With high stakes, will players learn from the past?
DearBig Brotherhouseguests,
Tell us this: When will you learn?
Im not trying to play armchair quarterback here.
Credit: Bill Inoshita/CBS
There are character archetypes in reality television.
But what the houseguests dont seem to realize is that there are archetypal trajectories too.
Certain player patterns are mainstays over the years.
House Car Crash: Josh
Knock, knock whos there?
The houseguests head out into the backyard to play Whats the Hold-Up?
When they drop out, they get to punish each other with obstacles youd encounter on a busy street.
These punishments are everyday occurrences in the BB House anyway.
Take the angry, screaming road-rager, for instance, whos just the same as afternoons with Josh.
As predicted, the houseguests target Cody and Jessica with punishment after punishment.
What Josh doesnt realize is hes not doing anything to take on his adversaries.
Hes fueling Jodys desire to decimate everyone else in the house for multiple reasons.
First, yelling is the worst possible strategy to take on a Marine.
As any Marine will tell you, Cody tells us, you get yelled at a million times…
This has no effect on me.
Second, what Josh doesnt know is its the three-year anniversary of Jessicas fathers death.
She has something way bigger to fight for.
If you thought you were crazy during the episode yes, youwerewatchingBig Brother.
As soon as the HOH Competition ends, its evident who Jodys first target is.
In the words of Kevin: You know who theyre putting up?
Josh has completely lost it, and Im positive theres no hope.
Plus, believe it or not, Im rooting for her.
Theres nobody I love more than an underdog except for reformed or super-secret villains.
Jessica has the opportunity to somewhat undo the damage she and Cody did on their first love fest/power trip.
It will keep you tight).
She immediately fails at the first part.
As soon as Cody reenters the house, Jessica informs everyone they have some kissing to do.
They keep away from the glacial shelf and on top of the mountain in the HOH room.
Jessica partially succeeds on not creating a storm front.
With that in mind, she makes a point to smooth things over with other players.
She whispers sweet nothings into the ears of Raven, Matt, Elena, and Mark.
Jessica and Cody need to understand theyve made a bed.
They need to lie in it and make smart game decisions in line with past gameplay.
Part of Jodys history are botched attempts to backdoor Paul and target Christmas.
As the game warden Robert Muldoon says inJurassic Parkabout his MENSA velociraptor pride They remember!
Cody and Jessica better smarten up and get Paul before they get got by Paul, Mr. T-Rex himself.
