**PHOTO CREDITS | ABC The Golden Bachelor**

It definitely feels like the lines are drawn with some of the ladies of the The Golden Bachelor and last week, we were bummed to see that Joan chose her family’s needs over continuing her journey. As sad as he was to see her go, he knows he must continue his journey as well.

Jesse Palmer lets them know that there will be a group date and one 1-on-1 date and although hometowns is next week, only 3 women will have the opportunity for their family’s to meet Gerry! That’s a twist and shock for everyone - us included! Faith will be on the 1-on-1 date so the remaining ladies will be on the group date. Gerry knows that next week will be important as he will be meeting families which can include children and grandchildren. Although the women are supportive, we see Leslie being bummed that the once in a lifetime date went to Faith. They enjoy a helicopter ride and they land on a yacht to enjoy the day together. Of course, they also had a hot tub moment as well. Faith and Gerry talk a bit and he learns more about who she is as a person. She receives a rose and we’ll be seeing her at Hometowns next week.

Back at the house, the women are getting excited for their group date and they see Faith arrive with our rose. They hear about Faith’s date and you can tell that everyone is a bit nervous. The group date is at the Santa Monica pier so there are a number of games to be enjoyed as they allow their inner child to come out! Who doesn’t love a bit of Whack-a-Mole session? Sandra, Susan, Ellen, Leslie, and Theresa are vying for the remaining 2 roses as they head into Hometowns. Theresa takes the moment to tell him that she doesn’t want to go about her days without him. He spends time with each of the women during the group date and it’s nice to see that he makes every effort to make everyone feel like they are getting quality time.

As much as we’re loving this show, different episodes makes us wonder why they can’t have 4 people go forward to Hometowns? Couldn’t they have a 2 hour episode so that we could see all 4? Clearly this season has been moving quickly. This episode is #5 and we only have 6 people. It’ll be interesting to see if there is a second season, what tweaks will they make that will have the same format of The Bachelor/Bachelorette?

Gerry lets them know that he feels the weight of having to choose two women. He said that he’d rather take one more day and pick 2 women at the rose ceremony. The women assemble and he reiterates the importance of the rose. The first rose goes to Leslie. The final rose goes to Theresa. Sadly, Ellen, Sandra, and Susan will not be moving on!

Gerry Gave Roses To | Faith, Leslie, and Theresa

Gerry sent home | Ellen, Sandra, and Susan

Each night during this season, we will tweet about The Golden 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 from the last episode and if we’ve changed up since then as it pertains to who we think should go to Hometowns.

We also suggest a podcast that we’ve become obsessed with over the past few seasons, Wondery’s Bachelor Happy Hour to get their feedback!