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ShowsThe BachelorSeason 5
Aired spring 2004 · Filmed in Agoura Hills

Jesse Palmer

The first athlete Bachelor — a backup quarterback for the New York Giants, mid-twenties, calmer on camera than the franchise had been used to. The casting leans toward women who can hold a conversation through a steak dinner, and the season plays more measured than the comic-relief run that preceded it. The mansion is still the mansion, the rose ceremonies still cathedral-lit. A competent middle-period entry that doesn't push the format but doesn't waste it either.

Filmed
Agoura Hills, California
Premiered
Apr 7, 2004
Episodes
6
Format
25 women · pro-athlete lead
the franchise's first athlete
Host
Chris Harrison
On this page4 sections
  1. 01The take
  2. 02Where it sits in the canon
  3. 03Adjacent in the canon
  4. 04In this canon
01The take

Competent over memorable, by design.

02Where it sits in the canon

The #22 slot.

Slot #22 of 29 in the Bachelor Editor's Canon. The first athlete Bachelor — a backup quarterback for the New York Giants, mid-twenties, calmer on camera than the franchise had been used to. The casting leans toward women who can hold a conversation through a long dinner, and the season plays more measured than the comic-relief run that preceded it. The mansion is still the mansion, the rose ceremonies still cathedral-lit. A competent middle-period entry that doesn't push the format but doesn't waste it either. The kind of season the franchise needed to keep the run alive without changing the rules.

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04In this canon

Its Editor's Canon entry.

The Bachelor — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #22