I just have to say that Lorenzo Lamas is very cool. He played the jock that Sandy dated to make Danny jealous in Grease. So even though I wouldn't recognize him and am not familiar with any of his other acting gigs, in my eyes being in Grease makes you very cool.

Love all your recaps HG!!

It didn't even occur to me that the producers were involved with the big practical joke at Amanda's house! Duh.
Seems like quite a risk for her to take. What if Matt had gotten pissed off?

(By the way, Durango is way south in Colorado and Loveland is north of Denver.)

so...wait. is the finale next week? or the week after? or was it last week? liars!

I can't watch the show because it is such a hot mess. It never works out for anyone. I guess half the fun is watching the women put themselves out there like that on TV.

Shayne's mom --eek!

Honey Gangsta, you save me the hour each week I waste on other horrible stuff. I am hooked on your recaps.

You are SOO right when you say "the moment he's been looking forward to second most from the beginning - sleeping with Shayne."

And I forgot about Lorenzo Lamas being the jock Sandy dated in Grease. It must have been because of his blonde hair for the part. I used to watch Lorenzo in Falcon Crest when I was young. I think his acting career peaked right about that time.

Shayne's mom was truly a sight to behold. Creepy. And if those ridiculous headbands ever DO become trendy, I'm scared.

Great recap, Honey!

I was wondering if Lorenzo even knew Shayne existed before being asked by the producers to come on this show.

Did I hear correctly that her mom said Shayne bought her that house ?

HATE Shayne. Hate hate hate. Since day one. She's acting, and not even well. That whole family charade made me ill.

And I'm with you Honey G, on Shayne's mother...I laughed, I cringed, I laughed again.

Hurray for Gnomecorp mention!!

Oh wow - what an episode. Amanda's real parents had seriously like 2 minutes of on air, I wonder if the producers knew they would be a snoozefest so they had to mix it up with the actors.

I actually didn't really know they were actors for a few minutes because I fast forwarded through the commercials, and lately I've been cutting into the show a bit fast forwarding cause it has become that intolerable. So I was right there with Matt, thinking this was for real. But surely after she grabbed his nipple, I realized this was not right.

Also...with Shayne's mom, I kept watching Matt if he was avoiding looking at the freaky mess she was, I mean, I can only imagine how bad that must have looked like mere inches from your eyeballs. But he wasn't. He looked right at her, several times.

I have to say, this was one of the funniest recaps this season - made me laugh out loud several times. Well done HG!!

Not finished the recap but funny so far...

I do have a nitpick, though. In recapping the LL/Matt scene, you totally left out how LL acted like his earlier comment about Shayne being a fame whore was a fake-out. He mentioned that if Shayne's feelings for Matt weren't real, then she wouldn't have defended them after LL called her out on just being on The Bachelor for exposure. And you left out the whole "I'm here for YOU, Matt" Shayne speech.

Brenda - When Matt got to Shayne's his voice over included the interesting tidbit that Shayne bought her mom's house.
The acting parents bit was weird; it seems like he didn't spend much time w/Neep's real folks.
I think he'll pick Shayne.

Great job HG.

You are hilarious. The show however, was a real snoozer except for Shayne's mom...YIKES!!! The actor parents were just plain embarrassing.

I bet on Shayne too.

Thanks for the laughs.

Now, I was under the impression from the episode-before-last that the hiccup chick told Matt that her parents lived in a trailer. Or maybe that was another girl? So maybe the folks were just too white trash to get air time on this utterly sophisticated quest for true romance.

Now that it's all over, I was a little surprised Shayne made it to the final 2, much less the "winner." She just rubs me the wrong way and I guess I thought Matt would've eventually felt that way. And 1 comment about Colorado, my home: There could definitely be 6ft of snow in Durango at Chelsea's parents' place, and be 70deg and dry in Loveland where Noelle lives. These towns are worlds apart in terms of environment: Durango lies in the SW mountains and is a near 9-hour drive from Loveland in the flatter part of the NE foothills.