The journey is nearing an end. The final three are in Peru with Arie for the Fantasy Suites. Things get real with the off camera time, L bombs and discussions of essential tidbits, like how the ladies like their eggs prepared. Tres romantic. The week ends with a respectful departure for Kendall, with Arie pulling her aside at the start of the rose ceremony instead waiting for the end to leave her standing roseless. And then there were two?

It's the return of our favorite episode of the season - and this one did NOT disappoint. We revisit "Glam Shaming" and age shaming. Bekah's mom makes a vocal cameo and Krystal helps herself to some couch time with Arie, but only after a new clip surfaces of her requiring all the bleeping. And Caroline calls out Arie for what he did, something we noted he turned into a hashtag and seems prepared to handle. Or is he? Guess we will see next week in the most shocking finale ever (insert big question mark?).

There's lots of ground to cover to close out Bachelor Winter Games. We're talking through the final week along with the reunion, "World Tell All". There were some surprising exits and a surprising reunion leading to an unexpected engagement. And we thought this spin-off would be Neil Lane-free... We also talk the upcoming final few episodes of The Bachelor, those ridiculous as always promo and some of the early talk for who's in the running to be our next Bachelorette.

It's hometown week! Arie is off to LA, Weiner, Minneapolis and Virginia Beach as he tries to narrow down the field from four to three. There's a last minute conversation as he kicks off the rose ceremony before Arie makes his big decision. Also, we promo the Women Tell All (AKA the best episode of the season - we can't wait).

There's a new kid in The Bachelor line-up and we're here for it. In this episode, we're hashing through the first two episodes of Bachelor Winter Games, trying to figure out names and faces of our new international friends, and making sense of who's in the house, since editing didn't decide to let us see some of these arrivals. There's drama, tears and some early couples. And we're mostly loving it.

Things heat up as the ladies head on to Tuscany. We learn there will be no rose ceremony. Instead, the roses will all come from dates. There are three one-on-ones, including a repeat date for Lauren B. Then there is one group date of three. Jacqueline takes herself out of the running, chatting with Arie and going home on her own. We're surprised to see Seinne and Bekah go home, with Lauren B remaining to go on to hometowns.

We leave the US behind for Paris this week, where apparently three dates just won't do - we have to cram four into our two hour window. We rush through a group date, two 1:1 dates and the much anticipated 2:1 date between Kendall and Krystal - giving none of them their due air-time. (Most of them though, we decided we're okay with.)

We talk Bachelor News and our upcoming taping schedule with next week's kick off of Bachelor Winter Games. SO. MUCH. BACHELOR.

It's on to Fort Lauderdale this week. Chelsea and Tia finally get their one-on-ones with Arie and it's one firecracker of a group date over ... bowling? Yes, bowling. Winners and losers alike go to the afterparty, which leads Krystal to sit that part out. Arie lets it slide though, keeping her around and instead sending home Maquel (who just returned), Marikh and Ashley.

It's Survivor meets The Bachelor for the first group date in Lake Tahoe. The ladies are envious of this week's 1:1 dates for Seinne and Bekah. The episode ends in drama with no cocktail party and Krystal stopping the rose ceremony to talk with Arie.

This week it's two group dates and one one-on-one as we continue for yet another week based in Los Angeles. Full show notes and links to Bachelor News available on our website at http://acceptthispodcast.com/2018/01/17/bachelor-arie-episode-3/.

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