Bachelorette New Zealand - Season 1 - Dr Lesina Nakhid-Schuster - Lily McManus - Episodes - *Sleuthing Spoilers *

RC...Logan, Jesse, Terrence, Marc...all have roses. One going...

Lesina...Steve, Aaron, Tevita, George (so he can pursue other things...Lily)

Lily...Quinn, Flynn, Liam, ... leaving us hanging for the commercial. As if we don't know that rambling Jonathan was going home.

Jonathon gone - Lesina upset

Single dates!

Lesina taking Tavita and Lily, Flyn

Treasure hunt competition- great date!

Bloody hell...I lose my internet connection and come back to Lesina crying and upset at letting Jonathan go. Lily is upset too. They like him, but don't see potential to fall in love. He tells them that they have some good guys.

Ladies have dates...Lesina with Tevita and Lily has Flynn. They are having a treasure hunt.

First clue find Argentina's spiritual leader. Lily thinks Flynn and her are at different life stages.

Tevita suggests the lady on the front of the brochure...Eve Peron...Lesina shoots him down, but then realizes he was right. Find the next clue...

Where one learns about the law.

The other guys are goofing about. Aaron is bitching about Jesse and Marc and even Logan. He is starting to annoy me and turns out Logan hears what he is saying about him...one trick pony, the romantic guy, trying too much... Someone is not happy and they are setting up the next confrontation. I hope this is better than smoking gate.

Sprite wrote:Lily thinks Flynn and her are at different life stages.

Understatement of the season. He's adorable though.

Lesina and Tevita are serious about winning and Lily and Flynn really don't care and are goofing about.

Lesina is still quizzing...why are you a joker? He tells her about his suicidal history. His mom has mental illness and hid it with alcohol. His grandfather brought him up and when he passed away when Tevita was 16 that is when he hit his lowest point. It helped shape him. She appreciates how he opened up.

Naturally Lesina and Tevita win. They found the sushi restaurant they were searching for. Producers had to tell the other two where to go since there was a storm. Behind the restaurant was a speakeasy bar. Flynn...friend. Tevita explaining whey he isn't all over Lesina. He isn't just for fun like some of these guys...he is forever. They both will have to make adjustments for this relationship to work.

Back at the mansion...Logan decides to stand up for himself and Mark and Jesse (who Aaron described as loud and annoying)...in front of the other guys. Now Aaron is worried that this may get back to Lesina and make him look bad. It does. Nobody likes a whiner and he is starting to be that.

Tomorrow...Shocking that Lesina hears what happened and we have some naked Marc....

Thanks @Sprite and @Katiebelle

Lesina's fake tears at Johnathan's elimination were lame IMO

@Bobette hilarious posts with the s/caps! Great job!

Thanks to @Sprite for your sense of humour while recapping!

Bobette wrote:Thanks @Sprite and @Katiebelle

Yes, thank you. You keep this exciting.

What’s funny/weird/sad with Jonathon going on about babies with Lily is that if she had been at that stage in life they never would have met. She would still be in LA, possibly pregnant with her first child and maybe Mrs. Dober by now.
The irony!

Bobette wrote:

Sprite wrote:Lily thinks Flynn and her are at different life stages.

Understatement of the season.     He's adorable though.  

In a younger cousin kind of way.

Episode 10

We open with a recap consisting of two main themes: the kiss count and Aaron's big mouth.  Lesina is telling the camera she wants to speak to Steve, while Steve is saying he hasn't had any time with her in ages and he misses her.  Hmmm yes potential F2 IMO.



At the cocktail party, Steve does some embarrassing Dad dancing while Joshua teaches the others some tango moves.  Conor seems to be enjoying himself very much and I find myself wondering if he's *kept in touch* with George since filming.  I'd ship it.  





Jesse tells Lily he enjoyed their date and wants to spend more time with her but he's not head over heels.  She agrees that only psychopaths are head over heels after one date and she wouldn't expect any of the guys to be remotely in love with her at this point.



Next up, Aaron comes to offer Lily an apology.  She flat out says that his way of showing interest in Lesina was to ignore her and it was cold and rude.  He says he didn't want to mess things up with Lesina by looking disloyal.  She says she gets it and accepts his apology.



Tavita tells Lesina about his hernia and she seems to think he's foxing till he drops his pants and the look on her face says it all.  She has a quick fondle and tells him he will need to get it fixed later.  He says he almost had to leave and she looks... not really bothered TBH.





I like Tavita  Meanwhile, Lily's three wines deep and day dreaming about all the dirty, dirty things she wants to do to Quinn.  She does pretty much the only one of them she's she's allowed to do in a 7:30 timeslot - kissing for an entire 31 seconds of screen time.





Preparing for the RC, Lesina says they're all great guys while Lily says "I've warmed up to this sh!t, let's just do it".  While I believe both Leads are being themselves, I don't like the way the edit is constantly bashing us over the head with the contrasts.  We get it.



Quinn says Jesse is "a good looking geezer with good chat and definitely a threat".  Hasn't pashed her for 31 seconds of screen time though has he, eh eh?  Jonathan gets the boot and Lesina makes some crying noises but like @Jordan44 I note her face remains dry.



Treasure Hunt



Love it!  I don't know if Argentina paid any kind of advertising fee for this season but TPTB are really showing it off well IMO.  I'm also still loving the BTS selfie stick footage which was probably a budgetary move but has made this season far more enjoyable IMO.



Back at the house, the boys are having a Fruit and Vegetable Olympics.  Conor scores gold in Apple Eating.  Aaron bitches about Jesse and Marc, and calls Logan a one trick pony. MEOW.  I think Aaron's been picking up some bad habits from the teenage girls he coaches.



Logan confronts Aaron and crosses his arms like a disappointed head mistress.  He relays to the group what Aaron said about them and it's so awkward.  I suspect the producers had a heavy hand in this but still... AMOG not looking too good and I don't just mean the hat.



Preview for next ep foretells art classes, nudity, cocktails, kissing and tears, AKA an average night out in my early 20s.  Looks good!







Source: TVNZ2 Episode 10

@Bobette great recap . . . George for the next Bachelor series, nz men and women competing would be very interesting