BB8: Done-Ato

Now I wasn't thrilled with the Final 3 Big Brother 8 options... but things only got worse... let's just say by my Season Pass for ShoToo's Big Brother After Dark was quickly canceled!  How fast?  Well, faster than you can gloatfully shout "we won, we won, we won!!"... there is absolutely no way I can stomach five nights of father-daughter chit-chat or worse still, if they decide to not get along again.

There's no way around it, the Donatos will walk out with a total of $550k on Tuesday night.  Who will get how much is debatable, but I can't imagine that Daniele not taking home the big prize.  Unless the houseguests are masochists, I can't imagine Dick's vicious verbal attacks will win him any votes in the jury house.

And I can't blame them, Dick's behavior was as despicable as any I have seen on reality television.  What CBS aired was only a mere suggestion of how bad it was... the unedited BB: After Dark stuff was unwatchable at times... most recently, Part 1 of the Final ("Bunny Hop") HoH, where Dick mercilessly assaulted Zach for hours (at the time, I didn't know it was a Daniele's suggestion).  And while Jen was no angel, some of the stuff he said to her was downright heinous... pouring ice tea over her head was the nicest thing he could do since it didn't involve him speaking.

Ironically enough, Dick is going to get exactly what he wants... Danielle winning BB8.  He may be a jerk (Fox Reality and former BB-er, Marcellas, says... allegedly...  he's spoken to people who know Dick and they say this is not an act), but he genuinely would rather see her win... he's sacrificed himself before and I don't see the finale being much different...  and heck, a consolation prize of $50k ain't so bad either.

That said, I do give D&D credit for getting to the end.  They are deserving... any folks who get to the end of a reality show deserve to be there, even if they are accused of doing "nothing"... but that certainly isn't the case here... they won competitions and successfully schemed... and as Dick gleefully noted, it is amazing that the two of them made it to the finish line... even more so since the two other "existing relationship" pairs were broken up in the first two weeks of the season.

But I hope CBS and BB aren't feeling too warm and fuzzy about this father-daughter reconciliation.  By making it to th final, if anything, I think it gives them the illusion that everything is "fine."  I am sure there will be a nice honeymoon period, but I really hope they consider getting some counseling with the cash.  Otherwise and somewhat cynically, I can only predict that the line "Well, if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have made it to the Big Brother finals" is uttered by one of them someday.

Comments

[Doug]

Say what you will about Dick and Danielle, but Big Brother 8 has been the best season yet for me! Finally, FINALLY, a contestant that says exactly what is on his mind, no matter what! GO DICK! I'd vote for him to win!

[(Not your usual) Scot]

When Zach lost HOH or POV, which ever it was, I changed the channel. The LAST thing I wanted to see was D&D gloatng. I have no idea what happened after that. At this point I really don't give a f*ck who wins. I'm not sure if I'll watch the finale except that I want to see the reactions from the other game show contestants when Eric tells them he wasn't playing for himself. Even he started getting on my nerves with his "you want him/her evicted, I'll get him/her evicted", like he had that power all to himself!
I've watched this show from season one and I gotta admit, these last two seasons have been really suck-ass shows with contestants I just don't give a shit about. This may be the last season I watch the show. The way I look at it, if it's nothing but aggravating to watch, why watch?!?