Discussion Thread: Kate Plus Date "Another One Bites the Dust" 6/24/2019 AND Recap: Kate Plus Date "Another One Bites the Dust": God love her, but her personality could freeze the nuts off a polar bear!

We're back with our next Kate Plus Date recap and this time we're up to Episode Three, Another One Bites the Dust. No, don't tell me this heifer rejects her next two dates, too. You're kidding!

This is another episode TLC pushed to their app days early, so the recap is again ready in time for the episode. Jury is still out on why they are doing this, but my speculation remains it's a test run for some idea they have and Kate's show was the random guinea pig, luck of the draw.

And hey I know we can be a little slow on the uptake sometimes but a couple of us on the blog finally realized that every episode is stealing a song from Queen. I got a kick out of you bloggers suggesting more appropriate Queen songs for this hot mess and I would pick "I Want It All." About how you bulldoze your way to getting everything you want. That's our Kate!

Check out the recap to find out what happened last time. One thing that's always been good fun about following this saga over many years now is all the hilarious snark. This blog started in 2009, folks, our ten year anniversary is August 2019, yeesh! There's been both great snark here and from around the inter webs reposted here, and Gigi Be was kind enough to bring over some of the best from the Kate Plus Date Facebook page. Says Liz from Kentucky:  “I do hope she watches it back and maybe learns something about herself, like the fact that she frowns ALL THE TIME!!! Her wrinkles between her eyes are deep enough for a 70 yr old!! And God love her, there is not an ounce of warmth to her!! Her personality could freeze the nuts off a polar bear!! I will not be watching the 2nd time😐” 

Heh, I love the half frowning emoji at the end, nice touch. Yep, that's pretty much the sum of the first two episodes of this mess. You got it, Liz.

Coming up, Rachel still sucks at her job.

The episode kicks off with an awkwardly staged but very Kardashian-like scene where Kate and the girls are in some random mall talking about how her dating life is going. Aren't high school girls supposed to be spilling the tea to their moms about their dating lives? Who cares about their mother's dating life? Weird.

In a graphic they line up the four dates Kate has already had in a way that feels really insensitive to the men, as if they are dresses Kate is trying on and not real people with feelings. I'm pretty convinced if this were like, Matt Roloff's show about picking his next girlfriend, their would be outrage. But women get away with a lot, way more than they appreciate, including a whole lot of hypocritical behavior. Man, those French tip nails are near blinding me when I'm just trying to do a recap here. Sheesh they're whiter than Dawson's Creek.

The mall setup gets awkwarder still as Mady recites a litany of lines about how she wants to meet Kate's dates, and it's embarrassing how badly she's trying to be Kim Kardashian 2.0 here.

Why does Mady keep talking about approving dates for marriage and how they need to get to know Mady first? Mady, your mother here can barely get through a peck on the cheek after one encounter with a nice guy, you may be putting the cart before the horse.

Rachel's baaaaack with another stupid idea to have Kate do improv comedy. Which will somehow translate to a better dating life. You got me, too, folks. Kate says these little excursions with dumb Rachel are more stressful than even the dates themselves, heh! For us viewers, too, schmoopy.

Rachel claims Kate says she lacks confidence. That is literally the last quality about Kate I would think she is lacking. In fact it's her over-confidence that has landed her in so much trouble. She's delusional and over-confident to her detriment, still to this day thinking she's actually living such a rockstar public life on her television show that she can't even leave the house without getting mobbed. Word down the pike is that in this episode Rachel gets fired, and I know I'm going to really hate having to agree with Kate, but get rid of this doofus. Rachel has absolutely no understanding of who Kate is and the inquiry should stop there but even if it didn't, she sucks at so much else, too, I don't know why she's not fired already.

And in typical jack of all trades master of none, Rachel is going on about how funny Kate is. Well if you mean hilariously awful at cooking, speaking, raising children, marriage, dating.... yes, she's funny. What does funny have to do with anything? Anyone with a lick of knowledge about comedy knows that improv really isn't about trying to be "funny" at all and if you go in "trying to be funny" any improv you do will likely fall flat.

But hey at least this time Rachel isn't insisting they do some dumb activity in the middle of the date and rudely leave the date standing around waiting for them to get back. And I also wouldn't at all be surprised if this episode was re-edited to move the traditional "mid-date" activity with Rachel to before the date, since it was pointed out by viewers how rude it was. The magic of editing bays.

Mady says Kate flirts with construction workers to get through roadblocks. Of course she does because no roadblock could hold back a good entitled narcissist. And that's probably going to be the most interesting and telling comment we will hear about Kate tonight. I can't even imagine how exactly Kate flirts with construction workers to get through a roadblock and I'm weirded out thinking about it. Is it like, "Hey there Mr. Construction Man, I'd sure love for you to raise my roof! Now let me and my Audi on through your roadblock, what do you say?" Just, eww. And why does Kate want to get through a roadblock so bad anyway? Is she sure about that? Hasn't she ever seen Speed?

One of the improv guys already hates this, sharply correcting Kate when she calls whatever it is they do "skits" and not the correct word "scenes." Heh, this could be good.

They do a quick scene, and I guess it's about a kid asking his mom why she's dating Kent now and not with dad. Who is Kent and how did he figure out how to get past the first date with stone cold Kate and does he have money? But when Kate tells her "son" they'll talk about it later she violated the very first rule of improv in that you don't contradict your partner and you always go with the flow. In other words when he asked about Kent, Kate's answer should have been anything but we're not going to talk about it. Not that I expect Kate to know any of the rules of improv because why should she? To her credit, Kate was willing to try it and actually genuinely enjoyed herself.

Rachel is over the top proud of herself for how well the improv went and it was okay but Rachel, this doesn't do a thing to get to the heart of why Kate is such a basket case on a simple thing such as a date.

Kate launches into some tirade about how people have this impression of her that she is a horrible strict mother but she actually loves to laugh and has an amazing sense of humor. What does that have to do with being a horrible child abuser? Some horrible child abusers have a sense of humor, so what? Kate, you discarded two of your children in the dumpster. Next?

"I hope you learned something," snarks the snarky improv guy who hates her. Hehe.

Rachel somehow surmises that due to Kate coming up with a few half decent things to say during her improv class she is now an incredible conversationalist and there will never be dead air again. Well that's optimistic. Nobody listen to Rachel. Here's a much better suggestion for how to be a good conversationalist that has nothing to do with wasting your time and everyone else's in an improv class you have no business being in: Ask questions. Just keep asking questions. Most people like to talk about themselves, and asking questions is good for two reasons, because it gets the other person talking so you don't have to think of things to say, and it makes the other person feel good because they assume if someone is asking questions they are interested. And second tip is read. Read at least four to five interesting things every day (not just news but non-fiction, fiction, topics like travel, music, sports or hobbies, whatever) and when you're out of questions bring up something you read and ask what they think of it. Your conversation will usually be able to go for hours just doing that.

If Rachel did what is actually a classic improv game with Kate where Kate could only ask questions of anyone else, that might actually work in teaching this sorry mess how to talk like normal humans. Sigh, what a mess these two women are.

Stay tuned for fun Kate, Kate says. No, she actually says this.

Heh, coming up, another guy who doesn't know who the F Kate is. I just love when that happens. It just throws such a damper on Kate's ridiculous narrative that she can't online date or do this or do that because she's just so well known. In fact near every guy she's been set up with hasn't the foggiest idea who she is.

Kate's first date is Jeff Boyd, who creepily has the exact same name as one of my old friends from school. Rachel nonsensically explains that Jeff, who is from North Carolina, and Kate, who is from PA, will be brought up to NYC to have their date. And this relationship will work how?

Is it just me or do any single women (or women who remember being single) just want to punch a guy in the face when he says he realized as he hit about 43 he better start sort of stop traveling all the time and partying and drinking and maybe put down some roots and find a wife and have some kids. Isn't that nice you can just ignore the ovary clock and can work and travel and do whatever the F you want for as long as you want and then round about when it gets a little old to be hungover half the morning all the time you find yourself to be 43 years old and finally get your shit together and grab a pretty wife (who is usually ten or more years younger) and have your kids and perfect family with a snap of your fingers? Sorry, just a little rant on behalf of women everywhere, but biology is really unfair sometimes.

Jeff owns his own business and seems to be the first date here who hasn't been married before. He does seem nice.

All Kate can say about what she wants at this point is a guy with a sense of humor and then names two completely shallow requirements, older than her (WHY?) and tall.

In addition to Jeff having the same name as my friend, his voice and intonations sound exactly like another friend of mine. Like exactly. I feel like God is making fun of me.

Oh lordy, Jeff looks immediately pretty enamored with Kate (GREAT, another guy's gonna get hurt for no god damn good reason) as they meet up at a private bowling lane. We actually did this once for an old work Christmas party, rented our own private lane. I thought it was silly waste of money at first but turns out it was incredible fun to have our own little space to bowl.

The only thing Kate can much say about Jeff on the couch is he has long hair but it was neat. Um, I mean, it wasn't that long. I don't like that style myself where the man's hair is all the same length and swept back, I think it looks juvenile on most men, but his cut is neat and clean and he can always get a different haircut if someone won't marry him over something like that, or just dump her.

They have a mostly shallow conversation about whatever and Jeff mentions that although he is competitive he's a good loser. Jeff, I know you haven't heard of Kate but have you heard of Jon? Kate is not a good loser too.

I like Jeff a ton and immediately. He says he doesn't have kids but has three nephews. Any guy who when asked about having kids brings up other kids who are special to them in their life is likely a good egg. He also points out that he would be way more concerned about the eight kids if they were toddlers (right?!) but since they're so much older now it seems it's near a non-issue for him. I know he doesn't know he's doing it but twice in a row he's made Kate's narrative look stupid. He's proven not everyone knows who the F she is, and that her kids aren't the reason she can't go out there and get herself a man especially given how old they are now.

Jeff is funny and personable. When he bowls a strike right out of the gate, he jokes about practicing before the date. That's the sort of thing that should put your date at ease. He's a guy that likes doing those little touches as he speaks to you, like touching your shoulder as he points to something. We spend an extremely long time explaining that Kate doesn't like to be touched and Mady says she's passed that down to the kids as none of them like to be touched either. I'm not sure this is so much a genetic thing as a nurture thing. Don't touch or hug your kids much at all and they grow up not ever wanting to be touched either. (Or, they will crave touching so much they'll put themselves in unhealthy relationships or situations just to get it.) Greattttt parenting.

Kate the martyr says she doesn't know what it's like to have no responsibilities and a free day to do whatever she likes, so she couldn't tell Jeff what she would do with that day. "I'll get back to you," she says. She's such a tool. Such.a.tool. I wish this guy would say, um, aren't your kids like 15 and 17? Aren't you just a glorified uber pool driver at this point in their childhoods? I also wish he knew about all the times she's jetted off to New York and L.A. and done whatever the F she wanted. She also doesn't realize that Jeff is asking in a somewhat complicated way, what are your hobbies? What do you like to do? He's trying to make conversation, and she's violating the improv rule again by refusing to answer the question and not going with the flow. Sigh.

Kate says one of the few true funny things I've ever heard from her. Just as Jeff is about to let go of his bowling ball she blurts out really fast "What do you think it would be like to have eight kids?" (Six kids, Kate. Six.) Jeff bowls a gutter ball. Heh, just kidding.

Wow, Kate actually admits that due to Jon, she vowed (vowed Kate, really? What is this Game of Thrones?) that she would never date anyone younger than her.

She's certifiable. Does she honestly think Jon's age had anything to do with anything? He is all of two year younger than her! Unless you're in certain states and 18 and he's 16, that's nothing. Around about past age 30, which was near the beginning of their relationship anyway, there should be little to no difference in maturity if there ever even was. Does she honestly think if Jon were two years older than her rather than two years younger than her, he magically would have found the maturity that age brings to love filming and continue to go along with it and the marriage could have gone on? What she will never understand is it's actually impressive that Jon at his relatively young age was able to recognize the long-term damage he was doing to his children and put a stop to it before it was too late, and that it was because of Jon, and Jon only, that these children mercifully got a very significant break in the near constant barrage of cameras in their lives and got to be a little bit normal for some time especially during the most painful periods of the divorce. And it's because of Jon leaving this all behind that ratings never really were the same and that filming mostly petered out in the following years. Keep in mind, the sextuplets haven't been filmed in over two years and rumor is Jon won't let them film this dating show, which means they can live these important teenage years in relative and deserved peace. This disruption Jon caused to filming could be the difference for many of them between a childhood they could process and move on from, versus one they'll just never get over. Kate will never, ever see this or admit it, but the kids are damn lucky Jon is their father and not some other older schmuck who may have gone along with all this filming until they were filmed into the ground, not even joking.

Kate is 18 days older than Jeff and she hates that. 18 days, Kate, good Lord. Why is this even an issue they are even talking about? Shouldn't you be asking things like, so who is special to you in your life, how important or unimportant is faith to you, how do you feel about alcohol/smoking/drugs, what are you looking for in a relationship and a woman, what values are important to you, how do you feel about children and what is your parenting style, where do you see yourself in five years, ten? Does any of this matter to Kate except for her damn obsession with finding somebody who is not Jon?

Do you play board games, Jeff asks. He likes board games? Sold!

All this "flirting" I guess I'll call it during this bowling is kind of like watching your favorite second grade teacher go on a date. You just don't want to see it, know about it, hear about it.

Jeff bested Kate by more than half her score, lol, and Jeff offers a rematch but bowling with his other hand. Heh, he deserves so much better than Kate. Move on, buddy, while you can.

Date Mom awkwardly appears in front of them mentioning something about dinner and I guess they didn't practice this scene because Jeff is confused about where he is supposed to go and do but eventually he realizes he needs to exit stage right and he grabs his drink (heh, I love how they keep them so liquored up) and takes off. What the hell? Lol, this show is such a mess!

At this point in the show, we should have been doing the improv class. But like I said, they moved the class to the beginning. So now we're suddenly at dinner.

Rachel claims that Jeff picked out the restaurant for them and then menu. Jeff and not production? Sure, Rachel. And what does that mean he picked out the menu? How come Kate can't just look at the restaurant's menu and pick what she wants to order herself? Odd.

"If I had spare time," Kate begins as they start dinner and I virtually slap her silly. She says in her spare time she would travel. Why can't she travel now? The kids have spring breaks, winter breaks, summer breaks off and she doesn't work. This dating show is the first project of any significance she has done in two years! It such an insult to working mothers and fathers who need every penny and often times actually can't take time off over spring breaks or summer breaks or winter breaks and even if they could don't have the money to travel their kids all over the place. She's so insensitive and pathetic.

Jeff loves traveling, has been to 75 countries and owns an adventure travel company which explains why he has been to 75 countries. Jeff has a well rounded and interesting life but just as he starts explaining something interesting about doing philanthropy in the Dominican Republic Kate cuts him off to make some dumb joke.

What takes you to the Dominican over 100 times? Kate demands. Kate, I'm guessing it has something to do with taxes, banks and payroll.

Oh you can see the stars in Kate's eyes about this being able to tag along on all these business trips to the Dominican Republic and lay at the beach. I guess she didn't hear Jeff's earlier commentary about himself where he explained he's actually feeling like all of that is getting old and he'd like to scale it back now and settle down. Heh!

Kate says on the couch that this guy would be great because she loves when guys have to go off somewhere and get out of her hair. Heh, I imagine that's how she stayed with the other Jeff in her life, Jeff Millionaire, the one she keeps lying about (and libeling and slandering), for two whole years.

Jeff went white-water rafting in Patagonia and then decided to buy the travel company he went with I guess. Kate is so envious and wants to do that. I have no idea what she's talking about as Kate hated every second of white-water rafting.  Jeff, do some research before you even consider pursuing this woman because you need to know she actually requested of the white-water rafting guide that she not get wet.

Jeff feels there are other joys besides traveling like the joy of children. Jeff feels he's missed out by not having kids. Jeff moved to North Carolina to be near his two sisters and his nephews. Jeff is a total keeper. Total total keeper. I just don't want him for Kate, he's wasted on her.

Instead of listening to all this and realizing Jeff is the first of any of her dates who is a complete catch that one should reel in right now and do everything they can to make him their husband and hang onto forever, Kate instead makes a smug and annoying comment about why in the world would he live in North Carolina. He just told you, Kate. His extended family lives there and mean a lot to him, which is something I'm sure you don't understand. I'm also sure he enjoys the good food, kind people, excellent educational and cultural opportunities, the fact that @JoyinVirginia is your neighbor and knows all the best places to go, the beautiful beaches, and perhaps he likes scenery like this:

Credit Dave Allen

So, STFU about North Carolina and stop insulting its fine people, heifer.

Jeff's first date questions are so cute, like what's your favorite movie. His is Princess Bride???? Oh size a girl's finger right now and let's skip all the in between dating stuff.

Of course Kate laughs at him for that being his fav. STFU, heifer.

Does anyone care what Kate's favorite movie is? Didn't think so. But it's The Sound of Music, and I have no idea why she thinks anyone would laugh at that because it's an absolutely fantastic and perfect movie, from the structure and story to the music to the actors to the pacing to the cinematography. Everyone admits that even if they don't personally like it.

Jeff thinks that movie is great too? Oh no that makes me have to ask again if this date is another one who is gay. I mean, a lot of actors are. And he might just be too perfect to be straight. It is what it is.

The waiter brings out the meal and Jeff says there is cow hearts in there which is a classic Peruvian dish. Kate of course is an immature whiner about this but at least she tries it. I mean, meat eaters eat so many other parts of the cow.

When asked about the date Kate says there is a lot more they could talk about and dot-dot-dot we'll see. That is not nearly enough of a commitment as she should be making right now after a date this good. I have no idea why she's not recognizing this Jeff guy as the best she will ever get now or ever and just bag it up and check out. He likes Princess Bride, board games, and Sound of Music. As long as the guy is willing to wash a few dishes now and again and maybe sort through the junk mail, he's marriage material. The only thing that's a red flag about Jeff is that he's not picking up on what bad news Kate is and instead seems really interested.

Did I miss something or when did Kate suddenly start going to Charlotte all the time? I get that there's some kind of TLC connection there but I highly doubt a woman who has not filmed in two entire years constantly needs to jet down there. Aren't most things done by conference call these days anyway? She mentions meeting up with Jeff again the couple times he will be in Charlotte a year. A couple times a year?? If I were Jeff I would absolutely take that as she's not interested. If you are interested, you shouldn't say something like that. Rather mention something much more concrete, like, "I'd love to touch base later this week, give me a call." She's such a piece of work.

Oh my god, Kate is an asshole! When asked by production how she feels about Rachel now, she flippantly says she doesn't need Rachel. They are insinuating this date was really good, and does that make her feel better about Rachel! Kate does understand that Rachel got her this date, right? (I mean that's if you ignore this is all fake.) How else would she meet this actor and great guy Jeff without Rachel/the show? I mean, Rachel is a doofus, but she's trying her best, and it doesn't excuse Kate to be an unappreciative nasty bitch to her. If I were Rachel I would do-re-mi-fa-so and so on right up Kate's ass.

Heh, at least in the very next cut Rachel gets this bitch back by remarking that finding a date for Kate is much like throwing spaghetti at wall. Ha! Rachel, a lot of things about Kate are just like throwing spaghetti at a wall, you're finally getting it.

Next up is Andrew, a businessman from NYC who is 42 and according to Rachel, handsome. Handsome? I guess in that John Meehan sort of way, sure.

I don't understand when guys say they are mostly dating just to meet new friends. I have never in my life heard a woman say they're just looking to meet a "friend" when going on a date. You can find friends any time and anywhere. It's like they are sort of using it as a peremptory excuse to get out of a relationship quick and dirty without guilt. Oh, well, I'm just looking for friends I said that from the beginning, so, let's be friends!  So unfair and wastes the woman's time. 

I will say that this show has caused me to reflect a lot on the subject of dating, which has been mostly fun to think about. My own ups and downs with the process, what works and what doesn't, the various hypocrisies among men and women, the absurdities, the code words and phrases that men and women tend to repeat that I've figured out the true meaning of over the years. The highs and lows. Dating sure is quite the emotional ride but one hopes it is worth it in the end for both. 

Kate meets up with Andrew to play squash. Kate could tell right away she didn't like Andrew because of his demeanor. Gah, I hate agreeing with Kate. I've never done it so much in my life. But I don't like this guy's demeanor either! The best way to describe it is douchey, sorry. Who wears a full on Nike track suit from head to toe just to play a casual game of squash on a first date? A douche does. Who wants us all to be clear that racketball and squash are two different things? A douche does. Andrew, go tell your douchey friends at the club in Hudson Square that racketball and squash are two different things, they might care.

Wait, neither of them know the rules of squash. Then how does Andrew know so much about it being so different from racketball? And there's no teacher anywhere, so how will this work? They hit the ball a bit then get some water, then hit the ball again. They manage to talk about how Kate has enjoyed running in Central Park and then things peter out. 

Rachel blames this all on Andrew who she is sure is nervous. He doesn't seem that nervous to me, just uptight and of course he's reacting to Kate being so obvious in that she thinks he's maybe a half step above ebola and just below amoebic dysentery. The problem is a sport like this is a really stupid thing to do on a first date because you can't really talk! It's like, **swing, swing**, so what do you do for fun? **Run, swing-swing**, Well, I enjoy long walks on the **run, swing, swing!** It just doesn't work.

Kate points out to Rachel this could be a really painful dinner. Right?! Rachel's all like, well, I'll just talk to him don't worry he's just nervous, and some mumbo-jumbo guru talk about honoring his nervousness whatever the hell that means. 

I don't think you can impart a personality on someone in five minutes, Rachel, but go for it. 

Kate doesn't get why Rachel isn't learning what she wants from these dates and why after a date as decent as Jeff she gives her Andrew. Putting aside the fact that both are at fault, Rachel for not understanding how to help Kate despite the wealth of information about her out there, and Kate for not communicating her wants and needs well, is it really all that likely how this show is working behind the scenes? Is there a giant pool of men all lined up to date Kate and as each date goes by Rachel refines her picks and narrowly tailors it all and swaps out Peter for Paul seconds before the next date after realizing Kate actually really hates this or that? Or is it really more likely ten men were pre-approved and lined up to go and that Kate's dates were always going to be those ten men no matter what she said about the dates she'd already had? I can't see how it can be anything but the latter, shows just wouldn't work logistically or financially otherwise. Which make none of this Rachel's fault really because once the men are "cast," there's nothing she can do about it. Like if all the men had a cute little freckle on their chin and Kate said she hates cute freckles on chins, there would be nothing Rachel could do about it to swap in new men, right?

I have found myself confused at times, I guess is the word, for the way Kate and Rachel are so deeply committed to acting like this is all so real when really the majority of it or quite possibly all of it can't possibly be real at all. It's not "scripted" as Rachel has insisted, but it really is. It has to be. Not word for word, but you know what I mean.  

By the way, Andrew is a full year younger than Kate but the 18 days that was such a problem when it came to Jeff suddenly isn't even mentioned when it comes to Andrew. This is what I mean, Andrew was pre-selected and always was going to be the date even if Kate said after Jeff absolutely no one more than 18 days younger than me. 

Andrew says what I said to Rachel, what the hell with the squash as a first date? He says he's fine and looking forward to the dinner so Rachel sends him off to dinner.

For some reason neither Andrew or Kate can talk to each other. Every question is answered shortly and then deflates into silence. Ugh, sometimes that just happens even if you otherwise can carry on a conversation with near anyone, you just cannot with that particular person. And Andrew unfortunately has a number of things about him that just aren't all that interesting or good conversation starters to someone who isn't particularly good at conversation. He's in medical sales, has no kids so nothing to talk about there, loves dogs but doesn't have one so what more can you say there? Plays golf but doesn't anymore. Kate doesn't like sports so it ends there, too. Andrew is answering questions as if he is being interrogated by a detective in front of a mirrored window. Keep it short and simple, be noncommittal about everything, don't offer a thing that's not completely benign and generic. Forget dating, if you're like this in real life I can't much imagine this guy has much of anyone who even wants to be around him much less date him.

Oddly Andrew seems to think all this weird creepy silence is okay. Kate however knows it's flipping weird as we all do. Mady explains that Kate is bad hiding her emotions and for that part Kate could at least try not to act like she wants to rip her French tipped nails off one by one.

How bad is it when the date has to ask you, so "what else is there?" Haha, beyond not having kids or a dog or liking sports, that's it in my view.

They finish up some kind of unidentified dinner and Kate actually ends it early and tells Andrew we don't have a connection so thanks for playing. They shake. Haha! Well I mean, it is a transaction, he's not wrong there. Unless they found some way around this, by the way, the actors would have had to have been paid for these parts. So for Andrew, it's just another sale and it's over now. Andrew gives a hilarious little drum tap on the table and takes off.  I wish that's how Jon would have left Kate. Thanks for playing, TABLE TAP, handshake, BYE FELICIA.

I like how in the post interview instead of Andrew saying "it is what it is" he says "it is what it was." Nice touch with the past tense, because for your sake I hope you never have to encounter than woman ever again. 

You know, maybe Andrew just got a sixth sense about her and couldn't get past it to act normal. His personality came across as quite odd but it doesn't prove he's always like this. Anyone who has had a bad date with no connection knows that feeling and how hard it is to fake that you're having a great time. It's New York City and I'm just going to move on. What does that mean, it's New York City and I'm just going to move on? I truly don't know and it's the most interesting thing he's said all night.

Wait, did Kate just fire Rachel off camera? Ha, that was awesome! All of a sudden we're cutting to Kate on the couch saying she needs to move on from Rachel and try some other matchmaker. And you know that meant some crazy shit went down that the cameras couldn't manage to catch or weren't allowed to catch, because if this part was part of the script, you know good and damn well it would have been filmed as a big dramatic outburst and promo-ed for weeks ahead of time. Instead, nothing! Deflated anti-climatic balloon!

Rachel briefly responds to all this and looks deliriously happy about it all. Heh. Like, those chipmunk teeth have never popped that much. Oddly she says "it's safer that way." What's safer? You not being around Kate? It was unsafe working for Kate? Oh, folks, there is such a big story here we're not being told and may never know. Damn it! I want someone on instagram to ask Rachel what she meant by it's "safer" to not work for Kate anymore, she seems keen to answer a lot of questions lately and maybe she'll take the bait. Maybe I can talk my dog @sea.gordon into doing it. 

Can I ask a question? Why was Rachel fired when Jeff was a really, really good date? What does it matter that Andrew was a bad date when Jeff was so good? All it takes is one good guy. As much as Rachel grates, I really don't understand why Kate isn't over the moon happy with her she finally dug out Jeff from the pile of turds. She should be telling her I love you, Rachel, forget the rest of the dates, let's just do date two with Jeff right now because he's great! And I kind of wish Rachel would stand up for herself a little and say wait a second wasn't Jeff good, were you not happy with Jeff, was I not doing my job correctly with Jeff? He was handsome, funny, the date went well, no kids, no divorces, had all your qualifications except for the age thing but I should at least get a pass for that for coming within 19 days of him being older than you. Come on, Rachel, show some spirit! 

And if she doesn't end up with Jeff, Jeff, you seem like an incredible guy and I hope you find a great woman who is right for you, who lives local, doesn't have eight kids, loves family and your nephews as much as you do, and is not an impossible shrew.

Next up on Kate Plus Date, Kate's replacement matchmaker aka social media influencer finally calls it right, Kate has "Black Heart Syndrome." Oh, help me help me I can't breathe! Yes, matchmaker guy, yes! Now please make it your life's work to add this disease to the DSM-V and make the whole world a better place.