It's Raining Ben - Week 7 Recap - I'm Lovin' It?

This week on the Bachelor, it appears that the producers blew the budget in Mexico and the Bahamas, so I guess it was time for a trip to Warsaw, Indiana, the Orthopedic Capital (seriously).  We can tell how long they’ve been on the show by the length of the women’s’ roots (like rings on a tree), and it’s been about half an inch of Becca’s natural hair color, so you know things are getting real.

However, having run out of pretty much any other good ideas for dates halfway through the 20^th iteration of the Bachelor franchise, this episode took us to Ben’s hometown to do volunteer work, hang out on a farm and meet his parents.  Literally not one of these dates cost any money.  However, they were fabulous opportunities for the women to exclaim how much they love this small town where Ben hasn’t lived for at least eight years.  But please, Ben, show us where you went to high school and where you had your first kiss!

The episode starts with Ben meeting up with his parents in a local diner.  And if you weren’t sure just how quaint this small town in, there’s a cutesy sign that says "No we don't have wifi - talk to each other!"  An interesting stand to take for a restaurant that’s willing to allow an entire camera crew to film a reality show inside, but I suppose that’s neither here nor there.

It's Raining Ben - Week 6 Recap - Come at Me, Bro

Apologies for no recap last week, I was sick and didn't have enough energy to devote to this kind of effort.

This week’s episode of The Bachelor wasted no time getting right down to business.  In case you forgot how things ended last week, after Jubilee was callously sent home in a Mexican taxi on the first day of Black History Month, the women decided that they have all been personally victimized by Olivia and made sure that Ben knew.  I think this all stemmed from when she referred to Amanda’s custody arrangement as an episode of Teen Mom which, even though I am not an Olivia fan, I didn’t think was that bad.  I mean, in her defense, Olivia is 23 years old (hard to believe, yes, but I’ve searched and searched for evidence to the contrary (other than her face) and have found none) and went to college, so she probably just doesn’t know that many divorced parents.  Emily is also 23, but I have no doubt that our little Vegas dancer knows her fair share of single moms, which would account for how scandalized she was by the comment.

So anyways, Prince of Subtlety Ben decides to pull Olivia away to let her know that everyone else hates her and see if she knows why they would say that.  This is further proof that Ben knows nothing about women – they didn’t tell you that so you would tell her that they told you that!  That’s not how talking behind peoples’ backs works, you idiot!