CBS’ summer isn’t really complete unless they’re airing the newest 3-month installment of Big Brother, one of the older reality shows still around which also still gets great ratings. I wasn’t a regular viewer until the end of Season 5, thanks to Sgt Jenny. Since that time, I’ve been hooked (even watching the terrible, TERRIBLE Winter Season during the Writer’s Strike). Hooked, I tell ya! I’ve written about it in random ways through the years, with some of those writings preserved on this here site while sometimes I wrote about it on my own website’s forum, which tragically kept failing and I gave up on. Anyway, I’m gathering my writings on this page so it’s somewhat easier to find in the future!
Season 20 | Season 18 | Season 17 | Season 16 | Season 15 | Season 14
Season 22 – Summer 2020
Week 1+:
- Aug 5, 2020: Big Brother is BACK!!!
- Aug 9, 2020: Nothing like a Kaysar & Janelle Team-Up
- Aug 12 & 13, 2020: Week 1 Ends and Janelle is Still There
Week 2:
Season 20 – Summer 2018
Week 1+:
- June 27 & 28, 2018: I Like This Tech-tacular BB So Far
- July 1, 2018: Sam the Robot Catches a Break
- July 4 & 5, 2018: Someone Gets “Dis-cluded”
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
- July 22, 2018: WTF Was That?
- July 25, 2018: Digging a Hole
- July 26, 2018: An Unfinished Puzzle as the End of Act I
Week 5:
- July 29, 2018: Your Big Brother Bay Has Arrived
- August 1, 2018: Loose Lips Save Bayleigh’s Ship
- August 2, 2018: Rachel Got Pawned
Week 6:
- August 5, 2018: This Week Just Got Verrry Interesting
- August 8, 2018: Level 6 Knows How to Play
- August 9, 2018: Blood & Hashtags
Week 7:
Week 8:
Season 18 – Summer 2016
A cast that included 12 newbies, 2 of which were related to previous contestants, along with 4 returnees! Let the fireworks begin!
Week 1+:
- June 22, 2016: A Big Brother 4 x 4
- June 23, 2016: Goodbye, Glenn! Hello, Paulie the Pawn!
- June 26, 2016: The 8-Pack’s First Roadkill
- June 29 & 30, 2016: The Messiah Has Left
Week 2:
- July 3, 2016: The Rookies Start to Realize…Well, Bronte at Least
- July 6, 2016: The Tiffany Conundrum
- July 7, 2016: Drama Can’t Derail the Plan
Week 3:
Week 4:
- July 17, 2016: Maybe a Mistake Was Made
- July 20 & 21, 2016: Tiffany Goes Down Swinging
- July 22, 2016: The Battle Back Competition
Weeks 5 & 6:
- July 24, 2016: Bouncing those BB Checks
- July 27, 28, & 31, 2016: Frank’s Gone & Paul’s in Power
- Aug 3, 2016: She Doesn’t Know the Danger She’s In
- Aug 4, 2016: Loose Lips…Sink a Mostly Sunken Ship
Week 7:
Weeks 8 & 9:
- Aug 14, 2016: And We’re Back, As It Just Got Interesting
- Aug 17, 18, 19 & 21: Two Pauls Enter, One Remains
Season 17 – Summer 2015
A really fun season with a lot of interesting personalities and twists, and a fairly satisfying yet somewhat surprising winner!
Week 0:
- June 24, 2015: The 17th Season of Big Brother Has Begun
- June 25, 2015: Team B Enters Amidst a BB Takeover
Week 1:
- June 28, 2015: “Are Those Space Pants?”
- July 1, 2015: Shall We Over-Play a Game?
- July 2, 2015: 16th-Place Jace
Week 2:
- July 5, 2015: Shelli Makes Her Move
- July 8, 2015: A New Power Couple?
- July 9, 2015: Almost, But Not Quite
Week 3:
- July 12, 2015: A Sixth Sense Emerges
- July 15, 2015: It’s a Gronk Party!
- July 16, 2015: And Now the Big Brother Dancers!
Week 4:
- July 19, 2015: Getting Bored…
- July 22, 2015: Audrey Gets Nominated – World Doesn’t End
- July 23, 2015: About Time
Week 5:
- July 26, 2015: Christine Manages to Detonate Things Even Still…
- July 29, 2015: Vanessa’s Choice
- July 30, 2015: A Rock & A Hard Place
Week 6:
- August 2, 2015: Tons o’ Blood on His Hands
- August 5, 2015: Cue the Violins
- August 6, 2015: One Bond Breaks While Another Reforms
Week 7:
- August 9, 2015: Oh, Steve’s Ready to Play Now? LOL
- Awesome Big Brother 17 Comic Book Covers
- August 12, 2015: Trainiac Takes on The Mad Hatter
- August 13, 2015: Umm, What? (Double Elimination Episode)
Week 8:
Week 9:
- August 23, 2015: The Austin Surprise
- August 26, 2015: Johnny Mac Drops a Bomb
- August 27, 2015: John Joins the Jury
Week 10:
- August 30, 2015: Friends Become Enemies, Enemies Become Friends
- September 2, 2015: James’ Big F**kin’ Veto
- September 3, 2015: In One Foul Swoop (Double Elimination Episode)
Week 11:
Week 12:
- September 13, 2015: That Look In Her Eyes
- September 15, 2015: John Has No F*#ks Left To Give
- September 16, 2015: “No, I Would’ve Evicted Her!”
Week 13:
Season 16 – Summer 2014
This season ended up being a much more pleasant one after the shitshow of Season 15. Only a few strategic players though which left the gameplay pretty lackluster – YET! The winner played masterfully and it was a textbook example of brilliant plotting and effective social gaming.
Week 0:
Week 1:
- June 29, 2014: The One Where Devin Loses His Mind
- July 2, 2014: A Case of C-A-L-T-O-R-U
- July 3, 2014: Apologies to Alex, Cody and Hayden
Week 2:
- July 6, 2014: The Mind Boggles
- July 9, 2014: “Clash of the Not-So-Titans”
- July 10, 2014: The Power of Positive Thinking
Week 3:
- July 13, 2014: Shuffling the Deck
- July 16, 2014: Cody’s Getting into the Game
- July 17, 2014: Kind of a Waste
Week 4:
Week 5:
- July 27, 2014: Warning: Zach Attack Up Ahead
- July 30, 2014: Boyz Rule, Girlz Drool
- July 31, 2014: Architects of Incompetence
Week 6:
- August 3, 2014: Tit for Tat
- Awesome Big Brother 16 Comics Covers
- August 6, 2014: Swing and a Miss
- August 7, 2014: The Hitmen Make Their First Big Move (Double Elimination Episode)
Week 7:
- August 10, 2014: This Season’s Epic Episode
- August 13, 2014: And They’re Baaaack!
- August 14, 2014: Entering the Home Stretch
Week 8:
- August 17, 2014: The Everlasting Donny
- August 20, 2014: “Zing, Motherf*ckers!”
- August 21, 2014: Nicole Returns
Week 9:
- August 24, 2014: I Think Donny’s Going to Meet Julie This Week
- August 27, 2014: Victoria’s Wisdom… Teeth
- August 28, 2014: “Maybe Likability Isn’t That Good in This Game”
Week 10:
- August 31, 2014: Caleb, the Weapon
- September 3, 2014: The Derrick Giveth, The Derrick Taketh Away
- September 4, 2014: Enough With the Booing (Double Elimination Episode)
Week 11:
Week 12:
- September 14, 2014: This Week is STILL Going On
- September 16, 2014: The Frankie Show Finally Comes to an End
- September 17, 2014: And Now His Usefulness Has Ended
- September 19, 2014: Everybody Loves a Clip Show!
Week 13 / Finale:
Season 15 – Summer 2013
Episodes I recapped are listed below. Since I’m doing this summary page a year later, I have no idea which week these pertain to, but I’ve put in Episode # info for some relative reference. What a shit show this season ended up being! So many terrible people and a winner you felt pretty sketchy about in the end.
- June 26, 2013: Premiere! (Ep 1)
- June 30, 2013: Meet the Moving Company (Ep 2)
- July 2, 2013: Plenty of Stupid to Go Around (Ep 3)
- July 3, 2013: If You Can’t Say Anything Nice… (Ep 4)
- July 7, 2013: That Tiger Didn’t Go Crazy… (Ep 5)
- July 10, 2013: The Mom Crew? (Ep 6)
- July 11 & 14, 2013: Hey, Hey Helen (Eps 7 & 8)
- July 17, 2013: Amanda Explains it All (Ep 9)
- July 18, 2013: Meet Judd (Ep 10)
- July 21, 2013: Judd the Dud (Ep 11)
- July 24, 2013: The Cracks Appear (Ep 12)
- July 28, 2013: “I Know We’re Enemies, But You’re Making it Awkward” (Ep 14)
- July 31, 2013: Oh No You Didn’t (Ep 15)
- August 1, 2013: “House Meetings Always Go So Well” (Ep 16)
- August 4, 2013: Right Back on the Crazy Train (Ep 17)
- August 7, 2013: Meltdown, Amanda Style (Ep 18)
- August 8, 2013: Double Eviction Craziness (Ep 19)
- August 11, 2013: All Hail the Queen (Ep 20)
- August 14, 2013: It’s 3 A.M., Do You Know if Your Alliance is Real? (Ep 21)
- August 15 & 18, 2013: You in Danger, Girl (Eps 22 & 23)
- August 21, 2013: So Close (Ep 24)
- August 22, 2013: It’s Really Happening (Ep 25)
- August 25, 2013: It’s Elissa’s World (Ep 26)
- August 28, 2013: The Best Laid Plans (Ep 27)
- August 29, 2013: Ouch (Ep 28)
- September 1, 2013: “Dymanic” GM “Tops the Cake” (Ep 29)
- September 4, 2013: Oh Boo Hoo, Amanda (Ep 30)
- I stopped writing about the show once it became clear that I hated every one of the Final 4 – spoiler alert: Andy won
Season 14 – Summer 2012
A season with a mix of veterans-as-coaches-for-awhile and newbies, it played out fairly dramatically with some non-voting evictions, epic game moves, and pretty great personalities. You’d never expect who actually wins the season to be the victor!
- July 12 & 15, 2012 – Big Brother 14 Begins! (Eps 1 & 2)
- July 18, 2012 – Coach v. Coach (Ep 3)
- July 19, 2012 – Slow Down, Girl! (Ep 4)
- July 23, 2012 – Get Thee Out, Psycho! (Ep 5)
- July 25, 2012 – The Willie Fallout (Ep 6)
- July 26, 2012 – Team Britney at Critical (Ep 7)
- July 29, 2012 – Target: Team Janelle (Ep 8)
- August 1, 2012 – Shane Makes a Move! (Ep 9)
- August 3, 2012 – “This Reboots Everything” (Ep 10)
- August 5, 2012 – Coaches No More! (Ep 11)
- August 8, 2012 – Welcome to the Quack Pack (Ep 12)
- August 9, 2012 – Frank v. Janelle (Ep 13)
- August 12, 2012 – The Janelle Fallout (Ep 14)
- August 15, 2012 – Return of the Zingbot 3000! (Ep 15)
- August 16, 2012 – The Quack Pack Lives (Ep 16)
- August 19, 2012 – What’s in the Mystery Box? (Ep 17)
- August 22, 2012 – Frank v. Dan (Ep 18)
- August 23, 2012 – Boogie Finally Done (Ep 19)
- August 26, 2012 – Hello Pandora’s Box (Ep 20)
- August 29, 2012 – Dan’s “Funeral” (Ep 21)
- August 30, 2012 – No More Cookies (Ep 22)
- September 2, 2012 – For Britney! (Ep 23)
- September 5, 2012 – Dan’s Domination (Ep 24)
- September 6, 2012 – Frank’s Finally Gone (Ep 25)
- September 9, 2012 – JennCity Gets Power? (Ep 26)
- September 12, 2012 – Surprise Eviction! (Ep 27)
- September 13, 2012 – Biggest Blindside of the Season? (Ep 28)
- September 18, 2012 – Final 3 Clip Show (Ep 29)
- September 19, 2012 – The Finale! (Ep 30)