lot of things and had some great answers and some not quite adequate answers”. He said he had a lot of mixed emotions.

Next Jason starts gathering the keys for nominations. He looks at the pictures as he takes the keys and goes to the HOH where he lays them all out and spends time arranging them and rearranging them trying to decide who to nominate. At last, he decides and puts the keys in the box & bag and heads to the Diary Room. He is very emotional in the Diary Room and tearfully says it was very hard to decide.

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Commercial

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Nomination Time
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Jason calls everyone to the table. “Alright this is the nomination ceremony. This is the part of the HOH that I hate because I love all of you. I talked to every single person here and I’ve had a tough decision to make. I’d like to say sorry in advance to those I nominated” He pulls out the first key and says “Roddy you are safe.” Roddy pulls a key and says Lisa is safe, Lisa pulls Danielle’s’ key and Danielle pulls Marcellas’ key.

Jason – “Gerry & Amy, first I’d like to say I’m sorry. I didn’t want to nominate anybody. I talked to everybody in the house and there were lots of names that came up. Gerry people think of you as a threat in the house and are not sure where you stand and I’m always a little nervous about that. Amy..”

Amy - “Yeah, I know the revolving door”

Jason – “ I nominated you because you got to go to Mexico and while you were there having a good time we were having a stressful time in here and that makes you a target. I still love you”

Amy – “Its okay, I still love you too sugar”


After the nomination meeting ended Danielle tells the Diary Room that she is disappointed in Jason’s nominations and that she doesn’t trust Roddy. Jason admits that Roddy is probably the biggest threat to Danielle in the house. Gerry is confident that Amy will be leaving. Amy says she is not surprised that Roddy wasn’t nominated, that Jason took the easy way and she is confident she will not be evicted.

Big Brother ends the show with an emotional Jason in the diary room saying “I should’ve nominated Roddy for eviction because I think I’ve now given him the game. But Roddy is my friend and has looked out for me in this game time and time again.”