Following his lucky break of being rejected by DeAnna, Jason Mesnick returned to turn the tables and get his pick of 25 women. For some not entirely clear reasons he weeded out 10 of them in The Bachelor 13 Episode 1 to start things off.
Ty’s brief stay at the house is over. Not sure what the point of that was, but he’s heading back to Seattle for a couple weeks.
Unlike The Bachelorette 4’s year too late Apprentice LA ripoff, the girls will all be living at the mansion as usual.
A new twist this season is that not everybody will be going on a date with Jason every week. Half the girls don’t typically get to know the bachelor at all. This should increase that problem even further.
Jason stops by the house to surprise the girls. After a few words, his first stop is Megan, who the others decided they hated. He tells her she would have gotten a rose anyways.
Jillian manages to impress Jason by having a fun conversation with him. Shannon is looking for a gropefest, followed by an attempt to convince him she’s ready to be a mother.
While Jason’s talking with Nikki, the others bring a rose left by Chris. Jason will have to decide who to give it to, and that person will get a one on one date. He decides to put it away for now.
The pool party quickly becomes a competition to see who can get the most time with Jason, who they don’t expect will be able to talk to everybody, further complicated by not being able to date everybody either.
As the day winds down, Jason decides to give the rose to Jillian. They’re heading off on their date right away. So Natalie runs into the bathroom and cries.
Their date is at the world famous Disney Hall (I’ve never heard of it, but Jason tells us it’s world famous). Waiting inside the concert hall for them is fellow Canadian Robin Thicke, the son of the guy from Growing Pains. This provides the opportunity for some slow dancing and kissing.
Melissa will be getting the other one-on-one date. Not one to celebrate for long, she gets herself all worked up about Jillian’s date. She pulls herself together, though, and she and Jason go to the beach for their date. This former cheerleader tells Jason what he wants to hear. Her goal is to be a first grade teacher so she can be with kids all day. With some help from the Goodyear Blimp driver, she manages to not so subtly force Jason to kiss her. Then they get to go on the blimp themselves. The blimp ride ends with a rose and some more kissing.
Natalie, Erica, Naomi, Nikki, Lauren, Kari, Sharon, and Molly get the group date. That leaves Megan, Raquel, Stephanie, Shannon, and Lisa dateless.
The group date starts with shopping for a new outfit. Naomi likes that Jason (aka ABC) is treating them very well. From there they head to a hotel. When asked what he’s looking for, he says he has something to get out of his system before marriage. Apparently that something is dating 25 women at once. The girls take advantage of the hotel having a pool and hop in their bikinis. Molly pulls Jason aside and tells him that the talent he should remember her for is kissing. Rather than slapping her upside the head for such a cheesy line, he gives her the okay to show this “talent.” Since they’re kissing right in front of all the other girls, Natalie points it out. Nikki’s not happy about this. She doesn’t want to hear about how other people in the house are kissing Jason. Just wait until they go on the overnight dates. She warns Jason that the girls are catty and two faced. Then Naomi drags him away and works on getting a longer kiss than Molly. Jason’s not shy about kissing everybody whose lips he falls into. At the end of the date, Molly gets the rose.
Not content with the lack of a date, Raquel hops into Jason’s car to surprise him as he’s saying goodbye to the other girls. What they talked about is unclear, but it doesn’t look like she helped her odds any.
At the cocktail party, Erica says she doesn’t like that she was the only one at the hotel who didn’t get to spend any time with him. Lauren doesn’t think Jason’s interested in her. Shannon’s still a stalker.
Lisa (who?) has decided that she shouldn’t have come on the show at all, and she’s going home to be with her sick grandmother.
Megan’s attempting to get some time alone with Jason, which is interrupted by the already safe Molly. The other girls are no more happy with her than Megan is. Somehow, this leads to how Erica and Megan hate each other. Erica brings up that this is the reason why they all voted for her the first night. The fact that Erica received the second most votes isn’t lost on Megan, though Erica says that her votes were because she’s a threat. Thanks for clearing that up.
Roses
Jillian (first date)
Melissa (one-on-one date)
Molly (group date)
Megan
Nikki
Lauren
Naomi
Stephanie
Kari
Natalie
Shannon
Erica
Sharon and Raquel have been eliminated. Sharon’s the one who quit her job to be here. Raquel’s strange decision to go after Jason in his car was apparently the final nail for her coffin.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor 13 Episode 3, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.