In your 20s, it's okay to lament about having a bad picker, not meeting a good man, having been cheated on by every man you dated. In your 60s, you need to be a more interesting person than to constantly associate your life experiences with your past relationships.
That's Leslie. She told Gerry the story about her father dying, and then her brother took over in that role. Leslie is reliving a drama of her own making, where she "wins" and she gets this right. She will make a great Golden Bachelorette, where she will have the power to choose from among hopefully some very compatible and stable men. Gerry is not the right one for her. She's going to lose him to the natural aging process. He even told her that he had actual physical bruises from the ATV ride. Gerry will not be able to keep up with Leslie or Faith much longer. |
I thought we did see Faith's home, when we met her family? In addition to that tiny little riding ring. |
I don't know what "securities professional" means, but it suggests Teresa is at least somewhat smart. She's 70, so she's probably not on the trading floor, but maybe she owns a brokerage or day trades, who knows. I did find Theresa pretty disingenuous during the whole Kathy spat. But it's probably going to be Teresa. I just can't see Leslie and Gerry together--she's the wrong "speed" as you say. Also I'm not sure what they talk about besides ATV rides and Leslie's life story. Finding a steady man is great, but you need something more to do/talk about in your daily life. Maybe we just don't see that deeper connection happening. He should have kept Ellen. Does anybody else have their fingers crossed for Joan coming back? The producers extended the season from 8 to 9 episodes. |
Meh. I would have enjoyed it if Theresa had up and smacked Kathy across the face. That woman was a bitter jealous nightmare. And Ellen was downright unattractive. |
DP. I thought Ellen was pretty attractive, and I say that as an older woman with long brown hair, which is what Gerry seems to like. It's just that Ellen seemed more open and mature, and less needy and having to talk about her history, than Teresa or Leslie. In terms of emotional maturity and openness, Ellen wins for me. |
He wasn't attracted to Ellen. And he's probably not attracted to Joan either, given his clear preferences. |
Joan’s not coming back. That’s a fantasy. |
Except Ellen was sent home so this is no longer possible. |
Right now I'm on the Leslie bandwagon, but the editing is so deceptive it's of course hard to say for sure. At the end of ep 1, the season promo was manipulated to have Gerry say "I'm sorry, my feelings have changed" to a weeping Theresa. However, her weeping was back from when she was crying in her bedroom because of Kathy. That was not CR footage. Someone posted about Gerry walking off with a woman who looks like Leslie in a Costa Rica clip. But that doesn't mean anything, because he often escorts the "loser" to the car and the producers use voiceovers creatively.
I do agree with a PP that he's extremely active for his age. There's a clip of him and Leslie rappelling and smooching in CR. It's hard for me to see Theresa engaging with him athletically in the way he clearly enjoys. I also agree he doesn't seem attracted to her in the same way. But since we're seeing select, manipulated footage, who the heck really knows! |
I agree on both counts. I couldn't for the longest time figure out exactly what it is that I find so off-putting about Theresa, but I think it has something to do with being both so childlike and so manipulative. It's that she is smug and so pick-me about the telling and the telling and then the telling Gerry and all of it, and she acts like a little kid who's afraid of her own shadow. It's so ... cutthroat in a simpering smile and babydoll bows. Baby Jane with duck lips. Gross.
I'd like to see Joan do something with the franchise again, for sure. |
Agree. I thought Ellen was independent, wasn’t needy and seemed to really like him. Thought they were a good match. Maybe she was too independent for him — he seems to like being the protector type. |
They aren't a good match if he doesn't like her back... |
Joan is okay but I don't get the fascination with her over, say, Nancy or Edith. |
She's striking and wears clothes well but is otherwise quite dull. Edith is more beautiful, elegant, and interesting (seeming). Meh on Nancy and Ellen. |
Oh, Edith was my favorite of them all, and I liked her best myself. I just think Joan is riveting for the strangely immobile lip and sort of haughty, how-dare-you feel she gives when she looks around. It was reminiscent to me of Paris Hilton on The Simple Life farm show. I don't know, but there is something about her frozen-lipped superiority vibe that I found really compelling, in a train wreck way. I'd watch the heck out of that on a weekly basis. |