The Bachelor

S07:E01 - Episode 1

This season, the show takes place in New York City, which is also the new bachelor's hometown. Twenty-five women, including the series' first single mom, barely have a chance to get settled in their rooms at the Roosevelt Hotel. Thinking they have a day to prepare for the start of the show, the ladies are ambushed and told that they'll meet the undisclosed bachelor in just five minutes. A rapid dating session ensues where Charlie spends a few minutes with each woman. The ladies desperately try to make a good first impression. Some are disarming and funny, and some are feisty. During the rapid dating, Charlie hands out two roses to those women who have impressed him the most. But then host Chris Harrison surprises him with the news that he will have to immediately eliminate five women. After the 20 remaining ladies move into their loft in Tribeca, Charlie makes three group dates. The stakes are raised, and the competition gets fierce as the ladies decide among themselves who will accompany Charlie on each of these group dates. The women know that the rules are different this season and that at any moment roses can be won or lost. On the first date, some of the ladies accompany Charlie to a neighborhood pub to play pool and drink. On the next group date, the women go to a nightclub and dance throughout the evening. But the pressure is already too much for one lady, who leaves. On the final group date, the remaining women play a no-holds-barred game of volleyball and rock climb at Chelsea Piers. A few of the women come to the first rose ceremony with nothing to worry about because they already have roses. But for the others, emotions run high as the women vie for a rose--even advising Charlie as to which women he should keep.