Cocktail Confessions

I watched the second episode as it aired on the west coast and here are my thoughts, as jumbled and unreliable as a Lindsey Lohan court appearance are:

Speculation on this years twist, the saboteur, was on the tip of all the houseguest’s tongues.  The saboteur, (whose sole job is to screw with the rest of the players in a covert fashion) only has to survive through week five.  If that person makes it through by not getting voted out wins themselves a cool $10k.  Wild theories began to fly from various players, and while some ‘plausible’ points were brought up, not many of them are standing out as holding a lot of water.  Although the viewers have only seen two events up to this point, (and they were pretty tame) there really isn’t much to go on.  I can say this, whoever the saboteur is, either CBS is doing a fine job of editing thus far, or that person really is a good actor.

Some of the players are seen speculating in a room powwow that it is one of the girls, where as a few of the guys who started their own alliance called ‘The Brigade’ are eyeing Andrew, the tall, athletic swim coach who strangely decided to brush his teeth in the dark during the first event.

Personally, I don’t have enough information to form my opinion based in any fact, but it is fun to speculate.  I hope that CBS doesn’t reveal the saboteur prematurely because it is fun to try and guess this out as well as reading all the other BB forums and tweets doing the same.

So in my own un-scientific way, here are my top picks for the saboteur, (thus far) and why:  A) Annie – just seems a bit mousy and ‘too’ innocent right now as if she is purposely trying to fly under the radar and suspiciously quiet when all the others are taking about it.  B) Ragan – basically the same reasons as Annie.  C) Matt – this real life Mensa member is smart and seems a bit eager to point out other theories and seems to deflect speculation naturally, before people even begin to look at him.  D) Kathy – for a cop, I can’t help but wonder if she’s throwing challenges.  She just seems weaker than she should be and her reaction to things seems a tad ‘off’. E) Brendon – What the hell was he doing lying on the floor near the door, behind the couch when the lights went off?

But like I said, right now my guess is as good as anyone else’s.

Now onto the guests themselves and other events:

• Andrew – I don’t have much to say about him yet, but his ‘kosher’ kick is already beginning to wear on me and we’re only on episode two.
• Annie – The bisexual who proclaims to have a girlfriend to Ragan, and then cries about it.  Why are you crying and why do we care?  She seems so quiet right now that I expect her to have a ‘dramatic event’ later on if she makes it that far.
• Brendon – Talks science to Rachel, and perhaps the first signs of a budding showmance and alliance with her early on.  The ‘Brigade’ alliance (more on this later) sit up and take notice, especially Hayden.  Hayden thinks it’s a good idea to squash this possible alliance between Brendon and Rachel before it really even starts.
• Britney – cute as a button, and seems like she could also have a ‘dramatic event’ somewhere down the line.  She’s already having an issue with Kathy and biting her tongue early on.  I think that’s a good strategy…not to ‘wig out’ early on, but the seeds of discomfort are starting to stew and I can see her blowing up at Kathy later on.  Her face was ‘X-ed’ out on the video wall along with Kathy by the saboteur as a possible suggestion on who the first two nominees for eviction should be and she was a bit confounded by this.
• Enzo – Sorry, but as an Italian myself, Enzo is the type of meat head that gives our stereotypes a place on Jersey Shore.  He thinks he’s running the show so far, but its way to premature for him to be thinking that.  Came up with the ‘Brigade’ alliance (Hayden, Enzo, Lane, Matt) and came us with STUPID nick-names for each of them. 
• Hayden – Won the first HoH and put up Brendon and Rachel as his first nominees.  Appears to be slightly smarter than he looks, and according to Twitter land, he’s the dreamboat for most of the women viewers out there.  Really?  The guy with a mop on his head?  The guy who seemingly has an IQ of a tree branch?  That’s what women are going for these days?  Ugh…we have no hope as a society.
• Kathy – The 40yo cop who I’d be pretty embarrassed to have on my force.  Would be criminals….go to her area and go on your crime spree as you’ll have virtually no chance of getting caught if she’s in pursuit.  Shockingly un-athletic for her size, and seems like a world class whiner thus far.  Absolutely wortheless in the Have/Have-not challenge.
• Kristen – Nothing to note this episode.  Totally under the radar right now.
• Lane – Big guy, athletic, part of the Brigade by default.  Seems like a follower and not a leader. 
• Matt – Mensa member and while appearing to fly under the radar, I think is secretly slightly manipulative towards others to deflect perceptions.
• Monet – Diva.  Under the radar in this episode like Kristen.  Only shining moment was her strategy in the carmel Have/Have-not challenge.
• Rachel – Flirting with Brendon, and when learns of her nomination for eviction vows to get both herself off and also to save Brendon in the process.
• Ragan – As predicted, already throwing out the homosexual innuendos as if no one notices he’s gay already.  I find this really weird that no ones seems to care he is gay in the house, yet he makes it a point to remind them he is, as if they could forget or are too stupid to notice.  Closet narcissist.

 So, not much really happened here again, at least not too noteworthy.  We see the formation of Enzo’s Brigade, a budding showmance, Annie crying to Ragan about her ‘secret’, the stinky (and bug laden) Have-not room, and wild saboteur theories.