Let's meet Whan. Oh, he has a daughter, Camilla Valentina who was born on Valentine's Day and is admittedly pretty cute. See what having a daughter did to me? Now I'm soft. ANYWAY Mrs. Camilla is obvi out of the picture because Whan is here to meet Camilla's New Mommy and also he's brought along his whole family to take reality show backdrop jobs away from Real Americans. Oh look, here comes Big Dumb Sean to drop some knowledge. Whan's worried because he "can't remember names." Just call them all "Kelsey" or "Kristen" and you'll be fine. Sean doesn't really have any useful advice but there was something about a skunk and 2 a.m. in Burbank that was probably more exciting than it sounded.
OK here's Chris Harrison. "Juan Pablo fever has reached epidemic proportions," he says. It's like Avian Flu but more waxed! Let's see some chix in their native environments. Renee looks good in a bikini and has an 8-year-old son who is "very athletic" and plays chess. He could be a good mentor for Sean, actually! Amy is a "massage therapist" in LA and she is really, really, really into massage therapy.
I predict a bright future in the Massage Therapy industry for Amy. Nikki is a pediatric nurse who could use a doctor for her terrible roots and her anorexia. Lauren, 35 but claiming 25, got dumped at some point and has more baggage than a Japanese tourist at a Louis Vuitton store. Lacy comes from a family with 9 special needs kids and opened her own elderly care home at 20 and wants to find her own special someone to feed Jell-O to. Claire actually admits to being 32 but could pass for 31 easily. Her Dad had brain cancer and he made a DVD for her future husband to watch. Too bad it's just random Animaniacs episodes!
L I M O T I M E !!!! CH is about to blow our minds because there are 27 chicks this time! No, 50! No,100! No, a million chicks! Everyone's a winner! Oh, no, it's just 27, calm down. Here they come. Amy L. is a "local news reporter" who is the type you might recognize from such stories as Opening Of The Northridge Mall or Rain Wettens Local Roadways. Christine is a "police support specialist," whatever that means. Hold on, did she just say "I know your daughter is a huge partier" so that's why I brought her this glow stick? Oh, "huge part of your life," got it. This season's Black Chick is Chantel, who thinks people will have trouble pronouncing "Chantel" for some reason. Lucy's job is listed as "Free Spirit" and you can tell she's a Free Spirit because she's wearing some kind of bouquet headdress and no shoes, gross. Danielle is ambiguously ethnic so we might have 1.5 black chicks this season. Then some girl rides up on a bicycle slash piano like it's Burning Man. The fuck.
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. Claire is a hairstylist from Sacramento who shows up, for some reason, with a fake pregnancy bulge because you know being visibly pregnant with someone else's child is the best way to land a mate. Maggie the Personal Banker has a gift for Whan! It's a "fishin hook." OK then. Kelly's job is "Dog Lover" which might be a job in Georgia but is totally illegal in California. Alexis turns on the Spanish. PREDICTION: We are going to hear a lot of bad Spanish this season. El espanol es muy malo. Muy muy malo.
OK so Whan wades into the Chickicane and let's get this party started. Hey look a photobooth. Nothing says fun like forced frivolity. Time to chat up some ladies. The Free Spirit has dead eyes and might be the kind of girl who drives around the country killing 7-Eleven clerks.
You know who else was a "free spirit"? HITLER.
Oh good, Whan has a First Impression Rose to give out. "It's not just a rose," says Fishin Hook. "It's my future." Jesus Christ, Hook, slow the fuck down. Actually it is just a rose. Personal Banking is your future. Do you have goals? Visualize your goals. You are in control. Awkward talk with Elise! Her Mom just passed away. WAY TO HARSH OUR MELLOW ELISE. Geez, why you gotta bring the stench of death into the proceedings? Lauren35 is STILL fucking broken up about being left at the altar. Lauren. Honey. Therapy FIRST, then National TV. TFTNT, I always say. Easy to remember! LEARN IT LAUREN35. Anyway, good way to break the ice with JP. I'M SUPER GOOD AT GETTING DUMPED. PLEASE HOLD ME.
Whan seems to like the Opera Singer who lives in Germany. Oddly, she seems normal. He proffers the First Impression Rose and she's like what the fuh! DAMMIT GIRL DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. Listen bitch do you want to be on TV or not. Finally she caves and takes it. They always take it.
Our first Rose Ceremony! This is a Special Time for us, you guys. I love being on The Journey again. Jesus what am I saying I'm scaring myself now. OK. OK. Here are my favorite contestants so far.
Look at the way she's looking at us. You know she wants it. She wouldn't wear that jaunty scarf if she didn't want it. OK, here come the roses. Renee, Claire, Andi, Chantel, the Dog, the other Possibly Black chick, some other girl, Free Spirit Highway Killer, Nelly Furtado, another blonde chick, another blonde chick, whatever. Fishin Hook and Lauren35 both get cut. That's too bad. Oh, and Massage Chick. Guess it's back to outcalls for her.
COMING UP THIS SEASON everything will be a lot like every other season.
8 comments:
What about the girl with the job title - "Mineral Coordinator"?
I googled it and Bachelor came up as the result. What the hell is that?
smb - she's gone, so you don't have to worry about it! BUT, I'd guess, since she's from Oklahoma (if I remember correctly), it's more like a "mineral rights coordinator." Now, I don't know exactly what that is, but it probably involves making sure everyone gets paid for the oil being siphoned from underneath their land, or obtaining those rights, or something along those lines. An administrator of oil well rights and payments.
You're both wrong. She was the tour coordinator for forgotten emo band Mineral.
On second thought, you're not both wrong, because smb didn't really offer any ideas. I guess what I'm trying to say is: Stephen, you're wrong.
I'm so, so glad your recaps are back. Thank you. What if this is an elaborate performance art project? Like halfway through the show Whan gets deported and it's, like, a commentary on immigration policy and racism? Because that would be awesome.
Yay recaps! My husband says that watching The Bachelor sucks all of the characteristics of being a good person out of everyone who watches it, so I can't watch it when he's home. Thanks for taking the bullet for me.
GG - That would be awesome, but since like 2/3 of the show takes place in foreign countries I'm not sure we would even notice.
Andrea - D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
I'm pretty sure Mineral Coordinator is just fancy for Rock Collector. There are many eight-year-olds out there who will be happy to find out it's a real job.
I'm late to the party, I know.
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