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NARRATOR: Australia's biggest social
experiment is drawing to a close,

with eight couples remaining
and final vows just two weeks away.

LAUREN: Bye.

JONATHAN: Safe travels.
Thank you.

A medical procedure saw Lauren
temporarily leave the experiment,

before a fiery dinner party.

I asked Jack, if he was with someone
that was more his type,

would he have slept with them
by now?

And he said, "Yes, probably."

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Boom!

Andrea and Richard's
heartbreak continues...

Some of the things that she said
to me are very hurtful...

..as the couple fail
to find common ground.

(BANGS TABLE) Don't say that!

Listen. Just try, please!

But it was Lucinda and Timothy
who stole the show...

(EXPERTS EXCLAIM)

..as their romantic connections
deepened.

But the intensity
of facing his feelings...

TIMOTHY: I'm 51 years old
and I've never really let anyone in.

..took an emotional toll on Timothy.

(TIMOTHY CRIES)
LUCINDA: Yeah.

Tonight...

JOHN: Stop. We're well over halfway
in the experiment.

I'm struggling to buy this.

..expert John can't hide his
exasperation with Tori and Jack...

JACK: Yeah, she makes me feel good.
Oh, don't give me 'good'.

..as he demands only the truth.

Tori, are you for real?

Am I for real?
Yes!

We started somewhere very different.

There won't be a dry eye in the room
as Richard bares his soul.

The core of my being.
I can see it. I can sense it.

When you know, you know.

Richard, you look broken to me.

Yeah, mate...
I am pretty broken, yeah.

(CRIES)

Hope is on the horizon...

I saw these two change.
It was really nice.

..as the fight for true love
continues.

We have connected
on a deeper level...

It's brought us closer together.

..as Sara continues to win back
Tim's trust.

You've clearly, Sara, decided

"I want to make this guy
a priority."

We see right through it.

But when Jayden fires his shot
at Sara, it backfires,

exposing hidden cracks
in his own marriage.

She said, "If you don't say
what I tell you to say,

"I'm done with you
and I'm leaving you."

Are you starting to question whether
this is the right person for you?

Yeah.

SARA: What?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

It's the morning of the second-last
commitment ceremony...

Are you sure you don't want
a smoothie?

Got a cup of tea.

..and with the end of the experiment
just around the corner

as well as the all-important
final vows ceremony,

Ridge has made a massive step

to take his wife Jade into
new relationship territory...

Yeah, like, it's really annoying.

..by letting Jade
squeeze his pimples.

(LAUGHS)
Why are you taking deep breaths?

Because I'm trying to breathe
through the pain.

(LAUGHS)

Does it hurt?

It does. Well, it doesn't tickle.
(LAUGHS)

On a scale of one to ten?

Oh, look, what's ten? Death?

(LAUGHS)
Like, a three.

Ridge and I are going good.

We've had a really positive week

and as a surprise the other day,
Vi, my daughter, came to see us.

Everything he was doing was so cute

and she was really comfortable
with him,

which was really important to me.

Yeah.
All good.

I feel like I wouldn't say
I'm falling in love just yet

but obviously I do really appreciate
the effort he's going to

with both myself and my daughter.

One couple feeling confident
after last night's dinner party

is Sara and Tim.

TIM: Dinner parties
will be dinner parties...

After defending their relationship
as a united front,

the couple are feeling
closer than ever.

SARA: I'm feeling good
because me and you were a team.

I'm thankful that I had you
and I was happy with that.

Obviously, the dinner party
was really tough

but it would've been a lot worse had
Tim and I not been a united front.

Did I have your back?
You did.

You did have my back.
Yeah.

Yeah. You were amazing.

And, yeah, thank you for that.

I do appreciate it.

You're welcome.

Obviously,
throughout this experience,

like, we haven't had the best time.

You know, Tim was really upset
when I emotionally cheated on him.

We have done a huge turnaround.

I feel like obviously we've had
our conversations about trust

and what we're gonna do
moving forward

and what I need to do
moving forward.

He knows that I've made a mistake

and I think the only thing
I can do tonight

is show him how sincerely sorry I am

and hear how he's feeling

and I don't want to sit there
and make excuses.

I just really want to own it
and make sure that he knows

that I'm gonna do everything
in my power to fight for it.

Tori and Jack are entering
the commitment ceremony tonight

after a difficult feedback week,

where their relationship was put
under the microscope more than ever.

Each and every week, there is a lot
of noise that Jack and I face

and I'm over it.

And last night,
after being grilled by the group

for inconsistencies
in their relationship,

Tori shut down the conversation.

I feel like we've spoken this
to the (BLEEP) death.

But our sex life,
it's absolutely no-one's business

and it's going to remain
no-one's business.

I will not speak on it.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

And this morning,
the couple are remaining defiant.

Everyone's had their piece.

Everyone's said their piece

over and over and over
and over and over again.

The continuous questions
about the same thing

are becoming quite boring,

so much so I prefer not to answer
them, 'cause I'm over it.

I feel like we've had to fight
to be here, almost, every week.

We've found our position
in our relationship

and then it's like we've had to
team up

and then get out there and survive.
(LAUGHS)

Yeah.

And, hey, I think we've done
a bloody good job.

I think we've done a great job.

In an ideal world, I want to sit on
the couch, I want them to be, like,

"OK, last night, Tori, you said
your piece, you said what you said."

"Good for you guys.
Stay or leave?"

(LAUGHS) That's, like, ideal.

I just feel like we've earnt
a really positive, boring...

A night off from the heat.

"Are you staying or are you going?"

"Get off the couch."
"Get off the couch."

I would love that.

Like, I'll even sit on the ottoman
all night

if it means we can have
an easy couch session.

Down the hall,
in a shock turn of events,

one of the experiment's strongest
couples are at a gridlock.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

EDEN: Honestly, I don't really
want to talk to you.

Thanks.

On the drive home
from the dinner party last night,

Eden shared a rumour with Jayden

that Sara and her ex were mocking Tim
behind his back when they met up.

Apparently, Sara, she's been saying
some nasty things.

She and her ex were sort of laughing
and having a joke about Tim,

saying things like
"He's not the right one for you.

"He's not man enough."

Tim is one of my close friends

and tonight I think he deserves
to know the truth.

But this morning, Eden and Jayden
have had a huge argument

over whether to reveal
this information

at tonight's commitment ceremony

and an anxious Eden has given
her husband a surprising ultimatum.

Eden, you know, she's...

Yeah, she doesn't like
confrontation.

She doesn't want anyone else to know
what's going on

and she said,
"If you're gonna tell that story,

"I'm done with you and I'm leaving,"

so she's threatening to leave me
and leave the experiment

and I don't really know what to do.

Honestly, I don't need to go
in circles.

This conversation's
going in circles.

Sweet.

EDEN: The issues with Sara and Tim
have given me a lot of anxiety

and a lot of heightened emotions.

Having information you don't want,
like, it's all pretty exhausting

and also, Sara's pretty full-on,

so it's not the most approachable
conversation to have.

So, yeah, it does make me feel
pretty uncomfortable.

This isn't the first time
Eden has struggled emotionally

in the experiment.

There are big, feisty characters...

(JACK ARGUES INDISTINCTLY)
Jack! Jack!

..and, you know,
I don't like all the drama.

I'm done with this.

EDEN: It's making me feel anxious.

Yeah, it's probably been
the hardest week for me

in the experiment so far.

MEL: What made it so difficult
for you, Eden?

Obviously, the whole
'messages from Sara' situation.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

NARRATOR: And Jayden is concerned
the pressure Eden is feeling

is taking its toll
on their relationship.

It's just been a very hard week,
couple of weeks, really, with Eden.

It's getting to the pointy end
of the experiment now.

I might not always be
the best partner

but I feel like a lot of the time
she's taking her stress out on me.

I feel like, I don't know,
there's a lot of things

I want to tell the experts and I
want to ask and get some advice on.

I feel like we just need to
give them everything,

because at the moment,

yeah, it doesn't seem to be working,
what I'm doing.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Greetings, gents.
TRISTAN: Evening.

Evening.
MEL: Hello, guys.

ALESSANDRA: Hi.

Grab a seat. Settle in.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Hello, ladies.
Hi.

Hi.
Welcome, ladies.

Come and sit down.

TORI: Howdy.

(ANDREA EXHALES)

Hello, everyone, and welcome to
our commitment ceremony tonight.

Very excited to see all of you after
having gone through feedback week.

MEL: And, of course, the first
dinner party after feedback week

is always a big one.

You know, you're fresh off the back

of receiving sometimes some pretty
tricky feedback from your peers

and you come face-to-face with them
at the dinner party.

Yes, the dinner party last night
certainly had plenty of fireworks.

It was emotionally charged, people
got a lot of things off their chest.

Some people didn't want to talk
about things.

Tonight, however,
you're not gonna have that luxury

because at this stage
of the experiment,

we want to know what's going on
in your relationship

and what your thoughts are
about the future

and I'm looking forward to
a lot of growth tonight.

So, let's get our first couple up
on the couch.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Sara and Tim.

(APPLAUSE)
(BRIGHT MUSIC)

TIM: Hey, guys.

Right, you two. Well, we saw you
last week on the couch...

SARA: Yes.

..and it was uncomfortable,
to say the least.

Now, what became clear was that there
was a betrayal that had gone on.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

What I want to know now
is where you're at.

Well, I think that, yeah,

it was a pretty miserable
couch session for us last session.

I made the decision to be open
to letting Sara make it up to me...

and I feel like I saw
a very different side to Sara

than I have
since the start of the experiment.

She's been very warm,
very affectionate.

I just feel like she's been kind of
just, like, appreciative of me.

Well said.

What do you say that, Sara?

I think I did nitpick a lot
at the beginning,

kind of envisioned what a perfect...

what my perfect match could be

and made Tim feel like
he wasn't necessarily valued

in everything that he actually does
bring to the table.

But, like, as shitty
as this has all been, obviously,

and obviously more so for Tim,

it's, in a weird way,
brought us closer together.

I know that obviously the trust
is not 100% there.

Can I say something, actually?

I...

I'm deeply sorry and I know that
just saying sorry is not enough.

Hanging out with a past partner
who I had feelings for,

like, I knew that it was wrong
and I still did it anyways.

I know that I've done wrong
and I'm deeply sorry,

so I hope you accept my apology.

(LAUGHS)

How do you see yourselves
moving forward now?

Tim?

I need her to keep doing
what she's doing.

It feels like we have made
a breakthrough.

If she keeps that trajectory going,

then I feel like
I'll feel much more comfortable

in being able to trust her again.

I don't know.

I never, ever thought
that an experiment like this

could really work,

but this really forces you
to kind of come together

in a crazy way.

(ALESSANDRA LAUGHS)
MEL: Thank you.

SARA: (LAUGHS) Well, thank you.
Honestly.

(LUCINDA LAUGHS)

The body language between you two
is very different.

(BOTH LAUGH)

(SCOFFS) Ugh.

We see right through it.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

We see right through her fake act,

pretending to like Tim
when she doesn't like Tim at all.

She just wants to stay here
to save her image.

She has made that very clear through
her actions and through her words.

The act of going out with the ex,
that was the icing on the cake.

But then all I'm hearing is how
she's constantly putting Tim down...

and how her and the ex-partner
were making fun of Tim

that night
when they were out together.

That's not true.
That is not true.

And you do not know that either.

She just told me and she knows
exactly what was said.

EDEN: Well, I... That's not...
That's not what I said.

That's what you told me.
They were making fun of Tim.

Yeah, but not that night...
I don't know...

I wasn't there that night.
OK, there were others...

Her and the ex-partner
were making fun of Tim.

That's not what happened.

Again, I don't have any proof
of that, so it is what it is.

OK. So, what is it that you told me,
then, about her and the ex?

I don't need to go into
any more detail.

Well, then, if you don't have
the full details,

then it's probably not worth
bringing it up and telling me.

(SIGHS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

What was it that you told me, then,
about her and the ex?

EDEN: I don't need to go into
any more detail.

OK, well, if you don't have
the full details,

then it's probably not worth
bringing it up and telling me.

There's no point in saying it
because there's no proof.

Where did you see or hear it from?
Sara.

She said it to you
or she showed you it?

Uh... I think she said it.

No...
And what did she say?

There's no point
'cause I don't have any proof,

so I just want to drop that, please.

Well, if you don't have any proof,
why would you say it to me?

(TENSE MUSIC)

'Cause I didn't like it.

Well, I didn't like it either
but you did say something along...

Yeah. I mean, she's spoken badly
about Tim.

That's the bottom line.

No. That's not what happened.

I just don't want to be involved
anymore.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Jayden, you have to let people
have a chance.

We are all doing it differently

and we're all just doing the best
that we can here.

We're not all as lucky
as you and Eden or Jack and Tori

or Jade and Ridge,

who have gotten paired with people

who have just gotten on
like a house on fire.

Some of us actually have to go
through struggles

to get to this point,

so it's not just black-and-white.

It's hardship.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

These guys are feeling like
the group is against them

and, yes, we've got specific evidence
of a betrayal

that happened with the ex

but outside of that,
we've got two people

that are just trying to get along.

RICHARD: Yep. Yep.

That's what I'd say.
LUCINDA: Absolutely.

Sara's acknowledged she did the
wrong thing catching up with an ex

amongst friends

and has apologised profusely.

I saw these two change.

I've spent more time with them
than anyone present here

and I saw the change in them.

I saw them on the weekend.
They were giddy.

It made me feel sick.
Like, 'cause it was really nice.

Something really did change.

Well, Tim, if we go to you now,

Jayden said something there
about the betrayal

around seeing the ex
behind your back.

Now you've had a week
to rebuild your relationship.

How are you feeling about
this woman beside you

and about your relationship
right now?

Look, to be honest,
I've still got confused...

I'm still confused.

I've got conflicting emotions

but after this last sort of, like,
five to six days...

if she keeps that trajectory going,

then I feel like
I'll feel much more comfortable

in being able to trust her again.

Well, let's go to the decision.
Stay or leave?

And we're gonna go with you first,
Sara.

Well, it's been a journey

and I still really, really want to
make it up to Tim

and I also kind of want to prove
everybody wrong as well...

so I'm staying.

'Stay' it is.
(APPLAUSE)

Gotcha.

And for you, Tim?

Mmm.

I'm gonna stay.
(APPLAUSE)

You know what's interesting there,

is that in this experiment, when one
says stay and the other says leave,

you do have a week to turn it around

and time and time again, we do see
couples who commit that can do it,

so that is absolutely one of the key
drivers as to why we do this.

It exposes your intentions.

And you've clearly, Sara, decided
"I want to make this guy a priority."

Well, I can't emphasise enough

that you've gotta keep doing this
heavy lifting, because it's working.

If something's working,
keep doing it.

Yeah.

We'll see you next time.
Well done, guys.

Thank you.
Thanks, guys.

Appreciate it.

(APPLAUSE)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

ALESSANDRA: Our next couple
up on the couch...

Lucinda and Timothy.

Nice.
(APPLAUSE)

I just whispered to Tim, I said,

"And next on the couch
is Lucinda and Timothy."

MEL: Oh!
(LAUGHTER)

First things first, I wanted to get
into what we saw at the dinner party.

(LAUGHS) Yeah.

Last night, there was...
It shocked me.

There was a shock kiss...
MEL: There was a kiss!

..that I want to get into.
(LAUGHS) Oh, yep.

What was that?
It surprised me too.

(LAUGHS)

What happened there? Tell us.

Well, I mean,
I think I had a proud moment

where I just couldn't hold back

and I kissed him on the cheek.

I just, you know... I was
just proud of him, I don't know.

And then, yeah,
you just turned around and...

And then you just couldn't help
yourself, Timothy.

(OTHERS LAUGH)

Look, Lucinda was...
You know, she was great.

And it felt right.

(OTHERS LAUGH)
(APPLAUSE)

EDEN: Yay!

(WOLF WHISTLE)

Timothy, I know that you were
very emotional after that.

Can you walk us through
what happened?

Jeez, you're starting...
You're starting pretty rough, eh?

Um...

I mean, Lu is...

She's as patient as hell

because, you know, the first,
I'd say, you know,

half the experiment, I wasn't the
easiest to, you know...to be with.

This whole time,
I've been closed off.

And then, when we kissed,

I realised that I'm 51 years old

and I've never really let anyone in

and I thought to myself,
"I've wasted those years."

Yeah, it just got the best of me.

Yeah. My... My emotions
got the best of me, yeah.

I think for the first part
of the experiment...

I sort of feel I might have
skated by on a bit of humour

and as it's gone on, it's gotten
a little bit, you know, tougher

in other ways for...for me.

Yeah.

So, allowing yourself
to be vulnerable,

is this something you're just now
starting to experience?

Very much so. Yeah. Yeah.

That... That emotional side,
I look at it as...

Maybe it's a stupid way
of looking at it

but I look at it
as kind of like a weakness.

Is that what you were taught?

Yeah.

Reason I ask this is because
in Latino culture, in my culture,

it is very much that way...

and really, it's interesting

because there's so much
about my experience here

professionally in Australia

and trying to understand culture

and so many things are different

but some things
are very, very similar.

And this thing with men
and holding back feelings...

and not expressing emotions so easily

and holding yourself
to such rigid restraints and barriers

is very similar
to what I see back home.

But I have to say,
I think I am 100% convinced

that vulnerability is a superpower.

(CLICKS FINGERS)
It makes you strong...

I so agree.
..and brave and courageous.

Timothy, when was the last time
in general,

like, aside from last night...

When was the last time that you felt
emotional and cried like that?

Outside of, you know,

the circumstances of a couple of
months ago, like, years.

I just... I just don't do it.

Or... And if I did do it,
I wouldn't...

Nobody would...
Ever know.

Nobody would ever know. Yeah.

OK.

So, I wonder...
I know Lucinda came to you and...

Yeah.
..was with you.

What was that experience like,
to be able to have her there

and kind of hold space for you
and allow you to express yourself?

Yeah, you know, she...
she really helped me last night.

Yeah. Yeah.

And, yeah, it was...

It was... It was really nice.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Lucinda, listening to Tim speak

here in front of all of us
so openly about this experience,

how does that make you feel?

Yeah, I just really hear Tim
and how hard it is for him

and it's just awesome
to see the walls crumble

and his tenderness,
his tender heart.

I love it.

So, let me ask you this, Lucinda.

Do you feel admiration for Timothy?

Absolutely.
Absolutely.

So much admiration.

Do you feel admiration for Lucinda?

100%.

You do know admiration
is the gateway to love?

Good to know. I didn't know that.

And it's really interesting because
you've been very adamant, Timothy,

from the beginning of this experiment

that you're a slow-burn man...

Oh...
(LAUGHTER)

..but...
Yeah.

..I'm observing you here now.

The dynamic
is so drastically different

and it's so lovely to observe

and then you topped it off yesterday

with just, you know, that cute little
spontaneous kiss...

Yeah.

..and I wonder, how do you feel
towards Lucinda, Timothy?

Yeah, look, what happened
last night,

I don't know whether
it throws a spanner in the works

but it...it's unexpected.

Which bit? Kiss or the crying?

Well, the whole thing.
Yeah.

I've just gotta wrap my head
around it.

Yeah.
Yeah.

But it feels really good. Yeah.

OK, so I think we should go to
the decision, you guys.

Mm-hm.

Timothy, you go first.

Stay or leave?

I just want to...

You know,
I really appreciate what you did.

Yeah.

So, yeah, I've...

I've said 'stay'.

(APPLAUSE)
With a smile.

With a smile.

Lucinda?

Yeah, I'm just, you know, here,

loving the...I don't know,
unravelling of Tim,

so, yeah, it's staying,

with two balloons
just bobbing in the wind...

(APPLAUSE)

..celebrating each other
and ourselves.

We are absolutely loving the
connection that is literally palpable

and I am very proud of seeing
that you're allowing yourself

to feel your emotions
and to feel safe with Lucinda...

makes me personally and I know all of
us very, very happy.

We're proud of you too, Papa.
You're the vibe.

Well done, big fella.
Well done! Well done!

(APPLAUSE)
Thank you so much, you guys.

You can go back to the couch.
Thanks, guys.

Have a great week.
Thank you. Thanks, everyone.

NARRATOR: Coming up...

Tonight, you are going to open up.

..expert John makes his frustration
clear with Jack.

I need to know how you feel about
Tori, 'cause I'm not buying it.

Then the fairytale romance
at breaking point.

I don't know if Eden
is everything that I thought.

Are you good?
Oh...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

And next up on the couch...

is Johnno.

TRISTAN: Oh, Johnno!

WOMAN: (CHANTS) Johnno! Johnno!

Quite the round of applause there
for you, Johnno.

I think it's 'cause
I'm all by myself.

Oh, well, welcome to the couch solo.
Thank you.

How is Lauren?
Lauren is good.

She's out of hospital.

She's back at home
and feeling better.

The operation was a success.
Great.

And now she's home resting, so...

It's been very quiet
without her around.

I'll bet.

I'm definitely missing
that big energy.

But they say distance
makes the heart grow fonder, so...

Yeah.
Yeah.

We've been keeping in touch
every day, messages and phone calls.

And we've made, like, a list
of restaurants we want to go to.

So, yeah, we love getting out
and trying new food and wine

and we went out to dinner
just before she left

and we just had the best night,

so I'm really excited
about those sorts of things.

But just having her companionship
again, I'm looking forward to it.

Alright. Well, why don't we go
to the decision?

Obviously, there's only one of you
on the couch to give a decision.

(LAUGHS)
We'll start with you.

Oh, OK.
(LAUGHTER)

I'm gonna stay...

Ah.
..'cause...

Wonderful.

I am happy to share that I have it
on good authority...

Yes.

..that Miss Lauren
would also like to stay.

OK. Good.
(CASSANDRA LAUGHS)

(APPLAUSE)
Wonderful.

Well, look, give our best to Lauren.

I hope she feels better
really, really soon...

Yeah, I will do.
..and all the best for your reunion.

Thanks, guys.
Thanks, Johnno.

See you.
(APPLAUSE)

WOMAN: Good job, Johno.

ALESSANDRA: Next up on the couch...

Cass and Tristan.

(APPLAUSE)

MEL: Hello.
Hello.

Hey, guys.

So, last week, Cass,
you wrote 'leave'.

CASS: Yes.
Tristan, you wrote 'stay'.

And you also said
you were in love with Cass.

Yeah.

So, where are we today?

My fears kind of happened.

I told someone
I was falling in love with them

and then I guess
I got kind of rejected.

And then I just, you know,
kind of just retreated.

So, you distanced yourself
from Cass this week?

Yes.
OK.

Cass, how did that make you feel?

Sad and, I guess,
maybe a bit disappointed.

But then, having some time apart,

we spent this week
reflecting on our relationship

and last night, we decided
we're ready to accept

that we're just gonna be friends.

We just kind of had a chat about it.

It was, like,
"Where are we actually at?"

We talked about it.

It felt like
a bit like closure to me,

like, it's like we both
kind of were on the same page,

if that makes sense.

How was the conversation for you,
Cass, the closure one,

where you guys decided
that you're better off as friends?

Oh, just sad.

I did have hope a little
in the back of my mind

for something wonderful to happen.

I came in here for a husband.

That's... I wanted love.
I didn't want to go home without it.

But it doesn't work out that way.
That's life.

Alright.
So, let's go to this decision.

Cass first.

I think the next woman
that will be with you

will be the luckiest woman
in the world to have you,

so I wrote...
She wrote 'stay'!

(BOTH LAUGH)
Yeah.

Yeah.

So, 'leave'.

Tristan?

Cass, you broke my heart

but I'm glad you were the one
who broke my heart, you know.

You were the first person I've told
I'm falling in love for...

And either way, it didn't work out,
you're stuck in my life forever

and maybe a little bit longer,
I can work on myself

and maybe we can reconnect in
the future, so I said stay...leave.

(LAUGHS)
Sadly.

I would like for you guys to have
the opportunity to tell one another

what you have meant to each other
in this process.

Oh...
We've practised the eye contact.

And we've got it.
Excellent.

My ex-wife Cass...
(LAUGHTER)

I know I say this all the time

but I am the luckiest dude
to get matched with you.

Like, easy.

You have been patient, you have been
kind, you have listened

but overall, you are genuine
and you mean everything to me.

Oh, Trist! Oh, my gosh.

You have just shown me so much fun

and laughter and light

and I feel so amazing and warm to
have been with you on this journey.

You've meant so much to me
and seeing you grow

and when you do love yourself,
gosh, you're amazing!

(LAUGHS)

And I will cherish this journey
with you till the end of time.

(BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYS)

JOHN: Well, look, obviously,
the two of you,

it's sad, it's disappointing,

you know, love slipped through
your fingers here,

but you've given it your all.

We appreciate all that you've done
for us, by the way.

Oh, yeah.
We really do.

Thank you so much
for this experiment.

All the best, guys.
Thanks, guys.

We did it!
(APPLAUSE)

LUCINDA: We love you, guys.
TRISTAN: Thanks, guys.

Our next couple up on the couch...

Eden and Jayden.

(APPLAUSE)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Hello, hello.
MEL: Hello.

Good evening.

How was feedback week?

Feedback week, in itself, it wasn't
really much of a challenge for us.

It was just the week itself.
OK.

We're getting to the end
of this experiment now.

We've been here
for nine or ten weeks

and I feel like everyone
is kind of feeling the pressure

of this experiment.

I think everyone feels
that pressure.

EDEN: Yeah.
Some more than others.

I think, you know,

Eden is one of those people
who really feels the pressure.

And I feel like this week
I'm copping the brunt of it.

How's that? Tell me...

Well, it's just...

It's been kind of a long time coming

and there's just a couple of things
that have happened...

that have led to this.

Most recently...

As I said before, like, Eden told me

that Sara had gone out
with her ex-boyfriend

and they were talking shit about Tim
behind his back.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

And when I said, "Hey, I really need
to address the experts with this,

"it needs to come up,
I need to get it off my chest,"

she wanted me to basically lie
and she said,

"Well, you can't say that

"because then Sara will know
that I can't keep a secret."

And I said,
"Eden, I don't feel right lying.

"I want to tell the truth."

And she basically blew up at me
and said,

"If you don't say
what I tell you to say,

"I'm done with you
and I'm leaving you."

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

SARA: What?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

She basically blew up at me
and said...

"If you don't say
what I tell you to say,

"I'm done with you
and I'm leaving you."

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

SARA: What?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

That didn't sit right for me,
because for me, I view...

It's basically an ultimatum.

I feel it's like,
OK, I've got two choices.

Either I do something that I find
morally wrong, which is lie,

or I lose my wife.

Yeah, it just got to me.

It might not be a huge lie,
it might not be a huge deal

but I tried to communicate

and I just felt like she didn't
really care about how I felt

or what I wanted -
it was all about,

"No, you've got to say this,
you've gotta support me,

"otherwise I'm done."

That's a lot.

I didn't realise you were feeling
that way

or that this kind of dynamic
was going on with you guys.

I'm actually very glad
that you've brought it up

because it allows us maybe
to help out a little bit.

Mmm.

Eden, why did you ask Jayden to lie?

I think I was scared.
I was scared of...

I mean, we all knew
how anxious I was

about the whole topic to begin with

and then he was straight away...

you know, he wanted to bring it out
straight away,

and it was, like, "I'm gonna
do this, I'm gonna do that"

and it made me so anxious
and so uncomfortable.

But for me, it wasn't an ultimatum
of "I'll leave you."

It was "I want to go home
from this," not from him.

Maybe that's not what you meant...
Maybe it come across wrong, yeah.

The way you said it was very...
Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's talk about the ultimatum.
Mmm.

Do you understand that
that's not something positive

for the relationship?

No, definitely not.

You're putting the relationship
on the line.

(TENSE MUSIC)

But aside from that,

Jayden just mentioned there's been
other instances also causing...

Yeah.
..Jayden to feel uncomfortable.

Am I correct?

Yeah, I guess we are getting
to the pointy end of the...

Mmm.
..this experiment.

And Eden is struggling a lot

and I feel like I'm just trying
so hard in this relationship.

But a lot of my efforts
are kind of just going...

Yeah.
..brushed under the rugs, like...

Yeah.

I do...

Um.. (BLEEP).

Sorry.
It's alright.

Yeah.

(BLEEP).

Are you good?
Oh...

(BLEEP).

Oh, shit.

Um... Yeah.

Um...

Yeah, when Eden has a problem
with something,

like, I make a lot of effort for her
'cause, like, I do really like her.

Like, with the anxiety,

I'm trying my best to learn
how to deal with that.

And then, like, all the things
I do for you,

like, get flowers, like,
five times...

Like, this is materialistic stuff...

Oh, sorry.

..um, like, the flowers
five times a week...

Like, I made a dog into a pillow
because she was missing her dog.

I'm (BLEEP) taking her out
for dinner every weekend,

like, writing her a list of things
I like about her...

Yep.
..and every week...

Every morning, I wake up
and I'll write something on it.

That way, when she wakes up,

it's the first thing that she sees
and then... (CLEARS THROAT)

the other day,
because I wouldn't do one thing,

you blew up at me and you said,

"Why don't you just do something..."
Sorry.

"Why don't you do something nice
for me for once in your life?"

I'm sorry. That was very harsh.
I'm very sorry.

It's not deserved.
"For once in your life."

That is disregarding
all the nice things that...

Yeah.
..I've done.

I'm sorry. That's uncalled for.
It's not... That's not nice at all.

And when I try and bring this up
with you...

Yeah.
..you just...

You brush it under the rug.

You're just, like,
"No, it's not a problem."

Mmm.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

That got to me and that's, like,

"(BLEEP), I don't know if Eden
is everything that I thought."

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

For someone
to turn around and just say,

"Why don't you do something nice
for me for once in your life..."

Because basically nothing...

That got to me and that's, like,

"(BLEEP), I don't know if Eden
is everything that I thought."

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

JOHN: Jayden,
are you starting to question

whether this is the right person
for you?

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

It's just... It's...
It's a hard one.

Like... Yeah, it's a hard one.

So, yeah.

Can I ask, do you feel
that you're not good enough,

that you can't measure up?

Yeah.

I'm doing my best.

Clearly, I'm not good enough

'cause I can't do much better
than I am now...

You are good enough. You definitely
are good enough, I promise you that.

I'm sorry.

Now, Eden, that's...that's big.
Mmm.

I mean, what he's saying to you is...
Yeah.

.."I'm into you and..."
Mmm.

.."I don't feel like
I'm ever good enough for you."

Yeah. I don't ever want him
to feel that way.

I didn't realise the severity of it
until now.

Like, I'm clearly very emotional
about it

'cause I'm really into him too

and I don't want him to feel
that way.

(CRIES)

(ROUSING MUSIC)

(BLEEP)
Cry...

I know. Sorry.
I'm sorry.

OK, guys.
You're at a real crossroads here.

You're at a crisis point

and we've not seen this type of
stand-off between the two of you

at any stage in this experiment.

It's like we've got finally
the curtains pulled back

and we're looking at the real
relationship between the two of you

and you've got some big challenges.

But you're both very upset,
which means you care about each other

and that pleases me immensely.

Let's go to the decision.

Stay or leave?
Let's go with you first, Eden.

Obviously, there's differences

but they're things
that I want to work through

because I'm very into Jayden,
so I've written 'stay'.

(APPLAUSE)

Jayden, what have you got -
stay or leave?

We've got a lot to work on,
so, yeah, let's work.

(APPLAUSE)

MEL: OK, guys,
it's time to get to work.

You guys came out of the gates
at the beginning of the experiment

hard and fast, didn't you,

and you went straight into it and
it was really intense really quickly

and you were in
a bit of a love bubble

and where you've arrived at now
is some realness.

Yeah.

So this is, you know, in many ways,

a starting point
for the real relationship here.

It's time to communicate

as well as communicate
about your communication.

Yeah.

You know, when I say this to you,
how does that feel for you?

Overcommunicate.
Yeah.

Simple little techniques
will get you through this

but make no mistake, you cannot have
this gridlock anymore.

Now you've got a blueprint.

Do the work.

And we'll see you next time.

ALESSANDRA: Have a good week.
JAYDEN: Thanks, guys.

MEL: Good on you, guys. Well done.
(APPLAUSE)

ANDREA: Good session.

(BLEEP).
Really good.

You did good. You did good.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

MEL: Our next couple on the couch,
Jade and Ridge.

(APPLAUSE)

Hello.
ALESSANDRA: Hello.

Hi.

How have you been this week, guys?

RIDGE: We've been well.

We had a really good week, probably
one of the better weeks we've had

since the start of the experiment.

This week, Jade's daughter, Vi,
was here and that's a big thing

because the more time I spend with
both of them, I'm getting to a point

where I can see Jade and I can make
this something into the future.

It's getting serious.

It's fantastic.

Jade, obviously, as a mum, you know,
you've got little Vi to look out for

and it's so important
that you can protect her

and protect, you know, you and her
as a family unit.

And I guess for you, Ridge,

you've taken this on board
with such openness and maturity.

This is exactly what we want
for you guys.

What's your feeling, Jade,
about bringing him into your home?

That, I'm not worried about.

He's been fitting into my life.

And this week he did, like,
a packed lunch for Vi.

I don't think I've ever
actually told Ridge this

but when I am doing her school
lunch, I'll always write, like,

little notes like,
"Have a good day.

"Remember to always be kind
to everyone."

Like, just little things
for her to read.

And when Ridge made her sandwich,
he wrote "Have a good day"

and then put an R with a love heart,
so that was really nice to see.

Beautiful.

Let's go to the decision, shall we?

I think we'll start with Ridge.

I'm going to stay.

Oh... Fabulous.
(APPLAUSE)

(LAUGHS) Thank you.

With an X.

And Jade?

You got an X too!

Aw, lots of kisses.
Thanks, darling.

(APPLAUSE)
Beautiful.

Alright, you guys, good on you.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Thanks, guys.

(APPLAUSE)

Good job, babe.

JOHN: Let's get our next couple up.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Jack and Tori.

(APPLAUSE)

MEL: Hello.
ALESSANDRA: Hi.

JACK: Oh...

Right, you two.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

We've talked about many of your
indiscretions, Jack, in the past.

Well, I'm not going there this time.

I'm not interested in online articles
or previous girlfriends...

or things that you've said
in past dinner parties.

The only thing I'm interested in
with you two...

is what's going on
in your relationship...

because I've become very bored.

Tonight, you are going to open up.

Jack, I'm gonna start with you.

I need to know how you feel
about Tori.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

'Cause I'm not buying it.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Tonight, you are going to open up.

Jack, I'm gonna start with you.

I need to know how you feel
about Tori.

'Cause I'm not buying it.

What aren't you buying, John?

(TENSE MUSIC)

How do you feel about Tori?

I like her a lot.

Yeah, I'm developing
serious feelings for Tori.

What do you mean "serious feelings"?

(LAUGHS) I just feel like...

Yeah, she makes me...
makes me feel good.

She makes me feel...
Oh, don't give me 'good'.

Far too long in this experiment

for words like 'good',
'OK', 'alright', 'not bad'.

I need real responses from you.

Feelings. Um... (LAUGHS)

Something I've told Tori
a few times,

like, I'm actually sleeping
really well.

Tori, do you feel really special
and desired

when he says
he can sleep well at night?

I feel like you can describe it
a bit better than that.

I've never been asked about
my feelings like that before.

Um...

What does she do to you
on the inside?

You've stitched me up here.

Um...

Yeah, I like you a lot.

Oh, come on.

She helps you sleep?
You like her a lot?

Here's the thing.

Nine weeks into this experiment

and I'm not getting a sense
of your feeling...

and even whether you're genuine
about it.

And if I'm not sure about it,

it worries me that Tori may not know
where she stands with you.

Mel, your husband...
MEL: Mmm.

..when you ask him what sort of
feelings he has for you,

what might he say?

He might say
"I feel deeply connected to you."

He says I'm his soulmate.

He says he can stop looking
'cause he's found me.

That's the kind of things
that my husband would say to me.

Yeah.
So you can hear, it's deeper than...

Yeah.

..you know, "I feel nice"
or "I sleep well at night."

I am struggling to describe
how I feel.

JOHN: Stop.

I heard a revelation
at the dinner party last night

that came from feedback week.

You were involved in it, Jade.

Tell us what was said
between you and Jack.

(TENSE MUSIC)

JADE: So, I said,
"If you were paired with someone

"who was, like, more your type,

"would you have slept with them
by now?"

And he said, "Yes, probably."

Mmm. What does that mean?

No. No.

What does it mean when you say,

"If I was paired with someone
who was more my type,

"I would have slept with her
early on in the experiment"?

It's not that clean-cut.

Here's my point.

You said yes

and what I'm hearing tonight is
that you have warm feelings, that...

I do.

..things are going
in the right direction with Tori.

That is not the answer
that corresponds to that.

What you're saying is,

"If she was more my type,
I would've had sex with her."

I'm asking, why isn't she your type?

She IS my type.

Jade, what's your perspective
on that feedback and what was said?

Personally,
if I was in Tori's position,

I would feel like my partner
didn't like me.

Tori, that answer...

is not what we expect

from a guy that's saying
"I'm attracted to you,"

who is warm, connected,
thinking about a future.

So I'm struggling to buy this.

Tori, let me ask you,
how did that make you feel,

when you heard his answer
to that feedback question?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I felt like, "Yeah, fair enough."

"Fair enough"? Really?

Did you not want him to say,
"Tori's the one for me"?

I have strong feelings towards Jack.

Am I gonna sit here and say
I'm in love with Jack?

I'm not in love with Jack.

But he does make me feel quite safe
and quite secure

and he does allow me to be me.

Tori, are you for real?

Am I for real?

Yes!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Did you not want him to say,
"Tori's the one for me"?

I have strong feelings towards Jack.

Am I gonna sit here and say
I'm in love with Jack?

I'm not in love with Jack.

He does make me feel quite safe
and quite secure

and he does allow me to be me.

Tori, are you for real?

Am I for real?

Yes!

Yeah, I'm for real.

Safe and secure?

(LAUGHS)
Yeah.

After what has been going on
throughout this experiment

with Jack's behaviour towards women,
towards people in the group,

towards you?

Do I accept his wrongdoings? No.

But I don't hold them against him.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Tori, when he makes statements about
women like "Muzzle your woman..."

Mm-hm.

..that doesn't make you feel
any less safe or secure,

it doesn't dilute your feelings
toward him at all?

No, because I know that,
at the core, that that is not him.

I know where I stand with Jack,
Jack knows where he stands with me.

I guess what we're noticing here

is that the things he says and does
ARE him.

He's showing you who he is.

They're not separate from him.

This is part of the whole.

I don't agree with the things
that Jack's said and done

but that doesn't mean
that I can't be by his side.

Outside of safe and secure...

'cause friends can make you feel
safe and secure...

intimately, where do you stand now
with Jack?

We are intimate.
We are sexually intimate.

We just have not done the deed.

It's a bit awkward talking about it
week on week.

It's (BLEEP) stupid.

I do genuinely feel like...

we're both ready to have sex.

But there is a lot of pressure

and I know everyone's feeling it
and that's fine.

But, like, we are asked
the same question every single week

and I almost don't want to do it...
(LAUGHS)

..'cause I don't want to give
anyone the satisfaction.

Let me tell you why it comes up
every week,

because the way in which
Jack handles certain situations

week on week on week

suggests he's not attracted.

No, I disagree with that.

And I've got a litany of behaviours
that say otherwise, Jack.

No.

I feel like, yeah,
I've dropped the ball

and Tori's seen, like,
the worst of me and...

Tori, if you've seen the worst of
Jack, how do you feel towards him?

Let it rip. (LAUGHS)

Um... I have seen the worst of Jack
and he can be...

stubborn and quite...

LUCINDA: I would say the word
'cruel'.

OK. That's your word.

Tori, do you see a future with Jack?

I do see a future with Jack.
Why?

Why?
Yeah.

I think Jack is...would...
Not 'would'.

I think...well, no, on the outside,
I think he would fit into my world

and I think I would fit into
his world

and I think coming into this,
I wanted someone to do life with me

and I feel like you are
absolutely that person.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Tori, I'm concerned that you are
focusing a lot on protecting him

and your relationship

and you're not really
paying attention to yourself.

You were talking before about
feeling safe and secure with him

and I think that's what
I'm having trouble with here...

because I feel like
I've seen glimpses of your insight,

whether it's been the group

or whether it's been Jack saying
or doing something

that I know
you're not comfortable with.

Respectfully, I am my first priority

and I will always be
my first priority.

I spend every day with this person.
Yeah.

I know who this person is.

I don't waste my time.
I don't like people wasting my time.

And I don't know how else
I can articulate that

or how else I can put that

for it to be palatable for the group
to understand.

Yeah.
He is a good person.

And if you were not...
If you didn't want to be here...

I wouldn't be here.

..if you didn't feel safe,
if you didn't feel respected...

I would not be here.
You best believe I wouldn't be here.

..if you didn't think I was into
you, I wouldn't want you to be here.

Well, on that note,
we're gonna go to the decision.

Stay or leave?
And we're gonna go with you, Jack.

I will stay.

Show me.
Strong stay.

It's a strong stay.

Tori, you're up. Stay or leave?

I said 'stay'.

OK.

Well, look,
I think what comes out tonight

is that there has been
inconsistencies,

which we'll always call out.

If there are behaviours going on
in a relationship

that don't match what you're saying
in terms of your feelings,

you need to know about it.

Go back to the group.

(APPLAUSE)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Our last couple up on the couch...

MEL: Andrea and Richard.

(APPLAUSE)
(ANDREA CLEARS THROAT)

Evening.
RICHARD: Guys.

Hello.
Good evening.

Well, you two...

You've had a big week.
Yeah.

We saw things really escalate
between the two of you last night...

Yeah.

And, in fact, Andy,
it's the first time we've seen you

really, really become quite angry

and just stand up and really express
how you're feeling.

Yeah.

We're really keen to understand
where things are at between you now.

Andy, why don't we start with you?

I'm feeling pretty devastated,
actually.

I've had a really frustrating week,

where I feel like...

well, I know that Richie
has not been listening to me

and hearing what I'm saying.

I feel sad...

because we were good,
we were working on stuff.

We'd have bumps.

We'd go back a bit, but I was here
and I was open and trying

and Richie spent last week

telling me I'm being dishonest

and that I'm not trying.

Richard, from your perspective,
is this an accurate description?

From my perspective, it's not
a totally accurate description, no.

The thing is,
is when I'm asked what's going on,

why isn't this relationship moving
forward, why isn't it building,

you know, Andy gets really upset

when I start saying things
like that, yeah?

And I appreciate that,

but I have to also say
what I have to say

and what I'm feeling, you know.

And to say to someone
"You're not listening to me"

is kind of like saying
"You're wrong."

Like, "You're in the wrong here."

(SIGHS)

So, we don't agree.

Yeah, we just don't, you know...
Exactly right.

JOHN: There's a real disconnect
between you two

and we've seen this for a long time.

Richard, what do you think
your role has been

in getting you to this place?

I know I'm quite full-on, I'm quite
intense and I'm very self-expressed.

Even when I type on a keyboard,
I (BLEEP) type like that

and, yeah, I'm like that...
That's true.

..you know.
It's very loud.

I'm like that, you know.

So, I reflect on that

and I go, "Well, that's something
that comes across wrong and badly"

and I think in this case
it probably has a little bit.

And I know I could've been
more patient.

So, I could've been that guy, super
cool, "Yeah, whatever, no worries."

I didn't because I didn't want to be
here as just good mates.

I mean, we're getting on, and we're
having so much fun together...

Some of the couples here are in that
space and they fought to get THERE,

but we started somewhere
very different.

Like, so different.

Richie, we didn't know each other
those first two weeks.

We didn't know each other.

It was chemistry. It was lovely.

And then we settle into
a relationship,

we get to know each other

and there's things I don't like...

..there's things you don't like
and we're trying to navigate that.

(SAD MUSIC)

Richard, you look pretty broken
to me.

Yeah, mate, well...

(SIGHS)

I am pretty broken, yeah.

I came into this experiment
with high hopes and big dreams

and a skip in my step
and a smile on my face

and I was, "Here we go, buddy,"
you know,

and it's ended
in a devastating, shattering way.

The thing is,
my gut's been telling me

that she hasn't been into me
for a long time.

I can see it. I can sense it.

You know, like...
Like, when you know, you know.

At the core of my being
is a feeling that I'm a bad person.

You know, I...

I'm on this planet

to make a positive contribution
to people and their lives -

that's through my work and what I do

and that's what I believe
and that's what I'm about.

So, in that sense,
I've failed massively, you know,

with this lovely woman, you know.

(SIGHS)

It just feels really, um...

(CRIES)

Yeah, man, it just feels really hard
and really tough, you know.

Really, really tough.

(SAD MUSIC)

MEL: OK, you two.

I think it's time for us to go
to the decision.

OK.

Andrea, we'll start with you.
Yep.

It's probably no shock to anyone.

Richie and I have agreed
to just leave.

I've written 'leave' too as well.
Yeah.

(SAD MUSIC)

OK?

WOMAN: Oh...

Before I let you go, I just want to
give you both the opportunity

to say any last thoughts
to each other.

Honestly, I had the best time
with you, Richie,

and I have so many happy memories.

Yeah.

Richard?

I will say to Andy

that those ten days that we spent
together, I will never forget...

never forget in my entire life.

(CRIES) It was so good.
Yeah.

It was so (BLEEP) great.

The whole, yeah...

I mean, that's it,
so, what a win, you know.

If I walk away with that,
that's...that's a win for me

and I'll take that any day, yeah.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.
Mmm.

Thank you.

(APPLAUSE)

NARRATOR: Tomorrow night...

I'm alive! (LAUGHS)

..Lauren is back.

And don't say
you're just hoping for a root.

(LAUGHS)

RIDGE: Honey, I'm home.

Our couples pack up and head home
as part of homestays week.

In you go!

Over two big nights...

(TIM LAUGHS)
SARA: Welcome home, sweetie.

..our newlyweds discover
how their other half live.

And for some,
it's an eye-opening experience.

LUCINDA: It's a real bachelor's pad,
this one.

(BARKS)

TIMOTHY: She's not
that well trained.

She pissed on the carpet.

Why did you lie?

Hard conversations will be had...

Did you think
you would get away with it?

We're not rehashing.

..as they discuss plans
for life after the experiment.

I got the impression you were basic.
WOMAN: Yeah.

Tori comes face to face with some of
Jack's most beloved clients...

I've always kind of been, like,
one of the boys.

I feel like when I come across
a girl that only has guy friends,

it's usually because they're
sleeping with all the boys.

(RINGING TONE)

But a last-minute disappearing act

threatens to derail homestays
for Jayden.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

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