We leave the studio audience that’s been practicing their
cheering/facials and are transported to Thailand. Doves are fluttering, love is in the
air. Sean’s hoping his family can help
him make his decision. I’m sure his
family is excited they get a trip to Thailand out of it.
I’m jealous of Kenzie and Smith at this moment. #They’refiveandbeenmoreplacesthanIhave.
Catherine is described as weird and funny to his
parents. Could you not have thought of a
better adjective?? Mom says he should
already know who it’s going to be if there’s a proposal coming. Sean says, you would think that, but no. #Mamabearworries.
Catherine arrives and is a ball of nerves. She wants to make a good first impression. Don’t worry. Sean already told them you’re weird. Papa bear asks if she ever played sports, and
she says she played football in 6th grade on an all boys team until
she broke a bone. Papa bear just can’t
believe it, it’s all so amazing.
Sissy Shay asks what she was expecting coming on the
show. She talks about knowing this would
be a ‘trip’ but wasn’t expecting these feelings. #Bachelorphenomenon.
Mama Bear and Catherine have some one on one time to discuss
Catherine’s development of feelings. I
think Mama Bear is assured she’s in l.o.v.e. with her boy. She gives her seal of approval in 10 minutes
and says she can see her in their family.
Papa Bear asks Cath if she believes in the Bachelor
Franchise. Loaded question. She says she believes in a big, great
love. Let’s hope it’s not the kind of
big love like the tv show. Papa Bear
wants to test to see if she’s in love and what she thinks she and Sean have is
forever. Papa Bear says, if Sean chooses
you, you’ll never have a bigger fan than me.
I’ll support you no matter what.
#Muffin.
I’d say this was meeting the family success.
Lindsay’s turn. I must
say, looks-wise, she fits in much better with this cookie cutter American
family. It would be cool to see Sean
spice it up with some color though J
I feel like the family is wearing the exact same outfits as
yesterday, just in brighter colors…#PackinglightinThailand. The Lowe’s are curious about the
limousine/wedding dress business.
Lindsay can tell she just walked in to Pleasantville and hopes they like
her and that she fits in.
Papa Bear starts in about love, but wants to know how she
differentiates between love and real, lasting love. Lindsay says ‘you just know’. Then Papa Bear takes on the role of pre-marital
counselor and asks what you do when a married couple doesn’t agree on
something. She says marriage is
compromise coupled with prayer and communication. #PapaBear’swonover. Papa Bear tells her that he and his wife have
prayed for Sean’s wife since the day he was born and if it’s her they will be
so happy. #Muffin.
Lindsay gets crazy and asks Papa Bear if she can have Sean’s
hand in marriage.
#Itprobablysoundedfunnierinyourhead.
Lindsay talks about how the stars have aligned and
everything has matched up with Sean to Mama Bear. She wants to know if Sean has opened up to
her and if they can talk about different subjects. #Weirdphrasingofquestions. #Lindsay’ssheddinglotsoftears…
Sean is torn emotionally.
Lindsay is the missing puzzle piece, but Catherine is the world to
him. #Youcan’tmarryboth. Papa Bear and Mama Bear say you can’t make a
wrong choice. Mama Bear says don’t feel
pressured for a proposal though.
#Momworries.
Mama Bear wants to know where his head’s at and what’s going
in to the decision-making. Sean says
thanks, but no thanks to her wise advice and just says, I need your
support. You’ve had 20 minutes with
them. #Burn. #MamaBeartears. They take a walk, #Passionpit.
Holy tank top.
Gorillas in tank tops are not attractive. Lindsay’s got the shorty pink cut offs and
tied gray tank.
#Bravewearinggraywhenitshotoutside.
They’re going river-rafting on the Mekong. Sean plays tour guide. He probably has no idea what he’s talking
about but she doesn’t know the difference.
Sean tells her that his family loves her. Sean is so awkward and just stares a
lot. #Makesmeuncomfortable. Giggles.
Maybe it’s the champagne?? These
poor boat paddlers.
Lindsay: What do you think we’ll look like when we’re
older?
Sean: I’m
going to be friggin’ handsome. #Barf
Lindsay pulls out the red dress for dinner. She gets a ‘you look cute.’ Say beautiful for the love…Lindsay says this
is the biggest night of her life. Then
they make out and whisper to each other.
She confesses she’s nervous and wishes she knew what he’s thinking. Her surprise is paper lanterns up in the
sky. The 3 keys to their marriage are love,
happiness and family. #Where’stheoneforJesus?
Sean protests too much and says Lindsay is the
one. Hope you’re right or you’ll have
trouble explaining this…
Live with Chris, I see some former
contestants. What up Jackie and Lesley.
Sean is torn up again. He grabs his favorite Barney shirt and aw
that’s cute, she’s wearing purple too.
Sean is looking for a sign.
#PressuretimeCathy
Catherine talks about touching an elephant and how
they’re just roaming around. They’re
going to ride Asian elephants. #I’mpartialtoAfricanElephants. Riding elephants is pretty boss. #ImissAfrica.
They drink champagne in a tree house that
overlooks the green landscape and mountains.
Catherine talks about the excitement of after the show, engagement
parties. They talk about what it will be
like 50 years from now, #RememberthattimeinThailand?
Catherine knows tonight’s a big deal and wants to
make sure he knows how she feels about him.
#Forever. Sean is trying to make it
casual and talking about the awesomeness of the day. Catherine is distracted by her feelings. She’s scared to talk about feelings, but
knows there’s a lot on the line. Cathy’s
afraid to say ‘I love you’ first because it tends to backfire on her. In the last moments, she says it. Cue dramatic music. She doesn’t feel her love is
reciprocated. #Tears. #you’reontheBachelorwherethere’szeroreciprocation.
I feel for your Catherine. For reals.
I don’t care what the audience has to say. Glossing over.
We get to see Sean lotion up. I’m sure Neil Lane’s not far off.
#FFtodecisiontime. We’ll, pause for the
ring he picks…Sean gets the cushion cut.
Good choice. Choice of tie? Not so good…
Both girls are looking for their love to be returned. Only one will get that luxury. Was it planned that one would pick silver and
one would pick gold?! It has to be a
sign! #BachelorOlympics
3 of 4 former contestants think Lindsay. #Letsseewhostepsoutfirst. #seanhastears
#BACHELOROLYMPICS #FORTHEWIN. Silver is still second place. Her voice over is killer. Um, sorry, you’re not getting engaged
today. Oopsies.
Sean to Lindsay: I want to give you my heart so
bad, but it’s leading me somewhere else.
As of yesterday I didn’t know what I was going to do. Prayed for clarity and I think I’ve finally
gotten it. I have to say goodbye to
you. It’s by far the hardest thing I’ve
ever had to do. I love you, that’s the
hardest part.
#DontsayIloveyouwhenyoudumpsomeone.
#Cruel.
She tells him to stop. Was it me?
So sad. I think she’s in
shock. I’m just going to go. This is my nightmare. I didn’t see this coming. I’m happy for you, that you found love. But I can’t see my life without you, so I’m
going to have to figure that out.
#Shetakeshershoesoffforthelongwalktothecar. I don’t think she cried at all. Kind of surprised by that. Sean did all the crying. #Thisislikereallysad.
Harrison passes off a note from Catherine. Then cut.
Thanks ABC for trying to make this more dramatic than necessary. Here comes the gold. Sean: I don’t want to say goodbye
anymore. I want to spend the rest of my
life telling you I love you and making you feel like the most special and
beautiful woman in the world. Catherine,
will you marry me? #Engaged. Did she just say I’m so addicted to you?
#Uncomfortable. They leave on an
elephant. #Awesome. Catherine gets her beefcake.
ATFR. Chris
Harrison: The best part of this is I don’t have to see you naked ever again.
#Truth.
Sean’s ready to love Catherine and to be with her.
Lindsay comes out in an off-white lacy number.
He doesn’t have closure for Lindsay.
There’s nothing that went wrong, he’s just in love with Cathy.
Lindsay thought they had what they both
wanted. What was missing? They both prayed and got vastly different
answers. He couldn’t say goodbye to
Catherine, but he could to you.
#Ouch. Lindsay realllllly wants
specifics and Sean sure doesn’t have anything to give.
She tells Chris that her faith got her through the
heartbreak. America loves the girl that
ditches the heels on her exit.
Sean is super excited to see Catherine. Reunited and it feels so good. She finally gets to wear the ring after
months. Sean’s got some lipstick on from
transference. They watch their
proposal. #Tears. Sean had to remind her to look at the
ring. Her beefcake has gone soft. They’re getting married on tv…I’ve lost some
respect for them in this moment.
#ChrisHarrison’sordained.
Our New Bachelorette? Surprise, surprise. Desiree. She looks like a beautiful disco ball. I hope they find a Tom Cruise look-a-like,
bahahaha.
Well, another dramatic season has come to a
close. We’ll have to see the bag of
crazy ABC packs in for Desiree’s adventure.
I think her theme song should be Paula Cole’s “I Don’t Want To Wait.”
