| BIG BROTHER 4 EPISODE
SUMMARIES 09/17/03: Episode 31 |
By: PaulyAceIV
In Case You Missed It:
With only three houseguests left, it was time for a Big Brother tradition: a
three part HOH competition. The winner of part one gets an express ticket to the
climax in part three, while the two vanquished foes move on to a last chance
competition in part two.
A confident Alison won the opening competition
in short order after Jun had let her key slip from her grasp. After welcome
distractions such as a luxury competition to see "Runaway Jury", a movie that
hasn't even been released yet, and the appearance of a mime, it was down to
business. Jun would win the second part, making Robert an automatic nominee.
And so tonight, either Jun or Alison will become HOH a second time, and
the loser will be the second nominee. Will the girls focus their efforts on
eliminating the egotistical Robert? Or, will Jun or Alison surprise us all with
one last trick up their sleeves.
Who will be bringing home the big money
as the two Big Brother 4 finalists? Find out now!
FALL OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE
Julie Chen welcomes us to Day 75. After tonight, just seven days
remain in the summer long power struggle. Three houseguests become two, but more
importantly, those two lock up some big money. The runner up takes home a
whopping $50,000, while the winner takes home an additional zero, $500,000.
As the clips of the most recent days are shown, one thing stands out.
Robert makes a threat to both Alison and Jun, both similar in nature. Take me to
the finals, he says, or guarantee yourself a 2nd place finish.
After a
rather uneventful interview segment of the remaining three, the stress each
houseguest goes thru is looked at. Robert really misses the emotional bond he
has with daughter Elena, while Jun has packed on the pounds. Alison complains
that her skin is breaking out, and that she might be better off in the house and
not having to go back out and face boyfriend Donny.
In another segment,
Robert's parents, Alison's parents, and Jun's friend all make strong cases for
their respective parties. Robert's dad, Roberto, wondered where he got all the
demeaning terms he used to describe the women in the house. Meanwhile, Alison's
parents, Melinda and James, say that Ali got good at being a manipulator because
of her background in beauty pageants.
Huh?
It was then time for
the finale of the three part HOH competition. The girls are asked how will their
exes, Jee for Jun, and Justin for Alison, will react to eight different yes or
no questions.
Rumor had it on the Internet feeds that Jun would throw
the competition in Ali's favor, but in the beginning, Jun had the early lead.
After seven questions, Jun led with 4 correct to Ali's 3. On the eighth
question, Ali would get her answer correct, while Jun would not. This led to a
4-4 tie and yet another tiebreaking round. The tiebreaker question was the
number of days each relationship lasted, with the closest answer without going
over winning.
Jun answered 1,000,000.
Ali, looking like she
could see Jun's answer, answered 0. Ali was correct, and becomes the final HOH.
In the fourth segment, the jury got there sixth member, Erika. As soon
as she entered the jury house, Erika points to her back, as if she had been
stabbed there. Dana let out a big "I knew it!" as a reaction. But, all six
seemed determined to make their votes count in one week on the grand finale.
Alison was quickly interviewed in the HOH room. She admitted that
perhaps Jun did indeed throw that last part of HOH, and is prepared to cast her
ninth vote in the Big Brother house, this time as the HOH.
After the
commercial break, Alison Irwin, for the third time in four weeks, was about to
be the deciding factor.
Before she did, she leveled with Robert on
something. She knew that not only was she threatened with finishing 2nd, but
that Robert did the same thing with Jun. And with that, Ali had no other choice
but to evict Robert.
Robert quickly left, after getting hugs from the
girls. But once the door closed, the sorrow of Jun and Alison turned to total
glee. They seemed very happy to get rid of him!
After a very quick
interview with Julie Chen, he gets rather tongue in cheek farewell messages from
Alison and Jun. Julie then asks Robert about her daughter Elena, and of course,
this led to Elena coming down the doorway and embracing her father in a surprise
ending. Both are crying as Julie leads the show to a commercial.
As
Julie wraps up, the house is looked into one final time. Alison and Jun are on
the floor, already thinking of how the jury will react and vote.
Analysis:
A reminder, there will be another Big Brother 4
episode on Friday, not next Tuesday as I had originally thought.
Looking
into the record books, no one on BB4 was on the block more than three times,
which is the fewest someone has visited nomination land to be leading the way.
The tradition of a Round 3 or Round 4 survivor continuing on to win the game
will also be carried on this year. Alison was saved by Nathan in Round 3, Jun
survived when Dana was evicted in Round 4.
Did Robert deserve his third
place finish? Probably so. I think it was a huge tactical error to admit to Ali
and Jun that he was demeaning the girls. In the end, would it have mattered?
Probably not. I think Ali and Jun were committed to the end regardless of what
Robert had done.
So this begs the question of whether or not the
producers or Julie Chen have now influenced the game by pointing out Robert's
statements, but not those Alison or Jun have made in the game. I can't take the
idea of show rigging too seriously anymore. If this show were rigged, these
three people wouldn't have been the final three, so I think we can put that to
rest.
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