We start with the typical Finale intro with clips of the lead being indecisive about their decision. And, since this is the Finale, we are watching it live with Chris Harrison and a studio audience. Chris Harrison promises us this will be a tearjerker.
On to the Maldives, where Becca is comparing the two relationships. She muses that "with Garrett, it's been a little slower" which is meaningless considering he got the first impression rose AND the first kiss. Anyway, before she gets one last date with the final two, they get to meet Becca's family. Becca's uncles, mom, and sister are there to grill the guys. Both guys make good impressions on the family and tell her she can't make a bad choice. Becca was hoping her family would help her pick. She tells them she thought it'd be Blake from the beginning, but Garrett snuck up on her. She says she "doesn't want to hurt anyone, ever," to which her mom says, "well, it's going to happen."
Garrett's last date was actually pretty cool: they took a boat out to the equator and saw tons of dolphins. On Blake's last date, they just biked around and made-out on a beach. Both men then get a one-on-one with Neil Lane to pick out a ring.
Garrett and Blake take pensive boat rides to the rose ceremony. Blake is up first, and Becca lets him give a lovey speech before stopping him right before he was clearly ready to propose. She tells him he wasn't wrong in feeling like they were on the same page and he leaves to sob in a towel. They cut to Blake sitting with Chris Harrison in the "live" portion of the finale. He says it was difficult to watch (duh). They chat about closure and stuff and Blake says he's glad Becca's happy. Which is good, because now he has to watch Garrett propose to the girl of his dreams.
Back in the Maldives, Garrett begins his speech, and Becca interrupts him to finally say she loves him back. He proposes, they get engaged, they drink lots of champagne, and Becca gives him the final rose.
Now it's officially After the Final Rose where Becca and Garrett can be a couple in public for the first time. They pay some lip service to Neil Lane, watch a cutesy video of their secret weekends post show together, and check in on the rose bush they planted in Manteca during Garrett's hometown. Then Garrett addresses some social media faux pas in the vaguest way, sort of apologizing but not really taking responsibility for his actions. Apparently (and I had to look this up afterward), Garrett liked some transphobic, xenophobic, right-wing garbage posts on instagram and the internet was not okay with it. Becca claims she got to know Garrett away from social media so she knows his soul or whatever, which kind of sounds like saving face, considering she is a fairly outspoken liberal on social media. Anyway, after pretending to be serious for a minute, Chris Harrison sends the happy couple outside where a minivan is waiting for them (license plate: FNLROSE), an homage to Garrett's "limo" entrance.
We end the finale with a preview for Bachelor in Paradise, which promises lots of pretty people crying on the beach.
