The Bachelorette season finale is
upon us at last, THGers.
As advertised all summer, the tail
end of the season has been like
no other before it, with three
finalists still in the running and
so many questions unanswered.
Will Brooks Forester be back?
Will Desiree Hartsock take him
back? Will she leave single and
crushed, or was last week's
cliffhanger just clever editing?
If you don't want to wait, you
can always check out The
Bachelorette spoilers on THG,
but either way, we think you'll
want to stick around for this.
Check out our LIVE recap of the
season finale below!
We're still in Antigua with Desiree
casually hanging out on a porch
overlooking exotic waters. She's
heartbroken over Brooks'
shocking revelation last week.
She sits down with Chris
Harrison for a chat and
immediately begins to cry. Her
lips are really glossy though?
Thought #1: Would they really
give us two hours of Des crying
into a microphone? Thought #2:
Would people buy that if they
made it an album?
Chris seems to suggest that Des
should pick either Chris or Drew
since she can't have
Brooks. Minus 25. She sees
positives to both of them.
Her heart is broken but her
spirit isn't, so she's going to go
ahead and spend time with the
remaining two bachelors. Just in
case. Maybe.
Chris tells her she's being brave.
She doesn't have a clue what to
do.
Drew and Chris arrive at Chateau
Des for the rose ceremony. Chris
Harrison breaks the obvious
news to them that Brooks is
gone but doesn't tell them why.
Des comes out to the patio and
the three of them stare at each
other for a solid 30 seconds. Des
explains that Brooks took
himself out of the competition
and love is unpredictable.
This has to be so awkward for
Chris and Drew. She's basically
telling them that she had chosen
Brooks without telling them that
she chose Brooks. Minus 10.
She asks that if they truly don't
want to be there, please let her
know. Not an unreasonable
request.
Chris says that it's hard to watch
Des cry because he loves her so
much. I think it's hard to watch
her cry because he knows he's
not the one.
Drew says he'll never leave
Desiree. Creepy Drew is creepy.
Chris Harrison is in the Bachelor
Nation Live Studio Audience and
the overwhelming majority is
Team Brooks. They hope he'll
make a return.
Audience member hopes she
chooses Chris. Smarter audience
member calls that a "fake"
choice and says the only two
ways out of this are Brooks or
no one. Plus 15 to that girl.
Before they meet her family, Des
has decided to go on one final
date with each guy.
Gratuitous bikini shot of
Desiree. Minus 20.
Desiree's first date is with Drew.
Desiree wants to see if she can
love him like she loved Brooks.
Apparently the turn-around on
mending a broken heart is 24-48
hours.
This date is awkward and it's
barely even begun. Desiree says
she doesn't feel any excitement
and knows she has to tell Drew
how she feels.
He toasts to "being madly in
love" and "wanting to be
nowhere else but here" and she
follows up with "I really need to
talk to you." Minus 18.
That sound you're hearing is the
sound of the nails in the coffin of
the Drew-Des matchup.
She doesn't know if she sees
their futures together and
doesn't think she can be 100%
for him. Something's missing.
Like love.
All Drew can say is "I don't
know." She apologizes and he
tells her not to apologize. He
would want her to be as in love
with him as he is with her.
And with that, Drew's gone. He's
crushed. He's confused. He
wanted to spend the rest of his
life with Des. Sad trombone.
All he ever wanted was to be
happy. Now he's starting over.
You know, without the TV
cameras and exotic trips to
remote locations. Better luck
next time?
Gratuitous bikini shot! Minus 4.
Chris greets her with a big hug
and she seems less awkward
with him than Drew. Way
less. Plus 10.
They do a lot of kissing (A LOT)
and talking and Desiree thinks
the feelings she has for Chris
have been hidden by her
feelings for Brooks. But maybe
they're there. Deep down inside.
The two of them are very
comfortable together. If she
can't be with Brooks, Chris'll do,
I guess.
She's just going to trust her
heart and know that it will find
what it needs.
Smiling Des! Plus 5 . She's happy
that she made the right decision
to continue on and not give up
on love.
Chris is in love with her and
ready to see what their future
brings. He's really confident in
what they have and can see
himself spending the rest of his
life with Des.
Instead of a toast, maybe he
should've written another poem.
(No. No more poems.)
Chris is angling to meet her
family, but she's been
apprehensive. She decides to go
for it, though, and introduce
Chris to them. She thinks it's
amazing that he wants to meet
her family.
He gives her a journal and inside
it he's written down all of the
poems he wrote for her.
Thankfully, we're spared from
hearing any more of them. Plus
20.
After bawling over Brooks, Des
seems Team Chris because he
loves her so much. And being
loved that much is hard. But she
doesn't say that she loves him
that much.
She does call him "the greatest
man [she's] ever known" and a
"loyal friend."
Jackie, Leslie, and Lindsay are in
the studio audience, as are Sean
and Katherine. Sean is here to
comment on Des' current
relationships. And no one finds
this odd. Except me, apparently.
Everyone in that studio needs to
lay off the spray tanner.
More pensive moments on the
porch for Des. Chris brings
flowers to meet her family but is
wary of her brother, as he
should be. He leads the charge
and he and their dad puts Chris
in the hot seat. Minus 30.
They're not trying to get to know
Chris at all. They're straight up
interrogating him. And he's
keeping his calm. Plus 30.
Daddy Dearest rescues Chris and
pulls him away from Nate the
Interrogator. Chris asks Des' dad
for her hand in marriage.
How...Victorian?
Dad says yes and they shake on
it. Done deal!
Des sits down with her brother
to get his incredibly frank
opinion on Chris. He asks her if
she wants to spend the rest of
her life with Chris and she says
in this moment, yes. Then he
tells her that he thinks she's
making the right choice. Plus 12
She asks if he has any concerns
and he says yes. He asks about
Brooks' leaving and she says it
took a "long time" for her to "get
over" Brooks' leaving.
48 hours, tops, is now a "long
time."
Gratuitous shirtless Chris and
more of Des standing on the
porch. Chris gives some lame
metaphor about swimming in
uncharted waters. And those
waters are cold. And we know
what happens in cold water,
right?
He sits down with a jeweler to
choose a ring for Desiree and
says it represents a
commitment. She puts on a
beautiful dress.
Desiree talks about being the girl
in the beautiful gown and fairy
tales. This girl has a princess
complex. Minus 12.
She knows she has to tell Chris
the truth about her feelings for
Brooks before he can propose.
Chris heaves a huge sigh as he
gets out of the limo. He's 100%
committed. But he doesn't know
about Brooks yet.
This is the most somber, least
exciting and happy proposal
ever. Even as he's recounting
their moments together, this is
just...kind of sad. Minus 8.
He makes a move to get down
on one knee and she stops him.
She needs to say a few words
first.
She was torn apart by Brooks
leaving because she loved him.
She was torn between the two of
them. She was blindsided by her
feelings for Brooks and couldn't
see that the one thing that she
always needed was right in front
of her.
She loves Chris.
He proposes and she says "yes!"
"A thousand times!" Plus
75. More kissing! Lots and lots
more kissing!
And now it's time for the After
The Final Rose sit-down to
unbox the whole season.
Desiree's rocking a giant rock on
her left hand. Plus 4.
She thinks that it only took 48
hours to get over Brooks
because the heartbreak over
losing him made it so that she
could see how good things were
with Chris. That heartbreak gave
her perspective.
Desiree thinks that what she
liked about Brooks was the
chase.
She also says that she never put
pressure on the outcome of this
being an engagement, but she
certainly did talk about how she
was there to find her husband
and get married and have
babies. Nope. That's not
pressure at all. Minus 9.
Brooks is in studio to join
Desiree and Chris and he
doesn't know that she's
engaged! He'll find out now!
He's had a hair cut since the
show ended and he's nervous to
see her because of the feelings
that have resurfaced in the last
week. He looks like he's going to
cry right here on the set.
Her question for Brooks is what
happened to his feelings
between hometowns and
Antigua. He doesn't really have
an answer aside from the fact
that he wanted things to work so
badly but his head was ahead of
his heart. Plus 15 for honesty,
Brooks.
She gets to break the very
awkward news to Brooks that
she got engaged to Chris within
days of saying she loved him.
Because that's not weird.
Before she can see new fiance'
Chris Siegfried, Desiree ha
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