The Bachelor 20 - Ben Higgins - Episode 9 - Discussion - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

NCGalBecca wrote:Maybe TPTB's way of making it up to Ben (and Lauren) is how they've openly showcased their love story above all others in the episodes? So, while perfect Ben, is exposed as less than perfect, he still loved her best, and all should be forgiven?

It wouldn't fly with me but I am from another era.. but am trying to get that things are different now as my son likes to tell me.

I wonder how the flawed hero story will be received by the audience given that MF calls the finale "brutal" (for JoJo).

I like the bolded and hope its true.

I think Jojo has had doubts all along, so maybe it wouldn't be so brutal for her if she was let go.
Lauren, on the other hand, might have thought it was going to be she and Ben in the end.

I don't like the producers but it's not their fault he told two girls he was in love with them so they don't need to make it up to hom

Man honestly I hope the audience is not happy with Ben when he comes out.

In the end, I think all three will be blindsided in their own way...and MF rubs his hands together in glee!

It wouldn't fly with me either, but then again, I would never go on a dating show like this. I feel bad for both Lauren and JoJo, but I love how they seem to like each other a lot.

Their IG comments will be brutal, Ben already got 8000+ Comments for dumping Amanda.

Imagine the harassment he'll get from doing the talk show circuit. Also his F1 will repeatedly get asked how she feels about what happened in the end. It's going to be like opening a wound over and over. You think?

Wait till these next two episodes air. He will be getting a lot more hate for the way he handled things

Man if those two are still together after this (I would hope not) and they somehow survive this than they must really love each other but I doubt they make it and I hope Lauren is the one to end things.

Since they've teased this outcome, he's been a ratings winner for them..hope he gets bonus pay for delivering. It should make the rumored Dancing with the Stars appearance interesting.

It does kind of demonstrate what can happen to even the well intentioned in this environment... as UnReal revealed.

ForeverLove wrote:Imagine the harassment he'll get from doing the talk show circuit. Also his F1 will repeatedly get asked how she feels about what happened in the end. It's going to be like opening a wound over and over. You think?

It will be really awkward, but often the post finale interviews are more about questions about the drama with the F2 than celebrating the new couple.  Many have had to go through that, Des and Chris had the worst situation and they powered through it, as awful as it must have been. And Shawn had to listen to all the Nick stuff last year.  I couldn't do it, but the real couples seem to be able to get through it if there's really love and a foundation there.

But TPTB have seemed really happy with this season and promoting the ending, so that usually means to me that it will have people talking.  And that is good for ratings and the show in general.  The more people talking and reacting the better for them. And I can't argue that it makes for compelling tv, as this show should.

NCGalBecca wrote:Since they've teased this outcome, he's been a ratings winner for them..hope he gets bonus pay for delivering. It should make the rumored Dancing with the Stars appearance interesting.

It does kind of demonstrate what can happen to even the well intentioned in this environment... as UnReal revealed.

I got hooked on UNreal too. Like I said yesterday, it's not about Fiancé . It's about finance to TPTB.

I'm not crazy, I swear, I just saw a bigger version of the picture with the loveseat in it while looking for similar lanterns at the resort and noticed it had that circular thing that happens with narrow stripes in images. That means the fabric has a stripey texture as does the fabric of whatever Ben's sitting on. So I decided to use the Color Picker Tool in my image editing software to isolate some colours from the seats. The main colours in both are grey, green and brown, so they're definitely both sage or khaki green. The colours next to the SC are from the sofa in that, and the colours next to the loveseat are from that. Even with different lighting they are that close. If those aren't the same seats, I will eat my hat.