THE BACHELORETTE - Baseball and Magic Tricks!

Week Two of The Bachelorette gave us two group dates, one solo beach blanket date, magic tricks, a potential stalker, Tommy Lasorda, jealousy, and more desperate attempts to win DeAnna's attention.  In other words, it had everything you could want in a Bachelorette episode.

I do a play-by-play commentary on the action over at The Bachelorette Live Blog, but I thought I'd post a little something over here as well because why not?

Fifteen male suitors moved into the Bachelorette Compound this week, but only the three guys who got First Impression Roses - Jeremy, Jesse, and Richard - got to move into Bachelorette Manor.  The rest of the guys had to rough it and sleep in bunk beds down in the guest house, and were none too happy about it. 

DeAnna took one group of guys out on a group date to the Magic Castle, where single dad Jason made a good impression I think.  He still hasn't told DeAnna that he has a little kid, and if the guy waits too long she's going to wonder why he wasn't honest with her and then he's hosed.  Weirdly, the Canadian goofball Paul got the Immunity Rose. 

The other group of guys accompanied DeAnna to an empty Dodger Stadium where they met legendary manager Tommy Lasorda.  The guys competed in a home run derby while Tommy swore at them, which was funny.  Jeremy got some alone time with DeAnna and scored yet another rose, making him the clear front-runner.

Or is he?  The unshaven basketball player Graham landed the first solo date with DeAnna - a beach campfire.  She had some doubts about his commitment to her specifically, but he put her fears to rest and got an Immunity Rose - and the first full-on kiss of the contest.

Twilley, the eccentric guy, was worried that he made an ass of himself at the Magic Castle and wanted to let DeAnna know that he was, I dunno, deep or something.  He waits for her in front of the Manor while she returns from her date and smooches Graham, which the producers of the show edited to make it seem really creepy.  Which it was.  Regardless, Twilley did NOT get kicked off the show this week, so we'll see if he really is deranged or this was just an off week for him.

Who did get kicked off?  Well, DeAnna had to let not one but three suitors go this week, so she showed the door to Eric the Greek Guy, Ryan the 28 Year Old Virgin, and Chris the Greg Brady look alike.  Now only twelve suitors remain:  Twilley, Jeremy, Ron, Sean, Richard, Jason, Brian, Fred, Paul, Robert, Jesse, and Graham.  What do you think?  Who ya got?

Stop by The Bachelorette Live Blog next Monday at 9 EST and we'll find out together who makes the cut and who gets the boot!

--Dave Campbell

Comments

[Huggybearthree]

Bachelorette 4 is the worst one by far. LeAnna is trying to be the "poor-man's) Julia Roberts. Her southern accent and wearing identical gowns(Blue) like the (red) one worn by Julia in "Pretty Woman" will not cut it. She was so madly in love with Brad..now she shows not to be sincere and broken-hearted.....this is a waste of time to watch..LeAnne is P.H.O.N.E.Y......will not watch anymore....

Dallas Texas

[Huggybearthree]

I believe "The Batchelor" is a better program than "The Bachelorette"...These ladies that return for a second chance...are to phoney...I'll wait for The Batchelor" to come back on..

[MissNOTPerfect]

Hello ABC, I've heard a lot of bad comments about DeAnna. She is an average Bachelorette. Many of us were hoping that a Bachelorette who is VERY likeable, unique, and talented like Jenni C. and Trista. I don't see that DeAnna is a career-minded person. She did not even finish her college degree, she only had an AS degree, general education. I was hoping someone like Andrew Firestone's fiancee, a model and actress. DeAnna kept emphasizing that she has been through a lot in life. DeAnna is a regular lady who has an attitude and very bossy as if she is all that.

[J-S]

Good!! I'm glad to see your blog here, DC. Really not a fan of the "live blog" deal. 1) I'm on the west coast, 2) You don't get everyone's comments all in one pretty box like the regular blog. :-( I think if you do a live blog, you also need to do a regular blog for folks like me who'd like to comment on the show as a whole; not just 5 mins of it. Are you listening, ABC?! :-)

Okay, so for the show... Man! Can ABC just make DeAnna's Bachelorette contract available for us all to read so we can go, "OH! Yah, I now get why she keeps giving roses to Paul, Jesse, Fred and others who make no sense..." I mean, does she earn extra $ if she keeps some of the guys on who might really flip out when she finally clues them in on the fact that she's not even remotely physically attracted to them?? I'm okay with that. Let's just be honest, okay? (lol)

I lost respect for DeAnna getting rid of Eric. The guy gets to talk to her twice, is likely nervous and unsure of what "slick" thing he might be able to do or say ... I mean, someone already kicked a lemon off of someone's head and embroidered her name on the rear-end of their Speedos. What's a guy to do?? ;-) I wish she would have given him the opportunity to go out on a more "fun" date with her so she could try and get some more conversation out of him besides talk of Greece and being Greek. I'm confident there is more to him than that. His being booted while others stay who she is clearly not physically attracted to is what makes me think there is something in her contract that says she needs to keep a certain percentage of guys on who are likely to cause a scene either while on a date, after a date or when they get booted. Kind of a let down, if you ask me. :-(

I agree also with some of the other posters... it'd be nice to see a girl who's an heiress or is a self-made millionnaire be the Bachelorette. But then again, that particular woman would be smart enough to know that the type of guys who would apply to be one of the 25 vying for her would probably contain only a couple of truly viable options (not total slackers). Maybe the "Princess" from Texas who thinks she's all that will get a reality show on FOX or something. I can't see ABC carrying it because you know it'd be totally trashy, but it would rake in the viewers, guaranteed! LOL... Man, she was a piece of work.

Looking forward to some tears (hopefully not from DeAnna) Monday night!!

[BCGrad]

I will just start by saying that The Bachelorette's name is DeAnna and she is not trying to be Julia Roberts! Last time I checked Vivian Ward was a prostitute! Nobody is perfect and we should give people a second chance!

[Cliff Housego - Dance Teacher!]

That was so much fun teaching the guys how to do the "Power Jam". Generally they did very well. I loved there additudes! There were a few that needed some "MO JO" but Deanna need "no mo" she was great! I'd love to take them all Two Steppin'!