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Back to the Bahamas, where DeAnna heard that Jeremy wanted to talk to her. She felt she owed him some face time, instead of running away like Brad. (Man, could this guy be mentioned more in this season? His name got even more airtime in the After the Final Rose special. Talk about a lasting impression. And is there really such a thing as bad publicity? I'm not so sure in this tabloid-crazy world.) Apparently, Jeremy is a glutton for punishment, because last night he made one last-ditch effort to win DeAnna by telling her he had never opened up. I tell you, if that man had opened up any more I could have seen what he ate for breakfast. DeAnna tearfully let the hurt fly by telling him that she felt more for the two Js than she did for him and that if it was meant to be, she would have felt more for him. Triple ouch! What part of ''no'' didn't he understand last week?
Jesse got his ''last-chance date'' first, and they flew to a private island (that is, private except for the camera crew). What's going to happen between these two when the cameras and ABC's bankroll are gone and their dates involve pizza and a Will Smith movie? To prove his affection, Jesse gave DeAnna a book of photos of them together, which I think is a been-there, done-that for The Bachelor/Bachelorette.
For Jason's last date, DeAnna tried to push him out of his safety shell by diving with sharks, but it was really DeAnna who was scared finless. And to prove his affection, he gave DeAnna a board game of their relationship together. Now that's original.
But not enough to change DeAnna's mind. Though the men happily bought rings for the bride of their dreams (couldn't Jason have taken time to shave? how close did Jesse come to hurling on the way to the store?), the board game was too little too late for Jason, as we learned in the After the Final Rose special. Our bachelorette had already landed in love with Jesse, as opposed to being still falling in love with Jason, or so she tried to say. All I know for sure is that Yaya doesn't always know best, and I almost fell off the couch when DeAnna cut Jason off after he'd kneeled and started to propose. Ouch! Most painful moment in Bachelorette history? I can't be sure. Or could it have been DeAnna telling him twice her heart is somewhere else? It's definitely been the most painful-moment-filled season in Bachelor/Bachelorette history. For not wanting to cause the hurt Brad caused, DeAnna didn't really let anyone down very gently.
Then Jesse rolled up in his fine, perfectly tailored suit (and haircut!), and the dude who showed up in a Day-Glo-splattered jacket, jeans, and pink shoelaces finally looked the part of a serious contender. And he turned out to be quite eloquent as well: ''When I look at you, the word that always pops into my mind is 'forever.'...DeAnna Marie Pappas, will you spend forever with me?'' Sure beats London Matt's ''Monkey, will you marry me?'' And Jesse got the yes he desperately wanted (so much so that when he talked about it earlier, he got all teary!). Cue the reprise of that great Natasha Bedingfield song for the landing-in-love montage.
NEXT: Jason's parting shots
