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"Do you see me as a mother/father of your children?"

Yes, I do see you as a father of my children.

NARRATOR: After seven weeks of marriage,

feedback week brought some couples closer together

STEVEN: Only the best for my wife. (LAUGHS)

Thank you for setting tasks that really understand Steven and I

and what we needed.

But for others...

Sure, I'll take that on board.

Even now, I feel like you're getting defensive.

I'm not getting defensive. I'm having a conversation.

..tensions were at an all-time high...

No, thanks.

Um...

It was just, um...

..as Scott avoided any critical feedback,

opting to keep the peace in his marriage.

I knew if went too deep, I'd be over the balcony.

(LAUGHS) You're absolutely pissing me off.

Danny struggled to give Bec a straight answer.

"Do you think you will fall in love with me? And why?"

Um...

(GLASS TINKLES) At the dinner party...

after weeks of being caught in the crossfire...

Oh, god.

..Alissa tried to put a full stop to the feud between Gia and Bec...

Stop using me! Stop using me as a pawn!

..and Bec and Danny spiralled.

I want you to be wary about what you text people.

Two months ago, Daniel.

I don't care if it was ten years ago.

I want out now. (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

DANNY: I'm wasting my time at a dinner party

talking about abusive text messages.

I'm here for a wife and a relationship.

I'm not here for drama.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Tonight, it's the second-last commitment ceremony...

You asked the question of, like,

"Oh, if you go outside the experiment,

"how quick would you expect, like, a proposal?"

I said "The sooner the better." Wow.

..and some are already locking in plans

for married life outside of the experiment.

My man is leading and he is actually starting to show me

what my life here in Sydney could look like.

And then...

So, last week you said that the noise from the group and around Gia

doesn't affect your relationship.

Do you still believe that?

..will Scott speak up and confess how he feels in front of Gia?

I will admit, like...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

The question, what was it... Like, it was...

Did you see yourself falling in love with me?

Why is Danny dodging the question?

Um, well... (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

..in one of the most confronting couch sessions ever seen...

It's a pretty black-and-white question.

..before the blindside... (CRIES)

..that will leave the room speechless.

SAM: I just can't believe it.

(RESOUNDING MUSIC PLAYS)

It's the morning

of the second-last commitment ceremony of the experimen

and despite a tense ending to last night's dinner party,

one couple continued to shine bright

FILIP: Good morning. STELLA: Good morning.

It's the long black. Thank you.

Hopefully don't burn the roof of your mouth...

No. Should be fine. ..you know.

Last night for Stella and I, yeah, it was great...it was great.

We were just sitting there, united, chilling out,

smooching whilst the drama's happening.

And we tend to do that when people are kicking off -

we're just kissing each other.

And then, yeah, we were staying out of it for the most part.

I think we are out of the trenches with the drama.

Mmm.

I doubt it, but I'm very, very hopeful. I'm very hopeful...

Some people cannot help themselves.

I see the blokes like Danny and Scott

and they're just ready to not talk about high school shit.

Like, Scott is not his usual self. He was just...

His light was dimmed. He was just not there.

He's dimmed.... Yeah, he's dimmed at the moment, yeah.

He's just not there. Danny as well.

Definitely. Yeah.

I always looked at him and he's just so withdrawn and...

They dissociate.

They just dissociate. They just go to another realm.

They just leave the place. They're just like this...

Yeah.

I just wish that people like Bec and Gia can stop saying sorry

and just don't do it from now on.

Don't be sorry and go,

"I take accountability" and... Just don't do it.

How about we try that and then we don't have to

keep talking about this BS.

(RESOUNDING MUSIC PLAYS)

While our couples are putting on the final touches

for tonight's commitment ceremony...

one participant who is not looking forward to seeing the experts is Gia

GIA: Last one, I walked out.

I don't like commitment ceremonies one bit

because I hate being vulnerable and talking about my feelings

and commitment ceremonies don't go great for me all the time.

Last week, I feel like I was getting in so much trouble

for the screenshots.

They didn't at all question Bec. It was just me for sending them.

I just felt like I was just attacked and it was unfair last week.

It's not fair that I'm...

I'm always taking the heat for that sort of stuff.

I admit I was wrong for sending them,

but I'm not the one who said the vulgar things in those screenshots.

Bec was.

I think it's just going to be more of a rehash

of, like, what you're saying.

Feedback week... Feedback week.

Also, why'd you walk out, which...

It would just be a discussion of that.

Yeah.

I adore and I really am falling for Gia,

but, like, this whole experiment has been very tough

in regards to the drama side of things.

There was so many days where there was just so much heat

and heaviness.

Tonight, like, I'm nervous seeing the experts

because this is something that I find is a problem

and I'm going to address it.

Not looking forward to how she's going to feel about it,

but I can only be honest.

One couple that everyone will have their eyes on tonight

is Bec and Danny,

who had a tense argument at the end of last night's dinner party.

Don't sit here and say, "I want us to have a good relationship,

"but we don't because of drama at dinner party."

I just want you to be wary about what you say.

DANNY: I'm very wary.

I want you to be wary about what you text people.

I'm done. I'm not going back in. I'm done.

He says, "Oh, we're ride or die. We're ride or die." We're not!

Just pretend for two minutes.

And this morning, there has been yet another unexpected development

in their relationship.

Really good.

There's so much love and adoration within this relationship.

We had, like, a tiny little bit of cross words last night.

Danny sort of had a little wibble-wobble.

He was like, "I'm sick of the drama."

And at the end of the day, we've actually come out on top, you know.

Even though it's kind of crappy for a little while,

we always come back together, talk about it

and end up with a better understanding of each other

and in a stronger place in our relationship.

Do you agree? Mmm.

I became a girlfriend as well.

Still happy with that decision, boo?

Still happy with the decision.

I feel great. I feel absolutely fantastic.

Like, I'm not only a wife, I'm a girlfriend.

And I know that everything's hunky dory.

Me telling you at the commitment ceremony that I love you

and obviously I'm in my own head as well

because it's like "Shit".

Like, that... That's a lot for me to do, ever.

Like, you're the first man I've ever told that I love first, ever.

Been an alright week, to be honest.

Like, alright is how I describe it. Not amazing.

Just alright.

Obviously the question task,

Bec was just overreacting a little bit there.

We know that. That's a fact.

"Do you think you will fall in love with me and why?"

Probably. I'd assume I will. Yeah.

Am I there yet? No.

So it has sort of scared me that she's got stronger feelings to me

than I have to her.

Up until last week, when she told me she loved me,

I didn't realise she was feeling that strongly towards me.

She'd never even told me, like, little soft things

to, like, soften it.

It was just like that come out of nowhere.

That's why when she told me on the sofa, on the couch,

I was a bit, like, shocked.

My feelings are extremely, extremely strong for Daniel.

(BLEEP) it. I love you.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Jesus.

It's hard to tell, to be honest.

It's very hard to tell.

In regards to intimacy, it's not like I don't want to do it,

but it's not like I'm, like, craving to do it as well,

like, you know what I mean,

because of the constant drama with Bec.

So, yeah, that's probably one of the things,

the main reason that's holding me back.

(BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYS)

JOHN: Greetings, gents. MEL: Hello.

Come on in. Good to see you all.

MAN: Good evening. MAN: Good evening.

Hey, guys.

(BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYS)

Hey. Hello. Welcome.

Settle in.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Well, greetings, everyone,

to the second-last commitment ceremony.

We are very much nearing the pointy end

where you have to size up your relationship

and really drill down on whether or not you can see a future

outside of this experiment

with the person that you've been matched with.

Now it gets real.

Now, in saying that, next week it is homestays.

This is done so that all of you can have a look at your partner's life

as it exists outside of the experiment

and it gives you an understanding, a glimpse

of whether you can fit into it.

This is really a reality check.

In fact, it is absolutely pivotal for you

when it comes to your final decision

Take it very seriously.

Now, the past week, of course, has been feedback week.

It's been a real test of how each and every one of you

responds to feedback,

but also how each of you gives feedback.

So we'll be really interested to drill down into how that's gone

for each of you

and to see what's been the impact on your relationships.

And, of course, we saw some of that last night at the dinner party.

It was actually quite shocking to see some of the behaviours

that occurred at last night's dinner party.

And we certainly want to get into all of that.

Well, let's get our first couple up.

Gia and Scott.

(APPLAUSE)

Mmm. Good to see you both.

Yes, John, I'm still here. Are you happy about it?

I'm very happy.

Oh, I thought you wouldn't be. (LAUGHS)

Yeah, particularly because last time you actually walked off.

I did.

So let's...let's go back to what actually happened there

because we didn't get a chance to... to talk to you about that,

because we were talking about your relationship and where you're at

and what a good place you're in.

And it was positive.

But then something happened.

What was it?

I was getting in trouble for the screenshots involving Alissa,

but the other person wasn't getting in trouble

for what was written in the screenshots.

It felt very against me, and I just felt, like, attacked.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

And I just felt like it was a bit unfair, to be honest.

I just felt like, "What about the screen...what she was saying?"

Like, it's just me, me, me. I just cannot.

So I had to remove myself.

I didn't want to have another argument.

I didn't want any more volatile situations.

I just... I had to remove myself.

Alright, so let's break it down. There are two parts to this.

One part is what was said in the texts...

which came out at the dinner party last night, the specifics of it.

And there's no getting around that.

It's abhorrent - those words, those phrases...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

..towards another member in this experiment was appalling.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

I mean, Bec, the hits keep coming.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

What was said in the texts which cam out at the dinner party last night,

the specifics of it.

And there's no getting around that. It's abhorrent.

Those words, those phrases...

towards another member in this experiment was appalling.

I mean, Bec, the hits keep coming.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Regardless of what bad place you were in,

the way in which you did that was malicious and extremely hurtful

and we don't condone it.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

That's the first part.

The second issue is how they were used

and that's where you come into this, Gia.

Yep.

It was very high school...

trying to really get at somebody

while hurting another person in the process.

It's about choices.

It's about choices in terms of what you write in the text.

Then it's choices about what you want to do with that

in terms of sending it on or not.

I know I was wrong.

Looking back now, I wish I never sent the screenshots to Juliette.

I was doing the wrong thing.

I mean, it was like something happened to me...

like, that affected me and to defend myself, I was, like,

"Well, let me send some screenshots to do something to that person."

And it was just, like, childish behaviour, to be honest.

So it was an eye for an eye. Yeah. Yeah.

OK. We do not want to revisit this ever again.

And I'm sure Alissa doesn't want to either.

It is being put to bed as of right now.

But, Gia, one of the things I wanted to ask you

was when you left last week,

Scott was sitting here kind of not really knowing

what was going on

and I just wondered whether he was featured in your thinking

in that moment.

I told him before I ran out, I said, "I feel sick, I'm going to leave."

Scott, how did you feel...

when you realised Gia had left?

Well, at the time I was sitting there and going to myself,

"She's not left me."

I just... 'Cause I know how close we are.

So I'm like, "There's no excuse for her to just bail."

But then obviously the only thing I was just a little bit annoyed

was just not being told what was going on.

Just communication, that's all.

But deep down, I knew she didn't run away from me, so, yeah.

So last week you said that the noise around your relationship

from the group and around Gia

doesn't affect your relationship.

Do you still believe that?

Last week was probably one of the most heaviest weeks

we've had in this whole experiment.

More so for Gia.

She's had a lot to take on herself, not wanting to be here

for a few reasons.

There's only so much...

You know, I'm here to protect her and cater for her,

make sure she's OK and give her reassurance.

But there was a lot that happened pretty much every day.

And I will admit, like... it does make me not be myself.

What do you mean?

My energy dropped and I just...

because I'm just trying to be positive and it's hard sometimes.

But feedback week, yeah, was pretty hard.

What was hard about feedback week?

Obviously the commitment ceremony was, you know, I walked out

and that wasn't good.

You know, that... And I just... I was just feeling off.

Right?

So then I get told I have a feedback date and I'm, like,

"Oh, my god, I can't do this.

"I cannot put myself in a situation like this again,

"where I'm arguing with somebody."

And I'm, like, "You know what, I don't want to go on the date."

So, what did you choose to do? I didn't go on the date.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

With these challenges that we set,

you are certainly taken out of your comfort zone,

but they're done for a reason.

It's always about everything but our relationship.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

God, like, how many more times am I going to get, like, attacked?

It's not. It's not. That's what the vibe I'm getting...

It's not.

I've been apologising. I've been accountable.

I've been changing my behaviour.

I just feel like, the feedback letter,

I felt like it was an attack on me.

The tasks that we received to do,

I just found were just, like... like, not nice.

Number one is

"Gia, remove yourself from any group chats that you're in."

Number two, "Detox from all social media till final vows."

Number three, "No physical touch for ten days."

And I was like... I took it... This is how I took it.

He took it different.

I took it as an attack of like, "Oh, my god,

"like, another thing against me."

Why do you feel like people are attacking you?

I don't know. You have no idea?

Well, that was Stella and Filip, so I'm not sure why.

There's just one thing I like to outlay

is, like, whether something's negative or bad

or, like, something you don't want to hear or see,

we don't need to hold on to it,

because sometimes I feel it does hurt you in a way deep down

where it's got to be said out loud or people need to know

"I hate it" or...

Like, sometimes I feel like you hold on to it for...

with a bit of power behind you

and you want to deliver it back to someone.

And I feel if we can let go of things a lot easier,

we can move past that and then just focus on the other stuff.

Because I see the light in everything all the time.

Like, these things that are said, letters, it doesn't matter

how bad it is.

It's not like we're bad people.

People just see what they have an opinion for...

This is your perception, though.

For me, for my own personal reasons

and what I've been through in life, I felt attacked.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

I walked into this experiment,

I said, even my audition, "I don't like negative stuff.

"I don't like drama. I don't like any of that."

I don't want it in my life.

And I know Gia's been involved in some of it and we had an agreement.

"Can you make a promise to me,

"not involve yourself in drama for the rest of this experiment?"

There's been a few difficult things inside the experiment

and I have to know whether it's the pressure in here,

whether this is outside as well.

Nothing's really affected me in this experiment.

The only thing is just the drama stuff.

I just... I don't like it

and I just want to make sure and be reassured

there's not going to be that shit outside this

because I won't tolerate it - that's it.

For me, I don't want someone who's gonna retaliate

in really bad behaviour - that's what I mean.

It's about how you carry yourself. This is common knowledge.

I would never do that. That's what I'm saying.

From the stuff that's happening in the experiment...

I don't want to see that outside the experiment.

OK. That's all it is.

I'm not saying anything bad. It's just what I've seen.

Yep, just... You don't know me well enough, then.

Babe, I'm only helping... It's just not who I am.

I just do not do that in life. Like...

OK. I do nursing.

Like... I'm not saying...

..I'm a kind person. I would never. But anyway.

I'm not saying you're like that. I'm trying to just say...

Yep. Yep. ..what I'm feeling.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

Scott's just talking about his experience with you, what he's seen.

He can only work with what he's seen.

And he has seen you rise to the drama.

So he's not saying he knows

that that's what you're going to do on the outside.

He's saying he knows that that's what you have done

within the experiment.

So surely that's reasonable. Yep.

(BLEEP) over getting slammed, Chris.

CHRIS: Yeah. You're not getting slammed, babe.

It's nothing. (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

No, I'm all good. Don't... I'm all good. All good.

I don't like to cry. You know... Just... I'm fine.

Let's just finish this, please. Yeah.

Mmm?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Gia, do you feel secure in this relationship?

Yeah.

What makes you say that?

Um...

Because even when I say I'm going to leave,

he's like, "No, you can't leave."

Um, like, when I, like, lose my mind and, like, spiral,

he's always there to, like, be positive

and try and turn my mood around.

And I feel like he's got me and I can feel like, yeah...

I feel secure in this relationship.

What about you, Scott?

Well, the thing is, like, yes, we face these hard things

and we're not perfect people,

but I see so many good things about you

and that's why I'm here.

Like, you're such a beautiful person.

Like, we've had a rough week, but we always come back to each other.

So you feel secure in this relationship?

100%. Yeah, I feel secure.

We just have these little hurdles to get through,

understand one another, you know, and keep pursuing our life together.

Alright, well, let's go to the decision.

Uh, let's go with you first, Scott.

I'm grateful that we're still here together

and that we got through it and we're still smiling,

and I cannot wait for homestays.

So I wrote stay and happy two months to my beautiful wife.

Oh! MEL: Oh!

That's cute.

Gia, stay or leave?

Um, I know I need to work on some things

and I'm committed to doing that because, like, he's worth it.

And I need to, like, grow as a person.

I can't keep doing these behaviours that I've been doing

and I know I'm wrong for that.

So, I'm just going to be positive this week and move forward

and we're going to be in our swimsuits at the beach

on the Gold Coast. (LAUGHS)

My little boardies. So I'm gonna stay.

(LAUGHS) I've got square boobs.

I don't know why, but that's a bikini.

(LAUGHS) That's a bikini.

OK, well, I know that that was a very intense session

and it's so important for you guys to not brush things under the carpet

I know, Scott, you've mentioned

that you like to look on the bright side of life,

move forward as fast as you can, leave the past behind.

Problem is, if you do that all the time,

you don't address the issues that are there.

Rather than saying "It's just going to be OK, forget about it,"

actually, instead, go, "Well, tell me more."

And for you, Gia, what's really important

is that if there's an issue that comes up from Scott,

that you stay with it, rather than look at it as a personal attack.

"This is just feedback about a behaviour

"and I can sit here and talk about that behaviour.

"And then as a team, we can do something different moving forward."

That'll help us a lot, to be honest,

because, like, sometimes I want to bring things up

and then I get a bit scared

because I don't want you to get the wrong idea

as if I'm trying to attack you... Yeah.

It's because I genuinely care

and I just want to fix a few little things that'll help both of us.

Yep. So I really love what you just said.

Now, with that, have a great week and we'll see you next time.

Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Well done, guys.

Cheers. Have a great week.

(APPLAUSE) (WARM MUSIC PLAYS)

NARRATOR: Still to come...

what has Sam in tears?

RACHEL: No, no, no, no. (SAM CRIES)

And later...

Would you see yourself falling in love with me?

..Danny is put in the hot seat.

I think I misinterpreted the question.

Because it's a pretty black-and-white question.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

ALESSANDRA: Next up...

Rachel and Steven.

(BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYS) (RACHEL GIGGLES)

(APPLAUSE) Hello.

MEL: Welcome. Welcome, welcome.

Nice to see you.

STEVEN: Oh... Yeah.

Feedback week. Tell us about feedback week.

I actually think feedback week was great for Steven and I.

We started off with the first task of questions,

the question of, you know, saying,

"Can you see yourself falling in love with me at some point?"

We both had a big resounding yes.

Yay. And so that was really nice...

because in terms of where we view our lives in the future,

they very much align.

And so, yeah, it was really good. It was just a really great task.

Feedback week has been, you know, amazing.

I got some really good advice from Alissa

of trying to be a bit more of a leader.

Which we saw. We saw.

We were very impressed. Oh, you saw that?

Yes. At the dinner party.

You did have a moment at the dinner party

where you stood up to the group... Mmm.

..and you spoke on behalf of the relationship

in such a mature, such a take-charge such a masculine,

such a all-there kind of way.

(LAUGHTER)

We were very impressed and we were literally cheering that on.

It was a really, really good moment to see Rachel beaming,

because you were beaming, you were so proud of your man

speaking up to the group... Yep.

..setting those boundaries for the group and for the two of you.

Well, I'm going to implement that not just for one day.

It's going to be just in the relationship.

I've got to put my captain's socks, undies and hat on,

um, and, yeah, take a bit of charge and leadership.

Captain. I like it. Mmm. Captain Stevo.

(LAUGHTER) I'm going to get a hat for him.

(LAUGHTER)

How did it feel in the moment to speak to the group

the way that you did and to ascertain those boundaries

and make yourself be heard so clearly?

I know I'm pretty quiet in the dinner parties

and I sort of like to keep things to myself,

because I feel like it's just a little bit easier

to keep your mouth closed in some situations.

I guess it was good to, you know, finally be heard.

I can imagine so.

JOHN: You guys have really been a bit of a slow burn,

but every week we start to see something emerge.

The intimacy, the speaking up.

There's a lot of change in the two of you that I see

and it's on a week-by-week basis.

What's it doing to you, Stevo,

in terms of how you're feeling about this lovely woman?

I feel really connected to Rachel. We're getting closer.

I feel like as well saying... Rachel and I feel like

I've come such a long way from the wedding

and the ups and downs that we've had.

So, feeling, yeah, really good.

Rachel, for you, towards him, what's going on inside of you?

So, I really like Steven. I've been very clear about that.

I'm very connected with Steven.

It's just so comfortable to be ourselves and have fun.

And, you know, it's just amazing.

And so, I'm at the point now where my man is leading

and he is actually starting to show me what my life here in Sydney

could look like.

That really shows through your body language,

is just how close and comfortable you are with one another

and loving, dare I say it?

Are we reading this correctly?

Does it feel comfortable to be sitting like that?

This is all... This is common, you know, in the apartment.

You know, it's... Now you're showing off.

(LAUGHS) Oh... Mate...

MEL: So, with that in mind, we're going to go to a decision.

Yeah. Let's kick it off with you, Rachel.

Oh, yeah, this is a huge shock, I know,

but I've written stay

and I've put, like, the sun

and, like, that's water from our little beach days.

(LAUGHS) Cute.

And Stevo.

I like where this is going,

so why would I do anything else besides stay?

(APPLAUSE) Thanks, babe.

Good on you, guys. Thank you so much.

Well done. Great. Thank you.

Good work. Thank you so much.

(APPLAUSE)

High fives.

It's a nice one!

(GIGGLES)

(LAUGHS)

MEL: Our next couple on the couch...

Chris and Sam.

(REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYS) (APPLAUSE)

JOHN: Hello, you two. SAM: Howdy.

CHRIS: Hey. MEL: Hello, guys.

How are we doing?

Well, I've got to say, this is a ver different energy from the two of you

Not what we're used to at all.

You feel like a very different coupl right now.

Yeah.

Do you want to let us in?

Chris, you don't look very happy.

No, I'm just, like...

Like, first of all, you asked me a question last week,

"Are you starting to envision a life outside of the experiment?"

I thought it was admirable

that I was actually thinking after the experiment,

and I said, perhaps potentially Sam base himself in Sydney.

It came from a really good place,

but Sam was upset that I didn't consult him

before answering the question that you asked me.

And then he said to me ten minutes prior to the dinner party,

"Your three apologies weren't genuine enough.

"I'm going to bring it up in front of the group."

We could have facilitated that in the apartment

in a more private, controlled environment.

I feel like I've...you know, been dragged through the coals and...

I'm just going to go to Sam,

because there's something I just want to clarify here.

Why was it that you felt the need to bring this up in that group context?

SAM: I wanted feedback from the group.

I can go talk to my friends, you can go talk to your friends

and we can try and, like, see if we can move past this,

because I just couldn't see getting to a conclusion

with just the two of us

because I was just getting shut down.

That's why.

There are some pretty big lifestyle changes ahead of the two of you.

Chris has got children coming. Yeah.

You know, Chris has the farm. Yeah.

And you know, clearly life's going to be

very much rooted around Chris's existing world...

Yeah.

..and a lot of movement and compromise on your part, Sam.

Is this the elephant in the room her for the two of you?

Does it feel like it'll be you making all of the sacrifice?

I'll be making big moves.

Yeah, so, 90% of the sacrifice would be on me

to, like, fit into Chris's life, which is fine.

Like, I know that.

I'm prepared to do that if we fall for each other,

but I just didn't want to feel like I had no say

in even how that would look.

I just feel like there could be a bit more empathy

around the fact that there's a lot that I have to change

and I would have really liked if you discussed that with me before.

How does that sit with you, Chris?

(HALF-LAUGHS)

My answer to you was coming from a good place.

That question that you asked me,

"Are you thinking about life outside of this experiment?"

which I thought was such a cute question,

that question has now, like,

spiralled into something so much bigger

than what we had anticipated

and it's put a huge rift between us, obviously.

And, yeah...

Sam...I've been watching you and you look a bit withdrawn.

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)

What has all this, do you feel, Sam, done to your relationship?

To be honest, like, it's... it's really sad

because you guys saw me at the last commitment ceremony

and I even wrote in my journal afterwards

that a life with Chris could be magical and amazing

and it's just, like, taken the feet out from underneath me.

Yeah. It sucks.

Chris, one of the things I sit here very curious

because essentially you were in a great place a week ago

and then Sam has bought something up gently to just say,

"You know, I felt a little bit excluded."

I thought that would have brought you closer.

But in fact, the reaction he got

pushes him away rather than brings him close.

Yep.

And one of the things I went to is,

did you take Sam's reaction as some something of a rejection?

'Cause what I'm thinking

is that your anger was coming from hurt and fear, and it often does.

You've taken it very personally. And I want to put that to you...

If that's the case, what might that be about?

(SIGHS)

Maybe just unsuccessful relationships

in the past, you know, like...yeah, and I have been hurt a lot.

Here's the thing.

He's bringing this conversation up in front of the group,

not 'cause he wants to throw you under the bus,

but because he wants to be able to talk to you

and he feels like he can't,

to the point where he's too scared to bring up a conversation with you

and he needs to take it to a larger group...

That has got to get you starting to look at yourself

and how you're talking.

This is a real moment of truth for you,

because a communication style has contributed

to the real crisis that you're in now.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

That doesn't mean that you can't recover.

And tonight is one of those absolute key crossroads for you, Chris.

Mm-hm.

Yep.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Alright. Let's go to the decision.

Let's go with you first, Chris - stay or leave?

I've been going back and forth the last couple of days

and I've actually decided that I need and I want to

go put my dad hat on and I would like to leave.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Alright, let's go to the decision. Let's go with you first, Chris.

Stay or leave?

I've been going back and forth the last couple of days

and I've actually decided that I need and I want to

go put my dad hat on and I would like to leave.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)

Baby, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

It's a huge turnaround from last week.

Yep.

I just think that I need to concentrate on

this next thing that's coming

and he's an amazing guy and he'll be amazing for someone.

I just don't think it's me for the moment.

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)

(CRIES)

Sam, what's going on for you right now?

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)

I just didn't see that coming. I thought...

I thought, you know, this is the first hiccup we've had

and we'd both come into this ready to take on feedback...

and then try and implement that and see if that could help.

And it just hurts to be, like, you've just given up...

because it got tough for a few days.

So, yeah, I just can't believe it.

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)

Let's go to your decision, then, Sam What have you got?

As much as Chris gave up a lot to be here,

I gave up a lot and I was...

I wanted to leave here with absolutely no regrets either way,

like, 100% knowing if Chris was the guy for me.

Right now, I feel like I would have regrets

and I wouldn't know completely if we could have made it work.

Like, I was prepared to take on anything you guys had to say

and try and put it into work.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Well, as you know, in this experiment,

the rules are if one person says sta and the other person says leave,

the couple stays for another week and they work on the relationship.

It might seem like a lost cause,

but frankly, we see couples absolutely turn things around

in one week.

But it will require some heavy lifting from the both of you.

(EXHALES)

I mean, the one thing about you two right now is that it's not friendly,

so when you think about how you're going to take on this week,

to start talking to one another... Yeah.

..in a respectful way and acting in a considerate way...

And from there, you can start to see how it changes your relationship.

Let me remind you, it was only a week ago

that you were loved-up on that couch excited about the future.

(REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYS)

But with awareness can come change..

and all you got to do is treat each other in a friendly way.

Alright. Well, thank you both. Thank you.

Good work tonight. Well done. That was hard.

(APPLAUSE)

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)

RACHEL: Well done, darlings.

Well done, guys.

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)

MEL: OK. Our next couple on the couch...

Alissa and David.

DAVID: Oh... (APPLAUSE)

JOHN: Hello, you two. ALISSA: Hello.

Hello. Welcome.

How was feedback week for you guys?

So, obviously feedback week started with some receipts from Juliette

from last couch session that we had.

That was the start of our feedback week, which was kind of negative.

You hear about, "Oh, just some messages,"

but they were actually really vicious.

Yeah. It wasn't OK. It definitely was fresh...

It was fresh hurt for David and I. Mmm.

Yeah, look, seeing those text messages just reopened wounds

that were obviously closing over.

Obviously it was a negative vibe to feedback week.

We didn't want to see that, but it came to us, so, yeah.

Yeah, moving on from that...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

..feedback week actually went really well

because we managed to talk about some things...

A plan.

..yeah, we talked about a plan for when we left the experiment,

what that was going to look like, you know,

a bit of long distance maybe

and then figure out, like, if we're moving to maybe Adelaide.

So, obviously, you know, getting to an age in the next couple of years,

I want to have a family... Yeah.

..and I want to be in Adelaide for that.

And that was something that I hadn't talked to David about.

But he was amazing.

He was like, "I understand if you need to be with your family

"and you need extra support, then we're going to move to Adelaide."

And I understand raising kids is not an easy task.

So, you know, she's obviously got her family there,

her mum, and her mum's a legend.

Alissa would be a fantastic mother.

She notices everything about me, you know what I'm saying?

(LAUGHS) Like, she...she helps me a lot.

I did say, though... I did say... You did say...

..she reminds me of my mother. (LAUGHTER)

She might be, like, "Don't wear that shirt.

"It doesn't, like... It doesn't look good on you."

Like, just straight, direct. That's what my mother would do.

So that's what makes me know that she's got deep feelings

and she cares

'cause, like, she tells me things that challenge me, you know,

and she doesn't just settle.

Like, she's always looking to grow.

She brings out the best in me as well.

And I think that's someone I need in my life,

someone who's always going to push me to be better.

Hmm. So you're in a good place, guys

I feel like we're... we are the strongest we've ever been...

Yeah, I would agree. ..right now.

We are. We definitely are. That's great.

Yeah. Brilliant.

Let's go to the decision. Alissa, what'll it be?

Well, obviously got an exciting week coming up.

Mm-hm. Homestay.

Homestays.

Well, I'm about to convince you that you might like Adelaide, so...

Stay. ..I wrote stay.

Fabulous. Show you around.

(LAUGHTER)

So I wrote stay.

I got a little plane to... Oh!

Fly. Oh, you're getting adventurous.

Take me home, baby. (LAUGHS)

Yeah. I love it.

Ready to go. Yeah.

There has been some really tough times for you guys

and you've just turned toward each other,

backed each other and supported each other like a real team.

Thanks, guys. Thank you.

Well done. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) NARRATOR: Coming up...

Frankly, when I watch you on the couch, you seem uncomfortable.

..the experts apply the pressure to Danny.

If you could do it over again, how would you answer it?

I'd just say yes. Yes, what?

I could see myself falling in love with you.

Yeah. It's as simple as that. And would that be the truth?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Our next couple up on the couch...

Filip and Stella.

WOMAN: Oooh! (APPLAUSE)

MEL: Hello. Hello, hello.

STELLA: Hi. Welcome.

Hi.

Last week was a little bit tough for you two on the couch.

Yeah, it was.

I see such a different energy just walking up to the couch.

Um... I really want to thank Mel for her advice to focus on

the emotional safety that he's providing and giving me.

And it's such a simple thing when you think,

but I...I didn't think about it.

And that was just like a penny-drop moment for me.

I really, really want to thank you guys, because I think if not...

the confinements of the experiment

probably would be different story at the end of the day...

So, yeah. Thank you.

It's these uncomfortable chats that need to happen.

It's not you having a go. It's just...

Yeah. Yeah, it helps.

It helped us this week tremendously. Great.

So, yeah. Great to hear.

We ended up having a good week.

Like, she was...she was a lot more gentler, like, you know,

coming...leading with kindness.

She's just being a little bit more gentle just with her delivery.

I can see her sometimes,

she's just...as she sometimes starts talking, she'll just stop

and then she'll just go a little bit softer.

Just things like that, you know, just little subtle differences

that you can tell, like...

Yeah, don't get me wrong, Stella's still Stella,

but, you know, but she's a little bit...

Yeah, she's... Moving on. (LAUGHS)

..a little bit different energy.

And we actually had a really, really good week.

You asked a question of, like,

"Alright, if we go outside the experiment,

"how quick would you expect, like, a proposal or something like that

"just to like fully escalate things?"

You know, you're just asking random...

You just throw it out there. It's a free question.

I said "Six to 12 months" and Stella was just, like, "ASAP."

So it's just kind of, like... I said "The sooner the better."

Wow.

Sometimes I thought that, like, I was fully over-invested

and I was showing too much because that's a general trait of mine.

I'll just go all in. You know, I show all my cards.

Like, "Here they are," you know. I never really hold back.

That's kind of like a trait of mine.

But it was good to get the reassurance.

But, yeah, we...

Can I just point out something... Yeah.

..that's quite stark for you, Stella?

Last week, you were essentially pushing him away...

Yeah. ..and creating that space.

And this week you're saying you want a real-life proposal.

Well, let's put it that way...

I didn't say I would like a proposal.

That was a free question. Let's clarify.

Ah. And I got really shy.

I got really uncomfortable.

And I said, "The sooner the better," you know.

Sooner the better. Yeah, so...

But still, the stark contrast, I guess, from last week.

How does that feel from your perspective?

(LAUGHS) Like I'm crazy. I'm trying to make sense of it.

(LAUGHTER) A little bit confusing.

You're not being crazy. But it's just... It's extreme.

Isn't it? It's extreme and it has an emotional impact.

No... I'm just wondering...

how does that feel for you? No, it's good.

It shows that she's forward-thinking,

she sees me in her future

and that she's, like, the real deal, you know.

When you think about the future,

is this something that you can see for the two of you?

Yeah, yeah, definitely. Most definitely.

So, yeah, pretty...pretty confident.

JOHN: This is interesting tonight that the first thing I noticed was

the way you looked at him again... Oh! Yeah.

..because you were back in that... (LAUGHS)

..you were back into that sort of starry-eyed interaction

where you gaze at him in extended ways.

We lost... You're gonna make me cry.

(LAUGHS) But we just... No, we just...

We lost that last week. Yeah.

I would say I just fell back into my feelings, into my body,

into showing up for myself and then showing up for him,

because if I don't show up for myself, I can't show up for him.

Yeah. And that's the main difference.

And ultimately, I think you had to get out of your head...

Yeah. ..and into your heart...

which is ultimately what we were trying to get you to do.

Mmm. Alright.

Well, with that being the case, let's go to the decision.

Stay or leave?

The decision is a very simple... and being back into my heart.

Ah-ha. I have a beautiful stay.

MEL: Excellent. Look at that, eh? Perfect.

Love it. And Filip?

It's a... It's a stay. Strong.

Strong stay.

Strong stay. Strong stay.

(LAUGHS) Well, thank you.

We really... I personally really appreciate the advice

that you guys gave...given.

Good work. Thank you.

Thank you. Thanks again. Ta. (APPLAUSE)

(WARM MUSIC PLAYS)

And our final couple up on the couch...

Bec and Danny.

Ooh! I'm scared. (APPLAUSE)

Oh...

JOHN: Right. Feedback week. How was it?

Do you want to... You talk. I'll talk.

It's been good.

It was challenging to begin with but it ended really, really well.

Why was it challenging? (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

So, obviously, like, I told Danny that I'm in love with him

at the last commitment ceremony. You certainly did.

It's how I feel. So I'm going to say it.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

And I meant it.

But when we sort of did the questions,

there was... one question that came up was,

"Can you see yourself falling in love with me?"

And Danny didn't say no,

but he sort of ummed and ahhed a little bit and I just spiralled.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

So, what was his exact answer?

Uh, "Potentially yes. I assume so."

So how did that feel?

Um... I was upset, I was hurt and I was kind of embarrassed.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)

I thought that he would have said, "No, I'm not there yet.

"But yes."

I just thought that it...

that he would be a little bit further along

than "Potentially, yes. I assume so."

But I need to allow Daniel

to be on his journey in this relationship

and I'll be on mine.

And don't regret it. Be me.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

I'm in love. He's not there yet.

Don't allow that fact to ruin how good it feels for me.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Sorry, sorry.

Danny...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

..let's go to that discussion, shall we,

and when the question got asked,

tell us again what you said and then why you said it.

Well, the questions sometimes I struggle with, to be honest.

I think I misinterpreted the question.

But the question... What was it? Like...

It was a bit...

Did you see yourself falling in love with me?

Yeah.

'Cause it's a pretty black-and-white question.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

I think I misinterpreted the question.

But the question... What was it... Like... It was a bit...

"Could you see yourself falling in love with me?"

'Cause it's a pretty black-and-white question.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

From my point of view, I don't feel, as a man...

Like, if I...if I give Bec my word on something,

I'm always going to stand to that.

And I don't think saying "Yes, I can 100% fall in love with you"

would be the right thing to say

because it's almost making a promise,

which I don't think you can promise that

before you're in love with someone.

But let's just remind ourselves, the question wasn't,

"Do you promise that you will fall in love with me?"

Yeah. I know, John. 100%.

It was, "Can you see yourself falling in love with me?"

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Yeah. And do you know what?

Like, I can't sit here and make excuses.

I just answered the question shockingly.

You know what I mean?

It was a mistake. I made a mistake. I'm only human.

Like, I didn't...I didn't mean to make Bec feel like that.

It wasn't my intention.

When... When we revisited it, I...

We talked about it. ..we talked about it.

And we patched it up, you know.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Um, yeah, I just... I made a mistake.

It's alright, baby.

Danny, I've got a question, 'cause I'm curious.

Frankly, when I watch you on the couch, you seem uncomfortable.

I do find this uncomfortable, to be honest.

It's not something... What's uncomfortable about it?

Just sitting here talking about your feelings.

I turn up and do it because obviously it's more for Bec.

If I had it my way, I wouldn't be here.

No chance. But we need this, baby.

Is it more for Bec? (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

100%.

Like, a lot of blokes do things they don't want to do because...

Hold on a second, darl. One second, babe.

Adore you so much. I love you, actually.

But this is not all for me, darling. No, I know that...

You're being... They're helping you too. Trust me.

These couch sessions are not just for Bec.

You signed up to the experiment on your own...

saying that you wanted to break some patterns.

So this is the chance for you to do that.

And that's your part where you have to rise to the occasion

and choose to do that with enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm. Thank you.

Thanks, Alessandra. You're welcome.

(LAUGHS) No, but it's true.

You want your partner to want to. And that's the game-changer.

When somebody really wants to be there for you

and chooses to make you a priority day in and day out,

wow, that's the game-changer.

It would be for you. It certainly will be for Bec.

(REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYS)

And what you know now

is when you're particularly talking about commitment,

future, feelings...

you do have to choose your words very carefully.

(LAUGHS) You do indeed.

If you could do it over again, how would you answer it?

I'd just say yes.

Yes what?

"I could see myself falling in love with you."

Yeah. It's as simple as that.

And would that be the truth?

Of course. I wouldn't say it if it wasn't the truth.

So, yeah... I just answered it wrong.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

I think the best thing with Daniel and I, and I've learned

is that, you know, we always come out better and stronger

because now, moving forward, we're in this together.

And it makes me feel like I'm not going to get hurt.

It means so much.

And, like, for example, he planned this date

and I walked into our apartment and there was candles lit everywhere

and all over the apartment was Post-it notes

telling me how he felt about me.

So he's learning, guys. He's learning...

I'm not all bad, am I?

And then we went up and he asked me to be his girlfriend.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

MEL: I know you're married,

but what inspired you to ask Bec that question?

Uh, I'm trying to think.

Like, it was...

It was important to Bec, you know, because, like...

Why was it important to you?

(EXHALES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) Um...

Well, 'cause it... 'Cause it gives Bec security.

But why is it important to you, Danny?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Well, I'm married to Bec.

Do you know what I mean? So it's, like...

But... But, like... I think it...it was more...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Um, yeah, I think Bec just wanted

that added security that, like, do you...

But why was it important to you to ask her that?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Um, yeah, I think Bec just wanted that added security

that, like, do you...

But why was it important to you to ask her that?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Because I know it would be special to Bec.

But why was it important to you?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Um...

Well...

Because I want her to be my girlfriend, like, you know...

Um... Yeah, that's... that's why I done it.

Cute.

(HALF-LAUGHS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

How did it feel? So good.

It's really special to me.

Alright, well, on that note, we're going to go to a decision.

Bec.

I wrote 'stay' and then I wrote 'Boyfriend, he-he'.

Oh... Cute. Boyfey.

Danny.

Leave. Can you imagine? (LAUGHS)

I've just done a cheeky stay.

That's lovely. Where's the love heart this week?

I was in a rush. Oh, OK.

This week, I think, for you, Danny, clearly and plainly,

let her know how you feel about her.

Everything that you wrote on those Post-it notes,

translate that into your verbal communication with her this week,

because it worked.

Probably the best week of my life.

(HALF-LAUGHS)

You got a big thumbs-up for that, so do more of that.

Make her that priority.

Thank you both. Thanks so much.

I appreciate you.

(APPLAUSE) (REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

NARRATOR: Tomorrow night,

the experiment goes across the country.

Welcome home! Wow!

Homestays week has arrived.

Over two big nights,

our couples get a glimpse of what married life will look like...

Cheers. ..beyond the experiment.

Whoa, Passenger Princess!

Steven sets sail on an exciting new future with Rachel.

RACHEL: This is such a special place for him.

How lucky am I for him to have welcomed me into this?

I kind of like holding a rod and getting kissed.

(BOTH LAUGH) Oh, hang on.

(BOTH LAUGH)

My vibes on the wedding day weren't really positive

and I'm here to protect her.

Stella's outspoken guests from her wedding day are back.

So, like, I have more information....

Sorry to interrupt you.

I'm getting some not-so-confident vibes from over here.

And then... SCOTT: Welcome.

..Scott shows off to Gia his waterside home.

Oh, it's a bit messy. So random. Weird.

This wouldn't be big enough. It'd be better if that wasn't there.

Is Gia the most high-maintenance house guest Scott's ever seen?

Um, my house is way cleaner.

Oh, yeah, I couldn't... I couldn't live here.

If the roles were reversed and I was at Gia's house,

I wouldn't say anything but nice things.

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