
We made it, guys. The Ashley is so proud of all of you who have stuck this entire horrible season out until the end. We’ve watched a lot of horrible stuff (See The Ashley’s Top 12 list of WTF Moments here!) but this week Kaitlyn will finally decide who she wants to contractually bone for the next two to four months! She’s down to two menâNick and Shawnâand, guysâŠshe CAN SEE BOTH OF THEM AS HER HUSBAND!!!
Sheâs in love with both guys, of course, and both guys are in love with her and, well, itâs just so hard.
Tonight, both remaining dudes will meet Kaitlynâs family before they head to the exotic, far-off land ofâŠum, the Bachelor Mansion, where one/both/none of the guys will propose. (Is ABC going bankrupt? What gives with them only going to one foreign country this season? What is this, 2004? Geez.)

Spoiler alert: Youâre going to need a full bottle of wine to get through this three-hour-long crapfest.
Chris Harrison kicks things off âlive from Los Angelesâ in a studio full of giddy thirty-something women, plus a few dudes who got dragged there by their girlfriends and are trying to hide so their poker buddies donât see them.
We pick up at Kaitlynâs mansion in Malibu. Her entire family has flown in for the occasion and is eager to learn all âa-bootâ their darling Katieâs love life.

We get to meet Kaitlynâs mom (whom I am fairly certain played Mary Ann on ‘Gilliganâs Island’), and her gossip-loving sister Hayley who canât stop making âOâ faces. Apparently, the sister is all about âThe Bacheloretteâ and knows about Nickâs storied past.
Kaitâs father, stepfather and stepmother have also come along for the ride. All of them look horrified that this is what their lives have become.
Kaitlyn explains to her mom that Nickâs penis accidentally fell into her vagina during their special âoff-cameraâ time. Kaitlynâs mom doesnât seem all that surprised by her daughterâs raunchiness because, wellâŠitâs probably business as usual. But…um, who the hell tells their parents about their hump sessions?! Creepy…
Anyway, Nick is first to meet the fam, and is shocked to hear that Kaitlyn has spilled the beans that theyâve been boning for weeks.

Kaitâs sister seems overly excited to meet Nick. (âOh meeee gawwwd, itâs Nick from Andiâs season!â You know she totally got an Instagram pic!)
Nick tells the family that he came on the show only for Kaitlyn but Kaitâs mom is skeptical. (Itâs likely due to Nick being all shifty-eyed during this scene.)
Kaitâs mom immediately springs on Nick and tells him he is possessive, arrogant and jealous. Nick denies being arrogant, but then immediately says heâs not surprised that he made the final two. Way to prove that, Nick!
Kaitâs mom starts crying through her overlined eyeliner and fake eyelashes when Nick starts tearing up. His face turns all red, and that makes Kaitâs mom soften.
Next, he has to sit down and talk with Kaitlynâs dad. He starts off by telling Dad that he loves âevery part of his daughter.â (EwâŠ.)

Nick asks Dad to give him his blessing to marry Kaitlyn. Despite having only met this hooligan four minutes ago, Dad gives Nick the OK to propose to Kaitlyn. To celebrate that they have Kaitâs familyâs blessing, Nick mauls her out by the SUV before leaving. Heâs basically âloving every part of herâ until the producers are like, âUm, we have to get ya out of here, dude. Shawnâs on his way.â
They pretend that itâs a whole new day when the fam gets to meet Shawn, but we all know that they just made everyone put on a different shirt. For some reason, Kaitlynâs mom is all suited up like a dancer from ‘Laugh In,’ and Kaitâs stepdad is dressed like a pimp. Did I miss a segment or something?
Shawn arrives and Kaitlyn warns him to watch out for her mom. Oh, puh-leaseâŠone look at Shawnâs chiseled face and Mom will be putty in his hot, rugged hand.

Shawn rattling on and on about how âspecialâ this day when Mom says sheâs anxious to talk to Shawn to ask if heâs into older women heâs going to be all jealous if he ends up with Kaitlyn.
UmâŠwell, if he doesnât have to watch other dude bone his girlfriend heâll probably be OK.
Next Mom brings up the fact that Kait humped Nick (EwâŠ..) and follows the conversation up with, âWell thatâs Kaitlyn.â
Oh, Mom. Iâm sure you were quite the bed hopper yourself back in your Go-Go dancing days!
Kaitâs sister says that sheâs suddenly Team Shawn because ofâŠwellâŠlook at him. The sister looks like sheâs ready to drop panties and throw herself at Shawn as soon as Kaitlyn leaves the room. (Iâll bet she wore her âfun underwearâ for the occasionâŠjust in case.)

Next, Shawn grabs Mom and Dad and asks for their blessing to marry Kaitlyn. Even though, again, they donât know this dude at all, and they just told Howdy Doody that he could have their daughter, they say yes.
The next day is Kaitlynâs final date with Nick. Theyâve sent them to Marina Del Ray for the afternoon to go sailing. If I were Kaitlyn Iâd be pissed. Other âBachelorettesâ get to go to Aruba or Greece for their final week, while Kaitlyn gets stuck a few miles from LAX Airport. Donât look in the water or youâll see a used condom (probably discarded by Kaitlyn) or a heroin needle.

They spent the day kissing on the water all while the producers are kicking themselves for paying for other âBachelorettesâ to go to all these pricey places, when they could have been saving major cash by sailing around LA all along.
Later that night is Nick and Kaitâs last date. Nick seems confident that he will be the one that Kaitlyn chooses. They talk about how Nick stormed New York City to try to lay claim to Kaitlynâs vagina, and they agree that it was the right thing to do.
He tells her, âI got you somethingâŠitâs in my bedroom.â
Kaitlyn looks surprised (and confused, like sheâs trying to figure out if she should take her pants off now or later.)
Surprisingly, the gift is not his love snake. Heâs created a photo frame with a photo of them, along with a note about how he feels about Kaitlyn. She pretends to love the gift, but you can tell sheâs kind of disappointed the gift wasnât Nickâs love snake.
The next day is Kaitlynâs final date with Shawn. Sheâs still thinking about her night with Nick when Shawn arrives at the winery where their date will be. Shawn gives another one of his long-winded toasts and Kaitlyn looks like sheâs doing her best not to rip the Hanes boxer briefs off his body.

They have an awkward talk about sunscreen and sleep, and Kaitlyn is acting all weird. Shawn seems to get the message that Kait is thinking about Nick and starts to get nervous that heâs going to get dumped.
We donât even get to see their winery date.We do get to see Kait arrive for their final time together at the hotel that night. That awkwardness continues, as Shawn tells Kaitlyn that he just wants to start âsharinâ moments in this crazy lifeâ with her.
Why does everything he says sound like it came from a Hallmark card? Or a country song?
Next he presents a jar full of crap he collected over the course of their ârelationship.â Kaitâs really excited about the crap jar, and that makes Shawn decide that it will be OK to propose to Kaitlyn tomorrow.

The next day is proposal day. Kait wakes up fully made up in lingerie (as you do), while Shawn is strutting around his hotel room shirtless (again, as you do). Meanwhile, Neil Lane comes over to Nickâs hotel room to show him some engagement rings. Last season, Andi came instead of Neil and dumped Nickâs, so Nickâs really relieved to see Neil Laneâs smiling grin.
Both men pick out rings for Kaitlyn. Shawn tells us that he plans to propose to one woman, only once, in his life. UmâŠthen probably donât go on this stupid show if thatâs your plan, bro.
Kaitlyn arrives at the Bachelor Mansion, looking disappointed that sheâs not in France or Aruba or some other exotic location. Both men are seemingly en route to find out if they are going home engaged or brokenhearted.
Of course, we have to go check in with Chris Harrison in the studio before we see how this sh*tshow is going to end.

Kaitlynâs all propped up in the backyard, waiting for the guy sheâs about to dump to arrive.
The limo arrives and out pops Nick. Usually, the first man out is the man about to get the boot. Heâs pretty confident that heâll be handing over that Neil Lane sparkler to Kaitlyn in a few minutes and is casually running his hand through his curls. When he reaches Kait, however, he starts to get really nervous. Heâs hunching over and making weird noises. (Is he constipated? Did he get his fiber today?)
He launches into his speech, all about how in love he is with this chick heâs been dating for like a month. Kaitlyn says nothing the whole time, as he rambles on about loving her forever. He pulls the ring out and is about to get down on one knee when she stops him.
âWaitâŠno?â he says, stunned.
Of course Kaitlyn let Nick get to the point of proposing. Even Andi spared him the embarrassment of getting to the proposal. If I were Nick, Iâd push her in the pool for letting me ramble like that. She just wanted to hear him talk about how great she was.

Nick is over it, even as Kait talks about their special âoff camera timeâ where they were âintimate.â Ew.
She insists that it was ârealâ to her, and Nick tells her to basically can it. Nick tells her it was wrong for her to take it this far and she starts blubbering. Nick points out that if Kaitlyn really loved him like she said, she would have chose him.
âYou donât love me,â he tells her.
WellâŠitâs looks like weâll be seeing Nick again on âBacheloretteâ 2016!
He leaves with his head hung low, Charlie Brown style, and gets in the pity limo. He tosses the ring in the box and then rips off the ring that Kait gave him in Ireland and throws it.

âThis was like a f**king joke,â he says.
UmâŠthatâs what weâve been saying all along. This show is horrible.
We go back to the studio where everyone is pretending to be stunned. The only thing Iâm surprised about is that they didnât wheel out olâ Trista and Ryan (or better yet, Sean and Catherine, who are really the âTrista and Ryanâ of the new millennium) to get their thoughts on the Nick dumping.
We go right into Shawnâs arrival. He walks down to where Kaitlynâs standing and starts another long-winded speech. He says he wouldnât change any of their âjourneyâ (not even the part where she humped Nick?) He starts naming off body parts of Kaitlynâs that he likes, and the magical Disney music starts playing.
I keep thinking the Little Mermaid and her sea pals are going to pop out of the pool and start singing, âKiss the Girlâ or something.
Gag.
Kaitlyn tells Shawn that makes her feel all warm and fuzzy (and not just in the genital region). She talks about all the mistakes that she made and then stops talking to be all dramatic and pretend like sheâs gonna dump him. Shawn starts to look like he’s going to vomit.
Seriously, what a bitch!

She declares her love for Shawn and promises to be forever faithful to him (Cough! Cough!)
Shawn gets down on bended knee, pops open that ring box (with âNeil Laneâ script in full view) and slips the ring on her finger. Itâs so big Iâm surprised she didnât fall in the pool from the weight.
She gleefully accepts the ring and they kiss before Kait presents the final rose. Spoiler alert: he accepts the rose.
They head out to the limo, proclaiming themselves to be the âtwo happiest kids in all the land.” Until their shocking split and the People magazine cover story about their breakup, of course.
Now, of course, itâs time to celebrate all of their love and crap. It’s time for the “After the Final Rose” special!
Shawn and Kait come out and make out for the crowd. Kaitlyn is dressed in a white dress (hahaha good one, Kait!) Of course, itâs slit all the way down the front.

First they bring out Nick, who has grown a beard since his dumping. (Iâm crossing my fingers that heâll bust out the âWhy did you make love to me?â line on Kaitlyn like he did with Andi!)
Nick starts rambling and Chris Harrison, desperate to keep the viewers tuned in for at least another 34 minutes, decides to wheel out Shawn so he and Nick can duke it out on live TV.
Can we get those sumo-wrestling costumes out here, please?
Shawn is acting awkwardly nice but itâs obvious he wants to punch Nick right in the junk. After they chat for a while, Shawn insists that heâs not the jealous prick the show made him out to be.
Later, they bring out Kaitlyn to face Nick. Itâs awful.
This whole âAfter the Final Roseâ special is awful. I miss the days where Jason Mesnick switched fiancĂ©s, or when Juan Pablo got all bitchy with Chris Harrison.
Iâm done with this crap.
Iâll see yâall again when Bachelor in Paradise premieres!
To read The Ashley’s recaps of this season of ‘The Bachelorette,’ click here!
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Either way Kaitlyn is still a little bitch whore.
This is the best thing that could have happened to Nick, not only did he dodge the Kait bullet, he also has an entire year to pretend to be heartbroken and plan his ‘connection’ with whomever is the next bachelorette, I am guessing the sluttier the better for good’ol Nick.
The Ashley needs to get a clue and realize Kaitlyn had ZERO choice about letting Nick get to the point of pulling out the ring. They crafted an entire season around the Kait/Nick/Shawn love triangle and no way were the producers allowing her to let him down easy. They wanted to see their storyline play out til the bitter end. Stop pretending Kaitlyn has any say in any of this.