At the beginning of this week's finale of Age of Love, we see Jenn and Amanda in the center of a huge coliseum, crouched and circling each other wearing Gladiator costumes. Executive Producer JD Roth steps into the arena and screams at the crowd of 11 people: "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?!" We hear some halfhearted clapping and then JD gets hit in the head with a Diet Coke can.
It's finally here, Procrastinators! Who will The Poo choose, Amanda or Jenn? Young or Old? What is the big twist the producers keep referring to? Is Megan coming back? Please?
We start with an interspliced edit of each woman walking towards The Poo at the final Elimination. There's a white runway with white flags running up and down each side. Where are the romantic white lights? The editors cut back and forth between each woman gazing up at The Poo as he fumbles through his final speech. I'm beginning to suspect Megan doesn't make it to Australia.
Ugh. This made me sick enough the first time.
Cut back to three days earlier as Jenn and Amanda arrive in Melbourne. They are riding in a limo together, oohing and aahing over the sites of the city. Amanda, in a tone that suggests Jenn is a friend of hers who has accompanied her for moral support, says that she can't wait to meet Poo's family and friends. "Yeah," says Jenn, returning her gaze to the window. They pull up to a park, where the Poo is waiting. Jenn thinks he looks handsome. Amanda says "Awe, look at him." I'm beginning to suspect nothing is going to happen in this episode until Minute 54.
I'm right so far. While the editors show a retrospective of Amanda, The Poo says what he always says about Amanda-- that she's the first one he felt chemistry with, gorgeous eyes, smile, first one he kissed, blah blah blah. Then Jenn gets the same treatment. The Poo says he can't believe how old she is, her body is ridiculous, and of all the women there she's the one that's changed his idea of age blah blah blah.
Then he takes the women to meet his family. In the limo, Amanda discovers Jenn has brought a present for The Poo's mother. She thinks it's part of Jenn's game, "childish stuff," she says. Jenn says she felt a little bad not telling Amanda to bring a gift, but honestly it's not her fault if Amanda wasn't raised right. (My Grampy always said when you are invited to someone's house, you should have to open the door with your elbows). Child of a broken home, Amanda?
Both ladies are nervous when they arrive at The Poo's mom's condo. As we cut to commercial, the announcer says the family is in for a big surprise and also, if we think we know who he chooses, guess again. I don't know. I'm having a hard time getting it up for this one tonight. I don't see any big surprises coming up.
The Poo says he's only introduced 4 women to his mother, and I think he means including these two. He says his mother is very shy. The three of them enter the house where they are greeted by the mom, the sister, the best friend, the best friend's wife, and their two children. Jenn starts chatting with everyone right away, and of course we have the obligatory, repetitive interchange where she reveals her age and they can't believe it. Jenn and the sister hit it off regarding their shared interest in human services. Amanda can't think of anything to say and feels she's sitting in Jenn's shadow since the gift she brought is a life-size statue of Jenn and The Poo making out.
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Comments (13)
Ting Lee, thank you so much for recapping this show. I watched this train wreck for lack of anything better to do and your recaps made it all worthwhile. They were so funny and often made me laugh out loud. Will there be a reunion show? That would be the bestest!
I can't believe we didn't get an inadvertent crotch shot of Jen standing on that windy runway in that skimpy dress. I kept waiting for it but it never happened. Maybe they used some double-sided tape on her legs.
I'm not so sure about the romantic date in the aquarium. It was lovely and the light was pretty but every aquarium I have ever visited has had a bit of a smell to it. Not really a place I would want to eat my dinner while smelling the fishy odor.
I kept wondering how The Poo could take time away from tennis. Shouldn't a pro tennis player be training every day? Was it just me, or was his body not "all that?" I think I saw a bit of a gut. I wonder why he agreed to do the show. I am sure he has no trouble finding women to date.
1 of 13 | Posted by LonnaSaur![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 7:00 AM
Ting Lee, thank you so much for recapping this show. I watched this train wreck for lack of anything better to do and your recaps made it all worthwhile. They were so funny and often made me laugh out loud. Will there be a reunion show? That would be the bestest!
I can't believe we didn't get an inadvertent crotch shot of Jen standing on that windy runway in that skimpy dress. I kept waiting for it but it never happened. Maybe they used some double-sided tape on her legs.
I'm not so sure about the romantic date in the aquarium. It was lovely and the light was pretty but every aquarium I have ever visited has had a bit of a smell to it. Not really a place I would want to eat my dinner while smelling the fishy odor.
I kept wondering how The Poo could take time away from tennis. Shouldn't a pro tennis player be training every day? Was it just me, or was his body not "all that?" I think I saw a bit of a gut. I wonder why he agreed to do the show. I am sure he has no trouble finding women to date.
2 of 13 | Posted by LonnaSaur![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 7:01 AM
This was a complete disappointment. The finale was over-hyped... we "won't believe who he chooses"? On retrospect, it's been painfully obvious that he was going to choose Amanda...if he wasn't going to choose her he would have let her go a long time ago, don't you think? After all, she's a little possessive/psycho. And I think he brought Jenn along because he knew she would handle second place better than any of the others.
LonnaSaur, I think the poo is recovering from an injury, which is why he had time for the show.
Finally, I read something online about the poo meeting the girls' families, Jenn's son, etc. Did I miss something? I know the Australia finale is in a few weeks time.... are they getting extra episodes? (Not that I want to sit through any more of this mess than I already have.... just curious is all.)
Nice work, Ting Lee. I always looked forward to these recaps!!!
3 of 13 | Posted by MCH![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 9:28 AM
MCH. Last week the episode before going to Australia the info on my DVR for the show said that the Poo meets the families. But that certainly didn't happen during the episode that aired. But the rest of the show description matched. So I don't know what happened with that. It must have been so bad that NBC didn't even bother airing it. WOW that's saying something if the rest of the show was good enough but that wasn't. This whole show has been so lame. But what would I do if I didn't have a show to watch and complain about?
It always amazes me that men are stupid enough to fall for chicks like Amanda. And stupid Megan. He kept saying how funny she was and she said the funniest things. No Poo, she's an idiot and is not saying these things in an ironic fashion. She really is an idiot. Whatever. Thanks for the life lessons NBC.
4 of 13 | Posted by TheKid![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 10:35 AM
Ting Lee's recaps have made this show even more fun. Thank you! The pet names you coined for the cast were especially enjoyable.
RateItAll has had a list going for the show, in which the candidates are rated (http://www.rateitall.com/t-23963-the-cast-of-age-of-love.aspx). I'm afraid the winner isn't going to do too well there!
5 of 13 | Posted by Lennie![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 10:57 AM
Agreed! Ting Lee is the poo! I am proud to announce that she will be taking the reigns of The Hills next week, so fasten your seat belts. Kick ass, Ting!
6 of 13 | Posted by Flipit![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 11:55 AM
I can't believe I came back week after week for this show. You know, this was so lame I'm craving a new Temptation Island now. My first gripe was with the Poo. I'm a 49 yr old myself, and yes, I like looking at younger men. But really. I just never found anything attractive about him. His personality sucked. Sure he had a nice body. But that was IT. And I never saw a connection between them. Hell, Dick and Jenn from BB have a bigger connection! At least it's feisty.
I honestly think he'd been better off with Maria. Or Jayana. At least they had spunk. And at their age - they would have REALLY shown appreciation for his hard body. Hormones kick ass in your 40's.
Yeah. I'm ready for some Temptation Island.
7 of 13 | Posted by Amythyst![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 2:35 PM
I can't believe I came back week after week for this show. You know, this was so lame I'm craving a new Temptation Island now. My first gripe was with the Poo. I'm a 49 yr old myself, and yes, I like looking at younger men. But really. I just never found anything attractive about him. His personality sucked. Sure he had a nice body. But that was IT. And I never saw a connection between them. Hell, Dick and Jenn from BB have a bigger connection! At least it's feisty.
I honestly think he'd been better off with Maria. Or Jayana. At least they had spunk. And at their age - they would have REALLY shown appreciation for his hard body. Hormones kick ass in your 40's.
Yeah. I'm ready for some Temptation Island.
8 of 13 | Posted by Amythyst![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 2:38 PM
I forgot to say - Ting Lee I enjoyed the recaps. Made the show a lot more enjoyable.
9 of 13 | Posted by Amythyst![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 2:45 PM
Fabulous job as always. I saw the results of this show early on-line but didn't bother to watch the whole last episode. I'm sure your recap is much better than the show. I am so glad Ting Lee will be recapping The Hills. That should be awesome!
10 of 13 | Posted by Beth![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on August 8, 2007 6:18 PM
I thought i was going to have a seizure with all the splicing and screens going right and left and back and forth at the end.
I was also wondering about Amanda's shine in her confessionals.
I couldn't believe they had the pillows/blankets on the aquarium floor. I even made the remark that it was a staple of practically every date. What do you want to do tonight, Mark? "Oh I don't know, just toss a couple blankets on the floor, we'll be fine. Leave the alo-ay also please, in case there's a kinnection."
what a terrible show.
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Posted on August 8, 2007 7:48 PM
Late comment...but did anyone else notice the thing on Amanda's lip during some of her confessionals this ep? Not sure if it was a coldsore or what...but it was gross. The makeup dept was clearly on a budget in Melbourne. Icky.
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Posted on August 10, 2007 12:50 PM
I love that you commented on Amanda's greasy face. I was so distracted by it. And I did notice her little lip herpes - gross is right!
There was never any doubt to who Mark was going to pick - during that opening scene when they kept cutting between the two girls you could see that the girl he was giving the boot to was shorter with lighter hair - so even if it wasn't already glaringly clear that he was gonna pick Amanda they blew any pretend suspense by showing that clip.
Plus - the way Mark eliminated anyone that Amanda didn't like was concrete evidence that she was the one.
I love that the whole time this show tried to demonstrate that age doesn't matter, but when his Mom was asked which one she liked she didn't say "Amanda" or "Jen" she said "The young one".
Lonna - I'm with you about his body, there was a gut and it was not attractive. Then again, neither was his deep dark brow ridge and sunken eyes. He was weird looking and dull so I'm kind of glad he ended up with the weird looking creepy girl.
Great recap Ting - can't wait to see what you do with The Hills.
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Posted on August 12, 2007 10:38 AM