The Bachelor: Jason Mesnick (Season 13)

[texas*princess]

I'm so sad for Stephanie. I think I knew she wouldn't make it much farther, but I feel bad for her. I really liked her

[groovypq]

She seems like such a beautiful soul. That was the classiest, most graceful exit I've ever seen. I really really hope she finds happiness.

[AGDee]

I believe she really did know, as she told him, that he looked at her differently than he did the other women. I have a lot of respect for him too. He seems more sensitive to the girls' feelings than many of the bachelors ever did. I do think he genuinely liked Stephanie but that there wasn't the same kind of chemistry. They always seemed to go back to talking about their kids and not so much about each other also.

I think I'm still pulling for Melissa. She seems the most grounded of them all.

[DreamfulSpirit]

I did miss last week's episode, but caught tonight's. It seemed like these girls, now that the drama queens are gone, seem to get a long great. Not too much cattiness between them (I didn't say none, lol...just not too much).

[PeppyGPhiB]

I call BS on that houseboat in tonight's episode. Unless Jason came into a lot of money and moved across the lake, there's no way that was his house. Jason has always said he lived in Kirkland, and when he was on The Bachelorette, they showed his house in Kirkland. The house tonight was a houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle proper, a place where houseboats go for $1 million+. I'm disappointed ABC apparently decided to fake it and rent out a house for the episode, especially since it means that Ty was forced to sleep in a strange house, too. No wonder he was weirded out by the whole thing.

I was surprised the production picked the Fairmont Olympic to stay at. It's a lovely hotel - the oldest and one of the classiest in downtown Seattle - but I would've thought they'd pick one of the more contemporary and swanky hotels in Seattle (Hotel 1000, the W, maybe Hotel Monaco, etc.). But The Georgian is a very elegant restaurant; it's the first place I had caviar and steak tartare.

Other notes on this episode:
- If you come to Seattle, don't have dinner at the Space Needle, like Jason and Melissa were supposed to have on their date that got changed. It's a tourist trap and not very good food for the money. Seattle has a gazillion great restaurants, and that's not one of them.
- The huge sports store they went to is REI's flagship store downtown; it's cool to look around if you like outdoor activities. You can try out rain coats in a shower, try mountain bikes out on an outdoor trail, and try hiking boots out on an indoor trail/ramp. Then of course there's The Pinnacle (the climbing structure).
- That walk Molly and Jason went on during dinner was FAR. They went all the way down to the waterfront and walked around down there and around Pike Place Market...they probably walked about 8-10 blocks and back. I'd be annoyed if I were Stephanie and Jillian! That was rude.

[nittanyalum]

I don't think it's necessarily a "new" spoiler because I remember reading the guess that she gets the final rose as the season was just starting, but this link now says the guess has been "confirmed" (still just by internet sleuths, not by the network or anything) -- link

Personally, I wasn't a fan of hers at the beginning and have missed several episodes so still didn't love her going into last night, but after catching part of last night, am more on board with her winning now (if it happens). (not that it matters what I'm on board with , I just feel invested with our little Jasey-poo and only want the best for him and little Ty-Ty)