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In a teaser for the episode, Arie calls himself a monster.
That may be true!
If the tabloid-spoiled twist bears out, its a distinct possibility.
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Either of those scenarios would be a best-case version forThe Bachelorfranchise.
We might forget that the rest of it was astonishingly dull.
Everyone rallies behind the wronged woman, who will inevitably get cast as the next Bachelorette.
If either of those things happened, it would be a hugeblessing forBachelorproducers.
It would also be weirdly fitting for this to be the thing that finally distinguishes Aries season.
Aries big moment of stunning, never-before-seen drama would really be a retread.
Hes anodyne, inoffensive, and unexciting.
Hes not enough to really draw the eye, but hes certainly not going to piss anyone off.
Or make an audience feel much of anything at all.
And the back-to-Bachelor-classic plan has borne out, in a way.
Aries had a season full of stuff that has been promoted endlessly as super dramatic or funny or weird.
Every time, the actual events have been aggressively mild, and worse, theyve been done before.
Instead it was mostly mined for fights among the women and a few gape-mouthed expressions from Arie.
