Era Of Suspicious Feelings
The conspiracy theories are flying fast and furious after Adam's inexplicable decision to keep James off the block--or rather, it's inexplicable if you're under the impression that Big Brother is "pure" competition and not a television program designed to entertain people.
Truth is, the game aspect of BB has been flagging now for the better part of a month. It's not common on this show for the same alliance to win Head of Household three straight weeks, and it looked like we were in for another suspense-free week, or rather a week where the only suspense would be seeing if James would win the veto to prevent his sure demise. Until tonight, when James pleaded his pre-nomination case to Adam--at a time when Natalie had been conveniently called the Diary Room--and neither she nor Ryan really got the opportunity to talk Adam back out of it before the noms (Sheila and Sharon going up).
It's hard for me to see how this improves Adam's chances in the game, but it definitely improves James's, and given that the producers of this show seem to have a soft spot for tattooed bad boys, you don't have to be Oliver Stone to suspect that Adam's actions tonight were designed in part to create suspense, but more specifically to save James--the second time this season James has been "magically" saved. And James was not only the focus of Sunday's and Tuesday's show, but was edited in a ridiculously sympathetic way--let's face it, there are very few real saints or sinners on this show, and James was only in trouble to an inability of he or his closest allies to win HoH.
As I've pointed out before, things can interesting when it's down to six in the house, because control begins to shift away from the HoH and towards the voters--it only takes two voters with an agenda different than the HoH to control the eviction. That's not a problem for Adam yet, but if James wins the veto again and then breaks his promise not to use it and then vetoes Sharon, Adam will be forced to put up either Natalie or Ryan. I think Adam did think this through, but really believes he can trust James. I don't think he can, but I suppose we'll see soon enough. There's also the possibility James could still be backdoored if he doesn't win veto--if Sheila or Sharon win, Adam almost won't have a choice unless he wants to totally destroy his old alliance.
Anyway, here I am talking about it, so mission accomplished, I suppose. Doesn't mean I have to like it.