My initial thoughts going into this show are good. I’m a pretty big nerd myself, so these are my
people. I mean, I’m a little
disappointed with this cast after reading their Q&As because most of the
contestants answered “Science” to “Math or science?” and YOU KNOW I love my
math. But I’m making the assumption that
this show will be somewhere along the lines of Beauty and the Geek, but..
nerdier, so yes, big hopes and dreams for this show. Now, let’s get into the show.
We start off with some previews of what’s to come. One of the girls recites a hefty portion of
pi. “This is like 8th grade
101.” “I use my powers OF THE DARK SIDE.” Why do I feel like this show is going to give
me a lot of amazing quotes? Oh, because it already has given me two and we’re
not even a few minutes in!
Ivan is a dragon. He breathes fire! Also Genevieve reminds me of myself! Oh no, time to pick two groups of five but
there are 11 nerds. Genevieve is picked
as the first team captain! (WOO! Go Hannah! I mean.. Genevieve!) Ivan is the second team captain. The others get two hours to let their
strengths be known so they have a better chance at being picked. So, in BB terms here, one is going to be the
Jodi and shut out nearly from the start.
I find it ironic though, that a show about nerds would start off with a
game where it’s not good to be the last one picked. Kind of like dodgeball! Kind of like my life story! (Note: I’m just
joking. Somehow I never found myself
being the last one picked in gym class.
How I avoided this is forever a mystery considering that I’m terribly
unathletic, but.. let’s not make this about me!)
“There’s a whiteboard! I need a whiteboard *shaking* to
survive!!” –Brandon
Hendrik wants to be able to speak with birds… oh wait, he speaks
bird! Joshua is the cute nerd of this
show! The table has the periodic table
printed on it. HOLY moly I think I’ve found my new guilty pleasure and it’s
this show. Alana loves Genevieve. “I want to be on her team because she likes
Batman AND I LIKE BATMAN!”
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| Brandon Moore, 'King of the Nerds' contestant, AKA: Hannah's homeboy |
Celeste is a pro gamer and seems awesome. I feel like Alana could be the first one cut
just because she is making things awkward and you know, this takes some great
skill because this is a ROOM FULL OF NERDS. OKAY.
Alana seems pretty sure that she’ll be the first cut because “All I have
is Batman and that I’m… super prepared.”
She’s nearly crying. Okay, now I
feel bad. I take back my comments.
My early favorite has to be Brandon! He is such a skilled dancer and
character! Ivan says he doesn’t have
many math and science skills. (Now, I’m
not pointing fingers, but I think we have a cruddy nerd in this bunch but, like
I said, I am NOT POINTING FINGERS at who it is..) The nerds are called out of the house with a “Nerd
alert!” alarm. I repeat: this is
awesome.
Orange is Ivan’s favorite color and now it’s his team’s
color. Okay, I don’t know if it’s possible to dislike him now. Genevieve beats Ivan in rock, paper, scissors
so she gets to make the first pick and chooses Celeste. Considering she was probably going to be Ivan’s
first pick, I find this quite entertaining.
Joshua is upset that he wasn’t one of the first choices. Get off your high horse, dude. HENDRIK IS ADORABLE. Instead of saying paint was poured on his
head, he described it using the components of paint. Hendrik’s choice will be based on who will be
“good company.” (Side note: why has
Brandon not been chosen yet? I’m freaking out!!)
Joshua picks Brandon!
Okay, I can rest easy. Danielle
(Pinky) and Alana are the last two. As
predicted, Alana is the one not chosen.
“I’ve been losing all my life. That’s
why I’m a nerd!” But in a turn of
events, since “nothing is nerdier than being picked last,” Alana gets to stay
and has been given “all the power!” Ooh,
this is fun! She is safe from banishment
and will get to choose the winner of the nerd war of this episode. It’s announced that two nerds from the losing
team will face off in the “Nerd Off.”
Alana chooses the blue team as the weaker team so, two of its people
will be facing off and one will be leaving.
Okay, the hosts, albeit nerds, are kind of frustrating to
listen to/watch. The orange team gets to
choose one of the people from the blue team to go to the Nerd off. Alana is inducted into the blue team. We’re now seeing the nerds playing in the
water fountain. Did I mention that I
love this?
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| The 'King of the Nerds' cast |
Brandon considers mathematicians “the top of academia.” Okay, I really love him. Hendrik interrupts the orange team’s meeting
to say he wants to go into the nerd off.
NO! NO, HENDRIK! Oh, and it is not lost on me that Ivan the
Dragon has dragon slippers.
Alas, it is now time for the nerd off where the loser will go
home immediately. The blue team chose to
send Hendrik into the nerd off, based on him offering himself up. The orange team voted and chose to send Jon
in, probably based off Brandon’s opinion of mathematicians. I hate to root against a fellow mathematician,
but I LOVE HENDRIK. I don’t know what to
feel!
Hendrik and Jon will be competing in a game of chess. They each are given three hours to choose an
advisor to have during the game and to prepare.
Huge announcement: Alana was on her high school chess team! Hendrik chooses Alana to be his advisor in
the nerd off. Joshua thinks this is a
terrible decision, the ego on this one.
Hendrik has a photographic memory and is given a chess lesson by Alana. Jon chooses Virgil as his advisor. (Side note: At this point, I think I’ve
dubbed Virgil as one of the nerds I like the least. There’s just something about him that annoys
me.)
Finally, it’s time to go outside for the nerd off. There is a chess board even larger than the
one found in the ‘Big Brother’ backyard!
Two random people are brought in and I have no clue who these people are
and/or why they were brought in, but Brandon seems in favor of the random girl.
“There’s stripper cat girl, who is of a harajuku flavor or
something!” -Brandon, on said random
girl
Oh, I guess these two random people are the ones who get to
move the pieces during the game. Hendrik
captures the first piece but Jon does not seem worried and says it was intentional. Some warrior type guy is chopping the
captured pieces. I’m assuming they’re
doing this as an attempt to make chess more exciting?
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| Hendrik - the first nerd elminated |
I can only hope that none of my favorites go home next Thursday.
‘King of the Nerds’ airs Thursdays at 10 pm on TBS!
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