All I can say is Wow! There was a whole lot of crazy happening last night and I don’t even know where to start with it all. Lets start at the beginning when last week Chris sent Kimberly home. She wasn’t to happy about it and decided to take the bull by the horns and go back in. I’m not sure if its being brave and determined or tired insanity since that cocktail party starts the night before in the dark and it was day light when she went back into the house. She interrupts the celebration and brings Chris out by himself explaining that they never got a chance to talk, she didn’t want to walk away so easily and could she have a second chance. Chris consults with Chris Harrison about whether it’s against the rules and Chris tells him “This is your life there are no rules, you want her to stay she stays” Chris decided to give her a second chance much to the dismay of the other ladies. This girl is going to have a target on her back from here on out!
The first date card is brought in by Chris after the ladies have had some time to sleep. Jade, Tandra, Mackenzie, Ashley I, Kimberly, and Tara are going on the first group date of the season. Their only hint SHOW ME YOUR COUNTRY. Chris wastes no time in seeing his ladies in bikinis, the first part of the date is a pool party. They are all having fun splashing around in the pool, but 
many wonder what his has to do with country. Tara impressed me with her ability to bounce back after being so inebriated the night before I must admit. At the pool party Chris and Kimberly finally have some time to talk alone. They decided it have a do over and Chris gets up and walks back in to pretend to meet her for the first time. She seems like a nice girl but it’s time for the next part of the date. Chris walks the girls around LA in their bikinis to a line of tractors. The girls are going to have a tractor race, the winner gets to have some one on one time with Chris. None of these girls have ever driven a tractor and Chris was loving the site of bikini clad girls on giant tractors. Of course tractors go like 10 miles an hour so it was more a snail race than a NASCAR race but the girls had fun and Ashley I came from behind to win some conversation and wine with our bachelor. Then it’s time for the after party. Chris starts off saying how he wants to be able to really focus on each girl and get to know them then drops the bombshell that he’s only picking on girl to continue on the date. That lucky girl is Mackenzie. Sad and confused the other 5 are sent back to the mansion with the date rose still on the table. Conversation between Chris and MacKenzie starts off really strange. First she asks if he’d been to LA before? Did you not know he was on The Bachelorette? Did you forget? Then it turns to how she likes big noses, did Chris has his ear pierced and aliens. Chris is starting to wonder what the heck he got himself in to and she drops the bomb that she has a 1-year-old son. I think she went on a little to long about her kid. Chris acts interested but his eye glaze over a bit, he does tell her kids don’t scare him, and Mackenzie snags the rose on this date and she doesn’t hold back telling all the girls about how many times they kissed. Sometimes girl you just need to keep things to yourself.
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ack at the mansion crazy is brewing. Jillian decides that she wants to check out Chris’s place since it’s just down the driveway and enlists Megan as a co-conspirator. They just happen to find the door unlocked. Coincidence I think not! They find his motorcycle and Megan is wearing his helmet and jacket and he goes a little nuts. She is banging her head into the fridge, the walls anything and everything. Megan decides that her next mission will be a solo one. Juelia also drops a bomb on all the girls when they are discussing the one on one date. Juelia also has a child and the father of her child (her husband) had actually killed himself. She gets a lot of sympathy from the girls but what will Chris think about this once she finally tells him? I was pretty shocked to see Megan get the first solo date and so was she. She didn’t even know what the date card meant. She thought it was just a note but her clue to the date was LOVE IS A NATURAL WONDER.
Chris picks Megan up in a limo and whisks her off in a private plane to Las Vegas where they trade the plane for helicopter. They go for a ride over the Grand Canyon and the scenery was amazing! 
Megan was really excited about seeing everything and Chris loved watching the excitement in her face. Gone is the crazy girl from the break in and Chris and Megan are having a great time. The stop and have a picnic looking out over the canyon and talk turns serious. She tells him that she applied to be on the Bachelor because a co-worker told her to and less than a week after being cast her father passed away from a massive heart attack. She debated not coming on the show so she could help her mother but her mom was the one who told her she should take this opportunity and go with it. She lets Chris know that she is serious in her intentions and they end their date with a romantic kiss and a bit of a hike through the mountains.
The third date card arrives and Kelsey, Trina, Alissa, Tracy, Juelia, Becca, Amber, Ashley S, Kaitlyn, Jillian and Britt are all going on a date called TIL DEATH DO US PART. Not a ringing endorsement for romance but ok. They pile into limos that take them to the middle of nowhere in the pitch dark. Killing Zombies is on the agenda. We learn pretty quickly that Ashley S isn’t someone you want to have a weapon whether it’s a paint ball gun, fork or wet noodle. They all have fun time while keeping a watchful eye on Ashley S in killing all the zombies and earning their after party. After all the killing is over he talks with Kaitlyn our loud, foul-mouthed dance instructor. She makes him laugh and he really likes her intelligence. She also tells him that she will uproot her life for a guy, she moved to Germany for 7 months for her last boyfriend. The two share a kiss. Now Ashley is of 
her rocker she is talking nonsense to the other girls. She is muttering about angles about truth boom you need to find the truth. I know I sound crazy but check out this Vine for some clarity! She goes for a walk with Chris and he can’t figure her out. She slips in and out of normality. First she’s fine then she is going on about whether they are in Mesa Verde. He’s not sure if this is the real Ashley or if the process is getting to her, in the middle of his confessional he interrupts him. He asks how she’s doing and she says she doesn’t even understand what he’s asking her right now. Then you see her crawling around chasing a cat. Chris is able to reconnect with Britt for a few minutes on the date. She tells him that she’s confident about where their relationship is. Chris really likes he gave her a free kiss card to match her free hug card and she wastes no time cashing it in. Then it’s time to give out the rose and Britt thinks she has it in the bag BUT in front of everyone he gives it to Kaitlyn. At the mansion Jordan is drunk while Tara is sober. Jordan is a sloppy drunk and takes to making fun of Jillian while she’s out of the house. She’s a sloppy drunk so the cocktail party will be interesting.
At the cocktail party Chris first meets up with Whitney, one of the girls not to get a date. Whitney has set up a little one on one of her own complete with his favorite bottle of whiskey. Ashley I has 
told the girls she’s a virgin that has never had a boyfriend. She gives Chris 3 wishes on her genie lamp belly button ring and of course his first is to kiss her and they have a full-blown make out session that all the girls watch. This is the first crack you see in Britt’s confidence. He meets with Amber and ends up kissing her as well. I think Chris will kiss anyone that gets put in front of him…..unless its messy drunk Jordan. After some awkward conversation about how she wants to kiss him and him making no moves to do so Chris is finally taken by Chris H. to figure out which drunk and which crazy girls he wants to keep. At the rose ceremony Mackenzie, Megan and Kaitlyn are all holding roses. Britt gets the first during the ceremony and everything is going well till he calls Juelia. Jillian hears him wrong and starts walking trips on the carpet and almost bails. It was a nice ice breaker. Jillian is laughing while Juelia goes and collects her Rose. The girls sent home this week were the drunk duo of Tara and Jordan, Kimberly was sent packing for the second time and Alissa and Tandra are also sent home. Tara took the news the hardest of them all. The shocking part is Ashley S is still there. What kind of crazy is she going to pull next week?
What did you think of this weeks dates? Will Ashley ever be normal? Comment below and let us know what you think. Don’t forget to tune in on Tuesday nights at 7 for my video recap of the episode with Michael Richardi on our ROSES PAGE.
