Reality show returns on TLC, shows budding romance as promised

Apr 2, 2014 15:29 GMT  ·  By
Jessa Duggar’s courtship and engagement to Ben Seewald is featured on the family’s TLC series
   Jessa Duggar’s courtship and engagement to Ben Seewald is featured on the family’s TLC series

Jessa Duggar is now engaged to Ben Seewald and, as promised, their formal and very chaste courtship has been documented on camera for the family’s hit TLC reality series, 19 Kids & Counting. A new season premiered last night.

Below are two videos from the first episode of the new season, tackling this particular storyline, just in case you missed it.

Jessa’s first date with Ben after they entered a formal courtship, which serves the purpose of getting to know each other better to see if they’d be a good match as spouses, was actually a double date with his parents as well.

The Duggars had already met him and given the young couple their blessing. Even so, viewers at home got to see a Jessa that was both excited at the thought of meeting Ben’s parents and slightly anxious. Things worked out just fine, by the way.

The second video embedded below is a preview showing Jessa in the kitchen, learning to cook because she hasn’t had much practice and, her mom believes, she needs some improvement because she will be married soon.

Just yesterday, the Duggars announced that Jill too has entered formal courtship, so fans of the reality series have that too to look forward to.