TheFinalRose

I retract my belief that these two are still together after all.

Production just keeps letting him stay. He's back for the rose ceremony next week and I'm guessing he's the guy who comes back with a ring for her per the preview from a couple of weeks ago. Production is milking this for the drama. Well, it's working. I'm guessing these two crazy kids are probably married and preggers by now.

Yeah, I feel the same way. Except he might have given her a heads up before Greece so she would know it was a deal-breaker for him. Do agree with her that she put up with a lot from him and he is willing to quit her pretty easily. Although "slip up" is a poor word choice.

Dean! That's his name. Totally forgot it.

"everything I coulda evah dreamed for." Wow Jed. Wow. I want him to get dumped by her.

Is Jed trying to get out of this mess he made by blaming everything on Luke?

I think the mini-Ozzy Osbourne at the lunch table got her SAG card for that discussion on love with Hannah.

Is Tyler real? I'm thinking he's the first robot to make it to F4. He says all the right things.

"I feel so confident in what we have now." Cue the third-place finish for Peter!

Woah ... did not think it was Peter in the windmill!

Unless she takes him into a windmill I'm thinking ... next!

. Jed only needs to stay on the show long enough to up his Instagram followers to the point where he can get paid for shilling products. Those dollars can supplement his income enough for him to keep on singing without being bothered with the hassle of a real job. He can do that by either "winning" and attracting followers as part of a loving couple (for however long he can stomach it) or by coming in the top four and getting a shot at the Bachelor lead, or by ending up on BIP and extending his exposure. So many of the Bachelor cast members are living large through Instagram and podcasts ... so it's really worthwhile for them to fake whatever needs to be faked in order to gain followers and make the money that makes their life a lot easier. In addition, Jed can probably now book gigs at any number of state fairs or local festivals or bars this summer due to his Bachelorette "fame." So while we won't be seeing Jed at the CMAs or Grammys, his fortunes can still be significantly raised by participating in this "journey."

There's a way to communicate tough information with a smile and some warmth to the person who is a guest in your home. Jed's family aren't the first skeptics but they sure piled it on with the creepy toast about truth and the grim reaper faces on the couch. Oh, boo hoo. They use what you give them. The producers couldn't create that edit from Peter's, Luke's or Tyler's hometowns. I was a big fan of Jed's from night one. Thought he was the best pick but his whining about Luke and his family with the misplaced blame turned me off. Now rooting against him. Despite his villain status, I can't turn against Luke. There's something about him that I enjoy. I think this is a wise assessment of him. I also think he was ridiculously naive/egotistical in the beginning of the show, was operating under some "Hannah is my God-given destiny" mindset, and the producers pumped that up with the guys. But having a physically aggressive streak didn't help his case and by then there was no redeeming his edit. You can't hand Fleiss that kind of material and get away with it. Nevertheless, I'm glad he's still here, in his earnest, determined, "I look into Hannah's eyes and see my wife" way. No one else really seems ride or die for her. Plus, he would not forget to tell Hannah he had a girlfriend before he left for the show.

I thought Jed's family was rude. Why be defensive and ornery at Hannah for having feelings for Jed? It didn't make sense for the sister to say "I'm real protective of Jed" as if Hannah was the one with the fledgling career out to piggyback on his fame. But it's clearly the other way around yet they're projecting the whole "lack of truth" as something Hannah is responsible for, instead of Jed. I'd run from this family because if this is how they express hostility to an innocent stranger, imagine how they'll gang up on Hannah when she's a daughter/sister-in-law who's done wrong in their eyes.

So many questions! Did they have an extra plane ticket ready so four dudes could go? What about the dates? Someone is going to get an extra-lame, thrown together at the last minute date in Greece. Maybe if Hannah hadn't canceled every cocktail party she would have known which dude to let go. Anyway, we already know Luke gets the boot next week. My takeaway from this whole episode is that Jed is shady. His body language is not that of someone who is in love ... it's of someone who is trapped in a reality tv nightmare and he doesn't have the tools to extricate himself like Brooks did with Des.

I hope we get to see a preview of Hannah and ____ touring the windmill!

That's one scary lineup of a family sitting there on the couch. And one cold-hearted goodbye.

Jed's mom's toast is ominous.

Wow, Luke's mom is so pretty. Not spoiled, but I think somehow Luke is going to survive this whole crazy journey and they are together.

Uh oh. Two hometowns and none of them have been able to burp out an I Love You.

Tyler: My dad's real sick. Haven't seen him. Paralyzed vocal chords. Losing weight but had to leave him. I don't know what I'm going to see when I open the door. Hannah: I'm excited!

Brother Jack is not a hugger. He slunk onto the couch when no one was looking. Peter is such a nerd. Surely, the producers told Peter he has to say ILY on the hometown to secure the fantasy suite. Although I'm thinking first hometown and no declarations of love yet don't bode well for him making it to F3.

Just confirmed that Tia is still with her boyfriend so no worries that ABC is prepping us for her as the next Bachelorette. Still get nightmares about a Tia season.

So possibly Jed ..... was this before or after the heel-clicking moment of love? Did they go to the windmill before or after dinner?

Hannah did it in the Windmill with .... Colonel Mustard? Prof Plum?