By Daniel
While Ashley goes off to cry, the guys get all What The Fuck is she talking about, with J.P. sticking up for her and pointing out that Ashley didn't have to tell them anything, and that if she wanted Bentley to come back he'd be here right now. Ryan likewise seems unfazed by the -- well, "revelation" isn't exactly the right word. And then he sits down with her to cheer her up in his inimitably chipper style, only the fact that he's acknowledging that the guys' feathers are somewhat ruffled means Ashley still is going to have her sad face on.
Meanwhile, the other guys are still going on about it, with Constantine pointing out, not unreasonably, that half the time they're sitting around waiting for dates, and then this guy leaves the show and then just gets to come back. "She's wasting my fucking time," says Lucas, seething.
Now Ashley tells Ames that she was hoping everyone would see the good in it (which is what, exactly?) but seeing the way everyone reacted made her feel awful. Ames tries to come up with a way not to say, "Of course they reacted that way, you simpleton." He spouts some nonsense about life being beautiful because it's not simple, because maybe he's trying to make Ashley's head explode for trying to figure out what he's talking about. Meanwhile, Lucas appears to be trying to stir the rest of the guys into outright revolution.
After a commercial break, Lucas is still all "Attica! Attica!" while Blake whines to Ashley about how this has belittled the time that they've spent here, and Ashley starts to cry, and they hug, and no matter what she says, he's still hearing her talk about the strong connection with Bentley, and he's wondering if it's worth his while to stick around. You're not in prison, Blake.
J.P. says it's unfortunate that the other guys are making her feel bad for a decision she made, which is an interesting interpretation of the situation.
And now Mickey is sitting with her, outright accusing her of lying, and wondering what the hell she saw in Bentley, especially since the two of them haven't really been building a relationship. "If your gut is that that's what you're looking for, please send me home," he says. Ashley's shocked, and he tells her that two guys have to go home tonight, so he wants her to make him one of them. She says if that's how he feels, he should take the initiative and leave. Which is exactly what he does, and I maintain that the only dignified exit on this show is when you leave on your own terms, and the other guys toast Mickey as the boat ferries him away from the Jumbo Floating Restaurant, all of them secretly wishing they had his balls. Especially Blake, who I seem to remember saying he'd leave if Ryan got a rose (the rose Ryan is currently proudly sporting in his lapel).
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