All language subtitles for The.Golden.Bachelor.S01E09.720p.WEB.h264-EDITH[EZTVx.to]_track3_eng

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HOW'S IT GOING?

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING,

BACHELOR NATION!

I'M JESSE PALMER.

AND WELCOME TO

"THE GOLDEN BACHELOR"

SEASON FINALE!

WE ARE OF COURSE COMING TO YOU

LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES FOR A

TRULY HISTORIC EVENT, AS GERRY'S

JOURNEY TO FIND THE SECOND

GREAT LOVE OF HIS LIFE COMES TO

A DRAMATIC AND EMOTIONAL

CONCLUSION.

IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO

THAT GERRY TURNER CAME INTO OUR

LIVES AS THE FIRST EVER

GOLDEN BACHELOR.

AND SINCE THEN, HE REALLY HAS

CAPTURED ALL OF OUR HEARTS.

AND TONIGHT, IT'S THE MOMENT

WE'VE FINALLY BEEN WAITING FOR.

WILL GERRY FIND GREAT LOVE

AGAIN?

WELL, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT YOU

HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT,

WE'VE GOT SOME BACHELOR ROYALTY

HERE IN THE HOUSE HERE TONIGHT!

IT'S GREAT SEEING YOU ALL!

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR A

CHARITY ON THE "DANCING WITH THE

STARS" FINALE.

I SEE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE

GOLDEN WOMEN.

LADIES, HOW ARE WE DOING?

I MISS YOU ALL.

GERRY'S FAMILY IS HERE AS WELL.

YOU LOOK FANTASTIC.

OH, ALSO AND OUR NEXT BACHELOR,

JOEY, IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

WE'LL GET A SNEAK PEEK

OF YOUR SEASON LATER TONIGHT.

AND IF THAT ISN'T ENOUGH,

GET READY FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT

THAT WILL LEAVE ALL OF

BACHELOR NATION STUNNED.

BUT FIRST WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK

TO COSTA RICA,

WHERE GERRY AND HIS FINAL

TWO WOMEN,

LESLIE AND THERESA, HAVE JUST

HAD THEIR ALL-IMPORTANT

OVERNIGHT DATES IN THE FANTASY

SUITES.

AND THINGS HAVE GOTTEN, WELL,

THEY'VE GOTTEN VERY INTERESTING.

GERRY HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH

BOTH WOMEN, AND WITH THE BIGGEST

DECISION OF HIS LIFE JUST DAYS

AWAY, HE IS MORE CONFLICTED

THAN EVER.

THE LIVE "GOLDEN BACHELOR"

FINALE STARTS RIGHT NOW!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M FINALLY

HERE.

I'M FEELING ELATED.

WE'RE IN COSTA RICA AND I HAVE

TWO GREAT WOMEN.

I CAME HERE ON THIS JOURNEY

HOPING TO FIND A SECOND

TRUE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME.

AND HOW THIS WEEK GOES

DETERMINES WHO I PROPOSE TO:

THERESA OR LESLIE.

ON ONE HAND, WHEN I'M WITH

LESLIE, WE KIND OF GET LOST

IN EACH OTHER.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE WORDS BECOME

UNNECESSARY.

WE KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PERSON

IS FEELING.

>> I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE.

I THINK YOU'RE THAT ONE.

>> OH.

>> ON THE OTHER HAND, THERESA

AND I HAD A GREAT ONE-ON-ONE

DATE AT THE BEGINNING.

AND THEN IT DID GO TO A LULL,

BUT AFTER OUR OVERNIGHT,

EVERYTHING CHANGED.

>> FUNNY HOW 24 HOURS

MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

>> YES.

>> PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

>> CHEERS TO THAT.

>> MY HEART HAS REALLY CHANGED

SEVERAL TIMES.

AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,

I WON'T BE ASKING MY MOM AND DAD

THEIR OPINION OF THINGS.

I'LL BE ASKING MY KIDS.

>> I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY

INSANE THAT HE COULD BE ENGAGED.

>> YEAH.

>> THE THOUGHT OF HIM KNEELING

DOWN AND PROPOSING TO SOMEBODY

IS JUST CRAZY.

[CHEERING]

>> HELLO, EVERYBODY!

>> MY FAMILY IS HERE IN

COSTA RICA.

AND IT'S MY DAUGHTERS JENNY AND

ANGIE AND THEN MY GRANDDAUGHTERS

PAYTON AND CHARLEE.

I CHERISH THEM BEYOND ANYTHING

ELSE I CAN THINK OF.

>> GOD, I MISSED YOU GUYS

SO BAD.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> WHEN TONI WAS IN THE HOSPITAL

IN HER LAST DAYS, IN HER LAST

HOURS, IT WAS JENNY AND ANGIE

AND ME.

AND WHEN YOUR DAUGHTERS WORK

WITH YOU THROUGH A

LIFE-AND-DEATH SITUATION,

THERE'S NO WAY OF DESCRIBING THE

BOND THAT YOU CREATE.

>> THERE'S TWO WOMEN LEFT.

AND I NEED TO KNOW WHICH IS THE

RIGHT PERSON.

>> HAVE EITHER ONE OF THEM SAID

"I LOVE YOU" TO YOU?

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, YES.

>> BOTH OF THEM?

>> AS A MATTER FACT, YES.

>> HAVE YOU TOLD THEM

YOU LOVE THEM?

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, YES.

>> OKAY, SO YOU'RE IN IT.

I MEAN, WITH BOTH OF THEM.

>> YES.

I REALLY WANT TO HEAR YOUR

FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU

SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM.

THE WOMAN YOU'LL MEET TODAY IS

THERESA.

SHE'S A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS

WOMAN, VERY INTELLIGENT.

SHE'S VERY LOGICAL IN HER

THINKING, LOGICAL LIKE I AM.

SHE BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

>> LOOKS LIKE SHE MAKES YOU VERY

HAPPY.

>> SHE KIND OF DOES.

DO YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU'RE

READY FOR THIS?

>> I THINK SO.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED

FOR IT.

>> OKAY.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> OKAY.

>> HEY, HI.

I CAN'T RUN AND JUMP.

>> DON'T YOU LOOK AWESOME?

>> OH, THANK YOU.

YOU LOOK AWESOME.

YOU LOOK SO GREAT.

>> I'LL TAKE A BIG OLD HUG.

>> OH, HI.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M SO NERVOUS TO MEET

GERRY'S FAMILY.

I HAVEN'T MET SOMEBODY'S FAMILY

IN 52 YEARS.

SO THESE WOMEN, THESE ARE THE

PEOPLE THAT GERRY LOVES THE MOST

IN THE WORLD.

AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE WITH HIM

THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

>> I'M PROBABLY SO SWEATY.

>> JUST RELAX AND BE YOURSELF.

>> OKAY.

>> THEY'RE HAPPY SOULS.

>> YEAH.

>> AND YOU'LL HAVE FUN.

>> I WILL.

I WILL BE MYSELF.

>> THIS MEANS EVERYTHING TO

GERRY.

JUST THE WAY IT WAS WITH MY

FAMILY.

>> HI!

>> I DON'T THINK HE COULD MOVE

FORWARD IF THEY DIDN'T FULLY

EMBRACE HIS CHOICE.

'CAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR

DECISION FOR THE REST OF HIS

LIFE.

>> I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO

THIS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME!

>> WE'RE SO EXCITED.

[LAUGHTER]

>> SO WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN

DOING?

I MEAN.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> A LOT.

>> A LOT.

HE'S BEEN DOING SO AMAZINGLY

WELL.

I MEAN, THEY COULDN'T HAVE

PICKED A BETTER GOLDEN BACHELOR,

SERIOUSLY.

I DON'T THINK YOU KNEW WHAT YOU

WERE SIGNING YOURSELF UP FOR.

TO BREAK SO MANY HEARTS.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT ALL THAT'S BEHIND ME.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEHIND ME.

AND NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS

FOCUS ON --

>> TWO WOMEN, JUST TWO.

THAT'S NORMAL.

>> SHE WOULD PREFER JUST THE

ONE.

JUST THE ONE, JUST THIS ONE.

>> LIKE THIS IS NORMAL, OKAY.

YEAH.

>> YOU WANT AN O.J.?

DO YOU WANT SOME O.J.?

OKAY, YEAH.

>> SO CAN WE STEAL YOU

FOR A SECOND?

>> YES.

>> OKAY, LET'S GO!

>> TO HAVE DAD SAY THAT HE'S IN

LOVE WITH THERESA, I GUESS IT IS

PERFECTLY FINE.

I MEAN, HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS

FEELINGS.

BUT I THINK THE BIG QUESTION

THAT I WANT TO ANSWER TODAY

IS IF HE WERE TO GET DOWN

ON ONE KNEE AND PROPOSE TO HER,

DOES SHE RECIPROCATE THE

FEELINGS?

>> WHAT IS IT?

LIKE, WHAT IS IT ABOUT DAD?

>> GOSH, YES.

>> THAT JUST MAKES YOU GO "I CAN

HANG OUT WITH HIM FOR THE REST

OF MY LIFE?"

>> NO, HE'S AN INCREDIBLY

WARMHEARTED, KIND, HIGHLY

PRINCIPLED PERSON.

WE'VE HAD SUCH GREAT CONNECTIONS

SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

REALLY GETTING OUT OF THE LIMO.

IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY THAT NIGHT.

HE CAME OUT WITH TWO CUPCAKES.

HE SAID "WILL YOU HELP ME CLEAN

THIS OFF MY LIPS?"

>> SMOOTH!

>> YEAH!

>> NICE PICKUP LINE THERE.

>> I DIDN'T THINK HE HAD IT IN

HIM.

>> I NOTICED YOU CAME IN TODAY

AND YOU DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY JUST

START BAWLING WHEN YOU SAW ALL

OF US.

I THINK I JUST TOOK THAT AS,

YOU ARE HAPPY MENTALLY.

>> YEAH, THAT'S THE CASE.

>> YOU WERE NERVOUS.

YOU WERE SCARED.

AND NOW FOR YOU TO BE THIS

EXCITED, WE KNOW THAT IT'S

WORKED AND THAT YOU HAVE FOUND

ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT YOU

REALLY ENJOY BEING WITH.

>> YEAH.

>> I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT MYSELF.

>> YEAH.

>> SO YEAH, I WAS MARRIED TO

BILLY, MY HIGH SCHOOL

SWEETHEART.

WE STARTED DATING AT THE AGE OF

14, WE GOT MARRIED AT 18.

AND WE WERE MARRIED

FOR 42 YEARS.

>> WOW.

>> AND HE DEVELOPED KIDNEY

FAILURE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW,

HE PASSED AWAY.

AND I WENT THROUGH PRETTY MUCH

WHAT YOUR DAD WENT THROUGH,

THE GRIEVING AND THE MOURNING.

AND I FEEL THIS --

I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WENT

THROUGH.

I FEEL THE SAME WAY.

SO...

OKAY, SO THEN...

>> IT'S CRAZY THAT THEY HAVE

A REALLY SIMILAR STORY.

I MEAN, ALMOST IDENTICAL IN TIME

AND LOSING THEIR SPOUSE,

AND YOU KNOW, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL

SWEETHEART.

AND I THINK THAT REALLY BONDS

THEM TOGETHER.

AND ALSO BONDS HER WITH OUR

FAMILY.

>> IF HE WERE TO GET DOWN ON ONE

KNEE, WOULD YOU SAY YES?

LIKE, ARE YOU THERE?

>> YES, I'M THERE, ABSOLUTELY.

WE BOTH AT THIS AGE SEE THAT WE

DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE

AND WE WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF

EVERY MOMENT.

AND HE'S SO FULL OF LIFE.

AND I'M FULL OF LIFE.

AND WE HAVE ENERGY.

AND WE HAVE ENTHUSIASM FOR IT.

AND I SEE A LOT OF MYSELF

IN HIM.

>> SHE WAS VERY MUCH LIKE "YES,

I'M IN LOVE WITH HIM.

HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE'S IN LOVE

WITH ME AND I WOULD SAY YES IF

HE WERE TO ASK ME TO MARRY HIM."

IF DAD PROPOSES TO THERESA, I

THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING

ACTUALLY.

I'D BE REALLY HAPPY FOR HIM.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> ALL RIGHT, MAN.

SHE'S GREAT.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT SHE SHARES

YOUR SAME STORY.

YOU KNOW, MOM WAS SUCH

A HILARIOUS PERSON

JUST NOT EVEN TRYING TO BE.

AND SO WE ALWAYS JOKE

ABOUT THAT.

SO IT WAS GOOD FOR HER TO

UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP THEM ALIVE.

YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT THEM.

SHE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

SHE'S IN THE SAME BOAT.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE BEING

AROUND HER.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT FANTASY

SUITE BROUGHT YOU ANY MORE

CLARITY?

DID YOU KNOCK THE BOOTS?

DID THAT MAKE IT --

MORE CLARITY?

>> WE ARE NOT TALKING THAT.

BUT WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE

THE DOORS, I LEARNED SO MUCH

MORE ABOUT HER.

SHE WAS ALWAYS A SAFE CHOICE.

THERE WAS NO DISQUALIFIERS,

NOTHING WRONG.

BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THE KISSES WERE NICER.

THE HUGS WERE SWEETER.

THE CONVERSATION WAS EASIER.

SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED AT WHAT

YOU'RE TELLING ME ABOUT HER

AND WHAT YOU GUYS SEE.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.

>> LOVE YOU, DAD.

>> I LOVE YOU GUYS.

>> LOVE YOU TOO, DAD.

>> IF I WERE JUST GOING OFF

TODAY AND ONLY MEETING THERESA,

I REALLY DO THINK I COULD SEE

HIM GETTING DOWN ON ONE KNEE

AND THEM BEING MARRIED.

>> THANKS FOR CAPTURING HIS

HEART A LITTLE BIT.

>> I THINK SHE'S A REALLY GREAT

PERSON, REALLY FUN.

IT FELT REALLY GOOD TO HAVE

HIM TO HAVE FOUND SOMEBODY

LIKE THAT.

>> BYE, GUYS.

>> SEE YOU, GUYS.

LOVE YOU.

THEY WERE WAY ENTHUSIASTIC

ABOUT YOU.

>> SEEING THERESA WITH MY

FAMILY, I SAW WHAT MY LIFE

WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND IT WAS

A VERY NICE PICTURE.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT I

LOVE YOU.

>> OH, GOD.

OH, MY GOD, I LOVE YOU.

>> AND I'M OVERJOYED WHEN I SAY

IT NOW.

>> OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLE

HEARING GERRY SAY "I LOVE YOU."

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN LOVE

AGAIN.

IT'S SOMETHING I HAD GIVEN UP

ON, SO IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME

THAT IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE LIVE

SEASON FINALE OF

"THE GOLDEN BACHELOR."

BACHELOR NATION IS ON PINS

AND NEEDLES, WAITING TO SEE HOW

HOW THIS IS ALL GOING TO FOR

GERRY.

NOW I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT

HAPPENS, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY

IS THAT IT'S AN ENDING THAT WILL

SHOCK YOU TO YOUR CORE.

IT REALLY IS THAT EMOTIONAL.

LET'S KEEP WATCHING.

♪

>> THIS IS MY LAST DATE

WITH GERRY UNTIL

A POTENTIAL PROPOSAL.

SO THIS IS THE FINAL CHANCE THAT

I HAVE TO TELL HIM HOW I FEEL.

THE LAST TIME I SAW GERRY,

HE TOLD ME HE LOVES ME.

I FEEL WONDERFUL.

I FEEL INCREDIBLE.

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SINCE

BILLY PASSED AWAY HAS LED ME TO

THIS MOMENT.

AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE FOUND MY

PERSON.

SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GOING

TO BE ME AND GERRY IN THE END.

NOW THAT I FOUND HIM, I DON'T

WANT TO LOSE HIM.

[KNOCKING]

>> HEY.

HI.

>> WELL, HI THERE.

LOOK AT YOU.

LOOKING ALL GORGEOUS AND STUFF.

>> [LAUGHS]

THANK YOU.

>> WOW.

I LIKE IT.

>> OH, THANK YOU.

>> THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE BEEN

TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL WITH

THERESA.

[BOTTLE TOP POPS]

>> OH, MY GOD!

[LAUGHS]

>> SHE MET MY FAMILY AND I THINK

INSTANTLY THERE WAS GOOD ENERGY.

THEY ENJOYED EACH OTHER'S

COMPANY.

THEY ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION.

THAT'S THE KIND OF SIGNALS THAT

I WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR.

>> YOU KNOW THAT THIS AFTERNOON

WHEN I OFFERED YOU THAT FRUIT

JUICE.

>> YES.

>> IT HAD VODKA IN IT.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

>> OH, MY GOD.

NO WONDER I WAS LOOPY.

>> AFTERWARDS, I DRANK SOME OF

THAT AND I GO, "OH, THAT'S GOT

VODKA IN IT" AND I OFFERED IT

TO HER.

>> VODKA AND ORANGE JUICE WAS

THE FIRST THING I EVER DRANK IN

MY LIFE AND I GOT SICK TO MY

STOMACH.

>> OH, REALLY?

>> IT WAS WITH BILLY.

IT WAS BILLY.

I WENT TO HIS BROTHER'S

GOING-AWAY PARTY.

HE WAS SO AFRAID

TO TAKE ME HOME.

AND THEN HE SAID "JUST GO RIGHT

TO BED BECAUSE YOUR MOM AND DAD

WILL NEVER LET ME TAKE YOU OUT

AGAIN."

>> YOU KNOW, YOU AND BILLY HAVE

SOME PRETTY COOL STORIES.

>> OH, AND I AM SURE YOU

AND TONI DO.

>> I LIKE HEARING

THE STORIES ABOUT BILLY.

>> OH, THAT'S COOL.

THANK YOU.

>> I REALLY DO.

BECAUSE THEN IT HELPS ME

UNDERSTAND YOU A LITTLE BETTER.

>> RIGHT.

AND THE SAME WITH YOU.

LIKE, IT GETS MORE OF OUR

HISTORY, THE LITTLE STORIES.

>> HE'S PART OF YOU.

YOU GUYS WERE TOGETHER SO LONG.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT HE'S HELPED YOU TO BE

WHO YOU ARE.

>> RIGHT.

>> JUST LIKE TONI HAS HELPED ME

TO BE WHO I AM.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLY EXCITING.

OUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT

WAS ORGANIC AND NATURAL.

AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT

THINGS AND WE STARTED

SHARING OBSERVATIONS.

>> I BET YOU WERE REALLY

GOOD-LOOKING.

>> UH, NO.

I WAS KIND OF DORK --

I HAD THE BLACK HORNRIMMED

GLASSES.

>> THAT'S SO ATTRACTIVE.

>> I WAS KIND OF DORKY.

>> COULD YOU PUT THOSE ON AGAIN?

>> NOW I KNOW YOU'RE LYING TO

ME.

>> YEAH.

>> I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I HAD

THIS ONE LAST CHANCE TO GET TO

KNOW HER.

>> WE BOTH WANT TO HAVE SO MUCH

FUN.

WE WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE

YEARS THAT WE HAVE LEFT.

WE'D BE SO BUSY.

>> I'M THRILLED.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE SHE'S JUST

AS HAPPY.

>> THERE STILL IS ANOTHER PERSON

HERE.

YEAH, SO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S EXACTLY

GOING ON BETWEEN YOU.

BUT THAT'S NOT MY BUSINESS.

BUT THAT'S STILL IS A CONCERN.

>> THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN

EASY WAY.

WHEN TWO WONDERFUL WOMEN ARE

STANDING THERE AND THERE'S ONE

ROSE.

THAT'S A PRETTY BINARY

SITUATION.

EITHER STAY OR GO AND IT'S

BASED ON ONE WORD, ONE NAME.

>> IF I WAS IN THE POSITION

WHERE IT WASN'T ME --

I'M ALL IN.

AND IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY

DIFFICULT FOR ME.

BUT I STILL WOULD WANT YOU TO BE

HAPPY.

AS HARD AS IT WOULD BE FOR ME, I

WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO CHOOSE ME

IF YOU WEREN'T 1000% WANTING ME

AND OVERWHELMINGLY WANTING ME.

SO IT WOULD BE SO DIFFICULT.

BUT THEN I WOULDN'T WANT IT

UNLESS THAT'S HOW YOU FELT.

>> THERE IS ANOTHER WOMAN IN THE

MIX HERE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW I

WON'T PROPOSE, NOR WILL I GIVE

YOU A ROSE UNLESS I'M 1000%

COMMITTED TO WHAT WE HAVE.

>> OKAY.

OKAY.

IT WOULD KILL ME IF YOU DIDN'T,

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE

A MAJOR DECISION TO MAKE.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T EASY.

I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER WOMAN,

AND THAT SCARES ME.

>> RIGHT.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT'LL BE 1000%

OR NOTHING.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY?

>> WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, I DID

FEEL THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I'D

FEEL THIS LOVE AGAIN, AND IT

JUST FEELS INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL.

THE BIGGEST FEAR FOR ME RIGHT

NOW IS LESLIE IS STILL HERE AND

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO

HER.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR

RELATIONSHIP STANDS.

>> SLEEP WELL.

>> HE SAID "I LOVE YOU" TO ME.

SO DID HE SAY "I LOVE YOU"

TO HER?

AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF US

IS GOING TO GET HURT.

>> BYE, GOOD NIGHT.

>> GOODBYE.

>> GOOD NIGHT.

>> AT THIS POINT, I DON'T WANT

TO HAVE A LIFE WITHOUT GERRY.

THIS IS EXTREMELY HARD.

I MIGHT BE WALKING OUT OF HERE

COMPLETELY BROKEN-HEARTED.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE HIGHLY

ANTICIPATED FINALE OF

"THE GOLDEN BACHELOR"!

NOW, THERESA'S VISIT WITH

GERRY'S FAMILY WENT VERY WELL.

BUT WAS IT ENOUGH TO PROVE TO

GERRY THAT SHE IS THE ONE WOMAN

HE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT?

LET'S SEE.

♪

>> I'M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET

LESLIE TODAY, JUST TO SEE HER

PERSONALITY AND HER...

>> AHEM!

>> OH!

>> HI.

>> HOLA, QUE PASA?

>> COMO ESTAS?

>> TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO MEET

LESLIE.

SHE'S A LOT OF FUN.

LESLIE MAKES ME LAUGH

ALL THE TIME.

SHE WILL MAKE FUN OF ME ABOUT

SOMETHING, AND I WILL MAKE FUN

OF HER.

AND WE BOTH GENERALLY

THINK IT'S FUNNY.

>> I'M SO EXCITED.

>> I'M EXCITED TO MEET HER.

>> I'M SO EXCITED.

>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT LESLIE,

I THINK OF HER SENSE OF HUMOR.

HER ENERGY IS INFECTIOUS.

IF LESLIE DIDN'T FIT IN WITH MY

FAMILY, I'D BE STUNNED.

>> WOW.

OH, MAN.

IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER SINCE I'VE

SEEN YOU.

>> I KNOW.

>> OH!

OH!

>> TODAY I'M MEETING GERRY'S

FAMILY.

AND RIGHT NOW, I FEEL VERY

CONFIDENT.

LAST TIME I SAW GERRY WAS IN THE

FANTASY SUITE DATE WHERE WE JUST

SPENT HOURS TALKING.

AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BE

WITH ME, IN SO MANY WORDS.

THAT I WAS THE ONE.

>> HI!

OH, MY GOD!

>> I KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE

IS SPECIAL.

AND I DON'T THINK IT COULD BE

DUPLICATED.

>> WAIT, TAKE THIS SO I CAN GIVE

GOOD HUGS.

>> I JUST FEEL LIKE I REALLY

NEED TO BE MYSELF.

GERRY FELL IN LOVE WITH ME BEING

MYSELF, SO I'M HOPING HIS KIDS

AND GRANDKIDS DO THE SAME.

>> SO HOW HAS IT ALL BEEN?

HOW HAS THE JOURNEY BEEN?

SO FUN?

>> SO MUCH FUN.

MY WHOLE THING IS I MADE HIM

LAUGH AND, LIKE, HE GOT MY

HUMOR, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT

TO ME 'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY

THINKS I'M FUNNY.

[LAUGHTER]

BUT GERRY DOES, SO THAT'S GOOD.

>> THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

>> THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD FUN TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK UP TO

"THE BACHELOR," AND YOU'RE LIKE,

OH, HE'S KIND OF PRIM AND

PROPER.

I THINK THE BEST TIME FOR ME WAS

ON OUR OVERNIGHT DATE, ALL OF A

SUDDEN HE SAID THE WORD [BLEEP]

AND I WAS LIKE "YES, I CAN SWEAR

IN FRONT OF HIM!

[LAUGHTER]

THIS IS GREAT."

LIKE, THIS IS EYE-OPENING.

>> I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE

WORD HAD AN EXCLAMATION POINT.

>> NO.

>> NOT A QUESTION MARK.

[LAUGHTER]

>> NO, NO.

OH, MY GOD.

I'M SO SORRY.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID.

[LAUGHTER]

>> JUST STOP.

[LAUGHTER]

>> JUST STOP.

>> SEEING LESLIE AND DAD

LAUGHING AND BEING PLAYFUL

WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TODAY.

ONLY BECAUSE THE WAY HE

COMMUNICATES WITH PEOPLE IS

THROUGH JOKING AROUND.

>> LESLIE, DO YOU WANT TO GO

CHAT FOR A MINUTE?

>> I WOULD LOVE TO.

>> SO THE INTERACTION THAT I WAS

SEEING WAS MORE WHAT I WOULD

PICTURE HIM DOING WITH HIS

PARTNER.

>> YEAH, SO HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

>> I AM NERVOUS, HAPPY, EXCITED,

SCARED TO DEATH.

I AM CRAZY ABOUT YOUR

GRANDFATHER.

I LOVE HIM.

AND I, I WANT TO GO THROUGH

LIFE WITH HIM.

I CAN SEE THAT.

EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM, YOU KNOW,

HE'S VERY HEARTFELT

AND SINCERE.

HE'S JUST A VERY GOOD PERSON.

>> SORRY.

I THINK IT JUST IS HUGE FOR US

THAT, LIKE, YOU ARE SEEING THIS

IN HIM.

BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN THIS

IN HIM.

SO JUST TO HEAR THAT IT'S

RECIPROCATED AND THAT THERE IS,

LIKE, SO MUCH LOVE GOING AROUND

IS JUST GREAT TO HEAR.

>> OH.

>> SO AFTER WE MET THERESA,

I LOVED HER.

CHARLEE LOVED HER.

WE HAD OUR HEARTS SET

ON THERESA.

AND NOW?

LIKE, LESLIE, SHE'S GREAT.

I GOT SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT,

AND I THINK THAT THAT

SPOKE VOLUMES TO ME.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HIM

AND MOM ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WAS

RETIRING AND BEING ABLE TO GO

AND TRAVEL.

>> I, I LOVE --

I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I EVER WANT

TO DO IS TO TRAVEL AND SEE THE

WORLD AND ENJOY LIFE.

>> I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS

AS TO WHERE YOUR FEELINGS ARE

WITH REGARDS TO A PROPOSAL.

WOULD YOU WANT A PROPOSAL?

>> UM, SO, THE OTHER DAY,

YOU KNOW, HE SAID TO ME,

"DO YOU THINK THIS CAN WORK"?

I SAID "ABSOLUTELY."

AND HE GOES, "TILL DEATH DO US

PART?"

AND I SAID "YES" AND THEN GOT

ANXIETY BECAUSE --

>> THAT'S A LOT.

>> THIS IS GETTING REAL.

>> IT'S A LOT.

AND YOU KNOW, HONESTLY,

I'VE NEVER HAD THAT.

>> RIGHT.

>> IN MY LIFE.

HE HAS.

AND IT SCARED ME A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I TALKED ABOUT IT

WITH HIM, AND I BASICALLY SAID

"I'VE NEVER COMMITTED" --

NOT BY MY CHOOSING --

"TO ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW."

I'VE HAD OTHER RELATIONSHIPS.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED TWICE.

I WANTED THAT.

IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT.

AND OF COURSE, IN GERRY FASHION,

HE MADE ME FEEL REALLY

COMFORTABLE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SECURE.

AND THEN, LIKE, THIS CALM

CAME OVER ME.

AND I SAID "THAT'S WHAT I WANT

TOO."

>> MOST OF THE TIME, THINGS

DON'T GO EXACTLY MY WAY WHEN IT

COMES TO RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT TILL DEATH DO US PART,

THAT'S ALL I EVER WANTED.

HE IS THE MAN OF MY DREAMS.

HE REALLY IS.

>> HE IS SO SPECIAL AND

AN AMAZING PERSON AND HE REALLY

MAKES ME HAPPY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.

>> YEAH.

>> WE JUST HAD A GREAT

CONVERSATION IN THERE.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

>> YOU GOT A GREAT FIRST

IMPRESSION.

SHE'S SO FUN.

AND I LOVE BEING WITH HER.

>> I DO KIND OF LIKE HER, LIKE,

FREE SPIRITEDNESS.

TO ME, THAT'S A LITTLE

ENDEARING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE JUST

KIND OF LET THEIR THOUGHTS FLY

AND GO WITH IT.

>> YEAH.

SHE DID GET PRETTY EMOTIONAL

IN THERE.

I DO THINK SHE'S GOT SOME REALLY

STRONG FEELINGS.

IT DID MAKE ME QUESTION JUST A

LITTLE BIT, LIKE, ARE YOU BEING

EMOTIONAL BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL

REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS

DECISION IF MY DAD WERE TO ASK

YOU TO GET MARRIED?

>> I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR

THOUGHTS?

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

LEADING UP TO TOMORROW.

>> THIS HAS BEEN EXHAUSTING.

I'M KIND OF GETTING --

I DON'T WANT TO SAY STRESSED

OUT -- BUT I'VE ASKED MYSELF

OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

I HAVE THESE TWO WONDERFUL

WOMEN.

SO I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO MAKE

SURE THAT IT'S A WOMAN THAT

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT AND IT'S

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

>> YEAH.

I CAN'T EVEN --

>> I DON'T WANT TO BE IN YOUR

SHOES.

I DO NOT ENVY YOU.

YOU HAVE TWO GREAT LADIES,

YOU REALLY DO.

>> YOU KNOW, AND THINKING ABOUT

THERESA AND LESLIE,

FEELING LIKE, YOU KNOW,

I HAVE THIS WEIGHT ON MY CHEST.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE YOU IN THAT

MOMENT.

JUST, WHAT DOES YOUR HEART

TELL YOU?

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK THE CONVERSATION WITH

MY DAUGHTERS KIND OF WOKE ME UP

TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS IT.

THE BIGGEST DECISION THAT I HAVE

MADE IN THE LAST 55 YEARS.

>> BYE, ANGIE.

>> GOODBYE.

>> EVERYTHING UP UNTIL THIS DAY,

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE COMPOSED

AND ORGANIZE MY THOUGHTS,

REIN IN THE EMOTIONS.

AND I'M NOT DOING SO GOOD TODAY

WITH IT.

IT'S GOTTEN CONFUSING.

IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE

AT TIMES I DON'T KNOW WHERE

I'M AT.

>> YOU READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

>> BYE, GUYS.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO

HANDLE THIS.

AND IT'S DEBILITATING TO THINK

ABOUT IT.

>> I FEEL REALLY GOOD NOW AFTER

MEETING YOUR FAMILY.

>> GOOD.

>> SO, YEAH.

IT FEELS GREAT.

>> SO TONIGHT WE GET TO HAVE

A LITTLE MORE TIME.

>> YEAH.

>> JUST YOU AND I.

>> MM-HMM.

>> OKAY?

>> MM-HMM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YEAH.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

ARE YOU READY TO GO?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> WELL, I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE.

[LAUGHS]

>> WELL.

>> BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO

SEEING YOU LATER.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND YEAH.

>> IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR ME

TO TAKE OFF.

OKAY?

>> MM-HMM, YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A BIG FAT

HUG.

>> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> TODAY WENT REALLY, REALLY

WELL MEETING GERRY'S DAUGHTERS

AND GRANDDAUGHTERS.

BUT I FEEL LIKE I CAN READ GERRY

NOW, AND I COULD TELL HE WASN'T

QUITE HIMSELF TODAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> OKAY.

>> I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

>> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BYE.

>> BYE.

>> JUST HIS MANNERISMS WERE

A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CALM

MYSELF DOWN ABOUT IT AND NOT

HAVE THE ANXIETY THAT I FEEL

CREEPING IN A LITTLE BIT.

I AM PUTTING MYSELF OUT THERE.

AND SO THAT'S ALL I CAN DO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE LIVE

"GOLDEN BACHELOR" FINALE.

NOW, GERRY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO

THE END OF HIS JOURNEY, BUT WILL

HE FIND LOVE AGAIN?

AND IF SO, WITH WHOM?

WELL, LESLIE JUST MET GERRY'S

FAMILY, AND IT WENT GREAT

UNTIL THAT LAST MOMENT

WHEN LESLIE SENSED A CHANGE

IN GERRY'S DEMEANOR.

OBVIOUSLY THE COUPLE HAS ONE

FINAL DATE BEFORE POSSIBLY

GETTING ENGAGED.

SO IS LESLIE'S INTUITION

CORRECT?

WAS THERE INDEED SOMETHING OFF

WITH GERRY?

YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.

♪

>> TONIGHT IS MY LAST DATE

WITH GERRY BEFORE THE BIG

PROPOSAL DAY.

AND I AM FEELING HOPEFUL,

EXCITED, AND NERVOUS, SCARED.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT NIGHT.

[KNOCKING]

>> HI.

>> HI.

>> HOW ARE YOU?

>> OH, YOU LOOK GREAT.

>> OH, THANKS.

YOU LOOK SO HANDSOME, AS USUAL.

>> OH, GOOD.

>> COME ON IN.

>> MY NERVES STEM FROM THE FACT

THAT GERRY DIDN'T SEEM QUITE

LIKE HIMSELF TODAY.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER

WOMAN HERE.

EVEN THOUGH I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT

IN WHAT WE HAVE, THERE'S ALWAYS

THAT BIG QUESTION MARK

LOOMING OVER MY HEAD.

IT'S A LITTLE SCARY, BUT I TRY

TO THINK ABOUT THE POSITIVE.

I COULD BE ENGAGED TOMORROW,

WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING.

UM, YEAH.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING.

>> CHEERS.

HERE'S TO YOU, AND HERE'S TO A

REALLY GOOD DAY WITH MY FAMILY.

>> OH, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

ALREADY.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

CHEERS.

MMM.

>> IT'S GOOD.

>> IT IS GOOD.

SO HOW ARE YOU?

YOU SEEMED...

[LAUGHS]

I COULD TELL YOU WEREN'T

YOUR USUAL GERRY SELF TODAY.

>> YEAH, AND I'M SORRY.

>> THAT'S OKAY.

>> YOU KNOW, I'M JUST --

YOU KNOW, THE STRESS

AND PRESSURE OF IT.

AND I KNOW TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

AND I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION

THAT IS LIFE-CHANGING.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF

GETTING TO ME.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO

HANDLE THINGS ALL THE WAY UNTIL

JUST RECENTLY.

AND I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY.

>> NO, IT'S --

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND,

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE --

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT,

TO BE HONEST.

I MEAN, I'M ONLY CONCENTRATING

ON YOU.

YOU HAVE TWO OF US.

AND UM...

I WAS A LITTLE IN TUNE WITH THAT

TODAY.

>> OH, COME ON.

GIVE ME A BIG HUG.

LET ME FEEL IT.

>> AND I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID

IT WAS ME.

>> I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO --

>> NO, IT'S --

>> YOU KNOW, BRING THE LOW

ENERGY AND HAVE YOU FEEL LIKE

THINGS WEREN'T RIGHT.

SO LET'S TURN A PAGE.

GRAB YOUR WINE GLASS.

>> OKAY.

>> LET'S START FRESH AGAIN.

>> OKAY.

>> WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST LITTLE

DOWN DIP AS A COUPLE.

AND SO HERE'S TO YOU,

AND HERE'S TO ME,

AND HERE'S TO US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY?

>> I LOVE THAT.

>> I LOVE THIS GUY.

HE'S GREAT.

I ADORE HIM.

AND I WANT TO START SHARING

A LIFE WITH HIM.

>> I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE BACK

TO YOUR NORMAL SELF HERE.

>> [LAUGHS]

>> YOU KNOW?

>> I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.

>> REALLY?

>> YEAH.

A LITTLE GIFT.

>> I KNOW THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS

HAVE MY BACK AND BE MY

BEST FRIEND AND GO THROUGH LIFE

TOGETHER AS EQUALS, AND THAT'S

REALLY ALL I WANT.

>> IT'S A LITTLE BOOK OF OUR

MEMORIES TOGETHER.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> VERY MANLY BOOK.

>> IT IS PRETTY COOL, YES.

>> I KNOW.

THERE IS ME ON THE FIRST NIGHT.

>> YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT.

>> YEAH.

HERE'S THE CARD I KEPT FROM

THE DATE.

>> OH, MY GOD.

I THINK THIS PICTURE IS ONE OF

THE FIRST TIMES WE WERE BEING

SMART-ASSES WITH EACH OTHER.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I THINK WE

LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE WERE

LAUGHING AND REALIZED,

"OKAY, YEP.

WE BOTH GET THIS STUFF."

IT WAS A REALLY NICE MOMENT.

>> YEAH, IT WAS.

I AGREE.

THIS IS US KISSING AGAINST THE

WALL.

[LAUGHS]

THAT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT

AS WELL.

>> THAT'S A HOT MOMENT.

>> YEAH, IT WAS DEFINITELY HOT.

>> I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY GREAT.

>> IT IS PRETTY GREAT.

AND THEN THERE'S PLENTY OF PAGES

FOR MORE.

>> OHHH.

SWEET.

>> MM-HMM.

>> I'M REALLY SPEECHLESS

AND CAUGHT OFF GUARD WITH THIS.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

>> OF COURSE.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS EASY TO DO.

YOU'RE EASY TO DO THINGS FOR.

>> OH.

>> YOU ARE.

[LAUGHS]

>> IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN.

EVERY MINUTE THAT YOU JUST

CHRONICLED IN THAT BOOK.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO MUCH FUN.

AND MEETING YOU HAS BEEN

A BLESSING IN SO MANY WAYS.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE

DONE FOR ME, AND I HOPE I'VE

DONE THE SAME FOR YOU.

>> YEAH, YOU HAVE.

YOU MAKE ME FEEL WHOLE.

YOU DO.

>> THANKS FOR THAT.

>> I, TO BE HONEST, CAN'T

IMAGINE BEING WITHOUT YOU NOW.

>> HMM.

THAT'S HUGE.

OKAY?

>> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO

TELL ME?

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ME

TO HEAR?

>> I LOVE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

>> THAT'S SUCH A SPECIAL

SENTIMENT.

>> I DO.

YOU KNOW I DO.

>> I KNOW.

I CAN FEEL IT.

I CAN.

AND I CAN SEE THE TEARS.

[SIGHS]

[APPLAUSE]

>> [SIGHS]

BE HAPPY.

>> [WHISPERS] I WANT YOU TO BE

HAPPY TOO.

>> I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME

TO GO.

>> OKAY.

[WHISPERS] IS THERE SOMETHING

YOU WANT TO TELL ME?

HMM?

>> NO.

JUST THAT I HAVE A TOUGH

DECISION TO MAKE.

SOMETHING THAT'S HARDER THAN I

EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.

IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO.

[WHISPERING] BYE.

>> BYE.

[CRYING]

>> I'M DEFINITELY NOT CONFIDENT

NOW.

[SNIFFLING]

I KNOW WHY HE WAS OFF TODAY.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHY.

>> OH, JEEZ.

>> LESLIE AND I, WE HAVE HAD

A RHYTHM AND AWARENESS

OF EACH OTHER.

WHEN YOU'VE HAD THAT RHYTHM WITH

SOMEONE, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW.

SO KNOWING THAT SHE KNEW

SOMETHING WAS OFF,

I NEED TO GO BACK

AND TALK TO HER.

[KNOCKING]

>> WILL YOU LET ME COME IN

AND TALK?

>> SURE.

[CLEARS THROAT]

>> WHEN I LEFT, YOU ASKED ME IF

THERE WAS SOMETHING I HAD TO SAY

TO YOU.

>> MM-HMM.

>> WHEN I LEFT, YOU ASKED ME IF

THERE WAS SOMETHING I HAD TO SAY

TO YOU.

>> MM-HMM.

GO AHEAD.

>> IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.

BUT I'VE KIND OF MADE A DECISION

ABOUT HOW I WANT TO GO ABOUT

THIS.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE

WITH THERESA.

AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION

I'M GOING TO TAKE.

>> OKAY.

SO EVERYTHING YOU TOLD ME

THE OTHER NIGHT WAS A LIE?

>> NO, IT WASN'T A LIE.

>> YEAH, IT WAS.

EVERYTHING YOU TOLD ME THE OTHER

NIGHT WAS A LIE.

EVERYTHING YOU TOLD ME THE OTHER

NIGHT WAS A COMPLETE AND UTTER

LIE, GERRY.

>> NO.

BECAUSE AT THAT TIME,

THAT WAS THE TRUTH.

>> OH.

>> THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

THINGS HAVE EVOLVED.

>> I KNEW IT.

I KNEW THE MINUTE I SAW YOU

TODAY.

WE WEREN'T "OFF."

YOU WERE "OFF."

>> THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE.

>> YEAH.

I COULD TELL BY YOUR FACE.

WHERE DID IT GO WRONG?

>> IT DIDN'T GO WRONG.

I'VE WORKED HARD TO TRY

AND LEARN AS MUCH ABOUT YOU

AND AS MUCH ABOUT THERESA

AS I POSSIBLY COULD.

YOU'RE BOTH WONDERFUL.

BUT ONLY ONE OF YOU IS RIGHT.

LESLIE, I AM SO SORRY.

BELIEVE ME, HAD I KNOWN THIS

WOULD BE HOW MUCH PAIN I WOULD

CAUSE SOMEONE, I WOULD HAVE

NEVER TAKEN THE FIRST STEP IN

THIS JOURNEY.

[CRYING]

PLEASE.

>> IT'S TYPICAL.

IT'S MY LIFE.

THIS IS THE WAY IT ALWAYS GOES.

THIS IS...

>> OH, NO.

NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

NO.

NO.

NO, DON'T THINK THAT.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER, GERRY.

NO OFFENSE.

I DON'T --

I CAN THINK WHATEVER THE

[BLEEP] I WANT --

>> YEAH.

>> RIGHT NOW.

I'M HEARTBROKEN ONCE AGAIN.

BUT NOW I HAVE TO DO IT IN FRONT

OF THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE

ONCE AGAIN HOW BROKEN I AM,

HOW NO ONE CHOOSES ME.

YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE ME.

ONCE AGAIN.

[SOBBING]

AND THE OTHER NIGHT, YOU MADE IT

SOUND LIKE YOU CHOSE ME.

YOU SAID THINGS TO ME THAT MADE

ME THINK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO

BE IT.

YOU LED ME DOWN A PATH AND THEN

YOU TOOK A TURN AND LEFT ME

THERE AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL.

[SOBBING]

AND IT'S MIND-BOGGLING, TO BE

HONEST, HOW YOU CAN TALK TO ME

ALL NIGHT, SAY YOU LOVE ME,

AND THEN ONE DAY --

NOT EVEN A DAY, 12 HOURS LATER,

YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND.

POURED MY HEART OUT.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOUR FAMILY

TODAY.

THE ONLY GOOD THING IS NOW I

DON'T HAVE TO WALK DOWN IN THAT

$60,000 DRESS WITH THE DIAMOND

EARRINGS AND GET ON THAT

PLATFORM AND BE COMPLETELY

EMBARRASSED.

NOW IT'S JUST HERE.

AND THAT -- THANK YOU --

I THANK YOU FOR.

>> [EXHALES]

I'M SORRY.

I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I

COULD SAY BUT I KNOW THERE

ISN'T.

>> NO, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN

SAY OR DO

TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.

>> [WHISPERING] I'M SORRY.

>> [CRYING]

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS WITH ME.

IT'S NOT WITH ME?

THEN, YOU KNOW,

THERESA IS A GREAT GIRL.

I HAVE NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT

HER.

BUT I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY,

BLOWN AWAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT.

>> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

[SOBBING]

IT'S NOT FAIR!

>> [SNIFFLING]

>> I'M DONE.

I HAD VISIONS OF BEING ON THAT

PLATFORM AND GERRY SAYING TO ME

"I CHOOSE YOU TODAY."

THAT'S WHAT I KEPT THINKING WAS

GOING TO HAPPEN.

[SOBBING]

I'M TIRED OF PUTTING MYSELF OUT

THERE.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

>> [WHISPERING] COME HERE.

ARE YOU OKAY?

>> NO, I'M NOT OKAY.

I TOOK A GOOD PERSON

AND BROKE THEIR HEART.

I TOOK A REALLY GOOD PERSON AND

I [BLEEP] BROKE THEIR HEART.

I HATE MYSELF AND I HATE

EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THE ONLY TIME I'VE

EVER FELT OR WORSE IN MY WHOLE

LIFE IS WHEN MY WIFE

PASSED AWAY.

AND THIS IS A GOD [BLEEP]

CLOSE SECOND.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> SHE'S A GOOD PERSON.

AND I [BLEEP] HER OVER.

THIS JUST ISN'T WORTH ALL OF IT.

OH, GOD.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S AN IMAGE

I WILL...

I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD

AND I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER

GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD, THE LOOK

ON HER FACE.

>> THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY

HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH.

I'M JOINED NOW BY LESLIE NOW.

LESLIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR BEING HERE.

[CHEERING]

LESLIE, I KNOW THIS IS

INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.

HONESTLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHERE TO START SO I'LL JUST ASK,

HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER

WATCHING THAT BACK?

>> WELL, THE HEARTBREAK THAT I

EXPERIENCED, UM, THE LINE

SIGHTEDNESS THAT HAPPENED TO ME,

ALL THOSE EMOTIONS, OBVIOUSLY

WATCHING IT BACK, I'M SEEING,

I'M FEELING THAT AGAIN IN THAT

MOMENT.

I WAS DEVASTATED.

I WAS DEVASTATED.

IT WAS --

I WAS UNAPOLOGETICALLY MYSELF.

I WAS VULNERABLE.

I WARMED MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE,

I BROKE DOWN MY WALLS AND I FELL

IN LOVE WITH HIM SO MUCH.

I HAVEN'T FALLEN IN LOVE WITH

SOMEONE IN A REALLY LONG TIME,

SO IT'S HARD.

IT'S REALLY HARD.

>> I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO HAVE TO

RELOOK AT RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A LOT TO GET INTO BUT WE

WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

WE'LL HAVE MORE WITH LESLIE WHEN

WE RETURN.

[APPLAUSE]

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE EMOTIONAL

LIVE FINALE OF

"THE GOLDEN BACHELOR."

OF COURSE I'M HERE NOW WITH

LESLIE.

LESLIE, OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE

BLINDSIDED IN THAT MOMENT.

CAN YOU AT ALL PUT INTO WORDS

WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND

IN THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU KNEW

THAT IT WASN'T YOU?

>> I WAS JUST SO SAD, YOU KNOW.

BECAUSE UP UNTIL, REALLY AFTER

OVERNIGHT, I WAS 100% CERTAIN

THAT I WAS HIS GIRL.

AND THE THINGS HE SAID TO ME ON

OUR OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW.

AND MEETING HIS FAMILY.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T

SHOW EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD SUCH

A GOOD TIME.

WE LAUGHED, WE CRIED.

I FELT LIKE I COULD BE IN THAT

FAMILY IN A HEARTBEAT.

FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS

GRANDDAUGHTERS, CHARLEE AND

PAYTON.

I JUST WAS, I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT REALLY DID GO SO GREAT WHEN

HE MET HIS FAMILY, RIGHT?

THERE WAS SOMETHING INSIDE YOU

THAT WAS JUST TELLING YOU IT

WASN'T IT.

WHAT FEELING WAS THAT THAT WAS

TELLING YOU THAT?

>> UM, WELL, WHEN I CAME OUT OF

MEETING HIS FAMILY, IT WAS SO

GREAT THEN WE SAT ON A BENCH AND

HE JUST HAD SOME WALL UP

THAT I COULD TELL.

I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS WRONG AND

HE SAID "I'M JUST SPENT.

I'M JUST SPENT."

AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE I

WAS EXHAUSTED AND I DIDN'T EVEN

DO WHAT HE DID, YOU KNOW.

AND I CAN IMAGINE HOW EXHAUSTED

HE WAS.

SO I CAN, IN MY HEAD, JUSTIFIED

HIS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED

LIKE HE WAS JUST NOT THERE FOR

ME, NOT LIKE HE WAS.

I JUST JUSTIFIED IT AS HIM BEING

COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED AND, YOU

KNOW, STILL MAY BE MAKING A

CHOICE.

BUT IN MY HEAD, I DIDN'T THINK

THAT WAS THE CASE.

>> UP UNTIL THAT DAY, ANY REASON

TO THINK YOU HAD ANY REASON TO

THINK IT WAS SOMETHING WRONG.

HOW CONFIDENT WERE YOU THAT YOU

WERE GOING TO BE IT?

>> 100% PURE AND I WENT AND

PICKED OUT A DRESS.

I WROTE MY VOWS.

I IMAGINED US HAVING A LIFE

TOGETHER, WALKING OUR DOGS.

HE SAID HE MISSED RESTAURANTS.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO TAKE HIM TO

MINNEAPOLIS AND CHIME ALL THE

GREAT RESTAURANTS.

I MEAN, IN MY HEAD, I HAD THIS

WHOLE LIFE PLAN FOR US.

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS, IT WAS, THE FALL WAS SO

MUCH HARDER FOR ME.

I WAS COMING FROM HERE.

I KIND OF GO THROUGH LIFE,

ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE THIS,

CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.

I DON'T GET AHEAD OF MYSELF.

IT'S NOT DONE UNTIL IT'S DONE IS

KIND OF MY MOTTO.

I DON'T COUNT ON THINGS UNTIL I

HAPPEN.

THE WHOLE TIME, LIKE, EVEN IN

THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS

A ROSE CEREMONY, THE GIRLS WERE

LIKE, WHY ARE YOU NERVOUS?

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S

GOING TO HAPPEN.

THIS IS GERRY'S JOURNEY IN HIS

CHOICE ULTIMATELY.

SO I ALWAYS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF,

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE

ANYTHING FOR GRANTED EXCEPT THAT

MORNING.

SPEAK I THINK ONE OF THE MOST

HEARTBREAKING THINGS WAS HEAR

YOU SAY YOU FELT LIKE YOU

WEREN'T CHOSEN.

SADLY, THAT'S A FEELING THAT

YOU'VE HAD BEFORE.

>> VERY FAMILIAR FEELING TO ME.

AND I FELT LIKE HE CHOSE ME WHEN

HE LEFT OUR OVERNIGHT.

AND THEN IT JUST, AGAIN, BROUGHT

UP A LOT OF EMOTIONS.

BECAUSE YES, I HAVEN'T BEEN.

AND I THOUGHT HE WAS, HE'S GOING

TO CHOOSE ME.

THAT MADE ME FEEL SO GOOD.

>> YEAH.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW GERRY IS

HERE TONIGHT.

HE'S BACKSTAGE RIGHT NOW.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE READY TO

TALK TO HIM?

>> I MEAN...

YES, I DO.

>> OKAY.

WELL, WHEN WE COME BACK, LESLIE

WILL SPEAK TO GERRY FOR THE VERY

FIRST TIME SINCE THAT

HEARTBREAKING NIGHT IN

COSTA RICA.

STAY WITH US.

[APPLAUSE]

[APPLAUSE]

>> WELCOME BACK.

OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO

LESLIE ABOUT HER DEVASTATING

BREAKUP WITH GERRY.

ARE YOU DOING OKAY?

ARE YOU SURE?

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE READY TO

SEE GERRY?

>> YEAH.

>> LET'S BRING HIM OUT.

LADIES AND CHIME IN, PLEASE

WELCOME GERRY.

[APPLAUSE]

>> LESLIE.

>> HI.

>> HOW ARE YOU?

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

[APPLAUSE]

>> YOU ALL RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> GERRY, IT'S GREAT SEEING YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

LISTEN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU

TO THE SPACE TO HAVE A

CONVERSATION SO LESLIE, I OPEN

THE FLOOR TO YOU.

HOLD YOU LIKE TO STATE IT GERRY?

>> OH, BOY.

WELL, WATCHING THAT BACK WAS

VERY EMOTIONAL.

OBVIOUSLY I'M SURE IT WAS FOR

YOU TOO.

AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO

PROCESS ALL OF THIS NOW.

I AM MUCH BETTER THAN I WAS,

OBVIOUSLY.

BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU

THAT, YOU KNOW, GERRY, I FELL IN

LOVE WITH YOU FOR SO MANY

REASONS.

I REALLY DID.

I MEAN, THE WAY YOU LOOKED AT ME

AND YOUR EYES SPARKLED, THE WAY

HER NOSE PRICKLED WHEN YOU

TALKED TO ME, THE WAY WE MADE

EACH OTHER LAUGH ALL THE TIME.

YOU GOT MY STUPID HUMOR.

I WAS MYSELF WITH YOU COMP

COMPLETELY.

AUTHENTICALLY MYSELF WITH YOU.

AND JUST THE THINGS YOU DID FOR

ME.

YOU SLIPPED ME A VERY CARING

NOTE ON OUR GROUP DATE AT THE

PEER.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT

MEANT TO ME.

THE WAY, ON OUR ONE DATE, HOW WE

STOOD NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND OUR

HANDS FOUND EACH OTHER.

I MEAN.

>> IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL.

>> IT WAS.

AND WE JUST --

ALL I WANTED TO DO IS MAKE YOU

HAPPY.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT "TILL

DEATH DO US PART" SO BAD.

YOU HELPED ME THROUGH THAT WHOLE

THING.

AND, UM, I THINK THE MOST

IMPORTANT THING I FELL IN LOVE

WITH WAS YOUR INTEGRITY.

BECAUSE I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN

WITH A MAN THAT SAID INTEGRITY

LIKE YOU.

AND BECAUSE OF YOUR INTEGRITY,

YOUR WORDS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.

I DIDN'T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED.

I TOOK THEM AND I PUT THEM IN MY

HEART, OKAY?

AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU

SAID ON CAMERA.

BUT ONLY YOU AND I KNOW IT WAS

SAID IN 70 OVERNIGHT.

AND I WOULD NEVER SHARE THAT

WITH ANYONE.

IT'S OUR PRIVATE TIME.

BUT THOSE WORDS GAVE ME 100%

CERTAINTY THAT I WAS YOUR GIRL

AND WE WERE GOING TO GET

ENGAGED.

SO MUCH SO THAT I LEFT THAT

MORNING AFTER YOU TURNED AROUND

AND BLEW KISSES TO ME, KNOWING

THAT YOU HAD A DATE WITH

THERESA, I WASN'T JEALOUS.

I WASN'T SCARED.

I WASN'T ENVIOUS.

I WAS ECSTATIC BECAUSE I KNEW

YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THE

PROCESS.

BUT I WENT PICKED OUT THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL BLUE DRESS, THE COLOR

OF OUR EYES.

I RODE OUR VOWS.

I RODE OUR VOWS. %

LIFE EXCEPT FOR THE DAY THAT I

THOUGHT WAS COMING.

AND YOUR WORDS JUST MEANT SO

MUCH TO ME, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS

BLINDSIDED.

BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE HOW IT

CHANGED OR WHAT HAPPENED OR I

DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I MET YOUR BEAUTIFUL

FAMILY.

AND I FELT LIKE I FIT IN.

AND JUST LIKE I THOUGHT YOU FIT

IN WITH MY FAMILY.

AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHERE

IT WENT WRONG.

I FEEL LIKE YOU PAINTED A

PICTURE FOR ME OF WHAT OUR LIFE

COULD LOOK LIKE AND YOU HANDED

THAT PICTURE TO ME.

AND I JUST TOOK THAT PICTURE AND

THAT'S HOW I WAS BUILDING ON

THESE THINGS IN MY HEAD.

AND I JUST...

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I MEAN, IT'S ULTIMATELY YOUR

CHOICE AND I SAID THAT ALL

ALONG.

I SAID THAT TO THE GIRLS, IT'S

GERRY'S CHOICE, THIS IS HIS

JOURNEY.

THIS IS HIS JOURNEY.

BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE CHOICE NOT

TO TELL ME THOSE THINGS.

SAYING I LOVE YOU WAS ENOUGH FOR

ME.

BUT THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE

TALKED ABOUT AND PLANS THAT WE

MADE.

AND I, YOU KNOW...

I MEAN, I, I WAS DEVASTATED.

>> I'M SO SORRY, LESLIE.

I'M SO SORRY.

AND WHEN I CAME ONTO THE SHOW,

MY HEAD WAS READY TO GO THROUGH

THE PROCESS, SEND PEOPLE HOME.

BUT WHAT I REALIZED IS MY HURT

WASN'T READY.

AND WITH EACH PASSING

ROSE CEREMONY AND ESPECIALLY

WITH YOU, IT BECAME MORE AND

MORE DIFFICULT.

I HONESTLY DO NOT WANT TO HURT

ANYONE.

BUT ONE I DID WANT TO DO WAS

GIVE EVERYONE THAT I WAS WITH

MY COMPLETE COMMITMENT, MY

UNDIVIDED ATTENTION, BLOCK OUT

EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND BECAUSE I DID THAT, I GOT

CAUGHT UP IN MOMENTS, SET I LOVE

YOU.

AND IN THOSE MOMENTS, I MEANT

IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE WERE LIGHT

WORDS.

YOU WERE THE PERSON I BELIEVED

WAS MY PERSON UNTIL I SUDDENLY

KNEW YOU WEREN'T.

AND YOU ASKED, OR YOU MENTIONED,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT

WRONG.

IT DIDN'T REALLY GO WRONG,

LESLIE.

IT JUST WAS BETTER WITH SOMEONE

ELSE.

IT WAS THE RIGHT PERSON IN

ANOTHER DIRECTION.

AND BELIEVE ME, I AM SO TERRIBLY

SORRY.

I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF FOR

THE PAIN THAT I HAVE CAUSED

ALONG THE WAY.

WITH EACH PASSING PERSON THAT I

HAD TO SEND HOME THAT I'D BUILD

A RELATIONSHIP WITH, FRIENDSHIP,

AND DEEP DEVOTION.

I WISH THERE WAS A BETTER WAY OF

DOING IT.

BUT IN MY OWN IMPERFECT WAY, I

COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER WAY OF

DOING IT MORE GRACIOUSLY.

AND I AM SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY.

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I

ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY.

BUT I UNDERSTAND IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW IT'S A BIG PILL TO

SWALLOW.

THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF AFFECTION,

IT DOESN'T GO AWAY.

IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

I'LL ALWAYS CHERISH THE MEMORIES

THAT YOU AND I MADE.

OUR ONE-ON-ONE DATES AND ALL

THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS.

THEY'LL ALWAYS BE THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE

POINT IS I HAD TO FIND THAT ONE

PERSON THAT I COULDN'T LIVE

WITHOUT.

AND I DID THAT.

AND IT WAS MY JOURNEY AND I HAD

TO SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END.

SO ALONG THE WAY, WHEN I CAUSED

YOU PAIN.

OR EVEN GOING BACK, THE PREVIOUS

PEOPLE THAT I HAD TO SEND HOME.

FAITH AND ELLEN AND ON BACK.

I HATED EVERYONE OF THOSE EVENTS

WITH YOU PROBABLY MOST OF ALL

WHEN I WISH I COULD'VE DONE

BETTER.

I'M HUMAN, AND I LOOKED FOR A

BETTER WAY TO DO IT AND I AM

SORRY.

LASTLY, KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW

NOW, DO YOU WISH GERRY WOULD'VE

NOT TOLD YOU THAT HE LOVED

YOU?

>> NO.

I'M SO GLAD HE TOLD ME HE LOVED

ME.

BECAUSE IT'S OPEN MY HEART TO

THE PERSON THAT'S OUT THERE FOR

ME.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT I

WAS CAPABLE OF LOVING AGAIN THAT

WAY.

I'VE JUST BEEN SINGLE FOR SO

LONG.

AND YOU SHOWED ME THAT A, I NEED

A MAN WITH, YOU KNOW, INTEGRITY

AND SOMEONE WAS KIND AND ALL THE

THINGS THAT I WANT AND I DESERVE

THAT AND I'M GOING TO FIND THAT.

>> YOU ABSOLUTELY DESERVE THAT

AND A KNOW YOU FIND IT.

>> I'M NOT.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ANGRY.

I'M JUST HURT.

BUT I REALLY WISH YOU THE BEST.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU AND

THERESA TO BE HAPPY AND I AM,

YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU.

I ONLY WANTED HAPPINESS FOR YOU,

GERRY.

>> AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL THE SAME

WAY.

I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO

YOU HOPING AND PRAYING THAT YOU

FIND HAPPINESS IN YOUR OWN WAY,

WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR

YOU.

I HOPE YOU FIND THAT.

AND I DO THINK THAT THROUGH THE

COURSE OF THE SHOW, YOUR

CONSTANTS AND YOUR HOPE IN THE

THAT YOU BROUGHT IS SO

INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE TO SO MANY

MEN THAT YOU SHOULD ENJOY YOUR

NEAR FUTURE.

>> GERRY, I REALLY APPRECIATE

YOU BOTH BEING HERE, HAVING THIS

CONVERSATION AND BEING SO OPEN

AND HONEST WITH ONE ANOTHER AND

HOPEFULLY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT

OF CLOSURE.

LESLIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE CERTAINLY WISH YOU THE BEST.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR LESLIE,

EVERYBODY.

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN QUITE

A NIGHT.

BUT DON'T PUT YOUR TISSUES AWAY

YET, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE

THE EMOTIONAL CONCLUSION TO

GERRY'S JOURNEY.

AND IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW

TONIGHT WILL END, TRUST ME,

YOU DON'T.

IT'S TRULY AN ENDING YOU WON'T

SEE COMING.

SO STICK AROUND.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE FINALE OF

"THE GOLDEN BACHELOR"!

OF COURSE WE'RE HERE LIVE IN LOS

ANGELES, AND IT'S THE MOMENT

WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.

AFTER A JOURNEY THAT HAS BEEN

MORE EMOTIONAL, MORE DRAMATIC,

AND HEART-WARMING THAN ANY OF US

COULD HAVE IMAGINED,

GERRY IS DOWN TO

ONE INCREDIBLE WOMAN: THERESA.

BUT WILL THEIR HAPPILY EVER

AFTER BEGIN TONIGHT?

IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT.

♪

>> THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS

JOURNEY, I SAID TO MYSELF,

HOW LUCKY WOULD I BE TO FIND A

SECOND TRUE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME?

AND TODAY I'M GOING TO GET DOWN

ON ONE KNEE, LOOK AT THERESA,

AND ASK HER TO MARRY ME.

WHEN I LOOK TOWARDS THE VOLCANO,

I WAS ASKING TONI IF THIS WAS

THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I'M SAYING A PRAYER.

AND MY PRAYERS GO TO HER,

THAT SHE'S GUIDING ME.

I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH HOW

SHE WOULD FEEL ABOUT IT.

>> FROM THE FIRST DAY I MET

GERRY, I DID SAY THAT THIS IS

A MAN I COULD MARRY.

AND NOW I'M MOMENTS AWAY FROM

FINDING OUT.

THE FIRST FEW YEARS AFTER BILLY

PASSED AWAY, I THOUGHT

"THAT'S IT.

I'LL NEVER LOVE A MAN AGAIN."

BUT NOW I'VE FOUND LOVE

WITH GERRY.

WHEN I GOT MARRIED TO BILLY,

WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD,

HE DIDN'T GET DOWN ON ONE KNEE

WITH AN ENGAGEMENT RING.

SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'VE

NEVER HAD HAPPEN IN MY LIFE

BEFORE.

IT WOULD BE OVERWHELMING.

>> HEY, JESSE.

>> SO GREAT SEEING YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

>> SO NERVOUS.

I'VE BEEN UP SINCE 4:00

IN THE MORNING.

>> WOW.

>> YEAH, JUST THINKING AND

THINKING AND THINKING.

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO IDEA

HOW HIS TIME WENT WITH LESLIE.

I'M FEELING, YEAH,

VERY CONCERNED.

IT'S SO HARD TO BE STANDING HERE

AND NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO

HAPPEN.

>> THE TIME'S COME.

GERRY IS WAITING FOR YOU.

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

OKAY.

>> I'LL WALK YOU DOWN, OKAY?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> OF COURSE.

>> [EXHALES]

WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT

A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS,

THIS IS IT.

YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT IT INTO

WORDS.

WITH ALL THOSE EMOTIONS SWIRLING

AROUND, I'M WAITING FOR THE

MOMENT OF CALM WHEN I GET TO SEE

THERESA'S FACE.

'CAUSE I KNOW I'LL BE --

I'LL FEEL CALM.

SHE IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN.

SHE'S CHARMING

AND SO AFFECTIONATE.

SHE'S SMART AND PERCEPTIVE

AND INTUITIVE.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING

FOR.

TO HAVE AN EQUAL PARTNER,

SOMEONE TO SHARE THE JOY AND

SOMEONE TO SHARE THE SORROW.

I LOVE HER.

AND I ALSO KNOW SHE LOVES ME.

I SEE IT IN HER EVERY LOOK.

SO THAT'S WHAT WILL MAKE ME CALM

IS THAT I HAVE A PARTNER.

>> YOU LOOK SO HANDSOME.

>> AND YOU DID THAT

SO GRACEFULLY.

>> OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OH, WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY.

>> I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

>> OH, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

>> [EXHALES]

>> GERRY, I KNOW HOW SOMETIMES

IT FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD

THINKS THAT LOVE IS ONLY FOR THE

YOUNG, AND QUITE HONESTLY AT THE

AGE OF 70, I WAS BEGINNING TO

FEEL THAT MYSELF.

AFTER BILLY DIED, I WAS AT THE

POINT WHERE I THOUGHT "I'M GOING

TO LIVE THE REST OF MY LIFE

ALONE" UNTIL I MET YOU.

AND I SAW YOU SMILE

AND I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOD.

WHAT AM I FEELING HERE?"

AS TIME WENT ON, I FELT IT MORE

AND MORE AND MORE TO THE POINT

WHERE I'M SO MADLY IN LOVE

WITH YOU, GERRY.

AND I FEEL THAT FOR US

THAT LIFE ISN'T OVER,

THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

I THINK YOU ARE THE MOST

WONDERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD.

NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU, I DON'T

EVER WANT TO LET YOU GO.

I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY

LIFE WITH YOU.

>> OH, THERESA.

>> YEAH.

>> THIS MORNING, I HAD ABOUT

A MILLION DIFFERENT EMOTIONS

GOING THROUGH MY HEAD.

I'M THINKING "HOW DID A GUY FROM

NOWHERE INDIANA WIND UP IN

COSTA RICA IN THIS BEAUTIFUL

SETTING AT THE AGE OF 72,

LOOKING FOR LOVE?"

AND THEN I STARTED THINKING

ABOUT THAT FIRST NIGHT AND HOW

WITH YOUR ENTRANCE FROM THE

LIMO, I HAD SEEN ALL OF YOU.

[LAUGHTER]

FORTUNATELY THAT WASN'T THE CASE

BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE

TO DISCOVER.

THEN MY THOUGHTS WENT BACK TO

WHEN WE HAD THAT DATE AT THE

DINER, AND THE CONVERSATION WAS

JUST ABOUT NONSTOP BETWEEN THE

TWO OF US.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF

THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE HOW

MUCH IN COMMON WE HAD WITH OUR

PASTS, AND WHEN I WOKE UP THIS

MORNING, IT WAS DIFFICULT.

I HAD REALLY MIXED FEELINGS,

AND I GOT TO THE POINT WITH THE

QUESTIONS I HAD ASKED MYSELF

ABOUT, HOW DID I GET HERE?

AND IS SHE THE RIGHT GIRL?

AND I CAME TO THE REALIZATION

THAT YOU'RE NOT THE RIGHT PERSON

FOR ME TO LIVE WITH.

>> OH.

OKAY.

>> YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT I

CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT.

>> OH, MY GOD!

[LAUGHING]

OH, MY GOD!

OH, MY GOD!

OH, GOD!

THAT WAS SO GOOD!

[LAUGHTER]

OH, MY GOD!

>> THERESA, I LOVE YOU 1000%.

I'M NEVER GOING TO STOP

BELIEVING THAT EVERY DAY

I CHOOSE YOU.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> WILL YOU MARRY ME?

>> YES!

YES!

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD, IT'S SPECTACULAR.

OH, MY GOD!

GOD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

>> I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO EVER BE WITHOUT

YOU.

>> YOU MAKE ME THE HAPPIEST

WOMAN IN THE WORLD.

>> SO, THERESA?

THERE IS ONE LAST IMPORTANT

PIECE.

THIS ROSE IS DIFFERENT.

>> YEAH, A LITTLE.

>> IT'S NEVER GOING TO WILT.

IT'LL LAST FOREVER.

AND IT'S A SYMBOL OF THE LOVE

THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OTHER.

SO THERESA, WILL YOU ACCEPT

THIS ROSE?

>> OH, MY GOD, YES, YES, YES!

>> IT DOESN'T SEEM REAL.

IT'S LIKE EVERY DREAM I HAD

COME TRUE.

I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT THIS

IS HAPPENING.

AND WE KNOW THAT TONI AND BILLY

WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE SO HAPPY FOR

US RIGHT NOW.

[CHEERING AND LAUGHTER]

>> OH, MY GOD!

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY WORDS.

I FEEL FULFILLED.

AND JUST BECAUSE WE'RE

OF A CERTAIN AGE DOESN'T MEAN

THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING

WE WANT TO DO.

IT'S LIKE FULFILLMENT

OF THE DREAM.

IT'S LIKE IT'S ONE THING

TO THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY

GET IT DONE.

>> both: WE'RE ENGAGED!

[CHEERING]

>> WELL, THEY DID IT!

WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL

PROPOSAL!

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO GERRY

AND THERESA AND THEIR FAMILIES!

THE HAPPY COUPLE IS GONNA BE

JOINING ME RIGHT HERE ON STAGE

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PUBLIC.

OH, AND THEY'VE GOT A VERY

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL

NOT ONLY CHANGE THEIR LIVES BUT

WILL CHANGE ALL OF BACHELOR

NATION FOREVER.

SO DON'T GO AWAY!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WELCOME BACK,

BACHELOR NATION.

WHAT A JOURNEY THIS HAS BEEN.

ALL OF AMERICA HAS BEEN ROOTING

FOR GERRY TO FIND HIS NEXT TRUE

LOVE, AND AFTER ALL THE TWISTS,

ALL THE TURNS, AND ALL THE

TEARS, HE HAS FINALLY

FOUND HER IN THERESA.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME

WE WELCOME OUR HAPPY COUPLE

TO THE STAGE!

WHAT DO YOU SAY, EVERYBODY?

ALL RIGHT, HERE THEY ARE,

BACHELOR NATION'S

NEWEST ENGAGED COUPLE,

GERRY AND THERESA!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> GREAT SEEING YOU TOO.

I'VE MISSED YOU BOTH.

YOU BOTH LOOK FANTASTIC.

DO YOU LOOK SO HAPPY.

BEFORE EVEN GET STARTED,

THERESA, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A

LOOK AT THIS RING.

LOOK AT THAT.

ISN'T THAT ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL?

>> THANK YOU.

IT'S GORGEOUS.

>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR

YOUR OUT IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST

TIME TOGETHER.

HOW GREAT DOES THAT FEEL?

>> FANTASTIC.

YOU SPEND THIS MUCH TIME KEEPING

A SECRET, TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN

IS AN AMAZING FEELING.

>> OH, MY GOD.

KEEPING THE SECRET, LET ME TELL

YOU.

MY GRANDSONS.

THIS ENTIRE TIME.

I KNOW I DIDN'T TELL MY SISTER.

>> THERESA, TAKE ME BACK TO

COSTA RICA.

THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL PROPOSALS I'D EVER

SEEN.

WHAT WAS GOING TO YOUR MIND?

>> OH, MY GOD.

WELL, WALKING TOWARDS GERRY, I'M

THINKING, I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE'S

GOING TO ASK ME TO MARRY HIM.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO

ASK LESLIE TO MARRY HIM.

OR IF HE WAS GOING TO ASK NO ONE

TO MARRY HIM.

SO HE STARTS TALKING AND I GO

OH, MY GOD, LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE

HE'S BREAKING UP WITH ME.

I'M THINKING SOMEBODY COME AND

GET RIGHT NOW.

I'VE PRETTY MUCH DIED IN THAT

MOMENT.

AS A MATTER FACT, I THINK I DIED

TWICE NOW.

ON THE PODIUM.

LUCKILY HE COMES BACK AND STARTS

SAYING YOU'RE THE WOMAN I CAN'T

LIVE WITHOUT.

OH, OH, MY GOD.

THANK GOD.

WOW.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS

HAPPENING.

>> I WILL NEVER USE AS LONG A

PAUSE IS THAT AGAIN THE REST OF

MY LIFE.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DOUBTED

THAT THE TWO OF YOU HAVE THIS

INCREDIBLE CONNECTION.

GOING BACK TO THE VERY, VERY

FIRST NIGHT.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE

ONLINE SAYING SOMETHING HAPPENED

DURING THE OVERNIGHT DATE THAT

JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING.

SO WHAT WAS IT?

>> YEAH, WHAT WAS IT, GERRY?

[LAUGHTER]

>> WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, JESSE,

HOW OFTEN DO YOU ASK YOUR

PARENTS WHAT HAPPENS ON

OVERNIGHT DATES?

>> I KNEW I SHOULD NOT HAVE

ASKED.

[LAUGHTER]

>> SINCE EVERYONE ASKS.

THERE WERE MOMENTS IN

CONVERSATION THAT WERE SUBTLE

REALIZATIONS.

I REALIZED ALL OF A SUDDEN, HERE

WAS A WOMAN WHO KNEW HOW TO

MAINTAIN AND NURTURE A

RELATIONSHIP.

BECAUSE OF HER AND BILLY, THEY

HAD A SUCCESSFUL 43 YEARS OF

MARRIAGE.

I SAW SO MANY OTHER THINGS BE

REVEALED IN CONVERSATION.

IT'S LIKE, ONE MORE WITH EVERY

PASSING MOMENT, SHE SHOWED HER

ENTHUSIASM, HER ADVENTUROUS

SIDE.

ALL OF THAT.

EACH ONE WAS A PLUS.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK ANY

QUESTIONS.

EVERY RED FLAG OR POTENTIAL

RED FLAG I HAD SHE ADDRESSED

BEFORE I EVEN HAD TO ASK.

>> HE'S NOT GOING TO TELL YOU

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE

FANTASY SUITE, I'LL TELL YOU.

I KNOCKED HIS BOOTS OFF.

[LAUGHTER]

NO.

WITH KISSES.

KISSES.

>> MAN.

I'VE GOT TO SAY, I REALLY FEEL

LIKE YOU'VE BOTH SPOKE SO

ELOQUENTLY WHEN YOU SAID THAT

YOU JUST CAN'T PUT AN AGE LIMIT

ON LOVE.

THE PEOPLE AT HOME WATCHING YOUR

LOVE STORY, WHAT DO YOU HOPE

THEY LEARN?

>> OH GOSH.

I HOPE THEY LEARN THAT THERE IS

NO AGE LIMIT.

THAT IF YOU'RE 40 OR 50 OR 60 OR

90, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ONE DAY

LEFT TO LIVE, IF YOU HAVE LOVE

TO GIVE, DO IT.

IF YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART

AND YOU LOVE SOMEONE, TELL THEM

YOU LOVE THEM.

DON'T WASTE A DAY.

DON'T WASTE ANY MOMENTS.

>> THAT IS SO WELL SAID.

YOU'VE GIVEN SO MANY PEOPLE HOPE

AT HOME WATCHING ALONG.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO GET TO

WITH TWO OF YOU AND WE'VE GOT A

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL THE

BACHELOR NATION.

PLUS, WE'VE GOT AN EXCLUSIVE

SNEAK PEEK AT JOEY'S JOURNEY AS

THE BACHELOR SO DON'T GO AWAY.

>> NOMINATE YOUR GRANDMA, YOUR

GRANDPA, OR ANY SINGLE SENIOR

CITIZEN YOUNG AT HEART AND

LOOKING FOR LOVE AT

ABC.com/Casting.

WELCOME BACK TO THE LIVE

"GOLDEN BACHELOR" FINALE.

I'M HERE WITH GERRY AND THERESA,

OUR FIRST GOLDEN COUPLE,

AND I JUST COULDN'T BE MORE

EXCITED FOR YOU.

IT'S FUNNY, WHEN I THINK BACK, I

DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY COULD HAVE

ANTICIPATED JUST HOW BIG THIS

WAS GOING TO BE.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

INSPIRED BY YOUR STORY AND NOW

THEY ARE INSPIRED BY YOUR LOVE

STORY TOGETHER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT HAS

RESONATED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AT

HOME?

>> I THINK AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU

SEE THE GENUINE PERSON BEFORE

YOU.

YOU REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE FOR

YOU.

I WAS SITTING AT THE

THANKSGIVING DINNER TABLE WITH

MY FAMILY AND IT'S LIKE, I THINK

BACK EIGHT MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS

AGO, WHERE WAS I?

MY LIFE HAS CHANGED SO

COMPLETELY THAT PERIOD OF TIME

THAT IT DEFIES DESCRIPTION.

>> I THINK IT'S GIVEN HOPE TO SO

MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY MEN AND

WOMEN.

WHEN I GO INTO A STORE, I MAKE

FRIENDS EVERYWHERE.

PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THEIR LIFE

STORY.

WE INSPIRED PEOPLE.

IT WAS LIKE A CULTURAL MOVEMENT.

IT WASN'T JUST A SHOW.

IT WAS REAL LIFE.

>> MIGHT HIT HOME WITH SOME OF

THE PEOPLE WATCHING.

EVERYBODY IN BACHELOR NATION IS

ROOTING FOR THE TWO OF YOU.

IT'S BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE

JOURNEY.

AS ONE JOURNEY COMES TO AN END,

THERE'S ANOTHER THAT IS ABOUT TO

BEGIN.

AND THAT, OF COURSE IS FOR OUR

NEXT BACHELOR, JOEY!

HE'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE

TONIGHT!

HOW INSPIRING IS IT FOR YOU TO

LOOK UP HERE AND SEE THIS HAPPY

COUPLE AS YOU ARE SET TO GO ON

YOUR OWN JOURNEY?

>> FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS TO

THE TWO OF YOU.

IT'S VERY INSPIRING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T GET

INSPIRED TO SEE YOUR LOVE AND

WARMTH FOR ONE ANOTHER.

IT WANTS ME TO BRING THE SAME

LOVE AND WARMTH TO MY

RELATIONSHIP GOING FORWARD.

THANKS FOR INSPIRING ME AND

EVERYONE HERE.

>> WELL SAID.

I KNOW EVERYONE AT HOME IS GOING

TO BE ROOTING FOR YOU LIKE THEY

HAVE BEEN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE

COUPLE HERE.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, JOEY'S

JOURNEY IS FULL OF ROMANCE,

IT'S FULL OF DRAMA, AND ALSO A

LOT OF SURPRISES.

SO WHO'S READY FOR A SNEAK PEEK?

JOEY, YOU READY?

THUMBS UP.

HERE WE GO!

>> NOW TO THE NEW BACHELOR.

JOEY GRAZIADEI.

>> THE 28-YEAR-OLD TENNIS PLAYER

IS GETTING HIS SHOT AT LOVE.

>> READY FOR HAPPINESS.

>> BACHELOR NATION HAS ITS

NEWEST LEADING MAN.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MUCH HYPE

AND EXCITEMENT.

>> YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE THRUST

INTO THE PUBLIC EYE.

>> GET READY FOR WHAT CAN ONLY

BE DESCRIBED AS JOEY MANIA.

[CHEERING]

>> WE LOVE JOEY!

>> THANK YOU.

SERIOUSLY.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

I'M JUST A NORMAL GUY THAT WAS

LOOKING TO FIND MY PERSON.

AND IT'S CRAZY.

IS THAT FOR ME?

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

OH, MY GOD.

THIS IS AWESOME.

>> OHHH.

>> JOEY IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A

WORLDWIDE QUEST TO FIND LOVE.

AND THE WOMEN ARE READY TO FIGHT

FOR HIS HEART.

>> WE'RE READY FOR BATTLE!

>> JOEY IS HUBBY MATERIAL.

>> YOU'RE AN AMAZING MAN.

>> WE ALL HAVE THE SAME

INTENTIONS TO END UP WITH JOEY.

>> THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO

CHALLENGE YOU TO BE A BETTER

MAN, THAT'S THE WOMAN THAT'S

GONNA GO THE DISTANCE.

>> HE'S THE EPITOME OF WHAT I

WANT IN A MAN.

>> YOU'RE DEFINITELY

ONE-OF-A-KIND.

>> I AM READY TO FIND MY WIFE.

BUT I'M SCARED THAT SOMEONE THAT

I REALLY START TO EXPRESS HOW I

FEEL TO DOESN'T FEEL THE SAME

WAY.

>> I HAVE TO GO BACK HOME.

WE'RE JUST NOT AT THE SAME PHASE

OF LIFE.

>> I JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE

MORE TIME.

I WANT TO LET GO.

LIKE, I WANT TO FULLY BE IN IT

AND I'M TRYING.

IT'S JUST I'M FINDING MYSELF

HOLDING BACK.

THE LAST TIME, IT GOT TAKEN

AWAY.

I DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THAT

AGAIN.

[APPLAUSE]

>> ALL RIGHT, WHAT WHAT DID I

TELL YOU?

SO DOES JOEY FIND THE KIND OF

LOVE THAT GERRY HAS FOUND

WITH THERESA?

WELL, TUNE IN JANUARY 22ND

TO FIND OUT.

GERRY AND THERESA,

LISTEN, AGAIN, EVERYBODY HAS

BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU,

WONDERING WHAT YOUR LIVES HAVE

BEEN LIKE SINCE COSTA RICA.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TWO OF

YOU?

>> I WENT BACK TO OUR NORMAL

LIVES.

BUT EVERY SLOW DAY WE TALK ON

THE PHONE IT MIGHT.

THE CONVERSATIONS WOULD GO ON

FOR AN HOUR, TWO HOURS, THREE

HOURS.

AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION I

SAY GOODBYE, HE SAYS GOODBYE.

I SAY GOODBYE.

HE SAYS GOODBYE.

HANG OUT.

NO, YOU HANG UP FIRST.

WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO DEEPER AND

DEEPER CONVERSATIONS.

WE LAUGHED SO MUCH.

>> AND IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN.

IT'S A SPECIAL NIGHT.

WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS WITH

ESTIMATE.

GERRY, INCLUDING YOUR FAMILY,

YOUR DAUGHTERS, ANGIE AND JENNY.

WELCOME TO MY GUESTS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU, HOW DOES IT

FEEL TO SEE YOUR DAD SO HAPPY

AND TO KNOW YOU HAVE THIS

AMAZING WOMAN AS PART OF YOUR

FAMILY?

>> ALL WE WANTED WAS FOR HIM TO

GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HAVE

FUN, BE HIS GENUINE SELF AND

COME OUT ON THE OTHER END JUST

HAPPY AND REALLY EXCITED.

CLEARLY, THAT'S HAPPENED.

WE ARE OVER THE MOON FOR THAT.

NOT ONLY THAT, WE GET THERESA, A

BONUS.

>> A FABULOUS WOMAN.

WE GET TO KNOW HER MORE AND MORE

EVERY DAY.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY

MORE SPECIAL MOMENTS IN THE

FUTURE.

WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO GET TO

WITH THE TWO OF YOU SO STICK

AROUND.

AND IF YOU THINK I FORGOT

ABOUT THAT SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT

FROM THE HAPPY COUPLE HERE,

I HAVE NOT.

THAT'S COMING RIGHT UP

WHEN WE RETURN.

YOU'RE SO CUTE!

>> WELCOME BACK, BACHELOR

NATION.

OF COURSE I'M HERE WITH OUR

NEWEST AND OLDEST COUPLE,

GERRY AND THERESA.

I'M JUST SO HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS.

I'VE MENTIONED THAT.

SO MANY AMAZING MEMORIES BETWEEN

THE TWO OF YOU.

THERE SOMETHING I NEVER FORGOT.

DO YOU REMEMBER ON YOUR FIRST

DATE?

WE BOTH LEARNED THAT YOU WANTED

TO SPEAK ITALIAN AND YOU WERE

HOPING ONE DAY YOU COULD GO

VISIT ITALY.

WELL, BUON VIAGGIO!

THAT'S RIGHT!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE ARE SENDING YOU ON A ROMANTIC

VACATION TO ITALY!

>> THAT REALLY IS VERY

CONVENIENT.

>> HOW COME?

>> WE CAN USE THAT AS OUR

HONEYMOON TRIP.

BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GET

MARRIED.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AS QUICKLY

AS WE CAN BECAUSE AT OUR AGE, WE

DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO

WASTE.

>> YEAH COME AS QUICKLY AS WE

CAN PUT TOGETHER A WEDDING PLAN,

WE ARE GETTING MARRIED.

>> YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED RIGHT

AWAY!

I TOLD YOU WE HAD A BIG

ANNOUNCEMENT.

THAT'S RIGHT, BACHELOR NATION,

SAVE THE DATE.

BECAUSE GERRY AND THERESA

ARE GETTING MARRIED

AND GUESS WHAT.

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE WEDDING!

IT WILL BE LIVE ON ABC

JANUARY 4TH.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

IT'S SO EXCITING!

LET'S GET YOUR FAMILIES

OUT HERE!

COME ON!

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOUR

FAMILIES ARE ON.

CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S AMAZING.

WE REALLY COULD NOT HAVE ASKED

FOR A BIGGER OR BETTER ENDING TO

THE HISTORIC FIRST SEASON OF THE

"GOLDEN BACHELOR."

IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

WHAT A NIGHT THIS HAS BEEN.

LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN FOR OUR

FIRST EVER GOLDEN COUPLE,

GERRY AND THERESA!

THEY ARE GETTING MARRIED!

A BIG THANK-YOU TO OUR STUDIO

AUDIENCE AS WELL; TO OUR NEXT

BACHELOR, JOEY; TO GERRY AND

THERESA AND THEIR FAMILIES;

AND TO EVERYONE ELSE

WHO WAS A PART OF THIS SPECIAL

EVENING.

AND OF COURSE THE BIGGEST THANKS

TO YOU, BACHELOR NATION.

WE HOPE WE MADE YOUR YEAR

A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER!

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.

WE'LL SEE YOU ON JANUARY 4TH

FOR THE FIRST-EVER

"GOLDEN BACHELOR" WEDDING!

AND OF COURSE ALL THE GOLDEN

WOMEN ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

AND THEN JANUARY 22ND

THE PREMIERE OF JOEY'S

SEASON OF "THE BACHELOR"!

STAY TUNED FOR "BACHELOR IN

PARADISE," IS COMING UP RIGHT

NOW.

I'M JESSE PALMER.

GOOD NIGHT!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]