‘The Bachelor’ Recap: Joey Faces A Crisis Of Confidence As He Narrows Group Of Women Down To Six
20.02.2024 - 04:39
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SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from Monday night’s episode of The Bachelor.
When tonight’s episode of The Bachelor opens, we find Joey and Maria in a car, on a date, speaking French to one another as best they can. Are they in France? Or perhaps Switzerland or Belgium? Non, non, non.
Of course, as promised at the end of last week’s Tuesday episode, we’re now in Montreal, Canada, where we learn, unfortunately, that our Bachelor Joey really isn’t feeling all that great amidst a crisis of confidence. He’s now down to 10 women, and while his feelings are most definitely getting stronger, that’s actually the problem, as it scares him to recognize that he’s falling for multiple women. He has to admit that he’s at times found himself holding back in some ways, even if he doesn’t want to, his great fear being that his whole romantic experiment as The Bachelor‘s leading man simply won’t work out. He feels imperfect, he says, and has always felt others expect him to be the opposite.
Later, we see Jesse greet the group, speaking perfect French as he reveals that Joey will start off the week with a group date, before moving on to two one-on-ones. Contestants set for the group date include Daisy, Katelyn, Kelsey A., Jen, Rachel, Lexi, Lea and Jess. This leaves Kelsey T. and the Canadian Maria as those who will get some much desired one-on-one time with Joey.
Over the course of the group date, which is a scavenger hunt through Montreal, we see the women visit Jesse’s favorite restaurant in the city, dance to the music of an accordion player and play street hockey. A shared sentiment amongst the women is just how much harder it’s getting to see the connections Joey is forming with other women. Amongst those expressing