I swore to myself that I wasn't gonna watch The Bachelor this time around, but when I read that one of the "dates" involved being on the set of General Hospital I knew I had to watch at least this episode. Years ago I was invitied to be on set at General Hospital for a day of taping and it was awesome, so I wanted to see what they were going to do... Anyway, I set the DVR to record it, then buzzed through most of it. So, I don't know "who's who" except that I do know which one is Stephanie (the widow, right?). She looks way older than Jason (to me, anyway), and her face is so tight that I'd swear she's either had plastic surgery or was dosed up with Botox right before she left to be on the show. I saw absolutely no chemistry between them at all, and I was surprised that he kept her and sent the other one home from that two-on-one date. And the one who "ordered" him to give her a rose -- wow. She's a piece of work. I was glad he sent her home at the end.

""If they have even a shred of doubt that the accused may be innocent, they have to go with that." Maybe that's true in Canada but that's not how it works in the United States. In the US judicial system the standard is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt", and *not* beyond a shadow of a doubt. But here too polygraphs are not admissible in court. I don't totally agree with it, but that's the way it is. " If that were true, OJ Simpson would have been convicted of his wifes murder along with her friend. "Beyond a reasonable doubt" means, if you have any doubts that he may be guilty, you have to go with not guilty. And that's how OJ was 'proven' innocent. And why this man was too. Only in OJ's case, there was a ton of proof he murdered two people. I don't know what that jury was thinking. Leather SHRINKS when it gets saturated with liquid. Of course the glove didn't fit! Twelve people missed that? Anyways, back to this case. If I were on the jury, I would have aquitted him too.

I think both Mark and Kelly have shown some real growth this season. I believe that Mark learned something when he went home and got to see himself the way others see him. If he's faking all the tears and softness, he deserves an Academy Award. As soon as Kelly weighed in this week and knocked him below the yellow line, he still yelled out a 'good job Kelly'. And trust me, I despised him earlier on. I don't like Roger at all and it doesn't seem like the other contestants or the host think much about him either. Maybe Dan idolized him but the maturity level on the ranch skyrocketed after Dan left and Roger didn't have anyone left buying and selling his fratboy/college football player malarkey. I think he's a bully but since he's always been a candidate to be the BL due to his size, he was given a soft edit. I think they need to reconsider what makes the BL the BL. By going just by percentage, it's unfair to those contestants who just don't have as much to lose as others. That's why I kind of like the gameplay aspect of it (which was way overdone this season) since that's the only chance some of the other contestants have but when it comes down to the final 3 or 4, there's an unfair playing field since the smaller players just can't lose the same percentage of weight and still be, well, alive and well.

lilsophie and others, the first episode is available to stream for free at A&E. Most of their shows require you to sign up with your tv provider info, which I don't have and i suspect they won't show many or maybe any more episodes without it.