Who's an actor in the tank?
Who are the plants?
tell me
It gets really messy cause "actor" is a term they use to gaslight the Fish in the show. Plant too, at they all thought they were plants that knew about the show replacing somebody last minute.
I think actor covers anyone that is doing stuff on behalf of Production and it varies from people like Octavius and Taylor who were never contestants(Octavius was unceremoniously booted from a shout from the basement because he was just there to fuck with Brian), Freeloaders who are replacements and can win contest money but not the grand prize line Duayne and maybe Abby, to the Fish themselves who are steered into conflict by the Production themselves. I would define anyone not in the original Fish as an actor, at they aren't there to compete and mainly to do things for production, even if half of them are in-between.
Jimmy is not capable of recognising that he is in the wrong, the whole world is plotting against him.
Jimmy wasn't wrong about that perception last night, Sam and Jet both were doing everything they could to have the female contestants antagonize Jimmy. People go off about Jimmy not sperging out at the guys fucking with him, but the guys never did it to the extent Trish and Abby did, and would be cool with him in-between things. Tay also tried to be more subtle when directed by Sam to do the same shit Jimmy was mad at Abby for, but she was trying to be cool with Jimmy while doing it.
Imagine if with the AIDS test scare with Shinji they continued to gas light him that he for sure had it as a consequence of his life choices, and how much it would ruin his life, and instead of taking it in stride he went and hung himself in the shower. That's the level of irresponsibility Jet AND Sam handled things. They 100% need to to have consequences from this that cost them a lot more than decreased viewers and income or they are going to lose everything in a future season.
100% Trish is as psycho as Jimmy. Hey plan absolutely was to push Jimmy to violence so he got kicked off, and Abby was here pawn to take the risk. If you've never been with a crazy chick, they absolutely will 100% push and needle you incessantly until you hit them. I've never crossed that line, but I felt the pressure, it's miserable but they're desperate to recreate the abuse of their childhood.
There is a charm to the amateurness of the show. But it isn't and never was hell house. Hell House is a gimmick, it's something they can do in small bursts, but a 100% HellHouse torture session isn't a long haul program. Fear Factor is that, it's short term pushing of limits. Fishtank is just Internet Culture Edgey Big Brother. Their amateurness cuts both ways in creating great content you'll never see in the mainstream, while also fucking up the enjoyment of the audience, and they cut deep in the wrong direction last night.