The Bachelorette Spoilers

So much for those alleged Bachelor spoilers.

So much for the hate mail you planned on sending to ABC executives.

The finale of Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette is almost upon us, and the current mood seems a little similar to the build-up to last night's Olympics closing ceremony.

That is to say, it feels a little bit like the real excitement is behind us, and all that's left is a formality that will probably drag on way too long.

Consider yourself SPOILER WARNED.

The following post contains photos from this Monday night's season finale of The Bachelor, which will find Katie Thurston choosing between Justin Glaze and Blake Moynes.

Let's just get the following out of the way up front, okay?

We're not gonna spoil The Bachelorette finale... just yet.

Whether you love them or hate them, Bachelorette spoilers are usually all over the internet before each new season airs a single episode.

While they occasionally miss the mark, for the most part, these insider news items -- particularly the ones reported by spoiler-master Reality Steve -- are pretty reliable.

... and then there were three.

On Monday evening, Katie Thurston did not host a Rose Ceremony.

From an amazing first impression...

... to a fiery and angry exit?

We've been coming the Internet for weeks.

We've been refreshing our browsers every 30 seconds or so.

If you watched Claire Crawley's season of The Bachelorette, then the name Blake Moynes should already be familiar to you.

Blake was the burly Canadian who wore his heart on his sleeve and bore more than a passing resemblance to Wreck-It Ralph.

At last, Bachelor Nation.

It's taken a bit longer than it has in the past, but venerable blogger and podcaster and sometime creep Reality Steve has finally come through with The Bachelorette spoilers we've all been waiting for.

The highest-rated non-scripted show on television is at a crossroads.

A major crossroads, we should emphasize.

If you caught the premiere of Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette, then you know that she's not lacking in the quirky dudes department.

There was the cat man, box boy, and the guy who gave her an antique family watch that turned out to be a chintzy knick-knack from an airport gift store.

Well, a new season of The Bachelorette is almost upon us, and you know what that means ...

More spoilers courtesy of Reality Steve!

The filming has ended, Bachelor Nation.

Which can mean only one thing when it comes to this upcoming season of The Bachelorette:

As we all know by now, Katie Thurston is looking for love.

The popular ex-Bachelor suitor will kick off her run as The Bachelorette in fewer than two months.

Okay, so you may have noticed that there's a little bit of a Bachelorette spoiler in that headline above.

It's not the sort of thing we normally do, but this is news so big we want to shout it from the rooftops:

It's sort of gone overlooked, hasn't it?

Over the past several weeks, Bachelor Nation has been rightfully obsessed with the whole Chris Harrison-Rachael Kirkconnell racism scandal.

For several years now, Chris Harrison has been promising viewers that each Bachelor season finale will be the most dramatic in the show's history.

This year, he might actually be right -- but not in the way that he imagined.

Despite his difficulty in expressing his true feelings, Ben Smith quickly became a favorite among fans of The Bachelorette.

Maybe it was his soulful eyes, or his painful past. 

Just like with every previous season of the final, The Bachlorette spoilers king Reality Steve correctly identifired Tayshia Adams' final four before a single rose was even handed out.

(Or, for that matter, before Clare Crawley left and Tayshia took over.)

Here comes the bride?

At some point in the nearish future?