"Big Brother" -- the story so far

Jordan the ho! Eddie the good son! Curtis the cipher! Episode by episode, a complete guide to the antics of Mega, Karen and Brittany the cuddle slut.

Jul 19, 2000 | The producers of "Big Brother" create six episodes of prime time a week (broadcast Monday through Saturday), and feed continuous streams onto the Internet as well.

Wednesday's show is a one-hour live affair in which either banishment nominations or the actual banishee is named. On Saturday, there's a half-hour of recap and then a half-hour of new footage. Specials and sports programming occasionally cause preemptions, and once in a while the half-hour show is extended to an hour.

The story so far:

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Episode 42: Jamie: Being a beauty queen is hard!

Episode 41: Mud baths! Dry humping! Square dancing!

Episode 40: It's the morning after, and Jamie's not sure if she made the right decision

Episode 39: A new nomination round: "Oh, my god! The world is so horny!"

Episode 38: Josh isn't gay! Neither is Curtis! Nor George! And not Eddie! And did we mention Josh isn't gay?

Episode 37: Eddie gets a rubdown by a secret masseuse!

Episode 36: Now even Jamie's getting paranoid

Episode 35: Brittany: I am the new alpha female!

Episode 34: The houseguests begin to unite against CBS

Episode 33: Karen the Unhinged continues to obsess

Episode 32: George visits Brittany's hair salon

Episode 31: Josh and Karen freak out after the banishment vote

Episode 30: Karen puts two and two together -- and gets five!

Episode 29: Julie Chen -- the Christiane Amanpour of reality TV!

Episode 28: The key to this game is detachment!

Episode 27: The perfect Miss Jamie's fatal flaw

Episode 26: George blows it

Episode 25: Eddie, please put that thing back in your pants

Episode 24: Girls against boys, just as the good Lord intended

Episode 23: The second banishment vote!

Episode 22: Time for heartbreak and degradation!

Episode 21: Only the sexually provocative will survive

Episode 20: Oh, Brittany, please shut up!

Episode 19: Josh to Jamie: My heart will go on!

Episode 18: Sex tease Jordan slices up Josh

Episode 17: The second round of banishment nominations

Episode 16: Eddie: "I'll kick Curtis' ass!"

Episode 15: Banding together to preserve Brittany's virginity

Episode 14: Jordan gets the boys panting

Episode 13: Mega? Mega who?

Episode 12: Mega gets booted!

Episode 11: "I don't want to be Mega poophead anymore!"

Episode 10: Jordan's big secret

Episode 9: Mega gets nasty

Episode 8: Tensions after the vote

Episode 7: Who's gonna get bounced?

Episode 6: Mega and Jordan check out each other's butts

Episode 5: Lesbians and chickens

Episode 4: Karen trashes her husband

Episode 3: Mom and Dad freak out

Episode 2: The arrival of Mega

Episode 1: Meet the residents

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