10 things that happened on the season finale of The Bachelorette

Ah, another lucky single hitched courtesy of ABC. Here's how to sound like you sat through the entire three-hour finale
The Bachelorette proposal
The Bachelorette season final. Spoiler alert: the proposal. Photograph: ABC.com

Before Emily Maynard even delivered her final rose, word was already out that she'd gotten engaged. Critics wondered if the spoilers and the change in time (ABC pushed its two-part finale to Sunday from its usual spot on Monday) would hurt ratings. But, according to the numbers, true love really does trump all: 9.28 million viewers tuned in to watch Emily Maynard get engaged to Jef "One F" Holm and send Arie Luyendyk home crying.

That part took about five minutes. So what else happened in the 180-minute season finale spectacular? We've gone through the pain of watching it and from what we can gather, not much. Here's our best effort to synthesize one of ABC's most watched TV moments of the summer.

10 things that happened on the Bachelorette season finale:

1. Jef Holmes wears a white T-shirt to meet Emily's family.

Bachelorette T-shirt Ernie meets old 'One F'. Photograph: ABC

2. Jef asks for permission to marry Emily, calls himself "old-fashioned".

Bachelorette asks An old-fashioned 'ask'. Photograph: ABC

3. Arie gives the family a box of dead flowers ceremony roses

Bachelorette flowers Dead flower presentation. Photograph: ABC

Bachelorette dead flowers Dead flower detail. Photograph: ABC

4. Arnie explains that he's "dated a single mother before"; Emily's brother Ernie makes faces

Bachelorette Arie faces 1 Ernie's face. Photograph: ABC.com

Bachelorette Arie faces 2 Ernie's face. Photograph: ABC.com

Bachelorette Arie faces 3 Ernie's face. Photograph: ABC.com

5. Jef wears a child's goggles; looks cute.

Bachelorette goggles Accessory swoon. Photograph: ABC

6. Strand of Jef's hair runs wild; confuses audience.

Bachelorette hair The little strand that could. Photograph: ABC

7. Arie makes a love potion; gets dumped.

Bachelorette love potion Love potion. Photograph: ABC

8. Arie looks sad; studio audience looks sadder

Bachelorette Arie sad Sad Arie. Photograph: ABC

Bachelorette sad audience Sad audience. Photograph: ABC

9. Jef picks out an 88-diamond engagement ring; viewers unimpressed

Bachelorette ring Meh. Photograph: ABC

10. Proposal, acceptance, etc

Bachelorette proposal Done! Photograph: ABC

Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.

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