Welcome Rosebuds! We're in the middle of the two-night Bachelor "event" and as always as we get closer to the end of the season, we're seeing trauma and drama, tears, and even a bit of a temper tantrum. Thoughts:
Prince Farming has lots of fans, apparently. I read that ratings are so good this time around that ABC wanted more, more, more of The Bachelor, which is why we got an extra hour last night, titled "Chris Tells All." He really didn't and it was pretty boring, except for the interview with Andi. There was some real emotion there and I admit I'm wondering why she and Josh broke up. At the end of her season they appeared to be a better match than some of the other couples we've seen in the past, (Ben and Courtney? Jake and Vienna?) plus they both live in Atlanta so no one had to pack up and move. There are rumors that Andi might be the Bachelorette again, although Chris Harrison shot that thought down in one of his interviews. On the other hand, I could see Josh as the next Bachelor, if no good candidate emerges from this summer's Bachelorette show.
After 19 seasons, it's no surprise that producers are tweaking the format, but I'm going on record: please stop with the "to be continued" cliffhangers. I want to see a rose ceremony at the end of each episode! This show does enough "teasing" as it is. In his Yahoo blog post, Chris Harrison promises that we'll see 2 rose ceremonies tonight - the one from the end of last night's episode, and the one after the hometown dates. Yay!
The show's being less careful about previews this time around. As Reality Steve points out (yes I do read him sometimes) last night's previews showed Becca and Jade on hometown dates, Kaitlyn got the group date rose, so we know she gets a hometown date, and in his new TVGuide interview, posted late last night, Chris Harrison refers to Whitney's hometown date. That gives us the final four - Jade, Kaitlyn, Becca and Whitney, which means that both Carly and Britt will go home at the beginning of tonight's episode. Presumably that what causes all the crying from Britt that we've seen in various previews. (Read the Chris Harrison interview here.)
We've seen lots of crying so far, of course and did you notice that they've all got that "wiping under their eyes with a finger" move down pat? Wipe the tears, don't smear the mascara. Thanks, Ashley I!
Carly can be charming and hilarious, but also pretty mean. Any true student of Bachelors past would know that it almost never works out well to trash another woman to the Bachelor and I thought Carly took a little too much pleasure in Britt's meltdown last night. Note that for all her drama, we've never heard Britt say anything negative about any of the other women. Will Carly and Britt both be eliminated in a regular rose ceremony? Does Britt decide to leave on her own? Will there be any fireworks between them? We'll know soon.
Megan was on Good Morning, America this morning, live in the studio, (and Ashley I was on last week) which is a throwback to how things were back in the early years of the show: the rejected woman showed up on GMA the next morning. They got away from doing that for a while but with so much interest in this season, and the ratings to match, ABC is doubling down on publicity for the show, and I hope they continue. I like seeing the women when the insanity has faded and they're back to being their normal selves. For what it's worth, Megan says Becca is the best match for Chris.
That's it for now, Rosebuds, the Monday night episode is only about 90 minutes away. TTYS!
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