"I think we know each other!"
First Dates opened with a bang on Thursday night, as 39-year-old Gemma realised that this was not, in fact, her first date with the man in the striped shirt whose name we can't quite recall.
That's alright though. He didn't remember her either.
Ireland is too small a country.
https://twitter.com/pegnogg/status/725786393151164416
This lad must be a serious player, or else he's the best actor this side of Brendan Gleeson.
https://twitter.com/deric_hartigan/status/725786647258914816
https://twitter.com/Herdotie/status/725787614406664193
Mark. His name is Mark. Thanks Twitter.
Meanwhile, Conor and Laura were both on their first ever first date and she was having a hard time disguising the fact that she fancied him rotten. Lucky Conor, she's a nice girl.
https://twitter.com/vickinotaro/status/725785853478469633
https://twitter.com/WayneLawlor/status/725787944490029056
She says 'like' a lot, but as the late and great Prince once crooned, it's just a sign o' the times. Trying to get a 20-year-old girl not to say 'like' is akin to asking the rain not to fall in Ireland.
Meanwhile, for anyone still watching Villarreal bore the shite of the football-loving world...
https://twitter.com/lbehan86/status/725788455712727040
Conor and Laura look identical. It's... troubling.
Back with the older pair, nobody's impressed that Mark's left Gemma sitting while he goes out for a smoke.
https://twitter.com/muddyringlets/status/725789043867410433
Conor and Laura agree to see each other again, when she tells him "In a really nice way you smell like my grandad."
His response? "Cool. Ehm..."
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Ciara is back at the restaurant after her date for the first date failed to show. He had a family emergency, and she's back for more.
Kias is 21 and a bit of a lady's man and fancies himself "big time." He likes to party. He says it eight times in the same sentence.
And he picks up women in Nando's.
https://twitter.com/Cactustravelfan/status/725790501497085952
https://twitter.com/JOEdotie/status/725790723853946884
Kias, at least, loves his mammy. But we're not forgetting the Nando's remark.
https://twitter.com/niamhhassell/status/725790961096347648
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We're on to Dawn, who's 24 and from Tralee. She's looking for a very special girl to knock her off her feet. She's meeting 21-year-old Alannah-Rose who is bisexual but admits that she's never had the confidence to have a girlfriend.
https://twitter.com/GlamityJane1/status/725791867615494147
Back to Mark and Gemma, she's getting VERY cross at him for taking the bill and offering to pay. He's being a bit intense himself, but we're with him all the way. It's all about the chivalry.
But...
https://twitter.com/ntwamley/status/725792533125697536
They decide not to see each other again. It's probably for the best.
https://twitter.com/Michell63050260/status/725793272950607872
Time for an ad break. Mark can grab another smoke.
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In the meantime, a drinking game was born.
https://twitter.com/SeanMarum/status/725793622529024000
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Dawn wants to see the kid's menu, and doesn't like wine, while Alannah-Rose rolls the eyes. You can tell this won't end well.
Twitter is a lot more concerned with Kias and Ciara. He's just asked her how long to wait before having sex. Has he even had his starter?
Still, he turns out to be a good lad. Pays the bill, and she says there's a spark.
https://twitter.com/RoRoSuperRo/status/725794536627290112
She wants a second date, but he doesn't think they'd be compatible. She says she'll probably still shift him if they see each other in the pub.
https://twitter.com/Herdotie/status/725795570779041794
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Melissa and Corey are from Belfast and Galway respectively. He says he's 'old school,' while he's also roughly 13-years-old by the look of him.
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This is one mystery solved. They do it on the UK version too. For anyone calling RTÉ cheapskates.
https://twitter.com/vickinotaro/status/725795982261293056
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Note to Corey, if this doesn't work out...
https://twitter.com/ciarawoods_x/status/725796382007808000
https://twitter.com/Lauramcoffey/status/725796481664442368
There's a lot of promise here. They're talking about previous relationships but being vague on the specifics, risky but it's good to see the conversation flowing.
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Back, briefly, to the two girls: they have no interest in each other, so we really have no interest in them...
"There's no romantic spark there, at all."
https://twitter.com/KerleySarah/status/725797878824865797
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Finally, we're left to Corey and Melissa. This could be love. He's bringing her to Galway.
https://twitter.com/BarryM85/status/725798640174911488
