'The Golden Bachelor' Finale Recap: Gerry Turner Gets Engaged

The following post contains spoilers from Thursday's season finale of The Golden Bachelor.

A truly golden ending!

Gerry Turner wrapped up his Golden Bachelor journey on Thursday in Costa Rica and had assistance from his daughters Jenny and Angie and granddaughters Payton and Charlie to help him decide between finalists Leslie Fhima and Theresa Nist.

“I need to know which is the right person,” Gerry, 72, said to his daughters.

Gerry recapped to his daughters that both women told him they loved him and he returned the sentiment to Leslie, 64, and Theresa, 70.

THERESA MEETS GERRY’S FAMILY

Theresa felt nervous ahead of meeting Gerry’s loved ones because “I haven’t met somebody’s family in 52 years,” she said in an on-camera interview.

When she got in front of Gerry’s daughters and granddaughters, Theresa gushed that “they couldn’t have picked a better Golden Bachelor.”

Jenny and Angie spoke privately with Theresa as she shared her story with them about marrying her high school sweetheart and eventually losing him to kidney failure.

“I went through pretty much what your dad went through, the grieving and the mourning,” Theresa said through tears.

Gerry’s daughters asked Theresa whether she’d accept a proposal from him, and Theresa said she would. “We both, at this age, say that we don’t know how much time we have and we want to make the most of every moment,” Theresa said, adding that she sees “a lot of myself in him.”

Then Gerry spoke with his daughters and gushed about Theresa. “I really like being around her, I’m not going to lie,” he said.

Angie asked her dad if his time with Theresa in the Fantasy Suite brought them closer together. When he paused, she asked, “Did you knock the boots?”

Gerry avoided the question. “We’re not talking about that,” he said.

Still, Angie liked what she heard. “I really do think I could see him getting down on one knee and them getting married,” Angie said in an on-camera interview.

Theresa and Gerry shared a kiss and exchanged “I love yous” before ending the night.

THERESA AND GERRY’S FINAL DATE

As soon as Gerry met Theresa for their last date together, he informed her that he learned the orange juice he offered her earlier when they were with his family had vodka in it. Theresa said vodka and orange juice was the first alcoholic beverage she ever tried, with her husband Billy.

“I like hearing the stories about Billy,” Gerry said to Theresa. “I really do because it helps me understand you a little more.”

Theresa told Gerry she appreciated hearing his stories about his wife Toni. “It gets more of our history, the little stories,” Theresa said.

Despite being all in on Gerry, Theresa worried about not being the only woman left. “There still is another person here, so I don’t know what exactly is going on between you, but that’s not my business,” Theresa to Gerry. “But that still is a concern.”

Gerry acknowledged the difficulty of the situation. “There’s not gonna be an easy way when two wonderful women are standing there and there’s one rose,” he said to Theresa. “That’s a pretty binary situation.”

Theresa understood and told Gerry, “I wouldn’t want you to choose me if you weren’t 1,000% wanting me and overwhelmingly wanting me.”

Gerry promised her, “It’ll be 1,000% or nothing.”

Theresa left the date hoping it would be her and Gerry in the end. “At this point, I don’t want to have a life without Gerry,” she told the cameras.