LAST WEEK: New girl Andrea sided with Janelle and got every other girl in the house against her, making her an official "public enemy" aka the new house scapegoat! Because the girls had no good reason to keep picking on Janelle, who quite frankly could not care less about their irrational dislike of her, Tiana insisted they made an oath to Teresa that they would have her removed...as a kind of penance for Teresa getting kicked out, I guess.
Rumor has it that this season, there's been a whopping seven replacements, which is a whole house full of girls! I predict someone's going home this week.
So this episode is all about Shanae and how she's starting to feel the tables turn from underneath her. If you'll recall, Shanae assumed a bit of power when she got the house to mutually dislike Janelle (or so it seemed from the way it's all been edited), but when we open this episode, we see her watching Jaz casually talking to Andrea with a cold, watchful eye.
Because she's controlling, Shanae is angry that Jaz is talking to Andrea, the newly designated public enemy/scapegoat for all of the house's problems. She walks past Jaz and makes a passive-aggressive comment, "Gotta take care of your girls," which of course pisses Jaz off. Jaz tells Andrea she should get to know the other girls and stay out of the "war," and it's also controlling, so, wash.
Jaz shows Tiana her modeling portfolio and it's going to be an uninteresting theme this week.
Meanwhile, Andrea and Janelle go get their laundry done, as Andrea's bed was totally ruined by the onslaught of garbage thrown at her last week. At the laundry room, Janelle explains to Andrea that no one told Teresa to jump in the fight that got her kicked out, which is true. Janelle realizes she's getting closer to Andrea.
The other girls go shopping and do their favorite thing, trash-talking Andrea "Becky" (Jaz's white girl nickname for her) and Janelle. Steph feels like Janelle is just using Andrea as her back-up friend and it's like...what do you want the girl to do? Besides go home, that is.
Being the sneaky girls that they are, the roomies decide to finally put Sarah's baby monitor idea (which they previously attacked her for, mind you) to good use and snoop on Janelle and Andrea's conversations. Naturally, GiGi is on board, despite the fact that it was originally intended for the use of spying on her. Oh GiGi.
Back at the house, Janelle and Andrea bond, or try to, Janelle discussing her funny little dog from childhood as Andrea sews up her weave. As you do. Andrea admits in the confessional that she's getting a bit bored by Janelle and wants to get to know the other girls.
Meanwhile, Jaz and GiGi work on the "bug" to plant in the room of "Becky" and "mophead," as they call Andrea and Janelle, respectively. Shanae plays the role of the look-out to make sure they don't get caught setting it up. Sneaky, sneaky.
That night, Andrea notes that the other girls have been really quiet and Jaz has been acting unusually nice. Back in their room, listening in on the baby monitor, GiGi comments on how "boring" their conversations are, because GiGi obviously wants some drama.
The next day, a swimwear designer calls up Jaz and invites her to model a bathing suit for her show at a club in South Beach, and naturally Jaz agrees.
Meanwhile, Shanae is still talking trash about "white Barbie and black Barbie" to Tiana, and I can tell Andrea intimidates her, because she's doing a lot of projecting just like she did with Janelle. GiGi is starting to get annoyed by all of her constant talk in lieu of any action.
Jaz approaches the Barbies and passive-aggressively suggests they don't come to the club with everyone tonight, as she fears they will "embarrass" her with their mere presence. Andrea notes that when she and Janelle are together, the other girls are crazy mean. Of course, Janelle doesn't care, stating she's going to do what she does best: get pretty and piss b*****s off. Love it.
Jaz does some work-outs in preparation for the show. She's sick of her tummy gut and is trying to get back into shape.
At the club that night, Steph and Shanae talk more s***t about Janelle and Andrea, who really have been pretty quiet and non-offensive this entire episode, but of course, they have this desire to poke fun at them and compare them to themselves, and so they do, though their reasoning is pretty lame.
Jaz is super nervous, and as she prepares to go on-stage, Janelle talking-heads that she looks "fat" and should hit the treadmill more often before she slips on a bikini. Ouch. Personally I think she looks good, and so do her other roomies as Jaz struts her stuff on the runway. Janelle is not impressed however, and decides to just go home and call it a night. Welp.
With Janelle gone, Andrea feels a bit awkward sitting by herself in the VIP section while the other girls do body shots. So she walks over to Jaz and apologizes for their earlier fights. Jaz is open to it, but Tiana and Shanae are hesitant, though it's really mostly Shanae, who is upset that the other girls are willing to give the new girl a chance.
Andrea decides she's over the situation and just wants to enjoy her time at the house, so back home, she lets go and shows off her true, crazy self to he girls, which involves some truly bizarre stripper pole moves, of course. Shanae, once again, seems intimidated and doesn't get why she's everyone's "BFF" now.
Things are about to get messy for Shanae, however, and it's possible that she may in fact become public enemy no. 2.
The next morning, Andrea hilariously wakes up Janelle by vacuuming her dirt-covered mattress. Janelle is convinced that 1 + 1 does not equal 2 in her head.
Meanwhile, the rest of the other girls are at lunch, and they're (silently) started to get collectively irritated by Shanae's refusal to talk about anything other than Andrea. But things are stable for now, because back at home, everyone pitches in to help so Shanae's friends can get a good first impression when they arrive for their short visit. The guy friends come over, and it's party on in the BGC!
Naturally, this night involves lots of shots (while Janelle and Andrea hit the sack), and you know it's not going to end well for Shanae, as she's already on the girls' bad side, though they have yet to say anything.
Everyone plays King's Cups, and in one of the dares, Shanae's friend is dared to kiss Janelle. Hilariously, Tiana comes and tries to wake her up and come play, promising her that he's cute. The guy gives her a kiss on the cheek and drags her over to the living room, and before you know it, Janelle is included in the festivities! They also wake up Andrea and get her to come join the party. Yay, togetherness!
Well, it looks like they don't dislike these girls too much after all. However, GiGi talking-heads that by tolerating her, it doesn't mean the girls "like" her. Oh shut up, GiGi.
Drunk as she is, Shanae gets on the phone with her friend for what the producers (and the other girls) call "phone thugging," a talk session that involves Shanae doing a lot of big-talking, screaming and shouting, and of course, loudly trash-talking Janelle, whom she calls a "sloppy b**** from Texas." Janelle hears and merely laughs and shakes her head.
Tiana feels that if Shanae feels some type of way, she should say something about it instead of yelling about it on the phone, and you know she's starting to lose respect for her.
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Outside on the patio, we see some warning signs that things are about to get ugly later, as this one guy keeps trying to get handsy with Tiana, who warns him to back off. Meanwhille, Shanae is carried upstairs by one of the guys and promptly passes out on her bed, fully clothed.
Two of the guys join Tiana and Janelle in the confessional, and this is where things are about to go south. Drunkenly, one of the guys calls Tiana a "real b****," and she warns him not to call her that. He's getting to be a little much, and Janelle talking-heads that Shanae just left her friends that she invited over and isn't being a good hostess anymore.
As Tiana drunkenly gets up and talks right into the camera, one of the guys reaches over and slaps her ass. Uh-oh. Wrong move. Tiana is absolutely enraged and proceeds to go off on him, as she very well should, and before you know it, these two are arguing and he's got his hand near her face and she's shoving him. She promptly kicks them all out.
At this point, Tiana, Jaz, Andrea and Janelle are all on-board that it was rude of Shanae to leave her friends alone with them without letting them know she was going to sleep. Janelle predicts that the house is reaching the tipping point and will soon target Shanae instead of her, and she's excited to get front row seats, with her popcorn, fruit snacks AND lemonade, of course!
The next morning, Shanae admits she doesn't remember much from last night, which is fair, she was pretty drunk. Jaz has that creepy smile on her face that lets you know she's secretly thinking bad thoughts while pretending to listen.
So that day, the girls all go horseback-riding, resulting in some kooky antics, including Janelle getting freaked as the horse starts going crazy. Andrea, who has experience riding, hops up on the horse right away and impresses the girls with her confidence. After riding, the girls head to a local restaurant for burgers and drinks, and everyone's really warmed up to Andrea at this point, especially since she readily takes a dare to get crazy on the dance floor in front of all to see.
Everyone...except Shanae.
Shanae is disgruntled and jealous that they're suddenly on good terms with the girl they previously claimed to dislike so very much. She goes and sits on the curb outside, pouting, and GiGi and Steph go out and try to talk to her. Steph tries to ask her what's wrong, but Shanae is obviously scared to admit the truth and refuses to give an answer, which gets on Steph's nerves.
Back at the house, Shanae calls her mother in tears, and at this point I'm starting to feel bad for her, because the girl is clearly struggling with some deeply rooted insecurities. Instead of taking things in stride, she's letting the pressures of the house get to her and getting anxious, which the other girls can sense, of course. Sadly in this house, it won't help her out.
Her mother counsels her over the phone and encourages her to overcome it and stay strong until the end of the show.
Outside, my predictions come true, as Jaz discusses with Steph and Tiana that Shanae can't expect a pity party from them, being part of the "original" cast and all. Tiana says she knows things won't change unless Shanae talks about how she really feels.
It's cruel how the girls can change their alliances at the drop of a hat, just when someone shows vulnerability, or their "true colors." I can see how they take offense to Shanae's emotional side, but it's a bit over-the-top of them to deem her "public enemy no. 2" when she's done nothing to them except refuse to open up.
Tiana, however, assures us that she's still on her #1 mission of getting Janelle kicked out.
NEXT WEEK: The girls have a mixer with some ugly guys, but in other news...Janelle is leaving! At least, according to the roomies, who collectively decide to move her out. Oh, I see the "Survivor" mentality is back. Janelle, of course, refuses to leave without a fight, but that's not until next week. I'll be watching so you don't have to, and as always, I'll tell you all about it!
