Socks Optional: Your “Night Two Of The Season 16 The Bachelorette Two-Night Finale” Open Thread

So for those of you who read our Day One of The Bachelorette Season Finale post yesterday and got hooked enough to tune in last night, you are surely up to speed and very excited for tonight’s final episode of the finale. For those other readers who instead tuned in to watch Big Ben’s last Harf in the Jungle, let me catch you up.

As I mentioned, last night was Fantasy Suites (read: sex) week. Show opened with soft-ass Ivan having his date with Tayshia where they set a new world record for world’s longest coldest kiss.

Feels like this should have been in the parking lot of Four Seasons Landscaping.

Again, I want to point out that there is no excitement to this date. Sure, “I love kissing Ivan so much that I can do it from an ice bath for five and a half minutes!” is nice but is that what we’re going with? BUT THEN they were left alone in some trailer to bang and, I assume, they banged.

Then it was front-runner Zac the Addict’s turn. His date was like a couples body painting thing followed up by some sexy time in a real live suite, which Ivan really should have fought for considering they’re at a Waldorf Astoria property, not a Cruise America drop off location.

Just kids having fun out there.

I fell asleep during the body painting thing but, according to the Mrs, Zac continued building his lead to upwards of 28-3 at this point as he got Tayshia to break one of the The Bachelorette’s cardinal rules: she told him she loved him! See, typically the bachelorette has to lean on euphemism about “seeing you as my husband” or “can see myself falling in love with you”. When Zac professed his love, Tayshia came right out and was like, “I know I’ve loved you too!”

Then is was Brendan’s turn for sloppy thirdsies. Getting his hands on his future wife with only a ragged hip and a slight concussion (I assume), Brendan was in a position to win over Tayshia’s heart…so long as his date didn’t involve riding a bike. So they meet up and Tayshia has set them up to meet with Neil Lane — of Neil Lane Diamond fame. Basically, it’s an engagement ring selection date but Brendan seems uncomfortable. Next thing you know, BAM!, he’s dumping her, citing an, “it’s not you, it’s me,” excuse, blaming his lack of recovery since his divorce. The internet, in case you were wondering, respected his decision.

So, no need for a rose ceremony if there’s only two guys left, right? WRONG! Ben shows up and tells Chris (the host) he needs to talk to Tayshia about how it all ended for them. Chris, of course, approves and Ben arrives at Tayshia’s room to express his love for her. Tayshia needs a minute. Then we get the promo for tonight:

Tayshia cries! She also kisses Ben, who is shown with a ring. Zac is sad (his SoCal connect probably got locked up). Tayshia’s parents are here and her dad is concerned. Very little mention of Ivan. It’s going to be absolutely fascinating to see how Tayshia’s journey ends.


And for those looking for alternate (non-The Bachelorette) viewing options:

Boca Raton Bowl – UCF vs BYU: The UCF and BYU football teams square off in the Boca Raton Bowl to see which squad will end up with bragging rights for being victorious in the 2020 Boca Raton Bowl. (ESPN)
NBA Basketball – Golden State Warriors at Brooklyn Nets: The Golden State Warriors basketball team visits the Brooklyn Nets basketball team to play a televised basketball game. (TNT)
Singing Competition Shows – The Voice: Another episode of The Voice airs on NBC. (NBC)
Tim Allen Marathons – Last Man Standing Marathon. (CMT)
Holiday Murder Mysteries –  Murder Under the Christmas Trees. (ID Channel)

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Unsurprised

And?

Viva La Tabula Raza

For some reason I never got beyond the first half of season 4 of Better Call Saul. Correcting that now.

TheRevanchist

Just left PetSmart trying to get a stocking stuffer for the only person in the house that listens to me (actually, she doesn’t, but she is the best one of the bunch). The balls she likes are all out of stock. I may just have to share the duck with her on Christmas.

Senor Weaselo

I think the SNL Christmas stuff is on. If they’ve passed the Robert Goulet Christmas Special, you’re in the clear. Remember, you make it to midnight of Christmas Eve and you win!

Sharkbait

It is, and they have

Gumbygirl

I’m still in, I watched the Blues Brothers on Showtime instead!

Unsurprised

https://twitter.com/hamiltonnolan/status/1341396467211264000?s=20

Former deadspin readers willingly pay this idiot’s salary to be told fairy tales like this.

I’m not even sorry Ape can’t get a job with them and was lucky to get a byline in the federalist

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Sharkbait

Mrs Sharkbait and I both lost in the semi finals, so now we face each other for 3rd place. I am disappoint.

Horatio Cornblower

Well, now you know how she feels.
/rim shot

Sharkbait

I walked right into that one didnt I?

Horatio Cornblower

I actually felt bad typing it, but felt like I was obligated to.

Brocky

its times like these you have to ask yourself……

is your wife willing to withhold sex for $20 dollars and bragging rights?

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the answer of course is yes, make some bad moves on purpose and give the misses something to enjoy for the holiday

Horatio Cornblower

Oh, there’s no doubt you tank this game.

SonOfSpam

Winner gets anal from the loser?

Sharkbait

Thankfully I have Patrick Mahomes then

Senor Weaselo

So ketchup as lube then?

SonOfSpam

It dries up quicker than you’d think.

Horatio Cornblower

Mahomes is kind of hot…

SonOfSpam

So does she (in dildo form).

Horatio Cornblower

Is there any way that we can combine the Tim Allen Marathons with the Holiday Murder Mysteries?

If it’ll help expedite things, I’d be willing to eliminate at least three of those six words.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

What, you don’t want to see Tim Allen murdered over the course of 4 hours*?

* is 4 hours a standard marathon time?

SonOfSpam

In my case, it would be a Scotchy Special (11 hour killing)

Senor Weaselo

Tim Allen Mysteries? No way it’s as good as Mike Tyson Mysteries.

Horatio Cornblower

I see you rolled a 7 for Perception.

SonOfSpam

INTRADAY CALLBACK!!!

Unsurprised

Who’s the right wing version of having norm Macdonald on your writing staff?

Brocky

So i need fantasy advice. I’m in the finals of my money league, and naturally im freaking out

here’s my roster, its 1 Qb, 2 rb, 1 TE, 2 Flex, D/st and a kicker.

“Josh Allen BufQB”
“Deshaun Watson HouQB”
“David Montgomery ChiRB”
“J.D. McKissic WshRB”
“Mike Davis CarRB”
“Peyton Barber WshRB”
“Christian McCaffrey CarRB”
“Tyreek Hill KCWR”
“Chase Claypool PitWR”
“T.Y. Hilton IndWR”
“Darnell Mooney ChiWR”
“Keke Coutee HouWR”
“Travis Kelce KCTE”
“Logan Thomas WshTE”
“Seahawks D/ST SeaD/ST”
“Rams D/ST LARD/ST”
“Daniel Carlson LVK

the real wild card is CMC coming off injury who i do not trust at all

Mr. Ayo

No need to freak out. You’re toast.

Horatio Cornblower

I’m sure you’ll want my advice, the guy that was in 1st place is Week 5 and in 5th place at the end of his season.

But I would stay way from McCaffrey. Obviously great production, but Carolina isn’t playing for anything and why would they run their best player out coming off a serious injury with two meaningless weeks left? I suspect at best he’d get a few plays here and there just to see how he was feeling.

Brocky

what really complicates it is that davis has been such a good pickup for me. if mcafrey starts hes gonna take touches away from one of my most reliable players

Horatio Cornblower

There’s probably a legit worry that they give him a shot from the goal line for a feel good TD.

SonOfSpam

Ok, as someone who is in the DFO League finals, I qualify as an expert (I’m trying to jinx myself so hard it goes all the way around to reverse jinx), so…
QB – TheShaun, but you can’t go wrong either way
RB – Montgomery, starting CAR RB (probably Davis)
WR – Hill, Coutee
TE – Kelce
Flex – Hilton, McKissic (would not argue with Logan Thomas)
D – Rams, because of sacks
K – Carlson?

Can you still do transactions? Might find a better team D on waivers. Same with kicker.

litre_cola

I believe you can.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

While the prospect of Travis Kelce having K-CTE appeals to me, I’m not sure that’s what that means.

SonOfSpam

(that’s when you get CTE from Krokodil)

Sharkbait

Ford made an ad with most of the cast of Christmas Vacation. I guess Johnny Galecki was too busy counting his Big Bang Theory money to participate

SonOfSpam

Haven’t seen it, but it seems like Randy Quaid wouldn’t be invited.

Much crazier and more dangerous in real life, that one is.

Horatio Cornblower

If my dog started acting like Randy Quaid I’d shoot it without a second thought. And I like my dog.

Sharkbait

At least cousin Eddie had the excuse of a plate in his skull

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I bet the real-life Randy Quaid also has a vehicle that is hauling around 50 lbs of liquid excrement.

Horatio Cornblower

That’s no way to talk about Mrs. Quaid*, sir.

*Mrs. Quaid is also bugfuck nuts.

SonOfSpam

If she’s currently Mrs Quaid, kinda QED.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I’m not sure we have the same definition of fascinating

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The Dr. Mrs. was wearing very short shorts when we walked the dog this evening and I accused her (not joking) of having forgotten to put on pants.

I told her the folks here would be chanting “one of us, one of us” had that indeed been the case.

TheRevanchist

*not going to ask for pics this time

*think less pervy thoughts

So, you got any home movies of that you want to share? I bet it’s hilarious!

Game Time Decision

Please tell me that they’ve made at least one “Crazy Ivan”. The few Bachelor shows I’ve watched always had some bad puns

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Fronkenshteen

Looks like I put my FunBux behind the wrong offense tonight. C’mon UCF! Do SOME fucking thing!

litre_cola

I put some on the Green Wave today. Did not work out. I have some on Tigres because as Hippo says “Always bet against MLS.”

ballsofsteelandfury

According to Reality Steve (and it’s embarrassing that I know who Really Steve is),

Boners
ballsofsteelandfury

Ok, how do you do the Spoiler thing??

herodotus450

Spoiler
I don’t know.

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ballsofsteelandfury

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ballsofsteelandfury

Spoiler
She picks Zac!

Senor Weaselo

You put it on the back of your car and it creates downforce.

ballsofsteelandfury

Ah! Like anal sex!

Horatio Cornblower

/Walks out of the clubhouse

Oh for fuck’s sa…

GUYS! GUYS! Who owns the red Pinto? Why? Because Balls is fucking it, that’s why!

SonOfSpam

Anything to claim he’s hung like a horse.

Gumbygirl

Gumby sent me this one.

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TheRevanchist

Grandpa blew out the Depends!

SonOfSpam

My wife and daughter are convinced that Tayeshiasunni didn’t bang anyone in the Chlamydia Suites. I disagree.

I feel bad for Ivan, as he seems like a nice guy, but he never stood a chance with the Orange County girl.

ballsofsteelandfury

She’s from The OC?? Well, that explains a lot.

And yes, you are correct.

ballsofsteelandfury

Damn that was a nice Mormon catch!

TheRevanchist

I feel a certain amount of shame wanting UCF to have a victory in this matchup.

Sharkbait

Continuing my quest to empty out opened bottles of liquor prior to the move, I’m currently enjoying Whiskey Acre’s chocolate malted rye

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

That is indeed a noble quest.

Gumbygirl

I stopped at Starbucks today and got a caramel machiatto, or whatever the fuck they call it. I was bouncing off the walls for hours afterwards. How the hell is it that I can drink diet coke all day and never notice the caffeine, but coffee sends me into maximum overdrive?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m guessing that had a lot more to do with the 43 oz. of pure sucrose that was dissolved in the coffee.

ballsofsteelandfury

Ding Ding Ding

Gumbygirl

That’s true, but honestly, it happens with black coffee too.

Don T

For me, a Tim Allen marathon is > 3 seconds.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Wait, you were married to Tim too?” – Tim Allen’s ex-wife

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My man second from left in the banner picture needs to stop skipping a certain muscle group day at the gym.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDfyUMdWq2I

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Dig this tune.” – Bill Parcells

/you have to be familiar with the lyrics to get this joke.

scotchnaut

Starting tomorrow I’ll have my very first 4 day holiday since 2010. I’m scared. The stress holds my life together at this point.

Don T

Keep calming material available at all times. Email to yourself sone spreadsheets..

TheRevanchist

The Bachelor/Bachelorette series is too much for my taste.

EXCEPT!!… the first episodes of a new season, where people come out of the limo, act a fool, spend the remainder of the night drinking and not eating, and then be petty as all hell. That is the best part of the show.

Since that season where Tony Gonzalez was on, I don’t really pay attention to an actual full season. First 2 episodes max.

Dunstan

Isn’t that how a lot of people watched American Idol in the early seasons? Watch the first couple of episodes where Simon Cowell humiliates really shitty singers, then bail when it’s just the “good” ones left.

TheRevanchist

The last full season of AI I watched was when Nikko Smith was on, aka Ozzie Smith’s son.

ballsofsteelandfury

Ok, some thoughts:

1) looks like Brendan got the best outcome.
B) Why do they bring back previous contestants after they’ve been eliminated? As Blax mentioned last week, it’s not a surprise, it’s basically expected at this point.
%) Your photo of Ivan’s Fantasy Suite is chef’s kiss.
?) I didn’t see no black body paint. Just sayin’

WCS

Deadliest month in US history. Worse than the Civil War, both World Wars, and the Spanish flu.

Herr Orange spent today bragging about his ratings on Newsmax and OAN.

ballsofsteelandfury

That’s a GREAT song!

WCS

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah but it’s better in official video form.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00M2KZH1J0

Col. Duke LaCross

He did some pretty horrible other shit too.

ballsofsteelandfury

Before I even read this post, I want to say that anyone that wears dress shoes without socks needs to be put in a time machine and then on either a Russian train headed towards Siberia or a German train headed towards Central Europe.

Don T

Agree. Bare ankle bones with dress pants is Mennonite stripper shit.

litre_cola

Oooh Siberia, you can get krokodil there.

Horatio Cornblower

Also frostbite.