We are getting to the pointy end of Farmer Wants A Wife season 12, and things are getting "really real".
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But first, we have plenty more connection building, fence post leaning and log sitting to do before they all happily/unhappily set off into the sunset in their Toyotas.
The would-be wives and husbands are in the final days of their farm stays.
Farmer Paige pats her cat and deliberates a future with either Cody or "man of the land" Ayden.
Then Cody tells her a physical attraction hasn't clicked in for him, which Paige suspected, although I'm sure it was still tough for her to hear.
However, she still holds hope for a future together.
Farmer Ben takes newcomer Kiani to the calf shed, where she tries to catch one in a strapless top that refuses to stay up. She's a trier.
She names a bull calf "Love".
"Me naming that calf is a symbol of our relationship," Kiani declares confidently.
She doesn't realise Love's future is limited, perhaps like her love for Farmer Ben.
They have a one-on-one in the hay shed, where there is more discussion about connections and "good feels".
They hug it out and decide against a kiss.
However, it's a different story when he heads off for a drive with Leish for a back-of-ute chat by an eroded river bank.
In sad news, we hear Farmer Benjamin left the show for personal reasons.
The journey has ended for Erin and Lindsay. Understandably, they are disappointed.
All the others start to pack their bags, and we eventually arrive at the final catch-up dinner in Darling Harbour.
Predictably, they discuss the "change of pace" and the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge while showing shots of busy inner city traffic and Kings Cross' famous Coke sign.
It is Farmer Harry's first time in Sydney. He tells us securely from his car seat in the back, arms and legs flapping with wild excitement, just joking.
"Rolling into Sydney for the first time was pretty crazy," a breathless Harry says.
He tells the group they even drove over the Harbour Bridge TWICE!
The farmers gather and pop the champagne while the potential wives and husbands get dolled up and await Sam Farmytage's arrival.
She makes a guest appearance, asks a few unimportant questions and updates them/us about what is happening next.
They will be submitting questions in the question box that will be opened at tonight's dinner.
But before that, Kiani, who has used approximately 10 gallons of gel to protect her hair against the humid, rainy Sydney weather, and Leish discuss their final dates with Farmer Benjamin.
Kiani finds out that he kissed Leish in the back of the ute after promising her he wouldn't, and she is seething.
We get to dinner, and the question boxes/cans of worms are opened.
Cody asks Farmer Paige if she's ok, to which she replies, "I think so". I hope that wasn't one of his official submitted questions.
The main topic of discussion at Farmer Will's table seems to be who is moving where, who can move to the farm first and who is willing to move at all.
Then Kiani confronts Farmer Ben about the off-limits kiss in the back of the ute.
He confessed to his initial lie when he promised her he wouldn't kiss anyone, including all his baby animals.
In more upsetting news for Kiani, she snaps her high heel.
But she soldiers on and shuffles away for a one-on-one with Farmer Ben.
"Bit's gone down,' he muses.
Somehow, he talks his way out of the situation, and the next thing, he has Kiani supporting his decision to kiss Leish.
"He didn't overly apologise, which is a good sign because it means he didn't do anything wrong," she says convincingly.
"You're a beautiful man," she says in closing.
What on earth just happened?
Farmer Paige drags Ayden outside the restaurant for a one-on-one, where she tells him he's not the right person for her and that he has to leave. Like straight away. He didn't even get his tiramisu.
THEN she does the same thing to Cody, and he's bushed too.
In what I assume was intended to be self-empowering scenes, she says, "I came here looking for love, and I haven't found that with someone, but I have found a new love for myself".
Farmers Will, Ben and Harry support her. Hugs all-round.
"It's not you; it's them," Farmer Will reassures her.
She heads off into the night and home to her cat.
Hayley Warden
Hayley Warden is a digital journalist with ACM Agri based on the NSW South Coast.
Hayley Warden is a digital journalist with ACM Agri based on the NSW South Coast.
