Watching Sitcoms

Lots of rumours floating around about the ending of the Bachelorette but before I get to those let’s have a look at what happened this week during the fantasy suite dates.

First up we have Kiptyn the Molester meeting up with Jillian in Maui for a little daredevil high wire fun. They hooked themselves up to harnesses and spent the day about 30 feet in the air walking across boards, ropes and eventually jumping off the top of a pole in a “leap of faith” to try to catch a trapeze bar. Now I know that this is one of those outward bound type activities that are so popular right now but I honestly don’t know why anyone would bother. It looks like a stupid way to spend a day and at this stage of the competition I can’t see how this activity is going to let Jillian know anything about whether her and Kiptyn are a “good fit”. Kiptyn does encourage Jillian to get up on the top of that pole but I can’t help but think that I personally would not want to spend eternity with a man who encourages me to try death defying stunts for kicks. I think I would have more respect for a man who just admitted that it was a stupid thing to do and encouraged me to get back on the ground pronto.

So they move on to their dinner date later on and Jillian starts the grilling of Kiptyn the Molester. Jilly’s insecurities are really showing now as this thing starts to wind down and she has no idea if any of these guys are “falling for her” or would propose to her at the end. The most telling thing she has said about Kiptyn is that she believes that he is “out of her league”. I don’t think he’s that much of a catch but then Jilly is no buxom blonde California girl that Kiptyn is most likely used to dating so I can see where she’s coming from on this one. When she asks him what his flaws are and he can’t really come up with any I would say that should have been a big red flag right there. Any guy with ears that stick out like Kiptyn’s who did not point them out as his biggest flaw is a little too into himself if you ask me. So the fantasy date suite card gets pulled out and Kiptyn and Jillian agree that this is a good time to get naked. I suppose that went okay but then we’ll really never get the best juicy details out of this show so I’ll just use my imagination here.

Next to endure the Jillian grilling is Reid the Realtor. Reid has really grown on me. He’s quirky and cute and he’s the most “real” of the final three in my opinion. He’s been very realistic about how he feels about Jillian and the whole process of this show. He’s not going to be making promises that he might not be able to keep and he’s obviously uncomfortable with the fast tracking to love that the show requires. So Jillian and Reid meet up in a field and throw a beach ball around. Again…come on now. They’re in Hawaii for cripes sake and they would have us believe that the best activity they could do to forge themselves as a couple is throwing a beach ball around in a field? Thank goodness it appeared as though Reid was being punk’d by this as a helicopter eventually showed up and whisked the two of them away for a tour of the island. Unfortunately for Reid however, he was punk’d once again with the pilot told him he was an ordained minister and could perform a marriage right there in the sky. Reid is just not getting a break from this. It just got worse when they landed and had a picnic overlooking the sea and Jillian really started getting in his face about how he has to really think about what he’s feeling and tell her. She’s decided that she’s given him a pass long enough and she wants answers. It’s just not in Reid to be so direct and he’s more than a little confused and uncomfortable by the whole thing so he waffles as best he can. And he knows he’s not telling her what she wants to hear but he’s obviously a man of character and he’s not going to be professing undying love for a virtual stranger for the sake of “winning” a reality tv show. I admire him for that.

The fantasy suite date card makes it’s appearance and Jillian and Reid decide to get naked in a bubble bath. Or at least that was what was implied by the clothes lying on the floor and no visible clothing peaking out from behind a bubble. So I’m assuming, as they want me to, that Reid was able to “show Jillian how he was feeling” after the cameras left. The international language of love, no talking required.

That’s two dates down and from all indications, Jillian has “sampled” what both of those men have to offer so it’s on to date number three with Normal Ed.

I believe my first blog about this show was telling Jillian to pick Normal Ed. And it’s been a bumpy ride what with him leaving and coming back and his work issues and all but Normal Ed is back in the hunt and he’s apparently going for the win. Jillian doesn’t have to grill Ed for answers, he’s been an open book. They can’t seem to keep their hands off each other and they appear to be pretty solid. So naturally then, Normal Ed gets the good date. They go sailing on a catamaran and spend the day laying out on the canopy of the catamaran and swimming in the ocean. Now that’s a good day in Hawaii. No beach ball, no circus high wire, but just good clean fun in skimpy bathing suits frolicking in the sun and surf. Oh and speaking of skimpy bathing suits, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention, as I’m sure every other blogger has, Ed’s green short shorts. As a child of the 70’s, I’ve seen those shorts before. They were worn by every member of my school basketball team. I really thought they were banned in every province and state sometime in the early 80’s. It takes a pretty confident man to bring those shorts back and wear them in public…or a dork. Not sure where Ed fits in there but I’m starting to lean more towards the dork side.

So of course Jillian is still pining away about how she wishes he didn’t leave before the hometown dates so she could have met his family and before you can say coincidence…Ed just happens to announce that he has a surprise for Jillian. He’s flown his parent’s out to Hawaii to meet her. Yep, okay Ed, you flew them out there? Who do you think you are? You’re no Jake my friend. Now HE would have been able to fly his family in. So the line should have been “the producers flew my family here to meet you” and then Ed and Jillian headed out to meet Richie and Judy, Normal Ed’s normal parents.

I have to admit I liked Richie and Judy. Good people. Do they deserve what this show is probably going to eventually do to their pride and joy and only child? No. The rumours are already flying about how he had a girlfriend or two back home and the reason for the mysterious departure for “work reasons” was more to sort out that situation when it became apparent that he might end up as the final one here. Again, these are just rumours but it’s been implied that Ed is the one with the big secret confession that is going to rock Jillian to the core in the final episode.

But enough about that, let’s move on to the fantasy suite card and the soft porn that ensued during that little encounter. They filmed the two of them on the bed in the suite, Jillian has slipped into something more comfortable, and proceeded to show us how to ruin a perfectly good hotel bedspread with oil. It all looked like it was going to be quite the night and then…wait…apparently Ed wasn’t that “into it” and all the innuendo suggests that he was unable to “perform”. This was just tasteless and classless but then it’s the Bachelorette so why would we expect anything else?

Jillian seems really upset and puzzled by this as we head into the final rose ceremony but let’s not forget that Normal Ed was the only one whom she spent the night with in Spain so I’m not buying any of it. Before she makes her cut, we are treated to “private” video messages from the guys. So private that they are played for all the millions of people watching the show. And in those messages, Normal Ed pretty much puts it all out there and tells Jillian what she’s been trying to hear from the beginning. At the very end of his message he actually says it…I love you. Got to admit I’ve never seen that before.

At the rose ceremony Jillian decides to pull Ed aside for one last chat while all of the innuendo of his “performance” or lack of it is hanging in the air. Personally I thought she just wanted to ask him what the hell he was thinking when he put on that bad pants and sport jacket ensemble. But Ed reassured her that everything was going to be fine and Reid ending up getting the cut.

This is where the rumours start to come in. Apparently Reid was not at the taping of the Men Tell All last week. This has never happened before in 13 seasons of this show. Final three person is always there. The rumours insist that he is coming back to finally profess his love for Jillian in the final episode. Not sure if this is true but it will make for an interesting finale if it is. And the last rumour out there is my favourite. It is rumoured that Jake the Pilot is a contender for the next Bachelor. Oh please let it be so.