Netflix recently added older seasons of the Bachelor to its collection and it's been interesting seeing how much the show has NOT changed in the last 10 years. It's the same exact format with 25-30 young women all vying for the attention of one man. They still step out of the limo, one by one, and walk into the same exact house. The drama even seems to be the same, with one "villain" being picked out and picked on within the first few episodes. It's the same thing every season and yet, it continues to be one of the most watched shows on television. The finale of the most recent Bachelor season had over 8 million viewers. While much of the drama seems to repeat every season, over the last few years there have been dramatic moments that broke from the norm and could be one of the reasons people keep watching. In an interview on This American Life, the most recent Bachelor, Colton, explained how he worked the system during his season as the lead. He realized very early on the producers wouldn't give him dates with the women that he really liked, so he kept it a secret. He would lie to the producers so that he could get dates with the women he actually liked. It was genius, but ultimately led him to his breaking point. In the most overly-teased scene of the season, Colton jumped over a fence and ran from production crews, while he was in a foreign country and they had custody of his passport.

It probably wasn't the smartest move for him to make at the time, but it got him what he wanted: the opportunity to end the show without a proposal and with the woman he ultimately wanted to be with. If you've ever watched The Bachelor or Bachelorette, you know that the show has to end with two people attempting to propose and the lead saying yes to only one of them. A similar situation happened a few seasons ago with Rachel. She was already breaking Bachelor Nation norms by being the first African American lead. On top of that, she had by far the most dramatic and interesting season. At the end, she was down to just 2 men, Peter and Brian. Every fan I spoke to thought Peter was going to win it, for sure. But, while on their last date in the fantasy suites, they got into a heated argument about how while Peter loved Rachel and wanted to be with her, he wasn't ready to propose. So, he didn't. He left that night and that was the end of it. Only one person proposed and, surprisingly, Rachel and Brian recently got married and at the time of this post are still together. Tonight on the first episode of Peter's season, the women will get out of the same limo and walk into the same house, but the unexpected drama will continue to keep the women of America captivated for weeks.