[read in Jesse Palmer voice] EVERYTHING. IS. ABOUT. TO. CHANGE. Bachelor Nation appears shooketh by the announcement of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul as the next Bachelorette. This seems like something worth musing about. First, I am unfamiliar with Ms. Paul's oeuvre, having watched only a few minutes of Secret Lives... Continue Reading →
Like all of Bachelor Nation, I was aghast and aggrieved over the unmitigated disaster that was the Bachelorette Finale. Rather than repeat and recap what we all witnessed, I’d like to muse about what got us there. And by “there,” I mean how did Jenn, with a history of relationships with toxic and emotionally unavailable... Continue Reading →
Five hours of content. That’s a lot to recap, so I will just muse (a little late) on where I think we are now as we hurtle to “the truly shocking and unprecedented way [Jenn’s] journey ends.” (voice of Madonna1) I've heard it all before, I've heard it all beforeI've heard it all before, I've... Continue Reading →
[cue Daughtry Home] [cue Bee Gees Words] [cue The Spinners Could It Be I'm Falling in Love] [cue Al Green L-O-V-E] A lot of things happen in the Hometown visits both for our entertainment (the skeptical Dad, the protective Mom, the combative sibling) and crucial information for the couples. But when the meeting and greeting... Continue Reading →
Seven. Four. One. Seven Men. Four tickets for Hometowns. One Sam the Sham (‘The Sham”). As James Brown might have put it, the Evil Genius Producers (EGPs) made sure this latest episode was on the One. Sure, they gave us some minor sub-plots to get us from The Seven to The Final Four. But the... Continue Reading →
Whoa. They done walked right out the commercial into Cocktail Party with zero warning! Hit Rewind, Ray! The guys are duped into thinking the Party will be drama-free because they don’t know a Jenn ex has been flown from Colombia to Auckland to muck things up. Jenn sat herself down in the middle of the... Continue Reading →
The scene for Jenn and Her Guys shifts from Melbin, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand. There’s a scene of a space needle-type situation, which I immediately took as foreshadowing, which turned out to be correct. But first, we met Jenn and Jesse and got some fascinating insight into the history of one of The Bachelor... Continue Reading →
Ray's Musings 