“The Golden Bachelor” Is a Trip to a Prelapsarian Eden
On the second episode of “The Golden Bachelor,” ABC’s new “Bachelor” spinoff, the titular protagonist, a onetime Indiana restaurateur named Gerry, sits down for some one-on-one time with Leslie, a fitness instructor from Minneapolis who is one of the women competing to win his heart. After sharing that, despite her confident exterior, she is sensitive and has a soft interior, “like a lava cake,” Leslie goes on to tell Gerry that she has one more thing to say. “If you ever want to whisper sweet nothings in my ear, I will be able to hear you,” she says, pushing back her long brown hair to reveal her hearing aids. Gerry, who also wears hearing aids, is visibly touched. “I thought that was really kind of darling,” he later tells the camera, his eyes moist.Since “The Bachelor” began airing, in...