How sad is it that for most of Jillian’s season she’s been overshadowed by her suitors? First Crazy Rage David and Slick Juan, then Wes and his flannels and Jake and his man tears, and now Reid with his tennis shoes and mall jewelry store engagement ring. Oh Reid! What the hell was that last night? And was Kiptyn even a part of After the Final Rose this evening? Does anyone even care? Hell, Ed was barely on AtFR; it was all about Reid and his quest for love validation/shot at being the next Bachelor.
Speaking of the next Bachelor, Kip would be an interesting choice, but I find him somewhat boring; abs notwithstanding. Jake as the Bachelor would be an interesting choice if this show ran on ABC Family Channel, but then again he’s the human embodiment of Ned Flanders. Hi diddily ho, bachelorettes! I really think it looks like Reid is a “slam dunk” (you know, just like his shot at wooing Jillian the second time around) but how neurotic and out of control would that season be? I see some Womack/Mesnick hybrid where he totally skips out on the Final Rose Ceremony and then shows up to the After the Final Rose with his fourth grade girlfriend.
With all that said, I still like Reid the best. Proposal grooming aside (seriously, he looked like he was styled by Bradley Cooper’s character in The Hangover) I enjoyed his hijacking of the Final Rose Ceremony. The whole thing is set up so sacred with Jillian on some drawbridge and here comes a disheveled Reid to save the day. It wasn’t quite on the level of Bo Brady kidnapping Hope from her wedding to Larry Welch on a motorcycle with “Holding out for a Hero” blaring, but it was…something. What can I say? I’m a sucker for the grand, romantic gesture, even if it involves a wrinkled button down shirt.
