This week Ben and the girls jetted off to gorgeous Vieques, Puerto Rico! This week was extra exciting for the girls because EVERYONE got to go on a date! Ben is getting closer to finding his future wife and certain girls are definitely starting to stand out, some for good reasons and some for bad (Courtney). This week's episode was filled with baseball, lots of skin, and a shocking rose ceremony elimination.
The first one-on-one date went to Nicki. A helicopter (of course) arrived at the Bachelor beach house to pick Ben and Nicki up for their date. They take a ride together around the beautiful island. They end up being dropped off at a historic park. The couple buys snow cones together and it looks like its going to be a beautiful day for an outdoor date. Unfortunately that was not the case. Suddenly it starts POURING rain. Ben and Nicki are completely drenched and have to run to find the closest shelter from the rain. It looks like their day is going to be completely ruined because of the now flooded Vieques. Thankfully, Ben can think on his feet and they decide to go shopping and buy some dry clothes. They pick out the most authentic Puerto Rican threads they can find. Nicki finds a beautifully colored dress and Ben buys a completely white outfit with a big hat that makes him look like a 70 year old Puerto Rican man. Thankfully the weather clears up while the couple has a fun time shopping. They take a walk and discover a wedding going on. They sit on a nearby bench and watch while discussing Nicki's previous marriage. Nicki tells Ben what went wrong and what she'll do differently this time. The evening portion of the date they spend more time talking while lounging and drinking wine. Ben and Nicki seem to have a good connection and he gives her the rose.
The group date ladies: Lindzi, Courtney, Jennifer, Kacie B., Emily, Rachel, Casey S., Jamie, and Blakely. This week's group date is a physical test, the girls have to play baseball! The girls and Ben are assisted by a few Carolina Gigantes coaches and run some drills. (This date would be my worst nightmare. I am not athletic in the least and I'm pretty sure if Ben saw me playing baseball that would assure my immediate elimination.) Some of the girls were super athletic and did great while others definitely struggled. After drills are over, Chris Harrison makes an appearance. The girls all know that when Chris shows up unexpectedly, it usually means something bad. Chris informs the girls that there will be a beach party for the later portion of the date. The problem is there isn't enough room for all the girls. The girls have to split into teams and play a baseball game against each other. The winning team gets to spend the night partying on the beach with Ben. The losing team has to go back to the house Bachelorless. Since there is an uneven number of girls, one girl gets to play both teams, which assures her invite to the beach party. Chris lets Ben make the decision of which girl will play on both teams and he chooses Lindzi (lucky girl).
Blue Team: Blakely, Emily, Rachel, and Jennifer.
Red Team: Courtney, Kacie B., Casey S., and Jamie.
The baseball game is really intense and of course its accompanied by the most intense Bachelor music (usually reserved for the finale). The game ends up being tied and having to go into an extra inning. Unfortunately, it is Jennifer who strikes out giving the win to the Red Team. Blakely, Emily, Rachel, and Jennifer are tearfully sent back to the house. During the beach date portion, Courtney is constantly bad mouthing all the girls. She thinks none of them are a threat to her except maybe Kacie B. (oh yes she is!). Ben and Kacie B. have some nice one on one time and Ben confesses every woman he's fallen really hard for doesn't seem to love him back. Kacie B. gets the rose and Ben tells her she makes it easy for him to open up. Courtney pulls Ben aside and tells him she wants to go skinny dipping with him. As we find out later in the episode, this is not just flirty talk.
The second one-on-one date goes to Elyse. We haven't really gotten to see much of Elyse. She's only been on one group date so she was really excited that she had a one-on-one this week. Ben takes Elyse on a private yacht (jealousss). They spend the afternoon drinking wine and talking while the yacht cruises around the island. At one point, the couple jumps off the boat and takes a swim together in the ocean. The boat docks at a beach where a beautiful dinner is set up for them (nice chandelier in the middle of the beach Bach producers). Throughout the date, it seems that Ben isn't really feeling it. During dinner he tells Elyse he has felt missed connections between them. He didn't find what he wanted to during their date. Ben thinks his relationships with the other women are far past what he feels he could get to with Elyse. He does not give her the rose and she is immediately eliminated. I want to scold Ben because while having his "you're not getting the rose" speech he was holding the rose in his hand the whole time! Poor girl thought he was going to hand her the rose and was totally shocked he sent her home. Ben puts Elyse on a boat and sends her home. Ben ends the date by throwing the rose into the ocean (thanks for the symbolism Bach producers). When the man comes to get Elyse's bags, the girls are shocked that she was sent home, realizing that not everyone is as safe as they think they are.
Sounds like a normal episode of The Bachelor, right?
Wrong.
After finding out Elyse is gone, Courtney decides to go to Ben's hotel room (bigggg no no). Ben is surprised to find Courtney in a robe waiting with wine when he arrives back from the date. Courtney says she's going to keep good on her promise to skinny dip with Ben. At this point, Courtney just makes me sick. She is rude, manipulative, cocky, and what we've most recently learned, a slut. In her interview she says Ben has "probably never skinny dipped with a model before" and she's going to "make his day." Could this girl be anymore into herself?! She and Ben go out to the beach and they quickly ditch their clothes and go out into the water together. Courtney has to be the BIGGEST slut in Bachelor history. Courtney is doing whatever it takes, like losing any respect or dignity people had for her, to get that rose from Ben. It's so obvious that Courtney is not there for Ben at all. The only thing she cares about is beating the other girls. She will do whatever it takes to make the other girls jealous. The sight of Courtney and Ben naked and making out in the water is disgusting.
Cocktail party time. Jennifer tells Ben she really likes him and she hasn't felt like this in a really long time. Blakely really opens up to Ben about how this process is changing her for the better and she's so happy about that. Ben is pleasantly surprised by his conversation with Blakely. Emily tries to make up for her mistakes last week. She tells Ben that she wants to focus on him and doesn't care about Courtney anymore. Sounds nice, right? Wrong. The conversation immediately flips and Emily starts bashing Courtney all over again! I literally yelled at the TV "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Emily obviously got a second chance last week and it looks like she just screwed herself over again. During the rose ceremony (see full list below), it comes down to Emily and Jennifer. I think everyone was POSITIVE Emily was going home after sticking her foot in her mouth for the second week in a row. But apparently Ben believes in 3rd chances because Jennifer got the boot.
Next week: Panama, the two-on-one date (ah!), and a shocking interruption by Chris Harrison involving Casey S.! Can't wait! Have a great week girls!
IN:
-Nicki
-Kacie B.
-Lindzi
-Jamie
-Rachel
-Courtney
-Casey S.
-Blakely
-Emily
OUT:
-Elyse
-Jennifer
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