Week 5 of The Bachelor began and ended with just ten remaining ladies in the competition to win Chris’ #FarmBoy heart. We all, of course saw the “to be continued…” plug coming as 9:47 p.m. approached and we were screaming at our TVs, “Only thirteen minutes left?! There hasn’t been a rose ceremony yet and Kelsey hasn’t even had her panic attack?!” First world problems.
This week had a smorgasbord of emotions as the halfway mark for the season made the smokescreen of the concept behind it all fade just a little more. Each one-on-one conversation Chris has with the contestants has somewhat digressed from “tell me about your family” topics into complaining about why he was spending too much time with another girl. Natural conversation does not seem to be anoyone’s strong suit at this point.
More awkward moments made us cringe, from Love Guru intimacy tips for Carly, the cruise ship singer, and Chris, to when Whitney won the group date rose, leading everyone (*cough cough, Ashley I.) to conclude that she must be manipulative. Or then, there was that time when Chris woke up full-makeup-at-4:30 a.m.-Brit for their sunrise date, only to shush her roommate Carly as they shared a morning smooch session in front of her. And of course, that hot second when eliminated alcoholic Jordan drove flew all the way from Colorado for a second chance. This lasted long enough for everyone’s feathers to become ruffled, or one commercial break to pass before she was sent home for the second time, back to Colorado.
And I thought I had problems when I was single…
As social media sites like Twitter blew up in attempt to why New Mexico would be a fun getaway this week, and Megan thought they were actually going to the country of Mexico, Brit got the cream of the crop in the one-on-one date category this week. She and Chris enjoyed a sunrise over the wide-open spaces of Santa Fe from a hot air balloon as the audience’s standards for the perfect Valentine’s Day date skyrocketed.
The spotlight quickly turned as Kelsey, one of our widows on the show, decided to tell Chris the story of her late husband right before the cocktail party. Other contestants, thinking she pulled some sort of attention stunt in order to not go home this week, were outraged. Chris then pulled his second dramatic exit of the season, resulting in no cocktail party this week. At this point it was 9:57 p.m., an EMT was attending to Kelsey who was found on the floor in the middle of a panic attack and the rest of us all knew the rug was being pulled out from under this week. ABC left us with one hell of a cliffhanger as “to be continued…” flashed on our TVs– the anticipation at this point is seriously equal to American Sniper. Oh, Chrissy. Oh, #PrinceFarming. Oh, Iowa.
Tune in next week to finish what we started! Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Santa Fe, come for the art & culture. Stay for the beaches and sombreros #TheBachelor
— Chris Harrison (@chrisbharrison) February 3, 2015
Tonight’s episode of #TheBachelor had me like… pic.twitter.com/LpdZwaBcH5
— Kate Steinberg (@kstein99) February 3, 2015
It’s New Mexico, not Mexico. #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/wWA00uzPax
— The Bachelor (@BachelorABC) February 3, 2015
No way were the girls that excited for New Mexico. #TheBachelor
— Sean Lowe (@SeanLowe09) February 3, 2015
How many times will one of the girls say something that makes us look like this tonight on #TheBachelor?! pic.twitter.com/tmepjMWmnq
— E! Online (@eonline) February 3, 2015
Closed captioning for tonight’s episode provided by Gone Girl. #TheBachelor
— Jackie O (@JackieOProblems) February 3, 2015
