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NARRATOR: Previously...

What makes you better than my twin sister?

..feedback week exposed some uncomfortable truths...

..when Paul read back his honestly letter to Carina.

Did you read that part to Awhina? Yeah.

CARINA: Wow. Can't believe this is what he thinks of me.

ELIOT: Watching you two together, I don't think it'll fizzle out.

Fresh insight reaffirmed the positive state of Rhi and Jeff's marriage.

RHI: I'm really proud of where we are

and how we are feeling about each other.

JEFF: She sort of views our relationship the same as me.

We can both see a life outside of this experiment together.

ADRIAN: I'm gonna give you some hard truths.

If I was physically and emotionally attracted to a girl,

I would want to be all over them.

But Jamie was left in shock...

Are we having a lack of sex

because you're not in the love stage?

I feel like... Yes or no?

Yes.

..when Dave gave little reassurance about his true feelings.

You said you loved me six weeks into this. I'm not there.

Tonight...

(SIGHS)

..it's a sombre mood at the dinner party...

JAMIE: This is killing me.

AWHINA: I felt really sad seeing Jamie was by herself.

BETH: They've been so solid. This is just shocking, to be quite honest.

(TAPS GLASS) Dinner is served.

..before...

You threw me under the bus with Awhina.

Are you gonna take accountability for that, Paul?

..Carina calls out Paul.

That's not on me, that's on you.

Made me feel like I cannot trust you right now.

Then...

MEL: Gosh, Dave's so different.

RYAN: I've never heard this side of Dave before.

JOHN: He's got a wall up. He's detached.

AWHINA: Who is that man? That's not the Dave I've met.

..Dave under the microscope.

I'm planning a future with you and you're telling me today,

you're, like, "I don't have those feelings."

Haven't progressed for you. When did you want to tell me that?

Jamie bares her soul as she fights for her marriage.

It's... It's just a struggle at the moment, so...

Really?

(CRIES)

He's hurt me so much.

Who am I trusting with my heart?

That's not OK!

(CRIES)

(BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYS)

After a week of honest feedback about their relationships,

tonight our couples will gather to reflect and unpack

at the sixth dinner party.

And for some couples, absence truly has made the heart grow fonder.

JEFF: Oh, you look amazing. RHI: Thank you.

(LAUGHS) Wow.

This dress is, yeah, full-on.

You look nice. Thank you.

I wonder if you'll spill food on yourself today.

(BOTH LAUGH) I hope not. I hope not.

After the feedback week, Jeff and I are in actually such a good place.

I feel like I'm just so grateful to be home and in his presence

and just be close to him again.

So, yeah, I'm happy.

And I think feedback week has brought up a lot of...

Yeah. ..dirt...

It has. ..that's been on people's minds.

Yeah, for sure.

Seeing Jacqui and Ryan tonight is going to be very interesting.

Jacqui's letter, there was two and a half pages

of negative things about Ryan

and there was a lot of stuff in there

which would've been quite confronting.

Yeah, I'd imagine from what I saw and heard in that letter,

they must be in all sorts at the moment.

JACQUI: Is that with the pulp? RYAN: It is with pulp.

Can you make sure you, like, flip it upside down before you pour?

You already flipped it, though. OK. Good.

I've gotta admit, Jacqui's letter

has sort of echoed around in my mind for a little bit

and I am pissed off.

Just for you, I'll flip it and this can be your glass.

Yay! Thank you. I love the pulp. All the pulp you want.

Yeah. (CLAPS) Thank you. (LAUGHS)

There's certain character assumptions she's made

and really harsh things that she's said.

"I'm concerned that you don't have

"a stable and predictable career set-up,

"you financially contribute less than I will

"and I will be the primary breadwinner,

"putting you in a place where you don't want to be.

"I'm concerned you need a submissive partner

"and will only work in a relationship with a trad wife,

"which is a term for traditional wife who submits on everything."

You brought that to term into it. Yeah.

Oh, my god.

Here is your pulp, madam. Thank you, sir.

RYAN: I know myself intimately

and what she said during that letter,

like, yeah, it's a little bit disturbing

that she would use that language, definitely.

I'm really glad that we were forced to go through that feedback.

It was really helpful for me to put stuff on the table

and then have some of it addressed

and I feel like we tend to fight for a day

and we kind of just get over it and move on,

so we're so used to kind of resolving our own conflict

that it doesn't really affect us anymore.

Ryan and I are so happy. (LAUGHS)

Like, genuinely, we just get along so well.

Jacq, I just want you to know that...

What?

..I'm gonna take a while to try and digest some of the terminology

that you use in the way you feel.

I actually feel feedback week has improved our relationship.

We've worked through issues

and I feel like a lot of couples don't discuss the tough issues.

Like, planning how we're gonna have kids together,

where we're gonna live, where we're gonna retire.

A lot of the other couples don't think that far ahead.

I also realised when I got back here

I actually love this apartment with you...

Mmm. ..and it is our home.

Mmm.

NARRATOR: Down the hall, one of this year's most tumultuous couples

are getting ready for tonight's dinner party in separate apartments.

ELIOT: The last interaction with Veronica wasn't great.

In fact, she stormed out and I've been in the bachelor pad ever since.

Again. (LAUGHS)

Eliot started feedback week

optimistic that he could improve his relationship with Veronica

by seeking some constructive advice from Rhi.

"Based on the conversations that you've had with Veronica,

"what is your impression of what she thinks about me?"

Like, you haven't made eye contact with her...

OK. ..and you're a bit more closed off.

That's really constructive. (LAUGHS)

But Eliot was disappointed when Veronica's honesty letter

negatively compared him to Dave.

VERONICA: "I don't have to prompt Dave to open up.

"When Dave and I have conversed, it's effortless

"and the communication flows easily.

"Dave makes me feel connected and sane,

"but unfortunately I don't feel the same way with you."

I don't know what to say.

Veronica wrote a lot about Dave in her letter,

which is interesting

when you're writing a letter about our relationship.

It sucks that you feel that way.

I tried to connect with your letter and I...

Do you think that's appropriate, that you're patronising me, Eliot?

When you do that...

Do you think that that's appropriate that you're patronising me, Eliot?

It turns out we still can't be in the same room together.

You have no respect

and I'm not interested in pursuing anything with you.

You're beneath me.

And the Oscar goes to... (APPLAUDS) Veronica!

ELIOT: I'm a little bit disappointed.

I feel like I did my best to make this work.

But Veronica's behaviour, anyone would say is unacceptable.

She has this hatred towards me.

And so, going into this dinner party,

like, I feel like I'm going in with my eyes open.

I know exactly how Veronica feels about me.

Like, I don't really have anything left to say to her.

For Awhina, tonight's dinner party

is a chance to get something off her mind.

AWHINA: Tonight, the things that I want to voice, I'll voice.

Carina's comments towards my twin sister wasn't OK.

So, yeah, I'm gonna address that.

Do you want to go first?

During feedback week, Awhina learnt that Carina

had made some disparaging remarks about her twin sister,

who Paul had previously dated.

She said, "Oh, I didn't know you would go for that kind of calibre."

Yeah. Wow.

And I'll be honest with you, this is giving me the ick.

ADRIAN: How do you think tonight's gonna go?

It'll be interesting.

When Paul had referenced Carina saying

that my twin sister was in a different calibre,

obviously that was a direct attack to my twin sister

and therefore me as well.

Does it make me annoyed, frustrated? Yes.

What makes you think you're in a different calibre to my twin sister?

It was a very snobby comment.

ADRIAN: In my world, that doesn't stand.

Who are you to judge someone else when you don't know them?

I don't know Carina enough to call her a snob

but if Paul's calling her a snob,

then that says something, in my eyes.

CARINA: I feel a bit hurt and blindsided

by Paul's actions this week.

I feel like I was thrown under the bus.

"Sometimes you can come across as being a bit judgy."

I told you about Cleo and then you said to me that you...

You said to me that you were surprised

that I would go for that kind of calibre.

Did you read that part to Awhina? Yep.

Bit of a slap in the face. Bit of shock, yeah.

Obviously I'm not proud of the comment

that I made about Awhina's sister.

I got a little insecure with the partner swap

because Paul had a fling with Awhina's sister

and I acted out in a little bit of jealousy

and it was said to Paul in private, thinking that he was my safe place.

Yeah, I feel a bit betrayed, but I'm not confrontational,

so I just need time to digest everything.

Yeah.

(PAUL WHISTLES)

Wow. You look good.

(LAUGHS) We match each other.

What do you expect from Awhina towards me?

I don't know.

I feel like it's not a dinner party if there's no drama, you know,

so...

I shouldn't have said the words that I said

and then obviously now she knows,

so, yeah, I think it's best if we maybe pull her to her side

and I'm going to take accountability and apologise.

I guess now it's out there,

I kind of regret putting that out there

but now it is done, so that's it.

Yeah.

Carina said that she is...you know, she's taking accountability for it,

so I'm, like, OK, cool, happy days.

That is literally... That's all I wanted to hear.

You know, so that's it.

Shall we?

(KISSES, LAUGHS)

I see that she regrets, you know, the comment that she made.

That's it.

So, yeah, it's all good.

I'll be right behind you.

JEFF: Should we hit the road? RHI: Yeah, let's do it.

Alright, let's go.

As most of our couples make their way to tonight's dinner party...

BETH: (LAUGHS) Like a bongo.

RYAN: Let's go do this. JACQUI: OK.

Oh, wait. Oh.

Thank you.

..there's one couple who have yet to depart.

JAMIE: I think feedback week was so necessary

because it really allowed me to sit and think...

and start to put the puzzle pieces together.

After spending feedback week with Adrian

and receiving some hard-hitting truths

about her relationship with Dave...

ADRIAN: He doesn't want you getting too close to him

so he keeps his distance

and the hardest one, he's not attracted.

..Jamie was left questioning Dave's level of attraction

and overall feelings for her.

When it comes to building a physical and intimate relationship,

the areas that you need to have that are where it's lacking.

Because I'm so much more deep,

I feel like sex and all those things are connected

to all those feelings as well.

So, then, you're saying we don't have that much sex

because you're not right in your feels.

Yeah, I'm not there yet.

You're in a different spot to where I am.

So you said you loved me six weeks into this. I'm not there.

(SIGHS)

JAMIE: Since my last conversation with Dave,

he hasn't tried to resolve what we were talking about,

he hasn't tried to reassure me.

Considering we've had so many weeks

of being in, I guess, a good place, well, what I thought anyways,

I couldn't feel further apart from him.

I don't know what he's thinking, I don't know what he's feeling.

I don't know where his head's at.

(LAUGHS)

Um, look, I don't know.

It's pretty shit.

Hey.

Hey.

How you going?

Well, obviously I've been better.

Mmm.

Haven't really spoken.

Thought you maybe would check in a little bit.

I feel the same.

The last conversation we had, you kind of said

that your feelings aren't in the same place

and I questioned your attraction to me,

so obviously imagine how I'm feeling.

Mm-hm.

So, you don't think maybe that would've been a good opportunity

to maybe validate me?

I don't know if you want to have this conversation here

or at the dinner party.

Um...

Don't you want to try and resolve it with me

before we go to a dinner party?

Well, I just don't...

Yeah, I mean, if you want to have the conversation now,

let's do it.

I mean...

What is with this reaction right now?

Like, where is your emotion in this?

Did you not just hear what I said?

I'm questioning your attraction

and if you've got romantic feelings for me.

Do you understand how upsetting that is?

Yeah. And you're just, like...

"Well, do you want to talk about it at the dinner party?"

What? Dave, this is... you and me right now.

Mmm.

I need to know that you're here with me.

I just don't see it.

I've had time to think about it all and when it was brought up,

when you questioned my feelings,

I guess I was really upset by you questioning it

and I had to ask myself, why was I upset?

And, you know, it's because that they're not there.

The feelings aren't there as much as I thought they would be

and the intimacy things, all those things, I have to go...

I went away and thought about

why I'm not showing up in certain ways

and it's just not there.

I'm not expressing the love that you have for me...

you know, I'm not mirroring that back.

Oh, look, I don't hate her guts. I don't hate Jamie. I think...

No, I mean, I don't hate her, but I do care...

Like, I do care about her.

Like, the whole way through, I do care about her feelings.

I've looked after her and had her back

and, you know, wanted to see her happy.

It doesn't take away from that.

Like, it's just... I'm not progressing in any other feelings,

so, it's...yeah, it sucks.

Do you understand your words are really hurtful?

You could say it, like, a little bit nicer, Dave.

You could have a little bit more tact and be, like...

'Cause you know where my feelings are.

Yeah. You know where my feelings are.

I don't think I was rude.

Dave, there's no sort of sincerity or, like, empathy in your voice.

Of course there is. I'm...

These are brutal words and you're just, like, "Eh."

You're not even, like, "Jamie, like, I'm so sorry..."

Nothing. Well, this is how I feel.

Um...

I don't know, man. She just seemed worked up.

I don't think there was time. (LAUGHS)

I'm not feeling as strong as you are

and I'm sorry that it's happening like this, but I can't...

No, I'm sorry that I had feelings for...

If you're gonna treat me like this

and this is how you're gonna approach the situation,

like, I'm sorry for myself that I had feelings for you like that,

because that is not the Dave I've been married to.

After everything, that's how you're gonna approach this conversation?

And now you're just gonna come in and just be, like,

big boy, like, "Yeah, whatever, not feeling it, sorry."

I'm sorry if it's coming across that way.

It is coming across that way.

Sorry if it is, but that's how I feel and I...

Oh, my god. I can't. I can't, I can't.

Get out. (CLEARS THROAT)

I can't, like...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

(CRIES)

Who is that person? (CRIES)

Who is that person? He doesn't even care!

(CRIES)

I can't... I want him out of this apartment.

I don't want to carry on with him.

(CRIES) He's not the person I know.

(CRIES)

Even if you don't have feelings for me,

you know how I feel about you

and that's how he's gonna approach it?

What the (BLEEP) is wrong with him? That's disgusting.

I don't want to spend any more time in this experiment

with someone like that. (CRIES)

Like, he's worse than any of the others

because he's lied to me the whole time

and he's pretended to be someone he's clearly not.

(CRIES)

(SIGHS)

(BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYS)

JOHN: Well, here we are, the sixth dinner party

and what is great this week is that they had feedback...

ALESSANDRA: Yes.

..from various individuals in the group,

which is always very powerful because, like in the real world,

hearing a different perspective can really change things.

And for some couples, it will bring them closer together.

(LAUGHS)

They'll hear things and they'll just take that on board

and it will almost create a stronger bond.

(KISSES)

But for other couples,

I think, particularly this stage of the experiment,

it really can create a lot of questions

about their long-term compatibility.

ALESSANDRA: Absolutely.

The couples that have some cracks in their relationships,

they're gonna be magnified

and it's the opportunity to take that magnification

and either work on them and build on it and turn it over

or maybe realise that they're not really meant for one another.

So, I guess it's time to see who our first couple up is.

(RESOUNDING MUSIC PLAYS)

JAMIE: Excellent.

JOHN: Oh, it's Jamie on her own.

It's Jamie... Fully solo.

MEL: I don't think we've ever seen this before.

JAMIE: Well, I guess it's the last time

I'll probably be cocktailing in this room.

May as well enjoy it.

JOHN: This is the first time that Jamie and Dave

have ever come in separately... Yep.

..into a dinner party.

JAMIE: Cheers.

JOHN: What has happened over this week for this couple?

MEL: That is quite a turnaround.

Especially after a declaration of love last week on the couch.

Right. JOHN: But he didn't say it back.

Exactly. He did not.

JAMIE: I may as well make myself comfortable.

Sit anywhere I want.

Something absolutely, absolutely blew up here.

(VEHICLE APPROACHES)

Oh, please, for the love of god, be Awhina on the other end of the door.

Well, this is the epitome of how I'm feeling.

By myself. Excellent.

It was really awkward

but also, like, probably better than spending time with my husband,

so I was, like, why not?

I mean, imaginary friends are probably the way to go.

Less talk back, less disappointment.

Now I'm talking to myself like I'm losing my mind.

Just talk to a pot plant, talk to all my imaginary friends.

"How are you going, Jamie?" "I'm really good. Thank you."

Maybe I should do, like, a sexy pose or something.

Like, a little 'welcome'.

JAMIE: I need anyone here right now. Like, I'm dying to see my friends.

Maybe I came on the wrong night.

(GASPS) Oh, hey.

What's happening? Thank god!

Like, please be you. I'm by myself. Oh. OK.

ALESSANDRA: Awhina and Adrian.

MEL: We have support in the room.

AWHINA: You look stunning and... ADRIAN: You want a drink?

..you're by yourself.

JAMIE: Go get a drink, 'cause it's a long one.

AWHINA: I felt really sad seeing Jamie was by herself.

If you had asked me a week ago who was the last person

I think would enter a dinner party on their own,

it would've been Jamie,

so when I seen her by herself, it was shocking,

it was confusing and I'm sad.

Adrian and I actually spoke about

how our bed's big enough for you to come move in.

It's a really, really scary day...

When I have to look at my relationship and lean on you two,

then it's a really scary day.

JEFF: Hey. JAMIE: Thank god, all my people.

MEL: Here's Jeff and Rhi.

JEFF: How are we? RHI: Hi, guys.

I'm separated. ADRIAN: You wouldn't believe it.

RHI: You look beautiful.

Oh, so do you. I love that colour.

Seeing Jamie alone was pretty heartbreaking, to be honest.

Like, her and Dave have been one of the strongest couples

since the start.

It's really sad.

JEFF: What is going on?

Obviously when I was with Adrian, we did partner swap.

An issue that was raised which I've kept private out of respect for Dave

is he doesn't initiate sex. RHI: Mm-hm.

Ever.

I raised it with Adrian and he's, like,

"Yeah, but you're suppressing your needs and that's not fair."

And I'm, like, "You know what, you're right."

As I had time to think about it, I started connecting the dots.

All the physical touch, compliments, it's all me.

He's not showing up for me romantically whatsoever.

Mmm.

And then I was, like, "Shit. Does Dave like me?

"Like, is he attracted to me?"

So I put it in the letter and I go to address it

and I questioned his feelings - he was very blase.

I was waiting for him to be, like, "No, like, are you joking?"

To validate you. Reassure you.

Imagine having a conversation

when you're questioning someone's attraction,

not once do you go, "Of course I'm attracted to you."

Yeah, that's not good.

And then he goes, "Yeah, look,

"I think my feelings are in a different place.

"My feelings never grew. Like, they're not there."

MEL: So disappointing.

JOHN: This just doesn't sound like the Dave that we've come to know.

It does not. No. It does not at all.

It's like a different guy!

It's, like, "Glad this conversation came up"

because it made me realise I don't have...

How do you just realise you don't have those feelings for me?

ADRIAN: The thing is with Dave, though,

like, everything you say on the couch, he's never spoke up.

JOHN: No. MEL: That's right.

This is all news to us. We've never heard this.

He hasn't said that in such a definite way before, has he?

ALESSANDRA: Not at all. He said, "I'm building.

"I'm not there yet, but I can get there."

Whereas it sounds now like he's actually said,

"No, I don't have those feelings for you."

Mmm. Backtracking.

"I'm not getting there." Yeah.

JAMIE: And I'm, like, you didn't think to tell me this?

We're planning a future together.

Oh, he's, like, "I was planning a future too."

I'm, like, why would you plan a future with me

if you don't have those feelings for me?

RHI: Yeah. Like, what the (BLEEP) is this?

I feel like I had real feelings for a fake relationship.

MEL: That's a huge statement... JOHN: Yeah.

..from her, isn't it?

That's essentially her saying,

"I feel like this whole relationship has been a farce."

Mm-hm. Wow.

JAMIE: You guys know who you're laying next to at night.

I didn't know who I was laying next to.

ADRIAN: She honestly got taken advantage of.

This whole time, Dave has sort of somewhat been playing the game

to look like this great nice guy.

And I'm sure he is a nice guy, but not that nice, let's be real.

I respect him finally being honest

but telling me...

I wanted this to work.

He was just like, "That's how the cookie crumbles."

JEFF: I was very shocked with what I was hearing from Jamie.

Like, Dave's my best mate in this experiment

and to see what's happening right now has just got my mind racing.

I'm so confused.

He's given me no indication of having no feelings for Jamie.

It's just cold.

Like, the turnaround from last week to this week

is just hard to wrap my head around.

Dave and me are, like, really tight

and, like, even just hearing this, I'm shocked.

TEEJAY: Hello. BETH: Hi.

Do you guys want a drink? WOMEN: No.

JAMIE: So, Dave and I obviously didn't walk in together.

I feel like I've got, like, the same story.

ADRIAN: He pretty much said, like, "I don't care." It is what it is.

JEFF: Yeah. Is it saying that he likes Jamie?

ADRIAN AND JEFF: No. He what?

ADRIAN: No. Legit. Nothing.

JEFF: From what we just got then... What?

..they're done. They're done, man.

I am perplexed, to say the least,

that David and Jamie aren't in a good place.

They're the pinnacle of this experiment.

They have each other's backs,

they speak so beautifully about each other,

so to see this just crack after a few days...

it's confronting.

I really hope you're OK. Honestly, like...

Thank you. Thank you. Like, honestly.

Are you sure you're done? Yeah.

You'll get through it.

Yeah, after what you're saying, it's just, like...

(BLEEP) hell.

I'm, like, I just can't...

I was just talking to the boys about it and just, like,

every time we've talked about you guys outside of this...

it's, like, "Yeah, (BLEEP)."

That's what I mean.

Like, I thought this was, like, someone

that I was gonna build a life with. (CRIES)

Oh... BETH: Sweetheart.

(CRIES)

Oh, babe.

(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

AWHINA: I've never seen Jamie that hurt.

She was blindsided.

You know, there was no rollercoaster.

There was no build-up to this.

It was just, like, they were 100% and then suddenly zero.

How would anyone feel in that position?

I'm mad at that man. I'm not happy.

I just don't know...

Was I in a fake relationship this whole way through?

No, you weren't. He was.

It's so mean.

It's horrible. He led you on and I'm not happy.

Dave hurt someone who's really close to me and I'm not OK with that.

I will listen to what he has to say...

but if I think it's bullshit, I'm gonna call him out.

So mean. Like... It's... It's... It's...

If you didn't have feelings for me, why don't you tell me?

Why did you not let... You could've had your guard up, at least,

not fall in love.

(CRIES)

I just don't want to see him. I don't want to look at him.

(CRIES)

I don't even want this anymore. I don't want this.

(SETS RING ASIDE)

It was three pages long.

(LAUGHS) What?

A quarter of the first page was good stuff...

Yeah. ..and the rest was bad.

I said, "Jacq, this is gonna sound brutal and harsh

"but your relationship's going nowhere."

(LAUGHS)

CONTESTANTS: Hey.

Hi.

MEL: Oh, Jacqui and Ryan.

That's wild.

RYAN: Hey, how are you? BETH: Good. How are you?

Yeah, really well.

JEFF: Jacqui's letter was two and a half pages of bad stuff.

RHI: How about you? JACQUI: Yeah, good.

We had a good week.

And then they walk in together and it's, like, happy families.

And I'm, like...

I literally can't believe...

Like, I don't even know how they're smiling with each other.

(POP!)

Oh...

PAUL: Are you? CARINA: Yeah, of course.

Are you OK?

Mmm?

Are you sure?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(CHEERING) Hello!

Hi. (BOTH LAUGH)

How are we? I was about to trip.

(LAUGHS)

MEL: Carina and Paul.

Carina looks very cautious, tentative...

JOHN: Yeah, they do look cautious. I agree.

That was an unusual entrance... ALESSANDRA: Yes.

..for these two.

WOMAN: I think the cross is giving, like, Kim K Dolce era.

I'm a newborn Christian.

I had to go to church on Sunday, say some prayers.

Was that your first time since the experiment started?

Yeah. Yeah.

Cheers. Cheers. Cheers, cheers.

AWHINA: I think Carina's putting on a happy face.

That's fine for now,

but I don't appreciate the comment you made about my twin sister.

You've made it on zero facts...

and I'm still waiting for that apology.

RYAN: How was Eliot to be around? RHI: He was great to be around.

Yeah. He's a really nice guy.

The place was really clean.

He brought me, like, heaps of fresh fruit and stuff.

JACQUI: Oh, wow.

Yeah, he's, like, "I know you're into fitness

"so I bought you fresh fruit." Wow!

I'm, like, "Thanks." On his best behaviour.

Yeah. (LAUGHTER)

OTHERS: Hey! MAN: Where's V?

JOHN: Oh, Eliot! MEL: What is going on here?

I don't know. And where's Veronica?

But this feedback week has not been good for some of our couples.

ALESSANDRA: No. RHI: Hi.

ELIOT: Hey. How are you?

Oh... How are you?

I'm disappointed that Eliot walked into the dinner party alone tonight.

I feel like Eliot and I had a great time and I tried to be constructive

in, like, you know, the feedback that I was giving to Eliot,

but clearly something's happened.

ELIOT: I tried to take on some of your advice

and, yeah, I think it actually went the other way.

After her letter, it was, like, kaboom.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, she packed her stuff.

She's gone. Anyway, here we are. I'm sorry...

No, it's... ..that that happened.

That really sucks.

And then Dave spent three days with a V and his relationship's done.

She said she had the best time in the world with Dave.

MEL: Oh, here we are.

WOMAN: Hi. MAN: Hey.

ALESSANDRA: Veronica's here. VERONICA: Don't all jump up at once.

(LAUGHS)

JOHN: There's a lot of solo people in there tonight.

MEL: There are. Two couples, completely separate.

VERONICA: Going into the cocktail party, the reception is cold.

Eliot didn't even bother to walk to me to come and say hello to me

and if he thinks that I'm gonna move 100m across the room

and he's not gonna make the 2m step to say hello to me,

like, I don't care.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)

MAN: Are we missing anyone...

ADRIAN: David.

MEL: Dave must be very anxious about how the night's gonna go.

JOHN: Dave is gonna walk into a group

that is ready to ask him the hard questions.

ALESSANDRA: Well, they've certainly all seen

the effect of them walking in separately

and how Jamie is feeling and reacting

and it's clearly very heartfelt and genuine

that she's very, very sad.

(LAUGHS)

100%.

I like Dave, but do I think he's done Jamie dirty? 100%.

Yeah, I am.

There's so much to unpack here.

Dave definitely has a lot to answer for tonight.

(CLOSES DOOR) (DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(CONVERSE INAUDIBLY)

DAVE: Ladies and gentlemen. JEFF: Big D.

WOMAN: Hey. Are you OK?

Yeah. BETH: Hello.

Looking good. TEEJAY: You too, mate.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Hey, Jamie.

VERONICA: Hi. How you going? How you going?

JACQUI: Did he say hi to you? JAMIE: Yeah.

But, like, it's so uncomfortable. Like, I'm like...

Oh, my god. It's so uncomfortable. Is that a window I can jump out of?

(LAUGHTER)

From everything I heard from Jamie so far, it's not great.

But then, Dave seems like he's OK.

So, yeah, I just want to hear what he has to say.

Obviously got the rundown from Jamie.

Oh, yeah. Oh, you know, then? I don't have to explain it.

TEEJAY: Yeah.

We didn't expect this

'cause we thought you guys were so just so solid, so good.

And we were. Yeah.

And we are. We're great.

Feedback week, Adrian sort of asked Jamie

are my feelings there for her

and then, when it was brought up to me,

getting my feelings questioned,

that's what prompted it, was me... to sit down after feedback...

"What am I feeling?" Yeah. What am I actually feeling?

But, yeah, I'm not... I'm not there.

DAVE: I want to feel those things that Jamie is feeling

but it's just, the things that she wants, I can't give it to her.

JOHN: Oh, there you go.

MEL: "There's things that she wants and I can't give it to her."

DAVE: Like, yeah, I care about her, so it's, like...

I don't hate the girl.

JOHN: Oh! ALESSANDRA: The girl!

MEL AND ALESSANDRA: "I don't hate the girl."

ALESSANDRA: That's what he said.

Oh, gosh.

"I don't hate the girl."

That's a far cry from "I'm in love with you."

Wow.

(TAPS GLASS) Dinner is served.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

JOHN: This is a bit of a frosty room.

MEL: Very, very quiet.

Feels tense. Feels awkward.

RYAN: I'm having a good-sized glass.

That's intense. MAN: Yeah. Yeah.

(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION) (DRAMATIC MUSIC)

CARINA: There's definitely some tension between everyone

at the dinner table tonight

and I'm honestly nervous.

Like, I feel like I need to speak to Awhina.

It is super important that I explain my comment

that I made about Awhina's sister...

and fully just apologise and take accountability for it.

I have to do this now, but I don't know how she's gonna act.

Can I pull you two aside? Do you want to come?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)

(EXHALES) PAUL: Alright.

First of all, I want to take full accountability

for saying what I said

and it's not nice.

I'm fully aware of the comments that I made.

They're not nice words and I...

Can I have a private chat with Carina?

Sorry. Yeah, that's OK.

You can. That's fine.

We don't need an audience.

AWHINA: Carina's calibre comment...

Um...

..obviously that was a direct attack to my twin sister

and it was a bit snobbish.

It really pissed me off.

I feel like some very real apologies need to be said from Carina.

I just, yeah, I'm... I'm...

I take full accountability for what I said.

That comment that I made.

It was a rude comment, it was disrespectful and I judged you

and I put you and your sister in a context that's not a nice light.

I felt really upset because when Paul obviously mentioned that,

that's my twin sister.

Yeah.

So, when he mentioned it, I was, like, "Oh!"

It was, like, a baseless comment. It was.

I felt super insecure

when I found out how you and Paul knew each other

because he didn't tell me or care to tell me

that he knew a girl that was coming to the experiment,

let alone from Perth

and let alone that he had gotten with her twin sister

and had a fling with her,

so obviously there's a lot of things that are gonna play up in my mind.

I said that comment in confidence with Paul

and I didn't want any of that to come up.

I was, like, "Paul, how is Awhina gonna feel?"

Hurt. I felt hurt.

I'm sorry if I disrespected you

and I'm sorry if that comment just hurt you so much.

I didn't mean it... I accept your apology.

And I think that you truly mean it.

I do accept Carina's apology.

It was from a place of jealousy, insecurity. I understand that.

And to be honest, I just want to move forward.

That's enough sorries.

They both have issues that they still need to work on together.

Carina's feeling very hurt and she felt betrayed by Paul.

PAUL: How are you feeling? Hmm?

Yeah, I'm definitely...

Are you feeling a bit lighter now that you've apologised to her

and that she's told you that she's OK with it?

Yeah. Are you feeling better?

OK. Yeah?

Do you understand now, like

the reason why I was feeling a little bit disheartened

at your reaction after my letter?

Because I just...

It's, like, you couldn't see at all where I was coming from

and so, obviously, like, I felt like my concerns were irrelevant.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Which is why, like, the way it escalated, I just... I just...

What escalated?

Well, the whole letter thing just completely escalated.

You threw me under the bus with Awhina's sister.

Are you gonna take accountability for that, Paul?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

PAUL: You couldn't see at all where I was coming from

and so, obviously, like, I felt like my concerns were irrelevant,

which is why, like, the way it escalated, I just...

What escalated?

Well, the whole letter thing just completely escalated.

You threw me under the bus with Awhina's sister.

Are you gonna take accountability for that, Paul?

Yeah, I did say to you... I have.

Because obviously I'm affected by that and that...

I know.

..another girl who has nothing to do with our relationship,

that I came to you in private feeling like I can be confident

and that's where I have my walls up right now

because I felt like no matter what the comment was...

And, yes, it wasn't the right comment and I feel...

Why can't we just leave it there? Yes, it was the wrong thing...

Because you're still saying...

Why do you have to say that I threw you under the bus and everything?

No-one had to know about that but you and me.

I came to you and I told you how I felt

and that I was insecure...

Yeah, but that's not on me, that's on you.

It's not my fault if you're insecure.

I just said the comment, though,

thinking that it was gonna just stay between you and me.

And you're the one that brought this out into the open

and all I wanted was to have a confident conversation

between you and me, thinking I'm your wife and you're my husband.

Right now, I feel like I've been thrown under the bus

and my guard is up.

PAUL: She probably didn't expect me to bring it up to Awhina

but it's not like I was just standing there

in front of the whole group

and just announcing to the whole group,

"Hey, by the way, this is what she said," you know.

And honestly, like, I still stand by it.

The fact that you keep saying, like, I'm throwing you under the bus,

that makes me feel the next time if I have to bring concerns,

are you gonna do the same?

Are you gonna bring your walls up and are you gonna feel, like,

attacked or think that I've thrown you under the bus?

No, because you...

See, that's the problem I have at the moment.

Oh, that's the problem you have?

As my husband, I would think

that you would just keep it within us.

I felt like you put a knife to my heart and I feel like...

That's a bit excessive. No, it's not, Paul...

because I actually have strong feelings for you.

It's made me feel like I cannot trust you right now

because I'm scared!

I've done everything from day one to create that safe space.

I haven't done anything...

And how do you not see that you literally threw me under the bus

for another wife?

We are just not seeing eye to eye right now.

Because of one comment that I brought in the letter

has made you...get your walls up.

CARINA: I feel like right now I can't trust him

and it's making me question our relationship.

Yeah.

RYAN: Mmm.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I'm just, like, happy.

Like, for once, like, Ryan and I have got no drama going on.

I honestly... It sounds so weird,

but I feel like we've got one of the strongest relationships

just because, like, we don't sugar-coat things

and we are really honest with each other.

I actually think we're a role model for the other couples,

whether they know it or not.

(LAUGHTER)

JEFF: Obviously I spent a few days with Jacqui

and the things she wrote... (LAUGHS)

..the things she wrote in the honesty letter,

like, I cannot believe they're living together.

Like, she's read that out to him and they're still together.

Like, the letter was damning for the relationship.

And then I see them tonight, you know, holding hands, kissing,

like nothing's wrong in their relationship and it's just...

It just doesn't add up. Like, to me, there's no future.

Hey, Ryan.

Hey, Ryan. I've got a question for you, Ryan.

Yeah, go. Go.

When Jacqui was reading that letter to you,

was there alarm bells going off about that?

About a few things in there.

Just for context, the letter was about two and a half pages

of negative things in the relationship.

How did you feel when that letter got read out to you?

Well, at the same time... He overreacted and go... (GASPS)

(LAUGHS)

You know, I was shocked at some of the things you said

because you used a lot of extreme language, alright?

You accused me...

You said, "I'm worried you don't work as hard as me."

You insulted my finances, you insulted my career,

you insulted my... almost my whole character, bro.

That letter was garbage, you know.

Like, it's a distorted view

and you ask anyone else in the world who knows me

and that's not my character.

I disagree with your use of terminology

saying, like, "Ryan needs submission, needs a trad wife."

BETH: A what? A trad wife.

What's that? A traditional wife.

TEEJAY: Oh, sorry. Yeah.

It's like someone who takes

a submissive position in the relationship.

Oh, please, like, could you get any more melodramatic?

You know, I want to clarify, I do not desire that at all.

I feel like the letter was a great prompt

to get me to write down all of my concerns that I've been having,

so I feel like the letter worked because...

I definitely got some feedback, right?

The letter worked? Can I talk? Can I talk?

That letter worked. Can I talk?

That makes sense.

The letter worked. (LAUGHS)

Well...

ELIOT: (LAUGHS) Jeff is shocked.

I've actually given up trying to understand their relationship.

What, was I listening to a different letter?

When you hear John, Alessandra and Mel say they're confused,

what hope do I have?

I'm just a mere mortal. (LAUGHS)

NARRATOR: Coming up, Jamie's heartbreak.

Not tell me you love me! Look how far in we are!

You have not showed up for me! (CRIES)

No!

Dave's moment of truth.

Dave, I just want to know, like, do you want to fight for this?

JEFF: You want this, don't you?

Like, do you want this relationship?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

RHI: Are you alright? JEFF: Yeah, always.

MEL: Amongst all the chaos tonight,

isn't it wonderful to see Rhi and Jeff?

ALESSANDRA: Yes.

They're like the centre of the storm.

Really solid, connecting with each other,

checking in with each other.

They're really still a team. It's great to see.

RHI: I'm feeling great.

I'm so grateful for you. Thank you.

(LAUGHS) That's OK.

(LAUGHS) You're cute.

(LAUGHS)

(BOTH LAUGH)

(TENSE MUSIC)

RHI: Do you want a little bit of red or white?

DAVE: Red's fine. OK.

JAMIE: I just... I don't want to look at him.

He makes me feel sick.

The way we left this morning...

I feel like I have more questions than answers.

You have just broken me.

And after everything we've been through, like,

creating this partnership

I thought I was gonna carry through in my life,

the least you can do is try to sort it out, try to apologise.

Anything that makes me feel like this wasn't all bullshit.

Anything.

Well, guys, I'm a little bit shocked

to see Jamie and Dave walk in separately tonight.

I don't know the full story.

I'd really love to know, because you guys seem so pure,

so united, so strong.

Yeah, what's happened, guys?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Um...

From partner swap, I raised an issue with Adrian.

I wanted feedback on the fact that Dave doesn't initiate intimacy.

And he's not really showing up for me romantically.

It causes concern as to how you, I don't know,

maybe don't desire me in that way.

So, when I raised this conversation with Dave,

I questioned his overall feelings for me

and then you came to the conclusion

that, you know, the feelings are on a different spot,

which we're aware, they are in a different spot

and that's what's impacting you to show intimacy

or showing up romantically.

And then you came to the apartment today...

you decided to tell me you realised,

yeah, your feelings haven't progressed.

You're not feeling it.

There was no emotion. You just blanked me.

Yeah, 'cause it was awkward. 'Cause it was awkward.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Yeah, but, like... You can finish talking.

I'll tell you where I'm at.

Um...

I don't know.

There was nothing.

There was no remorse, compassion, empathy.

You broke my heart and you didn't care.

And it made me freak out.

Really?

MEL: Gosh, Dave's so different!

JOHN: He's got a wall up, he's detached.

He's checked out.

This is not the Dave we know. No.

JAMIE: Who have I been laying next to this whole experiment, Dave?

DAVE: OK, well, this is where I'm coming in.

At feedback week, it freaked me out, the intimacy thing being brought up.

That's when I had to sit back and think about it all.

I realised that I can't express myself

the way that you want me to...

because I am not at the level of...

I'm not at the level of love that you have.

And my feelings aren't gradually getting bigger and bigger

at the moment.

We're so far in

and now you've realised your feelings aren't progressing?

You're telling me because I asked you and you've spent time away,

you realise you don't?

I had to really think about it, yeah.

We're three months into living with each other

and it's still... It's two months, but...

It's still not... OK, sorry, two months.

JOHN: Oooh.

When you made the comment that your feelings haven't progressed,

at what stage do you mean it hasn't progressed?

Like, we understand you don't love Jamie...

Well, it's been a while.

I've mentioned it all the time on the couch, that I'm...

(BANGS TABLE)

Who has heard that his feelings have not been progressing

on the couch?

No, I'm not saying... I didn't say that.

I said I address it on the couch all the time

that I'm worried about my feelings

and that I can't express the love that you do to me.

What couch session was I a part of,

'cause that's not what you said to me on the couch.

MEL: No. JOHN: Not sure about that.

No. ALESSANDRA: Mm-mm.

JEFF: Like, what we've seen, retreat,

like, even going back the week before that,

like, it was all looking so positive

and then now it's just, like, turned on its head,

which is hard for me personally to wrap my head around.

Until the last few days,

I've seen no, like, chinks in their armour at all.

They've been as solid as anyone, so I just want to know, like,

Dave, did you actually have feelings for Jamie?

Like, or did you coast through this whole time?

RHI: I don't know whether Dave has just come to the realisation

that he's not 100% in it.

Jamie has admitted to loving him.

When someone's falling in love with you and didn't feel the same,

you think you would say something a little bit sooner.

I still care about her.

It's... It's just a struggle at the moment, so...

How are you expressing your feeling for me?

You don't tell me, you don't show me...

That's what I mean. I'm not where you are at.

How do you think I'm going to feel when we're so far in, Dave?

So, why are you putting a time limit on it? I take a long time.

It's not "Tell me you love me." It's how far in we are!

You have not shown up for me! (CRIES) No...

(SOLEMN MUSIC) (CRIES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(JAMIE CRIES)

JAMIE: He's hurt me so much.

(CRIES)

Who am I trusting with my heart?

It's not OK!

(CRIES)

You don't just need to be in love with me

to show up for me romantically!

We've built three months together, Dave!

Three months and I'm planning a future with you

and you're telling me today, you're, like, "I don't have..."

Those feelings haven't progressed for you.

When did you want to tell me that?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Yeah. That's what I'm saying, mate.

I'm being honest with how I (BLEEP) feel.

ADRIAN: Yeah, yeah.

So how do you want me to not be (BLEEP)...

No, but it's not, Dave... But who are you to ask me?

Like, sorry I'm not absolutely (BLEEP) perfect.

Like, Jesus Christ.

ADRIAN: I don't buy Dave and, like, why are you getting so defensive?

I think Dave has been feeling a certain type of way for a while

and that week away from Jamie, he really realised

that, yeah, Jamie is not the person that I want.

This is the first speed hump that we've had and it freaks me out.

JEFF: Yeah. Yeah. It's a big speed hump. But...

What's confusing, Dave,

is you sit on the couch at the commitment ceremony,

you back up everything Jamie's saying about, you know,

you guys pursuing this after, potential living situations...

ELIOT: Yeah. That's why we're all so confused.

But, yes, thank you.

I sat on the couch next to you

thinking we're building a future together.

OK, well...

Who is that man?

That's not the Dave I've met. There's just...with no emotion.

To find out today his feelings haven't progressed

and the way he delivered it was without compassion...

isn't someone who's upset that their partner's hurting.

That's someone who doesn't care.

I still don't feel any compassion from you. I really don't.

I don't know who I've been laying in bed next to.

I feel like our entire relationship is a (BLEEP) lie.

The way you're looking at me, the way you're next to me,

the way you handled every situation is proving what I'm saying is true.

And that is what hurts more than anything.

Well, I think it's been great

and I've had so many just good memories...

I'm so glad you had fun.

It's been amazing. It's been great. Yeah.

And I think you're a wonderful person

and I think you're one of the best I've ever met, so...

Wow. That's really validating.

JOHN: It's like a guy that wants to get out of a relationship

but doesn't know how to say it.

MEL: He's sending very mixed messages.

There's a little bit of hope. "I don't have the feelings..."

DAVE: I want this to work. And I do.

JAMIE: I don't feel it. This is your chance right now.

Of course you don't feel it.

You're (BLEEP) fuming, so you're not gonna feel it right now.

RYAN: I've never heard this side of Dave before.

I feel as if that those two could've had each other's backs

through a winter storm, you know.

I saw that as, like, out of character.

He's been arcing up a little bit all night.

How am I supposed to believe you?

I feel like I trusted you with my heart and you shat on it.

That hurts me when you say that.

Yeah, it does and I put in real feelings...

It hurts you when I say that?

Imagine how I'm feeling. Yeah, exactly.

But I'm just saying, don't say that I don't feel hurt

and I'm pretending to be hurt, because it does.

JOHN: Oh, no. He didn't just say it hurts him.

Oh, Dave. No.

PAUL: Dave, do you think that eventually your feelings

will grow the same way... I am hopeful...

..the same way Jamie has feelings for you?

That's why I've put in all this work to get here.

Hopeful is just a word.

Like, do you feel it progressing that way

or are you just hopeful?

Hopeful is just a word out there, you know.

I feel like I'm struggling. Yeah, I do.

Yeah. But I do have hope for it.

Like... Why do you struggle, do you think?

I don't know. Do you know what I mean?

I don't know.

When was, like, the point where the feelings stopped progressing?

Oh, man, I don't know. You don't know?

I don't know. OK.

JOHN: Every time they back him into a corner...

ALESSANDRA: He doesn't know.

Someone that would want it to work

would have a very different presentation

than what we're saying right now...

MEL: Absolutely. ALESSANDRA: Yeah.

..saying, "What can I do? I'll do it."

Exactly.

JAMIE: You're about to lose me and you're just like...

Well, I'm under fire at the moment. I feel uncomfortable...

No, actually...everyone is actually letting you off very (BLEEP) easy.

They're asking you questions. (GROANS)

No-one's coming at you. You've come at everyone.

We're not coming at you because we...

..we want this relationship to work. I'm getting questioned.

I'm uncomfortable. Yeah.

So it's hard. That's fair.

But at the end of the day, we're all coming from a good place.

We've seen how amazing your relationship has been...

Mm-hm.

..so, like, to see it just go down the drain now would be tragic.

Yeah.

So it's all coming from a good place.

JEFF: I'd hate this relationship to end.

Like, they've been together for a long time

and they've been through some tough stuff,

so hopefully he can realise

that this relationship is not worth throwing away.

What's changed?

I don't know. I... Yeah.

ADRIAN: Dave and Veronica are being very quiet

about their time together, you know.

It's got me thinking.

You know what doesn't make sense to me, is that...

You know what doesn't make sense to me, is you spent two days with V

and all of a sudden, you realise,

"Oh, shit, I actually don't know if I've got these feelings

"for, you know...for Jamie."

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Did you spend time with V

and be, like, "Oh, you know what, maybe V's more my type"?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

JAMIE: Is V more your type? "This is what I've realised."

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

You spent two days with V and all of a sudden you realise,

"Oh, shit, I actually don't know if I've got these feelings

"for, you know...for Jamie."

Did you spend time with V and be, like,

"Oh, you know what, maybe V's more my type"?

Oh, my god. What are you talking about?

Is V more your type?

No. No.

Veronica and I spent three days together

and we had a laugh and we got along.

And that's it. That's not what it was at all.

DAVE: I feel like Adrian's a bit of a snake.

Well, asking those kind of questions

and clearly seeing where Jamie and I are, it's snake-like.

ELIOT: Veronica said that the two days she spent with Dave,

she felt more connected than with me for a whole month.

It's not hard.

He actually looked at my eyeballs and he was talking to me, Eliot.

Stop trying to make it something that it's not.

Eliot was trying to imply that Dave and I have a "connection".

Unbelievable.

Oh, yeah, not a vibe. Not a vibe.

Dave, I just want to know, do you want to fight for this?

Like, do you see any worth in fighting for what's there?

RHI: And there's no right answer.

Like, say actually how you feel 'cause she needs the truth.

JEFF: Do you want this... You want this, don't you?

Like, do you want this relationship?

Of course I want this to work.

You are so special to me.

You know who I am, you really do

and this is a situation I've handled badly.

I really do care about you, Jamie.

You know, I do want to fight for this.

You need to figure out... If you want to be with me, prove it.

I cannot carry this team anymore. Yeah, OK.

It is your turn to pull your finger out of your arse

if you want to be with me, because I (BLEEP) deserve everything.

Yeah, OK.

I'm not gonna put anything into this anymore.

If you're really that dead keen on me, prove it.

DAVE: I'll be happy to.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Still married.

(GULPS)

NARRATOR: Sunday night...

I feel inadequate sometimes. I feel like I don't measure up...

..vulnerabilities laid bare.

It's because maybe he's not attracted to me like I am to him.

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

I came here to find my forever person.

I wholeheartedly hope that it's Jeff.

ALESSANDRA: I love that. MEL: Yeah.

JOHN: Somebody over there is lying.

The experts apply the pressure...

You're lacking emotional intelligence.

There seems to be a sensitivity chip missing.

..as Paul faces the consequences of his honesty letter.

I felt like I can't fully trust him right now.

Are you now questioning whether or not

you and Paul are truly compatible as a couple?

I didn't expect that. (GROANS)

And then...

JOHN: We spent five couch sessions with you

thinking everything is going well.

..Dave's moment of truth.

Do you have romantic feelings for Jamie, Dave?

DAVE: Um...

RYAN: (WHISPERS) Damn.

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