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Previously... Hi, husband. Hello. Hello.

While absence made John's heart grow fonder...

Being away from her has made me have even more love for her.

I'm in love!Yes! THEY CHUCKLE

..partner swap week...

I spoke to April.

She said, "I don't miss him when he's not around."

..stirred up trouble for other marriages.

That is absolute bullshit.

Say cheese. CAMERA CLICKS

What are those?

Who are you married to and whose apartment is this?

I respect that, but...

You don't, because you put it up on my fridge.

And time apart from wife Grace...

I don't need to feel like the problem.

..led to a devastating realisation for Ashley.

I can't do this.

I'm at my limit.

Is it over, then, Ash?

I'm never going to be enough.

I don't think it's supposed to be this hard.

I feel like just leaving the experiment.

Tonight...

I told my wife that I love her! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And she said it back! CHEERING INTENSIFIES

..while some couples toast to wedded bliss...

To love!

..others have much less to celebrate.

I came into this. I was open and vulnerable.

But I am hurt.

Where do I go from here?

If there's no potential in this relationship,

I worry you're going to get yourself hurt.

And...

Everything's gone really sour.

..as Grace and Ashley's downward spiral continues...

I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to see you

in the same light again. And you don't seem to care.

..could it be the end of the road for their marriage?

This isn't going to go anywhere.

I didn't want this to end this way.

I can't give any more to this.

WEDDING BELLS RING

Morning. Morning. Fruit.

Thank you, baby. You're welcome.

Mwah!

Good to be home?

Lovely to be home. Yeah, I definitely missed you.

Yeah, I missed you, too.

Oh, babe, this looks amazing. Morning.

This IS a treat.

I'm gonna try and attempt to flip this.

Ooh, yay! Yes!

I missed you.

I feel good having you back, girl. I did miss you.

Was it all right being with Leo, then, yeah?

Yeah, it was... It was good.

I think I struggled with what he was telling me,

because it just felt sad that he wasn't

getting back from April what he wanted,

in terms of a relationship,

but yet he was doing absolutely everything he could

to be with her.

Leo and April are putting in different amounts of effort

for their relationship.

Leo feels mugged off and I can understand why,

especially because April told me at the last dinner party

she doesn't miss him when he's not there.

I think she's taking him for a bit of a ride.

And if anything happens tonight at the dinner party,

I know who I'm backing.

Are you looking forward to their dinner party tonight?

Um...

Not really. APRIL CHUCKLES

Probably the first one I've not really been looking forward to,

to be fair, because I feel like stuff has been taken out of context

or twisted from what I've said,

so I'll be clearing that up, that's for sure.

I've just heard things that have been said to Leo

that I think have been taken out of context,

so I want to speak to Rebecca about

why it was relayed to Leo in the way that it was.

Rebecca mentioned something to me

that I just wanted to clear up with you.

The question was, do you miss me when I'm not around?

Right. And I think your answer was, "Nah, not really."

I didn't answer. You didn't answer?

No.

Obviously, I've heard both sides,

but I don't really know 100% what was said,

so I guess when we sat down

and you explained it the way you did,

it did sound a lot better than what I was told.

Yeah, exactly. That's what I mean,

it was just twisted and it's annoying.

Obviously, I've heard both sides of the story

and to be honest,

they are conflicting.

I don't really know what to believe,

but hearing April say that it was twisted

has left me confused

and really, I do have more questions than answers.

This morning it's awkward between Nelly and I.

I slept on the sofa last night to give Nelly a bit more space.

She walked off after our conversation last night

saying she needed that.

Good morning. Oh, hello.

Did you have a good night's sleep on the sofa?

Always a great night's sleep on the sofa.

Steve and I are in a very, very bad place.

Why would I want to be with someone who I don't think values me?

Because what is disrespectful

is to have a photo of you and another woman on that fridge.

I just feel mugged off, really.

Ready for the ol' dinner party this evening, then?

Yeah. How are you feeling about that?

Yeah, I'm feeling all right going into it, to be honest.

I think it's really important that we're completely honest

with everyone with where we're at.

People are gonna ask obviously certain questions.

I don't think we can avoid it.

I've said what I needed to say to Steven.

It's only so much that someone can take

before it just genuinely becomes really exhausting.

So it is very much make or break.

I'm in the doghouse. I'm doing all the chores today, aren't I?

Doing all your washing? Yep.

Me and Leah had to have a few difficult conversations.

I have been concerned about flirting between Leah and Leisha,

and there is doubt in my mind

that Leah hasn't respected my boundaries in the partner swap week.

Leah, you'll be coupled with Leisha and you'll move in with her. LEAH LAUGHS

During partner swap week...

No flirting. Really?

..Leigh voiced her concerns to wife Leah.

Just be respectful.

It's definitely a test for me and Leah...

- Hello, wifey. - Aw, cute!

..and a way for me to see if Leah will really respect our marriage...

Oh, just wanted to be fed strawberries, did you?

THEY CHUCKLE

I know you want to.

..and not push those boundaries and not humiliate me.

Are we in love?

I have kissed a girl before you.

Shall we order another drink, on that note?

THEY CHUCKLE You little minx!

Do you feel like you adhered to the boundaries?

Yes. You didn't flirt?

No. Not once?

No.

Yesterday I felt like I'd come back

and I walked into the lion's den.

Did you flirt? Did you do this? Did you do that? Did...

Going in on all the things,

trying to find out if I've done anything wrong and...

Just tell me you've missed me and give me a hug. LEAH CHUCKLES

My trust for Leah now

has definitely diminished.

At the moment I don't really want to be around her.

I haven't seen Ash since last night.

I am disappointed in Ash.

Ash used partner swap week

to validate his feelings that I'm the problem.

I don't think he really self-assessed.

I am frustrated. I don't think the marriage was his priority.

I've had the week with Abi and now a bit of space

Partner swap week made me realise

how far off the mark Grace and I were.

90% of the time when we have an argument,

it's when I'm trying to do something good for her

or make her feel better, or compliment her.

The right woman will appreciate me

and the things that I do, rather than dissect them.

It's still hurtful that Ash thinks

the entire breakdown of our marriage

revolves around the fact that I can't see who he is.

I don't want to change him fundamentally.

I just wanted him to love me the way I was asking and the way I need.

This is going to be a tough dinner party for me.

Do I want to be there?

I really don't want to leave here with regrets.

But I feel broken.

Worse than ever.

I feel devastated about how this has gone.

WEDDING BELLS RING

WEDDING BELLS RING

Well, we've arrived at dinner party number six,

the penultimate dinner party.

And we're right off the back of partner swap week,

where couples gain a new perspective on where they stand

and most importantly,

will they be able to go the distance?

Well, let's hope there's some new insights in their relationships.

Yeah. We're going to see them flourish tonight.

Oh! We're first!Oh, we're first in. JOHN CHUCKLES

Abigail and John.

Our young lovers.

Oh, I'm excited!

Me too. Honestly, I think I'm most excited

about this dinner party.

Really? Yeah, I think it's a big one for us, though, isn't it?

It IS a big one.

We declared our love for each other. Yes.

Ooh. Ooh! They have!

Nice. OK. They have.

Cheers. To our love.

ABI CHUCKLES Yes, to our love.

Aw. We've been waiting for this moment to come along,

and it's here.

Yay! BOTH: Hi, guys!

Oh, and here's our boys - Davide and Keye.

They even walk in unison as well. They do, right? THEY CHUCKLE

You look amazing. Yeah.

- I'm so pleased it's you. - Aw. Yes!

These two have begun in a strong place,

and we see them going nowhere,

but staying in a strong place. Yeah. Yes.

- How are you both? - Good. How are you?

We're great. Yeah, we are great.

I wanted you to know how much impact you had on me.

I couldn't have dreamed how good the last few days have been.

Honestly, I agree.

I left there being able to say "I love you" to my wife.

Yeah, you did it! And you said it back? Yay!

I did. KEYE: Yay!

To love.To love. Yeah!Yeah! ALL CHUCKLE

This is one of the reasons why we do partner swap -

that opportunity for real feedback

and insight and potential to move forward.

Hello. Hey, guys. Hey.

So lovely to see Reiss and Leisha happy and excited.

They look really comfortable with one another.

Your hair looks sick today, bro. Does it?

Yeah, slicked back, man. I like that.

Thanks. I thought I'd change it up. I like that look.

Are you happy to get Leisha back?

Yeah, I'm over the moon to get Leisha back, yeah.

It's good. I didn't think I'd be saying it,

but I actually missed her talking.

I mean, that's a compliment from Reiss.

He's like my yin to my yang. Aw.

So he kind of tames you slightly, doesn't he? He tames me, yeah.

And I need it because obviously I'm a bit crazy at times,

and I feel like he definitely brings peace

and safety to my life. Aw.

Clearly, the two of them are very different.

And it's nice that I think they're starting

to recognise their complementary strengths and work as a team,

as opposed to against each other.

I felt like I calmed Grace down

cos she was panicking about her and Ashley's situation...

Yeah? ..cos they'd had a bit of a row that morning

and I feel like I got through. Mm-hmm.

She seemed really calm when I left her, so...

I don't know how the conversation has gone since.

Well, this doesn't sound too good.

It sounds like there was some issue between Grace and Ashley,

so it'll be interesting to see what happened.

How was your week? Were you with Leah, right?

Yeah. We had so much fun. Did you?

Yeah. Good.

I think Leigh had the best person

because I think you would've given her really good advice.

Yes. Girl, we went lingerie shopping.

I just wanted her to feel like, you know, sexy and empowered

and being sure of what she wants and go for it. Hmm.

D'you know what I mean? I had energy.

It was very, very high, and she was very positive.

Leah left positive as well. Good.

As we know with Leigh and Leah,

intimacy has been an ongoing issue.

So it sounds like Davide has worked really hard

with Leigh to create some changes.

So I'm really hopeful to see what's going on for them.

OVERLAPPING GREETINGS

How are you? Loving the hair.

Thank you, Davide. Absolutely loving this hair.

Should I drink? Should I not? Are you drinking?

Are you? Are YOU?

I don't know. Maybe I will. We're double trouble, mate.

I know. I don't think it's a good thing.

I don't know if I want to drink around you ever again.

Um... Yeah, I don't know if I want to drink around you.

Excuse me, I am not...

She's the trouble. Not me. She's trouble. CHUCKLING

Things look a bit tense between Leigh and Leah there.

Maybe Leisha and Leah had a little bit too much fun on partner swap.

And certainly, Leigh does not look impressed.

So how have you guys been? I heard about your Ann Summers trip.

I couldn't have had a better partner swap,

but I think, if anything,

those moments gave me a bit of clarity of

what a relationship should be

and that I weren't giving Leah what she needed

and I weren't necessarily getting what I needed,

and that it wasn't right.

I feel like, although there are feelings there,

that's evident because, I mean, there's even silly little elements

to your bloody partner swap where she's done

the chocolate covered strawberries

and I can feel myself bubbling over it.

So there are feelings there

- because I'm bothered by these small things. - Yeah. ABI: Yeah.

It means you care. Yeah.

So I think coming off the back of partner swap,

I already kind of had the feeling that something weren't right.

This issue has come up before,

where Leigh has been quite concerned

about Leah's flirting or banter with other people.

I think what's really uncomfortable here for Leigh

is that when Leisha entered the experiment,

Leah made the comment that she was just her type,

and Leigh has made it very clear that this is a boundary for her.

It sounds like maybe Leah may have lost sight of that boundary here.

We had a really nice time with Leisha.

It was high energy, it was really fun.

I come back in for the first time seeing her and she's like,

"Did you flirt? Did she flirt? Was this..."

And it was like the Spanish Inquisition

and I was like, "I actually just missed you."

But it made me really realise at that point I was like,

"I can't deal with this on a..." Yeah. Daily basis?

No, because I do want someone to... Appreciate you and trust you.

Yeah - and trust me from day one. Yeah.

She doesn't trust me because of her past stuff,

which is fine, but that's why I'm being patient with it.

I've still got this little glimmer in the back of my mind of...

You want to give it a try, at least? Yeah.

What Leah perceives as just harmless fun.

Leigh believes is crossing the line.

They'll never have a successful relationship,

unless they're able to get on the same page. Yeah.

Hello. KEYE: Oh...

Ah. Ah, Grace is alone. Hmm.

Grace. PARTICIPANTS: Aw.

You look amazing.

Well, this is the first time we've seen Grace enter alone.

This is really not good to see.

Oh, my God. My surrogate husband. How are you?

Good to see you. Lovely to see you, too.

- Thank you. So do you. Oh, my gosh. - Are you OK, my honey?

Um... GRACE LIP TRILLS

Catch me up. What's been going on?

We had a dispute, we had an argument before partner swap.

We left for partner swap on bad terms.

Yeah. I just think...

GRACE SCOFFS

It can't be that because I didn't like

one of the compliments you gave me,

that this is the outcome.

What was the compliment?

Ash is pursuing intercourse.

I'm going to have to be TMI, but... Say what you're comfortable with.

I had thrush. I'm getting ready for the gym.

He's like a dog with a bone. I said, "Ash, what's got into you?"

And he was like,

"There's a half naked woman in front of me with a good body.

"What do you expect?"

Yeah, that's not a compliment.

I was like, "Listen, that didn't land the way you think it did."

I was like, "That felt a bit impersonal."

This man has wanted to unpack that compliment

over and over and over again.

He wanted me to ask Leah and Rebecca in the gym,

he said, "They'll tell you it's a compliment."

I don't care who else thinks it's a compliment.

It was for me. Mm-hmm. It was my compliment.

And I'm telling you, it didn't land. Yeah.

OK, so it's very clear here, from Grace's perspective,

that Ash has given her what he perceived as a compliment,

but it's felt very impersonal and actually quite hurtful.

It makes it sound like it could have been any half naked woman,

and that would have done. Thank you. That's all he needed.

That's how it comes across. But he's washing his hands of it.

This is the issue with the situation, though,

is because I've heard that story and he tells it different.

He tells... Of course he does.

So from the way Ash has explained it,

it was a lot softer.

The way you've explained it is a lot harsher.

I could just imagine. He'll go,

"Oh, I said, 'Oh, my wife looks so good in front of me,

"'so what do you expect?'"

That's not what he said and that's not how it sounded.

I asked him, "Could you self-reflect, please?

"Instead of saying that I can't take a compliment,

"that I'm attacking his character, that I'm doing this,

"could you actually do the work,

"sit with your feelings and look inwards -

"'What could I be handling better? What could I be doing?'" Yeah.

Ash spent the partner swap thinking of Ash.

Ash came back to me with nothing.

No self-reflection.

Ash used it as a moment of, I don't know, ego stroking,

of self-inflation. "It must mean Grace is the issue

because I'm perfect." And this bothers me, Leigh,

because when we had that argument,

I said to Reiss, "I'm so worried about Ash.

"I'm worried he's upset.

"I'm worried he's this and that." Hmm.

"I hope he sleeps OK."

I'm so worried about Ash all the time when we...

Ash thinks about Ash.

CHEERING

Yay. MEL: Bailey and Rebecca.

Hey! Hello, how are you?

Mwah! How are you?

Looking really strong and connected.

And, of course, when we saw them last time on the couch,

they were talking a lot about the future,

and Bailey even starting to think

about introducing Rebecca to his daughter, Bluebell.

I mean, it's really significant in terms of the level of commitment

and seriousness that's going on in the relationship.

Yeah. Bailey, are you feeling with Bec

after partner swap week?

Yeah, we're all good. Really happy, mate.

It made me realise, obviously, how much I miss her

because we haven't really spent any time apart.

Yeah, it was nice to miss.

How are you and Bailey?

We're really good. We're really good.

Being apart, I feel like I've missed him over the past few days,

but I had a great time with Leo.

He is the nicest guy.

He's got such a gentle nature.

He basically said April is his, like, dream woman.

But I think he's trying and trying and trying

and, like, minimising himself, trying to please her.

I want to have a conversation with her tonight and him,

just to see where they're at... Hmm.

..cos he was so nervous before I left.

So it sounds like what Rebecca is saying

is that she's picked up on some sort of imbalance

between Leo and April,

and what I found interesting is that Leo said

that April is his dream woman.

Think about that. That's very interesting.

Yeah.

Oh, geez. Ah. Hey.

And here's Ashley. Wow.

Wow. How are you doing, big fella?

Yeah, good. Good?

You're looking very dapper. Mwah! How are you?

Grace looks really on edge, doesn't she?

You look so smart. Thank you. Are you OK?

Yeah. Good. You smell good.

Hello, you. Hi, honey. Mwah.

You OK? You all right? You look gorgeous. Hello.

Thank you. You too.

I think this is always the moment as well, isn't it?

You don't know whether your partner is going to walk over to you

and say hello.

And it's great to see that Ashley has done the mature thing.

Oh, wow, and he's gone to sit somewhere else. Hm.

Grace is looking really crushed.

See, when I went to partner swap...

Your wife's amazing, by the way.

..she just kind of straightaway seen...

I didn't even know I was in that bad of a place

and then she seen it and picked me out.

And then it made me realise, "Oh, this is...

"I'm so far away from where I should be." BAILEY: How it should be, yeah.

And I think she's, like, a bit upset with me

because I didn't take that time to think about

the relationship and everything, but I just felt like I was

completely burnt out

and I kind of used the time to just become me again.

And I did feel like I was back to myself.

Selfishly, I feel like the compromise

needs to come from her side.

I feel like I can't go on feeling like this

and constantly having knock back after knock back

and pick after pick.

Even a compliment. Can I ask you...

Because I've heard it different from both of you.

Yeah. And I just said the same thing to Grace,

I was like, "Look, you're saying this one way,

"Ash is saying it another way."

The compliment that you gave Grace... Yeah?

What did you say?

I walked into the bedroom and she

was, like, sports bra, nothing else and I went...

ASHLEY GRUNTS GUTTURALLY ..grabbed her, put her on the bed,

and we kind of rolled over on the bed

and she asked me why I was horny and I said,

"Well, I had a glass of wine last night."

I said, "I've just walked in. You're my wife.

"You're half naked, you're bent over and you've got a great body on you.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

And her reply was,

"So if I was any woman bent over you, would you feel the same?"

And I was like, "What?" BAILEY SIGHS

It's because the way Grace relayed it is that you said,

"There's a woman in front of me."

But those small details... "There's A woman in front of me"?

..matter. Yeah. But there's not ANOTHER woman.

There's you. Why would I be talking about another woman?

In Ash's retelling there,

he's saying, "It was very specific about you.

"You are my wife and I'm attracted to you." Right. Hmm.

It sounds like what she heard is,

"There was A woman standing in front of me naked." Hmm.

"And that's what I was attracted to."

And regardless of what was said,

the compliment didn't land for Grace. Hmm.

And that is something that Ashley needs to acknowledge.

This is what I say. If you know me as a person,

you'd know it would never be a backhanded compliment.

It would never be anything to make you feel insecure or anything.

It's always from a kind place.

I can't physically think about every single word

that comes out of my mouth.

So one word in that sentence made it not a compliment?

I can't do that.

Essentially, what he's saying here is,

"I'm not responsible for what comes out of my mouth."

Well, guess what? You're an adult. You are.

Yeah. That's not going to wash.

These two have not been able

to create a space of safety for each other. Hmm.

The two of them are on very, very different pages.

They're not even in the same book.

No.

Can I ask you... Because I know he will have told you.

I'm interested to hear how he represented that compliment to you.

This is important to me.

Yeah, he did mention it.

And he said, like, that you have a good body,

why wouldn't he want to, you know, think... ABI GRUNTS GUTTURALLY

..about his wife?

And I think he said that you took that as offence.

You would say that to, like, anybody.

The context was that I didn't want to have sex because I had thrush.

He didn't mention that at all.

And I was getting ready for the gym and trying to get out the door.

He didn't mention anything like that.

And I said, "You're like a dog with a bone. What's going on with you?"

And he said, "There's a half naked woman in front of me

"with a good body. What do you expect?"

Yeah, he didn't... And I said, "Look, that didn't land

"the way you think it did. That's impersonal." Hmm.

But he's like, "No. Anyone else would have taken it as a compliment.

"You don't know me. It's an attack on me.

"It's an attack on my integrity. You don't recognise me."

He wanted to unpack it so many times.

I said, "Ash, we don't need to unpack it.

"We don't need to go into it. We don't need to.

"I didn't like it. That's the final...

"That's the only part that matters."

This conversation would be very hard for Grace.

You know, we know she doesn't like really opening up

and talking about her personal details.

You know, that's really difficult for her.

It's almost like he let two days with you

undo weeks of work that we've done and things that we've built. And...

GRACE CLICKS TONGUE I just felt so disappointed

because the whole time I was hoping and praying

that Ash was self-reflecting and doing the work... Hmm.

..and then he wasn't.

He came back and was like, "No, I haven't.

"I've been getting back to me. I've been thinking about me."

I felt bad, honestly. It makes me feel upset.

I genuinely feel upset because I wanted it to work.

No, no. But yeah, I'm sorry.

When he left, I knew, I was like, "Abi's so lovely."

It wasn't you. It was never you.

But to me, it just feels like he just didn't want to be confronted.

He didn't want... He just didn't want to.

Would you have another conversation with him tonight?

Cos I feel like... I feel like this man has said to me so many times,

"I'm done, I'm done, I'm leaving, I'm done..."

Go. Just go. Stop threatening me. Stop...

Stop. If you're going, then go.

I'm not pursuing any more. I'm not putting any more work in.

I'm not self...

I've done enough. I've done enough. I'm not doing any more.

And that's it.

I still really care for Ash, and that's the hardest part.

I'm angry and I'm frustrated and I'm sad.

I just don't know if I'm wasting my breath any more with Ash.

He's never going to hear me or see my point of view.

I don't even think he wants to.

She's constantly looking for the bad in everything I do.

I've been working really hard on my terminology.

I can't do that in every single sentence

for the rest of my life.

Realistically, I'd love it to work.

It's just the way it is, it's not going to.

And neither of us are kind of willing to change.

And I don't see us moving past that.

WEDDING BELLS RING

WEDDING BELLS RING

Hey, guys. SINGSONGY: Hello.

April and Leo.

Hi. LEO: Hey.

Hello. Are you all right? Are you all right?

Good to see you. You look lovely.

Last time we saw April and Leo,

April was still looking for that emotional connection

between her and Leo.

Hi. How you doing? How are you?

APRIL SIGHS Not quite sure what's happening here, though.

Yeah. How are you?

Partner swap was good.

I really enjoyed myself.

But when we first came back,

I spoke to Leo, and Rebecca had said a few things to him

that I'd said and it almost felt like it was a bit twisted.

So then his feelings were hurt and I felt then guilty. Hmm.

It's highlighted...

Leo hasn't been aware about how I'm feeling.

Like, how bad is it?

OK. The attraction is fading.

There's a lot missing for me.

Yeah, I'm just not feeling it, girls. Do you know what I mean?

Aw, that face says it all, doesn't it?

Well, it seems like the whole partner swap experience

has really just highlighted for April

that this relationship is not giving her what she needs. Mm-hmm.

I had a great time with Bec.

It was nice to put my feet up, for a change. Yeah. Yeah.

It gave me a new lease of life...

Did it? ..and a different perspective

on our relationship as well. That's good, mate. Yeah.

I mean, I can't keep on doing everything.

When you say doing everything, like what?

There was lots of dishes in the sink and I was like,

"Hey, would you mind sticking them in the dishwasher?"

And she was like, "Nah, cos you'll do it later." Mate.

And the cooking?

I do a little bit of cooking, but, I mean, I like to go out and eat.

OK, yeah. So I take April out sort of most nights.

What... Does she take you out?

She's taken me out once or twice, yeah.

It must be hard

because you haven't been in a relationship for so long.

You meet a girl that's gorgeous, in your eyes,

and you must just want to do everything. Hm.

But you still have to think about what you want.

You can end up shooting yourself in the foot by doing... You can.

By doing a bit too much.

Yeah, one thing that did annoy me a little bit, though, is

when they did the partner swap with Steven,

she cooked him a meal and I was gobsmacked. Yeah, no.

I was like, "What? You don't cook."

She should want to do these things.

Doesn't have to be spending money, it could be anything -

like making you a meal, like she did for Steven.

That is a bit muggy. That is. That's muggy. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, that's got to hurt for Leo.

Yeah.

Leo is all the way into April.

Hmm. Everyone has different ways of showing affection.

In relationships, there's this notion of acts of service. Hm.

And you could say that these grand gestures

that Leo is making is his way of showing

how much he actually cares for her.

I haven't spoken to you, obviously,

since the swap with Leo. Hm.

Yeah, I just want to know your opinions, your insight.

OK, I'll be fully transparent with you, open. Mm-hmm.

The general feeling I got from him was

that he feels like he was putting loads into the relationship,

but sort of felt like he was doing everything wrong,

and then described you as like his dream woman...

..and that he was just trying to do everything he could

to impress you... Right.

..and all of his efforts weren't cutting the mustard, basically.

That's so frustrating, Bec, honestly.

What? Is he all right?

Leo telling Rebecca that he's doing loads

for the relationship and I'm not doing anything,

it's bullshit.

And now this has all come out,

it makes me want to pull away even more.

So I was obviously going into this thinking,

"Hang on a minute. You adore this woman."

And I was like, "I can't sit with this man"

after having the conversation that I had with you

at the last dinner party, at the retreat... Mm-hmm.

And then for me to just be like, "Oh, yeah, yeah, that's fine..."

So I did say to him, "I had a conversation with April at

"the last dinner party," and I said to you, "Do you miss him?"

And you were like, "Hm," not being able to say to me, "Yeah, I do."

Could you understand from my point of view why I was like,

jaw on the floor? Yeah, no, I do, honestly.

I was like... Cos he idolises you.

He's doing everything he can to impress you.

And I was thinking, "But you're not impressing her

"because she's not desperate to get back to you

"when she's not with you."

You don't feel the same way about each other.

You can't do.

Sounds like what Rebecca has gleaned from her partner swap experience

with Leo is that she sees that Leo likes April

more than April likes Leo.

Hi! Oh, Nelly and Steven.

Aw. APRIL CHUCKLES

Very separate entrance.

Hello. You look lovely. Aw, thank you.

Oh, thank you.

Hello, temporary husband. Hi. How are you?

I'm good. You all right?

Yeah, I'm good. Are you OK? Yeah, not bad, not bad.

Well, the last time we saw Nelly and Steven,

of course, Steven wrote, "Stay - for now..." CHARLENE: Hmm.

..sending a very clear message to Nelly

that he's essentially got one foot in the door and one foot out.

How are you, ladies?

No, how are YOU? We want to know about YOU.

We wanna know about YOU.

Yeah, so I had Bailey for partner swap week,

and he just literally said, "Nelly, I'm not going to treat you

"any different than I treat Bec."

Ooh. And then I just got, then, he was like,

"Well, I'm gonna cook dinner." I thought, "Is that normal?

"That's nice." It just reaffirmed that this is what I DO need

and this is what I want and I think, to be honest,

every single person here deserves. What you deserve.

We came back and I said, you know,

"Bailey showed me how he treats Beck,

"and that is how I deserve to have a relationship." Yeah.

And I just felt like the whole time

it was a bit of a comparison between how him

and April were and...

She's really fun and she's really this.

Like, I got in and there was a photo of the four of them,

like, belly dancing and then a photo of just him and April.

But that really annoyed me in that moment

because I thought, like, "Why have you done that?" Hm, yeah.

Like, "I've just walked in.

"Clearly, you and I aren't in a good place."

Yeah. Yeah. And we weren't in a good place.

But I was like, "Why are you walking in and putting a photo of you

"and someone else on my fridge?"

Of course, what we know about Nelly right now is

that she's really seeking that validation and support

and affection from Steven... Yeah.

..and he's essentially taking a step in the opposite direction.

Hm. Maybe it's self-sabotage.

Maybe what he's trying to do is actually push her away.

Yeah, maybe.

I'm not sat there putting photos of me and every other husband here.

I don't think that's OK. I actually find it disrespectful.

Hm. And I said, "I'm just going to go to the bedroom

"and have some space."

And then he made the lounge his new bedroom.

Every time we have these little arguments,

we regress so much

and then we don't have this conversation,

we don't address certain things.

But why haven't you had these conversations?

I definitely can't put my finger on why we haven't done it.

Do you think you can see yourself falling for Nelly, though?

Is she who you would want as a wife?

In this moment, I couldn't even give you a definitive answer.

But how come?

Because I need to know someone first before I can truly answer that.

Has she not shown you, though?

It's literally been, like, how many weeks down the line?

Well, that is a shock.

Steven needs a bit of a wake-up call at this point

because we are so far into the experiment. Yeah.

This is the penultimate dinner party

and making the excuse that, "I don't know her well enough yet"

is just a cop-out.

Here I am. Here I am.

I imagine we're there. That's pretty.

Aw. Oh, lovely.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Drink? Um, sure.

You really blend in so perfect to this dinner table,

the pair of you. Right? Don't we just?! Look at you.

You OK?

INDISTINCT CHATTER Are you?Yeah.

GIGGLING

Hey, darling.

Oh, it's a bit frosty between Grace and Ashley, isn't it?

Hm, it is. This is the first time we've seen them

actually sitting together all night.

CLACKING ON GLASS

Hi, guys. WHOOPING

Go on, John!

So, firstly, partner swap week

couldn't have gone any better for me.

I've got such a great friendship with Keye. Aw.

Aw. We've had the most amazing time together.

The main thing that I got from Keye

was him telling me to live in the moment.

We've been so focussed on, like, "Oh, what comes next?"

And "When do we say different things?"

Leaving partner swap week, I was like,

"No, no, live in the moment."

And as a result of that,

I came home and told my wife that I love her!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE JOHN CHUCKLES

Go on, John!JOHN:Yeah! CHEERING INTENSIFIES

Hell, yeah!

And she said it back! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE INTENSIFIES

I just want to celebrate love,

whether that is love for the marriage,

love for your partner, love for yourself.

Let's just celebrate love.

Yeah! To love! Woo!

Well, isn't it nice to see John actually standing up

and celebrating the love that him and Abigail are experiencing?

To love. Cheers, guys. Cheers, guys. Yay!

Such a gorgeous example of where this experiment really works.

I think we've done well, guys.

THEY CHUCKLE

How was your week, Steven, then?

Action-packed. Yeah? Yeah, action-packed, for sure.

Yeah, I think it was a big week for both of us, innit?

Obviously you being with big brother Bailey.

Yeah. Bailey said to me,

"All I'm going to do now is treat you how I treat Bec."

So you actually had the Bec treatment?

- Yeah, I had the Bec treatment. - How was the Bec treatment?

Because I think we've all got to experience it.

Bloody lovely. THEY LAUGH

He was like, "You're chilling out tonight.

"I'm gonna cook you dinner."

And I thought, "This is lovely." Wow.

That's it. That's the Bec treatment.

This man treats me like a princess every day. Aw.

I love you.

You is beautiful, inside and out.

I'm just so emotional today

because I want what John and Abi have,

I want what Davide and Keye have,

I want what Bec and Bailey have.

I want that.

It sucks knowing that I don't have that.

Yeah. REBECCA LAUGHS

You have to get it. It's there.

Aw, that's really hard for Nelly.

Yeah. CHARLENE: Yeah.

Bailey and Rebecca are in a great place.

Just such a blatant contrast between Steven and Nelly right now.

And I think also the question for Nelly is, "Does he consider me?

"Does he respect me?

"Does he care for me enough to show me affection?"

Hmm. I think these are the things that she's not getting from Steven

that she's seeing around the table.

INDISTINCT CHATTER LAUGHTER

Do you think you both, like, dropped them walls down for each other?

Not fully, no. Not fully. I did.

I came into this. I was open and vulnerable,

but I did, like, I am hurt.

Even last night, I came back and I just cried.

I was like... It feels like a break-up.

Like, I'm really sad.

Um...

NELLY SNIFFS

You know, watching Nelly tonight,

it looks like she's coming to that realisation

that perhaps this is not the right relationship

for her to be in... Yeah.

..and it's all hitting her.

And this is what we see at this end of the experiment,

isn't it, quite often? Where things become really serious

and they're starting to think about this relationship

in the context of the outside world as well. Yeah.

You do deserve the world. And I've said this before,

but it's like I'm not doing things that you need.

I know. So where do I go from here?

I came into the experiment letting my walls completely down,

and I hoped to meet a partner that would match that.

It just sucks.

I think it sucks more because Steven and I started off so good.

We could have been there, but we aren't.

And I don't really get why.

NELLY SNIFFS TEARFULLY

WEDDING BELLS RING

WEDDING BELLS RING

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Aw. Bleurgh!

THEY CHUCKLE

Ooh.

Goddamn, that was a good kiss, baby G.

Aw. Did you guys miss each other during partner swap week?

Oh, God, I missed her like crazy.

Go on. Tell Abi all about how you missed me. ABI: Aw. But it felt like a nice time,

missing each other for a week. I missed her.

She came back as well and we were both like new people -

extra loving.

How are you doing? Yeah, at the end of the day,

I wanted to obviously just chat to Rebecca

and see how she got on and what her opinions were of it all,

and then she's basically said that I'm taking the piss,

I'm leading you on.

That's not what I said. I'm not doing that.

That was Rebecca's interpretation of it.

That's not the way I said it.

It just feels like I'm the bad guy in this situation,

and that's what's getting my back up.

I didn't say anything slating you.

And I never painted you out to be like anyone.

Yeah.

The only issue I had...

..you don't really feel good enough for her

and you're not the man that she's looking for.

Basically, that your feelings are so

emotionally invested in this relationship

and April isn't at where you're at.

And that's where I thought, "Hang on a minute.

"You're doing so much here."

I worry that, like, how far that's going to go.

Because she is your dream woman,

she's everything that you're looking for

and if there's no potential in this relationship

from April's point of view,

then you need to back off with how much you're doing...

..because you're going to get yourself hurt.

Though it's really hard for Leo

to hear all this feedback from the others,

actually, this is the opportunity for him to self-reflect,

think about what he might need to hold back on,

creating boundaries. Mm-hmm.

INDISTINCT CHATTER LAUGHTER

If you do want to talk or anything, just let me know.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

I just... I think I've entered, like, a defensive...

..annoyed stage,

which I don't really want to feel or be,

but I think you know I'm just really hurt.

The fact that I'm not doing what the experts said

and I'm not dealing with confrontation well...

But my view on it as well is if you could really see...

..who I was, you would never think that the compliment was backhanded.

You would never think that the things that I do are to upset you.

To be honest with you, I've asked a few people about

the compliment and I think, yeah, everyone's sort of in agreeance.

It's, like, just not the most uplifting, elevating compliment.

And honestly, in a marriage,

I do expect to be able to speak

without you thinking it's a personal attack. Yeah.

I really can't understand...

Like, missing the mark with a compliment

and how that ended up being such a fixation for you.

It's not once, though, is it?

It's...

Right, but if it's missing the mark, you should want to get it right.

It shouldn't be that you use the fact

that you're a good person to wash your hands of it,

and blame me for taking it wrong.

I didn't take it wrong. I took it as it was said.

If Ash hasn't heard me now, he will never hear me.

You know what the issue is?

It's that you just aren't listening.

It doesn't matter what was said, I just...

It wasn't the right compliment for me.

And I feel like when I'm doing those nice things,

I'm not going to be able to watch every single letter

of every single sentence, because there's only one letter

that would have changed that from "a woman" to, like, you.

And I put a word in there

that has made you take it wrong

when it's, in my eyes...

I'm just saying my view on it.

I'm not saying that you're wrong.

I'm saying that, if I give you a compliment

in that moment and it's just me and you in the room

with what's happening in that moment, I don't understand...

Shall I...? Do you want me to literally ding a glass

and take this to the table and ask for a show of hands

who thinks it's an uplifting compliment?

Do you really need the validation from the group on this,

or are you willing to just...? Why am I asking for validation?

I'm trying to explain to you... No, but this is what I'm saying.

It's like you're not going to listen to me

until you hear it from everyone else that it wasn't a compliment.

So is that what you need?

I'll give it to you. No, I think I'm just... I don't need it.

The tit-for-tat, the going back and forth, is exhausting.

And what you're seeing is how people who genuinely like each other

can actually hurt each other.

I feel like you both have put a lot into it.

You've both worked very hard. Yeah.

But I do feel like you both haven't understood each other from day one,

in terms of who you both really are.

There's so many positives of what you've brought to one another,

but there's still that...

You're not really communicating to understand each other.

Hmm, and it's still a battle,

rather than a resolution. Result, yeah.

But I'm saying I'll put my hands up to that now,

cos the person I've been for the majority of this was

when something happened, I'd go, "Oh, no, no, come here."

Kind, caring, receptive, doing it.

I feel chipped away so much

that now I'm not reacting well in them situations.

And I put my hands up to that. Yeah, I find that insulting.

I feel like I've done so much to support Ash.

I don't feel I have chipped away at you.

I feel chipped away at myself,

so I just think it's a bit of a cop-out, really, to say that.

There was a real opportunity there, I think, for both of them to open up

and to sort of say, "You're right.

"We're both not getting our needs met."

But unfortunately, what Ashley has done here

is gone into blaming mode again.

That's just going to get Grace on the back foot.

I just... I just wish conversations with us could go differently.

I never really feel...

..listened to or resolved or...

I just always feel brushed off.

What is it that you don't feel heard about, Grace?

You're right. I'm wrong.

forward. No... Let her speak.

You don't feel I've supported you.

It is all just tit-for-tat, still, and it is all so defensive

and I just... I'm really sad

because everything's gone really sour.

I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to see you

in the same light again and you don't seem to care.

I think the point that Grace has been making

is that she just wanted an apology.

And I think that if Ashley was able to take

some kind of recognition for the hurt that he caused her,

I think that would have gone a long way

in terms of where they are now.

Grace, I've got so much love for you.

We're just two pages from different books.

And I can't see that we're ever gonna match up.

Are you in the headspace, Grace,

where you want to maybe pursue or, like, still keep the book open?

I can't work with this.

How do you feel, Ash?

Same.

Wow.Oh. CHARLENE TUTS

That's something.

I think I just... I have felt in this experiment, like, unheard.

It feels so unresolved and I am really hurt

about a lot of what's gone on.

I would love if we could just...

..agree that there was two parties here and not...

..put it on me and that I was struggling

cos when you say I was struggling,

you don't account for the fact that you were part of my struggle.

In fact, you were...

..the only reason I continued to struggle -

because I wanted to be here with you.

I'm not saying that to chip away at you, Ash.

I'm just trying to explain how I feel we got to this point.

If you want my honest opinion...

ASH SCOFFS ..I can't agree with it.

Can I say, you're just butting heads.

What Grace is saying, she feels like

she hasn't had the opportunity to say her side.

She hasn't had the opportunity to give all of her side

because she feels like it's chipping away.

The reason Grace doesn't feel like she's had

a chance to put her side across

is because she's felt like when I go to ask for advice,

that I'm throwing her under the bus,

that I'm painting a bad picture of her.

So, me asking people for advice on it

is never me throwing you under the bus.

But Ash, I hear it come back to me

and it's a different version of events.

It's not... Grace, he probably speaks to me a lot.

I've never even... Whatever he's ever said to me,

I've never been like, "How dare she?" Or "How..."

Honestly, it's never been like that.

It's never been Ash's right, you're wrong,

you're right, Ash is wrong.

Since day one, Grace has had a voice.

Because her voice is normally things that I'm doing wrong

and things that I have to change about me.

She's been nitpicking.

How do you not have a voice?

This is absolutely heartbreaking

because you have a couple where they have shared values,

shared vision for life,

they're physically attracted to each other,

but yet can't communicate.

Hmm. And this is the illustration of why communication

is everything in a relationship.

Should I go and find him?

If you want to go check on him, you can go check on him, Grace.

Honestly, if that's what your heart's telling you to do,

you do it.

This shows that Grace does genuinely care

about Ashley as a person,

but she's so in doubt about

her own gut instinct here,

she's questioning everything.

WEDDING BELLS RING

WEDDING BELLS RING

Go check on him. Has he gone...?

I'll go with you. Go check on him.

Come on.

I'm not saying that I'm in the right.

Let's just... Let's just stop.

Let's just stop.

Genuinely, Ash, I'm so sorry that you feel chipped away at

and like I broke you.

I'm sure you know, deep down, that was never my intention.

I never wanted this.

There's so much I love about you, Ash. I've said it all before.

There's...

There's so much... Yeah. There it is.

Can I sit next to Ash? Yeah, of course you can.

Can I put my arm around you?

ASH SNIFFS No?ASH:Ah, it's just...

I'm struggling with the amount...

..that you find wrong with me.

OK. And I just want to stress...

..there is so much I find right with you, Ash.

Cos I don't feel like you've ever

really seen me for who I am.

I do see you for who you are.

I didn't want this to end this way.

I didn't either.

It doesn't have to end.

This isn't going to go anywhere.

I don't know what we're trying to work through.

Grace overanalyses

and always looks for the bad in things.

I feel absolutely spent and burnt out

with changing who I am to validate Grace's feelings.

I just feel like I can't give any more to this,

so I have to be selfish and put myself first.

I would have really liked if this had worked out.

I think we recognise now there was never any way it was going to.

But yeah.

You do know that, deep down.

I think there was a time where Ash and I

had something worth fighting for,

and I think I've made it clear what I needed and asked for,

but I just don't think he's listening.

If I could have got through to Ash,

if I could have helped Ash see where I'm coming from...

I'm not convinced he will ever see my point of view,

but I hope he'll come close to it at some point.

..maybe he could have been the one.

There's so much I love about Ash. That's never changed.

I think it's just too far gone now.

It's just beyond repair.

Next time...

Welcome to Wales. Thank you.

..homestays get underway.

Oh, this is nice. This is where you'll be sleeping.

While it's a warm welcome for some...

Hi! Oh! Hi! Hello.

You are everything that we could have wished for him.

This is the perfect match.

..others face a much tougher grilling.

I've struggled to see a future with Leo outside of the experiment.

It looks almost like you've made your mind up.

She ain't perfect, mate. Maybe she's not for you.

And...

I have some information that I'm going to have to drop Nelly.

..when a scandalous secret is exposed...

Oh. Why have you wasted her time in this experiment?

You don't respect her, you don't care about her

and you've made her feel like shit.

..it threatens to detonate Nelly's marriage to Steven.

She deserves 100 times better.

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