Tonight starts with a limo pulling up outside the mansion, carrying the 15 remaining guys to a waiting Chris Harrison. Chris greets the guys by reminding them about the rules of the show (the dates, the roses, we know the drill by now). Then he lays the big news on them. They won’t be living in the mansion with DeAnna. Only the guys who get the first impression or date roses will be living with DeAnna each week; the rest of the guys will be living down in the bunkhouse behind the mansion (where there’s a cold, outdoor shower with no door or curtain and where the guys surmise much “shrinkage” will be visible for all to see).

The first date tonight is a group date to the Magic Palace, where the group pretty much has the place to themselves, to be titillated and entertained by a host of magicians. Right away tension arises as a magician puts Jason and DeAnna into a box together and “disappears” them. While the rest of the guys sit around mystified, Jason and DeAnna get a little one-on-one time. Though Jason feels out DeAnna’s feelings about kids, he still doesn’t tell her that he has one. Sean tries to grab some serious time with DeAnna, but continually gets interrupted by a “magic piano.” The guys do some tricks of their own to impress DeAnna, but Twilley tells The Neverending Story, boring DeAnna and making some of the guys wonder if he’s really there for the right reasons. In the end, a heart-to-heart causes Paul to receive the date rose for this date. “I think this is going to put a whole new light upon who I am,” Paul says.
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