Episode 8 (HTD's) - 2/18 - Bachelor 17 - Discussion - Spoilers

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officeRules wrote:I think the sisters are going to grill him shamelessly.

I have two sisters, and when you grow up surrounded with various traumatic incidents, especially when they happen in view of you and younger siblings... You just band together.

They will grill him like crazy, and will not be easy to welcome him in. I think he is going to be on the hot seat, and when he passes they will give him their blessing.

Your description reminds me of the grilling Andy got from Tessa'a sister Mercy and her long-time friend.

does anyone know where I can watch tonights episode online?

MVMom39forever wrote:I agree with those who say Montana was big turning point for Sean & Catherine. Let's remember that Des chugged warm goats milk for her team's win and how does he reward her? By snuggling outside with Catherine on his lap. The gal who was not supposed to be there! Des took note of that & the fact that Daniella said how happy they were outside. The episode before that when Sean and Cat shared first kiss made many of my friends take note of Cat for sure. And when Sean brought back the other team, my friends all said same thing ... obvious that he wanted to spend time with someone on that other team. Just were not sure if Ash or Cat.

If producers had included the adorable Catherine's intro on opening night and given her just a couple more minutes of she & Sean together during first 3 episodes, I don't think anyone would be surprised she is F1.

Final thought... none of my friends have taken Des seriously throughout season because of preview with ex showing up. Majority thought it would be Lesley early on and now leaning towards Cat or Ashlee.

ITA, I believe that the TPTB realized that the old format: (hiding F1/F2 until later, confused bachelor till the FRC, bachelor having too many connections with too many women, and F3/F4 who had early dates showing insecurities later in the story) was a format that will not work with this Bachelor though they tried. I think because Sean really came on to the show to find a wife (a best friend) and not to have sex with anyone and everyone on the show, throws the format way off for this season. Some staunch bachelor fans are watching because they do every season. Some are fans who know Sean's back story want to see him fall in love. Some like me who want to believe this can work is following (well sure to watch the train wreck called Tierra) but also to see two people fall in love, for real.... So TPTB is scrambling to show the "falling in love" part without giving too much away. They will start with showing more of the F1 connection - the "best friend" connection and more than sexual chemistry. But I hope they will show us passion between the two so we can believe that it will last more than 3 months right? At least until the end of summer? 40 more minutes... and waiting

beita wrote:does anyone know where I can watch tonights episode online?

This thread....https://www.bachandbachettefans.net/t1694-the-bachelor-live-feed-links

beita wrote:does anyone know where I can watch tonights episode online?

abc.com has previous episodes but tonight's will not be available untile tomorrow.

We have a thread .. In BLUE That has some links

marloon wrote:

officeRules wrote:I think the sisters are going to grill him shamelessly.

I have two sisters, and when you grow up surrounded with various traumatic incidents, especially when they happen in view of you and younger siblings... You just band together.

They will grill him like crazy, and will not be easy to welcome him in. I think he is going to be on the hot seat, and when he passes they will give him their blessing.

Your description reminds me of the grilling Andy got from Tessa'a sister Mercy and her long-time friend.

Just my prediction. Hearing her story last week hit me hard. My sisters and I are also extremely close and can become incredibly blunt with each other about serious things. I think it's just having been through the 'fire' together, you can always say what is on your mind. You also get intensely protective of each other.

I think Sean's in for it tonight.

officeRules wrote:

marloon wrote:

officeRules wrote:I think the sisters are going to grill him shamelessly.

I have two sisters, and when you grow up surrounded with various traumatic incidents, especially when they happen in view of you and younger siblings... You just band together.

They will grill him like crazy, and will not be easy to welcome him in. I think he is going to be on the hot seat, and when he passes they will give him their blessing.

Your description reminds me of the grilling Andy got from Tessa'a sister Mercy and her long-time friend.

Just my prediction. Hearing her story last week hit me hard. My sisters and I are also extremely close and can become incredibly blunt with each other about serious things. I think it's just having been through the 'fire' together, you can always say what is on your mind. You also get intensely protective of each other.

I think Sean's in for it tonight.

I think the grilling will be more along the lines of JP's mom (Arlene) with Ashley. She wasn't rude to her, but she did express her concern to Ash, and again later to JP, mentioning how JP had been hurt before and if Ash had JP's best interests at heart. Once she talked to Ash and Ash explained then Arlene was ok. I think it'll be the same way with Cat's sisters.

Jeepers wrote:We have a thread .. In BLUE That has some links

Jeepers I don't know if you posted last season or not as I stayed away from the crazies on here during Em's little go at it but I really have appreciated your posts this season you are hilarious as always and never disappoint me with your posts.

Happy watching tonight everyone, hope everyone gets what they want out of the episode tonight!!

umngirl wrote:Seems some great discussion happened while I was at the gym, lots of great thoughts everyone. To add more to why several of my friends think Sean is F1, they saw Sean acts different around her than the others. The lone male of the group said Sean worrying about Catherine friend-zoning him was a big sign that there was more there than we were shown. They also noted how Sean comforted her compared to others who have told him sad stories or cried. The difference on the last group date between him being there for her compared to how he was with Des was something they all noticed, the male especially. I've been thinking maybe age and experience with this show affects people's opinions. My friends range in age from 21 to 26, and besides the male who gets conned into watching by his girlfriend they have all watched this show for years.

That could be true. The women in my group are between 35 and 55 so that could definitely ge a factor

For me, in the interests of full disclosure, I am nutty about Eurasian women, so Catherine would have stood out to me spoiled or not. But without that, I would have been scratching my head at this point.

But like you said, younger people may see it differently. I'm 49 and married, so perhaps the clues are generational. Of course this does not account for only one date and never giving her a group rose. Perhaps he was daffy for her and they commanded the rose to others, but my understanding has always been that the lead is free to do as he wants with roses. If I were Sean, and I was crazy about her, I would have seen she got a few.

The group rose is the only time a contestant should feel in direct competition with her peers. How many of us could sit there while others kept getting roses and not question if the guy doesn't like them better than us?

CarrieA wrote:

Jeepers wrote:We have a thread .. In BLUE That has some links

Jeepers I don't know if you posted last season or not as I stayed away from the crazies on here during Em's little go at it but I really have appreciated your posts this season you are hilarious as always and never disappoint me with your posts.

Happy watching tonight everyone, hope everyone gets what they want out of the episode tonight!!

Jeepers and I were two of the crazies from last season. Aren't we Jeepers?; )