Piping up with a word for Sam when the rest of them (bar Joel who was neutral) were ready to throw her to the wolves without a second thought.

He showed true class there.

Agree

It's the type of move a winner makes. Going against the grain knowing they will probably get flak from the other hm's but sticking by what they think is the right thing to do and helping somebody else out. A real selfless act.

Loved Danny moaning to Nick afterwards that he "made me look bad". A pure selfish act from Danny there.

He still was happy to vote he out tho wasn't he.

He knew he couldn't save her, but he still piped up anyway which I think makes it even braver considering the odds he was up against.. How easy would it have been to just go along with the consensus of "yeah, Sam, easy choice, no contest" while Sam stood there like a lemon?

I hate when people blame others for their own bad behaviour

hmm ... and then Nick grovelled saying that he 'panicked' ... and that Danny was 'a real man'

Let's keep it all in context

That's because Nick is painfully lacking in self belief and felt he had to revert to a subordinate role.

His true colours came out when he spoke up for Sam when no one else would

Sam was funny when they were asking Nick where he will take Harry after they get out
and said "He will take her to a bloody bra shop".

She was stitched up and frankly while annoying was certainly preferable to most of the others.

She had a quick wit, which most of them lack.

So he buckles under the slightest pressure and 'takes it back' instead of standing by his true beliefs then ?

Nothing 'classy' about that

Nick would have rather seen Chloe go than his smoking pal.

It was a gesture nothing else though, he was never going to get that through with Danny calling the shots.

You can't deny that when the pressure was on he stood up. What he did for Sam was a good thing was it not?

Why are we so willing to brush that under the carpet because of his other failings? Which by the way he openly admits to.

Could have done a bit more imo, especially as joel would have have backed him up. very frustrating watching them all (except Joel) bow down to Danny.

I agree.

I like Nick

I'm glad somebody said they would like to save Sam and that she had as much right as anyone to be there. I don't really blame him for backing down later, Nick is a weaker character and has to live with Danny 'the big I am' for the next week. Danny was throwing his moody mug around the place anyway.

Shame he isnt a bit more forceful, but no way was he going to get past Danny.

its been said, he didnt stand by what he said when she left, still a fake coward.

We always judge hm's by impossibly high standards. If they don't act in what we consider to be 'the right way' 100% of the time our judgments become incredibly brutal and harsh. Do we set the same unrealistically high standards for ourselves?

Could we all honestly say that we would definitely have challenged Danny afterwards? If I'm being completely honest with myself I don't think I would, yet I don't class myself as a 'fake coward'.

The harsh truth is I probably wouldn't have spoken up for Sam either. It would have been much easier to go along with the group, rather than show a little bit of kindness and support to Sam, even though it wouldn't have saved her.

I think there is a lot of fakeness in that house with people doing things in a calculated manner in order to 'look good'. Nick did what he did knowing he wouldn't get any recognition for it, it was a genuinely altruistic thing to do. Especially when you consider she was getting boos from outside the house too, so Nick knew he wasn't going to 'look good' in front of the viewers or his fellow hm's.

He did a kind thing, yes he slipped up afterwards, because he is an insecure guy. He wants to fit in so he fell back into the group consensus. Who can really blame him?

100% agree and beautifully articulated might I add

Then again, the money is of no consequence to Nick.

Perfectly put. I loved Nick when he went in but I gradually went off him when the very weakness you‘re describing allowed him to be emasculated by two strong woman and furthermore when he could not support them, when necessary, in the face of strong opposition.

But over the past two weeks as I‘ve watched the multiple personas, foebles and differing temperaments of all the hms - due to the disruption caused by Mark, the legends and guests- I‘ve realised he is a really decent guy, the perfect example of kindess and an oasis of calm in an otherwise tempestuous sea of BB desperation, unpleasantness and greed.


The final of BB and the ultimate thrill of being a BB winner is, however, of much consequence to him as a massive BB fan.

Excellent post. I wish people would remember that not everyone is an 'in-your-face' type of person - some people are very insecure, shy and reserved especially in group situations; to parrot a fashionable phrase: Nick was just being himself. Apparently not good enough for some though. That would have taken quite a lot for Nick to do. I would be very wary of inviting Danny's wrath given his behaviour throughout.

And boy, doesn't Danny do that well. It's always how others are pushing his buttons, making him out to be the bad guy blah, blah, blah.

He clearly doesn't like to take responsibility for his own actions. No one can make you react in a certain way except yourself.

Plus that temper is truly scary. He must have been pandered to for a long, long time and hence why he can't take people disagreeing with him.

I think Nick is an upstanding guy. I think his attachments to two strong women is an indication of being shifted off to private schooling and have little contact with his mother I would think and other females. You can tell he's very needy. His nervous habits are difficult to watch. That's the public school system which to me is just as cruel as any othe deprivation. And our country is largely ruled by persons from such a system