BB18: Live Feeds into Sunday - September 18

Don't cry. It's almost over!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Hapless Hamsters:

• With nothing but time on their hands -- no comps to play, nothing expected to happen -- these are some bored (and boring) hamsters.
• Thankfully, BB opened the yard up to them, so they aren't just cooped up in the house.
• Paul continues to work at being Nicole's bestest buddy to make sure she will take him into the final two if she happens to win the last part of the HoH comp.
• Nicole continues to say things to Paul about how James doesn't deserve to be in the final two in case Paul wins the final part.
• Meanwhile, James thinks for sure that Paul will take him to the final two if he wins and that Nicole also should if she wins. He thinks he's sitting pretty right now.
• James feels he needs to keep Paul and Nicole from being together without him.
• But he's really doing a horrible job of that.
• For the past couple of days (since the champagne brunch), the hamsters have let the kitchen go. Paul kept saying he was saving it for a cleaning blitz when he was bored.
• However, Nicole couldn't take it any more and started cleaning. 
• I've noticed that the gallon of orange juice from the champagne brunch was still sitting out of the refrigerator on the table THREE DAYS LATER.
• She complained about chicken in the sink, etc.
• Of course, Paul guilt-tripped about the kitchen, as did James.
• Nicole is in one of her many insecure jags.
• She's so lucky to have Paul to console and encourage her!
• Ha.
• As it stands with these three, I really think that if either Paul or Nicole take James into the final two, James would end up second place.
• It gets a bit trickier if Paul and Nicole are the final two (and I personally don't think it will happen because they both have better cases to win against James).
• If the case is Paul and Nicole in the final two, if the jury considers who played the game best ... Paul should win hands down.
• No matter how obnoxious he can be.
• No matter that he's my blog pool boy.
• He played the best game, especially considering he made some horrible choices (Jozea, for example) in the beginning and had to overcome his own lack of knowledge about BB.
• I've decided that BB wants to psychologically torture both the hamsters and us by having the final three cooped up so many days with nothing happening.
• And the beat goes on ... 

James tells us what a good position he's in.

Paul plays solo Jenga.

Nicole aghast at kitchen mess.

BB18: Live Feeds Overnight into Saturday, HoH Part Two - September 17

Chef Paul

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Perpetuated Plans:

• Finally.
• Late late at night their time.
• It came.
• The Part Two of the Final HoH comp, pitting Nicole against James with the winner to compete against Paul (Part One winner) in the final part on finale night.
• Now, we know that Nicole and James had earlier made an agreement that James would throw the comp to Nicole so she could go against Paul at the end. Supposedly, this is because she would have a better chance of beating Paul than would James. In their theory, Nicole would win the last part and take James with her to the final two.
• (Of course, Paul and Nicole also have a final two deal, but we're not dealing with that right now. I'm thinking that might be, as Howie would say, "A spool of lies!")
• Anyway ... the feeds returned from the comp block and they all have little Adventure Park t-shirts on.
• Guess what?
• Nicole won Part Two!
• Whether it's due to their plan or not, I don't know.
• From what they said, James did pretty well and didn't max out on time or anything. Did he really try?
• It's possible.
• It's also possible that he knew how Nicole was blowing through the comp and he wanted it to look like he tried.
• Since the feeds came back, it's either been all three hamsters together or just Paul and Nicole.
• When it's just Paul and Nicole, they're gleeful, hugging, laughing and talking final two.
• Paul is nothing but buttering up Nicole.
• I have yet to see Nicole talking to James alone.
• And that's where we stand.
• I do think it's all going to hinge on the final part of the comp. Despite all the friendship from Paul, Nicole just might take James for a better chance of winning.
• Despite all the friendship Paul is giving towards Nicole, he might just take James to the final two for a better chance of winning.
• Oh, the suspense!  

Nicole guffaws. She started out chuckling.

Threw it as planned? Yes? No?

BB18: Live Feeds into Friday Evening - September 16

Paul is really bored

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Why Are We Being Tortured With This Boredom:

• Basically, nothing has happened.
• Nothing.
• Lots of small talk.
• Some Nicole getting her feathers ruffled by both real and imagined slights.
• Lots of comp talks.
• Some comp studying.
• Yet, no comp.
• The second part of the HoH MIGHT play out tonight, but no guarantees.
• If it does, the feeds will probably be blocked for it.
• Paul has said he's bored 745 times today.
• I might be embellishing that a bit. 

Nicole paints her toenails

James is bored

They're all bored

BB18: HoH Part One, Final Three Reminisce Show Blog Party - September 16

What to we want? Hamsters! When do we want them? Now!

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be constantly updating this entry. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments area -- come join in on the fun!

Don't forget! If you want to sign up for the blog pool for Survivor (premiering the same night BB ends), you need to sign up on this linked post. The cut-off for signing up is approaching!

On with the show ... and the blog party! 

Starting off with a recap, like always! 

Lots of final three positioning and celebration. Nicole finds Corey's dog pillow and is feeling sad. Oh, geez. Poor baby.

Ahem. 

James stands at the tall table and talks final two with Paul. Cut to another final two talk with them. Then Paul talks to Nicole about being in the final two with her. Oh, my. What webs we weave ... 

James tells us he plans to honor the final two. Nicole tells us she's not sure it's in her best interest.

Champagne brunch, memories time with the tiny table. 

Clips of crying, freaking out and Paulie reacting to a butterfly. Into a Paulie being obnoxious clips set. James pranking and others pranking him clips ... much better than obnoxious Paulie!

Diary Room clips. Onto showmances and the bromance. Victor coaching James in Spanish so he can use it on Natalie. Onto COReeeee! (And Nicole)

Onto the memories of the other hamsters -- Bridgette and her basil plant, Mr. Jenkins. Onto a Michelle segment. Next up, Victor's laugh (which annoys me to no end). Paul being obnoxious segment. 

Onto a segment reminding me of the death toll on Talking Dead. 

HoH Comp Part One -- They're dressed like cats, the lawn has a giant litter box, bowls and a couch. They chase laser lights and must climb up on ramps. Last cat standing goes to Part Three. We only see the start of it and the show ends. (My feeds report from yesterday has the winner listed.)

BB18: Live Feeds into Thursday Evening - September 15

She has Corey's doggie pillowcase!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Dragging Days:

• BB woke them up way early (for them) to have their champagne brunch memory "walk" for the season.
• That, of course, was blocked to the live feeds.
• They were still imbibing champagne (mostly Paul) and snacking on food when the feeds returned.
• Paul made a huge 22 year old boy kind of deal about how drunk he was. 
• To me, it looked like, unless they had other bottles, they really didn't drink a lot of champagne.
• But, I guess I should say to his credit that I don't drink champagne -- something about the bubbles seems to make me woozier than actual hard liquor.
• They pretty much have nothing to do except eat, drink champagne, nap or play cards.
• Heck, even the kitchen looks cleaner than it ever did when Victor was there! There isn't a ton of food left out among cleaning supplies all over.
• James and Nicole washed up all the dishes from the caterer and put them in the supply room. That was James's idea and he did most of the dishwashing.
• Paul sat and drank some more.
• They rehashed comps, memories of the season, what and whom they expect at the wrap party and yada-yada-yada.
• They napped.
• They played cards.
• Most of their time was spent together or napping, so there wasn't much insight to end games except ...
• ... in a few moments alone, Paul and Nicole talked about going to the final two together. Nicole told Paul she'd never take James.
• (We know that Nicole told James that he needs to throw Part 2 of the HoH comp to her and she has a better chance of winning the last part against Paul and she will pick him -- James -- for the final two.)
• I'm kind of up in the air what she does plan to do. Obviously, she can't take both to the final two.
• I do think Paul just might take her to the final two.
• I don't think James will be in any position to take anyone, but has a good chance of one of them taking him.
• They still have no clue about the schedule changes for the television show from now until the finale.
• I think that Part Two will probably happen tomorrow. But, with no show on Sunday or Tuesday, it could happen later as it probably won't air until finale night. 

James always stands at that table

"I'm SO drunk!" - 11am-ish their time

They got the tiny table