Ben settles the girls into a house in his neighborhood, warning them not to look into his parents' window in case they are in the throes of passion. (??) He then throws date cards to wind and invites Lauren B on the first one-on-one date (although now that she's finally the only Lauren left, we can just call her Lauren). Lauren is relieved to talk to Ben after Leah threw her under the bus in the Bahamas. But first, they hit the youth center where Ben worked for four years, and we see he's great with kids, even crying ones. Little Ronnie sinks a basket from half court, which means Ben and Lauren have to kiss, but the kids are quickly distracted by a special appearance by a few Indiana Pacers. Lauren is impressed with this "real" Ben, not just "Bachelor" Ben, and is in fact falling in love with him.
JoJo gets the next one-on-one date, and they meet at Wrigley Field in Chicago. They're invited inside, where they don Mr Higgins and Mrs Higgins baseball jerseys and get to take the field. In a scene from Little Big League, they pitch to each other and run the bases. But JoJo has struggled with opening up, so at dinner (in center field) she admits to being scared because she likes him so much, and she's still Team Ben. This is good enough for Mr Higgins.
The group date sends Caila, Amanda and Becca to a farm, complete with boats, kites and one rose. Caila gets to be in the rowboat with Ben, but she worries that she doesn't have the "deep roots" that he wants. Becca doesn't want to be blindsided, and Amanda just wants Ben to meet her daughters. Rose goes to Becca. The other girls get sent back to the house, and Ben and Amanda continue their romantic rendezvous at...McDonald's. Ah, small town life. They work the drive-thru window and share a fry, Lady and the Tramp style, and then head to a carnival possibly thrown in Ben's honor. It's like Warsaw's version of paparazzi - lots of photos and shares on social media as Ben wins Amanda lots of lame prizes and loses his shit on one of the carnival rides.
Emily gets the last one-on-one date, and she feels he saved the best for last. Oh, twin.Ben takes her to meet his parents, which actually seems pretty rude because we know there's not an attraction there for him. There's no attraction there for his parents, either - as Emily chatters on to Ben's mom about her lifelong dream about being an NFL cheerleader. loving the ducks/swans and that she's young but average at everything in life! (NOTE: I cringed through this entire date.) His mom literally cried when talking to Ben afterwards. Not a good sign. But bless her heart, Emily handled the news pretty well - probably because now she can be reunited with her twin!
At the rose ceremony, Ben is torn between two women, but ultimately kicks off Becca because their relationship hasn't progressed as much as the others. Becca is pissed, asking him why he would do that to her when she specifically said not to blindside her! In the exit limo, she wonders aloud why she keeps getting into these situations. I answer aloud "stop signing up for The Bachelor."
Next week, hometown dates with the ladies and JoJo's bros seem to put the Texas Heat on Ben. Can't wait!
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