Bachelorette Viewing Guide - Episode 7

As I write this, I have not seen past this episode.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One Thing I Absolutely Despised

How do you not go and meet James T's family?  How do you not select him for a hometown date?  Especially after Jojo said to him, "You have every quality that I would want in a husband and father to my children."  And you pick dumb as rocks Chase instead of him?  Chase?  The guy who said that he has never opened up before to a woman???

What the actual fuck?!?

I hope James T is the next Bachelor.

UPDATE - I've been thinking about this all day and I still don't understand Jojo's decision.  The only explanation I can think of is that Jojo doesn't want to face James's family and see what a great guy he is because it would only make the break-up harder because it's really down to Luke and Jordan (as evidenced by the fact that they got the one-on-one dates - Jojo wasn't using the extra time to explore her relationship with the other guys, she wanted to spend extra time with her two favorites).  Meanwhile, she finds both Robby and Chase to be really hot (they've both had some pretty intense make-out sessions with her).  Why not have fun with the hot ones and minimize the heartache at the same time?  I still don't like the decision, but it's the only explanation that makes sense to me.

Three or Four Things I Liked

1. I liked how Jordan opens up to Jojo and how relaxed they both are during their one-on-one time.  Watching this date in contrast to Jojo's date with Alex (after he got sent home) was night and day.  Jojo just seems to be at ease around Jordan.
2. Speaking of Alex, I was very happy to see him go home.  He needs to do some growing before he gets into another relationship.  On his date, he seemed like a puppy - really excited about everything, but no real understanding of anything.  It was almost as if Alex was thinking, "ok, we're making out.  What else do we need?"  He doesn't have the depth of character yet to really delve into understanding a potential life partner... understanding what's important to hr and why.  I also liked that Alex reacted to his being sent home like a puppy - with his head down and tail between his legs.  Just watch at my horror at him showing up on Bachelor In Paradise.
   
3. I really liked Jojo's speech at the beginning of the rose ceremony where she drew parallels to her experience in the previous season.  It had a ring of sincerity to it and wasn't the usual, "the choices just getting harder and harder" line we've heard 14,000 times.
4. During the group date, I loved how James was giving Robby shit for checking out all the women they'd pass by in Argentina (when not on dates).  When James mentioned WER (Wandering Eye Robby), I wanted to know if he just made that up on the spot or if it was an actual thing the guys called him.  Either way, I thought it was hilarious.

Three Things I Didn't Like

1. James getting sent home!  What the fuck?!  Robby getting the group date rose DESPITE the fact that his last relationship lasted 3 years and ended less than four months before The Bachelorette started taping.  There is NO WAY he can be in love again.  (That goes without mentioning the fact that he had fallen in love with Jojo after one date.)
2. Seriously, James got sent home?  Finding out that Aaron Rodgers won't be on the hometown visit for Jordan.  I was actually surprised to hear that Jordan and Aaron didn't have a good relationship, but the fact that it didn't come up until now was refreshingly real.  I mean, how do you bring that up on the show and not have it be misconstrued as you just being whiny or you just wanting to name drop or anything else?  It must suck to have a brother you don't talk to, but have the brother be famous and have everyone else assume that you've got it made because your brother is famous (I don't know about you, but that's what I was thinking).

   

   We won't see this guy on the Bachelorette any time soon.  :(

3. This has to be a joke, right?  James didn't get sent home, did he? Robby going streaking down the hallway during the group date and it being considered funny while on Chris's season of the Bachelor, when Kaitlyn went bottomless and Ashley I went topless, they got slut-shamed.  I'm all for nudity, but not as much for the double standards here.

By the way, is this the first Bachelor/Bachelorette in a while where someone hasn't snuck out to get more alone time with the lead?  I'm surprised that nothing like that happened this season - I feel like Robby, Jordan, Chase, and Alex were all candidates to do that.