What Happened on The Bachelorette Tonight: Live Recap 6/17/2019

The Bachelorette 2019 Finale recap

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On tonight’s episode of The Bachelorette, Hannah Brown and her 9 remaining men left Scotland and traveled to Latvia to continue building their relationships. The episode 6 description teases “Frustrated with the drama, a fresh start in Riga, Latvia, prompts Hannah to examine her relationships and decide whether she can continue.”

Heading into tonight’s episode, 9 men remained in the reality dating competition: Luke, Tyler, Mike, Garrett, Jed, Dustin, Dylan, Connor, and Peter.

BEWARE OF SPOILERS beyond this point and STOP READING if you are not caught up and do not want to know what happened on episode 6 of The Bachelorette tonight. This article will be updated live as the episode airs.


Luke P. & Hannah’s Inability to Communicate Continued, & Minimal Progress Was Made

At the end of last week’s episode, Hannah was at odds with Luke Parker and struggling to make positive progress in their relationship. Their conversations throughout the day and into the night on their one-on-one date grew increasingly frustrating for Hannah until, finally, she admitted to him that she didn’t know if she was going to keep him in the competition

Before tonight’s episode picked up where that drama left off the show took the viewers back to the house, where the guys sat wondering how Hannah’s date with Luke P. was going.

Then, it cut to Luke P. and Hannah and repeated her line to him: “I can’t give you this rose.” The conversation continued with Hannah explaining her frustrations and saying that their one-on-one date is not what she wants. Luke P. said he was frustrated with himself, too. Luke P. said he takes full ownership for the date going poorly and asked to move on from it. After he asked her if that means he goes home tonight, she said yes and asked him to respect that.

He started walking away through the woods while he reflected over losing her in a voice-over interview with the camera. Suddenly, he turned back and said he was going to fight for her and went back to where she sent him home. Their falling out continued, with Hannah still asserting that she doesn’t know about their relationship.


Garrett & the Other Men Continued to Voice Their Opinions About Luke, & Hannah Had no Patience for It

After the commercial break, the show returned to the house where the men were again discussing how much they were hoping that Hannah sent Luke P. home. To their dismay, Luke walked back into the house without a rose, revealing that while she didn’t give him a one-on-one rose, she wanted him to stay for the cocktail party. Garrett was openly upset that Luke P. was not leaving that night, and walked out by the end of the conversation.

At the start of the cocktail party, Hannah gave a toast encouraging the men to be comfortable sharing the uncomfortable. Garrett was the first to pull her aside for some one-on-one time. Garrett asked Hannah if Luke P. stayed true to his word by not bringing up any of the other men during his date with her, and she said that he brought up Mike and Dylan’s names but that she provoked it.

As the men argued with one another back on the couches, Hannah interrupted and asked them all to explain what was going on and to ask her any questions they might have. The conversation turned into Luke cutting off the other guys and explaining his words and actions. Before storming out of the cocktail party, Hannah told them all “Stay in your freaking lane.”

After tossing back her glass of champagne, Hannah returned to the men’s conversation and told Luke to stop making excuses and the rest of the men to focus on her and not on Luke because she will figure Luke out for herself. She started crying and told them she was feeling defeated and ended the cocktail party.

Chris Harrison came to check on Hannah and after he asked “What’s wrong?” she replied “Everything.” She then explained that she wanted the night to be an opportunity to move forward. Harrison said that they’re worrying about Luke because they care, but she asserted that she needed them to trust her and wanted the party to be over.

During the rose ceremony, she ultimately gives Luke P. a rose, sending home Devin, Kevin, and Grant.


They Traveled to Latvia, But Hannah Needed a Trip Down Memory Lane Before Agreeing to Continue on the Show

Then, the group traveled to Latvia and Chris Harrison checked back in with Hannah and told her he wanted Latvia to be a positive turning point in her journey. She told him that she doesn’t know if being on the show is going to work for her anymore.

For the rest of the episode, Chris Harrison and Hannah reflected on her experience on the show thus far, and the highs and lows she has learned from in the process.

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