The Mysterious Case of Ben's Disappearing Forehead

Ah, the infamous hometown date episode of the Bachelor. I really didn't pay much attention, primarily because I couldn't stop staring at Ben's mop of hair that has now grown so much that he has like an inch of forehead left. But I will try to remember something...

Lindzi - aka horse girl
Good grief with all the horses. We get it. You and your family are horse people. (Unfortunate that her dad is named Harry Cox, but I will try to sidestep that one.) Nothing too interesting about this visit. You know, aside from the horses.

Kacie B - baton twirler extraordinaire
Bless her little southern heart. Of course she would show up twirling the baton again. But sadly Kacie's southern parents with their good southern values did her in, and she got the boot. Ben wants parents-in-law who drink, dammit. And he wants to live in sin! Her limo off into the sunset brought the ugly cry, but she DID get to bust out WTF?! a few times, which was awesome. And something tells me Kacie will be just fine. And she's what - all of 24 years old?

Nicki - she's Texan, y'all
I appreciate a cowboy hat and boots as much as the next girl, but must we ALWAYS stereotype people in Texas with this stuff? And of course the longhorns wandering through the Stockyards. But whatever. I will say the editing of this date was weird: her outfits went from stripes to sequins and back to stripes. (And yes, that's how boring this is. Her shirts caught my attention.)

Ah, Courtney.
Her family was freakishly...normal. At least, to have raised the spawn of Satan. Her sister DID look a lot like Khloe Kardashian, though. Interesting. The most bizarro part of the date was the elaborate wedding Courtney set up to tell Ben she loved him. Complete with a minister, bow tie and vows - wouldn't any NORMAL guy run screaming in the other direction?? Plus, I totally thought she would tell the camera afterwards that they really WERE married. Wouldn't put it past her.

And now the remaining three (un)lucky ladies get to jet off to freaking Switzerland, where according to the promos I feel a "The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music" scene coming on. Yesssssss.