This week Ben and the girls traveled to Ambergris Caye, Belize! This week was a little different than past weeks. Now that we're getting down to the final girls the rules have changed a little. This week's episode had 3 one-on-one dates and one group date. There were no roses on the one-on-one dates and one rose on the group date. This week is about the girls getting to spend as much time as possible with Ben before they take him home to meet their families!
The first one-on-one date went to Lindzi. Ben and Lindzi are picked up by a helicopter (classic Bachelor) and taken out over the beautiful water surrounding the island of Ambergris Caye. The helicopter hovers over an area Ben calls the "Blue Hole," which is a huge circle of coral reef surrounding a deep part of the ocean. Ben and Lindzi decide they are going to jump out of the helicopter into the water (yikes!). Lindzi is really afraid of heights and is scared to jump. After some convincing (and kissing!) from Ben, Lindzi is able to conquer her fears. She and Ben jump together into the deep water below. This was an excellent use of The Bachelor's "conquering fears leads to love" theme. In the later portion of the date, the couple enjoys a beautifully arranged picnic on a dock next to the water. Ben tells Lindzi that its a 2-way street and asks if she would like to bring him home to meet her parents. Of course she says she would love for him to meet her parents and tells him she's falling for him. At the end of their date, Lindzi and Ben write a message in a bottle. They write a fairy tale about their journey so far together and send it out into the ocean.
Emily had the pleasure of receiving the second one-on-one date. Courtney gets really upset that Emily has the one-on-one date. She even starts crying. What?! Courtney is human?! Anyway, Emily and Ben spend the day exploring Ambergris Caye. Emily meets Ben on another part of the island (by plane!). First, they take a bike ride around the town. Then they do lots of different activities like buy coconuts, play basketball, do shopping, and even dance to street music. They come across a boat and "spontaneously" decide to go diving for lobsters for dinner (we all know spontaneous is not in the Bach producer's vocabulary). The later portion of the date they dance together at a local party. Then they have dinner and discuss the possibility of Ben meeting Emily's family. Emily tells him she wants to bring him home with her and even extends a formal invitation to him to come to her house.
The last one-on-one date goes to Courtney (ugh). Thankfully Ben chose her for a one-on-one date because Courtney said if she didn't get asked on a one-on-one this week she wouldn't accept a rose from Ben (seriously?). They begin their date by walking through the jungle when they "come across" a massive temple. They climb part of the way up the temple and stop to have a picnic. Now it's time for Courtney to manipulate Ben some more. She tells him ONCE AGAIN she's unsure of his feelings for her. AKA she needs him to "validate" her feelings by giving her rose. All this girl wants is a rose, not Ben's heart. She just wants the most attention she can get. And as we've all learned by now, Ben falls for it. He tells her how much he cares about her and wants to meet her family. Suddenly Courtney's mood seems to change and she's as chipper as ever. After their picnic, they climb to the very top of the temple. The later part of the date is a candlelight dinner by a pool. Ben confronts Courtney about her relationship with the other girls. She says she wouldn't be friends with any of them in real life. This should be concerning to Ben because obviously Ben likes the other girls for some reason and Courtney says she would never be friends with people like that. Courtney then blabs about being a model (has she mentioned, she's a model?) and how she's dealt with people like them before. Ben hangs on her every word. Shocker.
Group date girls: Kacie, Rachel, and Nicki. The girls are awakened very early in the morning by Ben. It's complete chaos as the girls stumble out of bed and try to hurry and get ready for their date. The girls go out on a boat in the ocean and Ben informs them that they are going shark diving! Nicki and Kacie are very excited but Rachel is not. Nicki and Kacie get in the water with no problem, but Rachel takes some serious coercing from Ben. Nicki and Kacie get mad that Rachel is monopolizing Ben's time because she's scared to get in the water. Rachel eventually gets over her fears and jumps in the water. They go back to their house for the later portion of the date to relax and hang out outside. While Rachel is talking to Ben, Kacie and Nicki discuss Courtney, comparing her to a black widow spider because she sucks the life out of everything. They decide that they should confront Ben about her. Nicki talks to Ben about how great she feels about their relationship. Kacie tells Ben she is falling in love with him and wants her parents to meet him. Ben is very pleased with Kacie's openness about falling in love with him and gives her the rose, which secures her a hometown date next week! At the end of the date, the girls warn Ben about their concerns that Courtney does not have the right intentions.
At the cocktail party, Chris Harrison appears and tells the girls that Ben would like to skip the cocktail party because he has already made his decision. But this is contradicted when right before the rose ceremony, Ben pulls Courtney aside to talk. Us girls at home think finally Ben has come to his senses! He questions why she is there and tries to get some clarification on the doubts he is having about her sincerity. But sadly girls, Courtney talks her way back into Ben's heart and he gives her a rose at the rose ceremony (see full list below).
Next week: HOMETOWN DATES AHH! Have a great week Bachelorettes!
IN:
-Kacie
-Nicki
-Lindzi
-Courtney
OUT:
-Emily
-Rachel
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