FORT MYERS, Fla. — Asked how his first-ever viewing of “The Bachelor” went Monday night at Trevor Plouffe’s place, Byung Ho Park shook his head and smiled.

“I didn’t understand it,” Park said in English, referring to the popular show’s concept.

Everything else went well as Plouffe, wife Olivia and baby Teddy welcomed Brian and Renee Dozier, Phil Hughes and his fiancée, and Park and interpreter J.D. Kim for the first weekly watch party. Hughes brought the night’s fare, a sampling of pork, salmon, salad and potato casserole along with some libations.

“Park was kind of confused why the guy (Ben) kept kissing all these different girls and he’s not married or dating any of them,” Dozier said. “He didn’t know what was going on.”

Apparently there is no equivalent of “The Bachelor” on South Korean television.

“Absolutely not,” Dozier said. “We had to teach him that. Everything went good. We had fun with it. It’s not like we’re serious into ‘The Bachelor’ or something.”

Park said he didn’t want to share too many details about the evening out of respect for his hosts, but he made it clear through his interpreter how much the bonding opportunity meant.

“Of course it felt great to be invited,” Park said. “Even though I don’t speak the language, we’re trying to get to know each other better. It was nice to spend time with my teammates, eating and talking.”

Kim stayed busy translating the plot developments and humorous byplay among the group, but Park started to pick up on things on first listen.

“He understood a lot of the jokes,” Dozier said. “He’s gotten pretty good in English, enough to carry on conversations. We talked a lot about a lot of different things.”

Dozier noticed Twins pitcher Trevor May tweeted that he “wished he could get an invite to ‘The Bachelor’ party,” but for the first time out, it was decided to keep things to “a select group.” Park appreciated the chance to get out and do something different.

“That’s the thing,” Dozier said. “He just wants to get out of the house. After every day, he goes home and sits at the house. We’re trying to get him out a little bit. He’s a lot of fun.”

Next Monday’s episode is “women tell all,” Dozier said, followed by the finale on March 14, which leads nicely into the only off day of the spring the following day.

“We might expand the group for the finale,” Dozier said.