This week The Bachelor took a turn for the cold, despite the tropical temperatures in Bangkok.
Karina and Zac had a single date that ended up being more like the most awkward therapy session in the world. Karina liked to call it, "20 Questions". I like to call it, "Tell me about your deep-rooted mother issues". She asked him why he was attracted to young, bubbly blondes, leaving Zac floundering for an answer.
She's right, what a bizarre preference for a white heterosexual male to have. Almost unheard of. It's a mystery for the ages.
It went from figuratively to physically icy on the group date, as the ladies were made to get into an ice bath to win some time with the beloved Bachelor. A freaking ICE BATH.
I know that these girls are being trained up to be some form of post-apocalyptic army, but this is getting ridiculous. Next week they'll be buried alive to see if they can deal with pressure.
They were then forced to SUBMERGE THEMSELVES IN THE ICY WATER. Hannah was so determined to get to say more than "Heyyyyy" to Zac she stayed under the water, practically ready to drown for his affections. Sh** is getting weird fam.
But no, it was all worth it when she was rewarded with a kiss. Not the kiss of life, but pretty close to it.
However Hannah made us all secretly wish she had stayed under the ice when she pulled this line on Zac at the cocktail party: "You would have made the ice melt if you'd gotten into it."
Make it stop.
Now, last week, I said things needed to get shaken up at the rose ceremony - and boy did they deliver.
The sub-zero temperatures continued to plummet as Bel got more and more upset over being ignored by Zac.
"I've noticed that he's looking at the same girls, talking to the same girls, sitting with the same girls," she said.
Her angst grew and eventually the ice cracked and the tears flowed.
When Bel's name got called she broke free of the traditional reaction of relieved eyes to heaven and hand on heart. Instead she cried, took Zac away and told him she didn't think she could accept it.
The remaining girls were left behind, sitting on the ground in a line-up that looked like the end of every high school after-ball party. We've all been Viarni in this moment, haven't we?
Bel gathered herself together to accept the rose that was being (increasingly reluctantly) offered to her, and poor, beautiful, ethereal Karina was sent packing. Obviously Zac wants a blonde who won't harass him about only liking blondes. Makes sense.
Hey, maybe Dom will be waiting in the wings to relive old times.
Will Bel crack under the pressure and run home to bury herself in a blanket of cat fur? Will Hannah develop a phobia of falling into an icy pond in tiny skimpy boxing gear? Will Zac ever tell a Bachelorette she's not that great as she leaves?
Tune in next week to find out.
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