The Bachelorette reunion special aired on Monday, May 6. We came into this season swinging with nostalgia, secrets and plenty of Nick Viall jokes.
The Bachelorette is officially back, baby!! While Hannah Brown’s season won’t start until next Monday, May 13, the ABC gods were kind enough to give us an incredible reunion to help bring us out of the dark times.
And lucky for us, despite the many (many) clips from past seasons, it was pretty friggin’ great. The reunion featured 12 former Bachelorettes, each ready to spill secrets, embrace the mansion nostalgia and make jokes about their exes.
After all the throwback clips, the Bachelorette reunion kicked off with a bus tour led by Chris Harrison. It tapped into our intense, primal desire to obsess over Bachelorette details.
These Super Fans running through the Bachelor Mansion like #TheBachelorette #TheBacheloretteReunion pic.twitter.com/NwgDijnJXD
— Chelsea Allyn (@chelseallyn) May 7, 2019
That girl kissing the ground of the bachelor mansion would literally be me #TheBachelorette #TheBacheloretteReunion
— Anita (@neetersss) May 7, 2019
Seriously, guys: why doesn’t ABC offer this tour year round? Would willingly give up one of my children to participate in the festivities.
Next, the tour bus made a stop with former Bach Nick Viall. While the fans he spoke with all seemed excited to see him, Twitter came after him hard. My joke cup runneth over.
So does this count as @viallnicholas28 appearing on ANOTHER season of #TheBachelorette? pic.twitter.com/WoWVofa1g6
— BachShitCray (@Bach_ShitCray) May 7, 2019
Nick Viall during Kaitlyn's season vs. Nick Viall now #TheBachelorette #TheBacheloretteReunion pic.twitter.com/VjZaUgf5zZ
— Chelsea Allyn (@chelseallyn) May 7, 2019
Ah, Nick. You’ve dated everyone in Bachelor Nation by now. The Bachelorette reunion was basically a Nick Viall exes reunion.
Two Grammas: Can we interest you in a threesome?
— Chelsea Allyn (@chelseallyn) May 7, 2019
Nick Viall: #TheBachelorette #TheBacheloretteReunion pic.twitter.com/MlT9D47TaU
No, Nick wasn’t the only former Bach that Twitter came after.
Ben Higgins is proof that no amount of cute and sweet can override a man’s natural instinct to be SUPER DUMB #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/3Bc1c9QWad
— Back to Bachelor (@BackToBachelor) May 7, 2019
Throughout the episode, we got a few interesting little behind-the-scenes tidbits. Some were dramatic, others were just. . . a lot.
#TheBachelorette
— Bravo and Botox (@bravoandbotox) May 7, 2019
Rachel: “It’s supposed to be a night of passion, but my overnight with Nick is where I got my best night’s sleep”
Nick: pic.twitter.com/a5gCZ8P5q4
What a ride! The Bachelorette reunion was a great intro to our new season. We can’t wait for more! Next week, get your friends together, get that wine ready and let’s watch Hannah Brown get her fairytale wedding. The show will return on Monday, May 13.