The Bachelorette - Week 8

Ashley and the boys are off to Fiji - another "this is the most beautiful place in the world"!  Ashley says it never rains in Fiji, but two of the three dates was raining at some point.  Hmm.

Dun Dun Dun...Ryan shows back up - in Fiji.  You can tell Ashley is totally overwhelmed that he was there and not really sure how to react.  Ryan tells Ashley that he didn't think their date in Taiwan allowed them to find the passion in their relationship.  He asks her for another chance to spend time together and gives her his hotel room number.  Well, at least he didn't force an answer out of her right then and there!

Ben gets the first date of the trip and they go out on a huge yacht.  Ben and Ashley lube eachother up with sunscreen and flirt big time the whole date.  I'm liking Ben more and more as time goes by - he's funny when he flirts!  Later in the evening they have dinner and talk about what their favorite part of the date was and they both agree that it was the ride home - umm, we didn't get to see that.  Ben circles around the "I Love You" but never actually says it to Ashley - but lets us know that he feels that strongly for her.  Chris leaves a fantasy suite date card with them and while Ben makes it sound less scandalous than it is by letting her know he's ready to take their relationship to the next level - Ashley says "wanna get out of here?"

Constantine's date starts off in a helicopter that flies them all over Fiji.  The best part of this episode is they show Ryan walking around on a reef and Ashley and Constantine fly over - ba ha ha ha!  They fly to a waterfall that is absolutely gorgeous and Constantine is genuinely excited and overwhelmed with everything they've done so far.  During their picnic, Constantine tells Ashley that he looked at 108 houses before he bought the one he lives in now!  OMG, I would HATE to be his real estate agent!  Ashley thinks they need more time, and takes the statement about the houses as how he searches for a wife...not really, but kind of Ash.  Later in the evening, they start talking more about how they feel, and Constantine tells her that being affectionate usually comes naturally to him, but he hasn't felt the urge as much with Ashley to show affection.  He continues to bury himself and tells her that he doesn't have the feelings he needs to move forward with her and that this is the end of the road for him.  

Around this time, Obama interrupts and lets us know - once again, how much our country is in debt.  Um, I don't interrupt you Mr. President to talk about my credit card bills, do I?  Couldn't this have waited until like 10:01?

Constantine leaves...nobody is really sad about this.  Ashley opens the fantasy suite date card - as if you don't know what it says???

Ashley goes to see Ryan and he is 100% ecstatic that she came to see him - don't worry, he won't be for long.  Ashley tells him that he was exactly what she thought she was looking for from the beginning but that she has found the passion with two other people.  Ouch...sent packing twice - it's like watching someone kick a puppy.  Ryan gazes out over the reef by his room and watches the blow holes - probably thinking about going to put his face on one.  In other news, Ashley was telling the truth when she said Ryan was what she wanted from the beginning - take a gander at the similarities:

The best for last - JP and Ashley get to fly to a private island (the pilot is really only like 100 yards away) and be boring.  Her dates are terrible - have I said that before?  Poor selection Ashley!  And for cryin' out loud, JP, take your shirt off!!!  Thank you.  Ok, back to the date...and the evil joke Ashley plays on JP.  So, we all know that Constantine left and Ryan left as well...JP doesn't know this.  Ashley tells JP that she sent two people home this week - and you can see JP's face light up like the Griswold's house at Christmas.  The poor guy thought he won!  Finally she lets him in on the important detail that Ryan came back.  JP blushes the entire time he reads the fantasy suite card - and apparently Ashley is needing some action.  Once they get to the fantasy suite, Ashley changes into a white oxford and nothing else - well that's not forward at all...  Wait, didn't Michelle Money do that last season?

Even though there's two guys and two roses, Ashley still wants a rose ceremony - because it's important that they accept the roses from her - and they do.

Sunday night is the "Men Tell All" episode and Monday is the finale...and THEN Monday AFTER the finale is the "After the Final Rose" episode.  Whew, my DVR is gonna be blowin' up!