Guest blogger Girl writes:
Love is in the air. Specifically, in the San Franciscan air. The final five are whisked away bused to the city by the bay, and no one's more excited than Ali, who lives there. I am also quite excited, because this week there are three aviation references - a nice recovery from last week's crash landing of only a single cheese moment.
This week there are three one-on-one dates and a two-on-one. The courting begins with a Tenley-Jake outing. "Let's get our love on track in San Francisco," the note reads. Not surprisingly they take a ride on the cable car - privately of course - and head over to Chinatown. "You feel like you're in a foreign country," Jake remarks.
Jake, I hardly recognize you without your brown elbow patches! Photo from Buddy TV.
The two enjoy dinner on top of Coit Tower. "What do you expect from a marriage?" Tenley asks.
"I expect my wife to have my back, no matter what. Respect from my wife is one of the most important things to me. A marriage is never going to be perfect, but the love can be." So, in other words, be very patient and understanding as I will be away a whole whack of time but that's because I have a very important job, and that job comes first.
Tenley also brings up the subject of "pilots and faithfulness."
"Cheating is a choice. You have to consciously make a choice. And the woman I marry will be the last woman I look at." In other words, he will be faithful. Aviation will always come first.
The second date card arrives, and it's for the two-on-one. "Ali and Vienna, come be the queens in my castle," Corrie reads, much to their horror. Kidding! It's really for Gia and Vienna.
Gia's worried about feeling like a third wing, I mean third wheel, as Vienna's very confident and outgoing.
"I'm my daddy's princess and now I'm Jake's queen," Vienna gushes. Oh grow up.
They spend the day, evening and overnight at a castle-like structure in a Napa Valley vineyard. Vienna sneaks to Jake's room, only to be sent back to hers. I am not liking this girl. She is annoying, immature, and looks like she has two permanent black eyes.
Corrie gets the ticket for the next date. "Love is a walk in the park," says the note. In other words, this is the boring date.
There's a rowboat. And some squawking ducks. And dinner in a Science Academy amidst some scary looking fish. And despite Corrie revealing that she's saving herself for marriage, Jake insists that she's not opening up. As we all know, this is really Bachelor-speak for "I don't feel anything for you."
But Jake keeps Corrie's hopes aloft in the sky, like a soaring plane. "It's not about sex appeal. It's about heart appeal." Who fed him this gem? Chris Harrison, was it you?
It's time for the last one-on-one. "Ali, I want to leave my heart in San Francisco. Show me your city."
Ali is stoked. "On our first one-on-one, you showed me your 'home'..."
"Aviation," Jake interjects.
"...and now I get to show you mine."
They buy flowers, have brunch, walk along the water, and sit on a blanket in a park.
"It's not super extravagant. I'm not taking you up in a plane or up in a boat," says Ali.
"That's my job." Jake proudly puffs out his chest.
Ali must really, really dig Jake because she ruins her suede boots while playing in the water with Jake. Now that's love. Love for me was seeing that dog playing fetch among the water in the background. Somehow I found that more captivating and way more dramatic. Catch it! Catch it! C'mon! Get it! I cheered, even when Ali and Jake's twirling hindered my view of the ball-obsessed pooch.
At the rose ceremony, Corrie is sent home. Not a surprise. As if Jake would send Vienna departing. We can only hope he gets his head out of the clouds soon.
