The Bachelor 10: After the Final Rose

We all watched it last night. Andy proposed to Tessa. If you read my recap, you know I picked Bevin as the lucky winner. It stinks being wrong, but I wonder if Bevin is torn up over it still. Only one way to find out. Let’s get to it, shall we?

The show begins with several recaps of last night’s finale. We’ve seen it.

To answer many questions we all have about the relationship status of past Bachelor couples, they show us the four lucky couples who are still together.

There’s Charlie and Sarah. They are still in love and live together in Los Angeles. Byron and Mary are still going strong. They have a home in Texas and are planning a big fall wedding. Trista and Ryan are still happily wed and Trista is six months pregnant! Finally, there’s Andy and Tessa. I notice the absence of Lorenzo and Jennifer. I said he should have picked Sadie.

Look, I think it’s great that there are happy couples who have come from this show. That’s marvelous. I just don’t think that’s the greatest track record of couples out of nine seasons. I mean, Andy and Tessa have just started and I don’t count Trista and Ryan because, like I’ve said before, that couple was made on The Bachelorette, not The Bachelor. Really, as far as past seasons go, I am only counting Charlie and Sarah and Byron and Mary. That being said, congratulations couples! I really do hope one of you gets married soon and ends the bad track record. [Editor’s Note: Heck, at this point Survivor has a better marriage track record than this show does!]

Chris welcomes Danielle, Amber and Stephanie “T” to the show. We’ll call her “T” for now, since I don’t know if Stephanie “W” will be here tonight. We get a video replay of their journeys on the show.

Chris tells Amber that she was the most shocked at being eliminated. What does she think of that? She thinks she was misled. She thought she was a lock for the final three, no offense to Danielle though. Danielle laughs. Amber goes on to say that she had a guard up every rose ceremony, except that night.

Chris mentions how Amber was so upset elimination night that it’s still hard to watch. No regrets. If it the problem was her age, then it’s almost a compliment. It’s the one thing she can’t change. She thinks she was very mature. Andy told her aunt that she was the most mature 23-year-old he had ever met.

Now, Chris moves to “T” and she is actually looking much less smug than I ever remember her. She looks pretty. Chris mentions her amazing start with the first impression rose, the first individual date, and the first kiss. What happened? She’s not really sure. When she watched the show, she saw connections Andy had with other girls that she didn’t even know about. Maybe her connection with him wasn’t as strong as she thought. She did get off to a great start, but it sort of hindered her. She was shocked when she got thrown into a group date.

Chris asks “T” if there was one specific thing where she felt like she when she went from hero to zero. She thinks it was in Tahoe when Andy asked her about the other girls. She told him the other girls were frustrated and upset with him. She thinks it came across as harsh. She could have said it in a more gentle way. She came at him and he was taken aback.

Does she regret that? Yes, it was her downfall, and she does regret it.

Chris moves over to Danielle. He mentions how she had so much in common with Andy. In her mind, what does she think happened? It was a timing thing for her. By the time they got to Hawaii and had the great fantasy date, things were great in her eyes. Although, she thinks that Andy had a better connection with Tessa and Bevin all along. It was a “confidence thing” when he had to make his decision. Is she saying that Andy wanted someone with confidence and she didn’t have enough of it?

Chris says Danielle had this amazing date with Andy on the catamarans, the whales and dolphins, but then she didn’t get a rose. She had to be shocked by that. Danielle says yes, she was shocked that she got a rose and Amber didn’t. Then she went to Hawaii, let her guard down, but in her mind, it went great.

Chris brings up Danielle believing in fate “even with the psychic readings and what not,” so what’s next for her. Was that a horrible segue way or was that just me? Danielle says she is going to focus on her career and moving out of her parents’ house. Basically, moving on. She is absolutely still looking for that guy. Andy did set the bar for her.

Now Chris brings in Bevin. She is wearing a pink cast because her ankle is apparently still broken from bachelorette boot camp. Wasn’t she wearing heels at the finale? Well, either way, it’s broken.

They play a video on Bevin’s journey. Back in the studio, Chris sees tears in Bevin’s eyes. He asks her what she thinks when she watches that. It’s hard. She definitely had a lot of feelings for Andy. It still hurts sometimes. Andy’s a smart guy. She knows, in the end, he picked someone he thought he could build a life with.

Chris asks her if loves Andy. Yes. She definitely fell in love with Andy. How shocked was she when she realized that Andy did not pick her? She was in complete shock. Duh. She was hurt. Chris says that the shock may have worn off, but the feelings have not. When did she fall in love with Andy? She knew there was something there when they were in the pool on the very first group date. From that point on, there was always a sparkle in his eye when they were together.