Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Bachelor Season 20 Episode 2 Recap: Like Butterflies Heating Up Your Stomach

On The Bachelor Season 20 Episode 2, Ben Higgins’ quest to narrow down the field of aspiring trophy wives vying for his love continued.


If you want to know who has the inside track, The Bachelor spoilers can shed some light on that topic right now. If you don’t … continue!



Picking up where the premiere left off, The Bachelor Season 20 Episode 2 saw a couple of interesting group dates by series standards.


First, there was a sojourn to a local high school to take part in a heated competition for the Bachelor High Homecoming Queen crown.


The girls faced off in science, geography, athletics, and bobbing for apples, which was even more awkward than it sounds if that’s possible.


Mandi won the title – and one-on-one time Ben. Jennifer and Ben also shared a kiss, which Lace in particular was not too happy ’bout.


Caila got the evening’s first one-on-one date, while Olivia got upset about that, and Lace? She tried her darndest to monopolize Ben.


Ben kissed JoJo before his big date with Caila … and Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, who chose to “Ride Along” with the duo on their date.


It was actually pretty funny, but things got real after Kevin and Cube left as Ben talked about his past relationships and his fear of failure.


That kind of raw emotional moment doesn’t come along every season, people. J/K! The writers and editors have it down to a science.



On the second group date, more lucky ladies went to a so-called Love Lab to run tests on whether they and Ben had a chance at love.


This included passing a sniff test – stripping them all down to their underwear to see what kind of natural scents the women give off.


Olivia got the highest score, and later on, Ben and Olivia kissed, so perhaps the Love Lab is onto something. Do we smell a keeper?


To quote Olivia herself, “This kiss was beyond worth the wait … It was magical … Butterflies. Heat in my stomach … area.” Damn, girl.


She got the group date rose. Lace got upset again and cried. Fortunately, she too received a rose at the ceremony and is moving on.


That’s all she wrote folks. You can watch The Bachelor online to see the carnage for yourself. The remaining field as it stands now:


In: Jami Letain, Rachel Tchen, Jen Saviano, Lauren Bushnell, Mandi Kremer, Lace Morris, Amber James, Becca Tilley, Olivia Caridi, Lauren Himle, Emily Ferguson, Haley Ferguson, Jubilee Sharpe, Leah Block, Caila Quinn, Amanda Stanton, JoJo Fletcher, Shushanna Mkrtychyan


Out: Lauren Barr, Sam Passmore, Jackie Dion