The Bachelor Recap: The One Where Tyler Cameron Finally Shows Up

Matt's first one-on-one date is with Pieper. Matt, dressed in an adorable red turtleneck, takes Pieper to their own private carnival. It looks like fun, but also mildly haunted...is that just me?!

At the beginning of the date, Matt made it clear he had his eye on Pieper from the very beginning. Throughout their date, they felt very natural and looked like a real couple. Their chemistry is legit! Pieper eventually got the date rose after a romantic dinner. Matt and Pieper then went to a private concert with Temecula Road. If that name isn't familiar, don't fret–they're a band, you can meet them here.

Meanwhile, Heather Martin (Hannah Brown’s bestie and a contestant from Colton’s season of The Bachelor) arrives at the Nemacolin Resort’s front gates asking to speak to Chris Harrison. She literally drove herself there in a white minivan, and IDK about you but I have a lot of thoughts about that arrival! This was just the first of many questionable things we watched Heather do in this episode.

As Heather explained to Chris Harrison, she wanted her shot at love with Matt. Chris worked a little magic to make it happen (even though they're almost halfway through the season), and Heather gets the okay to join the show. She has to quarantine before her big arrival, so the next time we see Heather, she's passing the time in a hotel room as she patiently waits to meet the man of her dreams.

We switch gears from Matt’s (friendship) date with Tyler to his date with Katie, which is taking place at a spa. But the Tyler Cameron action isn’t over just yet. For their date, Matt and Katie play a prank on Tyler.

Tyler thinks he’s getting a massage, but the masseuse is actually an actor who has an earpiece linked to Matt and Katie, who will tell her what to do to make this a...unique massage experience for Tyler. Matt and Katie have hidden cameras too, so they can watch the whole thing go down. 

They had a lot of fun, and they continued the prank by entering Tyler's massage room themselves. As Sydney, my fellow Bachelor obsessive, wisely said: “it takes a really confident man to take their date into a room with Tyler Cameron wearing nothing but underwear and oil dripping down his abs.” Too true.

I feel like it says a lot that Matt invited Katie on the date with his best friend, because meeting your man’s friends is a huge step! But now we're in for a major twist: at the end of the date, Matt sends Katie home. I'm shocked! He said he had other relationships that have progressed further, but they clearly had a connection during the date. What went wrong here?!