Bachelorette 13 - Rachel Lindsay - F1-F6 - *Sleuthing Spoilers* Discussion

mobyz wrote:I wonder which guy Rachel will spend her birthday with.  The hometown dates coincides6 with her birthday.  My money is on Jack or Peter.  Jack because he lives in Dallas, and she can use the opportunity to celebrate her BD with her family.  Peter because they had their first 1-on-1 date on his birthday, and it would be nice to see them celebrate her BD on his HTD especially if he's her F1.

Yes! My money is on Peter because they celebrated his birthday together so that would be a great thing if they could celebrate hers together. But maybe theyd want to throw us off so it could be jack even with Peter as f1.

Former contestants have been let go on their birthdays. Was it Ben's season? JPG? I forget.

How is Rachel going to spend time with her family when she's on a HTD?

I will say she will be with Bryan on her bday!

When is her birthday?  and why Bryan? May be she is travelling on that day?

CS spent Becca's birthday with her during her HTD, but his birthday with Whitney during her HTD.  We've heard of some having dates on their bday or something special being done over the years.

With this it could go either way, but my guess is they let Rachel have little time, especially unsupervised with her family during that time, assuming Jack gets a HTD. Can't let the real world seep in and them loose control and leverage over her, IMO.

JMO

Does the lead get to decide the order of the htd?
I think it also depends on the edit maybe, it would be a nice callback to their first date if they do have a date during her bday.

Sean spent his birthday on a date with Lindsey. Well and Catherine since he went to see her after the date with Lindsey (something not shown on tv). But he wanted Cat to get the elephant riding date so she had to have the first LCD instead of spending the day with her on his birthday.

No the lead decides very little during filming.  They do get some choices but that's normally more at the end.  

The order of HTD filming normally has to do with logistics, planning and locations.  And IMO largely also depends on where the RC will be, which coast they need to be on and fly out of for final destinations, etc.

ETA: though sometimes they do tend to try to keep the lead and F1 apart for as long as possible between dates, so we do see the F1 having a late/last HTD often (or so it's been lately)

Ladybug82 wrote:CS spent Becca's birthday with her during her HTD, but his birthday with Whitney during her HTD.  We've heard of some having dates on their bday or something special being done over the years.

With this it could go either way, but my guess is they let Rachel have little time, especially unsupervised with her family during that time, assuming Jack gets a HTD.  Can't let the real world seep in and them loose control and leverage over her, IMO.

JMO

Yes, you're probably right. I don't think they would want Rachel choices to be influenced by her family at this point until MTP.

mobyz wrote:@coolangel
Why week 6?  Week 6 1-on-1 date could be either Will or Peter (if she wants to make it very obvious)  I say week 7 second 1-on-1 date is the crucial date that will determine who F1 is this time around.

Without going through the stats (I am going purely based on what I remember) ,whoever gets the Week 6 1-1, either gets eliminated on the date or makes F4 IMO. If Week 7 has 3 1-1 dates, IMO one usually goes to the F1, one goes to TPTB's pick of the Bachelor or the F2 and one goes to a MOT who is either eliminated on that date or during the RC. I have a feeling I might be mixing up Bach/Ette stats.

All JMO

My gut is telling me Peter is the one TPTB are going to misdirect the audience to think he is Rachel's F1. JMO

@Kashathediva I agree. I've never got the feeling that he was final 1 just because of how "out there" he's been.