Bachademia

1. Welcome to Bachadamia! This week, I”m a lucky duck because I get to talk about BIP with Bill and his super amazing wife Elaine- gerontologist, faculty athletics rep, and cycle instructor extraordinaire. What exciting things are happening in your life Elaine? 
2. What is the best/worst promposal you’ve either been part or, witness, or if you could promposal what would you do? 
3. This week’s THREE hour long episode of BIP began with things heating up between Ivan and Aaron over Chelsea. Going into this, I was team Ivan but wow did things take a turn for him. 
4. So we head to the rose ceremony. What will happen? Well, what we don’t predict is that Wells will pull Ivan aside because rules were broken. But what? What did Ivan do? Apparently Ivan was interested in Alexa from Peters season. He looked at some producers phone learned she was in the hotel they were at when they evacuated for the storm and paid her a visit.
5. Ivan apologizes to the group before leaving. 
6. The ceremony continues. Roses were mostly predictable. Here are a few notable decisions made: Natasha gave her rose to Ed, sending Joe home. And then Tia chose James, sending Blake home. Demar also went home as Chelsea’s rose went to Aaron. Thoughts?
7. The next day, Kenny and Mari start to teeter. Kenny says the passion just isn’t as strong. Mari says she is protecting her heart. A little later on Wells urgese Abigail to share with Noah how she is feeling. Apparently they both tend to hold back too. 
8. Gossip Girl Anna arrives with pheromones in tote. Bill, any research on this? Does this work? Tia is worried because Anna asks James on a date and Tia is like, ugh Anna is cute. Thoughts on Tia, Anna, James? 
9. James and Anna go on a date- again with food fun. They are rolled in cinnamon and sugar this time. I’m beginning to think a producer is a cannibal and this is one long story of Hanzel and Gretel and they are all being prepared to be eaten. Which might be the case because then the producers brought out snakes for their “real” massage? Do you see a connection between them? Any spark? How are these dates supposed to move a relationship along? 
10. MyKenna then shows up. She’s weird and wildly insecure. Everyone on the beach is taken and they tell her so-- except for Aaron. So she asks him out. He says he’s not in a good place and then MyKenna cries. Ed saves the day by going and asking MyKenna on a date. It takes a bit of persuading. Eventually they go on a date and natasha is left asking, uuuuuuh whhhaaaat?
11. Ed and MyKenna’s date is blah. They roller skate and eat dinner with disco balls and then kiss.
12. Back in BIP land, Serena and Joe talk about the future. Natasha freaks out. And Mari decides to address her and Kenny’s issues by bringing in a bruja-- a witch who cleanses energies. 
13. Noah tells Abigail he’s falling in love. She freezes. Noah panics.
14. Then they all learn it is time to go to prom-- 80s themed prom. The amount of people unaware of the 80s makes me feel old. Promposals happen.
15. Tia feels left out because everyone is coupled up but her. They announce Prom awards. Thoughts on any of these?
16. Aaron pulls Tia aside. I think it might be a friend thing and he’s trying to cheer her up but then BAM they make out. This does cheer up Tia. But Chelsea is clearly pissed. She seems to think her and Aaron had strong feelings for each other. What the what, folx?
17. Then Noah decides to finally say everything he is thinking right as Abigail is trying to muster the courage to tell Noah that she is falling for him too. Let’s debrief this whole mess.
18. So predictions for the finale? 
19. Lessons learned?
20. Shout outs, Elaine? 

• Welcome, welcome, welcome to another fun filled week of Bachademia! Like Kendal bopping back into Joe’s life, the man, the myth, Danielle’s former student Parker Aden is back! Parker, what has been happening since we last spoke with you?
• If you had to have one body part amputated, what would it be? Explain your answer…
• The show starts off on a real dramatic note. Kendall sees Joe making out with Serena and gets in her feels (I think that is what the youths say). Her and Joe have a talk. She says she has feelings for Joe. Joe basically tells her that he wouldn’t have let her go if he knew it wasn’t over. 
  • Joe asks if she is over their relationship and she says it is not a good time to ask that. Is it a fair question knowing Joe is over it?
  • Joe commits to “always being there for her” do you think people who are formerly deeply romantically involved can transition to friendship?
    • How would you feel as a partner to someone who had that relationship?
  • Serena and Joe have a really interesting moment where they talk through what happened. Thoughts on how they support each other?
• Enough of this emotional crap, bring on everyone’s favorite comedy duo, Demar and ED!!!!! Demar is way good looking and smooth. He takes Maurissa aside and Riley is scared. But, he picks Chelsea and Aaron is sweating. Ed picks Nathasha…. They body paint each other. 
  • Thoughts on the date? 
  • Aaron commented on how Demar is a mount of a man and that concerns him. I think this really shows how Aaron views the world and relationships. 
  • Ed and Natasha kiss….I don’t get it. Maybe Natasha is really lowering her standards….thoughts?
• Kenny and Mari eat Tacos off each other’s bodies. One they are smoking hot. Two, I still wouldn’t eat tacos off of either of them. Then they say they are falling in love and boink (that is the term I used in my youth). 
  • Thoughts on the date? Would you give it a whirl? Is there a food you would eat off someone? 
  • I am still not sold on Kenny and Mari’s connection. It seems very surface to me. Do you think their connection is possible to move past infatuation?
• Maurissa decides she needs more from Riley. They talk and Riley really shares a lot. 
  • What do you think about this moment of openness? 
• They get evacuated, do they like separate the guys and girls like a junior high lock in? 
• They come back and cocktail party! Tia needs to choose between James and Blake. James is all in. Blake is playing it cool...but Blake makes Tia’s vagina dance. The classic case of good guy versus hot guy. Tia approaches Blake and he seems unwilling to give her more. 
  • Thoughts on their argument? Does Blake owe her more? Blake threw some shade on twitter…
  • How do you feel if you are James, is winner by default ok?
• Chelsea makes out with Ivan (YES). Union leader Aaron is mad. The episode ends with them squaring up to fight…
  • What will happen next?
• Other funny happens:
  • Joe playing the uke..but it was Connor’s song!
  • Aaron said Ed’s legs were like Christmas hams...I am missing something. He looks like he has tiny legs…
  • Noah and Abigail have a sweet little date, they seem to be thriving
• Lessons learned
• Parker take us out, shout outs, major statements?

• Welcome to this week’s episode of Bachademia! We have a very special guest, Nicole Dick...Danielle’s sister! Nicole what should we know about you??
• If you had to spend one year on a deserted island with a contest from this season of BiP who would it be and why? Show your work. 
• The angry Mob continues to rage on the beach. Everyone is talking about how Brendan did Natasha. The group then gets Big Brother Joe to talk to Brendan. 
• The tribunal sits down with Brendan and Pieper and begins the accusing. Brendan tries to start off with a really chill affable vibe, he makes excuses then he gets defense and accuses them of creating the rule book. He calls the women disgruntled females….
  • First - who is in-charge of the by-laws committed on the island
  • Second - thoughts on Brendan’s train of behavior? Does referring to women as “females” make ya’ll cringe as much as it makes me cringe? 
  • Pieper then tells everyone she was totally there to meet Brendan. I appreciate her honesty
• After the dust up, Pieper basically says she was totally there to get more followers, but she could have done it on her own. Bold statement
• Joe informs the Inquisition that the most they can do is tell them to leave and make them feel unwanted, basically what we all did to kids at our junior high school lunch table. 
• Brendan and Pieper leave...
  • Brendan’s parting words...I didn’t want to mislead anyone, I just intentionally withheld information...chef kiss.
• Riley and Maurissa eat whip cream off each other’s bodyparts. Twitter and Co-Host Kim lose their mind with the level of disgusting. 
  • Wells proclaims if you can eat whip cream off your partner’s toes, you can get married, I can find now research to confirm this.
• It strikes midnight and Tammy has a birthday. And much like Cinderella, at midnight Tammy’s magical night ends. Tammy tells she likes him, he says he has other interests. Tammy confess her love to him even calling him her best friend, Thomas goes emotional robot & just kind of is like...this sucks for you, Imma go kiss Becca.
  • “I have horrible birthdays, last year I got COVID on my birthday and this is 10x worse..” Tammy
• Rose ceremony. Wells gives Nathasha (she gained 350K followers over the course of this debacle) a rose because she got screwed. Not Jessenia though???
  • Riley & Maurissa, Serena & JOe, Ivan & Kendall, Noah & Abigail, Kenny & Mari, James & TIa, Thomas & Becca, & Aaron & Chelsea all couple up. 
  • Demi, Jessenia, Tammy and Deandra go home. Tammy eats a giant cupcake, Demi is confused why people don’t want her (Joe has an insightful comment about Demi)… Words for the departed?
• Blake enters the room. No one knows what season he was on...frankly I don’t think he was and the producers are Gaslighting us…
  • One I love Tia pairing of correct anatomical words with quirky descriptors of what they are doing, 2- Thoughts on this pairing?
• Dr Joe enters the chat. He is as charming and quirky as we thought. Him and Natasha hit it off...but there is a catch. Brendan and Joe are in a platonic bromance.
  • This date was going awesome, until Brendan came up (insert record screech)
  • Joe kind of mumbles his way through the impact on th

1. Welcome to Bachademia. This week we have a very special guest with us, Academic Advisor extraordinaire Heather Asmus. Heather, what do our listeners need to know bout you?
2. Bill had knee surgery on Wednesday. High on drugs from his procedure he asked his nurse this brilliant question: Would you rather use a dating app that generated possible romantic partners using your Amazon purchases to connect you with people or your Netflix account? Spotify?
3. TMonday night’s episode began with Kendall and Joe. The conversation reveals that their breakup was about location not how they feel about each other, Kendall still has feelings for Joe, and Kendall still doesn’t seem interested in living in Chicago?
   1. Bill does a little XC on Long Distance
4. Mari would like to carry things on with Kenny and lets him know she messed up. He doesn’t turn her away but also doesn’t commit. In his confessional he admits he has feelings for her but doesn’t quite trust her. 
5. Demi is upset by this. And Tia. She let’s Kenny know she’s hurt he didn’t just choose her. Kenny is in a pickle, as Demi so accurately stated. Kenny makes it clear he’s gonna keep exploring things with Mari and Tia and Demi. So naturally, Demi asks Kenny to go to the boom boom room with her. CRINGE. Talk this out.
6. Brenden tells Natasha he wouldn’t entertain anyone new if they showed up on the beach. Really subtle foreshadowing happening here. Enter Piper. 
7. Tuesday’s night’s episode began with Tituss Burgess arriving as host and announcing that a select few would be attending a VIP party. The people left behind are salty and some, I’m looking at you Maurissa, start crying.
8. At the party, four new women show up but we really only see two: Chelsea and Alana. Alana immediately pulls Chris aside. Chris tells Jessenia he’ll BRB. WHAAAT? Chris apparently left his sense of right and wrong back at the beach, makes out with Alana and Jessenia walks in on it. He tries to kinda keep things cool with Jessenia by talking with her but then proceeds to super make out with Alana right in front of Jessenia-- like two feet from her. 
9. Mari and Kenny have the same conversation as last episode again. Mari-- I like you. Kenny- I’m scared. They make out. Demi is upset. "I just had a one night stand that doesn’t want anything to do with me." Ummm… isn’t that kinda of what a one night stand is. I kinda feel like Demi is using that she and Kenny had sex as leverage. 
10. Jessenia is rightfully feeling down. Kinda thought she was leaving the whole show and not just the party. But she is sad on the beach. The next day, Chris is also sad. 
11. Alana shows up and asserts in the most American way that she’s putting herself and what she wants first. She gets a date card and asks Chris out. 
12. Meanwhile Joe gets fired up and leads a coup. I didn’t see Joe as such a leader and yet here we are. BIP is full of surprises. He feels like Alana and Chris should go home. They aren’t here to find love. 
13. Chelsea asks Aaron on a date. They ride horses. While on their date, Becca gets a date card. She asks Thomas but first talks to Tammy. ( I love Becca… but whhhhhy Thomas). She and Thomas have a bland date.
14. Tammy cries. Aaron is sure Thomas has bad intentions and is sad no one listens to him. 
15. Everyone hates Chris and Alana and force them off the beach. Chris leaves. Alana doesn’t want to leave but leaves and is mad about it. Chris goes to the wrong car. 
16. Next week’s preview seems to suggest things go poorly for old Brenden and Piper. People are licking peoples toes. Kendall is sad that Joe is moving on. Lil Jon shows up. I’m in for it all.
17. Lessons learned?
18. Heather, any shoutouts? 

Bachelor in Paradise 

Episode 4

1. Welcome to Bachademia, the smartest Bachelor podcast on the internet. Today Bill and I are coming at you with some amazing BIP recaps, reflections, and real important insights. lol
2. Question: You are kidnapped. You can only call on one person from BIP to come and rescue you. Who do you call and why?
3. The episode begins with a reminder of where we left off last week: With Maurissa and Riley in the boom boom room. 
4. Chris and Chasen arrive. They perform some sort of bro welcoming ritual before descending on the beach. They have a date card. Chasen invites Deandra on a date and Chris invites Jessenia. Chasen’s appearance stirs something in Mari that sets in motion all sorts of disaster. 
5. So, Chris and Jessenia and Chasen and Deandra go on their double date-- which begins with an intimacy guru. Near as I can tell this date includes them breathing on each other and partner stretches. Both activities should not be performed with an audience, imo. 
6. Meanwhile, Mari tells Kenny that she wants the ability to go on dates with other guys who come onto the show. Kenny, reasonably, is a bit miffed by this. I love this quotation from Entertainment Weekly: "You cannot have your cake and eat it too," he [Kenny] grouses in his confessional. "And that's what a lot of people want to do — especially when they have the rose." Kenny may be 40, but he's not wrong. 
7. Sooooo Mari goes to Demi to process her exchange with Kenny. Demi says, “proposals aren’t tomorrow, we should all be dating each other.” (I would like to note how this is a shift in attitude given her recent tiff with Brenden). So, Demi makes out with Kenny. And by makeout I mean she eats his face off. 
8. In another corner of the beach, Connor is sporting his finest attire. Let’s take a moment to acknowledge how fantastic that outfit was. (best descriptions enter here: kimono convict--first time I thought Aaron was funny)r. Poor Connor has no idea what went down with Maurissa and Riley. 
9. Night 2 begins with Thomas and Aaron fighting. It is boring. Tammy cries because she didn’t mean to hurt anyone. I’m not buying it.
10. There’s the bracelet vs. necklace competition between Chasen and Karl. It is all dumb, so I won’t talk about it much.
11.  Tre and Tahz break up. Both end up going home.
12.  We head to a rose ceremony. Lance says bye bye bye, but before he does SURPRISE Becca is a contestant. Thoughts on Becca joining the beach?
    1. The big shake up of the rose ceremony is that Deandre gives her rose to Ivan instead of Karl or Chasen. Becca gives her rose to Aaron. 
13.  Enter Tia. She has a date card. She asks Kenny on a date. Mari is smug. Demi is slighted. Their date is topless/naked volleyball. 
14.  After little screen time, we finally get to see what’s going on with Abigail and Noah and its not what I expected. Abigail is worried that things and too easy for them and wonders if they are just friends. This obviously is not what Noah wanted to hear but he does talk about it like an adult. It ends with Abigail crying and Noah walking alone on the beach.
15.  Enter Kendall, Joe’s ex-- and she’s here with a purpose. She walks right up to Joe and says, What’s up, butthead. OMG. What do you think will happen?
16.  Key takeaways/lessons?

-Welcome to week 2 of season 4 of Bachademia!!! This week we are bringing back Bachademia and UNI alumni Nicole Hackman! 
-Question of the week: Would you rather lose the ability to lie or believe everything you’re told?
-Let’s address the elephant in the room, a metric ish ton of stuff happened over 4 hours of TV. So, we will likely not get to everything. So, now more than ever, if you have something you want us to talk about, send questions to our twitter @bachademia or email [email protected] 
-First off thank god, the intro is back and Demi is stirring the pot - she warned David Spade. She then talks to Kenny, Connor, and Brendan. She choses Brendan. They make out on the date and then Brendan says they should explore other options... Demi is mad. 
-Then on the beach like an STI, the rumor that Brendan is seeing Piper is spreading. People seem mildly annoyed by this knowledge. Demi sits down with Brendan and he says him and Piper were seeing each other but not really…
     -XC from Bill
-Meanwhile Box guy (James or whatever) and Victoria are cultivating a romance as spicy as celery. Tammy decides to stir the pot (Demi was crying) by telling everyone Victoria has a Nashville BF and she is trying to get him famous.
     -Do we think this would work at all? 
-Victoria denies she has a boyfriend and James calls her out. She confronts Tammy and Kelsey about telling James (and uses a whole bunch of therapy buzz words)
     -Victoria leaves, good move?
-Other notables from the episode:
     -Aaron makes out with Serena C and then Tammy steps in and goes late-night Cinemax. How will this play out? 
     -Demi demonstrates “sex eyes”...it’s a not from me. Ladies? 
     -Danielle does EC on Vocal Fry
-Who made it through the rose ceremony:
Ivan and Jessenia, Noah & Abigail, Joe &Serena P, Connor & Maurissa, Tre & Tahzjuan, Karl & Deandrea, Brendan & Natasha, Aaron & Tammy, Kenny & Mari, Demi & James.
-Serena C. Kelsey and the Goddess go home. 
-A moment for David Spade.
-Episode Deux- who is the new host, Lance Bass (Justin Timberlake’s little brother or something. Several people seemed sad it wasn’t JT, but let’s be honest, they don’t have the budget for that.
-Enter Thomas…
     -Initial Hot takes from the ladies - Thomas is Hot
     -Initial hot takes from the men - Thomas is hot trash
-Thomas pulls each of the women aside and most of them seem to think he is pretty self-interested (specifically in his height)
-Thomas and Serena P. go on a date, they kiss and talk about why the dudes don’t like him. 
-Enter Riley
     -TaJ really wants to get with Riley...it doesn’t happen and Tre is happy. But, Taj is really disappointed. Tre seems put off, but they make up after they talk it out. 
     -Riley takes Maurissa on the date and she is into him…
Connor is not worried, but in another sense of the word he is really worried. S
-Serena and Thomas get back and Aaron has pulled together the five Burr-bros...to confront him. 
     -The guys (specifically Tre) accept, however Serena tells Taj what   Thomas said about Tre, who tells Tre, and then Tre tells Thomas to go to hell (during recess). 
-Mean while Riley and Maurissa are vibing, eat some disgusting stuff with   Mini-JT, have dinner, and then go to the boom-boom room. Connor is supposedly not concerned… 
-Awesome moments:
     -Taj and the crab…
     -Connor playing several songs so he at least gets t

• Welcome to the first season of Bachademia that covers Bachelor in Paradise and honestly, this is what we have been waiting for. So, to mark this momentous occasion we have brought back one of our favorite guests, Montana Smith! Question of the week? What components of a date would you most like to have happen on BiP (ie., some type of games, food tasting)?
• The show starts with David Spade, I will admit, I think Joe Dirt is one of the funniest movies ever. 
• Where is the Intro music with the cast? 
• So we get to meet the beginning people, I will say their name and you give me a thought about them:
  • Abigail - Matt’s season
  • Serna P - Matt’s Season
  • Brendan - Claire and Tayshia
  • Tahzjuan - Was baked alive on BiP
  • Ivan - Tayshia and Claire
  • Victoria - Matt’s season
  • Mari - got booped with dildo
  • Kenny - C&T
  • Kelsey - Pete’s season and got the champaign facial
  • Conor B - Katie’s season
  • Jessenia - Matt’s season
  • Joe - has been in everything
  • Natashia - Peter
  • Tammy - Peter
  • Tre - Katie
  • Aaron - Katie
  • Noah - Tayshia
  • Deandrea - Peter’s season
  • Maurissa - Peter’s season
  • James - Katie
  • Serena -Matt’s season
  • Karl - Katie
• Wells sets the vibe and lets everyone know that love can happen, there is always uneven numbers of men and women, and you go home if you don’t get a rose. The rest is totally between the contestants and the crabs..
• Thoughts on the overall vibe of the contestants? I saw something that said the women seemed there to hook up and the men seemed to be there to find a long-term relationship or date other men (looking at you Aaron and James)
• So, Abigail gets the first date card and pairs off with Noah, they talk and smash pinatas. 
• Grocery store Joe is having a crisis. He said he was in the right head space to be on the show, thoughts? He has been eyeing Serena P. from the get go, but so has Ivan and every other guy. He eventually gets time with her and they talk about how old he is.
• Connor B. and Maurissa make out, thoughts on their connection?
• Tre and Tahz make out and Tahz says Tre kisses better than his uncle (insert break screech). What?
• Kenny and Mari make out…
• Jessenia and Ivan lock lips…
  • Supposedly this is a record...what are we to make of all this necking? Will this create more or less drama? 
• The next morning Demi shows up...as a reminder Demi was on a previous season and brought her then girlfriend. Obviously, having someone who is bisexual on the show adds a major wrench into the very rigid male and female pairings, predictions?
• Alright, so a couple wrap up questions:
  • What couple will absolutely stay together and why?
  • Who will bring the most drama and with whom will it be?
  • Who do you want to see that hasn’t arrived?
• Lessons learned?
• Montana, you get the final word…

-Welcome to Bachadmia. We are at the end of another season of the Bachelorette and we have two very special guests with us today: Sue and Denell (Bill’s Moms!)
-Question of the week! What do you get bored of? And what could you never get bored of? 
-The episode begins with a recap of Katie’s journey leading up to her argument with Greg, him leaving, and her questioning whether to stay. The next day, we see Blake and Justin waiting for a rose ceremony speculating about what happened to Greg. Enter Tayshia and Kaitlyn who let them know Greg left. Blake seems relieved at the news and smiles a bit. Justin seems much more worried. Katie seemed so upset over Greg leaving but by morning seems ready to proceed as if not much happened. 
Katie and Blake go on a date. They play with paint filled water balloons and then head to the hottub. In the hottub Katie tells Blake (sort of) what happened between her and Greg. Basically, she says I really connected with Michael and he left. I really connected with Greg and he left. 
-So Blake is feeling a little off because of the Greg thing but that doesn’t stop him from telling Katie he loves her. It is sweet but takes, like, fooooorever. And then Katie responds by saying “I effing love you too”. Ok. -So this feels like a lot after her holding out on Greg. 
-So they go to the fantasy suite and apparently have a satiating night. As she chats with Kaityn about it the next morning, Kaitlyn’s like, “Ok, but remember how Justin is still here.”  
-So she goes and breaks up with Justin. 
-So Blake meets Katie’s family: her mom and her Aunt Lindsey. Her aunt gives Blake hell and it is sort of hilarious until you realize this is probably real life. She asks him why he flunked out of the other seasons. Makes a vibrator comment. She also asks some very real and important questions about their future plans and it turns out they really have no idea about the future. 
-So Blake is super nervous, having some doubts about if engagement is really the best next step for their relationship (uh, duh) and forges along and picks out a ring. This poor man is stressed. (also, he is basically talking about proposing with his ex-- if you can call Tayshia that). 
-So it is time to wrap things up. Katie professes her love for him. It is quite lovely. He rambles and you go back and forth between thinking he is proposes and then thinking nah. At one point, he says I may not be able to give you what you want today and you can tell that Katie is a bit disappointed but trying to be cool. And then boom! He gets down on one knee. We celebrate. Sort of.Cause it all feels very weird.
-So then we return to the ATR. They bring out Greg. He says pretty predictable things. He is glad she found love. She taught him a lot. He loved her. He’s glad she found her person. Then they bring Katie out and it is cold. Katie is piiiiissed. She accuses Greg of talking down to her, gaslighting her-- which she defines as making someone think it is their fault, abandoning her, acting. Whoa. 
-After things with Greg wrap up, they bring out Blake to celebrate the happy couple. People on the internet were commenting on how they felt her affection for Greg felt forced and a bit aggressive. Others think their chemistry is undeniable. 
-Can we pleeeeease talk about that BIP preview!! I’m so excited. OMG Demi. JOE! More aaron/Thomas drama. I can’t wait.
Lesson learned.
-Sue and Denelle-- Any shoutouts? 

• Welcome! Today we have a special guest, UNI Alumni and human extraordinaire Katie Grassi. 
• August is a weird month. As an academic it has the melancholy feel of the end of the summer. But it is also a fresh start. My kiddo, Harper, is starting kindergarten and we get to create back-to-school traditions. What were your favorite back to school traditions growing up?
• Speaking of fresh starts, Katie might need a fresh start after this week's episode. The episode begins with her hometown date with Blake. He “takes” her to Canada where they go to a cabin, take shots of maple syrup, ride a moose, and play street hockey. 
• Justin’s hometown is next. It begins by us learning that his parents will not be coming because they do not support the show. 
• Greg’s hometown begins with a ride on a tandem bike. She talks about how much fun they have together. They play basketball and he talks about his dad. He makes it rain again. 
• Then things go South. They are having a heartfelt conversation in which Greg expresses his love for Katie. She responds with, “you seem sad.” Things get tense. She tells him he needs to trust their relationship and not give up on them. He’s like, I just expressed my love for you, you barely responded and now you think I’m giving up on you.
  • So Greg goes to see her the next day. He tells Katie that he felt like he was really vulnerable but didn’t get anything in return. She apologizes but her apologies are enough for greg. Then Greg pretty much gaslights her. 
    • Was this gaslighting? 
      • History- the movie with the lightbulb
  • He walks out. She cries and then follows him. He tells her he’s not happy and is leaving. She says if he leaves, she is going too. 
  • He leaves. She cries in the bathroom. Kaitlyn talks to Katie and she says she wants to go home. 
• Preview to next week: Katie seems to go home. But then maybe goes back. 
• Katie any shout outs? Last words? 

• Guest: This week we have Dr. Melissa Dobosh as our guest. Melissa is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media. She specializes in how groups and teams work together as well as organizational relationships.
• Question of the week: If you were going to work really hard and qualify for an olympic sport in the winter or summer olympics, what do you think you could qualify in?
• So the show started with some real heartburn. 
  • Michael tells the producers he has told his son he is gone for work. 
  • Bill XC - Parenting and lying…
• Men Tell All - I am mad, I wanted home towns. Let’s do this by topic…
• Who is here for the right reasons?
• Connor - he says he asked former girlfriends if he is a bad kisser. They say you are great, sometimes two people just don’t kiss good together. 1). Would you tell someone they are a bad kisser? 2). It sounds to me like he is a bad kisser and his ex was trying to be kind…
  • He then kisses an audience member that was supposedly random...this is BS and I will die on this hill. 
  • Danielle EC on the realness of reality tv
• Andrew is in the hot seat...was there anything interesting here? 
• Michael, we have covered him, but some questions:
• Katie makes an entrance
  • Everyone loves Katie and Katie loves everyone. 
  • Thomas zooms in, he still doesn’t seem to get why no one likes him. He makes an odd apology-ish statement. Katie also makes an apology-ish statement. Do you want to see him in paradise?
  • Connor wants everyone to remember he can sing and play instruments, the song was cute...I still am not sold. 
• Favorite blooper?
• Lessons learned?
• Dr. Dobosh you get the last word, what wisdom can you impart on us???