So this week our Bachelor decided to take the ladies to his hometown in Sonoma, CA! I know what you're thinking. Isn't that supposed to be the last episode where Ben shows the final two girls his hometown?! Usually it is but our Bachelor Ben makes the rules this season and the first stop he wanted to make was his hometown (maybe the future home of one of our bachelorettes?!).
The first date card arrives at the Sonoma mansion and its a one-on-one date for Casie B.! Ben takes Casie B. on a date in downtown Sonoma. They take a nice stroll around downtown and Ben gives Casie the history of his hometown. The couple has fun making their way in and out of little shops. At a candy shop, Casie buys a special gift so she can share one of her secret talents with Ben. She's a baton twirler! Casie is as cute and charming as can be as she teaches Ben a few of her tricks. After strolling around town Casie B. and Ben make their way to dinner at a restaurant in downtown Sonoma. I personally liked this because Casie and Ben's date was so real. A lot of times the dates on The Bachelor are over the top and unrealistic. This date was exactly how it would have been in the real world. Strolling around town, looking in shops, and eating dinner at a nice restaurant instead of the typical extravagant seven course dinner set up in the middle of fountains somewhere. Ben and Casie have a great dinner and good conversation as they discuss the loss of Ben's dad and how it affected him. As usual, there's a rose on the table throughout the meal. And of course Ben gives the rose to sweet southern Casie B. He'd be crazy not to (she's one of my personal front runners). After dinner, Ben takes Casie across the street to the Sebastian Theatre. Casie is surprised when her own home videos show up on the big screen. She and Ben watch both of their home videos of Christmases, birthdays, and family time. Ben was an absolutely adorable baby! After seeing videos with his dad, Ben starts to get really emotional and tears up. After the videos are over, Casie comforts Ben. Sharing that moment together definitely forms an emotional bond between the two of them. The date was pretty much perfect. And like every perfect date should end, it ended with a kiss!
This was probably my favorite Bachelor/Bachelorette date ever. It was such a simple date but so real. I really loved the part where they showed home videos because it was a creative and special way for them to learn about each other.
Next is the group date! The date card names are read off and the lucky girls are: Brittney, Rachel, Jennifer, Blakely, Emily, Jenna, Shawn, Monica, Samantha, Jamie, Nicki, and Jaclyn. The girls arrive at Sonoma's town square to meet Ben. He informs them that today they are going to be performing a play! The best part? Ben has arranged for a bunch of children to help. I think Ben specifically chose to involve kids in this date so he could see how the woman interact with children. Before performing the play, the girls have to audition for the kids. Each girl gets on the stage and the kids get to tell them how to act. The majority of the girls make complete fools of themselves but still have fun with it. We get to see Ben joking around with the kids which makes all of us at home fall even more in love with this seemingly perfect man. The most interesting audition had to be Blakely's, purely because of her outfit. Not only did Blakely come to play, but so did her HUGE boobs. She wore a super skin tight romper which had no where near the capacity to contain her boobs. She definitely made a statement in her skimpy attire. Next up is the play. The girls have to dress in CRAZY costumes including a gingerbread man, a donkey, and my personal favorite, a weasel. The play is about Prince Pino (Ben) and his search for love in Bachelorville. The girls and Ben make fools of themselves in front of the town of Sonoma and it is hysterical. The play was an excellent opportunity for some of the girls because a few girls' characters had to kiss the prince! The best part of the play by far was when Ben stripped down to just some skimpy shorts. Ben looked so good every female jaw dropped in the place!
Later in the evening, the girls went to a pool party (a Bachelor group date favorite!). The pool party is heavy on the drama. A bunch of girls in bathing suits and only one man? Of course its time for the claws to come out! Our bitch of the group finally emerges at the pool party. Blakely. She is the typical Bachelor villain. She's a super catty bitch around all the girls but its masked when she's with Ben. He's completely fooled by her and has no idea how horrible she truly is. Blakely grinds on the other girls' nerves because she acts very cocky and tells them she deserves the rose on the date. Ben and Jennifer have a nice private moment where they have a full on make out sesh! And it was totally initiated by Ben. Then, Blakely THROWS herself on Ben and it upsets the other girls. Samantha calls her a "candy striper hooker" which is actually a pretty accurate description. The girls spend the rest of the night gossiping about Blakely and when some comes over to talk to them, they immediately disperse. And of course, Ben is completely blinded by all of it and gives the rose to Blakely.
The last one-on-one date is Courtney (ugh). Courtney is the other bitch of the house. She's way too into herself and constantly brags about the connection she has with Ben to intimidate the other girls. The girls in the house hate her. I could be wrong about this but if the majority of the girls in the house hate another girl, there's definitely a reason why. Courtney's date with Ben was exactly like she is, boring. Although Ben does bring his cute dog Scotch with him and we get to see how much he truly loves that dog he baby talks to. Ben takes Courtney to the Redwood forest for a picnic lunch. After they spend the rest of the afternoon sitting and talking by the water, they get cleaned up and go to dinner (a candlelight table set up in the middle of the woods, what happened to realistic Chris Harrison?). Ben, OF COURSE, is completely gaga for Courtney. He's obviously already head over heels for her and we're all wondering why (classic Bachelor Brad Womack and Emily). Ben gives Courtney the rose (shocker) and the only thing she seems concerned with is showing off her rose to the other girls. Courtney seems to be much more interested in the competition with the girls than Ben.
Now its time for the cocktail party. The party starts out good with Ben catching up with Lyndzi since he didn't see her all week, but then it turns bad fast. Ben pulls Samantha aside so they can talk but Blakely, who already has a rose this week, steals Ben from Samantha. All the girls are immediately irritated by this and their irritation grows when Blakely tries to steal him AGAIN from another girl. Jenna struggles to find the right words when she is trying to explain herself to Ben and just comes off as really weird. Jenna gets upset and goes upstairs to get in bed and cry (yes I'm serious). Meanwhile, Blakely overhears some girls bad mouthing her and runs upstairs to cry in a corner. Yes ladies that's right, we now have two girls crying upstairs. Ben, our heroic Bachelor, comforts them and pulls the crying girls out of their weep caves because its time for the rose ceremony!
The rose ceremony was pretty straight forward and uneventful minus the fact that every time the camera was on Jenna during the ceremony she looked like she was gonna start sobbing on the spot. Which she did end up doing. She did not receive a rose this week (see full list below) and had an emotional breakdown as she said her goodbyes to The Bachelor cameras.
This was a great episode this week and now our Bachelor is one step closer to finding love! Here's a few things we have to look forward to next week: The girls are going to San Francisco, Brittney has a confession for Ben, someone passes out at the rose ceremony, and the new mystery girl arrives!
Have a great week girls!
IN:
-Casie B.
-Blakely
-Courtney
-Jennifer
-Emily
-Elyse
-Jaclyn
-Erika
-Rachel
-Lyndzi
-Nicki
-Casey S.
-Samantha
-Monica
-Jamie
-Brittney
OUT:
-Shawn
-Jenna
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