The season the hosting chair changed hands. Two former Bachelorettes step in to guide the season — the first time the franchise handed hosting to its own alumnae — and the shift gives the season a peer-level warmth a single emcee never could. Ten episodes, a bio-secure single-resort format at a New Mexico resort, and a direct, unsentimental lead at the center. A genuine transitional document for the franchise, more interesting for what it changes than for its rewatch pull.
Slot #18 of 21 in the The Bachelorette Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.