How many episodes of The Bachelorette are on this week?

THE BACHELORETTE - Ò1610Ó ÐTayshia agonizes over which of the menÕs families to meet for hometown dates, and BennettÕs bombshell return adds even more pressure to examine her emotions. Hoping to gain some clarity, Tayshia takes Blake to a crystal guru to have their crystals and chakras read. Overcome with emotion, she makes some gut-wrenching decisions about her remaining men, which reaches a turning point at a high-stakes cocktail party and rose ceremony. Then some of the most unforgettable men in this unprecedented season Ð including Demar, Ed, Jason, Kenny and Yosef Ð join Chris Harrison to look back at the romance, drama and heartbreak that had Bachelor Nation talking on ÒThe Bachelorette,Ó MONDAY, DEC. 14 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Craig Sjodin)TAYSHIA ADAMS, BLAKE MOYNES
THE BACHELORETTE - Ò1610Ó ÐTayshia agonizes over which of the menÕs families to meet for hometown dates, and BennettÕs bombshell return adds even more pressure to examine her emotions. Hoping to gain some clarity, Tayshia takes Blake to a crystal guru to have their crystals and chakras read. Overcome with emotion, she makes some gut-wrenching decisions about her remaining men, which reaches a turning point at a high-stakes cocktail party and rose ceremony. Then some of the most unforgettable men in this unprecedented season Ð including Demar, Ed, Jason, Kenny and Yosef Ð join Chris Harrison to look back at the romance, drama and heartbreak that had Bachelor Nation talking on ÒThe Bachelorette,Ó MONDAY, DEC. 14 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Craig Sjodin)TAYSHIA ADAMS, BLAKE MOYNES

Are you ready for The Bachelorette season 16 to take on hometowns? This week, we’ll see Tayshia Adams go through one final rose ceremony to pick the suitors she’ll be taking that next big step with. As we left off last week, Tayshia has a one-on-one date with Blake coming up, and she’ll also have to decide if she’ll let Bennett return to the competition.

This week will also mark the season’s

Men Tell All

episode, and the teasers ABC has released

basically spoiled

some major stuff. If you hadn’t realized already, we’re expecting big drama this week, and we’re getting back-to-back episodes as well.

That’s right:

The Bachelorette

will air for two nights this week, so brace yourselves!

What nights are The Bachelorette on this week?

The Bachelorette season 16 will air on Monday night (December 14), as well as Tuesday night (December 15).

Why are there two episodes of The Bachelorette this week?

The reason why we’re getting two new episodes of Tayshia’s season this week is basically because time is running out. Last week, the men were told that hometowns would be coming up, which shocked both the contestants and the viewers. It goes without saying that more connections must be made–and a few more men must be eliminated–before hometowns take place.

Having the Men Tell All special this week also added to the need for two nights of episodes. As reported by Refinery29, the special will air tonight, December 14.

Considering Matt James’ season of The Bachelor begins on January 4, the first week of the new year, Tayshia’s season has to wrap up this month. There’s still Ben, Blake, Brendan, Ivan, Noah, Riley, and Zac (plus possibly Bennett) fully in the competition, so the remaining episodes have to come at us fast.

We wouldn’t be surprised if we get more than one episode a week at least another time this season.