Stop Staring at that Box, You'll Ruin Your Eyes

More to Love has been little more than fatsploitation throughout its run, and with last week's elimination of my fav girl, I though that all hope had been lost on the show. But alas, my DVR knows better than I do, and the series continued to be recorded so I watched anyway.

The competition has come down to three ladies vying for the affection of real estate industry (what a vague description of his career field) dude Luke. It has been, what 10 weeks now? I still can't decide if he's anything worth competing for. He's kind of cute and seems pretty nice but he hasn't identified any interests other than football and grilling in any of the conversations thus far with the girls. In fact, most of the conversations have been about either food or weight--another disappointing feature of both the show and the man.

However, this episode something gratifying happened. The narrative of the actual events (however prodded by producers, and beleive me, stuff on this show is heavily prodded) forced the storyline to concentrate on the ins and outs of the competition without relying on attention given to the women's weight or demeaning challenges. The girls--Malissa, Tali and Mandie--seems to genuinely be interested in Luke. Some (Mandie) are legit emotionally attatched, some (Tali) appear to be investing themselves in what appear to be close-to-real dates and some (Malissa) are too dubious yet to identify.

So with a perhaps malintentioned vixon becoming a frontrunner, a sweetheart getting the boot and a legitimate cultural obstacle possible getting in the way of Jewish Tali and Christian Luke's romance, the trip to Luke's hometown for the final two showdown suddenly seems all the more exciting. And it doesn't have anything to do with weight. Finally.