The Bachelor Movie Trailer

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JoeyGraziadei already had his heart broken once this year when Charity Lawson dumped him in The Bachelorette finale, and it looks like the new Bachelor leading man could be about to go through more heartache.

The end of the trailer suggests a not-so-happy ending for Graziadei, where he appears to face rejection again. We see a glimpse of the final rose ceremony, where a tearful Graziadei is standing all alone.

Bachelor Nation will tune in to the two-hour finale as 72-year-old retired restaurateur from Hudson, Indiana, is expected to announce not just which woman he can live with, but which woman he can't live without.

"Join us for the dramatic finale of Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner's journey to find love," ABC said in a press release about the finale. "Will it be Leslie or Theresa? Will Gerry be able to choose between the two women he loves?"

Viewers will see finalists Leslie and Theresa meet Gerry's family and spend a finale date with Turner. They'll likely see Turner get down on one knee as well as get an update as to what's going on with him post-production.

ABC teased trailers for the final episode, showcasing what looks to be an emotional and dramatic finale. Scenes show an excited Turner as he proposes to his final choice, but multiple shots also show him in tears at having to break the other woman's heart.

The show credits Turner as a restaurateur but THR says the lead "last owned a restaurant in 1985" after selling a hamburger drive-in franchise in Iowa, according to his LinkedIn account. From there, the report says he worked various sales and management positions within the food industry.

As for his love life after losing his wife, Toni, in 2017, THR interviewed his former co-worker, Carolyn (a pseudonym for the woman who requested not to be named), who claimed the two had a three-year relationship one month after his wife died.

The report says that the two moved in together after 10 months but their relationship would turn rocky. She detailed Turner's control on finances, comments on her appearance and their breakup, where Turner is said to have kicked her out despite her having a broken foot.

"I've dated a number of times since Toni's passed, more recently than back closer to when she's passed," Turner told People magazine. "For one reason or another, the attempts didn't work out. I could give you a wide range of reasons, but it doesn't really matter."

The finale of "The Bachelor" Season 28 is tonight. While many viewers will be sad to bid farewell to fan-favorite lead Joey Graziadei, who we've grown accustomed to spending at least two hours with each week through our TV screens, we'll finally know whether he's found his happily ever after.

The trailer shows a car driving away as a tearful Graziadei stands at on a platform in scenic Tulum, Mexico, where the engagement is supposed to happen. There's also a shot of the coveted final rose left ominously on a table in front of the ocean's crashing waves.

The producers of "The Bachelor" historically are ruthless in their attempts to trick audiences into thinking some situations are more dramatic than they actually are. Take, for instance, the cryptic "note" from Anderson delivered to Graziadei's hotel room after the couple's overnight date that read "We need to talk." While trailers hyped it up as a turning point for the duo, what Anderson actually had to say was, to paraphrase, "Miss ya! Can't wait to meet your fam!"

We're getting a bit ahead of ourselves here, though. Before we get into what might happen during the finale, let's take a stroll down memory lane to see how Anderson and Kent came to be the last women standing. From a viewer's perspective, it really appears to be a neck-and-neck race for Graziadei's heart, and he's revealed to both of them some variation of, "I'm falling in love with you."

Instead, as a passionate viewer of all things "Bachelor," and as PhillyVoice's very own weekly "Bachelor" recap writer, I present to you some highlights from Anderson's and Kent's journeys on Season 28:

Referred to as "Kelsey A." for much of the season due to the presence of another Kelsey, Anderson is a 25-year-old junior project manager from New Orleans. In the premiere, she gave a nod to her roots by presenting Graziadei with a voodoo doll during her limo entrance.

Anderson and Graziadei did not lock lips Night 1, although he kissed seven other women (an alleged franchise record). Early on, they laid the foundation for their bond largely through group dates, including on a talent-show themed date (featuring a cameo from Delco "Golden Bachelor" contestant Susan Noles) in which Anderson received the group date rose.

In one early group date, Anderson stole a passionate kiss in front of the other contestants. I remember thinking at the time, "Who even is that? I guess I should be paying more attention to Kelsey A.!" So I'm sure there's a lot that we don't know about the beginnings of their connection.

About halfway through the season, when the cast traveled to Spain, Anderson finally entered the spotlight when she received her first one-on-one date. Graziadei whisked Anderson off on a red moped to explore before heading on a romantic picnic.

Among contestants in the "Bachelor" franchise, there are a few unofficial stages in the falling-in-love process that are marked by phrases like, "I'm falling for you," "I'm falling in love with you," "I'm in love with you" and "I love you." But Anderson introduced a new phrase in the hierarchy.

Throughout the season, Anderson has opened up to Graziadei about her grief over the death of her mother, who passed away from breast cancer. Anderson believes that butterflies are signs from her mom, and she said she saw them just before leaving for "The Bachelor" and several times during the season while on dates with Graziadei. She also expresses multiple times that she believes her mother would like Graziadei.

After their first one-on-one, Graziadei's relationship with Anderson was on the fast track. She first told him she was falling in love with him in Montreal during Episode 6 in a now-viral moment when Graziadei replies, "Did you just whisper that? Say it one more time."

Anderson has shown off a lightheartedness throughout the season. In Montreal, she was on a group date and joked that they were giving off "culty" vibes, after the contestants inexplicably linked hands and danced in a circle around Graziadei.

Anderson also seems to continuously coax a playful side out of the often serious Graziadei, like when the couple went on their second one-on-one in Jasper, Canada. They participated in a polar plunge event, which Anderson was "ecstatic" about and Graziadei dreaded. But Anderson's enthusiasm rubbed off on Graziadei, who stayed in the frigid water longer than necessary to make out with Anderson.

Things got even more serious in Tulum, where Graziadei and Anderson spent time away from the cameras during the "Fantasy Suite" overnight dates. Anderson told Graziadei she loves him and, in turn, he told her, "I'm falling in love with you fully."

The morning after their overnight date, the pair was giddy and comfortable with each other as they cooked bacon together. From the outside, they looked like a couple that's been together for years or at the very least, a couple that could be engaged in a few days.

But there is a bit of a shadow that's been cast on their relationship. Ahead of their overnight date, Anderson met with Leslie Fhima, the runner-up on Season 1 of "The Golden Bachelor," who advised her to protect her heart because it could end up broken. Anderson seemed to take this advice very seriously.

Anderson did discuss her apprehensions with Graziadei, who assuaged her fears while also expressing his own struggles to open up. Regardless, Anderson's confidence in their relationship seemed a bit shaken.

Her anxieties appeared to manifest in the ominous note she wrote Graziadei asking him to talk (Unless, of course, the idea to write the note was planted by producers to incite drama). While Anderson assured Graziadei that she does want to continue moving forward with him, he seemed shaken by his own fears of rejection.

If there was ever a front-runner from the first episode, it was Kent, a 25-year-old account executive from Minnesota. For her limo entrance on the first night, she drove up in a red pickup truck with a Christmas tree, as a nod to growing up on her family's Christmas tree farm. She even shared a kiss with Graziadei on Night 1 and was chosen for his first one-on-one date.

For their first date, Graziadei and Kent went on a helicopter ride to a music festival. She soon opened up to Graziadei about losing her hearing when she was 17 and receiving a cochlear implant. Kent left her former job to focus on running a nonprofit that helps people with hearing loss, and she wrote a children's book, "Daisy Doo: All The Sounds She Knew."

From there, the couple continued forging their connection through time spent together at group dates and cocktail parties. At one point, they ponder what they would name their future children. Another time, she ditches her high heels and asks Graziadei for a foot rub.

Not only did Kent receive the first one-on-one of the season, but she was also chosen as the first contestant to have a second one-on-one. In Jasper, the pair went horseback riding and hung out in a hot tub that materialized out of thin air, a "Bachelor" franchise tradition.

It seems that Graziadei fell first, and possibly harder, for Kent. He said as early as Episode 5 that he could see himself falling in love with her. Kent, on the other hand, seemed more conflicted. On their second one-on-one date, she said she needs to see how he interacts with her family before fully opening up to him. She also voiced her concerns over whether Graziadei could step into the role of caregiver in the face of her health concerns, a role which her family had previously fulfilled.

"I was always like, what person would want to be with me, because of this, because it makes me a little different," Kent told her friends, referring to her health struggles. "But this whole experience has honestly changed my perspective and my outlook on life. And that's completely because of (Graziadei) and how he's looked at me and treated me. And even if it's not us at the end, which I hope it is, I'm gonna have that forever and I know what I deserve."

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