The show got off to a great start when we saw Ames in much too short blue Adidas track pants, white nurse sneakers and a lumberjack flannel shirt. He’s really smart, but somehow he forgot that cameras would be following him around. Cameras that will televise whatever he’s wearing…for all of the single women of America to see.
But, even bad dressers deserve to find love, so let’s get back to it.
Ashley and Constantine spent the first day together, taking a train to a small village during a lantern festival. They spent their date talking about how slowly their relationship is developing…which was like watching a tea kettle boil. The tea kettle finally got luke warm and they shared a kiss or two.
Ben the wine maker got the next one-on-one date…and that tea kettle boiled. And made steam pour out of the other guys’ ears (especially JP’s) because Ben didn’t come back to the hotel that night! Tisk tisk tisk. But, I can’t really blame Ashley. Who wouldn’t want to spend the night with this?
Ben claimed they didn’t share a room, but ABC didn’t televise any part of the slumber party, so I think he was just sparing the other fellas’ feelings.
The group date was next, with Ames, JP and Lucas. And it was weird. So was Ames’ outfit…again. Let me explain. Gray cargo pants + blue long sleeve t-shirt with military details + blue Converse = ridiculous. The only excuse I can come up with is it they lost his luggage on the way to Taiwan. Let us pray.
Why was the date weird? Well, they went to a bridal district to take wedding photos. Weird weird weird. And even weirder is that Ashley said this would give her an idea of what it would be like to get married to the guys. Would it? Really?
After forcing the guys to wear ridiculous outfits…surprise, surprise…no one had any fun. They each complained to Ashley about how hard this is, how bad the day was and the Taiwhiniest of them all, JP, ended up getting the rose.
Mr. Positivity, Ryan, was having the best week ever when he got his very first long-awaited one-on-one date. Ryan was terribly excited about this date, thinking their relationship was peaches and cream. It wasn’t so peachy for Ashley, who wasn’t really excited about eco-Ryan’s lecture about tankless water heaters. Ryan was ready to install one in Ashley’s house, but she wasn’t “feeling it.” She let him go right then and there. He was so excited for this date, but instead, a dark cloud ruined Mr. Sunshine’s perfect day and he even…cursed!
Well, I know a little ray of sunshine named Beth and I know for a fact that she’s dying to have a tankless water heater before her 25 yr old energy guzzler explodes! Ryan. Call me! Seriously, he’s on Linked In…should I stalk?
We'd make a cute couple, right?
With just one more man to eliminate before the hometown dates, Ashley was sure of her decision and decided to bypass the cocktail party and get to the punch and say goodbye to Lucas. No love lost there, on either side.
So, since ratings are down 10% this season, Chris Harrison needed to carve 20 minutes of this episode out for last season’s “winner” Emily. While Chris says Emily and Brad seemed like they were “meant to be,” they are no longer together. Well, I’m shocked...that it took this long! I appreciate that Emily didn’t want the viewers to feel “lied to,” but really, two paragraphs in US Weekly would have been sufficient. But, now that she's dodged the Brad bullet, she's well positioned to be the next Bachelorette.
Next week we’ll be heading home with Constantine, JP, Ames (I can’t wait to visit his estate for some tea and crumpets!) and frontrunner Ben.
Looking forward to it!
Beth
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