Bienvenidos!

Welcome to the Paris of South America-- Buenos Aires, y'all!

What will happen this week? We start out with a brief and pointless (?) meeting between Chris and Jojo on a bench where they talk about how wild it is that she is sitting on a bench in Argentina....drinking what looks to be Starbucks coffee. Which makes it a bit less wild, from my point of view. Nothing noteworthy is discussed, but I do wonder, what does Chris Harrison do on all of these travel adventures? He has what seems to amount to 10 minutes per day of working. He doesn't live in the house with the guys. He isn't a producer (or is he?). I'm curious! And I smell a spin  off!

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The men find out that for the first time ever there will be a second two-on-one date. I honestly wouldn't have known that this is the first time they've repeated this type of date within a season. I wonder-- who is it that Jojo wants to get rid of so badly? I guess we'll find out, after her date with our tiniest Bachelor, Wells. He is also the only one who hasn't kissed Jojo, and, he's from Nashville! The men make fun of him, and he leaves, shaking like a Chihuahua in wintertime. 

Jojo and Wells wander the streets and then go to something that actually seems really cool, an art performance where first they watch from below a watery clear stage as some people slide around. Hard to explain! In voice overs from the men, they act like if Wells' kiss isn't mind-blowing, Jojo will send him home. I don't think so. I think he's played it just right (though seemingly on accident) and put himself in a spot where Jojo wants him. She gives him the perfect set up, sloshing around on basically a giant clear slip and slide with purple and pink lights, and he makes his move, finally. Jojo actually points that out, saying "we did it" which takes away some of the romance, although the kiss looked pretty mild anyway. 

Kiss N Slide (patent pending)

As it turns out, Jojo doesn't give Wells the rose! She tells him she wants a relationship with long-term passion. He doesn't seem to believe in that, and that's ok. He looked like he knew it was coming. So, it's back to Nashville for Wells, may he be rich in cowboy hats and hot chicken.  Oddly enough, Jojo heads back to the art performance alone.

Just wanted to point out how short Alex looks, and how funny Jojos hands are

On the group date, Jojo takes her many "boyfriends" out into the streets to wander around and play soccer. We are treated to many interviews by James Taylor saying that all the other men are perfect physical specimens, and he isn't. He is feeling insecure. I blame it on the eyebrow scar that resulted from his refusal to get stitches. During the soccer game Jojo runs into Jordan and says "your stomach is so hard." And when he lifts his shirt up, we see this to be true. 

Preview of top 2?

At the group date, Jojo and Luke make out intensely in their matching leather jackets. 

The (dementor's) kiss

I am briefly concerned that Jojo is matching Luke now, instead of Jordan, which is worrisome. Another thing that should be worrisome, to James Taylor anyway, is that not only has he been given high-than-average facetime this episode, which is usually the kiss of death, he has also bad mouthed a front runner. This never ends well. He claims that Jordan is entitled and used the example of a card game. Jojo seemed unmoved and tells his she will "probably" pay attention to this. Unless she gets distracted by teeth, hair, eyes, "hard stomach," etc. But thanks for the tip, JT!

I was worried for nothing--Jojo and Jordan are matching as well!

Jojo confronts Jordan, Jordan confronts JT, its a lot of J-names and not all that much drama. Luke gets the rose because he talked about Jojo and nothing else, and showed Jojo how great a kisser he is. The rest of the guys act lame when she gives him the rose.

The two on one date is as to be expected. The three of them first go for a very awkward tango lesson, and then for a dinner. Table for 3 please! A very uncommon reservation, for good reason. Derrick opened up to her, but I have to say, I have turnt on him a bit. There is something about him that I don't care for. He is cocky in a very weird way. For Chase, she tells him that she needs words of affirmation in a relationship, and although he is not used to giving them, he tries? (Tip to Jojo, if this quality doesn't come naturally, you will be begging for words of affirmation through your whole relationship!). In a very shocking twist, she gives Chase the rose!

Derrick not happy. Derrick sad. 

I was surprised, and so was Derrick. So was Chase for that matter! She walks Derrick out but I'm not sure why because she just hugs him and send him on his way. He is sad in the limo because he now thinks he is imperfect. I wonder, if Jojo had picked him, would that have meant he was perfect? Dangerous thinking, Jim. Chase and Jojo go to a concert where there is FINALLY a song I know, and that is a little diddy from the movie Evita. I had the Madonna soundtrack version in high school and listened to it non-stop, although I've never seen the movie. If I ever travel to Ar-hen-tina I will be sure to watch. 

At the rose ceremony everyone puts in their time with Jojo, and that includes Jordan telling her he wants to be engaged and thinks they can "get there." Her response is to act surprised and delighted that he is finally opening up, but she says the same thing every week to him, so whats that all about? He is constantly telling her his feelings, and she is constantly surprised. Jojo hands out roses to Jordan, (duh), and Robby (not sure why), and then leaves dramatically. She tells Chris she doesn't want to give out the last rose, leading us to believe Alex and James Taylor are both leaving. Of course this is not actually the case, and in fact the opposite is true. She returns with 2 roses and they are both safe, but neither one seems that happy about it. Alex calls them pity roses. True!!

"Alex and James, will you accept these roses, each worth half a rose?"

And that's it folks! Next week I'll be in South Australia on vacay but I will make time to watch of course!