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Harrison also says the tone has shifted, and the show isn't taking itself too seriously any more. Hence, the amazing episode with Jimmy Kimmel as Chris Soules' "wingman."

"Everything is looser now, because the audience kind of demands it now," Harrison explains. "I think everybody's in on what is fun and what can be taken as a joke, and we can go there. And yet, we also haven't lost the sincerity. We really do want a couple and we really do want love. We want what happened with Sean and Catherine and Trista and Ryan. But, hey, we can still laugh at the trainwrecks along the way."

(Or the possibly hairy butts the producers so expertly blocked out with a black bar...Clearly, the editors are having their fair share of a good time this year, too.)

And then, of course, there's the casting. Chris Soules also has exceeded both viewer and producer expectations, turning out to be, as Harrison put it, "probably are most sincere and genuine Bachelor we've ever had." And..fiesty.

"I think a lot of people underestimated Chris," he says. "He's a little more dynamic than what you thought you were going to get. He's making out with everybody, he's pretty strong-willed, and he's pretty outspoken."

Thinking Chris might be more subdued, the women were more explsive, and viewers have gotten some spectacularly fun catastrophes. Whether it's Ashley S. going on about how "powerful" she feels for knowing what a pomegranate is, Ashley I. getting all dressed up in her princess dress to cry over a date she didn't receive, or Kelsey gushing over how much she loves the story of her husband dying (truth told, we still feel for her!), it has been an entertaining and strange season.

"The girls definitely have carried a large portion of the storyline," Harrison admits, "from the Ashleys to the Kelseys, there was a lot of crazy stuff. Megan was just ice cream on a stick for me. I just love her to death. Her going to New Mexico and talking about sombreros and leaving the country….It's just unbelievable. I am not sure if she even knows now! I didn't want to break it to her."