- So have you learned any French?
- I've tried to, but nothing has stuck.
- Say, "Je t'aime."
- [gasps] That's so nice.
Thank you. - What does it mean?
- Merci. - Merci.
- Say, "Je t'aime."
[soft music]
Say it.
- [gasps] Merci.
Merci.
♪ ♪
[birds chirping]
[geese honking]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- We're in Montreal.
It's beautiful here,
and it's very romantic.
I know I should be feeling great,
but I'm really struggling.
We're down to ten women, and this week is exciting.
I--I'm really looking forward to seeing them.
I--I know the feelings are getting stronger.
I know they're real.
But I'm falling for multiple women,
and it scares me.
♪ ♪
I'm finding myself holding back in some ways,
and I don't like it.
I don't want to.
♪ ♪
There are some women here that I'm scared to death
would go home if I started to share how I'm feeling
and they didn't feel it the same way,
and they--they had this realization
that it wasn't right.
I think the fear comes from me being scared
that this isn't gonna end up working out for some reason.
♪ ♪
I don't know why I hold on to that so much,
but the last time I really opened up was with Charity.
I left heartbroken.
I felt so lost after that.
So when I think about letting multiple women in,
knowing that it might not work out,
it holds me back.
I'm trying to do my best to express how I feel
and show who I am.
It just--it's hard to do that
while also trying to be fun and be more light,
and sometimes that's just not me.
I'm not--I'm not this, like, super energetic,
"here we go" Joey.
Like, that's not who I am.
I just feel like sometimes
people expect you to be a certain way,
and it's just like, is it really me?
I don't know.
♪ ♪
- I don't feel like I need to be perfect.
I feel like people expect me to be.
♪ ♪
Most of my life, I've been struggling with
the fact that I don't feel perfect.
I feel like there's a lot that's wrong with me...
[sniffles]
And you, like, try to work through it,
and it's tough.
But...
♪ ♪
I've always been my biggest critic,
and I'm afraid of someone not accepting me for me.
You know, I don't know what that is.
I'm still trying to figure that out.
♪ ♪
I don't know.
Like, I have some type of deep feeling
that this might not work out.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
I don't know. I need a break.
I need a little beat. [sighs]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
all: Bonjour, Montreal!
♪ ♪
- We're in Montreal! [laughs]
- Our hotel!
- Here we are!
- I am so excited.
I love Canada.
It is special to be here and share it with Joey.
- This is so nice.
- I would love to have another one-on-one.
I think that would just catapult everything with Joey.
Where is he? [laughs]
- How's the view? - It's so beautiful.
You can see the St. Lawrence River
right over there.
- I am so excited.
We're in Montreal.
- Oui, oui, baby. [laughs]
- Oui, oui.
- I am excited to chug a gallon of maple syrup.
I heard the bacon here is different.
I would love to ride a moose.
- [speaking French]
I really hope Joey wants to spend
his first day in Canada with his Canadian.
- Hi, Jesse! - Hi!
- Let's just have some fun today.
We're in Canada, eh?
- [speaking French]
- Ooh. - Bienvenue.
- Now, some of you may know I'm Canadian.
- What? - Yes!
- And I am so proud to call Montreal my second home.
all: Aw.
- I'm sure you probably already know
that the official language in the beautiful province
of Quebec, where you're standing right now, is French.
- Oui, oui.
- Jess...
- Oui.
- Jenn?
- Yes?
- What?
- Say oui. - Oui, oui.
Oui, oui.
When I was studying abroad, I learned
how to say I'm not wearing any underwear,
but I don't know that one anymore.
- All right, let's talk about this very important week.
As always, there are gonna be three dates.
But Joey has decided to do things
a little bit differently.
- Ooh!
- Joey is gonna start the week with a group date,
and there are gonna be two incredibly romantic
one-on-one dates after that, which means if you don't
hear your name called on the group date,
you immediately know that you're getting
a one-on-one date later in the week with Joey.
- OK.
OK, OK. - All right.
So y'all ready to find out who's on the group date?
all: Yes!
- Daisy.
- Aw. - Yes.
- Katelyn.
- Ooh. - Nice.
- Kelsey A.
- Ooh. - Oh.
- Jenn. [laughter]
Rachel. - Ooh.
- Yay. - Lexi.
- Aw.
- Lea.
♪ ♪
And...
♪ ♪
Jess. - Oh, my God.
- You're all in the group date,
which means Kelsey T., Maria, congratulations.
You two can head back to the hotel
and get ready for your one-one-one dates
later with Joey.
- Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Guess who got a one-on-one.
This girl.
- Who else does he want to spend time with in Canada?
Hello.
The Canadian, me.
Au revoir.
Champagne.
- It sucks.
Like, I'm not jumping for joy
that Maria got a one-on-one,
sorry to say.
Um, I'm just rooting for myself.
[laughs]
- All right, so for the rest of you,
you've got an amazing date planned today.
- Yeah!
- Joey's enlisted me to show you all the best spots
here in my neighborhood in Old Montreal.
I've got some clues to help show you guys around.
- Oh, it's a scavenger hunt! [all cheering]
- First clue is right here.
[suspenseful music]
- All right, ladies, Joey is waiting for you.
- Oh, shoot. - Bon chance.
[all cheering]
- Jesse hands us a card,
and we're gonna be exploring Montreal, getting these clues,
going from location to location.
But I love a little scavenger hunt.
- Oh. Oh, oh, oh.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- I'm still feeling a little unsure this morning.
- There he is. [laughter]
- But I see the women that I'm on the date with today.
How's everyone doing?
- Hello. - Hi.
- I could be in my lowest of lows,
but as soon as I'm with these women, it brings me back,
and it brings me to the reason why I'm here.
I'm just the luckiest guy ever.
How's everyone feeling? - Good.
- So good. - Good?
Excited to be in Canada?
- We're in Montreal, y'all.
- We are in Montreal, y'all.
- Y'all. - There it is.
There's the South.
If I'm being completely honest,
I was really excited coming in this week,
and then today, a lot of emotions hit
just because I'm finding out more and more
how hard it is for me to express my feelings.
And that's--it just scares me.
But I really still want to be intentional with our time,
and I don't even know what we're getting into.
I'm just glad that Jesse is gonna have
a really fun day for us planned.
- Yeah. - Yes.
- Joey seems very overwhelmed with emotions right now.
But I think Montreal is a perfect place
to kind of show him that, you know,
we can have a good time together
and just not have any worries.
- [speaking French]
So we get to go to a boutique and pick out a souvenir.
- All right, let's do it. Let's go this way.
- I am excited to explore Montreal with Joey
and the seven other women here.
- I feel like it looks like this one right here.
- Oh.
[laughter]
- I honestly just want to have a great time.
We're turning over a new maple leaf, so...
- Ooh. Is this for us?
- Welcome to Montreal. - How are you?
- And actually, I have something.
- Ah. - It's green.
- I hope to strengthen mine and Joey's connection,
get those little moments in the group date that I can.
I'm really excited to see what we're doing
and, like, learn a little bit of the lingo.
- Bonjour. - Bonjour.
- [speaking French]
What are you doing in Montreal?
- Uh, you know, on a date.
[laughter]
All of us. - With all the beautiful girls?
- All of us are.
Yeah, I'm a lucky guy.
- [speaking French]
Je t'aime. all: Je t'aime.
- Mon amour. all: Mon amour.
- Voulez-vous un rose?
- Ah!
- The French language, it seems like
it's always beautiful and romantic.
But I don't sound like that when I say it.
- Ah. - Oh. Ahh. Oh.
- This date has started off so strong.
We are just enjoying each other's company,
and there is this exciting vibe.
I'm at the point where I can say that
I might be falling in love with some of these women.
The journey along the way is gonna get more difficult,
but I'm doing my best.
That's all I can keep saying.
[horn blaring]
Oh, hello.
- Bonjour.
Looks like you've made it
to Jesse's favorite restaurant in Montreal,
Garde Manger.
Has anybody ever had poutine? - Yeah.
- Or poutine-- you've had poutine before?
Have you ever made it? - No.
- Whoa. - Want to make a poutine?
- Yes. - Want to try it?
All right, come on over.
All right, so poutine is really made up
of french fries, cheese curds, and what can be described
as delicious brown sauce.
So Jesse dropped off a whole bunch of ingredients.
Feel free to get creative if you want.
Begin. - Begin.
- Yeah. - OK.
- Can I fry you? - Fry me.
Get me in there.
- It's pretty hot.
- See, I was scared of the pineapple.
- Oh, you're going chocolate?
- You're doing something different over there.
- Pineapple, chocolate.
- Pineapple and chocolate sauce.
- Do you eat pineapple on pizza?
- What are you doing?
- What is happening? - Sriracha?
- The person that's making the worst decision
right now is Jenn.
That is not how I would make a poutine,
but Jenn's doing really well today,
giving little moments that are making me feel special.
Might as well do it.
- A little touch. - [laughs]
- Jenn. - [laughs]
- There is so much going on.
- Out of ten, what are we thinking?
Four?
- Four out of ten. [gags]
When she talks to me, it feels like
we're the only ones there, and that's hard to do
in a crowd with seven other women.
She always finds a way to do that, and it just feels real.
- I think you got the wrong bite.
- Maybe.
I'm glad you're liking it.
[tense music]
- With Joey, it's just very hard to see him
interact with other women.
My last date was a one-on-one, and you know, it was just,
you know, him and I, so it's been a minute
since I've been in this setting.
So I think that it's just, like, a readjustment.
- Thank you so much. - Thanks, guys.
- I mean, it's continuing to get harder.
All of these girls are forming connections.
I think, for me, like, I just need time.
And like, in a group setting like today,
I didn't really get that.
[accordion playing]
- Yay!
[cheering]
- Dance.
- Who wants to dance with me?
Jenn's gonna, like, sneak in now.
That's what I thought.
I thought that was coming. - [laughing]
- Yeah, I'm just trying to get a dance with Joey,
and everyone's kind of swooping in in front of me.
It's definitely just-- it's just getting harder.
- Sorry, can I steal you for a sec?
- Can I steal you for a second?
- I just am tired of these group dates,
and I just don't really understand
why I haven't had a one-on-one.
- Dance circle? Big one? - Circle? Yeah.
- Circle dance! - Here we go.
- The energy is a little weird
because it feels like there's a million girls
trying to, you know, vie for his attention.
And at one point, I think we were dancing around Joey.
It felt very culty.
- I feel like I'm about to be executed.
- I would say this is probably my least favorite date
I've been on, just because it's, like,
very difficult to navigate.
♪ ♪
[applause]
- Thank you.
Ooh, you have something for me now?
- Oh.
- This date definitely is getting harder and harder.
Yeah, and it just feels like
he's not giving me any attention, honestly.
♪ ♪
- This group date, this is the hardest one.
- Literally.
- This one's, like, hard.
- I don't understand.
I'm just, like, getting, like, kind of stuck
in the--you know, the shadows, it feels like.
I don't like feeling like this.
Like, I just feel insecure, and I don't--
I'm not an insecure person.
I hate this. [sniffles]
I just feel like I'm overthinking.
And this just makes me want
to, like, shut down and walk away.
But it is very different, for sure.
♪ ♪
- There you go.
- Yeah!
- That's right.
That's right.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- I am sick of these group dates.
♪ ♪
It's just so weird, because whenever
I'm talking to him one-on-one, I feel amazing.
Then in the group settings, I feel forgotten.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- Let's do it. - Let's go.
- This week is make or break.
He's really figuring out
where he stands in his relationships.
And tonight, hopefully we can just really connect.
I need to just get his attention
to do something big.
- Ready to take your slap shot at love?
Sign up to be on the next season of "The Bachelorette"
at abc.com/casting today.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Going into tonight,
I feel like the mood is pretty down.
Today, it really hit me how real this is.
My heart is on the line, and it's wild to feel this way.
I definitely feel the pressure
to have a good conversation tonight,
and I want to tell him how I'm feeling.
- Oh, are you kidding me? - Wow.
- This is like--yeah.
- So breathtaking.
- Heading into tonight, I feel nervous
coming off of the group date.
I don't know if that's just me being in my head
because I still have questions for him about the future.
For me to feel confident in this,
I need some reassurance from him.
That's kind of where I'm at right now.
- I would say that today was definitely
very difficult for me.
It was hard, like, you know, seeing all the connections
in front of my face.
- Yeah, I felt like at the beginning of the day,
I was in really good spirits.
And then as the day kept going,
I felt like I started just getting
in my head a little bit. - But it's also hard--
I don't know about you guys, but for me,
it's kind of hard to not compare myself
to the rest of you guys,
because everyone's, like, so wonderful and so beautiful,
and here comes Joey.
And hi.
- Hello.
[laughter]
Were you talking about me?
How's everyone doing?
- Good. - Good.
I'm excited for tonight.
I thought it was a very fun day.
I hope all of you guys enjoyed it too.
Everyone feeling OK? - Mm-hmm.
[laughter]
- Yeah.
- Sure.
- I really believe it.
Tonight, all the women seem very sad.
I'm asking these women to do everything in their power
to open up and tell me how they feel.
So I need to start sharing some of my insecurities
and my fears, make sure that
it makes them feel very comfortable.
I told you guys earlier how this was a tough day for me,
especially in the beginning of the day,
because I'm feeling the weight of a lot of this.
I'm scared of getting too invested in someone
and not having it be reciprocated.
We are at that point that we need to dig deeper.
So tonight, I just want to cheers to hopefully
digging a little deeper.
all: Cheers.
- There is a lot of pressure tonight
because Joey expressed he's really looking
into his inner feelings and making
these really difficult decisions.
- Katelyn, can I steal you for a second?
- We were all already stressed
because of-- everyone was just seeing
each other's connections.
I'm trying to stay, like, focused in
on Joey and I's relationship,
but today was really, really hard on us.
I don't know. I'm having a hard one.
- You really do look beautiful tonight, though.
- Thank you. That's sweet.
- No, new dress, but always stunning, truthfully.
- Well, this isn't mine, so it's Lexi's.
[laughs] - Looks good on you, though.
- Thank you. I appreciate it.
- How are we feeling?
- [laughs]
I feel like today was really hard for me, honestly.
- Mm-hmm.
- Um, sorry, I'm already, like, tearing up.
- No, no, please.
- I didn't-- I didn't want to cry, but...
- That's OK.
- Yeah, I feel like it's really hard for me to see, like,
I don't know, your connection with everyone else.
And I guess, like, that coupled with, you know,
like, no one-on-one and stuff.
So I don't know, it's been a little hard today.
- Yeah, I can totally understand that.
- Sorry.
- No, please don't be apologizing.
- OK. - This is--this is--
I want the honesty. I want the truth.
I still want to know so much more,
and I've been waiting for that opportunity with us.
- OK, good. [laughs]
- Because I feel that you're--
you're sinking into this more, and that excites me, for sure.
- I don't want you to doubt that, either.
I'm here for you.
- I appreciate you saying that. - Yeah.
[romantic music]
[laughs]
Joey is so kind.
And for me, I feel like I got
really, like, deep in my feelings.
And it's just, like, really hard
to see him have these connections with girls
who have had one-on-one time,
and just, like, I feel like
are much further along than me.
- How are you doing today? - Good.
How are you?
- I'm OK.
[laughs] - You look beautiful.
- Thank you so much.
No, today was, you know... [laughs]
- Mm, tell me more. What's "you know"?
- Oh.
Yeah, I wanted to, like, be honest,
you know, just, like, how I'm feeling.
It was very difficult for me.
Um, and like, I don't feel like I'm an insecure person,
but like, I think that there are--like, are so many
emotions from, like, last week.
Um, and I, like--I kept trying.
Like, I kept being like, OK, like,
you know, just try and put yourself, like,
you know, and, like, get yourself in there and stuff.
But then, like, still, it's like, I want to feel,
you know, wanted.
And I don't want to just, like, feel like
I'm just, like, in the background.
[crying] Like, I don't know, it was hard today.
- You don't deserve--yeah.
You don't deserve to ever feel like you're in the background.
You can't be.
It's impossible for you to be.
You have this brightness about you that is so different.
And I--I feel so much warmth when I'm around you.
I just couldn't wait to see you tonight
and to tell you that because I have zero doubts
on what this is right now.
I really--I really don't.
♪ ♪
- Yeah, I think that, you know,
I told you that I'm like a klutz,
and, like, I fall fast.
And I definitely feel like, you know, I'm falling for you.
It's so scary. So...
- Did you just whisper that? - Yeah.
- Say it one more time.
- I think that I'm falling for you.
[romantic music]
♪ ♪
I'm just so giddy and happy,
and my cheeks hurt from cheesing so hard.
You know, there's, like, little hearts,
like the spinny things, like, around.
I'm like, ooh.
That's me right now.
♪ ♪
I'm not used to feeling so insecure,
but he gives me so much validation.
Today, ah, I just kept on, like, spiraling,
but I'm very happy to be out of that spiral
and be back up in the clouds.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- I think every time I see that rose on the table,
I get anxious because, you know, I--I do want it.
And I think especially, like, this week, like,
him coming into tonight talking about digging deeper,
I think this rose really does mean
a lot more than the usual.
- I think he definitely knows that we're all
just kind of feeling everything right now.
- I feel like before tonight, getting a rose was more of,
you know, he wants to keep talking to you
and keep you one more week, and now it's more of he sees--
- A future wife. - Yeah.
He sees you at the end of this.
He sees seeing your family.
- I do want the group date rose,
but I mean, I'm worried about so many things right now.
I think if I can say, like, "Here's what I see for myself:
"in the next two years, having kids.
Does that align with you at all?"
Like, do you see, like, moving to the suburbs
and, like, you know, driving a minivan?
Like, I don't know.
Being married means so many different things
to different people.
How are you feeling?
- I'm good, I'm good.
I definitely wanted to check in after our group date,
just because I did feel like there was
moments today that you felt like
you were a little bit off.
- Yes.
- So I'm trying to--trying to level with that.
- You're-- you're very observant,
so I appreciate that.
I think it's a few things.
I think the first thing is
seeing you with people that
you're starting to develop connections with.
It's more clear than it was in the beginning.
And then I think the second part is, um--
so there's something I was gonna bring up
that's just been, like, ruminating
a little bit in my head--
timing and what that looks like for you,
'cause, like, you know, someone could be engaged
for five years and then get married and have kids.
[tense music]
- I'll be honest with where I'm at with it
right now currently.
And I won't say that
it can't be changed in any way. - Yeah.
- It's just how I currently envision it.
In my head, it's like
a two- to three-year engagement,
somewhere in that sense.
And I did always imagine
having a couple of years of marriage
before I thought of settling down with kids...
- Starting a family. Yeah.
- Because I also want to enjoy the marriage
before we bring someone else into it
and really try to make that final foundation.
So that is where my--my head has been at
with where I think a lot of this makes sense.
- I know you're taking this really seriously,
and I feel like that response shows that, so thank you.
I appreciate you, and I needed this talk tonight.
I know it was like...
- I think we both did.
- Not the lightest thing. Yeah.
- And I hope you understand that I'm here for you too.
- Thank you. - Every time.
- Yeah.
I've never had someone,
like, be so caring,
and like, you showed me a different type of affection
that's, like, patient and kind.
And like, everything else aside, that is, like,
the biggest blessing to me.
- You're amazing.
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
With Joey, like, the connection's there.
Like, I can feel it when I'm sitting with him.
But it's that time in between
where he wants to wait to have children
to, like, explore a marriage.
Like, I think I need to sit and think on it
and, like, process the conversation.
I definitely said everything that I needed to.
I just think I need to think about the exchange,
which is never great, and more nerves.
But yeah, I think we'll probably all feel that
this week a little bit.
He did say, like, with the right person,
he might feel differently.
But I mean, I think right now it's complicated.
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Cheers to another group date
where you just make me feel special.
♪ ♪
- How are you feeling?
- With us, I'm feeling great.
You just did a great job today with little touches,
little looks, simple smile,
some dumb conversation in a time or two.
- Dumb conversation?
- But like a good dumb conversation.
- I had a lot of fun today, actually.
- Good.
- And I don't know, like, I think
coming into this, I was like,
"OK, like, he's hot. He's cool."
[laughs]
"And he seems really sweet, but like,
who knows if there's gonna be something there," you know?
Um, and now, like, I am falling for you.
- Oh.
- Mm-hmm.
I've never really felt all of this with someone before.
And yeah, it scares the [bleep] out of me.
- Yeah.
To hear that you're feeling that way
and that this is new feelings
just gets me so excited
about what can possibly continue to grow.
So...
[romantic music]
♪ ♪
I am on cloud nine, I'm telling you what.
I almost jumped up and started dancing
as soon as I heard that one.
♪ ♪
With Jenn, it's been a while since our one-on-one,
and she's had to find little moments in the group dates
to make me feel special
and to continue to grow our relationship,
and she did that tenfold today.
- Mm. [laughs]
- Good day overall.
When you hear someone say it to you,
it's like one of those things, you know when you know.
I don't know.
I don't feel like
I'm fully ready to say it,
but I feel like I'm getting closer.
♪ ♪
- Like, ugh, I don't know why I'm in my head so much.
It's, like, ridiculous.
- It's OK. - Stop it, Jessie.
You're good, baby.
- You're good.
- You can kind of tell, like,
that Jess is getting pretty emotional.
- [sighs, laughs]
- I feel like after the conversations with Joey,
though, everyone feels a lot better,
but Jess is the most stressed right now.
- I think you should just express
how you're feeling without worrying
how you're gonna come across.
- Yeah, true.
I don't know.
I'm feeling scared, vulnerable,
but I'm glad that I'm emotional.
It just is going to show that I'm putting myself out there,
and I feel like I'm doing this right.
- Hi. - Hi.
- How we doing? - Good.
I'm opening up to Joey,
and I'm giving him pieces of me,
and I'm definitely starting to fall.
[laughs]
- How are you feeling after today?
- Um, you know,
I don't want to sound like a broken record,
but the group dates are definitely
just getting harder.
- Mm-hmm.
- Um, you know, at the beginning of the day,
I felt really good going into it.
Obviously, any time spent with you is time well spent.
So I was excited to just be around you,
but you know, it-- it just gets hard,
you know, seeing you connect with the other women here.
And you know, I don't know, it's just--
it's just scary... - Yeah.
- Because, like, I am falling for you.
I know we haven't even had, like, a one-on-one yet,
and I want that time so bad.
Um...
I'm trying to, like, not get emotional right now.
Sorry. [laughs] - It's OK. Take your time.
I'm listening. - Um...
and it's just--it's scary because I am confident
in how I feel about you, and I just, like,
hope that you're feeling the same things.
And I know you can only, like, give so much and do so much.
I totally get that.
I feel like my palms are really getting sweaty
even talking about it. - No, you're fine.
You're fine.
[somber music]
To hear something like that, like,
to hear you say that you're falling for me,
it makes me feel so good.
The problem that I'm having is when you feel that,
you should be able to picture it.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I don't know why--
I just haven't been able to get there.
And I know that's not easy to hear,
but I have to be honest through this,
because you deserve that.
I think you are unbelievable.
I think you deserve the world.
♪ ♪
I just don't think it's right to, like, keep you here.
♪ ♪
I'm so sorry.
♪ ♪
- It's OK.
♪ ♪
- OK.
♪ ♪
I feel terrible right now.
No one should give as much as she was trying to give
and it not be reciprocated.
This is my fear.
What happened to Jess is something
that I'm afraid is gonna happen to me,
something that has happened to me in the past
before where you--
you start to let someone in,
and you feel like there's gonna be something
that's there, and then it just isn't.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
And I feel bad because I know I'm doing the right thing,
but I just hurt someone that I do care about.
♪ ♪
I'm so sorry.
- [crying]
Like, did I do something?
- No. No, you did nothing.
I would love to be falling for Jess.
I feel like she--she has so much love to give.
But I can't fake that stuff.
I just--I can't.
♪ ♪
- [sobbing]
♪ ♪
That is, like, the last thing that I expected.
♪ ♪
I just don't understand.
♪ ♪
- That takes so much courage,
and then to just get crushed right after.
It's the right thing to do, but like, that--
that's such a hard thing to do.
- I just feel stupid.
♪ ♪
I didn't expect not to be able to say bye to anyone.
♪ ♪
- Hello.
- Where's Jess? - Hi.
♪ ♪
- Where's Jess?
- [sighs]
I, uh, just sent Jess home.
♪ ♪
- It definitely hurts to be so vulnerable
and so hopeful and open up so much.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
- Tonight was so amazing in so many ways.
I felt true emotions.
I feel like we are--we are finally getting to the point
that I know we're going all in the right direction.
And with that being said...
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Jenn, would you accept this rose?
- Yes.
♪ ♪
- Tonight was amazing.
But it feels like every time there's something great,
that's met with something that's very difficult.
Thank you all, and I look forward
to seeing you all soon.
Have a good night.
The fact that some of these women feel the way they do
and they are finally starting to express it,
it gives you this level of confidence on the other side.
I do get to walk away tonight
feeling like there was a lot of growth.
There's a lot of hope for a beautiful future,
and as always, there's a lot to think about.
♪ ♪
[light music]
♪ ♪
- Today is my one-on-one with Joey,
and I have a lot of nervous energy right now.
So trying to channel it, but I am very nervous.
Last week, I let him know how I was feeling
and that I was falling for him,
but I don't open up to people very often.
My trust level is at, like, a 0.0%.
And so sometimes I do have walls up.
I want us to have a very genuine,
honest, open conversation.
I want us to have a lot of fun.
And yeah, I want it to just go really well.
Hey. - How we doing?
- Good. - You look great.
How are you? - How are you, Joe-Joe?
- How you been? - I've been good.
- Yeah? - How have you been?
- I'm good. It's great to see you.
- Yeah? - I'm excited for today.
I'm so happy you're here. - Me too. Me too.
- You ready? - I'm ready.
I don't know what we're doing, but I'm ready.
- All right, we're gonna have a great day, I promise.
But I feel like the best way
is to actually show you what today is gonna be
and not really quite tell you.
So... - OK.
- I'm gonna keep it a surprise. - All right.
- You ready to go? - I'm ready to go.
- All right, let's do it. - Ah!
- I'm excited for today.
The connection that Kelsey and I have, it feels very real.
It's potent.
There's been a strong physical connection.
We've scratched the surface on so many things.
And we're at that point with Kelsey
that, I mean, she said it, there are feelings.
You're trying to figure it out, I can see.
So it's time to open up.
It's time to test that,
really see if we can see a real future.
- I love a good surprise, so...
- I know.
We are doing something that
no one gets the opportunity to do.
Wow.
We are training to be part of Cirque du Soleil,
which is crazy.
[singer vocalizing]
[dramatic music playing]
- I'm nervous.
[laughs] Whoo!
♪ ♪
OK. - You ready to do that?
- I'm ready.
Cirque du Soleil?
Joey, this is crazy.
Damn.
I'll just jump in and see how it goes.
- What? - What?
[clapping] - My God.
- Hey, hello.
[speaking French]
Today, you are going to be experiencing
what it is to be a circus acrobat.
- Crazy. - Yeah.
- That was an amazing performance.
- Awesome.
Well, I'll be your coach today.
- Awesome. - And we're going to test
your trust between each other,
the bond that you can create as well.
- I think with Cirque du Soleil,
there is a lot of passion.
There is a lot of intimacy in something like this.
I just don't want to drop ya. - Yeah, don't.
Please don't. - I'm not gonna try to.
Today is about trust--
building it, believing in it.
- I trust you. - Uh-huh.
To be as one, to have that emotional connection
continue to build.
- And then you can communicate together
to find the same rhythm.
- One, two.
- There is definitely something very real here.
I hope I can trust myself to let go.
- Get--yes, that's it. - There you go.
- Good job.
- It's very hard for me to be vulnerable.
- You good?
- Sitting in that. Yeah. - You got this.
- But I trust his words.
A lot of my other relationships,
I didn't trust them.
- OK, going up.
- I love that.
[laughter]
- Yes, exactly.
It's all about the trust and the timing.
- Joey makes me feel safe...
- Yep. Yes! - [laughs]
- And supported.
- Good job. - OK.
It's all sinking in, and like, I'm letting go.
- Much better.
- It's amazing.
It's beautiful.
We're off to a great start.
- Yay! - Got it!
[laughter] Joey!
- OK.
- Ooh, I'm dizzy.
- Oh, [bleep]. - Oh, [bleep].
- Whoo, I'm dizzy.
- OK. [laughs]
Whoo!
- I'm gonna get sick.
Just not feeling great with the dizziness.
I didn't know that was gonna be a part of it today.
Uh, I just hope I survive it.
both: One, two, three.
- Excellent.
Yay! - Oh, God, I'm dizzy.
- OK. - OK.
[laughter]
- Oh, [bleep]. - Oh, [bleep].
- Whoo! - Oh, [bleep].
- Yeah. - Damn.
- I'm so dizzy. [laughs]
I'm still seeing three of you right now.
- Faster. Faster, faster, faster.
Go, go, go.
Then just feel the wheel go upside down.
See? - Uh-huh, we're doing it.
- We're in there.
- [bleep].
[laughter] - Yeah.
Excellent.
- Oh, yeah, that's awesome.
- You love spinning, right?
- Oh, [bleep].
This is the end?
- On the playground?
- And we're doing a thing-- oh, my God.
OK, stop me, stop me, stop me, stop me.
Holy [bleep].
- OK, you can come out. - Can I?
- So that was the first experience for this position.
- Why am I the only one spinning on the second one?
[quirky music]
That's crazy. - Let's take a moment.
Do you need water? - No.
I feel like I need a Dramamine.
- He's not gonna make it.
- I'm still lightheaded.
I haven't gotten over the dizziness.
Right now I'm just focusing on trying not to die.
♪ ♪
- Joey-Joe.
How are you feeling?
- I've been better. - OK.
- Yeah, I'm still a little off from the dizziness.
- I can see it. - Yeah.
- I saw, like, that last stretch.
- The last stretch, you were like, yeah, he's down.
- Joey's gone. We lost him. - He's down.
- [laughs] He's down.
- He doesn't have a pulse anymore.
I'm--I'm just honestly surprised.
Like, I really--I don't--
- Yeah, I mean, you never know until you do it.
I didn't--I felt it for a minute.
I was like, OK, I don't know if I can do that again,
but then I came out of it faster than you, so...
- Yeah. I've been sitting in it.
So it's a little-- it's a little [bleep],
but I want you to know how much I have been enjoying it.
It's hard for me to, like, show it right now
because I don't feel 100%.
But I'm already feeling better just sitting next to you, so...
- Aw, Joey-Joe was feeling it.
So...[laughs] It's gonna be--
it'll be interesting.
Heading into tonight, we'll see what happens.
♪ ♪
- Thank you.
- This one-on-one time,
this is what I've been waiting for.
This is what I've been wanting.
I want him to understand who I am
and where I've come from and the things
that I've been through and really dive in
and trust myself and trust him.
It takes a lot of trust in the other person too,
to know that he will accept me for me.
[tense music]
- I'm freaking out.
Last night was a turning point for me,
because I had questions
that I really wanted to get answers to.
Building a family is
one of the most important things to me,
and Joey is not on the same timeline.
You know, we don't have that much time left,
so like, last night, I asked him, I said,
like, what does a marriage and kids
look like to you after this?
He wanted a two- to three-year engagement
and then a couple of years of marriage before kids.
- Oh, my God, is that what he said?
- Because I have endometriosis,
having children is gonna be a lot more difficult.
But, like, I do feel Joey came into my life for a reason.
He could be my future husband.
It's just like, is it the wrong timing?
I don't have an answer to that question.
So like, I think it's all, like, hitting me today,
but I'm trying to just stay, like, very clear-minded.
No one's right, or no one's wrong.
It's just like-- - Just what works for you.
- What works for you. - What will work for him.
- Right, right.
For me, it's just about, like,
really sitting in our conversation
and, like, thinking it through.
This has been so hard.
It's gut-wrenching.
I want to try to find a way to talk to him again.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Is this a church?
- I think so.
- I had a great day with Joey.
I want this.
Like, this feels amazing.
It's beautiful.
- It really is.
- But the--the nerves are still there.
I have to open up.
It hasn't been easy for me to, like, really
let those walls down and talk about, like, my truth.
I haven't done that with anyone.
Oh, my God.
- Not bad, huh?
- Not bad at all.
But Joey makes me feel very safe.
Hopefully I can just let everything go,
let all the fear go and just really dive in.
Thank you. - Uh-huh.
- I want us to take our relationship
to the next level.
- [sighs]
How we doing?
- Good.
- Are you feeling good?
- I'm feeling really amazing after today.
- Good, I'm glad. - Honestly.
Yeah.
Going in, I wasn't sure.
Like, I had a lot of nerves.
- Mm-hmm.
I felt them. - Yeah.
And every time I see you,
I feel like we have a great time.
So I don't know why I worry so much.
- [laughs] - But I do.
- Um, and I just wanted to start again
by telling you how much I appreciated you today.
I did not make things easy at times with my inability
to handle spins, but how you handled that
told me a lot about just how amazing you are.
♪ ♪
- That means a lot, though,
that you showed up too, you know?
- Yeah.
- Just in this small, short amount of time,
I do have feelings,
and they're deepening.
And today, they went on another level.
This is a crazy space to be in,
because with, like, Hometowns coming up and everything,
I want to feel very comfortable.
- Mm-hmm.
- Um, and with my family, it's not--
I haven't had, like, the best of relationships
with some of them, specifically with my dad.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
Yeah, we were really close growing up,
and--I'm sorry, it's just, like, a lot.
I haven't, like, revisited this in so long.
But...
[breathing deeply]
♪ ♪
We were really close growing up.
Like, he was like--
that was my-- like, that was my dad.
Like, we played video games together,
and like, we talked about everything.
He was like my rock, my safe haven.
And like, he would be there through everything,
no matter what.
And he stopped talking to me for a while.
- Mm. - For a very long time.
- I guess I'm a little confused, like,
how it got to the point of just being someone
that you were so close to
and then it just stopping all of a sudden.
- Yeah.
So it was the religion.
- OK.
- Um, he wanted me to focus on that,
and he wanted me to be in that.
But in my heart, I knew, like,
it wasn't where I wanted to be.
- Mm-hmm.
- Um, and because I chose to go to college.
He, um, didn't support that decision at all.
♪ ♪
Anyone who is in his household
has to be in the religion,
and so I wasn't allowed to be there anymore...
♪ ♪
And that hurt.
- Yeah, I'm sorry.
♪ ♪
- So I went to live with my mom.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- And we stopped talking.
♪ ♪
It messed with me so bad.
I just didn't understand it.
I didn't know why it had to be like that.
I didn't understand.
And that affected the way that I trust in relationships,
because if someone can be there for you in the beginning
and then just totally go away...
- Mm-hmm. - It's hard.
It's like, how?
How do you do that?
Um, so it's affected my trust for, like, men.
And it's like, that's a lot.
♪ ♪
- I feel crushed.
I can see someone that has been through a lot.
♪ ♪
It's put a toll on her-- not on their relationship,
but her relationship with really anyone.
She should always feel like she deserves to be loved.
I can't imagine the--the change of something like that.
- It's still a work in progress.
- Mm-hmm, I was gonna ask about that.
- Um, in the last few years,
we just started, like, you know,
doing small things-- going to the movies
or actually calling and checking in on each other.
It's nice, but it's also very hard,
because he still missed a lot.
♪ ♪
So that's tough.
- It's a lot for someone to go through.
Thank you.
That's not easy to share.
You have every reason to have those trust issues.
I think it's more impressive and more important
to focus on how much you're trying to look through that
and still get to what you really want,
'cause it shows how resilient, how strong you are.
Thank you for sharing.
- Thank you for listening.
- Always.
- But I feel like you understand.
And that means a lot.
I'll just say this.
Like, I want a husband.
That's why I'm here.
I want a husband.
And I want to feel loved again.
I want to give love.
And so to be here and to feel the emotions
and the feelings that I feel now
and for it to feel so right, it's--
it feels amazing.
[soft music]
- I'm so happy to hear that.
- Yeah.
Joey-Joe.
♪ ♪
- Sometimes the toughest things
that happen in your life
define who you are
and can be learning experiences.
And she has this sense about her
that she has been through a lot,
that she holds a lot in,
but also that she is super strong,
super independent, very grown.
I feel so connected and bonded with her,
and it continues to get stronger
each time I'm with her.
Kelsey, would you accept this rose?
- Yes.
Thank you.
[romantic music playing]
♪ ♪
It feels great.
It feels amazing to get a rose from him tonight.
It's hard to be, like, this vulnerable
in front of someone.
But Joey makes me feel like I can really trust him.
♪ ♪
I can see myself falling in love with Joey.
♪ ♪
- Kelsey's amazing.
She's a special person.
And what I pay most attention to is, even with all of this,
she still can say confidently that she does want a marriage.
She does want a love.
She wants to be loved.
She wants to give love.
I do believe that she can be a great wife.
And I'm excited to see what the future holds.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Are you so ready for your date?
- Yeah, I still don't know what I'm doing.
Everything's up in the air.
- We did Cirque du Soleil.
- Stop this right now.
Like, flips and stuff?
- Flips in the air. - In the air?
- Oh, like, when we spoke about that adrenaline,
like jumping out of a plane, bungee jumping, like,
it's never been on my bucket list.
It freaks me out a little bit, but we'll be OK.
[door opening, closing]
[quirky music]
- Bonjour.
all: Bonjour.
- Mademoiselle Maria?
- Oui.
- Have fun! - Thank you.
Thank you guys.
I'm about to go on a one-on-one with Joey,
and I have been waiting for this for so long.
It's an opportunity to just move forward for real
with our relationship.
I don't know what I'm doing yet,
but I'm excited to go.
- Hello.
[upbeat music]
- Hi!
- You look great.
- Thank you.
- Not a bad way to get around, huh?
- No, this is so nice.
I'm not used to this.
- Yeah.
- I think he saved this date
for his favorite Canadian.
- What are you giggling about?
- No man has ever picked me up in a limo.
Not one.
Today just being him and I,
I know we're gonna have the best time.
- Cheers to a day that I think both of us truly need.
I think it's gonna be full of many surprises, just like you.
- Oh. - Cheers.
- That's very cute.
So have you learned any French?
- I've tried to, but nothing has stuck.
It's very hard.
- Why? That's what she said.
Um... - Good one.
- Thank you.
- Say...[speaking French]
- No, 'cause I can tell it's a bad word.
You're just gonna get me in trouble in another language.
- No, it's fine.
Say voux. - No.
I'm not saying it till you tell me what it is.
- [whispering indistinctly] - Oh. [laughs]
I would have said it.
- [laughs]
- When I'm with Maria, we have fun.
We laugh.
We enjoy the day.
We don't take things so serious.
We just--we just be when we're together.
She's just someone that's hard not to enjoy being around.
- That's pretty. - You're pretty.
- Oh, thank you, Joey.
But no, I-- - [laughs]
I can't with you.
- Sorry.
- I can't with you.
Why'd you just say it like that?
- What? Thank you, Joey. - "Thank you, Joey."
- 'Cause I don't know, it just came out like that.
- She just has this way about her.
I called her an enigma before.
Like, I--I don't know
if you can ever fully understand Maria.
[sighs]
- So what do you love most about Montreal?
What do you love most?
- This date with you.
- Oh! - "Joey."
- Joey!
- I don't know if you can ever get
what she's gonna do next,
but there's something exciting about that too.
What do you think we're about to go do?
- The girls were saying that I'm gonna be
jumping out of a plane.
- They were right.
♪ ♪
- I'm gonna be pushing you out of a plane.
I don't know about me jumping.
- I have zero doubts that you would.
Oh, thank you, sir.
- I still have no idea what we're doing.
I don't know what to expect.
Thank you.
What are we doing today?
- ♪ Look at me ♪
♪ I call the shots ♪
♪ No, I won't be stopped ♪
♪ 'Cause I know what I want, yeah ♪
- [gasps]
Hello.
- [speaking French]
Welcome to our boutique.
I'm the designer.
Joey has arranged to choose
a special gown for your special date.
- [laughs] Aw.
- Today, it's all about you.
- Aw. - Come on. Come on, guys.
- [squeals] That's so cute. - Right?
- I love this.
I didn't expect to be brought to Claudette
and, like, get to look at all these beautiful dresses.
That's a win. That's a win.
I love fashion,
but I dress myself in a specific way.
I never really fall out of my comfort zone
when it comes to the way I dress,
but today, I get to do that.
- ♪ Look at me ♪
- You look good.
- It's so flowy and cute.
- That's a yes.
- [laughs] - Mm-hmm.
- Very Elvira vibes.
- It looks good on you. You look beautiful.
This is exactly what I thought the day was gonna be.
I thought we were going to be having fun.
I thought that she was gonna fully
lean into what the date was.
- OK.
- Wow.
Today is about Maria.
It's not about me.
- I feel like a princess.
- You look like a princess.
You look unbelievable.
That's the one.
- Is this the one?
- That's the one.
- I feel like a princess.
I feel so beautiful and elegant.
I'm happy.
And the fact that Joey picked my dress,
it makes me feel amazing.
[squeals]
Hello, handsome.
- Hello.
- I like you in blue.
- You ready?
- I'm so ready.
Look at us.
We look like a classy little couple.
- Classy little couple.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Say, "Je t'aime."
- [gasps] That's so nice.
Thank you.
- What does it mean?
[both speaking French]
- Say, "Je t'aime."
♪ ♪
Say it.
- [gasps] Merci.
♪ ♪
- With Maria, it just feels natural.
I'm not really trying to overthink it too much,
'cause that's what the beauty
of Maria and my relationship has been.
I'm--I'm just very happy with where today has gone,
and we're gonna end it with a bang.
- No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- [laughs]
[tense music]
- No, no, never.
- OK.
♪ ♪
- Oh. - [laughs]
- You're not jumping out.
[soft music]
- Oh, the red carpet. - Thank you, sir.
- This is so fancy.
I've never been in a helicopter before
in my life.
And I'm just so happy.
He's so special, and he makes me feel special.
I'm just so grateful that he chose me.
[romantic music]
♪ ♪
Oh, my God! So cool.
- It was beautiful today,
full of, like, pleasant surprises,
and I just-- I didn't expect any of this.
I'm on such a high right now, and like,
today was just so special.
And he made me feel so beautiful.
And...
sorry.
♪ ♪
Sorry.
I'm just really happy right now.
♪ ♪
- [speaking French]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- You look beautiful.
You're so cute.
I think today, it was--it was just--
it was just amazing.
Thank you.
- Thank you. You too.
♪ ♪
- I can't even talk about it.
It was so good.
He made me feel so beautiful and so special.
- Easy there. - OK, OK. [laughs]
- You're here. You're here.
- I'm here? Oh, sorry. - I'm helping--I'm helping you.
- I didn't know if you were-- - You're good.
- I think tonight, I want to tell him how I feel.
I--I'm so ha-- I can't put it into words.
I wish--I wish I was better at doing that.
- Hi. - Hi.
- So how are you feeling, though, after today?
Are you feeling like everything went the way you hoped?
You had a couple of moments at the end where
I couldn't tell where you were at.
- I actually got a little bit emotional,
um, in the best way possible, though.
Like, just, like, I, um, felt really great about today,
and I had so much fun.
But today, because it was special
towards me and only me,
um, I felt that, and I appreciate that so much.
- Of course. Of course.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
And I--I have to say again
how great you look in this dress too.
- Oh, thank you.
- We picked out a good one.
- Thank you.
- When I tell you, like, I needed today,
I truthfully mean it, because there's always times
throughout the week where you have those low points,
and just a day like today where I can just
have a good time and not think about much,
like, it doesn't go unnoticed
that you brought that out of me today.
- Oh, you bring that out in me too.
Like, I can be just so in my head.
But yeah, every time I'm with you,
all of that goes away, you know?
Today was just an example of that, I think.
We get along.
We make each other laugh.
I like everything about Joey.
I like the way that he listens to me.
I like the way that he respects everything about me,
and he just, like, allows me to be myself.
And he puts my mind at ease.
And when I'm with him, I have no worries.
And to think that-- can I fall for him?
I think I already am,
and it scares me.
In my past, I was seeing someone that,
he kind of dangled the idea of, like, an engagement,
and um, I was very hopeful in that.
And I wanted that so badly, and it just didn't happen.
I was in, and he was in--
in the future, in the far future.
And I just left that situation.
So for me, it's like, I just want someone
to say what they want and mean it.
Say what they mean, mean what they say.
Um... - Of course.
- I want that give and take.
I want that reciprocation.
Like, an engagement to me means marriage next,
and that's so important to me.
- At the end of this, I'm 100% in.
The idea of this not working out
scares the living [bleep] out of me.
- Me too. - But in terms of what you said
about, like, meaning what you say...
- Yeah.
- I--I will do everything in my power
to make you feel special and loved.
I can guarantee that.
- Me too.
[soft music]
I'm not the best at articulating,
like, how I feel.
- Same. - You know this,
and it's been hard for me,
but um, I don't know, I just--
I feel so happy when I'm with you,
and I love every moment I'm with you.
And so, um, you know, I'm falling for you
in ways that I didn't expect.
It's my truth.
You make me happy.
You truly do.
- You make me happy too,
and just hearing that makes me happy.
- Aw.
Thank you.
[soft music playing]
- It's so great to hear that from Maria tonight,
and to have her express that she's falling for me,
I mean, these are real emotions
that feel so natural and right.
[Feist's "Hiding Out in the Open" playing]
♪ ♪
- This is so beautiful.
Aw.
What? Wait.
- ♪ Everybody's got their ship ♪
- Is this Feist?
Feist was so amazing,
and we had our own personal concert.
It was just so beautiful.
♪ ♪
[voice breaking] Sorry.
- ♪ But the mirror in another's eyes ♪
- You OK?
- ♪ That'll get you every time ♪
- Sorry.
- Don't apologize.
♪ ♪
- This is something that I'm gonna appreciate
for the rest of my life.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Hiding out in the open ♪
♪ Maybe I'm gonna let you down ♪
♪ Nothing's gonna make us new ♪
♪ What's done is not gonna undo ♪
- Maria and I are at a great place--
like, a really great place.
- ♪ Maybe he's gonna let me down ♪
- And I'm figuring out if I feel the same way.
I think I am.
I want to be in this with her
and spending all this time together.
That's telling.
I can see a future with Maria.
Maria, this rose means that I do see a future.
And not only am I believing in it,
but I want you to continue to believe in it too.
So, Maria, would you accept this rose?
- Absolutely.
Aw.
♪ ♪
It's all hitting me at once.
♪ ♪
Just, like, knowing that today,
I got to drop those walls a little bit...
♪ ♪
- ♪ To ♪
- It was nice.
- ♪ Be ♪
- Tonight makes me feel good.
- ♪ You ♪
- This is working.
I can let go of the worries.
I know I'm gonna find my wife.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- I have a pit in my stomach.
I do, in my heart, believe that I came here to meet Joey.
Like, the connection is there.
That's undeniable.
But what needs to happen
to make a connection truly work
is to have two people at the same time
at the same page in the same book.
I'm just worried that, like, we are just at
completely different places in our lives.
I have a lot to talk to Joey about.
So I'm going into a conversation
that I'm obviously very nervous to have.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Hi. - Hi.
- How are you? - Good, how are you doing?
- I'm good. I'm good.
- Good to see you. - You too.
Are you having a good day? - Yeah.
- Good. - What's up?
- I just wanted to chat
and, like, take you for a second
and thank you for, uh, talking to me
on a day where I know you've been busy
and this week has been busy.
Um...
sorry, my heart is racing.
- It's OK. I'm right here.
- Um, but I've been, like, reflecting a lot
on, um, kind of what you were talking through
with me about timing
and what you're looking for in a wife
and what you're looking for after this.
And I know that you want more of a long engagement
and you want after this to take some time before kids.
And--sorry, I don't mean to get emotional,
but that's just, like, not something
that I, like, have the privilege to do
right now with, like, my health situation.
[somber music]
I look back to our one-on-one in Malta.
Like, I can sincerely say
that, like, I felt so heard and respected,
and like, you made me feel like a whole person
that--like, I've never felt that way
in a relationship before.
I feel like I hadn't opened up to anyone else about my health
and, like, what having a family would look like to me,
and I will forever remember that conversation.
But as someone who has infertility,
like, I have to take that really seriously as I date,
knowing I'm in my 30s now.
And that's just something that is gonna have to happen
probably at a little bit of a faster pace for me.
And I think it'd be unfair
to keep me here when, like,
I'm just on a different timeline.
- No, I, um...
♪ ♪
I don't know.
I think you can tell I'm honestly
just, like, stunned now.
- I know.
♪ ♪
- That day in Malta was something that
I know I will never forget.
I felt so fortunate at that time
to feel like you felt good enough about me
to even share something like that.
- Yeah, I felt very safe.
I always have with you, though.
- It--it just was a day that I had zero doubts
that you were someone that I could
see a future with, and I--
I never--I never felt scared when you said that.
If anything, the only thing I felt
as we were talking about now is, well,
does that mean she needs to have kids now?
Because I need to get my head wrapped around that.
- Yeah, of course, and that's fair.
- But I just--
that day, just walking through the city,
just spending time together, I could see it, you know?
- Me too.
- I never doubted that I could see it.
- It will be very hard to, like, open up
to someone again to, like, get a similar response,
'cause you're just, like, such a kind and amazing person.
♪ ♪
- I just wasn't obviously expecting this,
because my hope was, going into next week,
we could kind of further those conversations
and see if we could get on the same page.
- I know. - Um...
♪ ♪
But you wouldn't be here now
if you didn't feel this strongly about it.
And I understand.
I hate this.
This isn't--this isn't what I had in my head
or what I thought was gonna happen.
♪ ♪
But you're gonna get everything that you want,
and you're gonna make a remarkable mother.
- Thank you.
- That's--yeah.
- I know.
It doesn't change how I feel about you.
Like, I still-- this is gonna be hard,
and I'm gonna have to process this,
and I'm gonna miss you a lot.
♪ ♪
- I feel crushed.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
♪ ♪
Walk you out? - Yeah.
- OK.
[sighs]
After, like, the one-on-one in Malta,
I could see her as my wife.
So that part is--
it's weird to just drop.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
I was willing to figure it out
and talk through it and see if I could still get there.
Bye for now.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
It doesn't feel right to let someone
that, like, special just walk out.
- It's been a bit of a rough night.
[sniffles]
I just wanted to, like, tell both of you,
like, I just ended things with him
and, like, I wanted to say goodbye,
like, 'cause I will be-- like, I'm leaving.
But I love you both.
I didn't want to say goodbye to him.
So then I questioned, like, did I make the right decision?
You can't make someone ready for something
that they're not.
And he doesn't need to be ready for that right now.
That's OK.
But like, I'd be remiss to say
it didn't, like, break my heart.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
- I have a fear that someone at a certain point
might walk out.
And when they walk out, I'm like,
no, like, that's-- that's not what I want.
Like, that's-- that's my person.
Like, that's who I envisioned this with.
And then I don't know what I'm gonna do.
I don't know if I'll be able to go forward.
I just don't want to end this alone.
♪ ♪
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- I was pretty shocked by Lexi leaving.
I just truthfully wanted more time with Lexi,
and it sucked.
I'm still trying to process it,
saying goodbye to one of the women that
I saw something in from the beginning.
♪ ♪
I'm scared about the possibility
of other women leaving.
I don't know if I can do this if that's the case.
It doesn't feel good.
♪ ♪
- So I think we're all really, like, shocked
that Lexi decided to leave.
I'm not sure how Joey's doing.
I wonder, what kind of mood is he gonna be in?
I don't know.
- This week just shows, like,
you just never know what could change
in a day or two days or... - Yeah.
- Going into the Rose Ceremony tonight,
I am nervous, because I don't have a rose.
I want to keep exploring what I have with Joey,
and hopefully, that's-- he's thinking the same.
- Yeah, I think it's only gonna get
more and more serious and more intense.
I'm feeling good about where I'm at.
There is more pressure this week,
but pressure makes diamonds.
♪ ♪
- Hello. - Hello.
So I had a tough week.
Um...
I came in thinking it was gonna be
a great week, as I always do.
But as much as there was a lot of special moments this week,
there was difficult ones too.
The root of it was what my biggest fear is,
which is at the end of this,
me choosing someone and it not being reciprocated.
[somber music]
I think you know how much I've talked about
how serious I've been taking this,
and it's because I want to get to the point
at the end of this where I'm super confident
and I know that I'm gonna be with my person.
So as always, I can't wait
to see each and every one of you.
Cheers.
all: Cheers. - Clink, clink.
- Joey's so vulnerable, and it takes
so much frickin' bravery to be so open.
The last couple times I've been talking with Joey,
he's just, like, telling me how great of a person I am
and how interested he is.
But I'm realizing I'm not quite doing that back,
and I really need to go in
and verbally tell him my feelings.
First off, with your toast,
it made me a little sad to hear that
you've been feeling that way.
I don't think you should ever feel that way.
Um, something I really admire about you
is obviously your compassion
and your emotional intelligence.
I feel like I have a lot to learn from you.
I feel like we really complement each other
and, like, I don't know.
[laughs]
- Thank you for, like, trying
to find a way to make me feel special tonight.
Like, it means so much to me.
- I've never met someone like you.
[romantic music]
♪ ♪
I really like Joey.
It's just wild that I hadn't even met him
and now I'm, like, feeling feelings.
I mean, that would feel amazing
if I got a rose tonight.
I could see me being engaged at the end of this.
♪ ♪
- I feel like it was a very vulnerable speech.
- Yeah, as it--as it should be.
- Him voicing his, like, biggest fear in all of this
and not having what he wants reciprocated,
that's a scary thought.
- It was an emotional week, because everybody
is, like, building stronger connections with Joey,
and seeing those connections around you
and in front of your face, I think everyone's realizing,
"Oh, I really like him,
but he also might really like her."
You want to have conversations that are memorable to him
and make yourself stand out,
so the gloves are coming off tonight.
♪ ♪
- Like, it's been a while since we've gotten just time,
me and you, besides this. - Yeah, definitely.
- But on the group dates, like, the way you look at me,
the way you smile.
- Yeah, I haven't felt like this
in a really long time.
When I'm around you, I just, like, light up inside,
and I feel like that's a really good sign.
- That's good to hear. - Yeah.
And so I just want to be, like, kind of open,
um, 'cause I always want to be like that with you.
- Mm-hmm.
- Um, and it's kind of something
that's, like, make or break it for me.
And I hope you can understand, um,
but I just really want to know...
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- Um, if you can give good foot massages.
- So to tell you the truth,
I have not given a ton of foot massages.
But um...
- And I like it, like, every night,
maybe multiple times a night.
- Multiple times a night?
- And I prefer it hard, but I mean...
- Mm. - [laughs]
- Daisy just makes me laugh,
and I appreciate that.
And I love this side of her.
I love who she is as a person.
I have zero doubts that when I see Daisy,
she's gonna make me feel special.
It reminds me why I'm here.
It reminded me that I have confidence
in a lot of these women.
- There is something that I haven't told you
about myself yet.
- Mm-hmm. - And I think it's time
for you to find out. - All right.
- Do you want to come with me for a second?
- Yeah.
- Joey and I definitely have reached, like,
a different stage in our relationship.
I told him I was falling for him this week,
and he definitely reciprocated with a rose.
- Hello.
- Hello, everyone.
- Hello. - Bonjour.
- Don't--just keep talking.
Don't--don't mind us.
Since Joey taught me how to surf,
I'm going to teach Joey how to play the piano tonight.
[notes playing on piano]
That's an E chord for you.
And then we'll do an F chord like that.
- And are we supposed to watch or don't watch?
- I don't know. - I don't want to watch.
- OK. - OK. I got this.
- OK, you got it?
[piano playing]
Next.
♪ ♪
- So, um...
- So how's the weather?
- The weather's great. - A little chilly.
- It's so awkward.
Seeing him have a great time with other people
is obviously not very encouraging.
- There you go. - That sounds pretty good.
- You're a quick learner.
There we go, there we go. - No, no, no, no, no.
- That was good.
- We're getting closer to him really seeing
who he sees as his future wife.
So you just have to remain in a good headspace
and know that he's just trying to talk with everyone
and connect with everybody.
- I can't imagine having to make some tough decisions,
but you're making them.
I want to just thank you for letting me be here,
and I'm--I'm just really excited about all of it.
- You just have to keep focused on, you know,
when you have time with him,
and I'm just trying to hold onto
the good convos that we had,
knowing that he's with the other women.
- You gave me a lot of, like, great validation,
um, in our last talk,
and I really appreciate that.
- I just have to kind of, as Joey says, lean into it
and kind of just follow my heart.
Everything's leaning and looking towards Joey.
So I'm gonna keep going at it.
How you doing? - I'm good.
- Thanks for serenading us.
[laughs]
Me just being me. - Yeah, yeah. I love it.
- I'll stop. I'll stop. - No, please never stop.
How you feeling?
- You know, every time we talk,
you always kind of, like, affirm me
and, like, validate me
and, like, always kind of make me feel
good about myself and stuff.
But I want to do that for you tonight
'cause your little speech kind of had me...
- Yeah, I'm realizing that scared a lot of people.
- Like, shook. You truly are--
you're amazing, so don't get in your head.
I know that you will,
but you are perfect for--what?
No, you're laughing.
- Just 'cause you said. "I know you will,"
'cause you're already getting that side of me,
but that's OK.
- You're just so kind
and such, such a good human being,
and just know that you're doing everything right.
- Rachel, I--I think she was so sweet tonight.
I think, overall, this was a very successful week.
So many women that said nice things to me.
Um, I mean, Lexi leaving was tough,
but at the end of the night, I just feel really confident
about where I'm at with a lot of these women.
Obviously, each week gets tougher,
but I really did enjoy every moment with each of you, so...
[glass clinking]
- Ladies, you all look lovely tonight.
I'm sorry, the cocktail party is over.
- I'm feeling like I have tough decisions to make.
I'm so lucky with all of these women,
and I don't know what the hell I'm gonna be doing tonight.
Um, I'm sadly gonna be saying goodbye to amazing women.
So this isn't easy, but I will see all of you
at the Rose Ceremony.
- Thank you.
[suspenseful music]
- Yeah, he did say "women."
- He said "women."
- Maybe it was just a slip of--just a--
just--just a slip.
- The narrowing down has definitely begun.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- This week was definitely difficult for me.
Lexi and Jess are gone now.
It's getting very serious.
♪ ♪
I'm never gonna be certain going into a Rose Ceremony
where I don't have a rose.
Like, my feelings have definitely progressed,
and if I didn't get a rose today,
I would be devastated.
♪ ♪
- Is that three?
- It's three.
- What? Three? - It's three.
- It is a little nerve-racking
going into tonight's Rose Ceremony,
but I think I get a rose tonight.
So I'm gonna, you know, hold my head high
and just focus on what is to come
for Lea and Joey.
♪ ♪
- I'm sick to my stomach.
I feel nowhere near secure in my future, um,
tonight at the Rose Ceremony.
I do like Joey.
I feel a lot of things for him,
and I don't want to go home.
♪ ♪
- Hi, ladies. - Hi.
- It truly was, once again, an amazing night.
I want you all to know how much I appreciate you
checking in on me, making sure I'm doing well,
just being here and doing everything that I could ask.
But I have to lead with my heart,
and I have to make a decision
that makes the most sense for me,
and I hope you all understand that.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Daisy.
♪ ♪
Daisy, will you accept this rose?
- Of course. Thank you.
♪ ♪
Kelsey A.
♪ ♪
- [quietly] Thank you.
♪ ♪
- Kelsey, will you accept this rose?
- Of course.
Thank you so much.
♪ ♪
- Ladies, Joey, it's the final rose tonight.
When you're ready.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I really, really want a rose tonight.
I'm far from done exploring this connection.
♪ ♪
Come on, Joseph, make the right decision.
Say my name.
♪ ♪
- Rachel.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
Rachel, will you accept this rose?
- Always.
♪ ♪
- Katelyn, Lea, I am so sorry.
Please take a moment and say your goodbyes.
♪ ♪
[indistinct whispering]
♪ ♪
- I am feeling disappointed.
You have a bunch of amazing women.
- You're one of them.
- I don't really feel like I got to show
my full personality.
I haven't had anywhere near as much time
as a lot of the girls.
♪ ♪
I'm, like, really kicking myself
that I didn't dig deep
and show him that part of myself.
[sniffling]
♪ ♪
- It's OK, it's OK.
It's good to feel the emotions.
♪ ♪
- I think it's just unfortunate that I wasn't, you know,
given the full opportunity to have that time with Joey
and see what Joey and Lea really looks like.
But that's truly his loss.
♪ ♪
Of course, I--I wish him the best,
and I hope that his person really is in there.
And I just hope that he can walk away with this
with no regrets and no what-ifs.
- Seeing all six of you, I couldn't be more confident.
You're the reason why I got to the point
of feeling so good this week, but I don't think
I've seen enough of Canada just quite yet.
We are going to Jasper.
- Oh, my God. - Ooh.
- Yay to Jasper. - I'm excited.
all: To love, eh?
- Next week...
- This is, hands down,
the prettiest place I've ever been.
- Wow. - And there's elk.
- It's such a romantic little place.
I just want to, like, get naked and cuddle in the woods.
- Meeting someone's family is a very big deal,
and I want to feel confident in, can I see a future?
Can I really, really be honest with myself
that that could possibly be my wife?
- I'm all in at this point.
- I think you really just have to, like, go for it.
[cheering]
- He is the man of my dreams.
[sweeping music]
- I feel like I am falling in love.
♪ ♪
But I know this week is gonna crush me.
It's not a matter of if-- it's when.
This could be the last date we ever have.
- It would be heartbreaking.
I am scared to lose Joey.
- Am I there yet?
No.
I'm not gonna tell him I'm in love with him
just to get a rose.
- My biggest fear is someone I truthfully care about
not choosing me.
- What the hell?
- Knowing that you are
that way with these other women,
I don't know if I can do this anymore.
- Am I just being an idiot and I'm falling
and investing in these women
that maybe don't see it with me?
[dramatic music]
Do you know how scary it would be
to get to that point of getting down on one knee
and wondering if she was actually gonna say yes or no?
♪ ♪