I'm Claire Fallon and I'm Emma Gray.

And this is Love to See It, an obsessively detailed recap podcast about reality dating

shows like The Bachelor and other pop culture that makes us laugh, cry, and curse the patriarchy.

We can't live with these shows and we can't live without them, but we can break down every

juicy moment and unpack all the weird messages these shows send us about love, sex, and dating.

Welcome to Love to See It, a podcast about vibes. The vibes are high, the vibes are good,

the vibes are depleted, thanks to Braden. It may no longer be summer here in the real world,

but we're hitting the beach in our minds because Bachelor and Paradise is back, baby, finally.

Goodness, I mean, we waited long enough. Before we get started, a couple of housekeeping notes,

you know, we're getting into the Bachelor and Paradise premiere shortly, but our golden

Bachelor premiere recap will be dropping on Monday. So definitely make sure to look out for that.

Also, I am covering Love is Blind season five over on our Substack podcast, Rich Text.

You can subscribe to hear those recaps at clarentema.substack.com. I'm joined by my friend

journalist Laura Bassett. We're having a lot of fun. It's a wild season.

It's just too much going on, you know, so much Bachelor friends, so much Love is Blind.

It's three shows that I need to watch at once is maybe on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

It's okay. What really made my mind settle was the opening montage of Bachelor and Paradise.

Lee, you and I both understood this reference immediately. Like the red letters start coming

across the screen. We hear the music. We see a city scape and you and I were like flashed ends.

Yeah, I was like, where are my leg warmers? It's time to go and try to feel like just you can just

see her welding, biking around Pittsburgh. Yeah, but this cast for sure did not know what was

happening. Like, what is this? What a feeling song. What do you want me to do? What you want water

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