Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?

In the premiere episode, Ben and Lauren begin to settle into their new normal, but the reality of fame and past relationships cannot be avoided when the couple takes a trip to Los Angeles to attend the After the Final Rose special from JoJo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette.

Ben and Lauren go out to lunch with Ben’s ex JoJo and her fiancé Jordan, which Lauren is less than thrilled about. How will the couples handle the awkwardness as they sit next to their current lovers and across from their exes? As the couple heads back to Denver, they begin to learn more about each other’s quirks and passions, which leads to new experiences and many questions. Lauren also plays a well-planned prank on Ben – but does she take it too far?

Ben and Lauren are joined by some of their Bachelor family for a camping trip – but all hell breaks loose when villain Chad shows up and threatens to ruin everything.

In the episode, “A House Divided,” Ben and Lauren decide to go house shopping in order to help alleviate the struggle of close quarters in their current living situation. While looking at options, the couple cannot seem to get on the same page in what they want in a new home. In order to get what they want, they realize they might have to make changes financially and both explore new career paths, as Ben delves into the restaurant owning business and Lauren pursues her long term dream of becoming a zookeeper.

In the first episode of a special, two-hour event, Ben and Lauren decide to go to group therapy to help discuss some of their problems. Who better to work through their problems alongside than Bachelor alumni friends Lace and Grant and the twins – Emily and Haley? The duos will have to learn to trust each other by completing a ropes course challenge and participating in a trivia game proving how well they know the other. But things might not end as happily as they hoped when Ben drops a bombshell on Lauren. / In the second episode of a special two-hour event, Ben and Lauren pick up right where the previous episode left off and discuss and decipher their next steps after their group therapy meeting did not go as planned. They decide to take a road trip back to Denver to spend quality time together processing where to go from here.

Ben and Lauren choose to spend their anniversary giving back to the community by helping out Ranya, a Denver woman who has dedicated her life to serving veterans in need. To make Ranya feel appreciated for all of her selfless work, Ben and Lauren rally their troops, including the twins Emily and Haley, to make over Rayna and her husband’s home and surprise her with a greenhouse that will help provide food for her charity’s needs. Can the couple pull off the surprise in time – and how will working together affect their relationship in the midst their wedding doubts?