Last night’s finale, which the show insists was not staged (and if anyone says it’s staged, they’ll complain to Ryan Seacrest and demand an apology and a retraction), certainly changed the tone of the season. First, Jason dumped Molly and proposed to Melissa. Then, he dumped Melissa and asked Molly out for coffee. Can’t wait until he dumps Molly (again) and calls Jillian. Aren’t there any women in Seattle?
It’s been 6 weeks since Jason dropped Melissa like yesterday’s tuna.
Naomi, Kari, Erica, Nikki, and Stephanie are back. Nikki found it heartbreaking. Stephanie thought he made the right decision (the second time). Erica says these are people’s lives, and this is a serious commitment that he should have thought harder about. Naomi wanted to punch him. Kari believes that doing this proves he’s got integrity.
An audience member asks: knowing what the pain and devastation feels like, how could he put somebody through that? Another one believes he made the right choice. She hopes they make it. Another angry audience member doesn’t get how he was crying on the balcony… then immediately after that proposed to someone else. The proposal bit was definitely unnecessary. If he’s that unsure, he should have chosen her but not proposed.
Jason says again things were different. Perhaps tonight we’ll actually get some clarification on that.
Molly challenges Jason and is his best friend, which is what he really is looking for (wasn’t that Jillian’s point?).
Melissa declined the request to be on the show tonight, but she says she’s doing well and has no regrets.
Molly did not consider not taking him back because her feelings were still the same as they were in New Zealand. She wants people to know they’re real people (they are?) with real lives.
Molly and Jason are happy now. She’s forgiven him for dumping her the first time. They are able to see each other about every other weekend, and she does plan to move to Seattle.
Now that this latest trainwreck of a season is over, it’s time for a new season. The Bachelorette 5 will be Jillian. I was hoping for Melissa after what happened to her, but Jillian should be good fun and was my pick after a couple weeks ago. She just hopes she makes the right choice the first time, and she doesn’t want her dad to see any more hot tub scenes.