‘The Golden Bachelor’ Premiere: Dance Parties, Innuendos & Heartfelt Conversations Comprise Gerry Turner’s First Night
29.09.2023 - 01:03
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SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the series premiere of ABC‘s The Golden Bachelor.
Buckle up, folks. Gerry Turner’s inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor is finally here.
The premiere episode kicked off the Bachelor franchise’s new three-hour Thursday time slot (with two hours of Bachelor in Paradise to follow). And after several years in the making, there’s certainly some big expectations for how the series will go over with audiences — and whether it’ll attract new viewers to the franchise.
When the episode opens, we first see Gerry getting ready to meet his suitors for the first time as they arrive at the Bachelor mansion. He introduces himself, telling viewers that this is “the first night of the rest of my life.”
“How lucky would I be to find a second true love in my lifetime?” he posited. Gerry was previously married for 43 years and has been open in the promos about how he’s eager to find a second love after losing his first wife, which is already a refreshing deviation from first loves we’re used to seeing bud on other series in The Bachelor franchise.
He’s also the first Bachelor on social security, as he jokingly points out.
But enough of the lead up! It’s time for Gerry to meet these women. First out of the limo is Edith, a retired realtor from California. After Gerry reminds her they’ve just made history as the first Golden Bachelor limo entrance, Edith reveals that she’s brought confetti to celebrate. So far, so good.
Other standouts from the introductions included Sandra, who encourages Gerry to take some deep breaths to calm their nerves…with a couple of expletives whispered under her breath. There was also Leslie, who gets out of the limo dressed in a nightgown and using a walker.