Returning to the finale, Brandon gets his true final date with Michelle: jet-skiing. If all else fails we got a quality Joe & Serena make out #TheBachelorette We are a pro-Serena-and-Joe household here – but even so, it's a makeout sesh so awkward that everyone decides to start wearing masks after the break (and also because of COVID . and that's that! Cue a death stare from Michelle and from everyone watching.īack at the live studio, Serena and Joe are making out surrounded by awkward onlookers – including Pauly Claus, leering over them with a mistletoe. Somebody call Freud, because this was quite the slip ð¬ð¬ð¬ #TheBachelorette #Bachelorette /JucmNGgSvLĪfterward, Michelle asks Nayte one last time how he's feeling and if he's capable of opening up and proposing – and he says he does indeed love her. By the end, Michelle's mom reports that, thanks to his frostiness, she's not feeling that Nayte's ready to propose – and also remember Brandon? Brandon was great. Even Michelle notes that she had to REEEEALLY nudge him to commit to love and engagement, and when he's asked straight-up "Is Michelle the one?", Nayte responds with a bowl of word soup that sounds like he's trying to hit a word count on a paper he didn't research.
well, Michelle, at least they really liked Brandon! Maybe he should've tried getting caught in a hot tub with Michelle first, because somehow this is all more awkward than that as Nayte tells her dad and her sister that they haven't really talked about the logistics of, uh, anything after the show yet.
On the screen the screen #bachelorette #TheBachelorette /Bdo9F39QOHĮventually it's Nayte's turn, and her parents. (He works remotely so not a problem.) Wow, maybe he really DOES like Minneapolis as much as it seemed! THE MAN JUST LOVES MICHELLE AND ALSO LAKES! I know I've been hard on him, saying his energy seems a little young for Michelle, but he really does seem to truly love her, saying without a hesitation that he would move to Minnesota for her. So yeah, considering that awkward start, they're VERY comfortable together now as he gifts the dad some neon bright swimtrunks/shorts before charming the hell out of the parents and everyone watching at home. Pardon me: He's "re-meeting" her parents since he already introduced himself to them after getting caught making out with their daughter in their hot tub. This will not be the last we see of them – though we'll wish it was.Īnyways, TO THE FINALE, DAMMIT! Brandon arrives to meet Michelle's parents looking adorable with a pile of flowers and a gift. And boy does that news come as an unpleasant surprise to the (in fairness, all tested) fans in attendance, suddenly remembering they're in a crowded room with strangers in the middle of a contagious pandemic for, again, THREE (3!) HOURS! After some mild collar-tugging and nervous gulping, Kaitlyn finishes introducing "Pauly Claus" as well as recent "Paradise" alumni Serena and Grocery Store Joe (YAY!) plus Thomas and Becca (.) in the crowd. Unfortunately, Tayshia's absent for exactly the reason you might think: She's been exposed to COVID. Let's go back to the beginning, where Kaitlyn introduces the three-hour (THREE HOURS!) finale all on her own in front of a live studio audience.
I thought about Bryan and Rachel A LOT Tuesday night as Michelle and (*dramatic drumroll*) Nayte to a soundtrack of the world's loudest beach and the entire internet yelling at her for "choosing wrong." It wasn't the audience's happy ending, but it sure seemed like Michelle's happy ending – and in the end, isn't that what matters? Plus, as I noted last week, after navigating this past season as entertainingly and as authentically as she did, there's no reason to doubt Michelle knows what she's doing with Nayte.Īnd if it does go bad, welp, she also got a bunch of Disney's money for a new house, so safe to say we can file this season under the win column for Michelle. So no one was pleased when Rachel picked Bryan of all people as the winner of her season – but lo and behold, four years later, they're a rare "Bachelor" franchise success story, still married and seemingly happy.
(A lot of good televisions died that day.) But nobody really wanted to see Rachel end up with Bryan, the swaggery, slick bordering on slimy frontrunner who had already been on a dating reality show once before called "The Player" in which he busted out an eyebrow smirk that made audiences instinctually throw a drink at his face. Or even cheering for a Hail Mary in the form of wrestling dad Kenny or cool stylish Diggy making a surprise return at the last minute. Or on Team Eric, another seemingly soft-spoken nice guy. Or maybe they were rooting for adorable sweet Dean. By the time we reached the finale of Rachel Lindsay's season, most "Bachelorette" fans were on the side of Wisconsin native and Winter Soldier stunt double Peter Kraus.