Ashley Episode 6 Recap

Episode opens with flashbacks of Bentley. In the first 30 seconds his name is mentioned no less than 17 times. I decide to keep track. Luckily for me, CH helps me out later but flashing the number 4315 on a piece of paper to Ashley. I assume that was the number of times his name had been brought up. Or else it was a dare to see if Ashley could tell the camera she was over him that many times tonight (she’s not).

Ashley welcomes us to Hong Kong by telling us it’s a perfect place to fall in love. She stands completely still in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the city as it moves around her. But she’s busy thinking about Bentley so she hardly notices.

As Ashley walks around the city pining for Ronald McDonald wearing her off the shoulder blouse and jeggings, CH welcomes the men to Hong Kong on the top of some building wearing a button down shirt the exact color of his eyes, jeans, and what appeares to be Cousin Eddie white shoes? He tells the guys that the 1st date card is in their hotel room and before any questions can be asked about how the roses work, he makes like the devil and gets the hell out of there.

Ashley sits in her $700 a night hotel room pouting about ol’ Ronny while the 8 remaining men run to their room to find the 1st date card. Meanwhile, CH has had enough of Ashley’s whining over this jackass and has taken matters into his own hands. After conferring with the ABC intern that Bentley is indeed in China, CH marches down to Ashley’s room to drop the bomb. Ashley opens the door to find a pissed off Harrison standing there.

Ashley: “What are you doing here Chris?”

CH: “Don’t be scared.”

Ashley: “I figured you’d be at the local strip club by now. What’s up?”

CH: “It’s all good. Don’t worry.”

Ashley: “Oh crap! Did Emily call you guys up now that she and Brad split up? Does she want to be the Bachelorette now? Are you here to tell me I’m being replaced?”

CH: “Calm down. I’m just here to let you know we’ve got Bentley here to squash your heart. Put your foolishness to rest. So put on your smokey eyeshadow and get down to his room to talk to him. We didn’t fly this jackass half way around the world for there to be no drama!”

CH slips her a piece of paper with #4315 written on it. Is this Bentley’s room number or the number of times Ashley says she’s over him (she’s not)?

Ashley and her see-thru shirt and high heels march down to Ronald McDonald’s room where she forces her way into his room and forces him to kiss her. They talk about her mosquito bites, his daughter’s dumb name, how much she misses him, and the dot, dot, dot.

They have a confusing conversation, speaking all in code. Bentley basically tells her the dot, dot, dot is gone and this is their period. There are so many uncomfortable silences in the hotel room that I feel like I am watching Frank and his ex again. Where is my purple comforter where I need it?

1st Date: “Let’s Find Our Good Fortune on the Streets of Hong Kong” for Lucas.

Ashley picks up Lucas in her shoulderless shirt to take him to a weird street fair. They walk through a flea market like she did with Constantine and Constantine’s twin. The producers are getting lazy!

The duo climb aboard a sailboat to eat plates of huge cauliflower and broccoli and drink champagne. They talk about Lucas’s ex-wife while the rest of the men back at the hotel discuss their chances of a one on one among the guys. Lucas and Ashley’s date is so boring and painful to watch so I fast forward to her giving him the rose and him giving her a big wet kiss.

2nd Date: “Let’s Get Our Hearts Racing” for Ryan, Mickey, Constantine, Ben, Ames, and Blake. Which means that even though Ryan and Blake have not had a one on one date yet, she’s giving the last one on one of Hong Kong to JP even though he’s already had one.

Ashley takes the boys dragon boat racing. She splits them up into three groups to compete against each other. As far as I can tell, there is no prize for winning.

Constantine and his twin are the blue team, Blake and Ryan are the red team, and Ames and Mickey are the black team. However, these men are so weak, they can’t drive these boats by themselves, especially once Ashley and her big drum climb aboard too. So they must recruit strangers to help them.

Somehow, the guys convince the locals to help them row. Ashley sits in one of the boats beating a drum while they all act as if this race is the one to get the final rose. Finally, after much fan-fare, Ames and Mickey win. Which means nothing as far as I can tell. While the six guys and Ashley sit on the beach discussing the moot race, a Chinese couple gets engaged a few feet away. I thought for sure that would send Ashley’s insecurities over the edge. But sadly no.

Instead, they all retire to a hotel roof top. Ames pulls her aside first. As soon as they are alone, Ashley shoves her tongue down his throat. You know, to prove she’s over Bentley (she’s not). She demands to know where that came from but before Ames can remind her that she’s the one who did it and that he clearly likes boys, she does it to him again.

Ashley then makes out with Ben, to also prove again that she’s over Bentley (she’s not), before finally giving the date rose to Ryan. This causes the rest of the guys to go into meltdown mode like a popsicle on a hot summer day! Of course Ryan accepts the rose.

3rd Date: “Let’s Take a Peek Into the Future” for JP.

Ashley dons her same jeggings and oversized see-thru blouse that she wore to see Bentley for her date with JP, only this time she also adds some DWTS high heeled shoes too. Because, you know, heels are the perfect footwear to wear to the beach which is where the pair heads for a picnic. Is it just me, or are these dates getting lamer and lamer?

As they drink out of tiny ramekins, Ashley asks JP when the last time he’s cried is. He admits it’s when his ex dumped him. He also says that he’s falling for her so Ashley thinks that she needs to tell him about Bentley. She brags to JP that she’s over Bentley (she’s not). JP doesn’t know what to say so he thanks her before kissing her to get her to shut up about Bentley already. He obviously gets the date rose. And we learn that JP stands for Jordan Paul. I think I liked him better before I knew that. They board a rickety train which takes them to the top of a mountain. They share a bottle of champagne and make out at the last train station on the line.

Rose Ceremony

Did Ashley get a boob job while in China? That dress is showing more cleavage than she has! Maybe that is what gives her the confidence to share with all the guys that she’s finally over Bentley (she’s not). She drops the news on the men and is met with complete silence before Constantine calls her out on lying to him on their one on one date about being in a good place. Ashley glances nervously around in hopes that CH will show up now with his champagne glass of doom to save her but he’s still at the local strip club nursing his vodka tonic. He knows he’s gonna need it to deal with Ashley later. So since CH doesn’t come in to save her ass, Ashley excuses herself to cry in a corner. The men sit together and cry about it too.

Ryan takes this opportunity to swoop in and comfort Ashley. He learned how to handle these situations in an entrepreneural class he took back home. He successfully defuses the bomb that is Ashley while the men all bitch about the situation like they didn’t know what they were signing up for when they went on this show. This Bentley business upsets them more than the fact that Ashley gave the group date date rose to Ryan!

Ames does make her feel a little better though, telling her that he understands. Afterall, he fell for Bentley a little bit too. But he’s over him now as well (he’s not either).

Mickey isn’t as understanding though. He tells Ashley that honestly is the #1 most important thing to him and he feels she lied. He begs her to send him home. But she doesn’t want to look like the bad guy so she tells him that if he doesn’t want to be there that he needs to be the one to leave. Before the sentence is even out of her mouth, Mickey is on a boat back to Cleveland.

Ashley heads back to the guys to cry. Before her melt down gets too out of control, Ashley runs off to find CH. But damn it- he’s still at the strip club. After the ABC intern frantically calls him 23 times, begging him to return and clean up the train wreck that is Ashley, he finally arrives to help pick up the pieces he so carefully had a hand in helping scatter.

Not even two minutes into their sit down, Ashley is playing with her bangs and crying to CH about how hard it is. CH tries to hide his smirk and resists the urge to 1.) say “that’s what she said” and 2.) slap her and tell her to pull it together. You can tell by the look in his eyes that he’s had it with her shit and is ready to jump on that boat with Mickey. Instead he instructs her to suck it up and go pass out the other three roses of the night. He’s been practicing counting all day.

Ryan, Lucas, and JP already have roses. The other three go to Ben, Constantine, and Ames. Joining Mickey on the raft back to the USA is Blake.

So that is where we end week 6 of our “journey” to find love. Do you think Ashley is any closer to finding it than she was at the start? Do you think she’s really over Bentley? (She’s not). Do you even like any of the remaining men? Is anyone else so proud of Mickey? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section and come back next week to find out who makes it to the overnight dates in Fuji!