Bachelorette 17 - Katie Thurston - Aug 9 (FRC) - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

I don’t know how this fits into the final outcome.
Blake’s mom follows 1 person from Clayshia’s season - Zac. Could be that Zac is providing Blake emotional support regardless of the outcome so not really a finale clue. Or maybe she just likes him.
There is a very long shot in the dark   that Blake talked with Zac during filming. Tayshia said she was off site when the Greg breakup happened. Could that have been during Zac’s Easter visit? Laughing at my own speculation. Feel free to join in.

notarose wrote:I don’t know how this fits into the final outcome.
Blake’s mom follows 1 person from Clayshia’s season - Zac. Could be that Zac is providing Blake emotional support regardless of the outcome so not really a finale clue. Or maybe she just likes him.
There is a very long shot in the dark   that Blake talked with Zac during filming. Tayshia said she was off site when the Greg breakup happened. Could that have been during Zac’s Easter visit? Laughing at my own speculation. Feel free to join in.

That's a pretty good theory! I could easily see that happening too. I could see TP giving Blake some leniency since it's not his first time, and he does know Tayshia and Zac, plus, Tayshia spoke highly of Blake.

Zac plays golf, and there are a couple of golf clubs close to Tamaya. There is also horseback riding, paddling, ballooning, hiking, historic sites to visit, etc. I can see Tayshia wanting to get away on her time off, either with Zac or Kaitlyn.

notarose wrote:I don’t know how this fits into the final outcome.
Blake’s mom follows 1 person from Clayshia’s season - Zac. Could be that Zac is providing Blake emotional support regardless of the outcome so not really a finale clue. Or maybe she just likes him.
There is a very long shot in the dark   that Blake talked with Zac during filming. Tayshia said she was off site when the Greg breakup happened. Could that have been during Zac’s Easter visit? Laughing at my own speculation. Feel free to join in.

Blake follows Zac on IG.

Blake has an IG post with his mother drinking a shot of maple syrup.

Warning - foul language

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSGNNJZH9-c/

I'm not that enthused about this episode. I just feel like Katie is going to talk herself into being with Blake because she wants a "happy ending". It doesn't even matter if it was going to work with Greg or not. I just feel that she wanted to pick him at the end. It's possible that it will work out but I'm not holding my breath. I don't have any problem with Blake but am not really seeing it from his side either. I guess we'll all see what happens soon enough.

GuardianAngel wrote:

notarose wrote:I don’t know how this fits into the final outcome.
Blake’s mom follows 1 person from Clayshia’s season - Zac. Could be that Zac is providing Blake emotional support regardless of the outcome so not really a finale clue. Or maybe she just likes him.
There is a very long shot in the dark   that Blake talked with Zac during filming. Tayshia said she was off site when the Greg breakup happened. Could that have been during Zac’s Easter visit? Laughing at my own speculation. Feel free to join in.

Blake follows Zac on IG.

Blake has an IG post with his mother drinking a shot of maple syrup.

Warning - foul language

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSGNNJZH9-c/

Canadians don’t do maple syrup shots, so this video is funny!

GuardianAngel wrote:

notarose wrote:I don’t know how this fits into the final outcome.
Blake’s mom follows 1 person from Clayshia’s season - Zac. Could be that Zac is providing Blake emotional support regardless of the outcome so not really a finale clue. Or maybe she just likes him.
There is a very long shot in the dark   that Blake talked with Zac during filming. Tayshia said she was off site when the Greg breakup happened. Could that have been during Zac’s Easter visit? Laughing at my own speculation. Feel free to join in.

Blake follows Zac on IG.

Blake has an IG post with his mother drinking a shot of maple syrup.

Warning - foul language

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSGNNJZH9-c/

Love his mom's comment!

jojo47 wrote:snipped

Canadians don’t do maple syrup shots, so this video is funny!

It's so gross to do that.

One word for tonight’s finale? Holy sh*t!!!! #TheBachelorette

— Mike Fleiss (@fleissmeister) August 9, 2021

https://twitter.com/fleissmeister/status/1424696130550513666?s=20

Well folks. Tonight we find out how all this went down. Re MF's tweet, I'm expecting Katie to have a showdown with Gregg and it won't be pretty. I don't get why the leads at this point have to prove how "badass" they are when to me it proves most of the times it's totally unnecessary to treat someone so rudely, especially if they are happy with their F1 or single.

I still don't get what Gregg's point was during the break up but he shouldn't be lectured or raked over the coals for how he was feeling in that moment. A civilized discussion that might help others dealing with insecurities or whatever he was feeling to me would be more beneficial.

to everyone participating with their opinions and sleuthing!

Wishing the best to all involved and hopefully everyone is happy!

GuardianAngel wrote:

jojo47 wrote:snipped

Canadians don’t do maple syrup shots, so this video is funny!

It's so gross to do that.

Blake really went all in with the Canadian stereotypes. If you can’t beat them, join them I guess.
it’s kind of funny how Justin’s hometown was Baltimore, Greg’s was New Jersey and Blake’s was Canada.
That’s probably the level of geography TPTB think their viewers are ready for.
JMO

I see that the finale is three hours long. They're going to need it!

With Greg having unresolved trauma, I think his response to Katie during the fight was understandable. I don't think he needs to be dragged through the mud. However, I think he does owe her an apology (especially since she apologized to him in the moment.) His behavior towards her during the fight was awful. I hope that Katie doesn't go after him too hard, but knowing Katie...


I wonder if Greg has gained any insight since then? I think his response on ATFR will go a long way towards how BN feels about him moving forward.

Whatever Katie and Blake decided is fine with me. I think Blake is a good option for her whether they decided to be friends, date, or get engaged. I think they have about as good a chance of making it as any other BN couple, which is to say, maybe, maybe not.