10 guys were sent packing in The Bachelorette 4 Episode 1. I must say, though, that DeAnna turned out to have made a much better first impression than she did in The Bachelor 11.
The guys find out that they won’t be living in the mansion. DeAnna will be living there. The guys will be living in the guest house behind them. Each week, three of them will be able to leave the guest house and live with DeAnna instead. Jeremy, Jesse, and Richard, those who got the first impression roses, will be moving into the mansion. Yeah, I saw this twist before. On both Survivor and The Apprentice. For one season… and only one season because they realized it was stupid. It is an interesting twist in that it does give them an idea of what it will be like to live with someone (well, with someone and their two roommates), although it’s a highly unfair twist for those who are living in bunkbeds with outdoor showers.
The first group date is Jason, Ryan, Twilley, Sean, Paul, Fred, and Richard. This is DeAnna’s first date since Brad. They go to a magic club where they have the whole place to themselves. DeAnna and Jason get in a box together, then they disappear, which gives them some time alone together. He continues to hide his secret about his son, but they do manage to get to chat about a bunch of different things nonetheless. He’s gonna have to spill this eventually, and the sooner the better.
Sean has a conversation with DeAnna, or at least he tries to. The magical piano won’t let him get a question out and mocks him.
Twilley doesn’t know any card tricks but does get up and do a play, which goes on and on and on. When the boys are all alone, he’s accused by Ryan of not being genuine since he’s too laid back.
Richard doesn’t have any flowers to give her, but he does make her one out of paper.
Ryan lets DeAnna know the order: faith, then family, then football.
Paul, at 23, has already previously been engaged.
The rose goes to Paul.
Graham gets the first one-on-one date. If he doesn’t get a rose, he’s gone. They go to the beach, which is a good thing since he plans on wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He just got out of a relationship, which was with his first true love. She expresses fear of being dumped yet again, and she tells us his lack of experience in love scares her.
DeAnna, who’s dating 15 guys, says she was worried that Graham just wants to be in love with someone, regardless of who it is. She ultimately decides that she will give him the rose, which is followed by the first kiss.
Boys will be boys. They get together to discuss sex. So up comes the subject of Ryan being a virgin.
When DeAnna and Graham get back, Twilley’s waiting for them so he can talk to her. He’s worried that she is thinking the same way Ryan is about him, and he wants to at least express this.
The next group date will be Chris, Robert, Brian, Jesse, Ron, Jeremy, and Eric. They’ll be going to Dodgers Stadium to play some baseball. Tommy Lasorda’s there to greet them, and he gives them some Dodgers shirts with their names on them. Then he gives them a pep talk about stepping up to win her over. They start off with the national anthem, sung (badly and without all the words in the right places) by one of the guys.
This is followed by a homerun derby. Whoever gets the most homeruns will get one-on-one time with DeAnna. Jeremy gets 6 homeruns and easily wins. Both of them have noticed that, even though he got the first impression rose (way too quickly), they haven’t really gotten to know each other. Like DeAnna, he has also lost his mother, though he also lost his father about a year and a half after that.
Lunch is hot dogs and wine. Somehow this makes sense I’m sure.
DeAnna’s getting tired of hearing about Greece from Eric.
Brian wants to make sure he just gets married once to his best friend.
Jeremy gets another rose, only this time he actually deserves to have received it. Their whole conversation is broadcast on the jumbotron for all the other guys to see.
Jason makes a call home to speak to his son. He finally decides to break the news to the guys at the house. Ryan hopes this may be a dealbreaker, but I doubt it.
The guys hope to bring Jeremy down a few pegs. DeAnna feels it’s fair that she gave Jerermy a rose without getting to know him (or anybody else) at all the first time and has now given him a second one as well. The others don’t hide the fact that they don’t like Jeremy.
They’re all trying to be macho, and DeAnna’s willing to see them be macho, so she turns into a drill sergeant. The boys start doing pushups. Jesse of all people ends up winning, and his prize is one-on-one time. He tells her he can’t be a professional snowboarder forever, so he’s definitely willing to leave Colorado.
Roses
Paul
Graham
Jeremy
Ron
Jesse
Robert
Brian
Jason
Fred
Sean
Richard
Twilley
Eric, Ryan, and Chris are sent home. Chris is mostly pissed that he doesn’t think DeAnna has figured out what she’s doing. Ryan’s over it because she’d rather be with guys like Twilley and Jeremy.