Following the hometown dates, Kirk was eliminated in The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 8.
Well, now that the tornado watch is over, without a drop of rain having fallen, we can get into the show and away from the lectures from news anchors about why the show’s being preempted.
Whatever Ali and Roberto did for their afternoon together will remain a mystery to me for the time being (apparently, they took a helicopter tour over Le Taha’a), but now they’re at dinner. Oh, and it’s Tahiti now. He realizes that he has been a bit reserved, but he just wants her to know that he’s falling in love with her. After that reveal, it’s obvious he will be accepting the key to the fantasy suite, which is accessible by wading through the water.
Chris is up next. They’ll be kicking things off on a catamaran, the biggest and most luxurious one in Tahiti, if that means anything to anyone. They go past Bora Bora, which I guess is too much of a tourist trap for them to bother going to. Despite their slow start, the hometown date and meeting the family kicked them in the right direction. When they get to their destination, they open up some oysters, which of course have pearls in them. Their food was wrapped in banana leaves and cooked underground. He could really see himself with her forever. Exploring that further, it’s time to start off with the fantasy suite. Good luck topping this place on your honeymoon. She might even consider going back to Massachusetts, snow and all.
That leaves Frank, who’s here to do something that’s going to hurt. He’s here to tell Ali that he’s leaving because he’s in love with his ex-girlfriend. Not to say I told you so, but she should have kept Kirk. Why now? Apparently, when they were in Chicago, he fell back in love with his ex. Really, that quickly?
Frank opens his meeting with Ali with the words “we need to talk.” She pretty much should know that’s the kiss of death. They have an amazing connection, and his feelings have been getting stronger. But there’s something holding him back: unresolved feelings for an ex-girlfriend. Trying to get closure, he instead decided he was still in love with Nicole. So why didn’t he say something before? He doesn’t have an answer for that. She gave up everything to be here (at least she hasn’t said that for a couple episodes anyway). He gave up everything, too, aside from the other woman.
Ali’s understandably upset. There’s no reason why he should have allowed himself to get to the final three without once mentioning his reservations about his ex. Granted, the warning signs were there. Frank seemed overly paranoid about the whole process, and he behaved so awkwardly at the hometown that it seemed the logical choice to cut him.
Leading up to the rose ceremony, Ali’s hemming and hawing about how maybe one of the other guys will reject her. C’mon, what are the odds of that happening? I guess they have to fill in the half an hour somehow.
The easy part of the evening is that there are two roses for both guys. Needless to say, both of the guys accept their roses, and one of them will end up as this season’s winner.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 10, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.