Bachelor Australia - Matt Agnew - Season 7 - Episodes #2 - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

What a great finale! There was never any doubt in my mind that he’d choose Chelsie even if those dastardly producers tried to trick us! What a beautiful couple...and what a performance Abbie produced

Episode 16, Part B

Ahoy Hartbeespoort Dam!  Ah, how many times I have gazed at your rolling hills in that damn helicopter screen cap and had to Google how to spell your name.  Abbie appears wearing some superhot lace mini pantstuit thing and in the distance I can hear Todd on the phone frantically booking his flight to Fiji.



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Abbie and Matt recline under a tree and she says "it's just so perfect, I feel like nothing can go wrong."  Uh oh.  Hot tip:  If they make you read out that voiceline, you can bet your sweet lace-clad booty things are about to go wrong.



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Matt relays to Abbie Kate's list of grievances, especially the unforgivable sin of being 23.  Abbie says she felt it was hard to defend her age because she can't do anything about it, and if anything the situation has improved, "since I've gotten older"

The chopper arrives and whisks us off for a tour of some delightful panoramic scenery and stock footage of African wildlife TPTB probably bought off the net.  They check out the Tswaing impact crater, giggling and pashing along the way.



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Night portion and Matt is already starting to give her the kiss off.  He says he's "grateful for the opportunity", as if he's just been eliminated from Masterchef.     Abbie gives it her best shot and still manages to look hot as she tearfully pleads her case.



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Next day and we're off on safari.  Chelsie says Matt is everything she's been looking for and she feels vulnerable.  Of course she does; she's F1, that's her job.  She says she's scared to tell Matt she loves him but the producers said she has to say it today is her last chance.  



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Matt arrives and she monkey jumps onto him; something which seems to happen a lot on this show considering I have never once seen anyone greet like this IRL.  Lucky Matt's been working on his upper body strength because she's up there for at least four changes of camera position.



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We are now treated to a montage of exotic animals.  My favourite is the warthog doing a wee.  The tour guide points out the herd of Impalas and explains that there is one male to about 20-30 females, proving that the Bachelor franchise is not only cross-cultural but also cross-species.



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Afternoon and they move to the pool area. Chelsie reiterates how much she liked the equation and necklace while Matt mentally high fives whichever producer came up with the idea (the same one that suggested the tattoo to Chelsie, IMO).  She eventually drops the L-bomb, just in the nick of time!  Phew.  



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Matt now has all the knowledge he needs to make this most important of decisions.  He submerges himself in the Pond of Reflection and tries really hard to look like he's deliberating and didn't already make his mind up like 12 episodes ago.  Much thought.  Many options.



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Back at camp, the ladies are warming up for the FRC.  Chelsie says she's worried she could get her heart broken.  Abbie says she's feeling confident.  You could have watched nothing else all season and if you tuned in at this moment you'd still know exactly who's going to win.





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En route to the FRC, Abbie is IMO encouraged to waffle on about how how confident she is while Chelsie is needled about her insecurities to the point of tears.  Good work, producers.  Up pulls the by-now very familiar red Hyundai Kona (how did they fit THAT in the carry on-luggage?), and out steps Chelsie.

*insert collective gasp from the audience here*

Now if anyone was wondering about TPTB's character and motives, I think this sums it up.  They enjoy messing with you, folks.  They feed you whatever constructed characters and edited storylines they choose and think you're a bunch of idiots who they can toy with like a cat with a half-dead mouse.  IMO, of course.

So it's all a ruse and after a quick chat with Uncle Osher, Chelsie is directed to the Designated Waiting Area, AKA a patch of long grass under a tree.  I hope someone scouted for snakes





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The Kona returns to deliver Abbie, full of giggles and bosoms and over confidence.  It doesn't last long.



The dumping is horrible.  I hate this part of the show, no matter who it is.  I sometimes don't even watch the FRCs. At least Matt cuts to the chase pretty quickly.  Almost as efficient as Zac from Bach NZ but not quite.



Abbie is p i s s e d.  She pulls her hands away.  She wants an explanation.  I think Matt expected to get off a bit easier than this.  He knows he's led her on IMO and the guilt I thought I saw in post-show interviews now makes sense.

Abbie asks why he didn't send her home earlier.  He says he brought her here because there is a real connection.  She says "as long as you're happy that's all that matters".  She doesn't mean it, but that's fair enough, IMO.  Abbie kisses him on the cheek and does the bolt.  

In the car, the producer - probably the same producer who'd been in her ear all week telling her she would win - says "oh, you seem angry?"  Abbie says she's fine, just embarrassed.  She's clearly trying to retain some dignity but they don't ease up until she's in tears. All in a day's work, right TPTB?



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Back on the cliff, Matt has collected himself and Chelsie has been retrieved from the snakepit.  The sun is *just* about to set.  Chelsie is a smart girl and she would know by now how long it takes them to set up shots.  There is no way IMO she didn't know at this point she was F1 with this backdrop.  



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Matt says he's worried about having his heart broken, which is something we don't often hear from Leads, and it makes a nice change.  Chelsie says she thought she was getting dumped.  I don't fully believe that, but her reactions are wholesome and adorable and I feel my cold dead heart melting just a tad.





Source: Tenplay

So the sun sets on another season and I think it's been a good one, although the first half of the season was a total bore.  I honestly think they should have cut it to 12 episodes and not bothered putting in all those extra hours in the editing suite to manufacture storylines and villains that IMO didn't exist.

I think Abbie totally carried the season, and played her part well, and I look forward to seeing her on BiP.  Preferably with Todd.  Matt and Chelsie are IMO an excellent match and have a decent shot at making it in the real world, if she is willing to put up with the attention and lack of privacy that comes with the win.

Bobette wrote:Episode 16, Part B

Ahoy Hartbeespoort Dam!  Ah, how many times I have gazed at your rolling hills in that damn helicopter screen cap and had to Google how to spell your name.  Abbie appears wearing some superhot lace mini pantstuit thing and in the distance I can hear Todd on the phone frantically booking his flight to Fiji.



Source: Tenplay

Abbie and Matt recline under a tree and she says "it's just so perfect, I feel like nothing can go wrong."  Uh oh.  Hot tip:  If they make you read out that voiceline, you can bet your sweet lace-clad booty things are about to go wrong.



Source: Tenplay

Matt relays to Abbie Kate's list of grievances, especially the unforgivable sin of being 23.  Abbie says she felt it was hard to defend her age because she can't do anything about it, and if anything the situation has improved, "since I've gotten older"

The chopper arrives and whisks us off for a tour of some delightful panoramic scenery and stock footage of African wildlife TPTB probably bought off the net.  They check out the Tswaing impact crater, giggling and pashing along the way.



Source: Tenplay

Night portion and Matt is already starting to give her the kiss off.  He says he's "grateful for the opportunity", as if he's just been eliminated from Masterchef.     Abbie gives it her best shot and still manages to look hot as she tearfully pleads her case.



Source: Tenplay

Next day and we're off on safari.  Chelsie says Matt is everything she's been looking for and she feels vulnerable.  Of course she does; she's F1, that's her job.  She says she's scared to tell Matt she loves him but the producers said she has to say it today is her last chance.  



Source: Tenplay

Matt arrives and she monkey jumps onto him; something which seems to happen a lot on this show considering I have never once seen anyone greet like this IRL.  Lucky Matt's been working on his upper body strength because she's up there for at least four changes of camera position.



Source: Tenplay

We are now treated to a montage of exotic animals.  My favourite is the warthog doing a wee.  The tour guide points out the herd of Impalas and explains that there is one male to about 20-30 females, proving that the Bachelor franchise is not only cross-cultural but also cross-species.



Source: Tenplay

Afternoon and they move to the pool area. Chelsie reiterates how much she liked the equation and necklace while Matt mentally high fives whichever producer came up with the idea (the same one that suggested the tattoo to Chelsie, IMO).  She eventually drops the L-bomb, just in the nick of time!  Phew.  



Source: Tenplay

Matt now has all the knowledge he needs to make this most important of decisions.  He submerges himself in the Pond of Reflection and tries really hard to look like he's deliberating and didn't already make his mind up like 12 episodes ago.  Much thought.  Many options.



Source: Tenplay

Back at camp, the ladies are warming up for the FRC.  Chelsie says she's worried she could get her heart broken.  Abbie says she's feeling confident.  You could have watched nothing else all season and if you tuned in at this moment you'd still know exactly who's going to win.





Source: Tenplay

En route to the FRC, Abbie is IMO encouraged to waffle on about how how confident she is while Chelsie is needled about her insecurities to the point of tears.  Good work, producers.  Up pulls the by-now very familiar red Hyundai Kona (how did they fit THAT in the carry on-luggage?), and out steps Chelsie.

*insert collective gasp from the audience here*

Now if anyone was wondering about TPTB's character and motives, I think this sums it up.  They enjoy messing with you, folks.  They feed you whatever constructed characters and edited storylines they choose and think you're a bunch of idiots who they can toy with like a cat with a half-dead mouse.  IMO, of course.

So it's all a ruse and after a quick chat with Uncle Osher, Chelsie is directed to the Designated Waiting Area, AKA a patch of long grass under a tree.  I hope someone scouted for snakes





Source: Tenplay

The Kona returns to deliver Abbie, full of giggles and bosoms and over confidence.  It doesn't last long.



The dumping is horrible.  I hate this part of the show, no matter who it is.  I sometimes don't even watch the FRCs. At least Matt cuts to the chase pretty quickly.  Almost as efficient as Zac from Bach NZ but not quite.



Abbie is p i s s e d.  She pulls her hands away.  She wants an explanation.  I think Matt expected to get off a bit easier than this.  He knows he's led her on IMO and the guilt I thought I saw in post-show interviews now makes sense.

Abbie asks why he didn't send her home earlier.  He says he brought her here because there is a real connection.  She says "as long as you're happy that's all that matters".  She doesn't mean it, but that's fair enough, IMO.  Abbie kisses him on the cheek and does the bolt.  

In the car, the producer - probably the same producer who'd been in her ear all week telling her she would win - says "oh, you seem angry?"  Abbie says she's fine, just embarrassed.  She's clearly trying to retain some dignity but they don't ease up until she's in tears. All in a day's work, right TPTB?



Source: Tenplay

Back on the cliff, Matt has collected himself and Chelsie has been retrieved from the snakepit.  The sun is *just* about to set.  Chelsie is a smart girl and she would know by now how long it takes them to set up shots.  There is no way IMO she didn't know at this point she was F1 with this backdrop.  



Source: Tenplay

Matt says he's worried about having his heart broken, which is something we don't often hear from Leads, and it makes a nice change.  Chelsie says she thought she was getting dumped.  I don't fully believe that, but her reactions are wholesome and adorable and I feel my cold dead heart melting just a tad.





Source: Tenplay

So the sun sets on another season and I think it's been a good one, although the first half of the season was a total bore.  I honestly think they should have cut it to 12 episodes and not bothered putting in all those extra hours in the editing suite to manufacture storylines and villains that IMO didn't exist.

I think Abbie totally carried the season, and played her part well, and I look forward to seeing her on BiP.  Preferably with Todd.  Matt and Chelsie are IMO an excellent match and have a decent shot at making it in the real world, if she is willing to put up with the attention and lack of privacy that comes with the win.

This recap is perfect. Kate is quite frankly a downer (HOW DARE ABBIE LIKE FUN!! no fun allowed for my best friend Matt). I also absolutely hate watching the dumping. Watching Abbie try to play it cool in the car then lose it 5 mins later and start crying was horrible. Made me wonder what kind of person I was for watching the humiliation and rejection of young girls for entertainment. Ah well, I'll be back for the Bachelorette.

Well, I'm back from the Island of the Infuencer, sadly didn't spot any Bachie alum, I suspect I wasn't hanging out in the right places

So I'm now doing my Bachie catch up, am skipping the Elly-mination Ep and hometowns and going straight to F3 and finale. Watching Matt and Chelsie's F3 date right now through the lens of knowing she's the winner, it is SOOOO obvious that she's the one

@Dirty Street Pie

Thanks @Bobette

Just finished watching, Matt and Chels together are just adorbs. I really hope it works out for them, I think they will slot into each other’s current lives very well, it will only be if Matt wants more of a public profile for them that there might be an issue as I really don’t think that’s something that Chelsie craves. The fact that they both live in the same city, so no one needs to uproot and change their lives dramatically will surely help.

Abbie I’m still a bit torn on. Yes, she was frankenbited something shocking, yes she was edited badly, but she still said things, and behaved in manners that were a bit questionable. Kate was quite harsh on her, but then she said some very poor things about Kate, one of Matt’s good friends on camera. How did she think that was going to go down if he chose her? Abbie is at best, a bit immature and lacking in sensitivity to others in the way that only a very beautiful girl can be, at worst she is a narcissist, who was only there for the win. Or probably somewhere in the middle. She will do well on BIP, all the boys will be mad for her, and she’ll either leave engaged, or heartbroken with a redemption edit and angling for Bette.

Dirty Street Pie wrote:Thanks @Bobette

Just finished watching, Matt and Chels together are just adorbs. I really hope it works out for them, I think they will slot into each other’s current lives very well, it will only be if Matt wants more of a public profile for them that there might be an issue as I really don’t think that’s something that Chelsie craves. The fact that they both live in the same city, so no one needs to uproot and change their lives dramatically will surely help.

Abbie I’m still a bit torn on. Yes, she was frankenbited something shocking, yes she was edited badly, but she still said things, and behaved in manners that were a bit questionable. Kate was quite harsh on her, but then she said some very poor things about Kate, one of Matt’s good friends on camera. How did she think that was going to go down if he chose her?  Abbie is at best, a bit immature and lacking in sensitivity to others in the way that only a very beautiful girl can be, at worst she is a narcissist, who was only there for the win. Or probably somewhere in the middle. She will do well on BIP, all the boys will be mad for her, and she’ll either leave engaged, or heartbroken with a redemption edit and angling for Bette.

I am not feeling sorry for Abbie. She was very smug throughout, acting as if only her needs mattered. I understand there is a lot of manipulation by the producers, but that applies for all of the ladies...and Matt...and they all managed to be pretty respectful towards one another. Not to mention, I read in one of the interviews here, that she is open to being the Bette, so despite everything she was not in any way traumatized and is still looking for more attention and opportunities that the show can bring.

IMO Abbie wanted to win and I think that would have been regardless of who the bachelor had been. She said in the second last episode that sexual chemistry was the most important part of a relationship for her and she used that sexuality in an attempt to manipulate throughout the show. If I never have to see her biting her lip in an attempt to look sexy and looking up with that coy, smug little grin I will be a happy camper!

@Dirty Street Pie   missed you here!!  

So excited for Matt and Chels, they're a stunning couple and so in love and loved watching them. As for afterwards, check out the media interviews etc posted in  Matt and Chelsie's Fan Thread  I think you may see how they both are so comfortable with media and the like and I can see them both doing really well like all the current Bachie couples who have their main jobs and still have public life and profile and things (being on red carpets etc) and balance it all amazingly. They're so in love and well-matched it's incredible! Yay for love and a wonderful season! 

I just realised there was no stargazing during Matt's season whatsoever. Consider me officially miffed.