I can’t believe we are down to two girls. And what’s more exciting is that Matt will ask one of these women to marry him in the most romantic proposal in Bachelor history. FINALLY…the most romantic proposal EVER!
I wonder if Shayne is going to wear a fedora for the rose ceremony.
I wonder if Chelsea is going to wear panties.
SIMPLE DISCLAIMER
The following information you are about to read is of personal opinion. You probably aren’t even reading this because the simple disclaimer has been a part of my recap since the days I emailed this puppy to just a few of my closer friends. HA! Fooled you. You’ve skipped this amusing mockery and will not know what in the world your friends are talking about when they say, “Did you like the new disclaimer Lincee did?” However, if you or someone on your Facebook page happens to personally know, sort of know, know the brother/cousin of, thought you saw in the grocery store buying Spring Oreos or have a Jazzercise instructor that looks exactly like one of the Bachelorettes on the show…none of this is personal and I’m sure they are all lovely people.
Exotic Barbados
Matty is pretty stoked to be in Barbados. These few days are all about longer, more intimate dates in an overnight setting. He’s going to try and workout who he sees as a lifelong partner. Clearly, a prerequisite for this woman is the absence of panties. Or a bathing suit from the 1940s.
Bachelorette: Shayne
Date Theme: Let’s make out while doing other things and then make out again!
i-Tunes theme songs:
“Kiss Me” by Sixpence None the Richer
“Kiss” by Prince
“This Kiss” by Faith Hill
Picture it: Matty is walking in the surf, convincing himself that the best thing to do is to just focus on Shayne and think of nothing else. Meanwhile, 50 yards away, the ABC intern receives the “signal” from the producer over the walkie talkie. Hair and makeup adjust Shayne’s big floppy hat, over-sized sunglasses and turn-of-the-century bathing suit (I’m guessing a spray tan session went awry in the mid-section region) and send her on her way. The pair meet in the middle under a shady palm tree and barely utter “hello” (in baby talk of course) before they begin making out. Matty struggles with the big floppy hat and attempts to remove the hindrance, but Shayne insists it stays on. She must have struck a deal with the big floppy hat people or something.
They hit the wave runners and make their way out to the coolest invention ever: a floating trampoline in the middle of the ocean. How awesome was that? Shayne begins jumping, busting out with rather impressive toe touches (nice pointed toes I might add) as the Bachelor watches from the side. Nothing like bouncing in a bathing suit to get you in the mood.
They go back to shallower waters and make out some more. Matty comments on the foliage of the island.
Matty: “Aren’t the trees here interesting.”
Shayne: “Those are palm trees. They have them in LA.”
Matty: “Brilliant.”
Shayne: “Do they have palm trees in London?”
Matty: “I think you know the answer to that question.”
Okay. Let’s pause for just a moment. What the crap? Shayne is pulling the old dumb blonde shtick? Please! At least be funny about it. Deliver your line with a voice infliction and body language so that he knows you are not a door knob.
Of course, we catch Bachelor in his talking head admitting to the camera that he wants to know the serious Shayne…not the blonde dingy Shayne. He wants to know if she can hold a conversation without being distracted by the lack of polish on her fingernails or urge to jump his British bones.
Matty decides to test the waters during dinner. He mentions to Shayne that he had an interesting conversation with her mother. He retold the story of Mama Lama’s lament on how hard it is to be in a relationship with an actor.
Shayne interrupts with a sour face and pouting mouth:
Shayne: “Do you know how screen kisses work? It’s the LEAST romantic thing in the world. I should know. I’ve kissed three different guys when I was on General Hospital that one summer. It’s so not a big deal. You NEVER use tongue.”
Matty: “Show me then.”
Shayne: “Fine. Let’s say you are Brad Pitt. A production guy would come and move your head here and fix the light there and tell you to only move your bottom lip. When he gets you in place, I would come in and kiss you like this.”
Shayne moves in for her first fake on-screen kiss.
Shayne: “Eeeek! You used tongue!”
Matty, the sly fox: “What?”
Lincee: That just wasted ten seconds of my life.
Matt takes it back to serious mode.
Matty: “I like your fun side—the sex kitten blonde—but there are times when you are playing me up.”
Shayne: “I’m always me though. Whoever they stereotype me as, that’s them.”
Lincee: Crystal clear.
Matty: “What if I wanted to discuss the US election?”
Shayne: “As long as politics go…I’m smart in that. I’m intellectual. Is that a word? I know stuff. It keeps it spicy.”
Lincee: I prefer the original recipe myself.
Shayne: “Do you look at me like you could see us together?”
Matty: “When I look in your eyes, I can see someone I could easily be with. You are my little monkey.”
Shayne: “Honestly, (tear develops after squirting lemon in her eye) I’m falling in love with you.”
Matt: “I’m falling for you as well.”
Lincee: “That whole presidential election thing is overrated. Go for the tongue dude.”
Matty pulls out the now infamous “forgo card” that Our Host Chris Harrison personally gave him on official “forgo card” stationery. Shayne uses her annoying baby voice to read it aloud, stating the fact that they can each forgo their individual rooms to stay together as a couple in the fantasy suite.
There’s a long pause.
Matty, feeling uncomfortable and wanting to fill the silence says that it is entirely up to Shayne.
More pausing.
Shayne, feeling the power, hems and haws a few more minutes. ABC has chosen no background noise. Nice touch director.
Additional pauses.
Lincee receives a text message from Nancy Jane saying that all girls on this show are sluts.
Shayne answers, with the voice of a white fluffy bunny if they had voices, “YES!” and proceeds to laugh her butt off that she made Matt wait so long for the obvious answer.
We are treated to Shayne’s excited “noises” as she points out the ABC intern’s decorations. She’s befriended him, you see, because he fetches her things between takes. She’s giving him a subliminal shout out if you will.
“Look! Rose petals! Oh Matt! There are candles everywhere! Gosh! A chilled bottle of champagne! My fedora! A plethora of string bikinis from which to choose to seduce you with my dear!”
Cut to Matty and Shayne discussing how oil companies continue to benefit from soaring crude prices. Or they were having a tickle war in-between sticking their tongues down each other’s throats. I can’t remember.
Bachelorette: Meeps
Date Theme: Let’s zip through the trees and pretend to feel a connection.
i-Tunes theme songs:
“Friends are Friends Forever” by Michael W. Smith
“Just a Friend” by Biz Markie
“You’ve Got a Friend in Me” by Randy Newman
Matty tells the camera that Meeps has a lot to offer, a great prankster with a fun sense of humor. Meeps tells the camera that she can’t stop thinking about Matt and he’s everything she’s been waiting for in a man.
Uh oh.
In order to really take the time to see if they are compatible, ABC…I mean Matt…arranges for them to go on a zip line through Barbados. Both are afraid of heights.
Nothing says love like head banging dorky, white helmets, anxious shouts of “whoo hoo” through the trees and picking wedgies out of your shorty shorts that have twisted up in your zip line crotch gear. Although Matt DID say she looked good, called her honey several times and said that conquering their fear of heights together was kind of sexy.
Maybe Meeps isn’t in trouble after all!
She like wants to like open up like to Matt like tonight. She like knows that like this date will like make or break her and like she like must show like expression and like emotion. She like doesn’t like want to lose Matt because she’s like not opening up.
She divulges this to Matt on the beach as they eat their dinner. Even though Meeps says “like” 79 times, Matt hands her the “forgo card” to read aloud.
Meeps tells us that he is the guy she could be with forever.
“I don’t want to like NOT see you in my life. I love being with you…I really, really do.”
Matty: “That’s the Amanda I know and am falling for.”
He tells her she is genuine, true, warm and caring.
SIDE NOTE:
Did anyone else give the producers kudos this year for picking different suites for each of the girls? Anyone?
We see Meeps and Matty on the bed, as if to signify that there will be some horizontal action on that mattress later on. He says that he enjoys being with her and that he thinks they make a good couple. He gives her a little caress on the knee cap and they start making out. Very smacky kissers these two.
Cut to crashing waves going in and out. And innuendo maybe?
SIDE NOTE TWO”
I personally do not think that any of the girls have sex on these dates. I feel ABC does everything for one to ASSUME they have sex, but they actually do not.
Bachelorette: Chelsea
Date Theme: I don’t like public displays of affection, but you can boink me.
i-Tunes theme songs:
“I Wanna Sex You Up” by Color Me Badd
“Giving Him Something He Can Feel” by En Vogue
Anything from Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex LoveSounds album.
Matty rents a catamaran for just the two of them and quickly tells the camera that he is just not into Chelsea.
Matty: “Maybe it was the roller coaster ride of a hometown date or the jorts she was wearing when she arrived. I don’t know. But the point is that I just feel awkward. I feel that there is chemistry, but it comes and goes because she’s so hot and cold. When she’s hot…let me tell you…she’s HOT. But half the time, she’s a million miles away. There are so many mixed signals. WHAT IS IT WITH THIS WOMAN?”
He tries again to have a conversation with her and it turns into geographical discussion of Barbados and lots of silence. Then he takes her hand, intertwines their fingers and begins a conversation about how distance she seems, when she freaks out that he’s touching her. STOP TOUCHING HER!
They swim with the sea turtles and we are treated to several lovely crotch shots of Chelsea. You know how ABC loves their underwater camera! Unfortunately, Chelsea would rather stay as far away from Matt as possible.
Matt: “It’s the most romantic setting in the world and it’s wasted. The turtle was closer to me than Chelsea. I had better eye contact underwater with goggles and a mask than I did with Chelsea. I was gutted.” (He really said that. Gutted. Let’s bring it to the States people.)
After admitting that it was the worst date ever and contemplating if he should even invite Chels to the forgo suite, Matty decides to give her another shot at turning the corner to find romance.
They arrive at dinner, token compliments and Matt dives in.
“I’m frustrated and confused. There’s only so much I can do.”
Chelsea: “I’m passionate and intense, but I am disturbed that there are other girls here. I know I’m distant and I don’t want to be that way. My feelings have evolved where I wonder how I’m going to handle if I get hurt. I care for you more than I expected. That’s not what I’m used. If I am that way with you then I’ll lose you. I think we can be great together and I hope I can show you that.”
Matty: “I am so pleased to hear that.”
Huh. Really Matt? Wasn’t it just five seconds ago that you were not wanting to invite this woman to dinner? You were complaining that things were awkward? She gives a two second spiel that sounds like the other two speeches we heard tonight and you are an evolved man? A little insecure maybe?
He whips out the forgo card and Chelsea tells him that she wouldn’t have it any other way. She wants to be with Matt. She’s not going to give up and pass him by because of a bunch of silly girls.
Matty confesses to Chelsea that he goes out of his way with her…more so than others…and that they would make such a great couple. He finishes by saying that he’s almost said too much.
Apparently that’s music to Chelsea’s ears. She’s received the confirmation that she needs and excuses herself to the other room to prepare a surprise for Matty.
The ABC camera man follows Chelsea into the fantasy bedroom and films her from behind as she peels away her fantasy dress. No bra. I’m sure we had to “re-take” a few times to make sure there were no boob shots since this is prime time TV. After take 5, she reaches into her purse and pulls out a long skinny black number. At first, we are unsure what the garment is. A dress? A robe?
No, no. It’s lingerie.
She wiggles herself into it…still with her back to the ROLLING CAMERA…and shimmies it up her body. How many ABC crew members do you think were across the way looking through the window? I’m just saying. My favorite part is when she reaches under the Fredrick’s of Hollywood number and pulls her panties off…leaving them in a puddle on the floor beside the fantasy bed.
SIDE NOTE THREE:
I personally do not think that any of the girls (except for Chelsea) have sex on these dates. I feel ABC does everything for one to ASSUME they have sex, but they actually do not (except for Chelsea).
Chelsea makes her grand entrance into the sitting room where Matt is clearly dumbfounded, mentally thinking that it WAS a smart idea to slip the ABC intern a $20 to go buy some glow-in-the-dark condoms. SCORE! The ABC camera man performs his best charade and signals to Matty that home girl here is sans panties and bra underneath the sheath. Matty gives the camera man a knowing wink and thumbs up. Lincee was gutted.
Matty: “When Chelsea told me she wanted to show me her romantic side, my heart sort of dropped. When she came out in the black night dress I was mesmerized. Everything I ‘needed’ she did. I had the most amazing time with her and can’t wait to see her again.”
Rose Ceremony
Matty tells the trio that it hurts like hell inside to lose this person who is about to go home. He then gives one rose to Shayne, who fakes that she can’t talk and then asks Chelsea and her French braid to accept the final rose.
Poor Meeps is in shock.
“Like, I’m shocked right now, like shocked.”
Matty: “Everything I said to you, I’ve felt. You are warm, genuine, everything I was looking for…but I had a closer connection with the other two.”
Meeps (scratching and fidgeting): “I didn’t like put myself out there because I like didn’t want this to happen. I really like thought, like that you like had like true feelings.”
Matty: “Everything I’ve said has been 100 percent true.”
Lincee: MAY DAY MAY DAY MAY DAY
Meeps: “That doesn’t make sense. I don’t believe you. You are a complete douche bag for doing this.”
Hey…at least she didn’t say the “f” word!
Meeps, I believe, yawns to either show indifference or attempt to control her meeping. There was no clinging, no touching, no fake well wishes.
But there were a few tears. Dignified I feel.
Matty: “Shutting the limo was hard, but the best I can do is completely open up to these two women. I want to be able to give everything. And I hope to receive as well.”
Next week is the “Women Tell All” episode. Do you think they’ll bring a mattress for backstage in case that chick passes out again?
All about the shame, not the fame,
Lincee
Love the recap …with the voice of a white fluffy bunny if they had voices, YES! CLASSIC!
Love the Recap Lincee! Thanks for the laughs!
I am SO sad I didn’t see it. It’s on the DVR but it’ll be the weekend before I get to watch, can’t wait! Loved the recap anyway, I did see the last 30 seconds where he chose Chelsea over Meeps so I’m anxious to see how the dates went down. I am not even going to pretend to pick who he might chose!
I wonder if Matty had to go to hospital (that’s how they say it in England… not go to THE hospital, just go to hospital) after Shayne cloncked him in the head with her ginormous shoes when they hugged hello. Apparently they are the only pair of shoes she was allowed to bring because she wore/carried them in every shot. You would think Mr. Lamas’ daughter could afford more than one pair.
SO great. But I’m kind of bummed about the two girls it’s down to… They both seem overly ridiculous. And too short for him. But that’s just my humble opinion. Do you think his parents will hate both of these girls?
Great recap as usual Lincee…. I’m so glad you caught Shayne faking like she couldn’t talk when it was time for her to accept the rose! I told my husband that would be in your recap = )
I think he’ll pick Shayne… he was calling both Chelsea & Meeps “honey”, but Shayne is the only one with her own special nickname. Chelsea is just gross to me at this point – I think the intern took the $20 Matt gave him for condoms & bought Chelsea’s nighty with it………..
oh, & love the inclusion of the i-Tunes theme songs!
“Do you think they’ll bring a mattress for backstage in case that chick passes out again?”
Now that is CLASSIC Lincee – love it!
i can’t believe no one commented on how many times Meeps said “like” during her date last night. if i were Matt, i would have gotten rid of her just for that. annoying………..
The proposal girl’s thumb is visible and so are Chels’ fingers when she ties her shoes…Unless they both are wearing the same fingernail polish. Anyone know if Shayne keep her nails long?
I don’t think Shayne will last in the UK. The culture shock would be too severe on her and the lack of sun.
My hubby kept talking during the entire episode so I missed some of it – I gotta go home and rewatch it…my hubby thinks Chels changed into a black thong but they just didn’t show that part…
I thought you were going to say the mattress was for Chelsea. oh my. But I do think he loves him some Shayne. Hilarious recap as always and LOVE the addition of the itunes theme songs! Great Lincee!
Chelsea must be the most popular girl at her Pharma company’s sales meetings. How do you go back to work in the real world after that?!?
Did anyone notice her sitting very unladylike on the couch when we all knew she was going commando?!?
I think Shayne got pretty frisky too. You could read it all over her and Chelsea’s faces that they were petrified of being cut after putting out.
Great recap, Lincee – like, it was like totally like hilarious.
Did we really need to see Chelsea stepping out of her underwear?! GAG! And who puts on black lingerie and then sits on the couch with her knees up to her chest like they are in the 6th grade again.
Great recap Lincee!
Dear ABC’s The Bachelor – I thought we knew each other. I thought we were on the same page this season. I was wrong, though. We had some good times together didn’t we? We’re just not in the same place now, you know? Oh – don’t give me that look. It’s not you; it’s me. I guess I was just looking for something different.
Yes, I am gutted. You sent home the 2 girls that I had picked as the Best. Choices. Ever. Now we’re left with a fame-grubbing toddler, and that girl from my wife’s sorority house that’s a lot of fun to be around and drink with but nobody ever went out with.
I wish you well, ABC’s The Bachelor. I know it was a tough season to handle after the previous one. Good luck. Sure, we can still be friends. You’re right – we *should* totally do lunch.
PS. I giggled with Amanda called Matt a douche-bag, classless as it was. Now we just need a good “that’s what she said” thrown down. That could be really hard, though. It doesn’t always slip right in, you know…?
I find Shayne pretty amusing BUT thought the acting lessons/technique she was trying to show Matty was just lame! High School drama class at its best! She’s 22 and quite “seasoned”? Not! Maybe he’s just thinking with his john at this point!
Love the recaps, Lincee!.
Quick shout out to V. for calling from TX to give me (Pacific time) heads up about Chels panty shucking as my 12 and 15 year old daughters like to watch (not tonight!). They do love Shayne!
Was anyone else grossed out when meeps and matty were kissing?
I keep looking at the hands in the “proposal shot” and trying to tell if its Shaynes or Chelseas.
Geez, I hope he doesnt pick Chelsea….there is just something about her………………………..
THANK YOU for posting what Meeps said (I didn’t hear it the first time, but I knew it was bad by the way he rightly treated her afterwards)…..I cannot believe she really called him a douche bag! WOW. True colors I guess. I was a total Meeps fan until then. Well, until that and the 37 “likes” last night. UGH.
As for Chelsea, #13 above nailed it: “that girl from my wife’s sorority house that’s a lot of fun to be around and drink with but nobody ever went out with.” I have never liked her and still don’t.
So I guess that leaves little Shayne.
They all break up anyway; doesn’t matter who he picks. I’m a little embarrassed that this is the best we could come up with for American women. Can we bring Holly back????
seriously, the worst fantasy suites ever…were they staying at Days Inn? Did ABC cut the budget? They tried to schmooze it up by putting white christmas lights around the balcony. Bad intern, bad!
Lincee- Every entry you make on this blog, makes my day! Current career aside, you could easily be a professional in the writing field! My husband will watch at least some of The Bachelor now that I read your recap to him!
But onward-
Even though they show the thumb of the girl getting the ring, and they show Chelsea’s thumb, if you look carefully, it’s not the same thumb. Sure the polish is the same, but the nail bed is totally different. The girl who gets the ring has a very straight nailbed. Chelsea has a more rounded nailbed. I had to rewind a couple of times to make sure, but I am confident, if not a little bit obsessive. My money is on Shayne for the win. Not that it’s so hard to figure out based on Matty’s insane interest in her!
In one of the promos for the proposal show the girl has several sparkly bangle bracelets on as he is putting the ring on her hand, which based on the dresses they showed each girl wearing last night, I would have to say belong to Shayne. The clips of Chelsea in London look like she got dressed up for a punk rock concert with her high folded back bangs and her green eyeliner.
#13 Some Guy you are too funny…. “It doesn’t always slip right in, you know…?” ….that deserves a thats what she said….
Important question regarding the start time of the Bachelor show–Why is the show no longer a full hour? It has gone from 9:02pm to 9:08 last night! I don’t understand how they don’t have enough footage to fill a standard hour with commercials. Or is Dancing with Stars just much more of a ratings grabber? I’m really curious as I don’t recall this occuring with other shows.
On a different note, I’d like to see Shayne as a Bachelorette more so than DeANah. I don’t look forward to Deanna’s season because she just isn’t that interesting to watch.
I’ve seen no other references to Matty cavorting with TMZ reporters in bars since that original post. Has anyone else?
So yes- #18- I totally agree with you…Lincee should be writing for money!!! My husband loves to read her blogs, but doesn’t really want to watch the show and is always asking….why does Lincee work for that company she works for again…? Lincee- WHEN are you going to take up writing for good and quit that silly-pink-hard-hat-wearing-job?!?!?! (kidding of course- cuz I know that pays the bills…and I think we all like hearing your stories about your boss/job)
and #15- yes- I think the kissing was kinda ‘ugh’ too…I was thinking “enough already…next scene…!!”
enjoyed the recap- can’t wait for the Girls Tell All…and I too, as in a lot of people writing and reading this, am obsessing and thinking about those stupid nails!!!! Ha-ha…
Did anyone hear Matty tell shayne at dinner that there WERE palm trees in London? She said – I KNOW…
interesting. I thought the douche bag comment was hilarious. It could have been “like” much worse.
Chels has to go. Something about her is so annoying. After last night, I think she is downright trashy. National tv people.
Get ready folks — Chelsea is going to pull a fast one on all of us — woe to Matthew. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that she’s had black nail polish for the entire program, and now all of a sudden, in the final, she’s gone pale a la Shayne (which was previewed last night). Does her contract with ABC say they can tell her what her nails will look like at the end of the show? Somehow I doubt it. Why would her nails just happen to go pale now? She suddenly decides pale would look better? It’s disturbing that all she had to do was turn on the tease and all his doubts about her mysteriously dissolved. I didn’t think he was that easily duped.
Oh, and Lincee – jorts—hilarious!!
So disappointed in the final two selections from Matt. I was sure he would choose a classy girl considering he appears to be a distinguished businessman from London. I guess he got too caught up in the silly blonde Americans. Chelsea is too wild and Shayne is too young and still seems like she is in high school. Oh well, if he is happy…not like he will really walk down the aisle with either one of them.
Did Chris Harrison’s passport get revoked, is he on the Barbados terrorist watchlist?
I have to admit the rose ceremony threw me a bit….without Chris Harrison to make note of the “final rose of the evening ladies” and give permission for Amanda to say her good-byes, I was confused….
Matty boy was still a hottie last night! I wasn’t surprised when meeps got the boot, I was surprised she swore at him. I think the winner will be matt’s little monkey- shayne. I give the relationship about 10 minutes after the final rose.
Texguy- good observation..LOL
I think Lorenzo Lamas has some sort of weird deal going with ABC. Maybe he is in negotiations to bring Renegade back, needed a little bit of publicity and he used Shayne as a pawn. That is the only reasonable explanation as to why she has made it this far. Like Susie-KC said, they all break up anyway.
The editors are so clever and tricky on this show. I’m with you girls, #18 and #19. I definitely noticed the different nail shape and the sparkly bangle bracelets–those are so more Shayne’s style. I predict she is our winner. I heart Shayne! I don’t care if she uses baby voices or acts like a totally ditz at times. She is completely fabulous.
They probably filmed both of the girls hands to trick us…. gotta create drama for the most boring season of the Bachelor EVER!
Some Guy: that was hysterical! I feel gutted as well.
Lincee: Way to make another boring episode funny, ABC should totally pay you for “upping” their ratings. You are the only reason I watch anymore. itunes lists were so too funny, so were the “jorts”! Can’t wait for your Hills recap Thursday!
I think that Chelsea will win because I noticed in a previous episode that Shayne’s hands were hideous and the hands that he “proposes” to (close up of light pink nail polish) are not hideous at all. I can’t imagine him with either girl, so I bet whoever he does choose won’t last.
Did anyone else get completely bored watching the zip line date of Meeps and Matty?
#17 MC- Your Days Inn comment made me die laughing!
I’m very unimpressed with both girls left. I’m looking forward to the season of the Bachelorette!
Lincee,
As always, you totally ROCK! I promised myself I wouldn’t watch this season…no other guy (except for Mario Lopez) could out-do the total HOTNESS of hotter-than-crap-Brad. And I am getting tired of the same scenerios & dates, etc. But after reading your first recap, I had to watch…dang it! I know I am in the minority here, but I can’t stand a British accent and I think Matty’s mouth is weird looking. I don’t like his lips or the way his tongue moves when he talks. I just don’t think he would be a good kisser….and he’s pasty white…..and skinny….just not my thing.
But saying all that, I really, really wish someone would take note of your obvious talent as a writer and give you a job doing it. You are fabulous and so completely charming. I come to your site every day to read whatever you have put up…I love it! Keep up the great writing…
Your faithful reader since the early email days (I was on email #2 out of 5)….
a) Did anyone hear Shayne say “Fargo” instead of forgo?
b) Like, where did all the like’s come from? I thought she was a shoe in for the final 2 until last night
c) I think the majority have sex on the over nights.
d) Did anyone notice Matt’s day after scruff on his Chelsea date interview?
Lincee, maybe you could put up a voting button for the final rose winner. I think it will be Shayne, not my first choice of the bunch, but the likely winner. I think Lorenzo Lamas is taking notes from Billy Ray Cyrus on how your daughter can revive your fame.
1)I read a post on FORT that Chelsea slipped on a pair of black panties under the nightgown but that sleeze Fleiss edited that part out (of course). She was also told the footage of her changing wouldn’t be shown. (I know, I know … she should have realized, but still…a little alcohol, a little sun, a little peer pressure..who knows what you’d do…)
2)I don’t think most couples have sex in the worst-fantasy-ever suites. And if they do, it’s nobody’s business, but the women can’t cry foul afterwards, they’re consenting adults.
3)Lost what little like I had for Amanda. Oh, the “likes” (arrgghh!) and go out with some class, woman! These women know what the show is, what the men can and can’t say, how it works … don’t get all pissy and declasse just because you aren’t the one. You know what the deal is.
In typical Bachelor fashion, the guys keeps his #1 and #3 pick, and shucks the one in the middle to make it easier on himself & his parents…sorry meeps, you were a close second, which sealed your fate.
Of course, if he saw a replay of the kissing scene with her, he could easily ‘hear’ that it wouldn’t work out!
I was a little disappointed in Matt for what he said to all three women. I know how it works and they do as well but he told each one that he wanted to be with them in some form. I didn’t like that at all. Just like Lt. Andy telling both Tessa and Bevin that he loved them. I think that is why Amanda took it that way. I didn’t like what she said but I still like her.
Hilarious! As usual. I think he’s picking Shayne. I mean, she’s almost a grown-up! (insert giggles and lip gloss application here.) She does seem like she has a good heart…but I give them 2.2 seconds as a couple.
Did you steal that “friends” I-tunes list from every Baylor Pi Phi rush slide show ever made?!
Love the i-tunes addition! So funny!
I so heard Shayne say Fargo instead of Forgo. Too Funny. And Texguy, great comment, “terrorist watch list”, also too funny.
KC, I heard the “fargo” pronunciation as well…too funny. Thanks to Lincee’s comments from previous seasons, I was really checking out the “fantasy” suites, Oh My! Did anyone hear the “meep” before Amanda got on the zip line? Hysterical!! Like I’m really like going to like miss that like girl.
Ok, I know I’m in the far minority here, and I realize Chelsea may have been a little skanky this episode, but I still pick her. As always, I think there’s clever editing going on and we just haven’t seen the connections taking place with Chelsea and Matt. And to be honest, I kind of like Chelsea for him… I don’t think he’s as sweet as he’s edited to be all of the time! Can’t you all just see Chelsea in London?
#36, I heard the fargo! If Matty thinks she is intellectual, he is in for a big let down!
Did anybody hear Matty say, “I hate you sometimes.” to Shayne after she waited to give him an answer??
Sorry, Lincee but I think they all got intimate and that IS why they got so invested!
I too am disappointed in the final 2. It seemed like final 3 & 4 were much more genuine. Even though the “douche bag” comment was lacking serious class, it definitely made me giggle!
Obviously they “sealed the deal” on their overnight date and she was pissed. I think he will choose Chelsea based on the fact that they are trying to downplay their connection (i.e. his comments) and play up his connection with Shayne. Also because I did see Chelsea’s polish when she was putting on her shoes matched the polish of the hand he was proposing to. (Although it does seem a bit too obvious and we all know how ABC edits.) I loved Lincee’s comment about Matty being insecure since he changed his mind just because Chels finally opened up. In typical bachelor form, he needs his ego to be stroked.
Did anyone else notice the “meep” prior to starting the zip line? And whatever happened to that preview that showed some kind of dance with Meeps shaking her groove thing?? Wasn’t that supposed to be in this episode?
SORRY if someone has already mentioned this, but I haven’t read all of the previous 46 comments…
Did anyone else rewind the DVR like 20 times to check to see who was wearing the pale pink nail polish when Matt proposes? I noticed that Chelsea had black fingernails for the fantasy date, (can someone tell me- is that still a cool trend-?) BUT when you see her putting on her silver strappy heels for the FINAL (and most romantic/dramatic rose ceremony EVER) she has the SAME PALE PINK nail polish as the thumb that Matty proposes to in the preview!
However, Shayne (who in previous episodes had black fingernails as well) had switched to some sort of a pale pink for the fantasy date episode… I repeatedly rewound the DVR but could not get a clear shot of her fingernails in the previews for the hometown/final date- if anyone has a ridiculously huge “big screen” tv, you might be able to see more than I can…
Anyways, I am just saying, based on fingernail polish alone, I think it’s going to be Chelsea!
Word Overuse: Obviously “Like” for any of the females “contestants”, but for all past Bachelors, it has been “Awesome”. This has been and AWESOME experience”, “Your daughter is so AWESOME”, “You look AWESOME”….BUT, this year….It has definitely been “BRILLIANT” for our Matty Matt. It became somewhat annoying last night…as did the baby talk, the perceived lack of chemistry betw/ Matt & Chels, the bachelor’s attire. Matty looked VERY frumpy in his casual togs!!!
1. Shout out to Chance for his Jorts comment on March 20th – never heard of that but such a great way to describe an article of clothing we ALL owned.
2. Shayne’s fantasy suite/villa was pretty awesome but the next two were lacking everything. And Shayne got first dibs, no sloppy seconds (or thirds which was Chelsea’s problem).
3. At the very end when they’re showing the scenes for the final show, they show Matt with his back to the camera and a girl in front of him – you don’t really see her but you see a brief hemline (a short one, at that) – they don’t show Shayne’s full dress but it looks like it would be short and she’s into those babydoll dresses and we know Chelsea’s is long.
4. My vote is for Shayne who I really didn’t like at the beginning but I think she’s pretty cool … I’d watch her if she ends up in a movie or tv show. Maybe as a cousin from California visiting Serena on Gossip Girl or on the new 90210 that’s supposedly happening.
White trash Chelsea is going to crash and burn in London! Shayne will be able to ‘act’ her way thru the palmtree-less visit with the Mr. & Mrs. …and I HOPE/PRAY we get to see Matty’s brothers.
Lincee, you make my Tuesdays. Can you imagine what Mr and Mrs Matty are thinking now if the future daughter in law is Chelsea? And I agree, how can she go back to any job after that??? How can you show up for Thanksgiving??
Did anyone else notice the rhinestones on Chelsea’s panties? I swear they spelled “Matt” on the butt. I could be seeing things…
I wonder how long it took the ABC intern to beDazzle those!
I think Shayne will win, they will make the rounds (Ellen, the View and of course, Regis and Kelly) as a “couple”, break up down the road (2 months) and our dear Shayne will be a future Bachelorette! Plus she’s an actress! Now THERE’s good television! Can you imagine 25 guys vying for her love? WOW!!
Thanks for the weekly recap….what would we do without your hilarity?
As soon as I heard Matt complaining about how rotten the catamaran date was going, I thought, O.K., Chelsea’s through to the final two. They wouldn’t have given us all that grumbling if he was going to cut her at the end of the episode. (We know how you think, Fleiss.)
Still, I’m puzzled that she’s reached the final. If the turtle had given me more game than she did, we’d be done. No eye contact, no hand contact, awkward conversation = buh-bye. I guess I’m a rare male who thinks the kind of hard-to-get game she seems to have been playing is overrated. Noelle’s shy/quiet thing worked better for me. I was sorry to see her leave.
In two weeks, what’s the betting someone will mention on the show that there is a neighborhood of London (and a football team) named Chelsea?
I just watched the Hills and cannot wait till Lincee recaps it! There is so much material there for Lincee to take advantage of…also for those of you who don’t watch it you can watch it online at mtv.com.
like…like…like….I thought – this girl HAS to be young to be saying like ALL THE TIME! But she is 27!!! I would have also dumped her b/c of that! I think he really likes Chelsea – so I am going to say he will pick her. I mean- they looked like they had ZERO chemistry on the boat – and then all of a sudden he was spilling his guts to her. He def. likes her.
LOL -I noticed the waves “crashing” right after the hotel scene, too – was thinking the same inuendo (sp?)!
Meeps should have taken her panties off…just sayin’.
Well, I still say Chelsea is the one b/c ABC messed up its editing and once again gave a dead 100% give away of who the final girl was.
Also, I do think Meeps had sex with Matty b/c I don’t think otherwise she would have been quite so angry and she mentioned something about feeling trashy…so I don’t know.
Great recap!! I’m so glad we finally had an interesting episode!
#55-Katie-the rhinestones on her drawers spelled “pretty”
Is Shayne a dentist?
“The fillings I have are what I fill”
I liked how Matt made sure to mention that Chris Harrison gave him the fantasy card. It may be YOUR first time Matty, but WE know how this works. I also agree with #48– Matt definitely looked frumpy, I just couldn’t think of the right word to describe it.
Does anyone remember from past seasons if the recaps from the previous shows have always been so long? Someone already mentioned that it didn’t start until 9:08, but then ABC spends almost 10 minutes showing clips from “previously, on The Bachelor”. It just seems to me that it’s worse this year. I mean, still showing Matt with his umbrella and newspaper waving at some cheery bloke around the corner from the very first episode??? We get it, he’s British.
Thanks for listening to my rants.
Well, if he picks Chel”slut”sy…it should make for an interesting wedding! If you don’t do PDA, can’t imagine how you are going to pull off the “you may kiss the bride” moment. Seriously, who puts on lingerie on national television to “show your romantic side”? Her parents saw that! Yikes! Have fun looking his parents in the eye now Chelsea!!! He has left himself with dumb & dumber to chose from. Not good odds for him.
Thanks for the recap Lincee…it always makes my day!!!
#16, #20, #33 – thank you for your support (and the TWSS). I am working through my issues here. Needless to say, they are massive….
#53 – I feel your pain, brutha. I’d love to see her as a Bachelorette, but I don’t see that happening. That was the thing — she was too normal. Stay classy, Noelle.
~Some Guy, The Double Entendre (and a pun, to boot)
I haven’t been inspired to comment about this season. However when I saw that another poster used my go-to C$ “tag” at comment #55, that drug me out of the cave to leave a message. Priorities, I know. So, now that we got that little bit of housekeeping out of the way. Let’s not forget the granddaddy of all overused words in The Bachelor lexicon, “amazing”. I think the most succint word that sums up Matt’s attraction to Chelsea is “boobs”. Lord knows it can’t be for her positions on the developement of alternative fuel sources (shout out Lincee Ray) or the Fed’s weak dollar policy. I read recently that baby talk stimulates mental developement so maybe Shayne’s just trying to help Matt and herself get a little smarter. Had she read the rest of the article, she would know that probably the benefits are negligible once you pass age 20 or so.
Kudos to the author. This recap was particularly enjoyable.
Guess I will never learn…I was so happy that Brit-Boy picked two seemly normal girls to be in the the final four. (Noelle and Meeps – they weren’t trashy, or rude – they seemed thoughtful and intelligent). Come to think of it that did not work too well for DeAnna either….hmmm. And in the end he goes for the two wackiest, tack-i-est girls. Sex-Kitten little girl Shayne and I-Can-Use-My-Body-to-Win-This Chelsea.
Was the big “connection” with Chelsea in Durango: The saloon girl fantasy bustier (looked alot like lingerie, I am just saying)?? I am beginning to think that Brit-Boy is only thinking with one part of his anatomy…lol.
I too was surprised by Matty’s rumpled, casual wear. He wore plenty of t-shirts in Calif, why pick a long-sleeve button down for the beach??? Plus dockers to walk in the surf??? We call them shorts in the USA Matty, swim trunks?? And by the way, what was that wierd spot picked for Matty and Shayne to meet, around the corner by the bulkhead? With all the scenery on that island, that is the spot? Shame on you ABC intern – was that even on the island? Perhaps that was shot in Calif to save money?
Am I the only one that thought that Matty was just a tad vulgar about the trampoline and the splits? He made a remark about the splits in that bathing suit. And they showed him laying on the trampoline and looking up at the splits – laughing. With a voice over? Could it be that Matty is having a fantasy about Shayne the gymnast…and that is why she is in the final 2?? Shayne is pretty, but Chelsea seems to have a better body and she knows it!
Shayne is cute and appealing, BUT if Matty choses her: it will be to launch a media career. And if he picks her: Imagine the show spin-off about their engagement and her moving to London and being the ‘fish -out-of-water- cutesy -Malibu-Blond-in-Proper-ole’- England ‘ reality show!
Personally, I think the ring finger shown is just a random woman’s finger (possibly an ABC intern) and that it’s neither girl’s hand – it’s probably taped very early on – heck, they probably pick out the ring and just hand it to Matt – I bet he doesn’t even pick that out either.
Unfortunately, I think Chelsea is going to win – just because they seem to be making us think otherwise with all of Matt’s rantings – I think he protests too much.
I agree with whomever said Shayne should be the next bachelorette – that would be money!
Did anyone understand what Matt said to Meeps right after he said he’d take her to the limo? As they began walking he said something like, “Don’t – ___ ” I couldnt make it out.
I held my breath when Matt handed Shayne the forgo card to see if she could read it all by herself.
OMG #51 – I did see the rhinestones that clearly spelled Matt on her panties. I thought I was halucinating, but yes, there were infact there. So wonderful.
#71-Lisa…they didnt say Matt, they said “pretty”
#72 – Well that is dissapointing – and also just as lame!
Recap = Wonderful fun, as always.
Yes, ABC is making The Bachelor shorter in length because Dancing with the Stars gets higher ratings. They figure if they can keep people tuned into the next hour of programming they won’t change the channel. Typically, we all get up to do things or change the change at the top of the hour or at the half hour. They are hoping the “Dancing” ratings will spill over to “Bachelor”, and “Bachelor” can pick up some share points since the ratings have continually dropped after every season. I know, I buy air time.
Question: Did Meeps ever address her problem with Matt? I know she meeped on the zip-line platform, but it was just passed over. Don’t you think she meeped around him more than just that once?
Shayne as the next bachelorette, yuck! I can handle her in small, cutesy doses. The whole show, no way! Besides which poor Lincee would have so much material to work with it would take a week for her to recap it!
I am sure the ratings have gone down because there is no real romance to “go with” the crazy antics. Or am I the only one that believes in love? Now before you say it, I don’t think reality tv equals love…but I think of it as a chance to see people looking for a connection and quirkly fate to put them together.
If they want ratings they need to tap that “hometown girl next door picked by good looking nice guy in spite of the odds” fairy tale thing.
#75 – I think that’s the problem with this type of show format. Crazy is easier to sell. How many silly gimmicks did we have to watch in the first couple of shows? You also have the dynamic of all the girls together to content with. A good love story sort of show could maybe be interesting, but how do you pull it off?
I thought Noelle was the girl next door sort of person — Amanda too. They came across as very normal. It could have been an interesting love story, but this wasn’t the format for that story.
Maybe we’re just seeing the end of the Bachelor franchise.
I personally don’t have a lot of interest in that Deanna girl for the Bachelorette. I’ll probably still watch it (with my wife). And these write-ups are the priceless.
#69 I missed what he said at the limo, too, but I think her reply was a cursory “You too,” so he was probably saying something equivalent to “Take care.” (Unless he was asking “Who’s your favorite band?”)
I must be in the minority but I am loving this season and Matt Grant. Shayne has grown on me but I’ve really liked Chelsea from the beginning. Wasn’t she the one that displayed the panties that were given to Matt in the first episode? Now she took them off for Matt too….They should have left out the undressing/dressing scene. I think he and Chelsea can make it all the way.
But I have to say that without Lincee I wouldn’t waste my time on watching the series
He did say “take care”.
I think Meeps and Matt (They SO should have been a couple. They could have gotten “m-n-m ” personalized license plates and everything!) definitely got intimate in the low budge fantasy suite. She seemed so genuinely “like shocked” that I’d be willing to bet that our boy Matt, in a horny drunken stupor, perhaps led her to believe that she had it in the bag.
I can’t believe the pass-out girl is going to be on next weeks “The Women Tell All”. Um – what does she have to tell? She doesn’t even rememer any of it!
I’m soooooooo starting a letter writing campaign to ABC promoting Lincee as the host for next season’s “Women Tell All” episode. How cool would that be?
I will definitely vote for Lincee as host of the Women Tell All! I think Lincee should be the next Bachelorette….let’s start a letter writing campaign for that too!
I would prefer to be the intern. Or the psychotherapist that gets the girls to cry when they are in the limo.
GUESS WHAT????? (sorry, I didn’t have time to read through all 81 postings before this, so if this has already been discussed well then shoot!)
SO GUESS WHAT???? I re-watched the “scenes” from what will happen in the up-coming eps, and Chelsea has her nails manicured to look just like Shane’s. So, if you are anal about this like me, go back and watch in the scene when Chels hugs Matt on some pier or something, and then again when she’s buckling her shoes- I think it’s her thumb in the final proposal moment clip! Anyone else check this out? Talk about ABC trickery!
I wonder if I gossip about people I don’t know on websites with other people I don’t know, if it will actually stop me from gossiping about people I do known and thus make me a slightly better person. Those are my types of reasonings for reading (and now writing) on this site. Plus Lincee, I wouldn’t even be watching the Bach. if not for the fact I wanted to grok what you were writing.
Anyway, in real life if I met Chels I would assume she was gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that).I think Matt fancies himself something of an intellectual so Meeps series of likes and you knows probably helped get her off– (it would have been better to hiccup)–we’re not even British and it bothered us. I wish Matt had asked Shanye something to clarify if she did know what was going on, like who is the vice-president? As testimony to her intellect she assured him she did know London had palm trees?
You know, I don’t think of myself as a particular prude, but I can’t imagine having sex with a guy I thought was having sex with two other people (or even one). I understand “thought” doesn’t necessarily reflect reality. But if this is what the fantasy suite connotes, then they would be thinking that.
Okay, Amanda (meeps) was on Ellen today. First of all, Ellen has been saying Shayne will win since the first week, but today she changed her mind and she thinks it will be Chelsea. Amanda said the hardest part about watching last night’s episode was seeing how many times she said “like”. Then Ellen tried to set her up with her DJ, Stryker! So funny. Amanda was very likeable.
shoot, I missed Amanda on Ellen! Did she meep? Who does she think will win?
Did anyone notice dear Matty’s new haircut on the promo for “the women tell all” episode?
#38, that is a VERY interesting theory!!
#84, Thank you for saying what I was thinking, I have several lesbian friends and Chelsea seems to give off the same vibe. Nothing wrong with that, unless you are telling a guy that you are looking to settle down, or something. Maybe she is bi-sexual. That would explain it.
I guess on this show “opening up” and “being romantic” really just means, “show me you want to do it.”
And now we are left with Shayne & Chelsea!?!
I’m like, gutted.
MissingMeeps – you just reminded me of that show a while back on Bravo where there was this gay guy and his friend who is a girl (some may say fag hag). Not that there is anything wrong with any of this. So far.
The deal was that there were all these guys in a sort-of bachelor setup. The catch, of course, was that not all of them were gay. Who agrees to do that!?! I don’t think he was in on the gag. I don’t really remember. Maybe he was gutted.
Anyway. It was a funny bit. Yes, I have issues.
Did anyone else notice when Chelsea was getting dressed how she put her left arm through the strap and then adjust her left boob a little, then put her right arm through the strap and then adjust her right boob a little…weird….
Johnnie – Yeah, bc she probably had to get those tig ole bitties in there just right!
I found this on youtube (sorry if someone has already posted it)… it seems it was taped after the show finished taping … (whoever he picked must like him scruffy!) His joke at the end about being called a “man mountain” and “only a few women conquered my peak” … hmm a few.. as in 1..2..3 ?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WldIn5y_0TY
I hope Shane is “boning up” for the dinner party at the castle next week. In the previews for next week Matt’s parent’s are clearly going to be tough to get by. I hope she can handle it. I just cannot imagine Matt recovering from his Chelsea turtle theory to the point of being confident enough to propose spending the rest of his life with her. Here is my take on one of many tiffs after a few short months of wedded bliss:
Matt: You never want to cuddle after we make love. I can’t even hold your hand.
Chelsea: I was clear from the beginning about the hand holding thing.
Matt: But Luv, surely you can at least try for a bit, we just 69′d !
Chelsea: Not budging on this one, Doll. If hand holding is so important to you, go back to Barbados
and track down your turtle friend.
I’m just saying …
“What’s your favorite band”, LOL!
Oops…good point #63….”AMAZING” is what I meant, not “Awesome”!! You’re all amazingly brilliant in my book ladies & gents!
ABC has stumped me on this one… either they’ve totally given it away by playing up Shayne. Or they’ve given Chelsea such a bad rap, that she just has to get it! I just can’t tell.
I will like, say that like, Meeps totally had me until like that scene on the beach where like she said like, like 100x times. I like wanted to like strangle her with my like bare hands.
I blushed when Chelsea went into the bedroom to change into her “romantic” lingerie. Wow, that was so classy. I was truly shocked and I think I yelled at the TV. And it was way too planned. I feel like nothing on this show is spontaneous anymore. Not that it ever was… but they certainly have given up trying to fake it.
Speaking of fake, I should just mention Shayne here. Sweet girl I’m sure. But if he does pick her it will be over within minutes of the finale. She has an agenda and being his wife isn’t part of it.
I can’t wait for Deanna!!!
#21 I agree that Shayne would make a far better bachelorette than Deanna.Deanna is quite cold and calculating.Whether or not Shayne gets the rose,she would be a far more amusing prospect—-just a step away from her own reality show with papa and mamalama and lil’sis.
Laurie – #95:
Too funny!!!
Go Shayne!
It’s interesting how he always gives the first rose to Shayne at the rose ceremonies.
So, driving home last night – the car radio was playing: Kiss Me (Sixpence) and then, this morning, This Kiss (Faith). I think the DJs read Lincee’s recap!
Something just struck me as we are all talking about possibly getting “faked out” when Matt picks Chelsea instead of Shayne becaues of “tricky” editing…..remember in the beginning when we all actually LIKED who the Bachelor chose and we were happy to see them together? I remember being genuinely thrilled when Andrew picked Jen over Kristen, and now, here we are, not really liking either one too terribly much and trying to see if we are going to be shocked. Not that any of its every really been “real”, but at least in the beginning you rooted for two people to make it.
I read on the spoiler website today that ABC is making the ceremony even more ‘dramatic’ by having it between midnight and 5 AM.
Better pack your concealer, ladies! (What is ABC thinking???!!)
Chealea sucks! It made me sick when she took her pantie off in a very provocative & whorish way! I do hope Matt picks her so that people what a dumb dude this guy is. Bachelor, calling London, calling whore! Because Chelsea is coming.
no, Chealsea doesn’t suck. she stinks. i bet people in London are eager to see what kind of ‘classy’ american girl matt can get. sorry, Chelsea is definitely not a Grace Kelly. what you see is what you get. a whore is a whore!
Meeps got the boot because she couldn’t cut it intellectually, just like Holly and Ashley and probably half the other women. I think she seemed so annoying in this episode because she actually got enough screen time to show off her disastrous “likes.” It also showed she and Matt had zero chemistry, in my opinion. Look at his face at dinner when she’s giving him the “I like, really like you, like I want to like marry you.” You can see it in his eyes he’s not into her.
Also, was it just me or was that the SLOWEST zip line EVER?? Granted, I’ve only zip lined once, and it was more of a drop instead of some weird horizontal line strung across the canopy, but good lord. I was bored watching them crawl along.
I can certainly see how Chelsea’s little strip tease was prompted by the producers, and that they might have even told her they wouldn’t air it. But she changes sooooo slowly and carefully that obviously she was being coached or doing it for the camera. Hello! Anyway, whether it was all her doing or not, it was a tacky, stupid scene — the slow fake changing with her voiceover floating over it. Barf.
Matt had me so confused about the stupid palm trees. Even though I lived in England for a bit and am not a moron, he had me thinking for about a half second that there are smaller, hardier versions in England. Sheesh! Also, Shayne tells him she knows what’s going on in the world and is smart but doesn’t back it up with anything, say by offering: “HERE is what I think of the presidential election.” I know 99% of what is filmed ends up cut, but this is a case where I would have LOVED to see her back up her claims of having a brain.
And whoever said they held their breath to see if she could actually read the card? ME TOO! Fargo, indeed.
It does seem they are setting it up for Chelsea to be the surprise winner. But if so, how could he actually propose to a woman when on their second-to-last date he didn’t even want to be with her? I mean, I know the proposal thing is all a sham anyway, but that would be too weird. I could believe he picked Chelsea if it was the typical “I like you, let’s see where this goes” choice at the end. But not a proposal. So maybe he pops the question to Shayne in hopes that he can hang around with her in LA and get hooked up with a job in TV. I bet his “intentions” for being on the show are about as pure as Shayne’s. Maybe they even decided he would propose to her and she’d say yes just to make good tv and extend their 15 minutes.
One final note: I thought Amanda was a nice girl, but enough with the stupid “meeps” already!! Once the producers captured a good “meeps” sound, they just inserted it wherever would be funny, cute, endearing or appropriate. Which is fine, and I’m sure she really does meep it up when she’s nervous, but it’s not like those perfectly timed meeps are always authentic. The meeps, like the rest of the show, are fake, fake fake.
Palm Tree #107. You’re right about palm trees in England. London doesn’t have any (except for in hot houses in Kew Gardens), but they grow quite happily outside on the southwest coast–in around the towns of Paignton and Torquay, for instance.
#107 Palm Tree — OMG, OF COURSE the producers were adding the meeps! Brilliant observation on your part! The timing began to be just way too convenient, to the point where we were anticipating the meeps. Geez — it’s like photoshopping in wrinkles!
#107 If the “man mountain” thinks Shayne and Chelsea are intellectual, I will personally fly to London for the wedding.
Believing that her strip tease would not make it on air, oh please! Why change in front of anybody? I know there is no camera in the bathroom – that would be the logical place to change. And nobody changes slowly and all that unless they are doing it for an audience.
Honestly, Chelsea – if you did it to be daring or silly or had too many drinks; now that we could understand.
MissingMeeps, yes, I certainly agree that our two remaining rocket scientists are anything but. (I had to hold my breath during Shayne’s reading of the “fargo” card, after all.) I guess I just meant that there are definitely times when Matt has questioned girls to see if they have any sort of substance or outside interests instead of just sitting around talking about how they like prince charmings and fairy tales and wedding planning and watching terrible romantic comedies in their leisure time (Holly). In the spirit of Lincee’s disclaimer, I’m sure Meeps is a very nice girl who probably is smart in real life but didn’t come across as having much to offer him in those final 12 minutes or whatever we saw of her date. She said “like” a million times and came across as immature, in my opinion. I also wonder why she was so worried about him not even offering her the forgo card — was it just plain nerves, or did part of her sense that he wasn’t 100% into her?
Of course, he also questioned Shayne about her possible interests in politics, etc., and we didn’t really see a real response. The only difference with Shayne is that she and Matt seem to have some chemistry and enjoy each other. I think maybe he is charmed by her ridiculously self-absorbed ways — it might not be who he is, but he gets a kick out of it and sometimes we are attracted to our opposites. Although at this point, I’m thinking they deserve each other.
Meeps gets a star for calling him a d-bag. (THANK YOU everyone, by the way — I did not watch her mouth closely when it was bleep and assumed she said a-hole. This was waaaay better.)
Final note: Often, the person who has been regularly getting the first rose in the ceremony (Shayne) becomes the runner up. This person gets the rose first and appears to be a front-runner but ultimately gets sacked in the final ceremony (no pun). It will be interesting. The producers have officially messed with my head. Thanks, guys.
On the very first night, one of the women, Denise, actually did try to have a political conversation with Matt. She didnt even get a rose.
#113 – S2c: But Denise’s goal in her “political conversation” was less about discussing current events and more about name dropping that she worked for Karl Rove. . . That didn’t seem all that intellectual to me. I have no idea what Matt’s politics are, but as she was talking I thought ‘no rose for you!’ I think that was when the other girl took a bite out of a Red Bull can (which if you think about it, would be a pretty good ad for Red Bull). . .
I just have to step in and defend Chelsea a little bit here. You don’t get to be a medical or pharmaceutical rep without a college education, an ability to communicate and the power to hold your own with physicians, many of whom have an ‘I AM God’ way about them, especially with sales reps.
I like both girls a lot, in different ways, but am rooting for Chelsea because I’d like to see this one last, and at 27 she’s probably more ready for it.
Yes, anyone who is not a turbo conservative would run for the hills…THE HILLS, I TELL YOU…when someone speaks that glowingly of freaking Karl Rove! Plus, she had the crazy eyes while doing it. Good for her for at least having political convictions, but it’s a huge yikes for anyone who despises the Bush administration (which is a heck of a lot of people that includes, I’m wildly guessing, Matt).
Yeah, I’m guessing it might be Chelsea just based on the editing. Maybe they will have a shot at dating for a few months, if not marriage. Too bad for Matt that this year ABC forced him to sign a contract saying he’d propose. I’m sure he’s thinking, “Thanks a lot, Brad!”
114 Briget – youre right! It just stood out in my mind that someone had brought up politics on the first night, but couldnt remember her name. Luckily I had Lincee’s recap to refer to
I like Chelsea because she is gutsy and seemingly not afraid to talk with her mouth full (hometown date). I just don’t think she is that into Matt (edit?) – she seems a mass or contradictions, however, maybe that is her allure.
Shayne seems too immature and too much into the superficial (accessories). She seems a nice person but always acting…baby talk, giving answers to questions that aren’t really answers – except in some kind of Shayne-speak. If you know me, you know me. Yeah, I’m smart.
I can’t wait to see Matt tonight. I kind of dig the low cut, scruffy face. He’s hottttt regardless…..except I’m very curious about the body. I think that is lacking……or maybe Brad just ruined it for us.
Does Shayne not somewhat remind you of Tina Fabulous? Remember her……..she was pretty, always together, and we loved her! Kind of like Shayne. When she pulled out the “gear” from her pockets while skiing, I thought……..that is so a Tina Fabulous move.
I am rooting for Shayne all the way. Chelsea is a bore!
#69 I missed what he said at the limo, too, but I think her reply was a cursory “You too,” so he was probably saying something equivalent to “Take care.” (Unless he was asking “Who’s your favorite band?”)
Seriously! I laughed out loud…grant, that is hilarious.
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