1706 - The Golden Bachelor Live!

Written by: Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney

Directed by: Todd Biermann

Airing as Episode 8 on August 20, 2025

Synopsis: Host Jesse Palmer walks the audience through Frank's journey up until his final rose ceremony in the "Golden Bachelor" finale. But whom will he pick: a young internet celebrity, a confident woman his age, or a familiar face?

What we know:

• This episode is dedicated to Lynne Marie Stewart, and will feature a highlight reel of her time on the show as Bonnie Kelly
• Glenn Howerton confirmed that the episode is, indeed, an episode of "The Golden Bachelor" which is made evidently obvious by the Season trailer. He did, however, lie about this not being connected to Prime Time. It is. 
• A Season 17 graphic, used on set this season for Cast & Crew, is clearly connected to this episode (indicating this finale could be a larger part of the season than we are currently aware of, if not a "theme" of the Season):



• This episode is the "white board" episode, as shared by Rob on Twitter
• The white board outline for the episode is as follows:

• Of easiest note on the board: 
• Frank is clearly the subject of the plot, dating multiple people (or par with the idea of "The Golden Bachelor")
• Dennis and Dee and Charlie and Mac seem to be in pairs. 


• This Episode seems to have filmed some parts on November 13/14, 2024, in the Malibu Canyons:

• Both on-location and in-studio based on crew Instagram stories from November 13:

• Rob and Charlie were spotted filming in an alley with police tape on November 13, 2024 on-location in Los Angeles, which could be a minor B plot for the Gang:

Predictions:

• This photo was posted on November 15, 2024 and was likely taken during filming for this episode:

Via Kaitlin Olson, on Instagram

Questions:

• Reworking this... come back later