Coming in late and read first half of the thread. Skimmed the rest. Wow. I'm not sure who was enraged more, Bear or this thread
A few points to touch on
1. I think saying it could potentially be claustrophobia or some other similar psyche reaction is underestimating Bear's intelligence. He's a smart cookie. They have a responsibility to maintain order and safety for all the HM's. No doubt they are asked all kinds of health and security related questions before they go in like "Can you handle being locked in small placess?", etc. The HM's also have had that chance to raise other concerns they may have beforehand about entering. So that's full stop not a reason. I'm not a producer, but I'm sure there is a detailed contract, rule-book or otherwise some kind of outline that protects production from litigation in the event they have to use extreme measures (like having the security guard beat up Bear) to maintain security in the house.
2. It also makes sense if you consider that Bear's overall temperament is not at all, in any shape or form, stable. He reminds me of a grown child with ADHD. Some of these people have drug histories. From an experienced standpoint it's not unreasonable to consider when certain individuals are put under certain pressure for a length of time and are without a coping mechanism (such as drugs, cig, etc) to manage, that can cause some people to subsequently implode. I know that sounds silly, but with how common drug abuse is in the celebrity/fame world, it's at least a remote possibility.
3. It's not even just his temper they have to worry about. It's his propensity to create fireworks for camera time. He doesn't seem like the type of person to care if he ends up being kicked out for "being a little out of order". In fact, he seems to think his job and character is being out of order. He has already shown that he is willing to go over and beyond even people's most aggressive predictions of his behavior. We only see 45 minutes. Imagine too that this is what the HM's and the producers have to deal with all day. For all we know, this was the climax of small minor things that eventually ended up in a blowup.
4. Say for example though that some people here are right. BB was wrong to hold him for so long even if they felt he was a genuine threat. Would it have been better if they called the police to come manage and then he be charged? I don't know UK laws, but destruction of property usually ends up in a trip to jail in the US. Which leads to my last point...
5. Big Brother doesn't want to upset or otherwise make problems for themselves with regards to Bear. They want to continue to work with him because in their eyes he is making great television. Why else feature him each and every episode?
That said, my own personal take...
I do agree that him being locked up likely raged him more.
Secondly, I thought their timing was awkwardly timed and dodgy. He seemed to be going on for some time by the time they called him in. I though after he threw the whatever he threw, he looked like he may have even been calming down.
We can't forget he gets a lot of leeway already in the fact that they rarely reign it in. It's entirely possible it went on for quite a while building before they intervened. I don't think anyone expected him to break a mirror? They may have found that alarming and thought he is too much of a liability to even risk letting back into the house.
Thirdly, if we're going to follow the logic here what Big Brother was OTT (regarding the extended lockdown) and that they lost control of the situation, then we also have to concede that well--
if it was so wrong and that they still felt he was really that much of a risk to send back in,
they should've just ejected him instead. That would've been the optimal solution I think.
Instead they reigned him in hoping to save their precious golden boy from doing something to implicate himself which would've left them with
no choice but to eject him. That is the more likely what was going on with regard to the reasoning I think.