It was an interesting week. I loved Janelle in past seasons, but this time around she seemed a little different. I don't think the coach format worked very well for her. It forced her to make up lies and run to the new power each week in attempts to campaign for her players, which she hasn't really done in the past, even with fellow alliance members. I'm not too sad about her leaving, she had been talking about, if she left, how excited she would be to get back to her 10 month old daughter. She can do this now since the jury hasn't started yet.
I'm loving the Quack Pack. Not so much the Silent Six, since Boogie and Frank are irritating to me. They didn't really cover it in the episodes very well, but Boogie and Frank don't know about the Quack Pack. They have no idea that Ian has made an alliance with Britney, Dan, Shane, and Danielle. However, those four have definitely informed Ian of the Silent Six, and their goal is to have Ian pretend to still be "Team Boogie," so that he can gather information from Frank/Boogie. This way, they are hoping that if Boogie and Frank are planning on turning on the alliance soon, they will share that information with Ian, who will then let the Quack Pack know before it happens. This is why Ian didn't put Boogie/Frank up against each other in the HOH knockout, and also why he cheered so much for Frank when he won, though I'm sure he was genuinely happy since he knows he's safe this week. Boogie thinks that he has complete control of Ian's vote.
So basically, Ian is in a great spot right now. He has a final 5 alliance that is loyal to him, as well as a 3 person alliance (Frank, Boogie, Ian) that while not completely loyal to him (Boogie/Frank have mentioned to others that Ian is expendable to them and they wouldn't mind risking him as a pawn - Ian knows this information), will at least protect him somewhat and aren't going after him. He knows what's going on on both sides, and while there is some debate among fans, I believe that Ian's true alliance is to the Quack Pack. It doesn't hurt for him to play up his loyalty to Boogie/Frank, but at the same time he is most honest and shares all of his information with the other Quack Pack members.
I hope that didn't come out all confusing...the strategy is pretty intricate this season, in comparison to the last few that I've watched. There are so many different layers going on, and they are changing constantly.
As for Wil, Ashley, Joe, and Jenn...they seem loosely aligned in different ways. Some of the others actually named them the Inner Tubes alliance, since they are all floaters.
Jenn is not happy with Boogie and Frank and knows they aren't really working with her, but I'm sure she will continue the charade for this week since Frank is HOH. Joe is on the outs with everybody, he had no idea that everyone else was voting Janelle out, and will likely be going home this week. He also cooks family dinners every night that people are getting fed up with, since he uses all the meat in the house within a couple of days, and they have no food for the rest of the week. Ashley is just sort of there. Wil is intelligent, he is just sitting back and observing what's going on right now. He has the other alliances figured out, but hasn't done anything with that information yet.
The question is, how eager are Frank/Boogie to turn on the Silent Six this week? The plan is to get out Joe and put up a pawn next to him. The obvious choice would be Ashley, but Frank mentioned last night that maybe they should put up Dan to make him "sweat it out" like Frank had to last week. And if Joe gets POV, then who knows what will happen. It would seem obvious that they'd want to get Wil out, who is a strategic and physical threat, but Boogie/Frank are thinking of keeping him around to potentially work with him in the future. But, he might go up as a pawn still.
Scratch that, just now a conversation happened between Frank/Boogie/Wil, where Wil said he basically doesn't want to make any deals or promises for next week. Boogie and Frank didn't like his attitude and after he left the room they are now considering voting him out.
Who knows what will happen! These people change their minds every minute! Should be a fun week though.
Also, Ashley has been dealing with a back injury and is totally out of it most of the time, either from pain or her meds. It seems pretty bad.
And he even said he was looking forward to "sleeping under the stars." He did a much better job than Frank. Frank's cheera-tard (?) zipper ripped the first day he put it on (Saturday I think) and they wouldn't fix it until Monday. He was whining that his junk was hanging out and he had to walk around with pom poms everywhere he went, but that didn't last long.
