Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Last Night's TV: Bachelor in Paradise, Awkward, and More (SPOILERS!)

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THIS ISSUE: Bachelor in Paradise, So You Think You Can Dance, Awkward
TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT
Jade Gets a Diamond on Bachelor in Paradise
ABC
BECAUSE: Slogging through their drama-less coupling for six weeks totally paid off when Tanner got down on one knee and offered Jade a sweet, sweaty, nationally televised proposal of marriage.
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Bachelor in Paradise
ABC
WHAT HAPPENED: On Monday's BiP finale, Chris Harrison informed the four remaining couples that exchanging Final Roses meant committing to a life together outside of Paradise: marriage, kids, a shared spot on a future "celebrity" cooking show—the works. And even though it really just means committing to exchange Snapchat profiles and grabbing an occasional weekend at the Holiday Inn Express in Kansas City, three out of the four couples still went for it, with only Tenley withholding her rose from Joshua (EW recapper Samantha Highfill is still holding out hope for Tenley as the next Bachelorette ). Tanner and Jade even sealed the damn thing with an engagement ring! Have we found the next inheritors of the happily wedded house that Trista and Ryan built? Or should we be looking for Jade's tell-all stocked next to Courtney Robertson's at Barnes & Noble in a few years?
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Most everyone is banking on the former, y'all. The verdict is in: Jade and Tanner are just the cuh-utest! Viewers of After Paradise voted "Janner" 87 percent more likely to make it to the altar before Kaitlyn and Shawn from the most recent season of The Bachelorete. Cold, hard love facts like that are probably what have Yahoo TV cheering , "Hooray for one (temporarily) happy couple!" Temper your excitement if you must, but remember what Chris Harrison said: Final roses and Neil Lane diamonds are completely legally binding on Bachelor in Paradise, and that is one linen-clad man worth believing.
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Awkward
MTV
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Jenna has a knack for getting herself into sticky situations, but even for her, electricity is a new medium; while cleaning up from her bubbly "prank" at the high school, a bucket of water intended for Jake hits the breaker box, canceling classes for the day. That can only mean two things to coastal teens: beach partying and underage boozing ("Black-out party at the beach, bitches!" -Jenna, completely and totally at ease with her newfound popularity). A little too much boozing for Matty, who responds to Jake's apologies about Gabby by slurring that Jake will never be him, no matter how many of Matty's girlfriends he takes "sloppy seconds" on. EW recapper Ariana Bacle has some wisdom to impart: "Ex-girlfriends are not old shirts, Matty! They are humans! Shame, shame, shame."
WHAT HAPPENED: Tamara herself, Jillian Rose Reed, said it best on Twitter : "Matty and Jake fighting hurts my little heart." Hopefully her heart was ever so slightly warmed by the ever so slightly evolving relationship between Sadie and her mother, courtesy of a brand new Fiat and some rather obvious but eloquently done product placement.
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So You Think You Can Dance
FOX
WHAT HAPPENED: SYTYCD's first ever "Street vs. Stage" season has a Final 4 so good, the judges are left critiquing Jaja and Hailee's authenticity as veritable bandana-clad robbers. EW recapper Kelly Connolly begs some clarity : "Should they have actually stolen something? Please advise." With four duets each and a solo routine, there was simply a lot of dancing on Monday's non-elimination half of the finale, with Gaby—and her tenacious, fast-flying tap duet with All-Star Zack—seeming to garner the plushest performance spots and most judges' praise heading into the final vote.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: The negative feedback for the Final 4 may have been scarce from the judges, but TV Line had some criticism lined up for SYTYCD after Monday's penultimate episode. Following Hailee and Gaby's emotional Travis Wall-choreographed duet about love and acceptance, Nigel praised the two women's connection by saying, "I wish guys could do this together and feel comfortable in doing it." TV Line points out that rather "what's stunning… is that SYTYCD has delivered so few male-male or female-female relationship numbers over the course of 12 seasons (while not having a single contestant mention a same-sex partner or crush on camera), that it just can't be coincidence. Nigel's antiquated attitude feeds the show's gay panic." It should be noted that Cat Deeley—worth her weight in Emmy nominations—quickly pointed out to ol' Nigel that he might want to recall Kent and Neil's duet from Season 7 before he got too generalize-y about emotional male-male routines.
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One More Thing...
Twisters In Orange County
Bravo
CALM BEFORE THE STORM: There's simply no accounting for having to hear 50-something Vicki Gunvalson say, "I'm scared. I want my mommy" in a storm shelter. But facing a tornado wasn't even the craziest thing that happened on Vic's trip to Oklahoma—no, that would probably be the implications that came from her daughter pointing out that Brooks' "Stage 3" cancer isn't exactly "diagnosed" by a "doctor" or "medical professional" of "any kind."
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