So we're past the halfway point -- where are we?
The women have been picking off men one by one... mostly because many of the men are blooming idiots or ticking time bombs.
BB Vet Rachel, who many people despised in her earlier seasons, is now beloved because she's older, more mature, and also is the only one in there who actually knows how to play the game.
Most of the newbies claim to have watched the show, but they barely watched the DVDs of a season or two given to them whnile in sequester, so they're all running around like decapitated chickens, overdramatically making dumb decisions because they think it's what the show wants of them.
Rylie (cowboy hat) and Katherine got into a showmance, one that horrified live feed watchers because he's a toxic hillbilly who talked to Kat in ways that sent up multiple red flags. However, the edited TV shows chose to ignore this because Katherine herself wasn't complaining about it while in the house. They both found out that America hated him and wanted to rescue her after they were evicted, and they were both shocked. But I think Kat is starting to realize a lot of the signals she either missed or ignored while in there. They haven't reunited since their evictions, we'll see what happens...
Of the remaining houseguests, Vince is a snivelling weasel who is playing both sides of the house and whining about how awful his plight is... he's probably going to be evicted this week, so hopefully that'll be that. Morgan is his best friend (almost showmance), and she was up for eviction as well but saved herself in the veto competition. Vince's girlfriend at home is none too pleased with how close he and Morgan have become. Again, he's a weasel. He worries more about LOOKING bad to viewers than actually BEING good or bad in his game (or as a person)... a lot of the younger HGs are like that. I blame social media.
Mickey is a mouthy, bossy diva who lies to people and then denies it. When she was HOH, she claimed God told her in a dream who to put up for eviction. Kelley is a mouthy, nasty girl who likes to overplay the game, doing wild things like volunteeting to go on the block for eviction. Keanu is a man-child who has terrible reads on people and generally makes all the wrong moves on a daily basis. Trouble is, he keeps winning competitions, so they can't get rid of him. In fact, he's HOH this week. But his target to evict was Morgan, and he even screwed that up.
The only cool people in there are Ava (flower hat) and Will (old guy). Ava has a great personality and is very entertaining without it seeming forced. Will is a sweet but curmudgeonly old guy who doesn't tolerate a lot of BS from these young headcases. I hope they are the final two.
Jimmy was the funny feisty gay guy, but they evicted him early. Fuckers.
A lot of longtime fans are kind of hate-watching the season, because the casting was so bad. People who hated Rachel before (like me) now love her, if only because she knows what show she's on.