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THIS ISSUE: The Bachelorette, UnREAL, RHOC, So You Think You Can Dance |
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JoJo and Her Quarterback |
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ABC |
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BECAUSE: On the final night of JoJo's journey to love, America's current sweetheart made her decision. Even though it briefly seemed like her chosen suitor might not have made the same decision, Jordan ultimately confessed his love on the platform of throw pillows before getting on one knee and popping the big question. |
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The Bachelorette |
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ABC |
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WHAT HAPPENED: JoJo said yes! But the road there was paved with heartbreak. Let us not forget that there was a third human playing into this final coupling. At the beginning of Monday night's finale, JoJo explains to her family -- who, as you'll recall from Ben's season, has a few characters -- that she might be in love with both Robby and Jordan. There's only one solution: family tie-breaker. And the Fletcher clan decidedly votes for Robby while trying to act like they're not. See, Jordan has been talking a big game about asking for the family's blessing to propose, but when the time comes, he chokes. And JoJo's awesome mom has been sensing that Jordan is a bit of a player. Then Robby comes in with all his famous words of affirmation, and it seems like it's all over. Cue JoJo doing everything she can to get Jordan on the same level so she wouldn't look like a crazy person for choosing him. And that tall-haired nut cracks. He promises JoJo he's ready to get down on one knee, calls her family to get permission, and they go for it. |
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Robby's heartbreak is a different story. On the platform where he thought he'd be proposing, JoJo tells him that shewanted it to be him and she did love him, but that it, uh, wasn't him. As JoJo weeps, Robby explains in the rejection limo that she didn't make the right call. "I've been waiting for her to say she loves me, and she did, but she wouldn't let me get down on one knee," he says. "In what world is that okay?" Robby doesn't get much more closure from JoJo on the After the Final Rose special, but what about what we need? YahooTV explains it best: "As for all those promises to get to the bottom of the Rodgers Family Feud? Not so much. Harrison makes a tentative stab at asking Jordan about his family, but maybe the NFL's lawyers got to him before he could follow up, because the subject is dropped faster than James T. dropped the football on that group date." The good news: JoJo and Jordan are about to move to Dallas together, and all those two lovebirds want to do is eat at Chipotle. |
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UnREAL |
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Lifetime |
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WHAT HAPPENED: Who will win the battle of Real Rachel vs. Hot Rachel? Fans might agree the loser should be Coleman. Monday's episode of UnREALopens with Coleman watching the confessions he coaxed from Rachel while she was on a boatload of drugs. Very ethical! He's officially teamed up with Yael. Although he at first seems to convince Rachel to get back on Quinn's good side to dig up more dirt, she's back on Team Quinn for real only when she finds out Yael and Coleman are sharing more than a holier-than-thou morality. What does Rachel do to regain her power? She dresses Yael in a white dress for her date with Darius, puts a laxative in her sashimi, and locks the door to the bathroom, of course. Darius sends Yael home, keeping Tiffany (who's hooking up with Chet) and Chantel (who recently got into a hot tub naked and grabbed Darius' crotch). |
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: With Coleman and Yael smarting because their tell-all won't sell as well without her taking the grand Everlasting prize, we're left to focus on UnREAL's one true love story: Rachel and Quinn. Rachel shares with Quinn that Coleman is trying to take her down. Quinn shares with Rachel that she's found out she can't have kids -- something she didn't necessarily yearn for but still wanted to have a choice in. Together they agree that they're "taking that ass--- down." The A.V. Club reminds the viewer to always stay diligent, though: "[Shiri Appleby] adds so many dimensions to Rachel that she could conceivably be triple-timing everyone," they say. "But the Rachel we know is savvy enough to see that Coleman can't be trusted, and also to be able to tell, deep down, that Quinn is the one who's going to keep her out of prison.... With a lesser actress, maybe we could see that Rachel was playing all sides, but Appleby's performance is a manipulation master." |
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The Real Housewives of Orange County |
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Bravo |
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WHAT HAPPENED: After the drama fest of last week's RHOC -- where "No wonder your husband cheated on you!" was the tamest insult thrown out -- we needed a little palette cleanser. Things aren't calming down, though. The Housewives are simply choosing their sides of the battle and settling in for war. Kelly tells anyone who will listen that the party was a setup and she was, in fact, legally separated from her husband while sleeping with whatever non-husband Shannon's friends were talking about. Meanwhile, Shannon goes through a painful cupping procedure to rid her body of the toxins that come along with being told you look like Mrs. Roper at your own party. But it's no use -- the Bravo overlords must have their "attrition lunch," so Kelly and Shannon sit down to make up. Just kidding. Kelly demands to know if Shannon was setting her up and explains to Shannon that she wasn't callingher ugly at the party, but rather calling her outfit ugly. She does admit to calling Shannon's friend ugly because, as Kelly explains, "She is!" Shannon's not having it, shutting her down with this question: "Who the f--- do you think you are?" |
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: It remains unclear who Kelly thinks she is. As Vulture points out, the "crazy thing about this argument is that Kelly is clearly in the right, but she totally undoes any justification she has by behaving like a member of the Duck Dynasty after a lobotomy and an overdose of Spanish fly." Thanks to Meghan's investigative efforts, it does seem like Shannon set Kelly up, or at least let her friends throw all that shade on her publicly, but Kelly can't control herself long enough to get the upper hand she just might deserve. Adds Vulture: "To cap it all off, Kelly says, 'I can't stand negativity.' What? She just justified calling a woman ugly with the fact that she is, indeed, ugly. Is that positivity?" It seems that's just Kelly. |
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| One More Thing... |
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School's Out! |
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Fox |
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DOUBLE-EDGED HIGH KICK: It was a dreaded double-elimination night on Monday's So You Think You Can Dance, but hey, they're kids. At least they're headed home for summer vacation! |
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