S22.E10: Week 9

[OnceSane]

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Arie takes the women to Peru for the overnight dates; Arie admits he has fallen in love with two of the women; a mystery visitor threatens Arie's happy future.

[crgirl412]

Why do these women dance around what the real issue is when trying to explain what their issue is?  Isn't it this:

"I love you.  I want us to be together at the end and always but I don't know if you love me and/or you love one or both of the other women.  I'm freaking out because I want you to choose me but I know you can't even hint to me what will happen."

[dizzyd]

"The Unspoken connection" and "can't put it into words". So that's what they're calling their boring escapade? From 0 to I love yous with Leann Rimes to top it off. Whatever. I'm ready for this to be over.

[felicity porter]

Watching Lauren's date.

Who knew a woman who speaks so little could be so. high. maintenance.

Lauren is EXHAUSTING.

[hoosiermom]

To me it is all about his ego and sex. He says what he needs to say to get them to tell him they love him and will stay in the fantasy suite with him. It makes me mad and disgusted.

[Kendra143]

I am watching this episode with such disgust for Arie. I can’t imagine either of the final two watching this season and feeling good about him and their interactions with him. Just ick. 

[phlebas]

I have never wanted to see a catamaran crash so much in my whole life.

[BuckeyeLou]

Becca K sounds like she is suffering from a head cold...not romantic for kissing.  Plus, I would not want to be near all those birds!  Can you imagine the bird poop?!

"Grandpa" Arie with the black socks, goofy shoes & black shorts showing off his scrawny legs...he did not look attractive!

[LakeGal]

Lauren is just so boring.  What does he see in her personality?  Becca is much more fun to be around.  

[alexa]

He’s got the sweater on again. Lol

[Mswldflwr]

Can they, please, just have normal conversations?  How do they actually get to know each other if they don't talk about what they're like.  All we get is, I'm scared to knock down my walls, what if my I get my heart broken, could you see me in your future, I could see a future with you.  I'm disgusted with myself every season that I watch this crap.  And I would never be okay with a guy wanting to sleep with me when he just slept with a different girl the night before and will sleep with even another girl tomorrow night.  Gag. 

[phlebas]

Congrats Arie.  You talked all three of them into bed. You slime mold.

[JD5166]

Lauren is so manipulative! Their conversation made me want to KILL myself!

How on earth did I let myself turn this on even one time?! ?

[Stan39]

Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping during that dramatic buildup with "Ross" that he'd end up running into Becca and say, "Excuse me. Sorry. I'm looking for my ex, Caroline, do you know where she is?"

[phlebas]

1 minute ago, Stan39 said:

Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping during that dramatic buildup with "Ross" that he'd end up running into Becca and say, "Excuse me. Sorry. I'm looking for my ex, Caroline, do you know where she is?"

Hahahahaha

"Hey, I'm looking for Tia.  I thought she'd be here." 

 

"Yeah, so did we."

[crgirl412]

Ross is HOTTTTTT!!!!!!!!

[phlebas]

Ross seems like a nice enough guy, although his hair might be the sharpest part on him.  I guess Becca has a type.

ETA:  Okay, I got sick of Ross pretty quick.  See ya in Bachelor in Paradise buddy.

Edited February 27, 2018 by phlebas

[BuckeyeLou]

Is Ross trying out to be "The Bachelor"?!

[yorklee2]

1 minute ago, BuckeyeLou said:

Is Ross trying out to be "The Bachelor"?!

Yeah I wouldn't doubt the show contacted him about coming on.

[Diana Berry]

I counted 14 "likes" from Lauren in that conversation with Arie on the bench.  Man that was painful.  Night of the living vocal fry.

[EllenB]

How many buzzwords did they pay Ross the meathead ex to say?  Ugh, get a court order against this stalker creep, Becca.

[dizzyd]

Why  do I even bother? Even UnReal is better scripted than this. The ex pawn couldn't do anything for the past year or all the weeks they were in the US? He had to fly to Peru to make it dramatic. Anyone buying this crap? 

[crgirl412]

Just now, dizzyd said:

Why  do I even bother? Even UnReal is better scripted than this. The ex pawn couldn't do anything for the past year or all the weeks they were in the US? He had to fly to Peru to make it dramatic. Anyone buying this crap? 

This has become as scripted as Unreal if not more.  I highly doubt anyone is buying it. 

[Adeejay]

Clearly, Arie didn’t see Ben’s season, otherwise he would know telling two women he loves them is not only wrong, but that it won’t end well. 

There’s a saying, “your ex is your ex for a reason.”  Gee, I wonder how Russ knew exactly where to find Becca.  And talk about timing; right after she’d spent the night with The Bachelor in the “fantasy suite”.  If I didn’t know better, I’d say this was totally scripted /extreme sarcasm/.

[Ohwell]

19 minutes ago, EllenB said:

How many buzzwords did they pay Ross the meathead ex to say?  Ugh, get a court order against this stalker creep, Becca.

Yeah "meathead"' describes him perfectly.  I'd add "in a short suit."

[BuckeyeLou]

2 minutes ago, dizzyd said:

Why  do I even bother? Even UnReal is better scripted than this. The ex pawn couldn't do anything for the past year or all the weeks they were in the US? He had to fly to Peru to make it dramatic. Anyone buying this crap? 

Really!  Obviously the show had to ramp up the Drama and made sure to fly this guy down to "No Where Land, Peru" and have him cause a big scene. Becca did not even seem that surprised to see him.  He came across as a Jerk who felt like Becca belonged to Him and no-one else...he could not accept the fact that she had moved on with her life. (or cynical me, she went on the show to make him jealous)

[Mswldflwr]

And the whole thing with the women jumping up on him and wrapping their legs around him, is that a show rule or something?  Gross.  I have never once done that in my whole life.  

[BuckeyeLou]

1 minute ago, Ohwell said:

Yeah "meathead"' describes him perfectly.  I'd add "in a short suit."

LOL, his suit was too short & too tight!  

[Ohwell]

9 minutes ago, BuckeyeLou said:

LOL, his suit was too short & too tight!  

I call 'em hipster suits.  I'll be so glad with they go out of style.

[Stan39]

Lol at Arie's righteous indignation regarding Ross. "It really concerns me that this other man might be an issue I have to deal with as I sleep with three women, tell them I love them, and consider proposing to all three. How dare Becca do this to me?"

[adhoc]

I dunno, folks...I think Ross was set up to believe that Becca might be receptive (at least, a little) to his proposal. Or maybe Production just called him and offered to fly him down in exchange for money. Whatever. I hope he got a good chunk of change for flying down there, declaring himself (kinda) and discovering pretty quickly that the joke was on him.

Edited to ask:  Did Arie also tell Kendall he loved her? I was watching The Voice and didn't tune in until the night-time portion of the Arie/Lauren date started.

Edited February 27, 2018 by adhoc

[Ms Blue Jay]

32 minutes ago, crgirl412 said:

Ross is HOTTTTTT!!!!!!!!

Oh yes. Yes.  

12 minutes ago, BuckeyeLou said:

LOL, his suit was too short & too tight!  

MMMmmhhhmmmmm and I loved it

[escatefromny]

I’ve been mostly indifferent to Arie ... certainly not my type.  He is dull, dim and immature, but to me, he seemed to  have a inherent kindness (or at least good manners).  But tonight, holy crap!, he showed himself to be a complete and utter asshole.

Horrible to watch him blow smoke up the asses of two girls with so little regard for their feelings but his interaction with Ross had me thinking “sociopath” (tm Caroline).  That his first thought was that Ross’s feelings had nothing to do with Becca but are attributable to “competition”, that he wa dismissing their history and couldn’t conceive of feelings enduring for more than a year (!!!) and was so lacking in any shred of empathy for either of them.  Everything was through his own self absorbed and narcissist lens.  If he picks Becca, it will 100% be because he wanted to snatch the trophy from Ross.  What an ass!

Edited February 27, 2018 by escatefromny

[crgirl412]

That threesome shot of them looking at the sunset reminds me of a sisterwives scenario...... 

Edited February 28, 2018 by crgirl412

[phlebas]

Kendall wins!

[Meowwww]

Arie says “dune buggying is like relationships”.  Ugh!

[Stan39]

So either Arie picks Lauren or else he dumps a twice-engaged, fragile child on national tv when she thinks she's getting a proposal. Yikes. Not even Arie is that dim. 

[Jax7917]

Let's be honest here . The loser of this show is always the real winner . Aries disgusting . 

[adhoc]

• Wow. I've heard online that Arie has cheated on his girlfriends in the past, but to see his MO in action--him saying "I love you" to two women in such a heartfelt and believable manner--that's just amazing. And not in a good way.
• I wonder what Becca's and Lauren's families think of tonight's episode.
• I only saw the night-time portion of Lauren's date, but I actually thought she came over as reasonable and likeable--her falling under Arie's spell notwithstanding.

[Jazzhands]

30 minutes ago, Ohwell said:

Yeah "meathead"' describes him perfectly.  I'd add "in a short suit."

He looked to me like he was made out of steroids and barely suppressed rage. 

[JenE4]

“Peru is known for many things. It is also has many other things that it is not known for. There is culture, but there is also sand.” This is worse than a second-grader’s geography project! Paid for by the Peru Board of Tourism. Thanks for tanking Peru tourism bookings, Arie!

Uh, Kendall, I’m pretty certain Arie isn’t dating you BECAUSE you’re into taxidermy—more likely despite it. Arie is “falling in love” with Kendall, but according to the previews, they all get a love declaration, so not putting too much stock in that. There is nothing to report here—stock footage kissing. Oh, we get some morning-after talk and learn that one of those critical compatibility issues they talked through last night is egg cooking. (Arie stole this from whoever incorrectly played 20 questions earlier this season.) Arie will forego his fluffy milk-scrambled eggs for Kendall’s sunny-side up with crispy bottoms. Fascinating!

Arie thinks there’s glimpses of something special about Lauren underneath her closed-off soul and dead eyes. It’s so hard for Lauren to give so much—taking all her strength and emotional power to string together THREE COMPLETE SENTENCES in a row before short-circuiting. Lauren needs some anxiety meds and maybe some cognitive behavioral therapy. Arie gives her a straight-out “I’m in love with you” without the “falling” because Lauren is going to need a bit more convincing to forego her individual room—and it totally worked. Lauren gets background music WITH WORDS—this is a real song but sung by some no-name. Like the adult Kidz Bop version of “How Do I Live without You.” The editors are SO freaking over the top trying to sell the Love Journey with this music that I can’t even hear what they’re saying to or about each other. Okay, okay, you want us to think “This is it” so it either very much is NOT “it” or because Arie is so blah and Lauren is one brain-wave blip out of a comatose state, we need ALL THE MUSIC to show the Love Story. Suddenly lots of “I love yous” being tossed around, so I guess the music worked!

Becca is date number 3 and Arie is starting off saying how he hopes this perfect relationship with Becca continues. And this makes NO sense because if he’s TOTALLY in love with Lauren, and he’s falling in love with Kendall, why is he also hoping the love continues with Becca. I don’t think he understands he’s supposed to start narrowing them down!! Usually the leads start FREAKING out about falling in love with more than one person. Not, Arie, who seems to be taking the Pokémon approach: Gotta catch ‘em all! This isn’t Sister Wives, Arie. Becca gets an “I’m not falling, I am” but she just gets instrumental music, so based on the “I love you” continuum and music scale it seems like: 1) Lauren; 2) Becca; 3) Kendall. But now Arie is saying he wants to propose in the sand dunes right now and giving Becca MANY flat-out “I love yous,” so now I’m back to thinking Becca is Arie’s #1 at this point but the producers are just trying to make Lauren happen. I wouldn’t even be the slightest bit surprised to learn that Lauren is a “Weekend at Bernie’s”-type scenario; you think you’re having a good time partying with her and then find out she’s been dead all along. Oh, THAT’S why they kept Kendall around! It all makes sense! 

Becca’s ex! Duh-duh-DUM! Ross found out Becca was on TV and tweeted every fame-whoring Bachelor Family reject he could to get on TV...er, get her back! Even though they broke up a year ago and he dragged his feet for 7 years without committing. That being said, I hope Neil Lane gave Ross a ring! Becca thinks Ross is living in a romance like The Notebook, but YOU went on The freaking Bachelor! Becca’s all, “That’s a no from me, dawg.” I bet we’ll see Ross next season competing on The Bachelorette or in Paradise. 

Becca was very certain choosing Arie over Ross TO Ross, but to Arie she seems like she’s waffling and might go back to Ross. Maybe she should just start over from scratch with someone else entirely. But if she wanted to make it through the rose ceremony, she probably should have been a bit more effusive to Arie. Then again, she has a pulse, so that’s still more effusive than Lauren. But Becca is showing up to the rose ceremony wearing her wedding night lingerie, so that should be a signal to Arie that she’s Here for, well, some kind of Reasons, but Reasons and Here.

Oh, no, pulling Kendall aside for ANOTHER talk!! Hopefully he’ll just send her off from the sidelines rather than the line-up humiliation. Yep. Oh, man, it would have been great if he sent Kendall home then went to offer the rose to Becca, and she turned him down to go with Ross. But previews promise another ending we never saw coming, so tune in next week for the 3-hour finale. There are tears! There’s Arie closing a door! There’s Arie walking in the rain with an umbrella to signify deep sorrow.

[backformore]

"I'm in my head"

"I get in my head"

"I know you're in your head." 

I kind of get what "in my head"  means. I've probably experienced it myself.  But I can say with certainty, that I have never SAID to someone that I was "in my head" or that they were in theirs.  But these women sure spend a lot of time in their heads. 

Edited February 27, 2018 by backformore

[Mu Shu]

Oh man you’uns.  This was awful.

Arie inappropriately pooping out pronouns.

Becca’s ex straight out of central casting-looks like the high school quarterback in an ill fitting suit, ugly ass shoes and blue socks.  Of course the pants are too short, and the back sweat was a nice touch.  Thanks you bigots for painting the poor guy, who you obviously flew in at your suggestion and expense as a fly over country ass rube.  Fuckers.  He was far more eloquent than Arie (not saying much) who is too unhip and naive to be the mayor of Weiner. 

Lauren and I’s like relationship, like, yeah, suck face, look like a consumptive, I’m so like pissed off and stuff that the big rude guy like came to Peru, um, we are not there Kendall, you and I’s relationship is like not as advanced as the other two ciphers.

Kendall got a nice black dress and doesn’t have to go home to Arie’s Possum Kingdom.  Lauren Boring and Becca Boring get to fight it out over who is queen of the shit heap.

Baby Beckah got over 200k new followers on Instagram.  She’s the real winner here. 

[Diana Berry]

3 hours ago, adhoc said:

I dunno, folks...I think Ross was set up to believe that Becca might be receptive (at least, a little) to his proposal. Or maybe Production just called him and offered to fly him down in exchange for money. Whatever. I hope he got a good chunk of change for flying down there, declaring himself (kinda) and discovering pretty quickly that the joke was on him.

Edited to ask:  Did Arie also tell Kendall he loved her? I was watching The Voice and didn't tune in until the night-time portion of the Arie/Lauren date started.

I don't think the Mannequin told her but she told him?  I was zoned out by all the zombiness of it all.

[scarlettudor]

He told all 3 that he loved them.  I think he probably felt correctly that it was a prerequisite for them being ready for the fantasy suite.  But, yes, how icky ~ 3 in a row.  I can only imagine how the women felt when they watched the show back saw him saying 'I love you' to all three and they each felt so special.  I also thought Ross was pretty doggone tempting.  Maybe he'll be called  back for one of the men on 'The Bachelorette.'

[chocolatine]

26 minutes ago, Meowwww said:

Arie says “dune buggying is like relationships”.  Ugh!

"You know, there are ups and downs" - what would we do without Arie's infinite wisdom?

Lauren scowls through yet another cool international date. What else is new?

How stupid is Becca's ex to let production play him like that? And how stupid is Becca to have wasted seven years of her life on him?

23 minutes ago, adhoc said:

• Wow. I've heard online that Arie has cheated on his girlfriends in the past, but to see his MO in action--him saying "I love you" to two women in such a heartfelt and believable manner--that's just amazing. And not in a good way.

This! At least Ben Higgins was conflicted to the point of tears about being "in love" with two women, and he was upfront about it with JoJo. Arie's ease with it was bone-chilling. I used to think that his player reputation may be exaggerated, but I sure don't anymore.

Edited February 27, 2018 by chocolatine

[yorklee2]

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I bet we see Ross next season competing on the Bachelorette or in Paradise.

I was thinking the same thing but you beat me to it. I can definitely see this.

[dbell1]

Ick. He's worse than Blob Guiney and I never thought that would be possible. 

Who goes to Peru in a suit? Oh, some guy living in The Notebook. Should have picked up the phone, or gone to Minnesota Ross, it would have been cheaper.

Lauren gets amazing dates that are wasted on her. Paris, Tuscany, Peru's Nazka Lines. Next time, take her to a paper bag factory. You'll get the same level of conversation. 

Kendall didn't seem shocked. Hope those eggs were worth it.

[betha]

12 minutes ago, Mu Shu said:

Becca’s ex straight out of central casting-looks like the high school quarterback in an ill fitting suit, ugly ass shoes and blue socks.

I thought Roy from The Office. 

Man, I love Peru. I am reliving my honeymoon. There is nothing like the colors of the desert by the ocean in Paracas.

also, I love Lee Ann Rimes.

Those two things made tonight’s show worth watching. I don’t get what any of these women see in Arie. I am a wrong reasons watcher and unspoiled and cannot wait for next week. 

[Ms Blue Jay]

So it was really Leann singing and not some other singer poorly covering it?

By the way, I LOVED this episode.  I was on the edge of my seat.  I was having a ball.  Yeah I guess people will be mad at Arie but it was hilarious to watch.  I have to admit.  It made me nostalgic for this!

Edited February 27, 2018 by Ms Blue Jay