SPOILER ALERT! This submit comprises particulars from Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette.

Charity Lawson formally made it by night time one on her journey to search out love. Now, with 19 males left, the actual journey begins.

Episode 2 of The Bachelorette kicks off with the primary date of the season. It’s the one one-on-one of the week, and it goes to Aaron B. His jaw drops when Michael reads his identify on the date card, however he’s clearly thrilled to get to know Charity higher.

When Charity arrives on the mansion to select him up, she guarantees the day will likely be “legendary,” and he or she rapidly delivers when the pair stroll exterior to discover a cherry crimson basic Mustang sitting within the driveway — their journey for the date. All the lads are impressed as they watch Charity hop within the drivers seat and draw back.

Charity takes Aaron B. up into the Hollywood Hills to pop a bottle of champagne beneath the Hollywood signal. Whereas they picnic, she tells Aaron she was impressed to convey him on the date when he informed her he appeared to his personal dad and mom’ love story as a blueprint for his personal, as a result of she feels equally. It’s necessary for her to search out somebody who needs to construct a robust basis in that means. After snuggling beneath the Hollywood signal, the pair get a little bit of unique entry, sneaking as much as get nearer to the well-known letters.

Later that night time, Charity and Aaron share a romantic dinner the place they get a bit deeper into their private lives. Aaron tells Charity about his household, and he additionally opens up a few earlier relationship, admitting that he wasn’t the very best associate at the moment. Whereas he’s tried to work on himself and turn into a greater emotional assist, Aaron says he additionally had companions that may reap the benefits of his vulnerability. He’s hoping Charity, or any future associate, will turn into a “safe space” for him.

Charity tells Aaron about her personal earlier relationship and says that, whereas she and Zach weren’t meant for one another, he was in a position to assist her open her coronary heart once more after getting it damaged. Now, she’s in search of somebody to fulfill her the place she’s at in her journey to turning into the very best model of herself.

It mustn’t come as a shock that Charity affords Aaron a rose, which he accepts.

In the meantime, again on the mansion, the opposite males are already turning into the “right reasons” police, sigh. As they chat about what may be occurring throughout Charity’s one-on-one, they obtain a gaggle date card for Dotun, Tanner, Adrian, John, Caleb A., Caleb B., Kaleb Okay., Xavier, James, Aaron S., Sean, and Brayden.

Brayden could be very relieved to be on the date, since he’s frightened about shedding steam with Charity after receiving the primary impression rose. It’s beginning to turn into clear that, whereas Brayden’s true intentions aren’t fairly clear, he isn’t a fan favourite among the many different males within the mansion.

After a terrific one-on-one with Aaron B., Charity is attempting to shift her focus to the group date. She’s assembled the lads on the seashore, the place she says they’ll be having a reasonably chill day taking part in video games. They begin issues off with some soccer within the surf when impulsively Jesse Palmer seems…which may solely imply one factor. There’s a contest afoot, and the lads will likely be competing in a dodgeball recreation to make it to the cocktail social gathering with Charity. The shedding staff is headed again to the mansion.

The pink staff comes out on prime within the Better of 5 match, that means that Brayden, Xavier, John, Kaleb Okay., Caleb A., and James are headed to spend some extra time with Charity. However wait! Charity additionally has to decide on an MVP. She picks Adrian, that means he’s the lone particular person from the inexperienced staff who will likely be headed to the cocktail social gathering.

Brayden is the primary one to steal Charity away for a dialog, and the 2 proceed to construct their connection. He appears fairly assured at this level that he’s her “number one pick.” Naturally, Brayden begins ruffling some feathers with the opposite males when he says he’s dissatisfied he didn’t get the one-on-one date after receiving the primary impression rose. He says he doesn’t need Charity’s first impression rose, he needs her time…yikes. It looks like Brayden is out to make some enemies, telling Adrian that he would have picked Caleb B. for MVP over him. It’s beginning to appear like it received’t be lengthy earlier than somebody lets Charity in on Brayden’s feedback.

However Adrian chooses to maintain their time about them, as a result of he’s acquired larger fish to fry. He tells Charity about his daughter and the way exhausting it has been to depart her behind for the present. However, he does finish their dialog by telling Charity that a number of the males may not be taking this expertise too critically. She briefly brings it up with the group, simply to allow them to know that she is on this to search out her particular person.

She then affords the group date rose to John, who accepts wholeheartedly.

James, who we haven’t seen a lot from this date, lastly speaks up in a confessional to say that he doesn’t suppose Charity’s warning applies to him however it positively alerts bother. With the rose on his lapel, John means that whoever is treating this expertise like a recreation must be weeded out. Adrian thinks individuals are messing round too. Nobody is keen to level fingers — at the very least not but.

There’s one group date left, and Charity is a little bit on edge after how the final one ended. She meets Joey, Warwick, Michael, John Henry, Josh, and Spencer at a park in downtown L.A. to kick off the day with a particular shock from former Bachelorettes Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia. The ladies are shocking Charity with the plans for the group date, which includes an viewers of some type.

When the lads arrive, they study they’ll have the chance to interrupt the document for the longest kiss in Bachelor Nation historical past (with Charity, after all). The document time is 3 minutes and 24 seconds, beforehand set by none aside from Sean Lowe. However first, they’ll need to reply a couple of questions to assist Charity decide who she needs to interrupt the document with.

Charity is in the end impressed by Joey. In entrance of a crowd, the 2 break Bachelor Nation historical past with a kiss that lasts a whopping 4 minutes and 25 seconds. The opposite males are clearly distraught after witnessing that kiss, and Gabby and Rachel rub salt within the wound once they announce that Joey may even get to spend one-on-one time with Charity later that night time.

When the lads return to the mansion with their tails between their legs, their retelling of the date sparks much more controversy. Brayden is offended that the date ever occurred, as a result of he feels the others (and by some means himself) by the group date. He says he’s packing his baggage and isn’t certain he can maintain relationship Charity.

Joey is stoked to have this time with Charity, as a result of he has the possibility to open up extra about how his dad and mom’ divorce formed his upbringing and his perspective on love. His dad and mom separated as a result of his dad got here out as homosexual, and he’s been inspired by the love they nonetheless have for one another as they continued to lift their youngsters collectively. Charity affords Joey a rose, and he accepts.

The subsequent morning, the lads are getting ready for the rose ceremony. Brayden continues to be round, at the very least for now. However he says that he has “a lot to talk to Charity about” and is ready to depart if his wants aren’t met.

In lieu of a cocktail social gathering, Charity has opted for a daytime barbecue. A lot of the males are merely attempting to catch a couple of minutes of Charity’s undivided consideration earlier than she fingers out the roses, however Brayden needs to make his intentions very clear. He ultimately pulls her apart and tells her that he thinks the group date that he wasn’t on was disrespectful. Charity says she didn’t imply to disrespect, and that appears to be sufficient for Brayden.

Adrian stirs the pot a bit extra by lastly naming names, letting Charity know that Brayden was invalidating Josh’s ideas on the group date, which he thought was immature. He didn’t mince his phrases the best way that Brayden did when he spoke along with her, claiming that Brayden known as her classless. Naturally, she’s not completely satisfied about that.

Charity leaves the barbecue after listening to that data, and Jesse places an finish to the social gathering. All the lads are fairly upset with Adrian for talking up relatively than maintaining the peace. At this level, the group needs each males gone.

On the rose ceremony, Charity affords roses to Dotun, Tanner, Caleb B., Warwick, Michael, Sean, Xavier, Aaron S., James, Adrian and Brayden. Keep in mind, John, Aaron B., and Joey have already got roses. Which means Caleb A., Kaleb Okay., John Henry, Josh, and Spencer went dwelling.

The Bachelorette airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.