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00:00:01You're special and I am in love with you.
00:00:05Philip finally confessed those magic words.
00:00:09Oh God, I feel like I'm going to cry.
00:00:12But Stella was left feeling triggered.
00:00:15Fear of rejection, not rejection, abandonment.
00:00:17So I'm dealing with that right now.
00:00:21Despite Rachel and Steven's romantic progression.
00:00:25Made second base.
00:00:27And we've had...
00:00:30They became the butt of the joke at the couple's retreat.
00:00:34Don't even want to be around here anymore.
00:00:37When the group turned on Beck and Danny.
00:00:39Every night you've been the dumbest.
00:00:42The pair made an abrupt exit.
00:00:46And at the dinner party...
00:00:47I've got all this in the screenshots.
00:00:49I've got it in text messages.
00:00:50Gia declared she was sitting on explosive evidence against Beck.
00:00:54I could ruin everything for her right now.
00:00:57She said...
00:00:58Oh!
00:00:59Are you kidding?
00:01:02Tonight.
00:01:04Beck has gotten away with a lot in this experiment.
00:01:07She's done a lot of things wrong by a lot of people.
00:01:10So I think the screenshots, if they are aired out, they help me because what I've been saying this whole
00:01:16time is she is a calculated evil person.
00:01:18And those screenshots show that.
00:01:21With only three commitment ceremonies remaining, the stakes have never been so high.
00:01:28I'm just excited for the next four weeks and see where we end up.
00:01:31I do see a future with her, unfortunately.
00:01:35I love you.
00:01:36Yeah, put me on the spot a little bit.
00:01:38But are all of our couples on the same page?
00:01:44Um...
00:01:46If you're so terrified of making someone pregnant, maybe just do a snip.
00:01:50It's the sensitive topic...
00:01:52Has anyone heard of condoms?
00:01:54...that will leave some divided.
00:01:56It's reversible.
00:01:58But it's a procedure.
00:02:00...before Stella's blindside...
00:02:03...threatens to tear apart the experiment's strongest couple.
00:02:07If I'm being honest with myself and with Philip...
00:02:12...this is a breakup.
00:02:14No.
00:02:17Will Gia reveal her evidence against Beck?
00:02:20We do not like you.
00:02:21Don't lie about me then.
00:02:22You're trying to make me look bad.
00:02:23You're interrupting our couch session. Shut up.
00:02:26And...
00:02:26I don't think this experiment is for me.
00:02:30What causes not one...
00:02:32Jules.
00:02:33No.
00:02:33Did you just hear that?
00:02:34But two participants to storm out.
00:02:37She's gone.
00:02:53It's the morning of the fifth commitment ceremony of the experiment.
00:02:57And despite the intensity of the week...
00:03:00...our couple's connections have become even stronger.
00:03:04Gosh, you're torn.
00:03:07I'm really grateful for you.
00:03:13After reluctantly finding themselves in the spotlight at the retreat...
00:03:18...last night's dinner party helped Rachel and Stephen regain their strength as a couple.
00:03:24Yeah, I'm feeling good about us and...
00:03:27Yeah.
00:03:27You know, the dinner party wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.
00:03:31I feel like we came out really, really good.
00:03:32And also a bit of PDA in front of the group, babe.
00:03:35Happy New Year.
00:03:37Happy New Year.
00:03:38Happy New Year.
00:03:39Yay!
00:03:43I was a happy girl.
00:03:46Like...
00:03:46Yeah.
00:03:47Very, very happy.
00:03:48Last week at retreat, like...
00:03:50It wasn't just one of us coming under, like, that humiliation.
00:03:54It was our relationship and we had to work through that as a couple.
00:03:58And what that really showed me is when there are trying times, we can work through that.
00:04:05And that's really, really reassuring.
00:04:07Yeah, I'm feeling good about us and, uh...
00:04:09Hopefully we can move forward and no more hiccups.
00:04:12But at the same time...
00:04:13It feels like there's still, like, you know, some awkward tension simmering at the top.
00:04:19I don't know if Juliet maybe wanted to say more to Beck or...
00:04:22I hope not.
00:04:24Can I just say, my husband and I are done.
00:04:28We're done talking about retreat.
00:04:30On that note, I think we should make some coffee.
00:04:32Thanks for that.
00:04:34You want a coffee?
00:04:35Yes, please.
00:04:36No worries.
00:04:37Oh, my gosh.
00:04:38He's never done this before.
00:04:46The pressure of the retreat also took a toll on Beck and Danny.
00:04:52Who came close to leaving the experiment for good.
00:04:56But through it all, they found resilience in their relationship.
00:05:00And to lift spirits, today, Danny has a small surprise for Beck.
00:05:05So I've got you a card and your favourite chocolate bar.
00:05:10You're so cute.
00:05:13And it's got a gift in the card.
00:05:18There's two date cards which can be cashed in any time.
00:05:21You're so cute.
00:05:25You're so cute.
00:05:29Me and Beck, we've never been in a better place than at the minute, you know, we're in a really
00:05:33good place.
00:05:34We're really united, really strong.
00:05:37And yeah, things are really progressing well for me and Beck, so it's nice.
00:05:41I am so happy that we didn't leave.
00:05:44I left the retreat thinking there was more hate than there was love, so I'm really glad that we chose
00:05:50to stay.
00:05:50Yeah.
00:05:51Last night, I was really, really anxious before going into the dinner party.
00:05:55I was obviously apprehensive going in, not knowing what I was going to, not knowing what I was getting into.
00:06:01Didn't know if Juliet was going to attack again.
00:06:04And even though Jira and Juliet sat on the couch and didn't come up to us, there was more love
00:06:10in 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.
00:06:25I accept her apology on the surface, but we will never, ever, ever, ever be friends.
00:06:32I think Juliet apologised 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.
00:06:47Just kind of felt like, you know, you were speaking for Rachel's relationship and saying that they were in a
00:06:53massive fight.
00:06:55The argument at retreat was between Rachel and I, and Juliet's excuse was, I was standing up for Rachel.
00:07:02No, honey. You weren't standing up for Rachel. This is just the crux of who you are.
00:07:08Beck and Danny aren't the only couple reflecting on Juliet's behaviour last night.
00:07:13I'm so stoked and I'm so relieved that Juliet didn't pop off at Beck, 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 Juliet actually articulated herself well.
00:07:28She apologised, she seemed genuine, and yeah, I'm glad it didn't escalate.
00:07:33Yeah, I thought it went well.
00:07:35I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm proud of Juliet.
00:07:37I feel like she fucked up the exact same way two times back to back, and kind of still had
00:07:42a lot of buts and rebuttals to everything last night.
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.
00:07:50Yeah.
00:07:51I'm just saying that, like, I just feel like I'm going to keep her at arm's length because I still
00:07:55just don't trust her much at the moment.
00:07:57I see it as a small step that she apologised, and she didn't go back to the old Juliet, and
00:08:02for that reason I'm proud of her.
00:08:03So, I'll stick with that.
00:08:05Yeah.
00:08:05Yeah.
00:08:06You don't have to have the same opinion as me.
00:08:07No, no, I didn't say I had to. I'm just telling you I'm proud of her.
00:08:10Yeah, yeah.
00:08:10Yeah, cool.
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.
00:08:31It was just me being empathetic for Rach's situation and feeling it, like, in full force.
00:08:38Like, that's what I do as an empath. I feel people's pain in full force, and I take it on.
00:08:45Which, like, I probably should have not done for someone who was just going to help kick me down a
00:08:51bit 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.
00:09:26Like, 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 in?
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.
00:09:53And 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, tea 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.
00:10:18I'm a 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.
00:11:17Gia has chosen to share the text messages with a guy who's interested in her story, who's interested in Frankfort.
00:11:18Gia has chosen to play a song with a song with a fruit and aling song with a song with
00:11:36a song.
00:11:36What is the song with the song with a song with a song with a song with a songwriters?
00:11:45You look stunning as always
00:11:47Thanks, how do you give it a ceremony?
00:11:49I know
00:11:50A bit interesting at the moment though, I gotta say
00:11:53Why? What's wrong?
00:11:55Last night I was talking to Juliet
00:11:58I showed her some screenshots of some things that Bec's been saying
00:12:02Using disgusting language
00:12:04So then I actually was getting my nails done
00:12:07And when I walked into the nail salon, Bec was leaving the nail salon
00:12:12And started talking shit about Juliet
00:12:15So I called Juliet and I said, hey, just letting you know
00:12:17I ran into Bec, she said this
00:12:18And she's like, cool, well I'm sick of this bitch talking about me
00:12:22So she's gone and printed out some screenshots
00:12:24So that if the experts come at her for using that language
00:12:27I'm sure Bec will deny using that language
00:12:29And go, oh, I don't talk like that
00:12:31Juliet will probably just drop a screenshot of Bec 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
00:12:42But the screenshots show that Bec is very comfortable using that kind of language
00:12:48So I don't know, like I don't know what way it's gonna go tonight
00:12:52Some things in the message that were really disgusting
00:12:54Bec 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
00:13:07They help me because what I've been saying this whole time
00:13:10Is she is a calculated evil person
00:13:11And those screenshots show that
00:13:15I don't blame Juliet
00:13:16I don't blame Juliet
00:13:16She's she's now got them in her hands
00:13:18And she's gonna do what she's gonna do with them
00:13:20So if Juliet feels that she needs to do this tonight
00:13:23Then Juliet should do this
00:13:25Shit
00:13:27Uh, yeah
00:13:29I don't know, I don't know what to expect
00:13:31Could blow out a proportion, that's for sure
00:13:34Whatever happens, happens
00:13:35Yeah
00:13:36Nothing's gonna affect us, so
00:14:03Good evening
00:14:04Good evening gentlemen
00:14:05Hi
00:14:06Hello
00:14:06Welcome gents
00:14:08Hello
00:14:09Experts
00:14:10Hello
00:14:11Welcome
00:14:11Good evening, welcome
00:14:23Hello ladies and gents
00:14:26Hello
00:14:27Hello
00:14:29Hello
00:14:32Hey bub
00:14:33Darling
00:14:34How are you going?
00:14:39Here
00:14:40Come
00:14:43Welcome everybody to the fifth commitment ceremony
00:14:46Now it has been a very eventful week for all of you
00:14:50Coming off the back of a couples retreat
00:14:55Now we do this task and it is a pivotal one every single time during the experiment
00:15:01So that we can see how you operate as couples outside of your normal environment
00:15:08And how your relationship sustains a different type of pressure
00:15:14Certainly
00:15:15Certainly from the dinner party that occurred last night
00:15:19The group has experienced some division
00:15:24We will look at this as well as the individual couples that sit here tonight
00:15:30To find out exactly how you're travelling along
00:15:33But also particularly to get you to think about the very important question of whether or not you can take
00:15:42this relationship from 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
00:15:59How are you going?
00:16:02Hello
00:16:02Hello
00:16:03You two
00:16:03Hello
00:16:04Welcome
00:16:08Alright you two
00:16:09Well why don't we kick off with the couples retreat
00:16:11How was it?
00:16:13Do you want to talk?
00:16:14Yeah, go
00:16:14Oh
00:16:18Um
00:16:19I don't know, it was quite chill for us
00:16:21Well throughout the days
00:16:22It wasn't chill
00:16:22No, throughout the days
00:16:24I look at the good stuff
00:16:27Like, it was just a lot, the retreat, to be honest
00:16:29It was just really emotional
00:16:30I think a lot of 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
00:16:43It hasn't at all
00:16:44We've been, like he even said, the last two days
00:16:46Like, we're the closest we've ever been
00:16:48I think, like
00:16:50You know, he's called me his soul mate at the dinner party
00:16:53Like, I just want to focus on, like, the positives
00:16:54Because I've been involved in drama too much
00:16:57And 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
00:17:03I think we're near the end
00:17:04And everyone's focusing and should be focusing on our relationships
00:17:07And 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
00:17:15It'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 too
00:17:24I won't talk to them anymore
00:17:25That's because I want to carry on my relationship
00:17:27And I think it's not good we interact
00:17:28Because all it does 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
00:17:44Lose a friendship as a result of some 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
00:17:58You didn't get up to say hello 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 gonna 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
00:18:47That's fine, don't lie about me
00:18:48So we're not gonna go say hi, fake, how are you?
00:18:51Enough, enough, enough
00:18:51Enough
00:18:51Not doing it, we're done
00:18:53Alright, let's go back to Scott and Gia
00:18:56Yes please, thanks
00:18:58I just wanna move on my relationship cos that's all that matters
00:19:00That's all that we care about, that's what I came here for
00:19:02I didn't come here for high school shit
00:19:04I came here to find the love of my life
00:19:06And that's it.
00:19:09But to be fair,
00:19:12your involvement in the drama
00:19:14has been there right throughout the experiment.
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
00:19:26is 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,
00:19:44I 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
00:19:52through this conflict
00:19:54and 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...
00:20:12And I told you, John, when I met you,
00:20:14what I was after
00:20:15and I said my number one thing
00:20:17is I've never had a man back me in my life.
00:20:19So when he does this,
00:20:22like, yeah, like,
00:20:24this is all I asked for.
00:20:27I've just never had, like,
00:20:29a soul connection like this in my life.
00:20:30Like, I don't think much could waver it,
00:20:33to 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.
00:20:42Yeah, because I feel like
00:20:43he knows where I'm at
00:20:45and I need him to
00:20:47say 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
00:20:53or it's fear.
00:20:54I don't know what it is.
00:20:56Maybe I'm just pressured
00:20:57to force that love quicker
00:20:59than what it should be.
00:21:00For me, I just...
00:21:01There's something in my mind, like,
00:21:03I 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
00:21:14would look like?
00:21:15We've spoken a lot about it.
00:21:16We've been looking at real estate.
00:21:18Oh, 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...
00:21:30Well, I 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.
00:21:58Judy.
00:21:58Love it.
00:21:59Look at that manifesting, aren't you?
00:22:00Yeah.
00:22:01I am, actually.
00:22:03We're just...
00:22:03I don't know, we're so friggin' good.
00:22:05Like, there's not much to say.
00:22:07I 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 in 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.
00:22:38Appreciate it.
00:22:49Let's have our next couple up.
00:22:56Danny and Bec.
00:22:58Just great to have you.
00:23:01Hello, you two.
00:23:02Hello.
00:23:04How are we?
00:23:11Shall we start the couple's retreat?
00:23:15And then just move forward from there.
00:23:18Bec?
00:23:18Sure.
00:23:20What's your take
00:23:22on what happened at the couple's 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.
00:23:50And I'm sorry to you both again.
00:23:54From that came...
00:23:58..a really bad few days for me, personally.
00:24:03Um...
00:24:04..it just turned into sort of a pile-on, a little bit.
00:24:07I 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.
00:24:28..and that's just awful.
00:24:32But through that hardship came something so beautiful
00:24:36and I could actually say thank you to those girls.
00:24:39Because what they did was 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 that you're under
00:24:58has actually taken you to another level.
00:25:03Tell me, how confident are you that, you know,
00:25:06this has the legs to actually go into the real world?
00:25:13Look, I've got to be honest, I'm scared.
00:25:16I am. I'm scared. And...
00:25:18What are you scared about?
00:25:19I'm scared that I have, like,
00:25:22my feelings are stronger for Daniel than they...
00:25:24..than his are for me.
00:25:25Ah.
00:25:26Sometimes. Sorry, babe.
00:25:27Have you ever said that before to him?
00:25:29No.
00:25:30OK, so this is a very big moment for you.
00:25:32And I'm scared that...
00:25:33What makes you feel that way?
00:25:35I don't know.
00:25:36I just know how...
00:25:38..how I...
00:25:39..but I look at him and I think, I don't...
00:25:42..I 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 he 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 spot.
00:26:02Um...
00:26:08What's the question?
00:26:13The question is, can 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...
00:26:32..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?
00:26:39I think I show you how much I care about you.
00:26:40I know, I know, I know, yeah.
00:26:42You know.
00:26:42I know that you do.
00:26:44I just...
00:26:44I just...
00:26:46I just look at you and I'm like, you're the best.
00:26:49And I don't know if you look at me and think, you're the best.
00:26:53Sometimes...
00:26:53I always do.
00:26:54Do you?
00:26:55That's cute.
00:26:55I was going to say it sometimes.
00:26:57Thanks.
00:26:58So describe your feelings for him.
00:27:01Where are we at right now?
00:27:03Bec?
00:27:04Come clean.
00:27:10My feelings are...
00:27:12extremely, extremely strong for Daniel.
00:27:18Seriously.
00:27:19Seriously strong.
00:27:29I love you.
00:27:30I love you.
00:27:42That's extreme.
00:27:45Jesus.
00:27:51I 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.
00:28:21But yeah, it feels good.
00:28:23Sorry, shall I have to save that for a special moment?
00:28:25No, of course not.
00:28:26You can say it whenever you want.
00:28:28But yeah, I guess I'm just a bit thrown right now.
00:28:33So Danny, I know that you're shocked.
00:28:36Absolutely.
00:28:37Because you weren't expecting that tonight.
00:28:39But in saying that, what does it do to you?
00:28:43To 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.
00:28:57Because 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?
00:29:07I'm not the type of bloke to do that.
00:29:10I don't think that Daniel's at that place,
00:29:13but I would be lying if 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.
00:29:29It's really adult of me.
00:29:30And, yeah, it's...
00:29:32Yeah.
00:29:33And this is why I'm nervous,
00:29:34because 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, stay or leave.
00:30:00Bec, I'm pretty sure I know where this is headed.
00:30:03L-E-A-B-E.
00:30:03No, I'm just kidding.
00:30:04Um, yeah.
00:30:07Please don't run away from me.
00:30:09I won't.
00:30:10Relax.
00:30:10Well, I wrote stay.
00:30:13Lovely.
00:30:14Then I wrote thank you, boo,
00:30:15for 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.
00:30:33Well done.
00:30:33Thanks so much.
00:30:33Powerful decision.
00:30:34Have a great week.
00:30:35You can go back to the group.
00:30:36Thanks, guys.
00:30:37Congratulations.
00:30:39Congratulations.
00:30:43You too.
00:30:50Put the pressure on me, why don't you?
00:30:56I didn't know Bec was going to come out with that.
00:30:59You were in front of the whole experts, the group.
00:31:02Yeah, it put me on the spot a little bit,
00:31:04but I think I dealt with it well.
00:31:08I don't feel that you should tell someone you love them
00:31:11unless you truly mean it.
00:31:13Love's a massive thing,
00:31:14and it's a word that shouldn't be chucked around loosely.
00:31:17So, look, she could tell me 10,000 times.
00:31:19If I don't feel that, I'm not going to say it back.
00:31:31Our next couple up on the couch tonight.
00:31:40Rachel and Steven.
00:31:47Go, bestie.
00:31:48Go, bestie.
00:31:53Oh, 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.
00:32:18Word gets around here, doesn't it?
00:32:19Well, yes.
00:32:20Okay.
00:32:22We'll start before the retreat.
00:32:26You know, me and Rachel were, you know,
00:32:32I'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, Stephen has expressed from many weeks ago,
00:32:54and I know that to increase intimacy would mean that to increase intimacy would mean that he would need to
00:32:58feel more of an emotional connection to me.
00:33:01So it was really special because he obviously felt that with me, so yeah, it was a nice connecting moment,
00:33:13and I just really felt I could just feel our relationship 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?
00:33:40Okay, so obviously the next day was sort of the retreat.
00:33:48And this is where it all unfolds a little bit, so Rachel expressed our good news to the group, and
00:33:59there was a comment that was made, sort of in bad taste, and Rachel was really upset by the comment,
00:34:09and it was just three days of carnage, really.
00:34:14Obviously, the retreat for me and Rachel was meant to be a sort of a getaway and a redemption from
00:34:20our honeymoon, and it pretty much deteriorated from day one, and night after night, you know, Rachel was, you know,
00:34:31sort of really upset, and I guess to answer the question, yeah, the last thing I felt I was going
00:34:37to do is pull moves when Rachel was really sort of hurt,
00:34:41and I just, yeah, we 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, and I guess my
00:34:56question to you, Rachel, is why did it have such a big impact that it lasted three days?
00:35:04So we are talking about the comment that Beck made, correct?
00:35:08Yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:35:11In the moment that the comment was made now, I understand it wasn't made with malice, it wasn't made to
00:35:16make me feel any type of way.
00:35:18However, 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.
00:35:29I felt humiliated, so it just became this really big thing, and it just didn't mean 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?
00:35:46By Juliet and Gia.
00:35:52After reflection, I feel like I've been used as a pawn in something that is still a rift between Juliet,
00:36:03Beck and Gia, and I feel like this situation kind of allowed them to, like, have something else to fuel
00:36:12up about.
00:36:14That's how I feel now, yeah.
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.
00:36:48It's just a fabricated story.
00:36:49It didn't happen.
00:36:50I can't.
00:36:50I cannot.
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.
00:37:07Like, I 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.
00:37:26And it did interfere a little bit with our relationship.
00:37:32It caught 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.
00:37:47Like, you know, it felt like there was a lot outside doors about talking about our relationship.
00:37:51But 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, Stephen?
00:38:06At the moment, yeah, the intimacy thing is just not there.
00:38:09But 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.
00:38:18We're laughing.
00:38:18So, you know, it's still good.
00:38:21I'm confident we're, 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 can call me a wonderful woman at a dinner party and not have me
00:38:48stick around.
00:38:49Simple as that.
00:38:54And Stephen?
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.
00:39:02And, um, I was going to draw a nice little picture for you to show how much I liked you.
00:39:07But I realized I can't draw.
00:39:09So, I wrote, stay.
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,
00:39:33you're going to want to repeat.
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
00:39:41and 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 room.
00:39:50Well done, you guys.
00:39:51Good stuff.
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.
00:40:14Stella's blind side.
00:40:15At the moment, he doesn't see Sydney as a possibility to move.
00:40:19And in my head, this is a breakup.
00:40:22And then, express to me what your point is.
00:40:27You should be careful when I have screenshots of what you've said about Alyssa and David.
00:40:34Vile.
00:40:35It was vile.
00:40:49And next couple tonight.
00:40:55Sam and Chris.
00:40:56Let's go.
00:40:59Hello.
00:41:01Hello.
00:41:02Welcome.
00:41:03Hi.
00:41:03How 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.
00:41:17So, 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.
00:41:25I was actually doing my laundry in my underwear.
00:41:27Yeah, yeah.
00:41:28I had, like, all my clothes.
00:41:29And he's like, Chris, come in.
00:41:30I was like, yeah, what?
00:41:30Like, you know?
00:41:31And I was like, oh, right.
00:41:33Okay.
00:41:33Just a bit short with me.
00:41:36Um.
00:41:37And he made business.
00:41:38He made business, yeah.
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 him, 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?
00:42:01Um, 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.
00:42:07So, that's a clear sign 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.
00:42:17It's probably a better way.
00:42:18And what about your feelings, Chris?
00:42:20Um, yeah.
00:42:21So, 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.
00:42:32Six 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, just like, say we go well, everything ticks
00:42:45of boxes, we'd have a place in Sydney.
00:42:47So, he'd go to Sydney.
00:42:49I would stay primarily at the farm, and then maybe we can float back and forth for a bit,
00:42:53from Sydney to the farm.
00:42:54Ah, someone's been thinking about this quite a bit of detail.
00:42:57Well, yeah.
00:42:57I think, I think that's what it would look like if, if we are successful.
00:43:00And I want us to be 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, see where we end
00:43:10up.
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.
00:43:34Thank you, guys.
00:43:36Thank you, guys.
00:43:37Thank you, guys.
00:43:37Thank you, too.
00:43:38Thank you, guys.
00:43:38Well done.
00:43:46Well done, guys.
00:43:47Thanks so much, guys.
00:43:49Yeah.
00:43:51Our next couple up on the couch.
00:43:55Alyssa and David.
00:44:00Hello, you two.
00:44:01Hello.
00:44:01Hi.
00:44:01Hey.
00:44:02How's it going?
00:44:04We're going well, but we're more interested in how you guys are going.
00:44:08Oh.
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.
00:44:28But do you like it?
00:44:30I'm not going to lie.
00:44:32It's not like I won't say I like it, but I can handle it.
00:44:36She is obviously more of the storm and I'm calm.
00:44:41And for some reason, like, you know, I'm just so pulled towards that storm, but I find
00:44:47like I'm able to harbor 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
00:45:03David and 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.
00:45:26I know that I, you know, I'm a bit of a menace sometimes.
00:45:29I'm a bit loud.
00:45:30And I can be challenging, but he's a pillar.
00:45:35He's a strong, safe place.
00:45:38It's another reason why 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.
00:45:47David, how do you feel about Alyssa?
00:45:50I feel like I'm still falling for Alyssa.
00:45:52I don't think anything's changed.
00:45:54Like, 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.
00:46:13Like I said, I am falling for you, Alyssa.
00:46:15And, you know, I like every part about it.
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, um, I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of this goes.
00:46:31So, yeah.
00:46:34Stay.
00:46:34Great stuff.
00:46:36Uh, Alyssa, what you got for us?
00:46:39Oh, well, I can't shake him off.
00:46:41Like, he's just, he's just hanging in there.
00:46:43So, I've decided to, to stick around.
00:46:46Love it.
00:46:47Stay.
00:46:50And on that note, go back to the group.
00:46:51We're welcome.
00:46:52Well done, guys.
00:47:05Alright, let's get our next couple up.
00:47:09Stella and Phillip.
00:47:11Yay.
00:47:16Hello.
00:47:17Oh.
00:47:20Wow.
00:47:20A pre-emptive tissue grab.
00:47:22I'm coming prepared.
00:47:23Yeah.
00:47:24Coming 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.
00:47:36I 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.
00:47:54Um.
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.
00:48:13Why don't you just tell her?
00:48:14So, uh, that night I told her, you know, come over here, come sit down.
00:48:19She 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.
00:48:42You're right.
00:48:44You're right.
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.
00:48:59But that reaction surprised me.
00:49:04Stella, did you tell Phillip that you loved him back?
00:49:07I did in my own long-winded way.
00:49:13What does that mean?
00:49:16Um.
00:49:22Phillip, did you receive an I love you?
00:49:25She's just, like, sent a long-winded way of saying it.
00:49:30So, Phillip has shared to you that he has deep feelings for you.
00:49:36He'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?
00:49:51It felt...
00:49:55This can't be true.
00:50:04What's it going to take for you to believe Phillip?
00:50:08I don't know.
00:50:09I, I, 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.
00:50:33Then, in my head, this is a breakup.
00:50:41So, from your perspective, Phillip needs to move to Sydney,
00:50:45or it's off.
00:50:50If I'm being honest with myself and with Phillip...
00:51:00It seems like that.
00:51:02Yeah.
00:51:04It seems like that.
00:51:18Yeah.
00:51:26Yeah.
00:51:32Yeah.
00:51:48I, I see it as a catch-22.
00:51:53At the end of the whole experiment, you go back to Melbourne.
00:51:57And I feel like I can not love a man that's going to leave with me.
00:52:03So, unless he gives me clarity, I can't be like, yes, I love you too.
00:52:13Phillip, how does that feel to hear that?
00:52:16Um, I think that's unfair.
00:52:20Because everything from day off is, I'm in Sydney.
00:52:23Uh, this is what's happening.
00:52:25Just get on my program.
00:52:27This is it.
00:52:28It's like, this needs to happen or it's not going to work.
00:52:30That'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.
00:52:47That takes me down a peg.
00:52:49Give us an example, for instance.
00:52:52Like, questioning masculinity because, you know, like,
00:52:55me not wanting to go out after a massive week.
00:53:00And for Stella to turn around just going,
00:53:01well, 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
00:53:14because that is the masculine thing 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.
00:53:27I know.
00:53:27To tell him that it's feminine.
00:53:29And 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, to, I wouldn't like to deal with me in those moments.
00:53:59I have one question that pops to mind that I am 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, you know, underappreciated and all
00:54:28this kind of stuff.
00:54:28I'm like, well, why would I want to have sex like her? I don't feel like her right now.
00:54:35The thing is, I'm not on any birth control, and he's terrified for an accident to happen.
00:54:44Oh, that's very easily solved. Birth control.
00:54:50I don't want to take tablets, personally.
00:54:54I was like, hey, if you're so terrified of making someone pregnant, maybe just do a snip.
00:55:06So, 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, especially if you're thinking
00:55:26you want children in the future.
00:55:27They're reversible.
00:55:29They'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.
00:55:50Maybe a little bit, because I've just been getting thrown around the mental wringer, so to speak.
00:55:57Yes.
00:55:57And I'm just like, do I even feel appreciated?
00:55:59Is this someone that I should really be attracted to and putting my sexual energy towards?
00:56:03Because I just don't...
00:56:04Like, I just...
00:56:06I feel sometimes that I've just taken for granted.
00:56:10That's pretty major to say.
00:56:13For me, it's just...
00:56:14I 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 seen that she's not into
00:56:32it sometimes.
00:56:35And it just kind of gets in my head a little bit, and I just withdraw a little bit of
00:56:39that attention, you know?
00:56:40Until I get it built back up again, and then I feel comfortable to do it again.
00:56:46You guys are at a really crucial stage of your relationship now.
00:56:51And the conversations that you're having are really, really important.
00:56:56Stella, before you say something to him, I 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.
00:57:06Before you deliver it.
00:57:07Yeah.
00:57:08Because my sense is, you might be having a few regrets.
00:57:11Oh.
00:57:12Has that been happening?
00:57:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:57:13Absolutely.
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 all the couch sessions.
00:57:27Mm-hmm.
00:57:27And there's a lot, clearly, that you hadn't been feeling like you could open up and talk to us about.
00:57:33So I think it's very productive that you have chosen to do that tonight.
00:57:36And I thank you both for that openness.
00:57:40And 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?
00:57:52And I'm glad that 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?
00:58:02Yep.
00:58:05Um...
00:58:05I wrote Stay.
00:58:10We've got work to do.
00:58:12You've got a little work to do, yes.
00:58:14That's all.
00:58:14Have a great week.
00:58:15Thank you guys.
00:58:17You're welcome.
00:58:18Thank you guys.
00:58:19Good luck.
00:58:24That's a very good job.
00:58:26Yeah.
00:58:28Yeah.
00:58:30Self-preservation comes in.
00:58:31Of course.
00:58:32In me being a little bitch.
00:58:35Sorry.
00:58:36It's all right.
00:58:40Keep going.
00:58:41You've got the highway.
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'm out.
00:59:00I want to go back in and finish the conversation.
00:59:01No.
00:59:02No.
00:59:12Last up on the couch.
00:59:14Juliet and Joel.
00:59:21Hello.
00:59:23Hi.
00:59:23Oh, you two.
00:59:24Oh, hello.
00:59:29What's happening?
00:59:33What's happening with you guys last time at the commitment ceremony?
00:59:37Juliet, you wrote a Stay.
00:59:41And Joel, you had written leave.
00:59:43Then there's been quite a turnaround.
00:59:48Perfect couple alert.
00:59:50Yeah.
00:59:52Shaky.
00:59:53Shaky last time.
00:59:54It was shaky.
00:59:55Yeah.
00:59:55It was really shaky.
00:59:58We 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
01:00:09because the things that were said were so strong that I can see how it would have been difficult to
01:00:17come out of that space, especially for you, Joel.
01:00:21Well, yeah.
01:00:22Like, what happened was, the following day, Juliet came into my apartment and she was crying.
01:00:28And she apologised 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.
01:00:42We 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?
01:01:06It's a little bit of hooking up.
01:01:07It's a bit of hooking up.
01:01:08Mm-hmm.
01:01:09Such a go.
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,
01:01:49which is another thing I'm attracted to.
01:01:52I think, like, Joel is brilliant in so many ways.
01:01:57There's just...
01:02:00You 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, you know, when I was apologising to Beck and Danny for my crude words,
01:02:25I feel like the conversation was going on a lot longer and I kept trying to apologise to diffuse it,
01:02:32diffuse it, diffuse it.
01:02:34And I just kind of wanted Joel in that moment to just be like,
01:02:38look, she's apologised and taken accountability.
01:02:39Like, 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 Beck's side.
01:02:52And I see Scott do it for Gia as well, you know, multiple times.
01:02:56And David doing it for Alyssa.
01:03:00And...
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 Beck 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, I would have stepped in.
01:03:30But I 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.
01:03:49Why did you call Beck the names that you called Beck?
01:03:54Why choose again to use very aggressive...
01:04:00very 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 Beck say much, much worse.
01:04:28In the same category multiple times to multiple people here.
01:04:31Does it matter?
01:04:32So I...
01:04:33I know, but that's why I felt comfortable doing it to Beck.
01:04:36I'm talking about your behavior.
01:04:37I know, but that's why I felt comfortable saying it to Beck.
01:04:45Why do you think Beck 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...
01:05:01She'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.
01:05:09Sorry, you called me a dumb effing
01:05:12and 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.
01:05:44Mmm.
01:05:47Vile. It was vile.
01:05:50It was vile.
01:05:52You said...
01:05:57Mmm.
01:06:12Hmm...
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.
01:06:22Vile.
01:06:23It was vile.
01:06:24It was vile.
01:06:26You said...
01:06:28Mmm.
01:06:33Mmm...
01:06:33Oh!
01:06:37it's disgusting babe express to me that express to me what your point is this is why i feel angry
01:06:44what are you trying to prove you're trying to make me look bad you get away with everything
01:06:49what have i done to you personally you try to trap me into these conversations
01:06:53no it's how you try to get into my head i'm not i'm not talking to you about it thank
01:06:59you guys
01:07:04and i was not part of that juliet so how do you have screenshots
01:07:23gs sent them to me
01:07:30what
01:07:34why would you do that gia she asked what she was like so i sent some screenshots of like
01:07:39conversations i don't look great in them either she's so stupid and then i heard that you were
01:07:46excited that i was going to get up on the cc couch like that's a that's such an evil thing
01:07:52to hope for
01:07:54she said that to gia at the nail salon
01:08:00i didn't say she's gonna get i said you said babe i said no you said dumb she said you're
01:08:07going to get in trouble for saying dumb
01:08:09i said you were going to be accountable for the way in which you spoke to me
01:08:13yeah that's such an evil thing to hope for and that's why we came up with a plan of let's
01:08:18address
01:08:19the screenshots then this is the time to use it
01:08:27so it was a plan just to be clear jia you sent the screenshots to juliet with the intent that
01:08:36it
01:08:36could be used against beck in her argument i said bad things in there too i didn't really want them
01:08:42out
01:08:44it just shows that me calling her a dc is it shouldn't have not been out like blown up into
01:08:53such a big thing when she's done much worse
01:09:04wow can i please give you some insight of course you could not be further from the truth
01:09:13it is shocking that you would think that yeah
01:09:19it makes you look so much worse okay for sure then back it's like conscious retaliation
01:09:28with 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 i just don't i don't think this experiment is for me i don't
01:09:55like that
01:10:05jules jules
01:10:13Jules she's about to face the music and she bolts Jules no Jules did you just hear that
01:10:26Jules talk to me Jules done you're such a dog you're actually a pig you're a dog and a pig
01:10:36hey Jules really yeah Jules what's going on what's going on I'm going what's going on why are you
01:10:45going because you just literally don't touch me I'm going back tomorrow where are you going
01:10:51lately threw me under the bus how yeah disgusting I have to be honest I have to be honest what
01:11:02are you
01:11:02talking about so evil off Jules come on stay we're gonna oh my god ew it's unresolved you can't just
01:11:09leave yeah are you leaving yeah I'm going back to Melbourne go away what do you mean come on come
01:11:16on stay with come on Jules
01:11:37she's got caught out of it all right she'll take if they're all right yeah she'll take if they're
01:11:43all right to me also think she's off you I feel like she's going to come back and come for
01:11:48me
01:12:10screenshot what was that you are something else man
01:12:18who me it's not nice to hear but obviously like you know I don't think we should get into it
01:12:26anymore I'm not like me and Beck both said shit like this this is weeks ago I don't think it's
01:12:31pretty great spot you know you got a laugh we cry man honestly
01:12:59I'm going to the toilet I have to pee I have to pee sorry no I gotta pee no
01:13:20where's Juliette
01:13:28great okay I'm going can you get me an uber please
01:13:33Can you de-mark me, please? Unclip this?
01:13:35You don't want to go back in a prison cell?
01:13:37No. No.
01:13:41No, I'm out. I'm out.
01:13:45I want to go home.
01:13:48And Norma keep copying it, man. I can't.
01:13:51I showed screenshots to a girlfriend. Sue me.
01:13:54Like, sorry, Peck'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, and it's not fair.
01:14:04Oh, you're not Gia.
01:14:43Oh.
01:14:51Come and grab a seat.
01:14:52Yes, Joel.
01:14:55It's all you, Joel.
01:15:03Did you speak to her?
01:15:05Juliet did what Juliet does.
01:15:08She stormed out.
01:15:10She's gone.
01:15:15And that's such an extreme decision.
01:15:20Leave the experiment.
01:15:22So that's very revealing.
01:15:26What did she have to say?
01:15:29She 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
01:15:41after you were so clearly enthused
01:15:45with what seemed to be progress and better direction.
01:15:49I thought I would give her a chance, right?
01:15:55I think you've been incredibly generous to her,
01:15:58given how she's behaved.
01:16:00Not only towards you, but towards others in the experiment.
01:16:05Joel, 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,
01:16:16you've been yourself.
01:16:18You've never wavered on that.
01:16:19And particularly what I admire about you
01:16:23is that you have owned everything that you've done.
01:16:27Regardless, you've never deflected it.
01:16:29You've just taken it on and said, this is me.
01:16:31I'm proud of who I am.
01:16:33You've been consistent throughout.
01:16:35You have maintained incredible integrity.
01:16:39You're to be commended.
01:16:40Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
01:16:43We've been sitting here watching you week after week
01:16:46thinking, this man is carrying so much.
01:16:51I think it would have been really hard.
01:16:54It's been an absolute pleasure having you in the experiment.
01:16:58We really wish you all the very best for the future.
01:17:02Thank you, Joel.
01:17:07Zoo.
01:17:08Join the group.
01:17:10Bye, darling, John.
01:17:12No.
01:17:15So what's and I'll bloody be covered.
01:17:18She did it there, dude.
01:17:19Where is she?
01:17:21Where's Jia?
01:17:23Welcome, babe.otherapy.
01:17:25I'll adopt you.
01:17:29Where 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 fast-burned over.
01:17:41You're right.
01:17:43Mm-hmm.
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.
01:18:06I don't know.
01:18:09You can't leave like that.
01:18:12We'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.
01:18:25I don't know who's going to be.
01:18:29I don't know who's going to be.
01:18:35Yeah.
01:18:41I don't know who's going to be.
01:18:55when Bette 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.
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