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

emusha wrote:

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"

Read my looooong comment upthread on my analysis of Episode 19... for more insights, but here is a more descriptive input on the RING!!!

--  Blake goes to Bunda!!

-- Blake is shown 'Commitment Rings' ... he says he wants an engagement because he knows (the other stuff he says during voice over is totally him reading from a script. He sounds wooden and yet trying to inflect. I've studied his voice intonation enough to know when he is genuine/Off-script Blake and when he is coached/scripted Blake....)

-- Blake is shown engagement rings... he says he would prefer to DESIGN the ring. He actually REQUESTS the jeweler if he can design his own ring FROM SCRATCH to reflect his journey. 

-- you see a sketch of ONE, single, ring. His design is exactly like what we glimpsed Sam trying on. and it is sketched on a pad of paper... NOT some prefab design but quickly sketched out with a pen!!!!
 



--- There is no other trying on rings, or testing rings, or even talking about rings, Blake is designing THE ring (which Sam tried on already). Blake did this all by himself. 100% 

This is not misdirection. 

The producers saw Blake fall in love and fell in love with the story... like I said, the only way to edit it out was to coach/coach/coach.... and Lisa, she is game because as Blake himself said in an interview "she understands the show" and Sam even knew that about Lisa during their date with Blake.


ETA: and guess what happens right after we see Blake go to Bunda to design a ring exactly like Sam tried on? We see his date with Sam. 

It is all about Sam.  It is why he chose Sam first in the RC .... that was probably the deal he made with the producers... I will do all this but please, no more confusing Sam because I CANNOT HAVE SAM TRY TO LEAVE ME AGAIN.

He needed her. 

If this is all an act I won't even care... 

it will go down as one of the most romantic scripted-reality MOVIES I've watched...

I don't even see it as a show... but a movie!!!  a montage of Sam first episode, narration of sam first RC, personal date, if this ends tomorrow me and you on the yacht date, picnic date, lost in you, bunda try on an engagement ring that I will give to you, falling, falling, falling....

Emusha, we were both correct in what we saw in Blake... a Practical Romantic... but a Romantic at his core...

I just laugh now because the poor thing really, really tried to do his job and give TBAU a show that wasn't The Blake and Sam show...

He really tried. And yet, everyone knew from his picnic date... remember the youtube video I posted of his interview where he tries to NOT talk about Sam..?

yah. 

LOVING this.. just LOVING it!!

Was still no ATFR preview

OMG!!! These producers can't outsmart u ladies. I wonder who is going to lead the Facebook poll overnight. Won't be surprised if it's Lisa for the shock factor they hope to get tomorrow. Same thing for Jess & Louise.

mercieme wrote: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.

It is because it is majestic in the background. If you are standing on it you cannot see it. For the picturesque shots the producer's wanted you HAVE to see Table Mountain from a distance... 

Kapiti wrote: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!!

awww so great to have you here and aerina our nail polish sleuther will greatly appreciate your good eye picking out the red nail polish tomorrow!!!!!!! I'll put SC in the screencap thread

So glad you spoke up and so good to have a #teamlisa part of the forum -- I know I may not have been very complimentary of her (minus a short stint giving her the benefit of the doubt) but i realize all of us see different things and the connections come across differently to each of us -- so appreciate you for sharing!

mercieme wrote: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.

you know what I still don't get it...I would assume table mountain is visible from many big vantage points in capetown...??? maybe it's in the dates tomorrow but I felt silly not realizing that the "whale" we thought we saw in the pick was actually a shark...nonetheless good stuff they packed in two big things for each date and we figured it out (kinda)!! next dates look like

sam
safari (day)
dinner (night)
lisa
ballon (day)
dinner (night)

We also figured out the MTP cap ahead of time with Sam's red blazer and black top she wore in an ITM we had identified. sleuthing is fun!!!!

From the previews can u guys tell who has the first date for tomorrow's episode? Just wondering if it aligns with prediction above that it will be Sam, thanks.

I'm very certain Sam F1, but I always have to keep a 80/20 percent mentality. It's my indecisiveness. I feel like in this episode, Lisa and Blake skipped a few steps forward in their relationship, which is why I can't see them as a genuine couple. They're definitely synced mentally though.

The way the producers edited the show, they needed a love story to root for Sam got that edit the whole journey through. There is no way that he kept being that level-headed about all the girls, all that mention of "I have fallen for all of them" and "I don't know how I'm going to choose," there is always going to be someone that tips the scale for you, more than any other person. He had to say that he had strong feelings for them, otherwise where's the mystery?

If Sam is F1, I'm hoping for a humorous yet very romantic proposal. I'm remembering J.P and Ashley's proposal and the final lines still crack me up. They're one of my favourite couples. x

HAHAHA, emusha! "Nail polish sleuther" -- I will take that role on board, ty! Gotta love ya. <3

God, I am going to miss this when it ends! It's been so fun and everyone here is amazing and so friendly. Big love! xx

aerina wrote:I'm very certain Sam F1, but I always have to keep a 80/20% percent mentality. It's my indecisiveness. I feel like in this episode, Lisa and Blake skipped a few steps forward in their relationship, which is why I can't see them as a genuine couple. They're definitely synced mentally though.

The way the producers edited the show, they needed a love story to root for Sam got that edit the whole journey through. There is no way that he kept being that level-headed about all the girls, all that mention of "I have fallen for all of them" and "I don't know how I'm going to choose," there is always going to be someone that tips the scale for you, more than any other person. He had to say that he had strong feelings for them, otherwise where's the mystery?

If Sam is F1, I'm hoping for a humorous yet very romantic proposal. I'm remembering J.P and Ashley's proposal and the final lines still crack me up. They're one of my favourite couples. x

Re: where's the mystery:  if you haven't already, check out the video interview I posted in the Media/Social Media thread where he is being interviewed and the caller and the radio interviewers say it is Sam and Blake is all, "I cannot say, otherwise there is no mystery" 

Re: proposal: it is going to be exactly that... cannot wait!!! I will fall out my chair (in a good way) if Sam says, THAT IS EXACTLY like the ring I tried on, or something to that effect regarding their Fairy Tale date...

We could still FS invitation cards cards tomorrow night but I think they would have beat that up in previews so guessing not

aerina wrote:I'm very certain Sam F1, but I always have to keep a 80/20% percent mentality. It's my indecisiveness. I feel like in this episode, Lisa and Blake skipped a few steps forward in their relationship, which is why I can't see them as a genuine couple. They're definitely synced mentally though.

The way the producers edited the show, they needed a love story to root for Sam got that edit the whole journey through. There is no way that he kept being that level-headed about all the girls, all that mention of "I have fallen for all of them" and "I don't know how I'm going to choose," there is always going to be someone that tips the scale for you, more than any other person. He had to say that he had strong feelings for them, otherwise where's the mystery?

If Sam is F1, I'm hoping for a humorous yet very romantic proposal. I'm remembering J.P and Ashley's proposal and the final lines still crack me up. They're one of my favourite couples. x

spot on! that's exactly how it felt -- not a natural progression but an obligatory leap forward...bizarre...
so osher hinted at a few surprising things (in typical CH style though I do believe osher more than i believe CH's hyperboles )

POPSUGAR Australia: Out of the final girls, who did you have a feeling might be at the end based on watching their first meeting with Blake?

Osher Günsberg: Uh . . . I really want to answer that question, but I'm not going to answer that question [laughs]. I'm so sorry. I don't want anyone to think that there's anything one over the other. It's such a surprise. I want the surprise to be so awesome for everybody.

I had an idea that he might do something along those lines, but when he did it, I lost my mind. It was pretty amazing. I wish I could tell you so much more, oh my God I wish I could tell you so much more! [Laughs]

PS: Well thanks for telling me what you could!

OG: I wish I could tell you so much more. It is so . . . I'm just gonna say that #DirtyStreetPie has got nothin' on what happens — that's all I'm saying!