The Bachelorette Season 12 Episode 2 Recap
THE BACHELORETTE – “Episode 1202” – Twenty anxious men look to get their love story with JoJo off to a good start. The the first group date give ten lucky bachelors a chance to see sparks fly when they head for a firefighting training facility, where one of the guys might need saving himself. JoJo and Derek get to pick their own adventure, and they choose a romantic picnic by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Six bachelors get a dream date to ESPN’s popular “SportsNation” with hosts Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley. They are sure they will be able to help JoJo find a perfect match, but Chad seems determined to “shock and awe” all the way up to the rose ceremony, on “The Bachelorette,” MONDAY, MAY 30 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Rick Rowell)
JAMES F., ROBBY, JOJO FLETCHER, LUKE
The second week of the Bachelorette does not disappoint. Chad’s presence on the show officially reaches a level of entertainment somewhere between last season’s Olivia and the original Ben season’s Courtney.
As usual, the episode starts with an exciting preview of what’s to come – the highlight is Chad doing pull-ups with his suitcase chained to his waist.
Now this is an exciting episode because it follows the classic group-date, one-on-one, group-date format. Chris Harrison explains this very seriously as he drops off the first group date card.
And the first group date goes to…. Luke, Grant, Will, Evan, Daniel, Vinny, Ali, James F., Wells, and Robby.
The erectile dysfunction specialist is especially excited.
Next, all the guys run outside to see a limo on fire (it’s fake, obvi). Then JoJo rolls in on a fire truck to save the day so that the guys can make lame puns about her hotness in their interviews.
On to this fire date, the guys have to compete for extra time and an ego boost by doing physically exhaustive firefighting drills. Grant is obviously under a lot of pressure to win, because he’s a fire fighter…
Wells’s little body just can’t handle the heat. He ends up requiring minor medical attention, which is pretty embarassing. Fortunately for Wells, JoJo thinks he’s super cute for “doing his best” and spends some extra time with him. Pan to all the other guys watching from the sidelines and re-thinking their strategy.
Back to the fire challenge. The final three selected for the race to save JoJo from the top of a building are Luke, Grant and Wells. Poor Wells.
It’s a close race between Grant and Luke – and the winner is… Grant! He also lands a kiss from JoJo later.
At the cocktail party, Wells has a cute date but no kiss but he wins the group date rose. It looks like the long game may just be working for him.
Second-place Luke has a deep talk with JoJo about his readiness to commit, followed by a hot balcony kiss.
Now the one-on-one date, and it goes to…Derek! He seems pretty normal. They ride around in a fun car and JoJo’s hair experiences what it’s like to not be perfect for the first time.
Now the date gets really exciting, as they choose North and fly to San Fran.
In San Fran they have a cute picnic, followed by a romantic dinner by the waterside in the sparkliest dress I have ever seen. Is it too sparkly though…?
After this adorable and somewhat anti-climatic one-on-one date, it’s time for group date #2. The winners are Jordan, Christian, Nick, James Taylor, Alex and Chad. Left on the sidelines? Bachelor superfan, Hipster and Chase.
The guys’ head on over to ESPN studios, where have to complete a series of semi-embarrassing challenges to prove their love for JoJo. The first requires them to spin around a bat, get rrrreal dizzy, and then propose.
Chad of course is unimpressed, he says that this kind of fake behavior is beneath him.
Chad’s turn! He makes a joke and calls JoJo a nag – all the guys drop their jaws in shock. JoJo loves it.
As the final challenge, the guys have mock ESPN interviews with JoJo as their co-host. They all take this time to call Chad out on being a complete d-bag. JoJo doesn’t care, she says she’s into the Chad and his “honesty”.
The result of this competition with no real prize?
- James Taylor
- Chad
- Alex
Afterwards, James Taylor reads a very cute poem about how he thinks JoJo is out of his league and that he’s ready for real love. JoJo cries and he gets a kiss.
Chad does pretty well during his time and he lands a kiss after talking about how awesome he is.
James Taylor gets the second group date rose.
Now for what we have all been waiting for, the final rose cocktail party. Chad waits outside the house to steal JoJo before she even gets in the door.
After their semi-awkward time together, JoJo walks in waving with Chad on her arm and everyone is pissed… at Chad.
Skip to Chase (remember him?) receiving the generous gift of a magic snowfall mini-date from the producers.
To keep things fun, the guys start complaining about how much Chad eats. They’re concerned he’s only on the show just for the food. Chad loves it.
Switch to Chad stealing Alex’s date (they are becoming serious arch-enemies BTW), followed by a fight between the two of them in the dark cover of the romantic bushes.
Rose ceremony time!
Watching Chad reactions after every single rose is amazing.
And that’s a wrap! Eliminated are Superfan, Hipster, and James S. No big surprises there. Since Superfan was the other James, does this mean that James Taylor will now be just James?
The news spilled this week that Chad’s first name is not actually Chad, and he’s taken his villainy to the real world!
Chad is squatting on domain names of other contestants and linking the websites to his Instagram profile. Amazing. During this investigation, it also came out that Chad is really Brian Chad Johnson. Mind blown. Check out the full story below.
http://observer.com/2016/06/attention-bachelorette-chads-real-name-is-not-chad/
By Krista Kelly
Krista is a 22-year-old sorority girl who lives in midtown Toronto with her parents. She loves white nail polish, sucks at Instagram, and wishes she could be friends with Jackie Schimmel. Watch her struggle using any type of social media, @KristaKelly33.
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