Epi 2: Late Night Dancing and The Muppets at Play




Tonight’s epi began with Emily and her girlfriends in the park for some girl-chat while Ricki and her friend were playing. After the chat, Emily and Ricki left and we see Chris Harrison rounding up the guys to talk to them about what to expect this week and before leaving, he drops the date card on the table. Chris is the first one to show his anxiety in an ITM regarding getting a date with Emily and how important it is to him to have that time with her. Doug is the first one to get it and read it out.....Ryan, be my king in the queen city, Emily. Immediately Ryan is so excited, and we get a ITM from him saying how excited he is for the date, then we hear from Kalon(I am really starting to not like this guy) remark that it is hard to see Ryan go out with the girl he wants to be with, and he hopes that Ryan doesn’t come back to the house.

Emily arrives at the house and heads out to the backyard where all the guys are by the pool and chatting. When she arrives, we get a ITM from Arie saying how good Emily looks, then Ryan and her head out for their date. Emily comments in her ITM of how good looking Ryan is, and how nervous she is for this date. The two of them get into her car and head off to start the date, Ryan comments in an ITM of how he is really looking forward to the date and how they must be going in a hot airballoon, heli, or plane to somewhere...Not so much Ryan. Emily pulls up in her driveway and informs Ryan that they will be unpacking the groceries. After they get them inside and are in the kitchen, Emily informs Ryan that they will be baking cookies to be taken to Ricki’s soccer game. As they are baking the cookies, Emily puts an apron on Ryan(as Ryan comments, the apron isn’t made for a man’s chest....LOL), they begin to talk about their lives and getting to know each other.

Meanwhile back at the mansion, the guys are out in the back yard talking and wondering what Ryan and Emily’s date will be. They begin the discussion of whether Ryan will meet Ricki today when Doug speaks up about his son and whether he would want anyone to be meeting his son at this point in the game. Doug said that he wouldn’t and knowing his son is almost 12, he can’t imagine Emily would let Ricki meet anyone yet especially when Ricki is only 6.

As Emily and Ryan pull up at the soccer park, Emily informs him that she won’t be introducing Ricki to any of the guys right now as she is a very protective mamma and doubts right now is the time. In an ITM, Ryan states that he completely understands and says that at this point, he doesn’t think that anyone should be introduced to her daughter yet. As Emily meets up with Ricki and her team, she hands out the juice boxes and snacks, then takes a few and heads back to the car where Ryan is waiting. Emily thanks Ryan for being such a cool guy and doing all the errands with her and Ryan states that he has felt that it is a great thing as he got to be a part of her real life stuff. They both tell each other that they feel that they really connected today, then Ryan asks what they are up to next....Emily says that they are headed to chucky cheese and Ryan is going to have to wrangle some hyper chocolate fed kids(you look at Ryan and see the puzzled look on his face....priceless) then you see a smile out of Emily as she tells Ryan what they really will be doing for the rest of their date. As Ryan is getting ready for his date, we get an ITM from him saying how attractive he found Emily today in her “mom clothes” and just dressed down and sexy. After Emily arrives to pick up Ryan, they arrive at the restaurant and find a ton of people around waiting for them to show up. As they sit down to dinner and talk about their day, and their expectations of what they will find during their journey. Ryan states that he is the kind of guy that feels he needs to chase the woman as that is the “right” way for him, but Emily wants to know what happens after he’s got his girl, what happens next? After listening to what each of them are saying about their wants and desires regarding how things will turn out, they seem to be going down the same path together; especially when it comes to Ricki....Ryan says that he wants to treat Ricki like any kid that the two of them will have together as that is the way it should be, which of course seems to make Emily really happy too.

Back at the mansion, Chris finds the date card waiting for them outside and brings it in to read out; Alejandro, Nate, Allesandro, Tony, Michael, John, Jef, Charlie, Kyle, Chris, Aaron, Stevie, and Kalon.....Let’s set the stage for Love, Emily. After the date card is read out, we get another (know it all) ITM from Kalon....(told you, not going to like this guy this season).

Back with Emily and Ryan, they are still sitting there in the restaurant chatting when Ryan tells Emily that he’s never been in the presence of someone as beautiful as her, but also found the most attractive part of her is when they were in the kitchen talking about their lives and baking cookies. We get an ITM from Emily stating that the thing she is worried about with Ryan is that he may be “too” perfect for her and that reminds her of Brad in a way so she is worried about it. Emily then gives Ryan the rose stating that this has been a perfect date for her and she wants it to continue by giving him the rose. We get another ITM from Ryan at this point and he talks about how he is really looking forward to this and wants it to work out with Emily. After the rose is given, the two of them get into a convo regarding how he wants to chase, how he better start, and how much either of them can run(sorry, but I’m a canuck here and these terms escape me and also amuse me at the same time)Emily states that she has something else as they both walk outside....to find a stage and a band waiting for them. Glorianna begins playing a song for Em and Ryan to dance to. As they are dancing to the tune, they share some nice words together, and the night ends with the crowd around them all.

Next up...........Group Date

As all the guys showed up for their date and Emily greeted them with hugs, she told them what they would be doing that day. They were to be doing a charitable production..........with the muppets for the Ricky Hendricks center for Intensive Care at the Lavigne Children’s hospital in Charlotte. The curtain was then pulled and we see Kermitt and Miss Piggy waving to the guys as the guys all break out in laughter. Through the date, we get the usual commentary from Miss Piggy with relation to the guys and how she wishes she could get Emily’s “left-overs”, LOL. After the guys were split up into their respective sections, (ie: dancing group, song group, comedy group, etc) everyone got to work on what they were going to be doing for the show. The dance number has Kalon, Alejandro, Stevie, Nate, and Chris. The Rainbow Connection song group is: Jef, Michael, Tony, Allesandro, and Aaron. John, Kyle and Charlie were suppose to be the comedy three, but since his head injury, Charlie is super sensitive to his injury and the limitations from it, and since he is that sensitive, you can see how frustrated and hurt he is at the thought of going up on stage by himself.

Back at the house, the remaining guys were talking about what the group date would be about today...Then Ryan told the guys that didn’t know, what happened to Charlie and how he fell off the balcony.

We see Charlie going to Emily to tell her about his insecurities with going out there on stage and standing there on his own. She immediately states that she understands and shows him the paper with the song Rainbow Connections on it, and Charlie is really glad that she suggested it and would love to do it with her. After their convo, you can see all the guys getting ready for their slots, and since the dancing is first.....you see the guys getting ready and heading out stage left. We also see Kermitt in Emily’s dressing room looking for Miss Piggy....then Em asks him to zip up the remaining part of her zipper, just as Miss Piggy rounds the corner and sees him doing it, of course. LOL. Chris Harrison is out in the lobby greeting all the patrons as they arrive for the big Muppets show. We get some ITM’s from the guys talking about how nervous they are, but also saying that doing this concert for charity is really cool too. We then get an ITM from Emily stating how nervous she is as she is not a dancer or a singer and doing this when her mom and daughter are in the audience is a lot of pressure. During the dance number we see the guys dancing with Emily on stage, and of course, Miss Piggy tries to upstage them all.........to none avail though. We then get a brief appearance of Chris Harrison in the balcony in place of “Waldorf” one of the old grumpy men that use to do the Muppets shows all the time. Next up is Fonzy Bear with John and Kyle as they try to be standup comedians in the comedy section of the show. Then there is a Miss Piggy show section where Aaron, Jef and Charlie are brought up onto the stage and Miss Piggy asks them questions. Aaron is asked to cite a romantic poem right there on the spot: Roses are red, violets are blue, Emily, I want to get to know you. Next is Jef and Miss Piggy asks him to show her how he’d propose to her: Miss Piggy, I think you are the most beautiful girl in the world(then he kneels down) I’d be honoured if you’d share your life with me( the camera pans to Emily a few times during this). Miss Piggy then asks Charlie “what do you tell a woman when you want to impress her?”: I would everyday remind her how beautiful she is, how special she makes me feel and how lucky I am to have her in my life. Both Stevie and Emily remarked how well Charlie did on stage with his fears. Next up Em and Kermitt are on stage, then Miss Piggy joins in....now it is the Rainbow Connection song time and of course Em brings Ricki on stage to sing with them. Eventually all the guys were brought out onto the stage to sing Rainbow Connections. Later, Emily and the guys went to the wrap party and carried on their conversations there. Chris is the first one to get a chance to pull Emily aside for a private conversation, and Em complimented Chris by calling him one of the most good looking guys but he doesn’t call attention to himself. Next up was Jef. During their convo, Em states how she feels that either he doesn’t like her or just doesn’t feel things towards her. Jef counters that by saying that this is so awkward for him and he is really having a hard time with the whole thing.

Back at the house, the next date card arrives and Ryan heads out to get it. As he reads out the card, it is for Joe: Come close to my heart....Emily. After a brief ITM from Joe as to how pumped he is for the date, and another brief ITM from Sean as to how disappointed he didn’t get a date this week, we are sent back to the guys on the group date.

Stevie now gets his chance to have some time with Emily. During that time, Charlie finds them and goes to the guys to tell them that Em and Stevie are doing dancing during their time which prompts John, Charlie, Aaron, and Kyle to check it out. This of course prompts another ITM from Kalon about how great he is and his intentions compared to the other guys(Puleeze, enough of this....thanks!). Kalon goes down to interrupt Stevie’s time with Em and wasn’t there long before they are interrupted by Aaron for some private time of his own. After Aaron and Emily leave, Kalon runs upstairs to start whining to the guys about not having time with Emily.......really???? So, of course this starts a minor battle between Kalon and Stevie about who took whom from Emily and how long each of them had with her. Hmmm, this is reminding me of being back in grade school on the playground, like seriously here guys.......wow. Emily then shows up then to hand out the date rose for the night to Jef.

When Joe arrives at the airport, he finds Emily waiting for him by a jet and they board for their flight to Em’s home state of West Virginia. They land in West Virginia and take a ride in an ole fashioned car to the Greenbriar Resort. As they tour through the resort, they find themselves at the 100year old pool and after getting changed into their swimsuits, they dive in for a swim.

Back at the house, the guys are hanging out in the backyard when of course Kalon opens his mouth one more time and proceeds to insult Doug and Emily in one fouls swoop. Doug and Tony were just trying to reiterate of how hard and that it is such a big step to take on what Emily is offering and just make sure you are ready for it. This is where Kalon’s mouth gets him in trouble......he says that Emily and Doug made the decision to put being a father/mother on hold to do the show, which of course meets with intense and right fully so opposition from Doug as he suggests to Kalon to check what he is saying and think about it. We see the end of the confrontation with an ITM from Sean about how Kalon has no right to question Doug about being a dad, and that his mouth is going to get him in trouble as he isn’t the best communicator.

When we get back to the Greenbriar, we find Joe dressed up and waiting at the bottom of a staircase for Em who is dressed in a ballroom dress and the two of them head off to dinner together. Through dinner, we are getting ITM’s from Emily as to how Joe has a lot of the qualities that she wants in a guy, but the spark just isn’t there. They get into the kids convo and Joe seems very open to it as well as other things that Em wants in life seems to line up with what Joe is talking about.......except the spark. There is a thing there called the love clock, as they both write down their wishes and wants and read them out to each other, they then place them in the clock as the saying is if you write down your wants and desires and place them in the clock, they will stand the test of time. Well, tonight, Joe and Emily didn’t stand the test of time as Em didn’t give Joe the date rose, and thus sent him home. After Joe left, Emily watched the fireworks show......on her own.

Up next...........Cocktail Party and Rose Ceremony

Up first, we see Emily getting ready for the cocktail party at her home with Ricki and her mom. At the mansion, we also get a glimpse of the guys getting ready for their night and how nervous they are. After Emily arrives and gives her pre-cocktail speech, we see her and Arie heading off for some private time. Once they get seated on the swing, they begin talking about life in Scottsdale and what Arie’s life consists of. In that time that they shared, Arie talked about his previous relationship and the kids she had, how much he loved it. Once they finish their time, Ryan takes Em inside for some time of his own as he presented an eleven page letter to Emily for her to read right then. Meanwhile poor Tony comes in to have his quality time with Em only to have to stand there the whole 7 page letter(this was the sad and rude time of the show for sure). Once Em was finally finished with the letter, Tony finally got his 2 minutes with Emily in which he told Emily about his son. After their private time, Kalon is next and he proceeds to tell Em how he feels like he’s an old man trapped in a young guy’s body..........really Kalon, nothing better to talk about? After Emily rejoins the guys out in the back patio area, Harrison arrives to end the cocktail party of the night and take Em to her deliberation room before the Rose Ceremony begins.

After the guy’s line up for the ceremony and Chris makes his usual speech, Emily comes out to make her speech and begin handing out the roses. With Ryan and Jef already safe, the remaining roses go to Kalon, Arie, Michael, Nate, Sean, Chris, Doug, Travis, Tony, John, Alessandro, Charlie, Alejandro, and Stevie, which means that along with Joe who was sent on his date, Kyle and Aaron were also sent home.

Well, that’s all for tonight... the charts for tonight’s show are here.

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Edited by coastal (05/23/12 06:09 PM)
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