What happened in Paradise when the women held all the power – and the beef between Josh Murray and Nick Viall escalated further?!
Picking up in the aftermath of the double elimination a night earlier, Bachelor in Paradise Season 3 Episode 3 began with a lot of tension.
While Lace and Grant and Izzy and Vinny were on solid ground, most of the couples or would-be couples could not make that claim.
Take Sarah, who found herself drawn to new arrival Christian, making Daniel jealous and even more determined to get to know her.
This put her in a position where she debated the age-old conundrum:
Do I date the guy who is definitely marriage material, or the exciting newcomer who didn’t kiss me for fear of giving me the Zika virus?
We’ve all been there, are we right fellas and ladies? Moving on …
Brandon, who was on Desiree’s season but so forgettable that not even Chris Harrison knew who he was, was really into one of the twins.
Naturally, being twins, they pulled a switcheroo to see if he would notice. He did not, so we’re guessing this relationship won’t last long.
Unless they’re both really into him, which would just be weird.
But on to the main event: Nick Viall wasn’t sure if Amanda Stanton was really into Josh, or if this was just a cruel joke by the universe.
After all, how many times can Josh Murray steal Nick’s girl? And how many times can Viall get dumped on a single ABC reality franchise?
(Two and three if you’re keeping score at home.)
Nick was not happy in any case, but interestingly, it was Evan Bass – spurned by Carly Waddell – who decided he would break it up.
Yes, he went after Amanda as well. And HARD.
After shedding more than a few tears over Carly, Evan sought to rekindle his (brief) connection with Amanda from their beach arrivals.
He made his own date card and invited Amanda to the tree house for dinner … while she was in mid-makeout session with Josh Murray.
“I know she’s with Josh right now,” Evan admitted.
“But, I want to do something where it’s like, ‘Hey, here I am.’ Maybe there’s something inside of you that says, ‘I really like this guy."”
Pretty incredible, and worthy of a “To Be Continued…”
The Bachelor / Bachelorette / Bachelor in Paradise always leaves us wanting more, and the previews for next week’s show did just that.
Evan reveals he wants Amanda “to see the real Josh,” and he tells her of “verbal and physical abuse claims” that Josh isn’t happy about.
“I would appreciate it if you woulda come to me and talked to me about it,” Josh tells the erectile dysfunction expert as we fade to black.
Also next week, the beautiful Caila Quinn – who would have been The Bachelorette until JoJo Fletcher swooped in – makes her debut.
