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There's things which are putting, like, doubts in my head.

NARRATOR: Previously... You've not been here, though.

..as a cafe confrontation... BLEEP you.

..caused dinner party despair for Maeve...

Another lad that's mugged us off, yet again.

Don't sit and tell us that you love us, then leave us.

Hey.

..it was a shock entrance... This is bollocks.

What? It is all bullshit.

She's been slating you since day one,

and her opinion hasn't changed.

She's been saying it to all the girls, mate.

..that spoiled the appetite of the group.

Julia-Ruth, this relationship is fake.

I'm gonna leave. Not doing this.

I was here for a husband, I found one,

I don't need fame.

She is making an absolute mockery of the experiment.

Tonight... We definitely have the physical connection.

Very pleased with how that's going,

..as some couples revel in their closeness...

You have done the most

fabulous job, finding me everything I need.

..others confront a crisis....

Joe is not being completely honest with what he wants to say.

I've seen Joe.

If I go spilling everything he said to me,

then he's never going to trust anyone again.

This is shit.

And a reckoning for Julia-Ruth... I've never heard somebody sit on

a couch and lie so much in all my life.

You're not interested in your husband,

we all know that. How is that not manipulating the group?

Divarni, is there anything

that Julia-Ruth will do that you won't forgive?

..gives Divarni a decision dilemma.

There's a lot of shit that's happened this week.

I've decided to...

I loved the dinner party last night. We were close enough to the chaos,

but far enough away to, like, not be directly involved.

Yeah. It's the morning after the dinner party.

That was the craziest dinner party we've had so far.

Julia-Ruth saying, "Oh, Steven would be my type."

"Who am I emotionally and physically attracted to?"

And she chose Steven.

How are you feeling about going into the commitment ceremony?

I feel like we're going in quite strong.

I'm just so glad that me and you are just in it together.

I feel like me

and Reiss are definitely going in the right direction,

we're going in the love direction.

There's quite a lot of strong couples, really.

We might be one of the weakest. Yeah,

I don't think it's been our best week.

The environment this week for me has been like a pressure cooker.

I feel like April hasn't been able to see the real me,

I've not been able to be myself around her.

This week has sort of

made me realise I'm not really sure who Leo is,

because he keeps telling me, like, he's not being himself,

this isn't normally his personality, so, yeah.

A bit confused who Leo is, currently.

Shit.

I feel we can't seem to have a consistently good week.

It's not that I'm tapping out

or anything, like, I want to work through this.

I want to be here with you, I want to do this,

I just need a bit of help.

I really like Grace.

We're both truly, truly working at it,

and I think we have since the very beginning.

We're sort of fighting for it more than anyone.

Like, is it supposed to be this hard?

Do you think your feelings have changed?

No, no, no.

I just want to feel that we're...

..united. M-hm.

I very much still want to be here, and I still want to make this work.

Just because we've been in it so long now, and...

..I keep waiting for the good bit.

I really think we do have so much potential.

My feelings are, kind of, coming

and going, because we have so many roadblocks and obstacles.

I mean,

I went into last night thinking we weren't going to have problems,

well, we don't have any problems, but I mean,

other people try to start some. What's pissed me off is I do

feel like we had a nice week, and then Julia-Ruth's just done

that mad spin off and it's like, put a dampener on it,

or she's tried to put a dampener on it.

The drama that was happening between her and Divarni,

she just tried to deflect, to make it about me and you.

I don't think Julia-Ruth is here for the right reasons,

I feel like she has made us all aware of the fact

that she doesn't see a future with him,

she doesn't find him attractive. It just doesn't seem legit to me,

so, I think she's just here to stay in the experiment.

I do believe that Divarni's feelings for Julia-Ruth are real,

and I feel like they have been from the beginning,

but, I do feel like everything that Julia-Ruth

is saying now, at this point, is bollocks.

We listen... And we don't judge, apparently.

Has Divarni just thrown in the biggest curveball ever,

showing solidarity to save face, and then wait until he's

in front of the experts to say, "Actually, no, I'm leaving."

No, imagine. Because that, I think, would throw everyone off,

I'd be sitting there with my popcorn, if I could.

Last night's dinner party was full of drama.

I think a lot of the focus was on Julia-Ruth and Divarni.

So, what did Julia-Ruth get asked? Is there anyone else

you're emotionally and physically connected to,

in the experiment? "Steven".

It's a bit much, that.

I told you, didn't I, a couple of days ago,

I was like, "I have a sneaky feeling."

You are her type, and I just thought,

"She's gonna say his name, I know she is,"

and then obviously, she said it.

Julia-Ruth definitely fancies Steven. Fair.

I mean, so do I, but, like...

..you're not emotionally connected to him.

You don't know him like I do.

You don't have pillow talk at night with him, like I do.

As long as she doesn't act on it, whatever.

How are you feeling after last night?

I'm mentally and emotionally drained.

I don't really have much to say.

Kind of left me speechless last night.

I heard from pretty much everyone, to be fair,

all the stuff that Julia-Ruth has been saying,

it wasn't easy to hear, for sure.

Especially since we have actually been progressing.

Last night's dinner party felt like a slaughter.

It felt like meat and a pack of wolves,

it felt like a feast, it felt like The Hunger Games.

But I'm really proud that I didn't lose my temper,

I listened, tried to get my word in, even if they didn't want to listen.

I'm just proud of how I handled myself last night.

They were surprised about the 180 switch.

It's not a 180,

we have been fighting for a while and we always come back,

so, if we have arguments, take time apart

and come back together, it's nothing new.

They're looking into it,

thinking, and obviously questioning, if it is real.

By Keye.

I think it's hard for Keye to champion our relationship

because we had made that mutual pact to not tell anyone

until we were both ready to do it together as a team.

It's all about

how we go through this commitment ceremony, to be fair.

My decision today is not based on

the opinions of other couples in this experiment,

it's based on the progression of Divarni and I.

If we can move past trust being

broken on both ends of our relationship.

I feel like, going into the commitment ceremony today,

that Divarni has more people on his side.

When I'm sitting on that couch today,

I really just don't want to hear it from them.

Our relationship has progressed.

It is actually about you and me behind closed doors.

Respect is a huge thing for me. Once you start disrespecting

someone over and over again, it becomes a habit.

If it continues, then obviously, that's just behaviour

that I'm just not going to stand here for.

I'm really not sure what I'm going to do tonight.

Welcome to the fourth commitment ceremony.

After what sounds like an intense week for many of you.

We're now over halfway through the process,

and as you head towards

taking these relationships to the outside world,

it's time to take a long, hard look at your marriages.

So, let's begin.

First up on the couch,

Leisha and Reiss.

Good to see you both. Hello. Good to see you. Hi.

Reiss, it looks like when you sat down,

you did a slide over to the side. Nah.

Getting comfortable? Yeah, yeah. OK.

You need space? No, no. He needs his space.

I'm curious, what is life like in the Leisha-Reiss household? Chilled.

Yeah, it's chilled. We, like, watch films, like, home cooking.

I love that he's, like,

enjoying my food because it's, like, a big part...

Very good cook. ..yeah. Very good cook.

We just, like, chat, well, I chat, he listens, so.

I'm a good listener, so.

OK. If you were to categorise the satisfaction

of your relationship from 0 to 10,

with ten being Rebecca-Bailey satisfaction.

I'd say... BOTH: Seven. Oh.

OK. So it's a seven. M-hm. Leisha,

where do you think the improvement could be?

What brings you to a ten?

Obviously, he needs to open up a lot more,

he needs to be a little bit more vulnerable.

Cuddling and kissing, that's there, but. One of the things

was I'm not spontaneous enough in the bedroom.

OK. We've got routines.

If I can ask, what's the routine? So, bedtime.

We get to it, like, say, in the evening,

whereas, I think, Leisha wants it

a little bit more, I don't know, lunchtime, morning, like,

any time she can get it, you know, it's still... Right, OK!

It's still... During meals?

It's still happening in the evening in bed,

that's the comfy spot, right?

You know, lights, well, it's not even always lights out, but

it's just a comfy spot. OK. What I hear you saying

is then, you prefer to have sex in the evening.

At the end of the day. Yeah, end of the day.

Cap off your day with it. Perfect way to finish the day. Right?

Yeah. OK. All right. But Leisha, do you feel like you desire

to have sex at a higher frequency than Reiss?

Yeah. If I feel like I want to do it, I'll just do it,

or like if you wake up in the morning, we'll just do it.

But Reiss is like... I schedule it in. You schedule it in.

Yeah. OK. I feel like when you start doing,

like, routines and that, it can get quite,

like... It gets boring. ..yeah, a little bit.

And obviously, like, we're still so new to each other and, you know,

like it's just, trying to make things spicy

and open things up a little bit more,

and hopefully, it will just bring us closer together,

that's the, kind of, end goal really. I'll be honest,

like, Leisha's sex drive is a lot higher than mine.

I'm human, right? I'm not a machine.

But I suppose what's important, though, Leisha,

is to allow for the emotional relationship to develop here... Yep.

..because I think it's

when it's at a stage where you are really close,

where you've known each other for maybe a longer period of time,

maybe then you might want to... Oh, of course. ..take it to

the next step and kind of reignite the intimacy in a different way.

I just want to go like, like deeper with Reiss,

you know, all my life I feel like it's always been

quite superficial and like,

that's not really what I want. Emotional connection.

This is the key. You will have a higher satisfaction level in sex,

the stronger your emotional connection.

This is something that we need to continue to work on.

You rated the relationship a seven,

so, that means that it is mostly all good.

Yeah. So, are you happy with where the relationship is going?

I would say yes. Yeah. All right, all right.

This is good. So now, let's go to a decision. Leisha,

ladies first. I'm really enjoying, obviously, getting to know Reiss.

I have got very strong feelings for Reiss, to be honest.

I just want a little bit more reassurance,

if you can. Let's try

and experiment with each other and just,

like, get to know each other.

I'm happy where things are going, so I'm gonna stay.

Thank you.

So yeah, I'm enjoying waking up with Leisha,

I'm enjoying chilling with Leisha, I'm enjoying eating your food,

I'm enjoying connecting to you more and more,

so, for that reason...

Stay. ..stay.

All right, so next week when you come back,

I would love if you could report where you feel

with regard to your emotional safety with each other.

OK, that sounds good. Is that fair?

Yeah. All right, thank you.

Next up to the couch...

..Leigh and Leah.

Hello. Hi.

OK, so how have the two of you been?

We've had, like, a really lovely week.

To be honest, I don't know

what yous did to her brain last week,

but, you've done something right.

There's been a huge shift in her vulnerability.

Just felt more open to Leah, and the fact

that I've just been trying to be in the moment,

and not be in my head,

and think too much about what the future looks like,

and just enjoy the feelings

as they come in the moment.

By doing that, it's just made us closer,

and more susceptible to things progressing.

And I understand, Leah, that you organised a date for Leigh... Mm.

Leigh, what was that like for you, to go on this beautiful date?

It was really cute. She had all of my favourite things,

she had, like, my favourite chocolate, flowers,

the colours from our wedding. She does put a lot of thought into

the things that she does for me, and it means a lot.

Can you tell me a little bit more

about intimacy and taking things to the next level?

Had Mother Nature not have knocked on

the door for both me and Leah this week,

I think things probably would have

progressed in that area. Yeah. Lovely, excellent.

This is good, this is good. OK, now of course,

we heard at a dinner party about the transition,

the shift being fake, not being very genuine.

Leigh, what are your thoughts on that?

It's just a shame that that happened, because we come into

the dinner party yesterday off the back of a really nice week

where we feel

like we'd really actually made progress,

and then to have that, it was just like...

It's tarnished the week. ..yeah, it's just shit.

I think at this point, Julia-Ruth's

been called out for so many lies,

that she's backed into a corner and all she's trying

to do is change her narrative.

I didn't even want to bring this to the couch,

I didn't want it to get angry on the couch,

because I want to talk about, like, how good we've been this week,

but it's pissed me off.

We do listen to the feedback

from other people, but ultimately, you know the truth.

Feedback is fine, but lies is not fine.

But what's really important is

that the two of you communicate that you are good,

and it sounds like you've had a phenomenal week.

Probably the best week we've had.

I just think, like, with me...

..um...

..like, I know that you care about me as a person,

and I hope that you know that I feel the exact same about you.

I just feel really grateful for you.

It sounds like the two of you are in a really good place.

Let's go to a decision.

Leah, what's your decision?

I feel, with Leigh, we have definitely connected on

a totally different level than I've ever had before, and...

..it's gone to a different point now,

and we're now at that level where it could blossom.

So for that reason,

I said stay.

I just feel like, as a partnership,

we feel really strong at the moment,

and we've made a lot of progress this week,

and I want to continue to make that progress,

and see where this can go, and just be in it with you.

And I know I wouldn't

want to be doing this with anyone but you.

For that reason,

I chose to stay.

Very nice writing.

Have fun this week. Thank you.

Next up to the couch, if we could have...

..Rebecca and Bailey. Come on, girl. Ready?

Welcome. Welcome to you both. Hello. Thank you so much.

How are we doing? We're good. Good, yeah. Good.

Bailey, did you sew those sleeves?

Did you? Did you? Not tight enough because they keep falling down, so!

All right. So now, we finally had some real conflict.

Yes, Paul. What happened? So, we did the spa day,

the drinks day. So, I was on the spa day,

Bailey was on the drinks day,

and one of the questions that we got in the golden envelope was,

who do you have a crush on in the group?

I said, "Well, you know, Bailey isn't typically my type."

If we look at someone like Joe, PT, tattoos,

blue eyes, he looks like the last person that I dated.

We don't have a pact, but we have, like,

an unspoken agreement.

We're in this little bubble together,

and when these things try and infiltrate our bubble,

we always have, like, the utmost respect for each other,

and he knows that if he did mention somebody else's name,

it'd probably upset me, and vice versa.

It blew up, didn't it? Yeah. And we argued about it,

because I'd broken what we had agreed.

How did you deal with it?

I felt Bailey was very dismissive, he wouldn't look at me.

I went over to him to touch him, I was pleading with him,

I apologised over and over. OK,

so, there was a boundary in place. Yeah. Mm-hm.

Bailey, you respect the boundary? Yeah.

In the moment... Mm-hm. ..did you feel like you were respecting

the boundary or that you broke the boundary?

In the moment, I didn't realise that I was breaking the boundary.

Now, when you two come together,

and you see Bailey's reaction,

do you then feel like you crossed the boundary?

Oh, 100%. I'm not really a jealous person,

but it was the fact that I was like,

"How do I answer these questions going forward, now?

"How is she going to answer them?"

I feel like I'm lost now. Is that why

you two chose not to stay in the same apartment that night?

Which was hell.

How did you eventually resolve, or have you not resolved?

I asked Bec, "Would you be happy if I answered that question?"

And she said no. So I said, "OK, how do we move forward then?

"I'm still happy to dodge these questions,

"I just need to know that you'll do the same."

Yeah. And Bec said, "Yeah." And then, for that was the moment

when I was like, OK, the bubble isn't burst.

We still have our pact. This is just a small blip.

It's not like anyone did anything that bad.

Being away from him was, yeah, it was awful,

so, I do think it made us stronger, it's made us closer,

but just gave me, like a wake-up call

of what life will be like if Bailey's not there every night.

I missed her. Made me realise

that although we got over our first argument,

I don't want to be arguing all the time. Do you know what I mean?

I think the myth is

that, conflict is bad in relationships,

but as you go through conflict,

you learn resolution of the conflict,

and, inevitably,

that makes couples come together stronger.

I'm worried that if it doesn't work

and we can't make it work, that I'll be left... I'm going to cry...

..that I'll be left where I was before,

heartbroken, because then he's not in my life any more.

There's so many reasons to be unsure,

and that's what was blocking me to tell Bailey that I loved him,

and why I just couldn't take that next step.

That's what was blocking me from saying it.

Hey.

I do love you.

I love you loads. Love you too. It's beautiful.

I love that you took your time. Yeah. And I love

that eventually... You're so cute. ..I'm like,

I feel like I'm interrupting... I'm getting very distracted,

Paul, I'm sorry. ..I'm interrupting you two. I'm back in the room.

I'm back in the room. I'm sorry.

It's like, we have nothing to talk about.

Can we go to a decision? Yeah.

I have felt you just growing closer and closer this week,

and it is really nice to hear you say

it and tell me that you're in love with me as well,

so, not a doubt in my mind that I'll be staying.

I'm staying.

Love you too, baby girl.

Feels good. Doesn't it? And you know what?

And that feeling doesn't have to end.

Yeah. Yeah. That's the beauty of it, it doesn't have to end.

Thanks very much, cheers, guys. Lovely, thank you guys so much.

Thank you.

I've waited patiently

to hear those words, and it was very much worth the wait.

It was really nice to hear, yeah?

Love you. Love you too. I feel like you're milking it now.

I'm gonna milk it.

Next up to the couch, if we could have...

..Grace and Ashley.

So this week, Love/Hate.

That's a good way of summarising. How did the week go for you?

So, we had a bit of an incident and, um,

I kind of felt side-swiped with something that happened.

It caught me off guard and I think, maybe,

for the first time I had, like, a wall go up.

Let's unpack what happened.

So, two of my hates were relevant to what happened.

So one was, I hate when you make jokes

that paint me in a bad light,

and one was, I hate when there's an altercation or a dispute,

it's usually something I've done wrong,

or interpreted wrong, or taken badly.

And so, in the discussion, I used

a very recent example that had happened that day.

Ash took issue with the example I used.

We'd had a drunken tiff, a dispute. We kind of just squashed it,

I think we both agreed it was

just not really worth making more of.

But then when summarising that to others,

Ash's summary was,

"Grace was being a bit of a dick."

So, I use that as like one of the jokes that paint me in a bad light.

He says I reacted and I laughed, and I should have called him out

for it there and then, if it upset me.

But either way, if I'd have called it out,

I think Ash would have told me to lighten up,

and it's just a joke, or he would have said,

"Laugh it off, be playful."

My understanding is that Ash feels that was calculating of me,

that I twisted it, that I'm trying to...

..put him in a bad light.

Is that fair, that summary?

Yeah, that's about the long and short of it.

I felt betrayed in that moment.

It hit me bad.

Honestly, I didn't know how to deal with it,

and I was just so caught up, and, sort of, spinning

in my own head and thinking, "What am I doing here?"

I've struggled with it.

From the very beginning, I've had to prove my character,

prove my character, prove my character.

It's like a banter thing.

You give it to get it,

whereas I give it and then it affects,

and I'm not used to that.

Do I want to change that part of me?

I've found it hard to kind of bounce back from that,

it's made me relive and rethink about everything.

I think I've thought, "Am I being mugged off, here?"

So, you're saying you were reconsidering your marriage?

So, you're saying you were reconsidering your marriage?

I wouldn't say reconsidering the marriage.

I went in to kind of dissect it.

Can I...? I just want to be really clear,

I come from an Aussie family, banter is not off limits.

We do have jokes, and they're funny and they're thoughtful.

But, your jokes are usually relating to actual problems

that we're having, that are not funny to me.

When you say things

that are actually, like, upsetting, there is a difference.

Can I share an observation?

The two of you use humour a lot in your communication,

and I wonder if it's worth reflecting on

whether each time you inject humour in,

it's for the sake of humour and levity and playfulness and fun,

or is it as a bit of a defence mechanism?

Could you be using humour

as a way to, sort of, deflect from the issue,

or to protect yourself,

or to gloss over something that's going on?

100% in my case, I think, yeah.

And I think the reason we're picking up on this, is because

the humour's not landing with you guys,

and you are both genuinely funny people,

and this was one of the reasons that we were

so excited about you as a match,

you do share that humour,

but, this is happening at the moment,

so I wonder if it's just worth, not now,

but you know, during the week, having a bit of a conversation about

what role does humour play in our communication,

where do we want to use it, and where will we not use humour?

For example, if we are having one of those more difficult conversations,

let's not use the throwaway line or a bit of sarcasm,

let's keep that out of it for now, because it's being misinterpreted

between the two of you, and it's doing some damage.

Yeah, I agree. OK, good. I second that. Excellent.

All right.

I'm curious - who's funnier between the two of you?

Me, obviously.

This is very resolvable.

It's a little hot right now, but it's very resolvable.

OK, can we go to a decision?

Ashley.

Uh, yeah, I'm in this.

I've said that from the very beginning.

I do find it hard at times, and I know you do as well,

but, I feel like every time we work through something,

we are so much stronger when we come out the other side,

so, this could be absolutely amazing,

so, I'm gonna say stay.

Yeah!

What you guys are describing is what I want.

I want us to attack problems together,

I want us to use humour appropriately.

I do want that. I want to do the work.

Let's actually do the work this week.

Stay. Yes.

Thank you both. All I have to say is do the work.

Next up to the couch, Nelly and Steven.

Hi! Hello. Good to see you. Really nice to see the two of you.

How are you both doing? Good,

I feel like it's been a really positive week for us.

With the commitment ceremony last week,

I think I just felt in that moment that I probably didn't

support Steven as much as I should have.

I wish I said at the time that I don't

think Steven ever did any of that intentionally.

I think, like you said, it was

a good person with bad behaviour at that time.

Well, it sounded like it generated conversation

between the two of you, to establish what you both want

and don't want in the relationship, and what is actually happening here.

It, kind of, prompted those conversations to have,

and the timing with the Love/Hate was just perfect.

When it come to the like side of things,

I was able to go into more detail

as to why I love certain things about her.

I know it hasn't been easy for you

in terms of some of the feedback that you've received,

but it sounds like you've really reflected on it.

The natural side of things has come back out,

like, I know we joke about it,

give me a smooch and stuff, and you're like,

if you want to just kiss me,

just grab my face and kiss me. So, I do. Just do it.

I'm like, "Come here!"

This week, I think, before, I didn't have the safe space to be myself.

I honestly feel like you've created that,

so, I'm just going to be me,

and if you don't like it, fine. I'm sure you will.

And that sounds amazing, it sounds like the two of you have

really grown over the last week, I feel like this is a different

couple that we're seeing. Very much so.

Any worries or concerns that you have?

So...

..what I've heard,

what Julia-Ruth has been saying in the last week about Steven,

when that was brought up yesterday at the dinner party,

I did make a bit of a light joke about it,

but Steven's always made me feel quite secure

that he's not interested in looking at other people.

I mean, I was shocked to hear my name come out yesterday,

to be honest.

I've nearly choked on my red wine when I heard my name.

But, that's always going to reiterate I'm

a one-girl guy, and I'm married to Nelly,

that will be the same,

I'll always work on the marriage with Nelly,

and I'm only interested in Nelly in this whole experiment.

I had a weird gut feeling

that it was going to happen, and I said it to you.

It sounds really petty, this. But at the dinner,

not dinner party this time,

the dinner party before, she'd just laugh

a little bit too loudly.

Just, you know, little things like that,

or hold the eye contact for a bit too long.

I thought, "No, Nelly, you're being crazy," but, it's transpired

that, after last week's commitment ceremony,

she'd met some people from the group,

and said that she'd really fancied Steven,

and that she needs to stay two more weeks,

because she hopes she gets him for Partner Swap.

That's just not right at all. Let me finish.

Everyone was doing a...X, Y, and Z. Julia-Ruth, let me finish.

There was a group of us.

Julia-Ruth brought up that she wanted to couple swap,

ideally with Steven.

How can, at one moment, you be giving me advice

as a friend, and making sure that I'm OK,

but then in that same, sort of day, a few hours later,

telling people that you fancy Steven, and you've got to stay

in the game for two weeks, so that you can couple swap with him?

Jesus fucking Christ!

Who does that? It blows my mind. I haven't

had more than six conversations with Steven.

The honesty box came up, and I answered it,

so, OK, fine, I dug myself a grave, but like, it's...

EXHALES

..yeah, I don't know.

Can I, please, like, I can't do this any more.

OK. That's fair.

Irrespective of comments that come in,

the two of you are very solid, and that's really beautiful to see.

We finally said, "Look, we're going back to day one,

"when we first met."

We have allowed ourselves to be more fun,

because that's the Nelly I loved from the wedding.

Steven, did I hear you say that

that's the Nelly that I love? I just wanted to make sure.

Yeah, we heard that. You heard that? Yeah.

When I spoke to you, Mel, like, it was always,

I want someone just to be them.

Be comfortable to be yourself at all times.

Keep doing you.

It sounds like the two of you are in a really good place,

so, it's so lovely to see this.

Let's go to decisions.

After a rocky couple of weeks, I feel a lot more secure.

I feel like I'm myself again,

I can be fully myself, so thank you for allowing me to do that,

but, I am really looking forward to seeing how

we can get deeper and more connected from here.

For that reason, I have decided to stay.

We've made a hell of a lot of progress in the week.

I think, obviously, I'm very happy with the space

you've created for me,

how caring you are as a person, how you're putting me first,

which is crazy to me, to even think about someone else does that for me.

So yeah, like, it's probably

the easiest decision I've made for a long time.

For me, it's stay.

It is just so wonderful to see where the two of you have arrived.

You know, looking at the journey over

the last few weeks, it's been so tough for both of you,

so, good on you.

Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Come on, you.

Our next couple on the couch...

..Abigail and John.

Hi. Hello, you two. Welcome.

Thank you. Thank you.

You've had Love/Hate Week. How's it been?

I did find it hard, trying to find anything I hate about John.

I really had to kind of, you know, think of things

that we could potentially, like, improve, like, as a couple.

Such as? He does, like, doubt himself, so, I just

wanted him to, kind of, know what an incredible, like, guy he is,

and I wanted him to, kind of, see what I see.

And also, I see an absolutely incredible lady looking back at me,

and I want her to know that she is an incredible lady.

It's interesting to hear you both reflecting back

to each other, that you think each of you could have

a little more confidence, or a little more self-belief.

Yeah, it's nice that we can be so open

and honest with our communication, because I think,

honestly, that's what's made us, like,

become, like, so strong as a couple.

Even if we do, kind of, have bumps in the road,

like, I'm not worried any more because I know that

we can just communicate effectively

and just, like, talk about it.

Honestly, everything's so good.

Um...

..I have fallen for Abi

So, yeah.

Wow. Abi, how does it feel to hear that?

Like, amazing. It's just so nice to hear,

and it just puts me at ease, because,

like, I tell you all the time,

I've not felt this way about someone before,

and I get scared because I'm like, is this normal?

Like, am I OK to have these feelings so early on?

When I've asked my friends in the past,

like, "How do you know when someone's right for you?"

They're like, "You just know."

Now, I understand what they mean.

I just know.

Well, it sounds like you're certainly making lots

of progress in terms of that emotional connection.

What's happening physically?

We definitely have the physical connection as well,

so I'm very, very pleased with how that's going.

And that's another thing, like weirdly, we spoke about this.

We spoke about the physical connection

before the physical connection.

Why do you say "weirdly" around that?

I've never had those conversations before, about like

what I like in the bedroom, what I don't like in the bedroom.

We've had those conversations before doing the thing, do you know

what I mean? I think Charlene's going to give you a gold star.

But it is very healthy to have

the conversations beforehand, about what you like,

what you enjoy, what you don't like, what your boundaries are,

you know, and I think for so many couples,

they don't have those conversations,

and then problems arise later on down the line,

so, it's very healthy to hear you say that.

Thank you. Good stuff. All right. Well I think we'll go to a decision.

Great.

My feelings, yeah,

just keep getting stronger and stronger for you,

and I couldn't have asked for a better man, a better husband,

so, that's why I have decided to...

..ta-da...stay.

Beautiful. And to you, John.

I'm having the absolute time of my life,

and I just love that I'm having the time of life with Abi.

We're already looking beyond,

and I'm really, really excited for what that holds for us,

so, with that in mind, I've decided to stay.

Wonderful.

Well, thank you both so much,

we are so pleased with the progress you're making.

Keep going. Thanks. Thank you.

Yay!

How cute are yous, man?

Next up on the couch tonight...

..Maeve.

Yeehaw! Go on, Maevey!

Hello, beautiful. Hiya, are yous all right?

So sorry to see you on this couch alone again.

It's not ideal, but.

Well, of course, today,

Joe's not here because he's at his grandad's funeral...

Yeah. ..and he's been having a bit of a rough week.

But I imagine you've been having a rough week.

Yeah, it's pretty shit, like. Yeah.

I have been all over the shop, like, been in me head a lot.

I'm in limbo right now, I don't know if I'm coming or going.

Today is about you having an opportunity

to talk to us about what's going on for you.

We're not going to try and guess what's going on for him.

Yeah, cos that's what I'm doing, I'm guessing everything.

I'm second-guessing everything that, like, I've done.

Like, thinking that I've not supported him enough,

and, like, I don't know if I feel like,

is it my fault that he's not here?

When there's an absence of information,

we try and fill in the gaps,

and sometimes, the way we fill in the gaps is a lot more dramatic,

sometimes a lot more of a catastrophe...

Oh, I've been spiralling like. ..than is actually there.

Yeah, it's not OK. Yeah.

Sometimes it can be helpful, when you're overthinking things,

to try and separate out what's going on here that's emotional...

Yeah. ..and what's rational?

So, the rational part is really any evidence,

any real conversations,

real behaviours, that you've observed, or been a part of

that might tell you

how Joe's tracking in this relationship.

Like,

I know he's going through a lot, and I know he is,

but I'm trying to put myself in his situation,

like, I know when I'm going through a lot,

I don't want to speak to anyone,

I don't really communicate with anyone.

Obviously I want to make it work, but at the same time,

am I wasting me time?

When you're in a relationship like this,

there are certain things that you can control.

What do you think they are?

Me? I don't know. Yeah, you do know, and you're right.

Yeah. You're absolutely right. So let's just focus on you.

Yeah. If you could imagine looking

down on you and Joe from the outside,

would you think that the two of you were compatible?

Well, this is what I'm struggling with,

Honestly, he's the kindest soul.

He just gives off this warm vibe,

and that's all I've ever wanted.

There are stuff that I think, oh, yeah, we're good,

but there's other parts that I think, nah.

How can we move forward from this? But what can be really helpful here

is to hone in on the things that are important to you.

What would they be?

What? Like loyalty?

Trust.

Communication. OK, so how would you rate loyalty

and trust in the relationship at the moment?

I don't know.

The trust side right now,

like, sometimes I feel like he's not being

completely honest with

what he wants to say.

You're an intuitive woman,

and your instinct is telling you something here,

and I think it's really important to listen to that.

What do you think your instinct is saying?

Well, something's not right.

I've got all these questions in my head...

..that I need answered.

I wonder if it would be helpful to fill

in some of those gaps by opening it up to the group.

Oh.

None of us have really spoke to Joe that much in that way.

From an outsider's point of view, it does look...

I dunno. She does need answers.

I'm in an awful position at the moment,

watching Maeve and how much she's struggling with it...

..and then knowing how much Joe is struggling with it,

and Joe has opened up to me like, ah.

See...

..I...

..I've seen Joe struggling.

We went to the spa,

and he sort of opened up about a few things...

..like, I don't, I don't feel like...

..I'm kind of torn in between things that he said,

and then being that safe place, and him having one.

You've opened up and you've been honest with me,

but then you haven't with her,

and it's put me in a really shitty position.

I'm between a rock and a hard place.

If I go spilling everything he said to me,

then he's never going to trust anyone again.

If you're asking my opinion, with the head-space that he's in...

..I don't think he can give you what you need.

If you're asking my opinion, with the head-space that he's in...

..I don't think he can give you what you need.

This is a really good point. What do you need in a relationship?

Someone that's going to be there for us.

Someone that's going to have me back.

Someone that's not just going to leave us.

This is shit.

ALL: Aww, Maeve.

This is shit.

Yeah.

Oh.

I just feel that probably right now...

..I do think he needs to focus on himself.

And I probably need to focus on myself.

Is it time for you to choose you?

Yeah.

And what might that look like? Going.

Well, look, we're going to go to a decision.

So from your perspective,

we're just interested in what your decision is tonight.

I've got so many questions that I need to know.

Yeah.

Um...

..I want me answers.

I don't know, I need to just talk to Joe.

So...

..I'm gonna stay.

Well, you are certainly surrounded by love here,

you have all our support as well. And we understand that

you need some of your questions answered

before you're ready to make a call on what's right for you...

Yeah. ..so, we support you in that. You can go now.

Thank you. Thanks, Maeve. Cheers. Come on, Maeve!

Our next couple on the couch...

..April and Leo.

Hello. Hello. Hello. Welcome. How are we doing?

Welcome back. Good.

Well, you've been living together for a week.

Now, I know, really, one of the key goals

for the two of you this week was for you,

Leo, to be a bit more vulnerable and a bit more open

and to really show more of yourself, the deeper level of yourself.

April, did you get to see more of the vulnerable side of Leo?

Um, the concerns

that I raised on the honeymoon and when we were here last time, about,

you know, him being more inquisitive and trying to,

like, get more depth

in the relationship and be open, are still there.

That is definitely a bit of a blockade in our relationship.

I don't feel like I've been able to give April...

..like...

..the full me.

I've struggled to communicate stuff with her,

just because I'm not used to talking about my feelings.

I get the impression that the two of you are operating

a little bit independently at the moment,

and we could maybe do something more from a teamwork perspective, here.

Leo, what would you say you need, in the next week,

in order to step into more of that open version of yourself.

I think for me, a little bit of reassurance.

I know what we had during our honeymoon,

and I know we've had a few setbacks,

but it doesn't mean that we can't move forward now.

You're probably figuring out that April's one of the most

open people you're ever going to meet.

She is.

Which is such a wonderful place for you to land.

It is, she's exactly what I need. Yeah.

Aw. Yeah, so, trust her and allow her

to see what's underneath the lid. Yeah.

Yeah, definitely.

I'm just looking forward to showing you, April, the real me.

You've seen two sides of me from the honeymoon to this week.

I feel like I'm going to learn to find the balance in between,

where she's going to see my personality shine through,

as well as me being able to open up, and have these deeper conversations.

Wonderful, guys. Good work. We're going to go to a decision.

Leo, why don't you show us what you got?

You've enabled me to open up and be more vulnerable,

which is helping me

to, obviously, progress in this relationship.

And so, my decision is to stay.

Thank you. And to you, April.

It hasn't been the easiest of weeks,

but I fully understand it,

do you know what I mean? Like, the process is hard,

it is intense. We can move on

and grow and be better together.

So, I have

decided to stay. Fabulous.

All right, you two, well, this week's all about teamwork.

Good on you. Thanks, guys. Thank you both. Thank you.

Well done.

Next up on the couch,

Davide and Keye.

Hello, guys. Hi, guys. Hello.

We're having a green moment.

Yes. Love it.

How are you both feeling? We've had the best week.

We played with otters, we've had a wonderful time.

OK, you played with otters?

Cos it's Davide's favourite animal and he's always wanted to do it,

so, I organised it as a surprise for him.

It was just such a special moment,

It was like a once-in-a-lifetime thing that I never thought

I would be able to do.

I didn't notice how much in common he has with otters.

They're both very cute. They're both very cute.

It's not just that they're cute, it's that they're needy and loud

and need to eat all of the time and have short attention spans.

There was more than them just being cute. Perfect partner.

Let's look at moving forward with the two of you,

what would you like help with in your relationship?

I think we're on the right path.

I think this week just proved that as well.

We are having more fun.

I think we're on the right path.

And just getting to know each other more,

I guess, we've still got things that we haven't discussed,

but we're going to be fine.

We're good, we communicate, we're great.

This is good. OK, let's go to the decisions.

Let's start with Keye.

You have done the most fabulous job finding me someone

that is everything I need,

and everything I didn't realise I did, like,

I've just never known

anyone that's grounded me, and made me feel so comfortable.

I am, of course,

going to stay. Lovely. Brilliant.

OK. And, Davide, what's your decision?

You make me feel seen.

You always have my back.

What else can I ask from a partner, then?

Making me feel special every day.

So, my decision is to stay.

Have a good week, guys. Thank you. Thank you so much,

thank you, guys, and thank you so much for my husband.

You're welcome.

Yay.

Next up on the couch, if we can have

Julia-Ruth and Divarni.

Hello.

Hello to you both. Hello.

Probably know this is going to be challenging.

Yeah. And what I would love

is full transparency and honesty. OK.

Divarni, if you could walk through what happened at spa day.

All right. So, obviously, the first part of the spa day was great,

and then, there was a game, which was,

"Which couple is not going to be

"the one that's going to survive?" Or something like that, right?

And so, everyone said, uh, myself and Julia-Ruth...

..but, I knew what was going on the intimacy level.

This is something that we've been keeping quiet for a long time.

So, at what point did you start having sex?

About second weekend of the apartments.

Oh, right, no, please.

At what point did you make the pact

not to talk about your physical intimacy?

Time-wise, what, was it...

Uh, I don't think you have to go to her.

We don't have to get into the details,

but it sounds like you had sex multiple times.

OK, and the reason why I'm painting this picture,

if you will, is because I want us

to get to this point where you were at the spa.

It sounds like you were confused

as to what your relationship was with Julia-Ruth.

Were you thinking

that you were going to leave the experiment?

Yeah, rightly so, yeah. OK.

So, a question that we have,

and it seems like a lot of your friends have, was

what changed between that feeling of,

"I'm going to leave",

and you walking into the dinner party hand-in-hand?

We kind of spent, I think it was two

or three days apart. When we did come together,

we just had to hash out how everything was.

So, that's where the clarity came. And then we, kind of, developed

from there, where it was like, we had more conversations,

she was being vulnerable, that was cool,

and that was an extra step in the development in our relationship.

OK.

Was it vulnerability, or were you being worked?

I saw it as vulnerability. OK.

From that conversation, it felt

like she was emotionally attracted to you? Yeah.

I'm not sure about the physical. You sound confused about

the physical attraction, but, yet, you had sex.

Can we just get an answer to that?

So, Julia-Ruth, this is, literally, your partner

is unsure if you are physically attracted to him,

what is the answer?

Yes.

This is huge. You just said yes.

So you're saying yes, you are attracted, physically, to Divarni?

OK. Less than 24 hours ago,

you said you were attracted to Steven.

Why did you feel the need to make a pact in the first place,

not to disclose your intimacy?

Literally, just because it felt like, at least for me, quite a lot

we were dealing with anyway, we were called the Hot and Cold Couple,

and it just felt like another can of fuel.

Maybe, that wasn't the right thing to do,

I fully agree with that.

By doing that, there's a tremendous amount of lies...

Yeah. ..and quite honestly, a lot of wasted time.

Divarni, I think you have been had, tooken,

hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok.

That's what I think.

If you don't wake up,

you are going to be in for a terrible life, my man.

You've got to snap out of this.

Julia-Ruth, everyone has clocked you.

Divarni, the only person who has not clocked this is you.

Divarni, the only person who has not clocked this is you.

This has got to change. Not just for this relationship,

or, is it a relationship? I don't know.

It goes back to what Bailey said to me yesterday.

Maybe it's because I like her too much,

maybe.

But do you feel like you have

been respected throughout this journey? No.

Do you feel like you've been used on this journey?

Used is a strong word, but I'll stick to the disrespect, 100%.

I think also, Divarni, what we've seen is that,

throughout this process, that you've, kind of, lost yourself a little bit.

I think the very fact

that you weren't really clear on when this pact was, suggests to me,

and this is my opinion, that actually,

this was something, Julia-Ruth,

that you had decided on, and that you, Divarni, went along with.

Julia-Ruth, I can see that

there's a lot going on for you, here.

You are listening to this conversation,

there's a lot of accusations,

and I really want to know what's going on for you.

The whole thing of me telling Divarni

to make this pact is completely wrong.

I will say when I've done wrong, and put my hands up, that's fine.

Are you saying there wasn't a pact? No,

there was, but it wasn't a me telling Divarni that,

"You have to agree with what I'm saying."

You do have a big voice and a big say,

and you do say your piece,

so, it's not that I'm controlling what you say,

or put words into your mouth and tell you

what you can and can't do. We both came to that agreement.

It's not fair, because I've said to you multiple times,

if you feel that you have felt mugged off,

if you feel you want to walk off, you can walk off.

You're here on your own, and if you want to stay, then you stay,

like, I'm not manipulating,

or trying to emotionally pull you anywhere.

You do know you have your own voice.

So, you haven't intentionally tried

to get a reaction from the group for favour towards you?

Never? OK. That is what happened last night,

trying to deflect from your own problems,

and emotionally manipulate the group into thinking

that there's something else going on, to get the heat off of you.

I've never heard somebody sit on

a couch and lie so much in all my life.

OK. I'm actually shocked, like, everything that's coming out

of your mouth is just a lie this whole time.

You've said from day one,

Julia-Ruth, you're not interested in your husband,

we all know that. I've defended him from day one.

First, I just thought he's a positive guy,

and then I started thinking, maybe he's just delusional.

I keep saying, he's delusional. Cos you speak to everyone,

all of your friends, everyone in this group,

and you say, "I don't fancy the man, I don't know why we've been matched,

"he's got none of the qualities that I like in a man."

That's not true. And I hear this stuff, and then I see Divarni

smiling and talking, because there

is stuff happening behind closed doors.

He thinks he's doing the right thing by protecting you,

not talking about intimacy.

How is that not manipulating the group?

And then in the space of a day, now, all of a sudden

you find him attractive, you want to make it work,

you're sleeping with him again now...

And now he's attractive. ..a couple of days ago.

That's ironic.

Divarni, is there anything

that Julia-Ruth will do that you won't forgive?

I don't think he would have kept the intimacy quiet,

he would have sung it from

the rooftops, because he's obsessed with you.

So, I don't think you made that pact mutually.

He would have sung it to everyone that would listen... We did, though.

..because he, I think he loves you, I think he really likes you.

I've rarely seen the entire group in unison on one thing, but,

Julia-Ruth, when I hear you say, "That's not true," right...?

So what you're saying is that they're lying.

There's parts, there's certain things,

I'm not saying the whole thing. I've said the attraction

has been very slow and not been there from the start.

It's not what you said to the group. You haven't said that, Julia,

you said you are not attracted to him.

Don't carry this on, this is wrong.

Every single person in this room sees...

..your story differently. Fair.

What would you say your emotion is right now,

in this moment that we're talking?

All over the place.

This is the moment where I say,

this could be a breakthrough moment for you.

There's a saying, right?

There's not necessarily bad people,

there's good people, but with bad behaviour...

Mm. ..right?

You think that a lot of your behaviour has been questionable.

I sense, Julia-Ruth, that you're hearing us

in terms of, maybe, the impact

that some of your behaviour has had on Divarni.

It was shocking, that everyone came and told me what she said.

So, that cut deep.

I've seen qualities that are good,

outside of everything else that she's done,

and I'm not going to paint her as a negative individual.

She's got her flaws, like everyone else.

I just don't understand how you can see the real her,

when she's been lying to you the full time.

Everyone has said their piece, right? Yeah, for sure.

Divarni, Julia-Ruth, this is your life, right?

We're here to give you as much insight as we can,

but it's up to you to make decisions.

Let's go to a decision.

Divarni, if you can give us your decision first.

Erm...

..there's a lot of shit that's happened this week.

I've been disrespected left, right and flipping centre,

underneath the rug and whatnot.

I know what I came here for.

It has to be 100% authentic,

100% truthful, 100% honest.

I don't need to be here.

I've decided to...

NARRATOR: Next time... I want that room.

..the couples head off to a retreat.

I love it! As some embrace the escape...

I know that it's love. I'm on the love road.

Ah, you're pulling me in it, now!

..others start to check out.

There are personality traits

that I need in a partner, that I'm not seeing.

Any kind of connection is missing, at the minute, for me.

And as Maeve's frustrations grow...

I'm sitting here when everyone's talking

up their relationships, and look at me, like a fucking mug.

..Ashley delivers a devastating truth.

I asked him, "Do you love her?"

He couldn't really answer it.

Now I just feel like a fucking idiot.

I don't know what else I can do.