On the Monday night (Feb. 2) episode of ABC's hit reality TV dating competition series "The Bachelor," Ben Higgins whisked his 11 remaining ladies away to Mexico City. With the amount of contestants dwindling, emotions started coming into play and contestant Olivia stirred up the most drama with her selfishness and aggressive ways.
First One-on-One Date
Amanda was the first lady to receive a date card once everyone settled into their hotel rooms, and Higgins went in search of his girl at 4 a.m. the following day-much to everyone's surprise. While other contestants were wearing retainers and zit cream and messy hair, Amanda woke up looking flawless. She met Higgins downstairs and they went off to explore the ruins of Teotihuacan, one of the largest ancient Mexican cities, via a hot air balloon ride. Later, the enjoyed an intimate candlelit dinner for two and Amanda opened up to Higgins about her divorce, earning her the date rose.
Group Date
Higgins invited nine of the remaining ladies (Emily, Caila, JoJo, Olivia, Becca, Lauren B., Jennifer, Jubilee, and Leah) on a group date that consisted of a Spanish lesson and then a cooking competition at Carbon, a restaurant in Mexico City. Jubliee let her jealousy get the best of her during the Spanish lesson, and Olivia earned the envy of the group when she hastily called dibs on Higgins as her partner for the cooking competition. Jubilee and Lauren B. came out victorious and cooked the best dish, but Olivia earned the date rose.
Cocktail Party
After the group date, Higgins entertained the ladies during a cocktail party, and Olivia was the first to grab his attention. Still annoyed from the group date, Jubilee said it was hard to see him give other women his attention and she pulled her hand away from his when he asked to see her one-on-one. When Jubilee asked if he thought they had a future together, Higgins answered honestly and said it would be unfair to keep her in the house so he walked her out. Jubilee broke down in tears during her exit interview and cradled her head in her hands and said, "I'm like the most unlovable person in the world right now."
Second One-on-One Date
Higgins took Lauren H. shopping at Mexican fashion house Pineda Covalin and announced that they both would be walking down the runway during Mexican Fashion week. Lauren H.'s ability to go with the flow and do something outside of her comfort zone made her even more attractive to Higgins, and her vulnerability when discussing her previous relationship during the night portion of their date earned her a date rose.
Rose Ceremony
Before the ceremony began, Amanda opened up about her struggle with her ex-husband and how they navigate co-parenting their two daughters. Olivia interrupted and said Amanda's situation sounded like an episode of "Teen Mom," which rubbed a lot of the ladies the wrong way-especially Emily. Emily grabbed Higgins and warned him about Olivia's manipulative and bullying nature, which prompted the other remaining contestants to do the same. The episode ended when Higgins pulled Olivia to the side to confront her about the allegations.
Watch a clip from the episode below.
