The first couple of weeks I'd say it's been pretty evenly balanced with the positive and negatives and entertainment on a whole.
The past week the real negatives has been the Linda v Jim clash and how it has impacted on the other housemates. What a shame really, because it's been a great series thus far.
Positive: The handcuffing because it forced strangers to interact with people they wouldn't normally dream of. Also a lot of strong-willed people interacting. Not as many disgusting food antics as they usually have
Negatives: Focusing wholly on the love triangle and then Jim Davidson
The only negative for me is how the voting from the public seems to be going, particularly Sam being in the top 2 last week. Been a brilliant series apart from that for me though.
Negatives - Hardly any live feed, the contact with the outside world some of them seem to be getting and as usual we are not told until someone lets slip, the ganging up on Jim which seems to be happening in there and on S**t on the Side, the usual engineering to try and provoke arguments
Can't see my mark of an average series changing after next Wednesday's finale
Positives - Good mix of HM's. Plenty arguments. Plenty fun.
Negatives - The usual "fix" theories. Lee Ryan.
Imponderables - Why the grumpy older HM who hates noise and fun late at night is the favourite. That is usually a recipe for being hated, especially when you add the ""I am getting more votes than you" comment.