‘Bachelor in Paradise’ recap: Lots of pants are on fire

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You know an episode of Bachelor is Paradise is going to be epic when Jorge the Bartender lands a spot in the cast roll call video and Our Host Chris Harrison reminds the audience during the opening that Joe is “paying the price for being a BLEEP.” (It’s like duck, but with different vowels.)

I settled in, fully aware that this show is careening off its rails and I have a front-row seat. This should be gooooooood.

Jade offers a quick review, giving the audience the 4-1-1 on why Joe is such a chach. She spills out the FACTS as she calls them, using words like “disrespected” and “disregarded” and “needs to be disinfected.” She assures us that when Sammy hears about how Joe treated Juelia, she will drop him like a 32-year-old cougar.

Joe walks around the beach, furious that Whatshername is going to ruin EVERYTHING he has with the girl of his dreams. And Juelia (a.ka. Whatshername) is lightly sobbing in Samantha’s arms because she wants to protect her friend from Joe’s jack waggonry.

Jade escorts the ladies from their huddled position in a hallway to a more convenient location where the cameras can capture facial expressions and eye rolls with ease. She asks Jorge to whip up a few tequila sunrises because it’s five o’clock somewhere. She facilitates the counseling session, urging Juelia to give explicit details on her 27-hour journey where she found love with Joe.

Juelia takes a big breath and a sip of her island-themed drink. She begins her story with a simple statement: We had a connection, so I gave him my rose. It was literally 10-seconds long. Then Samantha cuts her off. She thinks Joe needs to be there so they can all talk together in the same room. Juelia and Jade are stunned.

  1. Thisis the She-Man Chach Haters Club. No boys allowed.
  2. There have already been two sit down meetings with Joe and he was a tool in both.
  3. Aren’t you supposed to be Juelia’s friend? Do you not want to hear her side of the story?
  4. Stop playing with your extensions

Sam tells the camera that Juelia is being silly and she’s soooooo over the drama. She tells the girls that she is on cloud nine and would rather ride that emotional wave verses giving Juelia the benefit of the doubt. Sam promises Whatshername that she is good, everything is fine and nothing will be weird. Juelia gives her a look that says, “This is the definition of weird” before Samantha bounces off to report to Joe.

Meanwhile, Jade and Juelia report to the Blond Ambition what just went down. Clare exclaims that Joe is indeed the king of d-bags, but we can’t forget that what Samantha did was ten thousand times worse.

Spoken like a wise cougar who has been around the Serengeti once or twice.

Samantha and Joe head down to the boys’ room. She sits on his lap and tells him that Juelia droned on and on about how he supposedly told Juelia that he was there for her. Samantha even slipped in the fact that Joe told Juelia that he watched her season and was very impressed. Sam pauses to give Joe an opportunity to defend himself. He never admits or denies that THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID ON THE BEACH THE DAY OF THEIR DATE. Instead he points out that he is there for Samantha—no one else. She smiles and they make out.

Cut to Tanner telling the camera that he knows for a fact that Joe and Samantha were more than talking before the show. He saw a text message screen cap (why erase the evidence but keep the screen cap?) from Sam telling Joe to “do whatever it takes to stay in Paradise until I get there.” Tanner covers his own butt by admitting that he thought about intervening. With that said, he bought the fact that Joe was into Juelia. Why wouldn’t he be? She’s the nicest, sweetest person on the planet.

Tanner and Jared take it upon themselves (read: the encouragement of the producers) to once again attempt a bro talk with Joe. They find him in the boys’ room with Sam. They have one goal: to convince him to admit to everyone that he had an agenda with Samantha.

Jared: I asked you if you talked to Samantha beforehand and you said no. To my face.
Joe: No. No. You didn’t ask that. You asked if I had met her. We never met.
Jared: No I didn’t.
Joe: Yes. Yes you did.

Jared is frustrated. Tanner is carrying his stick, in case he needs to stir the pot some more. Joe is shouting, “WHAT DOES IT MATTER?” and Samantha is shoving Jared, Tanner and the camera out the door while hissing, “Let me talk to him.” The camera man, of course, stays in the room. She drops a sultry, “I’m changing my clothes,” which other than “I’m about to take a dump” is the only way these guys will ever leave a room on command.

Clearly Samantha learned nothing from hiding in the shadows and behind the scenes on The Farmer’s season. She shoves the camera guy out, but does not shut the door completely. FAIR GAME LADY!

The camera cuts to a Blair Witch Project film style that is in black and white. It was very avant-garde for Bachelor in Paradise, so you know something juicy is about to happen. We see Samantha, sipping her rum-infused drink, stroking her hair with a huge smile. A producer off-camera asks, “So what’s the deal? Set the record straight once and for all. Did you know Joe before Paradise?”

Samantha gives a rehearsed canned answer about how they had never talked. She had no idea he was interested in her. The most they had ever done was a few exchanges on social media. She would never, ever plot to find love before arriving in Paradise. She doesn’t do stuff like that. Especially on a reality TV show.

Whoopsie. Unfortunately for Samantha, at that exact moment, she is telling Joe about said interview. Amateurs. Did they not get their story straight before arriving in Paradise? Or did Joe accidentally delete that text too? Sam instructs him to stick with a script of, “I’m glad it worked out that Samantha was here.” The last thing he should do is act all defensive—which he is doing.

Suddenly, Samantha leans down to peek through the set of bunk beds. She spies the camera filming through the crack in the door. Joe begins to moan about people needing to mind their own business. From my many years of charades, I can report that Samantha used the internationally sign for “film” and a finger to the lips which is universal for “shut up moron.”

Moving on! Ashley S. is still pining over Dan. She’s certain he will come back to her because there is no one else he’s interested in. Way to jinx it Ashley S! Here comes Amber from The Farmer’s season. She claims to be interested in Dan, which is questionable to me since none of us knew who Dan was coming into this show. She glides down the new person stairs in appropriate brightly-colored beachwear and Ashley S. is ecstatic. Amber was on her season and she brought her so much joy! Huzzah!

Amber meets and greets. She has a date card and wonders if she’s supposed to choose her suitor at that moment? Samantha blurts out, “I did! Don’t feel bad!” Amber turns to Dan and invites him out. He takes her aside to explain that he had a thing with Ashley S. but the wind has left the sails. He wants to talk to her before accepting Amber’s invitation.

Ashely turns up the cray dial a touch when Dan lets her know that he will be going on a date with Amber. She says that normally he’s such a man, but in this instance, he’s not being one. He needs to tell her that he is just not that into her. Dan won’t do it because he’s unsure. He doesn’t understand why she won’t sit on the back burner like a normal Bachelor in Paradise contestant so he can go off with this hot chick to see if there’s a stronger connection. Is that so hard to do?

Dan leaves with Amber as Ashley and Juelia watch from the treehouse above. This gives them a birds-eye view with which to mope as all the happy couples frolic below. Ashley is sad that she will never get to share a whole component of a whole relationship (huh?) and that this pain is equal to DEATH! Juelia gives her a comforting hug and offers a distraction:

Jue: At least they’re not making out in the water like Joe and Samantha.

Sure enough, the camera cuts to Joe and Sam crouching together in an abbreviated version of the infamous From Here to Eternity position. Everyone thinks it’s odd. Ashley S. sighs. She knows who her real friends are. They have green feathers and poop in her hand.

It’s time to check in on the other dates. Remember how Megan woke JJ up from a dead sleep and invited him to go jet skiing in the rain? Well that happened. She likes that he makes her laugh. He likes her boobs.

Across town, Dan and Amber wander around cobblestone streets. They climb a ladder and then kiss when a bunch of locals (who have been paid off by the producers) begin chanting “beso, beso, beso.” Then the locals encourage them to kiss again. When their lips meet, fireworks light up the night sky.

Well done ABC Intern. Well done.

Amber tells Dan that he’s hot and that she rewarded him two gold stars when he stepped out of the limo during Des’ season. Dan reminds Amber that he doesn’t want to create tension between her and Ashley S. She is quick to say that they are as cool. Just like Juelia and Samantha. After dinner, they stop in doorways so they can kiss while sultry guitar music with a Latin flair offers a romantic soundtrack for their night.

Back in Paradise, upcoming footage indicates that there might be a fight between JJ and Joe. I’m proud to say that I was whole-heartedly rooting for this to happen and was a bit disappointed when it did not. Tanner and Jared filled JJ in on the Samanthagate situation. JJ wonders why Joe and Sam don’t give up their roses and go down the street to a hotel in Mexico?

Uhm, because that’s not free and I highly doubt you get an on-call Jorge to mix you drinks any time your heart desires.

Joe’s blood boils as the Samantha topic comes up again. JJ presses. Joe admits, for the seventh time, that YES HE DID KNOW SAMANTHA WAS COMING. He provided a list. A LIST of potential hook-ups. Didn’t JJ provide a list? How is this different? He went out with Juelia. Connection. He went out with Samantha. Bigger connection.

Hi Joe? It’s Lincee. Yeah, you’re not getting the point that no one seems to be bold enough to say to your face. Juelia wasted her rose on you when she could have given it to Jonathan or Mikey T. even though you knew Samantha was coming. It has nothing to do with connections. You’ve handled this all wrong.

Jared meekly interjects that Joe told him that he had never talked to Sam beforehand. Joe is irate. This again? The correct semantics is SEE HER. He did not SEE HER before the show. That’s completely different from talking. Everyone who’s ever been shady knows this trick.

A normal person would use context clues and decide at that moment to shut their pie hole. Joe is not one of these people. He’s the villist of the vills.

JJ launches into a wonderful analogy about circular references compared to straight references. It’s something about Joe being caught in a loop and he goes around and around saying the same thing without really acknowledging facts. I was lost, but appreciated the attempt at trying to figure out Joe’s propensity to be such a jack wagon when everyone agrees he was so nice during Kaitlyn’s season.

Joe calls the moment “sad and ridiculous” because Jared did the exact same thing to Clare. Then JJ tells Joe to “shut the F up.”

Jared: What planet am I on? I like JJ better than Joe? It’s strange. Joe went from America’s sweetheart to America’s Most Wanted.”

JJ reminds Joe that he’s a grown man and invites him to walk away since he does not have Joe on a leash.

Slowly everyone begins to stand up and stare at each other in the eyes. Joe begins to sling insults in JJ’s face. He tells him to “go find a job” and that “you can’t go home with me so stop bro-ing out” and “go back where you came from.”

JJ tells the camera that Joe feels immune to confrontation and he wants to amend that. As Joe walks off, JJ begs him to come back so they can settle this once and for all. F-bombs were peppered through the command to make the moment salty and full of grit.

Someone chants, “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!” That someone is me.

Naturally, ABC chooses to flash the “TO BE CONTINUED” slate before any punches are thrown. We can only hope that in next week’s opening montage, JJ’s fist connects with Joe’s jaw and Jorge is called in to intervene because Our Host Chris Harrison is taking it easy on his private island down the way. I hope Ashley S. gives Jorge her rose.

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EB
EB
August 18, 2015 11:39 am

Most fantastic episode and recap ever! I read “The Psychopath Test” right before this season started, so I keep comparing Joe to the checklist. Superficial charm? Check. Pathological lying? Check. Manipulative? Check. Lack of remorse? Check. Lack of empathy? Check. Unwillingness to take responsibility? Check. Even if he’s not Pathological, he sure is a d-bag! It’s quite something to see JJ reformed into just a slightly jerky frat boy.

And Jorge totally has MY rose!

Yep
Yep
August 19, 2015 4:48 pm
Reply to  EB

All the same things could be said for Samantha. They’re both terrible.

#TeamJorge 😛

Keri
Keri
August 18, 2015 11:55 am

Funny as always!!! Giggled all the way through.

“I hope Ashley S. gives Jorge her rose.” – – haha!! That would be great!

Coloradocat1973
Coloradocat1973
August 18, 2015 12:00 pm

Great recap! This season is pretty juicy and I hate to admit i love it. The more I watched the current season of the Bachelorette and this season of BIP I just can’t help but think of all the scheming the producers do to these contestants and it makes me feel a bit icky. Kinda like the scripted show unREAL which I LOVE. But I still love this franchise too Sigh. I can’t wait for next week’s episodes! It looks like perhaps Sam and Joe are arguing in the previews so I am all up for that! Thanks for the comedy relief Lincee! 🙂

Tish
Tish
August 18, 2015 12:31 pm

Great recap Lincee!!!
Best line?
“Someone chants, “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!” That someone is me”

Jackie
Jackie
August 18, 2015 12:32 pm

Great recap – I can not believe how nuts this season is getting. Joe is without a doubt the biggest d-bag of the entire franchise. And i thought no one would ever dethrone Juan Pablo!!

Also – did you anyone else catch the montage of upcoming dramatic episodes? I think the crazy train has officially left the station!!

Ha
Ha
August 21, 2015 5:57 pm
Reply to  Jackie

Oh, you haven’t seen ANYTHING yet! Just look at his Twitter! He’s convinced himself he’s dating a porn star that won’t acknowledge him whatsoever, and is screaming #SAVAGE and replying to every single tweet, continuing weird arguments for HOURS. It is unbelievably creepy and psychotic!

Jen A.
Jen A.
August 18, 2015 12:34 pm

If Ashley S. said “literally” one more time I was going to “literally” scratch my ears off.

Amy
Amy
August 18, 2015 5:32 pm
Reply to  Jen A.

YES. THIS. One of my biggest peeves already, and she could. Not. Stop. Saying. It.

Karen
Karen
August 19, 2015 9:14 pm
Reply to  Jen A.

AGREE!! We should make it a drinking game. I think we would all be literally drunk in minutes!

Erika
Erika
August 18, 2015 12:43 pm

My favorite LOL line: Someone chants, “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!” That someone is me.

I really hope that JJ punches Joe in the face and then Hare tells Joe and Samantha that they must leave Paradise immediately b/c they are big fat cheaters!

Andrea
Andrea
August 18, 2015 1:00 pm

Loved the recap! Favorite line: “Ashley S. sighs. She knows who her real friends are. They have green feathers and poop in her hand.”

I watched After Paradise and found it semi-entertaining this time. I loved when they asked JJ why he was unemployed and he said he quit his job to get through his divorce and care for his daughter, and Jason Biggs high-fives him and proclaims, “Back on top!”

Emily
Emily
August 18, 2015 9:06 pm
Reply to  Andrea

LOL ! I thought the same thing ! Why did the audience applaud for a father quitting his job ??

Becca the wrecka
Becca the wrecka
August 19, 2015 12:29 am
Reply to  Emily

I quit my full time job after becoming a single mom, is there something wrong with me, or is there a double standard for a guy? best decision I ever made, you never get those baby/preschool years back.

Laura
Laura
August 19, 2015 3:28 am

Does JJ have custody of his daughter? If not, it makes no sense that he doesnt have a job. Or is he like a lot of other men who don’t work so that they don’t have to pay child support? Do his parents give him an allowance?

Sorry for sounding critical, but way too many men don’t support their children.

If he does have custody, then good for him.

Andrea
Andrea
August 19, 2015 10:43 am

Just to clarify, I thought it was funny that the “celebrity fans” thought this was a great way for JJ to garner sympathy/gain fans’ favor, like, “We can’t be mad at you, JJ, you’re taking care of your kid. I’m personally finding JJ much more likeable in paradise than on Caitlyn’s season.

ANITA
ANITA
August 19, 2015 12:19 pm
Reply to  Andrea

OF COURSE JJ DOESN’T HAVE CUSTODY… HOW CAN HE JUST UP AND LEAVE A LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD TO TRY TO FIND LOVE ON TV.. NOT ONCE BUT TWICE..

Laura
Laura
August 20, 2015 11:11 am
Reply to  Andrea

Anita – Well Juelia left her two-year-old daughter to come on TV to find love. Twice. I don’t get your point. Although I am also sure that he doesn’t have custody.

Christen
Christen
August 20, 2015 11:35 am
Reply to  Andrea

I just have to ask Andrea, How do you watch an entire season of the Bachelorette and still can’t spell the lead’s name correctly. It is Kaitlyn. I see this all the time and it just baffles me.

Andrea
Andrea
August 20, 2015 12:32 pm
Reply to  Andrea

Christen, kind of a snarky question, but I’ll be sure to get it right from now on. As a former middle school spelling bee champ, I take pride in my spelling ability, so I don’t know how I was under the impression that it was spelled with a “C” all this time. Sorry to have upset you.

Sheesh
Sheesh
August 22, 2015 12:45 pm
Reply to  Andrea

Spell-enforcers are everywhere now.

Margo
Margo
August 19, 2015 7:11 am
Reply to  Emily

Ditto on that wondering about applause. If mom was paying support so he could be home full time? Sure. I don’t think that’s the case, however, or he would say. He lives in loft at moms he said. I saw after show. JJ claim to fame are his one liners. I think he’s kind of a douche. What he said about his date girl? Nice rack? Ugh

Sea Jay
Sea Jay
August 18, 2015 1:01 pm

“I hope Ashley S. gives Jorge her rose” funniest line ever!

The show keeps trying not to disappoint viewers by making Ashley S. look cray, but Ashley I. and Lauren really set the bar for cray SO high, Ashley S. hasn’t even come close. It’s a hard situation to be in for both Juelia and Ashley S.

Personally, I think it’s a healthier thing to turn to friends for comfort before turning to producers or crying to the camera. Even to turn to birds for comfort before producers.

Becca the wrecka
Becca the wrecka
August 19, 2015 12:31 am
Reply to  Sea Jay

I agree, Ashley S may be odd, but I hate the way the other childish girls are going for the jugular (Jade and Carly), very very high school of them. eeewww.

Sheesh
Sheesh
August 19, 2015 7:58 pm
Reply to  Sea Jay

I’m with you 100% Sea Jay! More people should turn to nature. She looked way happier than any of the others. The other shit, that’s crazy.

Kim
Kim
August 18, 2015 1:02 pm

This is definitely one of my favorite recaps!!!

Best line…

Someone chants, “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!” That someone is me.

…and I have to say that I totally agree with Jared:

“What planet am I on? I like JJ better than Joe? It’s strange. Joe went from America’s sweetheart to America’s Most Wanted.”

CO Kathleen
CO Kathleen
August 18, 2015 5:52 pm
Reply to  Kim

It’s funny how aware the contestants are of each other’s reputations (as well as their own). Especially considering how quickly Jared & JJ went from Bachelorette to BIP.

MeganSS1025
MeganSS1025
August 18, 2015 1:23 pm

Great recap! Best line:

We can only hope that in next week’s opening montage, JJ’s fist connects with Joe’s jaw and Jorge is called in to intervene because Our Host Chris Harrison is taking it easy on his private island down the way. I hope Ashley S. gives Jorge her rose.

white
August 18, 2015 1:25 pm

“joes jack waggonry” best line 🙂

juelias boobs on the after show egads.

i miss clare they arent showing much of her
how much do i love dan??!!

Sheesh
Sheesh
August 19, 2015 8:07 pm
Reply to  white

Dan? To me, he still looks like the new boyfriend your dad brings home. (Did you know he brought the most clothes?) Plus he was a bit of a douche the next day when he didn’t talk to Ashley. As she put it, he could have been a friend.

Almost a point for talking to her before making out with her bestie.

ricksterb
ricksterb
August 18, 2015 1:57 pm

Hi Joe? It’s ricksterb. Right, one of Lincee’s greatest fans.

Right. IHGB.

Well, we’ve all (read: America) decided that we will no longer tolerate either your jack waggonry or your d-baggishness.

Yep. Tired of attitude, the sticky uppy hair, and the hot tub nastiness. You may now join HWMNBN (he who must not be named) in the corner.

Okay. Sure.

Yes, I’ll tell Lincee that you said Hello. Oh … and Joe? Keep the freak flag flying, bro. They really like that in the back woods of Kentucky.

Bye. *sigh* Right (eye roll). Hoes before bros.

Peace out, dude.

Sheesh
Sheesh
August 19, 2015 8:08 pm
Reply to  ricksterb

He’s the guy the pigs what out for.

Sheesh
Sheesh
August 19, 2015 8:09 pm
Reply to  Sheesh

“Watch ” The pigs watch out for Joe, if they’ve ever seen Deliverence.)

Ugh
Ugh
August 21, 2015 6:02 pm
Reply to  ricksterb

Ugh, I hate the reputation he’s given Kentuckians. </3 We're not all psychotic, uneducated hillbillies! Many of us are polite and well-educated.

Barbara
Barbara
August 18, 2015 2:00 pm

When Jared said “What planet am I on? I like JJ better than Joe.” I could only shout at my TV, “My thoughts exactly!!!”

This episode was hysterical and so was the recap. Thanks, Lincee!

delyla
delyla
August 18, 2015 2:47 pm

Hilarious!
I’d probably like the show even better if I’d watch and not just listen. Or maybe not – the boredom must be why I’m doing jigsaws on my tablet and only looking up when something catches my interest. Thank goodness for this because I missed out on the hot tub scene this week.
I just continue to let Lincee fill in the blanks for me.

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