The Golden Bachelor final two are Peg Munson and Cindy Cullers

Mel Owens, the 66-year-old former NFL player and current lead of The Golden Bachelor season two, reunited with 15 of the season's contestants on Wednesday in ABC's Women Tell All special that revisited this season's most contentious moments and confirmed his final two contenders, Peg Munson and Cindy Cullers. The hourlong reunion, filmed onstage and broadcast Oct. 29, focused on earlier controversies from the premiere, contestants' reactions to one another, and the narrowing of Owens's field as the show moves toward its finale.

The episode began with return appearances from women Owens eliminated earlier in the season and built to a preview of Owens's upcoming trip with his final two women to Antigua. Much of the conversation revolved around comments Owens made before filming, when he told a podcast he would "cut" women 60 or older and expressed preferences that drew criticism. Owens apologized at the season premiere and again during the reunion, asking reporters afterward, "Be nice to me!" In a later interview, he said of his experience, "Being vulnerable is discovering who you are, and how you feel as you go through the process."

Several contestants used the reunion to air...