Steve Braunias: The Bachelorette episode 5 - a bit of banter goes a long way 10 Feb, 2021 07:35 AM 3 minutes to read Meet the new Bachelorette Lexie Brown. Video / TVNZ OPINION: No, I wouldn't flat-out say that I'm beginning to enjoy or even tolerate the 2021 season of The Bachelorette, but it's growing on me and in any case there are worse things, like death or a coma, which the show often resembles. Last night's episode, the fifth in the series, actually featured one of the greatest lines in New Zealand television history. It came from one of the drongos who was lamenting he hadn't been out on a date yet with Hottie Lexie, the show's nexus, and that instead he has to hang around for an eternity at the mansion. I can't remember his name. It may have been Prongo.