Colton Underwood - Episode Mar 12th - ATRF - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Lucas15 wrote:

blueblues wrote:I think that they actually wanted Cassie to opt out. Why else bring her dad there? Of course they did not foresee Colton’s reaction, they just wanted Hannah as F1 because she was ready to get engaged. We actually saw CH trying to push Colton in that direction even after the gate jump.
Yes, he had been their puppy all the way to that point. That’s exactly why they underestimated him IMO.

Totally agree and that's exactly why they brought her father to Portugal. And also totally agree that they wanted Hanna G as F1 and were pushing Colton in that direction (for an engagement). That's where / why Colton told Hanna G "It was supposed to be you". He shouldn't have said that and IMO she misunderstood the implication of the word "supposed" - it was production pushing not his heart leading. This would absolutely not be the first time that production tried to get the lead to pick who they wanted instead of who the lead wanted and in some past situations they've been able to pull that off.

blueblues wrote:Makes you wonder what if. What if Colton had given in to CH’s persuasion, continued with the two remaining women and proposed to Hannah? First of all, the fence jump wouldn’t have been aired. It would have been kept secret – until 2 days before the finale when RS revealed it.
Hannah would have been miserable after finding out, and Colton would have had regrets for not following his heart. Engagement: Doomed.
Cassie would probably have been edited as a clear frontrunner all season, and the online hatred and bullying would have been twice as bad.
All JMO

Again I think you're right. For at least all those reasons and probably some more an engagement to Hanna G would have been doomed no matter what Hanna would have done - Colton's heart just wouldn't have ever been with her.