So here is the scene:
The Bachelor Jason Mesnick romantically proposes to Melissa in New Zealand saying: “I am completely in love with you… I love you, will you marry me?”
(Of course, only moments after weeping profusely about having to let Molly go). 
But I digress, after Jason’s “amazing” romantic proposal to Melissa the new couple jump into the pool fully clothed along with Jason’s son Ty–quite the happy new family scene. Hmm… not for long.
Cut to 6 weeks later and After the Final Rose Jason says to his new fiance “Um yeh, something happened with the chemistry.” And then after dumping Melissa on TV he says to Molly “I am hoping we can get some coffee or something.” WTF Jason? Really?!
Well, at least for once Chris Harrison was not exaggerating when he said it was ‘‘most dramatic season finale in history.” Chris gives a little more on his blog: “Jason proposed to Melissa right before Thanksgiving over in New Zealand. It was an awesome day and night. They couldn’t have been happier. … They were both very much in love and the scene couldn’t have been better. It appeared to us he had found a terrific woman who would become his wife. I talked to Jason and 
Melissa several times after the proposal and all was going well. After the holidays something changed…” and that is all we heard from Jason as TV land watched Jason dump Melissa in front of millions of viewers.
Melissa, of course, appears confused and crushed–whispering under her breath “you’re such a bastard.” Finally before leaving (the conspicuously audience free show set) she says to Jason “don’t call me–leave me alone.” Understood!
Oh yeh, the whole DeAnna Pappas thing was anti-climactic as I suspected. She showed up, told Jason she made a mistake and wanted another chance with Jason. Jason said “thanks for this opportunity to tell you that I am in love with two other women.” Then DeAnna left with her parting advice to Jason “be smart.” He must have blocked that last comment.
So here is the time line. Around Thanksgiving Jason proposes to Melissa and they have 6 weeks of clandestine dates. Six weeks after the proposal was last night’s After the Final Rose show when Jason dumps Melissa and asks Molly out to coffee. Apparently another 6 weeks has transpired since THAT show last night to the
present. Now, tonight After the Final Rose Part 2 will be on TV.
I wonder what we will hear tonight. Will TV viewers get any more answers? From what I saw with Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with Jason last night I highly doubt we will ever get any more answers than “I just changed my mind–you can’t make me marry someone I’m not in love with.” Is THAT why he was staring at the engagement ring for 10 minutes?
Here are the final results from the poll that many of you voted on. Clearly most of the voters thought Jason was going to pick Melissa. And they were right… for like two seconds!
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Ah! “Moving on”–TV romance style!
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New Poll…
Ah yes! Last night was the installment of the 
est friends and not seeing the passion that was clearly evident on camera. If that is not passion, I don’t know what is! How is he going to explain to his son that what he was doing in the hot tub is something people do with their best friends?
She’s BAAACCCKKK! DeAnna will finally made her much publicized visit 
to the Bachelor next week in New Zealand.
What was her “mistake”? Will she explain why she is wearing that hideous outfit?
This week the Bachelor whisked the 3 remaining ladies off to 
The dates all seemed pretty status quo–except for Jason’s commentary regarding Jillian’s belief that the most important part of a relationship is for the couple to be “best friends.” One could easily tell that this was way far apart from Jason’s primary agenda. Although, their hot tub scene seemed pretty passionate to onlookers.
end of the night? THIS look on Jason’s face.
On with the recap of the four big hometown dates! Jason was whisked off to four different locations to meet four women’s family and friends. How does Jason cope with all the craziness, sob stories about these girl’s families, jet lag and missing his son? That’s right! Adult beverages! You almost never see a scene in this show without a glass of something in their hands.
before she took him to meet them. Well, except maybe for Molly. But her Mom’s little hat puppet show spoke for itself! How does Jason choose which in-laws he wants to fly over the coo-coo’s nest with on holidays?
unmemorable that little detail could even be recalled! Send up a red flag to anyone else?
Chris states “Jason believes one of you will become his wife,” but what about the DeAnna factor? After seeing the brief preview clip last night, I am starting to think it has been a big lead up into nothing. I think that the scene they keep showing with DeAnna telling Jason “I made a mistake” will be more about her advice to Jason of not rushing into a TV engagement and less about her asking him for another chance. Chris Harrison called DeAnna’s arrival the “most shocking twist in Bachelor history” and then ominously noted “…and it changes everything” as they show Jason later collapsing in tears. We will see.
The evening would not be complete without the weekly 
about ABC kicks into the country’s piggy bank a little and just send Jason to Bakersfield or somewhere a little easier on the old wallet with the final three! 😉 Of course Chris Harrison could not call those the “dates of a lifetime.” LOL.
We were down to Molly, Jillian, Stephanie, Naomi, and Melissa. I was actually surprised that Jason sent Stephanie home last night! Probably only because I was rooting for her a little. Because if I looked at how transparent Jason is with his chemistry with each and every woman, the passion was just not evident with Stephanie. He seemed to care for her, but I think he was still taken by the younger gals. I am not a huge Naomi fan, so I thought it would have been perfect to eliminate her. He even took Naomi aside at the last minute of the rose ceremony, but in the end Stephanie went gracefully home.
all of them and there doesn’t seem to be any one or two that are ahead of the crowd yet. Interesting… this could be a perfect setup for the re-introduction of DeAnna Pappas. I still see this as unlikely because it seems too hard for Jason to swallow his pride and take DeAnna back… unless he has really been holding on to an unrequited love 
for her. When are they planning on bringing her back anyway, right before the final rose ceremony? Plus, considering 
house instead.
BTW, Has anyone else noticed how much this bachelor likes to run 
around without his shirt off?
Burning or building bridges in the community? 