In The Bachelor 11 episode 5, Hillary and Kristy were eliminated, leaving us with a final four of DeAnna, Jenni, Sheena, and Bettina. Brad’s pickings seem a bit on the slim side here, but I think people will probably just be happy as long as he doesn’t end up with DeAnna.
Since it’s down to the final four, it’s time to go to the girls’ hometowns and meet their families.
We start in Wichita, KS with Jenni. Brad meets her at the Mary Jane Teall Theater, where she won her first dance competition, and where she decides to dance for Brad. He gets concerned that she may want to stay in Phoenix to continue dancing.
Then she brings him to the hair salon where her mom works, where her family is waiting for them. Her grandmother hears he’s a bar owner and asks if he drinks. She continues to grill him because she can. Her mother takes him back to wash his hair, with some questions on the side. Jenni says she feels like she’s falling in love with him. Her father says he will fit in with the family very well, and at dinner, he breaks the news that she made the team. Brad tells her he’s willing to compromise with her for the year apart.
Sheena meets Brad in Walnut Creek, CA for a day on the water. Sheena’s mom’s really into astrology, which she uses to determine that they’re a natural fit. She falls for him faster than Sheena did, and she starts planning the wedding. This whole conversation is just creepy. Regardless, it’s pretty obvious everybody likes him.
DeAnna meets Brad in Newnan, GA. Her father says he believes what they have could be real. DeAnna brings out a photo album so he can see her mom, who passed away when she was younger. She says she’ll be crushed if he doesn’t choose her. Then half a dozen additional people walk in the room. Brad gets over being the boring bar guy he told Jenni’s grandmother he is, as everybody starts doing shots and greek dances. But no broken plates. DeAnna says she’s completely falling for him.
Bettina meets Brad in Washington DC. She thinks her parents will absolutely love Brad. Oops. Her father, a professor, says it’s “a great disappointment” that Brad dropped out of college to become a millionaire. Her stepmother, similarly, doesn’t like the idea of her being with a guy who runs bars. They ask questions attempting to get him to squirm, which works. His father then tells us how her first husband was wonderful, and she will never find anybody who’s better. Her father asks her why she would do this, then Brad is told he’s just stringing everybody along. Her father keeps going on and on about his “lack of education” and successful business. In the middle of his conversation with her stepmom, she excuses herself to take the dog for a walk.
After all this brainwashing, Bettina begins to question Brad, too. Wow. Brad’s lucky. He can just drop this chick. She’s the one I really feel sorry for, since she’s stuck with this judgmental, pretentious family. He says he might not have a lot of education, but he’s intelligent enough not to judge anybody.
Roses:
DeAnna
Jenni
Bettina
Are you kidding me? Someone show me the logic in this. Bettina’s family will never treat Brad as a human being, much less accept him. No need to drag her along any further, regardless of how pretty she may be. He says he got rid of Sheena due to lack of chemistry. So I guess now that means I have to root for Jenni. Sheena tells us she’s never had her heart broken like this before.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Bachelor 11 episode 7, which airs Monday at 10/9c on ABC.
I think the reason Brad chose to give Bettina a rose is because it will make it easier for him to make a decision at the end of the show. He already knows that he has someone who he doesn’t want to marry anyways. Getting rid of the ladies he might find difficult to eliminate later on the show is a better strategy. I’ve see this style in a few previous shows as well.
That makes sense. It would make the next cut a no brainer.