Mark's Blog

I admit it, I watched last night's "The Bachelor" finale, along with a whole lot of other people by the sound of things. I hadn't seen any of the other episodes, in either this series or the first one.

Straight away, Helene struck me as being insincere. From the gift of a money clip (of all things) to her continual agreement with every last thing Aaron said she just came off as being phony. Beautiful on the outside, no doubt, but I didn't get the impression there was much going on in her head.

Brooke seemed much more sincere to me, and she just came off as a more intelligent person, someone who was much more self-aware. She had that southern grace that kind of reminded me of my favorite actress, Reese Witherspoon. Brooke had a pretty good crying session in the limo ride of shame at the end but I don't think she's going to be upset in a couple of weeks.

I think Aaron probably made the right choice for himself (at least between the two -- I didn't see any of the other shows), but my crystal ball doesn't see their relationship lasting that long. If they do get married I'd predict a breakup within a couple of years. What I don't get about Aaron was the way he was always asking his parents their opinion on the two girls. And on top of that, the way his entire family refused to offer any feedback whatsoever. Now of course, we only see an edited version of things but pretty much the only negativity was over Brooke's dolphin tattoo. Could it get any more controversial? Snore.