Y’all didn’t think I forgot about Luke this week, did you? (Ok, Steph, time to stop reading). This week everyone’s favorite supersized reality hunk surprised his not-as-zaftig lady friends by having random family members crash their first one-on-one dates. They all acted overjoyed, of course, but you know they were secretly pissed. Like, I finally get alone time with you and you invite my uncle? Weird!
First up is Tali’s, yes, uncle, along with her aunt, who proceed to ruin the date by explaining to Luke that Tali’s family halfway around the globe is not really going to be down with white boy whatsoever. Then comes Mandy’s parents, who tell Luke that their daughter is straight crazy. Anna’s folks make sure to let Luke know that if they were to get married, he’d be looking forward to months apart while she was overseas on modeling shoots (really?). Then Melissa’s sister drops the bomb (after Melissa has told Luke how much she wants kids) that Melissa has never babysat for her 4-year-old nephew, even though she lives 10 minutes down the road. All this after Luke has spent the entire duration of the show (about four weeks) telling the camera every 5 minutes that he is here to find “Mrs. Luke Connelly”. Um, sorry, bro, but she may not be here tonight.
So of the four dealbreakers, Luke decides that a modeling career that would keep his wife out of the kitchen is the worst. and sends poor Anna packing. She leaves with minimum dignity, sobbing on his shoulder and asking him a tearful “why?”.
I honestly don’t even know why I’m watching this anymore, I can’t really root for ANY of these people. The girls are OK, but Luke is pretty much an immature douchebag who doesn’t seem to have a grip on what really constitutes good wife and mother material (as evidenced by the fact that he picked “crazy”, “not into kids”, and “family hates you” over “model”).The girls aren’t even that dramatic, and now that we are down to the three not-fattest-girls, we don’t even get tearful testimonials about what it was like to grow up huge anymore. My Antonio is so much better.
