Have you finally taken a few breaths, reevaluated your life, and realized the simple, painless truth? Because here it is: Big Brother 15 is captivating, and I'm so, so psyched for the remainder of this season. Will the Moving Company prevail? Will GinaMarie seduce a veeeeery aloof Nick? Will Helen actually make use of doe-eyed racist Aaryn? Who knows. But I do know this, fellow MVPs -- here are five reasons this is the best season of Big Brother in years.

1. Candice is shaping up to be a fabulous underdog.

In past seasons, alpha-player alliances simply arranged every eviction and rightly assumed their tagalong housemates would vote similarly. This season, we have Candice -- who seems like she should be one of the first and most disposable losers in the game -- already piecing together the game's dominating alliance and planning to subvert them. Here's hoping she wins the next HOH and nominates two of the Moving Company's primary movers straight away.

2. Elissa is ten times more likable than her sister.

My whole body chafed at the thought of Rachel Reilly's sister entering the Big Brother house, but I'm delighted to find that she's a humble, yet driven player with actual social skills. I love her rapport with Helen, and I even respect how she approached (and ultimately dumped) Nick about working together. Maybe that wasn't the smartest move considering the Moving Company and Kaitlin have enough votes to save Nick, but I'm still a fan of Elissa's gameplay in general. Rachel's entire career in Julie Chen's world feels like one long, sustained whine; Elissa's feels like a more sincere, meditative om.

3. Sure, there are horrible people in the house, but there are just as many people to root for.

We've heard plenty about the freakish utterances of Aaryn, GinaMarie, Jeremy, and Spencer, but guess what? You don't have to like those idiots! Instead you can spend your precious viewing time loving Amanda, the joke-throwing dame who makes fun of everybody splendidly, or Andy, who is wise and sweet, or McCrae, the lank-haired nice guy whose slacker charm feels shipped in from 1991. At the moment I'm loving Helen, the logical and unfazed businesswoman who is willing to look losers in the eye and play the game harder because of them.

4. I can't wait to see how ruined Aaryn's life is.

Perhaps this is cruel, but it's going to be awesome to see Aaryn -- the most well-known racist/homophobe in the house this season -- emerge from Chenbot Manor and learn that she's jobless and almost universally reviled. That's an amazing thing about Big Brother; the players are so unaware of the outside world that they forget how they're constantly being received. My only hope? That Spencer and GinaMarie suffer precisely the same kind of backlash, and I'm not just talking about their jeopardized jobs.

5. There appear to be no inactive players. 

Remember bearded superfan Adam from season 13? Or Kittie chick rocker Jenn from season 14? Remember how completely useless they were as players and how unwilling they were to work against the game's big alliances? Thankfully on BB15, we seem to be without those types, the giddy floaters who are content with chancing blindly into the final three. That's the problem with a season full of boring folks on Big Brother: they always last awhile. Jenn got fifth. Adam got third. And why shouldn't they stick around so long? This is a game dominated by Svengalis who know exactly which pawns to keep around. Everyone in the BB15 cast seems dogged enough to be drastic if need be. Even Andy, our jovial gay contestant who has been pretty under-the-radar so far, is gamely making alliances with everybody.

Are you loving this season too? And are you just as scared for Elissa's survival as I am?