‘Big Brother 15’ review: Howard as Mr. Mystery, Helen as Doc Brown

Howard

Wednesday night’s “Big Brother 15” episode was really evidence of a series of things. For one, it was pretty clear by the “Andy and the bird segment” that they did not have much from this boring weekend to work with. Also, the show is already realizing that Howard’s fate is sealed, so they are no longer editing him like the patron saint of awesomeness. While he may seem like a nice guy, he has a tendency to really not make a whole lot of sense to anyone. As we said on Twitter earlier this week, Howard is basically the “Big Brother” version of the Sphinx from “Mystery Men.”

When it comes to moments that brought us great humor tonight, Howard’s random-speak was one of them, but so was pretty much the bizarre “Doctor Who” meets “Jurassic Park” Veto Competition and Helen’s Doc Brown wig. The show knows that it’s cheese sometimes, and they just dive right in like bread to fondue.

But when you look at the progress of this season right now purely from an entertainment perspective, it’s missing something. For one, there is no real character that is worth rooting for all of the time, even though we do personally like Judd. There’s also not a lot of big moves being made, mostly because we are seeing this MVP twist decimate the house of many of its personalities. While that would not have mattered this week, imagine if the house still had Nick in the game. That would have changed something around, right?

We know that tomorrow’s episode will also be predictable, with Howard leaving and everyone else bracing for what will likely be an endurance competition. We just want to see some sort of classic “Big Brother” moment along the way that really makes us feel like there are some legends in this game, save for Judd’s bear shirt, anyway.

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