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"A Taken Man" | 'The Bachelor' S29 E8

Season 29, Ep. 8
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One perfunctory date stood out from the others, while Grant wonders if maybe he shouldn’t have told Litia he loved her before the finale. Thanks for listening. (Timestamps below)


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Timestamps (approximate):

0:15 Explosive and shocking episode

3:00 Basketball statistics and towels

6:00 Juliana and Daisy

8:00 Juliana date - day time

10:00 Juliana date - night time

14:00 Morning after

18:00 Zoe and Rachel 

19:00 Zoe date - day time

21:00 Zoe date - night time

24:00 Morning after

26:00 Litia and Kaity

27:00 Litia date - day time

30:00 Litia date - night time

36:00 Morning after

38:00 Rose Ceremony

40:00 Finale predictions

44:00 Mailbag

50:00 AB’s America Online ‘Bachelor’ Headline of the Week

52:00 RealTV Fantasy sticker winner

54:00 Power Rankings

55:00 John Carpenter

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