Hey guys! Just a heads up, I am going to try to make this
blog post shorter than usual. I am suffering from death by two consecutive
midterms so my brain is a little fuzzy. My happily ever after will be sleeping
in tomorrow. Also, a quick note about the blog format. Recently, I’ve been
asked about my feelings on the shows that I watch because I can be critical to
the point where it seems like I don’t like them, like last week’s episode. That’s
not the case. I wouldn’t write about the show if I didn’t like it, but I still
feel like I should point out its downsides such as being overly scripted. I don’t
think anyone wants to read roses and sunshine in opinions all of the time, so I
don’t confine these blogs just to the good things.
So we start the episode off with the meal with Jojo and
Jordan. As expected, it started off awkward until Jojo broke the ice by
basically apologizing for talking about Ben so much on her season. She then
makes a fart joke because its on Freeform where the audience is expected to be
12 years old and find that funny. At the end, the group is having fun and the
tension is gone. Lauren didn’t even look uncomfortable at all during the dinner
which tells me the conflict of the past episode was manufactured. Sorry for
doubting you Lauren, those producers are sneaky.
Then Ben and Lauren are basically summoned to a meeting with
Chris Harrison where he wants their wedding to be televised. Lauren, like any
girl who hears about a free and decadent wedding, wants to do it. Ben is
worried because it overwhelms him. He can play it off like he is worried about
the wedding not being intimate enough, but let’s be real here. The boy is 26 or
27 is worried about getting married so quickly. Its normal, but obviously that’s
not what you can tell your fiancée. Chris mentions wanting the wedding to be
soon which makes me wonder if the two didn’t accept the offer, since we know
this was filmed in July, and they still aren’t married and we haven’t heard
about a TV special yet.
Cut to the two of them talking to their family and friends
about what to do. Ben talks to some players from the Denver Broncos and
sneakily mentions a guilty pleasure Lauren doesn’t know about. Lauren talks to
her sister and starts to question Ben’s commitment. Based on the previews, this
is a running theme for the season.
Either way, when they get home, Ben reveals his guilty
pleasure is renaissance faires. *Facepalm* all of this build up for that? That
is a normal nerdy fetish. They built it up to be something like he cross-dresses,
but it was nothing. The faire itself was fun, but nothing too interesting
happened so I’ll skip it. Like I said, midterms made my brain tired.
Next, Lauren decides to play a prank on Ben. He is going to
be throwing out the first pitch at a Colorado Rockies game. She gets the team
involved and makes him think that he has to sing the national anthem. This is
the kind of scripted stuff I’m okay seeing. It’s planned, but it’s hilarious
and seems organic. It was entertaining and didn’t take me out of the episode.
The show needs more of this and not the drama stuff. If I want drama, I’ll
watch the Presidential debate tonight. AKA I’m not watching the presidential
debate tonight.
The episode ends with Ben and Lauren deciding that they will
televise their wedding. This has me incredibly curious because the timeline
Chris implied in the offer made it seem like it should’ve happened by now. But,
the wedding hasn’t. I’m interested to see if the timeline changed or if the
offer ends up falling through. Tune in for next week when Chad makes his “triumphant”
return to villainy to prolong his 15 minutes of fame. Lace also returns to be
crazy emotional and prove her and Grant will never last.
Until then, bye!
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