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This week’s episode of The
Singles Project was quite entertaining. I enjoyed it a lot, and I saw
different sides of some of the singles. Let me jump right in…
Kerry
Last week we saw some sparks between Kerry and her artist,
Tripp. At the beginning of this episode Kerry meets Tripp at an art studio.
Making art together is always a great date, in my opinion. You’re creating
something together, and you sort of have to let your guard down and express
yourself freely. They made a pretty cool abstract painting, and by the end
there was paint everywhere. Something tells me those paint splotches on their
clothes and faces were producer engineered. They looked a little too planned to
be by accident. The two of them end up kissing with paint smeared all over
their faces, and Kerry ends up swallowing some…That sexual joke is too easy. I
have higher standards than that… But I hope that paint was non-toxic and
low-fume. I don’t think Kerry can afford to lose any more brain cells… Okay,
that was mean… I must admit I actually liked Kerry more this episode. She was
not as hyper and high-strung. She did make one comment that annoyed me. Tripp
asked her what her favorite color was, and Kerry replied that she was older
than five, and therefore she did not have a favorite color. Really? Someone
over five years old can’t have a favorite color? I’m sure she was just trying
to make a bitchy joke, but I think it failed. Maybe I should give her lessons…
Lee
Last week ended on somewhat of a cliffhanger for Lee. He
asked out Ericka, but she did not give him an answer. This week we see him
talking to his brother, who is also a dentist (that family must love teeth…).
Lee tells his brother he felt miserable when he left Ericka at the party. Do
you blame him? He was almost turned down; the evening ended on a sour note. But
Lee is not giving up. He recalls seeing on the last episode that one of
Ericka’s friends did not have a positive opinion of him and was very
pro-Francesco. He decides to meet with said friend and to ask her how to get
Ericka to go out on a date with him. He says that he feels a connection with
Ericka, and he doesn’t feel there is a connection between Ericka and Francesco.
He asks Ericka’s friend to make her feel open to the idea of dating him. She
tells him to step up his game to get her attention. Lee is a very smart guy who
knows how to play the dating game, and he is using the facets of the filming
process to his advantage. I think by meeting with Ericka’s friend, he showed
how serious he was and in effect impressed the friend.
Ericka
We see Ericka go on another date with Francesco to a fashion
show. Francesco tells Ericka how upset he was at Lee for saying some untrue
things about him, like that he was not actually from Italy. He is also upset
that Lee asked her out while they were on a date at Kerry’s party. Ericka,
quite intelligently, turns it back on Francesco. She asks: Why is a man putting
this much effort into worrying about another man instead of focusing his
thoughts and energy on the date? That seems to shut Francesco up… Later we see
Ericka having some wine and talking with her friends about chemistry. She asks
the question: Can you “build chemistry” with someone? I honestly think you can.
Sometimes you can’t feel a connection or chemistry because the nervous energy
gets in the way, or one person is not acting like themselves due to nerves or
fears. I think you should always give people at least two or three dates before
deciding if there is no chemistry. But that’s only if you like him/her. If you
can’t stand his/her personality or he/she is just plain rude, then I say bolt…
The wine and chat session is interrupted by a flower delivery. The flowers come
with a note telling her to go downstairs. She finds a car waiting for her, and
the driver takes her to her first date with Lee. The date goes very well, and I
think Ericka was genuinely surprised. Lee was told to step up his game, and he
certainly did.
Brian
Last week Brian had a date with Nicole, and he realized they
both want different things in life. Brian comes to the realization that just because
he finds a girl, like Nicole, attractive doesn’t mean he must date her. He says
he’s finally growing up. Brian does not want kids, but Nicole said she did.
This was obviously a deal breaker for him, but it’s better that he know now
rather than later. It was during this conversation that I finally saw Brian
being serious about finding a relationship. He’s not being flippant about
dating. This week we also see Brian go on a date with Kennedy, a nice and
pretty girl from St. Louis. He feels “solid energy” with her, and she doesn’t
want to get married or have kids. Brian likes hearing that. However, Kennedy drops
the bomb that she is currently in an open relationship. You could see the red
flags waving in Brian’s head. He even says open relationships are somewhere between
the heaven of having a relationship and the hell of being single. He ends the
date saying he sees a friendship with Kennedy, not a relationship.
Tabasum
This week Tabasum goes out with a new guy, named Alex, who
approached her online. Tabasum says she has gone out with one guy with looks
and one guy with substance, but she’s hoping on finding a guy with both. She
immediately feels comfortable with Alex, and she says she doesn’t even see the
cameras anymore. Alex is a suave guy with some interesting moves, and Tabasum
seems to like him. Several times at the dinner table she became a giggly young
girl. It was so great to see. I also appreciated Tabasum’s restraint. She
obviously likes Alex, but she controlled herself enough to leave with just a
simple kiss. It’s refreshing to see a true lady. Good for you, Tabasum. Later
in the episode she goes to visit her sister in Vienna, Virginia. She keeps
saying that she has been lying to everyone, and that she wants to come clean. With
the way it was edited and the buildup, I was expecting something huge. However,
Tabasum comes clean about her age. She is actually 41, but she has been telling
people she is 34. My first thought was that Tabasum looks great for her age. I
completely bought that she was in her early 30s. I also realize why she chose
to lie about her age. Our society is not very forgiving when it comes to age,
especially for women. It seems to me that if you’re not partnered by age 35,
you may as well get used to loneliness because no one will look at you twice.
With that social mindset, it seems natural for a woman to lie about her age. I
admire Tabasum for telling the truth, and I hope Alex is man enough not to let
age bother him.
Joey
We don’t see much of Joey this week. We do see him having a
glass of wine with his sister as they discuss his previous relationship. Joey’s
sister says he was happy back then, and she wants him to be happy again. Joey
says that after the end of his previous relationship, he has become a “hard
bitch” over the past years. His sister tells him to be more open; however, as
we see later in the episode, Joey is not taking this advice. We see a nice and
confident guy approach Joey and tell him that he is dating the wrong type of
guys. He then proceeds to ask Joey out. Joey turns him down, but he is
persistent. Joey repeatedly turns him down. I have a feeling Joey was basing
his decision on looks alone. I felt sorry for the guy. Joey could have gone on
one date with him. A couple hours would not have killed him, and who knows what
might have happened.
This week there were several instances of breaking the
fourth wall. They acknowledged and made direct reference to the fact that they
are on a television show and that there are cameras staring them in the face.
This is a different take on the docu-drama reality show. It’s quite refreshing.
We also see how different the filming style is. Since this show is filmed on a week-to-week
basis, everyone on the show can watch and see what is going on. This can be a
positive and a negative. This week, we saw the negative side come out when
Francesco was upset over the fact that Lee asked out Ericka while Francesco was
on a date with her. We saw the positive side when Lee knew whom to approach and
ask for advice about how to woo Ericka. I congratulate Bravo and the creators
of this show for giving us something completely new. I’m looking forward to
next week’s episode.
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