Jason shakes the mom's hand and says, "I've heard so much about your depression," wink, wink. Jillian's cousin Tori is there with her boyfriend as well. Over dinner Tori wants to know how it feels for Jason to be on the other side of things after being ripped a new one by DeAnna. Then Jillian's mom gives the following toast to her daughter: "In your heart I hope you find love. You certainly deserve to fly like a dove. You handled all of the pain and joy just like an angel would from above. Pressure makes diamonds and you shine like one. You bring happiness to us all as bright as the sun..." this is going on way longer than I thought it would, but suffice it to say the whole thing rhymes. I so don't get it. Jillian is getting a special toast for making it to the finals on a dating show? What will happen if she graduates college?
Jillian's mom, whose name is actually Peggy, takes Jason outside for a sit-down. Peggy has some questions for Jason and - I kid you not - she has typed them up and printed them out! They're just your usual run-of-the-mill Bachelor questions. She brings up that Jason has a BA in psychology and jokes that is a good thing to have in their family. Ha, ha, ha! We're depressed! (PS, who isn't?) Jason turns the tables and asks Peggy how she's managed to make her marriage last so long even through the huge mess she created. Peggy just says that life is a dance and you learn as you go. Sage advice, Peggy.
Jillian and Peggy have a chat next. They just say that Jillian really truly, really truly sees herself with Jason. Glen, Jillian's father, bawls to the camera about how much he and his wife love Jillian. Man, I should have been an only child. This girl is a hero just for existing. And as if all this weren't enough, now Jillian's Granny shows up to heap on additional praise. Granny thinks Jason is absolutely gorgeous - and what a relief because she was ready to haul Jillian up to northern Alberta and marry her off to a Ukrainian. Granny has brought Jason a gift and what do you think it is? Guess. You have one guess and if it involves the Canadian flag you are absolutely right. It's Canadian flag boxer shorts! Whee! Granny grabs a smooch on the lips as Jason is on his way out - huh? Well, Jason is off, but at this point he's so impressed that he's ready to defect to Canada. Good riddance.
We're off to Grand Rapids, Michigan for Molly's hometown date. Jason is meeting Molly at the country club (?) and she comes rolling along in a golf cart. She's in a golf outfit and has brought one along for Jason as well.
Molly tells us that she's only brought one other guy home to meet her family and it practically ruined her relationship with her parents. And from that experience she learned that she will never again date a guy that her parents don't absolutely love. Weird. I understand parental concern, but isn't it ultimately Molly's choice? I mean, is it really worth it to her parents to ruin their relationship with their daughter just to take a stand? I don't know. Molly tells us that every Sunday growing up her parents, she and her sister went golfing, so it's totally sexy to her that Jason golfs. Oh my gosh. I already don't like Molly's family. She reiterates about a million times how big of a deal this is for a guy to be meeting her parents. EVERYTHING hinges on this moment.
Molly's dad is wearing the exact same golf sweater Molly was wearing - just have a round, dad? The first interval of conversation is all about golf. As if golf weren't boring enough itself, now we're going to just sit and talk about it? Maryann, Molly's golfing mother, decides to play this really fun game where everyone wears some psycho hat. This is supposed to gauge whether Jason will be able to hang with the fam. Jason gets some huge Indian feather headdress, Molly gets a crown, Maryann gets a ginormous orange foam cowboy hat and this is supposed to show everyone how much fun this family is.
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Comments (12)
Well, here's my take on what went down this episode:
Molly's family: "Well, you know honey, you know that Jews aren't really allowed to become members of the country club."
Melissa's family: "T'ain't know way we're letting some Jewboy into our trailer park."
Naomi's family: "Maybe we can still save him from going to hell, honey."
And lastly Jillian's family: "Eh?"
1 of 12 | Posted by itchy | Posted on February 16, 2009 3:27 AM
Never ever ever will I ever again think my family is weird.
2 of 12 | Posted by Quean CeCe | Posted on February 16, 2009 9:39 AM
I'm starting to think ABC just hires actors to play the bachelorettes' families.
There are just too many similarities between this season's families and the families from Brad's season.
Molly = Tina = country club, golfin' family
Naomi = (?) = crazy new agey astrology mommy on a boat family
Jillian = Jenny = warm & lovable with the fiesty granny family
Although Melissa pulled a new one by substituting friends for family. I don't think she told her family she's on this show...Either that, or her family is completely unsupportive of anything she does (can't come to just one Dallas Cowboys game?). Maybe they're Christian fundamentalists or Mormons who think she's a sinner (aka "black sheep of the family").
The bachelorette with the crazy family always gets the hometown axe.
3 of 12 | Posted by BlahBlah | Posted on February 16, 2009 12:25 PM
And why does Melissa have such low self-esteem? Usually, cute girls think they're "worthy". What kinda damage has her family done to her that she would settle for guys who treat her like an appendage? Long-term relationships where the guys never meet your friends or family???
4 of 12 | Posted by BlahBlah | Posted on February 16, 2009 12:28 PM
still trying to figure out if wearing the hats or the dead dove was worse.
melissa...i think she's really into what others think and trying to appear perfect. maybe she's embarassed of her family? it's not just the tv thing, as her close friends hadn't met them either.
am i the only one that thinks naomi looks like a boy in drag?
5 of 12 | Posted by tikibar | Posted on February 16, 2009 4:19 PM
"Ty says, 'Can't you just be my daddy?' Okay so he didn't say that, but he would if he were cognitively advanced enough."
"Why are Canadians so proud of themselves? What have they ever done? What?"
Two of my favorites from a funny recap!
Poor little Melissa is a sad case. She may be just what Jason is looking for, however. Didn't he say something about not being sure about Jillian because she is so independent, and he wants somebody to "rely" on him. Someone with low self-esteem like Melissa will sure as hell "rely" on him.
6 of 12 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on February 16, 2009 5:59 PM
Ha, Itchy, my husband was saying the same thing last week.
I just don't see Jason with any of these girls. I like Jillian so much, but she's just way too cool for Jason.
7 of 12 | Posted by dani2526 | Posted on February 16, 2009 7:57 PM
I thought Naomi looked more like a muppet.
I think Molly is sufficiently bland to fit in perfectly with Jason's lifestyle. Just don't know she'd want to. She's, what, 24?
Melissa seems to be the only one who doesn't cringe when she kisses him, so I'm guessing she's the one.
8 of 12 | Posted by itchy | Posted on February 17, 2009 12:03 AM
after the home visits, I'd say Jillian is my favorite. There's something very strange about Molly's dad, but I think she's okay. It's funny that I do believe in reincarnation (and UFO's, and ESP and a few other initialed things) but that was soooo crazy with the dove, even though I only paid half attention to this 2 hour train wreck. Do you know Jesus? gee, I dunno, I wasn't really around 2000 years ago, and you!? Religious zealotry always gets me down, as religion is only one aspect of a full person, and to make it the most important part, to me, is lame-o!!! I don't care what anyone believes as long as they don't care that I believe in past lives, UFO's and ESP . . .
Anyhoo, thanks for filling in the blanks, Honey!!! Can't wait till next scintillating recap!!!! xoxoxoxo
9 of 12 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on February 17, 2009 11:34 AM
When I adopted my Ecuadorean child, I had to fill out many forms. On one, the adoption agency asked me the "reason for adopting child". I wrote down "to attract single women with white teeth and prominent breasts who can't wait to be mommies".
10 of 12 | Posted by NotWithoutMyTV | Posted on February 17, 2009 12:06 PM
Funny, NotWithout!
Anwyay, last night was a major let down. Boy was I fooled...I really did think we were going to see the whole Deanna thing. I was so hopeful that it'd be last night that I couldn't stop looking at the clock...like, uh oh, Deanna only has 5 minutes to come back?!
11 of 12 | Posted by dani2526 | Posted on February 17, 2009 1:15 PM
well this ought to be an interesting finale, no? i'm hoping he doesn't take deanna back - seems a bit unfair for it to go this far before she decides to surprise him in new zealand. on the other hand, that makes for good ratings. maybe we ought to line them up and let ty pick? : )
12 of 12 | Posted by tikibar | Posted on February 17, 2009 2:26 PM