‘The Bachelor’ ends its messy season with betrayals, apologies — and a final rose

The next comprises main spoilers for Half II of “The Bachelor” Season 26 finale.

A couple of weeks earlier than this week’s surprising season finale of ABC’s “The Bachelor,” one contestant delivered a cryptic message about how star Clayton Echard’s seek for real love would finish.

“I’m in a novel place the place I do know lots of issues, and I believe I’ll depart it at that,” nurse Teddi Wright stated to Echard throughout the present’s “Girls Inform All” episode reuniting many of the former contestants. “I hope you’re … OK.”

He could also be OK — Echard, who grew to become maybe probably the most controversial lead within the franchise’s historical past, ended the season fortunately in a dedicated romance with Susie Evans, the finalist who left him after he admitted that he had been intimate with two of her opponents.

However legions of Bachelor Nation followers might really feel totally different about whether or not Echard deserves a cheerful ending. Followers may additionally have robust emotions about the way in which the present’s producers milked, manipulated — and presumably even misled — viewers throughout the twisty drama crammed with heartbreak and trauma.

Listed below are 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s episode.