Do Adam And Rachel, The Bickersons Of UnREAL, Have Everlasting's Best Chance At Love?

After just four episodes, it's still too early to tell which of the bachelorettes hand-picked for Adam by the able staff of Everlasting will turn out to be the one he's destined to marry/be engaged to for a few weeks until Starcatcher finds out they're done. But, increasingly, it seems as though that question is going to be moot anyway -- that Adam has already made his choice, and that it's the one woman at the manse that the suitor cannot have. Adam and his harried producer Rachel have already gone through more ups and downs than most couples do before they say their vows: she's tricked him into signing the punitively strict Everlasting contract; he's gamely let her share his shower; and the two of them joined forces to talk one bereaved daughter out of fleeing the game, only for all three of them to end up helpless bystanders to the sexual assault of another one of Adam's prospective brides.

Through it all, Adam and Rachel have been pretty flirtatious, but after this week's episode, things seemed to graduate to something that might actually be meaningful...or did they? Could these two be headed for a real relationship? Should they be? Let's examine the pros and cons.

Pro: If Adam were to ankle all his bachelorettes, it would be a positive sign of his character

Adam is both (a) already giving an extraordinary amount of attention to one bachelorette above all the others (or...letting her give it to him, if you get my drift, and you do, because you know Grace has been going down on him since Night One), and (b) sexting his ex-fiancée. These two facts suggest that he's not exactly committed to the Everlasting process. However, given that said process is soul-crushingly horrible, then, in a roundabout way, doesn't that actually speak well of him? If, on top of that, he were to follow his heart and pursue Rachel, apparently one of the only women around who's capable of holding an adult conversation, it could prove that he has sincerely been trying to find his wife this whole time, even if she wasn't one of the women presented for his evaluation.

Con: Neither Adam's nor Rachel's endgame can allow him to deviate from the Everlasting script

He needs to rehabilitate his image, post-prostitutes, and remake himself as a credible businessperson -- something for which he's prepared to do literally whatever it takes.

And she needs to make good TV. (Which, actually, this would be, if she could possibly air it.) So they both have more to lose by breaking from the show's established plan for Adam than they could ever possibly gain -- particularly in her case, since if Lifetime renews UnREAL, there's probably a lot less suspense in a second season if Rachel returns to meet another suitor when she's already got the last one at home. Assuming Quinn wouldn't fire Rachel for ruining her storyline anyway, which one has to assume she would.

Pro: After the year she's had, Rachel needs a win

After having what is, the more we see of the production of Everlasting, a completely warranted on-camera freakout about how toxic the show is, Rachel is now homeless, friendless, and pretty much in a state of indentured servitude to the bitch goddess of a reality franchise that's already wrecked her once. Shouldn't she get hers, for once? She's washed her hair and everything!

Con: Rachel can do better

Rachel would probably be the first to say she's not living her best life, but still, it's clear there's more to her than there is to this button-eyed himbo, accent or no.

Pro: Rachel wasn't faking her reaction to Adam's overture

And you can tell she wasn't because when she watches it back, she's horrified.

However they may have come about, if Rachel has feelings, it's not going to help any mental health issues she may or may not suffer from to repress them.

Con: They've both faked just about everything else

We've known from the start that Rachel was a master manipulator: all she did in the series premiere was toy with both Adam's and her girls' emotions in order to achieve the outcome she needed to put in front of the cameras. But, under duress (confronted by Pepper and the issue of Starcatcher that Athena "discovered" by "chance"), Adam shows that he's no slouch as a huge liar when he needs to get his way: he even fib-charms his way into a winery makeover courtesy of the show! When both halves of a couple are this stingy with the truth, can they possibly build a real relationship on top of all their lies?

Pro: They've both faked just about everything

...Or does their equally matched mendacity actually mean Adam and Rachel aren't fit partners for anyone else?