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| The three words she wants to hear: "Guitar Center, baby!" |
There's a lot to talk about when it comes to the latest episode of The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart. There's new contestants, love triangles, accusations of cheating, and an atmosphere of desperation and drunkenness. But before that, we need to talk about the dates.
The Bachelor franchise is famous for having romantic dates between the bachelors/bachelorettes and their potential suitors. They often involve helicopter rides, big romantic landscapes, expensive restaurants, and more.
Of course, Listen is an unproven spin-off show, so it doesn't have the budget for massive dates. Last week, one of the dates happened in a Columbia Records studio with a Grammy-nominated producer, so that must've cost some money. The other date was an intimate Plain White T's concert, which I imagine was much cheaper. I assume you can see the Plain White T's for the price of admission at your local State Fair.
This week, things were noticeably cheaper. Let's break down the dates.
Jamie and Trevor went on the first date this week, continuing their romance after Jamie chose Trevor over Ryan. Their romantic date? Busking. They went out somewhere in L.A. and performed a song an audience that was clearly planted by producers. They apparently had over $80 in their guitar cases after their performance, which is hard to believe. But aside from ABC most likely providing the audience with that $80, this seemed like a cheap date from The Bachelor folks. Jamie and Trevor also got to spend some alone time in a hot tub in parts unknown, where Jamie told Trevor she hates cheaters because every guy she's ever been with has cheated on her. This will be important later!
The second date took place at a Guitar Center after hours. A Guitar Center. I like walking around a music store and messing around with instruments I don't know how to play as much as anybody, but for a romantic date on a major television show? Nah. Now, Chris made sure to tell us as the date started that the Guitar Center in question was the most iconic Guitar Center in the world, which is clearly something they had to say to fulfill the product placement obligations. Chris and Bri might be the cutest couple on this show so far, so their date was very nice, but Bri telling Chris about the heartbreaking end to her engagement (apparently her fiancee called it off right after Bri told him she found the dress) inside of an empty Guitar Center was weird.
The third date was between Sheridan and Julia, who went into the IHeartRadio studio, were interviewed by a morning show radio DJ (there's nothing more romantic than a morning show radio DJ), and performed Maren Morris' "The Bones" in the IHeartRadio studio. Surprisingly, the morning show radio interview didn't end up being the most romantic thing in the world. Julia was asked if she had kissed any other guys on the show, and she said yes. Sheridan admitted he's really been focused on Julia. This will be important later!
The final date was actually something that a normal human being might be considered romantic. Brandon (who is a hot commodity in the house) and Savannah went to a jazz club, drank some cocktails and did a duet of Little Willie John's "Fever" with the house band. It's still probably a cheaper date outside of drink prices, but it felt way more natural than dates at recording studios or empty storefronts.
This week was the guys' turn to give out roses, and three more women were added to the house to make things uneven. Things started getting a little spicy and desperate!
In a classic Bachelor "we're going to find somebody vaguely associated with a contestant's past and have them stir the pot" move, one of those women is Natascha. Natascha is a former beauty pageant winner who has been on several other music-themed reality shows in the past. She is also friends with Trevor's ex. As soon as she "finds out" there is a "Trevor from L.A." on the show, she goes "Oh is it Trevor from American Idol?" and starts talking about how he cheated on her friend and broke her heart. She immediately confronts Trevor, who eventually gives in and admits that he did lie and "emotionally cheat" on his ex. He then tells Jamie the story, and says he's different than he was a year and a half ago. She believes him, and they pair up at the end of the night. Surely this will be the last drama involving this couple!
Despite choosing Sheridan over Buff Mr. Clean in week one and going on a date with him this week, Julia is still very much not settled on a man. She's between Sheridan and Brandon. She straight up tells Sheridan that she's undecided and wants to see how things go with Brandon before the rose ceremony. Sheridan is heartbroken, but holds on hope because Brandon has to choose between at least three women.
Aside from Julia and Savannah, Mel is trying to figure out who to she wants to pair up with. After things flamed out with the horrendous Matt last week, she chose Gabe at the rose ceremony, largely because he was Not Matt. They don't seem to have moved onto any sort of deeper connection, but Mel likes Brandon. She mentions multiple times that she thinks she's in love with him, and while Brandon is nice and does kiss Mel, they don't seem to share the connection that Brandon has with either Julia or Savannah.
Rudi chose Ryan last week after being heartbroken by the villainous Matt, but they don't seem to be that into each other either. Rudi realizes she's also in danger of going home without fame or love, so she tries to force it anyway. She kisses Ryan, but immediately admits that she felt nothing. So she goes back to the fiend Matt, who nobody else likes and has a rose to give. Remember that Rudi badmouthed the no-goodnik Matt to everybody in the house last week. This will surely end well!
At the end of the night there are a few decisions to be made, and by that I mean, Brandon needs to consider all the options in his Love Square and give a rose to only one of them. He chooses Savannah, much to Julia's clear dismay. Sheridan has the last rose of the night, and has to decide if he wants to be Julia's consolation prize or explore things with one of the three girls on the cutting room floor. He chooses Julia, of course. Almost immediately after the rose ceremony, Brandon hugs Julia and tells her that they'll "figure this out." This will surely end well!
The Pairings:
- Bekah and Danny, who have chosen each other two weeks in a row and have had a combined two minutes of screen time in three hours of television.
- Bri and Chris, who are the cutest couple on the show so far
- Jamie and Trevor, despite the admission of "emotional cheating" to a 21 year-old girl who despises cheating
- Julia and Sheridan, which is becoming more and more of a one-sided relationship by the minute
- Natascha and Ryan, who had a conversation about how she likes "nerdy guys" to Ryan. Ryan, a clean-cut, attractive musician in his 20s is the "nerdy guy" here by the way.
- Ruby and Gabe. Gabe was barely on screen this episode, and Ruby is one of the new cast members this week. She didn't say much outside of making a joke about having a lot of one-night stands with musicians in Austin
- Rudi and the despicable Matt, because we can't have nice things
- Savannah and Brandon, who outside of the whole love triangle thing seem like genuinely very boring people
The Post-Mortem:
- Mariana, who was one of the new contestants this week, told us her name and where she was from, and promptly went back home
- Cheyenne, who was the reason the dreaded Matt is still on our screens in the first place
- Mel, who seemed nice and cute but never meshed with any of the guys enough to stand a chance
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