optimisticcynic
03-08-2012, 11:43 PM
I've watched the white room finale again and again, and the gut-wrenching thought of Conor walking off with 50grand pales in comparison to the thrill of reliving that second where Luke S realised that he hadn't won.
He presses the button, looks across at Conor who seems not to have moved since the task started, and then this gormless, childlike grin spreads across his face as he thinks he's made 50grand. He has forgotten *******igh, and is planning his night out tonight in Stringfellows, when Big Brother starts what he expects to be an announcement of his victory. But the announcement starts with the name "Conor" and in that split second, he is hit bang in the face by reality, the colour drains from his face (so appropriate that he is in the White Room) and his spirit is crushed.
Conor then cracks his funniest gag of the series by hugging him and saying "You've gotta stay with Ashleigh!" That's like telling a man whose house has burnt down that he's lucky his dog died in the fire too, because the local Homeless Shelter doesn't allow pets.....
He presses the button, looks across at Conor who seems not to have moved since the task started, and then this gormless, childlike grin spreads across his face as he thinks he's made 50grand. He has forgotten *******igh, and is planning his night out tonight in Stringfellows, when Big Brother starts what he expects to be an announcement of his victory. But the announcement starts with the name "Conor" and in that split second, he is hit bang in the face by reality, the colour drains from his face (so appropriate that he is in the White Room) and his spirit is crushed.
Conor then cracks his funniest gag of the series by hugging him and saying "You've gotta stay with Ashleigh!" That's like telling a man whose house has burnt down that he's lucky his dog died in the fire too, because the local Homeless Shelter doesn't allow pets.....