Bachelor Recap: Week 7 features celebrity guest star Conch Shell

Belize looks a lot like Boca Raton
Happy Valentine's Day, fellow Bachelorettes! This week we're diving into the native culture of Belize. Ben says he's really happy he's in this most natural environment because he can really reflect on where's he's been. Like for example: the pool in Panama wasn't nearly this curvy and in L.A. it's just a rectangle.
Don't focus on the flip-flops, but the fact that Ben can tie a knot.
The editors really want us to know that Ben is a solo adventurer who drives his own boat and parks it like so. No help at all. Okay?
It's tank top and scarf weather in Belize
This week, the week before hometown dates mind you, is a little different. No one's getting kicked off until the end and everyone's going out with Ben. But only one person is riding on a helicopter...big whoop.

DATE 1: Lindzi
Still crazy after all these helicopter rides.
Ben's ridden in a lot of helicopters with a lot of girls, if you catch my drift. But Lindzi is the first one who's "taken the leap of faith" and jumped out of one with him.
This is a dumb idea, kids.
It's not long after this that conch shells start to creep into our psyche.
See those shells? Nobody throw them away.
The date's going pretty well, but it sure could use some flashbacks to earlier in the day.
Fairytale effect, also known as Vaseline.
Ben and Lindzi inexplicably write out a fairy tale of their romance and put it in a bottle. It is both serious and funny. And boring. I can't tell if it this is some kind of promotional tie-in with Bic, ala Honda's leap list segment. If it is, it needs somebody needs to be fired.

DATE 2: Emily (epidemiologist!)
Don't mind us Emily, we're shells.
This one's happy she's going to have some one on one time with Ben
Where my shells at?
This one's not.
Ben's bracelet supports Lance Armstrong and gets him free drinks at the resort.
Instead of actually buying Emily dinner, Ben decides they should catch their own lobsters. Emily loves how spontaneous Ben is. This lobster guy, who was about to call it a day, doesn't.Everyone in Belize (the resort, not the country) wears this bracelet.
After dinner, Emily and Ben go to this little local spot and dance with villagers who also have access to the open bar (sorry, not the top shelf stuff.)

DATE 3: Courtney
How Courtney got her shells back.
Ben takes Courtney to see some ancient mayan ruins.
Ben has the same taste in beach bags as my mom.
I know Mayan ruin, I'm bored too.
All worked up over not being the only girl left in the show even though there are several weeks of taping to go, Courtney has a plan. It's actually the same plan she's had for some time, but it's working. See here, what she does is tell Ben she's not sure she feels a spark anymore.
What so no sleep with me?
So Ben works overtime to tell her how much she's so totally going to win this game so stay please, okay.
Just to seal the deal, Courtney does something very brilliant. Ladies if you ever want to get a guy to love you, tell him he doesn't have to meet your parents.


DATE 4: Kacie B. Nicki and Rachel
Who's the creepy guy cameraman who felt the need to shoot this and then have it subtitled?
Always the charmer, Ben wakes up his three final dates in the early morning hours by hovering over their beds with a flashlight. Next he waits patiently as cameramen follow the girls into the bathroom and film them shaving themselves extensively.
Yeah, I'm a shark. Relax.
Rachel is afraid of sharks, because she's a human with survival instincts. Ben calms her down and stays right by her side protecting her and assuring her if anything's going to hurt her, it's going to be him.Rachel and Ben bond over her not dying.
So this Courtney...
Later the girls tell Ben that Courtney sucks. Ben is all "Courtney? Where? You guys, how hot is she?"
Hi shells, where you been hiding?

ROSE CEREMONY
It's one of those nights where there's no need for a cocktail party, Ben already knows who he's going to dump. But first, the producers need to make it look like he's questioning Courtney's motives for being on the show.
You smell good.
It goes a little like this: "Courtney people are upset." "They are?" "Yeah. Okay The fact that you said words and then did that thing with your mouth means you're for real. Lets go back so I can give you things."
Amazing.
Everyone thinks Courtney is getting the boot, because everyone isn't sleeping with Ben. Especially Emily and Rachel. They have to walk a plank after they get dumped. To add insult to injury, they're asked those amazing questions by producers in order to get the proper broken hearted soundbite.
No limo for you!
Do you feel rejected Rachel? "I feel rejected."
Shells, I'll miss you most of all.
Hey Emily, are you sad about being alone again? "I don't want to be alone."

Next week: Home town dates!
Courtney's parent's backyard looks like Belize too!

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