16x02 - Week 2

[bunniefuu]

Previously
on "The Bachelorette"...

Finally! [laughs]

I've been looking for love
my entire life.

[squeals]
I know what I'm looking for,

and I'm gonna follow my gut.

Clare, my name is Dale, and--
Nice to meet you, Dale.

I couldn't be more excited
to take this journey with you.

When Dale stepped out
of the limo,

it was like love at first sight.

I definitely feel like
I just met my husband.

[whispers] Oh, my God.

And tonight...

I'm committed to giving you
everything I have.

Can I kiss you
for a second, though?

Please do.

With Dale,
it's just that crazy,

unexplainable chemistry.

[dramatic music]

Watching Clare with Dale,

I'm jealous.

We all kind of just
got slapped in the face.

From this moment on,
no rules of engagement.

Ah! [screams]

Ooh, pandemonium has erupted.

I don't know what's happening.

Dale! Bro, who was it?

Ass whupping.

[tense music]

You scare me.
[laughs softly]

Is he with her right now?
Yes.

[bleep].
Like, I'm dead serious.

It just seemed classless,
and, yeah,

it's definitely left
a really bad taste in my mouth.

Does anybody wanna
spend time with me?

Oh, hell no.
Not in a million years.

You're crazy.
There is no "we."

There is no "us."
There is no "me and you."

[whimpers] It's hard.

I don't know how to go on.

♪ ♪

It's all coming up tonight

on "The Bachelorette."

[serene music]

♪ ♪

Last night, I was so excited

at the quality of men
that showed up.

Like, there's so many things

I wanna learn about these guys,

but I'd be lying if I said

it wasn't hard to sleep
last night

because Dale just
made everything else disappear,

and I don't know what to do.

Is he my future husband?

Or what if that
is just excitement

feeling all these feelings
this soon for somebody?

Come on.
I need to find that out today.

All: Clare!

Whoo! Let's go.

I'm trying to find Clare.
[laughs]

Clare! This is, like,

the perfect place to be.
Right in the desert, man.

It's dope. So we walk into

the La Quinta Resort & Club.

There's pools everywhere,

palm trees,
there's lizards--all that stuff

I'm not used to in Canada.

Oh, man. Okay!

That's what I'm talking about!

We come out of quarantine,

where you're by yourself,

and then you come into this,
like, palace.

This is Chateau Bennêtt.

Why do you have
so many pairs of shoes?

There's only seven days
in the week.

Gotta mix it up.

Whoo! Hey!

I'm so excited that
we're in a place that's safe

and that we can
go on dates with Clare.

All: Hey!

This is the start of really
trying to make that connection.

Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho!
What's up?

The man himself. Hey, hey.

Hello, hello!

How you doing?
What's up, fellas?

Have a seat. Have a seat.

All right, welcome
and congratulations.

You guys have been through
a lot to get here.

We all have, and so has Clare.

And, obviously, there's
a bigger picture going on

in the world right now,
but you guys

quarantined before you got here.

Then you quarantined
when you got here.

So night one--what was it like
to get out of the limo,

no mask; you could
actually hug the girl?

That's something
we haven't done for months!

No, I kid you not.

Like, I saw her, and it's like,

I forgot how to talk to people,

but we got it--we got it going.

It just--she was just
so calming,

and, like, it was just awesome.

It was exactly everything
I wanted.

And, Dale, we've gone through
all of these steps

and taken the precautions.

You got
the First Impression Rose...

Yeah. So maybe this is

a dumb question, but I guess
it was all worth it.

Oh, 100%,
and, like, that's just

with anything in life, right?

Um, the things you appreciate
the most in life

are the things
you work hardest for.

So I'm excited.

Well, I know Clare
truly appreciates

what everybody went through
to be here.

She was so excited
after last night.

She said,
"My husband is in this room."

That's a huge statement
after night one.

Now who is it?

That's what we're gonna find out

over the next several weeks.

So as far as the dates go,
got your first one right here.

All: Ooh! [applause]

Good luck, and hopefully,
I'll see y'all soon.

All right, guys.
[overlapping chatter]

[applause] What we got?

What we got?
Let's see who, uh,

gets the dates first.

Riley, Jordan,

Yosef, Ivan,

Ben, Bennett,

Zac C., Zach J., and...

Dale.

[upbeat music]

"I'm looking for a guy

"who speaks to my heart.

Love, Clare." [whistles]

Rose hunting season
has officially opened,

so here we go. [laughter]

Hey, be good,
but don't be that good.

Yeah.
Yeah, don't be that good.

[chatter] There's no denying

everyone wants to spend time
with Clare,

so this first date
and being able

to see Clare again right away
is everything.

Any time with Clare
is a good time,

so I'm gonna make
the most of it.

Whoo. Where we headed?

Follow the hearts.
Speak to her heart.

The note read,
"I'm looking for someone

who speaks to my heart."

That could go so many
different ways,

but whatever it is, I'm hoping
we can have some fun with it

'cause I know Clare's been
looking forward

to having fun with all of us.

You guys following the hearts?

Yes. [laughs]

Hello! You look amazing.

Thank you so much. Whoo!

I'm ready to get this started

with these guys.

It's nice
to see their faces again.

This is gonna be [murmurs].
Ah!

[laughs]
I know this a group date,

but I specifically picked Dale

to be on this group date
'cause I couldn't wait

to see him today.
It was so amazing

getting to know you guys
last night,

and this date that I have
planned for us,

it's gonna allow me
to get to know you guys

so much better.

Let's get started. All right.

Come on in. All right.

Thank you. Hello, everyone.

Hey! Good to see ya.

Good to see you.
You guys, come on over.

I'm sure you guys
have been racking your brains,

trying to figure out
what this date is all about

ever since I dropped
that date card off

that said Clare was looking
for someone

who will speak to her heart.

Well, we're gonna step through
love languages.

You guys know
the love languages?

Yeah.
If you don't, don't worry.

You're about to learn.
[light laughter]

Love languages
are how we express love.

Today's date
is gonna be really special,

a lot of fun,
but also really telling.

You are gonna speak
to Clare's heart

words of affirmation--
one of the love languages.

I'm gonna be learning
how these guys give love

and how they receive love,

how they're expressing
themselves and if they can.

Ben, step forward.

From my heart to yours,
Clare, I'm excited to be here

because you talked
about being authentic

and choosing the harder path
over the easier one.

My entire life has been that--
choosing the harder path,

deciding to make the effort
because the end

is so much more worth it.

So thank you for having me.

I'm honored, and I can't wait
to see where this takes us.

[softly] Oh, man. How sweet.

It's so hard to say
those kind of words,

let alone in front
of a group of men,

so, like, I applaud you.

Thanks. [laughs]

I've been through a lot, from
family to past relationships.

I have a lot of layers to me,
and I just can't wait

to peel back those layers
with you

and show you who I really am.

Be that onion. I love it.

All but one will leave
in despair,

but it's all for one
and one for Clare.

[sighs]

Very impressed by these men.

The day you were announced
was the day I applied,

and here I am.

For me, it's someone
who has not, probably,

given the amount of time
and attention to love

that it deserves.

I'm just excited to be here
and explore that with you.

I could tell with
a lot of them,

behind their words
was sincerity.

Dale. I'm so excited

to hear from Dale.

I wanna see
if there is chemistry,

if there is that connection
with him.

Um... [clicks tongue]

Clare, I think
it goes without saying

that I couldn't be more excited
to be here

for each and every moment
of this.

For me, I--I can't even
remember how--how to find love,

and when I saw your energy
and your spirit,

you really... made me
feel comfortable

committing to that.

And I'm committed

to giving you everything I have,

like, physically, emotionally.

I trust you, and I'm here
for every bit of it.

I don't care who's watching.

I am who I am, and I'm here.

This is something
that is so foreign to me,

to hear this from men, and so...

[sighs] it's like--

it's just touching me.

Um, it's been a long time
since I've heard

such kind things from men.

So thank you guys so much.
[laughs softly]

I really didn't understand
the magnitude

of what kind words that
were sincere would mean to me.

Kind of made you emotional,
huh?

Yeah. I'm just not used to it,

so... feels good.

It's very important for me
to know

that a guy knows
his love language.

All right, guys, follow us.

And if he didn't know it
before,

he's gonna learn it today.

[tropical music]

The belly flop competition--
I just wanna say,

Jason's gonna take the cake.

[laughter]
Jason, get ready, baby.

[clapping] Yes, sir!

Whoa! all: Oh!

[laughter]
That's my roomie, yo.

[tense music]

Wait. Something's happening.

Oh, what the hell? Look.

What the...
Men on a mission.

Men on a mission.

I mean, I'm just siting
by the pool...

Corner, baby! Corner!

And then all of a sudden

full pandemonium has erupted.

[fabric rips]
Look at that leg, Dale!

Yo, check out Dale's pants!
Dale, your pants!

Oh, I'm gonna hurt myself.

Oh, there's Bennett.
There he is.

There's my guy! all: Hey!

Look, Bennett
doesn't even sweat.

He can't--his body doesn't
allow him to sweat.

Bennett is walking on water.
Look at that gorgeous stride!

He looks likes
a damn antelope,

striding in the... [laughter]

Like, "I'm just gonna go
get her right now.

I got this."

[grunts] Got it.

Let's go, man. He gone!

They're all coming back
with items.

I got my gift.
Oh, a gift to Clare.

The date's all about
love languages.

With gifts, it's not really
about monetary value.

It's more about gestures
where I know

somebody's thinking about me
when they're not around me,

and I just want Clare to know

that I love going
out of my way for somebody

that appreciates it.

Let's see what we got here.
[clears throat]

Ooh.

What you're holding
is a chess piece.

So the game of chess
means a lot to me.

It's something I've played
with my younger brother

and my dad my entire life,

and it's especially
important to me

'cause the game of chess

really got
my younger brother through

some really dark times
in his life.

And I gave you the queen.

I'm gonna hold on and be
your king, hopefully, one day.

I love that!
Yeah, yeah, no problem.

Thank you. A baseball.

It's from the last game
that I ever played.

If you look, I actually
wrote on it, back in 2012.

It says, "Don't complain.
Just figure it out."

This is special.

I'm lucky.

These guys are sharing
really personal stuff with me,

and I can tell they put

a lot of thought into the gifts.

It's my favorite T-shirt.

You can wear it as a nightgown,
pajamas.

It smells just like me.
[softly] It smells good.

It's not about the price tag
on these things.

A box in a box? Yeah.

I always thought
that half the fun of gifts

was unwrapping 'em.
Oh, my God.

What? This is--

[laughs] It's about them putting

sincere effort into bringing
something that is meaningful.

Having dogs of my own,
and I know, like,

how important they are to you,

that's some perfume
for the puppies.

Every single love language
is different.

You have to bring
a different side of you out,

and right now, it's gonna get
real hot, real fast.

Next love language:
physical touch.

[passionate music]

♪ ♪

Strong hands. [laughs]

♪ ♪

Obviously, we all are deprived
of physical touch

in quarantine,
so this is good love language

that I was ready for.

Quarantine did us dirty, man.

That was too long. Too long.

♪ ♪

The hardest part
about this group date

is just seeing other guys
hug her and stuff.

That's completely brand-new.

Just in the same way
that I'm trying to be overt

in my expression
of love and affection,

like, they are also.

[whispers]
Oh, such a good hug.

Everybody's gonna hug,
but not me.

Let me do something that none
of the other guys may do.

Ooh. Okay.

Oh, a tickle. Oh, okay.

♪ ♪

I know who this is.

I'm a big smell person,
you guys.

Clare smells amazing too,

and I'm just very big on that
as well.

My stepmom drilled into me
at 12 years old

that a boy should smell good.

It's really easy to do.

You guys all smell so good.
[laughs]

Maybe I was a stinky


so from
that day forward, though,

I've tried to smell good.

It's crazy
how I just met you guys,

and I can
totally tell who's who.

This is awesome.

Wait a minute.
Now I'm thrown for a loop.

[laughter]

I was excited for this,
like, to be able

to, obviously, touch Clare.

My number one thing
was just to make sure

that she felt
my strong presence.

[curious music]

Big hand.

♪ ♪

[whispers]
Oh, I know this smell.

[exhales]

♪ ♪

[laughs]

Watching Clare with Dale
was definitely uncomfortable.

♪ ♪

It's touching on a deeper level.

They kind of already have
that connection,

so I'm jealous.

♪ ♪

[laughs softly]
Thank you, sir.

[laughs] I'm not gonna lie.

It was hard for me to hold back,

but the number one thing
I wanna do

is show her exactly
how I feel without saying it,

and Clare is making it
extremely easy.

How was that?

I mean, much needed
after quarantine.

I'll tell you that. [laughter]

Is that the cure
for the quarantine?

[voice cracks] Yeah.

Did my voice just cr*ck?
Whoa, yeah.

Like a 12-year-old pubescent
boy, I'm like, "Yeah."

I feel like I'm gonna have to do

the physical touch
love language again

because I didn't really,
fully get enough of that.

[laughs]

All right, gentlemen.
First of all, great job today.

It's tough to say
which love language

is the most important,
but I can tell you this,

right now,
this is the most important

because it's quality time.

Head on home and get ready.

You'll see Clare later
at the after-party,

and you will get to spend
some quality time with her.

Head on out, guys. Bye, guys.

Whoo.

Coming up...

Does anybody wanna
spend time with me?

I wanna speak for the group.

See, I gotta stop you, though.

You just said you speak
for the group.

There is no "me and you."

If you guys all wanna
hang out with each other,

I can go home and go to bed.

And then...

[exhales deeply]

all: Clare.
This is the highest stakes

dodgeball game any of us
have ever played.

Take off your shirts!

[cheers and applause] Whoo!

Clare, how's the view
over there?

How you doing?
Just take a good look at it.

Whoo! [whistle blows]

[shrieking]

[insects chirping]

[upbeat acoustic music]

I feel like
we really worked hard

for Clare today. Amen.

True, that.
Put on a little sweat.

Yeah. To say the least.

You know what I'm saying?
All right.

How do you guys feel
about that

rose right there?
It would look good

on my shirt. There you go.

[laughter]

[mellow music]

Today was really great.

The men on this date
came through for me.

They really, really showed me

so many different sides
of themselves,

and I couldn't be
more grateful for them

opening up
and really being sincere.

Hey. There she is.

Gentlemen. Hi there.

How are you guys doing?

Better now. Better now.

Yeah? Yes.

Whoo-whoo. Can I have a seat?

Please. Yeah, of course.

Going into this
love languages date,

I wanted to know
more about Dale.

He's the guy I like the most
here right now.

Everything feels so natural
with Dale.

I cannot wait to be pulled aside

and just continue
sharing the love.

I just wanted to say,

I am so impressed
by you guys today.

I know I said it earlier,
but you guys brought it

with the love languages.

I just feel like
I'm so on the right path,

and you guys opening up
and sharing with me

meant so much to me.

Cheers to finding love. [laughs]

Beautiful; cheers.
All: Cheers.

Yes! Cheers.

Cheers. Cheers.

[giggles]

How's your guys' evening?
It's good.

Missing you, of course.
Oh, I know.

I was missing you guys too.
Yeah, yeah.

We all did great today.

We were talking about it
earlier,

and we respect you,
and we respect each other.

Absolutely.

Absolutely. Yeah.

[sighs]

So should we
get the night started?

I think you should. Yeah.

I think we should. Yeah.

Yeah?

All right, does anybody wanna...

[clears throat]

Yeah, let's do it.
I'd love to--

Step up to the plate.
I would love to go--

I would love
to go chat with you.

Okay, let's go do it.
Yeah, for sure.

Didn't get any time, you know,
the first night.

Absolutely. [laughs]

Like, "Don't everybody
jump at once."

That was sad. Oh, my God.

Gosh. [tense giggle]

She had to tell us to step up.

[dramatic music]

Yeah.

♪ ♪

I had to jump on it, you know.

I'm glad you did.
None of the guys else--

do you think they don't
wanna hang out with me?

No, no, no.
I think we actually all had

such a nice time
hanging out together tonight--

Really?
Did I interrupt the bro--

the bromance, then?
No, no, not at all.

Everyone--ev--no, of course.

Everyone--everyone
would much rather

be hanging out with you,

um, and you kind of teed it up.

Otherwise,
I don't think--I think

we would have just sat there.

I know! And happily...

I felt like--I was like,
"Awkward silence.

Everybody's just sitting here."

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
"Nobody wants to hang out

and get extra quality time
with me."

No, not all. Not all.

So...
Yeah, of course; of course.

Yeah, where to begin?

Where to begin?
I want you to tell me

more about you. Sure.

New York, Harvard guy, you
know, wanted to see the world,

wanted to live life,
you know, have experiences,

and kind of... Mm-hmm.

I love this conversation
with Bennett,

but there is something
in the back of my mind

that is just
kind of taking over.

Um... Yeah.

I want to apologize.

I just want to be present,
and I am here with you...

Yeah. And I want to be

right here, present with you.
Yeah, thank you.

Thank you.
Absolutely, but I'm not

somebody that holds stuff in,
and if I hold it in,

it just stirs
and stirs and stirs.

Okay. It's like, why didn't

those guys get up?
Yeah, I'm sorry.

Why didn't they
do or say anything?

I'm sorry.
If you guys wanna "bro out"

or if you wanna do your thing...

You're in the wrong place.
You're in the wrong place.

For sure, I agree. You know?

Like, I wouldn't wait too long.

Yeah. Um, I'm so sorry.

[laughter]
I was like, "I don't know."

[laughs]

What is going on?

Nobody was trying to
pull me aside and talk to me,

and before I let it explode,
I need to talk to these guys.

I actually wanna talk
to the group real quick...

Sure. If you don't mind.

Absolutely.

[exhales sharply]

I was just talking to Bennett.

Um... [sighs]

but... I really
couldn't concentrate

and, like, focus
on talking with him because...

I'm a little bit taken aback.

I'm sitting here,
I had made a toast,

and then there was
the longest, awkward silence.

And I just sat here
and was embarrassed

and had to, like... almost,
like...

"Does anybody wanna
spend time with me?"

I'll take a moment
to speak for the group.

I don't think--I don't think
that was the intention.

You don't need to speak
for the group.

You need to speak for yourself.
I'll speak for myself.

If you guys all wanna
hang out with each other,

you can do that, and I can
go home and go to bed.

At the end of the day,
I'm a woman...

Yeah. And I want my man

to show me you care.

♪ ♪

The truth of the matter is,
it just hurt me.

All right, well,
can we change that?

I--can I have some
quality time with you?

I honestly didn't know
it was, like, time

to, like, take you off.
Does that make sense?

But it doesn't matter.

Like, you shouldn't
feel like that,

but--and, like, the fact
that--like, I feel like [bleep]

knowing that you felt like that.

I never want you to feel like
that when you're around me.

I appreciate that.

Never again will I
restrict how I feel

if there's ten,
nine--whatever men.

Since I've been here,
since our first night together,

since getting
the First Impression Rose,

I was, like, on cloud nine.

I've been on cloud nine.
I'm still on cloud nine.

You know?

[stirring music]

Can I say something
really quick, seriously?

Like, you know,
I started out saying,

"I wanna speak for the group"...

Mm.
And what I wanted to say is,

you're--you're crazy to think

that we didn't all come here
for you.

See, I gotta stop you, though.

I don't know that.
Let me just

prove that to you.
In the past, that's not--

I understand.
Can I say something

really quick?
I need to figure this out

for myself. I'd love to go

and argue about it later, okay?
Okay.

At the end of the day,
nobody speaks for me.

I mean, don't--I mean,
you can speak for the group,

if you--if you like to.

But you can speak for the group

and everybody but Riley,

'cause I speak for myself.

I may have a completely
different opinion from you.

All I was gonna say is
we're all here for her.

Just know,
you don't speak for me.

I'm not trying
to speak for you, man.

You just said,
you speak for the group.

I'm just letting it be known...
I think it's a common thing.

Because every time
you say "we all"

or when I do something,

"we all" it--it affects
the group.

Okay, I can't say "we all"?
I mean, it's literally

common, like, language.
It just encompasses everyone.

I'm just trying to get it clear.

That's all. If I messed up,

I can tell Clare
like a man, like men do,

that I messed up.

Yosef has been disrespectful
since he got in here,

and he says she's crazy.

That's not how grown men behave.

Dude, if you speak a fact,
it's still true.

Facts are facts. Simple as that.

And that's what I'm trying
to get across to you.

There is no "we."
There is no "us."

I wanna get that across to you.

There is no "me and you."

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[insects chirping]

[sighs] [laughs]

Thank you for pulling me away.

Like, it makes me
feel like you care.

I do care.

I hated that Clare felt like
she didn't matter

and someone
wouldn't fight for her.

Like, that--like,
that--that bothered me.

I don't like
you feeling like that,

and I am protective.

Thank you. I'm here.

I'm here. Yeah.

This is our time. Yeah.

I wanted, actually,
a good amount of time

with you tonight... Yeah.

Um, for many reasons.

But, like, this is scary.
Yeah.

Relationships are scary.
It is.

And--and if I'm being honest,
like, you scare me.

Yeah? Yeah.

In what--like, wh--why
do--why do I scare you?

You scare me because of how

I already feel about you,

and I want you to know
how much, even this early on.

Like, I totally have
feelings for you.

Yeah.
Like, I feel the same way.

I'm not gonna lie.

And I would never say
the things I say...

Yeah. It just scares me.

If I didn't mean 'em.

And, like, to say, like, "I have

strong feelings
for you"--like, hell yeah.

Like, there's no denying it,
and I'm not, like,

gonna shy away from it
or anything.

Yeah. Clare's someone I can

see myself falling in love with.

She knows I have
feelings for her,

and I know she has
feelings for me.

And I want her to know
that, like,

"There's no more time
that you need to waste

with anybody else
because I got you."

[softly] Thank you so much.

[gentle music]

Mm.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

[insects chirping]

The only time that matters
here is Clare time.

No other time matters.
Time is of the essence.

[knocking at door] Is that it?

Is that the date card?
Here we go.

Here we go.
Let's see what's going on.

Let's see what's going on.
Oh, hell yeah.

Some of the guys are feeling
confident with Clare,

and I hope
it's not a group date.

I hope I'm not on it.
Like, I want a one-on-one.

I think she's gonna
give me the one-on-one.

I feel like she's going to.

Oh, the nerves are back.
Talk to me, talk to me.

[uneasy music]

"Jason...

love will set us free. Clare."

[exciting music]

sh**t. That's big, dude.

That is big, dude!
How you feel?

How you feel?
Like, my heart's [bleep]

out of my chest right now. So...

You get that entire date
to yourself

and, like you and Clare,
and that's it.

That's crazy. Yeah.

Just have her back
at a decent hour

and don't kiss her.

♪ ♪

[soft music]

How are you? I'm good.

How are you doing? I'm good.

Yeah? Do you ever just think

of, like, how the hell
we got here to this moment?

I think about that
every single day.

Right? But that's, like...

[laughs] How'd you get here?

How'd you get here?
That's a good question.

I don't even know.
You do know.

You know exactly
how you got here.

I'll t--I'll tell you
how I got here.

It started out six years ago,

where I used coming on the show,

um, and signing up for the show

as an opportunity to get away
from an abusive relationship.

Uh-huh.
I kept going back to him

because that's what
low self-esteem...

It's like a drug.
No self-worth...

It's like a drug.
Yeah, it was literally

that drug, that he would
give me a little bit

and then just
[whispers] trash me.

The worst part of the abuse
was the emotional abuse.

Yeah. And it tore me down.

So I came on the show,
and I started this journey.

And, um...

and the end of that season,
my voice, like, came out,

and it felt so damn good.
Nice.

Yeah, and it propelled me
into this world

of growth and self-discovery

and wanting better for myself.

I know that I'm not
the youngest girl in the room,

and I know that I'm not
the skinniest girl in the room

or the prettiest girl
in the room or whatever,

but I know I have

one of the greatest hearts
in the room.

And I have so much to share
and I have so much to give,

and I want that with a man.

It's good to know that.
[sniffles]

You know, like,
it's good to know

that you have... Yeah.

Love to give.

I need a woman in my life
with life experience.

Like, I've-Yeah.

I've got a little bit
of that, you know,

so, like, I need someone...
Yeah, yeah.

That can, like,
share that with me.

Yeah.
I'm very grateful to be here

and, like... Yeah.

Focusing on--on love,
and then the fact

that it's you, like,
it's just amazing.

I'm loving my conversation
with Zac C.

Going into tonight,
I had my eye on Dale.

But I'm starting to realize

there's so many great guys
on this date,

and I cannot wait
to talk to them.

Ooh. You look gorgeous,

by the way. Oh.

Thank you for saying that.
Of course.

Words of affirmation,
I appreciate it.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No problem.

Um, yeah, today has been
a crazy night,

and, you know,
I am man enough to admit

when I've made a mistake.

You came out
looking as gorgeous as ever,

and I didn't jump out
of my seat like I should have.

You know?
Um, and I'm sorry for that.

That won't happen again.
I can promise you.

Thank you. You know?

So what I wanna do now is,

I wanna loosen us up
a little bit.

Okay. So give me your hand.

I am going to take us back

to high school prom-type days.

Ooh. We're gonna sit here...

I'm gonna go here
and take your hand.

Okay. Up there.

Okay. If this is high school,

what will we be dancing to?

Some Boyz II Men. Ooh!

That can work.
Taking it back

to Boyz II Men.
That's what I'm doing.

You know? For sure.

Um... but listen.

What do you want in a husband?

I want somebody who
appreciates my assertiveness...

That's what I'm talking about.

Somebody who
will stand right beside me...

That's also what
I'm talking about.

And be like, "That's my girl."

Check.
I want somebody who...

physical--physical touch.

Oh, yeah.

[romantic music]

♪ ♪

As you were saying. Continue.

Uh, what was I saying?
[chuckles]

What was I saying?

You left off at, you want--oh.

That actually just threw me off.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.
I thought I was gonna be smooth

and maybe pick it back up,
but--damn.

[both laugh]
Continue, continue.

What were we talking about?
[laughs]

Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.

Well, you know what?

I think I fit the bill
for, you know,

all of those things.

Yeah. At the end of the day,

you want somebody that's gonna
always have your back,

and I am the first line
of defense.

I am the last stand.

That is just the way it is,
all day, every day.

And if somebody's got
a problem with that...

[laughs]
They can come see me.

You understand what I'm saying?
[both laugh]

That's what I'm saying.
I appreciate that.

That's what I'm talking about.

[laughs] I got you.

I got you. You know what I mean?

That's a man right there,

separates the boys from the men.

All right.

I'm feeling so good.

Thank you.

It's just nice to hear
kind words

that were sincere
from really great guys.

You fully deserve
to be the queen,

and that's
the most powerful piece

on the chessboard, so...

They really, really showed me

so many different sides
of themselves.

My family is unbelievably
important to me.

I would do anything for them.
Same.

I couldn't be more grateful
for them opening up

and really putting
their heart into it.

I wanted you guys to know
that I know came in here

like a ball of fire earlier,
but just as passionate as I am

about sticking up for myself
and speaking how I feel,

I'm passionate
about my relationship.

I'm passionate about love.

I'm passionate about my life
and who I share that with.

With that said,
there is a rose here,

and, um, it was truly
a hard decision

who to give this to

because you guys all brought it.

But at the end of the day,

I think I'm gonna
give it to Riley.

Riley...
I'm so glad to hear it.

Will you accept this rose?
Of course.

[laughs]
Oh, sorry about that.

[whispers] I'll put it on you.

There you go. Thank you.

Thank you.
I look forward to some more.

Yes. All right.

I feel great right now.

Clare giving me this rose means

that I'm doing something right.

It feels great to know that
I'm gonna be here next week.

There will be more time
with Clare.

Um, I just have to take
advantage of it.

Call it a night.
I hope you guys

get some good sleep,
and I will see you guys soon.

All right. All right.

Thanks, Clare. Cool.

I really thought
I was gonna get the rose.

I really did.

Have a good night.
Good night.

All: Good night.
But, you know,

that being said,
I--I want the rose

every single time.
I'm just really

looking forward again to
spending more time with her.

♪ ♪

There's some reflecting
to do, I think,

on, you know,
what happened tonight.

The lesson and the takeaway,
really, is, you know,

time is really of the essence.

You never know.
The ball was in our court.

You know?

The response
from Clare tonight,

I felt like it
was just hotheaded

and, you know, kind of immature.

She hasn't been living up
to, you know,

who I thought Clare was
going into this,

and if I have to address it
with Clare, I definitely will.

[dramatic music]

Coming up...

[both screaming]

There is nothing
more attractive

than someone who can let
their guard down

and they can really open up.

There's some demons
that are gonna come out

that I don't want
anybody to see.

Every time
I've let my guard down,

it always gets too deep
for somebody.

And then...

Whoo! Off with the shorts.

You make ten guys
strip down butt naked

and play dodgeball.

What?
It just seemed classless.

What the hell? Oh!

You wouldn't strip?

Hell, no,
not in a million years.

I would have said,
"I liked you a lot more

before you humiliated me."

[lively music]

Feel good? You excited?

There's our man.

There's our main man!
There's our dude.

There's our dude.
This is awesome.

I'm the guy
Clare was thinking about.

I'm the first one-on-one.

[knocking at door]

The date card said,
"Love will set us free."

It's very interesting.
You can take that

so many different ways.

I have no idea what I'm doing,
but I'm excited.

This is gonna be
a fantastic time with Clare.

I'm smiling
from ear to ear right now.

[laughs]

"Jason, I'm so excited
for our date tonight"...

But I'm also very nervous.

If this journey is gonna work,
I need to be able

to share all of me,
and that terrifies me.

I hope that you can
challenge yourself

to be vulnerable
and go deep with me as well.

Before our date,
please take some time

to write a letter
to your younger self.

I'm gonna do the same.

I'm so excited for our date,

and I can't wait
to see you later.

I'm incredibly hopeful
that tonight will be special.

Love, Clare.

[bleep].

We're gonna be talking about
our emotions and feelings.

I'm excited about, obviously,
just hanging out

and being with Clare.

Obviously, I'm gonna have
those tough conversations,

which I hate having.

What kind of conversation
we having?

The vo--the vulnerable ones.

Even in my past relationship,
I was not vulnerable.

I didn't do a good job
of showing my emotions,

and that's why--probably why
it failed.

In order to fall in love,
you have to be vulnerable,

and I hope I'm ready
to open up and show that side.

[dramatic music]

That letter was hard.

To open up and share
your deepest,

darkest secrets...

that's when I get scared,
and I--I--I don't like that.

♪ ♪

[insects chirping]

Ready? Oh, I--I am ready.

[laughs] I am set.

We are ready to get
this thing going.

Let's do this! [laughs]

I am totally looking forward
to this date with Jason,

not only 'cause it's with Jason,

but this is a date that's
going to challenge us both.

I don't think you told me
the other day

that you played football.
So, yeah.

I used to weigh 325 pounds.
No way.

I've lost 105 pounds.

It's all that
chocolate chip waffles!

Oh, I still do that.
Nutella!

I still do that at heart,
baby.

This date with Jason is
really gonna give him and I

the opportunity
to open up to each other,

share some pretty deep things.

This is actually
a really, really personal date.

I--I actually intentionally
chose you for this date,

in particular.

You're just so full of life,

so full of energy,
and just a ball

of, like, smiles and energy.

That's it. Yeah.

And I'm the first
to cr*ck jokes.

I'm the first to just
self-deprecate

and just make a joke
out of myself

or make others laugh
to feel comfortable.

Right. Yes.

And I know for myself

that, um, a lot of the time

it was to cover up the heavy
stuff that I went through...

Yeah. And the hard stuff

that I went through.

That's how I learned
how to cope with things,

and, um... Yeah.

I saw that in you,
that--the humor

and the laughing and all that,
and it just made me wonder

if you were the same way...
Same exact way.

That I was.
You--you and I sound

exactly the same person. Yeah?

Same person.
Did you ever see the season

I was on with Juan Pablo?
Well, I did see the ending.

I only saw that,
where you're like,

"I never want you to be, like,
the father of my children."

It was so powerful,

and it was so meaningful
in my life.

But, like, it was something
I held inside for so long

because I was ashamed
and I was embarrassed

that I had allowed myself
to be treated that way.

Yeah. And I held on to it

for so long, up until
I s--like, just recently

started sharing things
and opening up.

And I found so much healing
in sharing

and opening up and letting go.

So, tonight... All right.

We're--we're gonna, um,

practice letting go.

Wow.

I feel like we need
to start it off, though--

would you rather
do some breathing,

or would you rather do some,
like, screaming?

Let's go for--you know what?
[bleep] it.

Let's go right to screaming.
[laughs]

You wanna do screaming? Yes.

Let's do it on your count.

Ready? Yep.

Both: One... Two, three.

[both screaming]

[both laugh]

Mine was awful. That is great.

I was nervous coming into this

because it's a quite intense
first date.

Feeling better?
I'm feeling better.

I feel good now. Thank you.

I'm so glad you're here with me.

Me too.
Like, this is seriously

therapy for me.

I needed the healing
to move forward,

and I think--and I felt
in my intuition

that Jason needed this as well.

Okay, so... All right.

For this one... Yeah.

We're gonna write down things

that we have been told
about ourselves that hurt us...

All right.
Maybe, like, things

we believed about ourself,

things that we want
to just let go of.

All right, let's do it.
Okay!

All right. Let's see.

I'm curious
what you're gonna write.

[soft music]

It's tough.

I'm not a vulnerable person.
I'm not emotional.

So, uh, you know, I hide my--
I hide my past for a reason.

Are you finding words?

Man, this is tough.
Yeah, I know.

I know, I know. Um...

Right now,
this is the scariest thing

I've ever done
in my entire life.

The scariest thing I have
ever done in my entire life.

You want me to go first,
or you go first?

You know what?
I'll lead us off.

Okay.

[inhales sharply]
"Manipulative."

Ah.

[dramatic music]

"Needy."

[clicks tongue,
inhales sharply]

"Selfish."

♪ ♪

"Hard to love."

"Can't love." Oh.

[inhales sharply]

"Too picky."

"Insecure."

"I'm a bitch."

"Cold and mean."

Yeah, did you ever
believe the ones

that people
told you about yourself?

Did you believe them?

Yeah, all the time.

Yeah, um, I feel like

we should let go of these.

And let's go, like,
throw 'em against the rocks

and just shatter these thoughts.

Oh, you don't have
to tell me twice.

[laughs] Let's do it.

Okay, ready?
All right, let's do it.

I don't know
how hard we have to throw it.

One, two, three.

[sighs] No more.

[whispers] No more.

Oh! [laughs]

This was good.
This is great.

That felt great. Yeah?

Clare is being my rock
right now.

The fact that she was
able to do that with me

and I was able
to do that with her--

she made me feel
just comfortable

and just... at ease.

The last thing... Yes?

I wrote a letter.
Did you write a letter?

I did. This is probably...

The most important part
of healing...

Yeah. Is facing stuff

from our past. Yeah.

Ready for mine? I, uh--I am.

"Dear younger self,

I want to let you know
how proud I am of you."

[emotional music]

[breathes shakily]

"You have already fought
so many battles

"that no one even knows about,

"and yet you somehow managed
to get up every single day

and face the world
with an open heart."

[sniffles]

"If there's one thing
I can tell you"...

[sniffles]

"It's that all the pain
and hurt is far too heavy

"for you to carry alone.

"So please
let the ones you love in.

"The more you allow others in,
you share your truths

"and show the world
the beautifully imperfect human

"that you are, you will see
that you are no longer alone.

"And somehow, magically,
in revealing and releasing

"the things that once
brought you shame,

"embarrassment, and unworthiness

"will heal
that tender heart of yours.

So don't give up on yourself.
The best is yet to come."

That is beautiful. [laughs]

[sniffles] That's amazing.

Thank you. [exhales deeply]

All right.

"To the younger Jason,

"we've seen and been through
so much together.

"We've seen some things
that are dangerous,

"damaging, and hurtful.

"There's a reason
we are closed off.

"We're scared of being judged

"and to let our walls down

"and have someone
see me for my--my past

"and say 'This is too damaging'

and run far, far away."

[inhales]

[bleep].

"But there comes a time
for us to...

"to face our demons
and hopefully

"with someone you trust

"and you can see
in a relationship with

"and grow into a more happier,
clearer, and concise future

"to the unconditional love
I am looking and searching for.

I'm here to find
that true meaning."

[dramatic music]

[softly] That was good.
It was hard.

Yeah.

Is there, like, dark,
like, heavy stuff?

♪ ♪

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

And I think
that's the reason why

I've been by myself
for the last two years

because I've held everything in.

Mm-hmm.
I've just--I've only--

I always thought I just
wanted to be by myself,

just go out and do my own thing,

just hook up with anybody,
and maybe that was--

You're that guy?
No, I didn't like that,

but, like, I--I never... Yeah.

Was able to--to open it up
to somebody

'cause I'm afraid
that in this Pandora box,

and if I open it up,
there's some demons

that are gonna come out
that I don't want

anybody to see.
But what if you let

those demons out?

Like, they're no longer
gonna be in there.

But you're also
second-guessing yourself,

because what if
you're gonna judge me?

What if you're gonna look at me
so much differently then?

Every time
I've let my guard down,

it always gets too deep
for somebody.

It always gets too much.

I do have genuine feelings
for Clare,

but I don't know
if she feels that way.

♪ ♪

I want you to know, like,

from the bottom of my heart
that you can,

no matter what, trust me

with whatever demons you have.
Yeah.

Like, it doesn't push me away.

It pulls me closer,

and, actually, um...

the stuff you wrote
on the tile...

um, like, that's, in my past,

the type of guy
that I've been attracted to

or that I always went for.

I would always go for those guys

that were shut down,
that were players,

that were... hard to love

and that didn't wanna open up
and would push me away.

That's--that's who I've been.
Yeah.

To be completely honest,
that's who I've been.

That's not who I wanna be.

I don't wake up
in the morning and say,

"I wanna be a player.
I wanna be a liar."

Yeah.
"I wanna be a manipulator.

I wanna be selfish."

I understand why you do it,
though.

I totally, totally understand
why you do it.

Yeah, yeah.
It's, um, self-defense--

protective. Yeah, exactly.

It's--I'm glad you say that.

I p--I do that stuff because
of the things that I've seen

and how I was--
and how I grew up.

Me and my brother... Yeah.

Put our walls up
because of that.

We've been--
How old's your brother?

He's 30. Okay.

Jordan and I, you know,
we're--

on an emotional level,
we're very same.

We're the same person.
'Cause you get each other?

We do, and we push people away

because of what we've seen
and what we experienced.

Did you guys go through
the exact same--

it was a family thing?
It's a family thing.

It was--listen.

I love my parents more than
anything in this world.

Yeah.
Been together 35 years.

Yeah. But...

[snorts softly]

Should they be together?
I don't know.

There are times
where I don't believe

that they should have been
married the whole time.

Has there ever been
any point in you

where... because you saw that,

you wanted to be the opposite
of that?

Like, did it ever show you
what you didn't wanna be?

Tell my parents that
every day.

We saw some things
that we just are not proud of,

and we saw what a relation--

we saw what
that relationship was.

Mm-hmm. And it hurts.

That crushes me.

I totally understand.

I totally can understand just
by hearing it in your voice...

Mm-hmm. The pain.

Yeah.

[solemn music]

I'm so sorry
you had to go through that.

[exhales]

You know, but here's the thing.

It taught me to be disciplined.
It taught me to be respectful.

It's not the person I am.
It's not who I wanna be

for a father--
Don't be that guy.

I'm not,
and you're bringing it

out of me right now,
and I need that.

It's hard. It is.

It's, like, heavy stuff.
It is.

It's really heavy stuff,
but I think tonight,

what we did and, like, opened up

and wrote the letters...

They're good.

It was so much easier
just to talk to you

because you listened.

You didn't run away. Thank you.

It doesn't scare me at all.

I know I always say that,
and I keep saying that,

and I will say that
till I'm blue in the face.

All right. There's nothing

that scares me.

I have stood at the foot
of my father's bed

while he was taking
his last breaths.

If I can witness that
and be there for that,

I'm a strong-ass woman.

Yeah, you are. Are you nuts?

So, like, bring it.
Bring it to me.

I can handle it.

[soft music]

I got you. All right.

I totally got you.
I got you as well.

Thank you.

There is nothing
more attractive in a man

than someone who can
let their guard down

and that can really open up.

That was so attractive.

Like, he just gained
so many points in my book

just by being himself.

Guess what. What's that?

I have this rose. Okay.

And I want you to know

that I appreciate you
being on this date with me,

and I don't want this

to be our last conversation
about this.

I wanna push you.
I wanna ask more questions.

I wanna know
so much more about you.

I wanna know, sincerely,
about those demons.

So with that said...

Jason,
will you accept this rose?

Yes. Yes, I will.

Please. Okay.

[soft, romantic music]

[softly] Thank you.

Thank you.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

What? Nothing, it's--

You smile so big. [laughs]

I would not think
I would be here,

dating a woman
as amazing as Clare,

but she's one
of the most powerful

and most beautiful people
I've ever been around.

She's... that's--that's

[bleep] who I want. [laughs]

I don't know
if you recognize this.

Holy [bleep].

This... is the dress I wore...
It's...

At the finale, um,

the season of "The Bachelor"
that I was on.

Mm-hmm.

One of the most
difficult moments

that I've had to face
in my life,

but I've gone through
the healing.

Yes.
And this dress, honestly,

means nothing to me.

That's--damn right. [laughs]

Why don't you go
burn that thing?

Should we throw it
in the fire?

Let's do it together.
You need that.

Let's do it. [laughs]

Ready? Yes, over here.

[laughs] Let's do it.

Okay, ready? One...

both: Two, three.

[laughs] Whoo!

[laughs] Look at that.

Good-bye, dress.
I mean, look at it

totally singeing.

This was by far

the most successful
first one-on-one ever.

[laughs] So ugly.

I'm so glad you b*rned
that thing.

It was ugly?
I thought it was cute

at the time! No, it was cute.

It was a great dress,
but for the meaning

and the context behind it,
it's great it's gone.

Such a bad dress.

We are not living
in that past.

I can't to wait to get
to know Jason so much better,

and knowing that I've met
such an incredible guy

really gets me excited
about what is to come.

[tender music]

♪ ♪

Coming up... [whistle blows]

This dodgeball game...
[groans]

Not happy about it.
It's, like, just an extra

kick in the nuts. What?

What the hell?
Do we have to sit

next to 'em? You make ten guys

strip down butt naked
and play dodgeball.

It's definitely left
a really bad taste in my mouth.

It just seemed classless.

Let's do it! Oh!

Where we going, Eazy?
Where we going?

Oh, yeah!
It's the second group date.

The date card said:

"I'm looking for a man
with some balls."

Whoo! [applause]

Bringing home
the Group Date Rose

is obviously the end goal.

You gotta lay everything
on the table.

I'm ready. I'm ready to lay

my balls on the table. Yeah.

Come on, guys.

Oh. [laughs]

Uh-oh, uh-oh. Brutal!

[laughs]

Balls are going everywhere,
all right?

Balls are just flying,
across--past my face,

going everywhere.

And Clare's looking fine
as ever,

you know, and she's the one
that's throwing 'em.

Oh. That was fast.

Ah, ow. But, uh,

yeah, we were
greeted with balls.

I've been looking forward
to this date

because I really do want a man

who has some balls.

[laughter]

I want a man
who will fight for me,

a man that knows how to compete

and that wants to win me over.

All right.
So, today, we are going

to be playing dodgeball. Yeah.

Let's go, man. Let's go.

It's gonna be super fun. Mm.

I wanna see what you guys got.

Okay Perfect.

All right, let's do it.
Absolutely.

[upbeat music]

Marks, get set, go! Go!

Eazy, you crossed the line.
Eazy, you out, man.

No way!
Literally, I can't even

tell you how excited I am
that we are playing dodgeball

and not, like, having
to dance or singing or poetry.

Oh! Ahh!

[chatter] No way!

[screams] This is all me.

A girl that wanted
to play dodgeball--

I couldn't have asked
for a better date.

As a guy, any woman that
brings sports into a date,

you know, it's--it's all game.

[whistle blowing] all: Oh!

[applause]
You guys seem to be having

a great time. Absolutely.

It's a lot of fun. Yeah.

I'm gonna split you up
into two teams,

red team and a blue team.

Winning team... gets to spend
the evening

at the after-party with Clare.

[blows] Oh.

Losers get the walk of shame
back home.

Ha ha ha. Wow.

Go get ready.
We'll see you on the court.

Wow. All right, let's go.

This is the highest stakes
dodgeball game

any of us have ever played,

and you gotta get
your time in, no question.

So I definitely feel pressure,
and that time with Clare,

if we win this game,
will be so valuable.

[upbeat music]

Oh! [applause]

Whoo!

♪ ♪

Yeah. Nice!

The [bleep]?

♪ ♪

This is our helmet.

[exhales deeply]

Getting the rose tonight
is everything,

and I need this
more than anything.

I'm not losing.
I'm not losing tonight.

All: Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey...

The stakes are high,
but that's all good

'cause we're gonna come out
with a victory.

You guys ready to play?
Oh, yeah.

[whistle blows]

Gentlemen, welcome to
Clare's Extreme Dodgeball Bash.

Oh, yes. Whoo!

Yeah! Let's go!

Let's go! Hold on, hold on.

All: Ooh. Uh-oh.

Feel like I wanna
up the ante here.

All right.

I think we should play
strip dodgeball.

All: Ooh.

What? Okay.

[uncomfortable laughter]
You guys not up for that?

Yeah, absolutely. Let's go.

[applause] Let's do this!

So this tournament is over

when the losing team
has nothing on.

Yeah.

This is my game;
these are my rules.

[curious music]

She might see
my man goodies tonight,

and if that happens, it...

[sighs]
that's the Lord's will, right?

[laughs]

all: Clare. Clare.

Yes! all: One, two, three.

Blue Balls! [applause]

Hello, Bachelor Nation,
and welcome

to the main event,
and welcome to Clare's

Strip Dodgeball Bash.

I'm Chris Harrison,

alongside Clare Crawley,
our Bachelorette.

Clare, it all comes down
to this.

[whistle blows]

All right, here we go.

[rock music]

[overlapping shouting]
[whistle blows]

Out! Brandon is out.

Duck, duck.
Oh, Eazy just took one,

and he is out.

Oh! Come on, Eazy!

Ooh! Watch out!

Oh! Oh!

Clare, you've gotta be
looking for a guy

that's gonna have ball control.

♪ ♪

Red team down
to their final man.

We were super pumped
'case we were like,

"We got this."

Watch the line!

And I believe
there was three of us left,

and now Jay's the only one left

on the other team's side.

Yeah!

Jay gets a man out.
You got it, Jay!

Whoo!

And he just rallies, man,
and is just getting crunk,

like, "Ah!"

all: Oh! [whistle blows]

Jay won it!
The impossible has happened!

Jay won it!
Jay takes out three men!

[whistle blows]
Game, red team.

Blue team,
take off your shirts!

You heard Clare! Shirts off!

[upbeat music]

Whoo!

♪ ♪

Their loss but my win.

[whistle blows] Come on, boys.

[overlapping chatter]

Got it, let's go!
See anything you like

over there on the blue team?

There's some--there's some
good, sweaty boys over there.

Ooh! [whistle blowing]

And this over quickly.

And the red team wins again!
Oh!

♪ ♪

All right, boys take off your...

socks. Oh.

Whoo! You're welcome.

Uh, no lie--
I'm sure you're kind of hoping

that the red team loses
a couple of these games.

Obviously--I'd at least
like the shirts off.

Out! Brandon--the only thing

standing between the blue team
and them losing their shorts.

Whoo! Oh, boy.

Let's go, baby!
[whistle blows]

Clare, make the call.

I'm gonna make this
a little bit more even.

Red team, take off your shirts.

Oh. Blue team,

take off your shorts.

Blue team,
off with your shorts!

Uh, Clare,
how's the view over there?

How you doing?
Look at Kenny's ass.

Just take a good look at it.
Let's go!

How is he so tan?
[laughs, sighs]

Oh. [whistle blows]

Demar is out.

So, Clare, this is it
for the blue team.

If they lose this game,
this tournament's over.

They're taking
the walk of shame home.

Oh.

[tense music]

Oh! And Garin takes it

off the thigh, and it's over!

It's over.

The red team has won
this tournament.

An amazing night with Clare.
[all cheering]

We ex*cuted the game plan
flawlessly, uh, swept 'em.

Thank God that we won.

Clare, I'm coming.

[bleep] it.
You say you want a man

with some balls...[bleep] it.
Let's go.

Oh! [shrieking]

These guys really stepped up
to the plate tonight.

I wanted to see
if they've got it in 'em,

and they showed up.

And I appreciate it so much.

[overlapping chatter] [applause]

It's all good. It's all good.

Thank you for the time.
It's all good.

Hold on. Hugs, guys.

Can I get some hugs? [laughs]

all: Oh.

Sorry, guys.

See you, guys.
Y'all be safe walking home.

Have a good night.

Bye, guys.

Thank you, guys,
for being good sports.

[overlapping chatter]

My winners! Whoo!

Whoo-hoo! [laughs]

Whoo! Winners!

I mean, dodgeball
[bleep] up my whole night.

Watching us walk away
like clowns,

and they're going in,
knowing they're gonna

probably get sufficient time
with her, only five of them,

it's like just an extra,

you know, kick in the nuts.

I'm not happy about it at all.

[animal howling]

Oh, bro.

It was an ass whupping. What?

I was like,
"Dodgeball went wrong."

[speaks indistinctly]

[insects chirping]

I think stepping out
of your comfort zone

is--is obviously
of paramount importance,

so I definitely think
being able to...

Ooh, buddy. What?

Whoa. What the...

What? Oh, my God.

What the hell? Oh!

What? What in the world?

[overlapping chatter]

Honestly, bro, be glad
you're not...[mutters].

Oh, my God.
I have never seen--

Do we have to sit next to 'em?

This is the most action
I've seen in a while.

[laughs]

That's a heck
of a walk of shame,

but you wanna put it
all out there,

and that's exactly
what these guys did tonight.

I hope we get a new couch,
as well.

I think we should
a cleaning crew in there,

but--for real.

The date started off,
it was ten of us, right?

As you see now,
there's five of us.

Before the game started,
Chris Harrison explained

the rules, and then Clare said,

"Oh, I wanna add something
to the rules.

Losing tame has to leave here
butt naked."

How we get to be butt naked
is strip dodgeball.

We lost every round.

We got spanked. Every round.

So you guys are done
for the night.

There's five [bleep] dudes
with all the time in the world

with Clare right now.

Now we know why
the sad faces are out.

I understand that.
Yeah, we--so we, ultimately,

didn't hang out with Clare.
This is tough.

Ultimately, man,
it's just, like--

this side of it
isn't fun at all.

I feel like I'm like one
of the ones worse off again

because there's a lot
of guys here

that have now had, like,
more time than me.

And the urgency I have now

is even more than I had before.

Now I'm kind of like...
I don't know.

It's hard to, like,
think right now

because I'm just thinking about

what everyone else is doing.

Now I had so much fun today
with you guys.

I had so much fun.
It was a blast.

Honestly,
you couldn't have picked

a better, like, date.

And the fact now
that it's just five of us

compared to, we were thinking,
ten...

Yeah. Yeah.

Could not get better.
I felt so bad.

I--we're all popping bottles,
and, like,

[overlapping chatter]
holding the balls.

They deserve to feel bad.

It's okay.
Cheers to the balls!

[laughs]
I'm excited to celebrate

with these guys
their win in dodgeball today.

I know the blue team lost.
I feel bad.

It's a bummer
that they had to go home,

but these guys won the date,

and I wanna get
to spend time with them.

That being said,
do you mind if I grab you?

Absolutely.
You guys have fun.

Thank you.
Not too much fun, though.

Do you wanna go over here?
Right?

Not too much, Eazy.
Take it easy.

Always be that gentleman
you are.

Take it "Eazy."
Take it "Eazy."

It's cheesy.
Let's go to this side.

One thing I appreciate
about Clare is,

I definitely get this, like,
giddy feeling around her,

and I'm so excited
just to see her again

and kind of keep things flowing.

She checks all the boxes,
of course,

and I'm kind of hoping
that she pins that rose on me.

I'm just hopeful.

Oh. You feel that?

Totally. I try.

[softly] Totally. I needs it.

No. My poor foot.

No, but I will say this.

Um, I appreciate
a lot of things about you,

and, like, this joy
you have--I don't know.

It's like a--it's like
a cool energy

that you, like, radiate,

that, like,
makes you feel good, you know?

I feel the same about you.

Oh, I feel like
we're matching right now.

Right? [laughs]

You just light up.
You light up a room.

Well, I appreciate that.
Okay.

You're making me, like, giddy.

It's weird. Good, good.

It'd be weird if you weren't.
Yeah.

[laughs]

Eazy's really easy to talk to.

It was very thoughtful of Eazy
to rub my feet,

and it gave me
a little pep in my step

because it reminded me
of why I'm here.

I want connection.
I want chemistry.

I want a guy that I really do

feel like
I'm forming something with.

I wanna know, like,
why you are the way you are.

Tell me about that.
Well, yeah.

So when I was younger, um...

like I was like kind of
like bullied a little bit

and, like, I, like, got ca--
For what?

For being, like, short.
Really?

Yeah. Look at you now.

I-Burn on them.

I know, right? [laughs]

It's like, looking back,

I was kind of like
a hermit crab.

Like, I, like, stayed in
and, like, would, like,

play video games,
and I was never

like the guy that you see today.

Right? Yeah.

So, yeah, I just wanted to--
I--I didn't have

the greatest high school
experience either,

to be honest.
I never went to prom.

You never went to prom? No!

Nobody ever asked me!

What? No.

Nobody even knew
who I was in high school.

I di--I was just invisible,
I think.

I felt invisible.

I think it almost makes you
appreciate it more

because you know what it's like

to be on the other side of it...

Yeah. And to feel, like,

invisible or to feel, like...
Totally.

Nonexistent, you know?
Mm-hmm.

It was really great
to open up to Clare

and, like,
have her listen to me.

It just flowed so natural.

Like, it just felt like
I've known her for a long time,

and I think she really liked
that I can be vulnerable,

and I can put myself
in a position

to, like, open my heart.

I am feeling this right now.
[laughs]

Me too.

[tender music]

To get that kiss, um,
I just felt like

electricity was kind of going
through my body.

I mean, you could even, like,
see on my arms,

like I had the goose bumps
afterwards, and...

[scoffs] I want the rose so bad.

I mean, that moment we just had,

that was something that
you would read in a book--

like, in a fairy tale.

[laughs]

Let's go back.
Now I'll go--I'll go

be a gentleman that I don't
want to do right now.

[laughs]

[insects chirping]

[dramatic music]

I walked home naked,
took that as a punishment.

Do I have to pair that with
not getting any time tonight?

What was the point
of going on the date?

A silly dodgeball game
isn't going to dictate

or be the be-all,
end-all of my night.

♪ ♪

I kissed Clare,

and I had a really strong
connection with her

on the first night.

And all I can think about is
I just want more.

♪ ♪

I wanna open up my own gym.
Okay.

I mean, I just had
confidence that--I don't know--

doors would open
to what I ultimately wanted...

Oh, nice.
Gym that I wanted--

fitness director. So...

So it kind of opened up

the doors to, like--
It was--yeah.

It was such a leap of faith,

but it paid off so much. So...

Isn't that greatest,
when you're like,

"I don't if I should be
doing this, or I don't know

if this is the right direction
for me--"

Excuse me. Ah, hi!

Oh, my God, hi! Sorry.

Hi. Hi.

I know; a little surprised

to see me. Yeah!

Uh, Jay, do you mind
if I steal her

for just five minutes?

I mean...

were you-didn't you lose?

[sighs]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

But anyways,
I'll let him go, but...

Okay. I'm so glad I got to--

I'll come find you too.
Please do, seriously.

I totally will come find you.
Absolutely.

[sighs] Thank you so much.

Absolutely.

I'm just kind of going off
what we talked about night one

and like breaking the rules
and doing what you need to do.

Uh-huh. And I put that

with the card today,
and it's like,

I wanted to come in here
and really show balls.

[scoffs]
So, I mean, long story short,

I mean, our time was great.
Yeah?

There's, uh...

pfffttt.

Blake showed up.

Blake Moynes. Here?

Yeah, he came in and said,
"Do you mind if I steal Clare?"

I said, "Didn't you lose?"

You're lying, bro.

Like, I'm dead serious.

[dramatic music]

I'm here for you,
and I'm going

to these uncomfortable places
internally...

Uh-huh.
To try and show you that.

And I know I'm gonna take
a bunch of heat for this...

Yeah.

But I just don't really care
that much.

Is he with her right now?
Yes.

I would-I'm going over there

right now.
I don't wanna be a [bleep],

but we all--we all played
under the same rules, bro.

Like, we won and to have
our time interrupted

and just Blake showing up here,

the guys are definitely annoyed,

and I'm not gonna let him
take up all of our night.

Yeah. Like, just, like,

I got more pride than that
to come on a date

and not get any time.

And... What's up?

[suspenseful music]

What's going on?

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

I mean, I just had
to share with the team.

Like, I just--we worked so hard,

and I don't think
it's fair to us.

I mean--
There were some fair rules.

Like, it was a competition.

We won fair and square.

Like, we deserve this time.

Yeah, honestly, boys,
I wanted to show her

that I had balls,
and that's what I'm doing.

That's not big balls to me,
bro.

Like, you're a sore loser.

♪ ♪

Um, if you guys can give me
just, like, a minute more...

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
If that'd be okay?

I appreciate you guys
coming over here, though.

Yeah.

[sighs]

[tense music]

[quietly] Oh, see, now...

Very interesting.
That's crazy, bro.

Wow.

Whew. Yeah.

A lot just happened just now,

and we all kind of just
got slapped in the face.

Blake, he had to do
what he had to do,

and, you know, I--I think, um,

that was kind of
his last-ditch effort,

but it's just not okay.

That's just so weak to me.
Like, you win or you lose.

[softly] Oh, man.
I don't know, bro.

I just think like
when you play a game like that,

and you have your set rules,

like, that [bleep]
shouldn't happen.

I appreciate you coming.

I'm glad we had this time
to talk and stuff.

I really, really do.

Um, I will say, though,

I don't want to disrespect
these guys

and have them upset at you,
but I want you know

that I appreciate you
coming here.

Okay. Give me a hug.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you so much, Blake.
Thank you.

[laughs] Come on.

You can't--can't go in for it
right now.

Okay. Come on.

[uneasy music]

Have a good night.

♪ ♪

Oh, man, that did not go the way

I thought it was going to.

Wow.

I haven't been rejected
like that in a long time.

I took that chance to kiss her,

which ultimately didn't end up
going the way I wanted it to.

Nothing really went the way
I thought it was going to.

Hey. What's up?

[softly] Sorry.
No, no worries.

It's not your fault.
I had to take care of that.

What's up? How are you?

Good, how are you?
Thank you for coming.

Of course. You're not okay.

Huh? You're not okay?

No, I was little upset,
you know.

Of course. Do you wanna

hang out right here?
Yeah, sure.

Let's sit. On the first night,

my first impression didn't go
as well as I planned.

I kind of froze a bit,

but I plan on redeeming myself
here this evening.

I came out here to put
my heart on the line,

put my cards on the table
and hopefully find love.

And I'm gonna do anything
to make that happen.

Tell me about you.
I wanna know, like, what--

what are you doing here?
What brought you here?

I never thought I would do

anything like this before,
and when I found out

that you were the Bachelorette,
I just knew--

[laughs]
I knew I had to be here.

So made you wanna be
on here for me?

First of all, you're obviously

absolutely gorgeous.

Oh, thank you.
Um, but other than that,

to be honest with you,
I don't know

really anything about you.

I know that you're, you know,
from Sacramento.

Are you born and raised, or...

Wait. So you said you knew

that I was the Bachelorette,
and you wanted to sign up.

Mm-hmm.

But you don't know
anything about me?

I don't--I don't know you
per--obviously, don't know you

on a personal level,
and I don't know your history.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Um, you just--you're just
so beautiful,

and I wanted to get to know you.

Is there any other thing
that made you

wanna come on beca--for me?

Um, I d--I don't have
a specific answer for you,

to be honest.

Okay.

Can we not [murmuring]
talk about that?

"Can we not talk about that?"
N--no, I just, like--it's--

That's what
this entire thing is.

No, I understand,
but, like, you know,

no, I--I don't feel like
anybody really knew you

on a personal level
to, you know--

I don't think people have
to know me on a personal level,

but there's a lot of guys here
that say they like my drive

or they like
what I have to offer

or they like that I stood up
for myself--

I mean, just anything
other than my looks.

No, of course,
but they didn't know that p--

they didn't know that prior to
coming on the show, which is--

They did know that
prior to coming on the show

because a lot of 'em
have said that.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

I'm here to find love,
and, you know,

I'm here to f--find someone
to start a family of my own.

Mm-hmm.

And, you know, I--I know
there's moments

between you and I
where, you know,

I know you feel it too.

Even where we haven't had
that one-on-one time,

there are moments there.

Mm-hmm.

You know? Um...

I actually don't feel that way.
You don't?

And I was trying to see
if there was

something more than that
for me here.

Okay. And I just--

I feel like I have a really
great group of guys here,

and I think I'm gonna have

to focus more on them, and...

Okay.

I don't think that I wanna
pursue this anymore with you.

Okay, I--just--
So is it okay

if I walk you out?

[tense music]

Yeah, of course. Okay.

♪ ♪

I appreciate you coming here.

I'm not saying
Brandon's a bad guy,

but I had to send him home
because I know

what I'm looking for.

I'm here having in-depth, deep,

heartfelt, sincere conversations

with guys like Chasen and Jason,

Eazy, and Dale,
making me feel so good

and talking about things
that they appreciate about me.

And Brandon can't even think
of one thing

that he likes about me.

Like, why are you here?

I wish you the best of luck.
Thank you.

Yeah, of course. Thank you.

It's hard sending people home,

but by getting rid of somebody

who's not a match for me,

it just--it's one step closer
to my person.

[solemn music]

I just want men here

that are here for this Clare.

Um...

I was talking to Brandon,
and it kind of triggered me

a little bit because I've been
in too many relationships

where it was superficial,
and it lacked substance.

And I just was like, "That's
not what I'm looking for."

Exactly. Mm-hmm.

So I just thought it was best
if I sent him home.

♪ ♪

The thing
that is my saving grace

is that I know
what I'm looking for,

and I know what I want.

I had such a great week
with these guys,

but decisions have to be made,

and I think it's honestly
only gonna

get harder and harder from here.

So, okay.

We've got this sitting here.
Ooh.

Oh, man. Got the rose.

That has some powers here--
right there.

I know, doesn't it? Ooh.

Um, tonight, I think I'm going

to give this rose to Chasen.

Oh, yes. Chasen...

Yes?
Will you accept this rose?

Absolutely; I'd love to.
All right.

[tense music]

Good. Perfect.

There we go.

I definitely thought
I was gonna

get the Group Date Rose.

Chasen ended up getting it.

That kind of came
out of left field,

but you almost just
have to kind of like

lick your wounds today

and tomorrow
at the cocktail party,

I gotta bring it and just
focus on our connection

and let her know
how I feel about her.

And hopefully that'll kind
of further our relationship.

Bye, you guys. See ya.

♪ ♪

So what happened with Brandon?

Like--like,
what--what do you understand?

What happened with that?
Clare was like,

"Nothing against him.

"I've gone through relationships

"where I've just had
like guys with good looks,

and, like,
I'm not here for that."

And she--she sent him home.

I know.
I know what I would have said

if she asked me that.

What's that?
It's like--I would have said,

"I liked you a lot more
before you humiliated me."

Like, that's ridiculous, man.

You wouldn't strip?
Oh, hell no.

Oh. Hell no.

Not in a million years.

Number one--number one value

is, like, you know,
have respect for myself

and my daughter, you know.

I don't want her
turning on the TV

and seeing Dad's, like, ass

and, you know, like...

But, Yosef, like, I understand

where you're coming from,
but, like, you could have

like left just your shorts on.

I don't know.
It just seemed classless.

You know?

Are you gonna try
to tell Clare tonight?

Oh. Oh, yeah, like, for sure.

I've just had
a couple red flags,

and, you know,
it's definitely left

a really bad taste in my mouth.

I was having a hard time
from, you know, my group date.

Then you make, like,
ten guys strip down butt naked

and play, uh, dodgeball.

I mean, I know
anything can happen,

but it's only fair
to let her know, like,

how I'm feeling tonight
at the cocktail party.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Tonight is a second
cocktail party

and the Rose Ceremony,
and I'm definitely nervous.

The fact that I put myself
in confrontation with guys

to show those balls
she was asking for yesterday,

which didn't end up going
the way I wanted it to.

I don't know what's going on
in her head,

and, like, it's scary.

♪ ♪

Hi, guys. Hi.

Hello. My goodness.

Ooh, looking sharp again!

First of all--first of all,
though...

blue team yesterday...

[laughter] Thank you, guys.

Thank you, guys,
for putting it all out there.

I hope you guys know
it was all in good fun,

and I obviously
had a good time watching.

So thank you guys seriously
for such an amazing week.

I feel like I am getting
to know a lot of you guys

so much better, and I love
spending time with you guys.

So-I'm gonna have

to go first again. Here, cheers.

Actually... I can't?

Cheers. Yeah.

I would love to talk
to Blake first.

Cheers.
[whispers] Oh... okay.

Is that cool if we talk?
Of course.

[uneasy music]

[softly] Okay.

See you in a few, guys.

♪ ♪

I've got--got some stuff
on my mind.

Of course.
Come on, this way.

I wonder how that's gonna go.
That's it, right there.

Personally,
I hope it's something

that might send him home
tonight.

I don't know. I don't know.

We've obviously
been surprised multiple times

by things that have happened
and things that we didn't know

were going to happen.

Yeah, last night,
she pulled Brandon,

and it--it--that was
the last time we saw him.

So, I mean, that could be
the last we see of Blake, man.

I wanted to pull you aside
because I truthfully

didn't expect you
to show up last night.

It's--yeah--something
I would have never done ever,

and it--it was the biggest
challenge, personally,

that I've taken.

It was definitely a risk.

Um... and at the end of day--

I know I told you, you know,
I hope it's not like

an everyday thing, um,
but it was something

that... again, I thought
was amazing of you to do.

And I don't want you to worry.

I don't want you
to question anything.

Um, as a matter of fact...

I have a rose... for you.
[snickers softly]

Just for me? Yes!

I don't want you to worry,
and...

[exhales deeply]

I want you to put
your mind at ease

and your heart at ease

because everything
you are doing is so right.

Blake, will you
accept this rose?

Absolutely.

I don't want you
to worry any longer.

You don't have to suffer
all through the night.

Thank you. [both laugh]

[tender music]

♪ ♪

I'm glad you're here.
I want you here.

Oh, that makes me feel
so much better

after the way, like,
last night ended.

Sorry for not kissing you
last night.

[laughs]

I was just caught off guard
in the moment.

Oh, you don't even know.

I'm just back
on cloud nine again.

I'm right back
having the feeling that I had

on night one,
except it's heightened

by, like, another five times

because we've made another,
like, big jump,

and I'm just
not letting it fade.

I'm not letting it go away.
I'm gonna chase these feelings,

like, the whole rest of the way.

[door hinges creak]

Boys... Nah.

How you doing, boss?

Got something on your shirt.

Yeah, I see
something shiny there.

Yeah. No, I, uh--I mean,

I definitely feel good about it.

Um...

I just think
from this moment on,

moving forward,
no rules of engagement.

It is like we gotta just go.

How are you? I'm good.

I'm better now. Better now.

I could not be more excited

to have this group of guys here.

I can't wait to see them,
to spend time with them,

to talk to them more,
but first and foremost, Dale,

because Lord knows

I have not forgotten him.

Are you comfortable? I'm good.

Okay. I'm good.

Uh, the--uh,
the biggest adjustment,

I think, is just,
like, with time,

and it's not envy or anything.

It's like I know how I feel
and, like, beyond attraction,

there's a deep connection,
and I really want you to know

how much I trust you.

And I'm not afraid.
I'm not afraid to be myself.

I'm not afraid to share
and talk in detail,

like depth-depth.

I wanna know it all.

And I wanna--and that's
why it's so important

because in damn near
every relationship,

when I needed someone the most,

I felt like I was left
high and dry.

I have felt
that exact same thing.

Yeah.
Like, even in quarantine,

I just felt like so lonely...
Yeah.

And just I'm--and everything
going on with, like, my mom...

[sighs] Sorry.

Yeah, I've--listen.
It's hard now that

we're talking about it.
This is why

I'm here, okay?

Yeah.
And, like, I--I said this.

I've kept you and your mom
in my prayers.

Like, the tough thing
in a lot of this, like,

emotionally, I can't imagine

what you're going through
right now.

It was just such, like,
an alone feeling.

Mm-hmm.
And everything I've ever

prayed for is, like... similar
where I'm like,

when my dad passed away,
there is, like,

s--nights where I'm like...
struggling really, really bad,

and I'm like,
"I just want somebody

"to, like, little bit take off

the weight of the world
off my shoulders."

You're not meant to go
through these things alone.

You're not meant
to go through life alone.

And, like, this whole, like,
pandem--like, everything

that's going on has made
all these things harder.

And, like--and I--and I'll be
the first to say, like,

I know we'll have our time,
and I'm not gonna rush

or push you, like--and it--
and--'cause this is--

I don't want you
to stress on that.

I know... I know.

[sniffles] I know your date

was at the beginning
of the week,

so it probably felt like
ages ago.

Yeah. But I wanted you

on that very first date

'cause I could not
wait to see you.

I wanna be on all of 'em.

Like, I still fumble
over my words,

like, looking at, like--
Can I kiss you

for a second, though?
Please do.

[laughs]

When Dale stepped out
of the limo,

"I felt like I met my husband,"
is what I said,

and ever since,
I have been able to see

such a deeper,
more intimate side of Dale.

Close your eyes.
Oh, you have a gift for me?

Yes. Close your eyes.

Close your eyes.
With Dale, it's just

that crazy,
unexplainable chemistry

that when it's so fresh
and so new,

I feel like I've known him
for years.

[stirring music]

I still can't put words to it.

Keep your eyes closed.

I feel like... Mm-hmm.

We definitely did not finish.
We did not finish.

I stole one of these
'cause I wanted

some serious--more physical
touch with you.

Okay.

♪ ♪

Thank you for being
so good to me.

It'll only get better. Yeah.

I feel like what's happening
with Dale and I

is just magical,

and these are my dreams
coming true.

♪ ♪

Next week,
on "The Bachelorette"...

What's one thing
y'all don't know about Dale?

Nothing, because he doesn't
shut the [bleep] up.

[laughter]

If some of these guys
are picking up

on Dale and I's relationship
and the connection

him and I have, guess what--
it's because I like him.

Who else has she really
shown that kind of interest in?

I'm gonna catch so much riff
for this.

People alluded to
prior to arriving here,

maybe they've been in contact
on social media.

Oh, damn!
Why are you so perfect?

You're perfect.

He thinks he's better
than all of us.

[bleep] you. I'm ashamed to be

associated with you.

We caught you in a lie!

I don't know
what the truth is.

I'm not trying to hide
anything.

How 'bout the rest of us
walk out?

Everything was like great,
and then it just went...

[imitates expl*si*n]

I expected way more
from the oldest Bachelorette.

Are you serious?
That ain't right.

[Clare whimpers]

I don't know how to go on.

It's almost like
a b*mb just dropped.

[exhales]
I'm the oldest Bachelorette

that's 39 that's standing
here that's single

because I didn't settle
for men like that.

♪ ♪

[knocking at door] [door opens]

Oh, Bennett.
How you doing, man?

Come here.
Come here, big brother.

Demar. Oh, man!

How are you?
Um, so I've heard so much

about your room.
For some reason,

yeah, I heard it's a little
different than our rooms.

Oh.
So can you show me around?

Oh, absolutely, of course.
Welcome.

This is Chateau Bennêtt. Wow!

You have a fireplace?

It's just one
of the fireplaces.

You have multiple fireplaces?

Oh. [laughs]

Wait and see. Welcome, welcome.

What is this? Welcome.

Just having
my evening spa water.

You have a what?
This is the kitchen.

I like it.
We have a little nook here.

I make my green juice as well.

This is the--the master bedroom
suite.

Wow. This is very lavish.

My restroom
is a fifth of this size.

You can see straight through.
I love it.

So--
Would you like a sheet mask?

Whatever you like.
I've got so many.

Hair back.

It's very silky.

Straight forward. All right.

Oh, man. Life is good.

Life is good.