Let’s just talk about how ironic it is that right before
Halloween is the episode featured where Chad returned. All of us normal folks
are preparing for the onslaught of “sexy” Trump and Clinton costumes while
Bachelor contestants are preparing for an onslaught of Chad. This episodes main
theme was scary things. Camping, wedding planning, and Chad were the scariest
things the episode presented. If it wanted to scare me the trifecta would be
snakes, snakes, and a bald Trump costume.
The episode starts with a producer calling Ben and Lauren
trying to get them to make a bunch of wedding decisions like flowers, color pallets,
and more. Men, this is what females go through every wedding while you guys
just get to pick out the beer menu. Feeling stressed out, they decide to take a
break and do aerial yoga. It basically just felt like filler until they could
get to the Bachelor alum stuff.
The couple reveals that they decided to go camping with
former bachelor Chris Soules, Grant/Lace, the twins, and Chad “Bear”, the Bachelorette villain. During the trip, Chris kind of acts like a 12 year old
boy who has seen boobs for the first time. The twins are how you’d expect the
twins to be. Grant and Lace continue to show me reasons why I believe they will
be the first Bachelor In Paradise breakup from this season. That, and they show
their happy obliviousness to the fact that Chad is coming.
On the drive there, there is a neat little segment where Ben
keeps talking about how Lauren will love camping. This is juxtaposed with the
girls deciding that they would rather go “glamping” and stay in a cabin with
wifi and their cellphones. I agree with the girls. But, there is tension brewing.
Ben knows he will have to tell Grant/Lace that they invited Chad because they
didn’t think the couple would show up. Lace mentions how Chad’s whistle thing
scaring her foreshadowing her reaction when he comes.
Once she and Grant find out that Chad is coming, they are
pissed. For those of you who don’t know, all 3 of them were on the most recent
season of Bachelor In Paradise. First, Grant already had issues with Chad from
their season of the Bachelorette. Then, on night one of paradise Chad and Lace
hit it off. They were making out everywhere, but also stupidly drunk. Eventually,
they end up getting into a blowup drunk fight that culminates in Chad being a
jerk and being dismissed from paradise. While the show aired, Chad was pissed
that Lace got the “victim” edit when she essentially egged him on the whole
night until she decided she didn’t like how people were treating her. To take
it further, he took joy in knowing that Grant and Robby were accused of
cheating on their girlfriends close to The Bachelorette filming. So Chad
thought it would be funny to publicly hookup with each of those girlfriends.
That’s the animosity between these three. I find it pathetic that these are
adults doing this, but I digress.
Before his arrival, the boys see a bear and Ben decides to
pursue it. Lauren tells Ben that if he goes, he will be sleeping alone or in
Chris’s tent. Chris would probably enjoy that more than the twins sleeping with
him. Lauren gets a little aggravated that Ben would be stupid enough to follow
the bear. I agreed with her. Why be an idiot and chase an animal that could
harm you? People will likely call her a nag, but she’s justified in expecting
her 27 year old fiancé not to be an idiot.
The group goes white water rafting and other fun activities
until they sit by the campfire. Dun dun dun, the moment we were waiting for
arrives. Chad is back. Lace is already crying before he even arrived, so we
know crap is about to go down. Girl, are you 12? Get over it. It was months
ago. At the very least, don’t cry every 12 seconds showing the emotional
maturity of a toddler. My less than a month old niece cries less than her.
Because Lace is Lace and Chad is Chad, they go at each other
almost immediately. Here’s the thing. Chad is a jerk on a television show. He
knows the villain role and plays it up. I won’t deny that. But, when he thinks
he is coming for a nice camping trip, and he gets attacked and asked to
apologize the second he sits down, that’s going to set any guy off. Especially
when it’s coming from people who try to act like they are innocent in the
situation. Grant, if you don’t want it none that you cheated on your ex-girlfriend,
don’t cheat on her. Lace, stop acting like you had nothing to do with why Chad
was so erratic that first night. You egged him on, slapped him, punched him,
and laughed when he would aggressively respond. I’m not saying it’s not his
fault, he should’ve controlled himself, but she is hardly the person who has a
right to tell him that.
Anytime Chad would even come close to an apology, Lace would
cut him off and keep saying it’s not sincere. Then, to top it all off. Grant
had the nerve to bring up Chad’s recently deceased mother. HOW CLASSLESS. You
wonder why he antagonizes you when you think that’s a reasonable thing to bring
up against somebody? When he said that, Grant knew he would be setting Chad
off. He said it anyway. I’m always sympathetic to the villains on these shows
because I understand how editing works. But, in this case, I’m even more
sympathetic because even if he decided to apologize, he would keep getting
pulled back into that persona by other people. He was set up for failure. Chad
eventually does get his apology out and decides to leave early so that
Grant/Lace can stay. Do they accept the apology? Of course not. They prattle on
about how “only time will tell”. See, that’s the phrase I think about when it
comes to if these two will last as a couple.
So the Chad show ends and we all must go on to the other
scary pursuits of our lives. I’m surprised there wasn’t a disclaimer that said
no one was harmed in the making of this television episode. Can they say that about the viewers, however? Only time will tell...
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