Bachelorette 10 Filming Schedule - *Spoilers & Sleuthing* - Discussion

Mr Write wrote:I have a slightly different take on this, in that I don’t think they have much choice but to tell Andi and the F3.
The situation has both ethical and practical dimensions.
Ethically, I don’t think the producers have the right do decide whether Andi knows about Eric’s passing away or not.  They do not know whether or not she would like to reach out to his family or whether she would like to attend his funeral.  I don’t think they have the right to make those decisions for her, to deny her those choices or to inject their own judgments as to how connected she was to him.
Practically, I don’t think they can withhold the news.  All Andi's friends, colleagues and acquaintances will be aware of the situation. Nowadays the flow of news is extremely rapid and during HTDs the producers have less control over information. Marcus' family may have known about the Eric's accident yesterday, for example.  Also, sometime within the next couple of weeks Andi's family will visit her.  I'm not sure they will want her to be in the dark.  Then there is the production crew.  Could they all pull this off, all keep her in a bubble and all act as if nothing had happened.  By all accounts Andi is a smart and astute young woman. The whole show could implode if she found out their was a conspiracy of silence.
And what about post-production.  Andi is going to have to do the media rounds.

This is a horrible situation, but I think the producers have to deal with it head on, and also do what's morally right, even if that makes production more difficult. Of course these are just my very very very humble opinions and I could well be wrong.

nutty1 wrote:I think the best thing to do is see how the family feels about everything. If they wish to see him on the show, hopefully they will give him a good edit. I think some type of introduction/explanation at the beginning of the season, perhaps by Chris Harrison, is the way to go also. If the family really wishes he not be shown, I guess they could pretty much edit him out and explain that to viewers also. I do pray they let the family be part of the decision.

SLA44 wrote:Yes Mr. White did bring up some very good points and if I were Andi I would want to know.  I don't know the details of Eric leaving the show but it sounds like there could be some unpleasant feelings involved.  It is just such a tragic thing anyway you look at it.  I feel very sorry for Eric's family and friends - it still seems unbelievable to me.

The shots of her date yesterday with Marcus at the table makes me wonder if they did not know about the accident then and that's what they were discussing.