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THIS ISSUE: UnREAL, The Bachelorette, BrainDead, So You Think You Can Dance TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT He's Back Lifetime BECAUSE: With Rachel spiraling following Jeremy physically assaulting her, Chet calls in Quinn for reinforcements on Monday’s episode of UnREAL . And Quinn calls in the one person she thinks might get Rachel out of Coleman's grips (and presumably, back into hers): Adam. That's right -- last year's suitor is back, and it looks like he's angling to be Rachel's suitor once more.

UnREAL Lifetime WHAT HAPPENED: The O.G. suitor wasn't the only bomb dropped in Monday's episode. As EW recapper Dalene Rovenstine explains, "It finally (sadly) happened. Rachel has become the portrait of a Lifetime heroine." Chet finds Rachel exactly where he left her in the last episode: she's still crumpled in a heap of dresses hours after Jeremy's attack on her. After he checks on Rachel, he kindly reminds her that it wouldn't be wise to go to the police since Jeremy knows they killed a woman last season -- and the manic episode stems from there. Rachel becomes determined to make Darius choose racist Beth Ann for a hometown visit, has a full-on breakdown in front of him until he agrees, and escorts him to Beth Ann's farm in Alabama (where there's a Confederate flag painted on the side of the barn). As it turns out, her family is thrilled to welcome him into their home. It's a regular love fest until Beth Ann confides in Rachel that she's pregnant. Rachel digs up the ex-boyfriend and has him come propose in front of Darius and the entire family. That's when her father pulls out a shotgun. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Darius comes out looking fine. Even though he eliminates a pregnant woman, he offers to start a college fund for Beth Ann's baby. Rachel, on the other hand, comes off looking like she's going to snap. It's Quinn and Chet who are trying to keep her at bay. Meanwhile, boyfriend Coleman is trying to be emotionally supportive, and we all know there's no room for that on UnREAL. Most incredible about Shiri Appleby's scary-real portrayal of Rachel's episode is that the actress was pulling double duty as both star and director of Monday's UnREAL installment. Appleby spoke with EW about what it was like to direct her co-star and bestie Constance Zimmer, as well as her ambitions: "I really want to create a second career for myself as a director. I would love to direct pilots. I would love to direct features. I see episodic directing as a way to hone my craft." We'd say the plan is working.

The Bachelorette ABC WHAT HAPPENED: Over on the real reality show about love, JoJo is down to just six men, and it's time to start thinking about hometown dates. For Alex, that means taking him on a one-on-one date during which they make out on top of a horse -- and we do mean on top of a horse. Somehow that still doesn't spark the romance for JoJo, so she cuts him loose right there on the date. Alex's swift departure has the next one-on-one fella, Jordan, a little anxious about how his date will go. Considering that he gets to fly in a private plane, Jordan was already at a better starting point. After some grape-stomping fun, the serious portion of the evening comes. Jordan talks about how close he is with his family, and then he drops this bomb about his brother, NFL star Aaron Rodgers: "Me and Aaron don't really have that much of a relationship. It's just kind of the way he's chosen to do life." WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Homeboy just told JoJo he is in love with her. And you can practically see the animated hearts floating out of JoJo's head. Because Jordan has had this in the bag since day one. Luke may be a genuine cowboy, Robby may have the body of a swimmer and the hair of a helmet, and Chase may be just hot, but none of the other hometown guys have come close to JoJo and Jordan's connection. In reference to Jordan, Chase states, "I think JoJo's looking for a real guy with a real job in a real town for a real relationship." While YahooTV acknowledges that as the sickest of vague burns, they also present this point: "Really, as the only guy left with an actual job ('medical sales rep' trumps 'former pro quarterback,' 'former competitive swimmer,' 'singer-songwriter' and 'war veteran' when it comes to paying positions), Chase is allowed to throw a few stones."

BrainDead CBS WHAT HAPPENED: Things are getting scary on BrainDead. We've seen that once these brain-eating aliens get to the human brain, they turn their hosts into political extremists. But in Monday's episode, things start to get violent. When Luke attempts to end the government shutdown by compromising with the Republicans to cut the National Endowment for the Arts, Laurel gets put at the other end of a Masterpiece-loving citizen's knife. (The blade was a pledge-drive perk from PBS's The Splendid Table, naturally). On the other side of party lines, Gareth has accidentally started a conservative militia. With the help of reporter Misty Alise (also now his bedmate, a.k.a. attempt to get over his thing with Laurel), it's gone from a "grassroots organization" to a group of conservatives trading tips on how to build bombs and kill liberals. In the most extreme instance of bug-brain craziness, we see Abby jump off a building to avoid being researched under Laurel and Gustav's new findings. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: While the dynamic trio of Laurel, Gustav, and Rochelle hasn't exactly found a solution, they have found a little glimmer of hope, thanks entirely to Gustav's cat. As it turns out, the cat is fine, but Rochelle does find that half of his brain is gone. It seems that the bugs just melt a portion of brains, excrete , and then -- this is the kicker -- leave victims deaf in one ear. They don't have a way to stop the bugs yet, but they do have a way to tell who's affected. As Vulture points out, this makes Laurel's post-coital whispers into Anthony's ear going unheard all the worse: "The episode ends on Laurel's horrified face, and it's one of the best 'Holy shit!' moments BrainDead has pulled off yet. It's also the first time I found myself happy to be frustrated by a cliffhanger. I'll take that as a sign that the show is coming into its own quite nicely."

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It's Top 10 Time on SYTYCD Fox LITTLE LIVES: If you've been fine with the kid version of So You Think You Can Dance this season, you're going to love it even more in Monday's first live show, which finds the Top 10 performing both a routine with their all-star mentor and a solo. And if you haven't loved watching the lil' performers, maybe skip ahead to the partnered dances.