The cold freeze has finally snapped. Birds are chirping. And here on
The Bachelor, most of the drama has dissipated as Matt has narrowed down his choices to the final four possibilities, which means that he meets all their parents during this “hometowns” episode. In normal times, Matt would be visiting places like Canada and Georgia to meet his girlfriends’ parents and other relatives on their home turfs. But instead, all the families head to the resort in Pennsylvania (does this mean that
everyone’s family had to be quarantining this whole time?).
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Hometowns is a big week in the Bachelor scheme of things, because after living in the contestant bubble for so many weeks, for the contestants it’s the first time they get some actual outside validation about their unconventional relationship. Or not. For Serena, talking to her mom and her sister about her feelings for Matt is enough for her to realize that she’s not actually ready to get engaged at the end of all this. Which is totally reasonable! But too bad: Her Canadian date was dorky but pretty fun, and I like how she did not seem to be taking everything so seriously. In retrospect, though, maybe that was the problem.