Samantha Again

Date #2 with Sam: Have you ever said something in front of a date that you immediately regretted? Better yet, have you ever said something on camera that you wish you could un-record? Well, what if both happened, but you didn't really regret what you said, and in fact encouraged the camera man to throw it into the final cut? That leads us to our date with Rick. We're not sure if that particular scenario holds true, but it sounds about right.

Bachelor Rick starts his date with Sam by telling the cameraman that he hopes he can get more action again. Classy, Rick. If I were Sam I would run outside, slap you hard, and then run back inside and lock my door. Of course, Sam won't know he actually said that until she watches the date online herself at a later time and place. And, of course, perhaps Sam isn't the kind of girl who would be bothered by the fact that the first thing a guy says right before they go out is that he's hoping for more action. We really don't know. Sam? Personally, I would think the guy was a slimeball, but that's just me. Speaking of action though, viewers sure got some! Lights. Camera. ACTION! Our dear actress wasn't messing around/kidding with this pirate business. We were kinda hoping she was. And then kinda knew she wasn't but still way deep down inside kinda hoped it was all just some weird joke so that our standard notion of thespians being, well, how do we say it--a little cuckoo?--would be wrong and we could go on just assuming she was a normal cute, talented girl who once had an acting gig as a pirate and then moved on with her life. So now we're just not sure what to make of Cap'n Sam and her pirate club. And we're also not sure what to make of Bachelor Rick for what he makes of Cap'n Sam and her pirate club. It should seem a little obvious that this date idea wasn't TMB's first choice but that Cap'n Sam wanted to show off her mad pirate skills and talked him into it.

We won't deny that Sam's a cutie. She's obviously got some talent and confidence to go along with it--all qualities attractive to men. But let's dig a little deeper into this date idea. Those readers out there who went to BYU will no doubt remember the infamous medieval sword club practicing on the quad outside of the Wilkie. You all know what you thought of that! Well, dare I say that a pirate club kinda-sorta falls into the same category? Bachelor Rick's recap mentioned Cap'n Sam getting judged more harshly than the other TMB dates. We feel bad about that. We do. But, just to be fair Ricky, none of the other girls also dress up as pirates in their spare time (except maybe on Halloween). So, it kinda just comes with the territory. No? Okay, seriously though, we get it. No one should be judged unfairly and for her sake and the sake of being sugary sweet, we could stop right here and say how awesome we thought the pirate boot camp was and that Bachelor Rick made for one great One-eyed Ricky. But he didn't. Capri's just weren't his thing. At. All. Sorry, Rick. We'll even go so far as saying the skinny jeans in a previous date beat out those knickers. And while we know that pirates arrrg humans too, it was almost painful to watch. I even winced a couple times.

But, we will judge no further. Perhaps these pirating skills are the very trait Bachelor Rick has been looking for all these years and unable to find. So, has he found his buried treasure? When all is said and done, Rick got exactly what he set out for. Action. And for that, we say, well done, Rick. Well done.