Blake's Date
One thing that frustrates me about this week (or any week, really) is you don't know if the order they show the dates is the actual order the dates happened. In order to build up the sexual tension, the producers send Blake and Becca up a sacred trail where they're not allowed to touch each other. They reach the top of the trail and hang out with some monks. The monks remind themselves in Thai that while they might have sold their souls to allow cameras at the monastery, they were paid quite a bit of money from the production company, which will help with future renovations. The monk shares
Blake is back on his insecurity downward spiral about whether she acts this way with the other guys. As they head into the dinner part of the date, they talk about how great they are together but they're both waiting for the other shoe to fall. Blake and Becca talk and talk and talk and honestly, I wasn't listening because I was looking at Jason's Instagram account. Blake tells her he's "looking for a reason to stay and not a reason to go". They open up the Fantasy Suite card from Chris and obviously Blake's all in. After getting that s***y yurt with Arie, Becca more than deserves the suite that she stays in with Blake.
The next morning, Blake's clearly uncomfortable that she could potentially be waking up the next day with a different guy. Fair enough. I wish that Becca hadn't gotten up to do her makeup and put her eyelashes on. Blake's mind is racing and he tears up. Blake exhausts me.
Jason's Date
Next up is Jason and him and Becca wander around whatever Thai city they're in. They eat crickets. Jason gushes but Becca doesn't seem into it. She's not touching him at all. Perhaps she thinks she's still on a spiritual trail? Out of nowhere she suddenly walks off the date and starts talking to one of the producers. Poor Jason is left there alone to sit awkwardly. We don't see the rest of the day portion of the date because after the break they've transitioned to the evening portion.
Whatever happened the rest of the day, Becca seems to have recovered and Jason seemingly doesn't think that there's anything amiss. They talk about Hometowns, which I find strange because what did they talk about during the day if they're just now talking about Hometowns? Jason gushes and Becca is stone faced. You can tell the breakup is going to happen and I'm cringing. Becca needs to just cut Jason off and help him save some face here. Jason asks Becca where her head is at and she starts talking and then WALKS OFF again. Poor Jason and his hair are left sitting there. Just let him go. If Jason were to get a hair cut I'd be all in on making him the next Bachelor. Are there really any other contenders at this point? I'm sure once Colton uses Tia to get more Insta followers he'll consider himself a contender, but he's not a real contender. Let me rephrase--please tell me he's not a real contender. I'd be game for Ben, Round 2, but I think at the end of the day I'm holding out hope that Peter will eventually become the Bachelor. And while I typed this whole thing out, alas, Jason is still sitting there. Alone. Again. As they head to the commercial break. Again.
Jason is still sitting there alone and Becca finally comes back. She assures him she's okay but it's super awkward. He's understandably nervous. She talks about how difficult this has been and finally breaks up with him. He looks so sad. He tries to argue with her a little, or at least persuade her that he's still DTF even if she's not 100% sure. But he's a total class act about it. I'm not usually a fan of the term "class act" but in this case I use it. Jason is the Jared of this season--just awesome. Despite his over gelled hair.
Jason drives away and Becca starts sobbing in her room. She feels terrible that she couldn't articulate why she sent him home. The next day, Becca's still crying about sending him home. We see her "napping" on the couch, staring out of the window.
Garrett's Date
Garrett. Ugh. Here we go. I'm disappointed to see how happy Becca is to see him. They go bamboo rafting. Garrett seems nervous, what with few to none white people in sight. As it happens, their romantic bamboo ride is broken up by a national Thai holiday and it's party central. Becca says she's "having the best time with Garrett" but it doesn't seem like she is. Apparently Garrett has a tattoo on his foot. Or a very large bruise. Perhaps it's a Jesus tattoo? That's not fair--not all homophobes and racists are Jesus freaks too.
They head into the evening portion of the date and I'm not seeing any luxurious rooms around. They talk a little bit about their fears and what their future would like. Garrett's more than ready to leave Reno but isn't quite ready to move to Becca. More somewhere in the middle. What a jerk. Whatever city in Minnesota Becca lives in, despite it's sub freezing temperatures in the winter, it's 1000 times better than Reno. Garrett finally tells her that he loves her and is hoping that she's the last woman he ever has to say that too. How romantic. No surprise, their forego their individual rooms. To stay in a tent. Why do they keep subjecting Becca to the tents?
The next morning, I'm concerned at how well things seem to have gone. Jason, not one to take no for an answer, is back to try and persuade Becca to let him stay. Jason, don't do this. They start talking in Becca's room and it seems he's looking for closure more than anything else. He gives her his scrapbook from their time together. I'm sure Blake/Garrett will love having that around, proudly displayed on their coffee table.
Rose Ceremony?
As we head into the rose ceremony (do we really need to do this?), Becca says she's in love with both Garrett and Blake. Chris greets Blake and Blake says he's ready to propose to Becca. It's painful to watch Blake. Garrett's obviously more self-assured than Blake. Becca rolls up in a boat and thankfully they don't show her getting out of the boat, because I can speak for myself when I say that I don't think there's a way to get out of that boat gracefully. And even if Becca is more graceful than me, which wouldn't be hard to do, I'm pretty sure Becca couldn't either.
Blake and Garrett are waiting for Becca and not speaking to each other. They both seem a little confused as to where Jason is,but not overly concerned. The guys see that Becca has arrived and Garrett asks Blake where he thinks Jason is and it's clear that Blake could not care less. Becca tells Chris that she's in love with both of them but isn't going to tell them until she decides who she's going to pick. Since, you know, that Arie did that to her and it sucked. Also, it was arguably what ended Ben and Lauren's relationship, although the latter could have been due to Lauren's debilitating lack of self-esteem and her obvious eating disorder. Becca gives Garrett the first rose and you can see that it makes Blake super tense.
Sometimes I wonder if I would like Garrett more if I didn't know about Garrett's questionable Instagram. He's certainly more easy going. There's an anxiousness and tenseness to Blake that makes ME anxious. I'm still holding out hope that she picks Blake but I have a sense of foreboding that she doesn't. As always, when it's down to the final two, the toast is awkward. She asks the two of them if they're nervous meeting her family and Blake starts to nod but then Garrett says, "of course not" and Blake mutters, "yeah, of course not."
When I first wrote this, I thought the finale looked pretty amazing, but the closer we get the less I want to see it because I'm pretty sure she picks Garrett. But next we have to get through "Men Tell All", which admittedly, I have a hard time getting through for some reason. Probably because you think it's going to be great and it inevitably sucks. Just a few more weeks and it's BIP time!
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