The One Where Nick Meets 30 Women...

The TV Diaries
Jan 5, 2017
6 min read

ABC welcomes back Nick Viall (again), so let's grab the wine because it's judging time!!

Well, here we are again: another season where one man is paraded around as a sexy piece of man meat while a group of women - “his girlfriends” - compete to become his fiancé. The show is in it’s 21st season, and our sexy piece of man meat is none other than the controversial Nick Viall! Yes, you heard right, Nick is back for the fourth time and our group of "girlfriends" has been upped to 30. Sure, he may have saved himself a little on Bachelor in Paradise, but this mumbling 36 year old looks like he’s about to be put through the ringer with this group of women.

Now, let’s get down to talking about what’s really important here - the women themselves! Typically our bachelor is given their selection of 25 women but, this season, they’ve upped the ante to 30!! We weren’t too sure if this much estrogen in one room was going to be catastrophic or not but only time would tell ….. So let’s get into it!

Rachel 31 - Dallas, TX - Attorney

Our first thoughts on Rachel are that she’s basically another Andi Dorfman and she actually has what many would argue to be a “real job”. She also appears to be OCD with her ANCIENT VACUUM CLEANER!! Is she not getting paid to be an attorney? Is she thrifty? We don’t know why this bothered us so much but it’s 2017 (2016 when this was filmed) and it really doesn’t seem right to still have what appears to be the first vacuum cleaner ever made. In her limo entrance, she wore the first of many red dresses of the evening and came off as quite the confident woman. Good work!

Danielle L. 27 - Los Angeles, CA - Entrepreneur, Nail Salon Owner

This girl kind of looks like Caila from Ben’s season? Anyone else? She’s also really accomplished given that she opened her first nail salon at 23 and now owns three. Damn girl, get it!

Vanessa 29 - Montreal, QC - Special Needs Teacher

WE LOVE CANADIANS!! Especially when they don’t come on this show and act like the biggest weirdo you’ve ever met. Not only is she fluent in French, she also grew up speaking Italian (so she’s definitely well-versed in the languages of love). In the words of Nick Viall - “That’s a keeper”.

Josephine 24 - Santa Cruz, CA - Registered Nurse

Two words - Cat Lady. We have another animal talker on our hands *cue Bachelor In Paradise clips of Claire talking to raccoons*. It also “takes a certain type of guy to handle [her] energy”! She brought a hot dog for them to re-enact Lady and the Tramp when she introduced herself. “You’re a wiener in my book”.

Raven 25 - Hoxie, AK - Fashion Boutique Owner

This one here just seems like a stereotypical southern girl (RE: “Family, faith and football”). She obviously needed to incorporate her love of football into her introduction… boring. We do love the accent though, and we think Nick liked it too.

Corinne 24 - Miami, FL - Business Owner

Okay this one is a little much. You definitely see it as the episode goes on and in the “This season on the Bachelor …” clip. She lives with her wealthy family and runs a “multi-million dollar company” all while still being waited on hand and foot by her nanny. Okay cool. This video introduction was clearly Corinne’s version of Elle Woods applying to Harvard Law School. She’s also into these weird “hug” token things that look like they’re straight out of Chucky Cheese.

Alexis 23 - Syracuse, NJ - Aspiring Dolphin Trainer

We just can’t with this one. She’s obsessed with dolphins and is obviously on this show for pure entertainment value. We are kind of over her. LEFT SHARK!!!!!! SHE DRESSED UP AS LEFT SHARK!!!! “I Dolphinetly can’t wait to talk to you more inside” … I can’t .. she thinks she’s a dolphin but it’s obvs Left Shark. Girl, get with it.

Danielle M. 31 - Nashville, TN - Neonatal Nurse

LOVE THIS SOFT SPOKEN BEAUTY. She seems very normal and very down to earth. Unfortunately, she’ll probably get eaten alive on a show like this unless she’s hiding a spicy side underneath those scrubs! During her entrance she gave Nick homemade maple syrup. She then proceeded to put the maple syrup on her finger for Nick to lick off.

Taylor 23 - Seattle, WA - Mental Health Counselor

We really liked this one too. She has a lot of potential. Hopefully her job keeps her in the right mindset for this kind of environment. Maybe she’ll become the mom of the group, the mediator. We also hope she stays so we can hear what her friends have to say about Nick! She had so much potential and then dropped this bomb of a line during her intro: “Before I came here all my girlfriends were like ‘No, he’s a complete piece of shit’” YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!!!! YOU RUINED IT. WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?????

Liz 29 - Vegas, NV - Doula

Totally had to look up what a Doula was but got it, we’re all on the same page now. This one is a little controversial (like Nick!) given that she and him met at Jade and Tanners wedding and engaged in a lovely night of passion (sex, they had the sex). She’s definitely attractive and we like Jade so any friend of Jade’s is a friend of ours!! Hopefully the girls don’t hate her TOO much when she brags to them that she already slept with him (but really, who hasn’t at this point?). I feel like he thinks she’s cute but didnn't exactly remember her at first. I’d be pissed if I were her though, not really sure why she’s laughing it off right now.

Other notable mentions:

Christen: Yellow dress, Weird Fan entrance, She seems obsessive: “I’ve seen you on my TV for three years”.
Lauren: Viall + Hussy = disgusting slut .. good opener.
Jasmine: LOL Brings Neil Lane! Shows him the rings she likes (I would RUNNNNN NICK)
Hailey: “Do you know what a girl wearing underwear says? Neither do I” … Stay Classy Hailey. Here’s the crazy Canadian we were expecting when we first met Vanessa.
Astrid: WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT HIS SEX LIFE? BREASTS? ASTRID CALM YOURSELF!!! Nick seemed to enjoy this conversation tbh, even though he couldn't understand her.
Jaimi: “You have some balls, and so do I” … she has a nose ring.
Susannah: Hm, massages his beard. Strange. Very strange.
Brittany: “I just want to make sure that you’re clean” as she makes him bend over. OMG LADY!!!
Lacey: Rides in on a camel “I hear you like a good hump, and so do I” … yup, a hump joke while riding on a camel. Classy.

Alright, now that we have met some of the more notable woman, we can discuss how nothing extremely exciting happened this episode.

Nick had maybe two “meaningful conversations” - one with Rachel, the attorney; the other with Vanessa, the French-speaking Canadian girl. Rachel has clearly never seen the show, or at least tried to play it cool as she seemed to have absolutely NO idea that Nick had 10 siblings - COME ON GIRL! Bella has basically been the Queen of all the hometown dates since Andi’s season.

Corinne originally seemed a bit PG-13 with her “hug token” until she pulled a Monopoly man and gave Nick a giant bag of tokens. All was fine until she stole Nick away (again) and planted the first kiss of Season 21! News spreads like wildfire - or maybe it was just Corinne telling the whole mansion that she kissed him first. Loose lips ma’am … she was clearly too confident that she would receive the first impression rose.

So the dolphin/shark is literally swimming in the pool. Nick full on makes fun of her and tells her that if she doesn’t stay in the costume the whole night, she was leaving. Guess she was scared because that lovely SHARK costume stayed on all night. Anyone know what this girl actually looks like?

We were all hoping for more drama between Liz and Nick (and just more drama in general tbh). Although Liz played the innocent ‘I am not sure if he remembers me’ type girl - Nick did not seem to buy it. Why didn’t she contact him in the past 9 months? Why choose now to confront him on national television? Just seems a little too attention seeking if you ask us! We are giving her the benefit of the doubt because she was Jade’s maid of honour, and we love Jade.

Nothing else super exciting happened and now we all wait for the first impression rose to be handed out. Rachel was at the receiving end of the infamous First Impression Rose. Congrats! He chose the smart one! Personally, we were a little surprised, but maybe he has a type. He did fall in love with Andi after all.

Hooray! Chris Harrison is back and that means it is time for the rose ceremony! Instead of boring you with a play by play, here is who is coming back for more Nick next week: Rachel, Vanessa (GO CANADA), Danielle L, Christen, Astrid, Corinne (shall be interesting), Elizabeth W, Jasmine G, Raven, Kristina, Danielle M, Sarah, Josephine, Lacey, Taylor, Alexis, Hailey, Whitney, Dominique, Jaimi, Brittany, Liz (dramaaaa).

Thank you to everyone who just put up with what we hope will be the most lengthy post of the season. Until next week!!