Big Brother 4, July 29: One Day at a Time, Sweet Jesus

More filler time in this episode as it’s time for Stupid David Tricks. Actually it’s just a single trick as all he tends to do is jump into the pool cannonball style whenever someone is in the hammock so the splash of water will get his intended victim wet. We see this go on and on and while it’s somewhat amusing, you know what they say about turnabout is fair play as Justin sees David lying in the hammock and takes his revenge, soaking the poor sap.

Now that’s entertainment.

Now that night has fallen, a new alliance has been formed between Nate and Alison. For this alliance on my chart I’m using my orchid crayon. Nate says that they have to go behind everyone’s back to survive in this game because Alison is smart and he can do the athletic stuff. Well considering that most of the HOH games are more smarts than athletics, Nate is not going to be winning very much and Alison had better hope she’s still in the game if she wants to use her smarts, which I don’t think we’ve seen her do just yet but I could be wrong.

So now we are up for the Power of Veto competition, called Niagara Balls. A stream of rubber balls will come flooding down from above. They are to only retrieve the green balls and place them in their receptacles. Now going into this, Dana told Justin and Robert that Jack is supported by Dave and Erika while Nate is the only one backing Alison. They will have to bust their butts to get the Veto and make sure that they stay up for the vote. Ali says that Nate will win and take her off the block and she will win HOH and they will take over the house and make it theirs and the power will shift/move over to them. Big plans. She had better hope he wins because I have serious doubts about her winning HOH.

Now for this contest there are kneepads and helmets and goggles – though most of them choose not to wear the latter, which turns out to be a mistake. The first wave of balls is apparently without any green balls, or at least very few. However, soon injuries abound as Jun and Nate both take a bouncing ball in the eye and Jee takes several in the groin region. Nathan, however, does the smart thing – he stays near his mark and only picks the green balls off of the ground and doesn’t go for any still bouncing in the air. It’s a smart move and pays off when he does indeed win the Power of Veto, much to everyone’s (except Alison’s) dismay. He can’t wait to use his new power. Oh geez... Alison off the voting block? Say it ain’t so!

More filler time. It’s the Burger King food. I swear their fat and cholesterol levels are going through the roof.

Back to the Alison hour and she’s now in bed with Nate... well on the bed and she lunges over and hugs him and all I can think is, “Lord, please don’t let them have sex.” Nate tells her not to tell anyone that he’s taking her off and she says that the plan is for her to pretend to be okay with going home, then she gets taken off the block, she wins HOH, and puts Dana up for nomination and gets her out of the house. Of course, with Dana gone that means she has nothing to bitch and moan about and man will she be... the same annoying person she is right now. Of course, I don’t think that Alison is going to win HOH this time but that’s me planning a few days ahead as well so I should shut up. Erika and Jack later join them in the bedroom, where Erika finally says that Dana is losing it and being the nice person that she is, Alison points out that Dana can’t stand Erika either.

In the dining room, though, are Dana, Robert, and Jee and she tells them that the other four are in the bedroom talking it up and plotting something that may never come to pass. Robert tells us in the Diary Room that Nathan should leave things alone because if he removes someone then another person from his group is going to find themselves on the chopping block. It’s not a smart move on his part. Dana is ready to take on that challenge should Nate be stupid enough to do it.

Another filler moment – this time with Alison’s blue elephant. Pretty much every night, Dave steals her stuffed blue elephant and kills it. So far it has been hung, toasted, placed in the bathtub with the toaster, in the oven, and so on. Personally, I would think that being owned by Alison was bad enough, but it’s a pretty funny segment.

It’s time for another luxury competition, where the winner and a guest of their choice will get a gourmet dinner for two. They have to sit in a chair and be spun around for thirty seconds, then carry a glass filled with champagne (and we all know how much I love my champagne so this had better be cheap stuff they are spilling), place the tray with the glass on top on a podium, and ring a bell. Fastest time wins.