Episode 6

Back at Bri and Doug’s house for another episode of the Bach! Did I not post a blog last week? I swear I wrote one... It was good too. Like so funny you couldn't even believe. No, that's a joke. But it's gone - my apologies. 

Becca takes the men to Virginia for some reason and she notes that Richmond is the opposite from Vegas: Fresh, clean air with a calm and chill environment. #Truth. Chris Harrison and Becca sip coffee at a coffee shop and dish about how Becca is starting to rip out pages of bridal magazines. Like, OMG!

Jason gets the 1 on 1. He says he is living well above cloud 9… so is that like, cloud 10? 11? He has been waiting 6 weeks for this. I can relate. 6 weeks is a really long time to go without a date with your partner (eh hem, Tom)...

Bri offers her disdain for contestant Chris (not Chris Harrison) while Chris and Lincoln get bitchy with each other and start accusing one another of body shaming. Doug claims Lincoln’s muscles are “vanity muscles” and wouldn’t be useful in a fight against Chris. I think that even though he is incredibly uncoordinated he would just need one good swing. Either way they appear to be setting up the next feud for a potential 2 on 1.

Becca and Jason get on a street car with Champagne flutes. Doug inquires about the appropriate liquor license to make that legal. They wind up at a cemetary to look at old graves that Jason seems to be impressed by. I didn’t catch who’s it was although I’m not sure it would have mattered. They make a GIGANTIC donut at Sugar Shack Donuts. Then they mosey on to the Poe Museum. Somehow they have fun there. Next they are greeted by goths in a courtyard. Becca surprises Jason with some of his friends. I think is a brilliant and lovely gesture. This way she get get a sense of his true nature and get the dirt right upfront :) . It appear things went quite well. His friends remind her of her friends and all that. Doug feels he is over indexing based on his draft order.

Bri wonders if Julia and Paul have a Bachelor bookie. They’re team is looking so good with Jason’s surge!

It is snowing in Richmond which feels weird since it was almost 100 degrees today. They walk into a very large room with a very small empty table in the center. Marsha (Bri’s mom) likes their attempt at minimalism. Becca and Jason have their mandatory heart to hearts for the evening at the empty table. It goes over well. He gets a rose.

The group date will consist of Colton, Garrett, Wills, Connor, Blake, Lincoln and Chris. Chris realizes this is “do or die” and his back is against the wall. Bri routes for his demise.

They go to the capitol where George Washington and Abe Lincoln are standing there in the flesh and give them a tour!! This is what Richmond has to offer. Old dead people who give you tours. They participate in a “Becca-lection” and they debate for Becca’s love. Some of them look like legit politicians. Connor specifically has politician hair (a coif, per Connor and Bri). The actual governor is there. I’m glad he’s utilizing his tax dollars on such official business. Lincoln throws a verbal dagger at Chris starting a smear campaign in this bogus debate. Becca is not impressed. We all vote that they should both go home.

Next they go to this creepy mansion where Lincoln steals the first alone time with Becca. Bri notes how utterly thrilled Becca looks to be spending time with him. Then the producers made Chris interrupt their alone time. At least I can only assume it was the producers. Hopefully Chris isn’t that stupid. Hard to say. Becca tries to tease out the drama when she already knows that neither Chris or Lincoln are going deep. She cries and Garrett is sympathetic. More drama ensues. I’m bored with it so I fix the points. Thanks, Paul, for pointing out the errors! They should be correct now. :)

Wills just discovered he has emotions. Colton gets the rose even though Garrett seemed to save the day (come on, man! I need the points!!).

Leo, the only person home besides Jason, obviously gets the 1 on 1. Becca wakes up exhausted setting Leo up for failure. They climb into a teeny tiny airplane dubbed a “motorcycle for the sky” by Doug. They fly over the Chesapeake Bay but all Becca is thinking about it last night. Leo suggests they do nothing instead of “faking having fun” which sounds like a great idea to me. Leo seems surprisingly cool for a dreg #missedopportunity . He’s aware that he looks like a caricature and a guy who probably wouldn’t want to settle down, but he does. He seems genuine. Also his hair looks much better in a man bun. They go oyster shucking in what we only assume is a stocked pond. They just eat them straight away. Except they don’t come with cocktail sauce or the cute little forks.

During the commercial break Bri, Doug and I discussed the importance of eating humanely raised meat and potentially splitting a half of cow in the future if anyone wants in…

Leo and Becca go to another very large room with a small table. Doug notes that the empty room that Jason got was bigger. Leo reveals his daddy issues in their heart to heart time. Bri is nervous because the music is not suggesting a good outcome for this conversation. However, happier music starts playing and he gets a rose. They walk into a cheering room where an unknown country music artist is playing. They dance while fan-girls video them on their phones.

They pan back to the house where some boys are bad mouthing Chris while Chris is writing in his diary alone in his room. Eerie music plays. There is dramatic lighting while Chris puts his watch on. He expresses his concern for Lincoln’s cholesterol level as he walks to Becca’s hotel room (+2 points!). Becca must have just gotten home from her date because she is still in her fancy dress and maybe even heels. What the hell kind of woman doesn’t kick those things off as soon as she walks in the door? Anyway, they sit on the couch and Chris lays out his case. He gives her the death stare as she makes her decision to send him home (- 3 points).

The group of guys is noticeably smaller. Wills has amazingly little expression in his voice. Chris appears and the men automatically know there is no cocktail party. They instantly start sweating. But Becca gets to drive up in the most bad ass car in a gorgeous dress

Garrett, Blake and Wills got roses sending Lincoln, Connor and Conner’s Coif home just before the first international trip to the Bahammas.

The Teams look like this:

We're down to 6 dudes already! Which means with just one point on the dreg Leo, I am hosed. Paulia is the obvious pick to win the thing. Given Jasons late-season surge, I don't think that Andi&Eric will be catching up anytime soon. GG, y'all.