Originally Posted by Midspan:
“Yes, I imagine it is further than they anticipated - that shows them to be incompetant.
Endemol's response so far seems to be 'calm them down, then let them get on with it again to see how far they'll go next time'. While they've still got people in there who have been violent and have made the most serious of threats they are just asking for more. Then there's the concerns over the other HMs. Shell's reaction was one that gives deep cause for concern - has she been properly psychologically examined and is that possible in that environment?”
Well, it's difficult to identify who the main source of incompetance is on the anticipation and selection front, I still vote that the blame for that part of incompetance does fall to the team of psychologists.
The response seems to be to try and remove the catalyst factor, which is a mixture of both alcohol, a lack of communication between the factions, and a certain loud mouthed housemate called Emma. It's worth noting that Marco wasn't that bad when Emma was not present, so, her temporary exclusion from the house may well become permanent.
Shell's reaction has concerned me, but I do identical things too, particularly when I'm suffering from withdrawl (NOT from ciggerettes, I would add, but some prescription drugs that I take) and exposed to a shed load of stress or fights like that - felt quite sick as a result of seeing it, personally, but still found it fascinating albeit it not entertaining.
I believe she was removed for a short while with one of the psychology team, whether that's true or not I'm not sure, but that was a strong rumour and given that she was not present in any section of the house to begin with after the feed and security guards returned, I imagine it to be true.
I doubt that further violence will occur, providing the conditions are not reproduced, by that I mean no more surprise reintroductions, no more provocation of Marco to do stupid things, and so forth. It's worth noting, also, that Marco has never been exposed to things like that, so he may well have learnt a lot from that experience.
I think we may actually see an interesting change in characters from now, bear in mind that the two that we finger most of the violence on are also the two that were most 'hurt' by the return of the two housemates, as they felt they'd returned back to zero. The biggest mistake of this whole thing was the return of the two catalysts, without them, most of them didn't act up in such a way. I suspect that the main catalyst is Emma, and her removal from the show would quite possibly resolve the issue.
