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I'm staying.

Previously. I've chosen to stay. At the final commitment ceremony, the strongest

bonds were revealed.

I decided to stay.

I can't imagine my life without you. Stay.

But behind the smiles, doubts remained.

Alicia is 100 % into you and you're 80 % into her.

Probably you.

Throughout the relationship, we have had a lot of unnecessary drama.

Just like a dagger to the heart.

Well, for April and Leo... I don't know you.

How is that possible? In seven weeks, how do I not know you?

The cracks finally became too big to ignore.

As sad as it is.

And an explosive accusation... I found out he was busy swiping on a dating app.

That is Stephen's profile, which is verified.

That is not me.

It's your fate. I had feelings for you. My feelings were real. Marked the brutal

collapse of Nellie and Stephen's marriage.

Leave. And leave as well.

I'm so gutted. It's just not how I wanted it to end.

Tonight. Oh, my God.

Bye. The couple head off on their final date.

This is stunning.

For some, it's a fairy tale come to life.

The connection we had instantly is the same connection that we have now.

But for others, the magic fades as reality sets in.

And a

rollercoaster of emotions... I hate it. We're just not on the same page.

...sends Leisha and Reece's marriage completely off the rails.

I was trying to be nice to you. You were in a mood.

I don't know if I'm the one for Leisha. Am I or not?

Is that it for us?

I don't know what else you need from me.

Are you

ready for today? Yeah.

The remaining couples are heading off on their final date.

I've got a surprise for you today.

I'm feeling really excited about Abby and I's final date. I really like

surprising Abby.

So I've written her a letter. It just adds to the air of mystique. I think

Abby will be so pleased with where I've chosen to go today.

I just can't wait for the most fantastic day with my wife.

Hello! Before leaving on her date with Rhys, Leisha wants to reflect on last

night's commitment ceremony.

How are you?

Good.

Yesterday's commitment ceremony was tough.

I do feel a little bit deflated about the 80 to 100 comment. I just need a

little bit of advice.

When you know you're at 100 and they're just not quite there yet, it's a bit of

a bitter pill to swallow.

It does hurt.

Obviously, last night I got emotional.

Yeah. On the couch.

About the 80 to 100.

It was just, I don't know, it just felt like a bit of a realisation.

I was just kind of like, oh.

Yeah. Do you know, he's not gave me the reassurance that I need.

to be like, yeah, no, we're going to work.

I know at that moment you wanted him to be like, yes, like, at the same level as

you, but, like, his feelings have grown massively and they will continue to

grow. I'm just scared that when we leave here, it will regress back.

So, like, when we're here, we're growing every week because we're always

together and I feel like when we leave, like, if you're going to stay 80%, I

feel like I'm giving somebody my heart and soul and they could easily...

crush it if they wanted to I just need to hear a little bit of reassurance to

know that he does see a future with me and that when we do end this experiment

that it isn't the end of the road for us I don't really know what to do because

I am I do I do love him like I can't

now imagine my life without him

But I'm scared to tell him because obviously I know that I'm probably not

to hear it back.

You guys just take it at different paces. We've known from the beginning to

wind, fall, force. I think with Ruth, he just takes that much slower. It doesn't

mean he's not going to get there.

Because obviously he doesn't like pressure.

But I think by you saying you love someone, that's not putting pressure on

You're just expressing how you feel.

I'm just scared because I feel like once you say it, then he's got full control

of my heart.

Because I said it. Really hoping when the words come out of my mouth that Rhys

respects my heart.

I just hope he reassures me that he does see potentially falling in love with

me. Am I going to get reassurance? I don't know.

I love this date idea, by the way. Do you?

Well done, you.

I've organised these dates today because me and Leah are always in better

spirits when we're having a fun date. She's always wanted to do pottery, so I

thought, what a better place to take her for our final date.

Why is yours moving round like it's about to shoot up?

Yours is like, I don't want to be here, I don't want to be here.

That's really on the wonk, that.

I feel like we need this, don't we?

Yeah, I like having more fun dates.

It sort of, like, makes you realise, like, wow, we're still here.

I do always enjoy your company, though.

Yeah, same.

I'm feeling a little bit up and down about the relationship after the

ceremony. Lee and I both know there's a lot more than friendship there, but

there's always a massive thing around trust issues, and I think that's

we really need to nail down and be serious about over the next few days.

Yours is lovely.

I've given it a good go.

I think I need help.

Yeah.

Let me get down there.

Let me get... I'll sit on your knee. Go on then. Shall I?

That's it.

That's it.

Right, and get your thumbs in.

Oh, yeah.

Despite the fun that me and Leah have had today, I am still questioning the

longevity of our relationship and what's going to happen beyond the experiment.

When we have these moments, it does make me feel really happy to be in the

situation that we're in.

Oh, sorry.

But it's just, if that's enough.

Where do you think I'm taking you?

Hopefully somewhere with animals.

There's a couple of pigeons, if that helps.

I cannot believe this is mine and Rhys' final date in the experiment.

Hopefully it's something very thoughtful and romantic. I'm excited to find out.

Have a look. Voila.

Where are we?

The ping pong.

Oh.

What do you reckon?

Yes.

He took me to a theme park.

It just wasn't what I was expecting.

I feel a little bit gutted.

Oh, God.

I'm getting frustrated because I feel like, you know, what I need from Rhys is

just effort.

You know, he... We're just not on the same page, and I'm scared that when we

leave this experiment, it's going to be me making all the effort and me getting

hurt at the same time.

Oh, no.

Don't want to do that one. You'll be all right. I'll be silly.

I don't know.

She ain't impressed at all.

I don't see the problem.

That's gorgeous.

I'm so excited. I can't wait to see what John has in store for me today.

Me and John have had such an incredible journey.

It's just going to be so nice to reflect on how much growth we've had and how we

found the one.

I'm really excited for this final date with Abby. I put a lot of planning into

this.

I love the bones of her. I'm just hoping that at the end of our date, Abby

understands how much she means to me.

I just thought our marriage is such a fairy tale that it would be fitting to

the final date at a palace. Oh, I love that.

Thank you so much. This is beyond any expectation I had.

You are my prince charming.

This is something else. This is incredible.

Being here today at a palace on our final date, it is a dream come true.

Isn't this beautiful?

Look at that view.

I know, right?

It's the perfect place.

I had to pull out all of the stops for a final date.

Well, you definitely did.

It's gorgeous.

And look at this tree here.

It's called the Cedar of Lebanon.

Really? Yeah.

Seriously? Yeah.

It's on the Lebanese flag.

It is. Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's incredible.

Oh, is that why you picked it here?

Yeah.

Oh, God, I love that.

I want you to know that I recognise your Lebanese heritage.

Oh, that's so thoughtful.

I want to engrave our initials on it, but I don't think that would be allowed.

Just when I think I can't love you anymore, I do.

I'm just excited to do life with you. I came here wanting to find, you know, my

forever person.

And, you know, I have found you.

And that just makes me the happiest woman in the world.

Not. I did have high hopes for today, but it hasn't gone to plan.

You've got the answer.

Yeah.

Yeah. It's been a frosty atmosphere because he took me to a theme park. It's

just not for me at all. I just want a little bit more of an effort from me.

I feel like I'm just not good enough.

Are we just going to ruin the whole day then?

You're acting, like, horrible towards me.

What are you talking about? It's you because you're in a fucking mood.

Not nice. You're the one who started it, Leisha, actually. I was trying to be

nice to you.

Honestly, she's absolutely talking a load of shit.

I'm not making an effort.

I don't even really know what I need to do to reassure her now, like. She's

raring me because I'm not the person who she wanted me to be. I can't help that.

I'm just getting a bit sick of, like, just all this drama.

Everything just gets blown out of proportion.

If it's going to be an atmosphere all day, I'm just going to go, because I

it. I fucking hate it. I hate it.

And you're the one who caused it. You're doing it.

I'm just, no, I'm just worried that when we leave here, like, are you going to

leave here and then, like... And then, like, what?

Like, is that it for us?

No.

Any of your feelings, like, your feelings, do you want it to end, or what

want from this?

But I want it to end.

Yeah. Do you?

Well, obviously I fucking don't. Of course I bloody don't.

I don't understand, like, what I'm doing. It's like not allowing you to

You obviously move at a different pace to me.

Let's not put this on me. Let's just talk about you.

Let's not just put it on me because I'm happy with my pace. I don't know what

else you need from me.

See, like, if we're not on the same page when we leave here or if the feelings

aren't as strong, it is a massive commitment.

The only way it would work is if, like, you were, like, really strong feelings

for me.

Because if not, it's too easy just to be like, oh, well, do you know what, I'll

just go with somebody that, like, lives closer.

It feels like there's pressure getting added because you're coming to an end.

What she wants me to do is just not how I would be.

Like, I can feel that extra pressure getting piled on like it was in the

I don't know if I'm the one for Leisha. If she's saying she needs more than what

I'm giving her, am I enough?

I can't. We have these doubts all the time. I've been honest with you. I

haven't, like, said you no bullshit.

But listen, like, there's things that do make me think, do I want that for the

rest of my life?

My worry is that the more arguments we have, the more it pushes Bruce away and

he'll just leave me at the end of this process.

I just thought I'd feel more secure at this point, and I just feel like he was

on the road. I don't feel secure at home.

When you really like someone, it's just normal.

It's the same thing. It's the same path.

You feel like you just keep pushing them away. You don't really know what to do.

I am going to push them away. Yeah, I'm going to push them away.

Love this.

Shall we get the door for you? Thank you, my honey.

The final dates are in full swing.

Oh, my God. We're going up. There you go. And Bailey has organised a surprise

outing for Rebecca.

What is it?

It's a slide.

I love slides. Oh, God, it's harder than I thought, though.

Got an action -packed day planned for Beck.

I've booked the orbit, you can see, all across London.

And then they've got the world's biggest slide.

You don't like it? I know, I'm panicking now.

Come on, let's go. All right, come on.

Let's have loads of fun, loads of laughs and loads of being silly.

I'm excited for this. Oh, these steps are a bit... They're see -through.

Oh, that's so weird. I'm absolutely terrified of heights.

Does that not freak you out a little bit? Look, we're about 500 foot in the

Look. It's fine. Oh, no, that's weird.

Don't know why I've booked this.

My legs have absolutely gone.

They're like jelly.

God, look how high it is.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Babe.

Mate, I'm all right, actually. I'll probably just lay up here again.

All I can hear is her screaming like she's being murdered.

Oh, my God.

My bottle was absolutely gone.

Oh, my God. Honestly, it was comedy gold.

Oh, my God.

Are you okay?

No.

This date has been so much fun, so if you've got nothing planned for the rest

the day, that's fine by me, because I've had such a good time this morning.

I loved it.

I'm not okay.

Three cheers to the highs and the lows.

Yep. Cheers to that.

This whole marriage has been a rollercoaster.

Yeah, it's been a journey. I'm really looking forward to my final date with

Leah. It's like our last chance to be able to have some serious conversations

about our future moving forward. There are so many positives to me and Leah and

we're having so much fun at the moment, but I know that there's bigger questions

that need to be answered.

You know what the mad thing is about me and you? In this experiment, we've been

through so many challenges, but we somehow end up coming out OK at the end

it. But I think now we need to try and really be honest with ourselves.

I think all the reasons we have been matched are so aligned.

We are so aligned, yeah.

Do we align enough to take it to the outside world?

Difference. Elements of the experiment have been really difficult for us.

But then we've had the best homestay. That's bummed my head again about me and

you because I'm like, there are so many reasons here why we do have so much

potential.

Let's think about our feelings. If we were to depart each other tonight, go

separate ways, how would you feel?

I would be gutted because I feel like I would really miss you.

We'd both regret it. Yeah, I do think I'd regret it.

I think the big question for us now is, do you 100 % trust me?

I mean, I know that would be something that we would need. I feel like I'd be

lying if I said yes.

I don't 100 % trust you.

If it was going to work on the outside world, I'd need you to 100 % trust me.

Yeah, you need that.

Do you think you'll ever trust me?

I don't definitely know the answer to that question.

Where do I go from here?

It's really hard because there is feeling there. There is a lot of

but there has to be trust there.

I'm trying to be patient with her.

I've been wearing me down.

Is it going to work?

I don't know.

Oh, what a beautiful setting.

I love how we've matched the aesthetics of the house. Did you plan it as well?

It looks beautiful tonight to sit down with my wife and think about how far

we've come and then thinking about the future just feels so good.

I've just loved every single part of this process.

It's just been so easy and it's just been so natural from, yeah, the

to then we have the homestays as well.

Homestays made me realise about...

being excited for the end of the experiment.

You know, like, we were so good in each other's home environment.

I do agree. Like, I feel like our lives just kind of matched effortlessly.

You know, I do feel so comfortable in Bournemouth. I want you to feel really

comfortable in North Wales.

And yes, of course, we will have to make a decision on where we finally settle

down because, you know, we want the house, we want the children, we want the

pets. And, you know, that can't happen in both of our little apartments. It

needs to happen in our family home.

We all make that decision together.

This is the next step.

If this is what can happen in a short space of time, imagine what we can do in

lifetime. I know.

I'm so glad I'm doing it with you.

Thank you for the most magical day. I love you. I love you too.

Oh good, a dark space.

You know how much I love them.

Alright.

Hi. Hello.

I love Keir. From the moment I met him, he made it easy to fall in love with

him. And today, I have a surprise for Keir. He's going to be very special. I

think it's the perfect way to end Final Date.

Let's see if he likes it.

Stop!

Don't! Don't!

Look at it.

Hello.

I'm so nervous.

Hi, David,

nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

How are you? Good.

Very, very, very nervous.

I can't shake you off. Sorry.

You got this, you got this, you got this.

We're good, we're good. We're dancing off, we're dancing off.

Yeah, we got this. You're fantastic.

All fairy tales end with happily ever after.

I guess we're meant to live our own ever after now.

And like the rest of those fairy tales, we have no idea what happens next.

For something great to happen, we must close our eyes and jump.

But today, that's what we're here to do, committing to staying together through

and through.

Just know that I will hold your hand right up to the edge and won't let go as

dive into the journey ahead.

Do you want a high five there, or can I kiss you?

I got

you,

I got you, I got you, I got you.

I feel like a princess.

How happy we are.

Come in.

Shall I leave?

I'm enjoying you.

Same. A lot. Yeah. Yeah. 100%. Yeah. Yeah, we do.

Have we changed?

No, we're the same.

We've grown and we understand each other more in conflict and stuff, but the

connection we had instantly at meeting is the same connection that we have now.

Yeah.

It means everything that David has done this for me. I could not be prouder of

the progress David and I have made. Despite going through highs and lows in

relationship, we're still the same couple we were the first day we met. I

have found my person, and we're going to have a really, really, really good life

together. This being our last date together in the experiment,

I have got you a gift.

Okay.

What?

Where did you get me?

Shall I wait for you to open it and then explain?

Okay.

Oh, my God, we adopted an otter!

So, obviously...

It was a really special experience for us to feed the otters together.

So what better way to end the final date than with adopting two otters.

Do you know their names?

Kiwi and Otters.

Oh, my God.

I absolutely love this gift. It's something that's connected us so much

It's really cute.

Just like me and Kiwi.

This is just the beginning of him.

I'm excited to meet these women and start life together.

Yeah. We'll have lots of new stuff.

Yeah. Yeah.

Whatever life throws our way, we'll fix it together.

Today was very, very important.

It taught me a lot about my relationship with Kia.

Kia is my family.

Today just meant it even more.

that me and Kia are supposed to be together.

This day is going to stay in my mind for the rest of my life.

Did you have a good day today? It was all right. What do you reckon?

After their argument at the theme park, Leisha and Rhys are out on a dinner

date.

This morning at the theme park, it was a bit rocky. It kind of drained me a

little bit, to be honest.

If we row again tonight, then it will put that to my head.

I hate drama so much.

They don't want to give you drama. Like, I don't like drama. I'm not a drama

person.

Today has been one of the most emotional days.

I am feeling a little bit apprehensive of the conversation that we're going to

have tonight at dinner, but I am just going to be open and honest and

with Rhys, and hopefully that pays off.

How are your feelings towards me now?

We obviously, we have been trying, but...

I don't know, we're obviously doing something wrong. I don't really know

the answer is.

Yeah.

Unless we can actually get over that hurdle, I wouldn't be able to continue

relationship, going through life like that. I couldn't do it.

For me, it's like building that trust.

I think once the trust is there, anybody that I've dated or been with... The

more secure they make me feel, the less pressure I've put on it because I feel

like, oh, well, I know that I'm all right.

Like, I know he's not going to run off.

I don't think that is it. It's not because you think I'm going to run off

you cause these dramas. I'm feeling insecure, though, but that's where it

from. It does come from that because we've had big discussions. We've been

trapped in an apartment with each other for the last God knows how long. It's

not like I'm going to run off.

But it's coming towards the end now.

Yeah, but it's not like this isn't just coming up towards the end. We've had it

for a while.

I do deserve somebody that makes me feel like I'm the number one and I'm their

priority always.

Would you not think I'm giving you enough?

No.

You never really tell me your actual feelings.

I want to know how you actually feel about me. Like, I want to know your deep

-down intention.

Me saying to you, after the experiment, I want to continue our relationship,

would you need more than that?

Yeah.

I just hope that I am the person that you want, but I feel like I'm maybe not.

I hope Ruth's feelings are strong enough because I love this boy. I just need

honest and open communication.

It is only Ruth that can push things forward.

If he doesn't tell me that he wants to make this work, I honestly don't know

what I'm gonna do.

I just hope that I am the person that you want, but I feel like I'm maybe

not.

Of course, like...

I want to keep going with you, but them feelings are not there yet.

What would you say until you get to that part where you say, oh, listen, I love

you, or whatever? Just be like, I've got really strong feelings for you.

I would definitely... I may not have said I've got really strong feelings for

you, I haven't said that, but I said to you, I've got feelings for you.

Yeah. That's me telling you how I, like, at what stage I am.

I express with actions rather than words. I know you do.

Like, I've said to you, I don't want to come visit you, you come visit me.

We've discussed it, we've made plans about it.

I am just a bit panicked by it, but, like, now I've got the reassurance, now

that is enough.

Is it enough? It is enough. Are you sure you don't need to be reassured

tomorrow? No.

Are you sure?

Yeah. OK.

It's just, obviously, I can't help but have those emotions, and it's only

because I care about you so much.

Sometimes I just want to be given the reassurance that I need.

However, I need to respect the fact that Rhys just isn't like that, and the less

pressure I put on him, the more things will just flourish.

Let me... OK,

let's see.

Lovely.

Oh!

Oh! Oh, husband and wife!

Oh, I love that!

Oh, that is my favourite photo of us.

Oh, thank you so much. I love that.

That is so cute.

Risha! Yeah.

That is so cute. Look at that.

I love that.

I've had, like, the best experience with you. You're everything I ask for. Like,

that was so important for me, to find someone that was, like, driven, who's

lazy, somebody who's, like, sporty, adventurous, and just truly wanted to,

like, start a family and have, like, a partnership.

Ah. And just, yeah, I feel like this whole experience wouldn't be the same if

wasn't for you.

And you. You've made the experience for me so special. So we're so lucky to

have, like, had each other.

You're perfect in my eyes.

And, yeah, I just... Like, I do obviously love you.

It's very brave of you to say that.

It takes some balls to come out and say it to me.

I've told you, I've got very strong feelings for you.

Yeah.

And I know one day you'll be hearing it back.

Yeah. And I know when I do hear it back, it's going to be so special. It's going

to come from the heart. It's going to be the truth.

Come in.

I've got feelings for her.

Care for the girl. I'm giving it as much as I can.

I was just a bit, like, scared for her that I wasn't at that stage to really

it back.

I definitely feel like we're going in the right route to me saying it.

Eventually, I will get there, I believe.

That's very true.

I've told him how I feel. I can see that he's really softened up.

My heart is just burst with happiness.

I'm just so glad that we've made up and we're just going to enjoy the next few

days with each other.

All about you today, girl.

It's all about you today, baby girl.

While the other couples continue to enjoy their final date... In

London... Hi, guys.

Hi, Grace. Come on in.

Grace. Hello. Hello, Ash.

And Ashley have each been invited to meet with experts Paul, Mel and

As both opted not to attend the final commitment ceremony, we've invited

and Grace to meet with us individually to explore any issues they feel are

unresolved and to get some sort of closure on their time in the experiment.

It's really lovely to see you. How are you doing?

I'm very up and down.

Sometimes I'm very sure of how I'm feeling, sometimes less so.

I really, really wanted it to work and I wanted kind of that magic, but...

It was obviously challenging parts with me and Grace just being, I think, just

different people.

After a turbulent partner swap week.

I just feel like you've seen me in such a bad light and I just don't get it.

And an intense recent dinner party.

I never really feel listened to or resolved or I just always feel like

off.

This isn't going to go anywhere. I don't know what we're trying to work through.

The couple spent homestays apart, both coming to the same conclusion.

It's just over, over.

Yeah.

You're still wearing your ring.

Are we going to take it off? Are we there?

What was behind that decision for you not coming to that last commitment

ceremony?

Well, most of the time at the commitment ceremony, whenever I tried to speak

about what was happening...

I felt like Asher was quick to deflect.

I did find that he would be revisionist. I think I mentioned it at commitment

ceremonies before, like he's very fluid with the truth and I lost my voice

almost. I just didn't feel confident anymore in what I was saying.

Which must have been so incredibly frustrating.

Yeah. I feel like from even the wedding day, Grace had me pegged as this.

misogynistic, not great guy.

I was just thinking, just give me a bit of time with her. I know who I am. I

know I'll treat her like a princess anyway.

It'll kind of come round.

But then it started to come round and then it would go back.

I just felt like there's not much more I can do here to try and get her to see

who I am.

And then as soon as I started pulling back, she changed. And then it went from

me trying to prove to her that I'm a good person to her actively trying to

me as a bad one.

And I felt like...

It just wasn't a great place for me to be. I felt like I had to prove to Grace

that, no, I'm in this, you can trust me, it's fine.

I think what we have to try to figure out here is how the trust was broken

between you and Grace.

So, it's so frustrating because so much of it is about private stuff that I had

wanted to avoid talking about.

One morning, like, Ash really wants to be intimate.

I put my head in the room and I went, ooh, like in a joking way.

And she laughed and smiled at me. So I went over and I grabbed her and I put

on the bed.

And then we rolled around and kissed.

I said, no, not for it. He continued, pursued.

And I said, you're like a dog with a bone today.

What's going into you?

And he said, there's a half -naked woman in front of me with a good body. What

do you expect?

She replied and said, so if it was any woman, you'd feel the same. I was like,

why would you come back with that? It's me and you in the room, you're half

naked, and I've given you a compliment.

Why would you do that? I stopped and I was like, I don't understand how you

can't take a compliment.

And to me, that's basically saying, oh, my animal instinct is overtaking me.

You're just a piece of...

Me or like you could be anyone standing in front of me.

Ash kept saying, I want to talk about this compliment.

I was like, we don't need to talk about the compliment.

He was saying, you ask Leah, you ask Rebecca, they'll tell you it's a

compliment. I was saying, I don't need to ask them. It was a compliment for me.

Yeah. And I'm telling you, it didn't land. And that's all it has to be. But

didn't it land? Let's unpack it. Let's get the, don't need to.

I remember we spoke to him about the fact that if it doesn't land well to the

person you're sending the compliment to, then that needs to be acknowledged.

Do you feel that he took that feedback on board? I don't think he ever took any

of the feedback from the commitment ceremony.

He acknowledged when I was saying it, but he didn't actively do any of it

himself.

I think what's fair to say is that communication for the two of you was

going in two different directions.

Would you say that's kind of a fair analysis of your relationship? I would.

like everything I was kind of doing to help the situation was making it worse.

I've got so many... I know maybe examples aren't the right thing, but one

things that I didn't really speak up about, I would go to the toilet and lock

the door, and Ash would get something from the kitchen, I guess, and unlock it

from the other side. And I'd be like, no, no, no, like, stop, stop.

Really, like, panicking.

What was the intention there? Was he wanting playfulness? I think he wanted

kind of marriage where it's, like, really, like, familiar.

But we were strangers, so for me, maybe that would come later, but hadn't

yet. And this was happening when I was in the shower sometimes.

One time he even said, like, I don't know why you keep locking this door, I'm

engineer.

That happened once.

I personally don't even feel like the reaction in that moment.

Because if the reaction was, like, really bad or shouted or did something,

be like, OK, wow, like, sorry,

I messed up.

Like, I'm very accountable if I do something wrong.

In my mind, I was doing it playfulness.

Like, we'd been intimate, we'd seen each other and we're married.

It's not a big deal. They don't do it maliciously. Going in there would always

be playful.

She said that you got a utensil from the kitchen to open the door and you said,

I'm an engineer, I can pick the hole. I did it with my nail.

So you picked the lock while she was having a private moment? When you say

I completely understand what you're saying. You're right.

To me, it was a silly little... We were married and I just thought it was a

funny thing to do. You keep saying, we're married, that is not a permission

to cross boundaries.

Yeah, that's not what I'm saying. It was, like, really just confusing. It was

impossible for me to navigate.

So some real issue there around boundary.

All right, so this is how I look at a boundary.

Rules are a two -way street. Boundaries are a two -way street. When I'm looking

at this, that's an area where I see that you could have stepped up and said, you

know what, enough is enough. I've set a consequence, and enough is enough.

Yes, I fully agree.

If I'd have been stern with Ash, if I'd have been really firm, he would have

said, you think I'm a bad person. And he had this blanket statement of, like,

you just don't see me for who I am.

You only see me a certain type of way.

It's not lost on me now, but the best week Ash had, quite openly, it was the

week at the retreat where I was avoiding conflict and I just stopped asserting

myself. And the things he was doing that made me uncomfortable, I just stopped

saying. And he's like, it's the best week we had. It's the closest I've felt

you. And to me, I'm like, that is so... He doesn't want to be accountable and he

doesn't want to point it out and he doesn't want to change.

My argument to Grace was always, how come everybody else can see me for who I

and see that I'm working at this, that I'm really trying, and then the person

I'm putting most time, effort and energy into, and you still can't? How come

everyone else can see it and you can't?

What about just accepting, listening and trying to understand her perspective?

I think when your partner is saying to you they don't feel heard, it's really

important that you do say, OK, I hear you, I respect where you're coming from.

Yeah.

You know what's so interesting to me about this? I think about the

that I have with my wife.

I think everything that you've done with Grace, my wife and I have done.

But I think the difference is that I've been married for 23 years, and we have

built a level of undeniable trust.

And I think what you did is you went into this marriage saying, we should

each other.

Yeah. Just because.

And Grace said, no, you have to earn my trust.

And you started off on a different page.

Yeah. Would you agree with that? 100%. Yeah.

Like these things, I know when you're saying it now when I'm here and I'm

thinking, yeah, I fucked up. But I've done them in the past and it's always

okay. The challenge, though, is that when you cross a boundary from Grace's

perspective, you then...

take on the role of a bully.

Right. It's always about being aware of where the boundary is and calibrating

around that. And you seem like that was definitely a challenge for you. Yeah.

You saying it out loud and saying that makes me feel shit. It makes me feel

awful.

I summarize it. I came in and married a stranger.

Ash came in and married a wife.

Magnificent. I just want to acknowledge something here for you. When we first

met, I really got how serious you were taking this experiment. Yeah. And I

really do believe that you were ready to start dropping your guard and opening

up, and we saw you do that. Yeah. And that's where vulnerability lives.

And you opened that door, showed some vulnerability, but the way that he

that with you is what's been disappointing.

Yeah.

Ash, it's become clear that whilst there are many great traits that you both

share, there are some fundamental differences between you and Grace.

It's absolutely fine to be different, but if a partner is saying to you that

they don't feel comfortable with something that you've done, if your

dismissive, you're likely to get another reaction from them, which will mean

that the conflict continues.

I think oftentimes partnerships want to feel validated.

And I think I completely agree with you. Things coming out of it, questioning so

much more now.

Going into this, I wasn't really questioning it at all. I don't think

thing. I think it could be a positive episode.

I appreciate it. Thank you so much, Ash.

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. Hopefully you have

really heard today.

Thanks, Greg.

Thanks, guys.

I've never had a date this extravagant. You are very welcome.

Don't think that every date's going to be like that.

Honestly, this journey has just been amazing.

And this is just the start.

The fact that we're visualising the rest of our lives together is amazing.

And to be honest, Abby, it's not something that I thought I would get

experiment. Like, you know, I feel like my future's so certain now.

And then we're going to have such an amazing time together. I've got an

excitement back for life.

Aww, I love that. And for once in my life, I'm not worried about the future.

excited because not only do I love you, but I feel like for once, like, I love

myself again as well.

There's nothing more certain than our future together.

What a true story.

No.

I've got you a gift.

Aww.

Another surprise. Another surprise.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, that's gorgeous.

Oh, my God, it's so beautiful.

I love that.

That's been named after you.

Good.

That's beautiful.

Thank you so much.

I loved my gift from John.

I haven't grown his name after me. How magical is that?

I'm like Beauty and the Beast, except you're not a beast.

I'm like Prince Charming.

It just shows how solid our connection is and how our love is lasting a

lifetime.

I couldn't be happier.

I'm feeling so loved.

Abby is really in love with me, and I just feel absolutely ecstatic.

And I'm just so thankful that she's my wife.

I love you. I love you too.

Bailey! Happy?

Today's been absolutely incredible.

Started with loads of laughs.

Oh, my God.

But tonight, it's all about a bit more romance.

We've got a slap -up meal, beautiful sweet.

I wanted her to feel appreciated. I wanted her to feel special.

I'm pulling out all the stops.

Wow, this is bougie.

I never expected something quite as beautiful as this.

Only the best for my girl.

This date for us is going to be so memorable.

So, what do you think your highlights have been throughout the entire process?

Oh, God, the whole thing.

Walking into the first dinner party with you was one.

I remember just thinking, I'm just so happy.

The other one for me was, like, I think, yeah, when I first fell in love with

you, like, I knew you weren't there yet, but I just, I don't know, it felt like

quite a, like, it was such a big moment. I feel the same.

I remember feeling, like, in the right place at the right time then.

Behind closed doors, you are so soft and, like, you're very, very open with

emotions. It's such an attractive quality for a man like you to have.

I honestly couldn't love you any more than I do.

I love you so much. I love you too, though.

I do. I love you so much.

I think one of the really special times for me as well was moving in together. I

desperately wanted to move in with you.

Throughout this whole experience, it's given me happiness to, like, have made

our apartment home to us. But, like, home for us feels like each other.

Yeah. You know what I mean?

That's what worries me the most about being outside.

It's going to be so hard. Like, honestly, it's going to be hard.

Just the distance and hard.

It's everything.

I know.

We have this huge obstacle in the way.

Huge obstacle.

You've got Bluebell and I would never, ever...

put pressure on you to leave her or to be anywhere away from her that would

jeopardise your time with her.

She's always going to be first, and she is.

I feel like I'm torn apart at the moment.

If I could go anywhere with Bluebell, I'd just be with you.

I know. I would move up to Liverpool in a heartbeat.

It's just something that we can't change right now, isn't it?

I never thought I'd come into this experiment and have this problem at the

I don't know what I was thinking, that, like, if someone would be closer.

I thought being left is what it is.

Yeah.

I don't want anything to change.

This is how I would want to feel for the rest of my life.

Can't be without you. Like, I don't want to spend time without you.

Um...

Sorry.

I can't speak.

I'm honestly dreading the day when...

Bailey and I leave the apartments and leave each other.

I just know how I'm going to feel leaving him.

It's so frustrating that we've found the right person.

But we live miles away from each other.

Bailey has changed my life.

Forever.

I can't imagine my life without him.

Next time.

Hey! She is gorgeous.

A day apart from their spouses.

For me, it shouldn't be this hard. Exposes fears for the future.

Can't just up and leave. We don't know what forever looks like.

Alicia told me she loved me. Was it that?

No, I didn't. But it's the return of familiar faces.

She's back!

That sends their reunion into chaos.

Your behaviour, disgusting.

Who instigated that?

We'll find out now. Was it you or was it him?

What the fuck?

Is that Lion Toad?

Have you slept with him?

What's the actual fuck?