Except for the usual awkwardness of all the ladies that Jake didn't pick, two and a half things stood out: Rozlyn's blatant denial, Jake's boringness and unhappiness, and the half point being Michelle's unwillingness to see how emotionally "off" she is.
The half point first: Oh crazy Michelle. Even though it looked like she was a bit embarrassed about how she was depicted, she could not face up to it that she's just an emotionally over the top girl when it comes to getting married and having kids. She would be someone I could see the writers of Criminal Minds writing about. Looks normal, but her stress point of getting married and having kids made her go off the wall and completely nutso. OK, they may not use the term "nutso" in Criminal Minds, but I think there's room for it.
The last time we saw Rozlyn on the show, she was asked to leave The Bachelor show due to getting frisky with a "staffer" (as Chris Harrington puts it; not an employee, but a staffer.) That girl is the worst liar on the planet. She's right up there with the kind of bending and twisting of the truth that alcoholics and drug addicts do to get the attention off of them to avoid the truth. I liked what Chris said to her at one point though. He mentioned how when his son is making up fantasy stories to cover the truth, there's so much energy spent in doing that while it's so much easier to just tell the truth already. She kept on with the pretend that nothing happened, but only made it worse for herself because her stories did not make sense what so ever.
Finally, there was Jake. Awkward and boring as usual. Even though they tried to show some fumble clips, he's still a dull hot guy. He really has a limited personality. Even though he had to keep it quiet because it hasn't been aired yet, it sounds like something else is going on. I just get the sense that he didn't pick any of the two final women to be his future bride. Chris also alluded to the situation by carefully posing the question, "are you happy with your decision?". Jake looked like he was going to cry again, but said he was happy. Those did not look like happy tears he was holding back; those looked like ready to fall apart break down tears.
So, next week is the finale before we get to see the after show. I get the sense that he still has it for Ali. Perhaps after all the dust settles, he may pursue her after all.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Bachelor -- 15-Feb-2010 -- St. Lucia
So here we go again. This week, the Bachelor was shot in St. Lucia with Jake and the remaining three ladies: Gia, Tinley, and Vienna.
I have to say, with all the hype Jake was talking on Gia and the date, I'm quite disappointed in him for letting her go. She's the only one left that seems to have a decent array of emotions. On one hand you've got Tinley, who only ever sounds like she has the one super-saturated sugary emotion all the time and Vienna, who just wants a sugar daddy to take care of her. Then again, it could be an editing trick.
The problem Jake has with Tinley, as far as I can tell from the confessionals, is that he likes the idea of loving Tinley, but it doesn't sound like he actually does. Then when Jake talks about Vienna, it's more like he just has the hots for her, but he'll end up feeling like a baby-sitter in the long run if he picks her. From my standpoint, I don't know exactly how many times I heard Tinley say she'd only ever been with one man, but it was enough that if you had a drinking game, there might be some alcohol poisoning involved. Yes, Tinley, we get it. You were married once and he's the only guy you were ever with. She should do us all a favor -- including herself -- and sleep with someone else already so she can say something else now.
The producers also have to shake things up a bit, so they allowed Ali to call Jake at the hotel to see if it's too late for her to come back. Apparently she made a mistake by going back to her job. It two's company and three's a crowd, what is it when there's suddenly one more woman back in the picture? A whole lotta confusion and more drama is my guess. However, it didn't go that way. There was something I didn't understand about Jake's response. He says everything about him wanted her to get on a plane and come, but then he says his gut says no. Huh? Oh well.
I'm guessing he doesn't go home with anyone and makes everyone cry ... including the producers.
I have to say, with all the hype Jake was talking on Gia and the date, I'm quite disappointed in him for letting her go. She's the only one left that seems to have a decent array of emotions. On one hand you've got Tinley, who only ever sounds like she has the one super-saturated sugary emotion all the time and Vienna, who just wants a sugar daddy to take care of her. Then again, it could be an editing trick.
The problem Jake has with Tinley, as far as I can tell from the confessionals, is that he likes the idea of loving Tinley, but it doesn't sound like he actually does. Then when Jake talks about Vienna, it's more like he just has the hots for her, but he'll end up feeling like a baby-sitter in the long run if he picks her. From my standpoint, I don't know exactly how many times I heard Tinley say she'd only ever been with one man, but it was enough that if you had a drinking game, there might be some alcohol poisoning involved. Yes, Tinley, we get it. You were married once and he's the only guy you were ever with. She should do us all a favor -- including herself -- and sleep with someone else already so she can say something else now.
The producers also have to shake things up a bit, so they allowed Ali to call Jake at the hotel to see if it's too late for her to come back. Apparently she made a mistake by going back to her job. It two's company and three's a crowd, what is it when there's suddenly one more woman back in the picture? A whole lotta confusion and more drama is my guess. However, it didn't go that way. There was something I didn't understand about Jake's response. He says everything about him wanted her to get on a plane and come, but then he says his gut says no. Huh? Oh well.
I'm guessing he doesn't go home with anyone and makes everyone cry ... including the producers.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Bachelor -- 8-Feb-2010
The theme of not having to wait until the rose ceremony kicked back in again last night after the 4 home town dates. Before I get into the pre-rose ceremony drama, let's do a quick review of the dates:
Gia -- She took Jake for a little boat cruise around the New York harbour. Jake said that when he kisses Gia, he has a burning sensation to get to know her heart. Pardon my mind, but I've never heard it put quite that way before. The family was interesting in that the brother did the protective threatening thing, but it was hard to take him seriously under the helmet he was wearing ... that was a spiky helmet, wasn't it? He admitted that he loves her, but not to her.
Ali -- She showed Jake her dead grandmother's house and talked about how the grandmother approved of him being there. Sure ... whatever. It's very easy to say what the dead would like or not like because they aren't there to say if for themselves.
Tinley -- Yawwwwwnnnn, stretch, and ZZZzzzzz. What's that? The dad's crying and Tinley is still being too sweet? Doesn't this girl have more than one emotion? Maybe she's a new generation of Stepford Wives or a robot.
Vienna -- That girl is so full of crap. I think the father said it all when he said she was a princess. Jake will definitely have his hands full with this one. I could see her putting him into some big time debt and shrugging it off ... (trumpet sound) charge it!! Either that or she'll get bored when the show is over, entertain him for a bit, then before dump him.
So, the drama before the rose ceremony:
The door knocks at Jake's hotel door. He answers it. It's Ali. She's all upset and pouty. Apparently she was given a choice -- quit her job or quit the show. All I could think of during the whole blah, blah, blah was that there's something suspicious about the whole bit of drama. She said she would let him know her decision during the rose ceremony. After more blah, blah, blah, Ali finally decided to pick her job over staying on the show.
It may or may not be the end of Ali and Jake from the previews for next week though. She gives him a call and then the cameras show Jake talking to a mystery person. It's all in the editing though.
Gia -- She took Jake for a little boat cruise around the New York harbour. Jake said that when he kisses Gia, he has a burning sensation to get to know her heart. Pardon my mind, but I've never heard it put quite that way before. The family was interesting in that the brother did the protective threatening thing, but it was hard to take him seriously under the helmet he was wearing ... that was a spiky helmet, wasn't it? He admitted that he loves her, but not to her.
Ali -- She showed Jake her dead grandmother's house and talked about how the grandmother approved of him being there. Sure ... whatever. It's very easy to say what the dead would like or not like because they aren't there to say if for themselves.
Tinley -- Yawwwwwnnnn, stretch, and ZZZzzzzz. What's that? The dad's crying and Tinley is still being too sweet? Doesn't this girl have more than one emotion? Maybe she's a new generation of Stepford Wives or a robot.
Vienna -- That girl is so full of crap. I think the father said it all when he said she was a princess. Jake will definitely have his hands full with this one. I could see her putting him into some big time debt and shrugging it off ... (trumpet sound) charge it!! Either that or she'll get bored when the show is over, entertain him for a bit, then before dump him.
So, the drama before the rose ceremony:
The door knocks at Jake's hotel door. He answers it. It's Ali. She's all upset and pouty. Apparently she was given a choice -- quit her job or quit the show. All I could think of during the whole blah, blah, blah was that there's something suspicious about the whole bit of drama. She said she would let him know her decision during the rose ceremony. After more blah, blah, blah, Ali finally decided to pick her job over staying on the show.
It may or may not be the end of Ali and Jake from the previews for next week though. She gives him a call and then the cameras show Jake talking to a mystery person. It's all in the editing though.
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Bachelor -- 1-Feb-2010
This week, there were 5 ladies left and only 4 roses to hand out. The dates were broken down into 3 one on one dates and 1 two on one date. I was waiting to see if Jake was able to keep them around long enough to make it the rose ceremony.
Tinley, Ali, and Corrie all got the one on one dates while Gia had to share Jake's time with the idiot princess Vienna. The date with Tinley appeared to go well. She's sweet and all, but so sweet sometimes that it's almost sickly sweet -- like the stomach or tooth ache one would get the day after Halloween from stuffing your face with the sweetest candies. Or better yet, shortly after a few too many coolers or crantinis. You know where you're left laying on the couch thinking "oh, maybe I had too much."
Ali's date was a bit easier to stomach; not nauseatingly sweet. After all, perfect is annoying after a while. It's nice to see a bit of an edge that Ali appears to have and she doesn't pretend to be perfect either. Whereas Vienna's "what? poor little ol' me?" and crocodile tears are just too much to deal with. Speaking of Vienna, there was the overnight two on one date with Jake and Gia and Vienna in a castle. At the end of the evening, Vienna went off to go find Jake in his room for a late night interlude. To her unpleasant surprise, Jake sent her back up to her room. Although it was awkward and hard to watch at times, I'm not sure if it was as awkward as when Corrie teased Ali and Vienna earlier that day that they would be the ladies on the two on one date. You could have sliced and chopped through the air with a butcher knife. At one point during the evening, I could be wrong, but I could have sworn I saw the slight hint of disinterest or fall back on Jake's part towards Vienna. Time will tell in the next little while if he decides to keep her around.
It looks like all the women made it to through up to the rose ceremony for a change. Chris should have congratulated the ladies and Jake for making it all the way to the rose ceremony without any early departures. However, as Jake looked down at the last rose, I noticed he shook his head for a moment. It got me thinking, is he going to ask Chris if he could toss the last rose ... again? He didn't do that though ... he actually handed out all the roses that were provided to him. Unfortunately for Corrie, he didn't have enough a) roses, b) sense, or c) chemistry to keep her around. Even so, it would have still been better to keep her and lose the idiot princess, Vienna.
Call it a hunch, but seeing as how Jake usually calls Ali and Tinley first and/ or second each time makes me think they'll stick around until at least the final three. Strangely enough, next week's preview shows Chris announcing that there won't be a rose ceremony due to another unforeseen bit of drama. This is another first ... like when Rozlyn was booted off ... that was an unforgettable first.
Tune in to see who gets booted off and the cause of the drama. I would laugh if it was Deanna showing up to say "choose me".
Tinley, Ali, and Corrie all got the one on one dates while Gia had to share Jake's time with the idiot princess Vienna. The date with Tinley appeared to go well. She's sweet and all, but so sweet sometimes that it's almost sickly sweet -- like the stomach or tooth ache one would get the day after Halloween from stuffing your face with the sweetest candies. Or better yet, shortly after a few too many coolers or crantinis. You know where you're left laying on the couch thinking "oh, maybe I had too much."
Ali's date was a bit easier to stomach; not nauseatingly sweet. After all, perfect is annoying after a while. It's nice to see a bit of an edge that Ali appears to have and she doesn't pretend to be perfect either. Whereas Vienna's "what? poor little ol' me?" and crocodile tears are just too much to deal with. Speaking of Vienna, there was the overnight two on one date with Jake and Gia and Vienna in a castle. At the end of the evening, Vienna went off to go find Jake in his room for a late night interlude. To her unpleasant surprise, Jake sent her back up to her room. Although it was awkward and hard to watch at times, I'm not sure if it was as awkward as when Corrie teased Ali and Vienna earlier that day that they would be the ladies on the two on one date. You could have sliced and chopped through the air with a butcher knife. At one point during the evening, I could be wrong, but I could have sworn I saw the slight hint of disinterest or fall back on Jake's part towards Vienna. Time will tell in the next little while if he decides to keep her around.
It looks like all the women made it to through up to the rose ceremony for a change. Chris should have congratulated the ladies and Jake for making it all the way to the rose ceremony without any early departures. However, as Jake looked down at the last rose, I noticed he shook his head for a moment. It got me thinking, is he going to ask Chris if he could toss the last rose ... again? He didn't do that though ... he actually handed out all the roses that were provided to him. Unfortunately for Corrie, he didn't have enough a) roses, b) sense, or c) chemistry to keep her around. Even so, it would have still been better to keep her and lose the idiot princess, Vienna.
Call it a hunch, but seeing as how Jake usually calls Ali and Tinley first and/ or second each time makes me think they'll stick around until at least the final three. Strangely enough, next week's preview shows Chris announcing that there won't be a rose ceremony due to another unforeseen bit of drama. This is another first ... like when Rozlyn was booted off ... that was an unforgettable first.
Tune in to see who gets booted off and the cause of the drama. I would laugh if it was Deanna showing up to say "choose me".
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