Juan Pablo Travels The Nation For Love: Hometown Dates Recap

PHOTO: Bachelor Juan Pablo and date Renee on their hometown date in Florida. (Courtesy of ABC)

The Feb. 24 episode of "The Bachelor" took Juan Pablo's remaining four ladies back to their hometowns to reunite with their families. Let's recap!

Nikki's Date

The first hometown date goes to pediatric nurse Nikki, who takes JP out for some homestyle BBQ at the famed Oklahoma Joe's Bar-B-Que and bull riding at PBR Big Sky Cowboy Bar in Kansas City, Missouri. She wants to see how "cowboy" he can be.

"It's pretty hot watching Juan Pablo on the bull," Nikki says. "It's hot. I think he did a really good job, you know? I was pleasantly surprised at how much of a cowboy Juan Pablo was."

Back at home, Juan Pablo meets dad Tom, mom Jennifer, brothers Eric and Alex, and sister-in-law Kayla. Their opinion means everything to Nikki, so if they approve, she'll tell JP she loves him. 

Privately, Nikki tells her mom she's ready to accept a proposal from JP. And later, Tom has a heart-to-heart with Nikki and Juan Pablo. He explains that it's just as important for Nikki to select JP as it is for him to select her. 

Unfortunately, Nikki doesn't muster up enough courage to tell JP she loves him. She hopes to be around next week in order to do so. 

Andi's Date

Assistant district attorney Andi and her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, are up next. She starts her date with Juan Pablo by taking him to the shooting range. (So romantic!)

Juan Pablo says Andi's shooting skills are "hot." 

Later, Andi introduces Juan Pablo to her mom, Patti, and her dad, Hy, who looks less than thrilled that his daughter is competing for Juan Pablo's heart.

Juan Pablo asks Hy if his family would welcome him and Camilla into the family if Andi is chosen, but his response is less than desirable. 

"The person that is going to be good enough for my daughter is going to come to me and say, 'There is no one else in the world for me,'" Hy says. "If and when that happens, we'll have this conversation then."

Andi tells her sister Rachel that she's not ready to be engaged to Juan Pablo. Rachel also senses a lack of chemistry between the two, which doesn't give us a sense that Rachel will make it through the night. 

Renee's Date

Single mom Renee is excited to see her son Ben, whom she's been away from for two months. She reunites with Ben at his Little League game in their hometown of Sarasota, Florida.

The moment is so sweet when Juan Pablo gushes, "Oh my gosh, I really want a son."

Later, Renee takes Juan Pablo home to meet her mom, dad, and brother.

"My family is very easygoing," she says. "I know 110 percent that my brother and Juan Pablo are going to get along."

Renee's mom is a bit skeptical about the rushed road to being engaged, but Renee swears she's in love with JP -- "crazy, madly" in love. 

Sadly, she doesn't tell him that. "It didn't flow," Renee says. "I wanted to tell him. I just...I didn't."

Clare's Date

Hairstylist Clare asks Juan Pablo to meet her in the rose garden at McKinley Park in Sacramento, California, because it's one of the places she used to go when she was a kid.

There, Clare reveals that her and her dad already had their father-daughter wedding dance, since her dad knew he wouldn't be around to give her away. 

"When my dad died, I shut off all my emotions. I shut off all my feelings and that part of me that was vulnerable," she says. "This is the first time I've brought a guy home since he passed away." 

Most of Clare's family is polite to Juan Pablo, but older sister Laura doesn't approve. And she doesn't want Renee to manipulate their "mama." 

"If he can look past my crazy family, I would love to marry him," Clare says. "I would love it. I would absolutely love it."

We're not so sure that will happen, honey.

Rose Ceremony

Nikki, Clare, and Andi are revealed as JP's final three, leaving Renee to head back home to Ben. 

What do you think? Was Renee the right woman to go home? And whose hometown date did you enjoy watching most? 

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