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JACKIE VOICEOVER: Previously...

(EMILY GASPS)

Movie night!

An island movie date... (BELL RINGS)

Oh, my god, stop it!

(BYRON LAUGHS) Cute!

I wouldn't mind looking at that every day.

(TOM CHUCKLES)

Wouldn't mind waking up to that every day!

(TOM CHUCKLES) Look at me go.

..spilled speed-dating secrets.

He's my physical type.

This is news to me! I'm not jealous.

I don't get jealous in relationships.

I'm really comfortable in my own skin.

And Couples' Cove...

Bula! Welcome!

Welcome to Couples' Cove! Hey!

..went from zero to awkward...

I really want to talk about movie night.

(SCOFFS) Do we really?

I can definitely sense a little bit of jealousy there.

..when Emanuel called out Sam.

I feel like...

Let me take this, this is me, yeah?

You don't really like to let her talk, do you?

You say it, like, I'm not trying to speak for you here.

So, feel free to jump in.

My partner is just sat there with her lips closed!

I don't want to be with her, I don't want to be near her,

I don't want to be around her. I don't want a bar of it.

(SPITS) Coming up next...

Jess and Sam struggle to stay afloat.

Where's your wedding ring?

I understand you wanted this to work.

And...and...and so have I.

And a double date...

Hey! Hey!

Hello! Hi!

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

..puts Tom in the hot seat.

I really think that Tom has to grow a bit of a backbone.

Are you feeling relationship,

or friendship at this present moment?

Do you feel attracted to Emily?

Yeah?

And then something unthinkable is on its way.

What the hell?

We have an out here.

And for someone, the honeymoon is over.

('GIMME LOVE' BY SIA PLAYS)

# Come now, Do this just for me, yeah

# I don't ask for much

# Gimme love, gimme love, Gimme love, baby... #

The Honeymoon Island experience

has almost reached its halfway point.

Our couples have now been stranded for ten days.

And one of our brides has woken up this morning feeling frustrated.

Me and Byron have not had sex yet.

Boom! (CHUCKLES)

Sexless marriage? Nah!

I don't think I've ever met a guy...

who doesn't want to...

(BLEEP).

(LAUGHS) Take my clothes off!

Oh, I miss it.

In recent days, Brie and Byron's affection levels have stalled.

It's just hard to hear for a girl, as a girl

that, like, the guy that you're dating married to,

spending a lot of time with...

Yeah. ..doesn't think about you sexually.

I just want to keep on getting to know you, you know?

Yeah.

Like, I feel like that's where my intimacy grows, you know?

Like... Yeah. Yeah.

Uh... Absolutely.

That's where I find attraction.

And despite agreeing to a slow burn,

Brie's starting to wonder if it's ever going to happen.

It's weird!

I spent last night sleeping in a bed with him all night!

So, yeah, I...

Now, the fun part.

That's no good.

I don't want him to think

that I'm some sort of sex maniac or anything.

But I definitely think in a relationship,

sexual compatibility is just so important for it to work.

Good back spin!

We are halfway, and like, if he doesn't want to,

like, it's not going to work.

I'm not going to waste my time here!

That's a hole in one.

Measure that.

While Brie is preoccupied with the idea of a roll in the sand

with Byron...

Good morning! Morning.

..our other couples are starting the day

with their own frustrations about island life.

Ah!

That's an annoying way to wake up.

(TOM CHUCKLES) A bug just flew up my nose!

(TOM CHUCKLES)

(MIKE YAWNS)

Do your yawns always have to be so offensive?

(MIKE LAUGHS)

But the big topic on everyone's minds...

is yesterday's tumultuous and explosive Couples' Cove.

Couples' Cove was, um, extra emotionally draining.

And we were sitting like, right in the middle!

And then the drama was just going around that way,

and then back that way, and then back that way...

And just like, sitting back and watching it explode!

Oh, my god.

I think Sam's a shit stirrer, to be honest.

Emanuel was my type.

And it's been what I've been going for-for the last four

or something years.

And...

I wasn't in the top three, guys, just FYI.

I didn't make... didn't make it. (LAUGHS)

But I said... And we... yeah.

We... Um, and I felt...

Oh, I feel like... Let me take this.

This is me, yeah?

You don't really like to let her talk, do you?

Would you say it?

Like, I'm not trying to speak for you here,

so feel free to jump in.

Sam's being disrespectful to Jess.

Jess, yeah, is very much a match for me,

that I need rather than I want.

And I'm a compassionate person and it doesn't make me feel good

to see Sam talk down to Jess like this, at all.

You are making her feel uncomfortable right now.

You don't even let your wife speak!

Is that how you feel?

I've got Emanuel telling me

that I'm not letting my partner speak at all.

Thanks.

And to top it off, 'my partner', my partner

is just sat there with her lips closed!

This, for me, is a total deal breaker.

That... this is a deal breaker.

I...I'm saying right now I don't want to be with her,

I don't want to be near her, I don't want to be around her.

I don't want a bar of it.

(SPITS)

How do you think, um, Sam and Jess would have went,

when they got back to their island?

I don't know.

The way that he addresses Jess, and the way that he talks over her,

you know, publicly in front of everybody,

was horrendous!

Like, we can all see it.

But yeah.

I just did not like the way

Sam was, uh, talking over Jess.

You know, uh, I just wanted to...

I wanted him to understand that.

And just address it.

You know, because I don't think Sam is treating her fairly.

It's hard for me to befriend someone who hasn't...

doesn't have respect for... you know?

His wife.

It's fair to say Sam really needs to do some self work

and Jess needs to run.

I'm feeling pretty rough after Couples' Cove.

I understand that,

that Sam feels hurt

and he feels attacked.

But his reaction was so abrasive, it was so snappy.

And I felt really stuck.

I don't know where we're at, to be honest.

But he's obviously angry at me.

I got really worked up yesterday.

I was (BLEEP) heated.

'Cause I feel like I've been fully stabbed in the back by my partner.

Jess didn't step up, when Emanuel started to tell me

that I'd been cutting her off the whole time.

How'd you sleep?

OK. How did you sleep?

Yeah, well-well, considering Couples' Cove.

Another banger. Oh, yeah.

What a hoot. It really upset me.

I feel humiliated and embarrassed.

I felt like my partner just left me hanging out to dry.

Things really went pear-shaped on the back end of yesterday, for me.

For me, too.

Where's your wedding ring?

Oh, I put it in my pocket.

(JESS CHUCKLES SARDONICALLY)

Did you take it off? On purpose?

It fell off this morning.

Do you feel like I wasn't letting you speak, yesterday?

There was only once that I thought you didn't let me speak.

OK, so, just to be clear,

there was only one point in yesterday's entirety...

that-that you felt like I didn't let you speak?

Correct? Yeah, correct.

Correct.

Do you feel like that wasn't the time

for you to potentially say hey, Emanuel, don't speak for me?

And don't speak for my partner?

Sam hasn't done that!

Do you not think that-that was the time to maybe go, whoa...

I was shocked, Sam! ..pull the breaks?

I was shocked! I'm sorry that... So...

..I didn't step in for you, there. No, I-I... cool.

I just need to know this, because moving forwards,

like, if those situations come up,

I can expect my partner to be in shock

and to...to...to not be ready to-to step up for me.

I wasn't-I wasn't on my game right then.

OK.

I would have-I would have questioned him,

and I did, like, I...

You, you seem to be getting really defensive right now.

I think... Like, and I... I'm just trying to...

We-we haven't spoken about this.

I was attacked.

I was blindsided.

And the worst part of it all, was by this...

by you!

I feel like, in the moment, you set out to hurt me.

And hats off to you. You've done a great job.

Yesterday, I felt like my partner

might have been a wolf in sheep's clothing.

That's how it came across to me.

You know...

I...have I...have I made you think that...

Not... yeah, yesterday. Yesterday, you did.

But you... I'm just... I'm being completely honest with you.

How did this happen, Jess?

Like, how did this happen, and why did you not say anything?

I was... Hey, Jess!

I'm not... I'm not saying... Can you just stop?

Like, you're actually speaking over me now!

OK. Stop.

So, how do we... how do you move forward?

How do I move forward?

Focus on the present.

Right, the present, right now... That's it.

Don't worry about that other stuff!

I made a mistake, you felt attacked, I'm really sorry about that

I'm not trying to talk over you, I'm not trying to talk at you.

I'm trying to just say my piece, like you are, Jess.

You know, I understand you wanted this to work,

and...and...and so have I!

But right now, with how I was left to hang out to dry

like that yesterday, I am really hurt.

Like, I'm really hurt.

I feel like there's no trust between us.

How do I come back from this?

I need a minute.

(JESS SNIFFLES TEARFULLY)

At the moment,

I feel really emotionally

and mentally drained

and super confused.

That conversation,

it definitely felt like a break-up conversation to me.

Look, I still am hopeful about the relation,

like, when it comes to the relationship with Sam,

but I'm not going to be in a relationship

where someone thinks I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing.

It's just... I can't do that.

So, unless we figure out a way to get on the same page together,

I don't know how we can move forward.

Bula.

Bula.

How you feeling?

OK, how are you feeling?

Yeah, I feel good. I feel really good.

Feel really good.

Um, yeah, it's a pretty, pretty big chat this morning.

And, uh, yeah, I obviously had a bit of time

to think about it since then.

You were pretty upset. Yeah.

And you-you were saying...

this kind of changes things for me.

(SAM CLEARS THROAT)

You were making noises like you couldn't do it.

Yeah.

And therefore you, you know, you're about to...

bail.

Jess, after what's just happened, like, a lot has changed.

Like, a lot... a lot changed! My emotions are high.

I'm, like, I'm clearly quite sensitive,

I can be emotionally...

reactive, and eruptive at times.

But I'm...

I, you know, I want to be here for this, and...

I want you to realise that I want to be...

back where we were before Couples' Cove.

Yeah, me too.

So, I want to know from you,

what you're comfortable with both of us doing,

both of us bringing to the table to move forward.

Yeah.

There is something I will need from you.

For me, it's-it's going to be a commitment from you

that you'll have that voice to be next to me,

that goes, I don't feel like Sam talks over me

or-or never lets me get a word in.

That would be huge for me to know that I can trust you,

and-and that your intentions are genuine and clear.

Because for me, from where I stand, I'm still confused.

Sort of by it.

The straw that broke

the camel's back, for me

was feeling like my partner

didn't have my back!

I was accused of not allowing my partner a voice.

And that really hurt me,

because I-I tend to think I've got a fairly

decent sense of making sure that my partner is heard, and...

it sounds like

I'm this...this...this bully boy

partner of Jess', that never lets her speak!

And that's just not the case.

I'll need to know that-that you're-you're going to be there

for me to right this ship!

If this narrative comes up again, I've got to hear...

I've got to hear Jess shut it down immediately.

As Jess and Sam continue to navigate their rocky route to love,

the halfway point of the experience is rapidly approaching.

All our couples have now been stranded on Honeymoon Island

for ten days of isolation

and a total lack of creature comforts.

For Amy and Mike, the experience has already uncovered new layers,

in more ways than one.

Oh, look at those abs! I can't believe it!

Look at those abs! 37 years old, baby! Whoo!

Have you ever had abs before?

Hey, back in the day,

yeah, but I was a bit...

I was a bit of a younger

chicken back then.

Yeah! Nice.

But the reappearance of Mike's abs

isn't the only development on this beach.

At yesterday's Couples' Cove,

something happened which has changed everything for Amy.

I-I spot what I want. Wow!

My hairbrush! Ahh!

We got my brush!

We got my brush,

we got my makeup bag.

Hey!

Oh, my god, I'm going to be looking so hot!

Oh, my god, my makeup bag was filled with so many treats!

This is my favourite brush!

I've been dying to get my hands on this.

Oh, my god.

Hair journey this morning.

Oh, gosh. It's-it's a mountain.

But we're going to take baby steps.

literally have giant dreadlocks.

(EXHALES)

I think the hair's a bit of a metaphor

for Mike and I's relationship.

It started in a big mess, but little by little...

we'll get there!

(CHUCKLES) How's the hair going, miss thing?

Um, terribly!

(LAUGHS) Really?

Let me see.

Ooh. Ooh.

Is that why you have to do it little bit by little bit?

Yeah. How long is that going to take?

A very, very long time. Oh, wow.

It's so good to be a guy.

Like... Yeah.

..we get to pee standing up. Yep.

Yeah. Um... Rub it in.

..we don't have to go through, like, periods

and, like, woman stuff.

Yeah. Right? Oh, man. It's so good!

We don't have to have babies! Yep.

Man, we've got it going on!

Yeah, and you don't have to deal with hair drama.

And we don't have to deal with hair.

No. Why don't you go play with the fire?

(MIKE CHUCKLES) (AMY LAUGHS)

Can you just appreciate how good this pantry is?

That I made?

After ten days on Honeymoon Island,

Tom is loving life in the elements.

It looks good!

It's good, no more mice. No more rats!

But with the halfway point of the experience

rapidly approaching, Emily is hoping to shift his attention

from home improvements to relationship progress.

Well, I have one more thing that you can appreciate.

I was feeling inspired by all the girls' new outfits.

I decided to create my own new outfit.

Oh, well, you don't need...

I think my wedding dress can probably retire, at this point.

You cut up your wedding dress? No!

I did something else. Wait.

I created a tennis skirt and top!

Whoo!

The relationship with Tom

at this point, is very stuck.

That actually looks so good!

(EMILY LAUGHS)

It's not really a skirt, it's...

I-I can't spin too fast, 'cause I don't know how...

well intact it is.

That looks so good!

I'm trying to show that I'm keen.

You happy with it?

So happy. We're going to be banging.

But we haven't had a kiss since the intimacy crate.

Do you want to kiss me?

Maybe.

I do really like Tom.

And I do want this to sort of go towards more romantic vibes.

But I'm just not getting it with Tom.

I don't know why.

Eyes are up here.

(TOM AND EMILY CHUCKLE)

Do you feel, like,

physically attracted to Emily?

Yeah?

Uh...

Uh... It's like, yeah.

Feels like saying,

like, you're attracted to your sister, you know?

(CHUCKLES) In a way, it kind of feels like that.

I mean, how'd you go chopping it up without me?

I'm the chopper.

Oh, I have more skills than you think.

It's like that spark,

that instant kind of attraction is just still missing.

She's not just a pretty face.

I'm not trying to-to get out of this.

You know, I love being on the island.

Yeah, part of why I applied for this was

because, um, I wanted this experience.

Let's go!

But I don't think I can ever see love developing.

(CHEERFUL MUSIC)

As the sun rises on day 11,

the 'Stranded On Honeymoon Island' experience

is officially over halfway.

Take a moment for the hair.

And Amy's hair nightmare has finally come to an end.

I can actually run my hands through it!

Work it, you're a tiger, you're a tiger.

Gimme... Oh! Whoa!

Oh, and you even did the sassy walk at the end of it!

To celebrate the halfway point of the experience,

something has washed up with this morning's high tide.

Oh!

I woke up feeling a million dollars this morning.

My hair is brushed, and I'm in a good mood.

I spot this little bottle,

and I'm like oh, my god!

Island mail!

Something's happening today!

Is that another message in a bottle?

It is!

Message in a bottle, babe!

Morning, sunshine. Hey.

Look what I found swimming.

Alright, hang on.

I might need you to do that one. Oh.

Now, you need my help!

Alright.

'Your island, which was so unfamiliar

has now become your home.'

'As you build a life of love.'

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

'That is why today, you are going island hopping!'

'Today, you have guests,

Brie and Byron are coming for a double date!'

Yeah! Oh, my god!

Oh, my god! We're going on a double date!

Oh, my god! Ah!

Ah! Ooh!

(AMY LAUGHS) Whoo-hoo!

Yay! That is sick!

Oh, my god, so exciting. Oh, wow.

Brie and Byron are coming to our place!

We're having a function!

Today, three double dates will take place across the islands.

It's a much-needed opportunity for our couples to catch up

about their relationships in a more relaxed setting.

And for Sam, it's a chance to set the record straight

about the last Couples' Cove.

You know, I feel like I got make to look like a bit of a schmuck.

It's important to me,

that Jess takes the lead on

the conversation about

what transpired at the end

of Couples' Cove the other day.

Uh, I'm hoping that Jess has my back.

Let's go have fun, let's say hey!

And then when the time does come up, explain it, clear it out for me

Even if you need to say, like, oh, I just want to clear things up

for Sam, and so we all, you know, whatever!

That'd mean a lot, it'd mean the world to me.

And-and it'd be that sort of rebuilding of trust,

like, what we were talking about yesterday.

I-I do have some nervousness, that...that...that

the story might change when we get there,

or-or Jess maybe wants to avoid the conversation.

I don't want to get back to our island this afternoon,

and having had stuff simmer all day

because it wasn't addressed correctly.

And I certainly don't want to make a scene on the double date, come on!

I certainly don't want to get back to our island tonight,

and you and I end up going backwards.

Yep.

As Jess and Sam prepare to set sail for Georgia and Chad's island,

Brie and Byron are already on their way to Amy and Mike's.

I've got the fire ready.

OK, brilliant. I'm so excited to host.

I am a dinner party girl.

I love events, I love setting up.

You're making the-the runway?

Yep. Love it.

We've made the camp look so cute.

I hope that they're impressed.

The bed's almost made.

I'm so happy it's Brie and Byron.

I have a really good relationship with Brie.

I put 'Welcome, B and B!'

Aww! Cute!

I know that they've had a little bit of a struggle,

in terms of intimacy.

So, maybe today, Mike and I could sort of help them on their path.

Yeah, 'cause...

she wants to get some!

And he's just dilly-dallying.

I'm excited to see

if they've progressed to the next step.

Yep, I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of it.

I will! (MIKE LAUGHS)

I... I'm going to get all of the gossip, and I can't wait.

I can see a huge spark between Byron and Brie,

I think they're so cute together.

I'm so excited to chat to them.

But if they're not getting with each other, I don't know.

Maybe Byron's just a bit frigid.

Yay! Bula!

Hi!

Welcome!

Welcome to the party!

(COUPLES CHEER) Hi!

(BYRON LAUGHS)

Hi!

I'm so happy it was Amy and Mike.

(CHUCKLES) But mainly Amy.

(CHUCKLES) Um, I love Amy,

we're very similar people.

(COUPLES CHEER)

Hello!

We have spoken about, like, me and Bryon's intimacy.

She's obviously going to ask.

'Cause she was, like, she was like, nope,

we're going to turn this around.

And I'm like, good luck!

Welcome.

(BYRON CHUCKLES) Cheers!

Alright. Guys.

Welcome, everyone. Cheers.

Thank you for coming on our island. Thank you for having us!

To having an amazing lunch.

And um, no doubt Ames will get involved with some drama later.

(LAUGHTER)

I love it. Cheers, guys.

Cheers! Cheers.

Cheers! Welcome!

Whoo! Bula.

I always feel comfortable to ask hard questions.

So, yeah, I'll definitely be asking them about their intimacy.

I plan to ask them right off the boat!

Um, OK I need to know.

Have you done the deed?

No, dude. (BLEEP) hell, man!

Well, let's try and spice that up today.

Yeah, maybe.

He's the one who hasn't really been wanting to be that intimate.

I've got a smoker at home.

Oh, yeah, yeah, nice.

Mental.

Like smoking meat... I get... I get all horny about it.

I feel like he was really into me at first,

and then it's like, it kind of like, but then now I...

and then I got really into him, and then...

I know, but your personality... Maybe!

(AMY LAUGHS)

I don't think he liked my personality!

Oh, no. (LAUGHS) Impossible, impossible.

I'm kidding. We can flip this.

Can we?

Yeah, there's so much chemistry between you guys.

Really? I think it's gone! Babe.

Nope, you can bring it back.

Yeah. Yeah. Fully.

I believe that Brie and Byron can get the romance going.

Yeah, crazier things have happened.

Who would have thought I'd be in a good place with Mike?

Alright, everyone grab a salmon.

Grab a salmon! There you go.

There you go.

Tell me, Byron, how are you feeling?

I feel like I'm kind of still, like, going day by day.

What does that mean?

I'm not rushing anything.

Every-every time...

Do you feel like you guys are moving forward?

In some ways, yes. Tell me more.

I feel like every day, we get more and more...

comfortable with each other, and have fun together.

When it comes to, like...

the intimacy side

and the relationship sort of side of things,

maybe that's getting a little bit tough.

Like Byron is such a good guy.

He is a really good guy.

But I think I don't know, it's hard to say

where we're standing at the moment.

So, in a nutshell, you're just trying to take things slow?

Yeah. And building process?

Yeah. I think our relationship is growing.

Yep.

Maybe not as fast as either of us like.

I think we do have a very special connection.

I think I'm just worried this is turning into a friendship.

That scares me.

We're not on Friendship Island.

Like we're married.

It sucks to think that we're not working romantically.

And it's hard to keep going here, knowing that.

Like, what's the point?

Like, I could just go home.

I'm not saying nothing can grow, either.

But we don't have any romance.

Are you guys both open to, like, moving forward in that direction?

Honestly, I think Brie's beautiful, in so many different ways.

Are you guys attracted to each other?

Are you guys attracted to each other?

Honestly, I think

Brie's beautiful, in so many different ways.

And you are very attractive, it's just, like,

there's just been no real connection on that

kind of intimacy side, you know?

And like, I get caught up in my own head,

thinking about all that stuff.

I'm not trying to do anything I don't want to do, as well.

You know, I feel like it's got to be organic,

and I feel like those feelings will hopefully come, and...

Brie, do you... when he says that,

do you believe that?

I... Yep!

But, like...

to be honest, I need intimacy.

Yeah, I think it has plateaued a tiny bit into a friendship,

I think we've been less affectionate and...

we don't cuddle at night that much anymore,

I feel like it's going downhill and I sense.

Did you start off doing that,

and now you've grown apart in that way?

I think so, yeah.

It's hard, it is hard to hear that.

I think Brie...

thinks we're kind of

still treading water, you know?

The last few days

have been really tough,

and you know, she thinks I friend-zoned her.

And yeah, maybe she's right.

One thing about this-this island and this experience,

and, I'm even surprised to say this about myself,

is it brings out everything.

You can't run, you have to actually attack it straight on.

Yeah.

I feel like there's definitely been sparks in our relationship,

between Brie and I, there is an attraction there for sure.

It comes and goes, um...

but, you know, we're halfway through the adventure.

And there's only a short amount of time left.

Can we find the spark?

I-I don't know.

Well, Byron, you'd better figure it out

because you're at the halfway point of this experience.

Meanwhile, Dani and Emanuel

are awaiting the arrival of Emily and Tom,

who've had a checkered history in this experience to say the least.

I found out last night,

Tom's got a girl on the outside.

What?

That's really hard on Emily, and completely unfair.

How they move forward from this, I don't know.

You look loved up!

I'm doing a lot better.

Tom and I are in a really good place,

and we're having the most amount of fun.

That's good. It's so lovely.

Awesome.

But I don't know if he's willing to go there romantically, with me.

Do you want to go there with him? I think I do!

I think Tomily are trying.

They're really trying.

They're trying! Emily's here for it,

Tom probably isn't. Yeah.

But they're giving it a red-hot go.

Yeah. Hey! Hey!

Hello! Hello!

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

Look, Emanuel and I are great hosts,

and I'm really excited to have Tom and Emily here.

You know, we want to have

a deep chat, figure out

what's really going on under the surface,

and hopefully find some resolution

for them, so they can move forward.

You've got a new 'fit on!

I like it! I know, I've got a new outfit!

Whoo! I like it!

Love it!

I think Emily does have feelings for Tom.

I just don't think that Tom's giving it 110%.

Hey. Hi!

Brought some coconuts? Yeah!

I like that!

I don't know whether Emily's just living in,

you know, ignorant bliss, or whether she's just really optimistic

Or whether she's just holding out, and hoping for the best.

Alright, let's go.

Check out the set-up. We're starved.

I'm still trying to get to know Tom, I'm just a little bit unsure as to,

like, how he feels or where he stands

with the relationship with Emily.

Hey, cheers guys. Cheers.

Cheers! Welcome.

Welcome. Thanks for having us.

You're welcome. Thank you!

No worries. Any time.

Ah. Well, yeah. Oh.

What's the latest?

Um, you know, we actually are having a good time.

Yeah. Yeah.

I keep saying, I'm like, we have the most amount of fun.

Yeah.

We get along like a house on fire, it's just that, like, next step

that we're both really struggling to get to.

Yeah.

Do you want to get to the next step?

At this point in time?

I think so.

It scares me. Mmm.

It makes me nervous, 'cause I'm like,

what if I do allow myself to have feelings?

Mmm.

And then all the feelings,

you know, that happened at the start,

what if they come back?

'Cause that did hurt.

I definitely feel like I've got

a guard up when it comes to Tom.

Obviously, with everything that's happened,

I don't want to put myself out there too much,

and then get hurt in the end.

Do you think that you would need to hear,

like, a full confirmation from Tom, to be able to be, like, yeah...

Yeah. ..and enter that place, yeah?

I think so. Yeah. Yeah.

And how-how willing, I guess, do you feel to-to do that?

I've, like, I'm willing, for sure. Yeah.

It's just, um, yeah, it's-it's probably,

I just don't know how to do these things.

I think there's things I still need to pick up my game

and-and still need to work on.

What I need most from Tom

is just for him to give me black and white.

I'm willing to give this 100%.

But I'm sick of all the talk.

I need-I need action at this point.

Do you want to start some, um, water, maybe, babe?

Yeah. For the pasta?

Yep.

Yeah, good. Yeah?

Good.

It's-it's, for me, I'm just stuck in this,

like, do I keep trying?

Do I give up? Mmm.

But...

And like again, like, we have so much fun,

but there's more to-to a relationship than just fun!

Fun, exactly. I need physical connection.

Do you trust him to keep trying?

Like, do you trust him enough to be able to open up and keep trying?

You and Emily, is it a thing that, is it going to be a thing?

Or do you feel like...

you guys are on friendship vibes still?

Yeah, we're still... we're still on friendship vibes.

Um, we really have to kind of really work on the intimacy side,

like the physical intimacy, emotional intimacy.

Is that even something you want?

Yeah, it's hard at the moment.

No.

Alright, then. You know.

You just have to be honest!

This is that hard pill of truth that you've got to swallow, because...

it just is better when you say it.

Do you get what I mean?

Like, that's what you need to do!

I really think that Tom has to grow a bit of a backbone.

It's way better for him to clear it out right now,

and say hey, look I don't want to lead you on

or drag you down this path anymore.

I just hope he does the right thing!

Today, all our couples are on double dates across the islands.

On Amy and Mike's beach, Byron has admitted

that halfway through the experience,

he's still struggling to connect with his wife Brie,

on a romantic level.

OK, let's go!

And Amy has pulled him aside to dig deeper and find out why.

I'm totally rooting for Brie and Byron.

But I think maybe Byron has some walls up.

And yeah.

I'm really hoping that

I can crack those down.

What is the deal? Talk to me.

What would you like to know?

Well, OK, you and Brie, you had an instant connection.

Yeah. You seem to be into each other.

Things seemed to, like, pop off on day one.

And then they seemed to have gone downhill.

So, what's the go?

It's not that it's... I don't think it's gone downhill.

Are you, like, are you into her?

It's so tricky to say yes or no.

Like, I am into her in a lot of ways,

but that physical way, I don't know.

In my, to be fair... Did-did you feel it at the start?

When I saw Brie, I was like oh, awesome.

Like I-I had a massive grin on my face, you know?

Yeah. Yeah.

And I saw that in her, too, you know?

Yeah. Yep.

When I first met Brie at the altar there,

you know, I, I felt like there was an instant chemistry.

Hi! How are you?

You look so beautiful.

Thank you!

This is weird.

(GIGGLES) Wow.

Wow. (GIGGLES) I'm so happy.

Yeah, I'm happy too.

But as time went on, we had our hurdles

and I feel like the-the big ick is

the way Brie does love drama.

And after the first Couples' Cove,

I feel like the sparks just starting failing and falling away.

You know, the question is how do we recover from this?

Can we find the spark? Or is this it?

It-it feels like it's a make

or break scenario.

Like, we're over halfway now.

Do you reckon there might be any part of you

that gets to the end of this...

Yep.

..and, like, regrets like, not having tried harder?

I came here for something real.

You know, to find love

and, you know, I don't want to look back

and regret not trying,

because you don't want to wake up thinking what if?

Yeah, for sure.

I think...

I think that, you have that in every sort of aspect of life.

You were matched for a reason.

Intimacy is a very important part of a relationship.

Yep.

It would it be the worst thing to just like,

I don't know, have a more passionate kiss?

That conversation, it did bring up some feelings,

and it did make me wonder.

Yeah, I'm-I'm here to give this a crack,

and the door hasn't, hasn't closed at all.

I'm still here.

Byron's door might still be open, but on Dani and Emanuel's beach,

Tom has just privately admitted to Emanuel that for him and Emily,

the door is firmly closed.

Alright, let's get to eating! I'm hungry.

It's a black and white situation, right now.

Emily's definitely here for a relationship,

she really came onto this experience to actually find love.

Does Tom really want to actually

give this opportunity a try?

Dude, I would say no, no way!

I really think that Tom has to grow a bit of a backbone.

Bro, just be honest.

So, how do you feel now, Tom Like, how do you feel towards Emily?

You guys keep saying, 'we're friends,

we get along really well we've got the same sense of humour'.

Yeah, at the moment with Emily...

taking into account everything that happened,

I don't know if it's...

if we're going to be able to turn it into something, like, romantic.

Yeah.

But, you know, I'm-I'm hopeful!

You know, I've said in the past that,

like, she's not my type originally, but like-like I can see,

like, how attractive you are, and there's so many qualities

that I like about you.

Oh, my god, this guy is like, all over the place.

He's obviously just dilly-dallying around the point,

and not really, you know, being black or white about it.

It's way better for him to clear it out right now,

and say hey, look, we're just friends.

Let... I don't want to lead you on or drag you down this path anymore.

Are you feeling relationship

or friendship, at this present moment?

Again, I just don't know...

Yeah, it's like, yeah, I want to...

I want to trust the whole process and really throw myself in,

but it's a hard position.

Well, seeing as it's like, the last week, hey, you kind of...

there's something you need to just decide on.

You're the only one that knows, you know,

and you kind of just have to make a strong,

definitive decision on that, hey?

If you're already kind of feeling like,

OK, well, outside this I don't see going past what I've done,

guess you just have to be honest!

So, it helps Emily just breathe, you know?

You're just going to have to step up,

otherwise you're going to just both be kind of sitting...

Mmm.

..in this like, uh, I don't know, I don't know...

Yeah. 100%.

I don't know. And it should be now.

Do you want to like, at the moment,

do you see me as a friend?

Or-or do you see me as something that can potentially

happen between us?

I... I'll admit, like, I'd love to have the feelings of love.

I-I would love that!

Yeah, OK.

What is it that you need from me?

I just need you to, like, try!

(CHUCKLES) Like, um, I-I don't feel like I'm asking for a lot.

Let's be real, he's not trying.

At this point in time, I have no idea why Tom is even here.

Maybe he wanted a holiday.

I'm not going to lie, it's a great place for a holiday.

I'm wasting my time.

If I'm being completely honest, I am wasting my time.

I...

I don't know if I can do it any longer.

With this half-arsed 'Partner'. 'Husband'.

(TEARS UP)

Jess and Sam are on their way to Georgia and Chad's

island for a double date.

An outing which has arrived at a critical moment for the couple,

after drama at Couples' Cove

pushed their relationship to breaking point.

After yesterday,

I do feel a little bit

like I'm walking on eggshells,

with Sam.

I don't want to disrupt the peace

between us.

Yeah, I think I'm...

so hopeful, that I can...

that the connection has legs, and it's going to work out,

that I'm kind of putting on a brave face,

and holding it together right now.

Hello!

And I'm hoping that getting off the island

will take, like, a little bit of the pressure off.

I'd just like to have fun, and enjoy each other's company.

No more drama!

Whoo!

Welcome to the big malala! Welcome to the big malala!

Whoo! Whoo!

(GEORGIA LAUGHS) What an entrance!

Good to see you! How are you? Hello!

Good to see you, brother. Oh, you look amazing!

The plan for today is just to keep it fun.

How you doing, darling? Good to see you.

To get Chad and Georgia, I am over the moon.

They're the couple out of everyone,

that I would choose to have lunch

with, for sure.

And-and I'm not bagging everyone else,

but I...I...I really, I-I love Chad.

I-I think he is just the bees knees.

Can I just tell you something first, before we get going, right?

This morning, I was just standing at-at the water...

Then I noticed this big fish, and this wave hit it.

And it went, foo-foo-foo!

Landed in slow-motion in front of my feet.

You're kidding. Stop it!

You are kidding. Yeah!

Oh, my god! Are you serious?

What?

Look, that is a fish!

Look at that! Ah! Ah!

Oh, my god, shit!

Oh, my god! Oh, my god, oh, my god.

Babe, we've got a fish!

This is the fish! (SAM AND JESS EXCLAIM)

It literally jumped into my hands!

It's like, over 2kgs. Oh, my god!

And that's our lunch today! How serendipitous!

Like, who-who better to share it with?

A gift from the island gods!

I just want everyone to have fun,

everyone to have a good time.

We're on an island, we-we should be

feeling grateful for this experience.

So, the fish, it was a very good omen.

I think it's going to be a really good day.

Well, do you want to gut the fish, and I can do that?

Yeah, OK. Sounds good, sounds good.

Yeah, do you want to gut the fish? OK.

I'll come over with Chad, yeah.

Yeah, do you want to come with me to the watering hole?

Yeah.

I'll take my water, my emotional support water bottle.

Yeah, you go. Goes everywhere with me.

It was really good

to see Jess today.

Um, I was thinking about her,

after the last Couples' Cove.

With all the drama, I wanted to check in on her.

So, what did you guys do yesterday?

Um, fought, mostly.

Aw, how do you feel, after Couples' Cove?

That was big. Yeah.

Um, the Emanuel stuff.

Was not good. Yeah.

It was not good at all.

Let me know if you need a hand at all.

Oh! Yeah! Yeah! Yum!

(CHAD LAUGHS) You've only got to do it once, dude.

I didn't expect to see that! You've got to do it once.

Yeah man, that's it.

All the stuff at the table happened,

and I had a bit of a chat to Emanuel.

Yeah, what was that chat about?

He kind of said, like...

I just want to make sure that you're being heard.

Mmm. Um...

Yep.

In the relationship, and you're not, like,

and you're being listened to and not just, like spoken to.

OK.

It kind of, like, got a bit heavy for me, internally.

'Cause I don't want to be a woman in a relationship

that's not being heard.

And then you, like, get in your head about it.

Yeah.

Especially, yeah, if someone says something from the outside,

yeah, of course you're going to, like, think about it

and be like, oh, my god, am I in that situation?

You know?

Yeah, no, I-I was like, I need to check myself

'cause I don't want to be that person,

and maybe that's the observation that he's made about me.

To be honest, I do have a little bit of fear that

within this relationship, I'm not being as vocal

or as assertive as... I should be, and as I would like to be.

I know that Sam wants me to say that it's not the case.

But that realisation,

that I might be losing myself, it scares me.

But Jess isn't the only one worried that she's losing her voice,

and Sam's behaviour at Couples' Cove

is the hot topic across all our double dates.

Jess says that she's happy with Sam.

But I think there's more that's going on behind closed doors.

Don't like that Sam aggressively speaks over the top of people,

including his wife.

He comes across a little manipulative, and like...

Totally.

Gaslight... a bit gaslight-y.

Oh, gas... gaslight central.

I think Jess might overlook some of his red flags,

because she actually wants to make this work.

I-I can see where you're coming from.

Yep.

She chooses harmony.

Are we... are we happy to talk about the elephant in the room?

Yeah, yeah, I've been... I...

I'm definitely keen to talk

about what sort of happened that day, for sure.

Yeah, let's do it. Are you happy to bring that up?

For sure. Yep, I'm happy to.

Yeah, absolutely. No, we-we'd love to.

You-you please, Jess.

Like, by all means, tell us... Yesterday was...

Fill everyone in on what's been going on.

It's important for me, that Jess takes the lead on the conversation

about what transpired at the end of Couples' Cove the other day.

Jess and I have already cleared up,

uh, the talking over her at the table.

Jess has said she's going to come to the table for that one

and reiterate that.

It's just not true!

So, I went off to the bar.

And Emanuel got up at the same time,

and he said, um, do you want to have a chat?

And I said yeah, that'd be nice.

We started talking,

and the first thing he said to me was,

I just want to make sure, um, you're being heard,

and you're being listened to.

Mm-hmm.

In the relationship, not being spoken to.

And he said from what I can see from you,

you're a very emotionally intelligent woman.

And you're very articulate.

And sometimes, Sam just seems to speak for you.

Can I ask what your response to that, um, comment was?

I kind of was like, uh...uh...uh, really?

I was confused, and I-and I went into, like...

I kind of mentally imploded,

'cause I was like, am I not being heard?

Like, what's going on? Is that what's happening here?

And then I started stressing about the relationship, I guess.

Yeah, it... I mean, yeah, Sam is-Sam is louder than me.

But sometimes it's just like, you know what?

I've...

Alright, I'm-I'm going to jump in for a little bit, I think.

I'm a little bit lost.

Because yesterday, Jess said that I don't speak over

her in this relationship.

I'm starting to get a little confused,

and stuff, as to where-where this...

Yeah, we-we've spoken about this.

I mean, you've-you've said to me already in-in a private setting,

that...that...that...that wasn't the case.

I kind of mentally imploded,

'cause I was like,

am I not being heard?

Like, what's going on? Is-is that what's happening here?

Alright, I'm...I'm...I'm

going to jump in

for a little bit, I think.

I mean, you, you've said to me

already in-in a private setting,

that...that...that...that wasn't the case.

Yep. Yep.

You second-guess yourself, yeah. I was second-guessing!

I'm over the drama.

I'm over it, I really thought Jess and I have already cleared up,

uh, the talking over her at the table.

Like, why are we having this conversation again, 24 hours later?

I'm confused.

I'm worried that more drama's

going to come from this before it

actually gets better.

So, how are you guys going to move forward now?

Honestly, guys, like, I can't stress it enough.

Like, I cannot stress it enough,

I have had enough drama in my past 12 months.

I am not here for this shit.

I'm not here for it.

I am seriously at my wits end with this shit.

Like, I'm fully at my wits end.

How much do I want this to work out?

I want this to work out more than anything else.

If I didn't, I wouldn't be here.

But I am sick of the drama.

I've had a crazy year, going through a really toxic breakup

and-and most of all, losing my dad.

Watching my mum lose her soulmate and her partner.

I came here looking for love, I came here looking to fall in love.

I-I remember feeling really excited at the start of this experience.

There's a connection there! I can see it, Jess can see it.

I can feel it.

But I'm constantly fighting a losing battle,

questioning whether I can actually trust her.

Like, we're in a really unique experience,

and there will be blow ups, there will be,

you know, maybe an argument or something,

but it's about how you guys come back together.

And then move past it.

I-I've got to think about whether I have the time,

whether I have the patience,

whether I feel like Jess is the one for me,

to put another six months of work into!

Like, this has been fast-tracked!

Every day, Sam and I go from 0 to 100.

One step forward, two steps back,

and yeah, you worry about

where we're going to be

when we get home tonight!

As the day comes to an end,

it's time for all our couples to say goodbye

and return to their married bubbles.

Lovely having you guys!

Thank you. Thank you so much!

See you, guys. Oh, we miss you already!

Yeah. Bye guys!

Bye-bye. Bye!

But today's double dates have had a massive impact.

It did feel like, for the first time I was, like, telling someone

this has plateaued

into a friendship, hardcore.

We haven't been progressing.

And I'm questioning, what's the point?

For Emily, a day with Dani and Emanuel has her doubting

Tom's commitment to the experience more than ever.

I just have a slight feeling Tom's freaking out.

He's been told by multiple people

he needs to start telling me

how he feels.

Are you 100% in, or 100% out?

What I need, is the truth!

But the day is not over yet.

While the double dates have been taking place...

something has come in with the high tide.

Is that another crate? Is that a crate?

At the halfway point of the experience,

this crate has arrived carrying something

that will test our couples like never before.

Ah! What's it going to be?

A single item

which will change the course of this experience for good.

Do you want to open it? Yep.

Let's do it.

Ready? Yep.

Ooh!

What the hell?

'Newlyweds, if you don't think there's a future for love or growth

with the person next to you, pull the flare' oh!

'You will leave Honeymoon Island for good'.

It says 'think about it, your decision'.

No way! No way!

This is a huge game-changer.

We have an out, here.

Is that another crate? Is that a crate?

(EMILY CHUCKLES) No, it couldn't be.

At the halfway point

of the 'Stranded On Honeymoon Island' experience,

a crate has arrived, containing one single item

with the potential to change everything.

Ah! What's it going to be?

Ah, god. Oh, my god.

What the hell?

'Newlyweds, if you don't think there's a future for love or growth

with the person next to you, pull the flare' oh!

'You will leave Honeymoon Island for good'.

'This flare can only be used until tomorrow afternoon'.

'So, just think about your decision'.

No way! No way!

Whoa. Big one!

Game-changer!

It's a game-changer. Yep!

This flare, if pulled by sundown tomorrow,

will trigger an immediate island rescue.

Straight for the flare!

The couple will abandon the experience

and their dreams of a happy ending.

Do we need this?

The flare is a way out,

and I've been a bit of

a flight risk this whole time.

In past relationships, when things get tough I run.

And it's a common pattern that I do.

Like, there's been so many times in this journey that I'm like,

take me home!

The fact that we haven't been progressing does scare me.

And now I have an out.

Let's just put the flare in arms reach,

but a little bit of distance, just in case.

How do you feel about this?

We have an out, here.

I don't even know how I feel about this.

'Is there a future for love or growth

with the person next to you?'

This is a huge game-changer.

Mmm.

I don't really know, at this point in time,

what I'm going to do.

This is without a doubt

one of the biggest decisions

of my life.

I came here

with the best of intentions.

I've been single seven years.

I wanted this to work, I really did, and I...

and I tried everything.

I don't-I don't know at this point, anymore,

and I-I just...

I don't, yeah.

I don't-I don't know whether to give up or not.

Yeah.

(EXHALES HEAVILY)

That's stressful. Eugh!

I wasn't expecting this.

Pfft, it's huge!

A lot to think about, hey?

Yeah!

Especially in light of the last three days.

Dating and relationship coach Jess would say,

pull the flare and run.

There's been red flags with Sam, but...

I still see potential with him.

I'm not going to pull the flare.

But Sam is pretty emotionally reactive,

so there's certainly a little bit

of nervousness around

him delivering his decision.

Yeah, I'm speechless.

I'm speechless.

Yeah, we've got, uh,

we've got an eject button.

The flare is a way out.

Let's do it.

I have definitely thought about getting out of here.

I think, you know, how big it's been for Jess and I,

the last 48, 24, 72 hours, take your pick!

This experience has been hectic.

I'm looking for love.

And the biggest thing for me is after all the drama...

can I find it with Jess?

Still to come...

(FLARE FIZZLES)

I think I just heard a flare!

Is that... that's the... that's the flare?

That's the flare!

(FLARE FIZZLES) Who...

I didn't think this would be so hard!

..pulled...

I need to start thinking with my head,

and not my heart.

..the flare?

Trust is a non-negotiable, in a relationship.

And once it's broken, it's hard to rebuild.

Someone's going to get hurt.