REALITY BYTES

The real story to end this Bachelor season, might shock you all. The producers have hyped this ending, like none other before it. What comes now is a few spoilers for this season that spells out, what producers won’t leak out to you, because they have not written the final chapter yet. They are still playing with this ending and trying to grease these Bachelor wheels.

If you spend enough time searching through blog posts and forum boards, sooner or later you arrive at a Bachelor ending that is not what the producers or theorists are able to tell you.

You have to start putting all of the pieces together, like CSI does. Then, it all starts to paint a picture of what probably did happen on The Bachelor, that stirs this pot.

The Bachelor fans have to begin to ask themselves: Was this Bachelor season misleading from the beginning?

The answer to this is YES! This production was misleading from the get-go. At the end of the first episode of The Bachelor, they showed us all a “teaser” of Jason putting a ring on a woman’s finger. It’ was no accident that her fingernails and pinky ring were Melissa’s.

Would ABC be that dumb to show a clip of Melissa’s hand, having a ring placed on it, that the viewers would not figure this out, later?

ABC probably hoped that we would all begin to assume that Melissa was Jason’s pick. This was a very clever ploy.

The Bachelor producers had all of this set up, knowing that things would change later, at the end. It was a “set-up”. Probably not a very clever set-up after all, once it started reaching it’s very dramatic conclusion. It’s all about ratings, isn’t it?

Proof in the Pudding Theory:

The theorists have no solid proof, other than their claims. The producers know the real truth, but will spin you around in circles. So, who can you trust and what can you believe?

Distilling the real, from unreal:

It’s safe to say, this season of The Bachelor did not go as planned. A few things happened to upset the apple cart and the producers took this fallout as an opportunity to exploit and hype a final ending, probably self-serving. This would boost the ratings into “The Bachelor” stratosphere.

As this is being written, no doubt; the producers and writers of The Bachelor are still playing with this final ending to spin it just right, so as not get egg on their faces.

What’s at stake?

The credibility of ABC, The Bachelor Production team and even Jason Mesnick. Should this final ending fall down around it’s ears, then everyone connected with The Bachelor will have a lot of egg on their faces. Although, I can’t find it in myself to believe that Jason Mesnick is a con man, falling in league with ABC for this Bachelor spin.

Is Jason Mesnick culpable?

I would like to believe that Mesnick trusted the producers to do the right thing and handle this hyperbole they are creating, with some integrity and honesty.

Jason Mesnick, in a sense, is a reluctant bystander in this framework. I believe that Jason is caught in the middle, with contractual agreements and is being led down this path; where ever this takes him.

This whole ending of The Bachelor, has been turning into a monster that is looming out of control. Will Jason end up looking like the fall guy, from this fallout?

Try to keep in mind, Jason Mesnick is probably not in collusion with The Bachelor production team. Jason a real bachelor that makes mistakes and is a real nice guy and a human being.

Jason changed his mind about whom he wanted to have a romantic relationship with. He made a mistake on a prime time, TV reality show. I think the production team is now capitalizing on Mr. Mesnick’s change of heart. Having a change of heart is not a crime, yet.

Jason Mesnick might have been misled, but probably has his hands clean, to what ABC will be throwing at you in a few days.

ABC has a lot riding on this Bachelor finale. They want to turn out a few million more viewers and still smell like a rose.

Unfortunately for the producers of this season’s The Bachelor, ABC might not get this last rose from fans, handed to them; like they believe will happen.

Viewers are just not as stupid as the networks believe them to be. Nor do they believe everything they are told on a reality TV show.

There are just too many Bachelor fans that surf the Internet and discover for themselves, what no one else will tell them, but the Internet. The Internet may be flawed, but many online sources do hold water.

If the producers of The Bachelor really believe that they can misdirect it’s fans with a good spin, then they are sorely mistaken.

There is a lot riding on “The Bachelor Finale Rose”, two hour addition that ABC has added into this season. Should this be a highly glossed over rendition of what they say really happens, then this prime-time series will lose a lot of viewers, should they stretch the truth.

Is it really a trust issue?

It’s all about trust. We expect some gloss, some hype and some spin. This is the nature of reality shows. When the “hype” crosses lines that insults our intelligence and the “believability” factor is compromised, the public will get nasty and turn to another prime time network. Would next episodes of The Bachelor, be trustworthy, should this happen?

Insider Info:

“Reality Steve” is one of those guys that is putting his solid reputation on the line. Steve is credible and his blog has a very large following. He went out on a limb and crossed a line that he never expected to cross before.

Reality Steve is firmly convinced the The Bachelor ending is a hoax and contrived. If you are a fan of The Bachelor, you owe it to yourself to check out Steve’s 3 part video. They are not long. The first video in his series will be more than enough.

This is the first video that Reality Steve posted a few short days ago.

Hey Steve! You don’t have any vodka in that bottle of water you keep reaching for, do you? It’s all good.

Reality Steve has a lot on the line, posting his videos. Should he be wrong, should he be fudging his claims, Steve has a lot of cash revenue from his posting this videos that he will lose out on later; when his audience can’t believe him any more. With this factor in mind, I have to give Reality Steve some credence for his claims.

More Theories:

The major problems with any claim is simple. On the Internet no one wants their names used, for fear of retribution coming at you later.

In scoping out all of The Bachelor theories I could find, I liked this one the best, but I don’t necessarily believe this claim.

“Jason really can’t make up his mind and becomes engaged to both Melissa and Molly. First Melissa, at the ceremony, then Molly a day later; when he proposes to her over the phone.

With Molly, it’s a super secret engagement pact. He promises to dump Melissa at the reunion and then just let this whole Bachelor thing go off the radar. When things have settled down,then Molly and Jason have a secret marriage ceremony, moving to New Zealand; where no one will recognize either of them.”

I liked the idea, but found it to be what some angst driven teen would think up.
There are a few credible leaks, if they are whom they claim to be. They do seem to echo Reality Steve’s theories and inside dope, about the hard facts.

All blended in together, a real picture can finally emerge into what really did happen that played out on ending of The Bachelor this season.

What could have happened probably did. Truth can be stranger than Reality TV:

Jason does propose to Melissa and she accepts. Molly is heartbroken and goes home, still in love with Jason Mesnick.

Melissa breaks the news to her camera shy parents and they are totally against Melissa being engaged to someone that she hardly knows. Not enough time spent to really get to know each other, is the main objection.

Melissa’s parents might be right! It’s always been a problem on “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette”, past seasons.

To Melissa, this call to her parents is a wake-up call and proverbial, slap in the face. “Wake up, girl! This was a damn TV show competition! Are you really going to marry this guy?” Melissa is having second thoughts.

Melissa’s second thoughts are shared to Jason. When the show ends, these two really don’t see each other enough and it’s awkward, because they are not on the same page anymore. The magic of The Bachelor is beginning to fade away between them.

Jason Mesnick is not a man to be dumped two times in a row on national TV and let love slip through his grasp so easily, for a second time.

Jason calls Molly and they resume their relationship, from where it was left off; if that’s possible.

Everything is possible! You have to admire those Grand Rapids girls. They live in the furniture capital of the world. They know good furniture, when they see it. Molly knows that Jason would look good sitting in a “Lazyboy” easy chair, right next to their fireplace, holding their grandkids.

Pause: Ok, so where were we?

So far, most of us know that Melissa gets engaged to Jason. At least we know Jason puts a ring on her finger. We also know that things never turn out the way they might seem, on reality shows.

Most of The Bachelor conspiracy theorists all seem to agree that Melissa and Jason’s engagement runs into rough water somewhere before the reunion and that it comes to a head at some point towards the finale.

Credible leaks, from inside the ABC Bachelor forum board:

There have been a couple of leaks of what is the truth. Again, separating fact from fiction is not a foolproof operation.

A possible insider from ABC was told yesterday:

Melissa walks out of the show at some point, when this engagement is called off.

Back to the show:

DeAnna Pappas showing up when she did, is to give advice to Jason to follow his heart, not the script. This was the apparent turn-around for Jason to call Molly and get the romance back on track for him.

The last 2 hour additional bonus, “The Bachelor- finale” was added into this season to smooth it all over for the viewers.

The Scenario:

How is Jason and Molly doing now? How is Melissa cooping with it all?

And yes, there are more than a few theories that Melissa gets back together with her ex-boyfriend.

The End:

Fade out to Jason and Molly walking off into a sunset with Jason’s son holding both of their hands. The soundtrack music to this has been stolen from “The English Patient” and the voice over is Jason saying something like - “I finally found my own reality show that I can live in forever. I know that Molly, Ty and myself will have our ups and downs, yet I couldn’t have gone on, without the love of Molly being with us for the rest of our lives“?

I hope this sounds unbelievable, but it’s not so contrived. It paints a half decent picture of what could happen.

In the end, I do believe some of these elements will be in the final cut that The Bachelor gives us as their finale.

The real reality for the ending of this Bachelor season really is nothing but a speculative venture, until the jury hears all sides of this story.

ABC has been using words as “most bizarre ending”, “Shocking”, etc. If they believe these claims they have made, then they have not been watching any of the reality shows on Vh1.

Bizarre ending would be: Jason Mesnick falling in love with Melissa’s father, then having a sex change moment.

Shocking would be: Jason jumping off the two story balcony, he is seen crying over in the “teaser, then breaking his groin and moving in with DeAnna; so she can nurse Jason back to health.

The Bachelor finale should be a real ending to it all. It might get more viewers that night, than say: “Rock of Love Charm School Reunion”, where Sharon Osbourne attacks Megan and sends her to the hospital.

Trackback URI |