[Mac Hiavellian]

Originally Posted by brian3

bb7 was the start of the downfall. But every series had it's moments

I think I agree with this. I remember at the time fans wanted series to be longer and for there to be more HMs and BB7 delivered, but it didn't deliver as well as hoped. When the HMs are in the house for a certain amount of time they're naturally going to become less enthusiastic which is why it started to get boring - and then putting in 8 newbies throughout the series run to try and 'spice it up' just felt like starting from scratch again. Also, fans had campaigned for a while to have 2 houses. BB7 finally had the highly anticipated HND but the other HMs sussed it in no time so that fell a bit flat on its face.

Even though still a bit adulterated, BB7 was tamer than both BB 5 and 6, so the highlights were limited to what was shown. Putting ex HMs back in was an outrageous decision which IMO drove peopel away (that's when the rest of my family stopped watching). And love him or hate him, Pete was untouchable from the start.