Bachelor NZ episode 7 recap: a favorite silent killer for ‘momo’

Chanel hadn’t appeared since her date with Moses and everyone was wondering where she might be. But the war between Negin and Lana had a greater impact on the mansion.

“I think the berries are more in demand than Moses.” Negin said.

That’s right, the Negin-Lana war ended for the berries.

And just when you thought the Hunger Games vibes stopped with the berries, the group quote was Archery dodgeball, but actually an excuse for the second round of Bachelor vs Bachelor.

I didn’t see the point in a group date until tonight’s episode when there were lots of, and I mean LOTS of hugs. Negin, Lana, and Dev were in Moses’ arms for longer than they spent shooting arrows.

Lucky Kimi didn’t see that.

“Moses seems a lot more competitive this time that waka loves, it’s almost terrifying.” Don’t worry Art, Moses had his eyes glued to Annie. I wasn’t aiming at you.

Chanel finally returned to the mansion and Kimi’s green-eyed monster showed herself when she said that their only date was too long. But she was “discreet and content” when Chanel said they flew separately.

Moses, please give Kimi some alone time, so that she is not continually the bad girl. I signed up to see you fall in love, not to see Mean Girls 2.0

It was an all-in-one archery dodgeball and in the finale, Negin hit Art, Moses hit Lydia, and Annie lived up to her nickname when she was the last one left on her team. He shot Moses, but while he caught the arrow, did she catch his heart when he ran and hugged her at a tackle? A hug? A flirtatious bear hug that made everyone else uncomfortable?

And despite the Annie / Moses moment, it was Dev who won one on one.

“Dev talks a lot about other people.” Said a curious Moses.

She told Moses, after he exhausted himself breaking her walls, that she has 10 siblings, none of whom are full relatives, and that she met their biological father for the first time when she was 16 years old.

Moses was grateful for her vulnerability.

At the cocktail party, Lydia entertained the girls by asking too many questions and Annie told the confession chamber, “It’s intimidating. In high school, I didn’t hang out with the girl group.”

That’s unfortunate for single women because the “I only date guys” type of girl always knows shortcuts to a man’s heart.

Kimi called Moses “Momo” and received a check mark next to his name while pulling out a literal list of questions.

Was it a cocktail party or a question and answer session?

Lydia accidentally spilled her drink on Moses during their one-on-one time, “It’s who I am, I’m not soft at all.”

But guess who is smooth?

Annie “called” Moses and led their way in a one-on-one time that immediately intimidated the rest of the girls, made her motives clear, and impressed Bachelor. Go girl.

Shenae shared her displeasure with the confession chamber and Lydia said, “That was easy.”

Annie read a poem to Moses that helps her with her anxiety. I think he could have loved it. Are we sure it wasn’t a love spell?

She had her hand on his thigh, he looked at her like it was the world and I yelled “ALREADY KISS”, but it wasn’t meant to be. Annie gave us half seduction and a lot of flirting advice that deserves to be in a Cosmopolitan magazine.

But Moses kept us guessing.

Kimi was the next to speak one on one and forgot to read the room when she asked the lover of vulnerability, Moises, “Do you agree with a little superficial gossip?” Oh! Moses was not impressed.

Negin asked Moses how he was doing, and he was grateful, but his time with Annie was by far the brightest.

At the rose ceremony, Annie not so surprisingly received the first rose and had the look of a girl who knew she was safe.

Chanel received a rose and Moses apologized because he “intended” to give it to her on the date, but he “forgot”. I’d say there was 90 percent honesty.

The last two were Negin and Kimi, but ultimately, and unsurprisingly, it was Kimi who left us forever.

His parting words were: “You left me at home and now you are going to send me home. I would have loved it if you had given me some time.” And it was the most awkward goodbye yet.

At the end of the episode, we discovered two important things. A hedgehog entered the berry war and Annie begins tomorrow’s episode with a single date.

The reaction from the mansion? “I feel like Annie is one to be reckoned with.”

And our senses tell us that they could be hit.

• The Bachelor New Zealand airs at 7:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on TVNZ 2, and tune in to hear Sol3 Mio mornings on weekdays on Flava’s breakfast show.

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