Okay, let's get up to speed here. If you've missed out on this season of The Bachelor, I'm pretty sure I can recap the entire season so far in one paragraph. Ready, go!
Our Bachelor is a prince, as in a real Italian prince, although he actually lives in New York and hawks pet grooming products for a living. During the premiere, the 25 women met Prince Lorenzo in a castle and Chris Harrison (the host) brought in two native Italian ladies to also compete for the royal roses. We met Erica, whose profession is listed as "socialite" (spoiled brat), and Agnese, the gorgeous Italian woman whose only downfall was that she didn't speak English all that well. Other women? Unremarkable. The most recent boot is Lisa, who applied to be on the show because she has a marriage timeline and time appears to be running short. Now we're down to Sadie-the-virgin and Jennifer the perky teacher. Oh, and every other word or phrase has something to do with a fairy tale or being a princess.
How'd I do?
So now the question is, who will get that last, coveted rose? Let's take a look at these two very different ladies, and then ponder what the previews have shown for the finale.
On one hand, we have Sadie. Sadie is cute as a button, she dotes on Lorenzo, and seems to be very impressed with everything he does. She's proud of her virginity and isn't willing to sacrifice her morals just to get a rose, even though she did accept the invitation to the fantasy suite after our prince assured her that it was just "to talk". The problem with girls like Sadie is that men get tired of them really quickly. Having someone hang on your every word and gush over your every accomplishment, no matter how small, is an ego-boost at first. And then it gets old and irritating. "Oh honey, you flossed! Wow, I love a man who flosses! Yay for you!" See what I mean?
Also, with Sadie, we have the whole virginity thing. I'm not bagging on virgins – that's her choice and it's all good. But do we have to hear about it in every other sentence? We know you're saving yourself for marriage. Lorenzo knows too. So ... can we talk about something else please?
On the other hand, there's Jen. Jen is really perky and smiley, and she has just enough goofiness about her to make her seem real. She seems to have actual physical chemistry with Lorenzo, and has gone out of her way to talk to the guy and try to really get to know him instead of dreaming about the piles of diamond tiaras she'll own when she marries him. Of course she also has a gun-toting dad who threatened Lorenzo on the hometown dates, but heck, she said she'd be willing to move to New York for Lorenzo so maybe distance will make up for that.
Up until the overnight dates, I thought that maybe Jen was too nervous to really open up to Lorenzo and get past the "I like you" stage. She hadn't really seemed comfortable with him on her hometown date. But then the fantasy date thing happened and wow – she's warm and open and even Lorenzo said it went better than he expected.
So, reading between the lines, it's pretty clear that I'm rooting for Jen. She just seems to have more in common with Lorenzo on a personal level. I think Sadie is a lovely woman, but she's placed herself and Lorenzo on a pedestal and it just might be too tiring for him to keep living up to that ideal in her head.
Anyway, the previews for the finale show a ring being placed on a finger. Speculation is pretty even on whose hand that is, so no clues there. And Lorenzo is shown crying because the families have flown in to Rome and he's going to have to disappoint one of them. You'd think he'd be relieved, since whatever chick he's cutting loose at least has support there waiting for her. Also, it's gotta be Sadie's family he's concerned about because if it were Jen's dad, Lorenzo would already be in the witness protection program.
We've got "The Women Tell All" next Monday night, and then the big drawn out "will he or won't he" finale the following week. Honestly? I'd love to see it end with Agnese breaking into the castle and stealing Lorenzo away. Then again, she can do better.
About the author: Carrie Grosvenor is a true reality TV diva. She runs a fantastic web site devoted to the genre. It’s called Reality Shack. In addition, she’s the party food editor here at Suite101.com!
