The Bachelor week 5...tears, beers, and fears!

Well, this turned out to be a more interesting week than I expected. With all the drama queens out of the house, Jason took the five remaining girls to stay in Seattle, his hometown. And no one's going to be worried about date roses as the only roses given out will be at the end-of-the-week ceremony. So, not a lot of plot this week, but much more character development.

Melissa gets the first one-on-one date, which is supposed to be a night on the town. Mel puts on a slinky black dress that doesn't seem to offer much upper support and waits on Jason, who we see is home trying to get Ty to help him dress for the date and go to bed. Well, Ty is not having it. So Melissa's night on the town turns into a night on the couch in "stretchy pants."

I think this was good for Melissa because we're all wondering if she's ready for the home-life, mom thing. She is so stinkin cute and fun, but is she ready for all the reality? It looks like she can handle it. Hey, when you're rockin' a pair of "stretchy pants," you can handle anything.

Molly, Steph, and Jillian go for a harbor cruise and get to see Tom Hanks' house from Sleepless in Seattle! Let me tell you, I have watched that movie so many times and I just kept imagining all the house scenes from that movie...wow! Steph's choice of clothing for this date is questionable. A furry, hooded puffer vest...really? Poor Stephanie, she is such a beautiful lady. But she likes the dress-up clothes.

Naomi is thrilled to have the last one-on-one date: a sea-plane and rock-climbing adventure. To me, Naomi is like the girl that's a friend that wants to be more than a friend, and Jason is like the guy who enjoys the attention and likes the girl, but really isn't that into her. But that's just me.

Naomi opens up to Jason about her shaky past with her mom, and tells Jason that she sees a lot of herself in her mom. The red flags go up in Jason's head and he tells us he's a little scared.

Meanwhile, Molly and Stephanie are sitting in the bathroom while Melissa sits in the bubble bath in a bikini with a bottle of beer, and Jillian sits in the bath in what appear to be her PJs. All of them are talking about their insecurities about Jason. Molly is worried that she's too young. Steph is worried that she's too old. Melissa is worried that she's going to prune up in the bath just in time for Jason to do one of his "surprise" visits after dropping off Naomi. Jillian is worried that Jason doesn't think she's serious about him...which she says as she carefully constructs a bubble bath beard on her face.

Have you noticed how chummy all these girls are with each other? They are unusually supportive of each other and I think that's cool. But I also understand why it's so hard for everyone. They really seem like they try to be nice to each other.

The girls are all hanging out when Jason stops by to talk to Jillian. (Did anyone else notice that Molly was wearing an Indiana t-shirt? Probably just me? Ok.)

Jillian and Jason go out for some coffee and Jason tries to figure out if Jillian is serious. She says she has been focused on supporting all the other girls and hasn't really been focusing on just her. Aw! Jill is such a buddy.

Well, obviously Jason has a tough decision to make. He is very scared he'll send the wrong person home. Chris Harrison stops over and helps him think it all out. Jason says he didn't sleep at all last night...ahhh, "sleepless in Seattle!" At the rose ceremony, Jason pulls Naomi aside to have another "are you serious about this" talk. Then he hands out the roses to:

Jillian
Melissa (I call these two girls as final two)
Molly
Naomi

That means it's time to say goodbye to Steph, which has everyone in the room in tears. I think it was kinda sweet how sad everyone was to see her go. And of course she handled it with perfect grace. This woman is a SAINT!

So next week is the hometown dates...and of course ABC is showing us how "terribly wrong" they are all going to go! Yikes!

As a final note, I just want to say that I kept having these moments where I wanted to see Shannon pop up out of the background...When Molly and Jason kiss on the boat, we pan down to the water - and Shannon emerges in full scuba gear. Naomi and Jason kiss by the fireplace, and we pan down to the flames - where Shannon's face appears like in that Harry Potter movie. And then when Jillian and Jason kiss in the window of the coffee shop - we zoom out and see that Shannon is sitting in a window across the street with full spy regalia...binocs, audio equipment, and of course her faithful dog whom she can French kiss if she gets over-excited. I just thought that could be funny.

OK, that's my insight for the week. Still no sign of DeAnna...maybe she'll come back when we get down to the final two?

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