We start this Live Finale Day Two off with a lengthy recap of Arie proposing to and then breaking up with Becca, as if we didn't just watch it the night before.
We see a montage of Becca going home to snowy Minnesota and being sad. Then we see Arie having a panic attack in front of Lauren's house. He shouldn't have worried- Lauren practically throws herself at him when he knocks on the door. They apparently have talked on the phone, so she knows he broke it off with Becca. Lauren says it's been tough. Arie says he let logic win over his heart and that he's "1000 percent" over Becca. She forgives him and hints that she wants to get engaged.
Chris Harrison talks to Bekah, Tia, Kendall, Sienne, and Caroline, who all claim they love Lauren, but man, does Arie suck. They all agree he probably should have broken the engagement off camera and Sienne says it was especially shitty of Arie to get affirmation from Lauren before breaking his engagement. He was making it sound like a huge risk, but really, he knew he'd still get Lauren. They all bash Arie for a while, and then Becca comes out. She gets a standing ovation, and Chris Harrison talks about how fans just LOVE her. There are apparently billboards up in Minneapolis and LA, and someone started a "buy Becca a drink" fundraiser which raised over $6,000. Becca says she'll donate it to the non-profit Stand Up to Cancer. Chris says ABC will match the donation. So at least something good is coming out of this dumb show.
Arie comes out next to face Becca. They chat and he says he regrets proposing when he wasn't 100% sure. Becca says she's ready to close this chapter of her life. Since Arie's not the first Bachelor to break up with his final pick and get together with the runner up, we get an interview with Jason and Molly Mesnick who have been married for 8 years. They say it was easier back then since there was no social media. Jason says Arie seems like a nice guy, but being on this show can really mess you up. Arie says he's just trying to do what's best for him. Then they bring Lauren out. Chris says to her, "I can't imagine what's going through your head right now," to which Lauren responds, "yeah, me neither," so I guess we'll never know.
Chris talks to Lauren - she's completely forgiven Arie and is so in love. Arie proposes to a fairly tepid response from the audience, which includes both Lauren and Arie's families. That wrapped up quickly and it's on to announcing our next Bachelorette. Unsurprisingly, Becca has been chosen. The other girls from Arie's season come up to gush about Becca. And then, like they did for Rachel's season, they set up a Bachelor Mansion backdrop, and Becca meets five of her suitors:
1. Lincoln has a bowtie and an accent and a very long speech.
2. Chase wants to be Becca's open door (from the "one door closes, another opens" cliche).
3. Ryan has a banjo and sings a song about Becca.
4. Darius apologizes on behalf of the male gender.
5. Blake comes out with his horse Bradley so he can help Becca get back on the horse, so to speak.
And that's it for Season 22 of The Bachelor!
Monday, March 19, 2018
Friday, March 16, 2018
"Well you finally saw me cry."
Rather than promising us the most dramatic finale ever, Chris Harrison starts this show promising us that "Arie is about to become the most controversial bachelor in history!" And he was right, if you define controversial as most people ended up being pissed off at Arie's actions. It ended up being a pretty one sided controversy. But let's get into it!
Back in Peru, Lauren B. and Becca K. meet Arie's family. Lauren goes first. She "hope[s] that [she doesn't] freak out and act weird." She doesn't and Arie's family loves her. Turns out they'll like Becca just the same, but it doesn't seem like that to Becca since every one of Arie's family mentioned Lauren while talking to her. This does not please Becca since she and Lauren are like "an apple and a starfish" and I really want to know which one she thinks she is.
After meeting both potential daughter-in-laws, the family debriefs. They tall Arie he can't make a wrong choice. Arie pontificates and says it makes more sense and has been easy with Becca, but there's an undeniable love with Lauren. Mom tells him Becca is the smart choice. Arie just doesn't know and keeps repeating how this is the biggest decision of his life since it will change his life FOREVER (but more realistically, for the next 4-6 months).
For some reason, Chris Harrison has Caroline from this season on to chat about this situation. She says pretty much exactly what she said at Women Tell All. She adds that she doesn't think Arie knows what he wants, which isn't really an interesting take considering we just heard Arie monologue about not knowing what to do.
Lauren gets a pretty cool last date - Arie takes her to Machu Picchu. They make out among ruins and Arie comments how Lauren has really opened up and relaxed after he told her he loved her. Which makes sense, considering that's like the biggest rule on this show: the lead can't say I love you! So if he says it, it must mean something. Lauren is afraid of losing Arie, but is pretty sure he'll pick her since he's reassured her so much and has really given her no reason to think otherwise.
Chris Harrison now asks Sienne and Bekah M. their thoughts on the situation. Sienne thinks Arie was looking for reassurance from his family about picking Lauren and didn't get it. Bekah says if Arie is this conflicted, he probably shouldn't propose (no duh).
Becca gets a boring last date compared to Lauren. They do a standard one-on-one date of walking around a foreign market. They do get to pet some cute alpacas. Becca gives Arie a scrapbook of cute couple picks (with empty pages for their wedding and future babies) and reads him a love letter. Arie feels overwhelmed and doesn't know what to do.
Back in the studio, Chris Harrison has brought on Ben, who also told two women he loved them, and Jason, who broke up with his final pick and asked the runner up for another chance (they are now married). Ben says Arie has to own up to what he's done. Jason says he should just be himself (even though that doesn't seem to be working out for Arie).
Arie's feeling guilty about giving confidence to both women and still doesn't know what to do. He meets with Neil Lane anyway and gets a ring.
Lauren gets the first rose ceremony. She gives Arie an I love you/I finally found what I've been looking for speech, to which Arie shakes his head and says he can't go through with it. Lauren doesn't know what to say. Arie says he did fall in love with her. Lauren says she's confused. Arie "feel[s] a little bit like a monster right now" and Lauren "feel[s] betrayed."
Becca's rose ceremony is a bit happier, seeing as Arie proposes to her and gives her the final rose. Becca is thrilled, obviously, and Arie seems happy. Chris Harrison's been promising us DRAMA though, so we know this isn't going to end well.
We get a nice montage of Arie and Becca doing cute couple-y things. Becca is interviewed, excited about a "happy couples weekend" she and Arie are about to have. Arie is interviewed and he's (dun dun dun) planning to call off the engagement because he keeps thinking about Lauren.
Chris Harrison tells us this will be the "most emotional scene ever" and that they are going to show us it in it's un-cut entirety.
We get a nice split screen once Arie and Becca sit down, so we can see both of their faces. Arie tells Becca she's everything he's wanted, but he can't stop thinking about Lauren. Becca responds, appropriately: "are you fucking kidding me?" She takes off the ring and Arie continues to babble about how conflicted he was and how he's been struggling. She eventually say's "Ok, I'm done" and walks away. Arie follows, to which Becca says, "I'm not gonna, like, hug you goodbye." He still wants to talk. Becca is not having it. She asks him to leave. He lingers. She tells him to go. He sits on the couch. This goes on and on for a while and it is extremely uncomfortable to watch. He FINALLY goes for real and Becca cries some more.
Back with Chris Harrison and out live studio audience, Becca gets a lot of cheering. Chris Harrison promises us that tomorrow, Becca will see Arie for the first time since that break up. Plus Lauren will be there. Caroline, Bekah, Sienne, Tia, and Kendall all run up to hug Becca.
After the Final Rose Part Two will be recapped in my next post, as this is getting long.
For some reason, Chris Harrison has Caroline from this season on to chat about this situation. She says pretty much exactly what she said at Women Tell All. She adds that she doesn't think Arie knows what he wants, which isn't really an interesting take considering we just heard Arie monologue about not knowing what to do.
Lauren gets a pretty cool last date - Arie takes her to Machu Picchu. They make out among ruins and Arie comments how Lauren has really opened up and relaxed after he told her he loved her. Which makes sense, considering that's like the biggest rule on this show: the lead can't say I love you! So if he says it, it must mean something. Lauren is afraid of losing Arie, but is pretty sure he'll pick her since he's reassured her so much and has really given her no reason to think otherwise.
Chris Harrison now asks Sienne and Bekah M. their thoughts on the situation. Sienne thinks Arie was looking for reassurance from his family about picking Lauren and didn't get it. Bekah says if Arie is this conflicted, he probably shouldn't propose (no duh).
Becca gets a boring last date compared to Lauren. They do a standard one-on-one date of walking around a foreign market. They do get to pet some cute alpacas. Becca gives Arie a scrapbook of cute couple picks (with empty pages for their wedding and future babies) and reads him a love letter. Arie feels overwhelmed and doesn't know what to do.
Back in the studio, Chris Harrison has brought on Ben, who also told two women he loved them, and Jason, who broke up with his final pick and asked the runner up for another chance (they are now married). Ben says Arie has to own up to what he's done. Jason says he should just be himself (even though that doesn't seem to be working out for Arie).
Arie's feeling guilty about giving confidence to both women and still doesn't know what to do. He meets with Neil Lane anyway and gets a ring.
Lauren gets the first rose ceremony. She gives Arie an I love you/I finally found what I've been looking for speech, to which Arie shakes his head and says he can't go through with it. Lauren doesn't know what to say. Arie says he did fall in love with her. Lauren says she's confused. Arie "feel[s] a little bit like a monster right now" and Lauren "feel[s] betrayed."
Becca's rose ceremony is a bit happier, seeing as Arie proposes to her and gives her the final rose. Becca is thrilled, obviously, and Arie seems happy. Chris Harrison's been promising us DRAMA though, so we know this isn't going to end well.
We get a nice montage of Arie and Becca doing cute couple-y things. Becca is interviewed, excited about a "happy couples weekend" she and Arie are about to have. Arie is interviewed and he's (dun dun dun) planning to call off the engagement because he keeps thinking about Lauren.
Chris Harrison tells us this will be the "most emotional scene ever" and that they are going to show us it in it's un-cut entirety.
We get a nice split screen once Arie and Becca sit down, so we can see both of their faces. Arie tells Becca she's everything he's wanted, but he can't stop thinking about Lauren. Becca responds, appropriately: "are you fucking kidding me?" She takes off the ring and Arie continues to babble about how conflicted he was and how he's been struggling. She eventually say's "Ok, I'm done" and walks away. Arie follows, to which Becca says, "I'm not gonna, like, hug you goodbye." He still wants to talk. Becca is not having it. She asks him to leave. He lingers. She tells him to go. He sits on the couch. This goes on and on for a while and it is extremely uncomfortable to watch. He FINALLY goes for real and Becca cries some more.
Back with Chris Harrison and out live studio audience, Becca gets a lot of cheering. Chris Harrison promises us that tomorrow, Becca will see Arie for the first time since that break up. Plus Lauren will be there. Caroline, Bekah, Sienne, Tia, and Kendall all run up to hug Becca.
After the Final Rose Part Two will be recapped in my next post, as this is getting long.
Friday, March 2, 2018
"He has huge f***ing balls or he's f***ing crazy"
Kendall is up first for the Fantasy Suite dates. They go dune buggying and surfing on large sand dunes in Peru. It looks like fun. Kendall, though, is worried about not being able to get to the point in their relationship to accept a proposal. During the evening portion of the date, she does tell Arie she's falling in love with him, and Arie, at this point sounding like a broken record, tells yet another girl he's falling for her. Arie pulls out the Fantasy Suite card, and they go have some uninterrupted, camera-free time. We can infer that they had sex, since Kendall's response to Arie in the morning when he asks how she feels after last night is "you're dirty," to which Arie responds, "emotionally, not physically." They make-out a bit and repeat to each other that they're falling in love before Arie has to go on his next date.
Lauren B. is up next. They fly around and look at Nazca lines. It's the Paris date all over again- she has walls up and says it's been hard and she's thought about leaving. Arie is concerned. That evening though, they break through a wall, and Arie tells her he loves her and she says she loves him back. The rest of the evening and the morning after their Fantasy Suite is mostly them making out and saying I love yous.
Becca gets the last date, and they ride around on a catamaran and then go out on the dunes at night. She says I love you and Arie pulls a Ben H and tells a second girl he loves them. Their Fantasy Suite is a tent on the dunes, and have a morning picnic in the sand filled with more I love yous.
Now for the real drama: some guy shows up to win back his girl! This guy is named Ross and goes to Arie first. He has a monologue about how he heard Becca was on the show and that the show ends in a proposal and he started reaching out to everyone he could and then flew a red-eye to Peru when he found them. He also mentioned multiple times that he would have swam there if he had to. Arie asks him some questions, so we find out that Ross and Becca dated for 7 years and broke up a year ago. Arie is angry, and Ross runs off to find Becca. Becca is not thrilled to see him. He gives a little speech about wanting her back and she tells him they aren't living in The Notebook. It is clear Becca is not going to run off with him, so, to his credit, Ross says "I wish you guys the best; I had not business being here." Becca goes to check in with Arie to make sure this doesn't ruin her chances with him.
And now time for what I can only imagine is the most awkward of rose ceremonies: all of them know the other two women there probably just slept with Arie too. Arie pulls Kendall aside to break up with her. Kendall cries in the leaving car, while Arie gives Lauren and Becca roses and an awkward toast.
Next week we're promised lots of this:
Lauren B. is up next. They fly around and look at Nazca lines. It's the Paris date all over again- she has walls up and says it's been hard and she's thought about leaving. Arie is concerned. That evening though, they break through a wall, and Arie tells her he loves her and she says she loves him back. The rest of the evening and the morning after their Fantasy Suite is mostly them making out and saying I love yous.
Becca gets the last date, and they ride around on a catamaran and then go out on the dunes at night. She says I love you and Arie pulls a Ben H and tells a second girl he loves them. Their Fantasy Suite is a tent on the dunes, and have a morning picnic in the sand filled with more I love yous.
Now for the real drama: some guy shows up to win back his girl! This guy is named Ross and goes to Arie first. He has a monologue about how he heard Becca was on the show and that the show ends in a proposal and he started reaching out to everyone he could and then flew a red-eye to Peru when he found them. He also mentioned multiple times that he would have swam there if he had to. Arie asks him some questions, so we find out that Ross and Becca dated for 7 years and broke up a year ago. Arie is angry, and Ross runs off to find Becca. Becca is not thrilled to see him. He gives a little speech about wanting her back and she tells him they aren't living in The Notebook. It is clear Becca is not going to run off with him, so, to his credit, Ross says "I wish you guys the best; I had not business being here." Becca goes to check in with Arie to make sure this doesn't ruin her chances with him.
And now time for what I can only imagine is the most awkward of rose ceremonies: all of them know the other two women there probably just slept with Arie too. Arie pulls Kendall aside to break up with her. Kendall cries in the leaving car, while Arie gives Lauren and Becca roses and an awkward toast.
Next week we're promised lots of this:
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"But this is the Bachelor!"
Women Tell All this season should have just been called Women Rehash the Same Drama We Already Saw. They really just had the women explain some drama, yell a bit, and then moved on to the next drama reenactment.
First drama to consider: glam-shaming. As Brittany T said, "it's not a real thing!", but here we are. The girls argue pointlessly about this, to no resolution.
Chris Harrison moves on and tries to bring up the Bekah's age drama by calling out Tia for telling Arie she didn't think Bekah was ready for marriage. Bekah gets defensive and starts to lecture Krystal, which just turned into everyone yelling at Krystal, so she gets brought up to the hot seat.
Krystal basically doubles down on defending her behavior and everyone else just gets more and more worked up. Caroline yell-cries at her, Bekah makes a lot of faces, and Krystal concludes by changing the topic completely and saying her homeless brother saw her on the Bachelor and didn't realize people cared for him and is now getting help.
Sienne get's pulled up to the front to be complimented, basically. She tells Chris Harrison she's single and dating, so if he knows anyone he should send them her way! To which Chris Harrison replies, "it is what I do!"
After that nice little interlude, it's back to the drama with Bekah M, to yet again defend her age. If Bekah didn't get so defensive and wasn't so hyper, I'd almost believe her. She's perfect for Bachelor in Paradise though, and Chris Harrison agrees. After bringing up the crazy story of how Bekah ended up on a missing persons list in Humboldt County (she went to a pot farm, didn't have reception, and her mom freaked out), Chris Harrison makes Bekah call her mom on speaker phone and tells her "there's a good chance she'll be missing for two weeks this summer."
Tia, being the last girl here that got sent home, gets brought up to the hot seat toaudition for the Bachelorette talk about how Arie broke her heart but that she's ready to find love again.
Last up, Arie has to face 18 of his ex girlfriends. They allude to some DRAMA yet to come, with Caroline ominously saying to Arie, "I know what you did. And I don't know how you could do that, and I just really don't understand." More on that presumably next week...
Before we move on to Bloopers, Krystal inserts herself back into the hot seat to ask why Arie's goodbye was so cold. Arie responds that looking back (after watching her on the show), his goodbye was pretty appropriate. Oh, and apparently she told the other girls that Arie has a small penis, which wasn't clear because they kept bleeping something, but context clues leads me to believe the words were "needle dick." So that happened.
Then we actually get the bloopers which included lots of girls scared by insects and Arie messing up in interviews and saying "merp." After the bloopers, we are inexplicably joined by John Cena, who we shortly learn is there with Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholz to promote their new movie Blockers. Then they try to make a Bachelor crossover of women getting "blocked" from stealing Arie from other girls. It's a bit lame, but the movie they are promoting also looks a bit lame, so what can you do?
First drama to consider: glam-shaming. As Brittany T said, "it's not a real thing!", but here we are. The girls argue pointlessly about this, to no resolution.
Chris Harrison moves on and tries to bring up the Bekah's age drama by calling out Tia for telling Arie she didn't think Bekah was ready for marriage. Bekah gets defensive and starts to lecture Krystal, which just turned into everyone yelling at Krystal, so she gets brought up to the hot seat.
Krystal basically doubles down on defending her behavior and everyone else just gets more and more worked up. Caroline yell-cries at her, Bekah makes a lot of faces, and Krystal concludes by changing the topic completely and saying her homeless brother saw her on the Bachelor and didn't realize people cared for him and is now getting help.
Sienne get's pulled up to the front to be complimented, basically. She tells Chris Harrison she's single and dating, so if he knows anyone he should send them her way! To which Chris Harrison replies, "it is what I do!"
After that nice little interlude, it's back to the drama with Bekah M, to yet again defend her age. If Bekah didn't get so defensive and wasn't so hyper, I'd almost believe her. She's perfect for Bachelor in Paradise though, and Chris Harrison agrees. After bringing up the crazy story of how Bekah ended up on a missing persons list in Humboldt County (she went to a pot farm, didn't have reception, and her mom freaked out), Chris Harrison makes Bekah call her mom on speaker phone and tells her "there's a good chance she'll be missing for two weeks this summer."
Tia, being the last girl here that got sent home, gets brought up to the hot seat to
Last up, Arie has to face 18 of his ex girlfriends. They allude to some DRAMA yet to come, with Caroline ominously saying to Arie, "I know what you did. And I don't know how you could do that, and I just really don't understand." More on that presumably next week...
Before we move on to Bloopers, Krystal inserts herself back into the hot seat to ask why Arie's goodbye was so cold. Arie responds that looking back (after watching her on the show), his goodbye was pretty appropriate. Oh, and apparently she told the other girls that Arie has a small penis, which wasn't clear because they kept bleeping something, but context clues leads me to believe the words were "needle dick." So that happened.
Then we actually get the bloopers which included lots of girls scared by insects and Arie messing up in interviews and saying "merp." After the bloopers, we are inexplicably joined by John Cena, who we shortly learn is there with Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholz to promote their new movie Blockers. Then they try to make a Bachelor crossover of women getting "blocked" from stealing Arie from other girls. It's a bit lame, but the movie they are promoting also looks a bit lame, so what can you do?
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
"If you hurt her, I can find you on Google"
Arie meets four girls' skeptical families this week on The Bachelor.
"Kendall is not your average girl"
Arie and Kendall return to LA for Kendall's hometown date. And since Kendall's the quirky taxidermist, she takes Arie to a warehouse full of taxidermied animals where they taxidermy their own mice, dress them in little wedding clothes, and put them in a Paris diorama. Arie was a bit creeped out, but pushed through because he might get to sleep with this blonde chick next week in an exotic location.
Kendall then introduces Arie to her mom, dad, brother, and twin sister. Kendall's mom tells her to follow her heart, Kendall's dad can't give his blessing to Arie, but says if Kendall wants it, she has their support, Kendall's twin, Kylie, thinks it's a problem that Kendall's response to Arie saying he's falling for her was just to kiss her and tells her she needs to tell Arie how she feels. She does.
"To Airy and Tia maybe"
Next Arie meets Tia in Arkansas, and just in case you hadn't realized she was southern, they raced cars on a muddy track. Then Tia introduces Arie to her parents, brother, aunt, and cousin. They've all been surfing the web and grill Arie on being a playboy. Arie asks the second dad for his daughter's hand, and Tia's dad says he'll trust Tia on that front.
"Is Becca the real deal or are we wasting our time here?"
Moving back west a little, Arie meets Becca K in Minneapolis, MN for some apple picking and talking of a dead dad. Becca's family are protective, especially Pastor Uncle Gary who took over father figure duties when Becca's dad passed. Becca's mom tells Becca she'd be sad if she left Minnesota, but just wants her to be happy. Since dad's not around, Arie asks mom for her blessing. Becca's mom says she'll honor Becca's choice. That being said, she tells Arie, "I really like you and you've really done well with my weird family."
"I trust Lauren. I have to have faith in that."
The last hometown is back east at Virginia Beach. Lauren B. and Arie ride horses on the beach and toast with crab legs. Arie is the most nervous about this meet the parents. He barely makes it minutes into dinner before having to go mop sweat off his brow. Lauren's dad is a veteran and Arie thanks him for his service and talks about a goodwill tour to Afghanistan he and some other race care drivers went on in 2008 (side note: Lauren was 15 when Arie did this). This wins dad over. Asked for his blessing, dad says he trusts Lauren. And it's four for four of the parents telling Arie their daughters are not for them to give to them!
"Who is he deciding between?"
Back at Bachelor Mansion one last time, Arie has to send one of the girls whose family he told he was falling for them home. He can barely get the words out. He pulls Kendall aside to ask if she thinks she can get to engaged in the next two weeks. She doesn't say yes, but doesn't say no either... The other three girls are confused and nervous. They come back and Arie gives roses to Becca and Lauren. Chris Harrison makes his obligatory appearance to inform the girls of the last rose, which is then given to Kendall. Arie walks a sobbing Tia out. Which just rolls right into the previews for next week, which is just sounds of girls sobbing.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
"I need to talk to you about this week and take a sip of your wine."
This week brings the remaining 7 ladies and Arie to Tuscany, a region in Italy. Chris Harrison greets the girls to inform them that there is no rose ceremony at the end of the week, rather, all of the roses will be handed out on dates: three one-on-ones and one group date. Three of them will go home, and the other four will also go home next week, but with Arie in tow to meet their skeptical families.
First up: Becca K, who we really haven't seen much of since she had the very first one-on-one this season. They wander around the cute Italian city of Barga, buying bread and cheese and wine for a romantic picnic. They chat and kiss and then at dinner Becca says all the right things for Arie to be "really, really, really hopeful" for them and give her the rose. They kiss some more against a stone wall, because that's what Arie is good at.
Later, at the hotel, Jaqueline's been having doubts, and decides to go talk to Arie. She knocks on his door, Arie lets her in, she immediately takes a huge sip of his wine. Jaqueline tells Arie she was swept off her feet last week, but she knows she doesn't have the confidence the other girls have for bringing Arie home to meet her family. They hug and kiss a ton, and then Jaqueline says goodbye. Arie is sad, but respects her decision. Jaqueline feels like she sucks at being happy, and goes to say goodbye to the other girls.
Next up: Lauren B. gets a one-on-one two weeks in a row! They bike around Lucca, Arie shows off some tricks he did in high school, and like their date in Paris, Lauren says very little. She does observe that Lucca, an Italian city, is "very Italian," so there's that. They eat pizza, and it's clearly too boring for national TV, so the producers bribe some kids to throw a soccer ball at them so they can "spontaneously" play some soccer with cute Italian kids. That evening, Arie tries yet again to get Lauren to open up. She admits to falling in love with him. He stares for a second then excuses himself to wander off. He comes back to tell her he's falling deeply in love with her and give her the rose.
Sienne gets the last one-on-one this week. They go truffle hunting with Giulio and his dog Miga, and are then invited over for lunch. They make pizza and pasta from scratch with Giulio's family, who grill them both on love. After eating, the nice Italian family chants "bacio" at them, and they indulge them and kiss. That evening they chat some more and Arie tells Sienne he just isn't feeling it. Sienna goes home.
And it's time for the last group date. Bekah M., Tia, and Kendall go to Villa Reale- an estate once owned by Napoleon's sister. Anyway, Kendall and Arie chat and kiss. Tia tells Arie Bekah isn't ready to settle down. Tia tells Bekah she told Arie she's not ready to settle down. Bekah cries and goes running to Arie. He soothes her, they kiss, and Bekah shows off her gray hairs. Arie gives Kendall a rose, and sends her off to have a two-on-one date with Bekah and Tia. He talks to them both again. Tia says she's still falling in love with him and Bekah asks him to have a little faith in her. Buuuut, he doesn't keep the faith, and Tia get the rose. Bekah cries. The end.
First up: Becca K, who we really haven't seen much of since she had the very first one-on-one this season. They wander around the cute Italian city of Barga, buying bread and cheese and wine for a romantic picnic. They chat and kiss and then at dinner Becca says all the right things for Arie to be "really, really, really hopeful" for them and give her the rose. They kiss some more against a stone wall, because that's what Arie is good at.
Later, at the hotel, Jaqueline's been having doubts, and decides to go talk to Arie. She knocks on his door, Arie lets her in, she immediately takes a huge sip of his wine. Jaqueline tells Arie she was swept off her feet last week, but she knows she doesn't have the confidence the other girls have for bringing Arie home to meet her family. They hug and kiss a ton, and then Jaqueline says goodbye. Arie is sad, but respects her decision. Jaqueline feels like she sucks at being happy, and goes to say goodbye to the other girls.
Next up: Lauren B. gets a one-on-one two weeks in a row! They bike around Lucca, Arie shows off some tricks he did in high school, and like their date in Paris, Lauren says very little. She does observe that Lucca, an Italian city, is "very Italian," so there's that. They eat pizza, and it's clearly too boring for national TV, so the producers bribe some kids to throw a soccer ball at them so they can "spontaneously" play some soccer with cute Italian kids. That evening, Arie tries yet again to get Lauren to open up. She admits to falling in love with him. He stares for a second then excuses himself to wander off. He comes back to tell her he's falling deeply in love with her and give her the rose.
Sienne gets the last one-on-one this week. They go truffle hunting with Giulio and his dog Miga, and are then invited over for lunch. They make pizza and pasta from scratch with Giulio's family, who grill them both on love. After eating, the nice Italian family chants "bacio" at them, and they indulge them and kiss. That evening they chat some more and Arie tells Sienne he just isn't feeling it. Sienna goes home.
And it's time for the last group date. Bekah M., Tia, and Kendall go to Villa Reale- an estate once owned by Napoleon's sister. Anyway, Kendall and Arie chat and kiss. Tia tells Arie Bekah isn't ready to settle down. Tia tells Bekah she told Arie she's not ready to settle down. Bekah cries and goes running to Arie. He soothes her, they kiss, and Bekah shows off her gray hairs. Arie gives Kendall a rose, and sends her off to have a two-on-one date with Bekah and Tia. He talks to them both again. Tia says she's still falling in love with him and Bekah asks him to have a little faith in her. Buuuut, he doesn't keep the faith, and Tia get the rose. Bekah cries. The end.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
"Is a French kiss in France just a kiss?"
This week the girls get to stay on a boat hotel on the Seine River, which actually kind of warrants their squeals and running around upon arriving. Not to let them enjoy themselves too much, Chris Harrison shows up to inform them there will be four dates this week: two one-on-ones, one group date, and *gasp* a two-on-one date. Krystal, being very self-aware for the villain of this show responds with an "I wonder who will be on the two-on-one with me?" Lauren B. is up first though, with the first one-on-one.
Arie and Lauren's date consists of wandering around Paris, with Arie pointing at things and Lauren saying nothing more than wow. It's awkward, and Arie isn't sure he can make a connection with Lauren if she can't open up. Somehow, though, during dinner, despite still saying very little, Arie is won over and Lauren gets some kisses and a rose.
Next up is the group date. Becca K, Bekah M, Sienne, Tia, Chelsea, and Jenna get to go to the Moulin Rouge, dress up, and learn to dance, though we never really see why. For the evening portion, Arie pretty much just kisses them all. There is no meaningful enough discussion for me to take any note of. Bekah M gets the group date rose, which means she gets to perform with Arie at the Moulin Rouge, while the other girls sulkily watch. Arie tells us the Moulin Rouge is "sexy and cool," which is exactly what he said about Fort Lauderdale.
And now for the much anticipated two-on-one date. Kendall, unfortunately, has to deal with Hurricane Krystal on this one. Krystal's not worried, though; she laughs at Kendall's stressed reaction to the date card, and proclaims herself "fun wife material." The date brings Arie, Krystal, and Kendall to an old chateau where they look at art and get lost in a labyrinth. They cheers in front of a fancy fountain and Arie takes Krystal aside to chat. They seem to patch things up from last week, kiss, and it all seems peachy until Krystal brings up Kendall and tells Arie she doesn't think Kendall's ready for love/marriage. Noooooo, Krystal, don't you know that talking about another contestant to the lead leads to being sent home? Arie tells Kendall what Krystal says, and Kendall confronts Krystal. But instead of asking "WTF crazy lady?" Kendall tries to connect with Krystal and gives a little speech about insecurity, imperfection, and empathizing with her. Krystal says, "I don't really have words," which was hardly the appropriate response to that veritable olive branch. Arie shows up to pick up the rose, but doesn't give it away yet. Both girls get to go to dinner, and apparently talk to Arie, though we see none of these conversations, and instead see Arie ramble about logic and intuition before giving Kendall the rose. Back on the boat-hotel, the girls cheer and pop champagne when producers roll Krystal's suitcase away. Krystal looks broodingly out a chateau window while Kendall and Arie make-out in the Eiffel Tower.
Jaqueline gets the last date of this episode. She says one of my favorite quotes about getting a date card:
"When I got the date card, I felt like I was given a pony for Christmas. But it's also, like, if you don't learn to ride this pony correctly by the end of the day, it'll be shot."
Arie comes to pick her up in a little Triumph car which immediately breaks down. Arie gets to be all "manly and mechanic-y" and Jaqueline eats it up. "It is hot when guys who know things about things do things about things and talk about them," Jaqueline observes. Arie then takes her shopping, buys her a dress and shoes for dinner at a fancy restaurant. They chat about Arie being intimidated by her intelligence and how she's planning on getting a PhD. It's an uncharacteristically serious and real conversation. Despite reservations, Arie gives Jaqueline the rose. They relocate to a more scenic location to make-out.
No cocktail party this week, it's straight to the rose ceremony. Chelsea and Jenna go home. Surprisingly and unsurprisingly, respectively. The episode weirdly ends with Lauren having an almost compete-break down with a producer in a dimly lit area. Then we get a preview of the rest of the season and it's literally just everyone crying.
Arie and Lauren's date consists of wandering around Paris, with Arie pointing at things and Lauren saying nothing more than wow. It's awkward, and Arie isn't sure he can make a connection with Lauren if she can't open up. Somehow, though, during dinner, despite still saying very little, Arie is won over and Lauren gets some kisses and a rose.
Next up is the group date. Becca K, Bekah M, Sienne, Tia, Chelsea, and Jenna get to go to the Moulin Rouge, dress up, and learn to dance, though we never really see why. For the evening portion, Arie pretty much just kisses them all. There is no meaningful enough discussion for me to take any note of. Bekah M gets the group date rose, which means she gets to perform with Arie at the Moulin Rouge, while the other girls sulkily watch. Arie tells us the Moulin Rouge is "sexy and cool," which is exactly what he said about Fort Lauderdale.
And now for the much anticipated two-on-one date. Kendall, unfortunately, has to deal with Hurricane Krystal on this one. Krystal's not worried, though; she laughs at Kendall's stressed reaction to the date card, and proclaims herself "fun wife material." The date brings Arie, Krystal, and Kendall to an old chateau where they look at art and get lost in a labyrinth. They cheers in front of a fancy fountain and Arie takes Krystal aside to chat. They seem to patch things up from last week, kiss, and it all seems peachy until Krystal brings up Kendall and tells Arie she doesn't think Kendall's ready for love/marriage. Noooooo, Krystal, don't you know that talking about another contestant to the lead leads to being sent home? Arie tells Kendall what Krystal says, and Kendall confronts Krystal. But instead of asking "WTF crazy lady?" Kendall tries to connect with Krystal and gives a little speech about insecurity, imperfection, and empathizing with her. Krystal says, "I don't really have words," which was hardly the appropriate response to that veritable olive branch. Arie shows up to pick up the rose, but doesn't give it away yet. Both girls get to go to dinner, and apparently talk to Arie, though we see none of these conversations, and instead see Arie ramble about logic and intuition before giving Kendall the rose. Back on the boat-hotel, the girls cheer and pop champagne when producers roll Krystal's suitcase away. Krystal looks broodingly out a chateau window while Kendall and Arie make-out in the Eiffel Tower.
Jaqueline gets the last date of this episode. She says one of my favorite quotes about getting a date card:
"When I got the date card, I felt like I was given a pony for Christmas. But it's also, like, if you don't learn to ride this pony correctly by the end of the day, it'll be shot."
Arie comes to pick her up in a little Triumph car which immediately breaks down. Arie gets to be all "manly and mechanic-y" and Jaqueline eats it up. "It is hot when guys who know things about things do things about things and talk about them," Jaqueline observes. Arie then takes her shopping, buys her a dress and shoes for dinner at a fancy restaurant. They chat about Arie being intimidated by her intelligence and how she's planning on getting a PhD. It's an uncharacteristically serious and real conversation. Despite reservations, Arie gives Jaqueline the rose. They relocate to a more scenic location to make-out.
No cocktail party this week, it's straight to the rose ceremony. Chelsea and Jenna go home. Surprisingly and unsurprisingly, respectively. The episode weirdly ends with Lauren having an almost compete-break down with a producer in a dimly lit area. Then we get a preview of the rest of the season and it's literally just everyone crying.
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