Episode #18 - Friday, August 16th - HoH Competition and Recap
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HOH COMPETITION AND RECAP


Big Brother Episode #18 * August 16, 2002



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Opening Recap
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We are shown scenes from last week of Chiara nominating her ally Josh and her bedmate Roddy. Shown are clips from the week of Josh secretly campaigning to get votes from Roddy. Of course this backfires when he is confronted by Roddy and his lies are revealed. Josh is evicted from the Big Brother house in a vote of unanimous vote of 5-0. We are shown Amy and Eric winning the right to compete to return into the house by their willingness to sacrifice ½ the grand prize. In a live vote, Amy wins in a vote of 5-2. Amy is immediately thrown into a Head of Household competition. Who will win by staying the longest in a tub of water added with buckets of “challenges”? We are asked to stay tuned to see who will become HOH and to watch the best and never before seen footage of this season’s Big Brother.

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HOH Competition
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The screen reads Day 41 and we see the houseguests sitting in a large white tub in the backyard of the house. Chiara adds the first of two buckets of squid. Roddy immediately leaves the tub. Jason in the diary room tells us that he didn’t want Gerry to win HOH because he is a wildcard. He is going to try to see that Gerry doesn’t win. As we watch the second buckets of seaweed and pond scum being dumped into the tub we hear Marcellus screaming at the filth of it.

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Houseguests Gossip
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In the diary room Dani tells us that with Amy back everyone was like leeches to hear everything about the outside world. She knows that with Amy back the cattiness and gossip will begin again. We are shown ongoing clips of gossip happening in the house over the last many weeks. Marcellus comments that at times “it is the only thing to do in this house”. Many houseguests are shown talking with and about others.

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Best Fight
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Lisa tells us that her nomination for best fight in BB3 would go to Danielle and Lori over Gerry’s hand washing and the confrontation of it with him. We are shown Gerry heading out of the bathroom, not washing his hands and then tossing salad with the same hands. In the background Danielle is telling her fellow houseguests “that is nasty” and she wouldn’t have “eaten all that salad”. Lori tells us that she entered the living room and heard her housemates talking about Gerry. She admits she thought it was juvenile and she “lost it!” Danielle says that she got “ghetto fabulous”. We see the two ladies yelling and screaming at one another about Gerry’s behavior and the gossip about it. Lori pointing at Danielle saying that it was her that started the gossip and she should confront Gerry. Gerry is brought in and told calmly about his “nastiness” and asked to please wash up by Danielle. She turns to Lori after and Lori says “it’s done!” We are shown the look of anger on Danielle’s face.

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Memories
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Back in the HOH tub Amy is sharing some gossip of her own from the outside world. Julia Roberts got married again. Danielle proceeds to fill Amy in on some house gossip during her absence. They tell her about the food competition that had some of the hgs eating peanut butter and jelly for one week. Dani explains how the bidding war worked. We are shown clips of the two teams red (Chiara, Josh Dani and Roddy) and blue (Lisa, Jason, Eric and Marcellus) bidding over their items. First Chiara has to eat 12 brussel sprouts and can’t. Josh is able to shove Twinkies in his mouth two at a time. Dani points out that Eric hates olives and she was able to eat the olives. Leading to the suspense, Dani says that the best event and competitor were yet to come. Marcellus faced off with Roddy eating fried chicken livers. Marcellus was forced to eat 5. Dani in the background is describing the look on Marcellus’s face as we see him barely managing to down the chicken livers. He said it was the most disgusting thing he had ever done. In the diary room Jason says that it took everything Marcellus had but he was the best competitor of the day and won for the blue team. We hear Dani moaning on her clip about having to eat peanut butter and jelly for a whole week.

This leads us to Chiara who votes for the best peanut butter and jelly recipe. She (in no surprise to the author) picks the peanut butter bikinis. We are told that it was Tonya’s idea to have a fashion show. Amy went with that and suggested a pageant. She quickly became the director of the pageant. As we are shown the girls making flower bikinis, we hear from Lisa how they kept breaking. They decided to use peanut butter to keep them in place. Gerry tells us what a great job Amy does directing the pageant. Lisa, Chiara and Tonya come into the backyard wearing thong bikinis made out of flowers and stuck to them with peanut butter. Jason was embarrassed to look. Once the peanut butter started melting the ladies needed to return inside. It was the most fun Chiara has had!

We are taken back to the HOH tub and hear Jason stating “I have to go pee”. All the remaining hgs are disgusted especially Dani. Chiara reminds Dani and the others “You have squid, pond scum and seaweed in there… the least of your worries is urine!!!”

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Romance
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In the HOH tub Amy is told about America’s choice that the hgs receive a microwave. This leads to talk about dates and the discussion ensues about Lisa and Eric’s date night. We are shown clips of the blossoming romance over the many BB weeks. Eric in the diary room says that he didn’t want a romance in the house, but he has grown extremely close to Lisa. She conquers in her diary room entry and says that she came into the house anti-male. Eric is extremely attracted to Lisa and she agrees there are fireworks between the two of them. We are shown intimate bedroom scenes between the two, culminating in the “hi” scene. Lisa tells Eric how she has always wanted someone to stop kissing or making love to say hello and she didn’t expect to get that dream answered in the house. Lisa explains in the diary room, “I felt like a princess swept off my feet……no matter what happens I know what it feels like to have something real”. We see scenes from their private dinner date, particularly Lisa sitting on Eric’s lap as he opens the picture of them in the hammock. Then we see Gerry saying “I vote to evict Eric”. Jason tells us in the diary room that he thinks since Eric left, Lisa has become stronger. Marcellus says that she has her own agenda now and adds…. “Lisa is now Lisa”

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Friendship
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Amy and Marcellus became friends in the BB house. We are shown a clip of Amy telling people that she doesn’t understand why Marcellus is being so selfish to need all the votes. This is, of course, Amy and Marcellus’ fight the night before her eviction. Marcellus claims in a diary room entry “I barely remember a fight with Amy”. We see Marcellus telling Dani and Chiara that he is upset with Amy for campaigning against him. Dani goes to get Amy so they can nip it in the bud. Marcellus and Amy yell and scream at one another, with Amy reduced to tears and Marcellus storming out of the room. Dani explains that Marcellus yelled, Amy cried, he “queened” and they kissed and made up. Marcellus explains that there was a positive outcome to the fight which was the roast to Amy later that evening. All the houseguests roasted Amy. We see clips of each of them telling Amy something they like about her or have learned from her. Marcellus says the room lights up when she comes in for him. Amy admits to the group that she put up shields when she came in. She says people hate her and judge her and so she is just mean to everyone as a means of coping. Being in the house has taught her otherwise. We see Amy weeping joyful tears and then hear Julie say “Amy you are evicted from the big brother house”. We watch Amy leave and hear Marcellus say “I didn’t expect to find a friend in the house.”

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HOH Competition: FISHY
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With 1 hour passed, we see Marcellus and Gerry jumping out of the tub together. Marcellus runs to the outdoor shower. We see that Jason, Dani, Lisa, and Amy are left. In the diary room Amy tells us that she “wanted HOH and I was gonna do whatever it took to win HOH”. After commercial, and back at the HOH tub, Dani reminds us that she used to be a fish clerk. “You think that fish bother me….I had to act and let other people do my dirty work for me”. We see Danielle leaving the tub and hear Jason saying in the background… “Now it is all up to me”.

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Alliances
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Dani’s last comment leads us into scenes and discussions about alliances. Marcellus and Josh are talking about the first vote. Josh tells Marcellus that he was definitely gone if he hadn’t gotten the veto. Josh explains… “I was the 4th vote for Lori”. Marcellus leaves upset. Chiara and Lisa find him in the room crying. He asks them what made people hate him so much in the first few weeks. Chiara is angry that Josh said anything to Marcellus and goes outside to confront him. He is sitting with Dani and Chiara says that what he did was wrong, that he doesn’t know what people would or would not do, and that he should speak only for himself. She tells him that it is always about him and the game and that he doesn’t realize how he hurts people. Dani leaves to go and check on Marcellus with Josh coming in behind and offering a heartfelt apology for ‘telling the truth’. We hear from Marcellus in the diary room saying, “Josh has got to go!”

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HOH Competition: Electric Eels
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Jason voices over a shot of him sitting in the tub that you get to breathe again for a while once evictions are first over. The tension is finished and you don’t have to think strategy until the next competition. Jason is shown sitting in the tub….listening”. Two buckets of electric eels are added to the tub.

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Power of Veto
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Jason says he came into the game willing to adjust and to make changes. What an appropriate lead in to the clip we now see of the hgs learning about the power of veto for the first time. We see the first veto competition, ball shoot and hear Gerry tell us that he knew people took themselves out of the competition because they “didn’t have the guts to make a decision”. We then see the first veto meeting and see Gerry veto Marcellus nomination. Gerry offers up his speech about racism and sexism and his soul….Lisa tells us from the diary room that they are ignoring Gerry now because he can’t be trusted. Eric adds that he blew it in the first week but not keeping an alliance with a group of six strong people.

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Operation Revolving Door
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Back in the HOH tub we hear Jason tell Amy he is glad she is back in the house. Amy responds that she is glad to be back. In the diary room Danielle tells us in this house to expect the unexpected. We switch to the clip of the houseguests finding out about the possibility of an evictee’s return. They are watching the same three videos shown on tv about Tonya, Lori and Amy. They start screaming and yelling when BB says “which one will win the chance to return to the house and the game?” Dani is shouting “scandalous” We are told that Chiara and Roddy came up with a plan to deal with the revolving door. We see clips of Chiara asking people how they feel about someone returning. Dani explains that the revolving door plan was to have the next HOH put up the returnee and everyone votes them out of the house.

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HOH Competition
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At 1 hour 51 minutes we see Lisa get out of the tub. In the diary room crying, she explains. “I knew if I got HOH I had to put up Roddy and Chiara. I didn’t want to reveal that about myself right now at this stage of the game. Amy tells us that “it doesn’t matter what they dump in because at this point I was not getting out!” We see a clip of Jason picking up one of the eels and moving it away from himself. Back in the tub, after commercial, Amy says, “seeing the camera on us is like a welcome home for me.”

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All Eyes
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We see a variety of camera clips of hgs in compromising situations. We see hair clipping, and zit picking. Jason says that he feels badly when sometimes he does something and forgets the camera is on. Marcellus in the diary room begs BB to give people some private moments. We are then treated to numerous clips of hgs farting and others reactions. Eric tells us how much he is missing sex being in the BB house. As we watch Eric, Josh and Roddy watching Chiara and Tonya in their famous shower scene. As they apply their shaving cream bikinis, Josh says that he knows no guy in the house cares if they ever have another drop of shaving cream for the rest of the stay. The shower door opens and we see Chiara and Tonya ‘in their suits’.

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HOH Competition: Cod Liver Oil
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Chiara adds 10 gallons of cod liver oil to the tub. Only Jason and Amy remain. Jason says the smell is awful and he is not doing so well. After some maneuvering for a position, Jason looks at Amy and says…. “Welcome back to the house Amy, you are the new HOH”. We hear Amy yelling hooray and Jason hugging her. In the diary room Chiara admits she has mixed emotions about Amy being back. “I want to be happy but I am annoyed”. We hear also from Amy who tells us she is the comeback queen. She has no idea who she will nominate but she will say “No one is safe!”
BB asks us who Amy will nominate for eviction from the house. We are to stay tuned for the 2 hour special next Wednesday where Sheryl Crow will be a special musical guest for our houseguests in the BB house.