. >> reporter: from dream dates atop the hollywood sign, to a picnic above the clouds in madeira.s. >> brooks. >> brooks. >> brooks. >> will you accept this rose? >> yes. >> reporter: who says, he just doesn't love her back. >> the [ bleep ] worst thing in my life. >> reporter: so will this "bachelorette," ever find her fairy tale ending? >> i just can't love them as much. i don't care. honestly for me, it's over. >> oh. >> it was rough last night. >> it was so tough to watch. thank you for being with us. the big question from the control room, to friends, to twitter, everyone wants to know, how long did des sit on the end of that pier and continue to cry? >> slightly longer than it took brooks to articulate he was leaving. that only took three days for him to say, by the way, i'm breaking up with you. but, no, after that, she walked back out there. she sat there for a good half hour. >> was she just totally missing signs from him? or was he waffling back and forth? what was going on behind the scenes? >> you know, that's the beautiful thing about this show because the other guys