Bach Nation Investigation: Who is Sarah C and why are we suddenly obsessed with her?
The Bachelor did us all a disservice by not giving Sarah C more screen time. After last night, she’s officially the one who got away.
We’re only three episodes deep, but according to Bachelor law, we must question every snap decision our Bachelor or Bachelorette makes that doesn’t appeal to the masses. Week one is a no-brainer. We showed compassion for Peter as he pulled an all-nighter with 30 women and only gave him a hard time about cutting one or two. At that point, we knew them better than he did.
When a potential fan favorite goes home in the third episode, it hits different. At this point, most of the women should have had time to at least get to know Peter a little and we trust that he has somewhat good judgment. If he isn’t getting to know these great women this late in the game, it’s on him.
Yes, there will be a few “producer roses” per episode, but there should not be such a beloved, wonderful contestant sent home simply because it’s a numbers game. This week, we lost that exact contestant.
Sarah C was on television for all of 30 seconds this Bachelor season. Her introduction was glanced over to make way for windmill and airline puns. She wasn’t in the second episode whatsoever and after receiving a group date invite in episode 3, we saw her getting her bell rung by a vicious pillow to the back of the head. Not the best run for Sarah, who, by all accounts, seems incredibly perfect.
Let me reiterate. I-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-y. P-e-r-f-e-c-t. She is exactly what Peter was looking for, however, I’m confident in saying that he hasn’t met her yet. If he had, there’s no way he sends her home.
According to her Bachelor bio, Sarah is a fun, adventurous foodie who only had one negative thing to say: She hates slugs. And really, can you blame her? Slugs are disgusting. We’d all hate slugs if they were more… Common? Annoying? Dangerous? Whatever. You get it, slugs are gross.
Blame Peter
How could this have happened? The Bachelor mansion is down the road from Pete’s house in California. Is he spending too much time at home, thus clouding his judgment? Or, as we can see very visibly on his face every episode, is the drama of this season consuming him? Not allowing him to think straight?
In the FanSided contestant preview, I personally had her pegged as this season’s Cassie. Now, I’m not claiming to be some sort of expert or anything, but that’s pretty high praise. Here’s the exact quote:
"I’m going to go out on a limb and say this. Sarah is my early favorite to win. I have no idea what a Medical Radiographer does but it sounds like a job in which you’d have to be intelligent, competent and somewhat stable to do. Sarah gives off Cassie vibes in that regard."
I wouldn’t even say I was off about her, despite the result. Immediately after seeing her profile, there were no dumb jokes, no making fun of her bio, just a straight-up, “Yep, she could take this.” Even Betches, the go-to Bachelor site that playfully makes fun of every contestant, could only come up with “southern belle.” It’s not that her bio was boring, either. She just seems really sweet.
I wasn’t the only one calling her an early favorite. In the YouTube Bachelor cast announcement, Chris Harrison called her “a favorite from the start,” a “pretty smart girl, easily the best cook in the mansion” and “a favorite of Peter’s as well.” These are weird things to say about someone who we basically met as she walked out the door last night.
If she was a favorite of Peter’s, would it have killed him not to have dropped the second-last rose last night and perhaps use it to get to know her better? This just doesn’t make sense.
Does Pete know something we don’t? The only reason you don’t keep a favorite around is because there’s some very small thing that’s off about them. It’s inexplicable and there has to be something in regards to Sarah that ended her run. Here are a few potential guesses as to why Pete might have let her go so soon:
- Hates dogs.
- Proponent of ground transportation.
- Tom Brady fan.
- Calls Link “Zelda.”
- Enjoys mumble rap.
- Thinks the Pro Bowl is better than the Super Bowl.
- Says Baby Yoda is “meh.”
- Favorite holiday is New Year’s.
- Dislikes cousin Greg on Succession.
- Dated one of this season’s musicians. (NOPE – That was Victoria F.)
As far as I can tell, absolutely none of those are true about Sarah, except maybe New Year’s? She’s still only 24 and I think New Year’s Eve is still pretty fun at 24. As if we didn’t already think she was perfect, she’s now giving away her cocktail dresses for a good cause.
Most of Twitter agreed with Chris Harrison (and all of us), and many turned to Twitter to express their confusion after the episode:
Sarah may or may not end up on Bachelor in Paradise. After last night, the crew in charge of casting is seeing the support snowball for her online, which makes her a perfect summer addition. They’ll be lining her up for Paradise (very much like they did with Grocery Store Joe and Old Matt Donald) where many fans will more or less meet her for the first time (and subsequently fall in love).
Bach-making
It’s way too early for Bachelor matchmaking, especially since we don’t meet the Bachelorette cast until the spring. If there was a previous season’s contestant we could hope for, though, who would Sarah match up well with in Paradise? Big Mike Johnson? Old Matt Donald? Unemployed king Grant Eckel? Or perhaps our very own podcast host, Dustin Kendrick?
All great options. In the end, we just want to see Sarah happy. Or maybe, we just want to see Sarah, period. Like, on television, for more than 15 seconds and preferably not getting cranked in the back of the skull with a pillowy weapon… Is that too much to ask?
Whatever we do, let’s keep her the hell away from Stagecoach.
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For now, all we can do is give Sarah a giant, collective rose from all of Bachelor nation. We love you, Sarah C, and I’m sure we’ll be seeing you on our television screens again soon.
The Bachelor airs Monday evenings at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.