The Bachelor 2021 Clayton Echard airs on ABC this evening with an all-new Monday, February 7, 2022, season 26 episode 5 and we have your The Bachelor recap below. On tonight’s The Bachelor season 26 episode 5 as per the ABC synopsis, “Week five starts off with a splash when Clayton and one lucky woman head to Galveston, Texas, for a high-stakes date all about pleasure.
Later, at the cocktail party, Clayton learns the cause of the palpable tension in the house is really one woman; but when confronted, she gives an award-worthy apology performance that might just be enough to keep her around.”
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In tonight’s The Bachelor episode, tonight’s episode begins with the morning, Susie says things are off because there was drama once again when Shanae interrupted the cocktail party with Clayton. She grabbed a trophy and threw it and Jill agrees it is hard to focus on their relationship with Clayton because of what Shanae does. The women agree that Clayton doesn’t know the whole picture.
Clayton admits that he had a good conversation when Shanae showed up but the women were not happy to see her at all. He has a one-on-one with Serene today and he is really looking forward to it. They meet on the beach and she runs into his arms. He tells her they have the entire pier filled with amusement park rides to themselves. They go on the swings and they are terrifying over the ocean, but Serene is grateful that she did it because the views were amazing.
Clayton makes ice cream for her and she admits they have a lot of fun together and a genuine connection. He says he is trying to figure out her smile, is there more to it. Clayton admits that the day went very well, and there is a strong physical connection, it is just, can they go deeper. That is why he is excited to have a more intimidate setting with her over dinner so he can see if there can be a future with her.
Time for dinner, there is a table set up for two just for them. Serene is looking forward to talking on a deeper level with Clayton. He tells her that the day was thrilling, he had fun from start to finish and they are headed in the right direction. She tells him that everything happens for a reason, but there is something important that she has to tell him. She admits that she doesn’t open up a lot, it wasn’t her experience as a child in her family.
She has had a lot of loss in her family in the past few years, her grandmother passed two and a half years ago. This year she lost her cousin who was a year younger than her, she struggled with drugs, she doesn’t know all the details, she just knows that she is not here anymore. Clayton thanks her for opening up and says he is blown away by his day with her, he gives her the one-on-one rose.
Tonight is the Rose Ceremony, Mara is worried because there is so much drama with Shanae, she is strategically doing on the days that the other women want to have some time with Clayton. Shanae on the other hand says she had a crappy week because she heard the women talk about her, but Clayton likes her and for that, she is feeling great. The women are all together waiting for Clayton to arrive, Jill tells Shanae that she thought they were turning a new leaf, but when she made it known that she felt she deserved to be at the cocktail party and they didn’t really hurt her.
Jill feels like it is a slap in the face. There is a lot of tension in the room, Genevieve hopes Shanae goes home. Clayton walks in and says there has been a lot that has happened this week. With that, he wants to talk to the winning team from the group date. He tells them that he wants to get to the bottom of it, and needs to know the full story from them. All the women give him an ear full about how they feel about Shanae. Clayton says he didn’t know that she tossed the trophy, he leaves. Clayton is shocked that Shanae was swearing at the women and threw something, it is unacceptable. Clayton then calls Shanae for a talk. Gabby is hoping that he will tell her to leave. Hunter says finally, it is so overdue.
Shanae admits to Clayton what she did, he says if her behavior continues, he doesn’t know how they can move forward. She apologizes, she swallows her pride so he doesn’t send her home. Shane returns to the women, she is crying, she says she is really sorry, it wasn’t her intention to hurt them and she knows she took a lot of their time from Clayton, she is sorry and hopes they can get past this. She is truly sorry.
Shanae returns to Clayton and tells him what she did, she says she is thankful that she did the right thing and feels good about it. He leans in for a kiss. Later, in a confessional Shanae does what we all knew she would, he says she is not sorry and did it just so she wouldn’t be sent home – she says she needs an Oscar award for that performance, fake it to you make it.
Time for the Rose Ceremony, the roses go to: Sarah, Marlena, Genevieve, Mara, Gabby, Susie, Eliza, Hunter – and the final rose goes to Shanae. Shockingly, Jill and Sierra are sent home, but before leaving, Sierra tells Clayton to make his decision based on the man he will become, not the man he is now, and don’t be stupid.
Clayton announces to the women that they are going to travel to Toronto, Canada.
The women arrive at their hotel in Toronto and date card arrives, it Is for Gabby, “love is on the horizon.” Clayton shows up to pick up Gabby, he takes her on a helicopter ride to see the city. She hasn’t been on his radar, but now he can’t get her off his mind. They play street hockey, eat beaver tails and then graffiti some walls. They enjoy a picnic on some steps and she thanks him for choosing her. He tells her that he loves the jokester side of her, her great sense of humour. Gabby says she feels like she is in a movie, like the Notebook and she can’t wit to take their relationship to the next. Level.
A date card arrives, Rachel, Sarah, Serene, Marlena, Susie, Hunter, Eliza, Teddi, Mara, “can you take the heat?” This means that Genevieve and Shanae are going on a date together with Clayton, one will stay and one will go. She opens up to him about her life and how her mom would hold back her love and they don’t have a relationship with her now. This has made her feel that she was underserving of love. He is so happy that she opened up to him, he gives her the one-on-one rose, he completely blindsided him in the best possible way.
It is time for the group date, the ladies meet Clayton and takes them to the back of a building where Jesse is with Russell Peters, Canadian Comedian and Actor. Jesse introduces Russell as a an award winner, Canadian legend, the master of the roast. Russell says comedy has to be in relationships, they are going to get the chance to roast Clayton and each other. Clayton says a sense of humour is so important to him.
The roast begins, Marlena is first and she crushes it when she says Shanae is like herpes, she keeps coming back and last longer than expected. The roast turns towards Shanae, she is so easy to roast. The women are hoping that clayton sees that it is truth what they are seeing.
Later, Clayton thanks the women for bringing and tells them that they were so funny.
The date card for Shane and Genevieve arrive, “in to the falls your journey goes, only one comes out with a rose. I need to make a decision.” And this is the first time he doesn’t write Love Clayton. Rachel is shocked that she gets the group date rose. The other women are upset, although they are not showing it like Shanae would.
To be on the two-on-one is going to be tough, the other women feel like Genevieve is just collateral damage. Genevieve and Shanae pack their bag, and both get in the car and head to their date. Shanae plans to play out this date like a one-on-one and be fake and smile at Genevieve until she is gone. They meet Clayton at Niagara Falls, he tells them that he wants to have fun, so they head down below under the falls.
Clayton knows this is going to be the most important rose that he gives out. Shanae feels good, she is confident and ready to send Genevieve home. Genevieve on the other hand feels like this whole situation is strange and weird. The other women say that this date hold so much more for Clayton than he knows, this will affect their relationship. Shane calls Genevieve a wet dog and says she hopes she can swim.
THE END!
