The Bachelor finale

Here we are at week 10. Wow I can’t believe this is the finale! 

It has been a great journey watching Sean as he searches for the woman he will marry. There were many laughs, many tears, and much, much drama along this adventure. But we are here, on the last episode of The Bachelor. Sean’s journey has come to an end. In two short hours we will find out who he chooses as his wife: Lindsay or Catherine. Both are really wonderful girls. We will also find out about the mystery letter! Who wrote it and what it said. Let’s get started.

First off I would like to start out saying that my friend and I went to Chicago for the Bachelor finale viewing party hosted by Arie Luyendyk, Jr. It was so awesome, I was so excited to be there! Jef Holm also stopped by.

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So the episode starts out with Sean’s family visiting him in Thailand. (a very beautiful country). His family is so cute! “Emily didn’t pick you!” Awww Smith is too adorable!

Catherine is first to meet Sean’s family.

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Sean’s parents are so sweet! They just met Catherine and they love her already. And I could tell it meant the world to Catherine that Jay would be her biggest fan if she and Sean got married. Knowing Catherine’s history with her dad, she got really emotional hearing Jay say the things he did. It was such a sweet moment.

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Lindsay is next to meet Sean’s family. So I noticed that Lindsay didn’t being any gifts for Sean’s family… until she walks up to the door. Two presents just magically appear. Did anyone else notice that? If you want to see for yourself, rewatch that scene and say something in the comments section of this post. Catherine had her gift with her in the car. Maybe Lindsay forgot hers and a producer had to go to the car and get it. Ha.

Chris Harrison keeps saying it’s a three-hour LIVE finale like the episode is live along with the After the Final Rose. I just love this. How lucky is the studio audience that gets to be in the same building as Chris, Sean and his fiancé? I am envious.

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Let’s take a raft down a brown river. Sounds like fun. I feel like Lindsay always got the sort of boring dates and Catherine got the more exciting ones. Hmm.

I just LOL’d when Sean said, “I can picture you being a hot, old chick.” How awkward and difficult is it not being able to say I love you to the other person who says it to you. 

Example:

Lindsay: I love you. 

Sean: I know. 
Lindsay: I really mean it.

Sean: I know.

Omg. I would feel awkward.

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Five things I learned about Sean and his family:

1. They are all good looking people.

2. They are all so genuine and sweet.

3. Jay and Sherry have cute accents while the kids don’t. (Kids including Sean, Shay and Andrew along with Kensington and Smith)

4. No one wears shoes. We see Sean and his mom especially walking around outside barefoot.

5. They are a truly loving and supporting family.

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After Sean and Lindsay’s raft date, he visits her in her hotel and they just spend time there. Talking. Like I said, boring. I mean, it can’t be fun and exciting all the time, but I feel like most of Lindsay’s dates with Sean were uneventful. Their date ended with them sending lanterns with wishes written on them in the night sky. It was pretty.

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Remember when I said Catherine got all the exciting dates and Lindsay got the boring ones? Well here you go. I offer proof. Catherine and Sean’s mode of transportation? Not the usual helicopter, or a limo, or a sexy convertible car, or a boat. Not even a private jet. They are climbing on an Asian Elephant to take them to their date! Like how amazing is that? I wanna ride an elephant… I would be so afraid of falling off! They end their date with Sean visiting her in her hotel room. After Sean leaves, she spends the next few minutes freaking out Sean doesn’t love her as much as she loves him. Poor girl. Like Sean doesn’t even say “I’m crazy about you” anymore as his way of expressing his feelings. He just doesn’t say anything. I can see why Catherine is so frustrated and worried.

The next day…

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Neil Lane visits Sean! He comes bearing rings. Sean chooses a really beautiful one. I mean this thing is absolutely gorgeous! Sean gets so emotional, it is so precious. I can tell he really and truly loves this woman.

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The girls’ dresses were really beautiful. But I noticed something. Lindsay’s dress was silver, while Catherine’s dress was gold. That’s very interesting. And perhaps already telling us who the winner is.

Taking a break from the episode so Chris Harrison can talk to some people in the studio audience, including Lesley M, Sarah, AshLee, and Jackie.

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“Couples who multiply together, stay together.” Lesley says. I love this! She refers back to when Sean and Catherine actually multiplied numbers together on one of their previous dates. But it is also mostly true in the children aspect of it. When you multiply and create a family you are forever linked to that person because of your child. I love Lesley. The four girls are just sitting in the audience with the rest of the normal. I am so jealous. Lol. I would have died from excitement if I could have sat close to Lesley and the other girls. I respect them so much and like I said in previous blogs, I think we would all be the greatest of friends. Ha. Back to the episode.

Here we go… Who will be the first to exit the limo? Because Sean will choose the second girl. He has to hurt the first one and I am anxious to see who it is. Before he even talks to her and says he can’t marry her, just the fact that she is the first one says she won’t be the one. It only makes sense. I already feel bad for whoever it is. Let us see what happens.

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Oh no!!! It is Lindsay. I remember while watching this with all the people at the viewing party, everyone (including me) exclaimed “ooohhhhhh!” Because we all knew at this point that Sean chose Catherine. Congrats Reality Steve, you were right all along. Damn it.

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That poor girl. I honestly cannot imagine feeling what she will be feeling when Sean lets her go. She is so excited and happy to be there. I think she expects him to propose so she will be blind sighted. She is so confident about getting engaged that it hurts me to watch. I should have had a counter for me because I think I might have said “oh no” like fifty times during this whole scene. I can tell it’s incredibly difficult for Sean to do this. To hurt her this way and say good bye. But that’s how it goes, you have to only choose one and hurt the other. I just felt so badly for her. She was so graceful and handled the rejection like a champ even thought she was hurting so badly. I really respect Lindsay, she is such a great person. Lindsay, you are only 24 years old. Still really young, you will find someone in the future. You will have great love and a wonderful husband. You will do great things.

Sean tells Lindsay he loves her. After breaking up with her. And then continues telling her how great she is. Sean, come on. You shouldn’t have said that. You really shouldn’t have. Her heart is already broken and she really doesn’t want to hear you love her. I can’t even bear to watch this. The pain she is feeling is unimaginable. All she can do is nod and say it’s okay. Aww. My heart just broke when she said, “Is it me?” Omg I just want to give her a huge hug. Sean loves Lindsay but is in love with Catherine. Big difference and the deciding factor to which girl he chose. Regardless of the situation, she still manages to say she is happy he found love. The shoes thing, just made me even sadder for her. She’s like f**k these heels I just got dumped.

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So Chris comes along and gives Sean a letter. The infamous letter we have been seeing for weeks! It’s from Catherine! Uh oh. But it makes sense though that the letter is from Catherine, since she has been giving him little notes throughout the season.

Another break. Ugh. Chris why do you do this to us?! Sorry to call you out on this but I think you meant to say, “That was a brutal break up with Lindsay”, not Catherine which you said.

Back to the letter. It’s a freaking love letter! What the hell. I did not see this coming. The promos really twisted it and made it dramatic and bad. But nope it’s just Catherine confessing her love to him. And when we hear Sean say, “I can’t believe she did this to me” that was shown on the promos were never aired in this episode. I don’t think he ever said that in any episode. Ugh whatevs. Let’s get on with the proposal already.

So Catherine approaches Sean and literally blinks five times within one single second. Mascara fail. But she looks beautiful in her dress.

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Catherine gets the final rose… and a ring. Congratulations! I wish you the best of luck Sean and Catherine. Have a bright future and a fairy-tale ending. xoxoxo. I am so happy to have shared this experience of watching Sean go on his amazing journey to find love and now he has. They ride into the sunset on an elephant. 
Of course they do.

Catherine: “I get this?!”

Sean: “Mhm. Your beefcake.”

Haha. They are so cute.

Well there we have it ladies and gents. The wonderful season finale of Sean’s Bachelor ending. Good luck and best wishes Sean and Catherine!!

Have a good night all!

Until next time...

xo

All images are screenshots of the show taken by me (not taken from anywhere on the internet). However credit is still given to ABC for having the show available to watch online.