I agree with a lot of the comments above.  I only saw Jana and James, so clearly I wasn't watching closely enough and I was looking for Duggars.  I loved how emotional they all were about Michaela (we now know that it's officially only one "L" because she made the point that it had to be spelled that way).  I thought Kelly looked beautiful.

Carlin definitely can be annoying at times, but I actually thought the emotion she was showing was real.  Callie crying during that one scene just about broke my heart.

Loved Zach talking about Michael being his buddy and I loved how Lawson spoke about how important it was that he perform the song well for his sister's wedding.

All that being said, I thought the emotional scenes that were the least convincing were the ones from Brandon and Michael.  It could totally be that they're both reserved and perhaps shy and they're trying to overcompensate.  However, Brandon always seems (to me) like he's saying what he thinks a fiance/groom/husband should be saying.  Something about it just doesn't ring 100% authentic to me.  And Michael, while I totally believe she is in love with Brandon and happy to be married, always seems to have a slight air of desperation around what she says.  Her eye was on the prize at all times....she basically was saying she didn't care that much about anything as long as they got married.  Did anyone see "Heart of Dixie" -- a movie from the late 80s starring Ally Sheedy, Phoebe Cates, and Virginia Madsen?  (If you haven't, don't!  It's horrible.)  Anyway, they play sorority sisters at an Alabama college in the late 50s and one character is absolutely desperate to get pinned to a fraternity boy, any fraternity boy, because if she's not pinned by the time she graduates, she won't be in a position to get engaged, and if she doesn't get married, her life will definitely be ruined.  I almost get that kind of vibe from Michael -- she picked out Brandon years ago, stuck with it, and basically it had to work out with marriage in the end for her....after investing all that time, I don't think she could bear the thought of starting over with someone else.

I will definitely be rewatching to try to spot the Duggars!    

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