First Home Town Date: Houston, TX-AshLee
Her outfit kind of looks like Sandy’s from Grease. She explains how she never knew what true
love was until meeting Sean. Did they
coordinate the plaid shirt/dark jeans combo??
How cute. Sean feels the pressure
since AshLee has professed her love. It
adds a layer of “intensity” to meeting the ‘rents. To cool the nerves, they drink white wine out
of these giant wine goblets. AshLee
wants to marry someone like her dad, and Sean fits the bill. The similarities are uncanny, and of course
Sean can’t resist adding how great his dad is in to the mix. I’m sure he’s full on sweating right now. She’s amazed, I’m bored. This could only be better if they were
sitting in a field of bluebonnets. Money
shot.
Sean shows up with a bouquet of flowers. They eat outside on the lawn. Totally normal? Dad wants to know where they’ve been, who
she’s met, what they’ve seen. I’m
already exhausted by the hammering of questions and they just sat down. AshLee brings up the Lake Louise story and
her baptismal experience. Then she tells
her parents about the romance in St. Croix and there’s some throat-clearing and
eyebrow-raising from these conservative folks.
Sean’s face can’t get any redder, but I think he blushed.
Deborah can tell she’s over the moon for Sean. She’s a mama bear and wants to protect her
daughter’s fragile heart. There’s a
theme of abandonment in her life (5 foster homes in a year), and now she’s
abandoned herself to Sean…I’m nervous.
Bruce wants to know if he loves his daughter and he says he’s crazy
about her and love is on the horizon.
What? Worst.wording.ever. He brings up the big, terrible, awful in AshLee’s
past and his take on the sitch. Dad says
he took the path of least resistance and let her make her own choices.
Then Dad recalls the first day he met AshLee. And I die.
The sweetest thing I’ve ever heard.
As a fellow foster parent, I get it.
Her dad says, ‘the first moment I saw her, I fell in love with her. Some man is going to have to love her like
that.’ Precious.
Second Home Town Date: Seattle, WA-Catherine
Of course they go to tourist central. Pike Place Market. They straddle a pig and make wishes. Sean’s found the fun with Catherine and now
that the romance is there, it’s all set.
Sean steps behind the counter to try and catch some flying fish. He wants to know if it’s like catching a
football. What a doof. Then it’s Catherine’s turn and after dropping
a couple, she gets it figured out.
Catherine likes his smell (?), big beefy arms, and his acceptance of
her. I hope this isn’t the order of
priority.
Side note, are Sean’s pants purple?
Sean learns some Filipino traditions to impress Grandma
Lola, or graham-cracker as the fam likes to call her. Now they’re ready, but Catherine’s worried
someone might try to mess it up for her.
Sean remembered the hand to the forehead, so maybe things are getting
off to a good start. He’s rolling
loompia(?) with mom, getting hit on by grandma…what could go wrong? Sister sabotage.
They ask if she would say yes to an engagement and Catherine
gives a weird backwards answer. The
sisters feel like they’re being forced to like him. They think she has her head in the
clouds.
Sean gets the sisters aside and so far I’ve only heard the
older one speak. The other is the trusty
sidekick. He asks if they think she’s
ready for marriage and they basically tell him sure, as long as you don’t want
kids right away, you keep it fun, and support all of her dreams. Otherwise she’s going to peace out. Real encouraging. The sisters are not doing her any favors:
messy (but not gross), moody…
He’s hoping to get a better sense from mom. Mom wants her to be happy, but she’s not
totally sure if they’ll work out. She
doesn’t want anyone to be led on. Sean
asks for her blessing, and mama says we’ll see.
Burn. Filipinos-1, Sean-0
Third Home Town Date: Ft. Leonard Wood, MO-Lindsay
Sean is nervous to meet the 2-star general. Yikes.
Sean’s purple sweater would be more tolerable if it wasn’t fitted at the
waist. The go to the 3 stores that exist
in the town and go to some antique shops.
Then they have some brews and have some back and forth over whether to
call him the General? Mark? They finally decide on Mr. Yenter. Lindsay doesn’t know how intense the grilling
will be.
And then…she brings out some fatigues and makes him change
and harasses him in front of the American flag on the base. Cheeeeeesy, but kinda funny. Then he has to work out in his Keds. I bet he wishes he packed manlier shoes.
They get to the house in the base and there are quite a few flags
out front. Sean says something about
Lindsay’s dad “making men” and he hopes he sees him as a man that can protect
his daughter. I’m thinking you already
have 2 strikes showing up in purple and those shoes...Sean makes her tell the
fam about her showing up in a wedding dress.
The general didn’t seem to find it too funny.
He gets grilled by mom and deflects the love question with
an “I’m not at liberty to say”; um these are her parents you might want to find
a more affectionate way of putting it. He
says that when he says I love you it would be to the final girl standing. Her mom respects that answer. She says Lindsay’s ready for marriage,
children, etc. Sean sees the potential
with the mother-in-law as well. He asks
mom for tips on how to warm over the general.
She says just be yourself.
The general doesn’t want to see his baby girl get hurt. He’s a softie when it comes to her. Sean asks dad for his blessing. He says it’s tough, he’s never been asked a
tougher question in his life. He goes in
to his army background and being a parachuter and it’s all about assessing risk
and being decisive and being dropped in to enemy territory and authority to
make decisions, blah blah blah this is all starting to go over my head, but at
some point there’s a glass clink and a cheers and I think we got a blessing. Sean says the general’s not intimidating, but
a very nice guy. A man can be nice and
still intimidating…He leaves with a memento of the experience, some ID tags
with army values. Lindsay says “I love
you” and that she’s found her husband.
Fourth Home Town Date: Los Angeles, CA-Desiree
Sean’s recycling some outfits. Particularly the pink shorts and purple/black
softball tee. Not a good combo. They go hiking and she tells him how much she
missed him. And they make out. A lot.
You really get a good sense of the smog covering the city as the sun
sets.
They head to a small house, I think it’s hers. He sees the
art on the wall that she did. They make
dinner for her parents. I’m wondering if
her parents have made it out of the tent city.
They probably would have shown every one the ropes on that Carnival
Cruise mishap.
Knock at the door.
Who could it be? He thinks it
could be her brother, but then he professes his love to her. Sean’s about twice his size and the dude is
wearing a plaid shirt (tucked in) and khakis…no need to get all macho
Sean. It gets really awkward, Sean is
clenching/unclenching his fists.
I’m confused by Dez’s shirt.
Is backless and swoopy?! And then
PSYCH! Dez knows how to play a practical
joke. I’m thinking this paid “actor”
must have come on the cheap. Dez is
impressed by his macho, protective side.
Now it’s time to meet the parents.
Her brother looks like he’s ready to rough somebody up. Roxanne and Tony seem harmless.
The brother is the wild card. He asks how her relationship compares to the
other girls. She thinks hers is the
strongest. He says don’t fall for
him. He thinks this show is a joke. He’s kinda right, but in a very
intense/aggressive way. He pulls Sean
aside in the middle of dinner. Dez is
worried. Her brother starts in and says
he doesn’t think he’s very in to his sister and she’s in to him, and that he
doesn’t see a connection between them that would lead to marriage. He calls him a “playboy” and that he thinks
he just likes to go around and have fun with each one and lead them all
on. I think we have a case of some
truth-telling that’s overshadowed by his prison-like appearance, which makes it
hard to tell if it’s sincere. Sean says
his integrity and character is everything to him and he doesn’t want to be
defrauded by Nate…
They go back inside as they try to sweep it under the rug,
and then dinner gets really awkward.
Tony starts talking about the weather and it all starts to go down hill. Sean leaves early, and then the family turns
on each other.
Later, we get a glimpse of the rose ceremony conundrum. The two awkward home town dates (Cath and
Dez) are on the chopping block and Dez is going to try for a hail mary…
Cocktail Ceremony
Ah, Chris Harrison comes in for the therapy session. Sean is thrown by Desiree’s home town visit
and the incident with her brother. With
Catherine, he doesn’t know if their lives align with her independence and
career pursuits. What is with Sean’s velour polka-dot looking tie?!?!
Sean expresses his wavering emotions in front of the girls
and Dez decides that this would be a good time to pull him aside and apologize
and try to smooth things over.
Fantasy Dates Go To: AshLee, Lindsay and….we’re
waiting. In a dramatic moment, Sean
drops the rose back on the platter and heads back to the framed photos to mull
it over. This has got to be torture for
the roseless back in the room.
Sean wasn’t expecting the hail mary and now feels bad about
sending Dez home. As if you weren’t
already going to feel bad? Dez is sent
home. Or down the street. Sean is a douche and tells her she has every
quality he’s looking for in a wife and thinks he’s going to wake up tomorrow
and regret it. Ughhh. Desiree explains what a giant mistake he’s
making. He looks like a coward that
can’t stand up for his decisions.
I feel a Bachelorette set-up in the makings…
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