Jillian Harris (The Bachelorette) in Vancouver, BC! The 2010 Episode

It’s a beautiful sunny night in Van and ALL the blogerrettes have gathered at the lovely Karen’s home in North Vancouver for some homemade chicken pot pie and some delicious lime margaritas. We are very excited about this episode as Jillian and the remaining 13 bachelors are about to hit our home town Vancouver. The 13 remaining dudes are:

Jake
Reid
Mark
Jesse
Tanner P.
Wes
Juan
Michael
Kyptyn
Mike
David

Only 10 make the cut this week in the hopes of wooing and winning this Canadian Bachelorette.

The show opens with Chris explaining to the bachelors that there will be three dates this week – one group date, one one-on-one date and the dreaded two-on –one date and of course a rose is up for grabs on each date. All these dates will take place in the picturesque Vancouver, BC.

Flash forward to Jillian standing in front of the lovely Fairmont Hotel Vancouver awaiting her bachelors. She sets them up in their plush 3-bedroom suite which is a far cry from the bunkhouse.
The first one-on-one date is with Kyptyn (my personal favorite). The two of them have an awkward hello kiss and then grab two kayaks as they cruise over to Granville Island for some groceries. No major chemistry here which is a tad concerning but it’s still early. As they are cooking together at home, Jillian loves the ‘everydayness’ of grocery shopping, cooking and holding hands. After a few glasses of wine we see Kyptyn snuggle up to her and plant a few romantic kisses on her neck as she’s cooking and we start to see some serious chemistry. Phew!

Next up we have the group date – Jesse, Tanner, Jake, Robbie, Wes, Michael, Reid, Juan and David. The last two guys – Mike and Mark start to mentally prepare for the two-on-one date as one of them will definitely be heading home.

The group date meets up with Jillian looking very Canadian in a deep blue hoodie and some great Lululemon spandex pants. The team then heads out for a very exciting Olympic game of curling. After some disastrous efforts and clearly zero ability Jillian announces that they are going to be split into two teams and the team that wins will go on Harbor dinner cruise with Jillian.

Juan is convinced he will win as he knows curling takes “balance, flexibility and touch” and he’s got all three. Good luck with that Juan.

Meanwhile the bloggerettes feel that Jillian sounds a little scripted this week for the first time and the show might even be a little flat…..

The curling game tries to get some drama into it with fancy editing and anticipatory music, but to no avail. Curling is barely interesting to watch when the players are GOOD, after all. The red team (Dave, Juan, Jesse, Jake, and Robby) are the big winners and will get the dinner cruise.

Highlights of the boat cruise:
• Jake the pilot and Jillian determine that he is just too perfect. Unfortunately Jake has heard this before from almost every girlfriend he has had in the past. My gal Karen pipes up and says he is “far from perfect” and Carla says “She’s lost that loving feeling for Jake”. Poor Jake is good looking but not a crowd favorite.

• Jesse finally has the balls to give her a kiss and she responds quite nicely. Shannon comments “he held the kiss way too long and needs to move it around more”.

• The highlight was definitely Dave’s moment with Jillian. "The spandex date was my favorite outfit," he tells Jillian, waxing about how her ass looked in it. He clearly thinks this is endearing and flattering. "Her ass is f---ing fantastic," he gloats to the camera. Jillian tells the camera he gets too comfortable with her when they're alone, and she looks extremely uncomfortable about that. She's obviously taken aback by his swearing and when he goes in for a kiss she tells him he's not going to get one after speaking to her like that. Angry Dave is not happy. Dave determines that she is totally into him and that this behavior is just a test. He is up for the challenge – game on. He is sadly mistaken.

Commercial break and we return to the first two-on-one date where only one rose will be handed out. The threesome head out on an exciting helicopter ride then followed by dinner at the top of Grouse Mountain. The two bachelors both start opening up after stating how difficult it is for them to open up. Does everyone use that line?

Karen can barely even watch the screen as Guido, aka Mike claims he’s falling in love with Jillian. Mark is very gracious telling her it is her time to be selfish and not to worry about hurting one of the two guys. Reverse psychology? This strategy seems to work as Jillian hands Mark the lone rose. Mike is hurt, shocked and disappointed.

We arrive at a slightly over make-up-ed Jillian and the cocktail party – Shannon thinks she looks a bit like Miss Piggy. Her sparkling silver mini dress is hot though. The cocktail party quickly turns sour as the guys all start telling her that some of the bachelors are here for the wrong reason and someone even has a girlfriend back home. Let the drama begin. Tanner seems to be throwing the whole crew under the bus at the same time.

Probably the most exciting part of this two hour episode.

Reid, Wes and Tanner all try to get some quality one-on-one time with her. The guys have a good time mocking Wes and his song writing ability but clearly the mood has changed and everyone is much more competitive and serious. All the guys agree that some of them have hidden agendas and are here for the wrong reasons.

Jillian has had enough and brings the cocktail party to a grinding stop until someone fesses up about a potential girlfriend at home or if you are here for the wrong reasons go home now. She says the party is over and there will only be a final rose ceremony. The guys all look around in feigned shock and surprise and start to question each other.

At the rose ceremony, Jillian has to get rid of two guys. She thanks them for having the difficult discussion tonight. And the seven roses go to: Reid, Robby, Ed, Michael (who does a little hip-hop slide by way of celebration), Wes (Jake looks unimpressed), Jake (his mood improves), and Tanner. So Dave and Juan are OUT.

Good choices, both. Till next week BF’s!

The Bloggerettes