[Reality-TV-Fanatics] 'The Bachelor Winter Games' Recap: Clare's Love Triangle Blows Up ... In Her Face

 

So if Clair thought Benoit was such a fantastic guy why did she send him away? I think Christian is absolutely not for her . I think she had to accept the rose or she would have had to go home. maybe she will find a new guy.

 Its not too bad of a show. .

  'The Bachelor Winter Games' Recap: Clare's Love Triangle Blows Up ... In Her Face
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Derek Stauffer
Contributing Writer, BuddyTV

As a whole The Bachelor franchise is pretty bizarre. It's a show built on finding a marriage partner after three dates (maybe). Even given Bachelor Nation's prosperity for weirdness, The Bachelor Winter Games  is so strange, it defies description. It's part Bachelor in Paradise, part ill-fated Bachelor Pad, somehow, inspired by the Winter Olympics and all trashy reality TV fun. 

The second episode of Winter Games isn't as outrageous as the first. For example, traditional rose ceremonies are now back. Yet Winter Games still manages to be an amusing but curious corner of the ever stranger Bachelor Nation.

Speed Skating for Love

After the whirlwind of the first rose ceremony and all that came with it, the house wakes up with the stink of booze still on them. Throughout the obvious hangovers Luke Pell, The Bachelor lead who almost was, manages to find a connection with one of the girls. On the porch, Luke talks to one of the Sweden ladies, Stassi. Stassi looks like how you'd imagine a Scandinavian Kardashian but sounds like a Russian assassin. The reason for Stassi and Luke's bonding is that they both almost died due to heart failure. It's probably not the most fairy tale reason for a connection but the franchise has done far, far worse. 

Luke and Stassi don't have long to trade (literal) scars though, because the next Winter Games challenge is ready. Chris Harrison has shaved his beard and it's time to get serious ... by putting everyone in skintight speed skating outfits and forcing them to try glide around speed skate track. It's not quite the physical disaster of the biathlon but again, almost none of these people have any prowess in winter sports (or possibly sports in general). At the very least, the American contestant (the whole reason for watching) can't do anything right. 

Chris Harrison, though, has caught on to that fact. So while the male and female winner of speed skating get the date cards, it's not the overall winners. Rathe, it's the winners of the loser bracket. The best of the worst ending up being our Swedish Kylie/Kendall/Any K-Name Under the Sun, Stassi, and Bachelor Nation's resident commitment-phobe Dean. (Dean being the winner of the loser bracket, is fitting on so many levels.) 

The Coin Flip Heard Round the World

When the cast gets back to the house though, the date cards are not the focus of all conversation. In their speed skating absence a new arrival has entered the house, Jordan. 

Two things become incredibly clear about Jordan. He's one of the Australian Bachelor leads and everyone hates him. This is because Jordan picked the winner of his season by the flipping of a coin. This information enrages everyone, including Ben Higgins, proving that it is possible for Ben to express more emotion than bashfulness, blandness and befuddlement.   

Ben is so upset that he pulls Jordan out of a conversation with Stassi to have the house confront him. Jordan explains that he flipped a coin because he didn't really like either woman and that it was a mistake. This confirms every contestant's worst fears; that Jordan didn't take the "responsibility" of being the Bachelor seriously. Yet, they instantly get over it. They hate him but they're all too big of wusses to do anything about it. Regardless, Winter Games needs a villain and Jordan is the only one bringing the heat. 

The biggest impact of the Jordan confrontation though is that it seems to convince Stassi that she can't go after him even though she was interested. Stassi might look like she came out of a collagen catalog with a voice designed to seduce and betray James Bond, but she can't moon over the most hated guy in the house. So she settles back on Luke. They have a completely boring, if a pleasant time together, on their date. 

Dean's Still Not Ready 

The date with more drama invovles Dean and his newest "girlfriend," Lesley. It's the presence of Lesley and the snowy setting that are the only two things that separate this date from being a flashback to Bachelor in Paradise. Dean is still uncertain, indecisive and totally aggravating. Dean feels like they're moving too slow. Dean likes Lesley but he doesn't know if that's enough and he just needs her to be patient. Time travel is real and we're all living in it. 

However, unlike Kristina on Bachelor in Paradise, Lesley isn't taking all of Dean's garbage. Lesley had a preemptive double mastectomy and she's didn't live through all that to be with a flaky, pretty boy. 

Lesley tells Dean that he needs to get over himself and decide to be with her or not. She's not waiting around. For the moment, it seems to work and the two are in giggling bliss. Let's just hope no one else comes to the house or that bliss is going to end really quick. 

Ashley I. Finally Gets Her Man ... For Now

Speaking of break-ups, the house goes through a bit of a love bloodbath. Against all odds, Ashley I. finally finds a guy whose interested in her. After pursuing Bibiana, Kevin decides it's time to go after the crying virgin (because apparently Canada doesn't get The Bachelor or Bachelor in Paradise). 

Ashley's already picking out place settings for the wedding. She's not even remotely joking about that fact either. So this will undoubtedly end horribly but it'll be a wild ride getting there. 

For her part, Bibiana finds comfort in the arms of coin-flipping Jordan. Either Bibiana wasn't there for the big confrontation or she's just really into guys with down under accents. In any case, they're the hottest and most spit-swapping couple in Vermont. 

The Importance of a Jacuzzi Date 

This melodrama is completely tame to what develops for Clare in her love triangle with Christian and Benoit. Poor, innocent and impossibly French, Benoit has gotten the sneaking suspicion that Clare is just not that into him. To get confirmation, Benoit goes to talk to Clare about it. 

Though Benoit confesses his love for Clare (bump the breaks Frenchie), she lets him down slowly. It's not happening for her and they're on two different levels. Benoit goes home in tears and everyone is sad to see him go, even Japanese Yuki who (allegedly) can't understand a word he speaks. 

This turns out to be a mistake, in several ways. No sooner than Benoit is out of the house, Christian starts being exactly who he appeared to be the first episode, a Grade-A jerk. Christian's main problem is that Clare was supposed to meet with him in the Jacuzzi one night. (The exact timeline of Winter Games is nebulous. The contestants could've been in Vermont for a few days, a couple hours or several nights. It's a mystery) 

Clare, unaware that Christian was waiting for her, never showed up to the Jacuzzi, and this was a huge insult. In Germany, according to Christian, when people say they're going to the Jacuzzi, they mean it. I truly wish he was joking but not only do I believe Germans are incapable of humor, Christian is deadly (scarily) serious.

The two proceed to have this same argument over and over. It basically boils down to the fact that Christian (seemingly) believes Clare is pretty but a bit of a stupid whore. She's slutting it up with French-Canadians and flaking out on Jacuzzi dates. It's unacceptable in Christian's tiny, totally-misogynistic brain. It gets so bad that Clare even begins to believe she won't accept Christian's rose.

It's all talk though. When Christian offers Clare her rose, she accepts it, figuring that love can conquer anything even super pushy German dudes with very specific views on hot tubs. Congratulations Clare, you've found a man worse than Juan Pablo.

This turns out to be the real notable part of the rose ceremony for two girls, who have never spoken before their elimination, are sent packing to the surprise of no one. 

But what did you make of the second episode of Winter Games? Were you sad to see Benoit go? Will Dean finally commit with Lesley? Is Ashley I. really found happiness? Do you think Jordan is a monster for his coin flipping?

The Bachelor Winter Games season 1 airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8/7c on ABC. Want more news? Like our Bachelor Facebook page.

(Image courtesy of ABC)

__._,_.___

---

Posted by: C G <ceegee2006@yahoo.com>

---

Reply via web post

•

Reply to sender

•

Reply to group

•

Start a New Topic

•

Messages in this topic (1)

---

Have you tried the highest rated email app?

With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email again with 1000GB of free cloud storage.

---

Visit Your Group

• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

.

__,_._,___