The season begins with Katie and surprise new co-hosts, former bachelorettes Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe who give her advice on being the bachelorette. The night begins at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa.

After Katie enters the men are introduced - Marty holds crystals, Greg presents Katie with a necklace made by his niece, Brendan shows Katie how to play ice hockey, Aaron and Cody chat together, James is revealed from inside a box. Connor B. teaches Katie how to play a plastic piano with his feet, and kisses her. Katie gives the first impression rose to Greg. At the rose ceremony, Austin, Brandon, Gabriel, Jeff, Landon, Marcus and Marty are sent home.

Tayshia and Kaitlyn come in to see Katie and give their pep time when sharing an advice on the upcoming dates.

The first group date of the season consists of Christian, Garrett, Tre, Quartney, Mike, James, Justin, Thomas, Connor B. and Karl, and is a sex-themed play. Heather McDonald mentors the men for a skit where they are quizzed on women's clothing - Connor B. and Christian raised their hands to give an answer, Mike does not give an answer, Quartney gets all the answers right. Connor B. performs a song, James shows off in underwear to the audience. Mike won the "Greatest Love of All Time" event after giving a speech. At the night portion, Connor B. and Thomas both kiss Katie and Connor B receives the group date rose.

Greg has the first one-on-one date for the season - a picnic. He and Katie travel to nearby bush to set up the picnic together, Greg does not know assemble a portable toilet. He gives a kiss to Katie and they go fishing. At the night portion, Katie opens up to Greg about her father's passing and Greg tells her about his own father's death a couple of years earlier. Greg receives the date rose.

Tayshia and Kaitlyn are in cowgirl outfits and wake up John, Andrew S., Kyle, Josh, Aaron, Brendan, Hunter and Cody for their second group date. The men are to compete in a mud wrestling event called "Katie's Big Bucket Brawl". They split in two teams of four, Kyle and Andrew S. face compete, and Aaron and Cody are in the final event causing a tension between them. Aaron ends up winning the Big Buckle and he tells Katie that he and Cody knew each other prior to joining the show. Katie accuses Cody of not being there for the right reasons, and instead wanting fame. Cody and Aaron confront each other, and Katie sends Cody home. Andrew S. then spends time Katie - they kiss and Katie gives him the date rose.

At the cocktail party, Michael has one-on-one time with Katie and felt he had a good connection with her that he could even he could get a date. Karl accuses the other men of being untrustworthy, and Katie accuses them of being dishonest, with Karl and Aaron being there for the wrong reasons. The episode ends with a cliffhanger.

Concluding from the previous episode, Katie has conversations with Karl and Aaron, and accusations are thrown from the men towards Aaron, leading Katie to cancel the cocktail party. At the rose ceremony, Katie talks to Tayshia and Kaitlyn and says that she wanted to keep Karl, however ultimately sends him home along with Garrett, John and Kyle.

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The group date has Aaron, Quartney, James, Connor B., David, Justin, Thomas, Hunter and Brendan talk about emotional veracity. The Bachelor season 21 star Nick Viall makes an appearance. The men take part in a therapy session. The men talk about their lives, including Hunter who tells the men about being a single father and his first marriage which did not work out due to his focus on his work. Connor B. had dropped out of postgraduate education due to struggles with alcoholism. Katie then talks about a previous relationship with a man who assaulted her over 10 years ago, and the continuing emotional impact. During the night portion of the date, the other men voice criticism towards Thomas for his answer during the date. Thomas discusses Aaron with Katie. Connor B. gets the date rose.

Michael has the one-on-one date, where he has a dune buggy ride with Katie. Michael shares a kiss with Katie and tells her his backstory about being a single dad to his 4-year-old son James when his late wife died in 2019 from breast cancer and receives the date rose.

Back at the hotel, Brendan confronts Thomas about being a pathological liar. Hunter then accuses Thomas of vying for the next Bachelor role. The episode ends on a cliffhanger.

Concluding from the previous episode, Thomas is still insisted with his interest of the role as the bachelor, he starts to plea with Quartney working on his deltoids, being tried on his culprit to exacerbate for being honest.

The second group date from Week 3 had Christian, Tre, Andrew S., Greg, Andrew M., Josh, Mike and Connor C. where they participate for "Katie's Truth or Dare". Tayshia explains them on how being physical, mental and emotional on the tasks would be for the day. The snacks are to face on a carb station is to eat a plate of 42 Twinkies bars and a huge bowl of pasta. Mike has eaten a lot of Twinkies, while Andrew S. gives a shot, Greg soon gives a fool around whispering into the giant ear, Christian gives Tre a massage. While the final challenge that the men have to eat a plate of two habanero peppers and Greg gets a lot of fun. At the night portion, Katie gets to spend time with the men especially Andrew S. to start his own time, and Andrew M. showing a lot of sparkle. Greg is feeling out on a comfort zone and thinks that dating a woman with the bunch of the other guys at the same time. Tre then gets a talk with Katie and telling about Thomas for being on the latter's unusual attention especially his manipulative behavior on the show. Andrew S. then saves the night to chastise Tre for his decision. And in the end, Katie presents the rose to Tre.

The day of the cocktail party, Tayshia comes in to meet with Katie and tells her that a man from the previous season, believing that he would be a good match for Katie. The man is revealed to be Blake Moynes, Katie greets Blake for a smile and hug. They met previously before the show when season 25 of The Bachelor was still airing. Katie then reveals on her confessional they did communicate through social media. If Blake joins the show, Katie might be his third bachelorette despite having competed with Clare Crawley and Tayshia on that same season.

At the cocktail party, Katie looks for Thomas where he has found at the room as they were immediately showing their gestures in which on a reluctant note. Thomas then shows on being the victim side that neither of the guys trust him, Katie then asked him about on his bachelor audition. Thomas then claims on his devastation and he soon joins on the cocktail party. Thomas is there as the men are not pleased on their dismay, especially Aaron, Christian and Justin which they led up on a shouting match. Andrew S. started to yell Aaron for the right opinion until Katie shows up. The men has soon to show their reiterate on actions against Thomas. At the rose ceremony, Thomas began to apologize Katie for the wrong reasons having had disrespect on the show. When Katie was planning to give the final rose to Thomas and stopped by when she said, "You told me the things I wanted to hear. But what I learned about you tonight is that you're selfish, unkind, and a liar. Your Bachelor audition ends tonight… so get out", Katie pointed him on his exit. In addition to Thomas, Christian, Connor C. and David are also sent home.

Afterwards, Katie then goes to Blake's room and he officially joins the show.

Shortly after Blake joined the show, Tayshia informs the men as they will meet Blake with most men recognizing him from the previous season.

Blake has the one-on-one date where he met with Katie for a horseback ride, Blake is more terrified with horses even when the horse stopped. They set up a picnic and share a kiss. At the night portion, Katie pens up about her sexual assault story. Blake then receives the date rose and Laine Hardy made its appearance at the end of the date.

Greg, Quartney, Aaron, Mike, Michael, Andrew M., Josh, Justin, Brendan, James, Connor B., Tre and Hunter took part on the group date where they ride on a bus in a middle of nowhere where they have to participate on a "rugby meets basketball" with a twist on the activity "Bachelorette Bash Ball Battle". They were met by Bachelor Nation alum Wells Adams and celebrity photographer Franco Lacosta, where they judge and give the commentary. They were split in uneven number of teams, with the winning team would win and spend the after party with Katie, while the losing team will be sent home. The red team took an early lead, Hunter was very aggressive when hitting a ball, having knocked Mike. Michael soon tossed the ball against with the opposite team as Justin grabs him until medics arrived but Michael was able to stand and was completely on relief. Both teams won after resulted in a tie and have invited at the after party. At that party, Michael opens up his special day for his late wife's birth anniversary and soon they gave a kiss. Connor presents a ukulele to play a song for Katie. The men started to hate Hunter due to his abrasive personality. Hunter received the date rose.

Andrew S. has the one-on-one date to take place at night, Katie brings two kerosene lamps where they walk into the woods with dozens of string lights and pink envelopes. Then, they grab several bats. Andrew S. opens up his backstory when he was being raised by a single mom when his dad was sent to prison, and football became his priority on his career. Andrew then gives his concern on interracial romance, and he has received the date rose. Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=The_Bachelorette_(American_season_17)
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