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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Grab your tissues for this momentous third episode of The Golden Bachelorette, ABC’s reality dating show featuring older contestants (airing Wednesday nights on ABC, 8-10 p.m. ET; streaming on Hulu the next night). The gang was awfully weepy, although for good reasons: Many of these singles (ages 57 to 69), including the star, Joan Vassos, 61, have had beloved spouses pass away or difficult divorces — unlike the carefree young ’uns on The Bachelor/Bachelorette series.
And, as the days go by, everyone grows more emotional about their so-called journeys to find love.
Speaking of which: This episode featured 11 mentions of this special “journey.” That's the same as last week and, again, far less than the drinking-game-worthy 24 mentions of the word during the premiere. But who’s counting?
Anyway, the big news is that Joan sent home three of the men, which means that only 11 of the original 24 bachelors remain for the next round of competitive courtship.
Sent packing:
- Kim, 69, the retired Navy captain from Seattle who may have been the most competitive of the bunch; he got all worked up on Episode 2 when he learned that Dan and Joan were having a private dinner together (although he didn’t seem too upset when he got booted. Go figure.).
- Gregg, 64, a retired university president and Floridian who will forever be remembered as the guy who snored.
- Charles K., 62, a portfolio manager from California who didn’t get much airtime during these early episodes (a sign that he’d be hitting the road soon, as savvy fans of these series know).
Here are some more highlights from and observations about Episode 3.
The bachelors are sleeping terribly.
“Guys are tossing and turning,” said Gary, 64, between scenes of men yawning. “They’re getting up to go pee, and they’re snoring,” he added. The chief offender in the snoring department, of course, is Gregg, whose departure must have given a few of these sleep-deprived guys some pleasure — although apparently Pascal, 69, the French-born Chicago hairstylist, had already kicked Gregg out of their communal bedroom.
Pascal’s prima donna tendencies were on full display.
“I don’t like to cook and I don’t like to clean," Pascal said to the camera. Then, in the kitchen with his housemates, he said, “Mark, you’re going to have to cook for me, OK?” Mark, 57, gamely whipped up some avocado toast and eggs for his high-maintenance housemate.
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