Reality TV

There’s a classic Simpsons episode in which Homer gets an enemy in the form of new co-worker Frank Grimes.  Frank, or “Grimey” as his friends call him, looks to be quite sane at the beginning, but totally loses it when Homer constantly gets the better of him.  He goes nuts and eventually dies at the end of the episode.  Frank Grimes, meet Chelsia from Big Brother 9.

After weeks of seeming like a smart, fairly classy player Chelsia started to lose it when Adam put both her and James on the block on Sunday night.  I guess you can either laugh or cry, and they chose the former.  James and Chelsia reacted by celebrating in front of everyone, which is kind of like Barry Bonds celebrating having to take a drug test.

The funny thing is that Chelsia celebrated her eviction as much as she did her trip to Vegas.  She was one of the four who got to watch the advance screening of the movie 21.  On top of that, her tub of popcorn had a golden ticket inside, meaning that she won the trip to Vegas that Ryan tried to win playing blackjack last week.  Chelsia said that she loved Vegas, which makes sense.  Why wouldn’t a psychotic, vindictive soul like the city where CSI is set?

The POV competition defined “worst case scenario” for Adam and his alliance.  First, the only two people who weren’t picked to compete were Ryan and Natalie, their alliance’s best hope of winning the POV and keeping James on the block.  Evel Dick showed up in the wee hours of the morning to wake everyone up for the challenge.  Sheila gave him a very warm welcome–I guess she finally has the bad boy in the house she was waiting for. 

The contestants drank as many of the 10 nastiest concoctions that Dick’s fertile imagination could muster.  They then played a game of what I call croquet on steroids, where they each got 1 shot for every drink they finished.  The worst case scenario continued for Adam and crew, with James finishing all 10 drinks and winning POV.

The surprising thing about the POV ceremony is not that Sharon was put up on the block in place of James, but that Joshuah talked her into actually volunteering to do it!  Say what you will about him, that’s impressive.  He kind of reminds me of the serpent that got Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.  Eve got kicked out of the Garden of Eden.  Will Sharon get kicked out of the house?

Not that Sharon had a thing to worry about.  Everyone knew Chelsia was toast, including Chelsia herself.  Just like Frank Grimes at the end of The Simpsons, Chelsia lost it.  She said she was going to go out ”with a bang”.  So what did she do?  After verbally attacking Natalie with all the grace and maturity of a 6-year-old, she….dare I say it?…..destroyed all of her Easter eggs!  Ooooooh…really extreme, Chelsia!  What’s next, tough girl?  A polar bear swim in Tahiti?

Frank Grimes snapped and died at the end of The Simpsons.  Chelsia snapped and was evicted at the end of Big Brother 9 last night.  Just how vindictive, insane and immature was she this week?  James voted her out, which is like Bill Clinton voting for Barack Obama.  After a few more nasty parting shots, she was gone.  When Sheila calls you a gossip monger, you know something’s wrong with you. 

Natalie then won Head of Household, which means trouble for James and possibly the end of Joshuah’s “I’ve never been nominated for eviction” streak.  How will things play out?  Tune in next week for another round of power rankings, previews and recaps!  Enjoy!