This season of Big Brother is just not working for me.

I don't really keep up with the feeds because I just don't have that kind of time, but so much interesting has been going on that I keep finding out about things ahead of time. 

The huge fight that centered on Amanda last week was showing up on YouTube -- though the clip that I saw cut off before the worst of it. Joshuah said she needed a halo, someone else said "or a noose," and he replied, "Just like her dad." Amanda had revealed to her housemates that her father had hanged himself. She managed to deal with all the other horrible things hurled at her, but once they crossed the line into that personal territory, she finally (and justifiably) lost it.

Last night, the show revealed that two contestants -- Amanda and Allison -- had gone to the hospital at the same time after Amanda had a hypoglycemia attack, passed out and convulsed, and Allison had an allergic reaction that puffed up her face and made her throat close. (These were unrelated but happened nearly instantaneously.) I heard about this on Saturday, but it didn't make the broadcast show until Tuesday.

The way the show is set up, it seems to steal its own thunder at times, which leaves the broadcast show foundering -- and pretty boring.  

Although it was pretty interesting last Wednesday when Jen, posturing and trying to stay in the house since she was on the block, turned on her real-life boyfriend Ryan and started telling people that he was a racist. (And then when he caught wind of it and confronted her about it, she claimed she hadn't said it. Um, hello, it's on tape, it's on the Internet and there are people keeping transcripts of the live feeds. So, sorry!)

Since then, Jen and Parker were voted out, James and Chelsia won HOH, Amanda/Alex and Matt/Natalie were nominated for eviction, and Sharon and Joshuah won POV and elected not to use it. Meanwhile, Sheila and Allison took back their lie about being a couple outside and house and got into a huge fight when Sheila (the oldest person in the house) went all seventh-grade on Allison and decided that Allison didn't like her anymore.

I also think this couple thing has got to end soon because after tonight, there will only be five couples left, and that makes the season pretty darned short. 

Is anyone else watching? Are you checking out the feeds or the Showtime 2 footage? If so, how has that affected your enjoyment of the regular broadcast show? 

(Above: A nurse and James help Amanda after her attack // Courtesy of CBS)