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Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 1:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Regarding the, "Mandy's mom's comment about how all of Mandy's pagent experience has prepared her to be "that kind of wife".

I think what she meant was that Mandy was used to being in front of the public and being able to handle it well, poise, etc.. That would be a good thing to be able to do if married to someone in the public eye, like a football player/ politician, etc.

Deesandy
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08-12-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 4:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm new here, what does Jump the Shark mean???

Kizz
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07-26-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 4:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The suits must believe that people who watch this show already have a "willing suspension of disbelief" but they are pushing their luck. Seems like a desperate ploy to get non watchers to tune in. No respect for the faithful viewer.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 5:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, I wondered, have the other bachelors (or bachelorettes) had that long of a goodbye to the person that didnt get a rose? Maybe they did/have, but it hasnt been shown before...

I think they want to boost sagging ratings, to keep things "fresh" and that is this shows "TWIST" no way, can we see cameras on her? and if there are cameras, there is knowledge!!

as for Mandy, I was beginning to think hed give Trish a rose because he was getting to be creeped out by Mandy... wondered if he is allowed to make personal phone calls... ie call his spy girl???

Buggles
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09-07-2002

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 5:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dee, Jump the Shark is the defining moment when a good tv show turns bad, loses its appeal, goes downhill >

http://www.jumptheshark.com/

Check out this site.... it's really funny!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for clearing that up, Magic. Holy cow!!!

Floridagirl1010
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07-29-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I totally agree with everyone about Trish - there is no way they didn't know she was coming back - I kind of feel that this girl was a plant for ratings - so much for reality - I feel like I'm watching a Sitcom and not a reality show:-(
My favorites are Jessica and Mandy:-)

Lori
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04-18-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Trish said on the morning show this a.m. that there was no way she could have come back without the show's permission.

Mandy's parents creeped me out as did Tara's. Jessica's mother was too intense and I think overreacting to the situation.


Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|87968|1|,00.html

Trish Exits 'Bachelor,' at Least for Now
(Wednesday, May 05 10:52 PM)
By Rick Porter


LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - We finally got conclusive proof Wednesday (May 5) as to who will become Jesse Palmer's "stalker" on "The Bachelor," and ABC couldn't have scripted it any better.
I'm just sayin'.

We're down to four women battling for the heart of our NFL quarterback, which means it's time for Jesse to go on a protracted road trip to meet each one's family. Since you all want to hear more dirt on Trish, we'll speed through the other three as quickly as we can.


First up is the short commute to Orange County to meet Jessica's family. Alas, neither she nor any member of her family tells Jesse "Welcome to the O.C., b****." Instead, mom Mary Lynn immediately grills her daughter about her plans to finish law school. Jessica's joke about her situation goes over about as well as Ralph Nader on the floor of the Democratic National Convention.
Jesse manages to win Mary Lynn over a little, but she still tells the camera she hopes the two kids don't get engaged at the end of the show.

From there, he's off to Texas and Mandy Jaye, who's upset that her dad won't be joining the rest of the family for Jesse's visit. Her parents are divorced, and she thinks pops feels uncomfortable coming to the town where her mom and stepfather live.

She and Jesse have a pretty heartfelt chat about the situation, and he seems pretty understanding. Until, that is, he tells the camera that it was great for him to see Mandy let her guard down a little, which comes off as incredibly callous.

At mom's house, Jesse sees Mandy's pageant shrine, which freaks him out a little, although not as much as the fact that the entire night's conversation appears to be pageant-related. He leaves wondering how much he really knows about Mandy.

The fear factor goes up a notch when Jesse meets Tara's dad, Craig, on the family farm in Oklahoma. Tara warns him beforehand that her father likes to give people a hard time, but Jesse's still a little unprepared when Craig steps out of his truck smiling and holding a shotgun.

After some target practice, the three sit down for a beer and Tara's father expounds on his ideas about love. It's pretty much a racket used to sell novels and movies, he says, and oh yeah, all guys are "dirtbags." It dawns on Jesse that this might be why Tara's been a little more guarded thus far.

We finally get to the good stuff when Jesse flies to Atlanta to meet Trish. He again tries to get to the bottom of why the other women despise her, and she says it's probably a vendetta against her.

She explains this type of stuff is why she's not friends with other women, and it's been happening her entire adult life. Her sister will later echo that statement, saying just about every woman Trish has known has felt threatened by her.

So, either the women of the world really are out to get Trish, or maybe, just maybe, she's contributed a little bit to the bad feelings, what with the sleeping with a married man and the "Gold Digger" shirt and the I'll-just-hire-a-nanny.

Again, I'm just sayin'.

On rose night, Jesse gets one more chance to talk to each of the women, and they all say, more or less, that they're falling for the guy. Jesse pronounces himself "excited and surprised" at the depth of feeling he's created in the four -- the viewing public is probably feeling the same way, at least on the surprised part -- which only makes his rose-giving task more difficult.

He gives roses to Jessica, Tara and Mandy Jaye, and America rejoices as Bad Girl Trish is sent home. Ah, but there's the rub.

Driving away, Trish goes all wide-eyed talking about how she wants her "boyfriend" back, she doesn't take no for an answer and, ominously, "It's not over." Then, in the teaser for next week's episode, ABC finally makes good on all its "stalker" hype, revealing that Trish interrupts Jesse's overnight date with Mandy Jaye to make another play for him.

We're sure she got wind of Jesse's itinerary all by herself, with no help whatsoever from anyone involved in the production.



Has Trish gone off the deep end? Is Jesse worth chasing like that? Talk about on our (new, improved) boards.

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Alisons
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01-10-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh please, ABC was definitely in on the stalker thing, in fact they probably suggested it - in fact, I would go so far as to say Trish was probably a "plant" all along!! <nk>

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think we are watching an official tryout for for Trish to be ABC's next soap opera villianess. This is too far fetched! Also, her waving around a hotel room key to entice Jesse to spend the night with her. I lost all respect for the show's concept, but will watch it for the entertainment value. Good luck Trish on your audition, your purpose for being on this show had me fooled up to now.

Magicjet
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09-25-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank God for Trish. This whole show would have had no ratings at all without her.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't been able to see a lot of this season. I missed Jessica's date with Jesse last night. How did it go? Do they have any chemistry?

I am glad Trish is gone and very disappointed to see that ABC is bringing her back in this way (as shown in the previews).

From what I've seen, there isn't much chemistry between Jesse and the 3 women he has left. Is it just me and maybe because I have missed so much? I realize this is a highly edited (and now somewhat scripted show) but on previous Bach. shows they at least seemed compatible when it was down to 3.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
She was on the View and man, you could tell that Star did not care for her at all! Trish's whole thing was editing, editing, editing. She also said that being older than these girls, yes she had made mistakes. Should she have talked about them on tv, probably not. Star kept making like gestures like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction through out the interview! LOL Trish said the reason she came back was for closure. Hemmed and hawed when asked did ABC put her up to it. Also about being the next Bachelorette.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 11:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I read on the Bachelor's diary on abc.com and heard Jesse on aol streaming video. He mentioned a few times about looking forward to "exotic" dates. The diary is probably edited too, but, it seems that if he were really falling in love, the exotic parts of the dates wouldn't really matter. It just seems odd to me that he mentioned that not just once, but a few times.

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Trish was on our FLorida news last night. She seemed very nice. She pretty much confirmed by her comments that she did not stay (in case ABC was trying to create some drama about her convincng Jesse to let her stay)by saying things all in the past and talking about her future. I don't remember exactly what her words were but she was very matter-of-fact about everything. She also looked very pretty.

The whole Mandy being the perfect "NFL wife" things sounded degrading to me. I know how the mom meant it, but it sounded like an aspiration. Please...like someone says "when I grow up I want ot be an NFL wife" oh wow! good for you.

Tara annoys the crap out of me by acting so coy and reserved. Pop kisses are 4th grade dear. How are you going to accept a proposal of a man you have never truly shared a passionate kiss with (at least none have been showed on the show unless I missed it)?

I think he is truly into Jessica. He is always the one seeking her out and he said "I missed you".

I also thought Mandy was going to get the boot because of the pageant thing but I was wrong. I think she will probably be gone by next week. He is intrigued by what Tara is not giving him and like I said before, he does like Jessica.



Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It really bugs me that Trish is always talking about how much her age is a factor in how she is perceived. She talks about how we must remember that she is soooo much older than the other girls and has had the opportunity to make more mistakes. Nobody is perfect and we all "live and learn" through our mistakes but to me age is no factor in the mistakes that I think she has made. They were personal choices that had nothing to do with age and as far as I could tell, she really didn't feel bad for what she has done so does she really think they are mistakes? Maybe she does now because she sees how many of us think of her.

**RANT OVER**

I very rarely post my personal views but I just can't help myself

Buggles
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09-07-2002

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw Trish on The View this morning & noticed a major inconsistency with her whole 'age excuse.' She chalked her 'mistakes' up to being in her early 20s... but said the other 'girls' in the house were in their early 20s so they didn't have the 'years' to make mistakes... huh??? :-)

Lori
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04-18-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hee-hee...I guess you must have to be over 24 to sleep with a married man, have tons of partners, including women...oh what a difference a few years can make!!

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 3:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree Spit, Buggles & Lori.

Trish is talking out both sides of her mouth about her past.

She now realizes that admitting all this stuff on tv was not a good idea.

Hey, even a guy who 'fessed up to all the stuff she said she's done would garner the same reception.

I think Trish figured it would make her look worldly but instead her actions seem tawdry.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The first thing I thought of when they showed the previews of Trish coming back was when they brought that one woman back on the last Joe Millionaire. Not really fair that they give one a 2nd chance and not others. I'm sure ABC just saw they could create some "drama" after they saw the reactions she got during her time there, plus her response to being rejected. The one thing that bothers me is, how did they choose which woman to have their date interrupted? Even though it sounds like Jesse sent Trish packing, it really wasn't fair to Mandy Jaye to have her date marred that way.

My favorite is Jessica. I couldn't understand her mother being all upset about law school on the east coast. Has she ever heard of ummmm.. Yale or Harvard? LOL


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm glad Trish is gone. I kept thinking that it was a competition to her, and she just wanted to win. Each time she got a rose, I felt she was smirking back at the others.

Her age has nothing to do with anything. She's not that much older than the others, therefore there's not that much more LOGICALLY that an older person MIGHT have done. If she were over 10 years older, yeah. But 4 years? Five years? Nah.



Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did anyone else think how ironic it was that Trish voice-overed that she keeps a lot of stuff from her parents? Somebody here last week said, "Hello, Trish's mom! Hope you're enjoying the show!" Did she forget they were filming all those true confessions?????

And how scary was Tara's dad? Where the heck was her mom? Was that ever explained? My brother's ex-father-in-law brought out the shotgun when my bro asked for his daughter's hand. Should've taken that hint that if the family's a little crazy, chances are the daughter is, too!

I thought surely Jesse would keep Trish till after the overnight "fantasy" dates, but he surprised me by letting her go early (maybe the producers told him to so she could "stalk" him). All I could think at the end of the Rose Ceremony was "Ding dong, the < >'s dead!"


<314>

Sbw
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08-09-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tara was on the news here last night. They asked her where her mom was. She said that Jesse met not only her dad but also her mom, step-dad, brother and sister. They all had dinner together.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 9:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Interesting Sbw. I thought the hometown dates seemed really short and rushed compared to the ones we've seen in the past. I'm trying to figure out just what it was that took up all the time that we didn't see as much. Maybe it was all the time they gave to Trish at the end. But gee, we got Chris to tell them it was the final rose. How would we ever have known that on our own? LOLOL

Puckerbutt
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07-21-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's the link to Tara's interview mentioned by Sbw -

KOCO Tara Huckeby 5/05/04 Interview

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wanted Moley Mandy to go bye bye. I like both Tara & Jessica as winners. It's just been fun watching Trish dig herself out between a rock & a hard place. Trish isn't liked by other women because Trish doesn't like other women. I have more male "casual" friends than female. My bestest friend however (not counting my 2 grown daughters) is my co-worker. She is 22 yrs younger but we share more girlfriend takes on life than either of us do with anyone else.

Buggles
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09-07-2002

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Jesse let Trish go before the overnight date because he knew deep down she was not Ms Right, and knew that it would be ten times more difficult to let her go after sleeping with her, which he KNEW would happen. We can already see in the previews Trish coming back & pleading 'just spend one night with me' - LOL

I don't see Jesse being excited about any of these women. Those hometown dates seemed a huge disappointment. My mom & I had a good laugh that the most likeable (read: normal) family was Trish's!

Lori
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04-18-2003

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I too thought the hometown dates were pretty boring. At this point I am seeing almost zero chemistry between Jesse and the women. I guess that's why they are bringing Trish back in...they all know we are bored!

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You're right Buggles...there's no chemistry between Jesse and the last three.

Actually they come off seeming kind of 'young' to me, that's probably why he was attracted to Trish.

Hey, there's nothing stopping him from making a connection with her, on his own time, once the show is finished.