The Bachelor: Season 7 (2005)

"Sliders" alum Charlie O'Connell slips into the role of romantic lead for the dating game's seventh round of roses and rejection. This time, the rules go out the window as multiple eliminations pop up randomly and the 25 women get more chances to speak their minds about the man of the hour. Chris Harrison hosts.

Charlie goes on two one-on-one dates: a dinner at a New York restaurant; then a walk through a park, followed by a water-taxi ride. Later, the singleton has a poolside date with the other 10 ladies.

Hometown dates with his final four clue Charlie in to one lady's seeming obsession with him and the intentions of another's still-attached ex-beau. Afterward, one more woman is sent packing. Chris Harrison hosts.

Faced with a pair of one-on-one dates, Charlie decides to take things a step further by inviting one of the hopefuls back to his place. Meanwhile, the women let loose with an all-girl party to pass the time before two of them get the boot. Chris Harrison hosts.

Shopping sprees, hayloft chats and a fencing match for the chance at a one-on-one date leave the six women wondering which two of them will be heading home after Charlie hands out his roses. Chris Harrison hosts.

Charlie spirits his three remaining ladies off to Aruba, where a romantic one-on-one date has an unseen third wheel and a hopeful backs out of an overnight assignation.

In a break from tradition, only 12 of the original 25 ladies who were looking to land Charlie O'Connell return to rip into one another and receive words of wisdom from Charlie's final two hopefuls. Chris Harrison hosts.