We have an understanding of the men from the premiere episode last week, on tonight’s ABC’s The Bachelorette Season 20 we’re getting down to business as Charity really gets to start her journey to finding the man of her dreams. It’ll be interesting to see what takes place in this episode.
Jesse Palmer congratulates the 19 men that have moved forward and checks in with them to see how they are approaching getting more time with her.
Charity Lawson is looking forward to her 2 group dates and her 1-on-1 date. The first date is Aaron B. She greets the men and takes him out to the convertible that is waiting for them. She drives away with him and the men talk about what they’re missing. They all realize that since he will have an entire day with her, that’s less time that they have to impress her.
Charity takes him to the Hollywood Hills sign and they toast to the 100 years of this destination. They talk about their families and the longevity of their parents marriages. The first part of their date goes well and they continue their Old Hollywood date by having dinner in a theater. They talk about their vulnerabilities, self-love, and how he wanted to be a better person by getting therapy. They dance to a performance by Lauren Alaina. He receives the date night rose.
Back at the house, the next date card arrives with the list of men who will be on the group date. Aaron S, Dotun, Tanner, Adrian, John, Caleb A, Caleb B, Xavier, James, Sean, and Brayden. The group date begins and she looks forward to hanging out with the 12 men on the date. She tells them that they’re just going to hang out on the beach. After a bit of sandcastle being made, Jesse shows up and lets them know that they are participating in the 4th Annual DodgeBowl! They are left with speedos. The winners will get to go to the after-party and the losers will go home. Although it was back and forth between the pink and the green team, the pink team wins. The MVP award is given to the green team’s Adrian
She connects with those on the date to get to know more about them. Brayden continues to rub the guys the wrong way. Brayden and Adrian have a bit of a spat and the results from that led to Adrian telling Charity that some men are treating their time there as if it is a Spring Break. Charity addresses it with the men and tells that her purpose is for her to find her person and she’s not playing games. She gives the group date rose to John. The men wonder who said this to her which causes another uncomfortable moment.
The remainder of the men will be on the second group date. She’s in a park in LA and is joined by Gabby and Rachel, last season’s The Bachelorettes! There is also an audience John Henry, Michael, Warwick, Spencer, Joey, and Josh. The date is for the longest kiss in Bachelor Nation history ever. The record was set by Sean Lowe at 3:27s. The men have to answer questions Newlywed Game style. The guys are nervous about the kiss having to be more than 3 mins as well as the fact that this was not the way that they thought they would have their kiss with her. The person’s responses that stood out the most was Joey so he will have the opportunity to break the record for the longest Bachelor kiss. They kis for 4:25 seconds and then they learn that he will get a 1-on-1 date with her that night. The rest of the men on the group date suffered through the kiss and then realized that they wouldn’t be able to have additional time with her. This was a brutal date for sure for them!
The remainder of the men go back to the house and fill them in on what happened. Of course Brayden and Adrian get into their tiff. We head back to Joey and Charity where he shares his background with her and how his parent divorced because his dad came out. It’s interesting to hear him say that they’re divorce didn’t lead to a broken home because of the circumstances and that he felt love from both of them. Joey is given the now hybrid group date/1-on-1 date night rose. We’ve liked him from last week’s episode and can see that he is genuine in his feelings for her.
The rose ceremony is later on that night, but Jesse makes his way to the house to connect with the men. He lets them know that there will not be a cocktail party, but there is a barbecue day. Brayden lets us know that he is going to talk with Charity about a few things and that if he doesn’t hear what he thinks he should, then he will leave. She makes sure to have time with the guys that she has a connection with as well as those that she doesn’t yet. She has great chats and then Brayden tells her that he has started to doubt her character because of her second group date. The conversation goes over well and of course, Brayden didn’t leave. Adrian shares the conversation and lets her know that Brayden said that what she did at the date was classless. That rubbed Charity the wrong way and she left - the guys are a little annoyed because they still didn’t have time with her. At this point, some of the guys feel that both Adrian and Breydan should go home.
The 2nd rose ceremony begins and everyone knows about the tensions between the men. Many people are on the same page that they should both go home as the situation is becoming increasingly toxic and becoming difficult for the process to go forward as it should. She acknowledges how much she has enjoyed everything, but that she also doesn’t like the negative things that have taken place.
Charity gave roses to | Aaron B, Joey, John, Dotun, Tanner, Caleb B, Warwick, Michael, Sean, Xavier, Aaron S, James, Adrian, and Brayden.
Charity sent home | Caleb A, Kaleb K, John Henry, Josh, and Spencer.
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Each week we will let you know who our faves were from the last episode and if we’ve changed up since then as it pertains to who we think should go to Hometowns.
We also suggest a podcast that we’ve become obsessed with over the past few seasons, Wondery’s Bachelor Happy Hour to get their feedback!
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