The Ladies are Definitely Not Team Juan Pablo (The Bachelor The Women Tell All Recap)

If last nights special taught us one thing it’s that most of the “ladies” from this season are not big fans of Juany Pabs.  It’s can’t be a good sign for Juan Pablo when two of the three women making an effort to defend him are women who left the show of their own accord (Sharleen and Andi).  The women echoed Andi’s parting sentiment that Juan Pablo didn’t seem interested in them, and never really tried to get to know them on a deeper level.  The only person who didn’t bash Juan Pablo’s interest in them was Sharleen, she said she found him to be quite “curious” about her and the world around them (of course she is the panda in a room full of brown bears, so obviously he was more curious about her than the other girls).  Last nights Women Tell All special didn’t really tell us a lot we didn’t already know, (other than just how many women from the cast seem to be harboring sour grapes towards Juan Pablo) but I’ll cover the highlights here anyways.

-Man, The Bachelor is excited that Sean and Catherine got married, and even more excited that they’ve now had sex.  The show apparently thinks we’re really into Sean and Catherine’s relationship too because they trot them out to tell us all about their honeymoon.

-All we really find out during this visit with America’s favorite couple is that Sean’s “fireworks” aren’t as explosive as he may think, and he’s already gotten some side action from a stingray.

-I think Andi did a good job summing up Juan Pablo’s intentions on the show when she said he was there to find a girlfriend whereas most of the women were there to find a husband.  This helps to explain why many women felt they never got beyond surface level conversations, and also explains the fact that Juan Pablo doesn’t seem remotely close to marrying either Nikki or Clare.

-You know these women really aren’t big fans of Juan Pablo when they all defend Clare and say she did nothing wrong during the romp in the ocean in Vietnam.  The women all agree the hot tub hook up during the date was more upsetting and that was Juan Pablo’s idea not Clares’.

This is Why you Shouldn’t Put Out on a Reality Show (The Bachelor Episode 5 Recap)

 

 

And we’re back with another thrilling episode of The Bachelor! Ok, so actually this week was a little dull, (again) but we’re going to talk about it anyways gosh darn it!  This week the ladies and Juan Pablo continue their tour of Asia with a stop in Vietnam (I really hope Clare managed to buy a kimono somewhere before this stop).  This week is sticking with the regular format of two one-on-one dates and a group date, the first date belongs to Renee so let’s get started.

Renee and Juan Pablo’s date is a Bachelor classic, just walking around a foreign city looking at stuff.  To make this date even more fun it’s apparently extremely hot, as both Renee and Juan Pablo are sweating through their shirts.  The pair get a custom dress made for Renee, (by a woman who spoke less English than Juan Pablo) get yelled at by a street vendor while trying to get some mango, and then enjoy an extremely hot (temperature wise) dinner together.  During dinner the couple discusses their children (aka the one thing they have in common) and Juan Pablo blows on Renee’s face to try to cool her off.  Having someone blow in my face is not a method I’ve ever used to cool off, and personally I didn’t think it looked too effective.  To end the night Juan Pablo and Renee put lanterns in the river after making a wish.  Renee, who still hasn’t been kissed by Juany Pabs says that is her wish.  Juan Pablo shuts Renee down again however, using the logic that he doesn’t want Renee’s son Ben to be upset with him.  Don’t feel too bad for Renee though, she gets a rose and finally gets her kiss later in the episode.

Turns Out Not Wanting Kids Isn’t a Deal Breaker for Juan Pablo (The Bachelor Episode 4 Recap)

 

This week Juan Pablo and the ladies headed out on their first trip abroad, making their first stop in the quest for love in Seoul South Korea.  This week’s episode features two group dates, a one on one date, some cattiness between the women, and some of the early favorites going home.  As always there is a lot to cover this week, so let’s get started!

The first group date belongs to Nikki, Danielle, Chelsie, Kat, Elise, and Cassandra.  The ladies get to meet K-pop super group 2NE1, and after learning a dance routine are invented on stage to perform with the group.  Kat, who has been dancing before she could walk,(seems unlikely, but that’s what she said) is super excited about this date and feels that she is by far the best dancer (former NBA dancer Cassandra is also on this date, and they looked pretty even to me, despite Kat’s best attempts to steal the show).  Ignoring Kat’s opinion of herself, the real star of this date was clearly Nikki.  Nikki is not digging hanging out with the other women in the house, and before the even leave for the date Nikki says: “the card says ‘pop’ and my head is about to explode.”  Nikki also mentioned in her profile on The Bachelor website that drunk dancing is her best type, so this date is clearly not one she would have selected.  Nikki even demonstrates later in the date that while her outside face is smiling her inside face looks like this:

Some people felt that Nikki’s behavior during this episode was a little bitchy, but I felt she was acting like a real person, rather than a super excited bobble head that will end up winning a husband based on dancing skills.  (That may have been a little harsh, I may really just side with Nikki because I would have been even more miserable in this situation).  Despite Nikki’s hopes that they would be performing in front of the “South Korean school for the blind,” the women arrive at a giant mall and find out they will actually be performing in front of four stories worth of screaming k-pop fans.  The theme of the evening portion of the date is “Nikki vs. the other women.”  Nikki expresses her feelings that some of the women (like Kat) are fake, and are putting on a performance, particularly when the cameras are around.  The other women feel that Nikki is negative and that negativity means that she would be a bad mother.  I think the ladies are overreacting a little here, just because Nikki doesn’t like them that doesn’t mean she would be a bad mother.  Nikki is a pediatric nurse and probably has more experience with children than most of the other women in the house.  Luckily, Juan Pablo can appreciate the fact that Nikki seems to be a real person, and not someone putting on a show to get his attention, and she is rewarding with her second group date rose.