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  • Jul 5, 2001
Big Brother

Summary Big Brother, which began in the summer of 2000, has become an annual tradition for fans; every summer (with the exception of the 2008 winter edition) viewers are treated to new HouseGuests, new challenges, and new evictions! Here's how the game works: each week, there is a Head of Household challenge, where all of the players compete fo...

Created By: John de Mol

  • CBS
  • Jul 5, 2001
  • CBS
  • Jul 5, 2001
Big Brother
Season 2
25 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jul 5, 2001
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
33
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 17 User Ratings
4.8
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Summary Big Brother, which began in the summer of 2000, has become an annual tradition for fans; every summer (with the exception of the 2008 winter edition) viewers are treated to new HouseGuests, new challenges, and new evictions! Here's how the game works: each week, there is a Head of Household challenge, where all of the players compete fo...

Created By: John de Mol

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jul 5, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.1
Twelve contestants compete to win HoH and try to avoid eviction.
Episode 2 • Jul 7, 2001 • 45 m
Episode #2.2
Alliances begin to form and the houseguests win access to the house hot tub.
Episode 3 • Jul 10, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.3
Houseguests compete in the food competition.
Episode 4 • Jul 12, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.4
Two houseguests leave the Big Brother house.
Episode 5 • Jul 14, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.5
The new HoH nominates to houseguests for eviction.
Episode 6 • Jul 17, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.6
The houseguests compete for a texas style bbq in the luxury competition.
Episode 7 • Jul 19, 2001 • 43 m
Episode #2.7
Two house guests are on the block. One will be voted off. Nine will be left after tonight.
Episode 8 • Jul 21, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.8
Things get shaken up in the house when Hardy wins HoH and nominates Shannon and Will.
Episode 9 • Jul 24, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.9
Houseguests contemplate Hardy's nominations.
Episode 10 • Jul 26, 2001 • 43 m
Episode #2.10
Now that Dana's nominations have drawn a clear line in the alliances, everyone's focus shifts to stragegy.
Episode 11 • Jul 26, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.11
Kent wins HoH and nominates Mike and Krista.
Episode 12 • Jul 31, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.12
Houseguests begin to get a little stir crazy, and Hardy wins a phone call from his grandma.
Episode 13 • Aug 2, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.13
Tension rises among the houseguests, and Kent is at the center of it.
Episode 14 • Aug 4, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.14
The houseguests tearfully watch Mike's goodbye video, and Hardy wins HoH.
Episode 15 • Aug 4, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.15
The house agress to vote Kent out this week but is having a hard time dealing with Bucky's attitude.
Episode 16 • Aug 7, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.16
Relationships flip flop in the house, and Kent declares he is ready to go home.
Episode 17 • Aug 9, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.17
HOH nominates 2 house guests for eviction; tensions rise with house guests as to former alliances and current alliances.
Episode 18 • Aug 11, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.18
Upon being nominated, Monica packs her bags ready for her game to end.
Episode 19 • Aug 14, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.19
After discussing what they would each do if they won the money, the house votes to evict Krista.
Episode 20 • Aug 16, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.20
Houseguests compete in a luxury competition to see a screening of American Pie 2.
Episode 21 • Aug 21, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.21
Hardy wins the HoH competition.
Episode 22 • Aug 22, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.22
The houseguests get a luxury fast food meal which motivates them in the food competition.
Episode 23 • Aug 25, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.23
Nicole and Wil mend fences, and Bunky tearfully thanks the house for their friendships.
Episode 24 • Aug 28, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.24
The nominess make their pleas to stay in the house.
Episode 25 • Aug 30, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.25
The new HoH nominates a powerful twosome.
Episode 26 • Sep 4, 2001 • 43 m
Episode #2.26
Nicole continues her negative attitude when the house gets treated to a winter wonderland in the backyard.
Episode 27 • Sep 5, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.27
Will debates on who he is going to keep in the house.
Episode 28 • Sep 6, 2001 • 44 m
Episode #2.28
Features a luxury competition with Monica, Nicole, and Dr. WILL.
Episode 29 • Sep 18, 2001 • 45 m
Episode #2.29
The houseguests learn some saddening news and compete for the final HoH.
Episode 30 • Sep 20, 2001 • 45 m
Episode #2.30
In this season finale, after giving the jury an unapologetic speech, the charismatic doctor, Will Kirby, wins Big Brother 2.
25 Seasons

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
33
0% Positive
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43% Mixed
3 Reviews
57% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
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57% Negative
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50
Jun 27, 2013
New executive producer Arnold Shapiro has made Big Brother 2 less tedious than last summer's ... But the show still has too many blah periods in which the players simply sit around and scheme.
By Terry Kelleher FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 20, 2013
No question, "Big Brother 2" makes for better TV than its boring predecessor, but it's still no "Survivor." [7 Jul 2001]
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 20, 2013
What's most irritating about Big Brother 2, even more annoying than its desire to titillate, is its self-importance. These people carry on as if they were locked in a momentous event rather than just a silly game show about 12 strangers struggling to live together in a secluded house for a shot at the grand prize of $500,000. [12 Jul 2001]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 20, 2013
So many things about the CBS "Big Brother 2" series are genuine improvements over last year's version, from the set and cast to the producers and number of weekly episodes, that it's almost frightening this sequel still musters such a meager rating. Yet that's how horrid the original was. And even after these significant improvements, "Big Brother 2" is by no means worth watching. [7 Jul 2000]
By David Bianculli FULL REVIEW
25
Jun 20, 2013
Don't get your hopes up. This second installment of Big Brother is just as dull as the first. It's just dull in a different and sleazier way. [10 Jul 2001]
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
25
Jun 20, 2013
Conspiracy and backbiting are the only constant themes, and the overwhelming sense of claustrophobia and the unremitting nastiness of many of contestants make the show nearly unwatchable. [17 Jul 2001]
By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW
20
Jun 20, 2013
The producers tried to compensate for the personality gaps with lots of close-up shots of cleavage and torsos during a swimming pool break. In addition to this old-fashioned voyeurism, cameras inside record everything. It was this spying that caused such an uproar last year, until audiences learned what lobby security people have always known from their surveillance of elevators and laundry rooms: most conversation is boring; usually nothing happens. [7 Jul 2001]
By Julie Salamon FULL REVIEW

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4.8
35% Positive
6 Ratings
18% Mixed
3 Ratings
47% Negative
8 Ratings

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47% Negative
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