
This week on The Bachelor, Ben and his gang of over-tanned degenerates begin their trip around the world. The first stop is Mexico City, where this weekās episode will take place. Any āBachelorā fan who has sat through an episode of Bachelor in Paradise knows one thing about Mexico: girls get extra emotional (and annoying) once they cross that border, so this episode should be harder to stomach than cheap tequila and a plate of roach coach taquitos.
The episode starts out with some stereotypical mariachi music and Ben, who is quite possibly the whitest man on the planet, screaming āViva La Mexico!ā Iāve said it before and Iāll say it againā¦this is why other countries hate us people, we do crap like this.
The girls arrive, and for some reason everyone wants to get all multicultural. The girls toast to āfinding love in Me-j-ico.ā They all cheer and itās almost as if they all donāt realize that theyāre all dating the same dude.

The first one-on-one date card arrives for Amanda and it says that Ben wants her eggsā¦or something. Amanda, of course, is our token single mom, so she has to talk about how she needs to make sure she likes Ben enough to stick around rather than going home.
Allow me to help you: NO. You shouldnāt be there. Go home to your kids. Seriously. No one is saying you canāt date as a single mom butā¦do you really need to go away for months to be on a reality show to date a guy thatās also dating 25 other women? Um. No.
Anyway, Ben surprises the girls by sneaking into their suite in the middle of the night. All of the girls start screaming, knowing that Benās seeing them with their retainers in, real faces showing and fake hair detached.

āOur boyfriend is here!ā one girl screams.
Nopeā¦nothing creepy about that, right?
He finds Amanda and sheās one of the only ones who doesnāt look like Swamp Thing reincarnated. Meanwhile, all of the other girls are hiding under the sheets so Ben doesnāt see their real faces.
Amanda is date-ready in five minutes, and she soon leaves with Ben. That allows the other chicks to talk trash on Amanda while sheās gone. Theyāre stuck in the hotel room all day doing nothing, so what better to fill the time than to talk crap? Luckily, the monotony is broken up by the arrival of another date card.
āCome deee de say,ā Emily reads in her best Spanish accent.
Dear God.

Itās the group date card, and everyone but Lauren H. is included, which means sheāll get the next one-on-one. Olivia is upset that she wasnāt chosen. She shows this by awkwardly opening her mouth.
Meanwhile, Amanda and Ben are hot air ballooning over [Viva la] Mexico. They are also awkward kissing while the balloon operator tries to act like heās not watching. The date continues with a picnic in a field of weeds.
The date continues into the night, where Ben and Amanda meet for fake dinner. Sheās nervous to talk about her past because she doesnāt want to scare Ben away with the whole āmarried/divorced/two kids by 25ā thing.

She opens up about how crappy her marriage was after the first kidāher ex was mean, had addictions and wasnāt interested in being around Amanda. They were still banging, though, because she got pregnant again. Soon after, she discovered that her ex was also banging other broads, so they ended up getting divorced.
āI donāt want you to feel like itās weird that Iāve been married before,ā she says.
Nopeā¦itās weird that youāre trying to marry some dude you just met on a TV show. Thatās all.
Of course, Ben gives Amanda the rose, and tells us that he wants to be the guy to give Amanda all the love [in the Fantasy Suite?]
The next day is the group date. Ben meets up with the girls, all of whom have worn their skankiest shorts for the occasion. Jubilee aināt having the whole group date thing. She is starting the date off bitter, which is great for us to watch.

Meanwhile, Olivia has reached new levels of desperation.
āIām starting off this date knowing I need a rose,ā Olivia tells us. āIām willing to anything to get it.ā
The girls enter a classroom and learn that theyāre going to attempt to learn Spanish.
Some poor teacher who got suckered into this hot mess attempts to teach the girls the language. Unfortunately, their āSpanishā just sounds like a bunch dying cats yelping in the night.

Ben proclaims his love for each girl in Spanish, so by the time he says heās in love with Jubilee, sheās basically just like, āMmmm-hmmm.ā
Soon, itās Oliviaās turn and sheās eager to show off her foreign language skills. Someoneās obviously studied the menu at Taco Bell because sheās able to actually say something in Spanish without having the teacher look like he wants to strangle her.
After the class, Ben takes the girls to a restaurant, where they learn that theyāll get to cook some Mexican food. The recipes will be in āEspanolā of course, which frightens all of the girls. The girls pair up, and immediately Olivia realizes that Ben can be part of a team. Olivia and Jubilee are literally about to throw their high heels at each other in order to be Benās partner. Olivia somehow snags him as a partner, and Jubilee is not happy.

Why do I have a feeling that weāre gonna find one of Oliviaās nasty ass toes in Jubileeās enchiladas?
The girls are attempting to read the recipes in Spanish and shop for the ingredients. None of the market employees want to be shown on camera, and who can blame them?
All of the girls are jealous as they watch Olivia getting a lot of one-on-one time. Sheās doing shots with Ben, feeding him crap and basically rubbing it in the other girlsā faces that she gets to be with Ben and spray her alleged dragon breath all over him.
The girls start cooking, and theyāre all trying to use a tight space.
āIām no longer the bachelor,ā Ben says. āIām the spatchular.ā
Someone please lock that man in a freezer so he can think about what he just said.
Itās finally time for Ben and the chefs to try all of the girlsā dishes. Itās instantly becoming an episode of Chopped and the broke-down Aaron Sanchez is just not doing it for me.

There are a ton of sexual innuendos being thrown around here.
āI know my taco is good,ā JoJo tells us. āMy taco is delicious.ā
Oh, JoJo, I see what you did there, girl!
Later that night, the girls get hoād up for cocktails. Jubileeās determined to get Ben away from Olivia, but, of course, Olivia immediately steals him away.
Ok, why is Ben such a wuss? After spending all day with her, he should have told her no.
Jubilee is legit pouting in the corner like a five-year-old. Her arms are crossed, her lips are pouted and sheās angry that Benās kissing every other girl.
Jubilee is really feeling low by the time Ben has literally kissed every woman within a two minute radius. He takes an extra-long time with Lauren B., and all of the other girls notice. He finally gets to Jubilee, after essentially going to second base with Lauren in the street. He calls Jubilee aside and sheās shooting some major attitude at Ben.
She tells Ben that she doesnāt like to go on group dates because she doesnāt like to be overshadowed.
Oh, heyā¦I knowā¦donāt go on a reality show where youāre dating some dude whoās got 25 other girlfriends.

Ben calls her out for being a frosty biotch about everything, and you can tell that Ben is just pleading with the producers (via his eyes) to let him let her go. Finally, he basically tells her that because sheās an exhausting person to be around, he doesnāt have any feelings toward her. He tells her to hit the bricks and escorts her to the Pity Limo Cab as fast as he can.
āFeets donāt fail me now!ā
He pretends to be all broken up about having to let Jubilee go, then goes back up to tell the girls that while there is a man out there for someone like Jubilee, heās glad as hell itās not him. In the middle of his speech, JoJo interrupts him and asks to steal him away.
Really?
JoJo uses her tongue to nurse Benās emotional wound and after their makeout session, itās time for Ben to give out the date rose. He gives Olivia the rose, and all the girls are shocked. Their mouths are hanging open, Olivia-style. Emily is especially upset, so she is planning to tell Ben what Oliviaās really like.

Emily! You know what happens to the girl who tells the Bachelor about the bitchy girl. She goes home and misses out on free trips! Keep your trap shut and log those airline miles, gitl!
The next day is Lauren Hās date with Ben. Sheās been blending into the blond background for the whole season, so this is the first time weāre really even hearing her talk, let alone seeing her personality.
They meet up with a Mexican fashion designer, who tells them that theyāll be walking in a fashion show for Mexico Fashion Week.

Soon, theyāve got Ben all suited up in something that looks like it came from Ricky Martinās garage sale.
Lauren walks the runway, but I canāt even watch her because Iām too busy watching and laughing at Ben the Model. The hair, the exposed chest hair— I canāt take it.
After theyāve shucked off their ridiculous model clothes, Lauren H. and Ben head to dinner. Ben says that āitās been a slow burnā with Lauren. (That basically means that he keeps forgetting that sheās on this stupid show.)

Lauren says she admires the fact that Ben was able to get rid of Jubilee and admit that he wasnāt feeling chemistry with a girl.
Wellā¦thatās good that you like that Lauren becauseā¦well, your clock is ticking. You will soon be scooted off into the Pity Cab.
Lauren starts blabbing about her old boyfriend who dumped her after cheating on her, and Ben looks like heās just trying to keep his eyes open during the conversation.

When he realizes heās finally got to contribute something, anything, he just kisses her. Lauren tells us that sheās so grateful to finally have someone who āgets her.ā
She gets the date rose and seems to be eager to regale Ben with more stories of her cheating ex-boyfriends.
The next night is the Rose Ceremony and cocktail party. Leah, who has probably only said two words to Ben the whole season (and they were in bad Spanish), says that she wants to marry Ben right there in the hotel courtyard. Unfortunately for her, Ben couldnāt even pick her out of a lineup.

āI could see a life with you,ā she tells him.
Ben seems confused. (Perhaps he thinks sheās a cocktail waitress?) Just to be safe, he starts kissing Leah too.
Amanda, Olivia and Lauren H. have roses, so the other girls are eagerly scrambling to spend time with Ben. JoJo basically throws herself at Ben.
āI really loveā¦hanging out with you,ā she says.
Meanwhile, the girls are talking to Amanda about her kids.
āI feel like itās an episode of Teen Mom,ā Olivia says.
Everyone just stares awkwardly at Olivia after she makes that comment.

āGod thatās the most offensive thing in the world to say,ā Emily says.
Well, wait a minuteā¦which āTeen Momā are you talking about? If youāre calling Amanda a āJenelleā then I get why sheās upset but, hey, a āChelseaā wouldnāt be that bad.
Emily has had it! The āTeen Momā comment pushed her over the edge, so she marches over to Ben to let him know whatās going on. She tells Ben that Oliviaās been disrespectful and it made her question if she should even stick around. Ben seems concerned, and asks more questions. Olivia catches on that Emilyās talking about her, so she decides to go over to where the conversation is taking place.
She sits down and decides to give Ben a ring as a token of her affection. Ben looks confused, frightened and downright put off.
He begins to ask all of the other girls if Olivia really is horrible, and all of the girls agree that she is a giant crapgoblin.

Itās time for the Rose Ceremony, and Olivia is sitting there with a great big smug smile on her face. Ben surprises her by asking to talk to her privately before the Rose Ceremony. The other girls are wondering if this will be the first time a rose is taken away from a girl who already has one.
Of courseā¦the producers arenāt going to let us see her (and her ugly toes) get dumped. We get the āto be continuedā message and we learn that next week everyone acts like complete crazy people.
To read The Ashley’s recap of the previous episode of ‘The Bachelor,’ click here!
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8 Responses
Jubilee you’re not dumb you just have normal feelings…I wouldn’t last a second on this show, it is stupid (can’t stop watching though). Maybe next week all of the girls revolt and leave him stranded on an island with Olivia?
Love the review! And, I’m sorry, the “spatular” thing was just too great of a pun to be mad about. It’s not often you see punny humor on this show, it made me kind of happy! š
I was thrilled to see Jubilee go. I was so tired of her big pouty lips. She was turning into another Lace.
Oxymoron = Julilee’s name and personality.
I would love it if you would recap next weeks show just using photos and captions for the photos…:)
Can everyone just take a moment to appreciate the mention of Teen Mom on the show??? It was literally one of the best moments of my life.
Anyone else feel like the producers gave Amanda “Disney princess” a heads up when Ben busted into the hotel room?? Who the hell wakes up, full makeup, hair perfect (ala Brit) and is date ready in 5 minutes??? Also, will this be a new aerial firm of transportation now?? The obligatory helicopter, the jet send NOW the mandatory hot air balloon date???
Excellent recap as usual The Ashley!!!!
Next week shit gets real!!! ( well……as real as the producers will allow)
Love the picture’s with comments! The last pick of Chris H. was my favorite. Does anyone else feel like Chris is kinda phoning in this season?