HI FRIENDS! We have wrapped up another bachelor season! I’m sad to see this one go. I had high expectations for Peter and his season. In some ways, he totally lived up, and in others, I didn’t love the season. But either way, we have a conclusion to all of those crazy teasers! Let’s debrief these two episodes!
Overall, I have a fairly sad feeling about the ending of this season. It kinda left us on a sour note. Do you guys feel that?
For probably the past 5 or so episodes now, I’ve been rooting for Hannah Ann and Peter. I know some people were saying they couldn’t see the connection between them and kinda just felt like she was too rehearsed. I liked them together.
Things started feeling icky for me when Madison accepted the rose in last week’s episode. The way they interacted, seeing him ask her if she were sure, it all just felt strange. I think in that moment it could have been clear to the other girls that Peter had deep feelings for Madison. And I think Hannah Ann did notice, and it did worry her! But we’ll come back to that.
I loved seeing Hannah Ann in these two episodes. In my opinion, she was clearly invested in the whole thing. She was crying before she even went inside to meet his family. And she cried again right when she said hello to everyone. I loved her in this moment. She’s definitely emotional and this is the toughest the journey has been yet. I love seeing that genuine emotion from her. I think she was just feeling the realness right then, like those could be her in-laws. She was obviously in love with Peter, and that day meant so much to her.
Madison’s date, on the other hand, felt so weird to me, as I’m sure it did for you all. I thought it was pretty interesting that each of the conversations we saw were about compatibility. No one had brought that up yet! Yes, we knew they were on different levels religiously. And yes, as viewers and fans of Peter, we can see obvious differences in their personalities. But we had yet to bring this to light on the show! And even though I knew those things in the back of my head, this really felt like a wake-up call to me. I appreciated Peter’s brother so much! I think he knows him so well and was probably just seriously trying to guide Peter to happiness in that moment. He probably suspected that these two people have some serious lifestyle, value, and religious differences to be taking into consideration.
So then we move onto Madison and Peter’s last one on one. Yikes. I felt so much for each of them here. I respect Madison a lot for what she did. I think she finally was seeing clearly that they have so, so many things not in common. She probably finally had the objective viewpoint to decide that it’d be better to break things off now than in a year when it’s real life and the same issues are still present.
This is where things get crazy, because as viewers, we could all see that Madison was the front runner. So now it’s a little bit awkward that he just jumps on the Hannah Ann train. Honestly, I feel like it’s hard to fault Peter for all of this. I think he just falls so hard and has such a romantic spirit that when his only option became Hannah Ann, he got really comfortable with the idea of that. It was to the point where I was so giddy about how giddy he was!
Were you surprised he didn’t tell Hannah Ann on their date that she was the only one left? I feel like it would’ve been a premature ending, so that’s probably why he didn’t.
Let’s talk about proposal day. Like I said, I was loving it. I love Hannah Ann. But the whole time, I felt like it was so wrong. Like we were supposed to already be sad, even though we didn’t know the end result. Clearly, Hannah Ann had some big reservations about Peter at this point. I give her props for seeing his indecisiveness so well. I would think that a lot of times when you’re down to the final two, the second choice might have an idea that there’s a chance they won’t be getting engaged. What’s interesting here is that Hannah Ann had those feelings, but she was still the one…. by default. Can we all agree with 99% certainty he would’ve been proposing to Madison if she hadn’t left?
I definitely think Peter glazed over the “Madison left two days ago” comment way too quickly. That leaves Hannah Ann to wonder if he sent her home (which would be great for Hannah Ann) or if she left on her own (which would definitely raise concerns). I didn’t think it was fair that he said that right then in that way. Anyway, they got engaged. I hate hate hate seeing that happy moment and knowing it’s not the truest love and that they’re not still together.
Then we see nothing for a month and suddenly everything is terrible. Ugh. I feel SAD for Hannah Ann! She seems so loyal. A sad Bach moment. Good for her for sticking up for herself and being strong. We saw some sass from her for the first time?!!!! Did you guys think it was too much?
Soooo what about all that live stuff?
My main takeaways – we got so few conclusions and Barb is a nut!!!
I guess it’s good that Peter and Madison will try to make it work… but I have a hard time imagining that the same reasons they broke up won’t continue to be issues? Those were real life reasons!
My other thought is that I just feel really terrible for Hannah Ann, Peter, and Madison. Hannah Ann got a sad conclusion to this journey. Peter has a lot happening – he’s heartbroken and also in love, he’s being scrutinized by half of America, and his mom is so against him and his love. And Madison, I just feel bad that she had to sit on live TV and take that from Barb. If there’s ever an indication of age not defining maturity, that back and forth interaction was the clearest picture. I think it’s terribly sad that Barb acted that way. We’ve all had family members who love someone you don’t love, but you stick by them because they’re family, and that’s what family does. She was so extreme, so selfish, so immature, and she did it all on live tv.
So where do we go from here!?? I’m already ready for next season!! Let’s chat again when Clare starts! Hopefully she’ll have a calmer journey than Peter did.
Thanks for following along through Peter’s season! So glad there’s a place we can have this girl chat! Xoxo, Delaney
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