What's most disheartening is that the truly average Joes really opened themselves up to Melana, serenading her with heartfelt, if badly sung, ballads, revealing emabarassing truths about themselves, awkwardly fawning over her, and in general showing why they truly are geeks. And then they were eliminated. If anything, this shows how impossible it is for these two "types" of people to come together. The Joes know no better than to be honest and open, but the less-average ones know that you'll get farther by being, if not outright dishonest, at least more evasive.

In another twist, in last night's episode, Melana dresses up in a very effective fat-suit and makeup to question the four remaining contestants who thought she was Melana's cousin. The questions mattered little, it was the reaction to "fat Melana," unknowingly caught on hidden cameras, that would be the deciding factor. As the four remaining men gathered after their individual interviews, Zach, who she revealed she'd been falling for, makes some particularly rude remarks about the fat cousin. This is, remember, the first time Melana has seen him outside of her own encounters with him, and she is shocked at his comments. The Joes are confronted with the fat cousin one more time, where she reveals that she has heard all they said, to which Zach cowers, hiding his face in his hands as she peels off the prosthetics to reveal the real Melana underneath. While we're all supposed to be shocked at all this, I couldn't help think about the irony - here she is judging these guys on their reactions to her fat "cousin" yet she herself barely even gave the "fat Joes" a chance.

More can be made, perhaps, of the differences between classes of people than anything else in the show. Many of the Joes complimented each other on their successes and consoled each other on their failures in an odd show of solidarity, and more surprisingly they often would compliment their competitors right to Melana, as if to say that by helping one of their number, you help all. There was a sort of charm in seeing elegant Melana accompanying awkward geeks and giving them an opportunity to show her that not all in love is based on looks, but when the "above average" Joes began to get more time with Melana it was sort of like watching the happy, cute seals swimming among the killer whales. One by one they were taken down, and as the "models" were introduced to the show it was intriguing to see the change in reaction Melana had to these new men. Where she'd seemed entertained by the Joes, the models elicited a more pointed response in her - lust. Where her encounters with the Joes had seemed like the teeth on two slightly differently spaced gears coming together, her encounters with Jason made obvious that they meshed immediately. That she eliminated the model she barely spoke to, Michael and offed the offensive Zach might have come as a slight surprise given that who remained besides the obvious Jason was Adam, a goofy, open "nice" guy who somehow managed to make it this far without anyone really paying a whole lot of attention to him. I'd love to hope for the best for him, but I think it's pretty obvious that having him competing for Melana in the final episode next week is more for her convenience than any real feelings for him. It's far easier for her to excuse him without guilt. I guess we'll see next week, after which I'll still be saying, "I can't believe I watched this crap!"