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[dramatic music playing]
-[Daniel] I'm Daniel. -[Taylor] Taylor.
-Are you down on a knee? -Wait.
I am now.
You're the only girl that I've been on a knee for.
-[laughing] -So I'd love for it to come full circle.
-Just, like, shake your hips. -[Joey] Okay.
This has been by far the best date I've had.
-[Monica] Not even just in here. -I was thinking the same.
[shouts]
-I care about you, love you. -[laughs] Oh my God.
-We're not each other's person. -[Devin] No, I get it.
-I don't think it was gonna work out. -Yeah.
-You initialed it. -You're the one that gets my heart.
I am, like, falling in love with you.
[laughs]
Obviously, I know what I want.
You know how I feel.
[Dave] Everything's so fun,
but me and Lauren, I feel like I do have to see that through.
[Molly] I wish you nothing but the best.
-[pop music playing] -♪ Take her hand and make up… ♪
I heard your voice and couldn't get it out of my head.
Does this mean that you will be my girlfriend?
Yeah.
[Alex] Hey!
I might propose to a wall.
-[both laugh] -[Alex] Mm-hmm.
I am committed to you.
[Madison] You're still dating two people at this point.
You're probably saying very similar things to both of us.
And I was able to get there faster with someone else.
Yeah… Meg, you've always been my number one.
I wasn't yesterday.
I'll never know if what you're saying is true.
And I'm not gonna be able to get past that.
I picture myself living with you, and I picture my future with you.
What I don't want, though, is a relationship
with miscommunication and fighting.
We're not at a point to get engaged.
Okay. I just…
Time for me to go. [laughs]
-[Joey] I'm gonna get on a knee. -Stop it!
-Will you marry me? -Yes!
I will, Dave!
-Oh my God. Oh my God. -[laughing]
Hmm!
Oh my gosh. [laughs]
[Taylor] I really care about Daniel.
And I've grown to love him.
I have this, like, overwhelming feeling that when the doors opened last night
that was not the first time that he saw me.
I believe
he knew exactly what I looked like
the entire time we were talking through the wall.
I'm pretty confident that you had followed me on Instagram
not long before coming here.
-[pop music playing] -[vocalizing]
[inhales, exhales]
All of the things that we talked about are all on my Instagram as well.
Taco Bell, registered nurse, family, faith.
We also had mutual people if I remember right
when I looked at your profile.
It just really scares me.
Seeing the doors open was the first time that I saw what you looked like.
I had no idea.
You don't remember following me on Instagram?
100%, I do not.
I promise you. I would tell you.
Actually, I would have told production halfway through if I recognized anything.
Mm-hmm. I'm hearing you, and I know what you're saying,
and I hear the words,
um, but I'm still struggling to feel good about it.
[splutters]
I promise you that I don't remember any of that.
'Cause I do have the followers app.
So I can see who has followed me and unfollowed me.
I understand, like,
if that's the case, why you would be,
like, shaken up a little bit.
[chuckles] I'm shaken up right now thinking that that might be the case.
It's very possible that at one point I followed you and unfollowed you.
It's possible.
I... I don't know why I would have.
I don't remember it.
I… I just don't remember it.
I remember faces.
I would remember. If I saw you, I would remember.
I would.
"Cheating the system." I just wouldn't have done it. Like…
I'd be the shittiest of people… [laughs]
…if I went through that,
knowing what you looked like and not telling anybody.
And I hope you know I'm not that person.
Well, that's why I'm here.
-I had no idea. -Mm-hmm.
I promise you.
If I look at that and I do see your name there…
If you look at the followers thing and see my name, like…
-Like, that's gonna suck. -Mm-hmm.
Taylor, if you'd like the answers that you need,
we're willing to give you your phone.
Oh wow.
-Yeah. Let's do it. Mm-hmm. -Yeah?
[huffs]
Yeah. I mean, it's up to you. It's like…
-It's very possible. -I'm going to look.
[Daniel] Okay.
I wish I could say for 100% certainty that I didn't follow you or unfollow you.
You know? But I just don't know.
If I'm there…
I…
I just hope you know that, like, I truly came in with nothing.
[Taylor] Is there Wi-Fi?
Anybody?
[Daniel chuckles]
-Bueller? -Bueller?
-I know! God damn it. -[both laugh]
-What? -I know. I know.
-Sorry. [laughs] -Stupid.
-[laughs] -I know. I know.
[sighs]
-[man] Wi-Fi password? -Yeah.
-[Taylor] Click on "lobby." -Mm-hmm.
[man] It's gonna pop up.
-[Taylor] All lowercase? -[man] Yeah.
[Taylor] Thank you.
[dramatic music playing]
I hate this doubt that I feel in my brain.
-I hate that. I don't want that. -Yeah. Yeah.
[Taylor] Hmm.
-Lost a lot of followers. Wow. -[laughing]
Very humbling.
-I'm sorry. -[Daniel] Don't apologize.
I need to know too, you know.
Now I feel crazy. [gasps]
No, I... please don't feel crazy.
My feelings for you haven't changed.
And, like, I hope…
[sighs]
-Do you believe me? -I do.
But you didn't know. Maybe you did follow me at some point.
Yeah.
But if you…
Yeah. It's like…
-I promise. I promise you I didn't know. -Mm-hmm.
-I promise. -Mm-hmm.
Whatever you need to do to, like…
process, I'm okay with.
[Taylor] Mm-hmm.
So…
[clears throat] I don't need it anymore. Okay? Thank you.
I was scared that he knew physically everything about me.
And that's why the connection was built on what it was.
But it wasn't. [laughs]
I'm crazy. [laughing]
Oh, I need a drink. [laughs]
-[Daniel] You all right? -Mm-hmm.
-You okay? -Mm.
-You sure? -[chuckles]
I wasn't really sure what to expect coming over here.
[chuckles] I was like…
-My emotions were all over the place. -Mm-hmm.
So I appreciate you, like,
wanting to talk to me about it instead of just cutting it off.
Mm-hmm. Where do we go from here?
I'd love to go to Honduras with you.
If you have reservations about that…
[Taylor] Mm-hmm.
…I'd love to go back home with you.
Either way, wherever you go, I'm in.
-["Something New" by Naomi Banks playing] -♪ Give me what I need ♪
♪ So give me something new… ♪
[Taylor] I love…
♪ Give me something new Give me something… ♪
…that he's patient.
And I feel really bad. [sobs]
Because I'm sure the way here, he was… [gasps]
…his brain was a million places as well.
[sighs]
It's been a very emotional experience to this point.
-You all right? -Mm-hmm. Thank you.
I would love it to be a step forward for me and for us.
My gut right now says we'll probably go to Honduras.
I got you.
[Taylor] Yeah.
[clears throat]
♪ Give me what I need… ♪
[Daniel] I got you. Whatever you need.
Whatever you need.
♪ Something new, give me something new ♪
♪ Give me what I need ♪
-[pop music playing] -♪ Higher and higher and higher… ♪
In this blind love experiment, five couples have fallen in love
and gotten engaged without ever seeing each other.
-[shouts] Monica! -[Monica laughing] What is this?
What is this?
-Hi! -[both laughing]
-Will you marry me? -Yes.
[both laugh]
[Sara] Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.
-Does it feel weird? -It does feel weird!
-How about you? Are you feeling ready? -Yeah.
-I'm good. I'm just ready to do this. -Yeah.
♪ Higher and higher ♪
-You're a good kisser, by the way. -[laughs] You too.
It is crazy to think how deeply in love you can fall with someone…
Without ever meeting them.
[chuckles]
-Love you. -I love you too. [laughs]
After finally seeing each other for the very first time…
[Caribbean music playing]
…now our couples are headed to beautiful Honduras.
All right.
Oh yeah.
-I'm good. -Good.
-Ready to rock? -Ready to rock.
[Vanessa] There, they will have the chance to discover if their physical connection
is as strong as their emotional one.
Welcome to Roatán.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
-Oh my God! -I know.
It's so pretty.
Oh my…
-Oh my gosh. -Oh my goodness.
[Lauren] Stop! This is so cute.
Jack and Jill sinks.
-[Daniel] Love that. -Jack to my Jill.
Up until now, their attraction has been based entirely on emotional connection.
There are some times when you're talking that I'm like, "Okay, that's Dave."
-Yeah. "That's Dave." -Like, "That checks out." [laughs]
But there were a couple times I'm like, "Where's Dave?"
Okay.
With their weddings only four weeks away,
their love is about to face some serious tests.
[Monica shouts]
[Nick] Will their looks, race, lifestyle,
or insecurities tear them apart in the real world?
We just get to enjoy it now.
Is love truly enough to conquer it all?
Is love blind?
♪ Away we go ♪
-[Virginia] Do I look like a stranger? -[Devin] No.
-I don't? -Nope.
-Promise? -I remember that face.
-Never gonna forget it. -Promise?
-Oh, now I can see all the tattoos. -[laughs] Mm-hmm.
This is my Kobe sleeve.
That's cool.
And I just really like the big cat family.
-So I just got all the different. -Yeah. I like these eyes.
-[Devin] Yeah. -That's cool.
And my cartoon sleeve.
-On your leg. -Yeah.
-[Virginia] Do you watch cartoons? -No!
-No. -This is just from when I was a kid.
I don't watch any cartoons anymore.
-[Virginia] You play video games? -Nah.
-Do you? Don't play video games? -No. [laughs]
-She's like, "I hope you don't." -Yeah.
-So now I'm your best friend. -Yep.
-Are you so excited? -[Devin] Mm-hmm.
What's your typical fun outside of…
-A lot of music. A lot of R&B. -Yeah?
-Not the same R&B as me. [laughs] -Not the same.
Because… I'm younger.
[laughing]
I felt like you were envisioning, like, an old lady on the other side.
-Unh-unh. Mnh-mnh. -Are you sure? Okay.
No, I knew you had a young soul. [laughs]
-We're gonna stop. -I'm just kidding. I'm done. No more.
No, I'm just kidding. I'm not insecure of it.
-You shouldn't be. You look amazing. -Oh yeah.
Oh! Why, thank you.
-Me too. -Why, thank you.
-[Devin] I'm just kidding. -[laughing]
-Fishing for compliments. -No, you look good.
Thank you.
Not a day over 25.
I'm just kidding!
[chuckles] Physically, I feel it's good. Like, I'm attracted to Devin.
I feel really comfortable with Devin. It's weird.
I feel like I know his heart.
I'm happy. I feel like I lucked out. [laughs]
I lucked out.
-You look nothing how I thought. -Really?
-But way better than I thought. Yeah. -Really?
-[laughs] -That makes me feel good.
I feel like I was pleasantly surprised. [chuckles]
And you don't look like a young man.
-You look grown and sexy. -[laughs]
-It's the beard. -You know?
You don't look too young!
-I'm not that young. -You're not young. You're really not.
[Devin] We're all adults.
-I still feel… [laughs] -You don't feel like an adult?
-I still feel like early 20s. I do. -Young and spry. That's still an adult.
-I know, but I still feel really young. -Yeah.
-Me too. -Do you?
Yeah, I feel younger now than I did when I was 22.
[Virginia] Mm!
-Can you believe we did this? -[laughs] No.
Pretty incredible.
Yeah, it is.
-[Virginia] Just like fate. -Yeah.
-"I'm gonna pick my partner, y'all." -[laughing]
-And I picked you. I picked you. -[laughs] And you.
[laughing]
-And I picked you too. -Aww.
-[pop music playing] -♪ And there's nothing there ♪
♪ That even on the other side ♪
♪ You'll be mine ♪
♪ As long as the sun is in the sky And the moon… ♪
-[Dave] Did you sleep on the plane? -[Lauren] Yeah.
[Lauren] We landed, and then we had some time to regroup.
-[Dave] Same. -And figure our shit out. [laughs]
-I got my nails redone. -Oh yeah.
I don't know if I love them.
-They're more purpley than I wanted. -I think they look good.
And I got a bikini wax.
In the middle of my wax, she was like,
"Yeah, for the next 24 hours, no sex."
-"No working out." And I was like… -Oh!
-After the wax? Oh, I didn't know that. -Mm-hmm.
-I was so bummed, 'cause that was-- -Yep.
I was so pumped to do that.
[pop music playing]
[Dave sighs]
♪ Whoo-hoo, uh-huh, uh-huh, whoo-hoo… ♪
-[Ben] Should we open some champagne? -[Sara] Yeah, I think we should.
Why not? I used to be a bartender back in the day. Didn't know if you knew that.
-Yeah, country club. [laughing] -The country club I used to work.
-There we go. -Whoo! Yay!
-There we are. Oh, here's another mirror. -Oh my gosh.
-I'm trying to see, is this better? -I like either one.
You like this or like this?
-This one's like, eh, I don't know. -I like either one.
-Oh my gosh. This is so sweet. -Mm.
I like this tradition. I think we gotta just…
Every time we see a mirror, we take a second and just pose next to it.
Yeah! No, I like it.
It feels so nice just for Ben to hold my hand,
you know, give me a hug, wrap his arm around me.
I get warm inside, and I get the butterflies a little bit.
These are Christmas cards, wedding photos…
Yeah! Oh my gosh, that's so sweet.
-That's gonna be what it looks like. -That is so sweet.
I want more of it, so… [laughs]
I'm sure that we'll get more. [laughing]
Can't get enough. [laughs]
-I love you so much. -[laughs]
And I'm so grateful for everything, that we have chosen each other.
-Same. -I know we're gonna have so much fun.
-Yeah. -That's so important to me, and…
-Yeah. -I love that that's who you are too.
[laughs]
-That was good. [laughs] -I wanna skip unpacking now.
-["Break the Sky" playing] -♪ We can break the sky ♪
♪ You and I ♪
♪ We can break the sky ♪
♪ We can break the sky ♪
-This is kind of exciting. -What?
[Daniel] Just this.
-Unpacking? -Yeah, just, like, unpacking together.
[both laugh]
[Taylor] Wish I could play Taylor Swift.
-[Daniel] Mm. -[laughs]
You too?
Me too. I like Taylor Swift. I have so much stuff.
[Taylor] I have my Christmas ornament in here.
-Oh, you do? -Mm-hmm.
Hang this up over the bed.
-[chuckles] -That'd be kind of weird.
I don't know if you do this, but when I go somewhere,
I buy a Christmas ornament that's specific to that place.
-[Daniel] Love that. -When I decorate my tree…
[Daniel] Yeah.
-I can pull them out and think of… -Where you've been?
…all the fun places I've been and trips I've been on.
-We have to find one here. -Find one? Yeah. Let's do it.
I don't know if you know this about me…
-You like Christmas? [laughs] -I'm a big fan of Christmas.
-I did know that about you. -[laughs]
[Taylor] Okay, I'm gonna hang some stuff.
[Daniel] Yeah, also I'm gonna pee.
-[Taylor] Do you want me to run the water? -Huh?
[Taylor] Do you want me to run the water?
-[Daniel chuckles] No. -First time peeing in front of me.
[Daniel] I don't care
"Run the water."
Wash your hands.
-Oh yeah. Sorry! -[laughing]
-[Daniel] "Wash your hands." -Sorry. I am your mother.
-[pop music playing] -♪ Love lasts forever ♪
♪ Let's come together ♪
-I've never grown my hair out ever. -I like it.
-Yeah. -[laughs] Because I think of Tarzan.
-I know! That's what you said. -[both laugh]
-I was like, "Is that good?" -No, it's a good thing.
[Joey] Okay. I'm left-handed.
-[Monica] You're left-handed? -Yeah.
-Yep. -Hmm! Okay.
-You like that? [laughs] -I was like, "Totally. So hot."
-I've been waiting for that. [laughs] -So hot! I love a left-hander.
-[laughing] -I knew it! Yes!
[laughing]
So my height. That was a big thing.
-I'm tall. I'm 5'10". -Yeah, you are tall.
-I'm tall for the average woman. -Yeah.
I was worried you would think, like,
"Oh no, she's an Amazon woman."
-[laughs] No! -Like, I don't know!
Absolutely not. I'm 6'1", so it's, like, perfect height.
-Perfect. Okay, good. [laughing] -Perfect.
-That was the wildest experience ever. -[laughing]
Wait. The dance you did.
You are going to need to repeat that.
'Cause that was one of my favorite moments.
When I was like, "Okay, this girl's pretty cool."
[laughing]
Either it was gonna hit or it was gonna miss.
Definitely hit. It was like, "Okay, that's pretty awesome."
I knew you were doing it.
-'Cause you were breathing hard. -I was. 100%. [laughing]
[laughing] And it was like, "She's actually over there doing this."
Yes!
-I was getting out of breath. -[laughing]
-I really committed to the moves. -I know you were. That's amazing.
-That's when we were both like, "Okay." -[Monica] That was insane.
No, that was the date.
After that, I'm like, "This is it."
-Yeah. -[Monica] For me, at least.
Yeah, that was me too.
-Was it? -I was like, "Okay, this is for sure her."
-[chuckles] I was like… -[Monica] Yeah.
'Cause it was such a good, like, everything.
It was like every single emotion ever.
Yeah.
That was amazing.
["Ready to Love Again" playing]
♪ Showing up, stepping out Ready to love again ♪
♪ Wanna dance, wanna shout Ready to love again ♪
-[Lauren] Oh my God! -[Dave] Sweet.
This is so cute!
Very cute.
-Ooh, that one's cold. -No, let's pick a hot one.
[Dave] Yeah. Is that a hot one?
Okay, this is hot.
-You wanna do this one? -Sure.
-You like the hotter the better? -Yeah!
-Okay. -Obviously.
I've never felt this way about someone.
Like, I've never been this attached to someone before.
[Dave sighs]
-Sorry, I keep touching your thigh. -No, this is very comforting.
-Thank you. [chuckles] -Good.
-I don't know. Am I too comfortable? -No!
-Okay. Good. -No, it's helping me. For sure.
-For sure. -Good.
[Lauren chuckles]
This is my fiancé.
This is the person that I said I was gonna marry, and here we are.
So it should come really natural and make a lot of sense.
Then I almost take a step back and be like…
[laughs] "Wait, you literally just met this person in person 48 hours ago."
-[sighs] This is crazy. -I know!
I… [chuckles]
I know. I know.
[sighs] Okay.
-What? -Nothing. [laughs]
-"M'kay." -Just a deep breath.
[both laugh]
Scale from one to ten, like, how awkward do you think I'm being?
-Not awkward at all. -Okay.
-Just be yourself. You're good. -Okay.
-It's so much easier said than done. -It is.
-I can go into this, like… -That's what I'm here for now.
"You're just here to hang out with your fiancé. It's fine." [chuckles]
"This is Dave."
"This is the person I just agreed to marry." It all made a lot of sense.
-That's so much easier said than done. -Yep, it is.
["Little Did I Know" playing]
♪ Little did I know ♪
♪ Little did I know ♪
♪ Little did… ♪
[laughing]
[Taylor] How are you feeling?
-[Daniel] I'm good. I'm so happy. -[Taylor laughs]
You good?
-I'm glad we're here. I'm glad we came. -Mm-hmm.
Yes. Very glad.
-Like, I know you. -Mm-hmm.
And I fell in love with you.
-That's sweet. -Because of, like, you.
-Yeah. Mm-hmm. -You know?
But now I get to hang out with you, you know? [laughing]
-[Taylor] Yeah. -It's gonna be fun.
It's gonna be wild waking up next to you.
-Yeah! -Yeah!
-I'm kind of excited. -[laughing]
Well, yeah, I'm…
I'm super excited.
See me without makeup on?
-You're beautiful. -Thank you. [chuckles]
-See you without makeup on? [laughing] -[exhales]
-Just, yeah, watch out. -[chuckles]
What a crazy time.
It's still crazy hearing your voice in person.
[Daniel] I know.
I feel like I find myself looking away sometimes
to put myself back in the pods.
[Daniel] Yeah.
-Which is insanity. -But it's true.
You've said things sometimes, and I haven't been looking at you,
and I'm like, "Ah!"
-"That's what…" [laughing] -Yep.
-"There it is." [laughs] -There she is.
She's stunning, but I didn't fall in love with the Taylor that I'm looking at.
Like, I fell in love with the Taylor that I was feeling in the pods.
What a unique experience.
For sure. And so fun in real life.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
[laughing]
-["I Think We're Perfect" playing] -♪ As far as I can see ♪
♪ I think it's working ♪
♪ Yeah, no one’s perfect ♪
♪ But when it comes to you and me I'm hoping you'll agree ♪
♪ I think we're perfect ♪
♪ I think we're perfect ♪
[laughing]
When I said I'm a cuddly sleeper, I wasn't lying.
-Yeah. No, I am too. -Okay, cool.
-I'm excited. -Especially with the door open too.
It's gonna be cool. We're gonna get a nice breeze, hear the ocean.
-That'll be so nice. -Oh my gosh.
-Then we'll get this fan going. -I think we should.
I did bring my own little box fan.
[laughs] How much room did you have in your luggage?
Well, a little bit. Hold on.
I gotta make this tight before…
It wasn't a full box fan. It's little. Like one of those $30 ones.
'Cause it's like, if I don't have a fan, I prefer one.
And I knew sleep might be hard to get here.
[laughing] Oh my God! That was so…
-Stop! -[laughing]
What was that?
It's just water. It was just water. So we're good.
-Was it a lot? -There is a lot. No, we're fine.
-[Sara] Okay, let me figure this out. -[both laugh]
This is a life with me. Just hoping it's full on-brand.
-Okay, let's figure this out. [laughs] -Hup! Hup! [sighs]
It's just water. We're so good.
[Sara] Okay. Okay.
-[pop music playing] -♪ Having the time of our lives… ♪
Jump in!
Jump in! Okay! Okay.
-So, do you snore? -All right.
-I don't know! -You don't know?
If I am incredibly tired,
I'll do a cute snore.
-[laughs] -Cute. [laughs]
-Is that a deal-breaker? -No, no, not at all.
-Okay. I feel like you-- -Yeah. Noise usually doesn't bug me.
I just have never slept with that thing.
So I don't know.
-I honestly don't know. -[both laugh]
I'm so self-conscious now!
[laughing] Noise machine, man! It's a noise.
I do sleep, I have, with rain sounds. I have done that.
-Okay. -And I purposely put 'em on for myself.
So…
Okay. Well, if you can't do it, I can do earplugs.
-Okay. -It's just I'm a light sleeper.
So if it's completely silent and there's even the smallest
of anything, I will wake up.
-Okay. -So with the constant noise…
[laughs] But if that noise stops, then I'm awake.
-At all? -At all.
-Holy… -I know!
-That's crazy. -Are you not a light sleeper?
I think I'm a pretty heavy sleeper.
I guess I don't really know.
-I guess I don't know. -I will tell you all the things.
-You'll tell me tonight. -I will tell you.
I don't know why we didn't cover this in the pods!
-Are you a morning person? -Are these deal-breakers?
-[laughing] -Totally! Get out of here!
Shut up! Shut up!
Mm.
-I like your eyes a lot. [laughs] -Thank you. Even without makeup?
-Yeah! Yeah. -Are they still cute?
Absolutely, yeah. Don't worry about that.
Oh my God, your voice. It's, like, hitting me again.
-I'm, like, back in the pods. -As I'm talking?
Your face! I'm putting it to your face. It's wild.
[Joey] I know.
I was, um, worried that
it would be different than, like, the connection in the pods.
I didn't think how it would be different.
-I was just worried it would be different. -Yeah.
I didn't know what to expect, but it hasn't been…
-It's been, like, even better. -Same.
Which is, like, in the pods, it was really good. [laughs]
-Yeah. -Like, it was really good.
And it's even more so.
-Yeah. [laughs] -Yeah.
[pop music playing]
♪ Don't know what's happening But I like it ♪
♪ Butterfly-fly-flies ain't going… ♪
-This feels good. -Yeah.
-I looked like I was frying chicken. -[laughing]
Greasy face.
-What did you put on your face? -Little Aquaphor.
Is that what you did? You did not.
-You put Aquaphor all over your face? -Yeah.
I do that for my tattoos.
I didn't know you should do that for your face.
-Mm-hmm. It's a thing. -Okay.
[grunts] I might have to use some then. It is nice laying with you.
-Mm. -I feel very comfortable with you.
I don't think I've stopped smiling.
-[Virginia] Really? That's good! -[laughs]
[Virginia] That's really good.
-I'll look at you all night. Mm. -[chuckles]
♪ I didn't know love at all ♪
♪ Until you… ♪
[both] Mm.
♪ Making me melt, making me weak ♪
♪ Making me forget how to breathe ♪
♪ When I'm with you ♪
-[Lauren chuckles] Hey. -Hi.
-Your skin looks so shiny. In a good way. -Does it? [laughs]
-I want it to be dewy! -[laughing]
-[Lauren chuckles] -You okay?
-[Lauren] Mm-hmm. -[kisses]
-[Lauren] You? -Very.
-[laughing] -Cool.
[Lauren exhales]
-I am warm. -Are you?
[Lauren] Mm-hmm.
-You don't feel that warm. -Okay. I get warm pretty easily.
-I think women, you women… -It's a thing?
Actually, wait.
-Maybe not. -Second-guessing yourself now?
I am. Because usually women are cold, so they need to, like, cuddle up.
[Lauren] Mm-hmm.
-Breaking the stereotype. -"Get away from me."
[both laugh]
The emotional and physical, putting the two together…
-Mm-hmm. -I don't think I've ever done that.
[Lauren] Yeah. Same.
It's still weird for me, but in, like, a good way.
It feels good to be like, "Oh, this is what this feels like?"
-It doesn't feel bad. -No, it doesn't feel bad.
[laughing]
I knew I'd feel emotionally attracted to you.
-I knew that would be there. -Yeah.
I think it, like, feels good to have this part make sense too.
[Dave exhales]
-I feel very comfortable with you. -Same.
["Perfect For Me" by Bradley Marshall playing]
♪ I've never loved Someone like you before ♪
♪ And I know I'll never love anything… ♪
[Lauren chuckles]
Yeah.
♪ I give you my lungs If you needed to breathe ♪
♪ You should know ♪
♪ That I won't let go ♪
♪ I'll be your light When you can't seem to find it ♪
♪ Lie on my shoulder When you feel like crying ♪
♪ You say you're not perfect But there's no denying ♪
♪ You've always been perfect for me ♪
♪ And there's not a thing in this world… ♪
This.
[Lauren] Mm-hmm.
♪ 'Cause I'll take the weight If it all gets too heavy ♪
♪ You say you're not worth it ♪
♪ But, darling, you're perfect… ♪
[Dave kisses]
♪ You've always been perfect for me ♪
-[pop music playing] -♪ This is my fantasy ♪
Hi! [laughing]
-First morning! -Whoo!
First morning and first night down.
He's a very good cuddler, so it was very nice. Very nice.
-Yep. -It was very fun.
Yeah, we had a lot of fun.
-He did well. And so… -[laughing]
-Very happy. [laughs] -You weren't too bad yourself.
[pop music playing]
-Slept well. -Slept like a baby.
Yeah.
I heard an airplane the entire time.
[laughing]
[Monica] It's my little noise machine.
The noise machine actually was better than I thought.
-"But…" -You're, like, staring into my soul.
Yes, well, how was that noise machine? [laughing]
♪ I'm feeling, love I'm feeling ♪
The view is absolutely amazing.
-So nice. -Here's an even better view for me.
[laughs]
You peed a lot.
I did pee a lot.
-Not in the bed, to clarify. [chuckles] -Yeah, not in the bed.
-Yeah. -It was comfy, other than that.
-Sorry, I keep going like this. -[laughs]
-You're doing great. -[chuckles] Thanks.
-[kisses] -[laughs]
What?
We… thumb wrestled. [laughs]
-We did. [laughing] -Until 1:00 a.m. [laughing]
We literally did.
Some would say we maybe kept it G, 'cause we were thumb wrestling. [laughs]
We kept it G.
-["A Long Time" playing] -♪ For a long, long time ♪
[vocalizing]
-[Virginia] Hello. -Nice to meet you.
-Devin. -Virginia.
-Ready for your massage? Come back. -Yes, I'm ready.
-[Devin] You want that side? -[Virginia] Yeah.
[woman] Okay. Please undress to get comfortable.
-[Virginia] I should have you undo my top. -You want me to?
Yeah, if you can. [laughs]
Get back up.
I'm sorry.
Okay. Thank you.
-[Devin] Yeah. -That'll work. That'll do it. [grunts]
-["So Sunkissed" by New Jupiter playing] -♪ Sun's out ♪
♪ Chillin' with a good crowd… ♪
Turned you into a believer. [laughs]
-Absolutely. -[Virginia] Now you're gonna want more.
♪ Something about this ♪
♪ I feel so amazing ♪
Do you wanna walk?
[Devin] Yeah, we could do that.
-[Caribbean music playing] -[singing in Spanish]
[Devin] Is there anything you're feeling, like, you're nervous about?
-[Virginia laughs] No. -No?
-She's like, "Nope, not at all." -No, I don't think so.
[Devin] Even the thought of getting married in four weeks?
Is that something that's scaring you a little bit or not really?
[Virginia] It sounds crazy, but no.
I'm just more so excited than nervous.
[Devin] Honestly, I'm ready.
[Virginia] My mom will love you.
[Devin] I already know my family is gonna love you too, so…
-It's gonna be incredible. -Yeah.
I think my word for us has been, like, "Easy."
[Virginia] Mm.
-Like, talking to you is easy. -Mm.
-Holding your hand is easy. -Why? Why is it so easy?
I don't know. It's just like…
I feel like we just talked about so much.
-And I became so close to you. -Yeah.
That I feel like I could tell you anything.
-Yeah. Yeah. -And you'll always be there for me.
You know?
And you make love so easy.
-Mm. I love that. -[laughs]
-[Virginia] I'm in love with you. -I agree. I love you too.
-[Virginia exclaims] -I love saying it.
[Virginia] Every time you say it, it kind of makes my heart jump.
-[Devin laughs] Yeah? -Every time.
[Devin] You know the saying, "Everything happens for a reason."
-[Virginia] Ow. -There's a reason we chose each other.
There's a reason that we're gonna be married in four weeks.
-[Virginia] Ooh! -[laughs] Mrs. Buckets.
-[Virginia] Ooh! -[laughs]
-[Virginia] Mrs. Buckets. I love it. -Mm-hmm.
♪ Get on my way Party in this place, ha! ♪
♪ Come on, make my day You know I like it down there ♪
[Dave] Our first night together.
-Yep. -Yeah.
-How was it? -[laughs] It was good.
-Can you do that the rest of your life? -[both laugh]
I really need you to get your shit together in terms of snoring.
-[laughs] -Okay. I know.
-No, I'm kidding! No! -I thought you were serious!
-See? Gullible. Gullible. -Relax.
That is something I worry about though. When I was dating my ex too. [groans]
-Like, I couldn't sleep very well. -Yeah.
-I was too worried about snoring. -Oh my God!
-And feeling bad about it. -Mm-hmm.
No, I literally didn't wake up until this morning when…
Yeah.
-…the light came in. -[laughs]
-So, no, you're fine. [laughs] -Okay.
I just needed to get in my groove of sleeping.
-And I did, and it was fine. -Mm-hmm.
But other than that, it was great. [laughing]
-It was great. -Yeah.
Our transition to moving into that room together was super easy.
Yeah. Same.
I forgot how small you are, so, like, the bed felt big.
There were a couple of times I felt my feet on the end of the bed.
"My feet should not be down here." I look up, and you're three feet above me.
[laughs] I'm like, "How did I get down here?"
-I do that when I sleep though too. -You move down?
-I, like, slide down. -Mm-hmm.
-I don't know why. -That's really funny.
I do think it takes so much for me to be,
honestly, physically attracted to someone and emotionally attracted to them.
It just takes a lot.
I agree. It takes a lot for me to open up emotionally.
And I also have been very, like, picky physically.
-Just kind of how I've been. -Yeah.
I hate admitting that too.
Like, when I came to the experiment, that was part of it.
And I told you that in the pods, I believe.
I really wanted to confront myself and, like, challenge myself…
-Yeah. -…to be, like, a better guy.
Like, be a better person.
-That stuff isn't that important. -Yeah.
Let's say I do meet someone.
I'm, like, interested in them.
And I know their name, so I look 'em up on their Instagram.
-Then I'm like, "Actually, never mind." -Yeah.
You don't even take that next step to go on a date
'cause there's so much information.
Right.
A lot of people probably, myself included,
probably pass on people that they could be a really good fit for.
-Right. -Which is so stupid.
It's so stupid, but that's the world that we live in.
I know.
That's why this process makes a lot of sense for you too.
[chuckles] Yeah, for sure.
Engaged or not, this experiment is so good for me personally.
-But we are here. [laughs] -Mm-hmm.
-And it's going well. It's going well. -It's going well.
-Glad to hear you say that too. -Hasn't been that long.
-It's been a day. -Yeah. It's going well.
Thanks for being so communicative.
-Yeah. Of course. -Makes me easy.
-You too. -Mm-hmm.
I feel like it takes someone like you for me to be like that.
-It's not easy for me to talk about stuff. -Yeah. Same.
Yeah. So it says a lot about you.
-I think it says a lot about us. -Yeah.
-I feel like I've known you for so long. -Years.
[laughing]
Which, again, is why it's gonna be so hard to explain.
To be like, "No, this isn't a stranger. This is Dave."
"I know this person better than a lot of people."
-Yeah. -God, it's weird.
We don't have to think about that part. We get to focus on being here.
True. Be here now.
-Be here now. -Yeah.
-What was that? -[both laugh]
I felt like a coconut was gonna fall on your head.
That'd be the opposite of "be here now." I need to be somewhere else.
[laughs]
[Lauren] The dunk tank is wild.
-You have to, like, throw until you miss. -Mm.
-[chuckles] -You wanna go first?
Sure.
-[pop music playing] -♪ Let's start it up ♪
♪ A new chance, a new day ♪
[vocalizing]
Hmm.
Hey, wow, pressure is on.
Okay, ready?
[sighs] I guess.
-[laughs] -[grunts]
Boo!
[Lauren] This is going at your head.
[both laugh]
Oh!
Easy!
That was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.
It's great. Do you get to keep going? I have two more.
-You do? [gasps] -[Lauren] I do.
[both laugh]
[vocalizing]
♪ We're taking on the world On the world… ♪
-Here's to set sail. -[both laughing]
Cheers to set sail. I'm so excited. [laughs]
-It's hot. I'm gonna to put my hair up. -Okay, I can hold that.
-Thank you. -Now you've got another set of hands…
-Thank you. -…to be there to grab stuff for you.
Look at how blue the water is right here.
-[Sara] It's so calm today. -[Ben] Yeah.
[Sara] Like, so ideal.
It's been 24 hours, so…
-That's insane. -[laughs] I know!
-Isn't it? -It's only been 24 hours. Wow.
-Like, who are we? Just… -What is life?
Two crazy cats trying to find love from Minnesota.
-Now on a boat in Honduras. -[laughs] I know. I know.
-This is incredible. -I know. How does this happen?
[both] Fell in love in the pods.
It's just so funny because the question doesn't make sense anymore.
Because if people were to look at you, it'd be like,
"Ben, obviously love's not blind. She's a smoke show."
Oh my God.
I'm like, "Yeah, but believe it or not,
I fell in love with her for who she is in the first place."
That's cute. [laughing]
Then when she annoyed me after I met her in person,
then the looks took over. [laughs]
[Sara laughs] Oh my God. You ready?
-All right, cheers to another first. -Okay.
Three, two, one…
[Sara shouts]
-[pop music playing] -♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah… ♪
Okay, hold on to my hand. Let's go down together.
[Sara] Okay.
♪ I keep my eyes wide, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Keep the dream alive ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah… ♪
-That was fun. -Oh my gosh. I'm very happy we did that.
♪ Every day, every day, every day I keep the hustle alive ♪
-[Daniel] How you feeling? -[Taylor] Good! You?
[Daniel laughs] I'm good.
It's still crazy hearing your voice in real life.
-I know! It's fun though. -Yeah.
-[chuckles] -Look at us.
-Who would have thought? -[both] Not me.
[Daniel] This is kind of cool.
[Taylor] Oh yeah, it's beautiful.
-This looks nice. -Yeah!
-Here? -Mm-hmm.
[laughs]
Waking up together was nice.
-It just feels very natural. -Mm-hmm.
-I love the spot we're in emotionally. -Yeah.
There's definitely a physical connection too, which is amazing.
[Taylor] Yeah.
I think my favorite part of the day today so far
was listening to Taylor Swift.
Is it?
Listening to T-Swift, getting ready in the morning.
-Watch me do my makeup. -Yep.
My magic.
-Watch the magic happen. Yep. -[laughs]
-Yep, learned a lot. -Yeah?
-Learned a lot about makeup. -Stay tuned.
-There's more to learn. [laughs] -Learned a lot about T-Swift.
[Taylor] Yeah, it's been a good day.
I'm glad we came here instead of going home.
-Yeah. -[Taylor] This was the right call.
I agree.
-Yeah. Right. -I'm glad we're here.
Very glad.
I still, um, feel really bad
about that whole situation.
Um, I knew that it was something that I wanted to speak to you about.
Like, I wouldn't have felt confident moving in either direction
had we not discussed it.
-Yeah. -[Taylor] So I don't…
…regret having the conversation,
but I do regret the way that
I handled that conversation.
I… you handled it the only way that you could have.
I know, but looking back, like, I wouldn't handle it that same way now.
Don't feel bad.
-I totally get it. -Yeah.
I would have felt the same way if I was in your shoes, you know?
It was a view into how we handle things together.
Yeah.
-I thought we handled it well together. -Yeah.
Calmed my spiraling mind. [laughs]
-I got you. -'Cause it happens.
-Yeah, I got you. -She loves a good spiral. [laughs]
Yeah, I always got you.
And I'll always be honest with you.
-Yeah. Thank you for being patient. -Of course.
-I mean, life isn't always gonna be… -Perfect?
…sunshine, rainbows and drinking G&Ts on the beach.
-G&Ts on a dock in Honduras? Yeah. -As much as we wish it could be.
Yeah, as much as I think neither of us, like,
would have preferred that happen, like,
I think it, honestly, will bring us, like, closer together.
I don't feel like it was a setback, by any means.
We handled it well as a couple and, like, bounced back.
-Yeah. -I got you.
Thank you.
I have never laid this kind of groundwork
in a relationship in the past.
Like, most of the conversations we had, and the topics that we've covered
is never something that I've done prior to being with someone.
Which, I mean, it's cool.
Very cool.
[laughs] Cool is the word.
It's pretty neat. It's pretty neat.
-I'm the luckiest guy in the world. -[laughs] So sweet.
That's what I feel like. I just can't believe it.
-[laughs] -I just can't even believe it.
-Yeah. -You always say the nicest things to me.
No one's ever spoke to me in the way that you do, and…
I'm gonna cry, so cheers.
-[laughing] -Oh my gosh.
-Shocking. [laughs] -Wow.
I just love ya. Can't help it.
I love you too. I love this ring.
-I like that ring. -It's a great ring. You did good.
-Thanks. It looks good on you. -Mm-hmm.
-Thank you. Mm-hmm. -With your red nails.
Come on, girl.
-I'm all in. -Yeah.
I just love you so much.
[Taylor laughs] I love you too.
["Holy" by Justin Bieber playing]
-Cheers. Here we are. [chuckles] -Cheers.
♪ Hold me, hold me, hold me… ♪
Mm.
♪ Holy, holy, holy… ♪
Mm. Love ya.
Come here.
♪ Oh God! ♪
♪ Running to the altar like a track star Can't wait another second ♪
♪ 'Cause the way you hold me Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me ♪
♪ Feels so holy ♪
-[Joey] Oh, nice. -[Monica] They both look amazing.
-Good? -Mm-hmm.
It's lovely. Okay.
-[laughs] -That's so good.
[Monica] Yeah.
Okay, does that bug you?
-What? -[Joey] The fireplace.
-Oh, the off-center? -Yeah. [laughs]
I was like, "What do you mean?"
Um, well, now that you point it out…
[laughing]
It wouldn't have.
It would not have a moment ago.
Just curious.
[Monica laughs]
[Joey] I think, like, the reason
my OCD stuff happened was almost like,
um, like a way to control something that, like,
because my life was very chaotic.
It was like, "Okay, this is something I can control to…"
-That's my, like, theory behind it. -Yeah.
It always got worse. like, when something happens.
If my sister went into the hospital
or if, like, there was some type of added stress,
or maybe it was my parents fighting.
-Or something like that. -Yeah.
Everything was counted, so like, everything you can imagine.
So, like, walking, my steps I took, um,
how many times I, like, lifted up a spoon,
how many times I, like, drank something,
how many times I, like, picked something up.
Everything was done in, like, a numbered way.
Or things had to be, like, touched a certain way.
So, like, my index finger always had to touch an object last,
or if I walked out of a door,
it always had to be out with my right foot.
Was it involuntary, or you were hyper aware of it?
So you're, like, aware of it.
-You know it's weird. [laughs] -Yeah.
-So you understand that it's weird. -Yeah.
But you still have this urge to do it.
So you just let your mind kind of just, like, spin.
[laughing] That's actually the best way of putting it, would be spinning.
-Overthinking it and spinning on it. -Yep. Mm-hmm. Yeah.
How did you get over that or kind of manage that?
At first, they were like, "Maybe we should get you on medication,"
but I was like, "No, I wanna try to do this on my own first."
-"And see if I can overcome it." -Yeah.
Which was weird that I even did that at a young age,
but exposure therapy is what, like, we would use, in terms of psychology.
Yeah.
And so I basically just, like, forced myself to do it.
That's a lot, to change your whole way of thinking.
-Yeah. -On your own.
Yeah, it was… it was weird.
I was a weirdo. [laughing]
We're all weirdos.
We're all weirdos in some way.
[laughing]
♪ I never thought I'd wanna sing love songs again ♪
[Virginia] I love chocolate-covered strawberries.
Okay, then eat as many as you want.
-This is really good. -Is it?
-Wanna try it? -Sure.
[Virginia] It's good?
[Devin] That is good.
How'd you feel about today?
-It was good! -You had a good day today?
-I had an amazing day. -Me too.
I feel very comfortable now.
I feel, like, very comfortable
and just excited to be with you.
I'm excited to be with you.
-We're the same person. -[both laugh]
Just gonna…
-We're exactly the same. -Exactly the same.
We picked the same outfit. [laughs]
That's really crazy that we have all the same swimsuits.
I feel like you balance me out though. I feel like we're a good fit.
I don't think... that's not surprising, I don't think.
I feel like we continue to grow closer,
and I feel like it's evident
that we're just, like, feeling it.
-Yeah. -That we're in it.
For sure. Happy to be with Virginia now.
-Oh, that's so cute. I love that. -It is.
-["Into You" by Ariana Grande playing] -♪ I'm so into you ♪
♪ I can barely breathe… ♪
-What do you think? Should we hop in? -Yeah.
♪ All I wanna do ♪
♪ Is to fall in deep… ♪
[Devin] Come on.
[Virginia squeals]
-Oh my God. -Need help?
-No, no, no, no. -[shouts]
[Devin] Oh!
Feels good though.
♪ Oh, baby, look what you started ♪
♪ The temperature's rising in here… ♪
-[Devin] You're not even holding me. -This is a trust thing.
I'm holding. Oh, you're going under?
[Virginia laughs]
Ooh!
♪ So, baby, come light me up… ♪
Ooh! [laughs]
♪ A little bit dangerous… ♪
-Is it warmer when I do that? -No. [laughs]
-It's not? -Unh-unh.
-How do I warm it up? -I don't know.
♪ 'Cause I'm so into you, into you… ♪
[Virginia laughs]
♪ So, baby, let's keep it secret ♪
♪ A little bit scandalous… ♪
Mm!
♪ A little less conversation And a little more touch my body ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm so into you Into you, into you ♪
♪ Got everyone watching us ♪
♪ So, baby, let's keep it secret ♪
♪ A little bit scandalous ♪
♪ But, baby, don't let them see it ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm so into you Into you, into you ♪
♪ Tell me what you came here for… ♪
-[Dave] Ready? -[Lauren] Ready.
-Are we holding hands? Okay. -Yeah. Let's do it.
Why not?
Why not? We've been doing it the whole time.
-I know. -It feels weird to do this so publicly.
I know! And we've talked about I'm not always, like, a hand-holder.
-I know. I'm not really either, but… -It's not usually my go-to.
-There's something comforting about it. -Yep.
-Where do we go? -Here.
♪ A little bit dangerous ♪
♪ But, baby, that's how I want it ♪
♪ I'm so into you, into you… ♪
-[Lauren] Should we sit up here? -[Dave] I'm gonna.
[Lauren] We get some sun.
You don't move as much as I thought you would at night.
-Okay, that's good. -You said that in the beginning.
You're like, "I kind of move around, switch positions,"
but, no, it doesn't bug me at all.
You haven't woken up to me moving around at all?
-No, not at all. -Oh my God. Huge. That's good.
Yeah. You just pee a lot.
-[laughs] But that's a known thing now. -I do pee a lot.
Yeah, I've just not consistently shared a bed with someone…
-Yeah. I haven't either, really. -…in a very long time.
Yeah, same.
When you honestly think about it, I feel like sharing a bed is so intimate.
It's kind of crazy that's a thing that we do, and that's normal.
[Dave] Yeah.
Me and Lauren have not had sex yet.
Um, I've seen her naked. [chuckles]
But we haven't had sex yet.
I think, again, I can tell she's not ready yet.
She's not there yet, and that's totally fine.
When she's comfortable and ready, like, I'll be there for her.
-I feel like I'm used to this already. -Mm-hmm.
And I just kind of wanna, like, stay in this moment longer,
without our phones, without outside world.
Yeah.
Especially without screens at night, I've just been great.
I know.
We lay there and chat a lot before we go to bed.
-Yeah. Yeah. -Which is kind of fun.
It's so much easier to fall asleep, which is shocking.
-Yeah, we just lay there, laugh, talk. -That's what the science says. [laughs]
-That's been nice. -Yeah.
-I didn't expect that. -Same.
-Going in, I was like, "Oh God." -"I'm gonna have to talk to her?"
"I have to sleep with this girl in my bed?"
-"Who? Why?" -"I don't even know this girl."
There's nothing you're doing there
that I'm like, "Ugh, fuck that. I don't want…"
-Okay, that's good. -"I can't deal with this."
-Yeah, okay. That's good. -There's none of that.
-In the bed, outside the bed. -In the bed, outside the bed.
There's nothing I'm like, "I hate this so much."
Good. I feel like that would be alarming.
-Yes. -Yeah.
Maybe the new hair.
-All right. -[chuckles] I'm kidding.
-Yep. But… -Um…
-[Dave] It's been fun. -It has been fun.
-[Dave] Yeah. Yeah. -It's been easy.
-All too easy. -It's been too easy.
-Maybe we should be nervous about that. -Yeah.
So, Dave was like, "Did you date anyone, like, before coming on here?"
It is gonna be kind of weird for me with… I know both of your exes.
Not, like, well, but I know them.
Honestly, I didn't call either of them my boyfriends.
I got you. Yeah.
I was talking to someone months ago,
but I wouldn't have said that I dated him.
But Dave has mutual friends with him.
The other one was one of my good friends lives with a guy that I used to date.
So I was giving him names.
He's like, "Oh, I know him. I see him at the pool all the time."
It's a little weird that I know them.
-Again, I don't know them well, but… -You know of them.
-And know-- -[Dave] Right.
Right, and I don't want that to affect our relationship when we go back.
Yeah.
Is any of it because you know them, you're like,
"Okay, why was she into them and into me?"
-No. -"What's similar or different about us?"
You explained that, "I've been attracted to a lot of different types of people."
-[Lauren] Yeah. -No, I'm cool. I don't care about that.
I asked you if you were seeing anyone right before the experiment started.
Hearing that, I was kind of like, "Okay…"
This whole process of maybe being here and maybe not was, like, months long.
Yeah.
And I started talking to him a couple months ago, a few months ago.
I forget it's been, like, a month since I've been home.
I remember thinking, like, if things progress with this person,
there's no reason for me to go try to find a fiancé and a husband.
Right.
The more time that I kind of casually spent with him,
the more it solidified that I'm not really invested in this relationship.
And this isn't someone that
if I'm trying to decide if I wanna, like, meet my fiancé or see things out with him,
I wanna meet my fiancé.
I just, like, honestly knew he wasn't my person
for a lot of different reasons.
He was never… never a boyfriend. Never met any of my friends.
I never met any of his friends.
It really was very casual.
It was just different because I haven't had a girlfriend for four years.
I've dated, but not, like, seriously or anything.
[Lauren] Mm-hmm.
Um, so for me coming into this,
I thought everybody was gonna be similar to that,
like they haven't had a good time dating, it's been difficult.
I kind of didn't hold that against Molly in the pods,
but she told me she got out of a serious thing six months before.
I was like, "Oh, wow. That's close. How do you know you're ready for this?"
Yeah. I thought she said she never had a boyfriend.
-It was long-term, on-and-off. -Got it.
When she said six months, even then I was like, "Hmm."
-Mm-hmm. -I'm like, "This was even more recent."
I think my head is more at,
"How do you go from seeing someone so recently
to I'm ready for marriage?"
That just seems like a huge step in between, where it's like,
"How did you…" I don't know.
That's tough.
Are you nervous about going back and me talking to Molly?
Are you nervous about talking to Molly?
["Dirty Love" by Prom King playing]
That's probably gonna happen.
I've just been thinking about it.
♪ And I could never blame you ♪
♪ And I could never save you ♪
♪ Love is a sticky game ♪
♪ Tangled up in dirty love ♪
♪ Dirty love, dirty love ♪
♪ Heaven, how she tears me up ♪
♪ Tears me up, tears me up ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Slow-moving, long-lasting ♪
♪ So close, yet it slipped right past me ♪
♪ Foundations crashing ♪
♪ Blessed with the quick sting ♪
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