Ali decided in The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 6 that she would say yes if Jake asked her to marry her. Not long after this declaration, she showed up at his door with a puppy dog face, telling him that she had to make a choice between him and her job at Facebook. He told her about 10 times that this was her decision to make based on what was best for her, but she refused to make a decision until he told her whether she was going home or not. Quite possibly in order to get her to make a decision before the entire two hours of the episode were used on this drama, he told her that she was not in danger, and he wanted her to say. With that finally out of the way, she left anyway.
Gia gets the first date. Jake is worried that something’s holding her back. They take a boat to Gros Islet, one of the local towns in Saint Lucia, which leads them to both start thinking about travelling the world together. She’d like to tell him she loves him (and vice versa) by the end of the date. That night, they go to Smuggler’s Cove and have dinner on the beach. She’s surprised by how deep he is, apparently. While they’re rocking in a hammock and drinking champagne, he pulls out the fantasy suite card, which she happily accepts. They hop into a candlelit bathtub with rose pedals. Although she keeps saying the “L” word in her confessional, she’s still afraid to actually say it to him.
Tenley meets Jake next at Rodney Bay in Gros Islet. Since she said she hasn’t really seen his passion yet, he takes her flying. Well, a pilot takes them both flying anyway. The chopper lands in a rain forest for a picnic. Tenley says she’s fallen in love with Jake. Some of the way. Like Gia and Jake, she’d also like to travel. I just hope nobody is having a drinking game relating to mentions of an ex or a previous marriage. That said, Tenley claims that the past has passed, and she tells Jake she’s falling in love. After dinner, Jake breaks out the inevitable card, and she accepts the offer, making Jake the second guy she’s spent the night with.
Vienna gets the final date. He wants to get back to her fun, light, “almost immature” side. They board the ship used in Pirates of the Carribean. Vienna says that she’s never been in love. Jake’s concern with Vienna is that he’s not sure whether he is more than just physically attracted to her. Dinner somehow leads to the type of rings she’d like, so she picks the princess cut of course. He warns her, however, that there are two others that he could also see being his wife. Despite her fear, she’s gotta say that she’s fallen in love with him, leaving Gia as the last woman standing who has not shared how she feels. She, too, accepts the fantasy suite card, and she’s planned for this, bringing lingerie along with her.
Jake gets a call from Ali. She knows that she made the wrong choice. Oh shoot me. Since he was forced to put what he felt for her aside, he’s further along with the other three. Despite the obscenely misleading (aka typical) editing, he does not tell her to get on a plane. Instead, he says he does not think it’s a good idea.
On her video message before the rose ceremony, Gia tells Jake she’s falling in love.
Roses
Tenley
Vienna
Gia has been eliminated. Her baggage got more in the way than Tenley’s did. She realizes that she’s been a little slow and not as able to open up as maybe she should have been, and she does not think he made the wrong decision, although she did expect to get a rose.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 8, where the women tell all, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.