The new season of US Bachelor is absolutely packed with sex.

As the majority of Australians traipsed into work this week with nostalgic holiday flashbacks in tow, the year ahead feels long and the work week slow.

But it doesn’t have to be all faded tans and a constant struggle to snap your brain back into concentration, with the US Bachelor hitting our shores for its 21st season.

Because love can exist as much within the confines of your TV screen among a group of wannabe celebrities as it can between yourself and your holiday break. Or so I’m going to try and convince you.

The new season of the US Bachelor can, and will, fill the reality TV hole (or any other happiness void) you have in your life. And this is why.

Two words: Nick Viall

Nick Viall simultaneously stands as everything that is so wrong, and so right, about the US Bachelor. He is a shamelessly love-sick, reality-TV-addicted Bachelor star and his legacy will forever be the man who squeezed more fame from the Bachelor franchise than you could from a dry lemon.

Laura Brodnik and Jessie Stephens discuss the newest season of the US Bachelor on The Binge. Post continues after audio.

Viall first appeared on screens in 2014 on Season Ten of the US Bachelorette on Andi Dorfman’s season. He fell madly in love, was a runner-up and had his heart pulverised for the first time. And it was the first time he really won his villain status, asking Andi, on live television after the finale, why she made love with him if she didn’t love him. It was muchly awkwardly cringey.

Next was his appearance on Season 11 of the Bachelorette and Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season. Even better, this time Viall asked to be a contestant after becoming “internet friends” with the Bachelorette. Like a bad dream, Viall fell in love, was a runner-up and had his heart pulverised for the second time. He also had sex with Bristowe mid-way through the season and fans and contestants alike lost their minds.

And then, of course, was his appearance on Bachelor in Paradise which again left him without a relationship and single enough for Bachelor producers to make him the next Bachelor for fear he really will never go away.

Sex

Unlike the Australian Bachelor and Bachelorette which seeks to pretend that sex exists only to make for the purpose of procreation, this season of the US Bachelor is just all about sex. All about it.

Firstly, the devilishly genius producers managed to cast a contestant who had already slept with Viall nine months before the show was filmed.

29 women and 1 shark are about to enter #TheBachelor mansion hoping for a shot at love with @nickviall. The journey begins TONIGHT at 8|7c on ABC!

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Additionally, there was a conversation between the women on the first night about "test driving the car," with one contestant noting, "I mean we're adults here, if you're going to marry someone I'm sure you're going to test drive the car. Sex is a very important part of a relationship".

More than that, in just episode two, contestant Corinne Olympios was so giddy for Viall that she stripped topless on their first date in a photo shoot challenge. In front of the other contestants.

Naturally, she's caused quite the stir.

It's making former contestants uncomfortable...

If controversy is your thing, then this one's for you. The season is so sexual it even has former contestants feeling a little uncomfortable.

For former contestant Ali Fedotowsky, it's all a little too much. The 21-year-old television personality took to her All Things Ali Luvs blog.

"Overall, I am pretty disappointed with how some of the girls are handling themselves," she wrote, adding that "in general there is just too much focus on sexuality this season already".

Costumes

Someone legitimately wore this at a rose ceremony. That is all.

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So, you know, if dramatically transparent TV is your thing, then this will work for you.

But if you're more interested in the genuine pursuit of love then I cannot promise anything that will fulfil your cute, romantic desires.

 You can catch up on The Bachelor US so far on 9Now and listen to the full episode of the binge here: