Author: Shane

The Bachelor 11 Episode 10

Last night we found out who The Bachelor 11 winner, or lack thereof, was. Instead of attempting to give a relationship a shot, Brad Womack decided that none of the 25 women ABC handpicked for him were worth his time, and he rejected both DeAnna and Jenni. I don’t think it’s far fetched to say that both the women came out as winners. Tonight, we find out what’s happened after the final rose.

Trista and Ryan, The Bachelor’s most well known success story, make their first public appearance with their new baby, Max. Trista says she feels really bad for everyone. Byron and Mary also make an appearance, and they say they’re going to get married in November (uh, which November?). Apparently dragging out all the success stories softens the blow in preparation for a trainwreck.

While watching the recap of her journey, Jenni gets emotional all over again. She feels like she was somewhat misled by Brad based on some of the things he said to her about just sticking with him. Until last night, she assumed he was with DeAnna. She doesn’t understand why he didn’t at least give it a try with someone, even if it wasn’t her. After the round of questions, Chris says Jenni’s grandmother passed away two weeks ago, so they pay tribute to her, going back to what happened on the hometown date, including Jenni insisting she’ll be there for her wedding.

Like Jenni, DeAnna relives the events of last night’s episode. She said she knew something was wrong when he got nervous and walked away from her during the middle of the final rose ceremony. She still has feelings for him and says she still has hope. Ultimately, she can’t figure out how he couldn’t choose someone either. Unlike Jenni, though, she knew that he rejected both of them.

Brad comes out to a hostile audience. He says his heart was broken, too. Nobody’s buying it. They flew DeAnna’s dad out for the final ceremony (at Brad’s request), as they were expecting a proposal. He says he felt like a jerk, which is the first thing America will agree with him about. He claims he hasn’t started dating.

Jenni poses the question why he didn’t want to at least take a chance on someone. He now says he felt something for two people, so because he felt something for two people he let both of them go. Then he said something about how he didn’t fall in love with either, so he dumped them both. I can’t keep up with all the circles he’s talking in.

DeAnna also asks how he couldn’t choose one of them. She’s confused because she was never led to believe that it wasn’t there. He tells her she should have the guy who will tell her everything she told him, which he essentially claims he was never going to be able to do that with her no matter how much longer he dated her. When he tells her he thinks of her every single day, she asks what that means. She just keeps getting more and more confused because she can’t figure out what the heck he’s talking about either. Despite all this, she mostly just seems to be wondering why he’s not reconsidering now and taking her up on the second chance she’s offfering.

Chris tells Brad that, after six years, that situation with DeAnna was the most uncomfortable thing he’s had to sit through. I think some people were hoping that the finale would answer some questions, but I got lost in all the double talk. The good news is that The Bachelor will be returning in the spring, with hopefully a more satisfying ending.

Beauty and the Geek 4 Episode 10

Joshua and Shay were eliminated in Beauty and the Geek 4 episode 9, which brought us down to the final three teams: Jen & William (the team that hates each other), Sam & Nicole (the team the show was rigged to favor), and David & Jasmine (okay, so I at least like Jasmine, even if she’s still an airhead).

David still thinks William and Jen can learn to not hate each other’s guts.

The next challenge is in wine country. Most of them are hoping to get drunk. This will be a team challenge. Whoever doesn’t win goes to the elimination room.

They’ll pick 20 pounds of grapes, stomp them, and bottle, cork, and label them. They’ll have to work closely: being tied together. What this has to do with what they studied, I guess I’ll have to keep wondering. Sam’s happy because he’ll be able to speed Nicole up, as he drags her down the hill. Jen and William don’t know if they have enough, but they decide to head back anyway and take a chance. David and Jasmine head back with 20 pounds and are the first to be able to start the next part of the challenge. However, William and Jen only have 13 pounds, so they have to go back down the hill. Sam and Nicole got back with 25-30 pounds. William and Jen catch up with 20. So now everybody’s stomping grapes. Dave and Jasmine fill up three bottles first. They easily get the win before the others can get any bottles filled. Jen and William were as much of a disaster as could be expected in something requiring a lot of teamwork, while Sam’s physical ability was not enough to be able to carry Nicole. Sam decides to be a baby and refuses to eat, pouting all day instead.

William and Jen are studying. Together. They still hate each other, but they’re at least working toward a common goal.

They watch the first episode of this season. David and Jasmine relive how much he didn’t want to be her partner, but he’s happy now, while she thinks he just needs to learn how to lie to women. They try to convince us Sam’s not still a meathead. William and Jen hated each other. So no change.

Despite his earlier beliefs that Jen and William need to be around to repair their relationship, Dave helps Nicole study because he’s got a crush on her. He plans with Jasmine to go on a double date with them if they survive. Then she tries to convince him he should tell Nicole he likes her before she leaves for the elimination room. Right before elimination, Jasmine goes to say goodbye and drags Nicole back to see Dave. In his mind, he asks her on a date, inviting her out to eat when they get back to Boston. She just sees it as going out with a friend and doesn’t expect it to go anywhere.

Jen gets her first question right, as does Sam. Jen misses her second question, but Sam gets his. William apologizes to her because he mispronounced the word while they were studying. William gets his first question right, as does Nicole. William misses his second question, which is about a pop singer for some reason, so he and Jen are finally eliminated. They’ve learned to tolerate each other, though.

Next week, the teams go home to meet their parents. They also learn the winner will be decided in a unique way. That’s probably not a good thing.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Beauty and the Geek 4 episode 11 Meet the Parents, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on The CW.

The Bachelor 11 Winner

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We’re now down to the final two. Jenni, the bubbly cheerleader who’s always smiling, and DeAnna, the woman who’s always gotten along great with Brad but couldn’t seem to comprehend that not being there to make friends didn’t mean she had to treat all the girls like dirt.

Now it’s time for the girls to go to Brad’s hometown. DeAnna is first up. His mom’s pleased with the body language he’s displaying with her. DeAnna says she’s in love with him and hoping for a proposal. They get along really well, and DeAnna tells us his mom reminds us of her mom.

Jenni’s nervous at first, and with questions like whether she’s told him he loves her, that’s not surprising. Unlike DeAnna, she doesn’t say she’s already in love with him, but she does say she’s falling in love with him. She does, however, say she would accept a proposal.

Brad’s mom found it easier to talk to DeAnna, which was pretty easy to see. She tells him she likes both of them, though. He’s afraid he’ll break someone’s heart.

DeAnna made dinner for Brad, and he’s very impressed. While they’re talking, she feels reassured that they’re discussing the future, which seems very real to her. On a side note, what’s up with the excessive blinking?

Jenni says she feels silly being serious. She gets emotional when she tells him he doesn’t have anything to be afraid of. It would be a lot of work with her, but she thinks she’s worth it. She breaks out a journal in which she’s written some apparently heartfelt words. Finally, she’s able to tell him how she feels, which she was too afraid to do before. The night before the final decision is a little late for that.

Brad wakes up and prepares for the final rose ceremony, by going shopping for an engagement ring. He sees DeAnna as strong, independent, and someone who will be by his side all his life. He sees Jenni as someone who’s so happy that they’ll have a lot of laughter.

And with that, he first has to break up with Jenni, telling her it’s just not enough. All she’s able to get out is that she feels embarrassed for telling him how she felt.

Brad tells DeAnna he agrees with her philosophy that marriage is one time only. With that said, he refuses to tell her he loves her or propose. He tells her goodbye as well. Wow, I didn’t see that one coming. He asks if she knows how much he cares about her, and she says no, not any more.

While this isn’t the storybook ending that some may expect from this type of show, Brad’s probably looking at this more realistically than anyone ever has. As all the previous Bachelor couples have found out, this is too short a time on which to build something lasting. What I can’t understand is why the heck he just simply dumped both women rather than at least giving a relationship a try. So is everybody the winner here, or is everybody the loser?

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Bachelor 11 episode 10, which airs tomorrow at 10/9c on ABC.

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Heroes Season 2 Episode 9

Heroes Season 2 Episode 8 took us back and answered questions. We found out why DL is dead, Maya and Alejandro’s story of their new powers, and what happened to Peter, how he knew Elle and Bob, and how he met Adam. Now Peter remembers that he has to save the world.

HRG still seems to think they’re moving. Claire comes down dressed in her cheerleader outfit and makes it clear she doesn’t care what he says. Then she accuses him of abducting West and says they’ll always be running no matter what she does. Her father’s willing to tie her up if needed, but her mom steps in and lets her go to school to say goodbye.

At his father’s funeral, Hiro’s supposed to speak, but he just gets guilty and blames himself for his father’s death. He decides to go back in time, heading back one week to stop it.

Molly’s back at home and not having any nightmares. Parkman is looking for answers in the photo. Molly volunteers to help, but he declines. He wants her to just be a little girl and uses his powers to covince her to go back to normal.

Bob wants to grab Claire and take out her father. He brings Suresh to his new partner and the person who’s going to carry out the murder, Elle.

West doesn’t believe Claire’s for real and still thinks it’s all a setup. She says it is all just a coincidence, and she lied because she liked him and didn’t want to mess everything up like it has been. Regardless, he doesn’t believe her story or that she’s staying behind for him.

Parkman continues researching the photo while at work. His boss gets upset and tells him he’s got real work to do. With a little mind control, this isn’t really much of an obstacle for Matt.

HRG tells his wife more of the story, showing him the paintings of him, Claire, and Suresh with a gun, and he says he really needs to talk to West. He calls Suresh to ask for his help tracking West down. After hanging up, Suresh goes to talk Elle and Bob into not killing him. Elle’s not interested, but Bob says he’s willing to do it his way.

Hiro breaks the bad news to his father, who refuses help and just accepts his fate. But that doesn’t prevent Hiro from interfering anyway.

HRG gets tired of waiting around. He goes to find West at school, but he doesn’t need to go far, since West is waiting for him right outside. West wants answers. Her father tells West the truth and says he’s guessing he’s pretty important to her since she lied to him and never mentioned having a boyfriend. Then he tells him he’s taking Claire and leaving town, and West will be the one to convince her it’s the right thing to do. Suresh calls and gets them to go to school, though, convincing them Claire’s in danger.

Bob goes to Claire’s school, pretending to be researching underaged drinking. He slips up and calls her by her old name so she takes off. With that, she’s now perfectly willing to leave town. Except when she arrives at home, Bob’s there waiting for her.

Suresh goes to Noah to ask her for Claire so they can get her blood. Unsurprisingly, he doesn’t get a reaction that isn’t hostile. So he pulls out a gun and says “Start driving… please.” Just as Elle’s ready to kill HRG, West swoops down from the sky and saves him. HRG grabs the gun from Mohinder but resists the desire to shoot him for betraying him. When they get home, they find out Bob took Claire, but since they’ve got Elle, they’ve got plenty of room to bargain.

He gives Elle a history lesson, telling her the story of how they brought her in and performed tests on her. Obviously, she doesn’t remember any of this. Bob calls, and Noah offers a trade, Claire for Elle. Bob still manages to get some of Claire’s blood.

Hiro takes his father back to the day his mother died, running into little Hiro. In the process of talking to his younger self, Hiro learns that he must allow his father to die as he originally did. Before dying, Kaito tells Hiro he’s proud of him. Hiro’s no dummy, though. He sticks around to find out who the killer is: Takezo Kensei.

Parkman goes to Angela to get the truth. With some convincing, she tells him it was Adam Monroe, who has cellular regeneration like Claire, which after a while made him stop growing old.

West goes with HRG to save Claire and gets instructions to fly her out immediately, no matter what else happens. As they’re flying away, Elle breaks free and zaps West. HRG wants to kill Bob to kill the Company, but Suresh shoots HRG first instead, making another of Isaac’s paintings come true.

Claire’s guilty because the last thing she ever said to her father was this morning, when she said “I hate you.”

Hiro’s now able to give a speech about his father, saying that he will live on in the lessons he taught.

Claire’s blood proves to be as useful as had been expected. The previously dead Noah is hooked up to a tube, and he wakes up.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Heroes Season 2 episode 10 Truth & Consequences, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.

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Celebrity Apprentice Cast

Third time’s a charm, as we’ve finally gotten official confirmation of the cast that will be in Celebrity Apprentice. The first list turned out to be typical Donald BS. The second list turned out to be largely accurate. Anyway, here’s the list of “celebrities” that will be appearing on The Apprentice 7.

Trace Adkins (Country music singer)
Carol Alt (Ex-model)
Stephen Baldwin (Actor, The Usual Suspects, both Celebrity Moles)
Nadia Comaneci (Olympic gymnast)
Tiffany Fallon (Playboy Playmate of the year 2005)
Jennie Finch (Olympic softball player)
Nely Galan (Producer, The Swan)
Marilu Henner (Actress, Taxi)
Lennox Lewis (Boxer)
Omarosa (The Apprentice 1)
Piers Morgan (America’s/Britain’s Got Talent Judge)
Tito Ortiz (UFC Fighter)
Vincent Pastore (Actor, The Sopranos)
Gene Simmons (KISS Singer)

In addition to this underwhelming list of celebrities you may or may not recognize, since NBC’s essentially dead on Thursdays anyway, they’re giving Trump his time slot back. The show will premiere on Thursday January 3 at 9PM. I always liked this time slot myself, as it was a great followup to Survivor.

Certain tasks will encourage the contestants to reach out to their contacts for assistance or donations, and a new twist will offer a “rotating seat” in the boardroom. Contestants will not be competing for a job with Trump but instead will be competing for money for charity.

Craig Plestis, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, Development and Specials, NBC Entertainment (Is this guy for real? Try putting that on a business card.), said, “You may think you have seen it all, but there will be lots of twists and surprises to sweeten the pot for everyone. We had so much fun shooting this and we know viewers are going to embrace this amped up Apprentice.”

Prison Break Season 3 Episode 9 Preview

Prison Break’s currently on hiatus, but we can still look forward to the upcoming action. Here’s a spoiler video and official description of Prison Break Season 3 episode 9 Boxed In.

MICHAEL EXPERIENCES SOLITARY – SONA STYLE;
BELLICK HAS THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE;
SUSAN SETS HER SIGHTS ON SUCRE;
T-BAG SCHEMES TO JOIN THE ESCAPE
ON “PRISON BREAK”
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, ON FOX

After raising the suspicions of the Panamanian Army, Michael experiences solitary – Sona style. Bellick has the fight of his life and Susan sets her sights on Sucre as T-Bag schemes his way into the escape in the “Boxed In” episode of PRISON BREAK airing Monday, Jan. 14 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PB-309) (TV-14 V)

Cast: Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows; Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield; Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre; Robert Knepper as Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell; Wade Williams as Brad Bellick; Robert Wisdom as Lechero; Chris Vance as James Whistler; Danay Garcia as Sofia Lugo; and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Susan B. Anthony; with William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone

Guest Cast: Marshall Allman as LJ Burrows; Barbara Eve Harris as Lang; Laurence Mason as Sammy; Carlo Alban as McGrady; F.J. Rio as Augusto; Castulo Guerra as General Zavala; Michael Seal as Octavio; Joseph Melendez as Rafael; Rey Gallegos as Cristobel

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The Amazing Race 12 Episode 3

The results were a little more as expected in The Amazing Race 12 Episode 2, where Kate & Pat were eliminated. Multiple couples are arguing, but none of them seem to be as bad as Ronald with his daughter (and everybody else).

We’re about 20 minutes behind with the football overrun, but a live blog will begin when the show starts.

Ronald developed a hernia during the previous leg and required medical attention at the pitstop.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived:

First: Lorena & Jason (4:19am)
Second: Nathan & Jennifer (4:30am)
Third: Shana & Jennifer (4:31am)
Fourth: Kynt & Vyxsin (5:21am)
Fifth: Azaria & Hendekea (5:22am)
Sixth: TK & Rachel (5:23am)
Seventh: Marianna & Julia (5:46am)
Eighth: Nicolas & Donald (5:47am)
Ninth: Ronald & Christina (6:26am)

The next stop is Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, a small developing nation in Africa that’s 3000 miles away. They first need to figure out where they heck they’re going, as they’re not given the country.

Jason says Lorena gets stressed out, like the girl in The Exorcist. Jen and Nathan are similarly struggling. Vyxsin says she takes on some masculine roles with Kynt.

Nathan & Jennifer are the only team able to get the first flight at 7:20am. The others get the 8am one, with Ronald & Christina just barely making it onboard. They’re all informed of a problem with the plane, and if they miss the connecting flight, there won’t be another one until the next day. I find it hard to believe they’d actually allow one team to get a 24 hour lead over everybody else, though it wouldn’t be the first case of extremely poor planning in this respect.

Despite the drama over the mechanical problems, all teams are now on the same flight to Burkina Faso.

The next stop is a train. They need to wait until 6am the next morning, so they’re going to have to kill some time. Grandpa Donald dances with Marianna and Julia. He says they’re fiesty, hot, and a little bitchy, but not bad.

The blondes make it pretty obvious they’re not comfortable with the poverty and lack of cleanliness, but everybody else embraces the situation.

The road block is camel milking. They must first milk them, then drink the milk. Donald is confident because he’s been around animals a lot before. Lorena’s afraid and a drama queen. TK’s the first to finish. Donald finishes pretty quickly and is second. Christina finishes third. Vyxsin is fourth. Nathan is fifth. And Lorena’s still being a drama queen. By this point, the remaining teams have dry camels. Azaria’s finally smart enough to switch camels, and the others follow suit. Azaria is in sixth. Jennifer finishes seventh. Julia finally finishes in eighth. Lorena? She’s still freaking out. Now crying on the ground. It’s really not that big a deal, and if she didn’t make it that big a deal, she’d be done by now. She does finally finish, though.

Teams must then lead four camels along a path. Hopefully camels are easier to deal with than donkeys. Nobody has any clue where they’re going, so they all just follow each other the wrong way. This leads to the detour: teach it or learn it. Teach it is teaching children 10 English words. In learn it, they must learn the local words for 10 items. I’d think learning would be the easier choice, but neither seem overly difficult.

Teach it: TK & Rachel, Nicolas & Donald, Ronald & Christina, Shana & Jennifer
Learn it: Kynt & Vyxsin, Azaria & Hendekea, Nathan & Jennifer, Lorena & Jason, Marianna & Julia

Azaria and Hendekea have no problem learning and are in first place. Shortly thereafter, the weather goes crazy (but they apparently made more out of this than necessary, as it looks like a pretty quick/mild storm), but they’re within running distance of the pitstop. The next five teams are all right on top of each other.

First: Azaria & Hendekea (win a trip for two to Bermuda)
Second: TK & Rachel
Third: Nathan & Jennifer
Fourth: Kynt & Vyxsin
Fifth: Ronald & Christina
Sixth: Nicolas & Donald
Seventh: Shana & Jennifer
Eighth: Lorena & Jason
Ninth: Marianna & Julia (eliminated)

While Marianna & Julia didn’t seem like a particularly strong team, after that complete and total meltdown, Lorena should be long gone. It’s only going to get worse from here, and if she breaks down that easily, it’s going to get ugly. On a positive note, Ronald made something of an effort to get along with his daughter.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 12 episode 4 Let’s Name Our Chicken Phil, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.