‘The Bachelor’ Recap: The crew heads to Singapore!

Week 4 has some highs and lows as Colton and the ladies travel abroad for the first time this season.

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Welcome to a new week of The Bachelor as the whole shebang heads to a new country for the first time this season. If you missed any action, check out last week’s recap. The episode opens with our collection of suitors finding out from Chris Harrison that this show is going on the road... to Singapore.

This feels super early in a season for the international travel to start, but the picturesque backdrop of Singapore is welcomed with open arms. The ladies arrive in Singapore, and Tayshia is selected for a one-on-one. Caelynn takes it well:

Tayshia and Colton bungee jump and hang out at the beach before a nighttime dinner. Over the meal, she explains that she was married for six years previously, but that it didn’t work out. Once again, Colton shows he’s an actual real human with reasonable and admirable reactions to the women sharing difficult information as he explains his parents were divorced and that judging other people’s happiness isn’t his job. He gives her the rose, and they get on an amazingly huge ferris wheel.

The group date this week included, Hannah G., Elyse, Kirpa, Sydney, Heather, Onyeka, Tracy, Nicole, Demi, Courtney, Katie, Cassie, and Hannah B, leaving Caelynn with the second one-on-one. Demi throws some shade at the Pageant Drama — the first thing she’s done that I’ve thought, “HELL YEAH” to — and Caelynn says she’s so over all of it.

Colton and his group of ladies hit the Singaporean street markets, where Demi acts like she’ll die if she’s not touching him at all times.

They spend the day trying new things and eating new things before they have the requisite cocktail party.

Demi tells Colton that her mom was finally released from federal prison, and he deftly turned that into being impressed with how Demi supports her family no matter what. Courtney drums up some drama with Demi, doesn’t talk to Colton at all, and Demi snags the group date rose.

Caelynn is awarded the second one-on-one date of the week, and Hannah B. is TOTALLY cool with it.

Colton and Caelynn have a fun day date filled with extravagant shopping, but things get more serious during their dinner date. On the evening portion of the one-on-one date, Caelynn shared a devastating personal story about being drugged and sexually assaulted while she was in college. Words can’t accurately describe the pit in your stomach you felt as she pushed through her story, and Caelynn’s strength was simply indescribable. To the show’s credit, the scene was handed respectfully with no editing and proper care.

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After dinner, the duo walked among some of the picturesque gardens of Singapore. Colton gave Caelynn the rose from the one-on-one, ensuring she’d be around for another week.

Before this week’s Rose Ceremony cocktail party, Caelynn took the opportunity to pull Hannah B. aside to squash their four episode-spanning pageant beef (thank goodness). Luckily, it doesn’t take long for new beef to spring up, and it’s way more exciting.

Here are the week’s highlights... and lowlights:

Most Savage Burn: Chris Harrison’s Name Issues

Our main man Chris Harrison came into the room to check in on the ladies, and asked Hannah B. how she’s doing after all the pageant non-drama between her and Caelynn.

Except he doesn’t call her Hannah.

He calls her Caelynn.

OH CHRIS HARRISON YOU SLY BASTARD YOU.

Best New Camera Angle: Colton’s Vlogger Angle

This makes me want to subscribe to his YouTube channel about v-neck tees, football and puppies.

Weirdest Toast: Dinner in Singapore

Ladies, you’re all dating the same man. Why are you toasting “to finding true love in Singapore” with all of the women you’re competing with? MAKES NO SENSE.

Worst Understanding of how the Ocean Works: Colton and Tayshia

Their one-on-one featured bungee jumping and was introduced with Colton saying, “I’m really hoping that today we don’t die.” Later, Tayshia tells him, “Have fun, don’t die.” Oddly enough, that wasn’t the weirdest part of the date. Before coming upon the bungee tower on the stunning Singaporean coastline, the pair stops to admire the water.

They reach out to touch it, and jump back in shock as a wave cascades over their feet. What... what did you think would happen?

Worst Way to Bungee Jump: Tayshia

Colton screamed like a “little girl” (Tayshia’s words, not mine) the entire way down, then said “OH NO, NOT AGAIN” when the recoil bounce kicked in. Ok, fine. Seems reasonable. BUT, TAYSHIA, GIRL. WHAT WAS THIS?

WHAT IS THIS STRATEGY? THIS SEEMS SO DANGEROUS. I was very concerned Tayshia was going to snap her ankles, but she made it out unscathed and had the time of her life.

Worst Part of a Date Ever:- Leeches

Last week I gave the workout date a ton of shit. Welp, give me the Terry Crews workout every day of the week, because ya girl ain’t going near a damn leech.

“Is this even up to code?” Says Courtney. “Where did they get these leeches from? Are they even FDA approved? Like, I’m genuinely concerned.”

Worst Fortune Teller Reading: Cassie and Colton

Oh man, talk about brutal. At the street market, Cassie and Colton sit down for a reading of their fortunes. Seems fun, right? Well, the fortune teller says that Cassie is giving off a “sister from a past life” vibe.

Woooo that’s one way to kill a sexy vibe.

To Cassie’s credit, she brought it up at the nighttime cocktail party. They made a couple jokes about it, then made out a ton. It’s clear that Colton is also a big fan of blog favorite Cassie.

Most Relatable Cassie Vibe: Group Date Disinterest

This is a whole mood.

Most Questionable Strategy: Courtney

It’s tough to be on a date with 13 women. It’s tougher to get time when you refuse to go talk to him. That was Courtney. She sat in the main area waiting to be summoned by Colton as lady after lady talked to him.

After sharing with Demi that she was frustrated that she hadn’t had a chance to talk to him, Demi goes for a second round of Colton time. When Courtney finds out, she uses that as motivation to go talk to Colton before losing the chance confronts Demi about being disrespectful. Wait, what?

I don’t agree with Demi’s ageist remarks (31 ISN’T OLD DAMNIT), but I’m full on Team Demi on this one. It’s an early season group date with THIRTEEN women. You gotta be aggressive and get your time. Demi ends up getting the group date rose, you know, because she actually talked to the guy they’re trying to marry.

This pretty much sums it up:

Best Date Activity Ever: Caelynn’s shopping spree

Colton picks Caelynn up in a Bentley, and the duo spends the rest of the day at high-end stores as he showers her with beautiful clothing and shoes. Caelynn looks absolutely fabulous in everything she puts on, and it’s like a Pretty Woman montage without the poofy hair and condescending store employees.

She rolled back into the ladies’ suite like this:

Which led to a lot of this...

The ladies were a mix of super-interested in what goodies she got and utterly filled with a jealous rage, but everything was kept just under the facade of being happy for Caelynn. Until Cassie cried in her interview. YOU MADE CASSIE CRY, CAELYNN.

Best Unintentional Innuendo: Hannah G.

“Tonight, he acknowledged me in the biggest way ever.”

Best Villain: Demi

I’ve had my anti-Demi sentiments here, mainly stemming from her hatred of the Cougar Club and overall being a little much, but damn if the girl isn’t an entertaining villain. Last week, she threw her turkey leg at Tracy and the pirate ship (I’m still not over this). This week, she’s out here calling Courtney the “cancer of the house”.

The best part about Demi is that she a) does not care and b) will readily admit to shit-talking you to the Bachelor. After Courtney finds out what Demi said about her, she confronts her fellow 23-year-old. Does Demi back down and pretend that’s not what she said? Oh HELL no. She readily admits it and looks shocked when the rest of the ladies don’t emphatically agree that Courtney is the cancer of the house.

Ladies: You said that? You said that about her?

Demi: Yeah.

Ladies: Why?

Demi: Because I do feel that way. I feel like you [Courtney] are.

It was a master’s course, and I bow down to my new overlord.

Demi Quote of the Week

“Maybe she could suck less one day, but as of right now? She suuuucks.”

Gone Too Soon

• Tracy
• Courtney