Spoiler flags are flying here.

Well, it was the vote I was hoping for on Tuesday, though it didn’t come off quite so cleanly as I had hoped. Instead of being a triumphant and jubilant thing, Eric’s little backdoor attempts at garnering Just In Case votes last week made him look like a complete arse. That said, when he was safe, the look on Dick’s face was precious.

They’re in his head completely now. His eyes never stopped darting around from person to person for the rest of the night. At first, I didn’t understand why Dustin would deny he voted to kick out Kail, but then I realized — if all four of them hold strong on that, Dick could never know who did it, and it would drive him crazy. Look at the end of the show, he had already moved from Dustin to Jamika, for all that we could see. Maybe he had already badgered and pestered Jessica during the commercial break, I don’t know. Maybe she fessed up.

The problem with that theory, of course, is that all the high-fives and fist-pumps at the end of the Head of Household competition betray the truth. They just never learn from year to year, do they? Celebrating that hard during a HoH victory gives away alliances to people you’re trying to somehow keep them secret from.

But Eric is damaged goods now. He survived this week, but he’s walking on eggshells.

And now we know why Amber cries so much – it’s probably from the rehab.

Who are the heavyweight Hollywood rockers that Evel Dick knows so well? They’re all third string studio musicians who play backup for big groups past their prime, and Dilana from ROCKSTAR: INXS. Good times, that show was.

I’m disappointed that they didn’t show Kail the video of Eric revealing himself as America’s Player. I wonder if they ran out of time due to technical gaffes, or overlong speeches from the block, or what. I most look forward to that every Thursday.

Does Jen get the award for muttering the “f” word as she walked past Eric following Kail’s departure out the front door? It sounded like it to me.

Update: I can’t believe I didn’t mention this last night: What does CBS have against Eric all of a sudden?  Or is it just that he’s jinxed for the HoH competition?  Last week, we had the plane incident.  This week, he got an amazingly easy answer correct, but then had it erased because Julie gave it away while calling for him.  The next question was a lot tougher and he lost on it.  Poor guy. . .

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