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00:00:03previously I am used to getting what I want I just hope she's gonna be good
00:00:08enough our hopeful singles took an enormous leap of faith I've been by
00:00:14myself for so long that I'm scared of being rejected marrying a complete
00:00:19stranger I hope this is the end of my story single from the start of our
00:00:24story together in search of true love I hope that he's the person that I've
00:00:29waited my entire life for and they're happily ever after
00:00:35we could actually fall in love tonight it's the final vows I need to see this
00:00:44out I need to finish this I need to finish it the right way where the first
00:00:48two couples will decide not sure if it will like what I have to say whether
00:00:53they will stay together if Jackson says that he doesn't want the relationship
00:00:58this would be the biggest letdown of my life beyond the experiment at this
00:01:04point in time my own lives future it is very up in the air my head's telling me
00:01:09one thing that my heart's telling me another will Jackson give Olivia her fairy
00:01:13tale Jackson's in my most disgusting self
00:01:18I regret it got taken to the level that it did or is it too little there have been some
00:01:27moments that
00:01:28really made me think about us moving forward too late I need to be brutally honest with you
00:01:37and became vindictive spiteful and self-absorbed the most fiery final vows ceremony I finally have the
00:01:45clarity I've been lacking for so long now in mass history you are not God's gift to humanity
00:01:51so stop looking down on everyone
00:02:05after over two months the time for final vows has finally come where our couples will make their
00:02:12ultimate decision whether to continue their relationship outside of the experiment or to go their separate ways
00:02:23I can't believe why everyone's all moving out today
00:02:27I'm sad that this is like the last time we're gonna be in our little apartment
00:02:34we're leaving
00:02:36you're going back to Batman
00:02:40for our remaining five couples it's their last morning in sky suites and for Olivia and Jackson
00:02:47it's a bittersweet feeling
00:02:51it's the end of an era
00:02:52we've had some good times baby
00:02:55had so many highs
00:02:57yeah
00:02:59this is so sad
00:03:01I'm sad about
00:03:03leaving
00:03:05me too
00:03:05the couples will soon be going their separate ways before their ultimate decision at final vows
00:03:22for Tamara and Brent the future is looking bleak as they are no longer on speaking terms
00:03:29however final vows will give them a chance to end their journey on their terms
00:03:34oh yeah
00:03:36and give them an opportunity to clear the air once and for all
00:03:41I'm happy to be moving out today
00:03:43I've been by myself in this apartment for quite a while now
00:03:48so I think it would be nice to get out and
00:03:51just have some space to clear my thoughts in my head
00:03:55to think about what I'll be writing in my final vows
00:04:03yeah last night the dinner party was a bit of a mess
00:04:07um i suppose one of the biggest things was
00:04:12coming to what happened at the the girls night and certain things that were said from Tamara
00:04:18i mean you had a lot to say about brent before all the the other women came
00:04:22like you pretty much shat on him for 20 minutes
00:04:26i really don't understand what you do for work because i've asked you before and it doesn't really
00:04:29make sense jesus christ he's a venue manager
00:04:33every single person here knows but you yeah what's a jack of all trades and maybe that's
00:04:38probably why they respect me more than you do because you treat me like a thick head
00:04:42yeah
00:04:48i guess this is uh such a stressful time i guess when things look good between me and tomorrow they're
00:04:55really good you can have so much fun with this girl and and i did have a lot of fun
00:05:00with her and the
00:05:01other hand you just doors say the wrong thing and it just blows up
00:05:11oh my god the plants we can't forget about albie
00:05:17albie and cedric coming back home to adelaide in the lead up to final vows
00:05:22selena and cody have been going from strength to strength in the experiment
00:05:27with cody confirming their relationship status to the group at last night's dinner party do you see
00:05:33me in your future we are we are together boyfriend girlfriend we're together yeah
00:05:43it just shows that like you know if you do honestly come in here with an open heart and mind
00:05:48and like
00:05:49just receive things and grow as like individuals and people it works now in one final test for the
00:05:56loved up couple changes to border restrictions means selena can now take cody to her hometown
00:06:02for one last insight before her big decision can cody live up to her mother's expectations cody and i
00:06:09going back to my hometown in adelaide to meet my family can't wait to see mom's face when she meets
00:06:15you
00:06:15i do believe that the universe has brought us together and bringing cody back home hopefully
00:06:20mum will reiterate that and confirm that yes this is good man i approve are you excited to come back
00:06:28to my home yeah i don't think it'll be sick like i've been wanting to get there for ages
00:06:34having their blessing and their approval means the world to me are they going to be like wow we can
00:06:39see
00:06:39he's really into you he's the right guy for you and we can see you guys working this out long
00:06:44term
00:06:45if you think i'm next level will you just wait till you meet my mom and see my family home
00:06:50because
00:06:50it's like another level there's like incense burning everywhere shrines good luck stuff all the good
00:06:59luck stuff everything is good luck i finally get to meet selena's family and i know that's important
00:07:04to her so yeah i look forward to it selena refers to her mom as the dragon lady but she
00:07:14also refers to
00:07:15herself as the ice queen so i don't know what to believe with that anymore yeah i think like it
00:07:20should just be fun it will give me perspective as well as obviously giving her some confidence hopefully
00:07:25cool oh my god i'm going back home with like a husband and baby plants yay
00:07:36before going their separate ways to contemplate their final vows olivia and jackson's conversation
00:07:42turns to last night's dinner party how are you feeling about last night look i wish i didn't
00:07:48arc up at dominica probably could have been said a bit differently week two when you're in my
00:07:56apartment in front of all of us girls saying that jack can't you right because he too quickly
00:08:00and we all saw it leave it if liv's behavior was to become a common occurrence we'd definitely be
00:08:08having a lot different discussion we're away from each other now like yeah yeah that's that's hard it
00:08:15looked like you were just aiming to hurt dom i was a little bit you definitely were that's okay
00:08:22that's something i will work on in the future so the last dinner party i definitely got stuck in a
00:08:28bit more than what i wanted to i think it was probably really hard for him to hear it because
00:08:33jackson doesn't like some of the nasty things i'm capable of or you can have that photo because i
00:08:38don't want a photo of me looking like a ghost and i'm like okay we'll get that under control
00:08:42so last night i didn't but like he knows exactly who i am and he's let me have a little
00:08:48bit of a
00:08:49fly around and go a little bit ham but then he always brings me back down to earth
00:08:55i'm keeping this one because that's my favorite is that your favorite yes we're packed we're done
00:09:03oh i miss you throughout this whole experiment me and liv have definitely had our ups and downs
00:09:09but we have something very special it's just like that little broken part of me
00:09:15i don't think we'll ever be fixed i'll bring the toolkit we'll fix her out
00:09:24and i think you've probably got it right i think so too jackson you're doing a beautiful job
00:09:32thanks andra thanks mom hi baby
00:09:39i didn't realize how good it can feel
00:09:45he makes me feel beautiful
00:09:51let's do this this goodbye is going to be emotional i'm already getting emotional
00:09:55i don't know it i miss her you're all right yeah i'm fine are you okay
00:10:05saying goodbye to jackson's really sad i'll see you soon don't miss me too much all right
00:10:11i'll try not to i think it'll be a rough time without him yeah it's gonna be hard i'll see
00:10:19you
00:10:19see you soon but when we do get to final bows and we do get to see each other again
00:10:26i think it'll
00:10:27just be a very very happy reunion
00:10:35while it's an emotional farewell for olivia and jackson the situation for tamara and brent
00:10:41is so dire that brent has refused to say goodbye
00:10:50i know final vows will be coming up and there's a lot to think about oh
00:10:59today i didn't feel up to saying goodbye to tamara you know it's no secret i've been holding on to
00:11:04quite a lot of hurt you know uh resentment um so i chose to just stick to myself today
00:11:17it's a little bit upsetting that brent doesn't want to say goodbye to me
00:11:21but i guess last night was hurtful for him so maybe that's why maybe he finds the goodbye difficult
00:11:30there were really really good times really really bad hopefully a week you know by myself to kind of
00:11:35chill and get my thoughts together might soften that but right now you can only imagine what i'd be
00:11:43thinking so coming up olivia has a powerful emotional realization jackson's definitely seen the worst of
00:11:53me in the last few weeks but is it too little too late my absolute rock bottom most disgusting
00:12:01self and cody's trip to adelaide comes crashing down
00:12:10it break up one of my favorite teacup that showed to me not really handle stuff properly
00:12:20or even a relationship
00:12:31it's final vows week and selena and cody have arrived at selena's house in adelaide
00:12:38this is your home this is the abode
00:12:41after selena missed out on taking cody back home during homestay week due to border restrictions
00:12:47she's now able to make up for lost time by getting valuable feedback from her mother before the
00:12:54upcoming final vows ceremony so cody's in my house and in my element i guess this is a little bit
00:13:02of a
00:13:02teaser as to what cody's life can potentially be with me what room's this yeah i'm just gonna ditch the
00:13:11bag here my bedroom oh you knocked over my good luck frog that cut i'm gonna go out on a
00:13:19whim and
00:13:19say that's not good luck when we go to mum's she's got heaps of these and you can't knock them
00:13:25over
00:13:26i'm actually very much looking forward to seeing what her parents home is like
00:13:29that seems to be very elaborate in that regard in terms of all the good luck omens and everything else
00:13:35like that while cody tries to avoid any more bad omens before meeting selena's mum our other couples
00:13:41have separated and gone back to their respective homes to reflect on their time in the experiment
00:13:48they will spend this time apart contemplating the life-changing decision
00:13:52of whether to commit to their relationships on the outside or return to single life
00:14:01in melbourne jackson is reflecting on his journey with olivia look obviously at that aisle when
00:14:07i first turned around there wasn't instant spa it was awesome it was definitely connection straight
00:14:13away hey hi how are you going i'm olivia jackson jackson oh you look absolutely beautiful oh my god you
00:14:20have blue eyes oh my god i think i'm gonna have a graze under my chin from my jaw dropping
00:14:26so much
00:14:26she's got beautiful eyes and she's got the biggest smile it's it's amazing feelings have grown since
00:14:32then so much but it wasn't just an initial spark that brought them together as the experiment unfolded
00:14:40the pair discovered that their values were perfectly aligned same same
00:14:49you know i have never been in love before but i'm definitely in a spot where i've never been before
00:14:54as well so i think i'm definitely on my way there i think at the same time definitely had some
00:15:10downs
00:15:12last night i broke a glove do i need like a xanax before we have this chat or what
00:15:19that's right the way live deals with conflicts and you know how she holds grudges and stuff like
00:15:24that like it's you know it wasn't the nicest of sights to see the thing that was hurt me a
00:15:28lot was
00:15:28sitting here and listening to the snide comments the snide comments it's me yeah you yeah you were giving
00:15:35snide comments all night going into real life but she keeps doing that with my friends and family
00:15:42it's definitely something that you know worries me
00:15:51and as olivia returns to her new south wales central coast home
00:15:56she is reflecting on some of her lower moments in the experiment
00:16:04the hardest thing about my time in the experiment has been um definitely my conflict with dominica
00:16:12because it just turned into something ugly and i'm half to blame for that
00:16:19jackson's definitely seen the worst of me in the last few weeks
00:16:26my absolute rock bottom most disgusting self
00:16:32i regret the way that i spoke dominica it's really gut-wrenching that it got taken to
00:16:39the level that it did and that not only jackson but everyone's there to see it
00:16:47with final vows less than 48 hours away olivia is now beginning to worry that her realizations
00:16:54about her behavior may have come too late i hope with everything that jackson has the patience to
00:17:02stick it out on the outside world and be able to see me in my element within my environment with
00:17:07my family
00:17:11i hope that being away hasn't affected jackson's decision
00:17:18in adelaide the time has come for cody to meet selena's mother theresa
00:17:24this is it the family home this is where you grew up huh yeah well sort of for the most
00:17:30part most of it
00:17:31this is the first time that mom's meeting cody i'm hoping that my mom can just give me that
00:17:36reassurance we just we believe there's a bright future there
00:17:49how are you it's a pleasure i'm cody luckily me nice to meet you too i probably to be fair
00:17:55i
00:17:55probably should feel more pressure but i'm actually i'm very intrigued as for what this is all about
00:17:59like i think selena's probably more anxious than i am about the situation thank you so much for hosting
00:18:05and having us here thank you so much well you're welcome and this is for kim i'm not sure if
00:18:09he's
00:18:09around but i got recommended oh you have a wedding to go today oh yeah yeah oh yeah oh well
00:18:16thank you
00:18:17very much coming coming coming coming oh it's beautiful so many did give you the heads up on all the
00:18:22trains and things good luck frogs lucky cat yeah
00:18:30signs you'll have to explain what all these mean this is for our lucky charm the lady got here will
00:18:36bring us money and luck and healthy and safety so cody's always been a little bit when i speak about
00:18:46my spirituality and my staging and my crystals that i want him coming into my parents house there's a lot
00:18:51going on um so i was actually quite shocked that cody was very intrigued in front of my mom selena
00:19:01yep did you need a hand with anything oh you're okay yeah if you want i don't mind yeah you
00:19:07can do
00:19:07hands do you want to place that oh i don't know you can help mom if you like you can
00:19:12help let's see how
00:19:13you handle the chinese pot eh chinese oh gosh i wouldn't have a clue but you'll have to teach me
00:19:20mom only likes to bring her like special teacups out for like you know for special occasions
00:19:26normally they're like just you got regular schmegular mugs but like these ones were her
00:19:30favorite ones we'll come back for the rest is that too easy oh gosh pressure
00:19:46oh my gosh i'm so sorry
00:20:00selena did you need a hand with anything are you okay yeah if you want uh i don't mind
00:20:05you can do your hands do you want to place that mom only likes to bring her like special teacups
00:20:11out for like you know for special occasions normally they're like just you got regular
00:20:16schmegular mugs but like these ones were her favorite ones is that too easy pressure
00:20:29i was just like oh my god mom's gonna see this and be like that is such a bad omen
00:20:34and ride him off
00:20:35straight away oh i'm so sorry he break up one of my favorite teacup i'll do for you okay
00:20:44no no break my cup again okay i'll do my best no break my cup again oh no the pressure
00:20:52oh l the pressure
00:20:56um that showed to me that he is clumsy very very clumsy he's not really handling stuff properly
00:21:07maybe maybe a situation too or even a relationship when you bring a cup the first time you visit
00:21:15people's health yeah is mean they represent your person okay everything everything like your personality
00:21:25yeah your personality okay yes and what what does breaking it say about my personality yeah it
00:21:32represents that you um clumsy and you might handle stuff not been thinking properly that include
00:21:40everything in relationship with the situation you make you make very quick you don't sing for a long
00:21:46time i know mom's quite intuitive and quite spiritual if cody smashes any more cutlery or
00:21:53teacups around this place that is like a really really really bad omen
00:22:03yeah are you still living with your parents or no no i've been out of home for seven years now
00:22:10awesome so i do have a flatmate at the moment yeah so if you ask lena to move to live
00:22:16with you you
00:22:16still have get your own play yeah of course yeah easy yeah you can't live with your mate
00:22:23she told me the same thing i know look at my mom's face i know not impressed sorry zach
00:22:32he's gonna have to go poor zach i'll have to break the news to him
00:22:37her face did drop when i mentioned i had a flatmate and i was yeah no
00:22:43can't be living with friends apparently so i just want to know from you
00:22:47is this selena the person you really looking for are you serious with selena yeah well of course i
00:22:55am and like truly we were in a rough spot so i had to really make a tough decision and
00:23:00say like yes i
00:23:00do want this to work why why so rough i think our main thing is communication it's just a lot
00:23:06like
00:23:07dad like he doesn't express many feelings like you know how dad just like
00:23:13shuts off sometimes a lot of the time and then he goes off into the garden you're like oh
00:23:17you know your dad he don't know how to talk
00:23:21yeah so i've heard that issue and as selena said the communication was the problem there
00:23:25i didn't mean to upset her or hurt her but i did my feelings are there but the way i
00:23:31express it
00:23:31not not ideal no not really good no it needs work like dad so i like my daughter commit a
00:23:40good man
00:23:41hopefully it's you you have to work it out and i'm so sorry about the china cup clumsy yeah breaking
00:23:48the good china glass on the way through was not the best way to start things off but she took
00:23:52it
00:23:52like a champion and didn't even worry i don't think maybe she's secretly bitching about me like this
00:23:57buddy kid how do i selena bring him home but it's fine she's she's cool with it while cody tries
00:24:04to
00:24:04safely navigate the rest of his time at theresa's up in sydney brent has returned home to bondi beach
00:24:11his time alone has calmed his anger towards tamara so he's turned to his mum lana for advice on how
00:24:18he should approach his final vows so how are you being oh yeah i'm not too bad yeah i've been
00:24:25all right
00:24:25well that's good meanwhile on the gold coast tamara is meeting with her best friend christie ahead of
00:24:33final vows hey good to see you throughout the experiment tamara and brent have developed a
00:24:41reputation as the turnaround couple with their ups and downs often coming to a head at the weekly
00:24:46commitment ceremonies you've been worried this whole time that you've come across as the bad guy and you
00:24:51said i'm the good guy i'm worried to be your word has been you've said exactly no it isn't i'm
00:24:55worried
00:24:55about being misunderstood a brand new couple yes where did you come from yeah there's no tension
00:25:05it's a great feeling i know that other people in the group said to me that they feel like brent
00:25:10has
00:25:11genuine feelings for me but i'm just not sure that i do hello hello hi guys so homestays how did
00:25:21it play
00:25:21out for you guys yeah that was it was nice you know overall it's probably been our our best week
00:25:27in the experiment make pretty good team when we're not bickering and yeah we can see that right here now
00:25:34now heading into final vows tamara and brent are turning to their loved ones for advice before making
00:25:40their ultimate decision oh yay oh thanks so much for coming i think of all people christy knows me the
00:25:48best
00:25:48so her opinions yeah very up there for me you and dad do you do the conversation on zoom yes
00:25:55with
00:25:56friends family mm-hmm oh my god that's my best friend christy and my dad andrew hi andrew hi christy
00:26:06hi that's my dad reno and my mom lana hi hello hi reno and lana it'd be nice to hear
00:26:16your point of
00:26:18view i think without any anyone else around yes just to be honest with me yeah well my first thought
00:26:24when
00:26:24i saw brent that he's not your type um but i didn't know if that was a good thing or
00:26:32a bad thing
00:26:36i've got so many like mixed emotions going on okay well how have you guys have been getting on lately
00:26:42i
00:26:42mean lately not very good i had got word from you know other people in the experiment that she was
00:26:49talking about about me okay um also had no idea what i did for work after all this time
00:26:56i think that you really need someone who is hard working as well like because you're so committed
00:27:03to your job you can't have someone who doesn't enjoy what they do i actually don't even honestly
00:27:09still understand what he does that job and that occupation side of things has been a huge problem
00:27:15in our relationship since then actually okay he thinks that i judge him yeah on that when
00:27:21that isn't the case and that would make you put your balls up that someone's thinking that you're
00:27:25being like that when you're not so have you spoken to your mom much while being here
00:27:30yeah i have spoken to mom and what has she had to say mom just said i can't call him
00:27:35short because
00:27:36yeah it's not very nice and men don't like it when they're called short i think you've probably
00:27:41thought about it and i feel like you probably already know what what your choice is going to be
00:27:51christy definitely helps me just having that reassurance that she has my back yeah it really
00:27:55makes a difference i do have feelings for us probably why i care when we're good we're really
00:28:03really good i took her on that big date you know we're on the you've got the puppies to underneath
00:28:09the um
00:28:10the harbour bridge oh yeah that one like jumps on your face i knew tamara would love it i loved
00:28:18it
00:28:18and it created such a good vibe for the first part of the day that was so cute you did
00:28:24really well
00:28:24thanks i'm glad you approved that was fun i just i didn't expect to be in this position at this
00:28:32point
00:28:32in this experiment you know what i mean i i not not not in a place of uncertainty brent doesn't
00:28:39seem
00:28:40happy today he's very torn about what he wants to do and what his feelings are so that makes me
00:28:46a
00:28:46little bit upset for him take a step back and think well is this someone i can be with is
00:28:53it do i want to
00:28:55go through those fights personally i'd like to see brent walk away because i don't think that
00:29:01tomorrow is right for him is it worth it are there strong feelings there it does worry me that brent
00:29:10might make the wrong decision you've got to look at it and think is this someone that i could spend
00:29:16my life with i don't know this is the decision that's really really hard at the moment it's i do
00:29:22have
00:29:23feelings for us probably why i care but i can't get past the anger right now it's definitely not
00:29:27going to be easy uh decision it's not worth the hassle of what she's been giving to him give me
00:29:34a hug
00:29:36is it really worth going ahead with things if he's not happy tomorrow
00:29:49in adelaide the time has come for selena and cody to say their farewells
00:29:55as they go their separate ways and begin their journey to final vows
00:30:01are you sad panda or happy panda today no i'm more sad like i miss you more than anything
00:30:09it's weird like i've literally been relying on you so much the last three months
00:30:15yesterday you know i was still on a little bit of a high seeing mom and now it's really starting
00:30:19to hit me that this could be potentially the last time cody and i stay under the same roof together
00:30:26so yeah it's a scary thought cody has changed and evolved a lot not just for me but for
00:30:32the relationship it doesn't seem real hey yeah i'm not used to saying goodbyes
00:30:40i don't think it's sunk in that this is the end end of an era like i'm actually going home
00:30:46literally have not had 24 hours apart yeah for three months going to be so weird
00:30:54it's going to be weird like not having you there in the bed right you might actually get some sleep
00:31:00yeah over the course of the experiment cody has learned some valuable life lessons
00:31:08from constantly struggling to deal with expressing his emotions i'm great but i'm not that great yeah
00:31:14it's a bit too much like i just needed a hug and just for you to say everything's going to
00:31:20be okay
00:31:20it doesn't feel appropriate and it's not just going to make it better for me
00:31:25and an inability to be tactful with his words are you attracted to me
00:31:29so that my schlong isn't coordinating with my head
00:31:33is the lack of interest attraction and affection due to my nationality and look
00:31:40to be honest that yeah short answer that probably did cody has slowly learned to embrace being
00:31:48vulnerable i lived with a girl for a long time i had two kids that i brought up yeah that
00:31:52they wanted
00:31:53hugs and it wasn't part of my thing wow so that's your biggest regret yeah it gives insight or like
00:32:01wisdom as to how i'm sort of acting in a relationship and how selena might be taking it this is
00:32:07from cody
00:32:12and despite the bad omen of breaking selena's mother's teacup cody has arranged a romantic
00:32:18surprise for his wife before they separate for final vows yeah so that's yours i didn't quite get to
00:32:27that was what you went to get on the final day open open that first okay what is it
00:32:37oh my god i dropped him on behalf of selena and she has a sea otter has been adopted
00:32:45in honor of a running in joke between the pair cody has adopted a sea otter for his wife selena
00:32:52that's so nice that's the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me the first time i met cody
00:32:58i was asked what do you think of him and i was like he reminds me of a sea otter
00:33:06and sea otters are my spirit animal he's the most attractive sea otter i've ever met
00:33:14cleaning up your like freaking sea otter head at least sea otters aren't bad animals they can be
00:33:21taking serious they're my favorite they're like my spirit animal but yeah it's like a it's a little
00:33:28sponsorship for not he kind of like adopted him i love him so much just the gesture of him remembering
00:33:36about the sea otters and him giving me that gift it just showed me that he really does pay attention
00:33:42and he does care he's like growing a lot yeah and the two plush toys was like you know how
00:33:48otters hold
00:33:48hand when they're asleep so i'm going to take one of them and then yeah and then that will stay
00:33:55with
00:33:55you and then hopefully they'll get reunited that's really sweet thank you so much
00:34:12at least like i'll have something to sleep with now
00:34:25i hope that nice little gift shows i do really care i do really see a future with her
00:34:33i'm obviously not good with goodbyes because normally i just get ghosted so i never get to say goodbye
00:34:42so that was really hard that was a lot harder than what i thought it was gonna be
00:34:48you're gonna miss him yeah i'm definitely gonna miss him
00:34:57still to come through all the good times we have shared there have been some moments
00:35:01that really made me think about us moving forward olivia's moment of truth i need to be brutally honest
00:35:08with you
00:35:13and the most explosive final vowels in mass history being with you made me feel homesick it made me feel
00:35:21out of place and miss what i left behind
00:35:31having reflected on her behavior in the experiment olivia is now turning to her cousin phoebe for some
00:35:38last minute advice hello hello person how are you hello darling how are you i'm good this is the first
00:35:49chance they've had to chat since their wedding day i'm already quite happy about this it's all
00:35:54me too it's gorgeous i'm into it it's a vibe okay she's definitely the harshest person in my life
00:36:01so she's the one to tell me what i don't want to hear and ask the hard questions how would
00:36:07you compare
00:36:07this relationship with jackson to your previous relationships he put in way more effort in the
00:36:14first week than my ex put in over four years of being together yeah any dramas for jackson no no
00:36:23no no
00:36:23i had a couple of like hiccups i would say i had a bit of a drama with another girl
00:36:29what was the drama did you start it did she start it i thought it probably started i didn't start
00:36:34it
00:36:34it escalated one night and i was apologizing like i wasn't really buying it apparently i said like
00:36:40all these snide comments which sounds like what's okay apparently or you said no i said them i said them
00:36:46so jackson said
00:36:51all the nice stuff that you did
00:36:56prior like trying to offer a hug and things like that all the nice stuff that you've done
00:37:00is taken up yeah taken away by those snide comments he was like pretty resentful for a
00:37:06little while about it though are you worried about your snide comments if i had to have one fear
00:37:12like that's probably it do you know what he wants to do i don't know i don't know and it's
00:37:19like i feel
00:37:19like right now it's like such like a crunch time for us to make decisions and like yeah we're not
00:37:25speaking right now like leading up to final vows so it's a massive mystery the first time in this
00:37:32whole experiment the actual fear of rejection is terrifying now at final vows if jackson says that
00:37:39he doesn't want the relationship jackson would break my heart it just does make me nervous
00:37:45that he could just be like getting his head and sabotage and leave it well that's why that doesn't
00:37:50happen i can't deal with any more heartbreak for you i've had more than enough i've had more than my
00:37:56fair share i know
00:38:02after returning home to melbourne and spending some time outside of the experiment jackson's continuing
00:38:08to have conflicting feelings about his relationship with olivia at this point in time my life's future
00:38:15is you know it's very it is very up in the air during final dates week olivia's admission about
00:38:21conflicts with her former partner's friends and her ability to hold a grudge gave jackson serious cause
00:38:28for concern i've had issues with boyfriends friends in the past look if i had an issue with one of
00:38:33your
00:38:33friends you have to understand that i might not want to be included in plans that involve them look it
00:38:38was
00:38:38the first i have heard of liv saying that she's had problems with her ex's friends in the past it
00:38:43does worry me a little bit because if she doesn't get along with my friends or my family that's a
00:38:46it's a deal breaker for me with these issues still weighing heavily on jackson's mind he turns to his
00:38:53family for guidance so what's happening we've just got the final vows left where we both decide whether
00:39:00we want to continue this on the outside just uh thinking about you know what decision i'm gonna make
00:39:07so are you still tossing up yeah is there anything that you're worried about yeah she doesn't forgive
00:39:14things very easy so if she has a drama or something like that it kind of it sticks with her
00:39:18and she
00:39:19just holds that grudge she doesn't move on very quickly yeah yeah so yeah and that's what worries
00:39:24me is i don't want to go into something where she doesn't get along with my friends again and then
00:39:30she's going to take it to heart and hold a grudge on them it's worrying what might happen in the
00:39:37long
00:39:37run you would have to choose between family or her that's an alarm bell for me i've brought the kids
00:39:45up to pick your battles yeah we don't hold grudges if you've got an issue it needs to be addressed
00:39:52and
00:39:53not in a bad way or an angry way that's going to be your biggest i think yeah um hurdle
00:40:00to overcome
00:40:01i think it is too they can see the same things that i'm seeing there's definitely going to be a
00:40:05problem
00:40:05there i just think as you go along and how it unfolds you need to be honest with yourself
00:40:14just don't hide things don't pretend something's right when it's not you know it's not going to work
00:40:38it's the morning of olivia and jackson's
00:40:41final vows and after a brutally honest conversation with her cousin phoebe olivia has
00:40:47woken up with her confidence shaken i woke up this morning and just was full of nerves
00:40:55my conflict with dominica it's definitely difficult and it's something that's come up
00:41:01throughout the experiment i think jackson's worried that i might have that sort of conflict with his
00:41:08family and his friends and i'm absolutely scared it's going to affect his decision
00:41:17and i'm scared of him running away or being turned off
00:41:23and if it did fall apart it would be a massive massive heartbreak
00:41:31but we've obviously got like this deep connection so i know that this is something
00:41:38really really special i hope he can see that our relationship is worth it
00:41:53this decision is a really hard one my head's telling me one thing and my heart's telling me another
00:41:59my head's telling me there's sides to live with her snide comments her holding grudges and stuff is
00:42:05that going to carry on into our lives if we do continue this and then my heart's telling me that
00:42:11smile that fun we have is it's not something just to throw away it's a big decision whatever option i
00:42:18take will change my life forever it's kind of terrifying to really really put yourself out there that
00:42:29far and fall so hard for somebody jackson's just everything i've ever wanted in a man
00:42:40coming into today there's a lot on the line i'm going to be very vulnerable i'm going to try and
00:42:46be
00:42:46brave and just be honest and tell jackson exactly how i feel i'm most nervous still about jackson saying
00:42:54no and that this relationship isn't for him that's absolutely my biggest fear coming into today
00:43:02i don't know if jackson and i are on the same page
00:43:06everything about my well-being hangs in the balance of what jackson says if jackson says that
00:43:15he doesn't want the relationship this would be the biggest letdown of my life
00:43:24today's decision it's going to come down to my head it's going to come down to my heart
00:43:29it's going to come down to my gut i'm so ready to just put it all on the table put
00:43:33everything out
00:43:34there and see how she takes it all
00:43:38it's time to let live know exactly how i feel
00:43:48hey handsome geez look at you look at you wow you look lovely hey baby
00:43:59beautiful good like this that's nice nice okay i go right yeah
00:44:13um jackson from the second i met you i knew that you were something special
00:44:18and it felt as if i'd known you forever even as i was walking down the aisle to marry a
00:44:23stranger
00:44:23i felt so much at ease i honestly believe that this is because you radiate so much warmth
00:44:30that anyone who's in a room with you is comforted by your presence
00:44:35never in my wildest dreams today ever dare hope for a partner who is as beautiful kind
00:44:40compassionate and even-tempered as you are anyone with a heartbeat could tell that our relationship
00:44:47was something so precious that it must be protected at all costs
00:44:53you're my dream man who i never dared to dream of for fear of being unworthy
00:44:59jackson you've built me up and made me feel worthy and adored every day that i've known you
00:45:03and i hope you know how eternally grateful i am to you for that
00:45:10during this experiment i feel as though i've been accused by others of being a vindictive grudge holder
00:45:15with an agenda for revenge and you could potentially be put off of me because of it
00:45:21i've been attacked and pushed a breaking point but never once by you
00:45:30you've been the biggest support and best gift of this whole experience
00:45:35i will never be able to thank the experts enough for finding you for me
00:45:39all of the letdowns and heartbreaks are worth it to have found you
00:45:43i believe to the core of my being that you're the right man for me
00:45:47my dad said to me once that if it's right it will be easy and this advice has echoed in
00:45:52my mind
00:45:52ever since i met you
00:45:56jackson i love you
00:46:10all i can hope for is the good luck of spending my life with you
00:46:15that was amazing
00:46:19is that coming
00:46:21you okay take a second take a second
00:46:34okay
00:46:36live i came into this experience hoping to find someone i could spend the rest of my life with
00:46:43the rest of my life when i turned around and saw your beautiful smile definitely felt like we had
00:46:47an instant connection to the point we're up all night chatting each other's ear off
00:46:52since then we have gone through so much together both completely out of our comfort zones
00:46:58and at the same time dedicated to give this our all and to have each other's back
00:47:04but through all the good times we have shared there have been some moments
00:47:07that really made me think about us moving forward
00:47:12the way you have at times responded to challenges of the experiment
00:47:18and some of the snide comments that you have made along the way don't sit well with me
00:47:27i need to be brutally honest with you
00:47:36so
00:47:58But through all the good times we have shared,
00:48:00there have been some moments that really made me think about us moving forward.
00:48:06The way you have at times responded to challenges of the experiment and some of the snide comments
00:48:12that you have made along the way don't sit well with me.
00:48:17I need to be brutally honest with you.
00:48:27Seeing you under the pressure in this experiment has not always brought out the best in you.
00:48:33And it leaves me worried that your tendency to hold grudges might one day end up with you holding a
00:48:40grudge against one of my friends.
00:48:44I don't ever want to be in a situation where I have to choose between you and a friend.
00:48:55But despite all this, although we won't always see eye to eye, I am so grateful that I met you.
00:49:03You are amazing to me. I want to make you feel special every day, just like you deserve.
00:49:12Although I am not at the I love you stage yet, I want you to know that I am definitely
00:49:16on my way there.
00:49:20And when I do finally say it, you will know that it is sincere and in that moment I will
00:49:26love you with my whole heart.
00:49:29I am so excited to see what the rest of our lives have in store for us.
00:49:43I'm the lucky one here.
00:49:44Oh, I miss you.
00:49:45Thank you too.
00:49:50I'm so stoked.
00:49:52I'm so happy.
00:49:53I couldn't think of anything better.
00:49:56I don't think it could have gone any better.
00:49:57I was very happy.
00:49:59Yeah, I'm really happy.
00:50:00Are you happy?
00:50:01How could I not be happy?
00:50:02Look what I got.
00:50:03I got the grand prize.
00:50:06i haven't fallen over yet so that's been exciting news i think you have you've fallen for me
00:50:13live actually literally quite physically took my breath away so that was uh that was interesting
00:50:19i always thought it was just uh you know something that people say but really what
00:50:25when you told me that you loved me oh okay you love me you love me i do i do
00:50:32you're gonna milk
00:50:33that the future's definitely got each other in it that's for sure babies there you go babies
00:50:57coming up the final vows i have so many mixed emotions
00:51:04it's been such a roller coaster so up and down sometimes me and tomorrow would be fighting and
00:51:11then sometimes we'd be really good and laughing and great friends i came onto this experiment because
00:51:18i wasn't dating i was avoiding all types of commitment tomorrow you know she's created
00:51:25someone so much stronger in me i'm proud of myself from where i've come i need to see this out
00:51:32i need
00:51:33to finish this we need to finish it the right way when i come to actually reading the vows that's
00:51:39when
00:51:39i'll get a bit nervous and yeah i'll definitely have to take a few deep breaths and compose myself
00:51:45before i get to do it it definitely hasn't been smooth sailing between brent and i our relationship
00:51:59has been a struggle from the start
00:52:03i definitely wish there was less conflict between brent and i
00:52:08and if i had to just let some things go and given brent that little bit of his eco boost
00:52:14that he won
00:52:15something might have made him a happier person and therefore you know easier to live with for me
00:52:24during the experiment i do think brent had genuine feelings for me
00:52:30and it doesn't feel good to tell somebody you don't feel the same way for them
00:52:41it was a fun but tough ride throughout this whole experiment a good relationship you know your partner
00:52:47needs to be your best friend and we had that for a while too and it was so much fun
00:52:52when it was really
00:52:53good it was it makes you feel comfortable and it makes you feel happy and it makes you feel hopeful
00:52:58for
00:52:58what can happen all right let's get this happening
00:53:10i've got no idea if we'll be on the same page you know trying to guess what tomorrow's going to
00:53:14do
00:53:15on each day is is a tough one so i don't know i guess we'll find out
00:53:24i think that the most valuable lesson that i've learned within the experiment is to stay true to
00:53:29myself i'm not sure if brent will like what i have to say or if brent will agree with what
00:53:36i have to say
00:53:39but that's what today's about it will be good to clear the air with brent
00:53:43and i hope to feel a sense of relief after today
00:54:01it's gut-wrenching but i know what i need to say
00:54:06i have no regrets of any time in the experiment all these doubts and all these
00:54:11commitment fears and all these issues i had it's just all gone i'm ready to do this
00:54:24the experiment for me was really hard it was probably the most challenging thing i've ever done
00:54:31i think today will be like the rest of the experiment it will be a challenging day
00:54:36it will be hard i do have slight concerns about my vows uh there will be i think
00:54:43some touchy subjects in there for brent that i don't know if he's still willing to listen to
00:54:50but today i'm just going to be saying them
00:55:16how are you i'm good how are you hot
00:55:23i'll read my glass first okay
00:55:29brent
00:55:33i can't believe that after all we've been through that we've made it to the end of the aisle again
00:55:39from the day i met you i never held back from showing you the real me and every floor i
00:55:44came with
00:55:46i believe throughout this experiment there were so many times we could have given up and walked away
00:55:51because things were too hard and weren't a fairy tale for us we know we gave this our all and
00:55:59we can
00:55:59say that out of all the couples we really did put our all into this journey however
00:56:08the truth of the matter is that from day one my intuition was telling me there was something not
00:56:13right between us
00:56:16so many times i think back to how you acted and what you didn't say that caused unsaid awkward tension
00:56:22i feel you were putting on a brave face and using your ego as a protective shield for insecurities in
00:56:28a relationship you have made me realize that materialistic things don't really matter to me
00:56:34being with you made me feel homesick it made me feel out of place and miss what i left behind
00:56:42i don't see a future with you and i feel the best path for me is a path alone at
00:56:46this stage i'm sorry
00:56:51if you take any advice from me it's just to be yourself and that you're enough
00:56:59that's not
00:57:15tomorrow coming into this experiment i knew that there would be many things i'd have to overcome
00:57:19in order to grow and that throwing myself head first into a marriage was certainly going to stretch
00:57:24me as an individual two very stern yet similar souls met their match the day we got married
00:57:32we clashed from the beginning and that was half the fun from there we rode the waves of our honeymoon
00:57:37intimacy challenges and honesty boxes i was proud of what we achieved together
00:57:43but our strength was in our teamwork we inspired the group to come together as one
00:57:47when we were good the group was good and we did that together
00:57:51tomorrow tomorrow you have this great ability to get people excited about almost anything
00:57:56your energy is what attracted me most to you you have the ability to light up a room when you
00:58:00walk in
00:58:01it was the little things you did for me like trying to show affection even though you really
00:58:05didn't like to that led to our relationship being the strongest it had ever been
00:58:10our relationship is capable of great things when we are thoughtful understanding kind and genuine
00:58:16but we often had to hit rock bottom to get to this place unfortunately the downhill spiral to the
00:58:23bottom was filled with disrespect closer to the end as the stresses of the experiment really started
00:58:28to wear us down and that homesick feeling set in your true colors showed
00:58:34you became vindictive spiteful and self-absorbed i was made to feel like a fool chasing you around for the
00:58:42smallest amount of decency and respect that anyone in the world should show another human
00:58:48the screaming the breakdown of communication the refusal to give in or let go and eventually the
00:58:54inability to be kind destroyed us and you never took responsibility for your part in our shitty fate
00:59:01time and time again i would be the one coming back to you trying to find some middle ground
00:59:08no matter how hard i tried to mend things between us it felt like you were only ever thinking about
00:59:12yourself tomorrow after all we've been through together over the last few months i finally have
00:59:18the clarity i've been lacking for so long now i've seen the real you the one who doesn't respect me
00:59:23or
00:59:23anyone around her you don't have any real loyalty to anyone and i realize you lack all the qualities
00:59:29i'm looking for in a partner you are not god's gift to humanity so stop looking down on everyone
00:59:38i don't even know where you get the confidence to do so so on that note good luck good riddance
01:00:02i know how brent feels about me now yeah yeah i've got a pretty good understanding i don't think
01:00:08i'm better than anybody else i just have confidence in who i am what brent said to me is something
01:00:13i get told by insecure people all the time the way that i'm happy with myself i think it upsets
01:00:19other
01:00:19people i know that the people who love me and care about me don't feel that way about me they
01:00:24know
01:00:25the real me brent thinks he knows the real me but he doesn't really i don't need any more friends
01:00:29i've got a lot of friends so i don't feel like there's anything left for us to say to each
01:00:34other
01:00:38i just needed to leave need to say my piece and leave and i don't think that anything else that
01:00:43i have to say is going to make a difference i don't need to see her again you know is
01:00:50is a great feeling
01:00:51the fact that she can say you're enough thank you i'm really heartfelt but i don't need to hear that
01:00:58from you anymore i'm definitely walking out of here with my head held high with integrity and with no regrets
01:01:11i know how i'm feeling the end i know where i'm at is here the only thing that i don't
01:01:17know is where
01:01:18she's at the beginning of the rest of their lives i never imagined ending the experiment like this
01:01:27love will blossom you've always been there to put a smile on my face hearts will break i never thought
01:01:34coming on to this experiment i'd cry so much wondering whether you really care about me and the
01:01:38shock ending it's no secret we have struggled no one will see coming
01:01:47tomorrow 7 30 then the betrayal the deception why don't we take a look back now at your time on
01:01:57the
01:01:57experiment the daily event of the year the reunion you simply cannot miss