Now that Jimmy Kimmel is gone Chris is back in charge of the dates (for the most part) and he wastes no time getting the first group date of the evening started. Megan, Kaitlyn, Ashley S, Ashley I, Juelia, Samantha, Mackenzie and Kelsey are all chosen for their date titled “LETS DO WHAT FEELS NATURAL” The word natural has most of the girls in a tizzy, especially our Kim K wannabe Ashley I, because they are terrified they will have to see Chris with no make up. Really it’s a date a the lake or as Kelsey called it a mud puddle. Ashley decided she needs to break out of her shell and does it by taking off her top. Kaitlyn one ups her and takes off her bottoms and none of the other girls were loving it. Especially Kelsey. She has seemed to take the Nick Viall role of this season being a sulky child on the group date. While all the other girls are having run playing games she is off in the corner sulking saying this date was for bimbos. She was even less thrilled when he announced it was an overnight camping trip. While she bashes camping nature decided to pay her back and a bee stung her right on the inner thigh. Funniest part of that was when producer Elan quickly stepped in to offer his assistance. She declined…poor Elan! While Kelsey is hating this date with ever fibre of her being, Kaitlyn is loving it. Her and Chris has some more in-depth conversation in their alone time. I love, love, love Kaitlyn so much. She’s funny and cute and her and Chris seem to click for me. Crazy Ashley comes back again and she is drunk and acting like a fool. Mackenzie has also taken a ride on the crazy train talking about aliens, and how this was the perfect place for them to abduct and probe her. Seriously I don’t know if casting was high or drunk, but the amount of crazies this year is off the chart! Kelsey is still being a brat in the corner until Chris appears anywhere near her then she is all smiles. The girls are starting to see right through her fakeness and they aren’t liking at all. While Chris and Ashley S go off for some alone time the girls make their own creepy story with her as the start. Little to they know about how creepy is being with Chris. She is asking him what is he, and drops the “L” word and Chris is baffled. The poor guy has no idea what is going on. He is trying to have a normal conversation and she is having another one at the same time. Thankfully the girls start screaming his name and he is saved. The girls all retire to their tents and Chris is alone in his tent….but not for long. Ashley I has things to tell him so she sneaks in. She is trying to hint to him that she is a virgin without actually saying the words but Chris is oblivious. She does tell him she never had a boyfriend and she thinks for now anyways that he got what she was hinting at. I have to say that Kaitlyn is making this show with her side commentary. This show would be totally boring without her. Chris must agree with me because Kaitlyn got the date rose!
In them mansion the girls are all waiting for a visit from Chris’ sisters. They are going to be choosing who Chris will get a one on one with. The sisters arrive and Jillian and her black barred butt are in the backyard sleeping. She gets woken up to meet them and the girls are taken one by one for an interview. Whitney thought she had it in the bag but Jade was the girl chosen to go on a Cinderella themed date with Chris. The rest of the girls get filled in on the visit and the date and Ashley I is mad. She should be the princess, heck she is a Disney princess personified right? A glam team comes in and shows Jade a room full of AMAZING gowns and jewels and shoes…..omg the shoes!!!!! Ashley I is getting angrier and angrier as Jade is being transformed. This whole segment is designed to promote the new Cinderella movie of course. Jade picks a beautiful blue ball gown and is given some gorgeous shoes and she gets to keep a stunning pair of diamond earrings from Neil Lane of course. Product placement is key in The Bachelor. Chris is thrilled to see Jade pull up as who is date was, was kept secret. The two have some nice conversation. They both were engaged and bonded over that. Jade was always a girl he liked but was never in the foreground. That all changed tonight for Chris. He won’t be overlooking her anymore and the two enjoy a private dance with private concert (of course). While Jade is having her Cinderella moment, Ashley I is losing it at the mansion. She is dressed like she’s going to ball. She is having a ball of her own. The girls think she’s crazy and point out to her that she has no prince! Nothing says crazy like sitting alone all dressed up drinking wine and eating corn on the cob…..but that’s what she did!
For the last date Whitney, Jillian, Becca, Britt, Carly and Nikki are invited to “LETS GET DIRTY” They are doing the Muckfest MS run in wedding dresses. It’s an obstacle course in mud and Jillian is thrilled. Look at who she is up against. She has no competition with theses girls. She basically laps all the girls and they stop even trying she gets so ahead of them all. Chris hangs back just in case girls need help with their dresses and the obstacles but Jillian wins the Mudrun. The winner this time actually gets one on one date in San Fransico with Chris so Jillian is finally getting some real alone time with him. He sees Jillian as one of his top three and wants to get deeper with her. He asked her where she thought she’d be in 5 years and she really couldn’t answer that. He wanted to get a sense of what life would be with her and she couldn’t give her that. Jillian then just started talking and talking and talking which was a little refreshing for Chris. Then she just kept talking and he couldn’t keep up with her and he just zoned out from what she was saying. It comes time to give out the date rose and Chris decides that he just can’t give her the rose because he is just not feeling the romantic connection. She tries to convince him otherwise but he holds his ground and Jillian is sent home.
Chris starts out the cocktail party by telling him how serious he is about the process and how happy he is to be there with all of them. Megan makes the most out of her one on one time with a blindfolded taste test. Crazy comes out full force for Ashley I at this cocktail party. She starts to think that maybe she didn’t make her virginity clear on the camping trip. She does pull him aside and tells him. In her mind the news freaked him out when really he’s totally okay with it and actually respects her for it. Because he didn’t kiss her she thinks he’s too freaked out. When Mackenzie said it was probably because he wanted to respect her she said she didn’t want to be respected THAT much. Mackenzie is crazy sitting tonight making sure she doesn’t go to crazy She spends the rest of the night losing her mind over what she thinks he is thinking. While the girls are talking about Becca reveals her virginity to the girls and Kaitlyn’s mind is blown. Two virgins in the mansion…..that is CRAZY! Britt is feeling insecure. She has had little time with Chris and she feels threaten by Kaitlyn. She brings up the camping date and brings up Kaitlyn getting the rose after she took her clothes off and how the girls felt like a third wheel and wanted to go home. She wants to know why he is validating those behaviours. Chris is frustrated that she would use her time to talk about these things instead of focusing on their relationship. He storms into the house and tells all the girls that if they are questioning his intentions that they are free to leave. The rose ceremony starts and Kaitlyn and Jade go in with roses. Jillian has already been sent home and joining her are Ashley S, Juelia and Nikki. Britt received the last rose of the night. Is this telling of where their relationship stands after their conversation tonight? Chris walks Juelia out because he wants to tell her that he thinks she is a great girl but he has too much respect for her to keep her when he doesn’t see it heading anywhere, especially because she has a daughter at home. Crazy Ashley walks out as crazy as she came in, saying she doesn’t feel anything. Two days ago she was telling him she loves him and now she feels nothing. I think Chris made a smart decision there.
Next week looks a little crazy. Kelsey is in the middle of the drama again and medics are called! Will Chris and Britt be able to move past their last conversation? Comment below and let me know. Don’t forget Michael and I are live at 7pm EST tonight recapping the episode. Join us on our ROSES page and tweet us your comments and questions #YRRLive to become part of the show. We love hearing what you have to say about the episode.