The Bachelor: Likable Sean Episode 6

The real star of this episode was Banff National Park and Lake Louise. 3 dates this week as the show heads North to Canada - 2 One-on-Ones and a Group Date.

Lennay's Date with Mr. Freeze

While I don't think there was anything especially interesting on this date - OUTSIDE OF THE SNOW BUS - I do think its important to remember that Lennay was left out in the elements during a blizzard on a glacier. Did Lennay have to meet with EMTs and get medical attention? No. For those keeping score at home, this is our first glacier date since Ali left "guard and protect your heart" Kasey in Iceland? Greenland? Somewhere else where there is a glacier.

Can we get back to the Snow Bus?

Is this safe? Should Sean be driving this considering he couldn't drive a stick shift jeep with Selma? 

Later, at the ice castle, it's time for Lennay to open up with her personal story. It turns out her father passed away tragically, she suffered a terrible car accident where she was in a coma for months, only to come out of the coma and find out she had leukemia, eventually die from that leukemia, come back from the dead to have to evade danger from drug dealers, have her long time boyfriend get blown out in the national title game and lastly, become a man. (Thank you Mrs. Dugan). Oh, wait, nevermind...she witnessed her friend's far too young death. I prefer my fake version where no 12 year olds die. 

The sob story is undefeated this season and Lennay gets the rose - a red one. 

Group Polar Plunge

Tierrable (new nickname coming soon!), Righty, the General's Daughter, AshLee Top 3 (new nickname coming soon!), Selma, Abramoff, and Daniella are heading on a canoe trip followed by a plunge into near freezing glacier runoff.

This is the most physically demanding season of the Bachelor/ette ever. I have never seen the men go through such grueling dates on the Bachelorette. And one of the girls is ONE ARMED. This is getting ridiculous. They test her physically every date.

During a few weeks of teasers, we have been forewarned of a Tierrable incident due to the plunge. My issue is that there are cut-away interviews with Tierrable. Fuck. We know she survives whatever fraudulent tragedy she endured.

Selma refuses to take the plunge. Selma says no, "Call me a princess." What princess would that be? JASMINE. Duh.

Selma in desert: “ I don’t do heat.”

Selma in Canada: “I’m a warm weather person.”

Regardless, Dugan is proud that she can't be guilted or peer pressured into this moronic activity.  Abramoff, Daniella, Righty, and AshLee discuss the positives from the experience while Tierrable has a meltdown. Personally, I don't mind seeing Americans tax the Canadian healthcare system with fake healthcare scares. They call 911 down here for tylenol.

Oh, by the way, the other girls were just fine. And even Tierrable managed to recuperate in time for the evening portion of the group date. Some highlights...

• Abramoff is a frontrunner and possible bachelorette material.
• Righty busted out family pictures and it didn't go over well.
• Abramoff drops "Tierrarist" nickname becoming MY FAVORITE BACHELOR/ETTE CONTESTANT OF ALL TIME.
• Sean approves as well and gives her the rose.
• Decides to cut Righty instead of letting her linger. Minorities and handicapped are dwindling. 
• Righty bemoans, “It’s always the same.” Uh...WHAT? You always get dumped on national television during a reality dating show? Does Righty understand there are plenty of two-handed woman out there having trouble in their love lives? 

Say Yes to the Des gets put to the Test

And the intense cardio dates continue. It's repelling down a mountain time. I do give a hat tip to Fleiss & Co. for the inspirational background music nearing the climax of the climb. This duo isn't done and decide to spontaneously climb a tree. I was waiting for some "A Separate Peace" action with Sean cutting her by shaking the branch and Des out of the tree. 

Alas, it's time for a Tee-pee nightcap. I never pictured tee-pees being this large. It was larger than my first home. Say Yes to the Des decides to bring up her personal drama and it opened the door for my first recommendation for quote of the year. Growing up, due to stressful economic conditions, she and her family lived in a tent for months at a time. And a fifth wheel. And a small apartment. A small apartment? The horror, the horror.

Des: “I opened up about living in a tent, and here I am, falling in love in a tee-pee.”

Rose Ceremony during an incredible Michigan/Ohio State game

• Lennay, Abramoff, and Say Yes have Roses.
• Righty is gone.
• Selma kisses to make up for missing the plunge.
• Dugan figured out who AshLee has been remminding him of the entire damn season. She is this matronly but attractive, really odd person with a mixed up past of abandonement. AshLee is Gillian Darmody.
• Gen Daughter gets rose #4.
• Gillian Darmody gets rose #5.
• The Tierrarist gets the Final Rose.
• Selma and Daniella gone. Neither had a nickname. Everyone left has a nickname.

Next week will bring the ladies out of the cold and to the US Virgin Islands.