I'll admit, I haven't been watching much of The Bachelor this season. It's not my favorite show to begin with, but I found it really unsettling that Jason would drag his son into this.
And on tonight's finale, when Ty began to play a bigger role on the show, meeting the final two, Melissa and Molly, it was even worse. At least the way it was edited, Ty met Melissa first and really hit it off with her. Then, later, when he first met Molly, he was standoffish and strange with her. And, hello, of course he was! Don't you think this has all got to be a little weird for an almost-4-year-old? It just makes me uncomfortable.
(Memo to whoever was editing the episode: I couldn't believe it when I saw "Jasons's Brother" under Jason's brother's name. And then it said Jasons's Mother" under his mom's name. HELLO! Inexcusable!)
At one point, Molly went on and on about how she had only shared 99 percent of herself with Jason, and she wanted to share 100 percent, so she gave him this "fairy tale book" that she had made for him. My husband (totally not paying attention), said, "Maybe that's the 1 percent she shouldn't have shared with him." Hee hee.
Then, Deanna (who I guess dumped him last season?) came back to mess with his head some more. She told him she wanted him back, and he basically said thanks for stopping by.
Jason interviewed several times about how he couldn't believe that he was in love with two women and he couldn't believe he was so hurt and about to hurt someone else, which made me wonder what he thought he had signed up for.
Molly was up first to find out the verdict. After the second time he told her she was amazing, I started to think she was dumped. And yep, she was. She said she didn't understand, and I was forced to say to the television: "He is dating someone else, too, and he likes her more. Sorry." As they walked back to the limo, she told him she thought he was making a huge mistake and that she was afraid he was going to end up hurt again. Then, separately, they cried, with Jason especially making a huge dramatic production out of it. I thought the jilted one in the limo was supposed to be the dramatic one. Molly just said, again, that she was shocked and he made a mistake.
As Melissa went to find out Jason's decision, she made some goofy faces at the host first, like she was 12. He told her that he was in love with her, and she freaked out. Then he proposed, and she said yes. How romantic this would all have been, if we didn't know that coming up at 10 p.m. was the most dramatic reunion show ever -- and that we would not believe what happened next. Not a happy ending?
