Siren Song
Everyone is all fired up about the siren, which the houseguests were warned about nearly a week ago. What we suspect (although can't be sure of) is that something could happen during the live show tomorrow.
But it got me thinking: wouldn't be almost more interesting if the siren didn't mean anything at all? Warn the houseguests about an alarm that forced them to drop what they were doing and gather in one place...and then not tell them anything. Or better yet, tell them about a siren that would then never come. Seeing them a little shaken up and paranoid about the prospect of a big change in the game serves to remind us of where this show originally got its title from. I think Big Brother could use more random messing with people's minds, especially since there's nothing else to do in that house but obsess on minutiae.
The unloved and abandoned first season of BB tried something like this when Josh was ordered to mess with the one clock in the house, to see how long it would take the others to wonder what was going on. This happened fairly deep into the season as I recall, at a time when someone trapped in that house (and it was the most on edge house in BB history) might honestly feel they were losing track of time, and that if the sun was rising at 2:30 in the morning it must be because of something they did. Big Brother has come to seem far too chummy (we're overdue for a "rewards" veto competition).
But this sort of thing has mostly been removed from BB; most twists are telegraphed ahead of time. Heck, bring back the mime. Let's see something random! This cast has been pretty entertaining on its own, but so far it's been only a few of them that are really crazy, and that population is endangered. This show is at its most fun when it's at its most paranoid.