Bachelor 13 - Media **Spoilers**

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Originally Posted by Zinnia

TV Ratings for The Bachelor 13 episode 4

10.58 million viewers and 4.0/9 in adults 18-49.
(based on averaging fast affiliate half-hour ratings, final numbers could be lower.)

Viewership climbed each half-hour, peaking at 11.54 million viewers in the last half-hour. And the demo numbers were incredible! Peaking at 4.4/10 in adults 18-49. This is the best Bachelor ratings performance since Jesse's Bachelor 5 way back in 2004.

ABC is thrilled with Jason's season. Samantha Who? has been moved to Thursdays to allow for the two-hour episodes to continue.

Chris Harrison announced during the show that they're casting for the next Bachelor.

Wow! The ratings are definitely impressive this season. This show really just won't die, will it? Kind of like the Real World. Aren't they on season 25 by now?

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[Zinnia]

'The Bachelor' recap: Playing Doctor
Mon Jan 26, 10:00 PM PST

It's week four, Bachelorfans, and you know what that means — time for the
dreaded (and totally dirty-sounding) ''two-on-one'' date. This is my favorite
Bachelortradition, because it's just like the Colosseum in ancient Rome — two
will enter, but only one will leave. Are we not entertained?
But before we get to the emotional bloodbath, it's time to honor a new
Bachelortradition: Uncomfortable karaoke! As you'll remember, last season on The
Bachelorette, the men had to write and perform a love song for DeAnna in order
to win a one-on-one date — a contest Jesse won, by the way, which worked out
really well for him. Anyhoo, now it's Jason's turn to endure a talent(less)
show. Harrison informs the ''ladies'' that they have 30 minutes to whip up a
tune, which sends the women scurrying into different corners of Casa
Bachelorette to begin their compositions. Tooth Nazi decides to write a rap song
like Jason did for DeAnna, while Lauren is typically obnoxious, claiming that
she has ''a good ear for music'' and that her song will be ''like a professional
song that maybe you hear on the radio.'' Nikki, in a continuation of her
emotional implosion that began last week, slumps against the wall and cries
about how she's a ''control freak'' who can't be silly because it's not in her
nature. ''I'd rather, like, have a tarantula crawl up my arm than do this,'' she
sobs. Could someone please get this woman her tiara and a can of Lemon Pledge?
Perhaps that'll remind her that just a few weeks ago she was a bubbly pageant
queen, not a basket case.
While making Bachelorfans sit through the performances is an exercise in atonal
futility — after all, we know from the opening preview that Molly gets a
one-on-one date — at least the producers keep the singing montage mercifully
short. Molly volunteers to go first with her fast-food themed ditty (''Like
nuggets and French fries we could be perfect soul mates''), and Stephanie,
dressed in a hot pink getup straight out of the Bratz Doll Mother-in-Law
Collection, unleashes an operatic caterwaul that probably had the exact opposite
effect on Jason's libido than what she was going for. Lauren gets up and
announces that she wrote a ''full-on song,'' and to be fair her tune sounds a
littlelike something Jewel might have written back when she was living in her
car. Despite her near-total mental collapse, Nikki manages to warble her song
without crying or throwing up on herself. (Small victories, sweetie.) But to
absolutely no one's surprise, Molly earns the one-on-one date.
So what exactly does Molly win? A ride on a blimp? Diamonds and a private jet to
Vegas? Not quite. The budget, it seems, is getting a little tight, according to
the note on the date card: ''Molly, let's stay home tonight at my place.'' Um,
yay? Still, the ''ladies'' are super-duper jealous because, as Melissa explains,
''this is what it would be like to be with Jason on a Saturday night, on a date,
just the two of us [and the 15 crew people pointing cameras and microphones at
us while we make out].'' At the Bachelor pad, Molly and Jason sit on the floor
and eat burgers and fries, while Jason does his best to find something out about
his date — because at this point all we know is that she has very white teeth
and an apparent love-hate relationship with fast food. She says all the right
things — she wants to have ''kids'' and ''a husband'' and she's not scared by
the fact that Jason is a divorced single parent, but Jason can barely hear her
because he's mesmerized by her ''stargazing amazing'' eyes.
: Getting physical on General Hospital
After dinner, Jason and Molly take the party outside to the front yard, where
s'mores and a tent are waiting. Jason wastes no time giving her the rose, and
then he and Molly retire to their nylon love shack. Over at Casa Bachelorette,
Tooth Nazi decides to wait up for her competition to come home, but little does
she know that Molly and Jason are going to be in that tent making muffled
moaning sounds for the rest of the night. When Molly finally makes the walk of
shame back home, she's greeted by a phalanx of bathrobe-sporting ''ladies'' with
fake smiles plastered on their faces. Melissa sums up the sentiment of the room:
''I don't like that she smells like him.''
Enough jealousy, ''ladies''! It's time to head out with Jason. So what could the
date card's cryptic message about ''playing doctor'' possibly mean? Why, a
synergistic visit to the set of ABC's venerable daytime drama General Hospital,
of course! The date will be extremely helpful to him, explains Jason, because
''the girls can show me if they've got any acting skills'' — and as we all know,
the ability to convey false feelings is a cornerstone of a happy marriage. The
''ladies'' get done up in their costumes (maid, hooker, nurse — your standard
female archetypes) and then head to the set to engage in a series of poorly
acted vignettes (all of which involve passionate kisses, of course). When
they're not in a scene, the bachelorettes mill around and scowl as Jason puts
his lips on one woman after another. Megan channels that anger into her acting:
Draped in a slinky black negligee, she all but unhinges her jaw and devours the
Bachelor's face, much like Diana the lizard queen from V.
At the fake wrap party, everyone seems to be coming to the collective
realization that sharing a man with eight other women on national television is
the equivalent of having Oscar De La Hoya punch your self-esteem in the solar
plexus. Naomi separates herself from the pack to mope, and it doesn't help when
Jason offers these words of cold comfort: ''You're one person that I will always
want the best for, whether it's with me, which it could be, or if it's not with
me.'' In a shocking development, Megan has a fleeting moment of self-awareness,
though it's wrapped in layers of egomaniacal delusion: ''I just feel like I,
more so than anyone, is so perfect for him, and he just doesn't see it. It's
like, I just want to scream and be like, 'It's me! Like, I'm perfect for you!'
But I can't, because that would be straight crazy.''
Lauren has no time for such introspection, however. She continues her scorched
earth offensive against the other ''ladies,'' primarily because she's convinced
that Jason is just a ball-gag away from being her husband. ''You need to give me
a rose tonight, or I'm going to be pissed,'' she tells him. For the first time
all season, Jason shows the slightest hint of being annoyed, brushing Lauren off
with a curt, ''I hear you.'' Later, Tooth Nazi pulls him aside to issue this
tearful threat: ''I'm not lettingyou let me go.'' Then she blows her nose, digs
around in each nostril with her index finger, hands Jason the snotty napkin, and
leans in for a kiss. Remarkably, Jason doesn't leap off the roof of the hotel to
avoid her mucus-smeared mug, but Tooth Nazi is still angered by his
less-than-enthusiastic response: ''He kept telling me that I had napkin on my
face.'' Faced with a truly depressing choice among a collection of weeping
women, Jason decides to give Naomi the rose, even though he all but told her
they have no future. Congratulations, Naomi — you're the less-est of six evils!
: A threesome becomes a twosome
The next day, Nikki and Stephanie are pawing through their suitcases trying to
find something to wear on their two-on-one date. What could have possibly led
them to believe that they'd be allowed to dress themselves? Haven't they read
the rulebook? Bitches, you'd better get your butts outside, because your
''princess'' costumes are waiting in the driveway — and it took some poor PA
hours to wrap that bellhop cart in pink ribbon. While the date card promised
them a ''ball,'' Jason takes them to an empty outdoor patio instead, where a
nice lady is waiting to give them a ballroom dancing lesson. A lot of stiff
box-stepping and tentative cutting in ensues, until, thankfully, it's finally
time for dinner. (Which reminds me, let's make the drinking game official: Take
a shot every time the camera pans to someone's cleavage when Jason uses the
phrase ''amazing qualities.'')
While Jason is still trying to convince us that he's unsure about what to do —
he has a connection with Nikki but feels she's too closed off, and he thinks
Stephanie is great but the spark just isn't there — we all know how this date is
going to end, don't we? And frankly, Stephanie, you and Sophia deserve better...
Wait, WHAT? He's sending Nikki and her amazing qualities home instead? Explains
Jason, ''It was really hard to send Nikki away because Nikki's one of the
sweetest people here. But I had to make a decision tonight, and the more I
thought about it, it just made more sense with Stephanie.'' (Props to you,
Bachelor, for thinking with the big head this time.) Meanwhile, in the reject
limo, Nikki is numb after having her worst fear — that she is, in fact,
unlovable and useless — confirmed by reality TV: ''It's like the whole 'you're
not good enough' factor, I think. That's why I try to be so perfect. It's like,
I do everything right and yet I'm always rejected.'' Girl, go home, cry into
some Häagen-Dazs, and then get over yourself. Life is too short.
At the cocktail party, most of the ''ladies'' manage to get through their
one-on-one time without bawling, perhaps because their tear ducts decided to go
on strike until ABC meets their demand for overtime pay. (The party was also
notable for the collection of truly ugly cocktail dresses — from Tooth Nazi's
craft-class red frock to Lauren's bedazzled magenta mini to Jillian's strapless,
backless number, it was a surprisingly busted sartorial display.) That's not to
say there isn't tension, especially when Lauren ''jokes'' about how she wants to
slap Jason for not following her directions and giving her a rose. Jason tries
to have a spine — ''You didn't ask me, you toldme'' — but instead he gives in to
her bossy charms, and the two share a kiss. I guess Lauren was right — some
people really do like to be dominated. (Jason, if you need a safe word, I think
''wuss'' should work just fine.)
Well, early on we were promised a rose ceremony that ''goes terribly wrong'' —
and at long last it's here. Melissa and Jillian receive their roses without
incident, and then Harrison comes in with his foreboding ''this is the final
rose tonight'' warning. Jason picks up the rose, and then all of a sudden he
gets that ''I'm feeling emotions and/or smelling something unpleasant'' look on
his face. ''I'm sorry,'' he says gravely. ''I can't do this.'' Thank GODyou've
finally come to your senses, man! Go, get out now, hop in that limo and drive
like the wind back to a normal life of anonymity, where you can find a
girlfriend at a bar or on eHarmony or at speed dating like a normal person —
anythingbut this f'ed up show!
: Jason does not take my advice
Rather than bolting from the mansion like a bat out of hell, however, Jason
stays put and finishes his thought: ''I can't lead anybody on. I just don't see
a forever, so I can't give out the final rose tonight.'' After a minute of
stunned silence, Lauren — who can't get that ''Are you s---ingme?'' look off of
her face — is the first to leave, saying it's ''not fair'' and ''really wrong''
that Jason did not recognize her obvious superiority to the other ''ladies.''
Shannon somehow manages to keep it together, perhaps taking comfort in her
upcoming reunion with her electric toothbrush and her puppy's tongue. Megan's
stone-cold bitch facade finally starts to crack, and she tearfully confesses to
being hurt: ''I'm really sad. It's pathetic how much I don't want to go home
right now.''
Wow, Jason's ''journey'' sure took a crazy detour this week, didn't it? And by
''crazy,'' I mean ''Jason actually made some good decisions.'' When you're
finished doing a victory dance over Megan and Lauren's (long overdue)
eliminations, let me know what you thought about tonight's episode — are you,
like me, a little sad to see Tooth Nazi go? I mean, who's going to bring the
crazy next week? (Naomi — you're up!) Once you're done posting, be sure to check
out Chris Harrison's exclusive blog on PopWatch, where he spills some
behind-the-scenes details about that disastrous rooftop ''wrap party.'' And do
check out the bonus footage below, featuring Lauren's pants-less scene with
Jason on the General Hospitalset — if you dare. Okay, rose-lovers, let's talk
Bachelor!

Link

[ky-la]

"Episode 1305" - The pressure is really on, as Jason struggles to decide which four women he'll escort home to meet their families. But first, a surprise visit to the Bachelor's hometown of Seattle awaits the five remaining bachelorettes - a chance to check out their potential future home. Jason takes one woman on a romantic one-on-one date on a houseboat and escorts three of the bachelorettes on a ferry ride around Seattle and then to a revealing live radio interview. On the final crucial individual date, the handsome single dad chooses one of the ladies to take a fanciful flight on a seaplane over Seattle before sharing some intimate alone time together. However, Jason has more surprises in store for the women and breaks the rules at the rose ceremony to come to his difficult decision, on "The Bachelor," MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

After a brief reunion with his son, Ty, Jason welcomes the women to Seattle. The lucky woman, who receives the one-on-one date card, is delighted that Jason will show her his hometown in style. However, Jason's parental duties take precedence when Ty needs him at home and he must make a last minute change in plans.

The next day, three of the bachelorettes meet Jason on the deck of a ferry for a sunset cruise around Puget Sound. The Bachelor offers some special alone time to one of the ladies to join him in the captain's quarters to steer the boat and steal a kiss. But Jason seeks some outside help with his decision, taking the group to KISS-FM to be interviewed on one of the top-rated radio shows in Seattle. The Bachelor enlists the help of the two local DJs, Jackie and Bender, a married couple, to get some frank advice on love, marriage and intimacy. They quiz Jason and the women on love and romance and even set up a kissing contest - much to the shock of the other two women listening back at the hotel. Jason rewards the three women with a wonderful late night meal, attempting to have an honest talk with one bachelorette about their relationship. He pulls another woman aside for a romantic walk by the bay.

On a picturesque seaplane ride over Seattle, Jason points out to the fortunate woman who gets the last one-on-date the highlights of the city she might one day call home. The bachelorette also demonstrates her more adventurous side as she races Jason to the top of a giant climbing wall, where they share a mid-air kiss. Later she opens up to him about her family and her feelings for him. A "hot" fireside snuggle ends the evening.

Still unsure of his decision, Jason pays a surprise visit to the ladies' hotel and pulls one woman aside for a heart-to-heart talk. Then at the rose ceremony, Jason breaks the rules and seeks out another bachelorette for a final talk. In the end, he must narrow the field to just four women - the four who will invite him into their families' homes - while one woman leaves in one of the most emotional rose ceremonies ever.

Daily News Release

[gotcharunnin1]

After a brief reunion with his son, Ty, Jason welcomes the women to Seattle. The lucky woman, who receives the one-on-one date card, is delighted that Jason will show her his hometown in style. However, Jason's parental duties take precedence when Ty needs him at home and he must make a last minute change in plans.

And the reason for the phone call! so is it delayed? cut short? or ws he suppose to take her somewhere else but ends up on the houseboat instead?

[bamabrain]

Another kissing contest.

An early audition opportunity (no doubt arranged by TPTB via Ty) for Melissa as stepmom.

[jlccaz]

This sounds like a great episode to tell you truth!

[ky-la]

Originally Posted by gotcharunnin1

And the reason for the phone call! so is it delayed? cut short? or ws he suppose to take her somewhere else but ends up on the houseboat instead?

It says he has to be there with Ty that night. So I think the date gets canceled and instead they hang out on the houseboat the next night.

Probably planned that way all along, though...

[fan*addict]

"Episode 1305" - The pressure is really on, as Jason struggles to decide which four women he'll escort home to meet their families. But first, a surprise visit to the Bachelor's hometown of Seattle awaits the five remaining bachelorettes - a chance to check out their potential future home. Jason takes one woman on a romantic one-on-one date on a houseboat and escorts three of the bachelorettes on a ferry ride around Seattle and then to a revealing live radio interview. On the final crucial individual date, the handsome single dad chooses one of the ladies to take a fanciful flight on a seaplane over Seattle before sharing some intimate alone time together. However, Jason has more surprises in store for the women and breaks the rules at the rose ceremony to come to his difficult decision, on "The Bachelor," MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

After a brief reunion with his son, Ty, Jason welcomes the women to Seattle. The lucky woman, who receives the one-on-one date card, is delighted that Jason will show her his hometown in style. However, Jason's parental duties take precedence when Ty needs him at home and he must make a last minute change in plans.

Hence the phone call to Melissa...so she will get the 1:1 date on the houseboat

The next day, three of the bachelorettes meet Jason on the deck of a ferry for a sunset cruise around Puget Sound. The Bachelor offers some special alone time to one of the ladies to join him in the captain's quarters to steer the boat and steal a kiss.

Holly, Stephanie, Jillian...Stephanie gets the xtra-time and boat steering

But Jason seeks some outside help with his decision, taking the group to KISS-FM to be interviewed on one of the top-rated radio shows in Seattle. The Bachelor enlists the help of the two local DJs, Jackie and Bender, a married couple, to get some frank advice on love, marriage and intimacy. They quiz Jason and the women on love and romance and even set up a kissing contest - much to the shock of the other two women listening back at the hotel. Jason rewards the three women with a wonderful late night meal, attempting to have an honest talk with one bachelorette about their relationship. He pulls another woman aside for a romantic walk by the bay.

do we know who walks by the bay????

On a picturesque seaplane ride over Seattle, Jason points out to the fortunate woman who gets the last one-on-date the highlights of the city she might one day call home. The bachelorette also demonstrates her more adventurous side as she races Jason to the top of a giant climbing wall, where they share a mid-air kiss. Later she opens up to him about her family and her feelings for him. A "hot" fireside snuggle ends the evening.

This will be Naomi due to the SC

Still unsure of his decision, Jason pays a surprise visit to the ladies' hotel and pulls one woman aside for a heart-to-heart talk. Then at the rose ceremony, Jason breaks the rules and seeks out another bachelorette for a final talk. In the end, he must narrow the field to just four women - the four who will invite him into their families' homes - while one woman leaves in one of the most emotional rose ceremonies ever. Daily News Release

I think this is where he will talk to Naomi & Stephanie again

[Julz]

"After a brief reunion with his son, Ty, Jason welcomes the women to Seattle. The lucky woman, who receives the one-on-one date card, is delighted that Jason will show her his hometown in style. However, Jason's parental duties take precedence when Ty needs him at home and he must make a last minute change in plans. "

This could be a test of how Melissa might act when Ty interrupts their plans. Just to see how she reacts, how flexible she is in plans being changed, etc.

[bamabrain]

Originally Posted by Julz

This could be a test of how Melissa might act when Ty interrupts their plans. Just to see how she reacts, how flexible she is in plans being changed, etc.

Definitely that will be how it's edited. Such tests are a basic ingredient of the fairy tale and quest genres.