Largely boring season mostly due to the horrible female cast. Nick isn't terrific but he is intelligent and can put a sentence together, even two or three consecutively.
Loads of eliminations Monday that were long overdue. He doesn't much like blondes and had no interaction with Josephine so she was inevitable toast. NoseBalls was about four eps past her sell-by date. Taylor the 23 year-old mental health counselor (apparently actually an underwear model) was a joke. Alexis the DolphinShark was really nice and funny but was in the FriendZone never to return. Jasmine took care of herself in an extremely scary and unsettling way. And Brunette Danielle (one of the only ones out of this group of stiffs I can see as the next Bachelorette) just came off as too young.
Of the remaining six, Kristina the Kentuckyrussian is indeed probably the prettiest. But she's 11 or 12 years younger than he is and I just don't see it. By the way, she has one of the most touching backstories in the history of this franchise. Maybe she could be the next Bachelorette. Remaining Danielle is out because blonde and Corinne is a no way because blonde and producer plant. I'm afraid I do not see THIS guy proposing to an African-American lawyer who is also the daughter of a federal judge. So that leaves Raven and Vanessa as I thought/feared - two strong-willed, intelligent/funny non-classically attractive brunettes. Just what Nick likes. Since I like Raven fine and think Vanessa is a tool, Vanessa it is. Oof.