Monday, February 11, 2013

The Bachelor, Ep. 17.7

SPOILER ALERT! Tonight is the end of the reign of the evil Tierra! She over-stayed her welcome by 7 episodes. But hey, at least she didn't go all the way to the end. Sean may have had his blinders on for 7 episodes, but at least he pulled the plug before actually proposing to this fruitloop, unlike someone else...hahem...Ben....hahem. We all saw how well that worked with Courtney. Thank goodness Sean had some sense to get rid of Courtney 2.0. Any way, rant over...on to the recap.

The girls leave the cold of Canada, for St. Croix. Tierra decided to sleep on a cot in the hallway over sharing a room with any of the other girls. It just never ends.

One-on-One Date: AshLee

As AshLee's name is announced on the date card, Tierra could not look more annoyed. Poor Tierra, the only girl not to have a date.

Sean asks AshLee about Tierra. She didn't hold back and told it like it is. Finally, he decides to believe what he's being told. He said he trusts AshLee and doesn't think she would lie to him. So wait. Did he think ALL of the other girls who told him something about Tierra were lying?

At dinner, AshLee decides it's time to share something important with Sean. This probably should have come up a little sooner, but she tells him that she was married 15 years ago, when she was 17. It was hard for her to share it, and the more she drug it out, the more scared he got. So, she dated a guy her freshman year, got married her junior year and was divorced by her senior year. Wow...and all because she was having trouble with her mom?

And the date ended with them screaming "Hello St. Croix"...and then AshLee screams "I love Sean!"

One-on-One: Tierra

Finally, Tierra's name is alone on the date card. She's been whining about getting a one-on-one date FOREVER, and it's finally here. So, you would think that she would be ecstatic. Well, if you thought that, you would be wrong! The date card says that her and Sean are going to explore the town. She is not happy that it's going to be crowded and hot and her make-up will run. She wonders why he wouldn't take her boating, because she likes to do things like that. Someone call the Wambulance...wha wha, wha wha....(side reference, watch this video if you don't know what a wambulance is...this seems VERY appropriate for Tierra, given how many times the ambulance has been called for her and how much she whines).

The day of her date arrives, and it's time for her to face the music. Sean has a lot of questions for her, to say the least. Let's see how many times she complains and/or cries during this date.

For some reason, Sean buys her an eternity bracelet...really? You have so many questions about her, and you buy her something relating to the word "eternity"?

He finally starts to ask her some questions about being in the house and with the other girls. Of course, she acts like the victim and says that they purposely do their own thing and don't talk to her (wasn't it her that moved a cot into the hallway away from everyone else? yeah, thought so.). He asks her if she could do things over again if she would act any differently with the girls, and she says "no" and that they aren't going to be around for much longer. Ooh...wrong answer.

At dinner, she tells him that she felt like he was distant and she didn't know why. He admits that it was probably because he was subconsciously thinking about the drama with the girls. She's pissed that the girls tried to throw her under the bus. She then tells him that she is falling in love with him.

At the end of the date, I was very disappointed that more of her true self didn't come through and Sean isn't doubting her as much as he was before.

Group Date: Catherine, Desiree, Lindsay

Sean is one brave guy. He decides to wake the girls up really early. But not just that...he goes in their rooms with a flashlight and a camera! He's lucky he made it out alive. The girls only had a few minutes to get ready. They went to the ocean to see the sunrise...which was totally beautiful. The rest of their date was a journey across the island in order to see the sunset at the end of the day.

They visited a sugar mill, a cafe, a treehouse. Are Catherine and Lindsay really on this date? Desiree seems to be getting A LOT of the attention.

Finally at the end of the day, we see Lindsay and Catherine get some time. He tells Lindsay that they've had quite the journey from her first night in a wedding dress. Catherine tells Sean that if he meets her family, he won't be meeting her dad because he lives in China. She tries to keep in touch with him, but it's hard. He attempted suicide in front of her and her sisters. That poor girl...first a tree falls on a girl and kills her right in front of her and then her dad attempts suicide in front of her. That's quite a lot to handle.

Desiree has a crying meltdown on the beach as she talks to Sean about her family. Not sure why this was so emotional for her.

This is the only date that had a rose to be handed out. The rose went to Lindsay.

Bummer of the day: the plan was to see the sunset. The problem, they can't see the sun...at all. #fail

One-on-One Date: Lesley


On this date, Sean wants to try to bring his relationship to a higher level, because right now, he has stronger feelings for the other girls.

Lesley wants to tell Sean that she's falling for him, but when she should have said something, she didn't. Awkward silence, and then "let's go pick some more fruit." He said it was kind of strange that she wasn't really looking at him when she was talking, it was like she wasn't confident in their relationship. They did finally do some smoochin', but it looks like it's too little too late.

Sean has a visitor: his sister Shay/Drama in the house

While Sean visits with Shay, the drama comes to a boiling point in the house. The scenes go back and forth between Sean and Shay and the girls in the house.

Shay's advice for Sean before he started this journey: "Don't end up with the girl no one likes." Wise words...take heed Sean.

Back at the house, the girls continue to talk about Tierra and she decides it's time to confront AshLee. Oh boy, here we go...the sh** is going to hit the fan and there's about to be some ugly crying. She says that AshLee is sabotaging her."Men love me." Eeek! Tierra flings some daggers like "when I'm 32, I hope I'm married with kids and I don't have to sit around with a bunch of 20-year-olds gossiping." The turn in the conversation came when AshLee said that she didn't say anything to Sean until he asked her and said her name. Oh man, the look on Tierra's face was priceless!

AshLee says that Tierra is rude because she doesn't make eye contact or respond when they are talking to her and she just stares at them with raised eyebrows. Tierra's response was that that is her face and that she hasn't had botox...haha!! She said she can't control her eyebrow and she can't control her face 24/7, because her face "would get frickin' tired". Her parents told her she has a sparkle and not to let the girls in the house take her sparkle. So that's where she gets her "holier than thou" attitude. Should have guessed that her parents would treat her like a princess...hence the name Tierra (tiara...pretty close, don't you think?).

Sean goes to the house during WWIII to get Tierra so Shay can meet her for herself. I sure hope Sean has a bullet-proof vest and a helmet because if he tries to get in the middle of this cat fight, things could get ugly.

Sean gets there just minutes too late to see the fireworks, and he walks in for the waterworks instead. "This is just so hard for me Sean. I'm so sensitive and I have such a big heart." I think I'm going to be sick. She tells Sean that she took what happened on their date really hard, and it's been weighing on her heart. She says that she wants to be honest with him and she says that she confronted someone because she felt like they were sabotaging her. When he asked who, she didn't want to say, but he said "at this point, I think it would be best if you did" (you go Sean!). She said it was AshLee. "She's just out to get me." Waaa waaa. "I hate confrontation and I hate being emotional." If that's true, she must really hate her life, because it seems like that's all she does! In Sean's words: "this is turning into a nightmare". You can say that again. The only solution? Get rid of the problem.

Sean leaves, and then comes back after making a decision. He starts off by saying that his intention coming there wasn't to make her feel bad. He tells her that he flew his sister there and he wanted her to meet her. That's all he said...and Tierra just bursts into tears! I don't care what he feels for her, but if that doesn't make him feel like, 'wow, this girl is high maintenance and has some real issues', I don't know what will.

He says he's cared for her from the beginning, but because of how hard it is on her, he thinks it would be best for her to go home. "I just can't keep you here knowing how hard this is for you." He asks her if she wants to say goodbye to the girls. Um, what do you think? As he walks her out, he asks if she's going to be ok, and she says "no, I'm not". I pity anyone who comes into contact with her in the next 24 hours...she might bite someone's head off.

In the limo, she sobs and says "I can't believe they did this to me. I hope the girls got what they wanted."

Cocktail Party

The girls haven't seen Tierra or Sean for hours. They are worried that she was going to come in with a rose like on the roller derby date. Fortunately, that is not the case...they can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Sean tells the girls that he let her go and he tells them that he isn't looking for drama in his life. AshLee felt like he was looking at her when he said that. She was worried and Lesley thought she should be worried because she was the cause of part of the drama this time. Of course, this is just the show, throwing doubt at us and making even more drama...out of the drama.

Rose Ceremony

Already has a rose: Lindsay

Receive roses: Desiree, Catherine, AshLee

Going home: Lesley (and Tierra--sent home before the ceremony)

Strange reactions after receiving roses:

AshLee: "This rose to me tells me that I can trust. I can't describe the overwhelming  love that I have for him. This is my husband. And love does conquer all."

Catherine: "If he doesn't want Lesley, what am I still doing here? She has more in common with him than I do. My beliefs are shattered." What? She was so emotional....and she GOT A ROSE!

Next week: hometown dates with the top 4

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