When talking about the flash forward at the beginning of the episode, everyone’s throwing in their predictions, guesses, speculation as to what it is they think Chris Harrison is saying to Peter, and who Peter’s mom is talking about when she says “don’t let her go, don’t let her go, bring her home to us.” Lets dive into the first one, shall we? Since we have zero context as to what point of the final rose ceremony day Chris said that, there’s nothing definitive we can deduce from it. Was this at the beginning of everything before he was set to meet the final 2? Was it after he’d already met one and the other was about to appear? How do we even know both women made it to the final rose ceremony? Just throwing out all possibilities. We don’t have much to off in that clip.
However, I did find Chris’ wording particularly interesting. “…there’s something you should know” and “…just wanted to give you a heads up.” Those don’t sound like incredibly ominous phrases. It’s hey, “Hey, here’s a bit of info to fill you in on.” If it was something major (like someone has left the show which is what a lot of people are speculating), just seems like that phrasing wouldn’t be used. So lets take that theory that Chris is there to tell him one of the women has left, and play out the rest of the sentence that wasn’t shown. “…there is something you should know. So and so has left. I just wanted to give you a heads up.” That’s way underselling the story in my opinion. And if anything, Chris Harrison oversells everything. Someone leaving the show isn’t just something you casually say “just wanted to give you a heads up” because that’s an obvious statement. Of course the lead of the show would want to be made aware of that. I don’t think what Chris is telling him is that, in my opinion. I think the way that clip was shown, just like many clips we see in season previews, is done to deceive. It’s entirely possible that what was shown was a lot less important than what it was made out to be. Just keep that in mind.
Peter’s mom clip is interesting because, again, we don’t get much context to it. What we do know is that it happened sometime after Costa Rica, because we clearly see the scar on his head. But his parents aren’t part of any of the overseas travel or the hometown dates, so we know it could only be either in Australia when they meet the final 2, or, it was filmed post-show. What’s funny is the “bring her home” line is being speculated to be 3 different people from the responses I’ve gotten: Madison, Hannah Brown, or Victoria Fuller. Not sure why no one is guessing “bring her home to us” could be about Hannah Ann, but those are the three guesses I’ve gotten so far. I’m here to tell you you can eliminate Victoria Fuller from having anything to do with Peter’s ending. Not happening. Just not. Trust me on this one. She is not a factor in the endgame of all this.
And again, do we even know if Barbara is talking about someone specifically, or, is she just talking in general about if you want someone, you fight for them no matter how much it takes? There’s just not a whole hell of a lot of context in that clip, which was done on purpose. This show will never give anything away definitively in preview clips. It will lead people to guessing and speculating, but they’re not gonna give away the ending of their own show in a season preview. Sure, season previews give away who went on dates, locations, maybe even will give time frames to certain things. But flat out spoil it in a season preview? Not happening. They are put in place to make people speculate on social media and with their friends to keep conversation going, which is what they thrive off when it comes to this show.
So yeah, there is still plenty of time to go before the finale. This season will be different because I think I’m going to hear bits and pieces to the puzzle as the season goes along, so, your ending spoiler will have a lot of moving parts. When I post them, I’ll keep adding them to the rose ceremony-by-rose ceremony spoilers that will be up tmrw. I promise. I’ve just been lazy putting it all together and formatting it. That’s the part that takes the longest. I’m updating it all during filming as it was going on, but the formatting stuff I always wait til the end. Note to self: Start formatting during filming so that it’s ready to go once you have everything. Yes, I’m now talking to myself in my own column. Very Inception-like. Anyway, it’ll be up tomorrow.
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jlal
January 7, 2020 at 11:18 AM
Only a couple of comments since I haven’t been keeping up much this season.
This is the prettiest group of women the show has ever had.
The Hannah and Peter talk, even with the crying mascara, was at the least partially a put-on for ratings.
The windmill talk Hannah gave the girls was beyond cringe worthy, yikes.
I don’t think Peter ends up with anyone, as I don’t think he is even remotely ready to settle down for good. He is a good looking pilot who is only 29 years old. Me thinks he has some more oats to sow.
crushonspivey
January 7, 2020 at 1:41 PM
Every time I see Hannah Brown, it seriously makes my brain hurt. She is a nice cute girl, but it’s like she is in slo-mo with how long it takes for her brain to signal her mouth on what she wants to say. Like the neurons are firing, but are getting stuck and having to restart over and over before the thought leads to actual words coming out of her mouth.
Lots of gorgeous women this year. All chasing Instafame, so yeah, more hotties wanting their cut of the fame pie. Makes for good viewing with all the hot girl insecurities flowing around mixed with a dash of Mean Girl to up our pleasure.
Over/Under on how many girls would have had sex with the boring pilot on Night 1? Lets set the line at 24.
adelina
January 7, 2020 at 2:20 PM
Ha! I agree @crushonspivey, Hannah B. does talk in a slo-mo fashion but I can’t help but like her. I find Peter to be just okay, seems like a nice guy but nothing too dynamic. He’s a white guy who grew up with an intact family, an upscale lifestyle with a good job afforded him by his privilege. His parents seem sweet – Mom is a bit much.
It would be a great ending if he ended up with Hannah B. I think they make a nice couple. The ending may be spoiler free but whether the season is spoiled doesn’t matter to me. I don’t read about the minutiae of each date. Just give me the final two and the winner.
As far as the Instagram influencers – I’m too old for Instagram but I do lurk at Kaitlyn Bristowe’s Instagram every now and then and I’m in awe of how much she’s changed physically as well as her enormous following. She seems to have made a living at it, so good on her, but I can’t imagine living up to that facade on a daily basis. The hair, the clothes, the curated poses….ugh. Exhausting.
sammyj2144
January 7, 2020 at 10:54 PM
Steve, you’re getting named all over the place now thank to this alleged-cannot-be-spoiled season. Heard your name on the Nick Viall podcast today and read it in Ashley I’s Cosmo recap. Even if we don’t know the outcome yet…I presume because it’s not necessarily decided, I very much appreciate what we’ve got laid out so far. ?
dogmomma
January 8, 2020 at 9:21 AM
I’m too old for Instagram as well, but I’ve accumulated a group of former Bachelor/ette people who I follow just out of curiosity. After the first of the year, I deleted most of them. After a while I get tired of them pushing products and posing.
I’m most anxious to see if things get leaked as we proceed through the season. Someone is bound to slip up and let some information get out.
And I don’t watch Jimmy Kimmel, but I wonder how he’s going to predict the winner this season since he can’t rely on the spoilers. He will definitely get the final 4 correct, but this year he will have to guess who the winner is.