I'm Claire Fallon and I'm Emma Gray and this is Love to See It, an obsessively detailed

recap podcast about 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 live in studio holiday specials. We just watched

the most festive ever, Bachelorette finale, which ended, you know, as all holiday shows

should. With true love, it's the most wonderful time of the year and it's the big finale

of Michelle Young's season. It's truly got it all, meeting the parents, last chance dates,

proposals, couch cries, jingle bells, mistletoe. Were we counting just the two of us today?

You and me, Emma, let's do this. Let's dive in.

We got it and just a little warning. I am working with some COVID, some like COVID this

morning. Everyone get boosted, makes a huge difference. I have a mild case, but if I'm

a little foggy or low energy, I apologize. Yeah, I just want to give a little holiday

call out to Emma who has been sick this week and we've still done a taping like every

day. She's just truly, truly a soldier for content and I'm so lucky to be your partner.

Oh, thank you. A soldier for content and a walking advertisement for the value of vaccination.

Yeah. Let's talk about some lovers here, some a chef, some Brandon, some Nate. We begin

this live, this live special with a special bachelor at like title graphic. I love it.

I love it.

A little Santa hat candy canes, there's snow, all of them kind of hanging off of the

words of the bachelor at. There's jingle bells in the theme music. There's a Christmas

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