The show starts with Emily and Ricki (daughter, not dead fiancé), hanging out with some of Emily’s friends in a park, chatting about the show, because you know – we’re in Charlotte, and she’s home, yo. As an aside, no way these chicks are her actual friends. Emily is friends with all the hot, young ones. These ones are older…and…how do I say this without offending…less hot. And also ethnic-ish. The Producers planted them there to help with the whole discrimination thing.
Anyhoo, Chris Harrison tells the guys there will be two one-on-one dates this week and a group date, with some poor bastards not getting a date at all. Emily has a rose to give out on each date, blah blah blah. Ryan, the 31-year-old “pro athletic trainer” from Augusta, Georgia, gets the first one-on-one date. And he sucks. Here goes.
Ryan Date
Emily picks Ryan up at the house, which looks like a scene from a movie about ridiculous meatheads. What douche bags. Anyway, Emily takes Ryan to her house where she makes him unload groceries. I think he is hoping this is an early fantasy-suite date in her room, because he is visibly disappointed when he realizes he has to make cookies instead of playing hide the sausage with her. Then they take the cookies to Ricki’s soccer practice, and I am dangerously close to turning off this TV. We GET it, Emily. You’re SO REAL and normal and just Mom, but this shit is boring. And don’t you dare fucking say you’re wearing Mom clothes. Those are not mom clothes. Mom clothes are baggy sweat pants, no bra, a stained shirt, and old underwear, all worn over a body that hasn’t seen a shower in 48 hours. Stop prancing your hot shit all over saying, “I’m just a regular old mom”. Fuck off, you hot whore. And yes, clearly, I’m jealous.
Ryan says it’s a great honor to be a part of her day…liar. Emily drops him off (somewhere?) to get ready for dinner. She picks him up in a one-shoulder red dress and they apparently go to a movie premiere. Oh no, wait, that’s just a restaurant but the people in Charlotte have lost their mind and somehow think Emily is Justin Bieber. At dinner, the conversation is interesting. She asks him how many girlfriends he’s had. He says, “Ummm, two that have meant something.” He almost adds on, “…and about 172 that haven’t.”
No way these two are a good match. Ryan is looking for the hot, vapid, mildly slutty 20-something, and Emily is a 65-year old mother, trapped in a 26-year-old body. She says she fears guys will think this is a competition (um, it’s not?) and it’s not all about a cat and mouse chase. She says, “OK, you got the girl, the chase is over.” And he says, “Why does it have to be over?” Because you fuck head…you’re going to be on diaper duty and making breakfast at 6am for those rug rats. You pay bills and stop having sex. It’s called marriage, you fuck. It’s not your bullshit cat-and-mouse chase. My feeling here is that he just doesn’t get it. Emily’s life will be BORING to him about four minutes after the show ends.
As an aside – Emily is not dating. She is job interviewing these guys for the position of husband and daddy. There’s a lot of fucking grilling involved. Chill, girlfriend. She has no idea how to have fun.
Anyway, she gives him the rose and they dance on an elevated platform to a fun country band, while the on-lookers stare up Emily’s dress at her pretty Southern lady parts. And they don’t kiss, by the way.
Group Date
The group date is for Alejandro, Nate, Alessandro, Tony, Michael, John, Jef, Charlie, Kyle, Chris, Aaron, Stevie and Kalon. Kalon is the one we all hate. And in case not EVERYONE hates him, he says he’ll love this date and “I embrace the stage, I’ll be in my element.” See? So easy to hate.
Emily takes them to a theater where she tells the guys they’ll be performing. This is a test. The guys you WANT to marry are the ones who are NOT happy to do this. Like Charlie…love him. Guess who fails? Kalon, who is “in his element” and Stevie, the Party DJ from Jersey who is grinning ear-to-ear and says to Emily, “Let’s have some fun!” He too, embraces the stage.
Emily also tells them they’re raising money for her dead fiancé’s charity. She’s super excited. This is exactly how she says it: I’m super excited. (Note there is no use of capital letters or exclamation points. She is seriously personality-less.)
This whole segment turns out to be a promo for the Muppets, and it’s terrible. Terrible. Not terrible like Emily’s taste in dresses (which are hoooorendous by the way), but terrible in the sense that it makes no sense why producers think this is a good idea. And they make Emily act and chat with Kermit, but I don’t see what happens because I head under my couch at this point. Cant. Watch.
I come back out from under my couch when I see that Chris Harrison has also been forced to participate in this shit segment. He sits next to one puppet (I don’t know his Muppet name), but it’s clear why the producers picked him. Matching noses.
Charlie has metal in his face from an accident and tells Emily he can’t perform since he still has speech problems, but that seems like a lie since he sounds completely normal. I bet he’s lying to get out of this fucking date, which makes me love him even more. Still might be fat though.
They open the show with a dance number and again we see how God has equaled things out. Sure, Emily is gorgeous, but not only does she not move her face when she speaks, but she is an insanely bad dancer. They’re not even asking her to dance – just wiggle to the beat, but low and behold, she can’t find that beat.
Side note: Stevie looks like he’s going to have an orgasm on stage, he’s so stoked to be there.
The show drags on, some comedy, some Dating Game-type scenario and it’s all horrible and long, and I would cry if I were in the audience.
They head to an after-party…somewhere…where Emily sports another bad dress. Maybe in the South, these dresses are classy and stylish, but to me they seem crazy tacky and overdone. Southern readers – chime in here. Do you all dress like you’re in the Ice Capades?
Emily chats with Jef with one F and I still love this guy. Why? I don’t get my feelings, but I’m going with it. This dude turns me on. Maybe it’s the fact that he looks like he doesn’t give a shit. There’s no “I sang with the Muppets! Does it get any better than that!?” (That was Tony Fitness is my Passion, who said that, by the way.)
Emily gives the rose to Jef because she wants to get in his pants. High-Five Emily and your stiff face and voice with no intonation whatsoever. High. Five.
Joe Date
Funny Joe gets the next date. He’s the 27-year-old, Field Energy Advisor from Orlando. He’s the one that jumped out of the limo and yelled, “EMILY!” which immediately won him points with me. Which means he won no points with Emily.
She takes him on a private jet to West Virginia, and they head to the ultra-posh resort, The Greenbrier. I don’t know this place, but I’m PRETTY sure you’re not supposed to wear pink and purple plaid shirts there. Joe.
They go swimming where Emily does this:
Note to self: Teach my daughter to jump in a body of water without having to hold her nose or she’ll look like a complete dipshit. I mean, how hard is it? You blow out your nose really hard when you hit the water. Not difficult, Emily.
Back at the house: Single Dad Doug gets in Kalon’s face for making a stupid remark. I don’t even care what the remark is. I just like that Doug keeps saying, “Stop. Just check it.” My husband walks in the room, “Hey, want some ice cream?” I reply, “Stop. Just check it.” This is where my husband is like Jef with one F. Doesn’t give a shit - He just walks away, realizing it’s Monday night.
Side note: Anyone find this attractive? I can name 400 people off the top of my head I’d rather see naked on top of me than this guy:
Back on the date, Emily realizes the spark is missing. For someone who is solely interested in filling the open “husband” position on her employee roster, she cares about “butterflies” a little too much.
After dinner, she says that Joe is so sweet and makes me feel so comfortable (kiss of death), but she doesn’t think he’s the one (probably because he has a personality). Despite the fact that he puts a wish in the fucking love clock that says he wants to come back one day with her and Ricki (daughter, not dead fiancé). What else does the woman want? Love? Geesh lady.
She cries as she tells him goodbye and I vow to find Joe and see if he’ll come live with me…and my husband…and Jef with one F, if he’s game.
The producers have already paid for the fireworks display, so they force Emily to watch them alone from the balcony. This one looks like it’s coming out of her head:
Cocktail Party
Cocktail party is boring, as usual. Probably because Emily is there.
Highlights:
- Arie tells Emily life in Scottsdale is exciting. Unlike her.
- Tony Fitness is my Passion tries to talk to Emily but she’s busy reading Ryan’s 18- page love letter…so he stands over them and waits. I’m under my sofa. What’s more awkward – the fact a 31-year-old man wrote an 18-page letter or the fact Tony is standing listening. I love the guys watching outside – the best part of the show. One is yelling “confidence killer!” over and over. Love it.
- Tony tells Emily he has a five-year-old son. The guys think this will win points with Emily. In reality, the irony is that she doesn’t want to inherit a kid. She wants a fresh guy, with fresh sperm that can knock her up ASAP.
Rose Ceremony
Jef with one F and Ryan already have roses, which means Emily has 14 more to give out, sending only two home. Holy shit, two? Shoot me now.
Roses go to:
- Kalon – 27, Luxury Brand Consultant, Houston. I don’t get it. So unattractive.
- Arie - 30, Race Car Driver, Scottsdale. Cute, sweet. But do we really dip into the pro racecar driver well twice?
- Michael – 26, Rehab Counselor, Austin. Oh lord, now it’s in a ponytail.
- Nate - 25, Accountant, LA. Hot. Mama like. But I don’t think he speaks. Probably OK with Emily.
- Sean - 28, Insurance Agent, Dallas. Hot, like really hot. I like him. A lot. But little role this week, which scares me. I want him to stick around.
- Chris - 25, Corporate Sales Director, Chicago. Awww, this poor bastard seems sweet but has the self-esteem of a rectal thermometer.
- Doug - 33, Charity Director/Realtor, Seattle. Self-righteous single dad. Just check it, Doug.
- Travis - 30, Advertising Sales Rep, Madison, Missouri. No idea.
- Tony - 31, Lumber Trader, Beaverton, Oregon. Fitness is my passion, people.
- John but you can call me Wolf - 30, Data Destruction Specialist, St. Louis. You just don’t marry someone who asks you to call him Wolf. You just don’t.
- Alessandro - 30, Crane Merchant, St. Paul, Minnesota. Sunburn victim.
- Charlie - 32, Recruiter, Nashville. Metal in his face, not into performing and SUPER cute. Fat?
- Alejandro - 24, Mushroom Farmer, San Francisco. Not a chance in hell, but still around. Gone next week for sure.
- Stevie - 26, Party MC, New Jersey. This is a joke, right? Stevie just wouldn’t fit in at the Greenbrier.
See you next week friends. And the week after that. And the one after that too.



















