'Bachelor in Paradise' Season 4 Episode 3A Recap: Love Triangles, Fights, and a Shocking Departure
Sophia Hammond
Updated on March 29, 2026
It's Game Night in Paradise, so they are playing Scattergories—well, everyone except for Robby, who is setting up a romantic night with Amanda by putting glow sticks in a hot tub. Amanda tactfully swerves his advances.
Sarah pulls Adam aside to be like, "Um, so hey, no pressure, but, like, do you like me? Like ugh, I know I'm not, like, some other kind of way, but like, can you please like me?" And Adam's like, "I'm figuring it out."
Dean is still weighing D. Lo vs. Kristina, much to Kristina's accented chagrin.
The only two people not having a terrible night? Derek and Taylor, the show's most stable and longest-lasting couple of the season. Then out of nowhere they decide to stop kissing and start talking about their issues and get super mad at each other. Derek says "F-ck you," possibly sarcastically, and Taylor literally says that she's triggered and goes and cries on the beach.
They go to the hot tub to talk about Derek's language and how it hurt Taylor. Even though it seems like he could easily fix this by saying, "I'm sorry, baby, I was an asshole and didn't mean it," he instead says nothing and Taylor talks about her emotions. She says she needs time. I feel like there's definitely more to this story than we are seeing.
In the morning, Taylor lets it be known that her emotional piggy bank is empty. Empty! Her emotional piggy bank!
BACHELOR IN PARADISE - "Episode 403A" - Tonight's wild and wildly entertaining episode of "Bachelor in Paradise," airing MONDAY, AUGUST 28 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, begins, ironically, with the arrival of a virgin with a date card. Although her "friend" from Nick's season of "The Bachelor" warns the virgin that her man would be a "waste of time" asking, he lets her know that, despite what she might have heard, he would love to go on a date with her. And so he does. (ABC/Paul Hebert)AMANDA STANTON, ROBBY HAYESPaul Hebert
Before the rose ceremony, Chris Harrison is like, "A spooky surprise is coming your way!" I'm not sure why one of the rose-less girls doesn't just bite the bullet and kiss Robby because Amanda won't. Adam is somehow the grand prize in this catfight, sought after by both Raven and Sarah. Diggy, too, is caught between beautiful ladies: Lacey and Dominique. Lacey is "very disappointed" in Diggy, who is happy to use Dominique to get the hell away from Lacey. LACEY! GO MAKE OUT WITH ROBBY! HE IS WIDE OPEN!
