Big Brother 15 recap: If it feels wrong, it probably is

I really don’t know what just happened on Big Brother. Everyone is playing a game where they all decide to just vote with the house. Could it be that they’re so blind to the fact that Amanda and Helen are running the house? Well, apparently not, since both Candice and Judd commented on it during their exit interview.

Yes, Judd has been evicted from the Big Brother house for no other reason than … I don’t know, because they suspect he could have possibly been the MVP. Even though he most clearly was not, since it was America. But I suppose we can’t fault the house guests for acting paranoid and crazy. It’s what the house does to you, so says everyone exiting it.

What was the point of getting out Candice? Because she … I don’t. I seriously do not have an answer to this. Apparently everyone wanted Judd out because they suspect him of being sketchy, which is at least an actual reason. But as far as I can tell, a couple of people in the house found Candice to be somewhat annoying. Is that enough to evict someone when you’re trying to win $500,000? If somehow these letters can find their way into their brains: guys, there are actual targets you should be trying to get out.

It baffles that Amanda can be (1) a huge threat and (2) absolutely entitled, throwing tantrums all around the house and still not get a single vote for eviction.

I’m not saying I want either Helen or Amanda out. In fact, Helen is currently my frontrunner favorite. But can no one make the deduction that you’re currently at the bottom of the totem pole? If you don’t get a huge player out soon, you’ll be the next one in the hot seat opposite Julie.

The lack of gameplay has me confused. It’s not as if Candice even tried to stay. I’m not saying that potential attempts would not have been futile, but at the very least she could have told GinaMarie that she herself is not a threat (because she hasn’t even won a competition), she can be used for votes, and that Amanda and Co. do not have GM (or Aaryn, or Spencer, or etc.) at the top of her priority list. “We may hate each other, but we’re our best shots at beating the other side of the house.” Why not?

Sooner or later, these house guests are going to find that siding with the house constantly is just like waiting for you to be voted out the following week. It’s already jury time, so let’s get something going.

As for what really happened during this season’s double eviction episode, well, I was dumbfounded. Or as Jeremy would say, “I was flabbergasted!” Candice and Jessie make whimpering attempts to get Amanda out. And though Helen considers it, she does have a great strategy in mind here: if Amanda were to leave, that makes Helen the biggest target in the house, and she’s not keen on that idea. I think that’s smart, actually.

So, Candice is leaving. But not without a bang. For her persuasion speech, she basically goes off on a rant and calls GinaMarie a rat. Spencer thanks his job, where, unwittingly to him, he’s no longer employed. And Candice is out the door in the blink of an eye.

Now it’s time for the HOH competition. It, too, is over quite quickly. Aaryn wins, but clearly did not want to. I don’t blame her. There are other targets in the house at this point, and the last thing she wants is to have blood on her hands — and to be used as a puppet, which she is. She nominates both Jessie and Spencer, hoping to have Jessie go home. So in the POV competition, Aaryn comes out on top. Everyone is expecting her to keep nominations the same.

But anything can change in the Big Brother house in a flash. The show comes back from commercials, and Helen is whispering to Aaryn. Amanda and McCrae are hugging. It appears as though a huge power move is about to take place. Could they really be taking out Amanda?

“Judd” falls out of Aaryn’s mouth. The entire studio audience gasps. The people of America gasp. Judd? One of the most likable people ever? WHAT? He pleads that they change their minds, but they’re not listening. Instead, they’re bawling their eyes out.

If it feels wrong, that’s because it most likely is.

Judd is evicted from the house, and tears are in no limited supply. As soon as he leaves the house, the house guests band together to cry, and sway, and hug, and sing, and say prayers, and recite poems, because it feels like a sacrifice — and a nonsensical one, at that. “You’re Janelle!” Helen tells Aaryn. “Hell f no she ain’t!” Janelle most likely said on Twitter.

And thus ended the most baffling double eviction ever. See you at the jury house, Candice and Judd.