13 Things That Happened On ‘The Bachelor’ Finale

GUYS! We’ve made it! We’re at the end of Locky’s adventurous journey to hopefully getting his own travel show on Channel 10. Oh, and his quest for a forever partner. Allegedly.

Tonight’s finale was very emotional. For Locky, Irena, and Bella that is, I haven’t processed an emotion for a while now.

In a Bachy first, we saw the actual Bachelor profess his love for not one, but two women before the final decision. Locky first dropped the L-bomb to Irena in a hot tub that looked straight out of The Sims 2 (who said romance was dead?!) before also saying “I love you” to Bella after a classic music concert followed by a romantic nighttime swim.

This left both girls going into the final decision fairly confident that they’d won Locky’s heart, and left our Bachy boi in a flood of tears, not unlike a three-year-old’s reaction to not getting their way. “I don’t want to do it,” he even claimed at one stage.

But alas, we all have to do things we don’t want to do, like awkwardly watch on as a man professes his love to a woman, before reaching into her chest, squeezing her heart and tossing it across the picturesque Hunter Valley.

Let’s do this. Let’s recap the finale of The Bachelor 2020!!

1. Welcome to a Covid-19 friendly finale in the Hunter Valley!

Osher greeted us by calling Locky’ “tenacious” which I presume Locky is googling right now.

2. Locky grappled with his decision between picking Irena to take care of him, or choosing Bella’s eyes.

While he’s drawn to Bella because of her eyes, he looks at Irena and sees marriage and kids with her. It’s a tough choice.

“My gut’s choosing Bella but my head is choosing Irena,” Locky said sadly. Uh oh! No girl ever wants to be described as the logical choice made by someone’s brain because the logical choice screams “safety!” not “romance and passion.”

LOCKY ABORT THIS MISSION.

Locky cleared up his confusion by saying every time he spends time with one of the girls, he thinks he’s going to marry them. It’s kind of like how every time I close my eyes at night and picture a future with my latest Instagram crush (normally a person in a different city to keep things exciting and unattainable) it fools me into thinking maybe love does exist.

But then I wake up and remember it doesn’t.

Also speaking of people’s eyes (we were talking about Bella’s eyes many sentences ago, keep up!) did Locky lose his soul somewhere along the way while running with his shirt off? What is this paranormal activity dead, black eyes look he’s sporting?

Locky, don’t blink if you need help!

3. Locky reunited with his mum, who is an absolute gem.

When Locky’s mum asked him what he’s looking for in a relationship, he replied with “I don’t know” which is a really great answer for someone who’s just spent the last few months searching for a longterm partner.

He tells his ma that he sees a future with Irena, but sees “right now” with Bella. I deciphered what this means for those playing at home: he wants to bang Bella, have some fun, and later on go and marry Irena so she can look after him and his kids.

4. Both girls met Locky’s mum… together?!

OK, turn up the volume, I dozed off for a second but now I’m back.

5. Bella dropped to Locky’s mum that she and Irena used to be friends, but not anymore.

“We were close at the beginning,” Bella said. “Irena, step in whenever you’d like!”

Irena did not step in.

6. Locky’s mum also can’t pick a favourite.

Locky’s mum reckons he needs a strong, confident woman to pull him into line, and Bella gave her those vibes, and she also didn’t think Irena had the strength to stand up to Locky. But she still loves Irena’s sweet energy.

“Can’t you have them both?” she asked Locky, making all his dreams come true.

“What if I produced a child from each one, mother?”

– Intermission –

Thinking time with your closest friends is important. Who to choose? Who to off next in the royal family? The options seem endless.

7. Irena and Locky’s solo date involved some sort of adventure driving.

I’m sure there’s a proper name for it, all I know is that they went through some puddles.

“This is the best!” Irena yelled, as Locky splashed mud up onto her immaculate coat.

Is it the best, Irena? Is it really?

8.  Locky told Irena he was scared to ruin things because she’s so “perfect” and also dropped the L-bomb.

Irena soothed Locky and said he wouldn’t ruin things for them. “I don’t know, I’m pretty reckless,” he said sadly.

Maybe he was imagining every girl he’d have to dump back in Perth after finishing up filming the finale.

Locky told Irena he wanted to feel her heart when he told her he loved her, which would’ve been a very sweet moment if we didn’t know he was about to go drop the L-bomb to Bella too.

9. Bella and Locky go on a helicopter ride before being serenaded by Australia’s greatest.

“I feel over the moon, it’s a feeling I don’t think many people have in their life,” Locky said gleefully about the helicopter ride. Um, you’re wrong, I have that feeling every time one of these seasons finishes and I can finally relax and have thoughts about maybe focusing on my OWN love life.

“As if that would ever happen!” my bitterly old, weathered next-door neighbour Doris cackled, drinking all of my wine. “You’d need someone to actually be interested in you for that to eventuate.”

A valid point. +1 to Doris. We’ll see who’s laughing when she realises the wine had laxatives in it.

10. Locky also tells Bella he’s in love with her and dear god, get it TOGETHER.

“It seems logical to me, but to people at home it’ll seem strange and unacceptable,” Locky told the camera.

Honestly, this franchise the last couple of years has really been a fascinating look into the fact most men can’t separate love from lust. When given two choices, they just nod and say “yes thanks” and rarely have the capacity to use their brain for anything else.

Locky and Bella made their way to the pool, where Locky quizzed Bella on where she saw them in a years’ time. “I don’t care what we do next year, as long as we’re together,” Bella said, which didn’t seem to be enough of a thoughtful answer to Locky… ironically.

He asked her what they’d be doing in the next three years, before talking about going on a 21-day hike. Someone tell the man that’s three weeks of time, not years.

11. Locky has a big breakdown about being in love with two girls and being forced to make a decision.

“I don’t want to sound selfish but I want to choose the future where I can be the best me, so I can be the best for them,” Locky said. I don’t want to kick a man while he’s down, but that future is called… therapy.

As the girls were filmed in their respective limos, Bella said to the producers with a nervous laugh: “Surely he wouldn’t tell you he loves you if he was going to pick someone else?”

Oh poor sweet angel eyes.

12. Locky ripped out Bella’s heart and feeds it to the alpacas.

Locky immediately started sobbing on Bella, who tried to comfort him before realising he was… well… about to dump her. Honestly I felt really sad for her and her big brown eyes.

“You don’t sorta see where your future is at the moment,” Locky said to Bella as a way of explanation. “I don’t know if I can see us working.”

Bella took her hands away from him saying she doesn’t get it. “Yesterday you told me you were in love with me,” she said. Locky ranted about her not knowing what her next year looked like, and that he needed more from her.

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— The Bachelor Australia ? (@TheBachelorAU) September 24, 2020

Bella stood her ground and it was pretty amazing. “You can’t turn this around on me,” she said, before looking for the producers asking if she could leave.  Now that’s what we call a woman standing up to Locky! His mum must be shaking her head right now, while hitting him over the head.

On the plus side, at least Bella only had a short drive to Sydney vs. Abbie’s poor trek from South Africa to Australia after being dumped on that rock last year.

13. Then he professed his love for Irena.

He said he worried Irena wouldn’t put herself first, but because she has drive and ambition that she’s his future.

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— The Bachelor Australia ? (@TheBachelorAU) September 24, 2020

MAKE IT MAKE ANY SENSE.

And with that, it’s over.

Phew, what a journey you guys! I wish I could say ‘see you next year’, but I’ll likely see you in the next week or two.