On The Bachelorette Ames Gets Beaten Up While Ashley Goes Insane Over Bentley

I was not going to say anything about this week's episode of The Bachelorette.

And then I saw, yesterday, that The Bachelorette is in the Top 10 at #7 in the latest Nielsen Ratings.

So, I guess I am not alone in finding this bizarre train wreck to be somewhat entertaining to watch.

This week Ashley and the boys were in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Beautiful town.

So, what does Ashley, I mean the show's producer's, come up with for us to watch? A group date where 8 of the boys train for hours in the Thai national sport of trying to kill someone via boxing and kicking.

After the training the boys are loaded on to a transit device. As they were being transported the boys were very nervous as to what was in store for them.

They got to some sort of square with a boxing ring. Soon the fighting was underway.

But before that happened the boys had to exchange their clothes for special boxing attire. This had Ames ending up in pink shorts, with matching pink shoes and pink boxing gloves. That is Ames bringing up the rear as the boxing boys head to the ring, in the picture above.

I don't know how it was chosen as to who fought who, but pink shorts Ames fought solar panel billionaire, Ryan P. Ames made it clear he had never been in a fight before. While the other boys made it sound as if getting in fights was a major pasttime for them. Ryan P. beat up Ames bad and won the bout.

Ames sat down looking dazed. All were concerned. Soon Ames was walked to an ambulance and hauled away to learn that Ryan P. had inflicted a minor concussion on him.

Side note on Ames. He is sort of goofy looking, til he talks. He is by far the most articulate of the boys.

Additional side note. Just like in the previous episode, in the latest episode, Ashley went on and on about Bentley.

Eventually the Bentley obsession led Ashley to telling Chris Harrison that she could barely function without getting some sort of closure regarding Bentley. I'm thinking to myself, he left the show, how much closure do you need?

Chris Harrison seemed a bit disgusted with Ashley for mucking up the patented process in this manner. But Harrison said he'd see what he could do.

Last week, in the previews we learned that Bentley was returning. And we were led to believe we would see that return in Monday's episode. That did not happen.

Instead, in the previews for next week, we see the same thing we did last week, except this time the door opens and there's Bentley. Who hugs. And maybe kisses Ashley.

Then, also in the previews, we see Ashley letting the boys know about the return of Bentley. This does not seem to sit too well with most of the boys. It appears much drama ensues.

Previously to the previews we'd seen Ashley take William and Ben C. on one of those dates were at least one boy is guaranteed a ticket home. And no rose. On this particular date neither boy got a rose.

Soon after the trio had floated up an elephant infested river, somewhere in Thailand, William took Ashley aside and informed her that the other guy on the date, Ben C., just was not all that in to her. That he had talked about the dating sites he was gonna get on as soon as he was released from his Ashley hell.

Ashley then marched over to Ben C. and banished him immediately, citing his crimes and giving the lawyer no chance to offer up a defense.

So, we have Ashley banishing Ben C., who seemed like a nice guy, banishing him without probable cause, while she remains smitten with Bentley, who she was warned about by Michelle Money. And who left the Ashley's husband hunt by choice.

After rejecting Ben C., Ashley and William continued on their date. William really had no chance to recover from the roast where he'd driven Ashley to tears by saying how upset he was to see he was stuck with Ashley when he was hoping for Emily or Chantall. And that Ashley needed a breast enlargement procedure. And that her forehead was too big.

After some stilted conversation Ashley decided there was no chance the chemistry with William would revive to Bentley level smittedness. And so she told William it was time for him to go.

William did not take being sent home too well. He informed us of what a living hell home was, how stupid he was, what a screw up he was, how his life was over, how he was 30 and never gonna lose his virginity now. That he was going to crawl back in his hole and pull his rock lid back over him.

If you were feeling bad for sad William, feel bad no longer. William has crawled out of his hole and is on Bachelor Pad where he once more will have a chance to lose his virginity. Maybe Michelle Money might do him the favor?

Jumping back to the 'cocktail party' that followed the boxing match. All were remorse with worry about Ames. Then Ames showed up, still dazed, but still managing to be more articulate than any of the other boys when talking to Ashley.

I would have thought Ashley would have given the Sacred Rose to Ames that night, after the living hell she had put him through. But instead, for reasons that made no sense to me, she gave the Sacred Rose to a guy I did not even remember seeing before.

At the Main Sacred Rose Ceremony she made poor beat up Ames wait well into the rose dispensal before asking him if he would accept a Sacred Rose. In the end it was between solar panel billionaire, Ryan P., and Nick, the personal trainer, who seemed pretty bland, and with bad taste, what with one of those dumb looking "soul patches" under his lower lip.

It was Nick who did not get a rose. He did not seem to heartbroken about the rejection.

I can't imagine why the show's producers did not give Ashley closure regarding Bentley by simply showing her some of the tapes of Bentley saying she was not his type, that he's not into alien foreheads, that he wanted it to be Emily, that he's not even remotely attracted to her, that her body repulses him.

I guess it was cheaper to fly Bentley to Hong Kong, that being the location of next week's rivettng drama, than simply let Ashley see video evidencne of what a scummy scumbag Bentley is.

Maybe the producers and Chris Harrison did not think of that solution to Ashley's Bentley closure needs.....

On The Bachelorette Bentley Breaks Ashley's Heart While Jeff Goes Home After Taking Off His Mask

The Bachelorette is so ridiculous. I am referring both to the show and the current one seeking a husband, Ashley.

Why do Ashley's "dates" so often have to involve dance routines? This time Ben C. was the victim of something called something like a mob dance.

When we cut from the dancing to the boys back home, we hear Bentley plotting to make Ashley cry.

Prior to a big "Group Date" Jeff takes off his Phantom of the Opera mask to reveal that the mask was not really masking all that much. Very weird guy.

Who got even weirder when it was his turn to roast Ashley at the Comedy Club Bachelorette Roast which was the fabulous date Ashley had planned for the group date boys.

Jeff thought it was the height of hilarity to make fun of the size, or, more precisely, lack of size, of Ashley's boobs.

It is very endearing to most women to have their boobs made fun of. Following Jeff's lead, several of the other guys also thought it was a good idea to roast Ashley's boobs.

Then William, who has gone from a goofy, sweet-natured guy to a nutjob, thought this roasting was an opportunity to launch his stand up comedy career. No one must have ever informed William that one must be funny to have a career in comedy.

William actually said, "They say one man's trash is another man's treasure. I thought I signed up to be with Emily or Chantal."

Ashley was driven to tears by the roasting. So, who comforted her? Another guy who wished the Bachelorette had been Emily, that being the dastardly Bentley.

Bentley comforted Ashley by saying, "Your body, your face is beautiful, you're the best dancer in the world, but you do have small boobs."

Ryan P. got the Sacred Rose on the Roasting Date, I guess for being the least offensive.

Then, back at the Bachelor Pad, Bentley informs the boys that he can not be away from his daughter any longer, but tells the viewers that he's played everyone, that he didn't find Ashley the least bit attractive, and that he knew he'd never all in love with her.

The last time we saw a bachelor go to the Bachelorette's house is was a long walk on crutches, by that season's guy who was there for the wrong reason. I can't remember his name, but I think the duped one was Ali.

Somehow Bentley shows up at Ashley's pad without having to walk there. He laments about having to make Ashley cry, but seems more concerned that his hair looks OK.

Bentley tells Ashley he is leaving. Using the daughter excuse. Ashley reveals she's fallen for Bentley, that he was the one she saw being with at the end. Ashley ends up in bed, alone, sobbing, not knowing if she can continue, when the only guy she had any feelings for has left.

Now, this seems so ridiculous. Ashley had been warned about Bentley by Michelle Money. I don't think she went on one of the all important One on One dates with Bentley. Ashley had known Bentley for all of 2 weeks. Maybe less.

It all seems so fake and scripted. Like the outtakes after the Sacred Rose Ceremony where we see the now un-masked Jeff sitting on the toilet while Bentley stands next to him looking at himself in the mirror and talking. Maybe Jeff still had the mask on at that point. Regardless, it was weird and creepy, fake and phony.

As for the Sacred Rose Ceremony. Ashley had to send 2 boys home. The unmasked Jeff and Chris D. did not get a rose. But, the now creepy William got the last rose of the night and said, "I'm sorry" as the broken-hearted Ashley gave him the rose.

Rumors on the Interwebs are that Bentley returns. The Bachelorette needs new writers.