If you have yet to see tonight’s 2nd episode, spoilers are ahead! We started off tonight’s episode with Day 1 of The Bachelor by seeing the ladies checking out Nemacolin, their home for the next few weeks. Chris Harrison lets them know that there will be 2 1-on-1 dates and 1 group date for the week. He also says that not everyone will get dates. Bri gets the first 1-on-1 date (we think she will get to Hometowns and we love how she’s killing it working in communications at a major tech company).

The remaining girls remind one another that they need to be mindful of their time with Matt James; however, Victoria voices her frustration in not getting the date and having to be left behind. The ladies realize that she definitely has a bad attitude.

The group date is announced and will have Chelsea, Serena P, Abigail, Syndey, Illeana, Kristen, Lauren, Jessenia, Serena C, Kit, Kaylah, Katie, MJ, Mari, Pieper, Rachael and Victoria. Victoria tells the girls not to be negative tomorrow - although she is the one that has been doing that!

Bri gets the date and the girls hear the fireworks which means that they know that she received one as well. We move onto the group date which is the bridal shoot with 18 girls! Our favorite Franco Lacosta who has also been a friend of the magazine and our Style Director for years, is on hand! A number of the shoots are great and Victoria is as obnoxious as we have come to expect. Chris walks in on the date halfway through and lets them know that his date is about to take a turn! With some of the girls not having their picture taken yet, they wonder what this means!

The ladies are divided into 2 teams and will literally fight for his heart. There is paint flying, girls have cut their dresses up, they’re falling on the ground and Franco runs out to take pictures in the midst of the madness. The red team wins and the yellow team walks home in their soiled dresses. The red team will get to have some time with him (Victoria was on this team) - it will be interesting to see how that portion of the date goes. With a rose on the line within this date and getting time in front of him, the girls can feel that they have to step their game up.

As the group date continues, the 1-on-1 date card comes in and Sarah’s name is on it.

Back at the group date, Victoria takes her shot with Victoria and tries to prove that she is a well-rounded person by sharing her insecurities from how she looks. It seems like Victoria is saying what Matt wants to hear and she made sure to ask him for a date. She thought that she was getting the rose but, Lauren gets it. Victoria asks Lauren if she expected to get the rose and then says that she was vulnerable and shared things about herself (as if no one else did as well) and can’t believe that it wasn’t enough to get it.

The final date for this week is with Sarah which includes an airplane where they fly over the property to see everything at another vantage point. Sarah wants to dig into deeper topics. Matt asks about her father and you can tell that there is more there then what she said. He decides to continue into the dinner portion of the date. He wants her to open up more as he knows that other women that he has been around have been more open with him. Sarah finally shares that her father was diagnosed with ALS when she was in college. She knew that there was no cure for it and he has extended his life expectancy; however, there have been a number of changes that he has gone through. She shares that she quit her job in TV so that she could be his caregiver. Matt appreciates her honesty and the fact that she shared. He lets her know that he will pray for her and her family. Matt gives Sarah the rose.

The second rose ceremony seems like there will definitely be drama as Victoria seems to have her eyes on Marylynn. Abigail reaches out to Matt to have some time to chat with him as she was on the group date, but, they didn’t have a chance to chat. They come up with a secret code so that they can communicate even when they are unable to have a talk 1-on-1. Marylynn and Matt have a great time to connect as he gives her orchids because he remembered it from their first conversation. What a great way to show his connection with her. Victoria sees this and feels that Marylynn is toxic and so she goes off to find Matt because now she is an “empath.” Victoria tells him that she had to sleep on the couch (even though she chose this) and she says that Marylynn is the problem. Matt says that he wants to get to the bottom of it and he walks away thinking that Marylynn is a bully in this situation. Victoria tells the ladies that she thinks that Marylynn is toxic and the girls say that they have never heard that about her.

The first half of the rose ceremony has Matt giving roses to Pieper, Kit, Maggie, Rachael, Abigail, Jessenia, Katie and Serena C. When Sarah passes out, we’re left with a cliffhanger!

Each night, we’ll tweet about The Bachelor and you can chat along with us (@AthleisureMag + with our Co-Founder/Creative + Style Director, Kimmie Smith @ShesKimmie) to see what’s taking place!

Each week we will let you know who our faves were last episode and if we’ve changed up since then as it pertains to who we think should go to Hometowns if we were choosing right now! We will also say who we think should take it all.

We also suggest a podcast that we’re newly obsessed with, Wondery’s Bachelor Happy Hour which is hosted by Rachel Lindsay (contestant on The Bachelor Season 21; The Bachelorette Season 13) and co-hosted by Becca Kufrin (contestant on The Bachelor Season 22; The Bachelorette Season 14) to get their feedback!

LAST WEEK

It was a great episode where we got to learn a lot more about Matt James and the women that would be competing on the show. We thought that Hometowns would be given to Abigail, Bri, Jessenia and Khaylah.

WEEK 2

Although the rose cerimony didn’t conclude, we feel that the following would get Hometowns - Abigail, Bri, Jessenia and Khaylah.