I thought that two out of the three dates tonight seemed like a lot of fun (No to wearing a bikini whilst riding a tractor in LA, but hey, I'm funny that way.) Is it just me or did we see more goofy house stuff than we usually do (the twerking, the house-snooping), the stuff that usually is tacked on at the end? I hope that continues. Chris does seem to be kissing on a lot of girls earlier than some others, but I'm sort of over being grossed out by it. The conceit of the show is that he's dating 30 women. He's there, he's supposedly dating all these ladies, is he supposed to not kiss the women he's dating? Until it does start to get really gross, like Ben Flajnik gross. I guess what I'm saying is that The Bachelor has deflated, squashed, ground down my standards and expectations, and Ben Flajnik is my new low-bar.
Truly, a brain trust such as this has never been assembled in the history of Bachelor Nation. I feel like even by the second episode at least a couple of contestants have distinguished themselves as having had a few fleeting intelligent thoughts. But this group? Should be a fun season!
I really, really hope Ashley S. is putting on an act. Otherwise I'll feel terrible about enjoying her antics so much: stumbling into Chris's TH, hoping an angel gets the rose, wanting to paintball the other girls, walking calmly amongst the zombies. She reminds me so much of Cecily Strong's SNL WU character, "Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party."
"That's the tractor story?!" was all I could think about during that ridiculous date! Its important that Chris be supportive of any of the girls who might get gonorrhea from riding a tractor in her bikini. Hope there are no toe-thumbs in the bunch.
Ok, I have been OBSESSED with the handwriting on the date cards for many, many seasons. It's always that same high-school-girlish block printing. Who writes it? Or is it some secret font? Why can't the lead just write it him or herself? I want answers! It sort of goes along with another pet Bachelor peeve of mine that Chris violated tonight: why pretend that you planned these elaborate dates as he told the 1-on-1 tonight that he had planned the (admittedly cool) Grand Canyon date. Just say "there's a really awesome day planned out for us. I'm really excited." Why the charade? Everybody knows that Chris didn't haul out his copy of 36 Hours USA & Canada so why insult anyone's intelligence (whatever that might be) pretending he did?