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00:00:00Previously, after seven intense weeks in the experiment, the next phase of the
00:00:13experiment began. Feedback week saw our couples receive fresh perspectives on
00:00:21their marriages from their peers. Did you see the commitment ceremony when he was
00:00:25like, Sam will come to Sydney and then we'll do this. We had not spoken about that plan.
00:00:31Sam was able to express his concerns about Chris making future plans for the pair
00:00:36without consultation. I just feel like I didn't get a say or a voice at all.
00:00:40Alyssa warned David not to discuss those messages. The comments were vile,
00:00:46disgusting. But how do you know what they were? We've seen them. And...
00:00:52Gia. She done a runner. I'm gonna rename her Usain Bolt.
00:00:56Danny was stood up. I'm not doing it.
00:00:59When Gia refused to participate in the partner swap.
00:01:02This experiment is for sh...
00:01:04I think Gia, you're not giving her any drama. She's seeking that drama to fulfill her internal need.
00:01:09And after receiving direct feedback from Stella...
00:01:12The advice I got was quite reasonable, I feel. I just need to deliver it the right way for her
00:01:16to not feel offended.
00:01:17Fingers crossed it goes the right way.
00:01:19I just don't really care for her feedback.
00:01:21Scott was hesitant to share his findings with Gia.
00:01:27Um...
00:01:27If I knew if I went too deep, I'd be over the balcony.
00:01:34Tonight...
00:01:35Oh, my God!
00:01:37It's Alyssa and Stephen's turn to get some fresh feedback.
00:01:41Maybe this is your opportunity to jump right, Joe.
00:01:44Take the lead, Stephen.
00:01:45Alright, that's it.
00:01:47But not all our participants will see this week as constructive criticism.
00:01:51You just, like, made a decision on how this is going.
00:01:53Well, no, actually, no.
00:01:55That's not true.
00:01:56As a tense standoff ensues for one of our strongest couples...
00:02:00Even now, I feel like you're getting defensive.
00:02:02I'm not getting defensive. I'm having a conversation.
00:02:04I am sad. I'm disappointed.
00:02:07Do you see me as the mother-father of your children?
00:02:10Yes, I do see you as the father of my children.
00:02:13And as Feedback Week continues...
00:02:16No, thanks.
00:02:19Bye.
00:02:20..what's in the anonymous letter...
00:02:23If we just get through this...
00:02:24Oh, I want to get out of here, Bill.
00:02:25..that pushes Gia to breaking point.
00:02:28Gia wants to leave.
00:02:37It's Feedback Week, and across the city our couples are partaking...
00:02:42..in an anonymous one-on-one partner swap task...
00:02:45..set by the experts.
00:02:46The partner swap allows couples to gain an outside perspective...
00:02:51..on their relationships.
00:02:53But it was nice to just talk freely.
00:02:54Week after week, our couples get critical feedback from us as experts.
00:02:59But this week is all about feedback from those within the bubble...
00:03:02..of the experiment, their peers.
00:03:06And despite a devastating 24 hours...
00:03:09..Alyssa is putting on a brave face...
00:03:12..and is ready to participate in this task.
00:03:15Obviously, David and I, we've come off the back...
00:03:17..of, like, some pretty heavy times.
00:03:22Tonight, Juliet felt passionate enough to send me the receipts...
00:03:27..about the language that was used behind my back.
00:03:31What I just read was...
00:03:34..disgusting.
00:03:36But today, I just want to focus on the task.
00:03:39You know, I'm here for David and our relationship, so, yeah.
00:03:42I'm really excited and I'm always open to feedback.
00:03:44..and I'm not sure who I'm going to be partnered with today...
00:03:47..but I feel like it's really hard to take feedback...
00:03:50..from people that have burnt you.
00:03:52So, hopefully, it's not, Bec.
00:03:54Do I look or do I not look?
00:04:03MUSIC PLAYS
00:04:05Oh, hello there!
00:04:07Oh, my God!
00:04:09Hello!
00:04:10Hi!
00:04:11Oh, I walk in and I see Alyssa.
00:04:14But I was wondering who I was going to meet.
00:04:15I'm like, who is it going to be?
00:04:17I actually feel really good.
00:04:18If I want advice and feedback,
00:04:19it's probably the best that it comes from Rachel's best friend...
00:04:22..because they talk like crazy.
00:04:25Alyssa knows everything.
00:04:26Probably if I fart in my sleep or something, who knows?
00:04:29I've been wanting to talk to you.
00:04:30Oh, fantastic!
00:04:33How's your attraction?
00:04:35Are you getting...
00:04:35..is that attraction-building with Rachel?
00:04:38I can definitely say yes.
00:04:39What is holding you back?
00:04:41LAUGHTER
00:04:42Um, nothing's really holding me back.
00:04:44Um, intimacy-wise, it's taken a while to get there.
00:04:47You've made such progress,
00:04:49and I feel like maybe this is your opportunity to jump Rachel.
00:04:54LAUGHTER
00:04:55You just need to build up that confidence more
00:04:58and take the lead, Steve-o!
00:05:01All right, that's it.
00:05:02How are you and Dave going?
00:05:04I feel like David and I are in such a good place right now
00:05:08in our relationship,
00:05:08and I feel like we're on the same page in a lot of areas.
00:05:12Um, the thing I wanted to ask is,
00:05:15what do you see from the outside?
00:05:17Um...
00:05:17I can definitely tell you this.
00:05:19I've seen Dave at those dinner, um, parties,
00:05:22and when you're not around,
00:05:25he...
00:05:25..he's got your back.
00:05:28He's got me?
00:05:29Uh, he's got your back.
00:05:31It's amazing.
00:05:31He has your best interests at heart,
00:05:33and he's... Yeah, it's just amazing.
00:05:35Um, he's so calm and collected,
00:05:37and he respects you so much,
00:05:39and there's such a... and there's a connection.
00:05:40I've seen you two at the retreat,
00:05:42the connection you two had.
00:05:44It's super sweet.
00:05:46You are a match. Yeah.
00:05:46There's no doubt about it.
00:05:47All I can say is, keep going.
00:05:50Thank you, Stephen.
00:05:51You're a match.
00:05:53Look, Steve-O, I feel like he really took on board
00:05:56the feedback that I had for him,
00:05:57and I'm so happy about the feedback that Stephen gave me.
00:06:00It was really reassuring to hear that we are a strong couple.
00:06:04Cheers.
00:06:04Cheers to that.
00:06:05Cheers to us and our relationship.
00:06:08Cheers. 100%.
00:06:08And hurry up and jump, Rach.
00:06:10Ah!
00:06:12The first phase of Feedback Week has come to a close.
00:06:16And while Alyssa is feeling reassured
00:06:19in her relationship with David,
00:06:22back at the apartments,
00:06:25David is feeling nervous about his catch-up with Bec.
00:06:31I am nervous sitting here waiting for Alyssa to walk in
00:06:34because I don't know how she's going to take the fact that
00:06:38I had to talk to Bec about text messages that Bec sent,
00:06:42and I did not want to talk about it,
00:06:44but Bec obviously brought it up,
00:06:45so I couldn't shy away from it, you know?
00:06:48Do you know what?
00:06:48I wanted to talk to you and Alyssa,
00:06:50but obviously I couldn't, about those messages.
00:06:52I wasn't rude about you.
00:06:54I wasn't rude about Alyssa.
00:06:55I was just talking about your relationship.
00:06:58I don't want to take away from Alyssa's part.
00:07:00I'm sure she will talk to you in a long time,
00:07:02but I felt like the comments were vile, disgusting.
00:07:05But how do you...
00:07:06And very, like, mean and vicious.
00:07:08But how do you know what they were?
00:07:11Did Juliet send them to Alyssa?
00:07:14She did.
00:07:15It's hard to look past that.
00:07:19Hello, Mark.
00:07:20What it do?
00:07:21Hello.
00:07:23Hi.
00:07:23How are you?
00:07:24Good, how are you?
00:07:25I'm good.
00:07:26How was your day?
00:07:27Good.
00:07:28How was you?
00:07:29Yeah, I was good.
00:07:30It was good.
00:07:33Who did you catch up with today?
00:07:35Who did I catch up with today?
00:07:41Oh, I caught up with Bec.
00:07:44Where do I begin?
00:07:46I sat there and I was thinking...
00:07:48How did you hold your breath?
00:07:50Because we spoke about it before you left.
00:07:52I was like, do not mention the messages.
00:07:55Well, I went in thinking...
00:07:57Did you mention them?
00:07:58She brought it up.
00:08:00Babe, no!
00:08:00She brought it up.
00:08:02Yeah.
00:08:03The one thing I said to David today before he left was, please do not bring up the text messages.
00:08:15And it was brought up and it upset me because I'm like, I'm really disappointed because that is something I
00:08:20wanted to address.
00:08:23Because she was like, she was apologizing and then she tried to say, you should have seen the other side
00:08:28of Gia and she's like, it's all Gia's fault.
00:08:31Gia has a problem with me, but she keeps on making it out like it's me, but Gia sent them
00:08:37to Juliet to try and throw me under the bus, but hurt you.
00:08:40At the center of everything is Gia.
00:08:43I don't know what to believe anymore, but I don't care how many sorries I get.
00:08:47Oh yeah, I'm with you 100%.
00:08:49How many sorries it needs to be addressed?
00:08:52She knows that you're kind, she's leaning into you and she is manipulating you.
00:08:57But I don't...
00:08:58I don't believe it.
00:08:58No, but all I did was I said, look, you and my wife can sort it out, is essentially what
00:09:03I said.
00:09:03I said, Alyssa, I'm not going to take away from Alyssa, but I said I wasn't cool with you.
00:09:08But babe, I asked you, like, not to.
00:09:10How do you think I felt sitting there and the first thing that comes out of her mouth is the
00:09:14situation?
00:09:15What did you want me to do?
00:09:16You should have said, I'm not, this is not for me to step in, like, I don't agree with...
00:09:21Well, like, that's what I said, I said you will...
00:09:24No, but don't you went there.
00:09:24I asked you one thing.
00:09:26I feel like David should have just shut it down completely.
00:09:30Bec just wants a leg to stand on because as soon as Gia obviously brought it up on the couch,
00:09:34she was shitting herself.
00:09:36You should be careful with how much you are upset about me saying that
00:09:41when I have screenshots of what you've said about Alyssa and David.
00:09:47It was vile.
00:09:54She wanted to make sure she addressed it with David to try and back herself somewhat.
00:09:59But, yeah, I'm pretty upset because, like, that is something that I wanted to address girl to girl.
00:10:04I understand you're upset and I heard you loud and clear before I left today, but it's not something
00:10:10that I'm gonna, that I wanted to address. It's something that you can address with her.
00:10:15At the end of the day, I am very protective of Alyssa. And even though I didn't want to talk
00:10:20about
00:10:20the situation at all, when Bec brought it up, I felt like I had no choice.
00:10:25Because it was, I, the last person I wanted to see was that, was her.
00:10:29I know that you're pissed, just as pissed as me.
00:10:32Yeah, 100%.
00:11:02I know that you are.
00:11:02And it hurts me a bit like, honestly, I hate seeing you like this.
00:11:06And it, it just frustrates me.
00:11:23I don't know what to believe anymore.
00:11:34And down the hall, Bec is awaiting Danny's return from his partner swap task.
00:11:42Hello, babe.
00:11:43Hello, darling.
00:11:45How are you?
00:11:47Good. How was your day?
00:11:49My day was f***ing amazing.
00:11:51Who did you see?
00:11:52How was yours?
00:11:53Good. Who did you see?
00:11:56The better question would be, who did I not see?
00:12:01What?
00:12:02I was meant to see Gia, but she stood me up.
00:12:06First time I've ever been stood up in my life, and it's by Gia.
00:12:09That's so funny.
00:12:12The streak is over.
00:12:14So did you speak to anyone?
00:12:15No, no one.
00:12:16I just had a couple of beers in Bondi, chilled out, walk on the beach,
00:12:22done my thing, come back here.
00:12:23I started shagging birds when I was 14.
00:12:26I'm now 34, 20 years.
00:12:28I've never been stood up once.
00:12:29So it had to happen eventually.
00:12:32Out of interest, why do you reckon she didn't show up?
00:12:36Honestly, I think she probably thought it could be you.
00:12:39And if you've lied about someone, and then you have to sit there face to face with them,
00:12:43where you can't run away.
00:12:44It's confronting, isn't it?
00:12:45It's confronting.
00:12:46When you've lied about someone, right?
00:12:49And you've lied about someone, and you've gone at them.
00:12:51Only the other night at the commitment ceremony, she told me to shut the f*** up.
00:12:56She probably thought there's a slim chance I could get Daniel, and I can't do that.
00:13:02Even if it was a 10% chance, she couldn't risk it.
00:13:05I also truly believe that she's not interested in showing any flaws in her relationship.
00:13:13She's not keen on that.
00:13:15And I think that would be why she's probably refused to do it.
00:13:21A bit of you, a bit of...
00:13:23Do you know what I think's funny, though?
00:13:25She hasn't disrespected me, because she doesn't owe me nothing,
00:13:27but she's actually disrespected Scott.
00:13:30Because this task, she could have brought them closer together,
00:13:34if she got some genuine feedback.
00:13:36But because she didn't show up, she's got no feedback.
00:13:39Who'd you have, by the way?
00:13:41David, yeah.
00:13:41How'd you go?
00:13:43When Juliet left the commitment ceremony,
00:13:46she sent Alyssa and David all of the text messages.
00:13:49David read the messages?
00:13:51David and Alyssa, yep.
00:13:52Oh, God.
00:13:53Yeah.
00:13:54What did they say, obviously, because I don't even know what they said.
00:13:56Babe, I don't remember what they said.
00:14:00Alyssa is going f*** down.
00:14:02Rat bitch with her rat husband.
00:14:05The only fake f*** in this place are those two f*** influencer wannabe f***.
00:14:12I did apologise to him for the messages.
00:14:16I'm just apologising over and over and over and over and over.
00:14:20And I get it.
00:14:21I've done the wrong thing.
00:14:22But I just feel like it's just something.
00:14:26It's just never ending.
00:14:29Honestly, like, f*** how much more apologising can I do?
00:14:34Like, and I will because I have to and I'm in the wrong for writing them.
00:14:39But f***, like, I'm just, I'm on empty.
00:14:44Maybe.
00:14:45Things that happened two months ago, Gia keeps bringing up to the forefront of issues.
00:14:53And Alyssa and David...
00:14:54Juliet brought them up, though, by sending them back.
00:14:56But Gia sent them to Juliet.
00:14:58And they were sent two months ago.
00:15:01I'm actually just so tired, babe.
00:15:04You say you're tired of it.
00:15:05Imagine how David feels.
00:15:06Yeah, I know.
00:15:07He'd be so sick of it.
00:15:08Yeah, of course.
00:15:09And I know, like, you're saying that Gia sent them messages to Juliet.
00:15:15But the reality is, if you didn't send them messages in the first place, she wouldn't have no screenshots to
00:15:20send.
00:15:22I don't care what someone had done to me or how I was feeling.
00:15:26I don't send abusive messages.
00:15:28It's like, that's just me.
00:15:29You can't condone it.
00:15:31She's, like, trying to say, ah, Gia sent them to Juliet.
00:15:34But I'm like, but you sent them in the first place.
00:15:36Without you sending them, there is no screenshots.
00:15:39So that doesn't really fall with me.
00:15:41It all does go back to Beck.
00:15:42So, yet again, our relationship is just, like, almost smurred with all this other stuff.
00:15:50Like, what about that conversation was about us?
00:15:54She's worried about the screenshots are going to be brought up at the next dinner party.
00:15:59But it's like, they probably will be.
00:16:01So if people want to say a few things to her and to call her out of order and stuff
00:16:06like that,
00:16:06then she has to just take that on the chin, to be honest.
00:16:08So you've just got to run up and apologize in front of the group again.
00:16:12And then move on from it.
00:16:14Yeah.
00:16:14And just don't do no dumb shit like that in the future.
00:16:43I just don't regret sending me back.
00:16:48Messages two months ago.
00:16:51I just regret it so much.
00:16:56I just feel like, for the past couple of weeks, retreat.
00:17:01I mean, Gia's just non-stop for months.
00:17:06And I've told Daniel I love him.
00:17:08And then this week has been intense because it's intensified it.
00:17:12There's pressure and I never wanted that.
00:17:16But I'm just really scared of getting hurt.
00:17:20I can't make someone fall in love with me.
00:17:25I just feel like a fool.
00:17:27I just feel silly.
00:17:31That's how I feel.
00:17:43With the partner swap phase finished,
00:17:47Chris is waiting for Sam to return.
00:17:51Sam was left feeling pressured
00:17:53after Chris revealed at the commitment ceremony
00:17:56that he had a firm plan for the pair outside of the experiment.
00:18:01I think what it would probably look like is,
00:18:03just like, say we go, well, everything ticks the boxes,
00:18:05we'd have a place in Sydney.
00:18:07So he'd go to Sydney.
00:18:08I would stay primarily at the farm
00:18:10and then maybe we can float back and forth for a bit
00:18:12from Sydney to the farm.
00:18:14Someone's been thinking about this quite a bit of detail.
00:18:17I think that's what it would look like
00:18:19if we are successful and I want us to be successful.
00:18:21But he has a lot of stuff to do in the city,
00:18:23whereas I'm, like, cool to be at the farm full-time.
00:18:26But after a constructive chat with Philip
00:18:28about the need to discuss this issue with Chris...
00:18:31Like, I just feel like I didn't get a say or a voice at all.
00:18:34If we'd come to that decision together...
00:18:36Of course.
00:18:37..it would have landed a lot better.
00:18:39Right now, you don't feel like you're writing your story.
00:18:40You really need to verbalise what your plans are,
00:18:44because this is our partnership, you know?
00:18:47Sam is returning to the apartments feeling encouraged.
00:18:51Coming off the back of talking to Phil,
00:18:53I feel like I can take a step forward
00:18:54in finding a resolution from Chris.
00:18:57I really hope that we work through it together
00:18:59and that he can open up a little bit
00:19:03to my point of view of things.
00:19:06Yeah, it was good chatting with Phil.
00:19:08Um, the one thing that did come up with him is that,
00:19:11like, when we sat on the commitments ceremony couch
00:19:14and the experts were like,
00:19:17what's the plan for us?
00:19:20Um, and you sort of said, like,
00:19:21oh, this is how it works,
00:19:22and we move to Sydney,
00:19:23and we can go here,
00:19:24and this will go here.
00:19:25Like, that's the first time I heard that plan.
00:19:28Yeah.
00:19:28And it was kind of like,
00:19:29you've just, like, made a decision on how this is going to work.
00:19:31No, actually, no.
00:19:33That's not true.
00:19:34I said, if we were to work,
00:19:36and if we survive outside of this experiment,
00:19:39I said the most ideal plan would look like
00:19:41us getting a place in Sydney
00:19:43and then living at the farm.
00:19:45Just being like, that's not how it happened.
00:19:46Like, that's how it happened for me.
00:19:48Yeah.
00:19:49So, like, disregarding that.
00:19:51Like, I sat there,
00:19:51and, like, this is what I heard you saying,
00:19:52and it felt like you were saying this is the only way.
00:19:57Um.
00:19:59Oh.
00:20:00I'm just, I'm shocked.
00:20:02Like, he's instantly defensive
00:20:04when I tried to bring up something
00:20:05that didn't feel nice for me.
00:20:08It's just, like, I don't know.
00:20:09It's just...
00:20:10I'm not used to being spoken to that sharply, I guess.
00:20:15Yeah, that's just a conversation
00:20:17I would have rather had the two of us
00:20:20before, like, any sort of plan was, like,
00:20:22suggested.
00:20:23No, it wasn't a plan.
00:20:23It was a suggestion.
00:20:25It was, um...
00:20:26Well, a plan is a suggestion, right?
00:20:28Well, it would be, like,
00:20:29this is the most ideal scenario.
00:20:31Can you empathise at all?
00:20:32That might have felt, like, a bit, like...
00:20:34No, but they asked a question.
00:20:35They said, you know,
00:20:35are you looking at the future?
00:20:37And I answered it.
00:20:40Um.
00:20:43Already, I don't feel like
00:20:44I have much leeway
00:20:48or, like, input into how this can work
00:20:50because it's kind of, like,
00:20:52if it is going to work with us,
00:20:53it's got to work your way
00:20:54because you have heaps on.
00:20:56But it doesn't mean that, like,
00:20:57I don't...
00:20:59Like, it would be nice
00:21:00for you to maybe, like,
00:21:03mention sometimes
00:21:05that it is a big weight on my shoulders.
00:21:12I think it's ridiculous.
00:21:13I'm 38.
00:21:14I've got a kid coming.
00:21:15I don't need to argue about
00:21:16coming up with an idea
00:21:17for us after the experiment.
00:21:19When I got asked a question
00:21:20and I answered it,
00:21:21I just feel like it's a bit ridiculous,
00:21:24to be honest.
00:21:25Yeah.
00:21:27If someone said that
00:21:28and I was in Sam's position,
00:21:30to me, I'd be like,
00:21:32oh, my God, that's so cute.
00:21:33They're coming up.
00:21:33He's thinking outside the experiment.
00:21:36I wouldn't have taken it
00:21:37the way that he's taken it.
00:21:39Also, he said, like,
00:21:40you're not showing me
00:21:41a lot of empathy.
00:21:42I get called an empath all the time.
00:21:44Well, I said that you'll be giving up a lot.
00:21:46That's a big change for you as well,
00:21:48but it wasn't, like, a set plan.
00:21:50Like, you could have just chimed in.
00:21:53Yeah.
00:21:54I mean, yeah.
00:21:55I mean...
00:21:56I feel like you're getting really,
00:21:57like, defensive with me now.
00:21:58I'm not getting defensive at all.
00:21:59Well, even, like, a little sorry
00:22:00it felt like that way for you, Sam.
00:22:01I'm sorry that it felt that way.
00:22:02Okay, cool.
00:22:03Yeah, I'm sorry that it felt that way,
00:22:04but it was just...
00:22:05Lead with that.
00:22:06Yeah.
00:22:08I can't even remember what language I used,
00:22:10but, yeah, it was not a big deal.
00:22:12Yeah.
00:22:14Yeah.
00:22:18I don't know how I feel.
00:22:21When someone tells me
00:22:23that something I did hurt them,
00:22:27I'll always lead with apology.
00:22:29But instead, he was like,
00:22:30nah, that's not what I said,
00:22:31and cut me off when he did that,
00:22:33and then proceeded to tell me
00:22:35what he said.
00:22:37Um...
00:22:38I was just looking for...
00:22:39just to be heard.
00:22:43Um...
00:22:56It's a brand-new day.
00:22:59How'd you sleep?
00:23:01Great.
00:23:02And whilst Feedback Week
00:23:03is bringing some of our couples closer...
00:23:06There we go.
00:23:07You did great, sweetie.
00:23:12Following their first fight last night,
00:23:15Chris is feeling offended
00:23:16with the comments Sam made
00:23:18about him not being empathetic.
00:23:26I'm feeling like, uh...
00:23:28It's...it's awkward
00:23:29because there's, like,
00:23:30a bit of tension between us.
00:23:32It's not been like this.
00:23:33Yesterday, he said that I have no empathy.
00:23:36That is so hurtful.
00:23:39So, this morning,
00:23:40I've got a clear head.
00:23:41I've slept on it.
00:23:42Um...
00:23:43I want to just try and clear it up
00:23:44and move forward.
00:23:46How are you feeling after yesterday?
00:23:48Yeah, good.
00:23:49Yeah, cool.
00:23:50Yeah, I said everything I wanted to say.
00:23:52Mm-hmm.
00:23:53Um...yeah.
00:23:54Yeah, I just feel like, um...
00:23:56I just like to revisit it quickly
00:23:58just so that I can, like, move forward.
00:24:00Yeah.
00:24:00So, as hard as it was for you
00:24:02is equally as hard for me.
00:24:04And I think you said, like,
00:24:05I wasn't showing any empathy or whatever.
00:24:07So, that's kind of hurt me a little bit
00:24:09because, um...you know,
00:24:11everyone knows me as an empath.
00:24:12Like, I am quite empathetic to people
00:24:14and I didn't realise that
00:24:15you felt like I was not showing any empathy.
00:24:18Like, I felt like I needed more empathy
00:24:19around that situation.
00:24:22So, you need more empathy
00:24:23about the moving situation?
00:24:24Yeah, I just feel like...
00:24:25You're maybe, like, sweeping under the rug
00:24:27a little bit how big a deal it was.
00:24:29That's what it felt like.
00:24:30Okay.
00:24:31Yeah.
00:24:31Yeah.
00:24:32When Mel asked me that question,
00:24:33it was just a throwaway thought
00:24:35that I had while I was on a run.
00:24:36I do feel like, um...yeah,
00:24:38maybe that...that comment was...
00:24:41maybe misconstrued or whatever.
00:24:42I'm happy to, like, just, like,
00:24:44move forward from it.
00:24:46Even now, I feel like you're getting defensive.
00:24:47I'm not getting defensive.
00:24:48I'm having a conversation.
00:24:49Okay, cool.
00:24:49I'm just sitting here listening to you.
00:24:51I think the saying that he didn't give me
00:24:52empathy comment hurt him, I guess,
00:24:54because he sees himself as quite an empath.
00:24:56But I think asking for more empathy
00:24:59shouldn't really be met with defensiveness.
00:25:02He's still defensive,
00:25:04but, again, he didn't like me saying that today.
00:25:06Yeah.
00:25:06I'm super sensitive to, like,
00:25:09to sharp talking, I guess.
00:25:10I'm not used to it at all.
00:25:11Mm-hmm.
00:25:11It's not how I, like, ever communicate.
00:25:13Yeah.
00:25:14So maybe just, like, if...
00:25:16Yeah, you could be a little bit wary of that.
00:25:19Sure.
00:25:19I'll take that on board.
00:25:21Um, I am sad.
00:25:24I'm disappointed.
00:25:26This has all stemmed from the comment
00:25:28that I made on the couch.
00:25:30Sam's upset that I didn't consult him
00:25:32prior to thinking about this.
00:25:33Um, I thought it was cute.
00:25:34I thought it was admirable
00:25:35that I had thought ahead of the experiment.
00:25:38He obviously feels different.
00:25:39He also feels that I was too defensive.
00:25:44I disagree, I think.
00:25:46I just tried to communicate with him this morning.
00:25:48It doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
00:25:51So, yeah, unfortunately, it's a bit orcs.
00:25:57As Feedback Week continues...
00:25:59Oh, I hate these boxes.
00:26:01..Beck and Danny receive a familiar task,
00:26:04the honesty box.
00:26:06What is one dream or goal of yours
00:26:08that you wouldn't be willing to give up for me?
00:26:10LAUGHTER
00:26:13But will it derail their relationship again?
00:26:16It's not just all fun and games.
00:26:18It's just not.
00:26:19I don't know why I'm laughing.
00:26:21I'm sorry.
00:26:22I'm sorry.
00:26:25Don't touch me.
00:26:26I'm joking, I'm joking.
00:26:27You're pissing me off.
00:26:29You're absolutely pissing me off.
00:26:31LAUGHTER
00:26:48As Feedback Week continues,
00:26:50the experts have prepared another task for our couples.
00:26:56Oh, yo.
00:26:57That's the gift that keeps on doing.
00:27:00Ooh!
00:27:02Yo!
00:27:04As the experiment enters its final weeks,
00:27:07it's time for the couples to think about taking their relationships
00:27:10outside the experiment
00:27:12and consider any hurdles they may face.
00:27:17Oh, I know that box.
00:27:19I remember it well.
00:27:21I've seen that before.
00:27:22One of the tools we use to assist this process
00:27:25is the honesty box,
00:27:27which will ask our couples to face these hard issues.
00:27:31As you all know,
00:27:32life outside the experiment
00:27:33may come with some pretty hefty hurdles.
00:27:36We hope that you can tackle these hard topics head-on together,
00:27:40not only answering the questions honestly,
00:27:43but providing feedback, framework and insight.
00:27:47For our couples,
00:27:49these questions will test
00:27:51whether they are able to align on their futures.
00:27:54Stella and Philip jump straight into the challenge.
00:27:57Shall we?
00:27:58Yeah.
00:27:58Do you see me as the mother-father of your children?
00:28:01Yes, I do see you as the father of my children.
00:28:03You have great genes, stud.
00:28:06We both align on so many things.
00:28:10Yes, it would be definitely awesome on that front
00:28:13and you'd be a really good milf.
00:28:22If we had to do long distance for a while,
00:28:24how much contact do you expect?
00:28:26Once every fortnight,
00:28:29at least for three months.
00:28:32And then we move up to Sydney.
00:28:34I like that.
00:28:36For Rachel and Stephen,
00:28:37this task offers an opportunity to open up.
00:28:41Can you see yourself falling in love with me?
00:28:45Can I see myself falling in love with you?
00:28:48The way things are going, yes, I can.
00:28:51You're accepting me for my flaws.
00:28:54You're leaning into my hobbies.
00:28:56You're just an amazing woman.
00:28:58Ah, it makes me feel really good.
00:29:00It really does.
00:29:01And it makes me really excited for the future.
00:29:04I'm going to swipe this box.
00:29:06It's good.
00:29:07Keep all sorts of things in here.
00:29:09Keep all our trinkets.
00:29:10Keep some lures in there.
00:29:12Ay!
00:29:12Ay!
00:29:17For Bec and Danny,
00:29:20the honesty box is bringing back some memories.
00:29:25So was it like another, like,
00:29:27like the box on the honeymoon?
00:29:30Yeah.
00:29:30That one went well, didn't it?
00:29:32Do you feel any sexual chemistry with me?
00:29:38Not too much, to be honest with you.
00:29:40No.
00:29:50What?
00:29:51That box.
00:29:53Oh, every time I've done one of these, it's gone bad.
00:29:56Do you know what I'd rather have done?
00:29:57I'd rather have someone go, whack,
00:29:59kick me straight in the bollocks.
00:30:00I would.
00:30:02It's so hard for me to sit there
00:30:04and answer questions
00:30:05and talk about my feelings.
00:30:08I'm not the type of guy to be like,
00:30:10oh, I feel like this.
00:30:11Like, who's like that?
00:30:13I want to know, because I'm not.
00:30:15You ready?
00:30:18I'm excited for this task
00:30:20because we haven't talked about
00:30:23how nice it that I, you know,
00:30:25realised that I was in love with him
00:30:26on a commitment ceremony couch
00:30:27in front of the experts
00:30:28and all of our friends.
00:30:30I love you.
00:30:32Yay!
00:30:45I don't even know what to say to that.
00:30:50I know that he's not at that place yet.
00:30:53And when it comes to these sorts of tasks,
00:30:55like, I know he gets uncomfortable
00:30:57because he's a man
00:30:59and, you know, talking about his feelings
00:31:00and stuff is hard,
00:31:01but I'm hoping we can be
00:31:04super vulnerable and honest
00:31:05because there's a whole life
00:31:07outside of this
00:31:08that we need to be thinking about.
00:31:10What is one dream or goal of yours
00:31:13that you wouldn't be willing
00:31:14to give up for me?
00:31:25I'll be honest.
00:31:27One would hope
00:31:28that you've always been honest.
00:31:30Me and the boys, right,
00:31:31we had a little trip to Rio planned.
00:31:34Yeah.
00:31:35It was a boys' trip.
00:31:37And?
00:31:38I'm going on that.
00:31:39I don't know.
00:31:40Daniel?
00:31:44I'm joking.
00:31:48What's the question?
00:31:49One goal?
00:31:52One goal of yours
00:31:54that you wouldn't be willing
00:31:56to give up for me?
00:32:00Oh, kids.
00:32:02Yeah?
00:32:03Yeah, I want to be a father.
00:32:05Do you know what I mean?
00:32:06Maybe because I've just
00:32:07been called Daddy for years.
00:32:13I'm joking.
00:32:15But you're not even.
00:32:19I just expected him
00:32:21to take it a little bit
00:32:21more seriously.
00:32:23I mean, look, like,
00:32:26I love him the way he is.
00:32:27He's a jokester.
00:32:28Like, every day is hilarious
00:32:29and fun.
00:32:31Don't touch me.
00:32:32I'm joking.
00:32:33I'm joking.
00:32:33But there's a time
00:32:34and a place
00:32:35for joking around.
00:32:36You're pissing me off.
00:32:38You're absolutely
00:32:39pissing me off.
00:32:40Why?
00:32:42This isn't just
00:32:43a task that the experts
00:32:44have given us
00:32:46and it's a hee-hee-ha-ha.
00:32:49And by him acting like that,
00:32:51it makes me feel
00:32:52like he's not serious
00:32:54about this relationship.
00:32:55It's not just all fun
00:32:57and games.
00:32:58It's just not.
00:33:01Just sometimes,
00:33:02it's like there's a place
00:33:03for humans.
00:33:03Sometimes you want me
00:33:04to drop the jokes.
00:33:06I want you to,
00:33:07to, like,
00:33:09like, today,
00:33:10I feel like...
00:33:11I don't know why I'm laughing.
00:33:13I'm sorry.
00:33:14I'm sorry.
00:33:15Because I'm trying not to.
00:33:17She weren't finding me funny.
00:33:20Oh,
00:33:21she didn't find it funny,
00:33:22did she?
00:33:24I try and crack some jokes
00:33:26to, like,
00:33:26make light of it
00:33:27and just have some fun with it
00:33:29because I find them
00:33:29a bit awkward
00:33:30and I don't know.
00:33:32A lot of these questions
00:33:32I've never thought about
00:33:33so I'm thinking on my feet
00:33:35and then I start to give her
00:33:36an answer
00:33:36and, like,
00:33:37it's like the wrong answer.
00:33:42back to Danny.
00:33:44Do you think
00:33:45you will fall in love
00:33:46with me
00:33:47and why?
00:33:54Do I think
00:33:55I'll fall in love
00:33:56with you
00:33:56and why?
00:33:59I want to be very careful
00:34:00but I'll answer
00:34:01this question.
00:34:16Back to Danny.
00:34:17Do you think
00:34:18you will fall in love
00:34:20with me
00:34:20and why?
00:34:28Do I think
00:34:29I'll fall in love
00:34:29with you and why?
00:34:33I want to be very careful
00:34:34how I'll answer
00:34:34this question.
00:34:40I'd assume I will, yeah.
00:34:44Am I there yet?
00:34:44No.
00:34:46Do I think
00:34:46it's going to go there?
00:34:47Probably.
00:34:56Doesn't make you
00:34:57feel too good.
00:35:01Okay.
00:35:02What do you mean?
00:35:03What's that face for?
00:35:05I knew that he wasn't
00:35:07at that stage, right?
00:35:08I knew that.
00:35:10But using the words
00:35:11of potential,
00:35:12I assume,
00:35:13maybe,
00:35:14it's like,
00:35:14no,
00:35:15I'm here,
00:35:15I'm in this,
00:35:16I want to make this work
00:35:17work and this is how
00:35:18we're going to do it.
00:35:19Like,
00:35:20that's what I need.
00:35:21Not,
00:35:22ha-ha,
00:35:23jokey-jokey,
00:35:24I might love you,
00:35:25I might not,
00:35:26whatever.
00:35:27That's not,
00:35:27it's not going to work
00:35:28for me.
00:35:31Good job, buddy.
00:35:34Why are you being like that?
00:35:37I hate these boxes.
00:35:40You know,
00:35:40who does he think he is?
00:35:41How dare you not think
00:35:42that you could fall in love
00:35:43with me,
00:35:43I'm the best thing
00:35:44that you'll ever get.
00:35:45The end.
00:35:46Like,
00:35:48anyway.
00:35:57The couples are about
00:35:58to be set a new task,
00:36:00which will allow
00:36:01the feedback they give
00:36:03to be taken
00:36:03to the next level.
00:36:06Do you want me to get it?
00:36:07Yeah.
00:36:08Ah,
00:36:09look what it is.
00:36:10I hope it's an apology
00:36:12from the experts
00:36:12for setting me up
00:36:13with Danny yesterday.
00:36:15It's time
00:36:15for the anonymous
00:36:16feedback letter.
00:36:19As the participants
00:36:20move through
00:36:21the experiment together,
00:36:22they have had
00:36:23a front row seat
00:36:25to each other's relationships.
00:36:27This year,
00:36:28we have devised
00:36:28a new task
00:36:29which will ask
00:36:30our couples
00:36:31to think long and hard
00:36:32outside of their
00:36:33own relationships.
00:36:34For this task,
00:36:36you will write
00:36:36an anonymous,
00:36:37honest and constructive
00:36:39letter to another
00:36:40couple in the experiment.
00:36:41Anonymous.
00:36:42Anonymous.
00:36:43Anonymous.
00:36:44I said anonymous.
00:36:46Is he saying it right?
00:36:47I do.
00:36:47This is your chance
00:36:48to tell them
00:36:49what you really
00:36:50think about
00:36:50their relationship,
00:36:51where you see
00:36:52the positives.
00:36:53But also where
00:36:54you believe
00:36:54they need to make
00:36:55changes if they
00:36:56want to succeed
00:36:56outside the experiment.
00:36:58By staying anonymous,
00:36:59they can be
00:37:00completely honest
00:37:01with any critical
00:37:01feedback.
00:37:02Include a clear
00:37:03suggestion they
00:37:04can work on
00:37:05together.
00:37:05This may be
00:37:06a ritual,
00:37:07a conversation,
00:37:08a task,
00:37:09or something else
00:37:09you think
00:37:10they could benefit
00:37:12them.
00:37:13Alyssa and David
00:37:14are writing
00:37:15their anonymous
00:37:16feedback letter
00:37:17to Rachel
00:37:18and Stephen.
00:37:19Now we just
00:37:20get a brainstorm.
00:37:21This is the best
00:37:22possible outcome
00:37:23because David
00:37:24and I are very
00:37:25close to Rachel
00:37:25and Stephen
00:37:26and Rachel's
00:37:26my best friend
00:37:27and I've given
00:37:29Stephen some
00:37:30great feedback
00:37:31yesterday
00:37:31and it's even
00:37:33better that I get
00:37:33to put it in
00:37:34writing with my
00:37:34husband.
00:37:36What are you
00:37:36hoping that Rachel
00:37:37and Stephen
00:37:38get out of this?
00:37:39I'm just going
00:37:40to be straight
00:37:41shooting and say
00:37:41Steve-O needs
00:37:42to put on his
00:37:43captain's hat
00:37:43today and run
00:37:45the show.
00:37:47Be the boss
00:37:47for the day.
00:37:48Rachel needs
00:37:49to allow Stephen
00:37:50to lead.
00:37:50Yeah, she just
00:37:51sits back and
00:37:52let him run the
00:37:52day, run the
00:37:53show.
00:37:54The goal of me
00:37:56and Alyssa's
00:37:56anonymous letter
00:37:57today to Rachel
00:37:58and Stephen is
00:37:59to hopefully get
00:38:00Stephen to take
00:38:00the lead so that
00:38:02they can get
00:38:02closer together,
00:38:03can get intimate.
00:38:05And then I feel
00:38:06like, oh my gosh,
00:38:07this is my brain
00:38:07now.
00:38:10What?
00:38:11Is there something
00:38:11with Rachel?
00:38:12I don't think
00:38:13Stephen's going to
00:38:13want to do this,
00:38:14but it's an idea.
00:38:15Dave-O and I have
00:38:16the surprise for
00:38:17Stephen.
00:38:18He's going to die.
00:38:19I'm so excited
00:38:20for Rachel.
00:38:21She's going to
00:38:21love this task
00:38:22today.
00:38:25This is the
00:38:26golden product.
00:38:27Because it's
00:38:28about time we
00:38:29cracked the whip
00:38:30on Stephen and
00:38:31I feel like the
00:38:31task we've given
00:38:32him today is a
00:38:33really good one.
00:38:34It's going to
00:38:34make Rachel feel
00:38:35special and he'll
00:38:36feel good about it.
00:38:37We've got to seal
00:38:37the deal, babe.
00:38:38Seal the deal,
00:38:39all right?
00:38:39We're going to
00:38:39fold it up.
00:38:40Oh, you're going
00:38:40to kiss it.
00:38:41Okay, ready?
00:38:42Are you going to
00:38:44headbutt it?
00:38:44We're going to
00:38:45headbutt it.
00:38:47Great.
00:38:48Wait.
00:38:49We've got to put
00:38:49some...
00:38:50Oh my God,
00:38:51it looks so
00:38:51beautiful on you.
00:38:55Okay,
00:38:56rub them together.
00:38:57Give them a kiss.
00:38:58Go on.
00:38:59I don't want my dog.
00:39:00Kiss it like you mean it.
00:39:02God damn it.
00:39:03Kiss it.
00:39:04Hey, Stephen,
00:39:06you better take
00:39:06this seriously.
00:39:08I even had to put
00:39:09on lipstick for you.
00:39:11Like, what more
00:39:12do you want, bro?
00:39:13Get down and dirty
00:39:14with your wife.
00:39:35I don't know what this is.
00:39:39What do you know?
00:39:40There's a piece of paper
00:39:41with some red markings
00:39:43on and an interesting
00:39:44looking instrument.
00:39:46What do you mean,
00:39:47an interesting
00:39:48looking instrument?
00:39:50Well, I've been around
00:39:51the block a few times
00:39:52and I believe I've seen
00:39:54these things before.
00:39:56This is not what I think
00:39:57it is, is it?
00:39:58It's an actual
00:39:59lipstick, babe.
00:40:01I thought this was a
00:40:01sex toy for a minute there.
00:40:04Why do they have
00:40:04to shape it
00:40:05like that for?
00:40:09Um, Rachel
00:40:10and Steve-o.
00:40:12It's Alyssa.
00:40:14You reckon it is?
00:40:15Yeah, it's Alyssa.
00:40:16She's the only one
00:40:17who calls me Rachel.
00:40:19She's so cute.
00:40:20Oh, my gosh.
00:40:20I don't know you.
00:40:21Okay.
00:40:22Rachel and Steve-o.
00:40:25Hey, guys.
00:40:25It's your secret admirers
00:40:27who have been watching
00:40:28and observing your
00:40:29relationship from the
00:40:31beginning.
00:40:31Your connection is
00:40:33undeniable and we can
00:40:34see you guys taking
00:40:35the experiment out
00:40:36into the real world.
00:40:39Rachel, it's your turn.
00:40:41It's time to be
00:40:43a passenger princess.
00:40:46It's time to let Steve-o
00:40:48put his captain hat on
00:40:49and lead for the day.
00:40:51Also, your task is
00:40:53to give Rachel 20 kisses.
00:40:57The red lipstick
00:40:59needs to be used, Steve-o,
00:41:02so Rachel can count her kisses.
00:41:06This is for you, babes.
00:41:09It's lipstick.
00:41:11For me.
00:41:13I kind of wish
00:41:14it was a vibrator now.
00:41:17At least it smells all right.
00:41:18We are not doing that right now.
00:41:19No, I'm not.
00:41:23That's for Rachel and Steve-o time.
00:41:25This is a really great
00:41:26opportunity for us
00:41:27to progress our intimacy.
00:41:29So I want it to be,
00:41:31I would like Stephen and I
00:41:32to do this in a private setting
00:41:34because I want it
00:41:35to be taken seriously.
00:41:36I want this to be
00:41:37a really nice,
00:41:40romantic, intimate moment.
00:41:42That's just for us.
00:41:43Yeah.
00:41:43I actually think
00:41:45it's a really respectful task.
00:41:48I'm really happy
00:41:49for Stephen to take the lead.
00:41:51And Alyssa knows
00:41:52that I want that from him,
00:41:53but she also knows
00:41:55her girl pretty well.
00:41:56Like,
00:41:57I will very easily
00:41:59fall into, like,
00:42:00taking the lead.
00:42:01Okay, let's do this,
00:42:01let's do that.
00:42:02Like, you know,
00:42:03so I feel like
00:42:05both tasks
00:42:06are really good.
00:42:08It's all you, boo.
00:42:11It's all you.
00:42:14Ay-yi-yi.
00:42:19Still to come.
00:42:22Are you making me
00:42:23work away from here?
00:42:26Stephen takes the lead
00:42:28with Rachel.
00:42:28I kind of went heavy
00:42:29on the cheese.
00:42:30Oh, well,
00:42:30that's not a bad thing.
00:42:32Only the best for my wife.
00:42:35And
00:42:36has the shine
00:42:37of your relationship
00:42:40dimmed?
00:42:40Here, let me read it.
00:42:41It's all right.
00:42:42Yep.
00:42:43No thanks.
00:42:47Bye.
00:42:48It all becomes
00:42:49too much for Gia.
00:42:50Let's just get through this.
00:42:51Oh, I want to get
00:42:52out of here, baby.
00:42:55Gia wants to leave.
00:43:07It's Gia and Scott's
00:43:09turn to write
00:43:10the anonymous letter
00:43:11to Alyssa and David.
00:43:13And after refusing
00:43:15to participate
00:43:15in the partner swap task,
00:43:17Gia's mood
00:43:18hasn't improved.
00:43:20We can start, um,
00:43:23getting our hands
00:43:24hands to work
00:43:25and start writing.
00:43:30Feedback week
00:43:31has been tough for us.
00:43:33We had an argument
00:43:34this week
00:43:34and we were feeling
00:43:35a little bit
00:43:36off each other.
00:43:38Yesterday's task
00:43:38was an ideal.
00:43:39I didn't end up
00:43:40going on the task
00:43:41on the feedback meeting
00:43:42because I just
00:43:43didn't want to.
00:43:45So,
00:43:46I just want to get
00:43:46my letter done
00:43:47and I'm ready
00:43:49for this week
00:43:49to be over,
00:43:49to be honest.
00:43:51I'd say positives
00:43:52is how
00:43:55Dave's very
00:43:56understanding,
00:43:58calm and
00:43:58collective,
00:43:59he's good to lean on.
00:43:59So,
00:44:00just say one
00:44:01positive at a time.
00:44:03Um,
00:44:03understanding.
00:44:04Um,
00:44:04Dave is understanding.
00:44:06Yeah.
00:44:06He's, um...
00:44:07Not all about him.
00:44:08We're going to do one
00:44:09for her now.
00:44:10Oh, yeah.
00:44:11She brings the energy
00:44:12into their...
00:44:12Yeah.
00:44:13Into their relationship.
00:44:14So, that's how they match
00:44:16into this even level,
00:44:17like...
00:44:17Negatives.
00:44:20Um,
00:44:21can David long-term
00:44:22handle and sustain
00:44:23Alyssa's energy?
00:44:26And also,
00:44:27um,
00:44:27Alyssa needs to give
00:44:28more reassurance.
00:44:29Yeah, well,
00:44:30I'll get to that.
00:44:32So, the energy
00:44:33is a bit low.
00:44:34I think she's just really
00:44:35on the edge of just...
00:44:37Yeah.
00:44:38I think all the tasks
00:44:39we've had this week,
00:44:41it's just...
00:44:42She doesn't want to do them.
00:44:44Is David the type
00:44:45that can always be up
00:44:47for Alyssa's challenges?
00:44:49Well,
00:44:50no.
00:44:50Just, no.
00:44:55There's one thing that...
00:44:56Yeah, hold on, hold on, hold on.
00:44:57Hold on, I'm just trying to help.
00:44:59I'm trying to think.
00:44:59Hold on, David.
00:45:04Um...
00:45:04Yeah, like,
00:45:05whatever I say,
00:45:06it doesn't matter.
00:45:08A suggestion they can work on
00:45:09or a task.
00:45:11What's a task, then?
00:45:13Something...
00:45:13I don't know, Scott.
00:45:14I have no idea.
00:45:14Like, I can't...
00:45:15I'm sorry.
00:45:24Feedback week
00:45:24really getting to you, babe.
00:45:26You've got all this tension
00:45:27built up in your traps.
00:45:29LAUGHTER
00:45:32Oh, you're kidding.
00:45:33I'll go.
00:45:34I'll go.
00:45:35You chill?
00:45:36OK.
00:45:37I'm so excited
00:45:38to get feedback.
00:45:39I always think that
00:45:40any feedback is good,
00:45:42even if it's from someone
00:45:43that, you know,
00:45:44you don't even really
00:45:45want to receive feedback from.
00:45:47So, I'm hoping
00:45:48there's some golden nuggets
00:45:49in there.
00:45:51David and Alyssa.
00:45:52Oh, wow.
00:45:53All right.
00:45:54Let's read it.
00:45:56Dear David and Alyssa,
00:45:58we think you two
00:45:59are a really strong couple.
00:46:00David, you are calm,
00:46:02collected and understanding.
00:46:03Alyssa, you bring so much energy
00:46:05and fun into the relationship.
00:46:07However,
00:46:09David has mentioned
00:46:10that in this relationship
00:46:11he needs more reassurance.
00:46:13Alyssa, we think that's something
00:46:14that you could work on.
00:46:15David, we know you love
00:46:16Alyssa's energy,
00:46:17but do you think long-term
00:46:19you can handle it?
00:46:21Our task,
00:46:22we are giving you
00:46:23that you both write
00:46:24an open and honest letter
00:46:25with one another
00:46:26discussing the things
00:46:27written in this letter.
00:46:31I don't...
00:46:32That does not make sense.
00:46:33That makes no sense.
00:46:34Hang on.
00:46:37They honestly just want us
00:46:38to write a letter
00:46:39about a letter
00:46:40that they've just given us.
00:46:41They want us to write
00:46:42a letter about a letter.
00:46:45A letter about the letter
00:46:46with the things
00:46:47that are in this letter.
00:46:50That's...
00:46:55It's all slanted
00:46:56and it's not straight.
00:47:00Okay.
00:47:00It's Gia and Scott.
00:47:01Gia and Scott, for sure.
00:47:02David and I believe
00:47:03that Gia and Scott
00:47:04wrote our letter today.
00:47:06That is definitely
00:47:07Gia's handwriting
00:47:07and that is definitely
00:47:09Gia to the T.
00:47:11It was a lazy effort.
00:47:12They didn't even think
00:47:12outside the box.
00:47:13Yeah.
00:47:14I would like something fun
00:47:16or something to spice things up
00:47:17or, you know,
00:47:19make us connect.
00:47:20What we did for Rachel
00:47:22and Stephen was fun.
00:47:23That was fun.
00:47:24That was nice
00:47:24and well thought of.
00:47:28It's kind of killed my buzz.
00:47:31The fact that Gia
00:47:32has been putting
00:47:33all this effort in recently
00:47:34to build back some trust
00:47:36and a friendship with me
00:47:37and the fact that
00:47:39she only put
00:47:39not much energy
00:47:40into that letter,
00:47:41that feedback letter,
00:47:43just goes to show
00:47:44that she's obviously
00:47:45not invested
00:47:45in this friendship
00:47:47or David and I's relationship
00:47:49and that goes for Scotty too.
00:47:54What do you want to do about that?
00:47:55Do you want to write
00:47:56a letter to each other
00:47:56or do you want to take a pass?
00:47:58I'll be honest
00:47:59and say we'll just
00:48:00take a pass.
00:48:01Me too.
00:48:02Yeah, there's no point.
00:48:04I feel like me and Alyssa
00:48:05not taking part
00:48:06in this letter's task
00:48:08and doing something ourselves
00:48:09will actually bring us
00:48:11closer together
00:48:12than this letter ever will.
00:48:14In fact,
00:48:15I mean,
00:48:15is Joel anywhere around?
00:48:17Because I think
00:48:17Teddy might give me
00:48:18and Alyssa
00:48:19way better feedback
00:48:20on our relationship.
00:48:21Put it in the end.
00:48:23Yeah, literally.
00:48:25Might as well...
00:48:26He just stole the paper.
00:48:30Sorry,
00:48:31we don't want to
00:48:31waste the trees.
00:48:35I just can't.
00:48:37Oh, look,
00:48:38that was probably
00:48:38not my glamorous moment.
00:48:45And down the hall,
00:48:47armed with a strict task
00:48:49to take the lead,
00:48:50Stephen has taken it
00:48:52upon himself
00:48:52to plan a romantic date.
00:48:55How you going over there, babe?
00:48:56Good.
00:48:57And is pulling out
00:48:58all of the stops.
00:49:00All right.
00:49:03Don't you look
00:49:04at what I'm doing.
00:49:06Oh, look,
00:49:07I'm a little bit
00:49:07of a hopeless romantic
00:49:09and a little bit
00:49:09of a dope
00:49:10with this
00:49:11taking the lead thing.
00:49:14So,
00:49:14how are you feeling,
00:49:15passenger queen?
00:49:16Excited for
00:49:17one of my
00:49:17old,
00:49:18ancient recipes.
00:49:21I'm intrigued.
00:49:30You know what,
00:49:30screw it.
00:49:32Are you making me
00:49:33work away for meal?
00:49:34Only the best
00:49:35for my wife.
00:49:39Damn it.
00:49:41You just sit
00:49:42tight there.
00:49:43And keep looking
00:49:44at the wall?
00:49:45Yeah,
00:49:45I'm almost ready.
00:49:48Pro tip
00:49:49from Steve-o.
00:49:51There's
00:49:51two ways
00:49:52to a woman's heart.
00:49:54Either it's chocolate
00:49:55or cheese.
00:49:57I may well...
00:50:00You know what,
00:50:01the thought is there.
00:50:02What did you make?
00:50:04I kind of went
00:50:04heavy on the cheese.
00:50:05Oh, well,
00:50:06that's not a bad piece.
00:50:11I thought,
00:50:11quick evening nachos.
00:50:15Cute.
00:50:16Yeah,
00:50:17the cheese
00:50:17kind of fell out.
00:50:18I love it.
00:50:22He made me
00:50:23some really bad nachos
00:50:24and I'm really,
00:50:25really happy about it.
00:50:27I just think
00:50:28it's really sweet,
00:50:29you know?
00:50:30It's something
00:50:30so simple
00:50:31and so sweet.
00:50:32No one makes
00:50:33nachos like me,
00:50:34though,
00:50:34do they?
00:50:36No.
00:50:37And maybe
00:50:38they shouldn't.
00:50:40LAUGHTER
00:50:43LAUGHTER
00:50:45LAUGHTER
00:50:45LAUGHTER
00:50:46LAUGHTER
00:50:48LAUGHTER
00:50:48LAUGHTER
00:50:48LAUGHTER
00:50:49Don't judge
00:50:50the nachos
00:50:51just because
00:50:51they look sad.
00:50:52They were still
00:50:53delicious,
00:50:53made with love.
00:50:55My love.
00:50:56I thought this can be
00:50:57like a little sample
00:50:58of what's to come.
00:50:58It's me trying to take the lead.
00:51:00I know I murdered the nachos,
00:51:01but I actually do want
00:51:02to take you out
00:51:03on a proper day
00:51:05and not just be
00:51:06in the apartment.
00:51:07I'm excited,
00:51:08you know,
00:51:09by you taking the lead.
00:51:11It means a lot to me
00:51:13when you do,
00:51:14so I'm very excited.
00:51:15Oh, good.
00:51:16It seems that this is
00:51:17only a taste,
00:51:18taking the lead.
00:51:19It's only a taste.
00:51:20It's only a dibble.
00:51:21Just the fact that he's
00:51:23organising a day
00:51:24and thinking about me,
00:51:25it just excites me
00:51:26because it reminds you
00:51:29that you are
00:51:30appreciated.
00:51:32Want a nacho kiss?
00:51:33Yeah, why not?
00:51:36LAUGHTER
00:51:38Tasty.
00:51:40These things are a bit
00:51:42a serious topic
00:51:42in our relationship,
00:51:44but fun and playfulness
00:51:45is actually how
00:51:46we're going to get there.
00:51:47So, yeah,
00:51:48I'm really grateful
00:51:49to my secret admirer.
00:51:53Cheers, babe.
00:51:53Cheers, anyway.
00:51:55I know I'm a bit of a dork,
00:51:56but...
00:51:57I like it.
00:51:59LAUGHTER
00:52:08As Gia and Scott
00:52:10await their anonymous
00:52:11feedback letter,
00:52:12Gia's mood
00:52:13has only worsened.
00:52:15Can you please
00:52:16not do that right near me
00:52:17right now with a f***ing floss?
00:52:19It's going to send me
00:52:20into a rage.
00:52:24Um...
00:52:33The energy
00:52:37is...
00:52:38Like, at the moment,
00:52:39yeah, it's a little bit
00:52:40tiring.
00:52:43But I care about her
00:52:44and I want this to work.
00:52:45I don't want to have
00:52:46any more conflict
00:52:47or strainer relationship,
00:52:49so I'm trying to help
00:52:50as much as possible
00:52:51to get through it.
00:52:52There's only so much
00:52:53I can do.
00:52:56Can you read it?
00:52:58Can I?
00:52:58Yeah.
00:52:59Um...
00:53:00Do you want it?
00:53:00Well, it's long.
00:53:02Jesus.
00:53:04Give it to me.
00:53:05Give it to me.
00:53:19Can you read it?
00:53:21F*** this.
00:53:27You can read it.
00:53:34Dear Scott and Gia,
00:53:36it's been great to see
00:53:37how your marriage
00:53:38and connection
00:53:38has flourished
00:53:39in this experiment.
00:53:40From the outside looking in,
00:53:41we see that you have
00:53:42a great physical connection
00:53:43and physical intimacy.
00:53:45You're both committed
00:53:47and united.
00:53:48This is a great foundation
00:53:50for a long-lasting marriage.
00:53:53But...
00:53:53Gia, do you take notice
00:53:55as to how much effort
00:53:57reassurance Scott gives you?
00:53:59Do you give the same
00:54:00reassurance to Scott?
00:54:02Another thing to consider
00:54:04has the shine
00:54:05of your relationship...
00:54:08Here, let me read it.
00:54:10It's all right.
00:54:10Yep.
00:54:11It's all right.
00:54:11I'm just trying to read it.
00:54:12Another thing to consider
00:54:14has the shine
00:54:14of your relationship...
00:54:17Yeah, they've written it wrong.
00:54:18Has the shine
00:54:19of your relationship
00:54:19has been dimmed
00:54:21by external distractions?
00:54:23Our suggestion would be,
00:54:25Gia, fully remove yourself
00:54:26from group chats
00:54:27or the gossip
00:54:27and so-called drama
00:54:28and just 100% focus
00:54:29on your relationship.
00:54:30I have Bec.
00:54:31Don't worry about that.
00:54:33This will totally block out
00:54:34any unwanted distractions,
00:54:35need for external validation,
00:54:37hopefully the need for drama.
00:54:40Focus on the emotional connection.
00:54:42We challenge both of you
00:54:43to withhold physical intimacy
00:54:45for 10 days.
00:54:47To hold physical intimacy?
00:54:49To not have sex for 10 days.
00:54:51No.
00:54:52No.
00:54:53I thought the letter was stupid.
00:54:54I didn't get anything good from that.
00:54:57It would have been better
00:54:58if they gave us actual advice
00:54:59that was based on facts.
00:55:02It was just stupid and pointless.
00:55:03I'm like,
00:55:05no physical touch for 10 days.
00:55:06If we're moving towards final ballots
00:55:08and I'm going to move into state
00:55:08for this man,
00:55:09I'm not going to not touch him
00:55:10for 10 days.
00:55:11I just think that's just stupid advice.
00:55:13And, yeah,
00:55:14I'm not going to take it.
00:55:17We're not going to not be physical
00:55:19because that's healthy
00:55:21in a relationship.
00:55:22That's not good advice.
00:55:23And also,
00:55:24I'm not part of any group chats.
00:55:26I was only ever in a group chat
00:55:27with Bec
00:55:28and I don't think Bec
00:55:29would write that
00:55:29because she knows I'm not in it.
00:55:30So now I'm like,
00:55:31who was that?
00:55:32How do you think
00:55:33that the letter went down?
00:55:34I just think that
00:55:35she and Scott
00:55:35are just cackling to themselves.
00:55:39It's someone
00:55:40who doesn't know us well.
00:55:42It's someone
00:55:42who doesn't know us well.
00:55:43I have no idea who wrote it.
00:55:45I thought it was Bec initially
00:55:47because the way
00:55:48that it was written,
00:55:49it seemed a bit harsh
00:55:51and a bit like something
00:55:52that she might say
00:55:54to try and piss me off.
00:55:55But if it was Bec,
00:55:56she'd know I'm not
00:55:57in any group chats anymore.
00:55:59So, yeah,
00:56:00I have no idea who it is.
00:56:01I mean,
00:56:02it could very well be her
00:56:03and she's trying to push my buttons.
00:56:04I have no idea.
00:56:04But I'm not going to sit here
00:56:05and conspire all day.
00:56:06No idea.
00:56:08I didn't get anything
00:56:09out of that.
00:56:11Well, it wasn't useful, really.
00:56:12Did you take anything from it?
00:56:14Mine's just more
00:56:16covering what they've said
00:56:16a bit more in terms of
00:56:17the detox
00:56:19and removing ourselves
00:56:19from trouble.
00:56:20We've already spoken about that,
00:56:21so it's something that
00:56:22I find would help us
00:56:24the most.
00:56:24I just don't want to be involved
00:56:25in anyone's shit anymore.
00:56:26That's it.
00:56:27Because I find when
00:56:28everything else is...
00:56:29Yeah, but we've said that.
00:56:29We've done that.
00:56:32Anyway, this letter can...
00:56:33I won't rip the envelope
00:56:35because it's cute.
00:56:36No thanks.
00:56:39Bye.
00:56:43Don't care.
00:56:45Whoever it is,
00:56:46you don't know us.
00:56:48I think today,
00:56:49Gia was not open
00:56:51to feedback whatsoever.
00:56:52She is not interested.
00:56:53She has no interest
00:56:54in what anyone has to say.
00:56:57For me,
00:56:58I, like,
00:56:59take everything with a grain of salt.
00:57:00And how the letter was
00:57:02describing,
00:57:02I could see it.
00:57:03But for me,
00:57:05I didn't say too much
00:57:06because I know
00:57:07if I'm going to say something,
00:57:09Gia's not going to respond well.
00:57:11So,
00:57:12I feel backed off.
00:57:13I feel like I can't really
00:57:13talk much lately to me.
00:57:14I'm saying,
00:57:15yeah, that does suck
00:57:15and I should be able
00:57:16to speak in my feelings
00:57:17and show all that.
00:57:18But I feel,
00:57:20yeah,
00:57:20I think this is a part
00:57:21of what's starting
00:57:22to affect the relationship.
00:57:23I feel like I'm starting
00:57:24to not be able
00:57:25to get my point
00:57:26out there
00:57:26because I know
00:57:27if I speak,
00:57:28she'll probably
00:57:28just start defending.
00:57:31She's a very passionate woman.
00:57:33She's fiery
00:57:34and I know
00:57:35it can come out
00:57:35a bad way
00:57:36and sometimes
00:57:37I think
00:57:37it shouldn't.
00:57:39So that's one thing
00:57:40I need to either adjust to
00:57:41or be able to
00:57:42have a conversation
00:57:43with her
00:57:43without her
00:57:44taking offense to it.
00:57:46But right now,
00:57:47I can't.
00:57:50Yeah.
00:57:52That's pretty much it.
00:57:54Well, it is it.
00:57:55The bloody letter's torn.
00:58:07After a disappointing
00:58:09honesty box challenge,
00:58:11Danny wants to apologize
00:58:13for upsetting Beck
00:58:14by creating
00:58:15a romantic surprise
00:58:17for her.
00:58:18Obviously,
00:58:19I've been dubbed
00:58:19the king of romance
00:58:20before.
00:58:21They call me Romeo
00:58:23in a past life.
00:58:24So I've been reborn.
00:58:26I'm back in the 21st century,
00:58:28but not much has changed.
00:58:30So I'm still
00:58:31the king of romance.
00:58:41Hi.
00:58:46Hello, sweetheart.
00:58:47Hello, Pat.
00:58:48I got you these.
00:58:49Thanks, babe.
00:58:50That one's a bit wet
00:58:51because it's been in my mouth.
00:58:54So I'm going to lead you
00:58:55I'm going to lead you
00:58:56the way.
00:58:57Turn around.
00:58:58Come this way.
00:59:00First stop.
00:59:01Don't look at the notes.
00:59:02Okay.
00:59:02First stop.
00:59:03What does this one
00:59:04on the table say?
00:59:06Enjoy a glass of bread.
00:59:07No problem.
00:59:08You're so cute.
00:59:11She's obviously
00:59:11been upset
00:59:12because I didn't take
00:59:13the box task serious.
00:59:15But I didn't really
00:59:17know how to react.
00:59:18Talking about my feelings
00:59:19is so, so hard for me.
00:59:21So there we go.
00:59:22Bye.
00:59:24Here's a glass.
00:59:25Thanks, baby.
00:59:27Maybe in hindsight
00:59:28I could have worded
00:59:29things different
00:59:29or said things different,
00:59:31but I was trying to just
00:59:31be as truthful as I could.
00:59:33Also, I want to apologise
00:59:34for upsetting her
00:59:36because I don't
00:59:36ever want to upset her.
00:59:38So what I'd done
00:59:39for Bec was
00:59:40post-it notes
00:59:41around the place
00:59:42with compliments
00:59:43and things I like about her
00:59:45just so she knows
00:59:47how I feel about her
00:59:48essentially.
00:59:49There we go.
00:59:50Bye.
00:59:51I'm going to lead you
00:59:52around the room.
00:59:53I want you to read
00:59:54these out loud
00:59:54because I don't give you
00:59:55enough compliments
00:59:56so I'll give you
00:59:58some notes.
01:00:00I love being married
01:00:01to you.
01:00:02You're an amazing wife.
01:00:03Thanks, babe.
01:00:06You looked amazing
01:00:07in the French maid outfit.
01:00:10I heard someone
01:00:11ordered a French maid
01:00:12to clean this place up.
01:00:15I don't know
01:00:16if I ever told you
01:00:17so I was like
01:00:17I should write it down.
01:00:19Thanks, baby.
01:00:20Sometimes I don't say it
01:00:22but I'm thinking it
01:00:22so that's what
01:00:23these notes are for.
01:00:24Oh, my God.
01:00:25I don't feel like
01:00:25I deserve this.
01:00:28Oh, yeah.
01:00:29That's a nice one
01:00:30to end it on as well.
01:00:31I've given a softer
01:00:32side to you
01:00:33than I've ever
01:00:33given anyone
01:00:34before.
01:00:35Have you?
01:00:36Yeah.
01:00:39Thanks.
01:00:40He was so cute.
01:00:43The notes just mean
01:00:45like everything.
01:00:47To hear he loves
01:00:48being married to me
01:00:49and also
01:00:50I'm serious
01:00:52about us
01:00:53and our relationship.
01:00:54It's everything
01:00:55you want to hear.
01:00:57It's nice, isn't it?
01:01:00It's so cute.
01:01:03I just like
01:01:04hearing them
01:01:04and reading them
01:01:05is just like
01:01:06it makes me feel
01:01:07really good.
01:01:09Sometimes I need
01:01:10to hear this.
01:01:11Yeah, I know.
01:01:11That's why I've done it.
01:01:12Yeah.
01:01:14Sometimes when he jokes
01:01:15in the tasks
01:01:16and stuff
01:01:16I'm like
01:01:17it
01:01:17it hurts
01:01:19because Danny
01:01:20doesn't
01:01:22articulate
01:01:22his feelings.
01:01:24So
01:01:24I've been
01:01:25questioning him
01:01:26and if I had
01:01:28told him
01:01:28that I loved him
01:01:29too soon
01:01:30because he's not
01:01:31set it back
01:01:32but
01:01:32then he does
01:01:34things like this
01:01:34for me
01:01:35and it's just like
01:01:36reminds me
01:01:36this is how he feels.
01:01:39I think I need
01:01:40to get rid
01:01:40of my insecurities
01:01:41and just trust
01:01:42that
01:01:43you're here
01:01:44for a reason.
01:01:45I'm so scared
01:01:46of getting hurt
01:01:47now
01:01:47but
01:01:47I just have
01:01:48to let that
01:01:48go,
01:01:48don't I?
01:01:49And just trust.
01:01:50I promise
01:01:51I will.
01:01:53Let's cheers
01:01:53to that.
01:01:55Cheers.
01:01:55You're the best.
01:02:00After ripping up
01:02:02their anonymous
01:02:02feedback letter
01:02:03from Stella
01:02:04and Philip
01:02:05Gia
01:02:06has reached
01:02:07her breaking
01:02:07point.
01:02:09We'll just get
01:02:10through this.
01:02:10I want to get
01:02:11the out of here.
01:02:13I'm not coming
01:02:14today.
01:02:15No, I don't
01:02:16want to talk
01:02:16on mic, man.
01:02:17Everyone listens
01:02:17to everything.
01:02:23Why don't you
01:02:23just wait on the
01:02:24couch?
01:02:24I'll be there
01:02:25in a minute,
01:02:25okay?
01:02:26I'll be there
01:02:26in a minute.
01:02:27I'll walk in.
01:02:39I don't think
01:02:40Gia's enjoying it
01:02:40anymore.
01:02:41I think she just
01:02:42wants to get out
01:02:43of here.
01:02:43And I will say
01:02:44that Gia has said
01:02:45we want to leave
01:02:46together.
01:02:49So at the moment
01:02:50we both have said
01:02:52Gia wants to leave
01:02:54and I said
01:02:54I'll go with her.
01:02:55So I don't know
01:02:56when this would
01:02:56happen.
01:02:57I'm leaving the
01:02:58ball in her court
01:02:59because I'm happy
01:02:59to face anything
01:03:00and if we decide
01:03:01to go, we go.
01:03:02We go together.
01:03:23Gia wants to leave
01:03:24and I said
01:03:25I'll go with her.
01:03:25So if we decide
01:03:27to go, we go.
01:03:28We go together.
01:03:59Gia and Scott are
01:04:00leaving.
01:04:00What?
01:04:01I just saw them
01:04:02with their bags.
01:04:03I don't know
01:04:04what is going on.
01:04:05The fact that
01:04:06Gia and Scott
01:04:07are walking out
01:04:09with their bags.
01:04:12They've obviously
01:04:13got to be somewhere
01:04:14and they've got more.
01:04:15Better priorities
01:04:16to go to
01:04:17obviously.
01:04:19That's wild.
01:04:20They're leaving.
01:04:22That's insane.
01:04:23I'm like lost
01:04:24for words.
01:04:26That's just a cop out.
01:04:28We are in this
01:04:30experiment to find
01:04:31love and to
01:04:32work together as couples
01:04:33and to grow
01:04:34and we're only here
01:04:35for three months.
01:04:36We are nearing to the end
01:04:39but they would rather
01:04:40pack their bags
01:04:41and walk off
01:04:42and I'm like,
01:04:42well, have they checked
01:04:44out of the experiment?
01:04:51I feel like I have been caught up in the Gia and Bec war.
01:04:56It's been toxic from the start.
01:04:58I refuse to play the game anymore.
01:05:01Alyssa's reached her limit
01:05:02and is standing her ground.
01:05:05I've had enough.
01:05:06And it's the first time she'll come face to face with Bec
01:05:09after those text messages.
01:05:12The vibe with Alyssa was icy cold.
01:05:14It was vile and vicious.
01:05:16Very different vibe tonight, Alyssa, doesn't she?
01:05:19Hang on, hang on a minute.
01:05:19Hang on, hang on.
01:05:20Oh, God.
01:05:21Stop using me!
01:05:23Why are you laughing?
01:05:25What bombshell has Sam dropped on Chris
01:05:27right before the dinner party?
01:05:29I'm fuming.
01:05:30I feel uncomfortable.
01:05:31I feel betrayed.
01:05:33I've never had someone do this to me.
01:05:36And then...
01:05:37That needs to stop.
01:05:38That needs to stop.
01:05:39Has Danny reached his breaking point?
01:05:42I want you to be wary about what you text people.
01:05:44Two months ago, Daniel.
01:05:45Two months ago.
01:05:46I don't care if it was ten years ago.
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