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[fionab]

The crazy starts to peak out early.

[Kerri Johnson]

Sarah's voice is incredibly annoying. She sounds like a Kardashian.

I'm pretty sure that's the same mansion that was used on ANTM British Invasion.

Catherine, please find Chelsea's mom from Teen Mom 2 and remove your nose rings.

Amanda looks like Megan Fox, at least before Megan got so much surgery.

Daniella looks like someone I can't put my finger on, anyone know? And did we see her flash her panties?

Tierra's breasts deserve their own rose.

[over30patheticgroupie]

Is Sean really that sincere or is he trying to be Mr. Politically Correct?

I really liked KCB at the beginning of Ben's season, but now she seems like kind of a snot.

My fave so far is Leslie (sp?), but I hate to invest in anyone this early as they may be hiding the crazy for now.

Tierra's breasts deserve their own rose

Too bad that her forehead vein (or crease?) distracts from them....




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Edited by over30patheticgroupie, Jan 14, 2013 @ 10:15 PM.

[Scoutlet]

I think Desiree is way too pretty and funny for him. Prettiest of the bunch, but I think he would bore her.

Okay, I know this is horrible but when I see the woman with one arm (Leslie?) all I can think is of the character Amber that Amy Poehler did on SNL. She was the perpetual dating show contestant who would introduce herself by saying: "I'm really sexy, I have one leg......".

I know, horrible.

Edited by Scoutlet, Jan 14, 2013 @ 10:15 PM.

[Arkay]

Was just about to say the identical thing about Sarah. She is very pretty, and I admire her for coping well with her disability, but her voice sounds like Kourtney Kardashian. The same whining, non-inflected monotonous tone that so annoys me.
Des is very cute....now and then I see a flash of Katie Holmes, except Des is prettier.
I know it could be due to the editing, but Amanda did seem off the wall.

[awaken]

Can someone remind me what Amanda's gimmick was last week? I don't ever remember seeing her before. It feels like she has to be a plant, with that horrifying dress, messy hair, and sullen face. That can't be real!

Buzzwords for tonight: "I'm feeling her, and she's feeling me" and the ubiquitous "now this is really getting real!" "I love my family, they are so awesome, my parents are still together"

I think we already have our final 4-5 women- Tierra (the "villian"who presents herself differently to Sean than she does in the house, and someone is going to have to warn sean that she isn't who she appears to be and isn't there for the right reasons!), Desiree- I actually really liked her!, Lesley M- awkward but I think it will get more comfortable, and Kacie B- for drama (but I don't think she'll win), and possibly Robyn.

I thought the prank date was not nice at all! I'd be pretty mad to see them sitting back there watching and laughing!

Robyn was the one who flipped in on the first night, right? I thought she was in engineering? Now she works with oilfields!

And Sarah...I really want to like her, but enough with the arm already!!!!!!! All it needed was that first explanation on night one. Why was most of their date that was shown, focusing on her talking about her arm? It's a non-issue.

I'm glad Lindsey, crazy wedding dress woman, got a chance to redeem herself.

[torreador]

Sean is really starting to annoy me, let me count the ways:

1) Referring to the women as girls
2) Repeatedly mentioning he's a man
2a) And therefore must look after the little woman
3) The stupid practical joke. That's his 2nd one. What is he, 12?
4) Correcting what's her name on the first date (subtly) when she said Oh My God and he said Oh My Gosh

[Firthient]

Robyn, the back flipper's occupation was listed as "Oil Field Manager". Amanda's gimmick was the awkward pause.

Sean is like a kid in a candy store. He seems to be falling for more than one lady. This doesn't bode well.

[welsch515]

Robyn was the one who flipped in on the first night, right? I thought she was in engineering? Now she works with oilfields!

It was kind of awkward how she explained this in her bio piece in the season premiere, but I think as part of her job in the oil industry, she works with a lot of engineers, and they collectively are a turn-off. She has realized her ideal man is a non-engineering type.

Diana reminds me of some soap opera actress; I can't remember her name, or the show she was on. But I definitely see a resemblance. It's been bugging me that I can't think of the name.

[awaken]

Oh, yes, Sean repeatedly saying he considers himself a man- ha ha ha. Loved that. And must protect his woman.

Thanks for reminding me about Amanda- I remember the awkward pause but not her face at all!

I agree, Diana looks very familiar and I can't figure out why.

[fionab]

As far as Robyn goes, I don't remember exactly what her education was in her intro, but the two statements didn't strike me as the least bit incongruous. The oil industry hires a lot of young engineering graduates to do other things that require generic math and tech smarts. She may be one of those, or Welsh may have it right.
I do like Robyn, I just wish she didn't seem to be in the center of the Tierra catfight.

And Sean's response to her question about his type/race? Wow. well done. I mean, I'm sure he was somewhat prepared for it (what with the lawsuit drama in the offseason), but his answer seemed really genuine and heartfelt. Thats really unusual on reality tv.

[kligwood]

I agree, Diana looks very familiar and I can't figure out why.

Emmanuelle Chriqui?

[Wibnix]

I'm confused. I thought Sean's last GF was Emily, yet he claims his last girlfriend was black. Is he making shit up?

Where in hell did all these people with parents who stick together for 35 years and still hold hands come from? Have we encountered some sort of a time warp here?

[comosedice]

"I thought Sean's last GF was Emily..."

I don't think being on the show means that Emily was his girlfriend. The only person from that season who can claim that is Jef.

[backformore]

I just read an article about "vocal fry" also called "creaky voice". And that is pretty much what Sarah does with her voice. It's a raspy, croaky sound at the end of a sentence.

Sprry - I tried to link it but was not successful. Google "vocal fry" to see exactly what Sarah is doing with her voice. And yeah, it's annoying.

Edited by backformore, Jan 14, 2013 @ 11:29 PM.

[Wibnix]

Tierra's breasts deserve their own rose

Too bad that her forehead vein (or crease?) distracts from them....

Holy crap, that was driving me insane throughout the entire rose ceremony. I don't recall it from last week. What the hell happened to her?

So Amanda is the "fit model"? Did her entire appearance change or something? I swear I watched the entire first episode, but now it seems many of the "girls" are morphing into aliens or something.

Edited by Wibnix, Jan 14, 2013 @ 11:35 PM.

[ShaNaeNae]

Daniella looks like someone I can't put my finger on, anyone know?

I posted last week that she reminds me of Courtney Stodden. Poor Daniella.

But right on! Daniella in making fun of Tierra...Tiara's name.

And word on Sarah's voice. You know those stupid half words that valley girls say these days (ridic for ridiculous, adorbs for adorable)? I can almost hear Sarah saying, "those girls are sool jellly" (jealous). Sound it. I bet you can hear it too.

[LakeGal]

Did someone once refer to Sean as a sissy little girl? His need to keep reminding everyone he is a man was rather comical.

Sean's need to play practical jokes and often say things not true like he speaks languages, etc. would get old. After awhile I would start to doubt anything he told me or did.

[Maddingcrowd]

I like guys with a sense of humor so Sean's joke didn't bother me at all. We already had a couple of bachelors who looked like they never laughed in their lives (Ben, Jake). Des is really pretty and seems nice and I don't see how she would be bored by Sean. She is a bridal consultant, not a brain trust member after all. Thought Amanda looked psycho and Tierra is not far behind. Feel sad for one armed girl (she really is pretty), but if she focuses on that all the time, that is all the guy will think of too.

I think Sean is handsome, nice and funny and although he wouldn't be my type I think he would make a loyal husband.

[over30patheticgroupie]

Did someone once refer to Sean as a sissy little girl? His need to keep reminding everyone he is a man was rather comical.

HA, he is starting to sound like that doofus Chris from Emily's season who kept insisting he was a "grown ass man". I hope it isn't overcompensation because he is a closet case....

HAHA... I kid, I kid. See what I did there Sean? The practical jokes do get old.

[kelbel]

When Sarah was going on about how Sean gave her the first date and that means he really liked her and wanted to get to know her or whatever it was that she said, the first thing I thought was "No, he gave her the first date to not look like an ass." I do like her though. But I'm not sensing any real chemistry between them. I agree with those who said her voice kinda grates.

So far, I'm kinda liking Desiree and the wedding dress girl (Lindsey? I think that's her name). I'm already tired of Tierra as the show's villain. I swear they hire these girls as actresses to be the girl that everybody hates. I just don't understand why every season there's that one girl that says "I'm not here to make friends" and is stirring up drama. They have to know they'll be getting an unflattering edit.

I don't know why everyone was making such a fuss about that Amanda woman at the cocktail party. It wasn't like she calling everybody names. I don't see why it got under all the girls skin so much when she finally perked up when Sean came. So what she was sulking in a corner? That doesn't mean she's not "there for the right reasons" and that she's being "manipulative". Maybe she just didn't feel like talking to anyone.

Edited by kelbel, Jan 14, 2013 @ 11:56 PM.

[Ketzel]

Hey everybody! Did you know that Sarah has one arm?! Really, she does. But it doesn't matter a bit. It doesn't matter at all. It doesn't stop her from doing anything she wants! Like throwing herself off a building in a harness! Even though she has only one arm! It's not even something worth dwelling on, because it's not as if having one arm is going to stop her! Because she only has one arm. Which, in case you DID notice, shouldn't bother you at all because she's just like everyone else! Except with one arm!

Nothing subtle about the Bachelor producers...

I think most practical jokes are passive aggressive forms of cruelty and if any man I had just started seeing pulled one on me, I would not toss my hair, say, "oh youuuuu!" and forgive him. I would most likely return the favor by pretending to be a bunny-boilin' crazy woman, right up to the moment he fled into the night, with me screaming after him, "HEY! I WAS ONLY JOKING!!"

I think maybe Sean did pay a little attention to Arie's lessons on kissing, even if he said he didn't. At least, I didn't see as much of his tongue this time when he was macking on Desiree. Or maybe that was just the camera angle.

And when Sean was talking about how he is attracted to women of all races, creeds, religions and national origins, I laughed when he started out by saying that people see his blonde hair and blue eyes and think that's what attracts him in a woman, but those people are WRONG. Because he never declared himself madly in love with a blue-eyed blonde on national television, ever, I know, right?


PS: It has been brought to my attention that Emily has brown eyes. Well, technically she does, but she's still a blue-eyed blonde, in my opinion. I mean, it's not as if she's actually blonde, either. Is she?

Edited by Ketzel, Jan 15, 2013 @ 5:59 PM.

[superpole2000]

I love how the producers and editors are desperate to prove that Sean is great. "Give the first date to the one-arm girl. And get a shot of him holding her in the helicopter. Actually, get two shots of that. Make that three. And zoom in on her missing arm as often as you can. And then let's get the African American girl to prompt Sean to say he's okay with non-white girls."

Desiree looks a bit like Amanda from Survivor. She is certainly attractive, although I find Jackie has the face I just can't stop staring at. She's gorgeous.

Sean had the bottom button of his suit done up at the rose ceremony. Don't they have assistants who can tell him not to do that?

[GlamSnooky]

Sarah: Oh my gosh… Oh my gosh, I wish she hadn't gotten a rose, Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, I suppose her personality is OK, but the whining tone of her voice (oh my gosh!) is really getting on my nerves! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.

Was Catherine promising blow jobs? I wasn't quite clear on the whole "beef" joke, but Sean was totally into it.

I really don't like practical jokes. There's a meanness behind them. They're not about the victim having a sense of humor, they're about making someone else the butt of the joke. I thought Desiree handled herself great -- the whole thing went over like a lead balloon. It really fell flat, much like that art… Much like the trick Sean pulled on Emily (that hardly revealed HER "awesome sense of humor," either.) I'm glad Desiree made him twist in the wind over her acceptance of the rose.

When Chris was "explaining" the joke to Sean, did I hear Chris say "supposubly" instead of supposedly? For shame!

[Miss Kubelik]

I kind of love Amanda for being TB's very own brunette outcast, Wednesday Addams. Is it awful that I'm sorta hoping she detonates like Wednesday as Pocahontas in Gary and Becky Martin-Granger's Thanksgiving "vision" at Camp Chippewa? "The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, "Do not trust the Bachelorettes, especially Tierra."

I agree that Diana looked really familiar, but can't see why, although according to this:

Diana owns Salon Shag in Sandy, UT (a Salt Lake City suburb). And Diana’s got crazy stylist skills — she’s the responsible for the coif that launched a 1000 swoons: Jef Holm’s!

Really, though, quite of few of them looked really familiar, like they've been on TB before (oh, hi KCB!). Speaking of, I liked her throughout Ben's season, but this second go-round is not as good a look on her (the second stint rarely is, though). No need to act superior because you've been through the muck of this show before. At the same time, it's amusing how she's acting like the B'ette consigliare.

[backformore]

MAybe they all went swimming and we didn''t see it, or maybe it was really humid. Or maybe the stylists at the photo shoot did a number on thier hair. But for part of the evening on the group date, there was some BAD hair - on Kacie, Amanda, a few others. Amanda reminds me of the girl from Seinfeld, that they said was 'two-faced', changing from attractive to homely in different lights. Wasn't Amanda reasonably pretty at first? Then sort of scowling and pouty and plain
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Someone mentioned Tierra's weird forehead marks - looks like forceps marks to me. But that didn't freak me out as much as her right eyebrow, which is permanently raised, giving her a kind of skeptical smirk.

There was a blond women in the back row -Taryn? white blond hair, in a style you don't see on women under 40. I can't recall seeing her before the rose ceremony.

I agree that the practical joke was dumb and mean. What if the girl burst into tears? I could see that happening, and she was left alone in an art studio, but they were secretly watching her - that's kind of creepy. I don't like it as a test of whether someone has a "sense of humor". It's more - will this person tolerate me humiliating her, and not get angry?

Edited by backformore, Jan 15, 2013 @ 1:52 AM.

[chocolatine]

Diana owns Salon Shag in Sandy, UT (a Salt Lake City suburb). And Diana’s got crazy stylist skills — she’s the responsible for the coif that launched a 1000 swoons: Jef Holm’s!

Wait, is she the single mom Jef used to date?

Because he never declared himself madly in love with a blue-eyed blonde on national television, ever, I know, right?

Emily is a brown-eyed girl (sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-di-da).

The best part of tonight's show was Daniella and the blonde Leslie drunkenly discussing Greek mythology.

[Yeuklid]

Front Runners:
Desiree, Lesley from DC, Robin, and Lindsay, whose spark is a good tonic for Sean's blandness.
Friend Zone:
Leslie poker dealer, Daniella, Taryn, Sarah, Catherine, Kristy and Kacie B (still).
Complicated:
Tierra and Amanda.
Dark Horses:
Jackie, AshLee the adoptee from Texas, and Selma. If Selma turns up the glam factor, I don't know about Sean but I'd be putty in her hands.

[torreador]

Kacie B was totally oblivious to Sean almost saying directly she was in the friend zone. I think she only got the rose because she was the safest choice. I can't see any chemistry.

I was thinking about Sean's "I'm the man, I'm a man, A man takes care of a woman". He's supposed to be a strong Christian, right? Maybe he's from one of the demonimations that emphasize the man taking care of the little woman?


EW has the winning cover and 3 runners up. As always, avoid the comments. There are no spoilers, yet. But there's always some jerk posting them.

Edited by torreador, Jan 15, 2013 @ 6:46 AM.

[Joymarie]

And Sarah...I really want to like her, but enough with the arm already!!!!!!! All it needed was that first explanation on night one. Why was most of their date that was shown, focusing on her talking about her arm? It's a non-issue.

I agree. I think she's using her missing arm to manipulate Sean into keeping her, and it's not even slightly subtle. And when he eliminates her, I fear she'll blame her missing arm. I almost feel bad for Sean having to keep the annoying voice around just to show he's not a dick who would eliminate the brave disabled girl.

1) Referring to the women as girls
2) Repeatedly mentioning he's a man

Yes, thank you. He's quite the cave man. Me man! You girl! Ick!

I don't know why everyone was making such a fuss about that Amanda woman at the cocktail party. It wasn't like she calling everybody names. I don't see why it got under all the girls skin so much when she finally perked up when Sean came. So what she was sulking in a corner? That doesn't mean she's not "there for the right reasons" and that she's being "manipulative". Maybe she just didn't feel like talking to anyone.

I agree. I laughed out loud when whoever said her sulking meant she wasn't there for the right reason. That just makes no sense.

I'm trying to remember if previous bachelors have seriously made out with more than one woman on the second episode. Sean seems to be heading toward Bob territory.