For the second episode in a row, The Bachelor Pad 3 (aka, BP3) appeared completely intent on destroying our innocent memories of the beloved family game show Double Dare.
Last week, producers turned the popular physical challenge into a sex-fueled swimsuit romp through whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
"I'm going to eat my kids hair, so that's fine," Rose retorted after the camera catches several shots of her absent-mindedly chomping on her hair.
For this week's show, they recreated a Double Dare-style trivia round in a challenge called "Game Show Mash-up," replacing questions from middle school geography textbooks with the zingers about foot fetishes and threesomes.
Things got heated as BP3 host Chris Harrison quizzed players using material from questionnaires handed to the contestants after the previous evening's elimination ceremony.
As always, Houston reality darlings Erica Rose and Kalon Joseph Reid McMahon brought the night's better lines with their continued disdain of one another on display, particularly after Harrison revealed that McMahon said Rose would make a terrible parent "because she eats her hair."
"I'm going to eat my kids' hair, so that's fine," Rose retorted after the cameras catch several shots of her absent-mindedly chomping on her hair.
Slow and steady wins the race?
After the game show, the theme of the night shifted to matters of trust among existing partnerships — odd for a competition that requires both lying and cheating.
As discussed in last week's Bachelor Pad breakdown, Rose and McMahon have stumbled onto a tactic that works. Their harmless bickering gives them plenty of camera time, as they shy away from the drama and love triangles that plague fellow contestants like Chris Bukowski. It's a slow-and-steady routine that's currently keeping our two hometown reality stars off the chopping block.
While we know little of Rose's behind-the-scenes politics, McMahon feels no need to conceal his attempts to connive his way to the $250,000 grand prize. Yet, amazingly, a number of male players haven't caught onto the act and insist that their good friend Kalon is a pillar of honesty.
Ed leaves the conversation fully convinced that his friend is sticking to their anti-Blakeley plan . . . because, you know, Kalon wouldn't just tell Ed what he wants to hear, right?
For example, Ed Swiderski and McMahon made a pact to vote Blakeley Jones off the show. But when Ed heard his trustworthy buddy was voting for Jamie Otis instead, it was confrontation time.
"That's the name of the game, unfortunately," McMahon explained. "You got to tell people what they want to hear until you're full aware and confident that someone's telling you the truth. All I can say is that I'd never lie to Lindzi [his BP3 partner and current girlfriend], so whatever she told you is what's going on."
Unable to read between the lines, Ed left the conversation fully convinced his friend is sticking to their anti-Blakeley plan . . . because, you know, Kalon wouldn't just tell Ed what he wants to hear, right?
As he did last week, McMahon cast the final swing vote, tossing Jamie off the show. Poor fan David Mallet joined her with tears in his eyes, declaring his time on the Bachelor Pad to have been the best four weeks of his life (no joke).
