So you are saying there's a chance???

The Ben Higgins as The Bachelor season has begun and I am reminded of the scene from Dumb and Dumber where Jim Carrey asks his love interest these questions:

Lloyd:  What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me…ending up together?

Mary:  Not good.

Lloyd:  You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?

Mary:  I’d say more like one out of a million.

Lloyd:  So you’re telling me there’s a chance.  Yeah!

 

In our new season  Ben enjoys the attention of 28 ladies who vie to win the final Rose from our boy Ben who seems destined to assume the mantle of all American boy . Working In the ladies favor is a 1 in 28 shot which makes the probability about 3.5% . So in general ,their idea should be to enjoy the ride as opposed to think destiny is overcoming these odds.  Of course the real competition is not to win Ben but to win the next season as the Bachelorette so let’s make sure all the chicks are here for “the right reasons”  J

The tradition is for our Bachelor to meet and greet the new candidates for the Higgins sweepstakes  after being dropped by limo at the Hollywood mansion .

We meet the ladies simultaneously with Ben and learn something about our candidates:

• We meet a dentist, Mandy  who wears a huge rose on her head as part of her first impression .When she grabs alone time  she opts takes a close look at Ben’s teeth. Somehow she made it pass the opening round but the producers it seems have opted to have a few crazies and Mandy is a top candidate for the nomination of most wacky.
• Next up in the crazy category is Lace. Lace is a head turner with a big smile but after entering the mansion she drinks too much and her true colors emerge as a needy whiner. She got the last rose but she transitioned from  “sure final four candidate”  to “get her out now Ben”  faster than Trump responding to a request for a TV interview.
• We meet Tiera “ a chicken enthusiast”  in opening  but sadly she seems to disappear after the limo entrance. Maybe the producers will bring her back later to give love one more chance. I have to imagine the occupation of chicken enthusiast had to be meant to be a joke. But this is the type of thing that will follow her forever. Eventually her kids will have to deal with that “Your mom is the chicken enthusiast ???”  on the other hand dating her might be an issue for some guys if they go out to dinner. My guess is sweet and sour chicken might elicit a grimace in case this “enthusiasm” is authentic.
• Twins- of course--Ben has a new wrinkle to deal with here. The twins who have helpfully defined their occupation as “Twin” seem to think this is funny stuff . For my part I cant figure out how Ben is supposed to deal with this. Take them both on group dates? Split them up ? Give one a rose but not the other. Take a bachelor trip to Utah and marry both of them? The producers will milk this dilemma as long as possible so we should plan on seeing them for a while.
• Becca is back. After behaving in a lukewarm manner to Chris  last season she seems to have expanded her personality and wants to take another run at love. Frankly her first run was one she seemed to go thru the motions so maybe she missed the cameras capturing her every move.. Ben would seem compelled to bring her thru a few rounds otherwise it is embarrassing to come back and get tossed in opening round . I do not see her getting to the final four though.
• We bring back Amber as well from the farmer’s season. But since we forgot about her I suspect we will forget about her again and I doubt she makes sweet 16.
• We meet Caila who shares Ben’s work with a gig in software sales but also has a unique spelling to her name which drives me nuts . But our candidate confesses she dropped her boyfriend after seeing Ben on the  bachelor . Ben better hope she doesn’t watch the new Brad Pitt movie. Even though she does not make my final four I have a feeling the producers favor her.
• We meet Lauren a flight attendant who makes a nice first impression and a nice cheerful sort and almost can be classified as “perky” . But then we learn there are four Laurens so this will be tough to keep straight. Our  flight attendant would seem to be more than a dark horse but less than a clear favorite .
• The first impression rose went to Oliva a newscaster from Texas who speaks clearly ( read: does not say like every other word unlike Ben who really needs to “like “work on this ) but has enhanced her presentation with enough eye makeup to wonder if her job classification might have been raccoon enthusiast.
• Jami hails from Canada where she allows she is friends with Kaitlyn because everyone in Canada knows each other. I don’t even know the guys on the train I take every morning but our girl knows everyone in Canada . However ,she has a little bounce in her step so I figure she can make it thru a few rounds
• One chick  from Texas brought a miniature horse to meet Ben but that idea seems to have exhausted her tricks and Ben passed on bringing her back and possibly showing up with a goat.
• Ben picked Samantha from Florida to have another week despite her whining from the opening that everyone she has ever  met has been hit by a bus. I am rooting for Ben to send her out in the traffic .
• We have a chick from Russia or the Ukraine that has not said a word of English-yet. Ben seems to understand her though and gave her a pass into next week. No word yet on how she gets along with the others .
• We have a chick with two kids who of course are the most incredible kids in the world. I would have given her more points if she didn’t suggest these kids were  on the way to Rhodes scholarships.  At least she has not admitted to killing her husband  ( yet) as a means to create the eligibility to be on the show.
• There are some other girls who moved to the next round and I suspect we will have more exposure to them as we take the journey with Ben.   

Ben has survived the first round of cuts and toasted the survivors as he preps for his upcoming adventures   I look forward to the journey.