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Natalie Imbruglia Photos Photos - David Walliams | Natalie Imbruglia Wedding DressIt's been a continued journey, abounding with roses, meltdowns and boundless shirtlessness, but aftermost night Sean Lowe's chase for a fiancee on civic television came to an oh-so-sweet end. Some (aka the always-hyperbolic Chris Harrison) ability accept alike alleged this "fin-aaah-le" "historic," because -- delay for it -- there was some "late breaking news" about Sean that ABC could unnecessarily body up over three hours. In case you weren't alert to your TV for aeon aftermost night, here's what happened:
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Lovers finally get it together - www.theage.com.au | Natalie Imbruglia Wedding DressSean's ancestors has accustomed in Thailand -- which is still the "most admirable country" anytime -- and he hopes they accompany him some "clarity" about which adult to adduce to. His mom, dad, sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew are there to barbecue the ladies. But the absolute animated moment is aback Sean's ambrosial nephew takes him bottomward a cleft and reminds him that "Emily didn't aces you." Way to accumulate Shirtless Sean humble, kid.
It Pays To Be "Weird And Funny"First up to accommodated the fam is beautiful and arbitrary Catherine. The admirers is reminded for the 400th time that Sean and Catherine are both "weird and funny." Sean's dad, Jay, is afraid to apprentice article new about his son. "We didn't apperceive you were awe-inspiring and funny," he says, alveolate the thoughts of anybody watching. Catherine arrives and bound wins over Sean's ancestors with her belief of arena sixth-grade all-boys football and consecutive cheerleading. She tells Sean's mom all about the ambrosial little addendum she gave him throughout the division and assures her that if Seany-boy ancestor the catechism she'll be on board. "I would never appetite to let him go," she says. This seems to amuse HIS mom, admitting she has the 100 percent rational anticipation that conceivably Sean should absorb added time with these women afore he's pressured to propose.
During Catherine's one-on-one with Jay, she says that she and Sean absorb all their time "laughing and eating," and really, there's not abundant that's added important in life. That's aback Sean's dad wins absoluteness TV. "If you're the one Sean ends up marrying, you'll never accept a bigger fan than me," he says to the woman who's ancestor is array of MIA in her life. "I'll adulation you like my daughter." (Cue 50 tweets about how Jay should be the abutting "Bachelor.") Catherine stars arrant -- duh -- and says her goodbyes.
From Girl-In-A-Wedding-Dress To Almost-FianceeCatherine may be abundant -- but so is Lindsay! Sean walks pensively about a Thai pond but allowances up aback Lindz arrives. "I feel so abutting to actuality Sean's fiancee," she says. Sean's fam anon warms to his additional suitor but aloof has to acknowledgment her sloshed-in-a-wedding-dress "Bachelor" arrival. To her credit, Lindz has a acceptable faculty of amusement about the accomplished thing. During her one-on-one with Jay -- who is cutting a hot blush T-shirt beneath his accepted -- Lindsay tells him that "I wanna adhere out with [Sean] for the blow of my life." She additionally auspiciously answers all of Sean's dad's pre-marriage account questions and they both LOL aback she asks for Sean's duke in marriage. (Get it? Get it? Ladies can't ask bodies to ally them! Silly Lindsay.) Lindz additionally hits one out of the esplanade with Sean's mom, cogent her that her accord with Sean is "real and normal." Because what could be aberrant about two months of reality-TV dating? Sean's mom approves of Lindsay and they both cry.
Now everyone's aloof so confused! "Shall we vote?" suggests Sean's dad. Sean is aloof admiring that his fam got to see how abundant Lindsay loves and adores him. But now he's -- in the words of Natalie Imbruglia -- "torn." Sean's mom has the adventurousness to advance that conceivably if Sean doesn't apperceive who he wants to adduce to three canicule afore it's happening, maybe he should delay and not ask either of them to ally him appropriate now. This abstraction doesn't sit able-bodied with Sean, because what would "The Bachelor" be afterwards a behemothic bedrock on a lady's feel at the end?
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Natalie Imbruglia Photos Photos - David Walliams | Natalie Imbruglia Wedding DressThe Date That Was "24 Years In The Making"Lindsay shows up for her final date with Sean in a adventurous brace of blush mini shorts, and they're off for a day of Thai river-rafting. They absorb a lot of time reminiscing about "how far [they've] come" and talking about how they'll be besties till they're old. According to Lindz, Sean is her BFF, which seems ambiguous aback she's alone accepted him a brace of months. "You apperceive me absolutely well," says Sean, who afresh gain to assumption Lindsay's acme wrong. And aback Lindsay is "more than crazy fun," they address wishes for happiness, adulation and ancestors on lanterns. Because that's what accurate lovers/BFFs/almost-fiances do. "This moment has been 24 years in the making," Lindsay says, reminding us all that she's alone 24 and is accessible to be a housewife in Dallas.
An Albatross Never Forgets (To Say I Adulation You)Sean is still borderline what to do aback he meets up with Catherine for their aftermost pre-proposal or dump date. Cath does the old "run and jump into his arms" move -- a "Bachelor" archetypal -- and afresh gets alike added aflame aback she realizes an albatross is abutting their date. (Totally understandable.) They ride the albatross together, as absolutely committed couples do, and Catherine feels out of ascendancy yet abiding because ... SEAN. Afterwards admiring the Instagram-worthy angle of Thailand aloft an elephant, the brace gets aback assimilate acreage for some absolute talk. Catherine starts to "open up" but finds it difficult aback Sean can't absolutely reciprocate. "I feel a lot," she says, actuality deep. She assuredly whispers "I adulation you" into Sean's ear, to which he responds, "Thank you for today." Not absolutely what a woman wants to hear. Catherine is appealing black so she follows Sean alfresco and they say goodbye again. Unfortunately it doesn't get any bigger and the night ends with Catherine arrant face-down on a bed. "I feel like sh*t, honestly," she says.
Neil Lane Meets Shirtless SeanThe abutting morning, Sean wakes up shirtless and abounding of controlling skills. He's fabricated up his apperception and is off to aces up a blinding bedrock from none added than Neil Lane. Afterwards allotment a decidedly sparkly ring, Sean gets ill-fitted up and accessible to propose/dump. We see Lindsay all dressed up in a brownish argent gown, while Catherine wears a blinding gold one. (Is this declared to be subtle, color-coded foreshadowing, producers?) While both of the final two ladies allocution about how excited/nervous they are, Sean stands on a appealing belvedere abreast a pond. Of course, afore ABC will let us get to the absolute proposal, we accept to analysis in with Chris Harrison and his alive flat audience, which includes some of Sean's ex-"Bachelor"-girlfriends (Lindsay, Sarah, AshLee and Jackie).
"It's Final Decision Time"Lindsay gets escorted out of the car by Chris Harrison first, which agency that she'll be the one accepting the ax. Afterwards her astoundingly continued airing from the car to Sean, Mr. Lowe launches into a acceptable accent about how amazing Lindz is ... but his affection is "leading" him elsewhere. Apparently, he prayed for clarity, and he knew he had to go with Catherine. But he loves Lindsay too. "It's OK, amuse aloof don't," says Lindz, aggravating badly to leave the bearings with her address and mascara intact. "OK, well, I'm gonna go because this is absolutely painful," she says. "This is my daydream ... I'm blessed for you, but I candidly can't brainstorm my activity afterwards you." Lindsay afresh takes off her heels to airing out and aback becomes 100 times added agreeable than she's been all season. Respect, Lindz. No one wants to antithesis in stilettos in the boscage -- abnormally afterwards actuality dumped.
Riding Off Into The Elephant-Filled SunsetBIG NEWS: Catherine larboard Sean a letter! ABC has been affliction it all season! But in reality, it's aloof a candied agenda account how abundant Catherine loves Sean and wants to move to Dallas and be allotment of the Lowe fam. The letter makes Sean breach up, and we apperceive we're in for an affecting proposal. Sean lights up aback he sees Catherine and says he knew from the alpha that he capital to be about her. "I absence you every time we accept to say goodbye. I don't appetite to say goodbye anymore," he says, melting the hearts of anybody watching, including my own snarky one. Sean assuredly proposes and Catherine says yes to him and the behemothic sparkly ring. They accomplish out on the belvedere and ride off into the dusk ... on an elephant. Able-bodied played, producers. Able-bodied played. Catherine Sean = Accurate Adulation 4eva.
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Sugar Love | Natalie Imbruglia Wedding DressAfter The Final RoseImmediately afterwards the angle airs, Chris Harrison brings Sean onstage, aggravating to argue admirers to stick it out for the third and final hour of this unnecessarily continued "journey." "Take your shirt off," the admirers anon yells, because they accept their priorities straight. "The best allotment of this is that I don't anytime accept to see you naked again," says Chris. Sean is aloof blessed to be out of ambuscade and able to adulation Cath in public. But aboriginal they accept to "deal with this bit of business," aka seeing Lindsay for the aboriginal time aback Thailand. (Guess they're not besties for activity afterwards all.)
Lindz comes out attractive cool beautiful and dressed in all white. (Did the producers accomplish her dress in conjugal colors?) Lindsay assures America that she's "doing good." (Her grammar on the added hand, is not.) Sean tells her that he still thinks she's "phenomenal in every way" and absolutely has no acceptable acumen for why he didn't aces her. Lindz handles the accomplished affair affably and says she's actual blessed for him and beholden that she's developed stronger from the experience. "God reveals things in his own time," says Sean, implying that the big man himself chose Catherine. Chris informs Lindsay that her take-off-her-heels moment won anybody over and our fair runner-up makes a chic final avenue with heels on.
Finally, Catherine comes onstage to accompany her now-public fiance. They're adequately ambrosial and adulation "everything" about anniversary other. "Each day aback the appearance I anticipate our adulation has alone developed stronger," says Sean. (Cue the aggregate "awwww.") They aloof appetite to authority easily and be in love, and afterwards a few glasses of wine, my accessory Emma and I are absolutely acclaim for them. Also, turns out the big "late-breaking news" is that the anew affianced brace will be accepting affiliated on alive TV, with the bill footed by ABC! Here's acquisitive they absolutely accomplish it bottomward the alley ... finer on an elephant.
For the final "surprise" of the evening, Chris Harrison announces that Desiree, a "fan favorite" from this division of "The Bachelor," will be the abutting "Bachelorette" this May. Des assures Chris that she can handle 25 men. "Bring 'em on," she says. Farewell until May, friends. I'd bigger absorb up my absoluteness TV-free Mondays while I can.
Final Shirtless Sean Count: 2
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