I thought that was an excellent season of Big Brother. The first two-thirds were really fun to watch, with the last third being a bit on the boring side, but still palatable. When Tyler got with Angela things slowed down a bit. I think that really hurt his game. In an alternate universe where he hadn't fallen for her, I wonder if he would have been more willing to cut Kaycee at some point. I feel like because he was close to Angela, and Angela and Kaycee were best buds, he was forced to stay connected to Kaycee as well. Maybe he would have stuck by Kaycee anyway, but it's interesting to think about.
Ultimately I'm okay with Tyler not winning, even though I think he played better than Kaycee. He made some sloppy mistakes near the end of the game. Obviously going to the end with Kaycee was one of them. He admitted in an interview that he threw the final four veto competition because he didn't want to have to choose between Angela and Kaycee for eviction. If he had won that competition and chosen to evict Kaycee, I think he'd be the winner right now. He would have gone to the end with Angela (let's be real, JC sucked at competitions and probably still would have lost HOH part 2 against Angela), and there's no way that Angela would have won. That jury hated her.
I'm sad that they didn't devote more finale time to the pre-jury boots. We didn't even get to hear from Kaitlyn, one of the biggest personalities of the season, but we spent forever on a cringey Swaggy/Bayleigh proposal. Yuck. I love hearing from the pre-jurors because they've been on the outside watching the show and can fill the jury in on some surprising secrets.
Overall, I feel that this was one of the best Big Brother seasons we've had in years. I'm not thrilled about the winner (she didn't do anything offensive, she was just boring as hell), but I rarely am. I'm looking forward to next year!
