Bed Bach and Beyond

Hi BB's! Aubrey and Em here. Blake makes his entrance as the guys cool off having Thomas out of the house. He proves himself a contender coming in smoothly and wisking off with Katie, while another deserving man gets a great one on one. Some dudes come off as tone deaf while others grow deeper with Katie and share more. Oh yeah and the first date dancing to a band no one knows happened! #textbookmoment

The ambulance promo has been showing this past week, there's always an ambulance promo. Did Bachelor actually have to call the wahmbulance?? Was it just promo bait?? Does Hunter explode with love?? I mean you probably know you watched the episode.

Hashtag #herefortherightreasons is still a thing that no one wants to shut up about, and there's two opposite sides when it comes to Katie needing help learning about contestant's intentions or not.

Our girl pulls a good ole man swap that even we didn't see coming. And also has a pretty full on Game of Thrones esqe moment that closes out the episode like whaaaaaaaaat!?

We also learn that Mike doesn't eat carbs (weird), Tre is good with words (cute), and Greg's just... Greg (ew)

Aubrey and Em chit chat and break down the third episode! The first half was like *surprised face* and then it was like *cringe face* and then when it like *happy crying face*...super in that order.

We love a genuine One-on-One and we love a good "He interrupted my time" ...this episode had both!

They're baaaaaaaaack!

Aubrey and Em join up for some laughs, sips, and an overview of Katie's first 2 episodes. Nothing says romance like a skin salesman! This season is pretty textbook so far, but things are just getting started...

By the way both ladies were literally in bed while recording this time around, and it ended up being super comf, so let the literal Bed, Baching & Beyonding begin!

Emily is joined by Aubrey to share some closing thoughts on Matt's season, some bestie banter, and speculations of what two Bachelorettes will look like. It took us a while to get back on the mic because, as I'm sure listeners can also relate to, watching Matt's season unfold has been quite the ride and was something to process for everyone. What started off as something fun, exciting and overdue...ended up showcasing a whole butt load of racially insensitive activity and bias in quite a few areas over the course of his journey.

We discuss the relationship that family plays in the closing episodes of every lead's season, as well as sentiments expressed in this description.

As far as ATFR and the final conversations that we saw...we aren't in a place to discuss their how it was handled, or if any of the televised discussion landed because aren't directly effected by the pain this season has caused people. We encourage you, if you haven't already, to listen to BIPOC contestants former cast to get their take on how this season concluded. While it's not their job to educate us, if they're sharing their stories we need to listen. "The Blackchelor Pod", "Higher Learning" , and "2 Black Girls, 1 Rose" grace us with amazing recaps and perspective on the show as well.

Thanks for tuning in BB's and we'll chat soon!

xoxo

Amalia joins Emily again to go over the overnight dates. Fantasy Suites? Whatever. The latter seems cheesy and outdated but for some reason that verbiage comes back this season.

The viewers are also shown a very intimate scene pretty much right off the bat that seemed exploitative to a degree, which we talk about. Matt's poise and maturity he shows through the conversation, as well choosing to air this scene in general, overshadows the franchises' poor storytelling choice. He shows Bachelor Nation how important it is to have clear and direct communication, something he's done many times, as he wades his way around yet another ignorant production mess that has been dumped in his way.

We also chat about how the franchises' "storytelling" in general is starting to take things to far, especially this season, as we start to break down the final relationships Matt has and how they're being relayed to those watching as well as the lead himself.

"Are you there Bachelor Nation? It's me, Amalia."

Amalia is back to co-host with Em for this one, as we break down the Women Tell All which left a lot to be desired. We get into all of it obviously! Matt shows up as well as his plus 1, a beard...and he addressed some of the women he sent home.

Chris puts some of the favorites in the hot seat and a lot of footage is shared that we never saw. We were hoping they got into more nitty gritty, but maybe because of recent controversy they didn't? Either way, we take care of that for you.

Titled the Borchelor....because....we are bored with Matt and we have still learned nothing?

But make no mistake, lots of great chats in this episode about exactly why we felt that way and what it could be stemming from. Em is joined by a guest co-host this week, Amalia! Aubrey and Emily have been friends with Amalia for years and it took her about five minutes to become obsessed with the Bachelor. We missed Aub, but it was fun to sit down with Mal and hear all her smarty pants thoughts!

We spend a lot of time breaking down a lot of the overarching themes of all four "family visits" (cough moving through Lots 1-4 on the Nemacolin resort) and the issues we have with production not really showing us anything of value thus far from any of the final four women as well as Matt himself.

The first 30 minutes of this episode Aubrey and Em talk Chris Harrison and the controversy surrounding his Extra interview with Rachel Lindsay.

This episode was so wild and fun to watch (Emily's favorite so far), and there was so much to cover. Off the bat Matt quite literally starts "cleaning house". One of our favorites goes home, some leave on their own accord, and by the end we're left with the most diverse final four in franchise history. We also discuss feeling like we're left wanting more from a lot of the relationships, one in particular...

For some reason for the first time in what seems like ever, a contestant has to drive herself around in a mini-van in heels.

Matt also exhibits some unexpected 'I love you too" self control, while somehow the bullying energy hasn't completely been eliminated and the past weeks drama won't seem to die.

By the way, the CH shit storm hadn't happened when we recorded this, so just know we're gonna be chugging that tea so hard it burns our throat next week. ☕️