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Best Moments from 17 Seasons of 'The Bachelor' Finales_ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 29, 2014 8:15 PM UTC  Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray from 'The Bachelorette' appear on "Good Morning America" Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray from 'The Bachelorette' appear on "Good Morning America"Raymond Hall—GC Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 29, 2014 8:15 PM UTC _Bachelorette_ watchers have come to expect a particularly intimate view of the evolution of a relationship. But ABC producers have now exposed fans to the other side of made-for-TV romance: the anatomy of a break-up. At 5:22 p.m. Monday, hours before the winner was revealed,a post titled [“Andi’s Mystery Letter”](https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-bachelorette/andis-mystery-letter/10153069282652846) appeared on the show’s official Facebook page. We now know the content to be the musings of _Bachelorette_ loser Nick Viall, who sported a face more sullen than guest star Grumpy Cat during Monday night’s three-hour season finale. During the “After the Final Rose” special, producers showed footage of Nick attempting to confront Andi face-to-face (apparently for the second time) during the taping of the “Men Tell All” special. After the now-engaged Dorfman refused to see him, producers handed her a note–now available for all the Internet to see. “You lit me up,” Viall writes in a letter best read while listening to Adele in the background. --- > “” --- The rest can be read [here](https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-bachelorette/andis-mystery-letter/10153069282652846). Viall told [_Us Weekly_](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/nick-vialls-emotional-letter-to-bachelorette-andi-dorfman-revealed-2014297), “I was in no way ashamed of what was in that letter, I knew by giving it to her, that was a possibility and I accepted that.” No word yet on whether Viall feels bad about breaking _Bachelorette_ code and going public what went on in the Fantasy Suite while finally granted his long-awaited sit-down with his ex during Monday’s show. “Knowing how in love with you I was,” Nick said, “If you weren’t in love with me, I’m just not sure why, why you made love with me?” ABC declined to comment on the letter. **Read More on** **_The Bachelorette_** **:** [_The Bachelorette_ Finale is Terrifying if You Know Nothing about the Show](http://time.com/3051384/bachelorette-finale-andi-dorfman/) [Who Will Be the Next _Bachelor_: Nick V., Farmer Chris or Grumpy Cat?](http://time.com/3051339/next-bachelor-nick-farmer-chris-arie-marquel/) [_Bachelorette_ ](http://time.com/3049433/recap-the-bachelorette-watch-andi-makes-her-choice/)[Finale: Andi Makes Her Choice](http://time.com/3049433/recap-the-bachelorette-watch-andi-makes-her-choice/) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I know its time. I know what I need to know, and I have to choose, and I'm going to. You know, its hard, but its, its definitely, definitely time. I can't wait to be able to look this woman in the eye and say, you're the one. [ MUSIC ] Will you accept this rose? I will absolutely accept this rose. Andrew who's heir to the Firestone Tire Company and Firestone Winery proposed to Jen Schefft in 2003. I am going to be Mrs. Firestone which is incredible. Maybe not so incredible. They dated for seven months before deciding to go their separate ways. And this now represents my promise to you. Oh, my God. [ LAUGH ] To see where we can go with this. Okay. Where they went was splitsville. Brad Womack knows the exact moment when he became known as one of the most hated bachelors ever. In the season 11 finale, he shocked viewers by deciding he had not found true love. Not with Jenny. And here I am, telling you goodbye. Not with Deanna. Hold on real quick. It was the fairy tell ending Melissa had dreamed of. Will you marry me? You want to marry me? I would love to marry you and spend the rest of my life with you. But just six short weeks after Jason proposed, he dropped a bombshell on his new fiancee. We're not right for each other. I wish more than anything that last day you would have just let me go. [ INAUDIBLE ] doing this to me. You're such a bastard. Minutes after dumping Melissa on national TV. Jason asked runner up Molly for a second chance. I came here to find somebody to spend the rest of my life with, without a doubt. And somebody who brings out the best in me in a way that I've never felt before. You are that right person. I've been waiting to hear that. [ MUSIC ] You know what I need. And we can build through this destruction. As we are standing Please make me happier than I've ever been in my life, and marry me. I would love that and I loved to. You are not ready to get married right now. You're, you are ready to put this off a little bit. Right now in this instance I love you, but no. [ NOISE ] You're putting on a brave smile over there. I am. That's gotta suck to hear that. Yeah. Sorry. Absolutely. No. Hey look the one thing. That I love about you. Courtney, will you marry me? America cringed just a little bit Monday night when bachelor Ben Flajnik finally made that decision. Yes, of course I will. But it was after the final rose that Ben said, he finally saw Courtney for who she really was. Well while this show aired we were essentially broken up. Leading to the big question, are they or aren't they still together. What do you want to do with this? I very much want her to have this again. Alright. Hm. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Catherine. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Will you marry me? Yes. 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