This was a rough week, as we were faced with some hard calls regarding our shows, the World Series, and TiVo limitations. TiVo did not deliver America's Next Top Model, so this week's discussion is somewhat abbreviated.
--Beauty and the Geek: The geeks have a fantasy handed to them on a platter--turning their beauties into super-heroines for the Comic-Con convention in San Diego. The geeks are dizzy with the possibilities, especially Northeastern Jen's partner, William. But it's up to the beauties to create the character, and the geek only sews the costume.
Jen has a different vision when it comes to her super-heroine creation. She wants to have the super-power of killing people with her ample bosom. William is appalled because that's not proper comic-book plot. He's obviously never seen Deadly Weapons with Chesty Morgan.
As for the other geeks, LARPer Dave, who is beginning to remind us of Simon LeBon in his bigger years, is down in the dumps again for another week. Joshua said before last week's elimination that Dave and his partner Jasmine weren't really making progress. Dave responds by drinking a glass of wine, but Jasmine, in a shift from her usual dingy style, manages to cheer him up. With a new spark of energy, Dave and Jasmine create the character "Princess Bed-Head," who stops crime by making people sleepy.
MIT John and his partner, Hooters Girl Natalie, whip up a villain named "Vinity," and Nicole and Sam create Metro-Man, a goofy super-hero who has something to do with George Hamilton's tan. Perhaps a better name for their hero would have been "Metro-Sexual-Man," but they won and sent two teams to elimination anyway.
The big stories this week were that Dave and Jasmine discovered they could get along, and Jen and Will divided over the whole boob thing. Meanwhile, Jesse and Erin, not from Massachusetts but quite likeable as far as teams go, got sent home.
More recaps after the jump! Image of Jen as a busty superhero from the CW's official site.
--The Biggest Loser: Neil threw this week's challenge by gaining weight so he could help submarine the Black Team. Bostonist has complained about reality-show contestants throwing challenges (hello, Survivor bimbos!). They think it's all strategic, but, if they feel like sucking, then why don’t they step aside and let someone who really cares compete? Then again, every reality show needs its douchebag. Television Without Pity agreed and called what Neil did "douchebaggery of the highest order."
Best of luck to Neil with losing weight, but he shouldn't jeopardize his health by yo-yoing just so he can win a challenge. The Biggest Loser is one of those shows in which the contestants need to decide why they're really there--do they want to get healthy or do they want to win? Winning is nice, but it's beside the point. If he didn't take it seriously, he should have left the show.
And he also pissed off the trainers, who have to put up with a remarkable amount of whining on this show. Neil should watch his ass because at any point Jillian Michaels might sneak up on him and drop-kick him.
--America's Next Top Model: The models got to spend time with Tyson Beckford and Mary J. Blige, shoot PSAs, and pose with recyclables. Boston Babydoll Sarah wound up posing with mounds of trashbags. She looks great, but the challenge isn't exactly hubba-hubba. In the end, Ebony, who was pretty on the outside but homesick on the inside, up and quit.
--Kid Nation: Welcome to the first week of Massachusetts rule at Kid Nation. Guylan won leadership of the red team, joining Laurel, the much-loved head of the green team. Guylan was welcomed with the task of leading the kids on a massive town cleanup, and all the council leaders had to deal with the rage of Taylor, the yellow team member who was voted out of office because she was such a princess.
--Survivor: China: Denise took a back seat in the midst of intense Immunity Idol shenanigans. This week also marked the Vomit Challenge in which players had to eat chicken hearts, baby turtles, eel with the heads, chicken fetuses, and thousand-year-old egg. Poor Denise got stuck with a chicken fetus and, despite some admirable screaming, she couldn't keep it down.
We thought she could handle nasty food since she's a school lunchlady, but we couldn’t handle eating that, either. She escaped elimination, though, and Sherea, who never liked to do work around camp, got the dump.
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