Here's what you missed on the first episode of "The Bachelor" season 29, how the Florida women fared the first night and how to stream the show.

The New Jersey native chose to give his first impression rose to Alexe Godin, but he kissed a total of eight women during night one, setting a record. Season 28’s Joey Graziadei and season 27’s Zach Shallcross previously held the record with seven night one kisses each.

Then fans got their first outlandish arrival of the night by Linda the llama, who accompanied farm girl Alexe. Juliana entered next, going in on a cannoli Lady-and-the-Tramp style with Grant, followed by model Chloie and social media manager Bailey,

On Jan. 16, the former Bachelor announced his split from Rachael Kirkconnell nearly four years after giving her the final rose

So what happened? Here’s Rachael Kirkconnell and Matt James’s complete breakup timeline, with the most recent events up top. January 29, 2025: Rachael Kirkconnell speaks with Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper about what really happened between her and Matt James.