[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by brisbanebroncos

....and it was amazing to see. There have been plenty of 4 person alliances that failed from the get-go. The Brigade managed to get 3 of their members to the final 3 and the only reason why Matt didn't make it was due to smart play from Hayden using Matt's own loyalty to the Brigade against him by making Matt out to be a snake for wanting to get Ragan out. If they didn't get Matt out, he would have won for sure.

As for the "entertainment factor" there was plenty of that as well. Rachel going nuts, Britney making fun of everyone, Ragan was pretty hilarious, Enzo being the goofball that he is, Captain Kosher calling our Kristin and freaking out when Rachel won HOH, Floaters grab a life vest etc etc. I was thoroughly entertained. One of my favourite seasons.

Like I said, "four dudes strategizing to the end" is never going to be a compelling story for a show of 30+ episodes, that's wayyyyyy too many hours of the same thing over and over again. And all of the ~entertaining~ moments you mentioned are contained within the first five weeks (coincidentally Rachel's entire stay, IJS) It really doesn't get stated enough around these parts that BB12 was without a doubt (and could still be argued as) the worst season ever before 14 and 16 happened.

And to completely dismantle the Brigade even further, all Matt did was give self-congratulatory DRs about how well he was playing when he wasn't (lying about your wife having a disease didn't actually improve your position at all so ****), Enzo is a smarmy tryhard who called Ragan a girl way too many times for my liking (and I hate Ragan), Lane's "eight second game" is literally rape, and Hayden is vanilla.