To catch everyone up to speed on what is going on, we just finished the 4th week of the Bachelor! So whats happened between the beginning and now? Of course, crying and drama has been a big portion of what has been happening but also, skimpy bikinis, extremely white teeth and beautiful dresses for each rose ceremony have been sure to be showcased by the women of the show. The first week, is of course when Ben got to meet all 30 women and he then narrowed it down to the top 25 women who would be fighting for his attention and love. As they have every season, Ben got to give a first impression rose. This rose went to the woman who made the best first impression on Ben, he chose Lindzi. Of course, all of the girls were jealous and upset.The only reason why Lindzi got it and not them was because she arrived to the house to meet Ben riding on a horse than that of riding in a limo. The first woman to cry and cried on the first night this season was Jenna.  Jenna was crying because Monica, another woman in the house, did not like her and was being mean to her. OK so other than that nothing MAJOR happened the first week.

Okay - So I am going to fast forward to the latest episode - since we got a lot of the major "firsts" of the season recapped. So this past week - week # 4 - Ben had the normal 2 one on one dates and 1 large group date. The first one on one date was with Rachel. He took her on a helicopter ride,  paddled around on a canoe and had a nice picnic in the middle of this beautiful scenery. At first the date was very awkward with weird conversation, but eventually Rachel opened up about her problems with communication and for that Ben gave her the chance to stick around and open up more to him with offering her a rose. Then the large group of women went horseback riding, fly fishing, and of course ending the night with cocktails and swimming. This part of the date, I was shocked and was amused by as I am sure the rest of the viewers were. Samantha confronted Ben about being asked only to go on group dates and wondered when she was going to get her one on one time with Ben. Ben of course, did not like being confronted about his decisions and out of no where sent Samantha packing her bags to go home. Video of Samantha being sent home in the middle of their conversation. <-- here is the link of the full episode but also about middle of the whole episode is where you can witness Samantha being dumped. I found this hilarious, because she stuck her foot in her own mouth and to me it seemed as though she was drunk talking to him. During this group date Courtney, which all the girls in the house HATE, got the rose. The final date of the episode was Ben and Jennifer's date. Jennifer as well was asked if she would accept his rose, and of course she did. At the end of this episode was the infamous rose ceremony in which one more girl had to go home, and that was Monica. Until next week, when we will see the love and relationships grow or end with Ben!

Ben Flajnik, Bachelor 2012