How you gonna keep him down on the farm?

We finally arrive at the final rose show. Chris Harrison teases us predicting the uncertainty surrounding the final rose ceremony will be astonishing with Chris expected to hand out the final rose and propose marriage to last Bachelorlette standing.

I am still disappointed Becca was selected last week to make the finals over Kaitlyn. But I figure that Kaitlyn has a good shot of being the next bachelorette so I can start the grieving process now. Hmmm  Ok  grieving for Kaitlyn handled… and off we go.

Chris has a couple hours here to wrestle with his choice and hold our attention. As always, Chris postures these choices as incredibly hard. Each week he raises the scale on the hardest thing he has had to do in his life, by reducing the roster by one.

At this point, I can be glad he was not prime minister of England in 1940,(Winston Churchill was serving that role) when the  intelligence agents intercepted German plans to bomb Coventry. But warning the city of Coventry and its 300,000 residents of the imminent threat would have alerted the Germans to the fact that their codes had been cracked and their security breached. Churchill considered it worth the sacrifice of a whole city and its people to protect his back-door route into Berlin’s secrets.  Now THAT was a hard choice…….

But hey we are talking about life on the farm so lets bring ion our candidates!

Whitney arrives with a big smile and hug and the confidence of an athlete being heavily favored to win. The only fans in Bachelor Nation playing at home that give Becca a chance is on the basis of a fluke conclusion by the farmer-and we all know that can happen so there is some uncertiantly

We already know Whitney is geared up for the farm and wearing plaid shirts and moving to Iowa. She waltzes into the family house and is immediately chummy with everyone. I was waiting for them to assemble for the Christmas picture with Whitney in the middle. But then at the dinner table Whitney starts a toast that lasts longer than Colin Powell’s speech at the 2009 Franklin and Marshall College graduation.  Whitney goes over the top and then keeps going on from there wanting to make sure there is no doubt that she going for the throat. Any doubters had to be convinced after this speech that Becca may as well head back to California now. I do relate to Whitney’s enthusiasm for the farmers family. Whitney lost her dad early and her mother died early as well. She clearly wants

 to be part of a family.  And people from fractured families that observe caring families are drawn to the warmth and unity and want to be a part of that. When I met Eileen’s family and observed the bonds they had with one another I wanted that too and for the family I had imagined in the future. So yes, I am on board the Team Whitney train.

Becca arrives shortly after Whitney leaves and Summy barks at her as Summy is not over the Kaitlyn dumping. We appease Summy with a treat and move on…

Becca is in the same position as the guy stepping into the shortstop gig for the Yankees after Jeter. No matter what the new guy does it will never be enough.

The timing in the lives for Whitney and Chris is about perfect. They both seem to have plans and priorities headed in the same direction at the same time. Becca, however, is much younger and less focused on her immediate future and not all in a position to affirm she is ready to go to Iowa and have babies and shuck corn. Although I am still vague about what shucking entails, I don’t have the sense it will prove to be a huge draw. But we find ourselves sitting thru a painful exchange where Chris tries his best to have Becca give him something to maintain the remote possibility he MIGHT pick her by teeing her up with wide open questions like where do you see yourself in five years. I wanted to answer for her and say  “well ,surely not in friggin’  Arlington ,Iowa.” But Becca to her credit basically said I have not figured all that out yet. So some points for honestly a but a ticket for home comes with that response and a “thanks for playing”  pat on the back.

So despite the producers best efforts to inject suspense in here we proceed to the barn where Chris gives Becca a “hey it’s not you, well yeah it is you” talk and puts a fork in Becca to her seeming relief.  We then wait and see a truly nice proposal and expression of caring and love from our final rose winner Whitney.  

But I wonder. They seem the right fit and have for a few weeks now. But physics students know all about the observer effect. The observer effect is simply the measurement of certain systems cannot be made without affecting the systems.

We have been watching Prince farming for the better part of a year now including the Andi season of the Bachelorette. When he walks into a room now everyone knows him and he is a celebrity. Is he going to be happy back in Iowa with no one around to fawn over him? He has been observed by millions now and it would be stunning to think he has not changed from it. Did Whitney skate to where the puck was and not where it was going to be ? Is Chris going to be happy back on the farm looking out over corn fields without the adulation and attention of millions?  Well his next step is Dancing with the Stars and if his dancing is anything like his singing he won’t need to rent that apartment for very  long.

There was a song that became popular in 1918 after World War 1 when farm boys came home after fighting WW1 in Europe. The song was how are you goona keep ‘em down on the farm after they have seen Paree.

Here is an excerpt of the lyrics:

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
They'll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?

All in all, Chris is very likable and so is Whitney. I find myself pulling for Whitney and she seems to want the same things we can all relate to: Someone to love and a family to express and live out the love. I wish her luck.

After the final rose, we learn that the next bachelorette will be a choice between Britt and Kaitlyn. It seems the 25 guys will pick which of the two they want to serve the role of the bachelorette in a reverse rose ceremony.

I prefer Kaitlyn and so does Summy but we shall see what 25 guys think.