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So we’re getting down to the nuts and bolts of the season. I say this around the same time every season, but since not everyone reads during the offseason, I’ll say it again: The show takes one month to get from their initial cast (whatever that number may be) down to the final four. Then it takes usually 3 weeks to get from four down to the final 1. Filming most definitely slows down once hometowns begin because there’s more breaks in filming in between hometown dates (one day) and overnight dates (also one day). And that’s where we are right now. The rose ceremony in Italy was last night and as I write this morning, Arie is headed back to the states to begin hometown dates, which start on Thursday. As long as they keep their normal hometown date schedule that they’ve pretty much always stuck to in the past, hometowns will be Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday, with the final four rose ceremony being next Thursday … Continue reading →