It feels so refreshing to finally have a great Bachelor again and a wonderful group of women. Maria demonistrated what it means to be a girl's girl, even when your delivery isn't totally perfect. We have a hard conversation about bullying (hey, Bachelor producers, how about you offer more to the people on your show?), sit through bloopers, and speculate on what the finale will bring.

The biggest news in this week's episode is how good Sammi's eagle eyes are (near-sightedness and lazy eye WHERE?)

We've got Daisy in Dreams, while Kelsey and Rachel are in Secrets. What gives?

We've got the same (or an extremely similar) date set-up with the leap of faith as Gabby and Erich took.

The one redeeming source of goodwill (but also drama) came from the Golden Bachelor women joining to impart wisdom and just the right amount of paranoia in Kelsey to maybe make her crack? We'll find out next week!

Another week of Sammi being right. Wow, it never gets old! We don't have a lot to say about hometowns, but we sure talk about long walks and free channels a lot in this one. Now we wait to see if our Maria is served justice as the next Bachelorette.

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This is a very special week for you, our loyal listeners, because it's a crossover episode! We have the Spring 2024 Jilly Box, plus our recounting of Week 7 of Joey's journey. The week before hometowns always means crunch time, but in our opinion, this was a slower episode compared to all the drama that had surfaced in the previous weeks. Sammi had a chance to show off her morning-themed Jilly Box goods and also gloat about being right on about who would stay and who would go. Steve just got to look on with amazement that JILLY HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

Bienvenue, loyal listeners! We are in Montreal for this week's episode, or as we meanly called it, Europe Junior. It's all jokes over here, what do we know, we're in flyover country! What a banner week for Maria! Other good things happened as well. We make our predictions for hometowns and look forward to another stellar week.

P.S., Jilly Box is dropping soon!

For more info on Kelsey T.'s upbringing, check out this interview she did a few years ago.

As you work your way through this episode, I want to remind you that you LIKE us. That way, you won't get mad when you hear Sammi jumble up all the details for the dates. This episode starts with a public apology and the next one will, too, we guess. But Maria? Nothing to be sorry about.

Another week of us failing to see why we would need to solve a problem like Maria because she doesn't appear to be a problem. We talk about this in the episode, but here's a hint for everyone reading this - if you say the word "bully" about someone in the house, and nobody has a clue who you're talking about, maybe there is NO bully in your house. We go into full marketing audit on this one, so we are sorry for anyone who doesn't like that. Stay until the end when Sammi becomes a bully (and will inevitably apologize later).

We're in week 2 and people are already picking favorites! The entire internet seems to be Team Daisy but we're over here representing for Team Maria all day, every day. That sprinkle heir screams main character energy, as Charity even agrees per Maria's IG. So let's see where the QUEEN takes us this season.

Maybe we're jinxing it, but we're really excited about this season! Sisters, Canadians, and Hallmark Movie stars (not really, but...kinda!) This season is going to have a little bit of everything, and people are already bringing the gossip on Reddit. We discuss the season, most of the bios, and Oscar snubs, of course.

There's not much to say about a wedding that's just one big sponsorship showcase, but we managed to fill an hour opining on generational differences, the Bachelor years gone by, and that cursed Kwanzaa cake by Sandra Lee (those who want to check it out can do so here).

We stan Molly on this podcast. That's the main takeaway.

We'll be back next week with more Bachelor nation news, Joey's season, and our book review!