Bachelor 22 - Arie Luyendyk Jr - Episodes - Feb 5th - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

Lucas15 wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:@Rolly I'm thinking they messed with him. Maybe he wanted Lauren, but they had other plans according to their storyboard. Perhaps they led him to believe Lauren wouldn't accept a proposal, she wasn't interested in him, IDK.

Over the years I've heard so many stories about the c**p they pull that I seldom put anything past them. On the inaugural switheroo season (Jason's) I had two different sources - both trusted - independently tell me that the producers knew that Melissa wanted her "ex" BF to commit to her and yet they both said they failed to let Jason in on the "joke" instead IMO pushed him towards Melissa. It was a bit like "Go ahead into that lion's den - the lion isn't there so it's safe" knowing all along that the lion was not only there but hadn't been fed in two weeks and was really hungry.

So could they have messed with Arie this season. Did they -  

That said there's another "similarity" that I don't know how or if it fits. On Jason's season they had DeAnna pay a visit to Jason when he was down to the final 2 and basically tell him she felt she took a risk picking Jesse and should have made the "safe choice" - implying that was Jason. I don't know if that influenced Jason or if it did - in what direction; it would depend I guess on what choice Jason believed would be safe. But I heard that DeAnna did not want to do that but she had to or breach her contract. Odd that they did that. Was that part of how they manipulated Jason?

So this season they have the ex BF (for 7 years!) of one of the two finalists visit the set and propose to that finalist - who turned him down. I have so many questions about that and so few answers. But 7 years is a very long time - especially compared to the roughly 70 hours the lead might spend with his F1 before making a decision - and that's less of a question than an observation. Did this influence Arie? Why did they wait until it was down to two?

What I do find suspicious, as I've mentioned before, during sleuthing it was unusual that a F1 would get the first 1:1 and the switch up with the F2 who just so happens to have the same epi date as another F1 (Sean's season).

Arie liking Lauren's SM posts and the fact that the filming crew were at Lauren's, when compared to Jason's season, he wasn't allowed to discuss anything with Molly because they wanted it on camera on the ATFR. This time, they made sure they got it on camera?

There are unusual patterns this season for sure. There have been two breakups while the show is airing - and in each one the initial choice had their first 1-1 on Episode 2 - what are the odds of that???

GuardianAngel wrote:@Lucas15 Good post.

I wonder if we'll hear "You were always the one" during the proposal.

Ladybug82 wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:@Lucas15 Good post.

I wonder if we'll hear "You were always the one" during the proposal.

Proposal to who?  If he says it to both of them at some point, they should both slap him and walk away, IMO.

If he says to to LB and proposes to her at the AFTR y'all send someone to check on me.  Cause I'll have passed out from laughter, shock and disbelief. I seriously can't see these two lasting.  3-6 months max IMO