After Julien, Brian, Mathue, and Simon were eliminated in The Bachelorette 5 Episode 2, Jillian’s down to just 16 guys now.
Ed gets the one-on-one date. He hops in a helicopter to go to a mystery location. He’s not sure whether he likes looking at the scenery or Jillian more. Aww. They land on top of a building in downtown LA. There’s only one way down. From the outside. He considers himself more adventurous than dangerous, and he just hopes this is all legal. Jillian believes that, in order to find love, you need to take a leap of faith (off a skyscraper). Once attached to the wires, they are lowered down to the ground. Jillian’s concern is that Ed may be too involved in his career, which she is able to relate to. His other potential problem is that he doesn’t open up very easily, but he realizes that there’s not a lot of time to waste here. Jillian still wants to learn more, but she knows enough to give him a rose.
Reid, Wes, Mike, Michael, Tanner F, Mark, Brad, Robby, Tanner P, Kiptyn, and Juan get the group date. So that’s 11. They take a limo to the wild west (movie set). Half the guys on this show are probably hoping to get acting/modeling gigs out of it, so this should work quite well for them. The guys are excited to find out they’ll be kissing Jillian. The bad news is that a lot of guys will be kissing Jillian. Too bad for Michael he’s playing a gay cowboy, and he’s been paired up with Mike. So will they be kissing? Jillian kisses at the card table, she kisses the guy who rescues her from the guy at the card table, she kisses her guy farewell, she kisses in the jail cell. She asks for less tongue. The one kiss that wasn’t her acting was the one with Robby. Feeling left out, Wes takes Jillian away to talk to her about this kissfest. This jealousy isn’t lost on Jilian. As for Mike and Michael, they’re not going to be kissing anyone. They do get hugs, though. Manly hugs. Jillian’s glad they didn’t kiss, no matter how much the other guys wanted them to.
Once the acting’s done, they go to a penthouse. Reid says he’s only been in love 1.5 times in his life. Just as he’s going in for the kiss, Juan barges in. He wants to defend himself after what happened the other night with him being voted by the guys as the one they wanted to leave most. He realizes that people picked people they didn’t like. Speaking of Juan, David’s sitting at the house going on about how much he hates him (yeah, that same broken record). I get the sense that David didn’t pass the psych test coming into this. Back at the hotel, they get in the hot tub built for a dozen, where Tanner P immediately starts getting off on Jillian’s feet. Jillian tells Robby that she liked their scene the best, as well as their kiss. Their kiss at the hotel doesn’t last very long before Brad starts yelling about it, but Robby gets the rose.
Sasha gets the one-on-one date. According to him, he’s one of the more well rounded individuals in the house, so she made a good choice by picking him. If you say so, dude. Wes is bummed that he’s not getting this alone time with her, so he wrote a song for her and will sing it later to promote his country music career win some points with her. Like this guy isn’t getting old already. Sasha and Jillian go to see some antique cars because she loves “anything with a motor.” When they’re done taking pictures of each other, he drives like a maniac, presumably breaking at least one law on national TV, and she loves it. At dinner, he tells a story about his first truck flipped over on his back, which nearly crippled or killed him. He learned from that experience (apparently not the don’t drive dangerously part) and says it pointed him in the right direction in his life. Jillian appreciates that he told her this sad story. He’s been in love three times (twice in high school, which didn’t really count) but hasn’t had his heart broken. He is in search of a mythical unicorn called true love. Afraid that Sasha’s not quite ready for this experience yet, Jillian has decided not to give him a rose. Next she’ll break the news to him about Santa Claus.
Now that the date’s over, it’s time for Wes to sing Jillian the song he claims he wrote for her. I’m having trouble taking this guy seriously, but apparently Jillian’s falling for it.
This week, three guys end up dateless: David, Jesse, and Jake. Jake got the individual date with Jillian last week and got to spend some time with her at the mansion, so he should be good.
David, however, is in the process of freaking out because he doesn’t feel like he’s getting enough time with Jillian. While they’re talking, he begins to say that there are other guys in the house that she’s not a good fit for. With that said, Juan would like to steal her away. This won’t end well. David’s patience is starting to wear thin. I didn’t notice a change. Jillian appreciates that Juan is there for her and not really paying attention to the guys.
Tanner P is there to suck on some toes. But first, he wants to get to know Jillian better. While they’re talking, she tosses her feet in his lap to distract him.
Ed is expecting the rose ceremony to be a train wreck. The increasingly drunk David is growing increasingly angry. David’s not saying he’s the person for Jillian, so long as he can make an effort to ruin Juan’s chances. Brad sees David with his mad face on (as if there’s another) and confronts him about it. He tells Jillian that Dave’s the scariest dude in the house. David begins to take it out on the other guys because they’re not trashing Juan as well. Into this discussion walks Juan, who’s told to go back inside because they’re talking about him.
Taking a break from the drama for a bit, Jillian asks Kiptyn how come he’s never been dumped before. She’s getting really hung up on that question.
Back to the ranting maniac. In the middle of this latest rant, Juan walks out and is told to go back inside again. This time, he speaks his mind. David’s entire issue apparently stems from Juan faking drinking a shot. In Dave’s world, that is justification for hating someone’s guts. After a couple minutes of ranting, David, who previously mocked Juan for walking away, now walks away himself. He’s done complaining now that Juan’s actually in the room. Jillian comes to talk to the guys, but before they can tell her what’s been going on, Chris conveniently walks in to drag her away.
Roses
Ed (individual date)
Robby (group date)
Jake
Reid
Mark
Jesse
Tanner P
Wes
Juan (David shakes his head)
Michael
Kiptyn
Mike
David
Following Sasha’s departure earlier in the episode, Brad and Tanner F have now been eliminated. Tanner F just hopes Jillian doesn’t pick someone like Wes, but he realizes he should have tried to make a connection earlier. Brad doesn’t get how Tanner P or David are still there. After his display tonight, David looks pretty close to sealing his own fate and being kicked off the show, should the producers allow it.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelorette 5 episode 4, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.