Week 6 - The Blood Bath

The Blood Bath

 

We start our episode with Taylor interrupting Corrine and Nick’s dinner. And AGAIN, as happens with Every. Single. Cliffhanger… NOTHING HAPPENS. Taylor talks to Nick about how Corrine is not right for him and he says thanks, and sends her packing… again. Much to their surprise, the ladies will not be participating in a cocktail party… Nick is ready to make his decision: Jaimi, Josephine and Alexis are sent home.

I would like to hold a moment of silence for the loss of Alexis. While she didn’t get a whole lot of episode time, but she has been a TRUE GEM during the credits of virtually every episode since the beginning. My three big Alexis highlights: 1) dressed as shark, insisted she was dolphin (bless her heart) 2) while spending some alone time with Nick, she threw a birthday party for her tatas. That’s right, it was the first anniversary of her boob job… and she celebrated with a “Boobaversary” cake. Dear God and Bachelor producers, PLEASE put her in Paradise. 3) She had an irrational fear of Nicholas Cage. I mean, that’s crazy, and amazing. I will miss her.

Also, there was some big deal made about some person called Whitney being relieved that she didn’t get sent home. WHO THE HELL IS THIS WOMAN? Has she been here the whole time?

Nick and the harem will be traveling to St Thomas. Much like Milwaukee and New Orleans… St Thomas is “the perfect place to fall in love”. There will be three dates this week, a solo date, a group date, and ANOTHER two on one. Oh boy! With the “no need for a cocktail party” and a second two on one… I think it is safe to say that Nick really starting to narrow down the field.

The solo date goes to Kristina. The spend time doing something, I have no idea what. The only thing I know about this date is that Kristina tells Nick of her horribly sad childhood in Russia. At one point, she was so hungry, she ate lipstick; at another time, her mother kicked her out of the house for eating without permission. SWEET JESUS. She is lovely and gracious when talking about her adoptive family. I want to hug her. Obviously, between being a ten and that devastating story… OF COURSE she gets a rose… but I tell you now… Nick is WAY out of his league here.

Back at the hotel, the resort has provided the ladies with a 24 hour maid service. Corrine, is in HEAVEN. She has a nanny again!! There is someone there to do everything for her! It makes me so uncomfortable watching this woman. Don’t get me wrong, if I am on vacation and I am paying for the “wait on me hand and foot” service, I expect that it would look similar to what is happening here… the thing that makes me uncomfortable is how… childlike Corrine has become. It’s disturbing to see a woman who is so hypersexual turn into this little girl…like, super CREEPY.

The group date is a TOTAL DISASTER. What was supposed to be a fun day at the beach, day boozing and playing games turns into every girl is drunk, jealous, and NOT wanting to share their boyfriend anymore. Jasmine is spiraling out of control – she is getting really ANGRY at Nick for not giving her a one on one date. The volleyball game super cut also shows Jasmine pushing Corrine to the ground. It’s a mess. When he finally comes over for some alone time, she has worked herself up into such a tizzy that Nick, wisely, decides not to delay the inevitable and sends her home… Not before she actually pretends to CHOKE HIM OUT. It’s really bizarre. Pretty sure she will be playing in Paradise.

The rose on this date went to… um… I have no idea. Maybe he didn’t give one?

And now, the second, dreaded two on one. Danielle L and “Who the hell is Whitney?” are stuck together in a plane and then on a deserted island with Nick. It’s clear very quickly that Nick will be sending home “Who the Hell is Whitney”. Almost as baffling as her sudden appearance on this show, is her absolute shock when he sends her home. He and Danielle fly off into the sunset, leaving “who the hell is Whitney” all alone on the beach.

While at dinner, Danielle L confesses to Nick that she is starting to fall in love with him. Upon hearing this… he realizes that he is definitely not as into her as she is him, and so the kind thing to do would be to send her home.

All in all - that is SIX women sent home in one episode. It's CRAZY. They are dropping like flies.

Here is what I think… Nick knows who he wants and is now so TERRIFIED that she might not want him back that he is going to try to sabotage his own cast and himself...

Nick, the man who has perpetually fallen in love with women who don’t love him back, has a full blown crisis of conscience because the shoe is finally on the other foot and he has no idea how to handle it.  He does not handle his rejection of Danielle… somehow, he has decided that because someone… ANYONE… has FINALLY said she loves him and he doesn’t love her back – it makes him, somehow, a bad person, or unlovable or something, I don’t know. Instead of retreating to the loving embrace of Chris Harrison, and giving our intrepid host the opportunity to earn his keep and talk some sense into him… Nick does the unimaginable…

He walks into the women’s suite (where the women are still reeling at the removal of BOTH Danielle and Whitney’s suitcases) and declares that he doesn’t think this is going to work.

AND FADE TO BLACK – HOLY CRAP ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER!!!

Previews for tonight’s episode show LOTS AND LOTS of crying. Here’s hoping a cliffhanger finally delivers.

Happy Rose day!!

Meg