I so loved that in “After The Final Rose Part 2” Chris Harrison managed to use the words “amazing,” “dramatic” and “jaw-dropping” within the first ten seconds of the show. We should expect no less.
Chris then made us watch a recap of what we just saw Monday night, LIKE WE ALL HAVEN’T COMMITTED THAT TO MEMORY ALREADY, and finally he got back to the topic at hand: Jason and Molly. He brought out Nikki, Stephanie, Naomi, Erica and Kari to do some damage control (what Jason did to Melissa was fine! totally fine! they don’t fault him at all!), and then Chris went all Phil Donahue by taking some comments and questions from the audience.
I think that Q&A time would have been just as effective if Chris had held up a big sign that said, “DON’T BE MAD, AMERICA. PLEASE DON’T BE MAD.”
Also: I found that I needed to pause the DVR and have a moment of silence and awe for Stephanie’s bedazzled top. OH, HOW I HAVE MISSED HER.
Jason finally stepped up on the stage (it all felt so familiar) and conceded that his decision probably wasn’t a popular one. He told us that he’s not proud of what he did to Melissa, but it was the right choice because he was in love with somebody else. He wondered aloud if it was right to lead Melissa on, and I think we’d all agree that no, it wasn’t – but neither was breaking her heart on national television.
Jason went on to say that he and Molly keep getting better and better and that what he didn’t realize that last day in New Zealand was that Molly was his best friend. That is some sweet irony, my friends, considering that Jillian contended for weeks that she wanted her husband to be her best friend and Jason was all “Nooooo, that’s not what I’m looking for.” Then Jason said that Molly challenges him and he needs that and he wishes Melissa nothing but the best.
I yawned.
And somewhere in Texas, Melissa rolled her eyes.
Molly was the next person on the stage, and of course before she and Chris could talk we were forced to watch another video of what happened Monday night. Molly defended her decision to give Jason another chance, and she went on to say how difficult the last two weeks have been for them because of all the rumors surrounding the show. But she said they’re happier than ever, and Jason is basically her dream come true.
We finally got to see the happy couple sit side-by-side on the couch, and both of them seemed to feel like as difficult as the whole situation has been, it’s all worth it. They’re so happy and so in love and Molly is moving to Seattle. Jason said that he hopes everyone can see that he and Molly (HIM AND HER) followed their hearts, and he hopes people realize that they (HIM AND HER) did what was right for everybody involved.
Methinks he may need to give America a few weeks to come around to his point of view.
Chris presented Molly and Jason with a tent, then Jason gave Chris a hearty high five-ish manshake, and oh, all’s well that ends well, I reckon.
Or well-ish.
The last round of non-shocking news was that Jillian is the new Bachelorette, which is not at all a surprise. However, it’s terribly delightful, because we’ll get to hear her say PROcess, aBOOT and aGAIN for ten straight weeks. So SCORE.
Or, you know, however you say “SCORE” in Canadian.
I see that you too noticed Jason’s lack of knowledge in the pronoun department. He did it on Jimmy Kimmel too! Don’t ya think someone would have corrected him by now?? Oh, but I know Him and Her are going to live happily ever after!!
i’ve never watched a season in its entirety, and i certainly won’t start with jillian as the new bachelorette. this southern gal can’t take her accent! :0)
although we’ll have a few-week old baby by the time the season starts up, so who knows…i may end up letting myself get sucked in aGAIN…
Stephanie had a ring on 6 out of 10 fingers. She has taken accessories to a Goddess level. Plus, I really like her.
I am thrilled with Jillian…she is by far the classiest dresser! A pretty girl. This should be fun and I loved her coment about her dad not ever having to watch another hot tub scene…amen to that! we will see tho…..
I gave up. I threw in the towel. I did NOT watch this episode. But I was glad for your recap. Stephanie is from my town (Huntsvegas), so everybody has been talking about it. Hate that I missed the bedazzled action.
And I crafted a whole post around Jason’s misuse of pronouns. It’s just plain offensive.
Glad everything ended with a high five and a tent (??What??). My guess is that it should have ended with a big ‘ole foot that he could put in his mouth or a boot that America has given him.
My favorite Jason quote of the night (in reference to Molly’s reaction to his “coffee” request): “I mean I was really hoping. I had to be honest. And I’m so glad that she said yes. But even if she didn’t, I would have done it anyway.” Kinda makes you go hmmmm…
Honestly, I have no need to watch. Your commentary is way funnier than the show, plus you hit all the highlights. :) I loved your BigBoo Cast rehashing the show. Next season I’m so tuning in just so I’m not lost on your wonderful recaps. :)Have a beautiful day!
A tent? Why? It only makes sense if it’s because every female on the continent wants to throw a shoe at the boy, even those of us who only witnessed this through the bloggy world.
I sit and talk like a Canadian, the entire time Jillian speaks. I love it.
I never tire of your recaps. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I certainly hope “him and her” are happy….I personally wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him :)
Chris Harrison should start marketing sleep aids. Ten minutes of content in an hourlong show knocked me out just like that.
Isn’t he a lawyer and don’t lawyers have to write alot and should know proper grammar? Just wondering….that question has been bothering me all season.
All I can think is how happy Melissa’s parents must be with their decision to not meet him on live tv. I wish they had shown up last night and punched him in the face.
I loved the way that Jillian immediately said she would get to meet 25 AMAZING men.
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Stephanie was so gracious, and that top…wow! :) Amen to all the ridiculous recaps!!!
I am just realizing I may not have commented here before. If so, hey, I’m Liz for NH! :)
There really just are NO MORE WORDS… other than.. that was an AMAZING recap, BooMama… you were JAW-DROPPINGLY accurate. You and him and her and them… oh, whatEVER. Cause that’s how I feel about The Bachelor now… WHATever.
Melissa is the new Jennifer Anniston.
So I guess Jason and Molly are now just “Jolly.”
Love Melanie’s comment about Jolly!! And, for the record, the HIM AND HER SLAYS ME everyt single time. As does the ‘that’s where we’re at.’ Thank you and good night!
I was so yawnfully bored of watching the DRAMATIC recap that I just flat out fell asleep.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed, B-.
Sophie you are too funny chick. I can’t wait for 10 weeks straight of Jillian HAHAHAHAHA!!! These shows are getting about ridiculous and so full of drama. Have a great night!!!
~Molly P
When does Bachelorette air? I’m going to need at least 6 months to psych myself up for another round of words like “follow my heart” and “I’m in this for the right reasons” and finally, “I’m so confused.” Sigh.
Ok…so he should have picked Molly from the get go…but that is a whole nother story. I’m sure this kinda happens in real life, breakups and all. But in the end…He has to live with his mess…I just pray he doesn’t dump Molly…for someone else…(ow..wait..is that the next Bachelor show?? haha)No, really, I hope it works out for them.
EVERY MAJOR NETWORK NEEDS YOU DOING THEIR REVIEWS!!! This was funnier and more insightful than anything out there.
I did not notice Stephanie’s shirt. Shoot. Now I am bummed. I was hoping they would make her the bachlorette, but apparently America wanted Jillian. I like Jillian a lot. But no one asked me. Not cool. :)
He he…go Jillian! From a fellow Cdn girl that wonders if she also talks like that LOL.
Canadian accents are great…much more easily understood than anything SOTH-REN!
I just had to tell you that Melissa will be on Ellen tomorrow (Thursday). Set the DVR girlfriend!
“Methinks…” Oh, Sophie. I’m laughing so hard I am crying.
I too remember Jason specifically saying that he did not want a “best friend” – he wanted passion! Well now. I guess he changed his mind. And for Molly to move to Seattle after a 6 week reunion (in real time) is just plain crazy.
I noticed he said her and I many, many times. Good thing it wasn’t she and me otherwise I would have thrown a shoe at him.
Jillian…….I can’t handle her. She talks way too fast and way too much. Most of the time I can’t even get everything she is saying. But I did hear aGAIN lol.
You just crack me up.
Hugs,
Marie
Why in the world did Chris give Molly and Jason a tent? Are they camping out in Seattle? I think Melissa should have been on the show so she could have a chance to punch somebody.
Unfortunatly, I read the spoilers on RealitySteve.com and everything went down exactly like he predicted. It made for a very boring 4 hours of television. I am waiting for someone (anyone) to admit it was scripted.
I love Stephanie, but I was so distracted by her botoxed and enhanced lips. She had a hard time talking because her mouth couldn’t move. She is so sweet, she just needs to tone down the make up, wardrobe and get a hairstyle that is more in line with 2009.
I’m not doing an official post on the Bachelor and all of the hotchpotch thereafter but I just need to say this: the show is flawed, y’all. A man cannot go and ho-dog and mug down with 25 women and expect them not to be “mislead”. When a man (an “amazing, wonderful person” like Jason) puts his mouth and hands all over them, I tend to think that they’re thinking he’s doing it because he likes ’em… I mean, after the hot tub scene with Jillian (which I didn’t even watch but Chris said that it was “the hottest scene ever” and some of the producers even had to look away b/c things were heating up so much!) and then the very next day he gives her the friend card, every esteem I ever had for the guy – thinking he was decent and had a good head on his shoulders, it turned to ashes and blew away that day. He’s a ho. Plain and simple. But the way they do things on the show is just the way of the world—and therein lies the flaw. This season was a perfect affirmation that God’s ways are not our ways are so much higher/better than ours.
I’m not saying I’ll never watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette ever again. I probably will… and obviously this comment has nothing to do with you. :) I just wanted to speak my mind without doing an actual post. :) I hope you don’t mind my using your comment box as a platform. ;)
Also, I second what Roxanne Christina said – you should totally write the reviews. I have no doubt that just by posting here, you have helped their ratings! :)
I was thinking the exact same thing about the whole “best friend” statment Jason made. What in the world? I bet Jillian was rolling her eyes too. I love Jillian, but I was hoping for Stephanie to be the next bachelorette. I love her to death!
Well, I don’t like him…not even one little bit!
Glad to see Jillian will make a comeback though- and here’s hoping that Melissa finds her a good ole Texas boy with a great ole job- she’s a tough one. I like me a girl with some spunk!
Happy Thursday!
Can I just say that I don’t know you but you make me so happy. I LOVE your commentary – makes me laugh out loud!! Thanks – I needed it today!
This show kills me . . . kills me dead. I wind up watching/following it because my wife watches it, kind of in the same way that impressionable teens start using drugs because their friends are doing it. The underlying ridiculousness/hilarity of it is: you’re trying to meet your spouse on a reality TV show. Reality TV shows are fine for cooking or racing across America, but not for falling in love and getting married. My favorite, FAVORITE line that gets said at some point every season is when the bachelor/ette says, “I just don’t feel like I really know so-and-so.” This makes me want to yell at the TV. Of COURSE you don’t know so-and-so, YOU’RE ON A REALITY TV SHOW, which is not a suitable setting for Getting To Know someone.
I also think it’s hilarious that all this is done in pristine, beautiful settings – they stay in beautiful resorts overlooking the ocean, and 50% of this show’s budget must be spent on candles . . . and it makes me wonder if the thought has ever crossed these people’s minds that life will not always be that way. There will come a time when the white sands of the South Pacific and helicopter rides will be replaced with eating at Mexican restaurants in strip malls and your spouse stopping up the garbage disposal with 11 pounds of potatoes or catching the garage on fire (which I actually did about a year and a half ago). In-SANE, I tells ya.
OHCH is on my bad list right now.
I am new’ish to reading your blog and love it! Your Bachelor recaps are my favorite. I second your opinion!
I was not a big Jillian fan but hey, you know I will get sucked in….I always do.
I love your re-caps! I agree, no surprise with Jillian and I thought the same thing when J called Molly his best friend. WHATever!! This romance will end sometime about now!
I hope Jillian fares better but you know at least half the men will tell her that they are looking for a best friend to be their wife. ;) Drama, Drama, Drama..can’t wait for this show.
Switching subjects, A.I. has made me mad at bringing Tatiana back….HELLO…if they think that will increase their ratings they can think aGain!
Have a great Thursday!
Ahhh Jillian — and lest we forget her AMAZING hotdog personality quiz! I’m seeing a first night (or the drunken cattle call) where she’s serving up hotdogs to all 25! Oh wait, they know the drill — nevermind aBoot that!
I do love me some Jillian and I’ll be there on May 18th and every Monday that follows – ’cause I do love me some reality tv. Dramatic and Amazing!
I just realized that I don’t think I’ve commented on your site before and I’ve been reading since August! (I’m really trusting that you won’t go back and prove me wrong because that would mean that I’m suffering from memory loss at age 24). Moving on, I love your recaps and it’s gotten to a point that my husband even asks what you said in your recaps (he’s too proud to read it himself). We both think you’re hilarious! It blesses my day to start out with a little laughter.
I just need to point one thing out and then I’m done. I’m hoping someone hasn’t already said this because I don’t want to be that person that keeps repeating what others have already said (I didn’t have time to read all the comments) but what makes ABC think picking past rejects will result in better shows? Don’t get me wrong, I like Jillian and I think she’s cute as a button and maybe she’s perfect to be the next Bachelorette simply because Jason DIDN’T pick her, but a fact is a fact and she is a third-generation Brad Womack reject. Deanna’s season didn’t end so well and then Jason’s was a train wreck. What makes them think they’re headed in the right direction here? Anyway, it will be interesting to see if they continue this trend at the conclusion of Jillian’s season. (Maybe Jillian isn’t cursed because she didn’t make it to the final two. I’m trying to reason it out but the logic is weak.)
Thanks for the recap. My reality TV watching is not complete without reading your comments.
I just have to say, I love you. I don’t watch The Bachelor/ette, but I *always* come read your recaps. Your “writing” makes me laugh and smile every day.
I don’t watch The Batchelor but I can be kept uptodate by your recaps BooMama so thanks. I’m not sure what part of Canada, Jillian is from but just like your great country we all don’t sound alike. In the eastern part of Canada where I’m from some of us have a bit of an Irish lilt to our voice in fact when my brother was visiting in Western Canada he was asked what part of Ireland he was from.
I just think it’s a hoot to hear Southern gals who have the most famous drawls that have ever been heard talk about accents :)
haha so true — and I’m totally going to miss your recaps!
I love Jillian – but I might be oartial cause I’m Canadian. Although I don’t say many Canadian-isms any more because, well, living in the South through middle school with a Canadian accent? Lets just say it got rid of my accent real quick! :-)
Oh you make me laugh! Almost as much as the email I just got from my dad, suggesting that I host a dove giveaway on my blog. Not the soap. Not the chocolate. The bird.
Oh well-ish.
You are sooooo funny! I don’t watch The Bachelor, but I did watch after the final rose just to see what all the hoopla was about… I’m Canadian and talk like Jillian, but I never guessed people would like it!
I kind of like the new formula for choosing the Bachelor/ette’s. Even though they are rejects, I feel like we have bonded. (If that is possible…)
seriously, boo mama, amazing re-cap! i just need to publically declare that i need an intervention. i swore, several seasons back that this was it for me, i was going to finish out the season and then forever turn my tv off to this ridiculous match making drama. and then brad had to “not choose”… and of course those sneaky producers knew how to hook me, so they put up sweet De Anna… and so on. three seasons later, i am still watching. the problem is, i fell in love with jillian and her adorable hotdog theory on night one… now what’s a girl to do? i can’t bail on jillian! but to continue watching this mess is killing me and in this economy, who can afford that many boxes of kleenex? what’s a girl to do?