Bachelor Recaps 2017

Draining the swamp the old fashioned way We have hometown visits this week as Nick's journey for love takes him to visit the families of the four remaining candidates. The hometowns offer a bit of reality into the equation so this action can offer our boy Nick some insight into a possible future.. The family is a very important element of the mate selection process . Some say if you want to know what the girl will be like in 25-30 years then have a look at the mother ...Others make the case one marries into a family .... I am reminded of the mate selection process in some cultures is left to the parents  -recall the matchmaker song in Fiddler on the Roof - a bit different than the process brought to us  by the producers of the bachelor. Matchmaker Matchmaker make me a match Raven Visit: We see Raven introduce Nick to Southern hospitality and fun by riding a quad around and ending up in a swamp. Nick shows he is...

Chris Introduces Rachel as next Bachelorette In a surprise , the producers announced after the show that Rachel will be the next Bachelorette On to the recap:     Sea Lions      Watching nature shows can be informative about human behavior as well as in the animal kingdom. I recall watching one about sea lions with the story about  males competing with each other for the right to monopolize the females during the breeding season. Not all the males can be the alpha so one strategy to gain access to the females was to establish positions on the periphery of the females. When the alpha was busy (breeding , fighting , eating, etc.) the periphery  males would seize the moment to take a run at the females. These periphery males would rarely take on the alpha male and just hover around waiting to sneak in for a quick breeding action. I see our boy Nick the Weasel...

Rachel and Nick dance in the streets of New Orleans The past two weeks has been helpful winnowing down the candidates in Nick the Weasel’s journey for love.  The producers send Nick and the ladies down to New Orleans hoping the festive atmosphere offers the right setting for our boy and his team of love candidates. To start the festivities, we have a one on one date with Rachel, the attorney from Dallas,Texas. They eat local food, dance in the streets and have an all around good time. Nick is stunned that he is so taken by Rachel as we have rarely seen him so enthused.  Rachel is a conduit for joy and we can understand Nick's enthusiasm. Rachel impresses Bachelor Nation with her warmth, charm , looks and athleticism. I suggest Rachel is being set up to be the next Bachelorette rather than the final rose recipient even as she appears to be a atop the leaderboard for Nick’s final rose. Rachel showing some athleticism Nowhere during the show do the produ...

Vanessa and Nick  We open this week with our #2 seed Vanessa chatting with Nick. Vanessa is uncomfortable with Nick’s cavorting with Corinne. Vanessa challenges Nick the Weasel to declare if he is looking for a wife or someone to *play* with.  We know the weasel has no intention whatsoever of marrying Corinne but he surely does not want to give up his playtime either. Nick dials up the sincerity setting to HIGH and offers that he really cares what Vanessa thinks . Nick the weasel asks Vanessa to be patient with him. Translating this we see they really mean: Vanessa:  “Jeez will you dump that slut already???” Nick: “Not yet, I am not done having my fun with her but stick around as I have plans for you too.” So we know right away that we will be seeing more of Corinne. Next have  a Corinne  intervention of sorts with two of the other  ladies- Sarah and  Taylor ( a Johns Hopkins grad who wants to make sure everyone in Bachelor Nation do...

A Group Date   Chris Harrison starts the episode off with a warning to the contestants that Nick’s attention will be limited given the two group dates and a one on one slated for the today's action. Chris ratchets up the tension in the room but soon we hear the first group date involves the Back Street Boys. We meet the “boys” who are now about mid 40’s and I wonder if they are going to appeal to any of the girls with daddy issues. But off we go to dance practice where my front runner  on  the leader-board Danielle L  wins over the crowd and Nick with her dance skills and actual dancer Jasmine  gets annoyed she doesn’t win the rose while lamenting  her prospects are diminishing .Nick meanwhile is already looking ahead to making his debut on Dancing with the Stars.  Nick preps for Dancing with the Stars  But our villain Corrine ( who represents herself as running  a million dollar business)  struggles with what she ca...