Veteran Bachelor viewers know that the hometown dates are a dip into the Bachelorette’s gene pool. This really helps the Bachelor to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em.
Well first…and she’s been #1 Bachelorette (with Lady Stephanie a close second) since the first episode…is Jillian..or Jill as J says. We head to Peace River…I mean Kelowna or wherever Jill is really from.
Hometown #1..Jason’s on a Mission (Hill) and Jill’s family is Red, White and no longer blue
Isn’t Jill fabulous??? And I don’t mean to get all wrapped up in the flag (Jason gets that later)…but she is just a breath of fresh air. Spunky, genuine, pretty, confident and fashion forward. What’s not to love about Jillian.? So Jason arrives in our chilly country. Jillian brings him to Mission Hill…where she lets out some of her emotions that have been ‘bottled’ up for so long. She opens up about her mom’s depression (which resolved after 15 years thankfully)…which I say hooray!!!With 1 in 5 Canadians being affected by mental illness, I like the fact that she didn’t hide that or was ashamed…as stigmatizing as mental illness can be (okay…that is enough of a PSA from the Canadian Mental Health Association). I loved that way that it helped to explain her behaviour and personality. Yup…layers…that’s our Jillian. Then Jill and J wine-d up and skedaddle over to the parents. Jill’s dad shows unabashed Canadian pride and wraps J up in a flag. Then Jill’s mom has a heart to heart with J and affirms what J has thought..that Jill is a very resilient and deep person….then with J and dad are in the garage…Jill’s dad words about his baby girl are very moving. Then the piece de resistence (had to throw some en francais down) when Grandma comes, hands J a bunched up pair of Canadian-themed boxer shorts, puts them on his head and then kisses him on the lips for his good-bye!!! Well head gear continues in….
Hometown #2…Hats off I mean on for Molly’s Family
So along comes Molly’s hometown date. Molly greets J where she is most comfortable..on the golf green. According to Molly…her and the family spent every week at the country club…according to her..it was totally preppy. Well that explains clothing choices but I’m not sure what type of insight we are supposed to get from that?? She comes from money?? Dunno…big yawn….she likes golf…bigger yawn. Okay..I shouldn’t yawn at people’s passions. So we meet Molly’s parents them seem lovely…but they get all crazy-mom opens the tickle trunk and has a hat party then makes J draw a picture of Molly. That was big time fun…well then J jumped on the crazy train to get to…
Hometown #3 When Doves Cry…I mean Die
If their was a gold-gilded rose trophy for oddest hometown it would go to Naomi’s hometown. J warmed up for the date with a family hula hoop contest . With his heart rate was up he now had to deal with the flat-lined dove..which Naomi’s mom kept refrigerated in a paper bag so that j could perform the eulogy for the dove’s burial. Then the ultimate of contradictions…Hector (Naomi’s dad) grilled J about another J…as in Jesus….and asked him about his religiousity. Then Naomi’s mom takes J and says Naomi is a temple goddess and he was an indigo…I dunno..she lost me at indigo. Back in the backyard Hector asks Naomi about her and J’s religious differences and Naomi says she doesn’t care. Then later she says maybe we should have talked about religion. Naomi seems a bit lost.
Hometown #4 No Cheerleading from Melissa’s family
A shocking hometown date. Melissa’s family disses J. They don’t do reality shows. So Melissa introduces J to her ‘friends’..the friends who tell America that Melissa’s dates don’t respect her and that they hope she finds someone because they are tired of her being the fifth wheel. Wow..Melissa I say hitch up the fifth wheel and find some new friends.
Melissa is just so cute and she seems super sweet. She does not appear convinced of her appeal. Sigh….that’s too bad.
Well after a whirlwind tour of Kelowna, Grand Rapids, somewhere in California then Dallas…Jason goes back to Seattle for more pondering and another waterside chat with Chris…then the roses are handed out at the Fairmont Olympic Torch hotel…in a huge expanse of a ballroom…it was the most walking the bachelorettes had to do to claim their rose. I gotta say..i had a feeling that he was going to let Naomi go (if those two got married..i wonder if they’d have a dove release at the weddingJ
You know this bachelor was good…but then I saw next week’s preview…guess who’s baaaaaaaaaccccccccccckkkkkkkk???? Deanna happens to be in New Zealand for the FOD (Fantasy Overnight Dates)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And according to the previews she says something that makes J look like he’s going to be sick over the glassed in balcony….the drama…and on Valentine’s Day weekend. Looks like he should be cheers-ing with some Pepto…or maybe he caught what Shannon had a few short episodes ago!!
Until next week…I can’t wait…and…I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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