Justin’s return causes drama for two couples on the beach.
The big question heading into this episode is all about Victoria: Will she pick Johnny or Alex?
“Tonight is going to be really hard for me,” she admits.
Jesse Palmer has some news.ABC
That’s right, rose lovers we’re finally, finally, finally getting a rose ceremony!
Oddly enough, none of the contestants know who will be handing out said roses.
I suppose it was never made clear to them after Split Week?
Romance.ABC
Somebody get Jesse Palmer in here, because we need answers!
Like, I literally had to google “Sarah Bachelor in Paradise 2022.”
Should I start taking ginkgo biloba, or did she just not make much of an impression?
Seriously? No one wants to give this guy a rose?.ABC
Anyhow, all the best to the Hamrick family.
Now for the most important news: The women are handing out the roses.
Shanae is psyched, and she has a special message for Logan and Kate.
Hola, Raul.ABC
“Everything was touched, everything was gross,” she complains.
Wells is happy to stir the pot.
“What is happening up there?”
Victoria and Johnny.ABC
She grouses that ever since the original women got back, there have been ants in the shower.
Genevieve, however, blames the filth on the “new people,” as does Victoria.
“They’re the dirty bitches,” she says.
Don’t call it a comeback.ABC
“Not us.”
We may never know the truth, rose lovers.
After they’ve each scrubbed each other’s enamel, Shanae and Jacob share a slightly awkward kiss.
Aaron and Genevieve.ABC
“I know where my rose is going tonight,” she announces.
“You’re just so kind,” she says.
“Everything about you is amazing.
There, there, Eliza.ABC
From there she heads to another daybed for a wine moment with Johnny.
“My week was hell,” he says.
“When I saw you, it affirmed everything and how much I missed you.”
Awwww, poor Aaron.ABC
Johnny goes on to say that he wants to take her to the end, and Victoria LOVES it.
She nestles her head into his chest, and they share a smooch.
Here comes Palmer with his Butter Knife of Bad News!
Justin and Eliza.ABC
It’s time for Victoria to make a decision.
Let’s find out.
Rose ceremony roll call!
Alas, this means we must say goodbye to Thor, which is just a monumental waste.
Fare thee well, Adam!
You deserved so much better than this.
Go back to Australia where all the condiments you desire await.
And the smiles continue when Victoria gets a date card and chooses Johnny to accompany her.
And what a date it is!
c’mon welcome Raul!
“Yeah, so, today… new beginnings for sure,” he mumbles.
Once inside the sweat lodge, Raul encourages Victoria and Johnny to share their fears with each other.
She’s afraid of being let down, while he’s afraid of not being enough for her.
With that, Raul puts some burning hot coals in the firepit to release a cleansing steam.
Wait, who’s that guy shutting the sweat lodge door?
Does it lock from the outside?
This is stressing me out!
“I feel like I am falling in love with you,” he says.
And wouldn’t you know it?
The sentiment is mutual!
Great work, Raul!
Back at the beach, everyone is feeling great and thinking about their post-Paradise future.
“I’m not really too concerned about who comes down those steps,” says Rodney.
Dang it, buddy now you’ve gone and jinxed it.
Either way, he’s back in Paradise and he’s got one woman on his mind: Eliza.
Yeah, that does not sound specific at all.
What a good Bachelor Nation soldier.
When Justin arrives on the beach, all the guys rush to welcome him.
“I am super excited but also confused,” says Andrew.
Genevieve, meanwhile, is flat-out pissed.
“He got sent home,” she huffs.
“Why is he back?”
To steal Eliza, of course!
And that’s precisely what he does.
Justin pulls Eliza for a chat, leaving Rodney to fret from afar.
“Don’t worry, his personality is [bleep],” she assures him.
But Aaron thinks his girlfriend doth protest too much.
“Justin and Genevieve had a connection,” he says.
It makes me feel like I was option 2, and he was option 1.”
“There’s stuff in between,” she says.
“Victoria came in, and then we argued for three days, and then Aaron came in.”
As the conversation continues, Aaron grabs his glass and walks away from the bar.
Seeing this, Genevieve abruptly stops answering Wells' questions and begins to spiral.
“Oh no, what the f— did I do?”
she whispers to herself.
Wells is completely confused.
“He’s mad!”
“He didn’t even look at me.”
She chases Aaron up the stairs to the kitchen and begs him to tell her what she did wrong.
End of side note.)
Aaron calmly explains why he was irritated.
I want it to be because you like me, not because Justin was a dick."
Articulate your emotional needs!
We stan a self-aware king.
Genevieve is so beside herself that she’s having a hard time really listening to what Aaron is saying.
“I’m truly sorry,” says Genevieve.
Aaron accepts her apology, but she is inconsolable.
“We’re fine!”
he assures her, wrapping her in a hug.
“The steps are all completed, we’re good!
If you understand where I’m coming from, that’s it.
Sorry I overreacted.”
No, don’t apologize, Aaron!
You were just communicating your feelings!
For God’s sake, Genevieve, get it together!
Let’s turn our attention to Rodney and Eliza.
“I want him to say, ‘You’re mine.
Don’t go,'” she says.
“That’s what I want him to tell me.”
If she wants to go, that’s fine.
“I’m not going anywhere,” he says.
This perfectly reasonable and accommodating response does not sit well with Eliza.
“You want me to go?”
He’s all, “I don’t want you to go!
But that might be what’s best for you to truly gain clarity.”
Hmmm… Whose side are you on, rose lovers?
They’ve been “together” for, what, four days?
He’s trying not to be presumptuous.
But all Eliza hears is,Eh, go ahead.
I’m not that into you anyway.
“Now I feel stupid.”
Oh girl, hang in there.
Someday you’ll be a boring old married lady and it will be awesome.
(Take it from me, a boring old married lady.)
Elsewhere on the beach, Aaron and Genevieve are revisiting their conversation from earlier.
Oh no, he’s tearing up!
I can’t take Sad Aaron!
This time it’s Genevieve who administers a hug.
“You are so special to me for so many reasons,” Genevieve says.
“The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you.”
It’s an emotional conversation, but it ends on a happy note, with several smooches.
As Rodney mopes around the beach, Eliza and Justin sit down for dinner at the nearby resort.
In other words, buddy, she’s here out of spite.
It’s all going swimmingly until…
“Yo, is it still there?”
Eliza teases him for freaking out.
“So, I’m assuming you won’t be the guy to kill the spiders?”
“No, I will,” he replies.
“I’ll just be dramatic about it.”
Fair enough, bro.
“I’ll really do anything for her.”
Hold that thought, sir, because tonight’s episode is over.
A few questions before you go, rose lovers: Are you happy to see Justin again?
Did Rodney screw up, or did Eliza overreact?
And would you rather do an interview next to a spider or a crab?
Post your thoughts below!
