Episode one recap:

He thinks she’s beautiful. She digs his beard. Our Couple meter was a-buzzing here, even though Cheyenne accidentally voted to Cut Pedrooo after the date. (No biggie. It’s just an elimination game.)

But heads-up to Pedrooo, because Christopher and Cheyenne also brought the fire … like, five-alarm style. Like, get-a-room style. Like, Christopher-wishing-the-date-were-longer style. Like … we’ll just stop now.

This time Cheyenne needs the warning, because we were in how-many-kids-will-they-have-if-Chris-doesn’t-pull-out territory during this date. (Amazing.)

Sparks were flying during their convo, and then KJ channeled her inner pirate during the post-date confessional. While we’re not exactly sure what “shiver me timbers” translates to in date-speak, we’re pretty sure it’s good. Keep your eyes on these two, mateys.

A tech glitch left Cap’n Kaci Jane muted, but seeing was believing for Eric, who seemed completely smitten after a silent game of Rock, Paper, Scissors and charades. The crush-at-first-sight was confirmed later in the episode … much to the surprise of some viewers in the chat.

CTV dating prompts did nothing to help jump-start the conversation between these two. Low energy, awkward vibes. Zero chemistry can prove to be dangerous in a competition-style dating series, so we’ll see where this goes. (Did you pick up on that subtle foreshadowing?)

These two took a page out of Malik and Nicole’s book. Oof. When it’s not there, it’s not there … and the awkward exchanges between these two prove just how real these dates are.

This date wasn’t so much cringe as it was day-um. Candy came at Christopher hard for being overly friendly with the entire female cast during a pre-season tech test. Always tricky when real-life dating meets up with strategic game play, and we can’t wait to see what kind of … tension … builds between these two.

Our first Fan Faves of the season were Nicole and Eric – congrats, youz two! But we bet the high didn’t last too long considering your first job as Fan Faves was to cut two cast members from the show. Power ain’t pretty sometimes.