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 two single gal pals looking for love with someone who is not Clayton Eckerd.

We've been waiting and waiting and waiting some more and finally, the Gabby Wendy Rachel Rekia joint bachelor at season is kicking off finally.

And so far it is delivering all the hugging and squealing and mutual compliments about each other's shiny hair that we we truly craved from this season.

Yes, and here to help us bask in the female friendship glow is writer and comedian Elise Myers Elise, thank you for joining us.

Yeah, thank you for having me. I just I'm so excited to get into it.

Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be back with you guys. Thank you for being here with me.

Thank you for being here today. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be back with you guys. Thank you for joining us.

I'm like, I'm tired you guys. It is great. People are like texting me like I can't believe you get to hang out with the lease like when I come and I was like, okay, well, it's going to be over zoom, but we're very excited.

And before we dive into this episode, Emma and I wanted to thank everyone who came to our first digital live show at moment house on Sunday night. We had so much fun basically to prepare for this season. We did a throwback recap of the premiere episodes of the first ever to bachelor at season.

And we did a couple of shows, 2015 season in which she competed against Brit Nelson for the title. And honestly, it was so illuminating to rewatch it right before watching the Wendell. Yeah, premiere.

Julie, a study in contrast. I have so many thoughts, but to everyone who came out and who donated to the Bridget Alliance, we cannot tell you how freaking grateful we are. It was such a blast. And we ended up raising more than $2,500 for abortion care. So that is really exciting.

And if anyone missed the show and maybe still wants to watch it, you can still buy a replay ticket and some of that exclusive merch for a few more days.

So don't miss out on slash love to see it.

All right, and with that, I am so ready to get into this season, Emma Elise. I can't believe it's finally here. I feel like there BFFs were all now BFFs, sorry Elise, you're legally obligated.

Just like what happened in the contract. I think I read that line. Yeah, yeah. It was at the bottom of the invite.

And I say I am so like surprised at how much they have leaned into being BFFs. I knew that they were going to enjoy being those roles together. I just from the preview of the rest of the season, I didn't expect them to be like, you're my person.

Yeah, I'm genuinely like you guys should just go off and do this together. Like this is so cool. Like you guys should just go be friends somewhere else. I just don't want them to get their heart broken because we know it's going to get your own house.

Yeah, it would probably be a better partnership honestly.

I was like the sex on a city thing. It's like where the loves of each other's life. It's just be great. Nice guys to have fun with. So like we have each other. That is how I felt watching the intro. I want your hearts are going to get broken girls.

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