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Last night's installment of The Bachelorette was less notable for any events that took place than for what it teased regarding future episodes in the last three minutes.

We're coming down the home stretch of Jillian Harris' quest for love, as she cut the field from eight to five suitors, all of whom will go on "hometown" dates with her.

Of the three guys who were sent packing on Monday's episode (the sixth of the season), unemployed bartender Robby and foot fetishist Tanner Pope were obvious.

Her cutting Jake Pavelka, however, was a bit of a surprise.

Most of the episode (if not the season) was based around Jake being Mr. Perfect. He is hot. He is a pilot, which is awesome. He is super nice, fun and charming.

Jillian Harris acknowledged all of these things. Yet he goes.

This made little sense until the three-minute preview for the rest of the season aired: Jake Pavelka comes back to the show to tell Jillian about Wes' intentions!

This future development also casts a different light on Wes Hayden, who spent most of last night's show admitting, even bragging about his ulterior motives.

Jake has been dying to call out Wes. He will soon get the chance.

That he has an agenda is not shocking, but no one coming on The Bachelorette merely to promote his music would be so blatant as to say he is "not here for the girl" and that he can "feel" and "taste" the record sales he will generate from this.

Unless, of course, it is all a contrived sham. As is Jake being kicked off only to come back and stir up drama by calling out Wes and his alleged girlfriend.

It seems to The Hollywood Gossip that Jake's elimination was scripted from the start, just like Ed's departure last week because of "work" commitments.

Are Jake and Ed still in the running for Jillian? Were their reasons for departing legitimate, and only their returns staged? Or has this been the plan all along?

That we can't say, but spoilers will surely emerge. We'll be seeing both Jake and Ed in the coming weeks in some form though, you can mark our words.

Because as Jason Mesnick, Melissa Rycroft and Molly Malaney proved to record ratings, what's "reality" TV without a compelling, manipulated story to tell?

A recap of who's left on The Bachelorette after week six ...

On to next week's "hometown" dates: Reid (one-on-one date); Kiptyn (group date); Wes, Jesse and Michael (rose ceremony).

Sent packing by Jillian Harris: Robby (left on side of the train tracks); Jake and Tanner P. (not given roses at ceremony).

Jillian Harris narrowed her group of eight hopefuls to five last night.

The girlfriend mystery remains unsolved, but things got a lot more interesting on The Bachelorette last night. In an unexpected twist, hunky Ed decided to choose his career over love, proving that even The Bachelorette cannot escape the recession.

In any event, Jillian Harris' self-esteem took another huge hit.

The night began in Whistler, British Columbia, where Jilly had a one-on-one zip-line adventure date with Michael, who ended up getting a rose.

She later took Wes, Robby, Jake, Kiptyn, Tanner, Ed, Reid, and Mark on a  snowmobiling adventure and went on another solo date with Jesse.

Jesse got a rose on his date, and Ed received one on the group date, even as he told Jillian he'd been told by his boss to come back or get fired.

In the end, Ed decided to leave, so that left just one more dude for Jilly ax.

Mark received that honor.

As for Ed's future, he dealt Jillian Harris quite a blow, but according to some Bachelorette spoilers circulating online, we haven't seen the last of him yet.

A source on good authority suggests that someone leaves The Bachelorette "for personal reasons" and then possibly returns in later episodes. Could this be Ed?

Considering his strange insistence on keeping the date rose given to him by Jillian even as he opted to discontinue his stint on the show, that would make sense.

Ed clearly fits this conjecture, and we wouldn't be surprised to see his handsome self resurface before the season concludes. Cue the obligatory Chris Harrison's voiceover, promising "the most shocking twist ... in Bachelor history."

Here's what doesn't add up - did Ed come on The Bachelorette knowing his employer would be upset if he were gone two months? One would think his boss would have granted permission first ... but then why take it back now?

Is this a contrived stunt, like the character of Dave? Time will tell.

A recap of who's left after week five ...

In: Mike, Jesse (one-on-one dates); Kiptyn Reid, Robby, Jake, Tanner P., Wes.

Out: Ed (work), Mark (rose ceremony).

As The Bachelorette continues to come under fire for allegedly paying off various suitors, Jillian Harris doesn't appear to have a care in the world.

The Canadian cutie is sailing away on her very own love boat in the latest issue of OK! magazine. In excerpts from her recent interview with the tabloid, Jillian says she chose the right man...

On the process of the show: It's 17-hour days and running from one place to another, and finding time just to have a bite to eat. In the beginning, you have to be emotionally available to all of the guys and not spread yourself out too thin. It can be really draining.

On choosing a partner: You definitely do fall for more than one person in a situation like this... but eventually you know what you're getting into. My final choice wasn't a difficult one to make

On her chosen suitor: I'm a firm believer that I made the right decision. The relationship failing is a fear, but I can't control that. If it happens, it happens. I will be in the same place that I was before this, which is a great place.

Yesterday, a series of Bachelorette spoilers leaked online, posing intriguing questions about some of the guys' motives, and the show's credibility in general.

We can only wait and see if these predictions come true, or what else emerges from behind the scenes. For now, Jillian Harris herself takes a look back at some of her decisions and dates on this week's episode of The Bachelorette.

Here's what Jillian thought of the fourth week, according to her blog ...

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WOW! What an awesome week that was .... well, aside from the drama that went down at the cocktail party. I had an incredible time in my hometown.

It reminded me how proud I am to call Vancouver home. Vancouver had a late spring, so I was secretly a bit worried about the guys wondering where the greenery was. But instead they were oo-ing and aww-ing about how beautiful Vancouver was.

As you know - the first date went to Kiptyn (are people really calling him Kiptyn-ite?! That’s hilarious!) It wasn’t all glitz and glam, but neither is this girl! I had a huge crush on Kip and wanted to see what he thought of MY LIFE in Vancouver.

I actually go down to the Granville Island Market almost every Sunday. It’s always full of people, live music and good food - it really makes one feel totally alive!

As suspected, Kip was great at kayaking, and fit in to the Vancouver scene perfectly. Back at my pad, the two of us cooked up a wonderful dinner FROM SCRATCH!

Okay seriously, I was VERY nervous about this - so much could go wrong when trying to create two pasta sauces, fresh salad dressing and maple baked salmon for a guy you’re falling for on your first date. I was so flustered as you can imagine.

Ahhh the curling date.

This was such a nostalgic date for me. I remember curling bonspiels when I was just a kid - so much fun! To my delight, the guys loved it too!

What they didn’t love was only half of them going on the yacht. To make it up to them, I sent the losers a massage from the spa at the Fairmont.

Having only half the guys there allowed me to really connect with them. I saw David’s true colors (finally!), had a long overdue conversation with Jesse and of course, had a conversation with Jake that I think came off totally wrong! Oh boy.

The dreaded two-on-one date. In hindsight ... did I make the right call?

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According to a reliable Bachelorette source - one who has been right about the shocking developments on the series before - there is some serious fabrication taking place on the reality show this season, and Jillian Harris is in on it.

If you recall, "Reality Steve" knew Bachelor Jason Mesnick would choose Melissa Rycroft at the final rose ceremony, then dump her for Molly Malaney on the "After the Final Rose" special. However he gets them, he knows his Bachelor spoilers.

Suffice it to say, The Bachelorette spoilers below are probably more or less accurate, and have not been printed before on our site. So read with caution.

On drunk, angry David, who got the boot in this week's episode:

THE RAGING LUNATIC: Was everything Dave said and did an act?

"Something has come to the forefront that shows once again how well engineered this show is. Not surprising to hear this, but par for the course for ABC.

As we all remember in the first episode, when David exited the limo, he stood in front of Jillian for a good ten seconds in complete silence. In episodes since, the guy has been anything BUT silent, and has come across as a drunken lunatic.

Yet on the first episode, he said he couldn't think of anything to say. Jillian Harris liked that approach and gave him the first impression rose for it.

Well, I found out in recent days, confirmed by three sources, that Dave was told, the night of the meet-and-greet, to pretend he was nervous.

In addition, the scene where Dave is speechless in front of Jillian was also re-shot THREE times because he kept laughing every time he did it.

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This fourth episode of the current season of The Bachelorette marked a turning point in Jillian Harris' journey. From David getting nixed, to Kiptyn emerging as a contender and nasty rumors circulating, things started to get a bit intense.

The venerable host and pimp of The Bachelorette, Chris Harrison, was kind enough as always to divulge, in his weekly blog with EW, some of what went on behind the scenes of the ABC hit. Here are some of his thoughts and comments ...

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In my mind, this season really starts now. As you could probably tell, the goofy fun and games are over and things have now taken a very serious turn.

From here on out this season of The Bachelorette is a fantastic roller coaster ride that I really can't compare with any other season we've had.

This is the first season ever where three weeks in we've left our main house and never returned. We do have one more rose ceremony in Los Angeles later on but not at this house. Personally, I loved the travel and felt like it really fit for this season.

Jillian Harris clearly loved being back home in Vancouver. It gave her a little more confidence and an extra spring in her step being on her home turf.

Jillian definitely had a thing for Kiptyn since the moment he stepped out of the limo. She told me how gorgeous she thought he was on night one.

Their one-on-one date in Vancouver couldn't have gone better in her eyes.

I'm going to go head and try to answer next week's question now. No, that wasn't Jillian's actual loft. She does live just down the street and they are very similar, but for privacy purposes we had to use a different loft.

Jillian wanted you to know she really did make her homemade pasta sauce and salad dressing. She did it all in 45 minutes and she claims it was really good.

You could tell she loved this date and was as giddy as a school girl. Did you notice the little happy dance she did right after she closed the door? Classic Jilli.

Then came the "Olympic" group date with 50 guys. The truth is, every four years I find myself entranced by this damn sport during the Olympics.

Yeah, I said it. I like frozen shuffleboard. It's hypnotic.

Let me just say next that I sympathize with Jake.

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After narrowing the field from 16 to 13 last week, Jillian Harris cut three more last night on The Bachelorette, including both Juan and his nemesis David.

Who was the third to depart, and who's emerging as a contender?

As always, The Hollywood Gossip's recap below revisits some highlights, with points awarded and deducted as our staff members see fit. Here goes ...

Minus 2 for Juan not getting the one-on-one date. We really wanted 5-10 minutes' worth of Juan platitudes ... and a chance to say "Juan-on-Juan date."

Speaking of the one-on-one date, Jillian's note says, "Kiptyn - Let's cook up some love, Vancouver style." What does that even mean? There was no such thing as "Vancouver style" anything until host-pimp Chris Harrison wrote that. But hey, Plus 3 because Vancouver was a great setting for this week and seems like a hella cool city.

Kiptyn is a dumb name. Minus 6. Though the dude probably became awesome because he was saddled with that since birth. That's one way to make your kid an overachiever - name him Kiptyn and force him to overcompensate his entire life.

Kiptyn: Silly name, but great looks and personality.

Jillian Harris tells Kiptyn that physically, her type is "well, you wanna look in the mirror?" Typical, cute comment from a girl who's not normally that forward but totally has a crush on a guy and has had 4-5 glasses of wine. Plus 8.

Jake Pavelka says his previous dancing date with Jillian Harris "made his life." Jillian says everything out of Jake's mouth is "perfect." Wow. If these two are trying to hide their romance, they're doing an awful job. Minus 5.

Plus 7 for a curling competition to cuddle the Canadian cutie. Normally you only get to see this game of "shuffleboard on skates" televised every four years. It wasn't even a shameless plug, as the Olympics are on another network!

Juan calmly boasts that he possesses the "skill, speed and touch" to excel at curling. This guy doesn't have a high opinion of himself at all. Minus 12.

In the course of 30 seconds, crazy Dave makes a comment about Jillian's "tit" hanging out, gets rejected for a kiss, says that's "never" happened to him before, then implies that The Bachelorette star is a slut. Plus 17 for sheer hilarity.

Piece of advice, Jill: don't start a sentence with the words: "Every girl's dream," and then immediately follow them with "... in the kitchen." Minus 3.

Jillian Harris is upset by rumors that one or more of the guys on The Bachelorette may have girlfriends at home. It's hard to blame her ... or be at all surprised.

Having a girlfriend and being on The Bachelorette is "the rudest possible thing I've ever, ever known in my entire life," says Jillian. Mmm. Yeah. Uh, it's a reality show, girl. Who would ever go on one with less than pure intentions? Minus 10.

Playing up the ulterior motives / girlfriend angle so hard in the promos, yet not actually resolving anything was really lame, ABC, but at least it resulted in more Chris Harrison screen time, so we'll award the whole thing Plus 2.

Wes Hayden is obviously a shameless, self-promoting hack and pretty annoying to boot, but let's face it, the show needs a villain like him, so ... Even?

TOTAL: -1. SEASON: +24.

Sacked by Jillian Harris: Mike (two-on-one date); Juan, David (rose ceremony).

Still with a chance of getting in the sack with the lovely Jillian Harris: Kiptyn (one-on-one date); Jesse (group date); Mark (two-on-one date); Reid, Robby, Ed, Michael, Wes, Jake, and Tanner P. (rose ceremony).

"These bachelors are making Jillian weak at the knees ... but one ... is absolute ... Kiptyn-ite!" - Ridiculous, lame ABC promo announcer guy

"That dude is literally good at everything, which sucks." - disgruntled, competing Bachelorette competitor, on Kiptyn

A new promo for tonight's episode of The Bachelorette implies that Kiptyn, considered by many fans to be a serious contender amongst a field comprised largely of n'er-do-wells, will be sweeping Jillian Harris off her feet this evening.

Moreover, he may be questioning the motives of some of the others on the show (cough, Wes). Whatever the outcome, Kip is the center of possibly the lamest marketing hook in reality TV history (a bold statement), as evidenced by the clip below ...

Follow the jump for a second preview of tonight's episode of The Bachelorette, in which Jillian takes the guys curling. She's Canadian, don'cha know.

Guess it was only a matter of time ...

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Monday night on The Bachelorette, Jillian Harris sent home one of the seemingly nicest guys, with one of the saddest stories, in Sasha Petrovic.

Sasha was apparently not measuring up to the unemployed bartender, struggling country musician and tattooed rage-a-holic, among others.

When asked in a conference call following his departure if Jillian is attracted to jerks, Sasha could not resist taking a couple of parting shots.

"It's almost maybe like she wants to be attracted more to the nice guys, but she finds herself drawn to almost the, I don't want to say jerks, but the tougher personalities," said Petrovic, a 27-year-old oil consultant from Texas.

As for his first impressions of Jillian Harris?

"When I first met her, walking out of the limo, I was like, eeesh, not really my type," he said. "She's a cute girl, but not that attractive up front. Personality was really nice and sweet, but nice and sweet, that only gets you so far."

Harsh words from a guy who seemed smitten to us!

Jillian Harris rubs suntan lotion on Sasha Petrovic, who she dismissed following their one-on-one date Monday. He seems kinda bitter about the experience.

Sasha quickly backpedaled and added of Jilly, "The further and further I got along, and it was the weirdest thing, 'cause at our date, I remember the yellow heels she was wearing. Oh my God, she's like a knockout. She's so beautiful."

Sasha had plenty to say about the remaining Bachelorette dudes vying for Jillian Harris. Follow the jump for his thoughts on Wes, Juan, David and more ...

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In week three, The Bachelorette took a trip back in time to the Old West, while tensions heated up at the house as the fight for Jillian Harris raged on.

The self-described "refined hick" was definitely in her element this week. Below, she shares some impressions on all the latest Bachelorette exploits.

Here's what Jilly thought of the episode, according to her blog ...

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Am I alone in saying that was one of the craziest episodes ever? The romance, drama and kissing, and my first tears, even my head was spinning when I watched!

At the time, I remember there being some tension, but not that much! Anything I don’t see, I don’t know about, so I had no idea of the magnitude of the conflict.

It’s times like those that I really wish I had a secret little camera to get the inside scoop. I would have stormed right in there and put a stop to all that nonsense.

On to a more positive topic, the dates this week were over the top. Literally!

My date with Ed was truly the definition of “living on the edge.”

At the time, Ed seemed so easy-breezy about going over the edge of that building, but he later revealed to me that he was a nervous wreck!

The best part about Ed moving into the house was his house attire - Ed would lounge around the mansion like he owned the place, wearing a silk robe and cucumber eye masks (and later on, drinking blended margaritas at 8 a.m. with Robbie).

For the record, some of the kisses on the western date were really awkward (sorry guys!). But I totally appreciated how the guys were all really going for it, and I had fun being a good sport! I am so not an actress, so it was nerve-wracking.

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