Hey guys, we're back again and we're here this time to share our taping from our show at the Newport Theatre in Chicago.

We were joined by the woman responsible for the hilarious Vulture recaps, one of our favorite recappers, Ali Barthwell,

to talk about season one, episode four of The Bachelor, the first ever hometown dates.

We were also joined by some very special Chicago and Bachelor alums.

We had a two on one interview with Clay Harbor, no one got eliminated, and we promised it was not edited out of this podcast.

We also played Never Have I Ever with Jacqueline Schwartz, Diggy Moryland and Dustin Kendrick.

It was an awesome night and if you couldn't make it, we'd love to see you at our next live show.

That's right, we've come to the end of the first ever season of The Bachelor and it's time to recap the grand finale.

As Chris Harrison would say, we'll be at the bellhouse in Brooklyn on Thursday, November 21st,

recapping the episode where Alex Michelle finally chooses the woman he'll date for a few weeks.

You can get tickets to that show at the link in our show notes.

It'll be a really fun time and we would love, love, love to see you all there.

But first, our recap of season one, episode four with Ali Barthwell.

We hope you enjoy.

Welcome to Here to Make Friends, a half-post podcast about The Bachelor franchise, where we lovingly snark on The Bachelor and Bachelor adjacent shows.

Whether you love The Bachelor or love to hate it, we're here to break down every single delicious moment with you.

I'm Emma Gray and I'm Claire Fallon.

Hello Chicago!

It's so great to be here this week. We got really beautiful weather.

There's just like a wafte of something in the air, like something a little peachy, like some impeachment weather.

Yeah, yeah.

And it feels really good to be in like the greatest Midwestern city for impeachment week, the greatest week.

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