Okay I am going to try to be positive this episode:
OMCH corals the girls to ask them what they are thinking "Peter is serious about this…and I hope you guys feel the same way." But really OMCH is just there to tell the girls that they are going to start a journey around the world so "Peter is waiting for you in Cleveland. Ohio…" and that revelation gets the crickets it deserves from the girls. The Cleveland tourist board is NOT going to be happy with how the city was sold, so the Producers have Peter try to sell the city really hard in his ITM "Clark Kent was born here."
Victoria F gets the first date card:
Everyone thinks she is getting a sky diving type date some of the girls knowing the formula of this show asked "did you say that was one of your biggest fears?" Look if you ever get on this show and you want to do some adventure stuff, just list that as your fears.
Victoria F clearly got the memo to talk up Cleveland and tells us that it is "beautiful and new." Victoria F throws a fit in the car as it pulls up to an airport and she sees Peter standing by a plane, maybe if I didn't know that she makes terrible decisions I would feel some empathy for her, but she modeled for an animal rights campaign (white marlins) that thought it would be funny to use "white lives matter" as a slogan.
Peter flies them to an amusement park that is rented out for them, and they sit in the bungee ride and Victoria overcomes her fear, I guess the operator was white.
Peter is eager to "surprise Victoria with our own private Chase Rice concert." Problem is Victoria is freaking out because Chase Rice is her ex-boyfriend. Don't let that part confuse you in to thinking you already knew who Chase Rice was.
So in the usual Bachelor fashion the daters are put on a platform to dance while surrounded by 'fans' while they dance and make out infront of an audience and the performer…Chase is staring down Victoria and Peter for every song. Peter tells us this is one of his favorite dates and he goes up to meet Chase and tells him that he is one of his biggest fans. Chase asks some leading questions that Peter doesn't realize are loaded "like how far along in the process are you? What are you guys doing next? Dating a bunch of girls?" That kind of thing, and of course Peter is answering truthfully not knowing the history. Victoria in an ITM says that Chase did not want her to come on the show. She and Chase have a moment alone and it is deliciously awkward.
Before their dinner date Peter is saying things that are great because we have more background info than he does including "If we got married maybe Chase Rice would sing at our wedding."
At dinner Victoria tells Peter about her past: "So…uhmm Chase and I used to date and…" "Wait like the singer Chase, the guy that was in the concert?" "Yes" "No, Wait, WHAT?" "Yeah" "But I was talking to him after the concert…that's weird."
Cut back to the hotel where the girls are waiting and Mykenna tells us that she needs a one on one date "more than anyone else here." The date card tells the girls "Let's tackle love together" for everyone but Kelsey, so Kelsey has the one on one date not Mykenna.
Back to the date and Victoria is off crying so Peter goes and looks for her and comforts her.
Group date:
Josh Cribbs and Hanford Dixon meet the ladies and Peter at a football stadium. The girls run through some drills.
As always the girls are going to have to compete for Peter. There is a football game to decide which side will stay with Peter for an after party and who will go back to the hotel.
Shiann, scores first (I will not make a racial joke, I will not make a racial joke about how white this show used to be and the minute some diversity gets on it there is domination, I will not make a racial joke). Hannah Ann gets rocked over and over again. Shiann scores the second touchdown by once again running past everyone…I will not make a racial joke. Shiann is the clear MVP, the next best player is Deandra on the other team, guess who also has a bit of melanin in her? If you said Deandra I clearly have not been subtle. So the game ends up tied and thus everyone goes to the evening portion.
Victoria P who didn't play at all during the game because she was 'injured' and thus got to spend plenty of time with Peter on the sidelines steals Peter first and of course the girls are not happy. Shiann next gets some more alone time with Peter and while she is doing that and the other girls are trying to figure out if they should go next Alayah (booted last week) comes back in and everyone's jaw drops. Alayah as is her move goes and interrupts Shiann and Peter.
Quick aside, this is so blatantly producer driven since let's not forget they are in a different city from the one she was removed from the show, so unless she planted a tracker on Peter Alayah cannot arrive without help.
Alayah gets her time with Peter and says that she and Victoria P have been friends for a long time, to which Peter responds in shock because Victoria had told Peter that the extent of her time with Alayah was approximately "3 hours." Alayah says she and Victoria had been planning trips to Vegas and long term plans. Peter goes to talk to Victoria and Victoria says that she and Alayah went to Vegas together "as a group" Victoria tries to play down the friendship while Alayah has played it up.
One of the girls on the couch (I missed the name) says that Victoria has been faking how she acts to and around Alayah, blasting her in private once cameras are off, but "holding her hand at the rose ceremony." Victoria starts to look shaky when Peter brings her to talk to Alayah together (hugged her when she walked in) and keeps falling back on "I was speaking my truth at the moment" and "I don't know what else to say." Peter says "I am freaked out that Victoria is not exactly who I think she is, that terrifies me." "I am not deaf, I am hearing what Alayah is saying to Victoria in front of me."
Of course the girls who are stuck waiting as Peter paces trying to figure out what to do with Alayah are ticked. Peter asks Alayah if she wants to come back and she pretends to hesitate saying she will only do it if he promises her that they "can move past this." Peter takes Alayah back to the group of girls and tells them that he has to follow his heart and then gives Alayah the group rose and the girls on the date are all stone faced as one says "a girl that wasn't even on the date gets the date rose." Alayah "so its game time bitches."
Tammy puts it well "I am super frustrated with Alayah because drama has risen from the dead."
The next morning Alayah says "I have been a victim so many times and I am over that."
Kelsey meets Peter for their one on one date:
Peter immediately brings up that he brought back Alayah, Kelsey smartly pretends to be okay with it. As always seems to happen on the Bachelor they run into street musicians where people are just dancing in the street in a large group…IN CLEVELAND? That is not the Ohio I remember and I have been there a lot. They happen upon a soap box derby, and of course they are allowed to race…nothing suspicious at all!
Kelsey's requisite sob story is that she knew her parents were getting divorced before her mom did because she came home and found her dad's wedding ring on the counter.
Victoria F is mad that Alayah left the house got to get back in the outside world use her phone, see the internet and see that Victoria dated Chase Riceand told other girls. Victoria tells Alayah that she should have told her first – that part makes no sense since why would Alayah speak to Victoria about that? Victoria threatens Alayah that she is going to tell Peter about who she thinks she is and that Alayah will not like the outcome "You might think you are safe!"
Sometimes you get a feeling like the Producers do not like a lead as much as the lead thinks they do, and I get that impression here with Peter as they let him ramble on with this: "Such an amazing date with Kelsey and I feel good about bringing Alayah back…I have 100% full confidence that I know what I'm doing with every decision moving forward. And hopefully the girls will be able to see that, I know this is going to work, so I feel good."
Peter then enters the room for the cocktail party hour and tries to request time with Victoria P first only to have Deandra say "Can I say something real quick?" As Natasha says "Okay go ahead because I have something to say too." The ladies then start to justifiably rip Peter for ignoring them (this led to some great camera work) "I've never felt so under-recognized by somebody, and for us who went on the group date who bust our ass on the football field, amd literally have the physical bruises to show (Camera cuts to Mykenna's arm with a clear bruise as she nods her head in agreement) and then for you to come to the cocktail party and ignore half of us who didn’t get time and to walk in hand with Alayah, it was like the biggest slap in the face, I couldn't even look at you." Peter apologizes but then still takes Victoria P aside first who says "I don't really want to talk to you right now" "you don’t want to talk?" "No, let's just go" the cynic in me thinks that Victoria P (VP) is playing some of this up to make sure that Peter doesn't delve too deep in to whether he should trust her or not.
VP tells Peter that she is annoyed that he lets others know that he has asked her questions and divulges her answers then says he can ask Victoria Fuller (VF) about her interactions with Alayah, when Peter presses she says "it is not my story to tell ask her."
VF tells Peter that Alayah caused trouble for her in the house.
Each subsequent girl rips Peter for spending so much of his time on Alayah instead of getting to know them.
Alayah starts her time with Peter saying that she feels great with him but once she is around the other girls she doesn't feel comfortable.
Peter in an ITM has to loosen his tie because he says it is too tight, and they keep that on camera, see above re Production.
We get the dreaded 'to be continued' and a preview of what I like – ugly crying.
The blooper reel shows VF killing Peter in shooting a basketball, you could convince me he has never even seen the sport.
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