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Can you believe it's already time for another Jilly Box? And on the Men Tell All day? What a treat! We do an epic, celebration-based unboxing, interspersed with wholesome tales of the Manion Men. What a season. These men will be missed, but hopefully producers take our hints and give us Paradise!  P.S.: Please don't yell at Sammi for totally missing who Barbara is. We know how you One Tree Hi...

Consider this an interlude, a break in the action before things wrap up for good. We've created a very tight, 30-ish minute episode to get you up to speed on the Finale (part 1). Stay tuned for what is either a very thrilling conclusion or the thing we've expected all along.  P.S. you can check out Sammi's friend's Twitch channel here .

We're already at hometowns! We get  not one, but TWO , Chicago dates, a Lake Tahoe outing, and a Wichita ranch. Could a Golden Bachelorette ask for anything more? We spend a lot of time dunking on Chicago in this one, sorry in advance.  Also, go say nice things to @iced__tay on TikTok and check out Sammi's TikTok @SammiDitto for movie deep dives 

We're back with another double episode! 2 times the fun in the same amount of time! We jump back and forth a bit between weeks 4 and 5, so bear with us. Do we already know who "the one" is at the end of this? And who stands the best chance at being the Golden Bachelor? Keep watching and listening for our takes. 

You get a double-dose of us, but also basically half of Sammi because her camera kept freezing, so that counts for something, right? On this week's episode, we talk about Kim's amazing song, Charles being the internet's boyfriend, and all the men making us cry about every 10 minutes or so. Have we turned the corner on Guy? We think so!! Hear our predictions at the end and stories throughout - Hele...

It's chaotic in our worlds, but thank goodness we have Joan to keep our stuff together. It was a pretty great start to the season. Lots of promising men, perhaps soem foreshadowing of bonding events to come, and there are some people we just want to hear from more! Will we get the chance? Will they give us Pablo in Golden Paradise? One can dream! 

Even when your house has come down wih the plague, the show must go on for Jenn's sake! Sammi and Steve spend 90 minutes breaking down essentially the last 30 minutes of the finale and After the Final Rose. Is Devin diabolical or illogical? Was Jenn treated more unfairly than the other Bachelorettes? And are producers really that evil? All this and more in this episode. 

What a packed episode this week! We cover the fantasy suites, the Men Tell All, and a Fall 2024 Jilly Unboxing.  It's hard to say how this is all going to shake out after what we've seen this week. We make our predictions, talk about in-home salad bars, and appreciate all of Jeremy's best moments at The Men Tell All.  Join us next week for the finale, and before we know it, The Golden Ba...

This week was technical difficulty after technical difficulty to get you here. In fact, if you watch the video, you'll see animated text over half of a black screen about 20 minutes in when we completely lost Steve. But, we're here and that's what counts! The recording and publishing process is sometimes more exciting than the Bachelorette episode itself. We talk about animatronics, run clubs, Sam...

This one really gets into the weeds, but we cover it all - the fun, the serious, the trigger-warning-worthy. But hey, at least we use our own words that come out of our own brain, unlike Sam, who is like one of those dolls with a string in its back that can say like 5 things. The radio station was truly a sight to behold. We also cover Sammi's weird contempt of Seattle (get a grip, Sammi), some ve...

Look at that, we're back with another episode so quickly! While this week wasn't the most eventful, it does show very clearly who's in the front of the pack. We talk about Jenn's obsession with flying (obviously), Sammi's slightly criminal past, and Jenn's toxic ex-boyfriend. Who will make it to hometowns? We place our predictions at the end. 

Friends, I am so sorry you're getting this so late! Blame technical difficulties on multiple fronts, but we are live with this now, so isn't it the intention that counts? This week we cover a LOT of ground - men who can't take "no" for an answer, Michiganders vs. Wisconsinites, Tyme machines, VR - this episode has it all.

We'll just say this right off the bat: This week, the men really impressed us with their Thunder Down Under routines. They've got some great alternative careers waiting for them if this season doesn't pan out the way they hoped. We have a large group date, a small group date, and only one-on-one, but plenty of interpersonal drama scattered throughout the episode. Aaron, Sam M, not gonna lie - you'...

We're off to Australia! I'm going to be honest, the best part about this episode is when we start to unravel, in real time, the manufactured nature of one of the contestants. Is anything about him real? Find out more by listening and watching!  We also talk about this great Screenrant article . Give it a read for greater insight on our revelation.  Sammi's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/...

Another season is off to the races! We spend this first episode talking about the men, our first impressions, placing bets on our favorites, and chatting about some of the other hot gossip in Bachelor Nation.

In this episode of Rose Plate Special, we unbox the Jilly Summer 2024 box, all themed around a coastal beach vacation! We catch up in some Bachelor news, dive deep into a lawyer's blog, and wonder why Ryan has to be so poetic just all of the time. 

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 11 Did we get something that's never happened on The Bachelor before? Yes. Was it the most dramatic finale we could have expected? No. But that's what we love about this show, right? Sometimes we get a fence jump, and sometimes we get a red herring with a bit of girls' girling on the side. All in all, it was a great season and we can't wait to see more f...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 10 It feels so refreshing to finally have a great Bachelor again and a wonderful group of women. Maria demonistrated what it means to be a girl's girl, even when your delivery isn't totally perfect. We have a hard conversation about bullying (hey, Bachelor producers, how about you offer more to the people on your show?), sit through bloopers, and specula...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 9 The biggest news in this week's episode is how good Sammi's eagle eyes are (near-sightedness and lazy eye WHERE?) We've got Daisy in Dreams, while Kelsey and Rachel are in Secrets. What gives? We've got the same (or an extremely similar) date set-up with the leap of faith as Gabby and Erich took. The one redeeming source of goodwill (but also drama) ca...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 8 Another week of Sammi being right. Wow, it never gets old! We don't have a lot to say about hometowns, but we sure talk about long walks and free channels a lot in this one. Now we wait to see if our Maria is served justice as the next Bachelorette.

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 7 and Spring 2024 Jilly Box! For those who want the YouTube, go over to our page ! This is a very special week for you, our loyal listeners, because it's a crossover episode! We have the Spring 2024 Jilly Box, plus our recounting of Week 7 of Joey's journey. The week before hometowns always means crunch time, but in our opinion, this was a slower episode...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 6 Bienvenue, loyal listeners! We are in Montreal for this week's episode, or as we meanly called it, Europe Junior. It's all jokes over here, what do we know, we're in flyover country! What a banner week for Maria! Other good things happened as well. We make our predictions for hometowns and look forward to another stellar week. P.S., Jilly Box is droppi...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episodes 4 & 5 As you work your way through this episode, I want to remind you that you LIKE us. That way, you won't get mad when you hear Sammi jumble up all the details for the dates. This episode starts with a public apology and the next one will, too, we guess. But Maria? Nothing to be sorry about.

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 3 Another week of us failing to see why we would need to solve a problem like Maria because she doesn't appear to be a problem. We talk about this in the episode, but here's a hint for everyone reading this - if you say the word "bully" about someone in the house, and nobody has a clue who you're talking about, maybe there is NO bully in your house. We g...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Joey - Episode 2 We're in week 2 and people are already picking favorites! The entire internet seems to be Team Daisy but we're over here representing for Team Maria all day, every day. That sprinkle heir screams main character energy, as Charity even agrees per Maria's IG. So let's see where the QUEEN takes us this season.