Episode 1 - June 22
The best way to describe Outback Jack is "Survivor"
meets "The Bachelor". 12 women are competing to win the
love of Jack. However, they believe they are going to
receive the five-star treatment that accompanies most of
these shows. Little do they know they will be spending
the next few weeks in the outback in Australia.
The show starts off innocently enough, 3 black
Cadillac CTS limousines are driving the women to a
beautiful mansion. During this drive we get to meet each
of the 12 women. They are:
Summer from Orlando, Florida
Mary from Brigantine, New Jersey
Natalie from Louisville, Kentucky
Laura from St. Augustine, Illinois
Natasha from Freehold, New Jersey (the hottest one in my
opinion)
Maria from Ottawa, Illinois
Harmonie from New York
Shannon, also from Orlando
Courtney from Milwaukee
Jillian from Aventura, Florida
Marissa from Ocala, Florida
Adrienne from Los Angeles (The one black female)
They pull up to the mansion and all the women are
excited because they believe this is the location in
which they will be staying. They are all dressed up in
full length dresses, as it seems that TBS decided to go
with the most pampered women in the world. At the
mansion, the ladies meet JD Roberto, who will be the
host. He greets them and explains to them how they will
be competing over one man, and that unfortunately he is
not here. The women are extremely upset until he reveals
to them that he is waiting in Australia and that they
are all on their way there. So he instructs them to go
back into their limos that will be driving them to the
airport.
They get to the airport, board their plane, and 17 hours
later they arrive at Sydney, Australia. They seem to be
already bitter for having to fly so far, underestimating
the grueling flight. Natalie states that she can't wait
to get to her 5 star hotel to relax, hahahaha!!!! They
are then led to another terminal where a small prop
plane awaits. JD is there and explains to them that the
man they are about to meet is unlike any they have met
before, a world class adventurer who lives life to the
fullest. The plane will take them to him, but there's a
small catch -- they will be landing with parachutes!
Some girls are excited because I assume its an
experience they have wanted. However, Natalie looks like
she wants to cry, and Natasha says she is already
wanting to go home, chicken! So they put on some hot
pink jumping suits over there $500 dresses. Adrienne
states that this man is probably worth doing it for.
That's the spirit! All the women are strapped to other
men who lead them off the plane. Each women jumps, some
more willing then others.
They all land and proceed to take off their jump suits
back into their dresses. Picture 12 women walking around
in a desert in dresses and high heels. Then Natalie says
her classic line, "Okay, where's the hotel?" JD greets
them again and tells them to welcome their new home, the
Outback. He tells them how every few days some women
will be eliminated. He then introduces the man finally
-- Outback Jack. Jack comes walking in from the
background in the dusk, his silhouette in the sun, a
nice sight to see. He welcomes them with his thick
Australian accent and tells them the adventure has just
begun. The women are happy with his looks, I'll admit
he's a good looking guy. Boy am I gonna get heat from
Gordon for saying that. He carries some of the ladies'
bags as they walk to camp. They ask if they are headed
to the resort. They arrive to the first camp. We've got
a couple of tents for sleeping and some wooden stalls
for showers. It looked worse the stall in my high school
bathroom, that's pretty bad! The faces of these ladies
are PRICELESS. Some are angry like Natasha, others look
like they want to cry, but once again Adrienne doesn't
look intimidated. I personally feel that she has
realized the theme of the competition and looks to take
the challenge on full steam ahead.
He goes into explanation on how to work the showers,
which are really just bags with nozzles on them.
Basically while one woman showers, another woman has to
pump the water. Natalie asks if there are outlets for
electronics, righttttttttttttttttt!
They enter their tents to sleep. Unfortunately at
night in the Outback there are like a million bugs that
come out at night. They are on their beds with mosquito
tents over the and giant cockroaches crawling
everywhere. I can't stand cockroaches so I really feel
for them.
They all wake up extremely upset because the sun came up
at around 5 o'clock and that's when they have to get up.
Everyone is complaining except for Mary. She goes, puts
all her makeup on, and puts on a black bikini and starts
posing for Jack. Finally, we got to the good stuff as
she looks marveloussssssssssssssss. Her tall blonde
figure is just lying in a lawn chair in full view for
Jack. Jack then shows the some of the wildlife they will
find in the Outback, including a giant iguana and a salt
water crocodile. Mind you a salt water croc is one of
the most dangerous animals in the world. Thank you
Discovery Channel. He warns them to run if they ever
encounter a croc.
Jack then leads them to one of his favorite places in
the Outback. They take a long hike in the 100+ degree
weather. When they arrive they see a beautiful 100ft
waterfall. It was truly a sight to see. All the ladies
get excited, put on their bikinis and proceed to sunbath
and swim. Jack takes off his shirt to reveal a great
physique, big chest, ripped abs and strong arms. The
ladies are all in awe like OH YEAH, this might actually
be worth all the trouble. Everything was going fine
until they show a clip of Marissa. All the other girls
looking fine but she is sweating profusely. Jack sees
her condition and realizes that the situation is more
serious than they thought. The EMS people respond and
diagnose her with heat stroke. She was suffering from an
elevated blood pressure and an irregular heartbeat. She
is then removed from the camp and sent to the hospital
where she could receive better treatment. Jack returns
to the ladies, explains what happens, and stresses that
they have to drink lots of water and to let him know if
they feel ill.
Its now night time and they are all gathered together at
a table with a nice camp fire in the back. All the girls
are nervous and begin to question whether or not hey can
go on. Natasha tells Adrienne that she wants to leave
already. JD shows up and the ladies great him rudely,
gee I wonder why! JD tells Jack that tomorrow he will
have to eliminate FOUR of the ladies. Wow, I didn't
think he would have to eliminate so many. JD sends each
of the girls individually. Mary is the first and she
sings Jack a beautiful song about flying and meeting
him. It was really nice, and I like to see how much she
is flirting and into this competition already while all
the other girls are just complaining. Mary is easily one
of the favorites already. Most of the interviews were
ordinary, they all tell him that they want to stay blah
blah blah. Adrienne comes in and says that this is such
a weird but great experience that is helping her to
learn about herself. Natasha lies and says she will get
over the situation of being unhappy here. Jack is shown
in deep thought alone by the camp fire deciding who he
is going to cut.
The next day the girls are discussing what happened to
Marissa. Some feels it is unfair that she is still in
the competition considering she did not spend the last
night at the camp. Also, some feel she is using the
situation as leverage to stay in the competition.
Courtney goes as far as saying that she made a bigger
deal and was acting to make her condition seem worse
than it was. Makes me wonder, how so you fake an
irregular heartbeat and increased blood pressure? So
Jack brings Marissa back to camp to mixed reactions.
Well back to normal, the ladies and Jack all put on
giant back packs and start a long trek through the
Outback. They arrive at a river where JD is waiting. He
shows a group of canoes with room for 8 people, so it's
elimination time for 4 of the ladies.
Here's the order of the ladies called:
Maria - he asks her to continue on, she agrees
Natalie - he asks to continue on, she agrees
Jillian - he eliminates, asking her to join JD she isn't
mad knowing it's a hard decision for him.
Jack then shows his true genuine side, as he begins to
shed some tears. He says he does not like to hurt
women's feelings, its his soft spot he says.
Harmonie - he asks to continue, she agrees
Natasha - before he can make his decision she states she
does not want to continue and wants to go home. He then
states she had not been eliminated, she says it has
nothing to do with him, she just wanted to go home. She
really regrets it now that she realized she would not
have been eliminated. I'm also upset because the hottest
girl is going home.
Adrienne - He states how from day 1 they clicked, and
how comfortable he feels around her. OH MY GOD IS THE
BLACK GIRL THE FAVORITE??? FINALLY, MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED A MINORITY MAKING A CUT! She graciously accepts
his offer. So it looks like it might be her and Mary if
Mary makes it.
Shannon - he asks to continue, she accepts
Laura - he eliminates, she is actually happy and
relieved to go home
Courtney - he asks to continue, she accepts
Marissa - Ms Heatstroke, she asks to continue, she
accepts
Summer - he eliminates which means that MARY IS IN!!!
Mary gets loud and says " You know you weren't going
anywhere without me!!!"
She really is the character of the ladies. Jack is
upset for making the group smaller but realizes the
bonds will not get stronger. They all get in their
canoes. Next thing we see are white water rapids and
women falling out of their canoes. This is a scene for
next week as they show them feeding animals, falling in
the water, and a secret rendezvous YEAH BABY!!! See you
next week!!!!! |