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00:00:01You're special and I am in love with you. Philip finally confessed those magic
00:00:08words. Oh god I feel like I'm gonna cry. But Stella was left feeling triggered. Fear of
00:00:15rejection, not rejection, abandonment. So I'm dealing with that right now.
00:00:21Despite Rachel and Steven's romantic progression. Made second base.
00:00:30They became the butt of the joke at the couples retreat. I don't even want to be around here
00:00:36anymore. When the group turned on Beck and Danny. Every night you've been the dumbest.
00:00:42The pair made an abrupt exit. And at the dinner party. I've got all this in the screenshots.
00:00:49I've got it in text messages. Gia declared she was sitting on explosive evidence against
00:00:54Beck. I could ruin everything for her right now. She said. Oh. Are you kidding?
00:01:02Tonight. Beck has gotten away with a lot in this experiment. She's done a lot of things
00:01:08wrong by a lot of people. So I think the screenshots if they are aired out they
00:01:14helped me because what I've been saying this whole time is she is a calculated
00:01:17evil person. And those screenshots show that. With only three commitment ceremonies remaining,
00:01:25the stakes have never been so high. I'm just excited for the next four weeks and see where
00:01:30we end up. I do see a future with her. I love you. Yeah, put me on the spot a
00:01:38little bit.
00:01:38But are all of our couples on the same page? Um. If you're so terrified of making someone
00:01:48pregnant maybe just do a snip. It's the sensitive topic. Has anyone heard of condoms? That will
00:01:55leave some divided. It's reversible. But it's a procedure. Before Stella's blindside. It's not
00:02:02true. Threatens to tear apart the experiment's strongest couple. If I'm being honest with myself
00:02:09and with Philip. This is a breakup. No. Will Gia reveal her evidence against Beck? We do not
00:02:20like you. Don't lie about me there. You're trying to make me look bad. You're interrupting our
00:02:24card session. Shut up. And I don't think this experiment is for me. What causes not one. Jules.
00:02:32No. Did you just hear that? But two participants to storm out. She's gone.
00:02:53It's the morning of the fifth commitment ceremony of the experiment. And despite the intensity
00:02:59of the week our couple's connections have become even stronger. Oh gosh you're torn.
00:03:07Really grateful for you. After reluctantly finding themselves in the spotlight at the retreat
00:03:18last night's dinner party helped Rachel and Stephen regain their strength as a couple.
00:03:24Yeah I'm feeling good about us and you know the dinner party wasn't as bad as I thought it
00:03:29was going to be. I feel like we came out really really good. And also a bit of PDA in
00:03:34front
00:03:34of the group babe. I was a happy girl like yeah very very happy. Last week at retreat like it
00:03:51wasn't
00:03:51just one of us coming under like that humiliation it was our relationship and we had to work through
00:03:57that as a couple. And what that really showed me is when there are trying times we can work through
00:04:04that. And that's really really reassuring. Yeah I'm feeling good about us and hopefully
00:04:10we can move forward and no more hiccups. But at the same time it feels like there's still
00:04:14like you know some awkward tension simmering at the top. I don't know if Juliet maybe wanted
00:04:21to say more to Bec or I hope not. Can I just say my husband and I are done. We're
00:04:28done talking
00:04:29about retreat. On that note I think we should make some coffee. Thanks for that. Oh. You
00:04:35want a coffee? Yes please. No worries. Oh gosh. He's never done this before.
00:04:46The pressure of the retreat also took a toll on Bec and Danny.
00:04:51Oh. Who came close to leaving the experiment for good. But through it all they found resilience
00:04:59in their relationship. And to lift spirits today Danny has a small surprise for Bec. So
00:05:06I got you a card and your favourite chocolate bar. You're so cute. And it's got a gift in the
00:05:15card. There's two date cards which can be cashed in any time. You're so cute. You're so cute.
00:05:29Me and Bec we've never been in a better place than at the minute. You know we're in a really
00:05:33good
00:05:33place. We're really united, really strong. And yeah things are really progressing well for me and Bec. So it's nice.
00:05:41I am so happy that we didn't leave. I left the retreat thinking there was more hate than there was
00:05:47love. So I'm really glad that we chose to stay.
00:05:50Yeah. Last night I was really really anxious before going into the dinner party. I was obviously apprehensive going in
00:05:57not knowing what I was going to, not knowing what I was getting into.
00:06:01I didn't know if Juliet was going to attack again. And even though Jira and Juliet sat on the couch
00:06:07and didn't come up to us, there was more love in that room for us than there was hate.
00:06:12I think it went well. I was a bit disappointed with the apology. She tried to fluff around it.
00:06:18For me, when it comes to Juliet, I do not want anything to do with her. I accept her apology
00:06:26on the surface but we will never, ever, ever, ever be friends.
00:06:32I think Juliet apologized because the experts were watching.
00:06:36My delivery and me calling you names was disgusting and vile and I definitely should have not done that.
00:06:43But in the heat of the moment, I felt angry. Just kind of felt like, you know, you were speaking
00:06:50for Rachel's relationship and saying that they were in a massive fight.
00:06:55The argument at retreat was between Rachel and I. And Juliet's excuse was, I was standing up for Rachel. No,
00:07:02honey, you weren't standing up for Rachel. This is just the crux of who you are.
00:07:08Bec and Danny aren't the only couple reflecting on Juliet's behavior last night.
00:07:14I'm so stoked and I'm so relieved that Juliet didn't pop off at Bec. Otherwise, I was going to step
00:07:21in because it was getting a bit too much.
00:07:22So, I'm really thankful that we didn't have to get to that point and that Juliet actually articulated herself well.
00:07:28She apologized. She seemed genuine. And yeah, I'm glad it didn't escalate.
00:07:33Yeah, I thought it went well. Yeah. I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm proud of Juliet.
00:07:37I feel like she f***ed up the exact same way two times back to back and kind of still had
00:07:42a lot of like buts and rebuttals to like...
00:07:44Last night? ...everything last night. Yeah.
00:07:45Well, for me, I'm proud of her. She's my friend, so I'm proud of her.
00:07:49You're allowed to be proud of her. I'm just saying that, like, I just feel like I'm gonna keep her
00:07:54at arm's length because I still just don't trust her much at the moment.
00:07:58I see it as a small step that she apologized and she didn't go back to the old Juliet and
00:08:02for that reason, I'm proud of her.
00:08:03Yeah. So, I'll stick with that. Yeah. Yeah.
00:08:06You don't have to have the same opinion as me.
00:08:07No, no, no, I didn't say I had to. I'm just telling you I'm proud of her.
00:08:10Yeah, yeah. Yeah, cool. Um...
00:08:19I'm just feeling defeated, I guess.
00:08:23Juliet has woken this morning, still upset about last night's intense dinner party.
00:08:30It was just me being empathetic for Rach's situation and feeling it like in full force, like that's what I
00:08:38do as an empath.
00:08:39I feel people's pain in full force and I take it on, which, like, I probably should have not done
00:08:47for someone who was just gonna help kick me down a bit further.
00:08:51And that's what I felt like Rach did.
00:08:54Like, I feel like I would never, ever, ever help to, like, humiliate and shame someone who stood up for
00:09:02me in any degree, really.
00:09:04I just feel like I've been, like, a rock for so many people this week.
00:09:10And when time came to it, I didn't see those people around me.
00:09:17The only reason I have this situation with Bec right now is because I've been defending others all week over
00:09:24it, feeling their hurt and joining in on it.
00:09:27Like, I'm here to be a rock and an empath to people.
00:09:31I just hope to get the same back sometimes.
00:09:35Have you spoken to Gia since last night?
00:09:38Um, she's checked in on me this morning.
00:09:40Do you think you guys will be okay going into your challenge?
00:09:43Yeah, I definitely love her.
00:09:45I'm right or die for Gia.
00:09:47Do you think Gia's still right or die for you?
00:09:50Yeah, I mean, her texting me this morning to check in, and I've also got a missed call from her.
00:09:57Like, that's really nice.
00:09:59And I love her and I miss her.
00:10:00And I think when I saw that, like, tease stream down my face, because I really, really, really, really love
00:10:05her.
00:10:08If someone has bitched about Gia, yeah, like, I'm done with them.
00:10:11And obviously that gets me caught in other situations.
00:10:17It's my character though, I'm right or die for my friends.
00:10:29As the commitment ceremony draws closer, our couples are all getting set to face the experts.
00:10:43But for one participant, tonight's focus has been shifted to exposing another bride in the experiment.
00:11:00Gia has been sitting on some damning text messages written by Beck.
00:11:07But instead of planning to reveal the messages herself, Gia has chosen to share the text messages with another participant.
00:11:45You look stunning as always.
00:11:47Thanks, so to you.
00:11:48Give it a ceremony.
00:11:50I know.
00:11:50A bit interesting at the moment though, I've got to say.
00:11:53Why?
00:11:54What's wrong?
00:11:55Last night I was talking to Juliet.
00:11:58I showed her some screenshot of some things that Beck's been saying, using disgusting language.
00:12:05So then I actually was getting my nails done.
00:12:08And when I walked into the nail salon, Beck was leaving the nail salon and started talking shit about Juliet.
00:12:15So I called Juliet and I said, hey, just letting you know, I ran into Beck.
00:12:18She said this and she's like, cool.
00:12:19Well, I'm sick of this bitch talking about me.
00:12:22So she's gone and printed out some screenshots.
00:12:25So that if the experts come at her for using that language, I'm sure Beck will deny using that language
00:12:29and go, oh, I don't talk like that.
00:12:32Juliet will probably just drop a screenshot of Beck saying language like that.
00:12:37I don't agree with the language Juliet used.
00:12:40I think it was a bit inappropriate and too far, but the screenshots show that Beck is very comfortable using
00:12:46that kind of language.
00:12:48So I don't know.
00:12:49Like, I don't know what way it's going to go tonight.
00:12:52Some things in the message that were really disgusting.
00:12:54Beck has gotten away with a lot of shit in this experiment.
00:12:57She's done a lot of things wrong by a lot of people.
00:12:59Some of them are still unaware that she's done this behind closed doors.
00:13:02So I think the screenshots, if they are aired out, they help me because what I've been saying this whole
00:13:09time is she is a calculated evil person.
00:13:12And those screenshots show that.
00:13:15I don't blame Juliet.
00:13:16She's she's now got them in her hands and she's going to do what she's going to do with them.
00:13:20So if Juliet feels that she needs to do this tonight, then Juliet should do this.
00:13:25Shit.
00:13:28Yeah.
00:13:29I don't know.
00:13:30I don't know what to expect.
00:13:31Could blow out a proportion, that's for sure.
00:13:35Whatever happens, happens.
00:13:36Yeah.
00:13:37Nothing's going to affect us, so.
00:14:04Good evening.
00:14:05Good evening, gentlemen.
00:14:06Hello.
00:14:06Hello.
00:14:07Welcome, gents.
00:14:08Hello.
00:14:10Hello.
00:14:11Welcome.
00:14:11Good evening.
00:14:12Welcome.
00:14:15Oh.
00:14:16Ooh.
00:14:24Hello, ladies and gents.
00:14:27Hello.
00:14:28Hello.
00:14:29Hello.
00:14:32Hello.
00:14:33Hi, bub.
00:14:33Darling.
00:14:34How are you going?
00:14:41Come on.
00:14:43Welcome, everybody, to the fifth commitment ceremony.
00:14:46Now, it has been a very eventful week for all of you, coming off the back of a couple's retreat.
00:14:55Now, we do this task, and it is a pivotal one every single time during the experiment, so that we
00:15:02can see how you operate as couples outside of your normal environment, and how your relationship sustains a different type
00:15:12of pressure.
00:15:14Certainly, from the dinner party that occurred last night, the group has experienced some division.
00:15:24We will look at this, as well as the individual couples that sit here tonight, to find out exactly how
00:15:32you're travelling along, but also, particularly, to get you to think about the very important question of whether or not
00:15:41you can take this relationship,
00:15:43from the experiment into the real world.
00:15:48And on that note, let's get our first couple up.
00:15:56Jira and Scott.
00:15:58Great.
00:16:01How are you going?
00:16:02Hello.
00:16:02Hello.
00:16:04Welcome.
00:16:08All right, you two. Well, why don't we kick off with the couple's retreat? How was it?
00:16:13Do you want to talk? Do you want to talk? Yeah, go.
00:16:15Oh.
00:16:19Um...
00:16:19I don't know, it was quite chill for us. Well, throughout the days, obviously...
00:16:22No, throughout the days, I look at the good stuff.
00:16:27Like, it was just a lot, the retreat, to be honest. It was just really emotional. I think a lot
00:16:30of us are drained from it, to be honest.
00:16:33Can you tell us a little bit about what you experienced and how it's affected your relationship?
00:16:39Uh, to be honest, it hasn't affected our relationship, any of the drama. It hasn't at all. We've been, like
00:16:45he even said, the last two days, like, we're the closest we've ever been. I think, like...
00:16:50You know, he's called me his soul mate at the dinner party. Like, I just want to focus on, like,
00:16:54the positives, because I've been involved in drama too much, and it's taken a toll on me, to be honest.
00:17:00I just don't want to focus on it anymore, to be honest. I think we're near the end, and everyone's
00:17:05focusing and should be focusing on our relationships, and that's what we're doing.
00:17:08And I think when we shut out all that drama, like...
00:17:11We're even better.
00:17:12We're great.
00:17:14That's just other shit. It's got nothing to do with us.
00:17:17It doesn't affect our actual relationship.
00:17:20Because what we have together is real, and that's all that matters.
00:17:22So, respectfully for them two, I won't talk to them anymore.
00:17:25That's because I want to carry on my relationship, and I think it's not good we interact, because all it
00:17:29does is bring drama to us.
00:17:30Were you and Danny friends?
00:17:32We were.
00:17:34Like, it does suck, because we had a good friendship, but...
00:17:36Well, that's one of the things that, you know, we need to bring up.
00:17:40What we saw at the dinner party was that you've actually had to lose a friendship as a result of
00:17:46some of the drama.
00:17:47Exactly.
00:17:49When I walked in the dinner party with Bec, Scott didn't get up to even acknowledge we were in the
00:17:54room.
00:17:55I was just a bit disappointed that, as a man and as a gentleman, you didn't get up to say
00:17:59hello to me and my wife.
00:18:02We're doing that so we aren't involved in drama anymore.
00:18:05It's difficult, you know, at the retreat you yelled out at me that I'm a liar in front of people.
00:18:09So, like, how do you expect my husband's going to react to that?
00:18:11You lied about me as well, Gia.
00:18:13Yeah, but we're trying to move forward and you're interrupting our card session.
00:18:16Shut up.
00:18:29You lied about me as well, Gia.
00:18:31Yeah, but we're trying to move forward and you're interrupting our card session.
00:18:34Shut up.
00:18:41We don't care anymore, okay?
00:18:43Don't lie about me.
00:18:44We didn't say hello to both of you because we do not like you either.
00:18:47Don't lie about me though.
00:18:48Enough, enough.
00:18:48Enough, enough.
00:18:50Enough.
00:18:50Enough.
00:18:51Enough.
00:18:53Enough.
00:18:53Enough.
00:19:17So we've got to hold you to account and say,
00:19:20there is a reason why there's drama
00:19:23swirling around the two of you.
00:19:25What you're saying now is that you're making a concerted decision
00:19:28to move away from it.
00:19:30Right.
00:19:33Do you think you can do that?
00:19:35Last dinner party, I didn't say anything,
00:19:37and I should have, and I didn't.
00:19:39So I wanted to back Juliet,
00:19:41and I said to myself, I can't get involved anymore.
00:19:45I can't get involved.
00:19:47So, Gia, how's your relationship
00:19:50been able to move forward
00:19:53through this conflict
00:19:55and not collapse under that pressure?
00:19:58I'll just ignore the shit.
00:20:00Also, I feel like our connection is too strong.
00:20:03Like, there's no way...
00:20:05And this just proves it to me.
00:20:07All the shit can get thrown at us,
00:20:08and our relationship doesn't change.
00:20:11What I do find is that, like...
00:20:12I told you, John, when I met you,
00:20:14what I was after, and I said,
00:20:16my number one thing is I've never had a man back me in my life.
00:20:19So when he does this, like...
00:20:22Yeah, like, this is all I asked for.
00:20:27I've just never had, like, a soul connection like this in my life.
00:20:30Like, I don't think much could waver it, to be honest.
00:20:33So have you fallen in love with him?
00:20:36I'm not saying that, John.
00:20:39What are you waiting for?
00:20:40Him!
00:20:41Yeah, because I feel like he knows where I'm at,
00:20:44and I need him to say it first, to be honest.
00:20:50For me, like, I don't know what it is.
00:20:52Like, I don't know whether I'm scared or it's fear.
00:20:54I don't know what it is.
00:20:56Maybe I'm just pressured to force that love quicker
00:20:58than what it should be.
00:21:00For me, I just...
00:21:01There's something in my mind, like,
00:21:02I just...
00:21:03I need more of this outside world in
00:21:05before I can really give that true love.
00:21:07But I know I'm getting there,
00:21:09and I know it'll probably happen.
00:21:10So have you two talked about the future
00:21:12and specifically what your relationship would look like?
00:21:15We've spoken a lot about it.
00:21:16We've been looking on real estate.
00:21:17Oh, we've been looking at houses.
00:21:18And, like, I got a quote from a mover already.
00:21:20Like, I'm like, are we doing it?
00:21:23Yeah, we have.
00:21:24Like, we've already looked at areas
00:21:25and places to get a house and stuff
00:21:27because I need to get a bigger place, but...
00:21:30I have to say that I really have enjoyed
00:21:33how raw and honest you've been tonight with us
00:21:38and had each other's back.
00:21:39And you're very invested in one another.
00:21:43And that's what we love to see.
00:21:45So on that note, we're going to go to the decision.
00:21:48I think we're pretty unshakable,
00:21:50and I'm really excited to move forward
00:21:52and see what the future holds for us.
00:21:54So...
00:21:55I've got the stay, and I've got the Gold Coast.
00:21:57Oh, wow, cutie.
00:21:58Look at that, manifesting, aren't you?
00:22:00Yeah.
00:22:01I am, actually.
00:22:02We're just... I don't know, we're so friggin' good.
00:22:05Like, there's not much to say.
00:22:06I just bring on the challenges
00:22:08because we already just hit the end of the road, so...
00:22:10Yeah.
00:22:10I wrote stay with the bath
00:22:11because we had the bath and the retreat.
00:22:13Oh, my God, that's so cute.
00:22:17We won that race.
00:22:18Sorry, guys.
00:22:20This is what we want at these commitment ceremonies.
00:22:23Opening up, getting raw,
00:22:24and really exposing yourselves,
00:22:26and you've done that.
00:22:27And you've shown who you are,
00:22:29and you've also shown particularly
00:22:31that you have strong feelings for one another.
00:22:34So keep it up.
00:22:36You can go back to the group.
00:22:37Thanks, guys.
00:22:38Well done, guys.
00:22:38I appreciate it.
00:22:49Let's have our next couple up.
00:22:56Danny and Beck.
00:22:58It's great to have.
00:23:01Hello, you two.
00:23:02Yeah, no.
00:23:04How are we?
00:23:11Shall we start the couples' retreat?
00:23:15And then just move forward from there, Beck?
00:23:18Sure.
00:23:20What's your take on what happened at the couples' retreat
00:23:24and how it landed for you?
00:23:27I made a poor choice in words
00:23:30in a speech on the first night.
00:23:32And it was a distasteful joke
00:23:34that was not meant maliciously,
00:23:36and I've apologised to Rachel and Stephen
00:23:38a number of times.
00:23:43I didn't say it expecting to upset Rachel,
00:23:46and I understand why it did.
00:23:49And I'm sorry to you both again.
00:23:54From that came...
00:23:58..a really bad few days for me, personally.
00:24:04It just turned into sort of a pylon, a little bit.
00:24:08I was isolated, and...
00:24:11..you know, one day I was just in bed crying for hours.
00:24:16So, yeah, it was hard for me.
00:24:18It opened my eyes to maybe, you know,
00:24:21when I have been curt and unkind to people in the past
00:24:25at the beginning of this,
00:24:26how that may have felt for Alyssa, for example.
00:24:28And that's just awful.
00:24:32But through that hardship
00:24:34came something so beautiful,
00:24:36and I could actually say thank you to those girls.
00:24:39Because what they did
00:24:40was made my relationship tenfold stronger
00:24:43and us so much closer
00:24:45because he didn't leave my side.
00:24:48And I could depend on him.
00:24:52So, as a couple,
00:24:54this really pressured situation
00:24:57that you were under
00:24:58has actually taken you to another level.
00:25:03Tell me, how confident are you
00:25:05that, you know, this has the legs
00:25:08to actually go into the real world?
00:25:13Look, I've got to be honest.
00:25:14I'm scared.
00:25:15I am. I'm scared.
00:25:18And...
00:25:18What are you scared about?
00:25:19I'm scared that I have, like,
00:25:22my feelings are stronger for Daniel
00:25:23than they... than he's are for me.
00:25:25Ah.
00:25:26Sometimes.
00:25:27Sorry, babe.
00:25:28Have you ever said that before to him?
00:25:29No.
00:25:30Okay, so this is a very big moment for you.
00:25:32And I'm scared that...
00:25:33What...what makes you feel that way?
00:25:35I don't know.
00:25:36I just know how...how...how...
00:25:39I...I...
00:25:40I look at him and I think...
00:25:41I don't...
00:25:42I can't imagine my life without him now.
00:25:45And I don't want to.
00:25:46But I don't know whether or not
00:25:49he feels that way about me.
00:25:51Have you asked him?
00:25:53No.
00:25:54Well, now's as good a time as any.
00:25:56Jesus Christ.
00:25:58Put a man on the sport.
00:26:02Um...
00:26:08What's the question?
00:26:13The question is...
00:26:15Can you envisage your life without me in it?
00:26:19Because I can't envisage my life without you in it now.
00:26:30I've never thought of your...my life without you in it.
00:26:33Because I'm just going through what we're going through.
00:26:36Do you know what you mean?
00:26:38I think I show you how much I care about you.
00:26:41Yeah, no, I know, I know.
00:26:41Yeah.
00:26:42I know that you do.
00:26:44I just...I just...
00:26:46I just look at you and I'm like,
00:26:48you're the best.
00:26:49And I don't know if you look at me and think you're the best.
00:26:52Sometimes.
00:26:53I always do.
00:26:54Do you?
00:26:55That's cute.
00:26:55I just don't say it sometimes.
00:26:57Thanks, Bec.
00:26:58So describe your feelings for him.
00:27:01Where are we at right now?
00:27:03Bec, come clean.
00:27:08Bec, come clean.
00:27:10My feelings are extremely, extremely strong for Daniel.
00:27:17Seriously.
00:27:19Seriously strong.
00:27:28I love you.
00:27:43That's extreme.
00:27:45Jesus.
00:27:52I don't even know what to say to that.
00:28:01You don't have to reply.
00:28:03I can't cope.
00:28:10Extreme.
00:28:14Danny, how did it feel to hear that?
00:28:17Yeah, it feels good.
00:28:18I'm shocked that she's just told me in front of everyone, but yeah, it feels good.
00:28:23Sorry, should I have to save that for a special moment?
00:28:25No, of course not.
00:28:26You can save it whenever you want, but yeah, I guess I'm just a bit thrown right now.
00:28:33So Danny, I know that you're shocked, absolutely, because you weren't expecting that tonight,
00:28:39but in saying that, what does it do to you to hear that?
00:28:48I don't know how to answer for how does it make me feel.
00:28:51Does it make you feel happy?
00:28:53Does it make you feel scared?
00:28:54Does it make you feel nervous?
00:28:55It doesn't make me feel scared, to be honest with you, because why would it?
00:28:59Do you know what you mean?
00:29:00Like, I think that's a bit of a...
00:29:02It just makes me feel happy, but not scared at all.
00:29:05It doesn't make you feel like you want to do a marathon and run, right?
00:29:07No, I'm not the type of bloke to do that.
00:29:10I don't think that Daniel's at that place, but I would be lying if I didn't...
00:29:16If I wasn't honest with you right now.
00:29:18That's how I feel.
00:29:19I'm scared.
00:29:21I'm really scared to feel this way.
00:29:23It's really scary for me.
00:29:27It's really adulting.
00:29:28It's really adult of me.
00:29:30And I...yeah, it's...yeah.
00:29:32And this is why I'm nervous, because my feelings are so strong
00:29:36and I just want it to work out.
00:29:40It's what I want.
00:29:44Well, look, on that note,
00:29:46it has been an incredibly difficult week for you,
00:29:50but, wow, you've had huge revelations tonight.
00:29:56We want to go to the decision.
00:29:58Stay or leave.
00:30:00Bec, I'm pretty sure I know where this is headed.
00:30:02L-E-A-B-E.
00:30:03No, I'm just kidding.
00:30:06Um...yeah.
00:30:07Please don't run away from me.
00:30:08I won't.
00:30:09Relax.
00:30:10Okay.
00:30:10Well, I wrote, stay.
00:30:13Lovely.
00:30:14Then I wrote, thank you, boo, for his support at retreat.
00:30:18Oh.
00:30:20And for you, Danny.
00:30:23Tonight, I'll put, stay with a love heart.
00:30:28That's cute.
00:30:30Well done, guys.
00:30:31Very, very powerful.
00:30:32Thanks so much.
00:30:33Powerful session.
00:30:34Have a great week.
00:30:35You can go back to the group.
00:30:36Thanks, guys.
00:30:37Congratulations.
00:30:42Thank you, boys.
00:30:43Thank you, too.
00:30:45Oh.
00:30:50Put the pressure on me.
00:30:52Why don't you?
00:30:55Oh.
00:30:56I didn't know Bec was going to come out with that.
00:30:59You're in front of the whole experts, the group.
00:31:01Um, yeah, it put me on the spot a little bit, but I think I dealt with it well.
00:31:06You're not a little runaway, are you?
00:31:07No, thank you.
00:31:08Relax.
00:31:09I don't feel that you should tell someone you love them unless you truly mean it.
00:31:13Um, love's a massive thing, and it's a word that shouldn't be chucked around loosely.
00:31:16Um, so, look, she could tell me 10,000 times if I don't feel like I'm not going to say
00:31:20it back.
00:31:31Our next couple up on the couch tonight.
00:31:40Rachel and Steven.
00:31:47Go, bestie.
00:31:48Go, bestie.
00:31:49Hello.
00:31:49Oh, hello.
00:31:50Say hi.
00:31:53Oh, yeah.
00:31:56Can't be a lounge.
00:31:59You two had a big week.
00:32:02Oh.
00:32:05Yeah, the retreat.
00:32:06The gift that keeps on giving.
00:32:09And the relationship-going places tell us about everything.
00:32:13Ah, you heard about that, did you?
00:32:15We were observing the dinner party and the cocktail party.
00:32:18The word gets around here, doesn't it?
00:32:19Well, yes.
00:32:20Okay.
00:32:22Um, we'll start before the retreat.
00:32:24Um, you know, me and Rachel were, uh, you know, I'm doing well.
00:32:34It was a passionate moment.
00:32:37I felt connected with Rachel.
00:32:39How passionate.
00:32:40It was really nice.
00:32:43I got that part.
00:32:46It was like, I've known, like, Steven has expressed from many weeks ago that to increase intimacy would mean that
00:32:57he would need to feel more of an emotional connection to me.
00:33:01Yes.
00:33:01So it was really special because he obviously felt that with me.
00:33:08So, yeah, it was, it was a nice connecting moment and I just really felt, I could just feel our
00:33:16relationship start, like, take this trajectory.
00:33:19It was, yeah, it was really nice, really connecting, but we've only increased intimacy that one time.
00:33:32Why has there been no follow up on that?
00:33:39Um, okay, so, um, obviously the next day was sort of the retreat.
00:33:48And this is where it all unfolds a little bit, so, um, Rachel expressed our good news to the group
00:33:58and there was a comment that was made, um, sort of in bad taste and, uh, Rachel, um, was really
00:34:07upset by the comment and it was just three days of carnage, really.
00:34:14Um, the retreat for me and Rachel was meant to be a sort of a getaway and a redemption from
00:34:20our honeymoon.
00:34:21Mm-hmm.
00:34:22And it pretty much deteriorated from day one and, you know, night after night, um, you know, Rachel was, you
00:34:31know, sort of really upset.
00:34:32And I guess to answer the question, um, yeah, the last thing I felt, you know, I was going to
00:34:37do is pull moves when Rachel was really sort of hurt.
00:34:41And I just, yeah, we just didn't, weren't in that mood.
00:34:50So obviously we did hear from the cocktail and dinner party what the comments made were.
00:34:55And I guess my question to you, Rachel, is why did it have such a big impact that it lasted
00:35:01three days?
00:35:04So we are talking about the comment that Beck made, correct?
00:35:08Yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:35:09Um, in the moment that the comment was made now, I understand it wasn't made with malice.
00:35:15It wasn't made to make me feel any type of way.
00:35:17However, because I had shared, I chose my language very carefully when I shared with the entire group, that wording
00:35:27right at the end, it just felt like it cheapened it.
00:35:30I felt humiliated.
00:35:32So it just, it just became this really big thing and it just didn't need to be.
00:35:38Looking back and how I feel on that, I definitely was influenced by the information that was given to me.
00:35:46100%.
00:35:46By whom?
00:35:47I was influenced by Juliet and Gia.
00:35:52After reflection, I feel like I've been used as a pawn in something that is, there's still a rift between
00:36:01Juliet, Beck and Gia.
00:36:04And I feel like this situation kind of allowed them to like have something else to fuel up about.
00:36:14That's how I feel now.
00:36:16Yeah.
00:36:19So you feel like Juliet and Gia used you as a pawn as a way to generate more drama with
00:36:26Beck because there's been clearly a rift there in their relationship.
00:36:33To be fair, when Beck did make these comments with me, I said I didn't want any part of it.
00:36:41Beck was coming to me with this stuff.
00:36:43I said I didn't want the drama and she would cover her mic and say even more stuff about it.
00:36:47It's just a fabricated story.
00:36:49While I had her crying to me.
00:36:51I can't.
00:36:51I did not want any of this.
00:36:53I was trying to not engage in it.
00:36:55She was coming to me with it.
00:37:01And so this is, I guess, where I don't know.
00:37:05That's honestly just how I was feeling.
00:37:06I just didn't know what was real and what was real being told to me and what wasn't.
00:37:14And yeah.
00:37:18With it, it's just been a really emotional time.
00:37:21I call it the retreat hangover.
00:37:24It's a pretty good description.
00:37:26It did interfere a little bit with our relationship.
00:37:32It called things off intimacy wise.
00:37:35But in terms of our relationship, I felt like we got stronger as a couple.
00:37:43Because it was like, yes, there was a lot happening with our relationship.
00:37:47I like, you know, it felt like there was a lot outside doors about talking about our relationship.
00:37:52But when I was really upset, like I just wanted my husband and he was there and we were really
00:37:57connected that way.
00:37:59It just wasn't like intimacy.
00:38:03Was it like that for you, Steven?
00:38:06At the moment, yeah, the intimacy thing is just not there, but I'm still close and connected with Rachel.
00:38:12I'm still comfortable.
00:38:12I mean, we're still having, you know, good dates together and we're having fun together.
00:38:17We're laughing.
00:38:18So, you know, it's still good.
00:38:21I'm confident where, yeah, we're, we haven't gone backwards.
00:38:24I love the giggles.
00:38:25Oh, it's gorgeous.
00:38:27Love it.
00:38:28Yeah.
00:38:32With that, let's go to the decision.
00:38:35Um, Rachel.
00:38:37Yeah.
00:38:39Stay or leave?
00:38:40Um, look, this week was just so easy for me.
00:38:43And there's no way a man could call me a wonderful woman at a dinner party and not have me
00:38:48stick around.
00:38:49Simple as that.
00:38:53And Steven?
00:38:55Uh, well, um, you know, we've come a long way in this experiment.
00:38:59I'm very happy with, uh, the direction it's, uh, going and, um, I was going to draw a nice little
00:39:05picture for you to show how much I liked you, but I realized I can't draw.
00:39:09So, alright.
00:39:12Stay.
00:39:13Oh, the little fish!
00:39:14Come fishing with me.
00:39:16She's a good catch!
00:39:19I will say this, big steps in the right direction on many fronts for the two of you this week.
00:39:26That step that you've already taken to getting more physically close and more physically comfortable, you're going to want to
00:39:34repeat.
00:39:35And I, and I really hope that that is a bit of a goal in terms of just really focusing
00:39:39on the things that bind you together and things that will help nourish that bond that you're constructing.
00:39:45So, focus on that in the next week.
00:39:47You can go back to the group.
00:39:50Well done, you guys.
00:39:51Good stuff.
00:40:00Oh.
00:40:03Coming up.
00:40:04And then I just said, look, I, I, I love you.
00:40:09Phillip's love.
00:40:11This can't be true.
00:40:13Stella's blind side.
00:40:15At the moment he doesn't see Sydney as a possibility to move and in my head, this is a breakup.
00:40:22And then.
00:40:24Express to me what your point is.
00:40:26You should be careful when I have screenshots of what you've said about Alyssa and David.
00:40:34Vile.
00:40:35It was vile.
00:40:49Our next couple tonight.
00:40:55Sam and Chris.
00:40:57Let's go.
00:41:00Hello.
00:41:00Hello.
00:41:02Welcome.
00:41:03Hi.
00:41:03How are we doing?
00:41:05Well, how was retreat for you guys?
00:41:08It was good.
00:41:09Um, I was always going into the retreat with the intention that I would make the next move.
00:41:14Um, but there was a lot going on.
00:41:16So when we got back from the retreat, as he was unpacking, I just went into the bedroom and said,
00:41:22hey, Chris, come in here for a second.
00:41:23And then, um, wait, no, I was actually doing my laundry in my underwear.
00:41:27I had all my clothes and he's like, Chris, come here.
00:41:30I was like, yeah, what?
00:41:30And I was like, this is a bit short.
00:41:32Oh, right.
00:41:33Okay.
00:41:33It's a bit short with me.
00:41:35Um.
00:41:36Yeah.
00:41:37And he made business.
00:41:38He made business, yeah.
00:41:39Yeah.
00:41:39We broke the friend zone.
00:41:41So we're out of the friend zone.
00:41:42Excellent.
00:41:44Proud mama.
00:41:45Always, always.
00:41:47Yeah.
00:41:48So let me ask you this, Sam.
00:41:50Mr. Slowburn.
00:41:52That's not what we call me, is it?
00:41:53No, no, no.
00:41:54Not anymore.
00:41:55Not anymore.
00:41:57Do you feel, um, you're still burning slow?
00:42:00Um, right now there's feelings.
00:42:02I won't deny that because I wasn't going to act on any intimacy until there was, so that's a clear
00:42:07sign that there was.
00:42:08You know, I turned to you in the retreat and I said, like, I think of you as my boyfriend.
00:42:12And like, like that has, is what's changed, I guess, or has developed, is probably a better word.
00:42:18And what about your feelings, Chris?
00:42:20Um, yeah, so my feelings, uh, for Sam have been pretty strong since I met him.
00:42:25Like, that's who I am.
00:42:26I'm like, yep, cute, you know, tick, six foot, like tick, blah, blah, blah.
00:42:30Um, so I've, yeah.
00:42:31Six, six foot three.
00:42:33Six foot three.
00:42:34Um.
00:42:37And are you starting to think about life outside the experiment?
00:42:41I think what it would probably look like is it just like, say we go, well, everything ticks the boxes,
00:42:46we'd have a place in Sydney.
00:42:47So he'd go to Sydney.
00:42:48I would stay primarily at the farm and then maybe we can float back and forth for a bit from
00:42:53Sydney to the farm.
00:42:54Oh, someone's been thinking about this quite a bit of detail.
00:42:57I think, I think that's what it would look like if, if we are successful and I want us to
00:43:01be successful, but he has a lot of stuff to do in the city.
00:43:03Whereas I'm like cool to be at the farm full time.
00:43:05Um, and I'm just excited for the next four weeks on this experiment and see where we end up.
00:43:11Well, we're going to go to a decision.
00:43:13Cool.
00:43:15Today, I wrote stay.
00:43:18Yes, you did.
00:43:19I'm not yelling.
00:43:19It's just, I'm very excited to be here.
00:43:21Very loud.
00:43:22Love it.
00:43:23Loud and proud.
00:43:25Yeah.
00:43:25Beautiful.
00:43:26And you, Chris.
00:43:27Okay.
00:43:27Pretty obvious.
00:43:28I also wrote stay.
00:43:30Aww.
00:43:31Well, well done.
00:43:32Thank you so much.
00:43:33You guys.
00:43:36Thank you guys so much.
00:43:37Well done.
00:43:37Thank you too.
00:43:38Cheers.
00:43:46Well done guys.
00:43:47Thanks so much guys.
00:43:48Yeah.
00:43:50Our next couple up on the couch, Alyssa and David.
00:44:00Hello you two.
00:44:01Hello.
00:44:01Hey.
00:44:02How's it going?
00:44:03We're going well, but we're more interested in how you guys are going.
00:44:07Oh.
00:44:08Okay.
00:44:09I can't shake him off.
00:44:10She can't kick me off her leg.
00:44:12Are you trying?
00:44:13I can't.
00:44:14Well, do you know what?
00:44:15I have tested.
00:44:16Yeah.
00:44:17I'm just being honest.
00:44:18I've tested.
00:44:19I've tried to shake him off and he won't leave.
00:44:20So, you know, he likes it.
00:44:23He obviously likes the challenge.
00:44:25I know this is very cute and playful, but do you like it?
00:44:30I'm not going to lie.
00:44:31It's not like, I won't say I like it, but I can handle it.
00:44:36She is obviously more of a storm and I'm calm.
00:44:41And for some reason, like, you know, I'm just so pulled towards that storm,
00:44:46but I find like I'm able to harbour that storm and it doesn't get to me.
00:44:50I even get happy talking about it.
00:44:52So, yeah, I can't explain it.
00:44:56So, Alyssa, you know, when you initially talked about some of the questions you've got around David
00:45:04and whether he challenges you, is it fair to say now that you're seeing his character,
00:45:11his calmness as being something that...
00:45:13It's challenging me.
00:45:14It's challenging you, but also that you're actually responding really well to.
00:45:18It actually is.
00:45:20Like, it's because it's a new thing for me to overcome.
00:45:24And it's a good thing.
00:45:26Um, I know that I, you know, I'm a bit of a menace sometimes.
00:45:29I'm a bit loud and I can be challenging, but he's, he is a pillar.
00:45:34He's a strong, safe place.
00:45:38It's another reason why I, I'm still drawn to Alyssa.
00:45:42It's because I know I'm good for her.
00:45:44I think we balance each other out really well.
00:45:46David, how do you feel about Alyssa?
00:45:49I feel like I'm still falling for Alyssa.
00:45:52I don't think anything's changed.
00:45:53Like, I do see a future with her.
00:45:55And I want her to know that she can't scare me off.
00:45:59Like, it doesn't scare me at all.
00:46:01I'm falling for you.
00:46:04Alyssa, how does that feel to hear that?
00:46:06It's really nice.
00:46:07Yeah.
00:46:08Like, it's really nice.
00:46:09Well, with that being the case, let's go to the decision.
00:46:12Like I said, I am falling for you, Alyssa.
00:46:16And, you know, I like every part about you.
00:46:18The bad, the good, the ugly, and...
00:46:21And the fun.
00:46:22And the fun.
00:46:22The fun.
00:46:23A lot of fun.
00:46:24Everyone can attest to that.
00:46:25She's a ball of fun.
00:46:27And I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of this goes.
00:46:31So, yeah.
00:46:34Today, great stuff.
00:46:36Alyssa, what you got for us?
00:46:39Oh, well, I can't shake him off.
00:46:41Like, he's just hanging in there.
00:46:43So, I've decided to stick around.
00:46:46Love it.
00:46:47Amazing.
00:46:50And on that note, go back to the group.
00:46:52Well done, guys.
00:47:05Alright, let's get our next couple up.
00:47:09Stella and Phillip.
00:47:09Yay.
00:47:15Hello.
00:47:18Wow.
00:47:20A pre-emptive tissue grab.
00:47:22I'm coming prepared.
00:47:23Yeah.
00:47:24Come prepared.
00:47:24Noted.
00:47:26I am curious.
00:47:27Why the tissue grab?
00:47:30Um, I'm in a very sensitive, um, mood.
00:47:35Yeah.
00:47:36Yeah.
00:47:36Yeah.
00:47:36I sense that.
00:47:38So, what's going on for you?
00:47:40Um.
00:47:42It's okay.
00:47:44I think it all kind of unravelled, um, when Phillip confessed his feelings.
00:47:53Um.
00:47:58Conversations got really heavy, really, really quick.
00:48:02Uh, so, the last commitment ceremony, Alessandra was saying, look, I don't understand the confusion
00:48:09here.
00:48:09You're dancing around.
00:48:10Talk about how you feel.
00:48:12Why don't you just tell her?
00:48:14So, uh, that night I told her, you know, come over here.
00:48:18Come sit down.
00:48:18She thought she was in trouble.
00:48:21And then I just said, look, I, I, I love you.
00:48:27I'm feeling it, you know.
00:48:30And it felt good saying that.
00:48:32And you're right.
00:48:33You were right.
00:48:33Just express it.
00:48:34Just say it if you're feeling it.
00:48:35You're right.
00:48:38Stella, what specifically did that feel like for you, hearing that?
00:48:45I went into self-preservation mode.
00:48:49Um.
00:48:51And I think my big fear of abandonment came up to play.
00:48:55Okay.
00:48:57And, yeah, I, I don't know, but that reaction surprised me.
00:49:04Stella, did you tell Philip that you loved him back?
00:49:07I did in my own long-winded way.
00:49:13What does that mean?
00:49:15Um.
00:49:21Philip, did you receive an I love you?
00:49:25She's just, like, sent a long-winded way of saying it.
00:49:30So, Philip has shared to you that he has deep feelings for you.
00:49:35He's falling in love with you.
00:49:37He sees a future with you.
00:49:41What specifically did that feel like for you, hearing that?
00:49:52It felt...
00:49:55This can't be true.
00:50:04What's it going to take for you to believe Philip?
00:50:08I don't know.
00:50:09I, I...
00:50:11I think...
00:50:13I do have an amazing human as my partner,
00:50:16who understands me.
00:50:18But the fact that he lives in Melbourne,
00:50:21I live in Sydney,
00:50:23this is going to be an issue for me.
00:50:28At the moment, he doesn't see Sydney as a possibility to move.
00:50:32But in my head,
00:50:34this is a breakup.
00:50:41So, from your perspective,
00:50:43Philip needs to move to Sydney, or it's off.
00:50:50If I'm being honest with myself and with Philip...
00:51:00it seems like that.
00:51:02Yeah.
00:51:03It seems like that.
00:51:06Yeah.
00:51:07That's what I would say.
00:51:07Who is coming back?
00:51:08It's coming back.
00:51:09What?
00:51:10It's coming back.
00:51:27It's coming back.
00:51:41See, it seems like that, yeah.
00:51:49I see it as a catch-22.
00:51:53At the end of the whole experiment, you go back to Melbourne and I feel like I can not
00:52:00love a man that's going to leave with me.
00:52:04So, unless he gives me clarity, I can't be like, yes, I love you too.
00:52:13Philip, how does that feel to hear that?
00:52:17I think that's unfair.
00:52:20Because everything from day dot is, I'm in Sydney, this is what's happening, just get
00:52:25on my program.
00:52:27This is it.
00:52:27It's like, this needs to happen or it's not going to work.
00:52:30I think that's a lot of pressure, yeah.
00:52:32The relationships come with conditions straight off the bat.
00:52:36So it is very difficult for myself, you know.
00:52:44Sometimes she does talk to me in a certain way.
00:52:46That takes me down a peg.
00:52:49Give us an example, for instance.
00:52:52Like questioning masculinity because, you know, like, me not wanting to go out after
00:52:57a massive week.
00:53:00And for Stella to turn around just going, well, that's very feminine, what you're saying.
00:53:08That's a very feminine thing to do.
00:53:11Sometimes you just need to go and do what you don't want to do because that is the masculine
00:53:15thing to do.
00:53:16And just saying that I'm not masculine.
00:53:20That's very harsh.
00:53:23It's not a masculine energy.
00:53:24It's just a go energy that women and men can have.
00:53:27To tell him that it's feminine and it's really attacking his masculinity.
00:53:32Yeah.
00:53:33I'm not sure if you're aware of the impact that words like that can have.
00:53:39I don't want to push him away, but, like, that's what kind of happens in the background.
00:53:44I start to pick on him.
00:53:47So it's like defense mechanism, I think, for me.
00:53:51I wouldn't like that to...
00:53:53I wouldn't like to deal with me in those moments.
00:53:59I have one question that pops to mind that I'm curious about.
00:54:04How is the physical intimacy with one another?
00:54:09It's just not happening.
00:54:13Just not happening.
00:54:15Just a few short weeks ago, it was a very different story from both of you in that respect.
00:54:21With all the stuff mentally that was going on, I felt like a little bit, um, you know,
00:54:27underappreciated and all this kind of stuff.
00:54:28I'm like, well, why would I want to have sex?
00:54:30Like, I don't feel like it right now.
00:54:35The thing is, um, I'm not on any birth control and he's terrified for an accident to happen.
00:54:44Oh, that's very easily solved.
00:54:47Birth control.
00:54:50Um, I don't want to take tablets, personally.
00:54:54I, um, I was like, I was like, hey, if you're so terrified of, um, making someone pregnant,
00:55:00maybe just do a snip.
00:55:08So, um...
00:55:09Has anyone heard of condoms?
00:55:10Yes, I was going to say, in the meantime, it's very easily solved with a trip to the pharmacy.
00:55:15Condoms, yeah.
00:55:17Yeah, I don't like it.
00:55:20The reality is that there is quite early to be making a decision such as that,
00:55:25especially if you're thinking you want children in the future.
00:55:27They're reversible.
00:55:28They're reversible, of course, but it's a procedure.
00:55:32Yeah.
00:55:33There are other alternatives where you can make this work.
00:55:36That really shouldn't be the factor to bring you guys apart.
00:55:41So it almost seems like a little bit of an excuse.
00:55:46Maybe.
00:55:47To gloss over the disconnect.
00:55:50Yeah.
00:55:50Maybe a little bit because I've just been getting thrown around the mental ringer, so to speak.
00:55:56Yes.
00:55:57And I'm just like, do I even feel appreciated?
00:55:59Or is this someone that I should really be attracted to and putting my sexual energy towards?
00:56:03Because I just don't, like, I just, I feel sometimes that I've just taken for granted.
00:56:10That's pretty major to say.
00:56:13For me, it's just, I just need to feel like I'm fully emotionally wanted.
00:56:17Like, someone's 100% into it, then I can fully give 100% of myself to them.
00:56:22That's exactly what was happening early on from Stella, I felt.
00:56:26And sometimes, as this experiment's been going on, there's just been little glimpses where I've
00:56:31seen that she's not into it sometimes.
00:56:35And it just kind of gets in my head a little bit.
00:56:37And I just withdraw a little bit of that attention, you know, until I get it built back up again.
00:56:42And then I feel comfortable to do it again.
00:56:45You guys are at a really crucial stage of your relationship now.
00:56:50And the conversations that you're having are really, really important.
00:56:56Stella, before you say something to him,
00:56:59I want you to think about how's this going to land for him?
00:57:02How's this going to make Philip feel?
00:57:04Yeah.
00:57:05Before you deliver it.
00:57:07Yeah.
00:57:08Because my sense is, you might be having a few regrets.
00:57:11Has that been happening?
00:57:12Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:57:14After the fact.
00:57:15Absolutely.
00:57:15So let's try and eliminate that through self-awareness, which I know you have.
00:57:19Yeah.
00:57:20You guys have had a strong connection from the beginning and have pretty much coasted through
00:57:25all the couch sessions.
00:57:27And there's a lot clearly that you hadn't been feeling like you could open up and talk to us about.
00:57:32So I think it's very productive that you have chosen to do that tonight.
00:57:36And I thank you both for that openness.
00:57:39And with all of this to consider and work on, let's go to a decision for this week.
00:57:46Philip.
00:57:49So that was a lot to take in.
00:57:51Yes.
00:57:51You know, and I'm glad that you're, you just kind of told me what's on your minds.
00:57:55With that in mind, I'm going to be writing Stay.
00:57:57I love that.
00:57:59And Stella.
00:58:01Do you want to go?
00:58:03Yep.
00:58:05I wrote Stay.
00:58:10We've got work to do.
00:58:12You've got a little work to do, yes.
00:58:13That's all right.
00:58:14Have a great week.
00:58:17We've got a little work to do.
00:58:18Thank you, guys.
00:58:19Good luck.
00:58:24That's a very good job, isn't it?
00:58:26Yeah.
00:58:28Yeah.
00:58:29Self-preservation comes in.
00:58:31Of course.
00:58:32In maybe.
00:58:34I'm a little bitch.
00:58:34I'm sorry.
00:58:36It's all right.
00:58:39It's all right.
00:58:40Keep calm.
00:58:41You've got to die away.
00:58:48Coming up.
00:58:50Jules.
00:58:52Jules.
00:58:53Tonight's dramatic conclusion.
00:58:55Don't touch me.
00:58:57What?
00:58:57I'm out.
00:58:58I'm out.
00:58:59I want to go back in and finish the conversation.
00:59:01No.
00:59:02No.
00:59:12Last up on the couch.
00:59:14Juliette and Joel.
00:59:21Hello.
00:59:23Hi.
00:59:24Oh, you too.
00:59:24Oh, hello.
00:59:29What's happening?
00:59:33What's happening with you guys?
00:59:35Last time at the commitment ceremony, Juliette, you wrote a stay and Joel, you had written leave.
00:59:43Then there's been quite a turnaround.
00:59:48Perfect couple alert.
00:59:52Shaky.
00:59:53Shaky last time.
00:59:54It was shaky, yeah.
00:59:55It was really shaky.
00:59:57We hit rock bottom.
01:00:00But I think we've made quite a comeback.
01:00:03I have to say, I wasn't expecting such a strong, quick turnaround because the things that were said were
01:00:12so strong, um, that I can see how it would have been difficult to come out of
01:00:18that space, especially for you, Joel.
01:00:21Well, yeah.
01:00:22Like, what happened was the following day, um, Juliette came into my apartment and she was crying.
01:00:28And she apologized again.
01:00:31And I really felt like it was heartfelt.
01:00:34And, um, I accepted her apology.
01:00:37It was like a reset button.
01:00:40And so, yeah, we went pub crawling.
01:00:45This is what, you know, a couple of beers and a palmy does.
01:00:49Yeah.
01:00:50So, um, as we progressed through the pubs, um, there was a certain warmness that was brewing.
01:00:58And then we went back to the apartment and vibes were good.
01:01:01One thing leads to another and, uh, a bit of hooking up, you know?
01:01:06Just a little bit of hooking up.
01:01:07Just a bit of hooking up.
01:01:08Mm-hmm.
01:01:09Such a goof.
01:01:10And that was nice.
01:01:12Mm-hmm.
01:01:12I think we had a lot of kiss chemistry.
01:01:14The kiss chemistry was strong.
01:01:16Yeah.
01:01:17Yeah, it flipped.
01:01:19Like, I feel like the next day we both kind of texted each other and were like,
01:01:22what was that?
01:01:23Like, I, I, yeah, I completely saw Joel in a completely different light.
01:01:29Started feeling like I could trust him and I could feel like I wanted to be close with him
01:01:33and like, kind of, yeah, touch his leg.
01:01:35And like, yeah, I guess when we did retreat, I was like, why don't we give it a crack?
01:01:40Like, why don't we sleep in the same bed and see if there's chemistry inside the bed?
01:01:46And yeah, it feels like he was like giving protector energy, which is another thing I'm attracted to.
01:01:52I think, like, Joel is brilliant in so many ways.
01:01:56There's just, you know, in a time of crisis when I'm feeling like I'm in a situation,
01:02:05I just hope that I would have more of a rock by my side.
01:02:11When did you need that from Joel specifically?
01:02:14When we had the dinner party, um, you know, when I was apologising to Bec and Danny
01:02:21for my crude words, um, I feel like the conversation was going on a lot longer
01:02:30and I kept trying to apologise to diffuse it, diffuse it, diffuse it.
01:02:34And, um, I just kind of wanted Joel in that moment to just be like,
01:02:38look, she's apologised and taken accountability.
01:02:40Like, I think we can take a pause.
01:02:43And so I just kind of feel like I was fighting for myself a little bit.
01:02:46And I admire how Danny was standing up for his wife and being there by Bec's side.
01:02:52And I see Scott do it for Gia as well, you know, multiple times.
01:02:57And David doing it for Alyssa and...
01:03:01And I just feel like I just didn't get that.
01:03:08What do you say to that, Joel?
01:03:10I felt like Danny and Bec were respectful to Juliet.
01:03:16I felt like they were giving her a fair shake.
01:03:20So I didn't feel the need to step in.
01:03:23If they were coming at her and attacking her and hurling insults at her,
01:03:28I would have stepped in.
01:03:30I just didn't see that.
01:03:32And I think Juliet has a different perspective on what happened.
01:03:40From everything that happened last week...
01:03:42Yeah.
01:03:43...that was called out by Joel, because he was on the receiving end of that.
01:03:48Why did you call Bec the names that you called Bec?
01:03:54Why choose again to use very aggressive, very vicious, very vile deliveries towards somebody else?
01:04:07I guess what I saw was the exact same behavior, simply a different target.
01:04:13Mm-hmm.
01:04:14So why choose to go there again?
01:04:22Honestly, I've seen Bec say much, much worse...
01:04:28...in the same category multiple times to multiple people here.
01:04:31Does it matter?
01:04:32So I...
01:04:33We're not talking about ex-behavior or about Bec.
01:04:35I know, but that's why I felt comfortable doing it to Bec.
01:04:45Why do you think Bec gets so under your skin?
01:04:50Um, because I think she gets away with a lot of her bad behavior.
01:04:54Um, I haven't seen her take accountability for some of the things.
01:04:58She also claims she'll tell you one thing, and then when you address it, she'll claim you're lying.
01:05:04That gets under my skin, and I explode.
01:05:07Really pisses me off.
01:05:08Sorry, you called me a dumb effing and an effing freak multiple times.
01:05:15There we go.
01:05:16Point. Sorry, excuse me.
01:05:17Express to me what your point is.
01:05:20This is why I feel angry.
01:05:22Because you've done the wrong thing, and you constantly say, but, but, but, but, but.
01:05:26Um, you should be careful with how much you are upset about me saying that.
01:05:34When I have screenshots of what you've said about Alyssa and David.
01:05:46Vile.
01:05:48It was vile.
01:05:50It was vile.
01:05:52You said...
01:06:12You should be careful with how much you are upset about me saying that.
01:06:17When I have screenshots of what you've said about Alyssa and David.
01:06:22It was vile.
01:06:24Vile.
01:06:25It was vile.
01:06:25It was vile.
01:06:26You said...
01:06:37It's disgusting, babe.
01:06:39You expressed to me, expressed to me what your point is.
01:06:42This is why I feel angry.
01:06:44What are you trying to prove?
01:06:46You're trying to make me look bad.
01:06:46Because I'm disgusted.
01:06:47You're trying to make me look bad.
01:06:48You get away with everything.
01:06:48What have I done to you personally to deserve that?
01:06:51You try to trap me into these conversations.
01:06:53No, it's how you try to get into my head.
01:06:56I'm not talking to you about it anymore.
01:06:59Thank you, guys.
01:07:00You're bullying me.
01:07:03And I was not part of that.
01:07:09Juliette, so how do you have screenshots?
01:07:22Gia sent them to me.
01:07:30What?
01:07:34Why would you do that, Gia?
01:07:36She asked what she was like, so I sent some screenshots of, like, conversations.
01:07:40I don't look great in them either.
01:07:44And then I heard that you were excited that I was going to get up on the CC couch.
01:07:50Like, that's such an evil thing to hope for.
01:07:54She said that to Gia at the nail salon.
01:08:00I didn't say she's going to get .
01:08:01I said...
01:08:02You said , babe.
01:08:03I said, you said dumb .
01:08:06She said, you're going to get in trouble for saying dumb .
01:08:09I said you were going to be held accountable for the way in which you spoke to me.
01:08:13Yeah.
01:08:14That's such an evil thing to hope for.
01:08:16And that's why we came up with a plan of let's address the screenshots then.
01:08:21This is the time to use it.
01:08:28So it was a plan.
01:08:31Just to be clear, Gia, you sent the screenshots to Juliet with the intent that it be used against
01:08:37Beck in her argument.
01:08:40I said bad things in there too.
01:08:41I didn't really want them out.
01:08:44It just shows that me calling her a DC, it shouldn't have not been blown up into such a big
01:08:54thing when she's done much worse.
01:09:03Wow.
01:09:05Can I please give you some insight?
01:09:06Of course.
01:09:08You could not be further from the truth.
01:09:13It is shocking that you would think that.
01:09:16Yeah.
01:09:19It makes you look so much worse.
01:09:22Okay, for sure.
01:09:23Than Beck.
01:09:24It's like conscious retaliation with the purpose to hurt.
01:09:33I know.
01:09:40And again, you know, I'm still, I'm covering, I'm covering up so much.
01:09:46I'm covering up so much.
01:09:47I just don't, I don't think this experiment is for me.
01:09:51I don't.
01:09:51I don't know.
01:09:55Gia, what the ****?
01:10:02Jules.
01:10:04Jules.
01:10:13Jules.
01:10:14She's about to face the music and she bolts.
01:10:17Mm-hmm.
01:10:18Jules.
01:10:20No, **** off.
01:10:21Jules.
01:10:22Did you just hear that?
01:10:26Jules, talk to me.
01:10:27**** off.
01:10:30Jules.
01:10:31Done.
01:10:32You're such a dog.
01:10:34What do you mean?
01:10:34You're actually a pig.
01:10:35You're a dog and a pig.
01:10:37Hey, Jules.
01:10:38That was really, yeah.
01:10:39Jules, what's going on?
01:10:41Uh, nah.
01:10:42What's going on?
01:10:43Mm-mm.
01:10:43I'm going home.
01:10:44What's going on?
01:10:44Why are you going?
01:10:45Because you just literally don't touch me.
01:10:50I'm going back to Melbourne.
01:10:51Where are you going?
01:10:52You just completely threw me under the bus.
01:10:53How?
01:10:54Yeah.
01:10:55Disgusting.
01:10:55I have to be honest.
01:10:59I have to be honest.
01:11:00So evil.
01:11:02What are you talking about?
01:11:03So evil.
01:11:04**** off.
01:11:05Jules, come on.
01:11:06Stay.
01:11:06We've got to...
01:11:07Oh my God, ew.
01:11:08It's unresolved.
01:11:09You can't just leave.
01:11:10Yeah.
01:11:11Are you leaving?
01:11:11Yeah.
01:11:12I'm going back to Melbourne.
01:11:13Go away.
01:11:14What do you mean?
01:11:14Go away.
01:11:15Come on.
01:11:16Come on.
01:11:16Stay with me.
01:11:17Come on.
01:11:18Jules.
01:11:37He's got caught out in the room.
01:11:40Should I check if they're all right?
01:11:42Yeah.
01:11:42Should I check if they're all right?
01:11:43So, uh...
01:11:45Tommy also thinks she's off here.
01:11:46I feel like she's going to come back and come for me because I didn't work out.
01:11:49She can't.
01:12:11Screenshot.
01:12:11What was that?
01:12:14You are something else, man.
01:12:18Who, me?
01:12:19It's not nice to hear, but obviously, like, you know?
01:12:24Well, I don't think we should get into it anymore.
01:12:26Bec said this.
01:12:27I'm not...
01:12:28Like, me and Bec both said shit like this.
01:12:30This was weeks ago.
01:12:30I don't think...
01:12:31It was a lot.
01:12:31It's a pretty gross part, you know?
01:12:38You got to laugh or cry, man.
01:12:40You got to laugh or cry, man.
01:12:41Honestly.
01:12:43If I feel sick.
01:12:46All right.
01:12:50Look, I just don't want to keep getting .
01:12:52I know.
01:12:59I'm going to the toilet.
01:13:01I have to pee.
01:13:03I have to pee.
01:13:04Sorry.
01:13:05No, I got to pee.
01:13:07No.
01:13:08Yep.
01:13:10I have to pee.
01:13:19Where's Juliet?
01:13:27Great.
01:13:29Okay, I'm going.
01:13:30Can you get me an Uber, please?
01:13:33Can you do mic me, please?
01:13:34Unclick this.
01:13:35You don't want to go back in a few seconds, are we?
01:13:37No.
01:13:37No.
01:13:41No, I'm out.
01:13:42I'm out.
01:13:45I want to go home.
01:13:48And not keep copying it, man.
01:13:50I can't.
01:13:50What?
01:13:51I showed screenshots to a girlfriend and sue me.
01:13:54Like, sorry.
01:13:55Peck's talking shit about me nonstop to everyone.
01:13:57Focus is never on me and Scott.
01:13:59It's about everyone else around me and Scott.
01:14:01It's not fair.
01:14:04Oh, you're not Gia.
01:14:05Yes.
01:14:06Oh, God.
01:14:07No.
01:14:08No.
01:14:15Oh, you're not.
01:14:27I'm out.
01:14:29I'm out.
01:14:33Oh.
01:14:51Come and grab a seat.
01:14:53Yes, Joel.
01:14:55It's all you, Joel.
01:15:03Did you speak to her?
01:15:06Juliet did what Juliet does.
01:15:08She stormed out.
01:15:10She's gone.
01:15:11Oh.
01:15:15And that's such an extreme decision.
01:15:19Leave the experiment.
01:15:22So that's very revealing.
01:15:26What did she have to say?
01:15:28She called me a dog and a pig.
01:15:32No.
01:15:35I'm really sorry you had to listen to her call you names after you were so clearly enthused
01:15:44with what seemed to be progress and better direction.
01:15:50I thought I would give her a chance, right?
01:15:55I think you've been incredibly generous to her, given how she's behaved, not only towards
01:16:01you, but towards others in the experiment.
01:16:04Joel, you are, no doubt, a flamboyant and charismatic character.
01:16:10And some people might say you're an acquired taste.
01:16:12But what you've done throughout this experiment, you've been yourself, you've never wavered on
01:16:19that.
01:16:19And particularly what I admire about you is that you have owned everything that you've
01:16:25done.
01:16:27regardless, you've never deflected it, you've just taken it on and said, this is me, I'm
01:16:32proud of who I am.
01:16:33You've been consistent throughout.
01:16:35You have maintained incredible integrity, you are to be commended.
01:16:40Thank you very much, I appreciate that.
01:16:43We've been sitting here watching you week after week thinking, this man is carrying so much.
01:16:51I think it would have been really hard.
01:16:52good.
01:16:53It's been an absolute pleasure having you in the experiment.
01:16:58We really wish you all the very best for the future.
01:17:01Thank you, Joel.
01:17:07Join the group.
01:17:10Carry on, carry on.
01:17:14Oh.
01:17:17Where is she?
01:17:21Where's Jiah?
01:17:23Oh.
01:17:24Where is she?
01:17:31She's gone.
01:17:33No, she's not.
01:17:35What do you mean?
01:17:36She grabbed her stuff before and she asked for an Uber.
01:17:41You're right.
01:17:43Mmm.
01:17:50I just had a great couch session.
01:17:53Like, we have so much.
01:17:56Going for one another.
01:17:59But sometimes other girls and their bullshit can interfere.
01:18:04I'm just a bit jittery.
01:18:05I don't know. I don't know.
01:18:09You can't leave like that.
01:18:12Like, we're falling for each other.
01:18:16I'm not going to sit here without her, so...
01:18:18Yeah, I want to go get my wife.
01:18:49It's all here.
01:18:51What I just read was disgusting.
01:18:54What happens when Bec comes face to face with David
01:18:58after those text messages?
01:19:01The comments were wild, disgusting,
01:19:03like, mean and vicious.
01:19:04But how do you know what they were?
01:19:07We've seen them.
01:19:14It's all here.
01:19:17And we're going to be talking to them.
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