Bachelorette 2016 Recap: Episode 8

Chase’s Hometown

Unsurprisingly, the most boring hometown date belonged to the most boring contestant.

After frolicking in the snow and talking about Chase’s parents’ divorce, Jojo and Chase go to his house to meet his dad.

Did anybody else notice the weirdness that was going on with Chase’s staircase?

It looks like they refinished the stairs at the last minute and it was still too wet to take the tape off. The intern is gonna catch hell for this!

The conversation with Chase’s dad was pretty boring. Chase asked him why his first marriage didn’t work out. His dad said it was because he was a workaholic. Very original. Moving on.

When I first saw Chase’s mom, my brain lit up the way it lights up when I recognize somebody. But it didn’t light up all the way. It was about a 90% match which meant Chase’s mom looked like someone I had seen many times but I couldn’t figure out who it was. It had to be someone on TV. My brain kept screaming “80s sitcom mom”. At first I thought it might be Elyse Keating of Family Ties but when I looked her up, it wasn’t her. Then I Googled the pictures of the moms of every 80s sitcom I could remember but none was a match. I even looked up the mom from Little House on the Prairie just to leave no stone unturned. But no dice.

I was disappointed. I wrote some more and then I searched again because it was driving me crazy. I finally found her on a list of 80s TV moms! It was Norma Arnold from The Wonder Years. Seriously, the resemblance is uncanny.

Well, that was the really cool part about Chase’s mom. The less cool yet bizarrely fascinating part is that she likes Jojo based on her laugh and the fact that she loves dogs and hates fish. What? How is that a standard by which to judge your future daughter-in-law?

She’s cray. Moving on.

Jordan’s Hometown

At the beginning of the date, we find out that Jojo has never seen a deer before.

Jordan takes Jojo to visit his high school where we find out that he didn’t have a girlfriend in high school. Boo f*cking hoo. It’s really sad how Jordan just can’t catch a break in this life.

We are informed once again that Jordan and Aaron are not simpatico. It feels like the producers are trying to drill this into our heads so we don’t think Jordan is a complete fame whore even though he totally is.

Jordan’s brother, Luke, not a famous quarterback, has the same hairstyle as Jordan but is far less attractive so it doesn’t really work on him.

If Jordan got the looks in the family and Aaron got the talent, I wonder what Luke got…

It only seems fair.

Fortunately, I didn’t have to go hunting around on the internet to figure out who Jordan’s dad looks like.

As Jojo is about to leave after meeting Jordan’s family, she questions his intentions AGAIN.

I don’t envy Jojo’s future fiance.

Robby’s Hometown

Jojo’s concerned about Robby’s last relationship ending so recently so he assures her that it will never be an issue. Famous last words.

Robby’s mom lets him know that his ex-girlfriend’s roommate told the tabloids that Robby broke up with his girlfriend to go on the show, not in a big tumultuous fight as Robby promised. And Robby has the unfortunate task of having to bring the issue up to Jojo AGAIN to reassure her AGAIN.

Of course, Jojo is instantly on red alert because she sees a possibility of getting hurt.

Robby insists that he didn’t leave his girlfriend to be on the show. Uh… didn’t they break up in December??? Wouldn’t that be around the time Robby found out he was going to be a part of the cast? Yeah, ten bucks says he DID leave his ex to go on the show.

Robby manages to talk Jojo down but they’re both left with doubts as Jojo gets into a rain-soaked SUV at the end of the night and heads to her next hometown. Robby is so distraught that he leaves the giant umbrella he used to walk Jojo to the car with on his front lawn.

Seriously, did he not see it there??? Come on, man.

Luke’s Hometown

Luke took the idea of a hometown date a little too literally. He invited his entire hometown to meet Jojo.

I have to say, if you’re gonna make bread and raise babies, Luke’s ranch wouldn’t be a bad place to do it.

Luke’s family seems really sweet. I loved his dad. I like that he got choked up when he told Luke he loved him. It reminded me of that saying, “Still waters run deep.” I can see where Luke got his strong silent vibe.

I already talked about the heart made of flower petals so I’m not going to cover it again.

I also already talked about the rose ceremony. I guess I didn’t actually talk directly about Luke interrupting it to tell Jojo he loved her but we all saw the show, right? I definitely think that he was told to do that by a producer. I guess we’ll find out if it was enough tomorrow.

It’s only a week until the finale! I can’t believe the season’s almost over. It feels like just yesterday we were watching Chad stuff meat in his mouth hole and listening to Daniel compare him to Hitler and Donald Trump. Ah, memories.

I don’t know how I’m going to cover two episodes in a week. Hopefully, the MTA will be light on substance (what am I talking about? Of course, it will be).

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