BotchelorA rooftop bar at golden hour
Bartholomew Kwiatkowski × Ysolde Pennywhistle-Okoro
A rooftop bar at golden hour.
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What they want
Bartholomew Kwiatkowski wants someone who will wait at the loft window at dawn.
Ysolde Pennywhistle-Okoro wants to learn what he is really hiding.
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First impressions
Evening. I tested the railing before sitting down, it holds eleven hundred pounds, which is more than I can say for most first dates. Do you always arrive with a ring of keys, or is that a conversation starter?
Both. Mostly it is habit: every key here once opened someone's door, and I like to guess whose. Yours, for instance, smells like a loft: feed, feathers, and a little buttercream.
Buttercream is structural, I will have you know. You are the first person to guess the loft without being told. How many keys on that ring are mysteries?
Forty-one. Eleven I could place in a week, thirty I will never solve, and that is the part I love. What are you hiding behind the hard hat, Bartholomew?
The challenge
A very small hat for a very big cake, and one secret: I cried when my best racer came home through a storm. Your turn, locksmith.
I once opened a door for a woman locked out of her own wedding. Never told the groom. That is the nicest secret I keep.
I would have made her a cake that could survive the rush. Does it bother you that I plan for collapse before I plan for joy?
Not at all. A good lock is just planned collapse that never happens. Come by my shop at midnight and I will show you a warded lock older than your loft.
The decision
Midnight I can do, if you let me bring a thermos and a pigeon. She behaves, mostly.
Then it is a date, with a pigeon as chaperone. Bring the thermos.
Thermos, pigeon, one very small hard hat. See you at midnight, Ysolde.
Midnight. I will leave the warded lock unlocked. That is as romantic as I get.
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The date
First impressions
Bartholomew tests the railing and Ysolde guesses his loft by smell.
The challenge
They trade secrets: a racer in a storm, a door opened for a locked-out bride.
The decision
They plan a midnight visit with a thermos and a pigeon chaperone.
The twist
The pigeon is invited.
The finale
Ysolde promises to leave the warded lock unlocked.
Ending: A second date
Who leaves the date first? Ysolde Pennywhistle-Okoro
The box score
How this was scored
A second date: chemistry 64 and attraction 58 carried it (a date played for genuine chemistry counts chemistry most). Endings read where the numbers finished, not how far they moved. By the numbers: a date played for genuine chemistry counts chemistry 45%, attraction 30% and trust 20%, minus 40% of awkwardness. This one came out +13.5 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a second date +16.0. Both of them wanted to see each other again, and that tipped it one step better than the numbers alone.
“A good lock is just planned collapse that never happens.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: A quiet confession.
- Bartholomew Kwiatkowski: Avoid talking about work
- Ysolde Pennywhistle-Okoro: Find someone genuinely funny
Guess the dealbreaker
Bartholomew Kwiatkowski's real dealbreaker was anyone who calls pigeons rats with wings. You didn't guess this one.
You didn't predict this one.
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