Weekly review # 8....07/06/09

I want to start by stating that I'm very unhappy with the events that took place this week. I watch this goofy little show with the anticipation that at some point during the season the Bachelorette, in this case Jillian, will hop in the sack with multiple partners during Fantasy suite week. Nothing like a trollop swapping spit (and potential diseases) on the pretense that its all about love. So what did Jillian do ? She destroyed what little entertainment value this show holds for me when she got prudish at the last minute by rejecting all the guys.... What happened to the Jillian we all know and love ? You know, the Jillian that jumped in the hot tub with Jason last year ? Or the Jillian who french kissed dozens of guys earlier this year ? That's the Jillian we want to see, not this prudish girl with morals. But more on that later...lets get to the review...

This week Jillian dates each of the final four guys with the goal of getting to know them in a more normal environment. So where does Jillian take them?...Spain...where else. The first guy up is Kip the Drip....(man this guy is boring, every time ABC starts the show with this guy I fall asleep, but fortunately this week I was loaded with caffeine so I made it through). There were only a few things worth remembering about the Jillian/Kip date. The first was the hilarious flamenco dancing where Kip looked like an unemployed mariachi singer one would see on the streets of Tijuana. (I was almost waiting for Kip to bring out the donkey.) Another thing worth remembering from this date was Kip telling Jillian that he “ thinks a proposal seems far off at this point in time”. Either Kip is getting smart, or he has already made the determination that he doesn't see Jillian in his long term future. Lets just hope that if Kip gets booted by Jillian, he doesn't become the next Bachelor - because if he does, ABC's ratings will drop like lead. But the big event to be remembered from this date is when Jillian refuses Kip's invitation to hop in the sack for the overnight fantasy suite spit swap. Tell you the truth, Kip didn't seem that upset when she rejected him...

Up next its Reid's turn with Jillian. I'll give Reid credit for one thing...unlike Kip, at least Reid attempts to show a personality. The date starts in the grocery store where Jillian and Reid try to communicate in Espanol, yet come across as two idiot gringos. Moving on to later in the date, Jillian and Reid do small talk with Reid telling Jillian why he likes her. Reid tells Jil that she has a great personality, good sense of humor, smells nice, looks good in red, has pretty eyes,...blah, blah, blah...it seemed as if Reid was running out of "canned" compliments. I just wish he had come out and said what he really was feeling, which was that he wanted to see her naked in the fantasy suite. Speaking of the fantasy suite - as with Kip, Reid was rejected. But unlike Kip, Reid seemed to be pissed for not getting his chance to see Jil's cute little ass and pert boobies in the raw.....Oh come on people, you KNOW that's all most of these guys are thinking, get real.

The third victim in this passion play is Ed. Personally, I don't know why these two get along, but there must be some sort of chemistry between them. After all, why would Ed, who's an extremely tall lookalike of Greg Brady, want to be with Jillian, who is barely five feet tall in heels ? And what the hell is Ed doing here anyway ? Didn't he leave the show because his job was on the line ? Now Ed's back, yet the viewers haven't been told how he got back on the show, or what happened with his job in Chicago. Speaking of Chicago, Ed gave the clear implication that if he is chosen, Jillian might want to start packing her bags for a move to the windy city. When Jillian asks Ed if she would like Chicago, Ed says the city is all about food and restaurants. And if she's lucky, Ed might even take her to a Cubs game...but wait, Jillian doesn't know anything about baseball...that's alright, Ed will buy her hot dogs at the game to keep her entertained. Fun guy. As with Kip and Reid, Ed gets rejected for the fantasy suite nude love fest, but unlike Kip and Reid, Ed gets to stay with Jil in the suite with his clothes on. I'll give Ed some credit...while on the fantasy suite bed, I saw Ed move his hands on Jillian's butt...at least his mind was in the right place. LOL

The final date of this episode it between Jillian and Wes...or what I call the end of the "Wes Side Story". This is what ABC producers have been promoting for weeks now...the tension filled romance between Jil and Wes...basically this is ABC's "money shot". Unfortunately, the money shot missed its mark, as Wes couldn't pull off the act any longer. During the date, we witness Jil and Wes at a restaurant, yet very little food was eaten. Instead, Jillian drills Wes on all sorts of issues, including Wes's alleged girlfriend. Wes seems distant to Jillian, Jillian seems distant to Wes, and the food was getting cold. Suddenly, the waiter shows up with the fantasy suite invitation...Jil reads it, Wes insincerely says, "yea, we should do it".(At this point Jillian should get an Oscar for continuing this farce as long as she has.) Shortly thereafter, the dinner date ends, Jil and Wes walk outside, Wes gets into the cab, and Jillian is relieved that she no longer has to pretend that she didn't know Wes was a plant by ABC the entire season.

Moving on the the rose ceremony....

The suspense at this particular ceremony isn't so much based on who Jillian will choose, because we all know Wes was getting the boot. Instead, the suspense is caused by the absence of Chris Harrison. Where was Chris ? Did his plane crash over the Atlantic ? Did he get murdered by a mad flamenco dancer in Spain ? The viewers were left in the dark....poor Jillian was forced to handle the rose ceremony all by herself. Anyway, when Wes got the boot he drove away in a limo. My question is why did Wes get a limo ride home while much nicer guys like Robby were booted off in less luxurious wheels ? Based on Wes's actions, he deserved to be escorted out of town on a mule cart. But then again, limo transportation was probably part of the contract Wes signed when he was paid to be on the show. LOL

So the final three are Ed, Kip, and Reid. I can hardly wait to find out which one of these knuckleheads will need viagra next week in Hawaii.