In the dramatic, yet barely believeable, The Bachelorette 5 Episode 7, first Jake returned to warn Jillian about Wes (after he introduced her to his band in another attempt to get people to hear his music) and his current girlfriend Laurel. She knew right away that Wes was the guy that the warning was about, but she still refused to eliminate him and just followed her gut, which told her to go meet his lying like rugs family. Strike one. Next intervention: Ed, who bailed on the show because his job was at stake, returned to ask for a second chance. I wonder what ABC had to offer his boss for him to be allowed to come back. At the rose ceremony, both Ed and Wes survived, while Michael and Jesse were sent packing.
The final four head to Madrid, Spain. So it’s overnight dates already.
Jillian wonders whether Kiptyn’s out of her league. They walk through the streets of Madrid. He never thought he would be there. This year. Although things have gone better than expected, he thinks a proposal is pretty far off. Jillian says there’s still a lot of time. Like two or three whole weeks. They go to learn some flamenco dancing, which they suck at, but they at least have fun. As the sun sets, they take a scooter to dinner. He reminds her a lot of her dad, which she realizes may well sound creepy. She’s worried that Kiptyn’s too soft and may not call her out when she needs it, but he reassures her that if he’s got an opinion about something, he’ll let her know. Since she is not sure yet about the direction they’re going, Jillian has decided to reject the offer to spend the night in the fantasy suite, but she does want to go back and hang out for a while.
Jillian wants to find out how Reid feels about her. When she’s around him, she can’t stop giggling. He tells her she looks muy bonita, which exhausts his Spanish knowledge. Her Spanish is about as good as his, so the process of ordering from a butcher in Seville proves to be comedic. His family loved her, though he imagines she was just as good with the other three families and Wes’ band. Reid thinks he’s in love. Maybe. He realizes that he’s slow at these things, perhaps slower than the other guys may be. They get the fantasy suite card. He’s leaving this up to her. She declines with him as well, but he doesn’t appear to even get an invite back to spend some time on the bed.
As much as Jillian likes Ed, she missed out on a lot when he abandoned her, such as the hometown dates. They hop on a carriage ride, where he believes he’s starting over. The carriage ride is focused entirely on his leaving and why he decided to come back. She wants to know what it would have been like if she did have the opportunity to meet the family. His response is that everyone would have loved her, and they wouldn’t have had any concerns. That all sounds a little bit too easy. Jillian’s plan is to ask him some serious questions, but for now, her plan is to just keep kissing him. She’s not real sure what her concerns are, since she hasn’t had time to develop those concerns. He wants to know how open she is to moving because it doesn’t sound like he has any interest in moving. Although Ed is interested in spending the night with Jillian, she does not want to spend the night with him either. That lasts about two seconds before she decides to go back to the suite with him. Because he bailed on her, he gets what the two previous guys could not get. They’re greeted by a hallway lined with candles, champagne and strawberries, and of course one bed.
Jillian heads to Barcelona to meet Wes, who would feel at home living around Spanish people because he had a song on his second album that was #1 in Chihuahua, Mexico. This guy just doesn’t quit. They get on bicycles to ride through the parks. Jillian’s a little worried about Wes’ lack of affection. While he’s talking to her about how she’s perfect and he could bear his soul to her, he’s sitting as far away from her as he can. Hypothetically speaking, they’ve decided that he will move to Vancouver. That would be… crazy. Okay, so how about meeting her in the middle? His response: that bird has no foot. Then he spills his beer.
She drops it, but then at dinner, she brings up the Laurel issue again. He doesn’t want to talk about it, as usual. As for the music thing, he’s gotten about all the publicity he needs from this, so he can now go home with that mission accomplished. If he really cared for her, maybe he would have kissed her at least once during their date. The other guys sure have. Wes responds that, if she wants him to show her affection, she will need to be dumb enough to tell him that he’s the one first. Numero uno is most important here. Okay, so how about let’s go back to Laurel. Why would Jake give a specific name? He told Jake the whole story about his girlfriend… uh, I mean, ex-girlfriend…
Will Jillian invite Wes back to the fantasy suite? He’d like to go to the suite with her, but now it’s about time she punch him in the face, which unfortunately does not happen (would have made great TV). She has finally realized that he may have something to hide. He may have something to hide? She feels sorry for him and puts him in a taxi to send him away.
Roses
Ed
Reid
Kiptyn
In what was a bye week for the other three guys, Wes has finally gotten kicked off the show after Jillian’s weeks of denial end. He probably didn’t quite get the amount of fame he hoped for, but at least he leaves without his dignity. In his limo ride home, Wes admits he’s got a girlfriend.
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