SPOILER ALERT! This submit comprises particulars from Thursday’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise on ABC.

Buckle up, people. We lastly have one other rose ceremony in Paradise.

5 weeks in, and that is solely the second rose trade. The boys are on pins and needles, because it seems to be like 5 of them are going dwelling. As a few of them make final ditch efforts to type a connection, I can’t assist however marvel why Aaron S. didn’t depart with Sam when he had the possibility. However, simply as he and Sean are praying to the Bachelor in Paradise gods, the producers throw them a lifeline.

Sam Picco, from Canada’s version of Bachelor in Paradise, is right here on the seaside and she or he’s going to be handing out a rose tonight.

Her entrance is met with some pleasure and numerous confusion, since nobody has any clue who she is. However, not one of the males actually care. They only need a rose. That’s most likely why Sam appears to be going by means of a revolving door of conversations with the one males — beginning with Sean, then Aaron S., then John B., then Peter. And so they’re all placing their greatest foot ahead. Sean brings her a shot, and Sam admits she’s delay by his age. In the meantime, Peter compliments Sam’s seems to be for her age (despite the fact that she’s solely 34?).

After watching the one males battle for Sam’s rose, it’s time to seek out out who she’s going to throw a buoy to. Kylie offers her rose to Avan (unsurprising). Rachel provides hers to Brayden. Eliza chooses Aaron B. Jess picks Blake. Kat offers Tanner a rose. Olivia chooses John Henry, and Mercedes picks Tyler — bringing two love triangles to an in depth. Sam, kind of shockingly, settles on Peter.

Bye bye, Sean, Will, John B. and Aaron S!

The subsequent day is Kat’s birthday, and she will be able to’t wait to have fun with the group and hopefully ring in 27 with some romance from Tanner. However, her pleasure is short-lived after she endures a one-two punch of date playing cards that aren’t for her. The primary goes to Rachel, who asks Brayden on a date.

Not lengthy after, Davia from Zach’s season of The Bachelor enters the seaside with one other date card. After one dialog with Tanner, she asks him on a date with out talking to anybody else. He accepts, and he pulls Kat apart to speak. She tries to play it cool and inform him he ought to go on the date if he feels the necessity to discover his choices, however inside she’s fuming. Tanner tries to clarify that this might carry some readability, however Kat thinks he ought to know by now if he needs to decide to her…all of it kind of seems like a little bit of a double commonplace although, contemplating that Kat went on a date with Tanner with out ever having a dialog with Brayden about it.

Regardless, as soon as Tanner departs on his date with Davia, Kat is able to kick him to the curb. Everybody else is attempting to chill her down and encourage her to have fun her birthday, however after they sing her completely happy birthday and produce her a cake she runs away and throws it within the ocean. Sam tries to inform Kat she ought to put the birthday factor apart, as a result of it was simply poor timing. In her eyes, Kat can’t blame Tanner for taking one other date alternative simply because it’s Kat’s birthday. However, shocker, Kat doesn’t agree.

Tanner appears pretty unbothered on his date, although. We don’t see a lot of his dialog with Davia, moreover the half the place he tells her he’s been seeing Kat however could be very a lot open to different choices. He says in a confessional that he feels dangerous for lacking Kat’s birthday, however he doesn’t remorse his determination.

In the meantime, Rachel and Brayden have just about been shielded from the drama du jour since they left on their date. After spending a enjoyable day letting unfastened and adorning one another like piñatas, they present up on the seaside coated in paint and paper mache and able to get together. The one drawback is that Kat remains to be fuming about Tanner — and Brayden feels barely vindicated as soon as he finds out what occurred.

There’s a small second of Wells repairing his reality field after Aaron S. destroyed it final week, and Sam appears able to spill some tea with an nameless word. Hopefully we’ll circle again to that, as a result of I’m eagerly awaiting what she may presumably need to say after spending lower than a full day in Paradise.

The remainder of the group decides to play reality or dare, and issues get a bit of messy. Olivia dares Brayden to provide a lap dance to the “most exciting” particular person on the seaside, to which he chooses Jess. Peter kisses Kylie as a dare. Mercedes makes out with John Henry. Kat takes a physique shot off of John Henry. Olivia sucks on John Henry’s finger…a lot of love for John Henry tonight. The strain actually reaches a fever pitch when Jess is requested if Blake is her No. 1 particular person proper now. She hesitates…for some time. Then, she says sure, however solely as a result of he’s actually her solely connection in the intervening time.

Yikes. Blake is rightfully confused, so he asks Jess for some readability. Sadly, it doesn’t appear like he’s going to get it. When he asks Jess why she’s uncertain, she begins to cry. She doesn’t assume she’s put sufficient effort into exploring her choices, and she or he isn’t certain what she needs. Blake takes that to imply that she wants some house, they usually each depart the dialog extra confused than after they entered it.

The subsequent morning, the vibes are bizarre. Everyone seems to be eagerly ready to listen to about Tanner and Davia’s date and, on the identical time, they’re nonetheless reeling from final evening’s reality or dare.

Davia hits the seaside first, and she or he tells the ladies that her date went effectively. They attempt to warn her that Tanner and Kat’s connection may be stronger than he let on, so Davia decides she needs to hash issues out. Kat admits to Davia that she and Tanner hadn’t had any talks about exclusivity, however she isn’t certain she needs to proceed to pursue something with him if he’s wishy washy. Davia says she feels assured after the date, so it’s going to be as much as Tanner to place an finish to all of this.

Lastly, Tanner graces the seaside. He pulls Kat apart to speak fairly instantly, however we’re going to have to attend till subsequent week to see what precisely goes down. No matter is alleged, the previews make it appear to be Kat isn’t going to be completely happy on the finish of it…and she or he would possibly simply be shifting in on John Henry because of this.

Can’t think about Olivia will take that effectively.

Bachelor in Paradise airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT following The Golden Bachelor on ABC.