It's been months since The Bachelor finished filming, but the eliminated women wasted no time in rehashing — and battling about — this past season on the Women Tell All episode. We checked in with host Chris Harrison, who shared his thoughts on Courtney's tearful apology, why Blakeley got off easy, and how viewers will see a very different Ben Flajnik on next week's After the Final Rose special.
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This week's episode of The Bachelor marks my favorite hour of each season — The Women Tell All special! So get your smack-talk ready and let's get to recapping.
But wait! After Chris Harrison introduces the women, we get a sneak peek of the recent Bachelor Nation reunion in Las Vegas. There's lot of making out, a few faces we haven't seen in a while and a lot of casting possibilities for the next season of Bachelor Pad (Ed, Ryan P and Stacey, to name a few.) We also get a glimpse into a possible rekindling of flames between previous Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky and Frank, who left her season for a girl that he's still with.
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Ben and the ladies are in Panama City, where hopefully Ben's hair won't succumb to the hot and humid weather. He leaves the date card and it goes to Kacie B. The two take a helicopter ride to a deserted island, where they check out the three things Kacie chose to pack: A monkey man, a cork screw/knife and a bag of candy. Ben brought a machete, fishing net and matches. Both worry that with not much to do, they'll run out of things to talk about. But with lots of laughs, it seems like they'll be just fine, not to mention Kacie finds Ben's coconut-cracking skills extremely hot.
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Ben and the 11 remaining women are in Puerto Rico where Nicki receives the first one-on-one date. They take a helicopter to Old San Juan and Nicki says, "it's like God's smiling down on us right now." And he starts to rain on them. Ben finds her ability to go with the flow super attractive and comes up with their Plan B date, to get some dry clothes — authentic Puerto Rican dry clothes. Ben even says he has some Latin swagger.
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The ladies arrive in San Francisco where Ben meets up with his sister Julia to tell her about some of the women who have stood out. He mentions, Lindzi, Courtney — with whom he thinks his sis would hit it off — Kacie B. and that Jennifer is the best kisser so far. Apparently, he and his sister are ...
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