BB Quarantine Viewing - Past Seasons & Clips

I forgot how Johnny Mac figured out the twin twist on his own by noticing the different dental work in each of their mouths. (Too bad it was after half the house already knew about it)  

I enjoy watching BB every Summer, but I have no desire whatsoever to rewatch any of the previous seasons.
By the time the season in over I never want to see the cast members again. We just get to see so much ugly behavior, or worse. I usually find most of the cast disgusting. Even the decent ones I'm also glad to be rid of.
We see them "warts and all", and I don't want to see the warts.

BBOTT was great for doing things stripped-down, you're so right. It showed how much the regular show had become so bloated with twists, themes and production meddling. Seeing the competitions played live, with stops/hiccups and all, was such a revelation. I'm sure there are some things they could take from BBOTT to adapt to the new season in terms of dealing with the virus -- especially the nomination ceremony with the remote flashers that indicated who was safe, one by one. 

It would have been a perfect season if Jason had won, but that's just me.  

Season 2 - First time seeing Dr. Will's first trip to the BB house. The guy is a master. I knew he'd won because I watched All-Stars, but to see how he did it! Once he lost Boogie, I couldn't figure out how in the world he was going to make it through. I will say this...players are much more savvy now. I wonder if his tactics would still work. I kind of doubt it.

I really miss the simplicity of some of the early season games. Tying the balloons to the baskets to get them over the wall...so much fun to watch. Bigger is not always better. The food and luxury comps. I miss those. The nomination ceremony with the circular key box...I miss that.

As for the people, Kent stayed way too long. Since I'd never seen this season, I was excited to see Hardy and Bunky. People here have talked about them so much, but it was fun to actually see their gameplay.

Only a few episodes of season 2 to go, and then on to season 3!

Season 5 - The 4 Horseman. Oh, how I remember hating Jace and Scott. I'm not even halfway through it yet, but I had to stop an post quick, because Jace was just voted out in the most satisfying BB moment of the season! But to make it even better, I just laughed out loud at Holly coming to meet him during his post-show interview. As they sat on the couch talking to Julie, I found it so hysterical how Jace just squirmed and kept leaning away from Holly. And his FACE when she she said "oh yeah, that's my guy!" I'm dying!!!

They really do need to bring back food comps. Just picking people to be on slop is boring.

I haven't checked in for a bit, but I'm glad to see someone else is watching old seasons, too. Since the last time, I've watched seasons 6, 7, and am almost done with 8.

So, season 6, fell in love with Janelle, Howie and Kaysar all over again. I had forgotten how self-righteous the Nerd Herd was. Maggie really was a nightmare.

Season 7 - All Stars. Where did fun Howie go? He was there for a bit, but completely disappeared after a bit and turned into annoying, angry Howie. And the whole house had SO many chances to get rid of Will and/or Boogie...I just don't know how they didn't get together and compare notes long before Janelle and Erika talked at the end. By then, it was too late.

Season 8 - I remember watching this season and completely loathing Evel Dick. Why am I enjoying watching him so much more this time? I don't know. Yeah, he's crass and a jerk and annoying as heck. But I'm finding myself laughing so hard at his antics this time and actually appreciating his gameplay. I still think Danielle played a better game than he did, but the truth is that she would have been gone without him.

The past couple of days I’ve been rewatching season 6. My memories of this season are loving Kayler for thinking three steps ahead, loving Janelle and Howie, and despising Maggie, Ivette, Cappy and crew. I remember this as a season so many people were so angry that the final two were two people as I likable as Maggie and Ivette.

Upon rewatching it, I’m realizing that they won because the other side played such boneheaded games! Kayler wasn’t thinking ahead as far as I remember him doing. He showed too many of his cards and when he had power didn’t really think about what would happen when he didn’t have it. Then, Janelle and Howie stopped playing with strategy and when each of them had power they made emotional short sighted moves instead of playing strategically. They had multiple chances to get strong players out and each time decided instead to carry out vendettas. When Kaysar left the numbers were in their favor. But they let Maggie and ivette plant seeds of doubt and imploded their own alliance evening out the numbers.

Maggie was not a charismatic player. The whining of her group ... really most of the house ... wasn’t fun. But I’m realizing she played a smart game. She controlled the information she gave out and was smart about what she gathered. I won’t say she played as smart as Derek a few years later. But she played a similar game and didn’t get credit for it because she didn’t explain it and wasn’t likable.

Rachel should have won that season. I think her biggest mistake was to not watch Howie like a hawk when he was HOH. She tried to down play their bind. But she should have attached herself to his hip and not let him make any choices without her,

It also surprised me to see some of the comments made about Kayser being Iraqui that I don’t think would fly now!

It's been a few days since I checked in. I just started season 12...so I'm dealing with Brendan and Rachael right now. Heaven help me.

Season 9 - seriously, I skipped this one. I did start it, and made it through about 3 episodes wondering why I could not, for the life of me, remember anyone from that season. Then around episode 3, it hit me. First, this was the "winter season" that they threw together at the last minute due to the writers strike. Second, this was the season that Adam won. He's the one that use his winnings to fund his illegal oxy business, and I just wasn't going to put myself through watching him win again.

Season 10 - Dan Gheesling! But this was also the season of Renny, Jerry, Memphis and Keesha. If memory serves, this is the last time that an older-than-average houseguest made it very far. I often wonder why that is. They are not a physical threat for the end of the game, and if strong players can rope them into an alliance and protect them, they are an extra vote. It was pretty obvious that Ollie/April/Michelle alliance did just that with Jerry, and Memphis and Dan did the same with Renny. Jerry did get a couple of lucky wins later in the game to make final 3, but would not have made it that far without an alliance that protected him and an opposing alliance who saw him as the least threatening person.

Season 11 - Jeff and Jordan! I love those two so much, and just fell in love with them over again. I remember a lot of backlash from fans over Jordan's win (even though she was a fan favorite) because the feeling was the Jeff dragged her along. Would she have made it that far without Jeff? Oh heck no. But isn't that what Big Brother is about? Aligning with strong players who can help you advance your game. She did just that. Jeff's fatal mistake was back when he cut Russell loose too early, but had they not done it then, they may not have gotten the opportunity. I don't think Russell was going to stick with them longer than another week, so they'd have been badly outnumbered by strong players in both Russell and Natalie. Natalie's mistake was lying and backstabbing her own alliance so much. She had to know that they would compare notes when they got to jury. Bad jury management.

I agree with you about the shift in casting after BBAD started. It really did become all about pretty people and the party house. I also think that's when the decline of the show really started. I'm up to Season 16 now and honestly, they're starting the blur together into a mess of screaming matches, stupid house meetings, community voting (season 15 was TERRIBLE! Nobody wanted to vote for themselves.), binge drinking and overnight hookups. 

Season 12 - I found some old Facebook posts I made from Season 12 that indicated my level of annoyance with Enzo. He was still annoying. It's really too bad Britney was so blind to the guys' alliance. If she could have figured it out earlier, she would have had the numbers and the smarts to make it to the end. Even if she had been up against one of them in the F2, I think she would have won. 

Season 13 - Daniele! She made such a boneheaded move going against the veterans alliance. I didn't remember enjoying this season back then as much as I did this time. As annoying as Rachel is, once Brendon went out of the game for the second time, she really did get her head back in it and played a great game. They were right to get Jordan out when they did because girl would have won the whole thing a second time. 

Season 14 - Even though Janelle claimed to really want to be there, she just wasn't the same that season, was she? And is it possible to hate Boogie more than I hated him that season? Knowing Ian was the winner ahead of time made me really pay attention to Dan and how he really blew up his own game with the jury. Yes, he made it to the end, but he left each and every juror with a bad taste in their mouth. His only vote was Danielle, and honestly, after the way he treated her, I'm almost surprised that she still stayed loyal. 

Season 15 - The Season of the Mean Girls. This was the season where CBS had to place a disclaimer at the beginning of each episode because of the racist comments particularly from Aaryn. I really do hope that girl learned from watching herself. She kept using the excuse "well I'm from Texas and we make jokes like that". No, you're a racist and you make jokes like that thinking they're funny. I know plenty of Texans who don't joke like that. Anyway, Rachel's sister was on the show, and Andy won. Good for Andy.