The Bachelor NZ 2017 episode 4 recap: Arm yourselves, the bitchy is coming

Tonight's episode of The Bachelor saw some real girl-on-girl action for the first time.

Am I talking about the peck on the lips between Katey and Lucia during the rose ceremony?

No, I'm talking about the cattiness and smack talk and that brutal game of touch rugby. 

The gloves are fully off in the house now, and it's not just everyone's favourite villain Taylar who's been bringing the crazy.

It all kicked off when Viarni played her white rose from the first cocktail party, and stole Bel's single date right from under her nose.

Bel was absolutely devastated, and with no margarine in the house to make a cake, moped around and cried instead. It's okay Bel, you just missed out on a very weird 50 Shades of Grey-esque shopping trip in Takapuna, where Zac dressed Viarni in clothes he definitely absolutely 100 percent picked out.

Zac and Viarni shopping on The Bachelor
Zac and Viarni took a shopping jaunt in Takapuna

It all felt a bit prostitute-y, a vibe not lost on Viarni who said she felt like "Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman". There's nothing quite like modern-day romance. 

Luciana, Hannah and Lucy established themselves as the brat pack bitches of the house, lying by the pool talking smack about everybody else, seemingly oblivious to the giant mic packs strapped to their bikinis. Katey discussed the "divide in the house".

"There's a lot of tears and girls who want sympathy. You are not going to get that," she said, before saying: "I just feel like this house is a bunch of crying babies."

Katey, I would hate to see how you actually treat a crying baby, if this how you go about it. Clearly those maternal instincts never fully kicked in.

Katey and Luciana kiss on The Bachelor
The only girl who Katey seems to actually like - really like - is Luciana

Elder of the group Rosie wasn't having a bar of their youthful ignorance. At 23, she had a wealth of years and maturity on the "really young" girls "acting like a bunch of 20 year olds". God it must be hard to have so many years on these youths, amirite Rosie?

The passive-aggressive vibe came to a head on the group date, in which the girls were taken to play ripper rugby. All of these group dates involve excessive exercise - it's like Zac is not just wanting a girlfriend, but also putting together an army of super fit females to enter the Hunger Games.

South Islander Rosie was particularly excited by the location of the date: "We walked out and it was this massive park and it was so big and so unexpected!" Eden Park marketers will be thrilled to add "unexpectedly large" to their posters, I'm sure.

It was crazy vs crazier as Taylar and Katie went head to head in the game. Dressed in tiny booty shorts with bows in their hair, it was the most inappropriate outfit anyone has ever played ruby in, but I digress.

Taylar playing rugby on The Bachelor
Taylar took out player of the day, but not Zac's heart

Taylar's efforts got her player of the day and some one-on-one time with Zac, but alas, it wasn't enough. She was sent home at tonight's cocktail party - but in a shocking twist, she wasn't alone, with Stephanie also getting the boot.

Now Taylar is no longer in the house, it looks like Catty - sorry, Katey - will be stepping up to cause some drama. 

Will there be a group date that doesn't double as Olympics qualifiers?  Will Katey recruit more girls to her Mean Girls squad? Will there be a pregnancy scare after that peck between two Bachelorettes? Tensions are running higher than the ankle line of Zac's chinos, and at this point it's anyone's guess.

Tune in at 7pm on Sunday to find out.

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