'Bachelor' Recap: Sean Lowe Picks His Final Three After Hometown Dates

Sean packs his bags and makes his way to Washington, Texas, Missouri and California for the hometown dates, where one bachelorette’s outspoken family cost her a rose.

Sean Lowe travels the country on the Feb. 18 episode of The Bachelor, as he visits the hometowns of his four finalists. Sean deals with scary fathers, scary sisters and one particularly scary brother. Two hometown dates goes well, while two end in misery, as one contestant’s family ruins her chance at becoming Sean’s wife. At the rose ceremony, Sean faces his hardest elimination yet.

Sean Lowe Visits AshLee In Texas

Sean goes to his native state of Texas to see AshLee in Houston. And one thing is for sure, the star of the show sure ain’t Sean! It’s AshLee’s little dog Bailey! Sean and AshLee sit in a field full of flowers and talk about love and family and it looks just like that scene in Twilight, except Sean does not sparkle in the sun. Boo.

Sean brings flowers for AshLee’s parents, and things go swimmingly as he dines al fresco with her family. Shirt on, for once. AshLee’s dad takes Sean aside for some mantalk, where he reveals more about AshLee’s emotional adoption past. One thing is for sure, if AshLee doesn’t win, that tragic back story would make her one hell of a Bachelorette.

Their date goes really well, but it seems apparent that AshLee is way more into Sean than he is into her.

Sean Visits Catherine In Washington

Sean then makes his way to Seattle, where Catherine invites him to partake in a series of weird and gross challenges including catching fish (quite literally) and sticking gum on a wall of gum. Then they dance like fools in the middle of the street, but it’s quite sweet really. Sean says Catherine brings out his “goofy” side — as if Sean needs to be more goofy.

When Sean goes to Catherine’s home, it’s not a scary dad he’s dealing with, instead it’s Catherine’s two evil stepsisters. Except they are not really evil, and they are not her stepsisters. Catherine’s grandma cozies right up to Sean however — Catherine may have competition on her hands!

Catherine’s evil sisters dump a big ol’ bucket of icey water on Catherine’s happiness when they say that she is trying to convince them to like Sean. And then they proceed to make things even worse by telling Sean that they are unconvinced with their relationship.

Sean leaves on a low note, as he is doubting whether he and Catherine’s relationship is real. Plus, her mean mom failed to give Sean her blessing, which is apparently a big deal for Sean.

Sean Visits Lindsay In Fort Leonard Wood

Sean goes to Missouri to see my personal favorite, Wedding Dress Lindsay. Sean is nervous to meet her scary army dad, and he should be! Sean and Lindsay go for beers and cupcakes — not quite as romantic as throwing fish but it’ll do — and then Sean is put through his paces in an army obstacle course. Thank god Sean is so buff, because it looks hard.

Sean chills out at Lindsay’s house, and it turns out her scary army dad is not that scary, and he gives Sean his blessing to propose. Lindsay shows how adorable and hilarious she is by bringing up the moment she arrived on the first night in a wedding dress. This is definitely the most successful hometown date so far.

Sean Visits Desiree In Newport

Back in California, Sean makes out with Desiree at the top of a mountain. While making dinner Desiree gets a shock when her BOYFRIEND turns up the door. He gets all fisty and angry at Sean (which is dumb move because Sean is so buff and he is a total wimp) and proclaims his undying love for Desiree. Total LOL moment — it was all a prank! Sean takes it really well, and the wimp leaves just as Desiree’s family arrive.

Desiree’s brother is pretty hot headed too, but unfortunately for Sean it is NOT a prank when he calls him out. He calls Sean a “fraud” and a “playboy” and it’s pretty clear that this guy is a jerk and Sean has totally got cold feet about Desiree now. Sean defends himself and insists that he is not a playboy, even though he currently dating three other girls.

Sean leaves on a bad note, and it looks like Desiree’s mean brother has ruined her chances of getting a rose…

The Rose Ceremony — Sean Picks His Final Three

Sean stands a top a cliff for a while — he does his best thinking that way — before having a heart to heart with his BFF host Chris Harrison. After staring at the girls promo pictures on a shelf for a while, surrounded only by candlelight, Sean realizes that he does not know who to send home.

In a last ditch attempt to be saved, Desiree drags Sean outside to explain her brother ain’t cray cray, but Sean is still unsure if he would rather deal with her crazy bro or Catherine’s scary sisters.

He gives AshLee and Lindsay (hooray!) a rose each, and then he leaves the room to go stare at their pictures some more. Does he not realize the girls are standing right in front of him?

Sean FINALLY comes back out and gives Catherine the last rose, and sends Desiree home. Desiree is devastated, and repeatedly tells Sean his is making a big mistake. I admire Desiree for her gall, but girl don’t be desperate! Sean himself seems uncertain of his decision, but judging by next week’s commercial where they go to Thailand, he gets over it fast!

What do YOU think HollywoodLifers? Do YOU think Sean made the right decision by eliminating Desiree?

Watch: Sean Lowe Eliminates Poor Desiree After Hometown Dates

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Des was nice and I really liked, liked, liked her. But she always seemed like just good girlfriend material. She emphasized about being “fun” and “getting lip action” and seemed to look at marriage as a lifelong makeout session.
Catherine seems to be a little too goofy, and not ready for the full commitment to marriage and family. She told her sisters that she wanted to “try this (marriage) out”, and that’s not the right philosophy to have. Marriage is a commitment, not an experiment. No, I just can’t picture her nursing babies and changing dirty diapers, but I CAN see Sean’s Mom and Sis doing it alot. It just won’t work–she’s going to get restless and bored, and home sick for Seatle and her career. She said that she is “expired with” her hometown “right now”, so that’s another tipoff. She’s trying to convince herself that she wants the Full Monty but…no.
Lindsy seems more ready for the deal than the first two girls, but it’s soo hard to take a girl seriously who throws herself at a guy right out the gate, constantly wants to suck the face off of him, and tries to boff him on the beach, jumping up on him and wrapping her legs around him in a coital position. And even when she’s being serious–again it’s soo hard to take her that way with that adolescent voice and silly facial expressions.
That leaves Ashlee, the real woman in the house. Her “intensity” was displayed in her dedication to the process, in the hopes of finding love with Sean. And isn’t that what The Bachelor is SUPPOSED to be all about? And in that process she realized she had to deal with some unresolved issues in order to find that love. So that’s just what she did. It took a lot of strength and courage to do what she did, and to show that she was willing to take risks and make sacrifices for the sake of marriage. Of the other 25 women Ashlee was “competing” against it was really no competition at all. The sum of the parts would not equal the whole. Yes, Ashlee is definitely the Real Deal, and would prove to be the best friend and life’s partner Sean could have had.

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Great choice on Sean’s part.

Des is unstable. Ashlee too intense and simply not outdoorsy enough. Lindsay needs to mature a bit more.

That leaves Catherine, easily the best of the bunch and unlike the others. doesn’t come off as too clingy. Only downside is lifestyle and if she is willing to part with hers or even less likely his.

I am one of thousands who believe Sean has made a terrible mistake.

On the one hand, Des is 26-years old and lives in California, while her family lives in Ohio. She is a grown woman, independent and out on her own. She has a successful career and makes her own decisions. She is no longer living under her parents roof or under their authority. While she should have a strong family value, she should not be heavily influenced by her family … namely her brother.

On the other hand, Des obviously has un-resolved issues with her brother; specifically he believes he should have power over her, and it is her responsibility to put him in his place. In fact, she should have done this long ago. Until she has dealt with this, she will have trouble developing a relationship with anybody.

Food for thought: If Des and Sean married, they would live in Texas, while her family would stay in Ohio. In this regard, her brother is a non-entity. He is something she and Sean would simply never have to deal with.

Not going to spoil it for anyone who doens’t want to know but who Sean chooses in the end has been leaked for anyone who wants to Google it.

I THINK DES’S BROTHER SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF FOR DESTROYING DES’S CHANCES WITH SEAN. NEXT TIME I WOULD’NT HAVE HIM MEET MY BOY FRIEND EVER.

he can’t deal all of the attention.
so he will change in a homosexual in the end.

I would have kept Desiree and sent Catherine home.

I am so mad!! I thought he would of chosen Desiree!! Ughhhh!!!

I know out of the four girls that were left I thought Desiree would be at the top. She was so beautiful and was fun, I would of hated to deal with her brother but If I was in love with her I would of been mad but I would of gave her a rose. Now I think Sean is settling for less.

I agree…Des is the one he should have chosen. I bet anything she told her brother off in no uncertain terms. Sean obviously can’t stand any kind of difficulty. What is he going to do when Catherine’s rotten sisters team up against him? Sean is a wimp.