This week Sean takes the six remaining ladies – AshLee, Lesley, Tierra, Catherine, Desiree and Lindsay – to the island of St. Croix, which (fun fact!) has the easternmost coast in the United States. Who says The Bachelor doesn’t teach us things?

[caption id="attachment_89025" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Tierra's in tears -- again -- and Sean grows some balls -- finally -- and sends her home.[/caption]

SPOILER: Sean finally gets wise to Tierra’s victim game this week and sends her home prior to the rose ceremony Straight Guy isn’t very pleased with this because he had her staying in his Fantasy Bachelor League, but I also secretly wonder if he’ll just miss her unintentional People’s Eyebrow.

One-On-One with AshLee

At this point in The Bachelor, I think we've seen AshLee cry at least once an episode (she cries three different times this episode alone). She is just too overwhelmed by her emotions for Sean and making herself vulnerable to him. Straight Guy calls it when he says," you know she's just setting herself up to get totally destroyed." It's true. And I KNOW that the girl was abandoned by her parents, and I feel like a jerk saying this, but she's too much of a serious Sally. Sean isn't going to end up with her, and it's more cruel to keep her on at this point.

[caption id="attachment_89022" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Look at these two, trying their damnedest to make this look sexy.[/caption]

After they do some making out on the sand and in the ocean, AshLee breaks some news to Sean over dinner. She -- DUN DUN DUUUNNNN -- was married once before, when she was 17! Sean takes this news like a CHAMP and says, "I thought you were going to tell me something terrible," causing AshLee to swoon. But really, if he had cared he'd look like a dick. And also, who cares. Give us the Tierra drama, already!!...

 One-On-One with Tierra

Sean wants to use this date to suss out whether or not what all the women are telling him about Tierra is true. After they they partake in some shopping and "culture," Sean confronts her about the things he's been hearing about the way she treats the other girls. For the first time this show, Tierra is taken off guard. But she still somehow manages to spin this so that Sean ends up apologizing for being "too distant" during the date (someone get this girl a job in Washington!). Straight Guy actually yells at his TV: "Oh my god, Sean, she mindfucked the hell out of you!"

BROs be trippin'.

[caption id="attachment_89027" align="aligncenter" width="500"] This girl is a blast[/caption]

Straight Guy DOES settle down during the commercial break, however, to say that this was a, "good move on AshLee, because she got in [Tierra's] head now." Which is exactly what we see playing out in about two more commercial breaks...

Group Date

Sean wakes up Catherine, Desiree and Lindsay at 4 a.m. so that he can take them to see the sunset on the easternmost point of St. Croix. He actually shows his mischievous side here (can I haz moar, pls?) and takes Polaroids of the girls without makeup.

[caption id="attachment_89031" align="aligncenter" width="500"] These Bachelor girls look damn good without makeup at 4 a.m.! Sorta.[/caption]

This would definitely be the date I'd choose to go on if I were on this show. It's both romantic and has an Indiana Jones vibe (The Bachelor producers have really outdone themselves providing a fun treasure map-looking graphic that shows where on the island Sean is with the girls). Sean talks to each of the girls separately on the beach, and Lindsay and Sean end up reminiscing about their relationship. Straight Guy says this is supposedly a bad sign because it's a "lazy" form of bonding and conversation. Interesting... Lindsay does get the rose and a guaranteed hometown date. But I'm keeping that tidbit in mind.

One-On-One with Lesley

This date is pretty boring, and by this point, we all know girl's going home. She wants to tell him that she's falling in love with him, but stumbles over her words and is shy with her affection. Sean says that he, "thinks it's cute in some respects, but..." and Straight Guy interjects, "grow some balls." Great BROs think alike.

Let's skip to the best part of The Bachelor so far this season: AshLee and Tierra getting into it because Tierra is not nice to the girls, can't control her eyebrows and does not say "good morning." Tierra tells AshLee that before she left for The Bachelor her parents told her, "Tierra, you have a sparkle, do not let those girls take your sparkle away." This might be one of the most glorious soundbites in reality television history.

Sean walks in post-fight to see Tierra crying by herself on her cot. After a discussion with his sister, something clicks in his head, and he decides to send Tierr-or home. As he walks her out, he pulls out one of his trademarked Sean lines, "I think the world of you..." to which Tierra replies, "Obviously not enough." And she leaves Sean behind like a puppy who was just stung by a Honey bee.

Rose Ceremony

Lesley gets sent home.

See you next week, and remember, don't ever let anyone take away your sparkle.

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