The Bachelorette: Katie Finds Love?

June 8, 2021 8:00 AM - Season 17 (Full Season)

Bachelorette Katie Thurston searches for a husband in ~5 weeks on national television. WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero (6 comments total)

Chris Harrison is officially out. I didn't miss him on the premiere!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:28 AM on June 8, 2021 [1 favorite]

Wait what, he's gay too?
posted by sammyo at 11:04 AM on June 8, 2021

Katie is the most emotionally mature person to have been in this franchise in any capacity as far as I can tell (though I'm a late latecomer to the shows). So it's pretty telling that when most of the guys tried to describe her, they didn't get anywhere near saying anything like that and mostly just said "Katie is just so Katie" or whatever. C'mon dudes.

I can't believe the giant box strategy paid off. Burning Love called it wrong.

Any idea what caused that weird sudden conflict between anonymous giant number 12 and the sex doll dude? Sorry, I mean, Aaron and Cody?

Tayshia was pretty great as a host. Kaitlyn was ... also there.
posted by solotoro at 12:47 PM on June 9, 2021

One of my favorite franchise moments ever was when they brought in Tayshia as the backup Bachelorette last season, and one of the guys asked her what she does for a living. She artfully danced around the true answer, which was "I DO THIS, dude - this, right here, plus Instagram".
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:38 PM on June 10, 2021

Not as much to say about last night's episode. Aaron apparently wasn't interested in going after anyone other than Cody, so Karl stepped in, I guess. I can't imagine his this-is-a-game-I-will-win approach will resonate with Katie, but I'm sure the producers are eating it up.
posted by solotoro at 7:15 AM on June 15, 2021

I was surprised at how quickly Katie fell apart after hearing Karl's vague accusation.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:55 AM on June 16, 2021