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Jake returned last week on The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 1, where he eliminated the first 10 out of 25 candidates.

Gia, Rozlyn, Valishia, Corrie, Christina, and Ashleigh go on the first group date. They go to a hotel in Santa Monica for a photo shoot with In Style magazine. This is just a normal day for most of them, although Christina would rather be doing math. Rozlyn’s not afraid to be filmed with or without underpants. Christina’s nervousness should help her to stand out, hopefully in a good way. Following the picture taking, they have a wrap party and get some one on one time. Last week Gia made it like she was unlucky or something with guys, but her lack of relationships is really because her first one lasted for six years. Ashleigh is the first to break out a bikini, which promptly leads to a bikini war to see who can outsexy whom best. Christina is again intimidated. Perhaps getting drunk will help her ease that. Rozlyn drags Jake away from her by shaking what her doctor gave her. Then, not wasting any time, she breaks out the tongue. That’s enough to convince him to give her the rose.

Ali gets the one-on-one date. They hop on a motorcycle, which allows her to squeeze him tight, although a dress and heels are probably not the best attire. They head to the airport and board a two seater airplane. She doesn’t even like commercial planes, let alone a little one. Hopefully she ate a light lunch. And then we hear On the Wings of Love in the background. Yeah, that’s going to get old. Following the plane ride, they take a drive to Palm Springs for an isolated dinner. All of the people she’s dated have names beginning with J. After dinner, she receives a rose. To end the night, they get a private concert by Chicago.

Elizabeth, Jessie, Kathryn, Ashley, and Vienna get the last group date. That leaves Michelle, Ella, and Tenley out in the cold. This should lead to more Michelle drama, as if that’s hard to come by. She says this means he doesn’t want her. The girls who did get the date get a Six Flags all to themselves. Elizabeth is first to drag him away for some alone time. She asks that he not kiss her until he’s ready to commit to her, an unusual request considering how fast some of these chicks have been moving. Also a dangerous proposition. Is he really gonna propose without even a first kiss? Vienna has a secret to tell. She was engaged to her pastor’s son in high school, but called off the marriage because she was only 17. It doesn’t end there. He got married a month later. In turn, she eloped at age 18 because it was so hard losing him. 4 months later, she was divorced. As she’s sitting there crying, Ashley comes up with margaritas to get her turn. One last thing before the date is over. Elizabeth gets the rose, and then she stays behind to watch fireworks with Jake.

Back at the house, Michelle’s packing. Fare thee well. The other girls, not whining, try to talk some sense into her. Good luck with that. Regardless, Michelle is still there when cocktail time arrives.

Ella, having celebrated her birthday yesterday, gets the first bit of time with Jake at the house for a birthday cupcake.

Tenley, who got the first impression rose, wants to reveal that she’s divorced. Jake gives her the opening when he talks about past relationships, but she skips by the subject for now.

Knowing that the truth will spread, Michelle tells Jake that she packed her bags. She promises to always be honest. Too honest.

Chris comes into the room to ask to speak with Rozlyn outside. He accuses her of entering into an “inappropriate relationship” (whatever that means, he used the same phrase three times) with a staff member, who is no longer with the show. As a result, she is being thrown off the show. Although she is a contestant on reality TV, she really doesn’t think that her personal life is anybody’s business. Seeing as she got herself a rose on the group date, it looks like Jake’s judgment here is pretty far off base. Chris agrees to give the rose back so that one of the others can remain in her place. As Jake and the others learn her fate, Rozlyn packs under the watchful eyes of somebody waiting to escort her out of the house.

With that drama out of the way, it’s time for the rose ceremony.

Roses
Ali (one-on-one date)
Elizabeth (group date)
Vienna
Gia
Tenley
Ella
Valishia
Corrie
Jessie
Ashleigh
Michelle
Kathryn

Ashley and Christina have been eliminated. It seems Christina’s fears of being a normal woman amongst a group of models were not baseless.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 3, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

Jake Pavelka was eliminated in The Bachelorette 5 because, well, we never got an actual answer. Anyway, regardless of that rejection, he was back on a plane soon thereafter to be the knight in shining armor and warn Jillian that Wes is a putz. Of course, that did entirely no good because she still chose to allow that joke to continue for one more round. Anyway, the net result of all this seemingly scripted drama is that Jake is back as The Bachelor 14.

The cast of 25 women who will be competing for him are:

Alexa, 25, an entrepreneur from Galloway, OH
Ali, 25, an advertising account manager from Williamstown, MA
Ashleigh, 25, an account manager from North Potomac, MD
Ashley, 29, a teacher from Pittsburgh, PA
Caitlyn, 24, a spokesmodel from Winfield, IL
Channy, 29, a mortgage loan officer from Santa Rosa, CA
Christina, 25, a restaurant manager from San Diego, CA
Corrie, 23, a wardrobe consultant from Kissimmee, FL
Elizabeth, 29, a nanny from Imperial, NE
Elizabeth, 29, a Captain in the Air National Guard, from Washington, DC
Ella, 30, a hair stylist from Lafollette, TN
Emily, 23, a fit model from West Chester, OH
Gia, 26, a swimsuit model from New York, NY
Jessie, 25, a cosmetic sales manager from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Kathryn, 25, a corporate flight attendant from Lexington, KY
Kimberly, 24, an NBA dancer from Norman, OK
Kirsten, 25, a waitress from Aurora, CO
Michelle, 26, an office manager from Anaheim, CA
Rozlyn, 28, a model/makeup artist from Richmond, VA
Sheila, 25, a commercial pilot from San Juan Capistrano, CA
Stephanie, 24, a dance teacher from Morris, IL
Tenley, 25, a college admissions representative from Newberg, OR
Tiana, 31, a medical technician from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Valishia, 32, a homemaker from Carlsbad, CA
Vienna, 23, a marketing representative from Sanford, FL

Alexa likes straddling… motorcycles. Tenley is already divorced at 25, so now she’s looking to get married again. Elizabeth is a pilot, and the greatest loves of her life have all been pilots. Christina says she’s a little bitchy. Vienna dresses her dog. Elizabeth plans to have a big problem with a guy kissing all the other girls. Ella has a son named Ethan. Despite her success as a model, Gia has difficulty meeting men and has only had three boyfriends.

Channy wants Jake to land on her landing strip. Well, that’s probably more than he wanted to know.

Ella isn’t hiding anything on their first conversation. She’s a mom to a 7 year old son who wants to be a pilot. Her son wanted him to have his lucky airplane.

Ashley decides to change into a stewardess outfit. So nanny Elizabeth decides to one up her and brings out a football. Eventually, this leads to a blondes vs. brunettes football game. In heels and gowns.

Michelle will die if she doesn’t get the first impression rose. She’s not shy to show her desperation. After an hour or so, she’s crying. Really now?

Kathryn has a pretend fiance. Whatever that is.

Dance teacher Stephanie takes the opportunity to teach Jake how to dance.

Jillian and Ed arrive at the mansion because they’re a “successful couple” from last season. A little too early to be dragging Trista and Ryan out I guess. They’ve brought their notepads with them.

Christina decides to play airplane. This is a game for children between the ages of 4 and 7, but it should certainly help her stand out.

Tenley wants a kiss already. Unless it’s too forward. Yeah, it really is too forward, but Jake plays along.

Ed likes nanny Elizabeth. Jillian likes Ella. They also like Sheila and Kathryn. Who should he send home? Michelle. She’s emotional. That goes without saying.

The first impression rose goes to Tenley. Memo to the other girls to start kissing.

Jake says that Ashley is the most positive person he’s ever met, and her smiling is contagious. Vienna is playful, although the conversation didn’t go very deep. Michelle is already overwhelmed, and this process may not be the best idea since it gets harder.

Roses
Tenley (first impression)
Ella
Elizabeth (NE)
Ali
Vienna
Christina
Gia
Ashley
Rozlyn
Jessie
Corrie
Valishia
Ashleigh
Kathryn
Michelle

With that, the ten girls who have been eliminated are: Alexa, Caitlyn, Channy, Elizabeth (DC), Emily, Kimberly, Kirsten, Sheila, Stephanie, and Tiana. This will not end well. Michelle seems like a nice enough girl, but she’s so far invested into this already that she’s going to fall the hardest of the lot. Granted, as drama goes, the fact that a producer is sleeping with one of the girls should be able to top that.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 2, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

Remember how Chris Harrison tried to convince us there was one more happy couple besides Trista and Ryan? Well, that didn’t last very long.

Byron Velvick confirmed that he and Mary Delgado, who met on The Bachelor Season 6, have split. Following some rough times, including the assault charges Mary faced when she was arrested following an altercation between them, the couple, engaged in 2004, had previously announced plans to get married soon.

Source: Us

Jake Pavelka, who returned on The Bachelorette 5 to warn Jillian that Wes is a putz (a warning she ignored and kept Wes around so he could continue promoting his music anyway), has been announced as The Bachelor for season 14.

The show will receive a subtitle of On the Wings of Love, a take on the fact that Jake is a pilot. Seriously?

The Bachelor 14 will premiere on ABC in January 2010.

First Jillian dumped Kiptyn. Then Reid came back and proposed after already being rejected. Jillian, who had already made up her mind who she wanted to ask her to marry her, said she had to think about it. Then Chris talked her into dumping Reid, again. So then Ed arrived and proposed to her, and he ended up as The Bachelorette Season 5 winner.

With the season now over, it’s time to find out what’s happened after the final rose.

First up, Melissa is back. Getting dumped by Jason was probably the best thing that ever happened to her. First, she got to star on Dancing with the Stars because ABC felt sorry for her. Since then, she has gotten engaged (again), but based on how she talked about her ex boyfriends on The Bachelor, my expectations for her relationship are not much better than they are for Jason and Molly. Her new fiance, who was previously her ex, became her best friend again when she got on the TV. She thinks that Jason made the right choice.

Kiptyn is back to tell us what went wrong, assuming he actually knows. He put it all out there, perhaps too late, but this was the first time he’s had his heart broken. It kinda sucks. He asks Jillian what he could have done differently. Nothing. Well, that doesn’t help. He doesn’t wish he’d done anything earlier because when he did say the things he said, he actually meant them, instead of just saying them just to say them or for the camera. He doesn’t have any hard feelings.

Reid is, of course, back again, presumably as part of his diabolical plan to not miss an episode. He thinks maybe he should have said more during the dinner at Maui, but he hoped that their connection was enough to get him to the next stage, where he could then say how he felt. Why’d he come back to the show? In order to change his pattern of indecisiveness. He had to make about 10 phone calls to the producers, who no doubt at the time were trying to hide the fact that they were jumping up and down. When did he know that she wasn’t going to accept his proposal? That’s a good question… he expected her to accept it.

He asks Jillian whether there was a part of her that wanted to say yes. She rambles. I’m not sure what her answer is. Does he regret doing what he did? No, it was worth it. Like Kiptyn, Reid still loves Jillian. If he told her how he felt earlier, would it have changed anything? She made the right decision, which isn’t a no, but it’s not so much a yes either. She was so in love with Ed that she could never have let him go. The first question Reid gets from the audience is whether he’s started dating again, and if he’d like to go out on a date with the girl asking it. This girl should consider applying for The Bachelor if she wants a shot. It’s too early for Reid to consider dating again.

Jillian is happily engaged to Ed, and I’m assuming she has no plans to dump him this evening and then ask the runner up to go out with her instead. Apparently, now’s the part where we believe Ed chose Jillian over his career, when in reality he chose her in addition to his career, which is a completely fair choice, but no need to sugar coat it. He knew he was going to propose in Spain the night he went to the fantasy suite, which was the episode after his return to the show. The morning of the proposal, Ed thought there was no way she was going to pick him, but when he got up there that day, he felt pretty good. Jillian will be moving in with Ed in Chicago on September 1, although they’ve already been together for most of the time since the show as it is. They plan to certainly (probably) get married within the next 12 months. That excessive speed was quickly derailed when DeAnna and Jesse did it. Why rush?

The Bachelor 14 has already been confirmed for next season, but no choice has yet been made for who will be its star. I was assuming Kiptyn, but Reid certainly boosted his chances by coming on the show again and again.

Having sent Reid Rosenthal home in The Bachelorette Season 5 Episode 9, Jillian is now left with two bachelors to choose from out of the 30 she started with: Ed Swiderski, who already dumped her once so he could make sure his job was safe, and Kiptyn Locke, who she feels is out of her league.

This week they go to the big island of Hawaii, and the two remaining guys will be meeting Jillian’s family.

Ed’s and Jillian’s concern is getting over Ed’s inability to perform in the fantasy suite. Ed tells his story so far to her parents. While he realizes that they may not look at him leaving favorably, he hopes they’ll realize that that Ed (from a couple weeks ago) was a different Ed. Jillian’s mom has about 66 questions for Ed, and she will be reading every one of them. He plans to have three kids, and he hopes that honesty and love will keep them together. Jillian’s not afraid of a proposal and actually is looking forward to it. Next up is the father, who gives his blessing for them to get married. When she’s done with this, she’s picturing Ed as her fiance. Then there’s that whole second guy thing.

Kiptyn’s next. They may well need to get a room, again. Kiptyn has a work hard, play hard philosophy. He works to live, then heads down to the beach in his free time. When he’s done talking with the whole family, here comes mama with the list and a lot of black ink. He wants to have children, although he doesn’t know how many yet, and he agrees with Jillian’s philosophy about marrying your best friend. Jillian’s mom thinks he’s more like Jillian. Grandma finds him to be very nice. The other woman there, who I’m just going to guess is Jillian’s sister, likes his gentle personality and how he’s not a workaholic. Her father wants to know whether he’s in love with Jillian. Unlike Ed, who has already told Jillian he loves her, Kiptyn does not answer yes, but does say he’s getting there a lot quicker than he thought. During this conversation, though, he realizes he is in love.

Now that she’s done bringing both guys home, what does her family think? The sister found Ed to be more work oriented, similar to Jillian, whereas Kiptyn has a unique love of people and life, also similar to Jillian. Mom was drawn more to Kiptyn’s energy but felt that both guys are there for the right reasons. While Ed told her father he loved her and asked for permission to get married, Kiptyn did not. Time for some girl talk. The overnight date with Kiptyn was full of passion. The overnight date with Ed was… disappointing.

For their final date, Jillian and Ed are heading to a chopper, which will take them to see some eruptions. They land at an out of the way waterfall in the middle of the rain forest arranged by some adventure company that I’m assuming was supposed to get a plug, if only I could tell how to spell it based on the pronunciation (something Hawaiian). He would never do it again. Leave her, that is. The chemistry seems to be a lot better than it was on their prior date, which leaves a question about how things will go when they get a room. It’s still there when they turn out the lights, which completes the puzzle to how he feels about her.

Kiptyn realizes that Jillian needs to know that he can see a future with her and will propose if given the opportunity. She loves Kiptyn, and she thinks he loves her. She thinks he’s the best catch she’s ever met, if only she knew how he felt. They get in a speedboat, much less romantic than the helicopter, but their destination is a private beach in the middle of nowhere, which presumably may well be clothing optional, except that’s a whole nother TV show, probably on Fox. That night, Kiptyn tells Jillian that, while he may be slower than some people in this process, he is now there and would like to get married. He thinks she should come and live with him. It’s a good thing that Jillian is willing to move because it doesn’t appear either guy is ready to do so themselves.

Kiptyn gets out of the first limo. He finally uses the L word. Based on Jillian’s reaction, it becomes clear he’s not the one. She’s fallen in love with someone else. This is the first time he’s ever had his heart broken, as he’s normally the dumper rather than the dumpee.

Now that that’s over, it’s time for Ed to get out of his limo. Or is it? Nope, in the season of twists in which people just keep on coming back after they’ve been voted off the island (it’s like the season where Survivor had a ghost tribe), next up is Reid, hoping to beg for a second chance. He had to pull a million strings to be here (oh, as if the producers aren’t just eating this up). He plans to use the L word for the first time, too, and then he’s going to propose to her, whether she wants him to or not. Dude, you’d better hurry up, because Ed’s on his way there as you speak. He came back to tell Jillian that he’s an idiot, and something about loving her. She sent him packing because he was so unsure. So, like, does he know what’s going on there right now? Regardless, he gets down on his knee and proposes. He gets an “I don’t know.” Well, that beats a no.

Considering she’d already decided to get married to Ed, it would be difficult to justify not doing so at this late stage in the game. Granted, Jason did it to Melissa after he got bored of her in 6 weeks, but that’s another discussion altogether. Because she already made her mind up before, Jillian must also say goodbye to Reid. Again.

Okay, so is Wes coming back again, or can we get on with the real proposal? The door opens, and this time Ed steps out. We know now he’s The Bachelorette 5 winner, assuming he wants the title. We can assume he does, but wouldn’t it just suck if he decided he wasn’t interested? Not wanting to pull a Mesnick (or a Rosenthal), before going any further, Ed would like to hear that Jillian loves him, which she does. Now that he knows that, Ed proposes, and Jillian accepts.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Bachelorette 5 episode 12, which airs Tuesday at 10/9c on ABC.

While we wait to find out who the winner is, tonight we get to listen to the men tell all, which typically results in lots of filler and an attempt by the producers to pretend there are successes from this process (let me guess, we’ll be paid a visit by Trista and Ryan). What we aren’t expecting to see is Wes, who’s in denial that he’s a putz and insists that he was edited unfairly, to which the producers respond that he is a putz who needs to go peddle his CD’s elsewhere.

Jillian doesn’t think Tanner P’s creepy foot fetish is creepy, and she plans to defend him. David, however, is creepy. She hopes he’ll learn from his disrespectfulness. Ed, having left to save his job, returned after ensuring his job was safe, and Jillian wanted to make it hard on him but just couldn’t. Kiptyn won a big piece of her heart when he proved he could have fun and make her laugh on the ropes course. Next question: why was Jillian dumb enough to keep Wes around so long? She was attracted to his good side, mostly his singing of country songs. That said, she claims she never noticed that he had no interest in her. With the time having passed, she knows he came here to sell his album, but she’s not sure about the whole girlfriend thing. Letting Reid go was the hardest because she was not ready for it.

Ed is the happiest, funniest drunk Jillian’s ever met. Breaking up with Robby was worse than it looked. Not only did she have to drop him off in the middle of the Canadian wilderness where he may or may not have been attacked by moose (the plural form of moose I’m told), but the train actually missed the stop. So the train had to stop and back up and return to the station, which took about an hour and a half. Reid dances like Elaine from Seinfeld. The hometown visit with Kiptyn included a visit to his charity, Stand up for Kids.

Jason returns with one of the girls he dumped, Molly. If that was the only chance he had to be with Molly (actually, the not proposing to Melissa bit would have been his other option), Jason would do it all over again, regardless of the consequences. They didn’t get back together right away and started off pretty slowly, but since then have picked things up, seeing each other at least every other weekend. There will be a wedding. Some day. First she will have to move to Seattle. Eventually. Jason’s willing to take the blame since everybody’s happy now.

Mathue, Sasha, Mike, Tanner P, Michael, Tanner F, Mark, David, Brian, Robby, Juan, Jesse, and Jake are back. Reid was not able to return due to a prior engagement. Really?

Every time Tanner F introduces himself, he gets asked if he’s the foot guy.

The other guys wanted Jake to be not perfect, like them. Tanner F has a complaint aside from that, though. He pulled a Mesnick, a grown man crying while bent over a railing. Sasha complains that Jake is like a guy off a soap opera, so he’s not real. Jake’s response: Sasha, f*** you.

David felt Juan was being fake in front of the cameras. That and his whole man code thing. What is this man code, and can I find it online somewhere? Being on The Bachelorette is apparently a violation of the man code in and of itself, since they’re all fishing in the same pool. Juan doesn’t get how David’s a man. A fair question. When David says he wants to beat Juan’s ass, that doesn’t really mean he wants to beat him up and/or kill him. No, it just means he doesn’t like him. Oh. Tanner P, the rat fink, also broke man code. When Tanner defends himself, David responds that everybody has a girl back home. Now this guy needs to get his foot out of his mouth (again).

As if he hasn’t had enough time to run his mouth, it’s time to hear David’s side of the story. I forgot how he was lost for words the first night. If only that lasted. He doesn’t think that Jillian was very uncomfortable, no matter what she may have told Chris about how she was… very uncomfortable. He doesn’t seem to understand that making comments about a girl’s butt may be taken offensively. This is all news to him. Jillian put the signals out there and then took them away. Chris wants to know where in the man code is respect for women. The guys were all shocked by how he behaved when they saw it.

Jake claims that he couldn’t sleep at night, so he called one of the producers. He didn’t care about the man code. He was fine once he got it all off his chest, whether she kept Wes around one more time or not. Jesse disagrees with this move. David wants to know if this was all real, crying and such over this girl he barely knows who just dumped him anyway. Most of the guys, however, are supportive of him telling Jillian the truth, if for no other reason than he spilled the beans and used a name. He does still have feelings for Jillian. So the next question from the audience is whether he would agree to be the next The Bachelor. He hasn’t really thought that far, though it would be an honor.

Wes “couldn’t make it” to the show tonight. Probably because security wouldn’t allow him to enter the building. Tanner F tells the same story as the other guys. In week 2 or 3, Wes told him he’s got a girl back home, and she’s the one he wrote all the songs for. Sasha defends Wes. He was there for the wrong reason… just not the wrong reason everybody’s saying. Oh, well, that makes it better. Any defense there is for him is negated by the fact that he never acted interested in Jillian. Is there anybody in the audience brave enough to support Wes? That would be a no. Before going to break, one more time to play Wes’ songs, just in case there’s any woman out there who is not repulsed.

Jillian’s heart was broken with what Juan had to put up with (David). She did feel really uncomfortable with David, and she just wishes she spoke up at the time, to which David responds with an apology. Regarding Jake, Jillian didn’t want to keep anybody around for too long. Speaking of which, what does she think about Wes? She feels like she made the right decision in the end, though she realizes she got played. Michael has learned a lot from the experience for when he starts dating again. Juan never noticed Jillian’s feet are really hot. She is wearing Mango Mango, which may lead to Tanner P being hosed down.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelorette 5 episode 11, where we will find out who The Bachelorette Season 5 winner is, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

Jillian finally woke up and realized that the soon to release a new CD guy who refused to kiss or otherwise come in much contact with her might be there for the wrong reasons, and she sent Wes on his long overdue trek back home in The Bachelorette Season 5 Episode 8. As for Wes, he insists he’s not really an asshat. No, that was all editing.

This week it’s time to go to Hawaii for overnight dates. Yeah, again. Maybe this time the fantasy suite cards will actually be used.

First up is Kiptyn. Their date has an element of adventure. With adventure comes trust, or so we’re told. They go on a ropes course. Okay, I’ve seen this before. It’s like summer camp. Kiptyn flies across. Jillian manages to make it across as well despite struggling. She’s happy that he’s not a serious super athlete while they’re doing this, as if there’s some sort of competitive ropes course event that he has previously participated in. Their final task is to climb a pole then jump to a trapeze. Jillian’s not so sure she likes this leap of faith. He encourages her to jump on top of the pole. He obviously successfully completes the task, and although she didn’t grab the bar, Jillian did at least make the jump. Kiptyn says he’s falling in love. Jillian, however, would like him to confirm that he’s not perfect. His response is that he has limited patience and has not completely committed to his past relationships. Although she trusts him the most out of anybody who’s left, she’s worried that he’ll run into that speed bump and then bail. After dinner, there’s another fantasy suite card, a second chance that tells us the last time really didn’t matter. Kiptyn wanted to do this last time, but this time Jillian wants to go back to the room with him as well. Jillian’s falling in love with the real Kiptyn, whoever that is.

Reid’s next. He consistently likes her, whereas sometimes his feelings come and go. They get picked up by helicopter. The pilot is also an ordained minister who could perform the wedding right now if they want. No takers. They land at the Hana Maui Resort. Although Reid has feelings for Jillian, it’s all been too rushed. Then there’s the fact that there are other guys. He realizes he’s not very good at voicing emotions. Jillian plans to give him as much time as she can. Whether that will be enough time remains to be seen. She is, however, head over heels for him. At dinner, it’s time to press him even further. Will he propose at the end of this? Maybe. Possibly. That’s about the best she’s going to get. As with before, they will be going to the fantasy suite. He won’t say the L word, but maybe at some point in the future he will be able to do so. He hopes she knows how he feels, even though he’s not prepared to say it.

Ed goes last. They will be going out on a catamaran on the ocean. Jillian won’t be getting to meet his family, which is a problem for her. One thing she probably would have learned is that his family calls him Richie. A little weird. Realizing what a disadvantage he’s at, he’s flown his family out out to meet her, or at least the producers have anyway. While Jillian and Ed’s mom are outside talking, he assures his dad that he’s there for the right reasons and his job is safe. If his job weren’t safe, he probably wouldn’t be there, a fair choice to make. He swears he’ll get engaged if he’s the last man standing. His mom sees a difference with Ed when he’s around Jillian as compared to prior girlfriends. His emotional father hasn’t seen Ed wear his emotions on his sleeve before. Since Ed got invited back to the fantasy suite last time, it’s pretty obvious he’s going to get an invite this time as well. Now that she’d met Ed’s family, Jillian wants to turn toward romance for the evening. Ed says he’s fallen in love, putting him a step ahead of the other guys. After some chatting, it’s time to heat things up. After the rubdown, which looks to be going pretty well, it comes to a screeching halt. Jillian doesn’t feel the passion.

Jillian thinks she’s falling in love with each of the guys, on different levels. Her date with Kiptyn was exactly what she needed to build trust with him, but she’s worried he has a wall up and will break her heart. Reid completely suits her first requirement of always making her laugh, but she’s not sure that he came into this ready to actually get married or at least ready for a committed relationship. Her alone time with Ed lacked chemistry, and they both just wanted to go to sleep. Either the chemistry is just not there, or there was too much going on in his mind.

Before the rose ceremony, the guys have left Jillian private video messages to watch. Kiptyn could see himself spending a lifetime with her. Reid is afraid his feelings are growing so quickly, but he’d like to see how far they can take things. Ed wants the opportunity to propose to her because he loves her.

It’s time for the rose ceremony. Or is it? Jillian needs some time to chat with Ed first. The lack of chemistry that she found when they got to Hawaii derailed her plans. She realizes there was a lot of pressure, which may be what caused him to be unable to… perform. He wants her to just trust him.

Roses
Kiptyn
Ed

With that, Reid has been cut. She’s just worried that they’re at different places in their lives. He realizes he should have opened up better/sooner, whether it would have changed anything or not. He can say he was falling in love with her, which she may well not have known. His parting thoughts are that he doesn’t see her being happy with either of those guys, but he realizes he screwed up.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelorette 5 episode 10, where the men tell all, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.