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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?

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In The Bachelor 11 episode 7, Brad narrowed down his choices to the final two: Jenni and DeAnna. We’ll find out who the winner is next week, but this week, the women tell all.

We start off with all the cattiness, of which there was no shortage. First up is a montage of people calling others bitches, and of course you can’t do one of those without featuring DeAnna and McCarten. Then there’s Solisa being a tramp.

Jade says she loved everybody… except DeAnna and McCarten. McCarten said they were just more forward/mature. She whines that people were hateful behind her back, but they let her know they couldn’t stand her to her face as well. She appreciates that they wasted so much energy on her.

As if we didn’t spend way too much time on this the first time, it’s now time to relive Hillary’s drama queen exit. She says they should have served her PMS medication or something, and that she just missed the really obvious signs that he just wanted to be friends. She wishes he kept her for one more week and did the hometown date before deciding (would have saved him from Bettina’s family).

Speaking of Bettina, we next take a look at her journey on the show, starting with his initial reaction and no doubt the reason he actually took her to the final three, his immediate physical attraction to probably the best looking woman on this season. Then we look at the worst family visit in the history of family visits, where her entire family hated him because a good looking self-made millionaire isn’t good enough for their little girl who never should have divorced her first husband in the first place. She defends saying her date with him was boring, which I never really understood the need to make it such a big deal to begin with. I suppose that this is a game after all, though. She says that, after watching the show, she’s surprised she even got a rose after the hometown dates. Then she turns this around and says she was turned off by him because of his behavior on that date (huh?). She says he was defensive. Rightfully so.

A member of the studio audience asks what I was wondering: whether Bettina’s hometown date upset Hillary. She responds yes and that her family only wants her to be happy, not caring whether someone owns bars or graduated from college.

Sheena’s up next. She didn’t expect to be eliminated when she was and was devastated by it.

Now it’s Chad’s time to finish up his 15 minutes of fame. I thought the twist was rather lame myself, even if it was amusing to watch. He still likes Sheena, more now than he did before.

Hillary tells Brad she wishes he were a little more up front about them being just friends. I can see where she would think he was dancing around it, even if it was still pretty obvious. He tells her he still cares for her… as a friend.

Bettina asks why the heck he gave her a rose after being so judged by her family. He says it was just about her, not them.

America gets to help choose the next bachelor, by going to ABC’s website or by calling 1-866-739-3150 to suggest someone.

To close off the night, we get a look at the journeys of the two finalists, who he’s been close to since the beginning.

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On The Bachelor 11 Episode 6, Brad took the women home and met their families. Sheena’s mother was very welcoming, albeit a bit creepy and already planning a wedding. Jenni’s and DeAnna’s families were also very welcoming. Bettina’s family, however, disapproved of both him and her, and they refused to treat him with any indication of common decency. So, of course, at the end of the show, she survived, and he sent Sheena home instead.

They go to Cabo San Lucas. The first overnight date is with Jenni, and they start off by swimming with the dolphins. Jenni’s afraid to tell him how she feels because she doesn’t want to set herself up. He wants her to just be herself and say how she really feels, which is easy enough for him to say because at the end of the day he gets the girl, whichever one that may be. That night, they meet for dinner. He waits for the right moment to present the fantasy suite card, but she doesn’t want to wait and just comes right out with it and attacks him to grab the card. She thanks him for being the man she dreams about.

The next date is with Bettina. They start off sailing and swimming on a private beach. He says this is make or break for both of them… shouldn’t it be made already? She tells us she’s holding back because she’s scared. She pretends her family’s only concern was whether it was a two way street. We know better than that. They think he’s too low class for them. He asks about her moving to Austin, and she says she’ll do it without giving it a thought. When they head off to the fantasy suite, he thinks it feels a lot more comfortable and right, and he continues to be thrilled with how good she looks.

DeAnna’s up next, and they go racing on their date, where she beats him without trying. Unlike the other girls who are being more reserved, she tells him she’s falling in love. Brad tells us he can see a lifetime with DeAnna.

Roses:
Jenni
DeAnna

It’s the end of the road for Bettina. I wouldn’t have been completely surprised if he kept her around as a trophy, but it was obvious these two were doomed with that aside. She asks why, and he tells her he wonders if he knows who she really is. It’s a pretty good final two. Jenni’s been someone he’s liked all along, and if we discount the way she’s treated the other women this season, DeAnna’s not so bad.

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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.

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In The Bachelor 11 Episode 4, McCarten and DeAnna continued to employ their theory that they’re not there to make friends so they can treat people like dirt, everybody decided they hated Jenni (more) because she was Brad’s first kiss, and three more people got eliminated (McCarten, Stephy, and Jade). That brings us down to the final 6.

Bettina gets the one-on-one date, a romantic evening on the water. Before she goes, the girls inform her she has to kiss when she goes under bridges… why tell her that? Brad hopes she can just relax and be herself. She says she’s been brought up to believe the girl is supposed to play hard to get. They discuss her divorce and her lack of relationships since that time. They each get a peck on the cheek, but Brad wants to take things slow and give her some time.

Back at the house, the girls turn their sites on Bettina, saying she just thinks it’s a competition, largely because they’re afraid she’s the biggest threat in the house.

The group date is Jenni, Hillary, DeAnna, and Kristy. They have a pool party. Kristy says she’s really not a pool person. She just sits around on the side. It’s surprising she made it this far. Hillary begins expressing her non-G-rated thoughts about Brad. Brad starts going crazy because he can’t kiss DeAnna since everybody’s watching, though he doesn’t have much trouble getting Jenni away from prying eyes to kiss her. Hillary gets pissed off about him going off with her.

Sheena gets the other one-on-one date. All the blondes being on different dates works well because I can tell who’s who now. Brad refuses to even give her a hint about what they’re doing on their date. It starts off with a wardrobe choice. It’s straight out of a fairy tale… until she trips walking down the stairs. I already saw this scene with Rachel Leigh Cook in She’s All That. The floor of the room where they’re eating dinner is covered with balloons. When they sit down, he gives her a pair of diamond earrings. She says she wants to kiss Brad but won’t make the first move. Brad seems mostly to have kept her around because of his brother, but now he’s happy that he did. As they’re chatting, an orchestra starts playing, and they kiss while dancing.

Sheena writes him a poem and reads it to him the next day, which impresses him. DeAnna says she’s extremely nervous because of the nature of the situation, but she loves feeling that way. Bettina tells him flat out she wants him to kiss her.

Bettina says Sheena’s date sounds so much more exciting than her boring date. Jenni decides that means she’s not here for the right reasons. Bettina says it was just a joke when Jenni brings it up the day after, though it did seem like Sheena’s date was a lot better.

Brad made it pretty clear at the pool that Hillary’s just a friend. She didn’t get the hint. So at the cocktail party, he again says she’s just a friend. She still doesn’t get it.

Roses:
DeAnna
Jenni
Sheena
Bettina

Hillary and Kristy have been eliminated, which is not exactly a surprise. Well, not to anyone other than Hillary anyway. She says she doesn’t want to cry, but the waterworks are followed by hyperventilating. She says she doesn’t understand how he said the things and has now cut her from the running. Oh yeah, Kristy got cut, too. Doesn’t she like get final words or something? Apparently not.

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In The Bachelor 11 Episode 3, Brad wanted to give his twin brother some prime camera time, so he had him trick the girls into thinking he was Brad and pretended the results of this test actually mattered. Also, Hillary went on a one-on-one date with Brad (and got over the top emotional), we found out McCarten and DeAnna were heartless, and three more women were sent home (Solisa, Lindsey, and Sarah, the last two largely, if not entirely, because of the twin twist).

This week there will be three dates: a one-on-one date, a group date, and a two-on-one date where only one person will return.

Jenni gets the one-on-one date. Brad arrives in a helicopter. Brad and Jenni have dinner on top of a building overlooking the city. Back at the house, DeAnna and McCarten continue to be mean to people. Jade gets really pissed off at them. Jenni, who was the first to kiss Brad (really kiss him anyway) kisses him again, then she gets a rose.

Sheena, McCarten, Hillary, Bettina, Kristy, and Stephy will go on the group date, leaving Jade and DeAnna to go on the two-on-one date. Brad chooses to have the group date do an improv comedy show because apparently making people do improv comedy proves they’re not shy and reserved. Bettina screams that she loves Brad and gets embarassed because she meant it. Kristy says she’s not comfortable being put on the spot and doing something she feels ridiculous doing, then she starts crying. Everybody else seems to feel reasonably comfortable. Brad says Hillary steals the show, but he gives the rose to Bettina because he felt she did a lot more than he’d expected.

Jade and DeAnna pack their bags and go on a two-on-one date. They hate each other, and the tension between them gets played up by the producers. Granted, everybody hates DeAnna except McCarten, so they could have taken this angle regardless. The date turns into a competition. Whatever Jade says, DeAnna responds similarly. Brad tells Jade she doesn’t give herself enough credit, and DeAnna tells him she’s looking for love. He gives the rose to DeAnna. Not a particularly big surprise since we’ve seen so little of Jade this season. She’s probably more upset that DeAnna stayed than having to leave. After she leaves, Brad gets into the hottub with DeAnna and kisses her.

At the house, the girls are discussing marriage. A couple of them say they’d say yes if he asks. Bettina, who’s already told Brad she loves him after like three dates, is telling the girls they’re naive for saying that stuff. She then breaks the news to them that she’s divorced.

Brad’s concerned Kristy’s too refined for her. Sheena gets emotional and says she wants to stay there for all the right reasons. McCarten tells Brad she’s afraid of being hurt again.

Four of the girls ask who was Brad’s first kiss, and he says Jenni. They all hate her. They then talk to her and twist her words to try to make her look bad. She refuses to get wrapped up in the catfight.

Roses
Bettina (received earlier)
Jenni (received earlier)
DeAnna (received earlier)
Kristy
Sheena
Hillary

McCarten and Stephy get sent home, following in the footsteps of Jade.

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In The Bachelor 11 episode 2, McCarten was the first bachelorette to kiss Brad (badly), Solisa tried way too hard to impress Brad, Michele fell and got a concussion, the girls decided they hated Jenni and tattled on her, and we said goodbye to three women (Michelle, Erin, and Mallory).

Stephy, McCarten, Jenni, Lindsey, Sarah, and DeAnna went on the first group date. They’re going to a circus where there will be a lot of participation. They started off by petting the elephants. Then they went to the luxury box (there’s a luxury box at the circus?). After that, they get to interact with circus people, which Jenni says is her element. Jenni asks what Brad’s thoughts are about a long distance relationship because she wants to finish the cheerleading season. Stephy’s been single for a long time and is looking for someone like her dad.

Brad is the official guest ringmaster and walks out on the stage with the women. He takes McCarten to the side and tries to figure out what she’s feeling. She says she’s feeling more than a friend vibe but doesn’t need a rose to feel safe. After the circus, one of the circus guys come out and gives Brad the rose. He gives it to Stephy because she really put herself out there.

Hillary gets the one-on-one date with Brad. She says she wants to get the first kiss (so she thinks, as two others have already kissed him) so she can brag about it. He breaks out a million dollar necklace to let her wear for the date. They go to San Francisco for the night by private jet and limo. He says he chose her because he thinks she’s a fun girl. At dinner, Sheena gets emotional but says she’s not going to cry. Afterwards, though, she does become an emotional wreck, which confuses him but lets him know she’s got true feelings for him. He gives her a rose. At the end of the date, they do end up kissing. Then she says she’s falling in love with him in her confessional.

McCarten couldn’t care less whether Hillary leaves or not, and DeAnna’s just as cold. They openly and willingly admit it to her face when she gets back.

Kristy, Sheena, Jade, Bettina, and Solisa go on the second group date, which is sailing. Solisa gives Brad a lap dance. Sheena and Brad are racing in the water, and she cuts him off and gets in trouble by the water cops, which I’m assuming are about as dangerous as the mall police. This gives Bettina the chance to get some time alone with him. She finally takes the opportunity to tell him she’s divorced. He’s shocked (so is this a bad thing or not?). He gives the rose to Kristy.

Brad’s twin brother Chad comes to help him out. Brad asks Chad to pretend to be him. He’s going to use this as a test to see who’s there for him and who’s not. Given the limited amount of time he’s spent with them so far, this is a lame test and a pitiful thing to base a decision on, though many of them will be able to tell the difference. McCarten and Lindsey don’t notice, but Chad thinks that given more time McCarten would have figured it out. Sheena notices and says he looks and sounds different but takes a little bit to completely catch on. Kristy notices before Chad even gets a chance to sit down. Sarah notices something’s off but doesn’t figure it out.

Roses:
Hillary (already received a rose)
Stephy (already received a rose)
Kristy (already received a rose)
Sheena
McCarten
Jenni
Jade
DeAnna
Bettina

Sent home:
Lindsey
Solisa
Sarah

I’ve been wondering when he’d send Solisa home, but the idiotic twin twist screwed both Lindsey and Sarah.

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In episode 1, Brad met 25 women and narrowed down his choices to 15 based on, well, I’m not real sure what it was based on.

The first group date is a day at the races with Erin, McCarten, Kristy, Mallory, Hillary, Jade, and DeAnna. Brad gives the women some money to bet with because he believes you can tell a lot about a person based on how they bet. I’ll take his word for that. Hillary and Brad disappear and end up holding hands, which causes the other girls to get upset. When they get back, they’re greeted by Shaun Phillips of the San Diego Chargers. He says he likes DeAnna and McCarten.

The second group date is a beach date, which the girls are excited about because of how of how impressed Brad was with Mallory for no other reason than her putting on a bikini.

But as they’re getting excited about going on the date, an accident happens, and they hear screaming coming from upstairs. Michele is brought out of the house on a stretcher. It’s not immediately clear what actually happened. She calls Brad at the racetrack and tells him she’s got a mild concussion, which the other girls find suspect that she’s calling him in that state. She does return to the house but is unable to go on the first group date.

McCarten’s not shy to start kissing Brad at the racetrack, which doesn’t do her any favors because it’s too forced, poorly timed, and not good.

While chatting with DeAnna, he decides to leave her alone for a bit, but the reason for it is that he needs to go get the rose to give to her. She tells him her longest relationship ended after he cheated on her, then all the other girls go butt in to interrupt them. Hillary says she’s pissed off about not getting a rose.

Then it’s time for the second group date, where a bunch of surgically enhanced girls strip down to try to impress Brad. They insist he take his shirt off, which he was supposedly being shy about, and Stephy decides to just take it off for him. He chats with Sarah and says she seems like a down to earth girl who’s fun. Solisa has him do a body shot, drinking off her body. I guess she’s hoping he likes girls who are really wild. Later that night, she also decides to go topless, which is a solo act that all the others seem to think is crazy. Brad kisses Jenni, which unlike McCarten is something that, while she initiates it, she makes sure he’s actually ready and interested. The other girls think she’s just there to advance her career. He gives Sarah the second rose. Lindsey says she thinks Sarah’s fake because she’s too happy all the time.

When he gets back to the house, Brad’s first move is to go sit with Michele. She said their time together felt rushed. He then speaks with Bettina, who’s afraid to tell him she’s divorced.

The girls are talking about how they hate Jenni, when Jenni walks by and overhears that the problem with her is that she brought her portfolio book. She gets upset and starts crying. Jade pretends to be sympathetic but then goes and tells Brad, though she doesn’t mention any names. DeAnna tells her not to trust anybody.

Roses:
DeAnna
Sarah
Kristy
Bettina
Hillary
Stephy
Sheena
McCarten
Jenni
Lindsey
Jade
Solisa

Michele, Erin, and Mallory have been eliminated.

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