This week's episode takes place in Belize. There are six women left; two will go home. The four left will have home town visits. There will be three one-on-one dates and one group date. There is only a rose on the group date.
I think I always start out watching these shows, hoping that the people on them will be smart and wise, but I end up disappointed. I am not impressed by Ben. Perhaps he sees something in these women that I don't see on the camera. But, wow, has he embarrassed himself so far.
Now, I understand that these people are plied with alcohol all day and they really have nothing else/better to do while on the show, but did Ben really have to go skinny dipping? And when three different people tell you the same thing about one other person, do you think they're all really wrong and lying? No? Yes?
Let's start with the skinny dipping and maybe this is just me. But could you really continue to date someone when they've done such an intimate thing as go skinny dipping with another person when he is supposed to be staying "open" and "fair" to everyone? If he's going to go skinny dipping with one, shouldn't it be will all? (Sorry for the slight crassness, but wouldn't that be "FAIR"). He told the Shantel from the morgue that he couldn't accept her on the show because it wouldn't be fair to the other girls. How is it fair to the other women for him to go skinny dipping with Courtney? It's not. Going skinny dipping probably oriented him more strongly towards Courtney than the other women, just because it is so intimate and bonding.
And now that we're on the subject of Courtney... do you think that three different people telling you the same thing are all wrong? All three of them have doubts about her intentions for being on the show.
From what scenes the show presents of Courtney, she honestly seems like a person who is constantly trying to please others and yet is very self centered. She does what she thinks will get her what she wants. At first I know this sounds conflicting, but let me explain.
Whenever Courtney has screen time in front of the camera for commentary, she almost always make a snarky comment, followed by a silly face which seems to me that she is simply shooting the wind. And as a result, I don't think that I can take anything she says at face value. She seems to say things that she knows/thinks will elicit a reaction, whether they are what she honestly thinks or not.
During the latest episode as the women were waiting for the cocktail party to start, she seems to be more free with what she says (perhaps a little too much pina colada?) and tries to convince the women to lighten up and have a little more fun even though everyone else thinks this rose ceremony is very serious. All of her commentary is self focused rather than other focused. (Many girls act fixated on how Ben is and what they can do to make him happy. Courtney acts fixated on herself and how Ben can make her happy.)
At the same time, she very obviously has Ben wrapped around her little finger. I wouldn't be surprised if he does pick her at the end. Almost every time she sees Ben she says exactly the right thing. Oh, I "lost the spark" she will say. Which seems to confuse Ben because he thought things were going great. And to keep this girl he is obviously attracted to happy, he seeks to reassure her.
A couple times Ben takes action that seems to test Courtney, acting in "defiance" of what she obviously wants, such as inviting her only on group dates, and giving a rose to another girl on one said group date. And he questions her motivation for being on the show. She replied of course "for him" and he believes her.
...Time and TV will tell...
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