Jessie The Blah-Dy

Now that Steven is laying out in the sun naked, it stands to reason that he's the one most likely to leave this week, or so the house mood seems to be indicating. This might be one of those years where BB can't buy a break. I was down on Steven in the early days, but he's blossomed with Brian out of the house and has actually become pretty entertaining. So naturally, he needs to go, or so the less entertaining people in the house seem to have decreed.

I confess that I came into this season with a certain atittude about Jessie, based on my experience with young musclebound men, and he frankly hasn't done much to change my mind there. One of my favorite types of BB player to loathe and love watching in equal measure is the guy--and they are mostly men, though not always--who believes that winning HoH is tantamount to becoming a monarch back when people still believed kings and queens had a hotline to God. Jessie shows every sign of being just such a player, especially as it seems that alleged "disrespect" was at least part of the motivation for putting up Dan and Steven (although the strong push from the less emotional parts of his alliance didn't hurt either). If BBers had theme songs, I already know what the perfect one would be for Jessie.

The casting people definitely seem to have gotten what they were looking for from Jessie, someone who is good looking, but vain and none too smart: Hardy Hiill without any of the chivalrous qualities he exhibited early in season 2. I wonder a little bit about his childhood and whether his current musculature is of relatively recent vintage, because he comes across as awfully insecure, and I suspect it's not just his age behind that insecurity. The demand for respect tells me this is someone who is accustomed to feeling disrespected. Whether Jessie can prosper in the game might depend on whether he's seen as a bigger threat than Memphis, who seems to be his closest ally and is definitely doing most of the thinking for both.

Given that Jessie has already won two competitions, he might be able to keep himself safe long after his opponents in there want him out. If that happens, he'll hopefully have given us something in the meantime besides peevish nominations and flexing.

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