Big Brother 4, August 26: Burn, Baby, Burn… Clothing Inferno!

We then get a speech from Jee that his move was strictly strategic on his part and it was not revenge for Erika’s nomination. He’s simply breaking up one of the major alliances in the house and doing the best for his own personal alliance. It’s short, sweet, and to the point. Jack says he’s not going to campaign against Erika but for Jack. Erika pretty much says the same thing as well but let’s face it… in a way they really are campaigning against each other but just doing it without calling each other names like “lying, two faced, backstabbing, good for nothing, lowdown, SOB.” Because that’s what I would be doing.

Outside, Robert and Jee are talking as Robert congratulates Jee for how well he handled himself in the nomination ceremony. Alison, who is now the Shemp of the Three Stooges, joins them and they all agree that Erika has to go since she is the strongest of the two nominees but none of them can tell Jun about how they are going to vote since she can’t be trusted.

And Alison can? Oh man. This so smells like Hall of Shame material.

In the hottub, Alison is talking with Erika and Alison assures her that she will be safe and really has nothing to worry about whatsoever. But you know who Alison can’t trust – Jun. No shock there since we’ve seen her say it time and time again regardless of the fact that Alison tries to set up another alliance with her. Erika, however, says she can trust Jun. I don’t think Alison wanted to hear that.

So what does Alison do now… she grabs Jun for some girl talk on the hammock. She tells Jun that Jack scares her (oooh… scary man that Jack!) and openly wonders if he’s throwing competitions. Of course it cracks me up when she later says that if he’s throwing competitions then he sucks but if he’s not then he still sucks. Either way, Jack is a multitude of suckage according to our dear Alison. Finally, though, all three women get together and form a women’s alliance to work to get Jee out of the house the following week. Of course, this requires two things – 1) one of them has to win Head of Household and 2) someone has to make sure that Robert or Jee don’t win the Power of Veto. Other than that. Oh yeah. Simple plan.

Now comes the moment that makes me scream like a little girl and have to run to the bathroom to wash out my eyes. Now, I know you’re thinking about the gnomes but no… it is Hall of Shamer Marcellas Reynolds making another appearance on my TV screen. Now, of course, I do find this very funny that Marcellas is on BB4 because on his website he placed a letter that he sent to yours truly earlier this year (in regards to his induction in the Reality TV Hall of Shame for, primarily, his failure to use the Golden Power of Veto to save himself from eviction) that he was going to have nothing to do with Big Brother 4 and was going to go out having fun and creating drama. Sure enough… here is he on Big Brother 4 reminding us of how “butch” he was during last year’s gnome related competition.

Of course when everyone steps outside they are thrilled to see the gnomes and are reminded of Marcellas but to hear him speak to them they said was something special since it was a new voice. Marcellas reminds the HouseGuests of his love of gnomes – especially his gnome from last year, Boo. Well, Marcellas you loved Boo so much you put him up for auction on eBay. Yeah that’s a special kind of love you have for Boo. Special. Real special.

Anyway, this competition is really about what I would have done had I had won the auction to win Boo – smashing the gnomes. In this special food competition (since there is no regular food competition this week), players must smash open the gnomes and retrieve three gold tickets. The first person to retrieve all three will win McDonalds meals with the HouseGuest of their choice for the week. However, there are a few gnomes that have a black ticket in them. Should you get the black ticket then you are eliminated from the game.

Robert, Jun, and Alison are the first to garner black tickets, which send them out of the game while Erika is quickly racking up the gold tickets and putting herself in an early lead. Unfortunately, she picks up the wrong gnome and, sure enough, whacks herself into a black ticket sending her out of the competition. This, of course, is doubly painful since she already had two gold tickets. So it’s down to Jee and Jack and sure enough Jee finds three gold tickets but holds off on smacking the buzzer for a win because he was actually contemplating letting Jack pull out the win. But finally he just gives in and whacks the buzzer, ending the competition.

Yes, Jee is three for three this week. Jee gets congratulations from Marcellas, who tells everyone they can take a gnome home with them.

So they can sell it on eBay just like he did because when you love your gnome and make such a big fuss over a hunk of ceramic like Marcellas did, that’s what you do. You sell him on eBay.

Alison thinks Jee’s win is fabulous since it made him a larger target than before and somewhat takes the heat off of her for the time being. Meanwhile the girls lament that Jee is getting cocky. No, he’s just playing to win. That’s not being cocky… that’s playing the freakin’ game. And this is a game, if you don’t remember. Jee, however, wonders if his multiple wins is an omen that he won’t be around for much longer. It’s not that’s trying to win or planning on it… it’s just happening that way.