Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Bachelor Sean: Episode 2

Sarah: Let’s Fall in Love
Beginning the season with a bang is the prerequisite “death-defying/bonding through terror” date. Showing shades of Emily’s NASCAR date, Sarah’s constant war of one arm vs. her sense of adventure vs. California state laws boil to the surface after a forced free-fall off the side of a building. Yeesh, you’re killing me Team Bachelor.
Perfect Sean is able to coax Sarah into taking the plunge (relationship metaphor alert!) by shimmying closer to the edge of their transparent platform until finally flinging themselves to the safety net concrete below. Back on solid ground, they enjoy a candle-lit meal and Sean gives her the rose- and the first legitimate (read: non-drunken bride) kiss of the season.

Group Date: Just Shoot Me!
The ladies coo over Prince Sean as he saunters onto the balcony of a beautiful Southern colonial. The coo-ing turns to squealing after learning they will be posing with Sean for a Harlequin romance cover shoot- with a REAL contract deal at stake. Oh yeah, and some alone time with Sean or something.
The ladies dress up as cowgirls, Southern belles, Kardashians and vampires (This is still a thing?? Twilight is over people…let it die! Or turn to dust in the sun or something.)
Politico Lesley is up first and wastes no time planting one on Sean “for art” and happily obliges the other women’s catcalls to rip open his shirt. Well to be fair, five minutes is longer than I thought he’d make it fully clothed with this group.

TiError is acting out her own version of Mean Girls scoffing at Kristy The Model’s hair extensions and irking Robyn and the trapped attentive hair stylists.
Does this look like a sweet girl to you?
She flips the switch for Sean through doubletalk and compliment-fishing, earning a: “I don’t think there’s a catty bone in your body…I could tell you were sweet five minutes after meeting you.”
I'm an excellent judge of character!

Meanwhile, Yogateer Katie- or someone resembling Katie with supersized humidity hair set from Stun to Kill- ponders self-terming because she’s not as aggressive as the other girls.
Kacie B lends an ear, but can barely suppress her excitement as she talks Katie into going home and proceeds to inform The Others. Katie wishes Sean the best on her way out. I am just noticing Kacie B has an almost identical laugh to Sandra Bullock’s Miss Congeniality character.

Naturally Kristy The Model goes on to win the contract, but Sean gives the date rose to Mayor of Friendzone Kacie B for “putting everything on hold to find love.” I’m not feeling the two of them as a couple, but Kacie B provided us the best That's What She Said of the night: “I’m not going to quit because something’s hard and uncomfortable!”  


Desiree: Love is Priceless
On this episode of Punk’d, Sean wants to see if his woman has a good sense of humor…by incriminating her as the destroyer of a piece of art and orchestrating a confrontation with the artist. How fun! This is reminiscent of Ashley H. proving she had a sense of humor by forcing her guys to participate in a roast…of her. Prompting one to ask if the already-insecure Bachelorette actually knew what “roast” meant before agreeing to the infamous ego-shattering, verbal bloodbath that was to follow. Fortunately for Desiree, Sean waltzed in before emotions ran TOO high with ze artiste and she took the “joke” in stride.

The rest of the date consisted of getting’ busy in Sean’s kitchen. Making dinner, that is.
Followed by a little swimming/make-out sesh to round out the evening.
Lest we forget how All-American Sean is, he wore the American flag as swimtrunks in a getup more literal than the Team U.S.A. gear designed by Ralph Lauren™ for our Olympians last summer.
Desiree rocked a purple bikini. In addition to their sartorial statements, the pair marvel at how close they already feel to each other. Rose for Desiree- Captain America approves!

Mixer/ Rose Ceremony
Amanda oscillates between a “dark energy” with the women...
...to Janice the sunny, guitar-playing Muppet with Sean.

Turns out drunk bride Lindsay is completely charming when sober.

“Oh no! I’m developing feelings for EVERYONE!!!” complains Sean. What a dilemma.

Robyn plays the Race Card and pretty much asks Sean if she is wasting her time. Sean seems a little too enthusiastic to answer…it’s as if Team Bachelor is coaching him in response to a lawsuit presented during Emily’s season claiming that the show is too white. Sean goes on to list all of the ethnicities of women he has dated…which comes off more racist than intended: “I LOVE that you’re asking this question! The last girl I dated was black. I’ve dated Hispanics, Persians…”
Life takeaway: taste the rainbow!

Selma teaches Sean something to say in Arabic- he loves it!

I am impressed by the adventurous shades of lipstick the women have chosen tonight.

Leaving Broken-Hearted:
Brooke, community organizer.
Diana, single mom of two.

We hardly knew ye.

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