Chris Harrison welcomes us to the show and tells us this is going to be “a fairy tale event that America has been waiting for.” Um, I sure haven’t been holding my breath. Maybe he should have said “Bachelor fans have been waiting for” because I’m pretty sure no one else even knew about it or cared about this wedding. I’m starting to question my own caring of it. But that is neither here nor there. Moving on…
The production crew invades Jason’s and Molly’s house to get some footage of where they’ve been since their season ended a year ago. This was shot two weeks ago so it’s really where they’ve been since mid Feb. 2010. Again, that’s neither here nor there. Molly needs to show America that she can be a good step mom to Ty so she asks him to help her bake.
Molly: “Ty! You wanna help me make some brownies? You can have some salmonella too. Just dig right into that raw dough and eat those raw eggs!”
Anyone else notice this is the last time we see Ty on camera? I’m guessing that kid got the worst case of food poisoning ever.
Next, we get a recap of Jason and Molly’s “journey” on the show and what happened after the final rose a year ago. I have to pause here to ask, do we really need to see this? Do you think anyone who didn’t watch the show or at least the ATFR last year is watching this wedding? I think not! Moving on….
So ABC shows Jason breaking up with Melissa on national TV. Molly starts talking about how people and tabloids started to trash them after that and how that was so unfair because Jason is so sweet, he would never hurt a fly!
Molly: “Jason would never hurt a soul. Well except for Melissa. On national TV in front of millions. But other than that, he’s as sweet and nice as can be!”
Next up is the “Where Are They Now?” segment of the show that ABC always parades out for us.
Jake and Vienna are still together and extremely in love. In fact, they are still on the Wings Of Love. However, the 5 minute video montage we got of them cooking dinner together was very awkward. They did not look comfortable together at all! In fact, they even looked red eyed like they’d been crying or fighting before the film crew showed up. Hmm…. Foreshadowing?
Ed and Jillian are still together too. Although, Ed looks like he is so over the whole Bachelor/Bachelorette thing. The whole night he looked as though he would rather be anywhere else. Not that I blame him. Just sayin’.
Sara and Charlie broke up for a year but got back together. When we’ve seen this piece done before, Charlie admits it’s because he liked the drugs and alcohol more than he liked Sara but he’s back on the wagon. Since that wasn’t brought up last night I’m assuming he’s no longer sober???
Oh and did you know that Trista and Ryan are still together and so much in love? Her squeaky voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me! And I think she is pissed that another Bachelor couple is getting married. She liked being the only ones they had to drag out as the poster child of the show.
They show the couple playing in the snow with their two children, Max, age 2 and a little girl whose name I don’t even think was mentioned, age 1. Apparently Trista likes Max better than their daughter because she wishes Jason and Molly lots of happiness in their marriage and hopes they have a little Max of their own some day.
Ryan is holding Max on his lap (again, the daughter is no where to been seen and not even mentioned) and is trying to get him to wish Jason and Molly (who I am sure this kid has never even met) good luck.
Ryan: “Max, say good luck!”
Max flips the camera the bird and we move on.
So back to the present and CH is asking us “How do you plan a celebrity wedding?”
Me: “Well first, you need actual celebrities Chris!”
ABC rolls out the wedding planner and hair stylist and dress designer and everyone else involved that I doubt anyone has ever heard of. But Molly apparently has been dreaming of this dream team since she was a little girl.
Molly: “It’s a dream come true to have blah-blah* design my wedding dress.”
*never heard of her and couldn’t even remember her name after Molly said it.
As a side note, I saw in a magazine that her dress cost $45 K! I realized she didn’t pay for that but really? You could buy a house (in this market) for that kind of money!!!!
Next we get to see Jason’s and Molly’s ABC sponsored bachelor and bachelorette parties. The real parties took place some other weekend without cameras. Because these parties were so lame, I sure hope these weren’t the only ones. Boring!
Jason walks into a suite at a hotel for his party and announces that he’s never been in a room like this before. Um, weren’t you on the Bachelor? Wasn’t every single fantasy suite date in a room just like this? Yeah, that’s what I thought- lair!
Molly got some G rated stripper lessons.
At the end of the night, these two losers ditch their friends to meet up outside some Vegas hotel and talk about how much they missed each other. Neither one even looked or sounded drunk while reciting from the script ABC gave them. I think this was filmed the next night. This couldn’t have really been the same night, right?
The night of the rehearsal dinner, Molly and Jason’s sister-in-law (aka, Molly’s new BFF) sit down to discuss what she’s wearing.
Molly: “What are you wearing tonight?”
S-I-L: “Well I could just put it on and show you or I could pull it up on line and do a plug in for Macy’s.”
The rehearsal dinner starts and I say out loud to my TV: “Where is Ty?” Remember, we haven’t seen him since he ate the raw brownie batter.
Apparently, Jason hears me because the next day, he decides to have an awkward sit down with his father and answer my question.
Jason: “So Dad, you know how Ty’s mother and myself have decided to not let Ty be on camera anymore and just have him be a normal 5 year old boy, right?”
Dad: “Yes, of course. You told me this right after the bitch called you and told you she wouldn’t let him be on tv anymore because she’s jealous you are getting remarried and that ABC is footing the bill for your billion dollar wedding. Why are you telling me again like I didn’t already know?”
Jason: “Well Dad, the producers think the viewers will be wondering where he is so we need to let them know. I’m gonna tell you again. Just act normal.”
Dad: “Why don’t you just play the recorded phone call from your ex and let it explain it for itself?”
Jason: “Come on Dad! We’ve been over this. We can’t do it that way. OK?”
Dad: “OK.”
Next we see Jason and Molly getting ready. The wedding planner brings Jason his boutiner with a note from Molly that apparently reads, “Jason, I never realized you had girl parts. Quit crying over a simple note that says I love you. Love, Molly.”
The wedding guests are arriving and apparently they all have to/get to talk to CH before finding a wet seat to sit down in.
Why were Charlie and Sara there? Do either of them even know Jason or Molly? I’m guessing not.
Trista and Ryan showed up. Ryan was mute because I don’t think he said anything. And was Trista wearing a mu-mu? Her baggy dress and ponytail made her look like a maid at the hotel.
The wedding itself was your typical boring wedding. A few things I did note during the wedding:
Molly did look gorgeous! I loved her hair and make up. BEAUTIFUL!
Why were there 3000 doves released? Where did they come from? They couldn’t all have possibly come from those two tiny boxes the moms opened, right?
That damn wind! Molly’s hair was so perfect and the wind messed it all up! And so did the rain. How was she not pissed about this? I guess I can see how she didn’t care so much. She probably had someone waiting inside to fix it for her again after the ceremony but how pissed would you have been to be a guest at that wedding?
So that’s it… no Melissa. No fights between DeAnna and Jesse. This was the most vanilla episode of the Bachelor. Tune in next week to get the behind the scenes look at the show on 20/20. My guess is it will be kinda like the Women Tell All specials- basically we won’t learn a thing. But you can bet your final rose that I’ll be watching! Until then…
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Recap: Season: Jake Episode: WTA
Show opens with CH: “Welcome to this episode of the Women Tell Nothing! I am your host, the jerk, Chris Harrison.”
It was the most boring 2 hours of the whole season! I wasn’t even going to recap the show because honestly, the only three things that surprised me by the 2 hours shown last night were:
1.) Crazy Michelle seemed to be pretty “normal.”
2.) Chris Harrison can be a huge ass hole.
3.) Ali was not “officially” announced as the next Bachelorette.
Right off the bat, CH is telling us how this season of The Bachelor has drawn in more viewers than any other season! Really? More people want to watch this home slice dance like a fool with a bunch of girls? Chris must have given us this bit of info a few more times in the show. I’m not sure how this would boost ratings even more or if that is even what they were trying to do. Maybe they were just bragging. Or asking us if we were as surprised by that news as they were.
Anyway, they show a video of CH and Jake sitting down to talk about each of the girls. Who do they discuss first? Why Rozlyn of course!
CH: “That was a crazy night! We were flying by the seat of our pants. We were making it up as we went along. We were not following a script!”
Next they discuss cocktease Elizabeth. Jake tells Chris that he has friends whose 1st kiss was at their wedding. Um, really? I suppose I could believe it if people said they decided to wait to do the dirty deed till they were married, but kissing? Really? Come on!
They also showed Jake’s first date with Vienna and how he peed his pants then screamed and cried like a little girl while jumping with her.
Replayed the first kiss between Tenely and Jake with the fortune cookies. And they replayed Ali leaving.
Why were those the only girls? What about Gia?
Next, CH talks about a new phenomenon happening called The Bachelor: Cast Reunions. For a minute I thought he was going to talk about the new show Bachelor Pad but instead we got to see past contestants sexing it up with other previous rejects in Vegas.
CH brought up once again at this point that viewship is up….
Then they showed us The Bachelor Gives Back which they stole from American Idol. Basically the only thing interesting I found from this segment was DeAnna getting shot down by an 8 year old little boy.
Finally, we get to see something from this season! The girls are brought out and they show us some outtakes from the show. The funniest thing from that was Gia saying (about Tenely): “She shits rainbows!”
And again, CH brings up Rozlyn: “Let’s talk about Rozlyn.”
The girls say how they saw all this stuff happening in the house between her and the producer.
Jesse: “Well this is the first time I’m saying anything because just 10 minutes ago was the first time I was told I saw this, but I saw Rozlyn and the producer making out in the hallway! I swear I’m not making this up to get more time on tv. I swear on my dog!”
Gia is invited up to the hot seat wearing the tightest, shortest, purplest, glittery-est dress ever. She actually impressed me by answering coherently and nicely.
Next up in the hot seat is crazy eyes Michelle. And I have to say- she surprised the hell out of me! She actually seemed normal! And smart! She admits that this show is not a way to find love and that what they show on tv is not real. It’s not necessarily what really happens. I take back all the nut case comments I made about her earlier.
However, Ali is personally insulted by Michelle’s comments!
Ali: “Michelle, for you to say this show isn’t a way to find love, I personally take offense. I’m gonna be the next Bachelorette and I better find love or I’m coming after you!”
So Ali is next in the hot seat. I’m already so over this girl.
CH: “You made the choice. You choose your job over Jake. Why?”
You really need to ask that Chris?
Before Ali went up to the hot seat, the producers pulled her aside and told her how it was all gonna go down…
Producer: “Ok Ali, so this is how it will happen. Chris will call you up to the stage. We’ll show clips of what a bad crier you are, how sad you were to leave, how cute you are, and of how bitchy you are.”
Ali: “Wait- don’t show the clips of me being a bitch! I want America to love me, not hate me. Let’s not remind me them of how awful I can be.”
Producer: “Ali, we need to show them that so you can apologize and seem genuine again.”
Ali: “Why?”
Producer: “Because then Chris will ask you if you’d do it differently if you had the chance. We need to set you up as the next Bachelorette without you looking like a bitch or looking crazy for walking away from your job when you wouldn’t do it earlier for Jake.”
So while Ali is on stage with CH, she does her damage control by apologizing to Vienna for being so hard on her because ABC can’t have a bitchy bachelorette! She also says, “Our lives are measured by the risks we take.” What does that even mean? Who measures their life? By risks? Who even remembers all their risks?
So CH asks Ali about 100 times if she’d do things differently next time. Would she choose love over her job? What did you learn? Can’t you read between the lines girl? ABC is asking you to be the next Bachelorette. The ABC intern has even drafted a resignation letter for Facebook for her!
Finally, Rozlyn is up! Why wasn’t she out there with all the other girls the whole time? I do not claim to know anything about what really happened. I don’t have any inside info. Just a few things I wondered….
1.) I’m sure something had to have happened. Otherwise they would not fire a producer. Kick a contestant off the show? Sure. But to fire a staff member with nothing to back it up? I don’t think they would do that or else there would be looking at a lawsuit.
2.) There have got to be cameras rolling just about 24/7 there. I know CH said not necessarily but if they suspected something, wouldn’t they always have a cameraman ready to catch them in the act. And don’t you think there have to be hidden cameras all over the place? I find it hard to believe that this happened but they have NO proof of it. Their “case” would never hold up in a court of law. Right?
3.) Let’s play devil’s advocate here and say Rozlyn was guilty as sin. Did CH have to be so mean to her? I really lost some respect for the guy. He was a huge jerk! Why?
I actually kept waiting for CH to pull up footage of the “inappropriate relations.” 1.) because I was dying to know what the “term” even means and 2.) because the way he kept asking her out right to deny it I thought for sure he had caught her in a lie.
CH: “So you’re telling me nothing physical happened?”
Roz: “No.”
CH: “You’re saying that nothing happened in the house?”
Roz: “That’s right.”
I thought for sure next would be CH: “Then how do you explain this?!?” and for the intern to key footage of affair or something. But no, that never happened because they don’t have any footage.
CH was also full of back handed compliments for Rozlyn such as: “I don’t wish you anything but the best. That and hopefully you’ve learned how to be a better person.”
I actually felt sorry for her. And going back to Jesse’s comment earlier about catching her with the producer… why wouldn’t she have said anything till just now? I’m sure if she really saw anything, she would have rushed right out to the pool to the other girls and spilled her guts. Right?
For the last 5 minutes of the show, they actually bring out the Bachelor. And what was he wearing?!?!? A navy blue Hanes undershirt with a tuxedo jacket on top? I don’t even know what he said because the whole time he was on the stage I was filled with a strange mix of hatred and pity for him. He is such a dork! I can’t believe ABC picked him to be the Bachelor. I’m sure there were better men to choose from, right?
So that’s all I have. I know it’s a pretty boring column this week but I can only work with what I’m given. Next week is the finale. Who do you think will get the final rose? Vienna or Tenely? Do you think Jake actually proposes? Are they still together? Find out next week.
It was the most boring 2 hours of the whole season! I wasn’t even going to recap the show because honestly, the only three things that surprised me by the 2 hours shown last night were:
1.) Crazy Michelle seemed to be pretty “normal.”
2.) Chris Harrison can be a huge ass hole.
3.) Ali was not “officially” announced as the next Bachelorette.
Right off the bat, CH is telling us how this season of The Bachelor has drawn in more viewers than any other season! Really? More people want to watch this home slice dance like a fool with a bunch of girls? Chris must have given us this bit of info a few more times in the show. I’m not sure how this would boost ratings even more or if that is even what they were trying to do. Maybe they were just bragging. Or asking us if we were as surprised by that news as they were.
Anyway, they show a video of CH and Jake sitting down to talk about each of the girls. Who do they discuss first? Why Rozlyn of course!
CH: “That was a crazy night! We were flying by the seat of our pants. We were making it up as we went along. We were not following a script!”
Next they discuss cocktease Elizabeth. Jake tells Chris that he has friends whose 1st kiss was at their wedding. Um, really? I suppose I could believe it if people said they decided to wait to do the dirty deed till they were married, but kissing? Really? Come on!
They also showed Jake’s first date with Vienna and how he peed his pants then screamed and cried like a little girl while jumping with her.
Replayed the first kiss between Tenely and Jake with the fortune cookies. And they replayed Ali leaving.
Why were those the only girls? What about Gia?
Next, CH talks about a new phenomenon happening called The Bachelor: Cast Reunions. For a minute I thought he was going to talk about the new show Bachelor Pad but instead we got to see past contestants sexing it up with other previous rejects in Vegas.
CH brought up once again at this point that viewship is up….
Then they showed us The Bachelor Gives Back which they stole from American Idol. Basically the only thing interesting I found from this segment was DeAnna getting shot down by an 8 year old little boy.
Finally, we get to see something from this season! The girls are brought out and they show us some outtakes from the show. The funniest thing from that was Gia saying (about Tenely): “She shits rainbows!”
And again, CH brings up Rozlyn: “Let’s talk about Rozlyn.”
The girls say how they saw all this stuff happening in the house between her and the producer.
Jesse: “Well this is the first time I’m saying anything because just 10 minutes ago was the first time I was told I saw this, but I saw Rozlyn and the producer making out in the hallway! I swear I’m not making this up to get more time on tv. I swear on my dog!”
Gia is invited up to the hot seat wearing the tightest, shortest, purplest, glittery-est dress ever. She actually impressed me by answering coherently and nicely.
Next up in the hot seat is crazy eyes Michelle. And I have to say- she surprised the hell out of me! She actually seemed normal! And smart! She admits that this show is not a way to find love and that what they show on tv is not real. It’s not necessarily what really happens. I take back all the nut case comments I made about her earlier.
However, Ali is personally insulted by Michelle’s comments!
Ali: “Michelle, for you to say this show isn’t a way to find love, I personally take offense. I’m gonna be the next Bachelorette and I better find love or I’m coming after you!”
So Ali is next in the hot seat. I’m already so over this girl.
CH: “You made the choice. You choose your job over Jake. Why?”
You really need to ask that Chris?
Before Ali went up to the hot seat, the producers pulled her aside and told her how it was all gonna go down…
Producer: “Ok Ali, so this is how it will happen. Chris will call you up to the stage. We’ll show clips of what a bad crier you are, how sad you were to leave, how cute you are, and of how bitchy you are.”
Ali: “Wait- don’t show the clips of me being a bitch! I want America to love me, not hate me. Let’s not remind me them of how awful I can be.”
Producer: “Ali, we need to show them that so you can apologize and seem genuine again.”
Ali: “Why?”
Producer: “Because then Chris will ask you if you’d do it differently if you had the chance. We need to set you up as the next Bachelorette without you looking like a bitch or looking crazy for walking away from your job when you wouldn’t do it earlier for Jake.”
So while Ali is on stage with CH, she does her damage control by apologizing to Vienna for being so hard on her because ABC can’t have a bitchy bachelorette! She also says, “Our lives are measured by the risks we take.” What does that even mean? Who measures their life? By risks? Who even remembers all their risks?
So CH asks Ali about 100 times if she’d do things differently next time. Would she choose love over her job? What did you learn? Can’t you read between the lines girl? ABC is asking you to be the next Bachelorette. The ABC intern has even drafted a resignation letter for Facebook for her!
Finally, Rozlyn is up! Why wasn’t she out there with all the other girls the whole time? I do not claim to know anything about what really happened. I don’t have any inside info. Just a few things I wondered….
1.) I’m sure something had to have happened. Otherwise they would not fire a producer. Kick a contestant off the show? Sure. But to fire a staff member with nothing to back it up? I don’t think they would do that or else there would be looking at a lawsuit.
2.) There have got to be cameras rolling just about 24/7 there. I know CH said not necessarily but if they suspected something, wouldn’t they always have a cameraman ready to catch them in the act. And don’t you think there have to be hidden cameras all over the place? I find it hard to believe that this happened but they have NO proof of it. Their “case” would never hold up in a court of law. Right?
3.) Let’s play devil’s advocate here and say Rozlyn was guilty as sin. Did CH have to be so mean to her? I really lost some respect for the guy. He was a huge jerk! Why?
I actually kept waiting for CH to pull up footage of the “inappropriate relations.” 1.) because I was dying to know what the “term” even means and 2.) because the way he kept asking her out right to deny it I thought for sure he had caught her in a lie.
CH: “So you’re telling me nothing physical happened?”
Roz: “No.”
CH: “You’re saying that nothing happened in the house?”
Roz: “That’s right.”
I thought for sure next would be CH: “Then how do you explain this?!?” and for the intern to key footage of affair or something. But no, that never happened because they don’t have any footage.
CH was also full of back handed compliments for Rozlyn such as: “I don’t wish you anything but the best. That and hopefully you’ve learned how to be a better person.”
I actually felt sorry for her. And going back to Jesse’s comment earlier about catching her with the producer… why wouldn’t she have said anything till just now? I’m sure if she really saw anything, she would have rushed right out to the pool to the other girls and spilled her guts. Right?
For the last 5 minutes of the show, they actually bring out the Bachelor. And what was he wearing?!?!? A navy blue Hanes undershirt with a tuxedo jacket on top? I don’t even know what he said because the whole time he was on the stage I was filled with a strange mix of hatred and pity for him. He is such a dork! I can’t believe ABC picked him to be the Bachelor. I’m sure there were better men to choose from, right?
So that’s all I have. I know it’s a pretty boring column this week but I can only work with what I’m given. Next week is the finale. Who do you think will get the final rose? Vienna or Tenely? Do you think Jake actually proposes? Are they still together? Find out next week.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Recap: Season: Jake Episode: 7
Show opens up with 30 minutes of recaps from last week’s episode. Which is funny because the whole show last week could have been shown in just half an hour. Next, we get ½ hour of previews for tonight’s show. After watching the previews for 10 minutes, I finally fast forwarded to the beginning of the actual show (or so I thought). Jakes is walking around his hotel room in St. Lucia. They now are going to recap each of the remaining 3 girls’ “journey” up to this point. This takes another 30 minutes and I am finally excited because that means we only have about 30 minutes left to watch!
But what’s this? They are showing Ali back in San Francisco. She is not one of the remaining 3 women! Remember, they just showed last week’s 5 hour long departure! Ali tells us she’s gonna fight for Jake while sitting in a hotel room in San Fran. Why is she in a hotel room? Doesn’t she live there? Or does she live in a hotel? Wouldn’t that be cool? Someone to change your sheets each day and give you a fresh bar of soap!
Back in St. Lucia, Gia is getting the first windy date. We are talking hurricane strength winds! She runs up behind him to “surprise” him. He takes off his sunglasses and clips them to the back of his shirt (who does that?) and kisses Gia. Then he follows her up about a million steps. She ends up so far ahead of him because even though he has nice abs, he apparently gets winded easily. Once they reach the top of the hill, Jake points to a boat down in the water and tells Gia they are taking a ride in that.
Gia: “You dragged my ass all the way up here to tell me that? Why didn’t we just go get on the boat? It probably would have saved you the heart attack I’m afraid you are going to have on the way back down this mountain. Hurry up!”
After a wrong turn by driver Jake, the boat ends up in the slums of St. Lucia. The couple strolls along the street and listens to street people play music. Jake forgets he’s with Gia and thinks he’s with Tenely so he asks her to dance. They “dance” in the street. It was the most embarrassing thing to watch! Jake is the WORST dancer ever. It was so bad, I had to hide my eyes. The locals even laughed at him.
Local: “Silly white boy.”
Then Jake buys them both dorky 1990 bead necklaces from a street vendor. And he wears it! Gia realizes how uncool these necklaces became about 20 years ago but she doesn’t want to be mean so she puts it on her wrist and tells the camera “For the rest of my life, or at least until next week when we break up, I will wear this necklace on my wrist. Because that’s where I wear it. I also wear my heart on my sleeve.”
For the night portion of their date, some intern rescued the pair out of the ghetto of St. Lucia and took them to a posh hotel. Gia rummages thru my daughter’s dress up trunk and picks a jeweled headband to wear. Jake is very impressed with how she looks and tells the camera he loved her “sundress” (dress was NOT even close to a sundress).
They eat dinner on the beach with a HUGE sea shell on the dinner table. Jake brags about what a good guy he is.
Gia: “Tell me more about you!”
Jake: “I always put other before myself. I’m so awesome! I’m such a catch. Kiss me!”
They go to swing on a hammock and Jake pulls out the fantasy suite sex card from CH. Gia can’t wait to get to the room with Jake. They get into a bubble bath (see? Gia really is a little kid-> their date consisted of swinging and a bubble bath) and the ABC intern who has already earned his paycheck for the day by rescuing the pair off the streets now has to rummage around in their suitcases for their clothes. He lays them in a path to the tub for the cameraman to film.
Next up is Tenely. Who forgot to tell Jake they were still playing the game of “keep count of how many times I can bring up my ex and compare you to him.”
Jake runs up to Tenely, hugs her, kisses her, and twirls her around.
Jake: “Can you believe we’re here? St. Lucia!” (he asked Gia the EXACT same thing)
Jake tells her that since she showed him her passion of dancing, he will show her his passion of flying. I figured they would get in a small plane and he would be the pilot like he did with Ali. But no, it’s just another helicopter ride.
The duo plays a game of “golly gee” during a picnic lunch at a sugar plantation. Then they go swimming at a black sand beach. After taking off their shirts and shorts, the ABC intern has to hang them on rocks for the cameraman to get a good shot of.
The couple then heads to dinner at a hotel. The ex hubby mention count is up to 359 for the day. Tenely is worried about the date because she hasn’t given it up to anybody since guess who? That’s right- the ex. Nervous about the fantasy suite card, Tenely tells Jake she’s falling in love with him. So Jake asks her to dance. Please ABC- stop allowing this guy to dance! He’s so terrible! These two are the biggest dorks- they are perfect for each other. They slow dance like a couple of 7th graders and Tenely thinks it’s so romantic.
After the dance, Jake thinks it would be a good time to pull out the fantasy suite sex card.
Jake: “This came from Chris Harrison and I’m really excited about it. I’m really excited!” He gives her the card for her to read. Tenely accepts. You can hear Jake’s woody hit the table.
They head to the fantasy suite. I had to pause here to feel a little bit sorry for Gia. All she got was a tiny bubble bath. Tenely gets a whole big pool!
The ABC intern has the creepy intense music swell as Jake and Tenely get into the pool. Cut to commerical. Which means, nothing happened. This is Tenely we’re talking about here. I’m sure what we missed went something like this:
Tenely: “Tell me more about why you think you’d be a good husband,”
Jake: “I always think of others. I’d have your back no matter what.”
Tenely: “Those are good answers Jake. My ex husband never felt like that. And he cheated on me. It’s been hard for me. But I deserve love again. Now watch me dance for you and then you can peck me on my cheek.”
Vienna gets the last date. Which I’m sure she either paid the producers to get or beat the shit out of the intern so he’d pull some strings. They go to a pirate ship. (again, let’s pause- Gia got a tiny little row boat. Vienna gets a huge sailboat) Vienna tells the camera she’s never been in love before. Even though she’s been engaged once and married once. To 2 different men.
Vienna tells Jake he’d make a sexy pirate and gives him an eye patch to wear. The dumb ass puts it on and closes the wrong eye. So he decides to try to embarrass her by making her climb ropes to the boat’s crows nest. He’s forgotten that he is the one who is afraid of heights and as Vienna flies to the top, he’s left looking like a fool again being left behind.
This date is so cheesey. Jake dressing like a pirate with the scarf on his head and the eye patch. Then he makes Vienna “walk the plank.” At this point I threw up a little bit. In my stomach. To quote Ali.
For the evening portion of their date, Jake wears a turquoise silk shirt from 1992. They eat dinner in a gazebo and talk about how great they both are. We also learn that (surprise, surprise) the princess wants a princess cut stone for her ring with some extra bling.
After Jake reminds Vienna that there are 2 other girls he’s falling for too, Vienna tells him she loves him. He breaks out the fantasy suite sex card and hands it to Vienna.
Jake: “Why don’t you read it?”
I’m thinking he doesn’t know how to read since he has made each of the girls read it aloud to him.
Once in the fantasy suite, Vienna tells Jake she has a surprise for him. She puts on a white nighty. The intern keys the porno music and Jake and Vienna make out on the bed of rose petals till Vienna closes the door on the cameraman. She tells him it’s nothing personal but that if he’s gonna film what they are about to do, she needs to get paid.
Ok, so it’s only 9:13 and all we have left is the rose ceremony. It hits me that ABC is going to devote the last 45 minutes of this week’s episode to whiney Ali again! UG!
Producers tell Jake that there is going to be a “surprise” phone call. Jake questions what he should be doing before the phone rings.
Jake: “Should I rearrange the magazines on the coffee table again?”
Producer: “No, you did that last week. Why don’t you get in the shower?”
Jake: “I’m really starting to feel uncomfortable with that.”
Producer: “It’s sexy to watch a man get clean. The women in our viewing audience will love it!”
Jake: “How about if I just wash my face? I have lots of moisturizers and creams.”
Producer: “Fine.”
Jake is putting on his night mask when the phone rings. It’s Ali. She’s back to whine again and tells Jake she made the wrong choice and wants to come back. She’s decided that being employed is not as important as getting roses from a guy she barely knows.
During this whole convo, Jake holds the phone so far away from his head. He tells Ali not to come back. He’s over her! Well that was fast buddy!
Ali cries to the cameraman in San Francisco about how she made the wrong choice, it’s too late now, and how she’ll never find anyone like Jake ever again.
Hmmm….. Foreshadowing? Will Ali be the next Bachelorette? Magic 8 Ball says, “All signs point to yes!”
Jake finishes getting ready for the rose ceremony. He stands in front of the mirror buttoning and unbuttoning the top button on his shirt. Buttoned? Unbuttoned? Unbuttoned it is.
Thank God CH comes for a sit down to hash things out with Jakey! CH and Jake recap what we just saw with each of the girls. This is the THIRD time we’ve seen this footage tonight: once at the beginning of the show in the previews. Once while watching the show. And now again while watching the recap of the show. I guess they gotta fill the 2 hours with something!
CH: “Are you ready to send one girl home?”
Jake: “No! If I had to make that decision right now, I don’t know what I’d do.”
CH: “Well what did you think we’re doing here Jake? You do have to send one girl home now. Why else would I be here? I know you can’t possibly count to two by yourself. I’m sure these video messages each girl has left for you will help you make up your mind. I’ll be outside. Hurry up!”
Jake watches the video messages. Boring- blah, blah, blah.
Finally! The rose ceremony!
Roses go to Tenely and Vienna. Going how with a necklace on her wrist: Gia. And tons of sweat on her face! Man, give that girl a tissue! She had snot dripping out of her nose the whole time Jake was dumping her. Once again, another sign that Gia is really a little kid- someone needed to tell her to wipe her nose.
So that’s it- what did you think? Will next week’s Women Tell All tell us anything? Or just recap the boring season all over again? Who do you think Jake will choose in two weeks at the finale? Can’t wait! Until then….
But what’s this? They are showing Ali back in San Francisco. She is not one of the remaining 3 women! Remember, they just showed last week’s 5 hour long departure! Ali tells us she’s gonna fight for Jake while sitting in a hotel room in San Fran. Why is she in a hotel room? Doesn’t she live there? Or does she live in a hotel? Wouldn’t that be cool? Someone to change your sheets each day and give you a fresh bar of soap!
Back in St. Lucia, Gia is getting the first windy date. We are talking hurricane strength winds! She runs up behind him to “surprise” him. He takes off his sunglasses and clips them to the back of his shirt (who does that?) and kisses Gia. Then he follows her up about a million steps. She ends up so far ahead of him because even though he has nice abs, he apparently gets winded easily. Once they reach the top of the hill, Jake points to a boat down in the water and tells Gia they are taking a ride in that.
Gia: “You dragged my ass all the way up here to tell me that? Why didn’t we just go get on the boat? It probably would have saved you the heart attack I’m afraid you are going to have on the way back down this mountain. Hurry up!”
After a wrong turn by driver Jake, the boat ends up in the slums of St. Lucia. The couple strolls along the street and listens to street people play music. Jake forgets he’s with Gia and thinks he’s with Tenely so he asks her to dance. They “dance” in the street. It was the most embarrassing thing to watch! Jake is the WORST dancer ever. It was so bad, I had to hide my eyes. The locals even laughed at him.
Local: “Silly white boy.”
Then Jake buys them both dorky 1990 bead necklaces from a street vendor. And he wears it! Gia realizes how uncool these necklaces became about 20 years ago but she doesn’t want to be mean so she puts it on her wrist and tells the camera “For the rest of my life, or at least until next week when we break up, I will wear this necklace on my wrist. Because that’s where I wear it. I also wear my heart on my sleeve.”
For the night portion of their date, some intern rescued the pair out of the ghetto of St. Lucia and took them to a posh hotel. Gia rummages thru my daughter’s dress up trunk and picks a jeweled headband to wear. Jake is very impressed with how she looks and tells the camera he loved her “sundress” (dress was NOT even close to a sundress).
They eat dinner on the beach with a HUGE sea shell on the dinner table. Jake brags about what a good guy he is.
Gia: “Tell me more about you!”
Jake: “I always put other before myself. I’m so awesome! I’m such a catch. Kiss me!”
They go to swing on a hammock and Jake pulls out the fantasy suite sex card from CH. Gia can’t wait to get to the room with Jake. They get into a bubble bath (see? Gia really is a little kid-> their date consisted of swinging and a bubble bath) and the ABC intern who has already earned his paycheck for the day by rescuing the pair off the streets now has to rummage around in their suitcases for their clothes. He lays them in a path to the tub for the cameraman to film.
Next up is Tenely. Who forgot to tell Jake they were still playing the game of “keep count of how many times I can bring up my ex and compare you to him.”
Jake runs up to Tenely, hugs her, kisses her, and twirls her around.
Jake: “Can you believe we’re here? St. Lucia!” (he asked Gia the EXACT same thing)
Jake tells her that since she showed him her passion of dancing, he will show her his passion of flying. I figured they would get in a small plane and he would be the pilot like he did with Ali. But no, it’s just another helicopter ride.
The duo plays a game of “golly gee” during a picnic lunch at a sugar plantation. Then they go swimming at a black sand beach. After taking off their shirts and shorts, the ABC intern has to hang them on rocks for the cameraman to get a good shot of.
The couple then heads to dinner at a hotel. The ex hubby mention count is up to 359 for the day. Tenely is worried about the date because she hasn’t given it up to anybody since guess who? That’s right- the ex. Nervous about the fantasy suite card, Tenely tells Jake she’s falling in love with him. So Jake asks her to dance. Please ABC- stop allowing this guy to dance! He’s so terrible! These two are the biggest dorks- they are perfect for each other. They slow dance like a couple of 7th graders and Tenely thinks it’s so romantic.
After the dance, Jake thinks it would be a good time to pull out the fantasy suite sex card.
Jake: “This came from Chris Harrison and I’m really excited about it. I’m really excited!” He gives her the card for her to read. Tenely accepts. You can hear Jake’s woody hit the table.
They head to the fantasy suite. I had to pause here to feel a little bit sorry for Gia. All she got was a tiny bubble bath. Tenely gets a whole big pool!
The ABC intern has the creepy intense music swell as Jake and Tenely get into the pool. Cut to commerical. Which means, nothing happened. This is Tenely we’re talking about here. I’m sure what we missed went something like this:
Tenely: “Tell me more about why you think you’d be a good husband,”
Jake: “I always think of others. I’d have your back no matter what.”
Tenely: “Those are good answers Jake. My ex husband never felt like that. And he cheated on me. It’s been hard for me. But I deserve love again. Now watch me dance for you and then you can peck me on my cheek.”
Vienna gets the last date. Which I’m sure she either paid the producers to get or beat the shit out of the intern so he’d pull some strings. They go to a pirate ship. (again, let’s pause- Gia got a tiny little row boat. Vienna gets a huge sailboat) Vienna tells the camera she’s never been in love before. Even though she’s been engaged once and married once. To 2 different men.
Vienna tells Jake he’d make a sexy pirate and gives him an eye patch to wear. The dumb ass puts it on and closes the wrong eye. So he decides to try to embarrass her by making her climb ropes to the boat’s crows nest. He’s forgotten that he is the one who is afraid of heights and as Vienna flies to the top, he’s left looking like a fool again being left behind.
This date is so cheesey. Jake dressing like a pirate with the scarf on his head and the eye patch. Then he makes Vienna “walk the plank.” At this point I threw up a little bit. In my stomach. To quote Ali.
For the evening portion of their date, Jake wears a turquoise silk shirt from 1992. They eat dinner in a gazebo and talk about how great they both are. We also learn that (surprise, surprise) the princess wants a princess cut stone for her ring with some extra bling.
After Jake reminds Vienna that there are 2 other girls he’s falling for too, Vienna tells him she loves him. He breaks out the fantasy suite sex card and hands it to Vienna.
Jake: “Why don’t you read it?”
I’m thinking he doesn’t know how to read since he has made each of the girls read it aloud to him.
Once in the fantasy suite, Vienna tells Jake she has a surprise for him. She puts on a white nighty. The intern keys the porno music and Jake and Vienna make out on the bed of rose petals till Vienna closes the door on the cameraman. She tells him it’s nothing personal but that if he’s gonna film what they are about to do, she needs to get paid.
Ok, so it’s only 9:13 and all we have left is the rose ceremony. It hits me that ABC is going to devote the last 45 minutes of this week’s episode to whiney Ali again! UG!
Producers tell Jake that there is going to be a “surprise” phone call. Jake questions what he should be doing before the phone rings.
Jake: “Should I rearrange the magazines on the coffee table again?”
Producer: “No, you did that last week. Why don’t you get in the shower?”
Jake: “I’m really starting to feel uncomfortable with that.”
Producer: “It’s sexy to watch a man get clean. The women in our viewing audience will love it!”
Jake: “How about if I just wash my face? I have lots of moisturizers and creams.”
Producer: “Fine.”
Jake is putting on his night mask when the phone rings. It’s Ali. She’s back to whine again and tells Jake she made the wrong choice and wants to come back. She’s decided that being employed is not as important as getting roses from a guy she barely knows.
During this whole convo, Jake holds the phone so far away from his head. He tells Ali not to come back. He’s over her! Well that was fast buddy!
Ali cries to the cameraman in San Francisco about how she made the wrong choice, it’s too late now, and how she’ll never find anyone like Jake ever again.
Hmmm….. Foreshadowing? Will Ali be the next Bachelorette? Magic 8 Ball says, “All signs point to yes!”
Jake finishes getting ready for the rose ceremony. He stands in front of the mirror buttoning and unbuttoning the top button on his shirt. Buttoned? Unbuttoned? Unbuttoned it is.
Thank God CH comes for a sit down to hash things out with Jakey! CH and Jake recap what we just saw with each of the girls. This is the THIRD time we’ve seen this footage tonight: once at the beginning of the show in the previews. Once while watching the show. And now again while watching the recap of the show. I guess they gotta fill the 2 hours with something!
CH: “Are you ready to send one girl home?”
Jake: “No! If I had to make that decision right now, I don’t know what I’d do.”
CH: “Well what did you think we’re doing here Jake? You do have to send one girl home now. Why else would I be here? I know you can’t possibly count to two by yourself. I’m sure these video messages each girl has left for you will help you make up your mind. I’ll be outside. Hurry up!”
Jake watches the video messages. Boring- blah, blah, blah.
Finally! The rose ceremony!
Roses go to Tenely and Vienna. Going how with a necklace on her wrist: Gia. And tons of sweat on her face! Man, give that girl a tissue! She had snot dripping out of her nose the whole time Jake was dumping her. Once again, another sign that Gia is really a little kid- someone needed to tell her to wipe her nose.
So that’s it- what did you think? Will next week’s Women Tell All tell us anything? Or just recap the boring season all over again? Who do you think Jake will choose in two weeks at the finale? Can’t wait! Until then….
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Recap: Season: Jake Episode: 6
The show starts with a voice over: “Welcome to the longest 2 hours of your life you will never get back.” They show 3 minutes of previews. I could have/should have stopped watching at that point. Nothing else really exciting happens.
Jake leaves his San Francisco hotel to go to the hometown dates wearing shorts, flip flops, and a button down shirt. His first hometown is in New York City with Gia. As soon as Gia sees Jake, she jumps into his arms and wraps her legs around him. She makes him carry her around the city like this the rest of the day. Jake complains that his arms are getting tired so they take a boat ride so Gia can point out things in her city that everyone already knows.
Gia: “There’s the Empire State Building! Oh and look- the Statue of Liberty!”
Then they decide to take a bunch of pictures while on the boat. Gia’s words are: “Let’s take pictures and make memories so when we break up in a couple of weeks, we have something to remember each other by. In addition to the 3 hours of footage this cameraman who has been following us around has.”
While on the boat I found myself yelling at the tv for Gia to get her hands/fingers out of her mouth! Then I felt like I was talking to my kids and it hit me that Gia is really a 2 year old child. Let’s look at the facts: 1.) her favorite game is hide and seek and she is so bad at it she doesn’t even know to actually hide. 2.) she loves to be carried around by Jake (or anyone I’m guessing). 3.) she constantly has her fingers in her mouth like she’s digging for new teeth or something!
Gia and Jake then go meet Gia’s family in a restaurant. Why not their house? Anyway, this was the most boring family meet and greet ever! The mom reminded me of a witch. When I saw her reading Jake’s cards (wrong) at the end of the episode it just solidified my guess. The only other notable thing from this date was that apparently mom had a little too much to drink. When Gia and mommy take a walk outside to talk about Jake, Gia has to hold her mother up she is so sloshed!
Next up is Ali in Williamstown, MA. This date was so weird on so many levels. First thing I noticed is that Ali walks funny. I don’t know how to describe it but did anyone else notice it? The two sit on a random bench and make wishes on leaves. Ali tells the camera, “I love laughing!” Um, who doesn’t? Who says, “You know what my number one pet peeve is? Laughing! I hate to laugh and it bugs me when others laugh!”
Ali takes Jake to her dead grandma’s house. They sit on the brick wall in front of the house till the new owners come out and chase them away. So they head off to meet the rest of Ali’s family. Which in the last episode I believe Ali said her family wasn’t normal or traditional or something like that. But honestly, other than the fact that she appears to have a normal relationship with her mom but told us her dead grandma was her mother, this family seemed pretty down to earth and normal.
Jake, ever the gentleman, has brought a gift for Ali’s family. Who knows what it is? He takes one to every family but they never open it on camera. Do you think it’s something really inappropriate or something? Anyway, the ABC intern who was supposed to buy the gift bags for Jake’s gifts forgot so he had to reuse the bag that was given to him by Gia’s family. That or he just re-gifted the gift. Which would explain why it was never opened on camera.
Ali’s mom asks Jake, “Would you like to join my outside? We can sit by the fire. And make out.” By fire, she meant the 2 votive candles the intern lit on the picnic table. Man, this guy really dropped the ball on this date, huh?
Mom seems to like Jake, Ali takes him back outside to the picnic table and tells him she would say yes to a marriage proposal. Jake (who is wrapped 100 times in a women’s scarf) makes a big production of taking off his gloves to grab Ali’s face and kiss him. Then he sniffs her face. I almost was asleep by this point.
Third hometown was with Tenely in Newberg, OR. Jake wears the same girly scarf. Immediately Tenely starts grilling Jake, “Who are you as a man? Does your mom run your life? My ex’s parents controlled his life. In fact, they are the ones who told him to cheat on me. Speaking of my ex, let’s see how many times I can bring him up today. We’ll make it a game! Keep count while I compare you to him!”
Tenely takes Jake to a dance studio she danced at as a little girl. She tells him her ex never saw her dance (mention of said ex number 28) and that she has put together a little dance routine for him. She changes into a leotard and tu-tu which Jake goes ape over!
Jake: “Wow! Nice!” Really Jake? She looks like a little girl playing dress up.
So I will give her this- she is a really good dancer and she has GREAT calves! But man, was that really awkward to watch! I felt like I was watching a 6 year old’s dance recital or something.
Then they go to her parents house. Tenely’s mom is 12. Her dad is 93. The only other thing I wrote down was that her dad cries during his alone time with Jake. Mom cries during her alone time with Jake. Jake cries. The dad hugs Jake. They make out a little. And the game of “how many times can we bring up the ex” count ends the night at 1, 235, 887 times.
The last hometown arrives finally! Yay! But wait, it’s only 9:00!!!! How are they going to fill another hour with Vienna’s date and the rose ceremony?
Vienna wears her Daisy Dukes and white high heels shoes to take Jake on a boat ride around Sanford, Florida. Then she takes him back to her dad’s trailer to meet her family. Vienna and her dad sit down for a little chat and she tells him, “I’ve never been in love before. I mean, I’ve loved but not like this. I’ve never wanted to get married. I mean, I’ve been married but never after an experience like this.” Their whole conversation is full of contradictions like this. I’m so bored.
The family eats dinner in the backyard. It looks like the ABC intern had to drag a house rug outside to cover up the dead grass/mud in the backyard before putting the picnic table on it. After dinner, Jake and Vienna go to Vienna’s room to make out on her bed. Her dad walks in on them and for some reason this gets a laugh from all.
Jake and the girls all fly back to LA for the rose ceremony. Before the rose ceremony, the producers come to Jake’s room and tell him to look normal while they film him bc something big is about to happen.
Jake: “What should I be doing?”
Producer: “Why don’t you do some push-ups? With your shirt off?”
Jake: “I just did 300. I’m a little tired.”
Producer: “How about you take a shower?”
Jake: “You’ve done that every episode. It’s getting a little weird. I know- let’s call Chris and ask him. He’s such a good friend and guy- he’ll know what to do!”
Producer: “No, we can’t bother him again or we’ll have to pay him more. Just rearrange the magazines on the coffee table and act surprised when there is a knock at the door.”
Jake: “But there is only one magazine here.”
Producer: “Just do it!”
Knock, knock….
It’s Ali. In tears. She must decide between her job and Jake. Which I just have to pause here to ask a few questions…. 1.) didn’t her work know she was going to be gone? Why are they just now demanding she come back to work? 2.) I didn’t think the girls could have any contact with the outside world while filming- how did she find out she was about to get canned if she didn’t come back to work?
Unpause. Jake grabs Ali’s face (which is how he likes to kiss her apparently), kisses her, then smells her cheek (which is another weird thing he does when kissing these girls). He tells her whatever she decides is ok.
Jake then tells the camera: “I hope Ali stays. All I have right now is hope.” That and 3 other girls.
At this point I am talking to the tv again. “WHERE IS CH WHEN HE’S NEEDED?!?! Poor Jake- what is he to do without the help of his good buddy Chris? For once, the tv hears me and CH appears like a vision to have a sit-down with Jake. And he’s wearing a HUGE watch. What was up with that?
CH plays devil’s advocate and asks Jake what he will do if Ali quits her job for him. Nothing like adding any pressure there Chris. I think he enjoyed all this. Then he leaves to go let the girls in for the rose ceremony.
What did Gia do to her mouth for this? Anyone else notice how it looked like her face looked like the Jokers? Her lips were freaking me out!
All the girls are lined up for the rose ceremony and Ali looks down and sees her WWCHD bracelet that Jake gave her.
Ali: “Chris, can I talk to you for a minute?”
CH whisks her away and tells her he is NOT the ABC shrink and he is not getting paid enough to listen to her whine. He takes her Jake who immediately pulls her legs into his lap and they cry.
Commercial time. Mc Snack Wrap? Really? A Big Mac in the form of a wrap? GROSS! That ranks right up there with the McRib sandwich which had meat that was in the shape of rib bones.
Back in Bachelorland, Ali and Jake are still crying on the couch. CH interrupts: “Come on Ali- have you made up your mind? Are you going to stay or go? Hurry up! I want to get home to my wife and kids!”
Another commercial. This time for Lost. Which I have noticed them promoting all season of the Bachelor. Which is fine. That’s what networks do- promote other network shows. But they keep billing Lost as the greatest thing ever. Now I am not saying this bc I don’t watch Lost but really? Doesn’t that seem a little mean to the show we are all already watching? Anyway, it’s just struck me as a little funny all season.
So during this time, Ali has made up her mind to go. She knows she can’t give up her job for a 1 in 4 chance at a rose and a 1 in a million chance at marriage. Jake walks her out and puts her in the limo. Then he tells the camera: “I feel like Ali’s slipping thru my fingers and I don’t know how to stop her.” Really? That’s the feeling you’re getting? What tipped you off? The fact that she said she was leaving? Or putting her in the reject limo and watching her drive away?
Jake and CH go back to the other women who apparently have been standing like statues for the last 4 hours while Ali and Jake said goodbye to each other.
CH: “For the first time in Bachelor history, there will be no rose ceremony tonight. Which is a relief to me because I was nervous about counting to 3. Really dodged a bullet tonight, huh? So ladies, just come get your roses so we can all go home.”
Continuing on the journey: Tenely, Gia, and Vienna. Currently in therapy: Ali.
So what are your thoughts on the show? Did Ali make the right choice? Who do you think would have gone home if she had stayed (I think it was gonna be Gia). Do you think this show could get any more boring? Anyone else notice how short Jake was tonight? What can they possibly fill the remaining 4 hours of this show with? Discuss amongst yourselves. See you next week!
Jake leaves his San Francisco hotel to go to the hometown dates wearing shorts, flip flops, and a button down shirt. His first hometown is in New York City with Gia. As soon as Gia sees Jake, she jumps into his arms and wraps her legs around him. She makes him carry her around the city like this the rest of the day. Jake complains that his arms are getting tired so they take a boat ride so Gia can point out things in her city that everyone already knows.
Gia: “There’s the Empire State Building! Oh and look- the Statue of Liberty!”
Then they decide to take a bunch of pictures while on the boat. Gia’s words are: “Let’s take pictures and make memories so when we break up in a couple of weeks, we have something to remember each other by. In addition to the 3 hours of footage this cameraman who has been following us around has.”
While on the boat I found myself yelling at the tv for Gia to get her hands/fingers out of her mouth! Then I felt like I was talking to my kids and it hit me that Gia is really a 2 year old child. Let’s look at the facts: 1.) her favorite game is hide and seek and she is so bad at it she doesn’t even know to actually hide. 2.) she loves to be carried around by Jake (or anyone I’m guessing). 3.) she constantly has her fingers in her mouth like she’s digging for new teeth or something!
Gia and Jake then go meet Gia’s family in a restaurant. Why not their house? Anyway, this was the most boring family meet and greet ever! The mom reminded me of a witch. When I saw her reading Jake’s cards (wrong) at the end of the episode it just solidified my guess. The only other notable thing from this date was that apparently mom had a little too much to drink. When Gia and mommy take a walk outside to talk about Jake, Gia has to hold her mother up she is so sloshed!
Next up is Ali in Williamstown, MA. This date was so weird on so many levels. First thing I noticed is that Ali walks funny. I don’t know how to describe it but did anyone else notice it? The two sit on a random bench and make wishes on leaves. Ali tells the camera, “I love laughing!” Um, who doesn’t? Who says, “You know what my number one pet peeve is? Laughing! I hate to laugh and it bugs me when others laugh!”
Ali takes Jake to her dead grandma’s house. They sit on the brick wall in front of the house till the new owners come out and chase them away. So they head off to meet the rest of Ali’s family. Which in the last episode I believe Ali said her family wasn’t normal or traditional or something like that. But honestly, other than the fact that she appears to have a normal relationship with her mom but told us her dead grandma was her mother, this family seemed pretty down to earth and normal.
Jake, ever the gentleman, has brought a gift for Ali’s family. Who knows what it is? He takes one to every family but they never open it on camera. Do you think it’s something really inappropriate or something? Anyway, the ABC intern who was supposed to buy the gift bags for Jake’s gifts forgot so he had to reuse the bag that was given to him by Gia’s family. That or he just re-gifted the gift. Which would explain why it was never opened on camera.
Ali’s mom asks Jake, “Would you like to join my outside? We can sit by the fire. And make out.” By fire, she meant the 2 votive candles the intern lit on the picnic table. Man, this guy really dropped the ball on this date, huh?
Mom seems to like Jake, Ali takes him back outside to the picnic table and tells him she would say yes to a marriage proposal. Jake (who is wrapped 100 times in a women’s scarf) makes a big production of taking off his gloves to grab Ali’s face and kiss him. Then he sniffs her face. I almost was asleep by this point.
Third hometown was with Tenely in Newberg, OR. Jake wears the same girly scarf. Immediately Tenely starts grilling Jake, “Who are you as a man? Does your mom run your life? My ex’s parents controlled his life. In fact, they are the ones who told him to cheat on me. Speaking of my ex, let’s see how many times I can bring him up today. We’ll make it a game! Keep count while I compare you to him!”
Tenely takes Jake to a dance studio she danced at as a little girl. She tells him her ex never saw her dance (mention of said ex number 28) and that she has put together a little dance routine for him. She changes into a leotard and tu-tu which Jake goes ape over!
Jake: “Wow! Nice!” Really Jake? She looks like a little girl playing dress up.
So I will give her this- she is a really good dancer and she has GREAT calves! But man, was that really awkward to watch! I felt like I was watching a 6 year old’s dance recital or something.
Then they go to her parents house. Tenely’s mom is 12. Her dad is 93. The only other thing I wrote down was that her dad cries during his alone time with Jake. Mom cries during her alone time with Jake. Jake cries. The dad hugs Jake. They make out a little. And the game of “how many times can we bring up the ex” count ends the night at 1, 235, 887 times.
The last hometown arrives finally! Yay! But wait, it’s only 9:00!!!! How are they going to fill another hour with Vienna’s date and the rose ceremony?
Vienna wears her Daisy Dukes and white high heels shoes to take Jake on a boat ride around Sanford, Florida. Then she takes him back to her dad’s trailer to meet her family. Vienna and her dad sit down for a little chat and she tells him, “I’ve never been in love before. I mean, I’ve loved but not like this. I’ve never wanted to get married. I mean, I’ve been married but never after an experience like this.” Their whole conversation is full of contradictions like this. I’m so bored.
The family eats dinner in the backyard. It looks like the ABC intern had to drag a house rug outside to cover up the dead grass/mud in the backyard before putting the picnic table on it. After dinner, Jake and Vienna go to Vienna’s room to make out on her bed. Her dad walks in on them and for some reason this gets a laugh from all.
Jake and the girls all fly back to LA for the rose ceremony. Before the rose ceremony, the producers come to Jake’s room and tell him to look normal while they film him bc something big is about to happen.
Jake: “What should I be doing?”
Producer: “Why don’t you do some push-ups? With your shirt off?”
Jake: “I just did 300. I’m a little tired.”
Producer: “How about you take a shower?”
Jake: “You’ve done that every episode. It’s getting a little weird. I know- let’s call Chris and ask him. He’s such a good friend and guy- he’ll know what to do!”
Producer: “No, we can’t bother him again or we’ll have to pay him more. Just rearrange the magazines on the coffee table and act surprised when there is a knock at the door.”
Jake: “But there is only one magazine here.”
Producer: “Just do it!”
Knock, knock….
It’s Ali. In tears. She must decide between her job and Jake. Which I just have to pause here to ask a few questions…. 1.) didn’t her work know she was going to be gone? Why are they just now demanding she come back to work? 2.) I didn’t think the girls could have any contact with the outside world while filming- how did she find out she was about to get canned if she didn’t come back to work?
Unpause. Jake grabs Ali’s face (which is how he likes to kiss her apparently), kisses her, then smells her cheek (which is another weird thing he does when kissing these girls). He tells her whatever she decides is ok.
Jake then tells the camera: “I hope Ali stays. All I have right now is hope.” That and 3 other girls.
At this point I am talking to the tv again. “WHERE IS CH WHEN HE’S NEEDED?!?! Poor Jake- what is he to do without the help of his good buddy Chris? For once, the tv hears me and CH appears like a vision to have a sit-down with Jake. And he’s wearing a HUGE watch. What was up with that?
CH plays devil’s advocate and asks Jake what he will do if Ali quits her job for him. Nothing like adding any pressure there Chris. I think he enjoyed all this. Then he leaves to go let the girls in for the rose ceremony.
What did Gia do to her mouth for this? Anyone else notice how it looked like her face looked like the Jokers? Her lips were freaking me out!
All the girls are lined up for the rose ceremony and Ali looks down and sees her WWCHD bracelet that Jake gave her.
Ali: “Chris, can I talk to you for a minute?”
CH whisks her away and tells her he is NOT the ABC shrink and he is not getting paid enough to listen to her whine. He takes her Jake who immediately pulls her legs into his lap and they cry.
Commercial time. Mc Snack Wrap? Really? A Big Mac in the form of a wrap? GROSS! That ranks right up there with the McRib sandwich which had meat that was in the shape of rib bones.
Back in Bachelorland, Ali and Jake are still crying on the couch. CH interrupts: “Come on Ali- have you made up your mind? Are you going to stay or go? Hurry up! I want to get home to my wife and kids!”
Another commercial. This time for Lost. Which I have noticed them promoting all season of the Bachelor. Which is fine. That’s what networks do- promote other network shows. But they keep billing Lost as the greatest thing ever. Now I am not saying this bc I don’t watch Lost but really? Doesn’t that seem a little mean to the show we are all already watching? Anyway, it’s just struck me as a little funny all season.
So during this time, Ali has made up her mind to go. She knows she can’t give up her job for a 1 in 4 chance at a rose and a 1 in a million chance at marriage. Jake walks her out and puts her in the limo. Then he tells the camera: “I feel like Ali’s slipping thru my fingers and I don’t know how to stop her.” Really? That’s the feeling you’re getting? What tipped you off? The fact that she said she was leaving? Or putting her in the reject limo and watching her drive away?
Jake and CH go back to the other women who apparently have been standing like statues for the last 4 hours while Ali and Jake said goodbye to each other.
CH: “For the first time in Bachelor history, there will be no rose ceremony tonight. Which is a relief to me because I was nervous about counting to 3. Really dodged a bullet tonight, huh? So ladies, just come get your roses so we can all go home.”
Continuing on the journey: Tenely, Gia, and Vienna. Currently in therapy: Ali.
So what are your thoughts on the show? Did Ali make the right choice? Who do you think would have gone home if she had stayed (I think it was gonna be Gia). Do you think this show could get any more boring? Anyone else notice how short Jake was tonight? What can they possibly fill the remaining 4 hours of this show with? Discuss amongst yourselves. See you next week!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Recap: Season: Jake Episode: 5
Welcome to episode 5 of the Bachelor. Tonight’s show is brought to you by the phrase, "taking it to a new level."
Show opens with all the girls on the same RV on their way to San Francisco. They all are wearing scarves. Except Ali. She has a burka wrapped around her neck. The RV pulls up to a hotel where Jake is waiting to greet the ladies.
Jake: "Ratings came back higher last week so no more camping for us! We can afford to put you girls up in a nice hotel again. Plus, Chris Harrision isn’t here to tell you what happens if you get a rose vs. if you don’t get a rose so ABC saved a few more bucks on that end. Hope you can follow along without his help."
The first one on one date is for Tenely. As she is going on and on about the date it hits me who her voice reminds me of- Ruby’s voice from Max and Ruby! Especially when she said, "No Jake….."
For this date, Jake wore his turtleneck, peacoat, and high black George Washington boots to take Tenely on a trolly ride. By the time they got to Chinatown (where Jake actually said, "It feels like you are in a foreign country!"), Tenely was bugging the hell out of me. She thought the date was either 20 Questions or "Ask Me If We’re Doing Blank Two Seconds Before We Do It."
Tenely: "Are we going on a trolly ride?"
Tenely: "Are we going to Chinatown?"
Tenely: "Are we going to make fortune cookies?"
Tenely: "Are we going to talk about my divorce all night?"
Yay Tenely! You won the prize on tonight’s game show of guess what you’re going to do! What did you win, you ask? Well here is a nice red rose. And a date with a dork!
So Jake and Tenely make fortune cookies and make out in the cookie store. Then they walk around the city with said fortune cookies in little brown bags that looked like urine specimen bags from the lab.
Cut to the hotel.
Producers: "Girls sit around and talk about who you think is going on the next date. Then we’ll bring the date card."
Girls: "Who do you think will go on the 2 on one date?"
Knock-knock. High pitched glee. The date card has arrived.
Corrie plays a joke and tells the girls the next date is Ali and Vienna. But when Ali goes into cardiac arrest over the thought of spending the day with Jake and Vienna, Corrie realizes her mistake. As Gia calls 911 and Vienna smirks, Corrie tells everyone she was just kidding- the date is for Vienna and Gia. Then she begs the producers to put her into the witness relocation program so Ali can’t find her and kill her.
Back on the date, Jake and Tenely have dinner while Jake grills her about her marriage and divorce. She cries over her ex once again. Then they break out the homemade fortune cookies. Tenely’s reads "Kiss me on my chocolate star." Jake’s says, "I miss Chris Harrison!"
To the camera, Jake admits he is falling for Tenely but he’s worried about her divorce. I think this is forshadowing.
The next day a trunk full of "princess" dresses and accessories arrives for Vienna and Gia to go thru and find something nice for their princess/queen date. Somehow they both end up in jeans.
They are going to another vineyard. Gia gets excited about the thought of another game of hide and seek with Jake. But Vienna is not going to let that happen! She cries to Jake (in front of Gia- awkward!) about the other girls not liking her. Again. Why doesn’t Jake see what a whinny thing this girls is and kick her to the curb already?!?! So what does he do while Gia looks bored and Vienna turns on the water works again? He congratulates himself for picking the right girls.
Jake: "I’m so proud of myself!" Yeah Jakey- your mom would be too.
During his alone time with Gia, he assures her she can fall for him. She puts him in a chokehold to kiss him/chew his face off. Vienna goes looking for them. For some reason she gets really scared. Even though there is a cameraman following 2 feet behind her. She starts to cry. I’m thinking she must have had a whole bottle of wine while waiting for Jake and Gia to finish their game of 7 Minutes in Heaven and is now trashed.
As soon as she finds them, she gets her alone time with Jake. What does she do? Immediately starts crying about the other girls again. What does Jake do? Immediately starts to "interview" her. Afterall folks, there are only a couple of weeks left and that coffee isn’t going to brew itself!
Jake then tucks both girls in bed and goes to his own room to sleep almost naked (except for a giant watch- who sleeps with their watch on?). Vienna sneaks down to his room. Jake does not like it. He marches her back to her room and tells them, "I told you girls not to get out of bed! Now go back to sleep and don’t make me come up here again!"
Next date goes to Corrie. Corrie is a wardrobe consultant. You may be asking yourself what that is. I know I was the whole season. Until last night when she got dressed for her date. Apparently, based on what she was wearing, a wardrobe consultant is a girl who turns back time and wears clothes from the mid-80s. She looked like Jane Fonda about to workout in that get-up! (a side note: I’m pretty sure I know NOTHING about fashion so if that was actually a cute/cool/in outfit, please let me know)
This date was the MOST boring date ever!!!! There were so many awkward pauses and you could hear crickets chirping while they took that row boat ride.
The two go to some aquarium for dinner. Corrie tells him she will not move in with him till they are married.
Jake: "Are you saying you’re saving yourself for marriage? Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Good one Cor! Oh? You’re serious? Oops- ok that’s cool. Don’t worry. That won’t effect us. But just so we’re clear, pack your bags babe. You’re going home before the overnight dates for sure!"
So commerical time and it’s only 9:03. Somehow they are going to fill the next hour with two things: Ali’s date and the rose ceremony. Why don’t I watch this show recorded so I can fast forward thru all the boring stuff?!?!
Ali gets ready for her date and decides not to wear yellow. Instead, she puts on a purple Cindy Brady dress that is so short I swear the producers had to blur stuff out a few times.
Ali tells Jake: "I’m excited to show you my home away from home like when you took me flying. The only difference is, this is actually my home."
They go to Starbucks and Jake starts the interview off: "Take me thru your typical Sunday. Tell me why you want this job at Starbucks."
They go to a park, play soccer, give back rubs, and then break out the champagne for a toast.
Ali: "Cheers!"
Jake: "Speaking of trust-"
Ali: "We weren’t speaking of trust."
Jake: "Ok, so bad segue… but just tell me why you hate Vienna. Stop making her cry!"
At this point the conversation made no sense to me. That or I am just so bored by all this now. Either way, both Ali and Jake are happy with it and kiss! Jake suggests they go jump in the water. So they both run into it up to their ankles. Um, that’s not jumping in! That’s ruining a nice pair of shoes for nothing!
The cocktail party finally arrives! Gia wore the curtains from the hotel. Vienna’s hair was done by an angry bird thinking it was building a nest.
CH arrives for his alone time with Jake since they haven’t seen each other all week! Jake eagerly jumps up to talk with his idol.
CH: "Thanks for doing my hair earlier. I think it looks just like your’s now. What do you think?"
Jake: "It looks great Chris! You are such a cutie!"
CH: "Well I just wanted to make sure you aren’t going to pull another fast one on me this week Jakey."
Jake: "Huh?"
CH: "Come on- don’t play dumb. Telling me last week to take a rose away at the last minute. I had to do some quick math there. I can’t subtract one from two that quickly! I didn’t like being put on the spot like that."
Jake: "Sorry man. Golly gee. I’ll never do that to you again buddy!"
CH: "Thanks. Now that we have that straight, get out there and send the virgin home so we can all go home!"
Roses go to:
Tenely
Ali
Gia
Vienna
Going home:
Corrie
So what did you think? Were you surprised that Ali didn’t morph into a monster and rip Jake’s head off when he gave the last rose of the night to Vienna? Do you think the reason there will be no rose ceremony next week is bc Jake admits his love to CH instead and sends all the girls home in a strange new twist? Let me know what you are thinking in the comments section. See you all next week!
Show opens with all the girls on the same RV on their way to San Francisco. They all are wearing scarves. Except Ali. She has a burka wrapped around her neck. The RV pulls up to a hotel where Jake is waiting to greet the ladies.
Jake: "Ratings came back higher last week so no more camping for us! We can afford to put you girls up in a nice hotel again. Plus, Chris Harrision isn’t here to tell you what happens if you get a rose vs. if you don’t get a rose so ABC saved a few more bucks on that end. Hope you can follow along without his help."
The first one on one date is for Tenely. As she is going on and on about the date it hits me who her voice reminds me of- Ruby’s voice from Max and Ruby! Especially when she said, "No Jake….."
For this date, Jake wore his turtleneck, peacoat, and high black George Washington boots to take Tenely on a trolly ride. By the time they got to Chinatown (where Jake actually said, "It feels like you are in a foreign country!"), Tenely was bugging the hell out of me. She thought the date was either 20 Questions or "Ask Me If We’re Doing Blank Two Seconds Before We Do It."
Tenely: "Are we going on a trolly ride?"
Tenely: "Are we going to Chinatown?"
Tenely: "Are we going to make fortune cookies?"
Tenely: "Are we going to talk about my divorce all night?"
Yay Tenely! You won the prize on tonight’s game show of guess what you’re going to do! What did you win, you ask? Well here is a nice red rose. And a date with a dork!
So Jake and Tenely make fortune cookies and make out in the cookie store. Then they walk around the city with said fortune cookies in little brown bags that looked like urine specimen bags from the lab.
Cut to the hotel.
Producers: "Girls sit around and talk about who you think is going on the next date. Then we’ll bring the date card."
Girls: "Who do you think will go on the 2 on one date?"
Knock-knock. High pitched glee. The date card has arrived.
Corrie plays a joke and tells the girls the next date is Ali and Vienna. But when Ali goes into cardiac arrest over the thought of spending the day with Jake and Vienna, Corrie realizes her mistake. As Gia calls 911 and Vienna smirks, Corrie tells everyone she was just kidding- the date is for Vienna and Gia. Then she begs the producers to put her into the witness relocation program so Ali can’t find her and kill her.
Back on the date, Jake and Tenely have dinner while Jake grills her about her marriage and divorce. She cries over her ex once again. Then they break out the homemade fortune cookies. Tenely’s reads "Kiss me on my chocolate star." Jake’s says, "I miss Chris Harrison!"
To the camera, Jake admits he is falling for Tenely but he’s worried about her divorce. I think this is forshadowing.
The next day a trunk full of "princess" dresses and accessories arrives for Vienna and Gia to go thru and find something nice for their princess/queen date. Somehow they both end up in jeans.
They are going to another vineyard. Gia gets excited about the thought of another game of hide and seek with Jake. But Vienna is not going to let that happen! She cries to Jake (in front of Gia- awkward!) about the other girls not liking her. Again. Why doesn’t Jake see what a whinny thing this girls is and kick her to the curb already?!?! So what does he do while Gia looks bored and Vienna turns on the water works again? He congratulates himself for picking the right girls.
Jake: "I’m so proud of myself!" Yeah Jakey- your mom would be too.
During his alone time with Gia, he assures her she can fall for him. She puts him in a chokehold to kiss him/chew his face off. Vienna goes looking for them. For some reason she gets really scared. Even though there is a cameraman following 2 feet behind her. She starts to cry. I’m thinking she must have had a whole bottle of wine while waiting for Jake and Gia to finish their game of 7 Minutes in Heaven and is now trashed.
As soon as she finds them, she gets her alone time with Jake. What does she do? Immediately starts crying about the other girls again. What does Jake do? Immediately starts to "interview" her. Afterall folks, there are only a couple of weeks left and that coffee isn’t going to brew itself!
Jake then tucks both girls in bed and goes to his own room to sleep almost naked (except for a giant watch- who sleeps with their watch on?). Vienna sneaks down to his room. Jake does not like it. He marches her back to her room and tells them, "I told you girls not to get out of bed! Now go back to sleep and don’t make me come up here again!"
Next date goes to Corrie. Corrie is a wardrobe consultant. You may be asking yourself what that is. I know I was the whole season. Until last night when she got dressed for her date. Apparently, based on what she was wearing, a wardrobe consultant is a girl who turns back time and wears clothes from the mid-80s. She looked like Jane Fonda about to workout in that get-up! (a side note: I’m pretty sure I know NOTHING about fashion so if that was actually a cute/cool/in outfit, please let me know)
This date was the MOST boring date ever!!!! There were so many awkward pauses and you could hear crickets chirping while they took that row boat ride.
The two go to some aquarium for dinner. Corrie tells him she will not move in with him till they are married.
Jake: "Are you saying you’re saving yourself for marriage? Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Good one Cor! Oh? You’re serious? Oops- ok that’s cool. Don’t worry. That won’t effect us. But just so we’re clear, pack your bags babe. You’re going home before the overnight dates for sure!"
So commerical time and it’s only 9:03. Somehow they are going to fill the next hour with two things: Ali’s date and the rose ceremony. Why don’t I watch this show recorded so I can fast forward thru all the boring stuff?!?!
Ali gets ready for her date and decides not to wear yellow. Instead, she puts on a purple Cindy Brady dress that is so short I swear the producers had to blur stuff out a few times.
Ali tells Jake: "I’m excited to show you my home away from home like when you took me flying. The only difference is, this is actually my home."
They go to Starbucks and Jake starts the interview off: "Take me thru your typical Sunday. Tell me why you want this job at Starbucks."
They go to a park, play soccer, give back rubs, and then break out the champagne for a toast.
Ali: "Cheers!"
Jake: "Speaking of trust-"
Ali: "We weren’t speaking of trust."
Jake: "Ok, so bad segue… but just tell me why you hate Vienna. Stop making her cry!"
At this point the conversation made no sense to me. That or I am just so bored by all this now. Either way, both Ali and Jake are happy with it and kiss! Jake suggests they go jump in the water. So they both run into it up to their ankles. Um, that’s not jumping in! That’s ruining a nice pair of shoes for nothing!
The cocktail party finally arrives! Gia wore the curtains from the hotel. Vienna’s hair was done by an angry bird thinking it was building a nest.
CH arrives for his alone time with Jake since they haven’t seen each other all week! Jake eagerly jumps up to talk with his idol.
CH: "Thanks for doing my hair earlier. I think it looks just like your’s now. What do you think?"
Jake: "It looks great Chris! You are such a cutie!"
CH: "Well I just wanted to make sure you aren’t going to pull another fast one on me this week Jakey."
Jake: "Huh?"
CH: "Come on- don’t play dumb. Telling me last week to take a rose away at the last minute. I had to do some quick math there. I can’t subtract one from two that quickly! I didn’t like being put on the spot like that."
Jake: "Sorry man. Golly gee. I’ll never do that to you again buddy!"
CH: "Thanks. Now that we have that straight, get out there and send the virgin home so we can all go home!"
Roses go to:
Tenely
Ali
Gia
Vienna
Going home:
Corrie
So what did you think? Were you surprised that Ali didn’t morph into a monster and rip Jake’s head off when he gave the last rose of the night to Vienna? Do you think the reason there will be no rose ceremony next week is bc Jake admits his love to CH instead and sends all the girls home in a strange new twist? Let me know what you are thinking in the comments section. See you all next week!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Recap: Season: Jake Episode: 4
Last night’s episode was brought to you in part by the phrases, "step it up" and "come out of her shell." Chris Harrison comes to the bachelorette pad to tell the girls to change out of their Eva Longoria velour sweatsuits bc they are leaving the mansion forever. "Girls, we are going to change everything! I’m going to make this sound really exciting and glamorous but really you are taking a road trip in an RV the rest of the season. Because our man Jake is such a huge dork, viewership is down this season and ABC can no longer afford the rent on this house." Tenely and Kathryn’s mouths drop so far open and their eyes almost pop out of their heads they are so excited! You’d think CH told them they were taking a road trip to the moon or something.
The girls are divided into two different RVs. The first RV contains the Tri-Delts of Teneley, Ali, Ella, Kathryn, and Jessie. The second RV holds the Phi Mus of Gia, Corrie, Ashleigh, and Vienna. The girls are given camcorders because apparently the budget cut affected the cameramen too. The RVs take off and Jake follows behind on his motorcycle with his giant SpaceBalls helmet.
Jake: "I’ve set up camps in a vinyard so I’m gonna wear my plaid camping shirt. I’ve brought about 10 of them for this trip. Which one should I wear tonight?" He pulls out about 100 plaid flannel shirts that all look the same. He picks one and leaves to meet the ladies for his first date.
His first date is a one on one date with Gia. Gia is so excited to finally get an alone date with Jake! Gia reads from the date card: "Let’s go over the moon and under the stars!" It’s then that it hits me who she sounds like- Rosie Perez! Maybe I was reminded because I watched the movie Untamed Heart on Sunday night. But there is no denying it- she could be the girlfriend of Woody Harrelson in White Men Can’t Jump for sure!
Gia wears spike high heeled shoes on her camping date- first thing she does that reminds me of Evan. Jake takes her to a vineyard and they play hide and seek (second thing she does that reminds me of Evan). Gia doesn’t even really "hide" but just stands on the other side of a tree (3rd thing she does that reminds me of Evan) Once Jake finds her, Gia jumps into his arms and wraps her legs around him for him to carry her around. I’m starting to think the producers got the idea for all this from spying on me playing with Evan.
The two sit down to drink some wine and talk.
Jake: "In high school, they called me Mr. Dateless."
Gia: "Why?"
Jake: "Because I was so popular with the girls. I had dates every day! Sometimes 5 different dates on one day. They called me Mr. Dateless bc they named me that on opposite day."
These two then decide to move on from games that 2 year olds play and play a game that 13 year olds play instead- spin the bottle. ABC played porno music as these two actually spun the bottle and waited for it to land on each other before actually kissing.
The next game they play is hide the pickle. Jake has changed into a different lumberjack shirt and the two are under a blanket making out.
Gia later tells the camera: "I’m not afraid. I’m just scared. I also need a new thesaurus but not a synonym book."
Back at camp, Ashleigh finds the next date card and we find out that the group date will be Vienna, Jessie, Ashleigh, Tenely, Ali, and Corrie. Which means the two on one date goes to Ella and Kathryn.
The road trip continues but by the second day, no one cares anymore. Tenely still tries to get excited for the producers but it’s pretty pathetic.
Ok, so we also learn something else as the girls are getting ready for their group date. Apparently Ali does not like Vienna. They don’t get along or something. Anyone else pick up on this last night? It was very subtle.
Ali: "If Vienna gets the rose on today’s date I will throw up. In my mouth." Um yeah, thanks for clarifying bc I think this is girl who said that she was going to throw up in her stomach in an earlier episode. She has some weird throwing up ticks I guess.
The group date is pretty boring. They go dune buggy riding and sand surfing. Corrie and Jake roll down a hill together. Seriously, this guy acts like a 5th grader.
It’s now 8:42 and a commercial. I am getting bored. Then a commercial for Super Nanny comes on and watching a 15 second clip of this dysfunctional family rejuvenates me and makes me feel like the best mom and human ever! I’m now excited to watch the rest of the show!
The group date goes to an inn that is pretty scary. Each room has a different theme but there are a lot of big rocks, old furniture, and red leather heart shaped booths.
Jake pulls Ashleigh aside for some alone time in the porno room. We watch her maul him while he acts like her touch is burning him and he’s rather be anywhere else. These two have zero chemistry.
Next, Jake and Ali go to a caveman/rock room. Ali makes him cry. I forget what she even said. It was probably something along the lines of "If you give the rose to Vienna tonight I will come to your house while you sleep and cut off your balls." She is really starting to scare me.
Tenely and Jake visit a cheesey room and he puts his head in her lap so she can pet him like a dog.
Vienna begged for the last alone time with him and then whines to him the whole time about getting him to himself and about the other girls not liking her.
Jake gives the rose to Tenely bc she is "patient" which translates to he just now realized he can walk all over her. Afterall, isn’t that what he learned form their alone time? That her ex husband walked all over her? And she let him?
For the last date of the night, Jake goes back in time to the 1950’s. He tells the camera: "Tonight’s date is heavy!"
Jake, Ella, and Kathryn go to a poorly lit garage and eat dinner with their coats on while Jake interviews them for a job at Starbucks. I’m not even making this up when I tell you that he told Ella "Great answer!" Ella won’t let Kathryn get a word in.
Finally Jake pulls Kathryn outside for a chat on a log. Kat calls him out on his ignoring her- you go girl! Both girls get the "friend hug" at the end of their alone time with Jake.
It’s now 9:14 and my butt hurts from sitting so long.
Creepy music plays, the camera shows Jake watching the other girls thru the trees. He goes back inside the garage with no heat to tell Ella and Kathryn that no one is getting the rose tonight and that they are both going home!
When the girls at camp realize this, Tenely starts crying. She apparently does not understand the concept of this show. Jake sulks around the tiny garage, creepy intense music swells, Jake throws the rose into the fire. Dum-dum-dum!
Finally- cocktail party/rose ceremony! I never thought this episode would end. I’m starting to get bored so I only wrote a few things down….
Corrie wore her Bump-It and begged Jake to like her.
Ali wore a yellow dress. Again. Oh and did you know? She hates Vienna.
Gia wore a corset.
Jessie wore green eyeshadow and what appeared to be black nylons and a black shirt. No skirt or pants. She also ratted out Vienna during her alone time with Jake. I think Ali made her do it.
CH comes in banging his champagne glass of doom. Jake goes to the room of pictures that some poor intern had to pack up for this road trip. He comes back to hand out the roses.
Gia (Laurie) and Tenely (Meghan) already have roses. He gives another one to Ali (Diana) and Corrie (Nicole A.) before looking down and seeing his bracelet that says "WWCHD" and runs off to find CH and ask him.
Jake: "Chris, you are such a cool dude."
CH: "Thank you. I know."
Jake: "What would you do? There are 2 but 1. You are sure of 1 and you know you have 2 roses but 2 girls can go. I know how to do math. I know that 1 plus 1 is 2. But what if I want the math problem to be 1 plus zero?"
CH interrupts: "What are you asking Jake? Can’t you see I’m busy here. Spit it out boy! You’re not making any sense."
Jake: "Do I have to give out 2 more roses?"
CH: "Of course not. But are you sure? Absolutely sure? Because once you decide to give them away you can’t take it back. Unless you are Jason Mesnic. Then we will let you do whatever you want as long as we can record it and air it on live tv. Ok?"
CH dramatically takes away one of the roses. Jake gives the last rose to Vienna (Karen).
So Kathryn (Shannon), Ella (Diane), Jessie (Jenny), and Ashleigh (Lara) got sent home last night.
What are your thoughts? Who do you think is going home next week? Will Ali kill Vienna in her sleep? Or punch her lights out at the next rose ceremony?
Recap: Season: Jake Episode: 3
Tonight’s episode is brought to you by the words "journey," "risk," "impressed," and "comfort zone."
CH woke up late to tell the girls about the dates this week so he threw his wrinkled sports coat on top of his PJs and headed down to the bachelorette pad to tell the ladies what it meant if they got a rose and what would happen if they didn’t.
As if on cue, the first date card arrives the minute CH leaves. It’s a one on one date for Sharpay and Troy! I mean Vienna and Jake. Vienna is really excited to show Jake that she’s "a lot of fun." As soon as these words leave her mouth, you can hear crickets chirping and see the confused looks from the rest of the girls.
So a helicopter arrives to take Vienna and Jake on their date. Wow! A helicopter? Really? That is so original! Even though Jake is a pilot (I think… I mean have they mentioned what he does for a living at all? I can’t remember… anyway…) he is terrified to get in this helicopter. He looks like he is about the vomit all over Vienna’s hair extensions. Finally, we see why he’s so scared. They are jumping off a bridge.
Vienna: "I’m not jumping off no bridge" she tells the camera. "I ain’t gots to! I’s gots good grammer too."
After crying like a little girl about it for 15 minutes, Jake finally gets the balls to actually jump. That or the producers finally had enough of him bawling and pushed him over. Either way, he and Vienna shared a special moment while falling…. He barfed in her mouth for the very first time.
After that, they sit down to dinner. Apparently it was a big bowl of peas. Anyone else notice that? And of course the after dinner swim. Jake dives into the pool so gracefully. Vienna belly flops and looks like a whale. They kiss some more. Jake admitts to the camera that he really likes Vienna. She’s "impressed" him by taking a "risk" and going out of her "comfort zone." Plus, she didn’t kick his ass when he cried like a baby for the first two hours of their date that HE planned.
Back at the house, the next date card arrives to announce the group date of Corrie, Elizabeth the cocktease, Ali, Tenely, Ashleigh, Michelle the crazy, Kathryn (who the hell is she?!?!), and Jessie. Jake’s taking the girls to a comedy club where they will be asked to take a "risk" and "impress" him by stepping out of their "comfort zone" and doing stand up comedy in front of an audience. You know, how everyone is expressing their love for people now. Who cares about chocolate and flowers and dinner and a movie? If you really want to show you care, do stand up comedy no matter how unfunny you are!
Elizabeth is pretty nervous about doing a comedy bit and says she doesn’t even know any good knock knock jokes. Here is one for you Elizabeth:
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Your right boob
Your right boob who?
Your right boob is so far away from your left they need to be introduced
OR:
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Tori Spelling
Tori Spelling who?
Tori Spelling called and she wants her bad boob job back
The rest of the jokes were so funny. And by funny, I mean painfully Unfunny. The only other thing I wrote down is that Corrie was wearing a yellow blanket all night.
Back at the house, the next date card arrives. It’s addressed to Rozlyn but since she is no longer there, Jake crossed out her name and picked the other chic with a kid to take to Sea World- Ella. So that means that Gia and Valishia (who we haven’t seen since the last rose ceremony and before that since she stepped out of the limo) are not getting dates this week. Gia and Vienna get into it and Vienna goes to her room to write in her journal. As she stomped off to do this, it reminded me who she is- she’s this season’s Moana. Remember her? I think she was the runner up on Travis Stork’s season? Everyone hated her but the bachelor. She pouted and wrote poetry in the house. Anyway…I also noticed that Gia talks funny. She either has a lisp or she was wearing her retainer.
Meanwhile, the group date has moved onto the roof of a hotel- another "new" idea in this show. Jake’s calling it a wrap party. Like he has called every other group date. Ali toasts Corrie for wearing her yellow blanket like the rest of the girls dared her to do and for her bashing Vienna during her stand up routine. Michelle does not join in the toast and Ali gets in her grill about it. At this point Michelle starts babbling about giving her mother another grandbaby. Basically she tells Ali that she doesn’t want to toast Vienna and recognize Vienna as the crazy one in the house bc she wants that title all for herself. And she’s going to prove it.
Michelle stomps off to pout and cry. Jake joins her and asks her what’s wrong.
Michelle: "As you can see, I’ve been crying. You’ve seemed to like that every other time we’ve talked so I’m going to do it again for you."
Jake: "Don’t cry. What can I do for you?"
Michelle: "I want to go home. Send me home. No wait! What I really mean is beg me to stay. But I can’t stay you know. I love you Jake. No one else here does. I’m leaving!"
Jake: "Please leave."
Michelle: "What?!??! You’re asking me to leave? I didn’t see that coming! What a shock! Everyone here thought I was going to marry Jake! I can’t believe he did this to me."
Jake ends the wrap party early. He needs to go home and look up the definition of wrap party and write his feelings down in his journal before having his bedtime snack of chocolate milk and cookies. He needs to get this all done before his 8:00 bedtime too. And he needs to call Chris and ask Chris what to do.
The next day, Jake is refreshed from his slumber party with CH. He arrives at the house to take Ella on her "special" date. And by special, he means it was planned for another girl in the house who slept with a producer and had to leave early. And has been done on just about every other season of the show.
Ella has apparently never seen the show though so she’s wildly "impressed."
Ella: "I never in a million years thought a helicopter would pick us up!" (She honestly said this! She’s obviously NEVER watched this show. And wasn’t around when Jake picked up Vienna two days before).
Jake takes her to Sea World and "surprises" her with her son being there.
Ella: "I had no idea Jake could bring Ethan!"
Producer: "Well Roz’s ex husband wouldn’t sign the papers for her son to come on the show so you were the only other one with a kid."
Jake and Ella and Ethan have lunch on the grass. Jake gives Ethan a little airplane to play with so he will leave Ella and him alone. Ella is touched by this and admits that she thinks you can go to the moon on an airplane.
So watching Jake with Ella and her son was so awkward. He had no clue how to act around kids. Jake appeared to have more of a "connection" with the dolphin than with Ella or her son. But he does give Ella the rose after putting her son in the reject van with crazy Michelle.
Rose ceremony time! Cocktease starts feeling Jake up immediately. Jake calls her out on it! What’s this? He’s standing up for himself? Elizabeth back pedals and turns it around.
Elizabeth: "He’s going to send me home bc I wouldn’t kiss him. I know I gave him blueballs but come on! Isn’t that the game?"
Ali thinks she is the house therapist now. After Sharpay interrupts Elizabeth and Jake, Ali pulls her aside to explain how Gabriella wouldn’t act like that and Gabriella gets Troy in the end.
CH comes in banging his spoon on his milk cup and Jake goes to the room of pictures. After turning Michelle’s picture face down, Jake plays eeny meany miny moe to determine who else will go home.
Roses go to:
Ella (Diane)
Vienna (Karen)
Gia (Laurie)
Corrie (Nicole A.)
Tenely (Meghan)
Ali (Diana)
Jessie (Jenny)
Kathryn (Shannon)
Ashleigh (Lara)
Free van rides to the airport go to:
Crazy ass Michelle (Meridith)
Cocktease Elizabeth (Nichole G.)
Valishia (Georgie)
So what are your thoughts?
CH woke up late to tell the girls about the dates this week so he threw his wrinkled sports coat on top of his PJs and headed down to the bachelorette pad to tell the ladies what it meant if they got a rose and what would happen if they didn’t.
As if on cue, the first date card arrives the minute CH leaves. It’s a one on one date for Sharpay and Troy! I mean Vienna and Jake. Vienna is really excited to show Jake that she’s "a lot of fun." As soon as these words leave her mouth, you can hear crickets chirping and see the confused looks from the rest of the girls.
So a helicopter arrives to take Vienna and Jake on their date. Wow! A helicopter? Really? That is so original! Even though Jake is a pilot (I think… I mean have they mentioned what he does for a living at all? I can’t remember… anyway…) he is terrified to get in this helicopter. He looks like he is about the vomit all over Vienna’s hair extensions. Finally, we see why he’s so scared. They are jumping off a bridge.
Vienna: "I’m not jumping off no bridge" she tells the camera. "I ain’t gots to! I’s gots good grammer too."
After crying like a little girl about it for 15 minutes, Jake finally gets the balls to actually jump. That or the producers finally had enough of him bawling and pushed him over. Either way, he and Vienna shared a special moment while falling…. He barfed in her mouth for the very first time.
After that, they sit down to dinner. Apparently it was a big bowl of peas. Anyone else notice that? And of course the after dinner swim. Jake dives into the pool so gracefully. Vienna belly flops and looks like a whale. They kiss some more. Jake admitts to the camera that he really likes Vienna. She’s "impressed" him by taking a "risk" and going out of her "comfort zone." Plus, she didn’t kick his ass when he cried like a baby for the first two hours of their date that HE planned.
Back at the house, the next date card arrives to announce the group date of Corrie, Elizabeth the cocktease, Ali, Tenely, Ashleigh, Michelle the crazy, Kathryn (who the hell is she?!?!), and Jessie. Jake’s taking the girls to a comedy club where they will be asked to take a "risk" and "impress" him by stepping out of their "comfort zone" and doing stand up comedy in front of an audience. You know, how everyone is expressing their love for people now. Who cares about chocolate and flowers and dinner and a movie? If you really want to show you care, do stand up comedy no matter how unfunny you are!
Elizabeth is pretty nervous about doing a comedy bit and says she doesn’t even know any good knock knock jokes. Here is one for you Elizabeth:
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Your right boob
Your right boob who?
Your right boob is so far away from your left they need to be introduced
OR:
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Tori Spelling
Tori Spelling who?
Tori Spelling called and she wants her bad boob job back
The rest of the jokes were so funny. And by funny, I mean painfully Unfunny. The only other thing I wrote down is that Corrie was wearing a yellow blanket all night.
Back at the house, the next date card arrives. It’s addressed to Rozlyn but since she is no longer there, Jake crossed out her name and picked the other chic with a kid to take to Sea World- Ella. So that means that Gia and Valishia (who we haven’t seen since the last rose ceremony and before that since she stepped out of the limo) are not getting dates this week. Gia and Vienna get into it and Vienna goes to her room to write in her journal. As she stomped off to do this, it reminded me who she is- she’s this season’s Moana. Remember her? I think she was the runner up on Travis Stork’s season? Everyone hated her but the bachelor. She pouted and wrote poetry in the house. Anyway…I also noticed that Gia talks funny. She either has a lisp or she was wearing her retainer.
Meanwhile, the group date has moved onto the roof of a hotel- another "new" idea in this show. Jake’s calling it a wrap party. Like he has called every other group date. Ali toasts Corrie for wearing her yellow blanket like the rest of the girls dared her to do and for her bashing Vienna during her stand up routine. Michelle does not join in the toast and Ali gets in her grill about it. At this point Michelle starts babbling about giving her mother another grandbaby. Basically she tells Ali that she doesn’t want to toast Vienna and recognize Vienna as the crazy one in the house bc she wants that title all for herself. And she’s going to prove it.
Michelle stomps off to pout and cry. Jake joins her and asks her what’s wrong.
Michelle: "As you can see, I’ve been crying. You’ve seemed to like that every other time we’ve talked so I’m going to do it again for you."
Jake: "Don’t cry. What can I do for you?"
Michelle: "I want to go home. Send me home. No wait! What I really mean is beg me to stay. But I can’t stay you know. I love you Jake. No one else here does. I’m leaving!"
Jake: "Please leave."
Michelle: "What?!??! You’re asking me to leave? I didn’t see that coming! What a shock! Everyone here thought I was going to marry Jake! I can’t believe he did this to me."
Jake ends the wrap party early. He needs to go home and look up the definition of wrap party and write his feelings down in his journal before having his bedtime snack of chocolate milk and cookies. He needs to get this all done before his 8:00 bedtime too. And he needs to call Chris and ask Chris what to do.
The next day, Jake is refreshed from his slumber party with CH. He arrives at the house to take Ella on her "special" date. And by special, he means it was planned for another girl in the house who slept with a producer and had to leave early. And has been done on just about every other season of the show.
Ella has apparently never seen the show though so she’s wildly "impressed."
Ella: "I never in a million years thought a helicopter would pick us up!" (She honestly said this! She’s obviously NEVER watched this show. And wasn’t around when Jake picked up Vienna two days before).
Jake takes her to Sea World and "surprises" her with her son being there.
Ella: "I had no idea Jake could bring Ethan!"
Producer: "Well Roz’s ex husband wouldn’t sign the papers for her son to come on the show so you were the only other one with a kid."
Jake and Ella and Ethan have lunch on the grass. Jake gives Ethan a little airplane to play with so he will leave Ella and him alone. Ella is touched by this and admits that she thinks you can go to the moon on an airplane.
So watching Jake with Ella and her son was so awkward. He had no clue how to act around kids. Jake appeared to have more of a "connection" with the dolphin than with Ella or her son. But he does give Ella the rose after putting her son in the reject van with crazy Michelle.
Rose ceremony time! Cocktease starts feeling Jake up immediately. Jake calls her out on it! What’s this? He’s standing up for himself? Elizabeth back pedals and turns it around.
Elizabeth: "He’s going to send me home bc I wouldn’t kiss him. I know I gave him blueballs but come on! Isn’t that the game?"
Ali thinks she is the house therapist now. After Sharpay interrupts Elizabeth and Jake, Ali pulls her aside to explain how Gabriella wouldn’t act like that and Gabriella gets Troy in the end.
CH comes in banging his spoon on his milk cup and Jake goes to the room of pictures. After turning Michelle’s picture face down, Jake plays eeny meany miny moe to determine who else will go home.
Roses go to:
Ella (Diane)
Vienna (Karen)
Gia (Laurie)
Corrie (Nicole A.)
Tenely (Meghan)
Ali (Diana)
Jessie (Jenny)
Kathryn (Shannon)
Ashleigh (Lara)
Free van rides to the airport go to:
Crazy ass Michelle (Meridith)
Cocktease Elizabeth (Nichole G.)
Valishia (Georgie)
So what are your thoughts?
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