"With the Lay's?" is up there as one of the most unintentionally funny moment of Big Brother

Fun fact: Taylor actually made the history books twice. 1. First female African American winner 2. First winner to also win AFH Good for her!

I hope ‘Taylor’s Karma’ makes it into the Big Brother lexicon the same way ‘Dan’s Mist’ and ‘Floaters grab a life vest’ did. I think it will.

It was tough to watch, but, I was determined to stick around as long as Taylor was in it. Every time she won, I felt like I had won. Seeing her take the ultimate prize was incredible

It's wild that Joseph was a last minute alternative. It's hard to think what this season would be like without him.

I just love that Taylor got to finish what Danielle started 20 years to the day later.

The ride to the end was a rollercoaster, but Taylors underdog comeback is the best comeback of reality tv history. She made this season and the fact that she won nearly unanimously is fitting.

Nicole calling Taylor passive aggressive then telling her chips before a workout was the most passive aggressive thing ever lol

The beginning is a rough start But knowing the narrative of this season is basically Taylor’s karma makes this season 1000% more compelling and elevates it to top tier status Definitely a season with everything in it and I definitely rate it a top 10 season. I recommend it for new viewers tbh. Thank you Taylor for making this season worth watching

Taylor's story also is just what absolutely makes this season so good. Paloma and Monte really started the biggest part of the Taylor hate and she managed to survive longer than Paloma and then go on to beat Monte in the F2 wearing the same jumpsuit that the entire house hated on her for and on top of that winning exactly 20 years after Danielle Reyes had lost Big Brother

From the mistreatment of Taylor, to the formation of the Leftovers, to Dyre Fest, to the double eviction, to Taylor winning it all, this season has had some amazing moments and amazing personalities. What an incredible season.

I feel like if Taylor didn't win, the season as a whole wouldn't have been as good. You needed that full circle story arc for her to achieve greatness

Not only does assuming another cookout is forming require evidence, but how could you come to that conclusion where there is evidence AGAINST it.

I’m so glad my initial write-off of this season was given new life when PalmOlive self evicted. Could you imagine the depressing mess it would’ve been if Taylor didn’t make it past week 1-2?

People saying Taylor will be forgettable as if she isn't the first black woman to win and if I'm not mistaken the first person to both win the game and win AFP, used a fake fauxmance to make her seem like less of a threat and have it actually work, getting drunk around the "girls girls" and opening up, seeming like less of a threat (can't remember if that was intentional but it was funny regardless), she was good in the comps, unintentionally gave us a love triangle. Gave us "with the lays". Had the houseguest pressed over an outfit. Like her or not. To call her boring or forgettable after having winners like Kaycee/Miche and Cody who barely faced any obstacles during there games......let's stop with the nonsense

the most impressive thing about taylor was her ability to get the people that trashed her from day 1 (jasmine, indy, etc.) being her biggest cheerleaders for the win

“With the lays” is the new “it’s inappropriate”

I'm not sure who luckier - the viewers or producers - cause every single good thing that could have possible happen happened, like how the twists actually worked as intended and who winner ended up being. This was really among the very best storylines I've watched of any reality competition, and it was an honor to watch Taylor's road to victory unfold on TV.

You need to do an analysis on Taylor’s Karma. It’s right up there with Dan’s Mist in how it slays enemies. Something must be in the water for Michigan players.

As you said Taylor, was the biggest threat. Her pageant experience meant she could craft an impactful final statement. It was my favorite finale too. I wouldn't say it's my favorite season because despite the fact Taylor won, the bullying went way too far.

I haven't watched Big Brother in years, and that includes this season; I didn't watch a single episode. But after every episode, I kept seeing it trend on Twitter and tumblr, and people talking about poorly Nicole and Daniel were treating Taylor, and I became so invested in it from just seeing other people talk about it. I was rooting for Taylor without knowing anything about her except that she's gorgeous, and the Lays. So many times it felt like she was about to be sent home, and then she kept surviving. I'm so jazzed she won. AND was America's Favourite Player. I love all of it for her.

I grew up being bullied so i rooted for taylor as a victim cos i related... but she rose above that narrative so she deserved a win not just thru sympathy but thru recognition as a true WARRIOR. This was the first season i ever watched and i'm glad i started with this one.

Ill say CBS is probably very happy because they needed a god-tier season after the last few and this was an incredible one. For me, every week was super exciting and got better as the season progressed, which is really hard to do for 3 months. Definitely in my top 5 fav seasons ever

Taylor's story is one for the history books for sure. Definitely one of the most riveting seasons to watch live even though I was pretty much only invested in Taylor. Her coming out on top in the finale in the face of all of the others who underestimated, disrespected, and/or outright bullied her definitely brings a strong case for a top 5 placement overall. The season succeeded in spite of its twists and in spite of its lackluster cast. One other point to make is that Big Brother actually managed to keep up with its festival theme for the entire season! Expect the Unexpected indeed!

Taylor, Micheal & Turner might be all timers and this szn was a good one imo. Had drama, showmances, beefs, elite pre jury, good and bad alliances….

This season had so many bad strategic moments, but the payoff was worth it and each week was extremely exciting. It was especially worth it since Taylor, the ultimate underdog, won. The examples I can think of for the bad strategic moments are as follows: 1. Pooch offering himself as a pawn against Taylor, which caused him to be evicted unanimously by the girls alliance led by Ameerah. 2. Daniel using the veto on Alyssa/Indy in week 4, which caused the backdooring and eviction of Nicole, his #1 ally at the time. 3. Turner putting up Kyle as the replacement nominee at Final 8 (although I understand it would’ve looked bad on the outside if he didn’t, but either way it was a horrible strategic move because Kyle was in the After Party alliance with him) 4. Micheal not targeting Turner/Monte on his HOH at Final 7 and evicting Terrance instead, which bit him in the ass immediately in the double since Turner won HOH and Monte won veto, which caused his 6th place finish. 5. Turner not evicting Taylor at Final 5, which gave Monte better chances of making it to the end since nobody besides Alyssa planned on taking Turner to end 6. Monte taking Taylor to the final 2 despite it being confirmed he would have beat Turner in a jury vote, despite Turner making an extremely good plea to take him to the end, being that his jury management was actually really awful. (ironic that him winning the final HOH made him lose the game, since if Turner had won he would’ve cut Taylor and took Monte)

I completely agree! 3rd place season for me as well. People have their own opinions, so nobody has to agree with it being this high. But I honestly cannot fathom why this season would not be in your Top 10. Best underdog story in reality tv. Period. Something interesting happening every week. History being made with Mike’s comps, Taylor’s win and AFP. I mean if you didn’t like this season, you don’t like Big Brother. Thank you for your coverage as always Peridiam :)

3:30: Also for Taylor mentioning she was a pageant queen in her outside life which also got her a bunch of hate for no reason at all.

Honestly 2022 is such an interesting year for Big Brother. Like BBCan10, I believe BB24 was a mess that normally wouldn't have worked. Yet somehow did. Much like Can10, I think BB24 was such an unpredictable season & knowing the underdog story Taylor wins in is just so satisfying

"Even Andy Herren would agree" he definitely did and said as much on twitter. She really did give a phenomenal speech. Did Monte really not expect the pageant winner to be able to speak well

She really did see Daniel on finale night 🤣

“Before she could throw any hot soup around” 😂 YES PERIDIAM CALL HER OUT

The biggest twist of Big Brother 24 was Joseph's 25th Birthday. Lmao.

"Weird" is the best way to describe this season. On one hand, lots of things happened that morally didn't sit right with me and I was genuinely only rooting for 2 people (Taylor and Joseph). At the same time, some of the best blindsides, gameplay, double eviction, etc happened + Taylor is easily one of my favorite winners.

This Season was so good. Yes the beginning was not looking great but I'm so happy that in the end Taylor won. Could no ask for anything more. Can't wait for BB25

It was such a roller coaster! This was my first year on the feeds and there were times I’d just be screaming in my room alone. Such a crazy story and great protagonists and villains

This season is such an engima because I actually think this cast, on paper, was one of the weakest ones in the past decade. (obviously ignoring the problematic seasons)

I wonder how much Taylor and Brittany really did convince Monte that Turner was a threat. I feel like, ultimately, it was the misogyny that won the day. Monte couldn't wrap his head around the idea that ANY woman would beat him and the biggest competition left had to be a man. I think that's unfortunately the story of BB24: so much good happened but it was also always baked into so much bad. We always got served both. Our Brochella always had a bit of Dyre Fest in in. Still, I'm going to remember season 24 much more for its good than its bad even if the bad needed to happen first. This season is a memory that will last a lifetime with Taylor being the most satisfying winner since at least Dan and possibly ever.

Would you not say that the reality of Taylor's journey on #BB24 is the script that any writer trying to make their breakthrough would kill for? This to me represented every one of those 1980s I saw growing up where the nice girl, whom in this case, happens to be a nice girl of color, is bullied by one person's "perception judgement" of her instead of getting to know her that causes everyone else just accepting the "mean girls' perception" as truth when all of their eyes were trying to tell them something completely different. To have all the bullies get their 'come-uppence,' to the heroine survive the horror that was constantly being through at her every day. Building up to where we think she will not survive, only to have EVERY star line up to bring her almost to the top of the mountain. Taylor's final speech is that monologue that gives everyone watching this movie the goosebumps because we all not only hear what she is saying, but we all FEELING it and we do look inside of ourselves to see every word Taylor said was 100% true. Then not only does our heroine win the game, becoming the first black woman to win, but becomes the first winner in the history to also win AFP. We were treated to the first summer blockbuster that was not seen in movie theaters, but on TV, where instead of eating hot-buttered popcorn, we all were had a bag of #lays to share with the "Queen!"

They played themselves by being mean to Taylor. Literally made her a fan favorite and Monte naively underestimating her handed her the trophhy on a golden platter lol

At my job we have to watch bullying training videos and there is one called social bullying which happened to taylor. The video said social clique bullying is worse than physical bullying due to being ostracized and the lies made up about the target is mentally depressing. Taylor is a strong person. Resilient!

This season had so much going on. It is the definition of a rollercoaster season. From Taylor being isolated in week 1 to Paloma self-evicting, Pooch's bad move, the Leftovers forming, the Split House twist, the situation with Kyle, Michael, and Brittany, all the way to the finale with Taylor winning against all odds. I absolutely loved this season. It's one of the few modern seasons I could fully watch from beginning to end (minus the Memory Lane episode). This is a fantastic season despite its flaws. I rank it as a top tier season, probably around #3 as well (behind Seasons 6 and 10).

This was my first ever season, and boy was it a chore. I'm glad the last person I found bearable in the game went on to win, but I hope next season doesn't put me through that again.

Turner, Micheal & Taylor can be ranked in top 25 BB list just off one szn tbh… and the final 8 was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 pre jury was hated but still nice game wise

Maybe it"s recency bias but this is honestly my favorite season of Big Brother. Never before have I related so well and rooted as hard for a player as I have Taylor. Admittedly it's partly due to her story of resiliency and leading me to question what's my story which I ultimately concluded is also one of resiliency. Even when I take my personal feelings out of it I still think this season has pretty much everything you can ask for. Epic blindsides and downfalls, a fantastic story and winner, twists that while on paper suck ultimately worked to the benefit of this particular season, records being broken. The list just goes on and on.

The only saving grace for this season was taylor winning, just sucks that she had to deal with all that mistreatment to get the bag. Wouldve been worst to deal with the mistreatment and not win though

I would be TOTALLY cool with the house split twist (but random) coming back

I rooted for Taylor from the start & was more than happy she ended up winning. Underdog all the way to the end & someone America was & is rooting for beyond the game. 💯

Exactly, it was poetic justice that she won. She best represented the season and defeated all of her foes. While stressful to follow live, looking back I appreciate how strong she was throughout! You couldn’t make this up if you tried! Top tier season for sure 😌

This is the first season in years that I didn’t dip off in the middle - I thought 20 was going to be the pinnacle of modern BB but This season smashed it of the park!

I've always wondered what a season would look like if they edited it after the fact like Survivor so they could have coherent narratives throughout. I have a feeling this season would look very different and people would actually see what happened to Taylor instead of it being downplayed as much as it was. We'd also have gotten a way different look at what Kyle said instead of it being downplayed until it couldn't be anymore and then Brittany and Michael being opportunists.

I 1000% agree with it being that high. It is the best season of modern big brother by FAR!!

Y’know, in a really ironic way, Paloma saved the season from being a pretty depressing steamroll to the end

Brittany playing messy especially after Michael left was such a highlight to me, so enjoyable to watch. I didn't think I'd like her but I ended up really rooting for her, and of course Taylor.

Great work on this season review. With Taylor getting to the top Three and if she didn’t win it would’ve been a real disappointment. Her jury speech was the best ever - instead of asking for votes she challenged them to vote for her. A truly worthy winner in a season of firsts!

This season was a ride full of emotions.

The most poetic season of Big Brother I’ve ever seen

Taylor's karma was really wokring overtime

I audibly cackled when you said where the season would "fall"...while using the clip of Jasmine falling. Thank you for that!

I gotta say I loved ur review. This was by far my favorite modern season next to BB17 and BB20. It started rough but the week the leftovers formed and Amerrahs blindside it was classic BB. Also the festie bestie twist wasn't my favorite but loved the split house twist. I would like to see it again but with week 2. Michael eviction I was on the edge of my seat and love Brittany's reaction. I loved how much messy drama Brittany brought in final 5 and on the feeds. Did u notice that BB24 didn't do any powers or other big twists? They didn't need it. Monte at the end taking Taylor thinking he had it in bag and played himself. After two boring seasons and a terrible BB21 this season was so refreshing. I loved Taylor's win it was so satisfying

80% of the prior Big Brother seasons had all white alliances. Come on, it was understood, stop playing.

I always look forward to your reviews each season! Thank you for being with us on Twitter, and for summarizing the season constructively and beautifully. I agree, despite possible recency bias, this season's story and winner can never or rarely be rewritten again in future seasons. Keep it up with the quality content Peridiam!

I'm impressed that you found a good spot to include Jasmine's fall

I never once gave up on Taylor. Top 5 season, top 1 winner❤❤ Taylor was literally THE main character all season long. Legend, icon, etc

I don’t like Michael’s and Brittany’s timing of revealing the Kyle stuff, but people who blame them more than him bother me. They deserve blame, but not more than Kyle does.

I love this review. It brings me to tears and that’s because this season was such a rollercoaster of emotions. I’ve been watching BB for about 15 years and I don’t think I’ve ever felt such a connection to a cast member. Taylor’s victory feels like a victory for not only the black women who have been on BB but a victory for all of us who have had to endure watching season after season of black women be treated so poorly.

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It’s very difficult to watch this in its entirety, specifically the beginning. Their treatment of Taylor was so unnecessarily horrific that even though she ends up winning it all and more, it’s still upsetting.

Turner revealed in an interview that the jury told him they had decided a head of time that if Taylor was in the finals they would vote for her no matter what. It doesn’t take anything away from how amazing her speech was, but it didn’t actually change how anyone was going to vote.

a year later and it still needs to be stated. taylor DESERVED that win. the way she maneuvered that house by mainly relying on her social game is AMAZING. she was on the block seven times and lost both final hoh’s and won by an 8-1

Taylor carried the season 😭❤️

Taylor and Joseph were the best things about this season and they have such great chemistry

I remember the first few days of this season when i had lost all hope and just wanted taylor to get eliminated to get her out of that horrible toxic environment.. 2 months later she beat all expectations & won!! This season is definitely top 3 for me.

The most important factor in any season is always the cast. I think that's why the older seasons are ranked so high- they casted very differently. But I believe bb24 had a new casting director and I think that made a huge difference.

Despite one of the worst and longest week ones ever, this season really turned itself around and has become my favourite modern season. Taylor winning really was the cherry on top and made the narrative of the season even more sweeter. Looking forward to seeing what next year has in store for us

I always love your videos but I think I liked this one just a bit extra. Maybe it's because Taylor and I are both Michigan girls (side note, the school Dan teaches at is very close to where I grew up) but I adored her from the moment she walked in the door. I'm so glad that she won. This was a really fun season.

Incredible review. I did not expect that

Her social game was so good positioning herself in good spots. She had everyone coming after her and stayed strong like Michael said he played Taylor’s game for her and many other people did also like Joseph and others. She’s a queen and I fought hard for her watching the live feeds it was the best underdog story and the best speech ever. Definitely a Big Brother legends Taylor Hale queen and let’s say her karma needa be studied

I’ve heard about this show for a while and watched one season celebrity Uk a few years ago but in May I started watching from season 1. When this season came along I was prob on like season 3 and it was so different and both were so good. This show is addicting and good

I didn't completely watch the season hardcore but seriously Taylor deserved this win. She's a beast and also her love for chips was so fun LOL

This season reminded more of the old school BB which is why I love this season so much! And yes, this was one of the best finales ever.

Could be interesting to remember that Michael unleashed the #KyleBomb to save Taylor as the third member of his core three : he was saved by winning veto and Brittany was to be saved by his veto choice leaving Taylor vulnerable ... and so he decided to go full power on Kyle with special ammunition ... in ordre to save the Lays-Queen ! People seems to forget this ...

This was one of my favorite seasons to watch. It gave off BBCAN 9 vibes, like seeing the true hero ending to a Legend of Zelda game. I was tearing up when Taylor won, because she went through so much. From being bullied, to being a cat with 9 lives, to the ultimate underdog, almost like a Denise Stapley story, Taylor earned that win and is one of my favorite winners in Big Brother. As much as the beginning of this season made me wanna stop watching the show, but it made up for it with the end game and finale.

For me this season had the most people I liked, might be wild to say but normally each season I only like 1-2 players but this season I had a handful. Taylor, Joesph, Turner, and Michael.

Paloma is a mean, mean girl

Meh season was honestly pretty meh, Taylor winning in the way she did seemed too easy to guess. It seemed less like any strategy actually played by the anyone. The prejury was an alliance made of people that couldn't win a comp, and post jury was a by the numbers situation. Its cool that Taylor won after the early season hate, but, it seems to produced if that makes sense everyone became caricatures. And taylors final speech was basically a vote for me or you look bad on TV rather then for the work I did. Where she really didn't do much she want what kept her from being evicted the house just randomly decided it everytime she was on the block and everyone followed suit for some reason

so many of you are mad Taylor won. Boo hoo. she had a phenomenal social game.

BBCAN10 and BB24 are by far the best of big brother we've had in a while imo and make me glad the shows are still going. And I know people really liked BBCAN9 and BB23 too (I'm probably not nearly as high on BB23 mostly because of Big D and how final 6 on played out) so having such strong follow up seasons is astounding to me.

21:30 "FROM THE HEART" AND IT'S JOSEPH 😭

I was ready to write the season off in the first week, just like many other seasons. After the eviction was cancelled, I vaguely payed attention to the live feeds, just cause I wanted to see if Taylor could survive. Oh man...I am so glad I went along for the whole ride. Probably my fave season to watch to date. This was Taylor's story...and it was a DAMN good one.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who this this is a Top 5 season now that it's all said and done. It's been said a million times but this is the best winner's story ever. Not just for Big Brother but for maybe all competitive reality TV. I think some people are docking it points because they didn't like the cast overall, but I think that's going to depend on what you look for in a BB cast. If you want to be rooting for as many people as possible then yeah, this cast had a lot of really unlikeable people. But so many of the "bad people" brought so much to the season. Seeing Nicole's crazy, self-absorbed meltdown after Ameerah went on the block? That was iconic. And Daniel having a meltdown because Nicole didn't prioritize his feelings during *her* meltdown? Even more iconic. And don't get me STARTED on Jasmine. Thank you for recognizing her greatness. I need her and Raven to play together in an All Stars season.

I feel like the 16-22 era will be seen as the big brother dark ages similar to survivors dark age around s21-s26

Michael was the best part of this season. That guy was a savage. Watching Brittany’s face as he gave his speech before eviction was classic. The guy was a breath of fresh air. What always made big brother intriguing was that people don’t have to like each other. The fights, drama, and delusion are what make this show fun to watch. However, the typical big brother fan is easily offended, and those types of players are rare in this day in age.

Kyle being the winner at ANY point is a funny joke lol

I didn't watch this season, but I can imagine the insane level of hype coming from the fanbase when Taylor got the victory after everything she was put through. It's basically the BB19 good ending.

Am I the only one who didn’t like this season much? It’s better than the last few but still boring. The show is nowhere near as good as it used to be.

excellent excellent. Your videos are always quality.

You go, Peridiam. Yes, we were there! Thanks for capturing this amazing season so beautifully.

Say what yall want but Taylor’s underdog story made this season so incredible. Definitely a top tier season in my books, though the first few weeks were pretty rough to get through but the end result? Sheer bliss to me!

Before my general comment about the season I do want to say that it's always revealing when people are more mad about how somebody exposed racism vs. the actual racism itself. Kyle got swept into the DR and was immediately coached about how to make the problem go away, then we get to blame the gay guy and woman for not revealing it properly. They would have got called opportunists when they did it earlier because they lacked evidence, just like they got called it afterwards. You're full of shit. You want to talk about Michael and Brittany because you don't want to talk about how racist and common the thought process is of fully adult people like Kyle. There is something to the Survivor approach of having several tribes to start with. The dueling festival double eviction twist was ugly in many aspects, but did break up the steamrolling of a major alliance. The steamrolling trend is also part of the reason why when something like Taylor being berated just has all the houseguests watching and not doing anything besides creating a secret alliance. I almost wonder if they could do something with like pre-jury having two HOHs who each nominate someone, then having two Vetos. I'm just sick of every pre-jury just being ugly mob mentality.