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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 10 - Week 7 (Season 3)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Week 7 (Season 3)

    S3:E10

    SEASON FINALE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC AND ROMANTIC EVENINGS EVER ON ABC WITH A SPECIAL BIG NIGHT FOR ""THE BACHELORETTE,"" MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28. Jen Agonizes Between Choosing Jerry or John Paul, But for the First Time Ever, There Are Two Proposals, on the Special Two-Hour Finale of ABC's ""The Bachelorette"" Then: In a Dramatic Night of Firsts, Jen and Her Chosen Man Make Their First Public Appearance, and Jen Will Answer Her Chosen One's Proposal, LIVE, On ABC's ""The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose"" ""Episode 307"" - The pressure has finally gotten to Jen. Faced with making one of the toughest decisions in her life - whether to choose Jerry or John Paul - she has an emotional meltdown. After bringing both the men home to meet her parents and one final intimate date with each guy back in her New York loft, the reality of the situation hits her. Her memories from ""The Bachelor"" and the aftermath of the series come flooding back. She never understood how difficult this choice would be.

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  2. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 11 - The Bachelorette: After The Final Rose (Season 3)
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    #2 - The Bachelorette: After The Final Rose (Season 3)

    S3:E11

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Bachelorette Season 13 Episode 12 - After the Final Rose
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    #3 - After the Final Rose

    S13:E12

    Rachel recaps the season in a live interview with host Chris Harrison.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Bachelorette Season 15 Episode 6 - Week 6
    3.5/10(65 votes)

    #4 - Week 6

    S15:E6

    Frustrated with the drama, a fresh start in Riga, Latvia, prompts Hannah to examine her relationships and decide whether she can continue.

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  5. The Bachelorette Season 5 Episode 12 - After the Final Rose
    3.8/10(14 votes)

    #5 - After the Final Rose

    S5:E12

    This season's After the Final Rose special features Jillian reuniting with the guys she rejected, Reid getting a giggly offer, and Ed explaining his green shorts.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Bachelorette Season 13 Episode 11 - The Final Rose
    3.8/10(32 votes)

    #6 - The Final Rose

    S13:E11

    Rachel makes her decision.

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  7. The Bachelorette Season 5 Episode 7 - Week 7
    4.0/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Week 7

    S5:E7

    Jillian visits the hometowns of the five remaining bachelors. She fears that one guy's family might disapprove of her and wonders if the can meet another family's expectation. Still unresolved is the someone-has-a-girlfriend issue. Before she eliminates a bachelor at the rose ceremony, two guys have a big confrontation in her presence.

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  8. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 1 - The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #8 - The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All

    S3:E1

    Meredith faces the 23 rejected men for the first time since they left the show, as the men who did not receive roses from Meredith reunite to dish and give their predictions on which of the two remaining men she's likely to choose.

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  9. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 2 - The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #9 - The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose

    S3:E2

    This first-ever LIVE one-hour special features the first public appearance by the happy couple, who will take calls from viewers. The call-in number will be given at the top of the broadcast, and will also be found on abc.com, keyword: Bachelorette. In addition, the next Bachelor, NY Giants quarterback Jesse Palmer, will be introduced.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 3 - Week 1
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Week 1

    S3:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 4 - Week 2 (Season 3)
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Week 2 (Season 3)

    S3:E4

    ""Episode 302"" - The 15 men in Jen's life are ready to rumble - prompting the neighbors to call the police when the guys get loud and contentious in the bachelor pad. Not only is the pressure already getting to Jen's suitors, but Jen must calm herself as she prepares to go on her first one-on-one date with Keith, who received the ""first impression"" rose from Jen's best friends, Michelle and Abby. Then, Jen and seven of the men get the VIP treatment at a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. On the other group date, Jen and some of the guys get a view of Manhattan high above the streets aboard a double-decker bus, and then enjoy an evening at sea on a harbor cruise. The competition heats up, as Jen must eliminate nearly half the men, going from 15 to eight, on ""The Bachelorette,"" MONDAY, JANUARY 17 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. The men begin to show their true colors as Jen tours the city with the first group of them, all vying for some one-on-one time.

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  12. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 5 - Week 3
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #12 - Week 3

    S3:E5

    The men square off in a very physical game of street basketball, and are not afraid to slam one another to the ground if it means they will get some one-on-one time with Jen. As one team prevails, one special guy wins a romantic date with Jen to Harlem's Cotton Club, where the couple is serenaded with a special private performance by Lava Records' R&B/pop vocalist and actress Vanessa Williams.

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  13. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 6 - Week 4 (Season 3)
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Week 4 (Season 3)

    S3:E6

    THE RACE IS ON TO THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TO WIN A ROMANTIC EVENING WITH JEN, ON ABC'S ""THE BACHELORETTE"" Fabrice Makes a Startling Announcement that Shocks Jen, And a Man Walks Out of the Rose Ceremony ""Episode 304"" - A surprise visit from Chris Harrison on a group date in Little Italy sends the men on a foot race to the top of the Empire State Building. Stripped of all their money, the men will have to get creative in order to be the first to the top. That one guy will get to spend the rest of the evening alone with Jen. In another competition, the men write anonymous letters to Jen describing why they feel they would be a good husband. Jen will have to choose the two best letters, and those men win individual dates with her. One lucky guy will get to spend an intimate evening at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, which includes a special performance by Concord Records' artist Peter Cincotti. Then, Jen and another lucky guy will strap on th

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 7 - Week 5 (Season 3)
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Week 5 (Season 3)

    S3:E7

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Bachelorette Season 3 Episode 8 - Week 6 (Season 3)
    4.2/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Week 6 (Season 3)

    S3:E8

    JEN AND HER THREE REMAINING SUITORS TRAVEL TO ROMANTIC AND EXOTIC LOCATIONS, ON A SPECIAL VALENTINE'S DAY EPISODE OF ABC'S ""THE BACHELORETTE"" ""Episode 306"" - Join Jen for three especially romantic Valentine's Day dates, as she and the remaining men - John Paul, Jerry and Ryan -- travel for overnight trips to the Fairmont Southampton Hotel in Bermuda, Daufuskie Island Resort outside Savannah, Georgia, and Chatham Bars Inn in Cape Cod. Jen and John Paul fly off to Bermuda, where they fit in a Jet Ski ride and picnic on the beach before it starts raining and they have to head for cover. Things turn serious when they imagine what their everyday life would be like together, as they enjoy a romantic dinner on the beach punctuated with a spectacular fireworks display. A relaxing and idyllic date awaits Jen and Jerry, as they spend time at the Daufuskie Island Resort, where they picnic, play croquet and take a spin in a horse-drawn carriage. Things heat up when Jen challenges Jerry's sin

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 3 - Week 3
    4.2/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Week 3

    S4:E3

    Twelve bachelors remain, 11 of whom find themselves backstage at Ellen DeGeneres' talk show, where they're quizzed by Ellen---and show off their "Ellen" boxer shorts. And 10 accompany DeAnna to a dude ranch, where Jeremy and Ron get into an argument. DeAnna also has two one-on-one dates: one with Jason, who has yet to tell her that he's already a dad; the other with Richard, who, she fears, might be just a "friend." At the rose ceremony, DeAnna pares the roster to nine.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 4 - Week 4
    4.2/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Week 4

    S4:E4

    DeAnna accuses the nine remaining bachelors of refusing to take the competition seriously, but first she invites them to compete in a singing contest. The prize: a one-on-one date that includes a private performance by Natasha Bedingfield. Six of the others accompany DeAnna to the California Speedway, where everyone gets behind the wheel, then Robert and Fred get a home-cooked meal (with one getting a rose after dessert). And following the rose-ceremony pruning, six guys are left standing.

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  18. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 5 - Week 5
    4.2/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Week 5

    S4:E5

    With six bachelors remaining, DeAnna Pappas assesses the competition to win her heart so far, as do her six beaus. Also: outtakes from past episodes; an appearance by 2003 Bachelorette Trista Rehn and her husband, Ryan Sutter.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 6 - Week 6
    4.2/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Week 6

    S4:E6

    Jesse, Jason, Jeremy, Graham, Sean and Twilley accompany DeAnna to Palm Springs, where she and Sean take a tram to a mountaintop rendezvous for dinner, and Jeremy dines, dances (and sings) with her in Frank Sinatra's onetime home. As for the other four, their DeAnna time consists of an ATV ride through the desert. (One proves to be a particularly adept rider.) Then it's on to the rose ceremony, where two guys get bad news and four begin preparations for hometown dates.

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  20. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 7 - Week 7
    4.2/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Week 7

    S4:E7

    DeAnna meets her final four on their home courts when she meets their families. One dinner is disturbingly tense, another's family warns her not to be a heartbreaker, and a third guy's mother is surprisingly candid. The fourth guy's family goes out of the way to make her feel at home---Greek feast included---but she wonders whether it's the bachelor or his family she finds so appealing. At the wrenching rose ceremony, one guy must go home again while the other three prepare for overnight dates.

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  21. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 8 - The Men Tell All
    4.2/10(13 votes)

    #21 - The Men Tell All

    S4:E8

    Fifteen of DeAnna's suitors (including Robert and Fred, who both struck out on the same two-on-one date) dish with---and about---the Bachelorette who let them get away. The guys also predict which of the two finalists will succeed where they have failed. Rounding out the hour: clips and outtakes from the contest so far.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 11 - After the Final Rose
    4.2/10(13 votes)

    #22 - After the Final Rose

    S4:E11

    In a season retrospective, DeAnna and her two finalists discuss the challenges of the contest and the rose ceremony that ended it. Also: British Bachelor Matt Grant (2008) and his intended, Shayne Lamas, give an update on their relationship.

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  23. The Bachelorette Season 5 Episode 10 - The Men Tell All
    4.3/10(13 votes)

    #23 - The Men Tell All

    S5:E10

    The eliminated bachelors return to dish about Jillian and each other, and Jillian dishes about them as she looks back over the competition. Also a preview of the season finale.

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  24. The Bachelorette Season 4 Episode 10 - The Final Rose
    4.4/10(13 votes)

    #24 - The Final Rose

    S4:E10

    In the fourth-season finale, DeAnna has a choice to make between the two finalists after taking her two suitors to Grand Bahama Island and home to Georgia to meet her family. Island activities include a seaplane ride and scuba diving near sharks, but the guys are probably more concerned about their encounters with DeAnna's dad. Following a party, family members aren't shy about offering their opinions on her choice, but DeAnna sorts through her emotions crisply and doesn't dither over it.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Bachelorette Season 19 Episode 8 - The Men Tell All
    4.4/10(32 votes)

    #25 - The Men Tell All

    S19:E8

    No description available

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Week 7 (Season 3)" is the worst rated episode of "The Bachelorette". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/28/2005. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Bachelorette: After The Final Rose (Season 3)".