It all comes down to this. Going into the final week, Marissa leads Jen
145-129 but Jen still has Jag in the game while Marissa’s players are both on
the jury. Can she score enough “leftover”
points to hold off Jen’s charge? Let’s see!
We start off on Sunday where the
Final Four all cheer following Circe’s eviction (Points for “Speak in
Opening Vignette” to Roberta, Carol, Jayson and Jen!). New
HOH Bowie is nominating Felicia but who else?
It’s a pickle, says she! Jag reminisces about Circe going to Jury (Points
for “Shown on camera in gray” to Kristyn!) and Matt thinks it sucks that
she’s gone but “it wasn’t up to him.” Keep that thought in mind. Felicia understands the only thing that
matters is who wins veto and dadgummit…she’s gonna win it. The crickets can’t chirp more loudly.
In the HOH room, Jag’s work on Bowie
taking him to finals pays off, as she agrees Matt has to be the nominee. But how will they do it that doesn’t crush their
relationship right when they might need him?
They decide Jag will ask Bowie to pick a number between 1-100, she’ll
pick 70 and Jag will guess 73. They do
it, Matt guesses 77 and agrees to go on the block. Absolutely scummy! (Points for “Nominated
for eviction” to Roberta and Jayson!).
At the veto, the Scrambleverse has
scrambled their timeline and they have to put it back in order. This one is about speed but it’s also about
process and despite Felicia fighting for her life (Points for “Reference ‘in
this game’” to Jayson!) Jag’s is the best and he wins veto again! (Points
for “Win veto” to Jen!). He’s still
salty about being evicted, reminding us that he’s often been a target (Points
for “Reference ‘in this game’” to Jen!) but he’s been in control of the
game for over a month now so….it’s time put down the salt, guy. I’m
instituting this as Greengold’s Rule #4:
Know when to get over it
Matt hopes Jag remembers when he
used the power of Invincibility on him while Felicia tries to sell Jag on Matt
going. Jag debates on whether Felicia or
Matt is easier to beat. According to the
internet, he’d settled on evicting Matt and production talked him into keeping
him. I’m not sure that’s true but I hope
it isn’t. The game is “managed” enough –an
outcome like this should be up to the players.
In the end, Jag votes to evict Felicia, making her 6th member
of the jury (Points for “Received vote against” and “Jury Member” to
Jayson!) and (Points deducted for “Evicted” against Jayson!). In his goodbye message, Jag tells Felicia
he protected her until he couldn’t anymore (Points for “Reference ‘in this
game’” to Jen!) but I think that’s BS because it implies, he did it for her
benefit. He didn’t. He did it because it
helped him.
Tuesday was mostly a reminiscing
episode, but (Points for “Speak in opening vignette” to Roberta, Carol and
Jen!) and (Points for “Referencing ‘in this game’” to Jen and Roberta!). No points for reminiscing moments – you got
those already. Don’t be greedy!
At the finale, it’s Matt and Bowie
in the opening vignette (Points for “Speak in opening vignette” to Roberta
and Carol!) and shocking no one,
everyone HAS to win the next comp which combines all the multiverses. They sit
on comic book quote bubbles attached to ropes that slam them into a haunted
house, then get swung back to be dipped in “eggs” while the Humiliverse
dumps…hair on them. That’s almost as gross
as Felicia’s toenails. Bowie drops first
at 1h 24m and after another hour, Matt and Jag decide to play rock, paper,
scissors to determine who wins. Matt
takes it home with good ol’ rock, winning Final HOH Part 1 (Points for “Win
HOH Part 1” to Roberta!)
Dr. Will interviews the jurors and
I’m left wondering if he looked in a mirror before stepping onstage. His hair is awful. Unfortunately for the eliminated (Jay,
Dalphyne, Ricky, Marissa, Kristyn and myself) no one scored any points during
the jury chat. FWIW, the jury didn’t sound bitter and both Cam and Cory are
very much on Jag as the winner as he controlled almost every vote.
At Part 2 of the HOH, it’s the “Remember
the names and put them in order” comp but with the added twist of remembering to
which universe they belonged. Jag goes
first and it takes him dozens of tries.
He finishes feeling like he choked at the Superbowl. It’s ok though –
Bowie does the same thing Jag does, just slower (Thanks, Sam) leaving her to
comment “I’ve been down here so long I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve already
started BB26.” Indeed. At the reveal, Jag
needn’t have worried – he beat Bowie by 30 minutes giving him a record 10 comp
wins in a season! (Points for “Win HOH Part 2” to Jen!).
At Part 3 of the HOH, they must choose
which of the three trivia questions about each juror is false. They are tied at 5 each and each gets the
sixth wrong! We’re off to a tiebreaker but Bowie’s not around to win it this
time. Jag gets it right almost precisely
and wins the final HOH! (Points for
Win HOH Part 3 to Jen!)
Jag: Now what do I do It shouldn’t
matter. He’s directed the entire game for almost two months. The idea that either Matt or Bowie should get
votes because people like them better is silly.
Jag ran his own game, and both of their games. If he doesn’t win it’s a travesty.
- When he wanted Cam gone, Bowie was HOH and she
wanted to keep Cam. Cam went anyway.
- When he wanted Circe gone, Matt was HOH and he wanted
to keep Circe. Circe went anyway
- He convinced Bowie to put up Matt instead of him
Their speeches sound like, despite
his promises to the contrary, Bowie knows she’s out and sure enough, she
becomes the 7th and final member of the jury (Points for “Reference
‘in this game’” “Received vote against” and “Jury member” and “Finish in 3rd
place” to Carol!) and (Points deducted for “Evicted” against Carol!)
The Jury questions are good and
they all center around the same thing:
For Matt, it’s “We all thought Jag was leading you. Tell us about your
big moves.” He made one: Saving Jag.
Everything else we did together. For
Jag, it’s “Did you carry Matt to the final two”. He didn’t exactly carry Matt but there was a
leader of the twosome and it was Jag.
Also for Jag, “You took credit for our evictions in the goodbye messages
but not before the eviction. Is that
cowardly?” Not at all. Noting was
certain until it was done. I needed to make sure it was done before saying
anything. LIVING THE VALUES OF
GREENGOLD’S RULE #1: SHUT THE FUCK UP! As
I see it, Matt is a great teammate but he is not a great speaker and his
disability works against him in settings like this. It almost seems unfair. Jag is an accomplished speaker who clearly
thinks well on his feet. He’s all but
sewn up this game
Until the final speeches….
Matt’s final speech is indicative
of who he is. It’s relatively soft
spoken and positive. He talks about how he knew he’d be seen as a comp threat
so he backed off winning too many.
Jag’s speech sounds like it was
written by Dr. Doom. It’s the monologue
an evil genius gives right before karma bites him in the ass. He said to the people he needs to vote for
him, and I’m quoting here, “You are on the jury because I willed it so." If that's not bad enough, he went person by person on how he put
them into the jury house, taking credit for singlehandedly evicting nearly
everyone.
Remember twenty seconds ago when
he said “Nothing was certain until it was done and I needed to make sure it was
done before saying anything”? I HOPE
YOU DO BECAUSE HE CLEARLY DIDN’T! THEY
STILL NEED TO VOTE FOR HIM! WHAT THE ACTUAL
FUCK IS THIS?
I was blown away at that
speech. It was the worst possible final
speech. Yes, he needs to take credit for
the things he did but that needs to be done apologetically, with grace and humility. “I’m sorry I had to go take you out but that’s
the game.” Not “You are there because I
willed it”. I have to wonder if he cost
himself the entire game right there. Just….wow.
FWIW, Carol thought they already
had their minds made up. Jag better hope they did.
The final votes come in: Jag wins by a 5-2 margin (The Mama’s voted
for Matt) (Points for “Winner” and
MVP to Jen!) and (Points for “2nd
place” to Roberta!). Additionally, (Points
for “LVP (least valuable player) to Jen!) and as Cam’s hair was popular across the
land (Points for “America’s Favorite Player” to Marissa!).
So what does this mean for our scoring? Marissa picked up 12 big points thanks to Cam’s
hair but Jen rides Jag’s incredible final week, two more comp wins and being
the MVP (along with having Luke the LVP) to her first Big Brother championship
by a score of 183-157! Congratulations,
Jen on being crowned this year’s Big Brother winner! Seasoned vet Jayson comes in 3rd with
115 while newcomer Roberta finishes in 4th at 107. The rest of us? We’re all also-rans.
It's been a great season. I hope
you enjoyed it as much as I did. We’ll
have some scoring changes and new scoring categories next year! Until then....
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