Brookfield "Bachelorette" Twins Back In The Reality Show Ring

BROOKFIELD, CT — America is the Land of Second Chances, and no one is feeling that more this week than Brookfield's reality TV star twins, Justin and Joey Young.

When we last left our lovelorn brothers, the 24-year-olds had just been dumped on nationwide TV by Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, the stars of last season's "The Bachelorette."

But Love Springs Eternal — and A Paycheck's A Paycheck — so the latest season of the wildly successful franchise finds our Brookfield boys back in the ring.

Season 8 of "Bachelor in Paradise" invites viewers to track the strikes and gutter balls of former franchise bachelors and bachelorettes "as they explore new relationships in a secluded, dreamy paradise in Mexico." The Young brothers made their season debut on Monday night's episode, and both enjoyed a far better start than the emotional shellacking they received in July during their first and only "Bachelorette" episode.

The Quinnipiac grads went on a double date with Florence, 31, and Shanae, 30, and the producers are clearly milking the couples' age discrepancies for all they're worth. Good news for Justin: During the "confessional" segment, Florence said, "Age is nothing but a number."

But so are ratings, and it won't be long before Nielsen weighs in on whether these October-December romances will become a trend, or aberration best abandoned.

"Bachelor in Paradise" airs Monday and Tuesday on ABC at 8 p.m.