I thought perhaps this was the last week but no luck. This week's episode looks like a doozy, what with the arrival of Angela and JPJ continues to be a douche about Derek and Tayshia. Also, who will be the shocking exit? My guess is it's Blake.
Angela arrives
Just as Nicole is gushing about how great she feels about herself, Angela arrives. She of course has a date card. Clay looks befuddled and confused. Angela pulls Mike aside first. Nicole gives Clay a pep talk and calls Angela crazy, which I think is BS because there's been no indication that Angela is crazy. Nicole says Angela is too skinny, which is priceless since they're both very thin.
Blake asks Angela why she's in Paradise and if she's going to talk to Clay. Angela tells Blake to mind his own business. She doesn't but she should. This is total BS that Angela is getting questioned for coming to Paradise. Angela asks Derek why it's okay for Clay to be there but not Angela, which I think is valid. Angela can't change that she is Clay's ex-girlfriend. It's ridiculous that Nicole is blaming Angela for everything and not having Clay take any responsibility.
Nicole goes to confront Angela on the beach. Tayshia goes to spy. Nicole marks her territory and tells Angela to stay away from Clay. Angela tells her that she has no intention of getting in on Clay. Angela makes a comment in her ITM that when her and Clay spoke at the wedding, Clay didn't mention Nicole at all. It should also be noted that Clay called Angela his girlfriend rather than his ex-girlfriend and Mike had to correct him.
Despite agreeing with her girl Nicole, Tayshia talks about Clay behind their backs and doesn't think that Clay is over Angela. Tayshia confronts Clay about his behavior at the wedding and why he didn't mention that Nicole was his girlfriend. Clay stammers out an explanation for Tayshia. Tayshia--this is none of your business.
I thought Mike and Angela had headed off for their date hours ago but it seems that they're just leaving now.
Angela and Mike's Date
Mike asks Angela about her relationship with Clay. She reiterates she was disappointed that they broke up and she acknowledges the double standard of why it's okay for Clay to be in Paradise and not her. Mike says that Clay said it was okay for him to be in Paradise because Clay never told Angela he loved her. O-kay.
A New Day
It's a new day and Haley tries to talk herself into JPJ. She claims her family would love JPJ. But JPJ tells Mike he only has eyes for Tayshia. Mike asks JPJ if he's told Haley this and he says he hasn't. JPJ continues to tell Mike about what a DB Derek is. JPJ is still on his "Derek is a predator" soap box. JPJ doesn't have any proof that Derek is a fraud, it's just instinct. Alrighty.
Derek fills Haley in on JPJ going after him. Derek's a smart dude and sees that this is connected to JPJ's infatuation with Tayshia, which is news to Haley. Haley's pissed that Derek is the one that told her, not JPJ. Haley confronts JPJ and JPJ admits that he has feelings for Tayshia but blames
Derek. Haley is upset, which is lame, because JPJ has made it clear this these last few weeks that he's lame. Haley gets on the "what's wrong with me" bandwagon.
Caelynn continues to get over Dean by getting under Connor. Dean who? Her and Connor make out in the pool all day.
Haley continues to grill JPJ on why he hates Derek so much and why he jerked her around. Haley calls JPJ selfish and he disagrees with that word. Demi makes facial expressions behind JPJ's back. He claims he was going to talk to Haley, but she went up to him first. JPJ tells Haley not to put his disinterest on him. He continues to handle this whole situation terribly and JPJ's immaturity continues to come through.
Haley, in an unintentional moment of hilarity, complains to Blake about why men think they can jerk women around. It's unclear if Blake understands he's part of that group. Overall, Blake looks uncomfortable and doesn't know why he keeps having to comfort everyone.
Wells asks JPJ if he think the conversation with Haley went well. JPJ thinks it went fine but it's clear he still blames Derek for manipulating Tayshia. He assures us that we don't want to see him angry. Derek again tries to talk to JPJ and get a word in around JPJ. JPJ doesn't want to talk to Derek.
Derek/Haley/Tayshia/JPJ non-drama drama
Poor Haley, who's seemingly heartbroken, talks to Tayshia. This is so boring. It's unclear why Tayshia can't pull JPJ aside and tell him to back off. Meanwhile, Derek asks JPJ what happened and why JPJ went from being his bro to being a tool. It comes down to JPJ thinking that Derek isn't the right guy for Tayshia and JPJ alone can decide who is right for Tayshia. Derek calls JPJ out for making decisions for Tayshia. The conversation deteriorates from there. They're soon yelling at each other. Tayshia hates that they're fighting over her. JPJ continues to put words in Derek's mouth. Then JPJ starts laughing, which is f***ing annoying. JPJ then says the whole thing is comical even though HE's the one that started this whole thing. For some inexplicable reason, Tayshia doesn't intervene to tell the two of them to knock it off.
New Arrivals
Matt Donald, who was the farmer and was expected to make a big splash, was cut by Hannah the first night. But now he's in Paradise! The crew seems happy to see him. Matt reads his date card and his voice cracks. But it turns out his date card is incomplete. Who has the other half? It's the other Luke! The dudes from Hannah's season are definitely happy to see him. Haley calls Luke the "poor man's Nick Viall". It looks like they're going on a double date. Blake mopes.
The new guys pull the various women aside and begin evaluating. John decides to ask out Sidney and Luke decides to ask out Kristina. I'm happy that Sidney finally got a date. I'm really glad that John didn't ask out Tayshia.
We get a bit of a run down of the couples. We see Clay doing pushups while Nicole sits on him. Lame. We see the rest of the couples canoodling and then we see lonely Blake.
The double date is uneventful. Sidney's ready to make out with Old MacDonald but he's not comfortable kissing somebody on the first date. It's awkward. He's too shy for this show.
Tayshia finally talks things out with her guys
JPJ finally pulls Tayshia aside. He wants her to know where he's at but he doesn't really say anything. He's pretty incoherent. It's not adorable, it's lame. He eventually starts crying. It's way too over the top. He's sobbing in his interviews too. It's bizarre. Oy vey. Then he blows a stream of snot. Ugh, that is disgusting.
Next Tayshia and Derek talk. Surfer JPJ thanks Dylan for his support, bro. Despite all of the things she said about Derek earlier in the season, she's not sure she's into him anymore. Derek asks Tayshia for feedback on what he could have done differently but she doesn't have any for him.
Tayshia assures Derek that the crap that JPJ pulled doesn't have anything to do with her decision. Will Derek be the one that will leave? So many guys could go! Derek, JPJ, Blake...Tayshia tries to get Derek to give some of the other women a chance.
I space out a bit but I don't think I missed much. Derek gathers the group and announces that he's leaving. Everyone is bummed, including Kristian. Apparently they got to know each other but it was probably super boring so they didn't show it. Derek pulls the "when's it going to be my turn" goodbye. I would take Derek over Peter as the Bachelor. I was Team Peter but he's such a typical Bachelor, I want something different.
While Tayshia is talking to her girlfriends, JPJ brings Tayshia some tissues.
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