The Bachelor Australia - Season 2 - Blake Garvey - *Sleuthing* - *Spoilers* - General Discussion -

Wow, they haven't done the balloon ride thing since Season 2 in the US. Sounds like some awesome dates.

Just watched Sam and Blake's date.... and the BUNDA jewelry store.. SAM! Sam, Sam, Sam. This guy knew from the get go. Just as I saw on his face. He knew. 

My takeaways:

--- Sam is the FIRST date because she was also the one of the FIRST HTD's... and it is linked to the ring

---- The beginning of the date was entirely scripted. They were trying to showcase CPT, South Africa. However, you can tell it is scripted because it is not how Sam and Blake talk to each other... they always go OFF-SCRIPT... always have... 

--- Then, after the shark diving, just as I guessed, she did the coolest and most romantic thing you can do in Cape Town by being on the YACHT... with Table Mountain in the background... 

--- And what makes being on a YACHT with Blake the most romantic thing Blake could do with Sam?

Think back to the group YACHT date!!!!


----  Blake said on the GROUP yacht date to Sam, "if this ended tomorrow, and it was you and I"....


...he PLANNED this yacht date to replicate the one they were on waaay back when..


This time, in South Africa, it was just the two of them without the group (by the way, Lisa was part of that group date as well).


Blake knew from his first meeting that Sam was the one. 

---- I've said it before and say it again... all the shiny, sparkling, desirable, gorgeous ladies that waltzed by him were spineless nothing compared to Sam. (This reference is from "Anne of Green Gables"... I have said before in this thread that Sam and Blake remind me of Anne and Gilbert)....


--- Blake KNEW there was something soul deep with her .. think back.. on their FIRST date he says... just remember this moment.. and then they go watch a home movie of The Life of Sam. and he says she is so easy to fall in love with. It was personal from the get go.


---  And when episode 8 happened and all the girls got to see a Blake that he ONLY shows to Sam. He's never showed that Blake to Lisa. And what did he say to her then? One person... in the end... 


---- Every time he always talked about 'the end' with Sam. He was looking at the end with Sam from the get go. He got distracted by the shiny things but the genuineness of her core, her soul, her down to earthness is exactly who he is too...


--- Notice that from the beginning of their date to being on the Yacht, Blake refers to Sam as a WOMAN!!!
Honestly.... watching Sam's progression from the first episode to now she has GROWN so, so much. Blake has helped her with that... He brings out her womanly side (since her fun, girly, dorky side is constant) and she brings out his vulnerable/boyish side (since his masculine side is constant)... 


--- and then Sam get's to the nitty gritty... talking about who she really is. 
This is NOT sappy, this is not even girly, this is a REALLY mature thing as I have mentioned before... the ability to KNOW YOURSELF. And to be introspective and reflective. Her talking was so beautiful I had tears welling up. 

---- I noticed Blake was not insecure or as needy looking as he was before on HTD.. just in love and sure of his decision.... he looked validated...he had just heard the girl to whom he is about to propose to tell him she loves him too... And.... AND... Sam tells HIM that she can see he loves her. 


Yes, Blake we ALL can see it! and that is a wonderful thing!!!


 



Outtakes:


--- if you go check out my screencaps for episode 8 that captures the girls' faces, especially Jess's face and my commentary in relation to what Jess said about Sam being the one she believes Blake will choose because of "true love" journey.  

Jess knew then. She saw in Blake, how he pleaded with Sam, a love that SHE wanted but she knew it wasn't directed at her. 

Even though Blake and her had a very strong connection, she KNEW Blake and Sam were soulmates. 

Just as I theorized, Blake was NOT crying because of Jess and letting her go ...but moreso about having to be fake/not genuine in having to drag/string someone along that he was letting go anyway. 

Jess was his first date and I believe he was honest when he said she made him feel like being on the show he could really find love. But even Jess said their connection was not deep, chemistry, attraction? heck yah, but only with Sam was Blake "lost in her'.... 


Everything else with Louise and Lisa is scripted... reshot. The works... But Lisa has always been the sidekick from early stages... and she really is, in my opinion, a very sweet girl who is very caring. Could Blake love her? Yes, but not SoulMate love her. 

-- Blake got the engagement ring BEFORE South Africa... all the scripted words to say falling for three girls was nonsense... he wasn't. He was the coached Blake with Louise and he was the friend/being coached/sorry-but-you- and-I- both-know- that-Sam is it for me Blake with Lisa... 

--- from this observation, Lisa will be F2 on the Final episode.

The only one yet to receive jewelrey is Lisa. Is he keeping the ring for her?
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just finished watching and 3 things
1. i can't get over how scripted both lisa and blake seem when together -- that silly giggle/grin they had when their foreheads together. How lisa and blake exaggerates their feeling without showing any progressing or process to getting to the feeling, how lisa acted in the rose ceremony - totally nonchalant...I am curious if they both knew this was a role lisa was supposed to play in the end. i still think their body language is stilted and awkward as is their speech...
2. Louise - WHAT a classy woman! for her sake I wish she'd have lashed out a bit more but she's all class as can be expected...I do think her last date was like a "last hurrah" where he wanted to give her a lot to take with her in that last date ...i do think she was falling for him
3. that moment when Sam opened up to Blake was so raw - how he said "are you ok?" how he reassured her that he'd pick sincerity any day...those things seem real and unscripted to me

I guess nobody actually got the table mountain date...? unless it's a LCD date

Thanks AllAboutLove, your analysis has always is very captivating. I can't watch yet since I am at work now. I asked earlier if Blake was shown looking multiple rings potentially for all 3 girls or if just one ring.

If Blake picked just one ring prior to leaving for SA, the producers blew it big time. Because it means for sure Blake knew the one to be Sam before SA since she already got sized for a ring on their fairytale date. I will if Blake is shown going back into Bunda!!!

see2love wrote:The only one yet to receive jewelrey is Lisa. Is he keeping the ring for her?
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Did Louise get jewelry on any of her dates? I don't recall that but I could be wrong.

Hey lovelies! I have been following along quietly for a few weeks on all your amazing sleuthing & thoughts.
Thought I would put my 2 cents in at last! To balance things out, I am Team Lisa! I have loved her journey on the show & personally connect with her more than the other girls. Her date tonight was beautiful and it was so nice to get to see her opening up and becoming emotional.
That being said, I don't think Blake will choose her and agree with the comments on how Blakes's love story has focused on Sam.
I also noticed that for the final dates tomorrow night Sam was wearing the red nail polish that you ladies spotted in the photo of Blake proposing. Seems that Sam has it in the bag!!

mercieme wrote:Thanks AllAboutLove, your analysis has always is very captivating. I can't watch yet since I am at work now. I asked earlier if Blake was shown looking multiple rings potentially for all 3 girls or if just one ring.

If Blake picked just one ring prior to leaving for SA, the producers blew it big time. Because it means for sure Blake knew the one to be Sam before SA since she already got sized for a ring on their fairytale date. I will if Blake is shown going back into Bunda!!!

LMAO that's a funny thought -- he looked at commitment and engagement rings and left with a kind of "i'll let you know"

AEF wrote:I want to watch Sam tell Blake she loves him again, she is 'very, very funny'!

haha what do you mean AEF?

I embedded Episode 19 here.....


https://www.bachandbachettefans.net/t2554p24-the-bachelor-australia-season-2-blake-garvey-online-links#698559


so you can watch it IN this forum.... 

Emusha, you were dead on that the F3 clips did not add up, now we know why!!! I think AllAboutLove mentioned in her analysis up thread that Table Mountain was shown in the background of Sam's F3 date.

emusha wrote:

AEF wrote:I want to watch Sam tell Blake she loves him again, she is 'very, very funny'!

haha what do you mean AEF?

It was just so genuine watching her struggle with words and apologising to him for making what she felt was such a mess of it