Paradise Hotel, June 25: Pandora’s Box

Later on, Beau states that the thing that came out of the controversy was that Amanda has cheated on her boyfriends. It came as a shock to him, and to everybody else. Amanda wasn't expecting the question or the response to stir stuff up like that. The guests give her a hard time about it, then she stalks off. She then tells us she doesn't give a **** what he (Beau) does anymore. She's now happy they aren't the "married" couple anymore. Later while talking to Beau, he tells her they are friends, but she responds that if he says that again, she's going to smack him. He says that if she smacks him, he'll never talk to her again, because he doesn't deserve it. Amy then consoles Amanda, telling her that Beau does care about her, and that their friendship is worth saving. Later, Beau tells Amanda that he had a connection with her, but he could never give 110% if he knew that, if she wasn't happy, she'd run off and find somebody else to make her happy. She says there is always the possibility that somebody is going to cheat or not be happy. Beau concedes that there is always that possibility, but that what he's saying is a cop out. He tells her she's responsible for her own actions. They both realize there is a side of the other they didn't know about. Amanda is hurt that Beau no longer thinks there could be something more between them. Beau on the other hand, doesn't look at her the same way, and thinks it says a lot about her character. I agree with Beau.

The next day, Dave gets an envelope telling him he'll be going on a private luxury excursion. He also gets to pick TWO girls to go with him. Without a second thought, he picks Charla and Amy. The event turns out to be a shopping trip. Amy and Charla are ecstatic. It's also clear the other women are jealous. A limo shows up, and they go out. Amy and Charla pick out all kinds of outfits and put on a modeling show while Dave watches. Then it's Dave turn to model some clothing while Amy and Charla watch. Back at the hotel, Zack wonders what will happen if Amy comes back all in love with Dave. This prompts some laughter from Kristen. Meanwhile, Dave is enjoying his date with Amy and Charla, telling them that he's never been out with two beautiful women before. Over dinner, Amy wants to now why he picked her; Dave just responds that all the guys told her she was a lot of fun, and he never got a chance before today to see that. Amy then asks him why he picked Charla, and he tells them that she made the best effort to get to know him, and he appreciated the way that she was herself with him.

When they get back to the hotel, Amy shows off her new dress and plops down on Andon's lap. Everybody tells her she looks gorgeous, and Zack watches on. He's not happy as she flirts with everybody, then finally goes over to him. She notes that he doesn't seem very talkative. He tells her she didn't want to talk to him; she came to him last. Amy replies she wanted to come to him last. He says it's cool, they can talk now, but he wanted to let her do her thing. Amy remains a bit annoyed with him, and he's still brooding and tells her again that he just wanted to let her do her thing. Then he notes that he thinks Dave should be in the boat tomorrow. I have no idea what that means. Amy then tells Zack that Dave really digs Charla; she made sure of it. "You're not **** going home." Zack still broods.

Meanwhile, Toni and Andon are back in their room. Andon thinks he's checking out. Toni asks him why, and Andon just says he has a bad feeling. It seems like Alex dreamt he (Andon) was going to die; he dreamt he was being sucked out of this place, all when Dave arrived. Yep, he thinks he's a goner because everybody has bad dreams about him. Later, Toni offers a toast to the group: “Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.” She then proceeds to describe the group as a family. Cut to Dave catching up to Charla. He wants to make sure everything is cool with her. Tomorrow somebody is going home, and if it's up to her, will she keep him there. Charla tells him that they'll talk. Meanwhile Beau and Toni are talking. Beau is extremely worried. Poolside, Dave says the place is addictive; you get there and want more. Charla responds that it's not good for you, but you don't want to leave. Alex doesn't want to leave at all. Toni and Beau continue their conversation. She doesn't want him to leave, or Scott, Zack, or Andon, or any of the guys leaving (I think she left out Alex and Dave). In another scene, Charla tells Andon that she feels like no one likes her. Andon responds that he feels like no one likes him, but she shouldn't feel like an outsider because she's not. He then says there is another person who is feels like more of an outsider than she could ever be. "Dave?" she asks. Yep, that's who he meant all right. He goes on to say that anybody that moves in will be pushed aside, and there will be animosity toward them, because they are the reason the old person left. Meanwhile, Dave is concerned that the person he liked (Charla) is off with her new friend (Andon). Seems like he's jealous now, particularly when Charla hugs Andon and rubs up against him. Then they kiss each other. Then they leave their setting, arms around each other, where Kristen had been observing them and was feeding the details to Dave.

Host Amanda then closes out the show, telling us that the biggest surprise will be how these people end their summer in Paradise. However, what they do know is that one of the men will be checking out and two new girls will battle it out in order to win a ticket to Paradise. The usual reminder is given that you can go from fan of the show to star of the show by going to paradiseonfox.com.

So will Beau and Amanda get back together? Will Zack stop brooding over Amy? Will Andon's bad feeling about being evicted come true? Will Dave ever stop putting his foot in his mouth? Who will leave? Who will join the cast? Find out next week!

Jeffrey Clinard lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his cats, Lam and Princess. He can be reached at jclinard@earthlink.net.

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