That felt like a very weird hometowns week to me. The first three visits felt very rushed and then we just focused on the Victoria circus.
We started out heading to Tennessee to meet Hannah Ann's family. There was this attempt at building up how much of a hardass Hannah Ann's da was going to be because he was a lumberjack. So to prepare Peter and Hannah Ann decided to do some axe throwing. They were both terrible and as far as dates go, it would rank pretty damn low on the bachelor history charts. Hannah's family seemed pretty nice and normal. Her dad didn't even seem that hard on Peter. Everything was too drama free for the Producers so onward to Iowa!
Surely we'd get some fireworks with Kelsey right? Wrong, time to crush some grapes, make a bottle of wine and then meet Kelsey's family. Kelsey remembers to drop the L-bomb and Peter does not reciprocate. There is no mention of Kelsey's father and shockingly the producers didn't deliver him to the house right in the middle of dinner. I'm pretty sure Kelsey cried at some point over loving Peter so much.
Next up we head to Alabama to meet the Prewett's. The storyline about Madison's virginity starts to emerge as the lead story line heading into next week. Madison seems very conflicted even though Peter is trying to at least say all the right things. We get numerous reminders about how pure Madison is and we you realize this is basically Madison's family bragging about her being a virgin, it get's real creepy.
OK, now time to get back to the drama. Shockingly Peter and Victoria have an incredible little date, they get some old timey photo's taken and then head over to a Hunter Hayes concert. Everything is going great but for some reason the producers hate Victoria and suddenly one of Peter's exes shows up and drops some dirt on Victoria. We then cut to Peter and Victoria meeting at her house before getting to meet her family. Peter attempts to bring up what he was told with Victoria and we go into meltdown mode. Victoria does not handle emotions and conflict very well. She says they might as well be finished and runs away just like she does on every date. In possibly a Bachelor first, Peter leaves without meeting her family. The next day Victoria shows up at Peters hotel and once again fails to communicate how she's feeling. Victoria give Peter a photo of them in old timey clothes and instantly their relationship is mended I think.
Anyways off the the rose ceremony. Obviously Hannah Ann and Madison get roses and we are left with Kelsey and Victoria. The old timey photo was apparently enough to win over Peter because he gives the final rose to Victoria. It doesn't matter how little this woman shows him, Peter just keeps bringing her along. I'm guessing he just really wants a fantasy suite with he.
Kelsey leaves us and somehow doesn't shed a single tear. This is a woman who had a several week meltdown over a champagne bottle and now just doesn't care that the man she loves just broke up with her. Something doesn't add up here.
That's it for The Bachelor Episode 8. Fantasy suites next week and lots of drama about virginity. Just what we need to cap off this terrible season.