My TOP 3 last week were:
1. Lauren B.
2. JoJo
3. Caila
All right let's do this! Going right into the conversation with Olivia. Ben is very vague as to what the girls have rightfully accused Olivia of and leaves it open to Olivia to defend herself. She is doing a good job of describing a "target on her back" and that she is different from the other girls because she is reserved and likes to talk about "smart things". The damage control from Olivia is incredible. Ben returns to the squad with Olivia. This round goes to Olivia.
00:06 : "What the f@%k! How could you possibly be falling for this act that she is putting on? Olivia's tears are not authentic at all. They are fake as f@%k. Olivia is a liar. What she says means nothing. It's gonna suck to see someone, who deserves to be here, get sent home because Olivia got that rose," says Emily. Let's just say when Emily got to lose that baggage she called Haley, she totally turned her game up to another level. I am a fan.
Before the commercial we get two great quotes from Olivia:
"Come at me, bro," and "Everyone else can suck it."
00:11: ROSE CEREMONY
Amanda, Lauren H., and Olivia all got roses previously.
Caila will you accept this rose?
Lauren B. will you accept this rose?
JoJo will you accept this rose?
Becca will you accept this rose?
Leah will you accept this rose?
Final rose. Down to Jennifer and Emily... Ugh the instrumental is killing me. It is very intense.
Emily will you accept this rose?
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AS TO NEXT DESTINATION! "We're going to the Bahamas," declares Ben.
00:21: The girls are really enjoying the Bahamas and the Grand Isle Villas until Chris drops that there will be three dates this week: a one on one date, a group date, and a two on one date. I don't know what the two on one date is but Chris quickly explains the severity of this date. The women who gets a rose on the date is safe, the loser is on a plane back to the states.
"Caila, let's see if our love is reel. Ben." Caila gets her second one on one of the season. Leah is not too happy about Kaila and that she has not gotten a date, "Haven't gotten shit," is her exact words.
00:35: Ben justifies his one on one with Caila by explaining the majority of the date was with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube of "Ride Along 2".
Back at the Villas, Leah is a wreck and can't stop whining about looking like a fool because she hasn't been granted quality time with Ben. That is not why she looks like a fool. She obviously doesn't remember her first time out of the limo when she, while in a gown, bent over and hiked a football to Ben. I do. Do you know why? Because that was the last time she was on this show and that is the moment she became a fool.
00:33: This is my favorite part of the segment so far. Production has timed up Leah whining about how she could have met Ben in a bar (they both live in Denver) but fate brought them here... wah... wah... wah... and, "He's not taking that leap with me," with Caila and Ben jumping off a yacht into to ocean. Classic ABC production play on words.
00:31: Ben is trying to dig deeper into Caila, "Get below the surface," he says. This is when the girl usually gives up a sad story like an eating disorder or a grandparent who they were extremely close to but they passed right before filming began.
Well, I am wrong. Caila says she is not ready to cry on his shoulder. She says she feels like her emotions are being called out.
Things get extremely confusing from here out. I rewound this numerous times to follow understand Caila so I could keep up. Caila talks in circles. "I feel like I love you. But I don't know why I can't share. Maybe it's because I am not ready. I feel like my greatest fear is that I can't totally and completely fall in love with somebody. And part of me is afraid because your greatest fear is being unlovable and my greatest fear might be breaking your heart. It doesn't feel right. It feels like I am going to hurt you."
WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL IS SHE TALKING ABOUT? Ben is confused, too.
00:34: Back at the Villas there is a knock on the door. Lauren B., Amanda, Becca, JoJo, Lauren H., and Leah have been invited to the group date. "Love in unpredictable, Ben."
Which means the two on one date is Emily and Olivia. Olivia is confident but does have this stupid comment to say about Emily, "Emily is just young." THEY ARE THE SAME AGE!!!! Olivia has done many things on this show so far to make her look or act older than 23. Tifani calls Olivia, "The Curious Case of Olivia on The Bachelor".
Emily is not without spunk about this date. She fires off, "I'm going on to fight this battle for everyone that hates Olivia as much as I do."
Have to point out here that Leah's confessionals are starting to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher. I am just not even listening anymore.
00:36: Back to the "Caila and the Confusing Conversation". Ben said earlier that he felt like maybe Caila will "self eliminate". I doubt it. The thing is though, Ben doesn't hesitate to send someone home so Caila better tread lightly with this run around talk she has going on. Caila looks like she may fall out of my Top 3.
Ben asks her to clarify her feelings. She starts blabbing about being confusing or confusing Ben. Caila starts to explain how she knows she is falling in love. This is just straight up stupid. The only thing that Caila said that made sense was, "I feel like I confused the crap out of Ben." She received a rose. How she did I have no idea. Ben is so confused he called the date, "one of the best in his life".
00:44: GROUP DATE
Group takes a boat to an island. An island with swimming pigs that eat hotdogs. I don't like group dates. I think it is boring television. I do, however, think feeding pigs hotdogs on a beach is funny. That is the best thing about this date.
I'm going to take this time to tell you all about Ben's tattoo. A little known story that he rarely tells. Ben's tattoo is Proverbs 16:3 from the bible. It reads, "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed". Underneath it it says Proverb 16:3 and has a cross. It is his favorite Proverb. He had always wanted to get it as a tattoo and purposely got it on his ribcage so he could still look professional. Sounds about right, right? He got the tattoo in college and immediately showed his roommate. Roommate asked, "What Proverb is it?" Ben replied, "16:3." "Well, you have 16:34 tattooed on you," his roommate informed him. The cross is a coverup. True story. You can share that and impress your friends. You can hear Ben's story on the Channel 33 podcast "Bachelor Party with Juliette".
Back to the group date. Girls are being very quiet and shy away from Ben. Except Lauren B. She takes Ben off to the side and the girls start feeling awkward about their chemistry. Ben feels the tension. "Everything is misfiring," he says. He confides is JoJo about what is going on. "JoJo, out of anybody else here you get it. You get that it's awkward, you get that it's hard, and you get that it doesn't make sense. You understand this." Ben confiding in JoJo means only one thing...
JOJO IS IN THE FRIEND ZONE!!!!!!!!
00:58: GROUP DATE CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING
Ben grabs Becca first. He is so worried about the date during the day. Becca assures him that he is not doing anything wrong but his connection with Lauren B. can be overwhelming.
Now he is talking to Amanda. I know that he says he is trying to be fair and open to everyone but I wonder if he is just drunk and worried to upset one of these girls's feelings.
01:02: Leah says, "I am not going to let his (Ben) relationship with Lauren B. stop me from getting what I want." She says to Ben that Lauren B. is differen't in the house then how they are towards Ben. She is making Olivia look good. Then, Lauren B. walks in and says, "It is storming. Is this a good time?" Not for you, Lauren B.!!!
Ben tells Lauren B. about the news that he has been told that the person he has the best chemistry with in the house is not genuine to him. Lauren holds herself well. You would think she would flip the bitch switch. Instead, she nails a great line in her confessional, "I feel like I would never use my time to talk about someone else."
So after Lauren B.'s one on one with Ben, she starts to shed some tears. The rest of the girls console her and Leah, who walked in later, denies saying a thing or her name. Just mean. Mean as a snake. I don't like Leah at all.
01:12: Time for the group date rose. Ben gives it to the woman who he appreciated for a long time and continues to be the sweet person that they all know. Amanda receives the rose. Leah says that she should be more relieved that Lauren B. didn't get the rose but she is upset that she didn't get the rose, either, "Tonight, I am going to have to do something a little more, you know, extreme."
01:19: Leah heads over to Ben's villa with the intention of getting rid of Lauren B., "At the end of the day, the less girls here, the better chances for me."
Ben actually seems excited to see Leah. That is a true genuine response. He is bored and happy to have company. Leah jumps right into the Lauren B. bashing. "Im not here to sabotage what you have with someone," she says. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO! YOU EVEN SAID SO!
Ben doesn't feel this chemistry with Leah. In his usual bad ass fashion, Ben tells her that they have to say goodbye because of few and far between sparks. Leah is floored by this. "I would never have said anything had I known he was going to say goodbye tonight. I literally did not see that coming," she says. NO! GET OUT! *this is sarcasm
Here is what I think. I think Ben is truly in this for love and that is why he sends chicks home early before rose ceremonies and calls them out when he is confused by their irrational behavior. So Ben makes some strong choices when he feels necessary. I don't think you can convince me that Ben chooses who to take on dates. Be it a one on one, group or this stupid two on one. I think this is all producers shoving this down his throat. Just my opinion. Speaking of the stupid two on one...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. "THE BACHELOR", BEN HIGGINS, CHRIS HARRISON, AND THE PRODUCTION STAFF AT ABC IS PROUD TO PRESENT AND SAY "LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! THE TWO ON ONE UNTIL ONE IS DONE!!!!!! EMILY VERSUS OLIVIA!!!!! LET'S GET IT ON BECAUSE WE DON'T GET ALONG!!!!
01:28: Time for the two on one. Good to see that Olivia is so confident in her relationship with Ben that she dresses like she is taking her four kids to the local water park at 3:30 in the afternoon instead of going to a "do or die" date with The Bachelor.
The date seems so real. Everytime the waves crash into the rocks you can even hear "AWKWARD!" when they hit.
Ben and Olivia seem to have a good conversation but ever since Tifani has pointed out the Olivia is burying her feet in the sand on purpose that is all I can focus on. Until Olivia drops the "I love you!" and Ben seems receptive to the proclamation.
Time for Emily's time. Her words are fast and furious and they almost seem like she is fighting to stick around. Tifani, very astutely, points out that when he fixes Emily's hair that he doesn't kiss her. Very good point. Doesn't look good for Emily.
Time for the two on one date rose. Ben asks to speak with Olivia. Here is my quote, "No way he has the balls to send Olivia home like this. No way." Boy was I wrong. He told Olivia that he could not reciprocate her feelings and he has to be honest. Ben just leaves her standing there and returns to Emily. WHICH, BY THE WAY, OLIVIA HAS TO WATCH HIM GIVE THE ROSE TO EMILY AND KISS HER! Here is the problem, if Olivia truly loved him, wouldn't she have dropped to her knees like someone ripped her heart out? Maybe I have seen "Braveheart" one too many times.
So they leave the island. Olivia is stranded all alone. Her feet still stuck in the sand.
01:51: Ben is emotionally bankrupt and he wants to skip the cocktail hour and go right into the Rose Ceremony. I don't blame him. He has tried to show these women paradise and they have created misery.
Rose Ceremony (but first, anyone notice that Ben will wear a tee shirts but refuses to wear an under shirt? And that he refuses to button above the top two buttons on his shirts? No? Just me? OK)
Caila, Amanda, and Emily all have received roses.
Becca will you accept this rose?
JoJo will you accept this rose?
FINAL ROSE
Lauren B. will you accept this rose?
Lauren H. is going home. Called it last week.
After tonight's episode I have changed my Top 3 drastically:
1. Lauren B.
2. Amanda
3. Emily
** This is a change from the original post. I have to edit my Top 3. I slept on it and thought about it this morning. Here is what I think is going to happen.
- Emily is going home next week 2/15. I can't get over the fact that Ben did not kiss her when helping her brush her hair back on the beach.
- Becca is going home on 2/22. She sweet and nice but has too much interest in the other girls left compared to her
- Leap Year episode is where it gets tricky. This is the episode I want to have a group Facebook chat to transcribe. Caila, I think goes home on this episode. Her nonsense rant about love is going to linger with Ben and cost her the Final Rose
1. Lauren B.
2. Amanda
3. JoJo (Ben keeps JoJo around as a "wing man")
Let's be honest, Lauren B. could take up all three spots. Ben adores her.
Again, going to do a Facebook messenger on the 2/29 episode. The entire transcript will be on the blog.
Until next week! Thanks for reading!
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