Though it’s only the second episode, fights and hostility will already be under way. And let’s hope it doesn’t get to that point.
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But there’s more to Monday’s episode than Chad and Daniel’s chat. Next, one excited suitor gets the first 1-on-1 date of the season and is whisked away to San Francisco for a picnic by the Golden Gate Bridge. So who will get the first one-on-one date of 2016?
Besides Jojo thanking every single boy after they kissed her like Rory Gilmore when Dean first kisses her, the episode was filled with uncomfortable Chad moments more than romance with Jojo.
After the second group date announcement, three contestants don’t get chosen. And given her previous experience on last season’s “The Bachelor”, Fletcher’s become a pro at first dates.
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Chad Johnson apparently won’t be receiving a “Villains Gotta Vill” T-shirt from JJ Lane in the mail any time soon. He’s a villain in the purest form, at least in that he relishes the opportunity to get in the other guys’ heads and cause problems for them. This does not go over well at all with Chad.
The full text of Chad’s protein shake metaphor: “If you were making a protein shake made of the group of dudes here and then you blended it up, half that dude-protein shake would have zero chance”.
“Chad, I think you’re a f**king d**khead!” People are going to have to make their own opinion about Chad because it’s certainly an interesting situation there.
But, of course, Chad gets a rose (and in the teaser following the episode we are promised that next week’s two episodes on Monday and Tuesday will feature “Double the Chad”).
The cocktail party gets off to a rocky start when Chad jumps the gun and intercepts JoJo before she arrives and walks in with her, aggravating all of the guys.
In the end though, James nabbed the group date rose. Because Chad is a lot of things, but he doesn’t seem as stupid as this moment makes him out to be. It’s fucking masterful. James S., a 27-year-old whose job title is literally “Bachelor Superfan” because nothing matters, is almost brought to tears, acutely aware that he is basically watching Chad’s face being chiseled into the Bachelor villain Mount Rushmore in real time.
Two men emerged from firefighting exercises to win Fletcher’s approval: Grant, a 27-year-old professional firefighter from California, bested the rest and reached the Bachelorette at the top of a structure; and Wells, a 31-year-old radio DJ from Nashville, who failed at just about each exercise, but kept trying. Countless reports have claimed that Jojo Fletcher had been very busy before the reality TV show officially aired. Derek, the commercial banker from Florida received the date!
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Derek, a 29-year-old commercial banker with a poor man’s John Krasinski vibe, is the lucky victor of this season’s first solo date, a Choose Your Own Adventure-style journey that somehow looks just like all the other dates on all the other seasons. Oh, and he received bonus one-on-one time with JoJo.
