Ben Higgins began his private chat with Olivia after he received several complaints about her from the other women at the end of last week's episode. "The Bachelor" is big on cliffhangers and this season is no different.
Picking up right where they left off, Olivia was playing the victim, saying she has a target on her back and did a variation on the age-old "her fellow bachelorettes are jealous/put off by her aggressiveness" routine.
The conversation, of course, couldn't have any immediate adverse effects on Olivia's status, since she earned the previous group date rose. But things would change for her soon enough.
At the rose ceremony, Jennifer got the boot.
The rest of the episode took place in the Bahamas, where Caila scored the first date. While they went fishing, Leah sobbed at the bachelorettes' place, wondering why she wasn't the one who was invited to the date. There's always one who does this.
Caila confessed to Ben that she wasn't quite ready to be more vulnerable around him. Yet moments later, she said she's falling in love with Ben because she feels understood. There's always one who does this, too.
When all was said and done, Ben gave her a rose.
Six women joined Ben on the group date, which involved riding a boat and feeding swimming pigs. No typo; It was like an outtake from the recent big-screen flop "Pan."
Leah continued to doubt her future with Ben, and his attempt to reassure her didn't help much. She later gave Ben something new to worry about, when she told him that a potential relationship between him and Lauren B. wouldn't work out because she acts differently when she's not around him. Ben raised the issue with Lauren B., and she fumed.
When she later told the others what had happened, Leah lied and claimed she wasn't the one who spoke to Ben.
Lauren B. wondered whether all of this cost her the group date rose, after Ben presented it to Amanda.
Leah tried to dig Lauren B. into an even deeper hole by visiting Ben and suggesting that Lauren isn't a genuine person. Her plan backfired big time; Ben was tired of all the Lauren B. talk, and he chose to send Leah home after admitting that something was missing between them.
Olivia was back in the picture for a two-on-one date with Ben and Emily. With only one rose up for grabs, one of these bachelorettes would be eliminated. Ben had private time with each of them on the tropical island.
Right before he awarded the rose, he took Olivia aside and gave her the ol' heave-ho. Emily happily accepted the rose moments later.
Ben wasn't feeling up to the cocktail party, so he cancelled it. He jumped straight to another rose ceremony, where he said goodbye to Lauren H.
Next Monday, the remaining six women will visit Ben's hometown of Warsaw, Indiana.
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