The Bachelorette Recap: Second Hand Awkwardness

This week The Bachelorette took to the most romantic place in the world – Connecticut. Alright, so this episode wasn’t quite as “exciting” as its billing, but we get it – the production needs to cut costs, where it can ahead of next week’s jet setting. So the gentlemen arrive at Mohegan Sun and it’s time to party – which in this case means that all of them share a pre-date hot tub. Okay then.

The first one-on-one date for the episode falls to Dylan, which is appropriate because, wow can that man talk. He and Andi share an empty Essex Steam Train for a romantic journey and Dylan dives straight in with the deep questions. What was your longest relationship? Why did it end? Somehow that leads into Dylan telling the story of his brother’s death and breaking up with his ex on the day of the funeral – it’s all very confusing, depressing and just plain heavy.

Anyhow, Andi and Eric bid each other a tense goodbye, and then the Bachelorette marches back into the party to spray some rage shrapnel at the rest of the guys. "If any one of y'all thinks that this is a joke to me... you can just say it now and you can walk your ass on out," she bawls, her voice steadily climbing up several octaves. "Every single day this is real to me."

And that was the end of Eric’s time on the show. Really, this week, you might want to go with something a bit lighter. Like a nice, safe episode of Game of Thrones or something.