Why Airing Taylor Frankie Paul’s Season Is So Risky | This Week in Bachelor Nation
Game of Roses
Game of Roses
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🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
BachelorClues and PaceCase discuss the bombshell news from Reality Steve that ABC is planning to air Taylor Frankie Paul's scuttled Bachelorette season this summer, with an official announcement expected at the upfronts. They break down why they think it's a bad decision for the long-term health of the franchise, and what it means for Bachelor Season 30, which is now officially open for casting. In Bachelor Nation News, TFP and Dakota Mortensen were granted mutual protective orders, a voice note from Jessi Draper was leaked, Whitney Leavitt announces she's leaving Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Vulture drops their first-ever Reality TV Masterminds list, and Trista Sutter launches a new advice podcast. Plus, the top 5 Parasocial Plays of the Week, the Parasocial Creature of the Week, and the Scream From The Pit.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the game of roses. |
| 0:03.3 | Welcome to the game of roses. |
| 0:06.4 | This is the game of roses. |
| 0:09.3 | Welcome to the game of roses. |
| 0:12.9 | Welcome to Game of Roses. |
| 0:15.4 | This is Pace Case. |
| 0:17.8 | This is Bachelor Clue. |
| 0:20.3 | Hi. You know what I realized? I have one of our new shirts. What? Yeah. I think I have. You got one? I did. I don't remember. Where's my shirt? Is it here? Oh my God. I'm ruining priceless artifacts. Now that we're getting tank tops, now I need the tank top. Yeah, I have one. In our next episode, I'll debut. I'll wear it. I just realized that as we started recording. Why didn't we come out with the tank tops earlier? Now I have a t-shirt and that, but I need the tank top. Yeah, you got to have the whole collection, which, by the way way you can get right now on our website game |
| 0:54.4 | of roses dot org you can go there and you can get all of our new merch including the build a better game |
| 1:02.1 | t-shirts and tank tops new tank we've never done a tank top before i know summertime's coming our |
| 1:09.7 | shoulders have been hidden and now the |
| 1:11.9 | pit shoulders are free if you're going out to a major league baseball game to watch show hey otani |
| 1:17.7 | the greatest baseball player who's ever lived play some games you can wear your tank top okay |
| 1:23.8 | are you working for the dodgers i wish interesting. Interesting. I just love Shoahia, Johnny. He's like, there has never been a baseball player like him. He is an amazing pitcher. He's an amazing hitter. Like, like a little level at both. The last one was a guy named baby Ruth |
| 1:44.2 | um prior to or post babe Ruth there was never a pitcher that could hit like this |
| 1:52.1 | he's he's like number one or number two in all categories across pitching and hitting |
| 1:57.3 | it's fucking insane and he's super funny and seemingly nice, very charming. |
| 2:04.4 | Oh, what he's having. |
| 2:06.3 | I wish. |
| 2:06.9 | Yeah. |
| 2:07.1 | He's also like six foot nine or something. |
| 2:09.2 | I don't know. |
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