Big Brother 26: The Houseguest That Won’t Leave

As everyone knows, Big Brother is a game of strategy.  Well, I’ve seen some big strategists in my day. There was Evel Dick who used the veto on his daughter and then proceeded to annoy the houseguests with pots and pans until he won.  There is Dan Gheesling who held his own funeral and still lost.  Cop Derrick never revealed his occupation and used Frankie Grande as his second in command.  Let’s not forget the Cook-Out who never let anyone know about the alliance until the end that they were working together and using others as shields.  This year, though, we may have seen the ultimate Big Brother player of all time – Angela.

Now, don’t get me wrong.  I thought during the introduction of players that she was a good addition.  We had two older players, Angela and Kenney, and I hoped they would team up.  Instead, Kenney was scared of a woman’s alliance which created a means for his departure.  Angela – well, she was in it to win it (and I don’t necessarily mean the prize).  Angela has become (what I consider) a major drama queen. Let’s break it down.

First, Big Brother isn’t her first stint in television.  I’ve seen the videos.  Turns out that some fans found out that she played on Let’s Make a Deal.  Her costume saluted some of the Big Brother talk show hosts and wasn’t really a costume.  But that’s not her “big event!”  She also allowed Dr. Phil into her home for a therapy session and allowed cameras placed throughout her house to record her family's interaction.  Who does that except someone craving attention?  Well, she got it and the Big Brother viewers have the evidence.  It also made many of us ask the question:  What is her real motive?  Let’s look at her game strategy.



During Angela’s first week, she was Head of House.  That still didn’t make her happy. Matt said something she didn’t like and she enacted a scene worthy of a Shakespearean comedy.  She came down the steps from the HoH in full drama mode making a speech about Matt.  She targeted Matt’s “strange eyes.” Angela put him up for eviction and by the Thursday vote had the votes to get him out.  Most houseguests who voted for the eviction were either tired of her rants or his ego.  Thus, he was gone.  My thought at the time was that Angela saw a kindred spirit and wanted Matt gone.   Matt saw her schemes subconsciously and Angela knew it!  Since Matt had no strong alliances (none of them did at the time), she and her drama got him out.

Angela is a snoop.  She has found that some walls are thin and she listens through them.  She listens at doors.  Angela also knows how to hide or appear asleep.  She knows secrets.  She knows alliances.  More importantly, she knows showmances/friendships and uses these as a means of getting what she wants. She knew of the blossoming showmance of Tucker and Rubina.  She broke that up quickly.  She is now silently targeting Quinn.  Quinn is in a strange situation.  She had a final two with him from day one, but she destroyed that during her HoH and pity party the next week.  I’m surprised that she hasn’t used the threesome on T-Kor and her crew.  Oh, that’s s right.  When T-Kor’s gang allied with Tucker, she ran in, asked to join, got the PoV from Tucker, and then got him out.

This has been Angela’s course of schemes. Unfortunately, that makes her an easy target for eviction. She quickly redirects her antics as the need arises.  Angela’s on the block, no one loves her, and she doesn’t want her grandchildren to see her evicted. She’s in power and it’s who has more power than me.  We always see her either as a HoH or on the block.

The funny thing is that she never saves herself.  She leaves that to the  circumstances of HoH or PoV winner.  During the Power of Veto session, the PoV winner always saves her.  For this, she pledges her undying love and support.  Yeah, her gratitude only lasts until the following week.  Poor Makensy may be her next target as she saved Angela and Angela called her a daughter.  Yet, the tears of gratitude quickly changed to a view of her planning her next move as she watched others.  She has been on the block and saved by the Power of Veto more than any other player I can recall since I started watching Big Brother in season six.

Angela knows what makes “good television.”  She has shown that during her two HoHs by the speeches and attacks she makes on players she wants out.  When she’s not in power, she uses her “acting skills” by playing a damsel in distress character with pleas like “no one protects me” or “you are like a daughter/son to me” (not verbatim but you get the gist).  She will sulk like a child outside while planning the perfect strategy.  She has been known to pray in the confessional and also to plead to join an alliance.  When she gets an alliance or final two, she figures out a way to take the player out (Tucker and now Quinn).  She will accuse people and runs to the HoH with rumors and stories that can’t necessarily be checked or verified.  When the PoV is used on her (like every week), she seems so thrilled and surprised with tears flowing.  She promises her undying support, then stabs them in the back. I’m not sure why or how but Angela has figured out how to “play” each houseguest.  The only ones that she can’t figure out are Tucker and Quinn. Quinn had a final two with her early in the game which she spilled immediately.  Tucker, well he gave her a PoV medal and she then managed to get him out on stories and the showmance.



Okay, the question is why.  This is my assumption but as of now, I don’t have proof. First, she wanted jury.  Well, she got that but she’s still angling for a final three.  But maybe that’s not the real story.  The real angle may be a television role on a CBS show.  Bold and Beautiful, a CBS soap, usually uses players from Big Brother as bit actors in the house.  Maybe, as many X users have suggested, that’s what she wants.  She wants one of those roles and a chance at the “big time.”  My thoughts are that if Angela wants a big role on television, she will show herself on the set hoping for a starring role.  If so, I have one word of advice.  Forget it, Angela.  Soaps are a dying breed of television.

There are some other characters that need to be watched on this year’s Big Brother including the trio of T-Kor, Kemo, and Rubina.  I’m watching them for trends.  And, as anyone who knows me will tell you, I’m almost at my breaking point with the show.  Only time will tell when I have had enough.