Welcome to another "Dramatic" season of The Bachelor. Monday night's premiere found Ben F, the winemaker from Sonona, California, making his debut as the new bachelor.
We start the episode with a recap of last seasons Bachelorette finale. To me this is the time where we Que the sad music and B-roll for filler time. We learn of Ben's quest to find love. (Did I mentioned he dated Jennifer Love Hewitt before this) The lovely Chris Harrison makes his screen debut and introduces the footage of the girls.
During the footage i can't help but love hearing the backstory of these women and what i noticed was this season there are tons of women who are in the health professions. One girl that stood out from her package was Jenna, a today's version "Carrie Bradshaw. She is a "love blogger" on a quest to find love.
Another one of the girls who stood out in the package was Lindsle, from London England. She as a quirky/ interesting personality that could make a guy want to do the old fashion "Check Please, I'm Out" line. Her character is sure to bring some laughs on the show if she stays on. Compared to previous seasons, there is only one woman who has a child. Shawn, a finance worker, is on a quest to find the perfect man for both her an her son. Usually, the producers don't highlight all the women in the package so we end up meeting most of the women as the come out of the limo.
Maybe it's just me but as much as I love Ben I wouldn't mind seeing Brad Womack go back at it for a third time. (wishful thinking). Ben is looking sharp and ready to meet the women. Now i know they say first impressions are everything, but seriously women do you have to act like your college degrees don't mean anything? I found some of their introductions to Ben weird. I have to say as a woman who needs Granny's approval for any guy I date, i found the grandma coming to meet Ben very cute and bold move. By the look of Ben's face I could tell he really thought that grandma was for him. Between the Pageant sash, Derby hats, and horse riding in, these girls already have their claws out.
The women are already sizing each other up as Ben walks in the door. Now really 25 women and 1 guy, it must be really hard to get "alone" time. Every girl is making sure they get their moment. The one rose that defines the premiere is the "First Impression Rose." That's the rose that is given out to the one woman who makes a great first impression. Brittany, the woman who brought her grandma, is trying so hard to get that rose and that makes all the other women jealous. The competition is getting intense as each girl is doing crazy things to try and top each other, especially the woman who raps... really? Jenna the blogger, reminds me of all the crazies on previous seasons. Will she be a Melissa of last season?
Here comes the drama!
Throughout the second hour, Monica seems to be raising some eyebrows as her "love" for Blakekly comes full force. Wait a second this is night one, what. The girls start questioning her reasons for being here, is she interested in girls or in Ben? Whatever Monica is up to it sure is getting everyone's mind off of the drama,. Jenna starts playing the "oh my goodness" card. Honey it's 2012 if she is interested in both sexes let it go and focus on why you are here, for Ben, stop crying please. Jenna decides to confront Monica which was a bad on her part. Can Ben already give the FIR already please.
Finally Ben grabs the rose and gives it to Linszi, the one who rode on a horse to meet him. Their conversation was really good and i actually have her on one of my top 5's to hopefully continue in the show.
The actual rose ceremony is next, 7 will be going home, the ones that are safe are: Linszi, Jamie, Rachael, Blakeley, Emily, Kasey B, Kasey S, Brittany, Erica, Shawn, Nikki, Jennifer, Elise, Samantha, Courtney, Jacklyn, Monica, and Jenna.
The last five minutes are spent on the promo for the entire season and by the looks of it there is lots of crying, lots of drama, and an ex girlfriend? But did Ben find the one?
Were you satisfied with the 18 women Ben picked?
To watch last night's 2-hour premiere you can watch it at www.ABC.go.com.
Come back next week for an all new episode of The Bachelor.
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