The Bachelor Pad: Episode 3 Recap

The Bachelor Pad - Episode 3 Recap (ABC)

Gia explains to Kiptyn that they decided to vote him off when he said he'd never send Tenley home and that they would have succeeded if Nikki hadn't gone against them. Gia doesn't want the competition to be a "couples" one but realizes that she is a target to go home and the only way to ensure safety is winning the challenge. 

Chris comes to introduce the next challenge, which shocked me that it wasn't the first competition--it's kissing challenge time! Not that we haven't seen enough snogging to last us a god year, but this show really doesn't seem complete without a way for some people to show off their, um, talents. 

Dave wins for the men, while Peyton wins for the ladies. The first date card arrives and it says Dave and his dates are heading to Las Vegas! He chooses Nikki, Krisily and Natalie, who jokingly grabs him for a kiss when he says her name. Their destination is a topless pool, and once there Krisily admits she felt "chemistry" with Dave during their kiss and now she's finding it awkward to be around him. However, her conversation with him is interrupted by Natalie who is running around and distracting Dave. Natalie later says she will do anything she can to get the rose and sheds her top in the pool. She gets the rose and ends the night heading to the Fantasy Suite with Dave. 

Nikki seems to be kind of into Dave, trying to get his attention after their amazing kiss. But nothing is getting his attention better than Natalie's bikini top, which gets even better when she takes off the top in the hot tub. It was hook, line and sinker for Dave, who gave her the rose, booted Nikki and Krisily from the date and dragged Natalie to the Fantasy Suite. Peyton's date (With Kiptyn, Jesse and Kovacs) was a little classier, with drag racing instead of a topless pool and tacos instead of straight up alcohol. Tenley is concerned about Kiptyn's wandering eyes, so she tries to make sure he's going to be a good guy, but he's not having any of it, because he doesn't want people to think they're a couple.

Kovacs later says that Elizabeth is ruining the competition for him although she is trying to help. He admits that he finds her hard to trust and sometimes can't work out if they are working together or against each other. Meanwhile, Wes tells Gia that he likes waking up and seeing her even if she does have a boyfriend, and also serenades her with his guitar. "I've never met a person in my life like that boy," says Gia. The next day Wes begins his campaign to save Gia, suggesting to the girls they need to break up the couples, while Gia tells Kiptyn he should keep her and insists she was just the "messenger" last week. 

After much tension and dramatic pausing, Jonathan gets the boot for the guys, increasing the average height of the cast by approximately two inches. For the girls, however, it's a tie between Gia and Elizabeth, leaving Dave to make the deciding vote--and he sends poor Gia home.