Up, Down and All Around

Playing God

I know the final week for the Big 4 PBBCE finalists is supposed to be an emotionally trying week, but something about last night's episode just didn't sit well with me.

I suppose the part that gets me themost is the whole thing about BB saying that the housemates are supposed to have faith in him. While I will grant the fact that BB is pretty much "God" as far as the PBB House is concerned, I find it too much of a stretch for him to demand loyalty, faith, and blind obedience from the housemates at all times.

There are days when I have trouble believing in God, and that's GOD, ha! So I think it's only natural for the housemates to doubt the sincerity of BB, when events around them are not making any sense whatsoever.

And while it may be amazing that they would believe in the possibility of BB becoming a hostage of the "ninjas," I actually found it kinda sweet, because I consider it a psychological defense mechanism on the part of the Big 4.

Since the "ninja invasion" left them feeling exposed and threatened, and BB wasn't doing anything at all to protect them, they could have rightly concluded that BB is no longer worthy of trust and obedience; that he had broken his end of the bargain, so to speak. So the only way they could continue to be loyal to BB is if they could come up with a plausible reason as to why he is not helping them in their time of need. Being taken hostage by the "ninjas" seemed to be as good a reason as any, especially since it looked like the "ninjas" pretty much had the run of the house.

Tags: TV

Posted by CF at 8:40 AM