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Wow.

NARRATOR: As singles
across Australia...

Oh, my god. We are so weird.

..married at first sight...

I'm Hugo.

..one nervous groom...

Um...

..left an unforgettable
first impression.

(BLEEP)

One job.
Put the ring on the finger.

A shock betrayal...

That's (BLEEP), Claire.

..led to Jesse demanding answers...

How did it happen, Adam?

..and Janelle dropping a grenade
at the dinner party...

I kissed him goodbye before he left
and he had sex with me that night.

MELINDA: Oh, my god.

..before Claire
gave Jesse a letter...

It's a bit of an apology.

..as the pair made a quiet exit.

CLAIRE:

JESSE:

Tonight...

JOHN: The third
commitment ceremony...

..love blossoms...

Are you falling for her?

Yeah. I am. Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

What's going on?

Um, well...

..as Dan drops a bombshell.

Um...

And...

Why did you kiss Claire?
I was just... I was...

..nowhere to run...

JANELLE: If we were in a bad place,
I was unaware.

..as Adam comes face to face
with the experts...

JOHN: You say "I'm sorry"
but then you blame.

Don't do that.

..before a heartbreaking session
on the couch.

You know, you just question
whether you're worthy.

Worthy of what?
Of love in general, you know.

With his heart on the line...

(CRIES)

..what will Jesse do?

Um, I've chosen...

Ready for another
commitment ceremony?

Mmm, god.
I don't know if I'm ready.

It's the morning
of the third commitment ceremony...

How do I look?
Beautiful.

..and tonight our two newest couples
are in the spotlight

as they face the experts
for the first time.

First commitment ceremony.
How are you feeling?

I mean, I feel pretty good.
Yeah.

I hope I don't cry.
I hate when I cry.

It's so annoying, right?
Right.

Mmm.

Married At First Sight
is a unique experience.

This week we have seen the arrival
of two new couples.

I'm a little bit nervous.
Are you?

Yeah.

Our new matches
have a very short time

to develop an emotional connection
and fast-track their marriages.

The commitment ceremony gives us,
as experts,

the platform to hold a mirror
up to their relationships

and to send them on their way with
a better understanding and insight

into making their marriages work.

How do you think we're going?

I guess I'll tell you tonight.

You'll tell me tonight?
Yeah.

Why? (LAUGHS)
Are you gonna surprise me?

Well, how do YOU think we're going?

I think we're going good.

I... Yeah.

NARRATOR: Arguably the experiment's
most nervous groom,

Rupert was lost for words
after first setting eyes on Evelyn.

This is where we talk.

Yeah.

(LAUGHS)

But thanks
to the experts' honeymoon box,

Evelyn finally learnt
the source of his nerves.

You make me nervous.

Do I really make you nervous?
Mmm.

Really?
Yeah.

You're gorgeous.
Yeah... (LAUGHS)

It's a shock to me
that Rupert finds me attractive

because I was trying so hard
to get something out of him

but now that I know
that I make him nervous,

it's all beginning to make sense
to me.

I wonder...

does the sex therapist, Alessandra,

does she ask probing questions?

Yeah.

I'm excited to hear
what they have to say

and what their analysis on us is.

Right.

Heading into
this commitment ceremony,

I am feeling really nervous.

That's the biggest thing for me,

like, hoping that I just don't get
grilled up there or fumble my words.

Fellow newlyweds Tayla and Hugo

have also had an unpredictable start
to their marriage.

On their honeymoon,

Tayla was very explicit
about where her husband was welcome.

Here, you can sleep.
On this thing. Come on.

You want me to sleep
next to a freezing window?

Yes.

And then she made it clear
he didn't meet expectations.

So, when I first saw you, I thought,
"Oh, you know..."

I immediately thought
"I don't think he's very sporty."

You're probably not my type.

This is me trying to understand...
No.

..where you're at because...
Shut up.

You like the sound of your own voice
too much and it actually annoys me.

I think from the beginning I have
been approaching this experiment

with a little bit more enthusiasm
than Tayla might have.

I'd really like to get
the experts' opinion.

Is this just a case of, you know,
she'll come around?

Any kind of indication about that
would be great.

Meanwhile, Adam is still reeling
from last night's dinner party.

ADAM: Waking up this morning
after last night,

I just wanted to up and leave
the experiment.

My voice didn't get heard at all.

I'm owning up to the kiss
that happened.

MELINDA: Yep.
That's what I'm fully owning.

But you don't call it cheating,
is that correct?

Because you were in a bad place.

Yes, I kissed Claire,
but I wasn't cheating at the time.

I'm not sitting here saying
that we're just in a bad place.

It wasn't a real relationship.

I'm not gonna put my hand up and say
I was a friggin' cheat

when I wasn't a cheat.

Yeah, the pitchforks were out for me
last night

and, yeah, I've got
more than one hole in me right now.

I felt like I copped
the brunt of the whole situation

over a silly little drunk kiss
with Claire.

It seems like
I'm in a room full of perfect people

that have never made a mistake
in their life.

These people have never needed to be
forgiven for anything

'cause they're all perfect,
so that showed last night.

As long as the experts can hear
what I have to say

and they can give me
some solid, sound advice,

then, yeah, I'll be happy with that.

Adam's wife Janelle is still shocked
by his unapologetic behaviour.

What the (BLEEP) was that?

Oh, my god! I... Sorry.
That was just another level.

Talking to Adam
is like talking to a brick wall.

It's not a two-way conversation.

No, it's not even a brick wall.

It's talking to a barking dog
that doesn't shut up.

Adam did not seem sorry at all.

I want Adam to be held accountable
for his actions by the experts.

He's dishonest, he's unkind

and he really doesn't own up
to his mistakes.

As the dark clouds roll in

ahead of tonight's
commitment ceremony reckoning

and the group speculate
on who will stay or go,

it's not only the couples
at the centre of the infidelity storm

caught in its aftermath.

This will be Janelle and Adam's
last commitment ceremony, 100%.

I'll be triggered if either of them
write 'stay'.

Like, triggered.

MELINDA: I think they need to make
a new rule

where if you're caught cheating,
you go.

You don't even get to come
and explain yourself on the couch.

You go.

Adam's behaviour has also stirred up
trouble for Alyssa and Duncan.

ALYSSA: Duncan and I,
tension's pretty high.

We have had a bit of, you know,
hard conversations about Adam.

DUNCAN: I think you need to pull...

You can't be friends with everyone,
Duncan. You can't.

You cannot be friends
with everybody.

Yeah.

I think you need to pull people up
on their behaviour and that's...

Duncan, just cut it out.

You're condoning his behaviour

by even associating
with that kind of person.

This is gonna be a dealbreaker
with Duncan and I

if he's gonna support people that I
absolutely want nothing to do with.

That is gonna be a big issue.

The turmoil from the past week has
taken its toll on Claire and Jesse,

who now find themselves facing

what could be their most challenging
commitment ceremony yet.

CLAIRE: I had
a bit of a rough sleep.

The dinner party last night,
it was a lot.

The reception was icy.

Pretty much the whole night,

it was just the only thing, really,
everyone spoke about.

You know, they can say
what they want

but I'm just gonna try and make it
right with Jesse.

My priority is him.

Giving Jesse the letter last night
for him to kind of contemplate,

I'm just hoping
that it may turn things around.

You don't have to talk,
you don't have to talk,

but I just wrote some things down.

It's a bit of an apology.

I hope you can know that I am, like,

genuinely really (BLEEP) sorry
for hurting you.

That's actually probably the best
apology I've actually ever received.

I'm not perfect either.
No-one in there is perfect.

Last night did give me
a glimmer of hope

that he would want to just give it
maybe one more week.

But Jesse keeps his cards
to his chest,

so I'm not sure how he's feeling.

(THUNDER CRACKS)

CLAIRE: "Dear Jesse.

"I cannot remain silent and allow
you to think that I don't care

"how hurt you are feeling
because of my betrayal.

"I don't know why I did what I did,

"especially because I feel
so strongly about cheating...

"and it went against what I said
in my vows

"when I promised
to keep your heart safe.

"I broke that promise
and for that I'm truly sorry.

"I want to tell you that I'm sorry
a thousand times over

"but my apology won't undo
what has been done.

"In my wedding speech, I spoke about
love being like a seed in soil.

"Without hard work, compassion and
understanding, it cannot blossom.

"I know I broke the trust

"but I really hope that these things
may help us to continue to grow.

"Sincerely sorry, Claire."

(SIGHS)

Yes, there's an apology

but, you know, my boundaries
have been crossed here.

I don't know if it's enough for me
to stay here another week.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

JOHN: Greetings, gents.
MAN: Hey, guys.

MEL: Hello, guys.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Hello, ladies.
WOMAN: Hi.

Good to see you. Come in.
Sit down.

MEL: Hello.

ALESSANDRA: Hello, hello.

Hi.

HARRISON: Yeah.

Here.

No, it's all good.

Well, welcome, everybody,
to the third commitment ceremony

and it has been a massive week
for you all.

Now, this week, particularly, we have
seen the arrival of two new couples,

Evelyn and Rupert, Tayla and Hugo.

Welcome, guys.

And, of course, as you saw last
night, the dinner party was explosive

and many things were said,

all of which we will be looking
to unpack tonight.

Now, it is worth mentioning

that Bronte is unable to join us here
tonight because she's feeling unwell,

so we will carry on without her,

but Harrison is gonna step up
and represent the couple for us.

Alright,
let's bring our first couple up.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Janelle and Adam.

(ADAM CLEARS THROAT)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Who wants to start?

(EXHALES)

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

Maybe I'll start.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

Who wants to start?

(EXHALES)

(TENSE MUSIC)

Maybe I'll start.

Janelle, last commitment ceremony,

your relationship
seemed to be going great.

How did you feel when you found out

that Adam had actually kissed Claire
that night?

(CRIES)

The cheating was one thing...

but it was all the actions that
followed that just made it worse.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(EXHALES)

It was the...

(EXHALES)

It was just the lack
of accountability,

it was the lack of apology...

that just felt so shocking.

Adam, I want to ask you a question.

Mm-hm.

(SIGHS)

Last night, you seemed
much more concerned

about making peace with Jesse

than you did about Janelle at all.

Mm-hm.

Why was that?

Um...

(TENSE MUSIC)

Like, basically, I just didn't have
any chance to speak to her at all.

That's not what we saw last night
at any moment.

I didn't...

In fact, what you were doing
was justifying.

Um...

You actually said...you literally
said it wasn't cheating

because you were in a bad place
with Janelle.

(ALYSSA LAUGHS)

OK. I understand that.

It's just the mindset
where I was at,

where I thought we were at
in that relationship...

JANELLE: If we were in a bad place,
I was unaware.

Like, I really was

because I kissed him goodbye
and then we had sex that night.

Like, I don't just go
sleeping around with everyone.

Like...

(CRIES)

JOHN: Why did you kiss Claire?

I... I was just...
I was... I was...

Can I just be honest?
Please.

I was just... I was...
I was drunk.

LYNDALL: Oh... Adam...

Don't insult their intelligence.

JANELLE: That's just not...

So we... So we...
So we were vibing that night.

We were... We were just...
There was just a vibe.

(CRIES)

It wasn't premeditated
or anything like that.

So it's, like, we ended up
just going downstairs.

She asked me if I wanted to go down
and have a vape,

or she asked the table,
and we kissed.

I feel even worse.
I'm, like, should it have been...

Would I have felt better about it

if it was a more genuine,
real connection...

(LYNDALL SIGHS)

..or if it was just the fact that it
was just a stupid drunken kiss?

Like, it... I'm trying to...

Adam, there were comments.
Mmm?

I heard you make comments

and then you hit on somebody else
when you were leaving the bar.

What? Yeah...

There were so many points in that
night where you were being flirty

and you were putting the feelers out
every direction you possibly could.

I'm gonna tell you right now,
I'm a flirty...

I'm a flirty guy, right?

It wasn't just the moment.
It was the entire night.

Well, that's not it at all.

This is why my reaction towards Adam
and Claire, very different.

Adam wasn't just flirting
with Claire,

he was flirting with everyone.

No, I wasn't. Not at all.

Also, Adam would never have
come forward.

I've seen messages from Adam
saying "I will deny it."

Not at all.

And Claire also didn't go home
and sleep with Jesse

after kissing someone else.

Right?

It's a little different.
It's hard to say...

But they both did the wrong thing.
Of course they did.

Alyssa, you haven't looked at me
once, OK?

Because I can't...
I haven't looked at you or Adam.

But what?

LYNDALL: Can I just speak quickly?

We could clearly see
that Claire had a lot of weight.

She had a lot of weight
in that remorse

at the dinner party last night

and Adam has pretty much none.

ADAM: That's not it at all.

Whatever it was
happened in that one moment.

There was nothing more to it.
There was nothing more at all to it.

I'm beating myself up about this
because I feel so terrible about it.

This is not something
that I do regularly.

This is not a part of who I am.

Alright, I think we've heard
everything we need to hear from you.

And, Adam, the message is
very clear - that you're not owning.

You say the words "I'm sorry"...
Mm-hm.

..but you don't understand it.

When you cheated on Janelle,
you made a choice.

When Jesse thought that you'd done
something behind his back,

you reared up, got combative
and got in his face by choice.

When you were called out
about the relationship,

you chose again to call it phoney.

You chose to be flirty.

You chose to drink that night.

My point is this.

Bad choices you're making.

Nobody else is doing it.

You are.

Until you own that,
you're gonna repeat these mistakes.

Fair enough.

The only person that you should've
cared about in this experiment

is Janelle.

Because I don't care whether
you were getting along or not.

There's plenty of people
in this experiment over eight weeks

that don't get along.

They don't go and kiss another bride.

That's your choice.

And what everyone is telling you
is...

Mm-hm.
..you don't walk the walk.

Yep.

You say I'm sorry but then you get
angry, defensive and you blame.

Don't do that.

Alright, there's only one thing
left for us to do

and that is to go to a decision.

We're gonna go with you first,
Janelle.

(SIGHS)

(SAD ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS)

I didn't come to this experiment
for this...

so I wrote 'leave'.

Mmm.
ALYSSA: Good girl.

Alright. Over to you, Adam.
What have you got?

(SIGHS)

The place that we were at
when all of this came out

was the best place that we've
actually been in and I messed it up.

I messed it all up.

I know that I've hurt you and for
that reason, I'm also gonna leave.

(EXHALES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Nobody's going after Adam?

No-one's gonna go.

(EXHALES)

Nobody.

Oh, my god.

I feel so relieved.

MEL: Speaks volumes.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Let's get our next couple up.

Alyssa and Duncan.

Hello.
Hello.

Hey, hey.

Well, who wants to start?
The week that was.

Look, I think that Alyssa and I
have had a very good relationship

up until...

some things that came out
the last couple of days.

(TENSE MUSIC)

So, um...

What's going on for you, Alyssa?
You seem very emotional.

What's going on on the inside?

(CRIES)

Oh, my heart's just beating
really fast.

Um...

(TENSE MUSIC)

Um...

(CRIES)

It's tough because...

I just don't understand

how he could still be in contact
with Adam...

(CRIES)

..after knowing
what Adam did to Janelle

and knowing what Adam did to Jesse.

Yeah, it's just really triggering
to me. (CRIES)

I also didn't just reach out
to Adam.

So you don't...
But it's also...

It's also, like, Adam's not somebody
that you've known for 25 years.

It's just somebody
that you've just met.

They've done
all these horrible things.

Why are you the person
to have to reach out to him?

Like, reach out to Jesse
or, like, reach out to anybody else.

Like, why Adam, when you knew, like,
how he made those people feel?

I reached out to Jesse as well

and I stayed in contact with Adam
so that I could say stuff to him

like "You've got to own
your behaviour.

"Don't bring Janelle into it,
don't bring Claire into it."

But knowing how Jesse felt,

you would still continuously speak
to Adam.

I just... I don't get that.
I don't... I don't understand.

It's like your actions condone
what Adam was doing.

(CRIES)

I didn't think I'd necessarily done
anything too wrong.

I think I was trying to get people
to own stuff.

Has her reaction to this, Duncan,
changed the way you feel about her?

(SNIFFS)

Uh...

(EXHALES)

(TENSE MUSIC)

'Cause it's a very strong reaction
she's having.

Even watching her now, you know,
just fidgeting with her foot

and just her head's down
and she's deep, deep in her feelings.

Um, it doesn't change
how I feel about Alyssa as a person.

But it's definitely a hiccup.

I wanted, or I hoped that Alyssa
could say "I don't agree with you

"but I understand why
you probably went and did that."

It feels like I'm in trouble
for doing, like,

nearly something as bad
as what Adam did.

The total interaction is
four or five minutes face to face

and three or four text messages.

And what did you say to him?
In the three or four minutes?

Yeah.

He said to me, "I heard Alyssa's
gonna come for me."

And I said, "Yeah.
And you deserve it."

Like, it's pretty simple to me.

Um...

I don't know, it's a...
it's a differing of opinion

and I think you can have different
opinions and work through them.

It's very important for you
to realise that, you know,

there are gonna be times
when you disagree about things.

There'll be people
that will come into your lives

that you may not necessarily gel with
but your partner does

and, you know, you're gonna need to
be able to handle this

in a way where you still stay
as a team...

Yep.

..rather than turn against each other
and start thinking,

"Is this right for me?"

I knew... (LAUGHS)

eventually we would go through
some really hard times.

Do I think this is gonna derail us?
Absolutely not.

But it is kind of good to be able
to sit here with you guys

and, like, hash it all out.

Well, it's very good to see you both
being real on the couch. Yeah.

We've seen you gliding along
and a whole lot of happiness and...

Yeah.
..and joy...

Yeah.
..and tonight we see crisis...

Mmm.

..and both of you needing to
really thrash it out... Yeah.

..which is what you've started to do.

But we are gonna need to go to
your decision now.

Let's go with you first, Duncan.
Stay or leave?

Um...

It all comes back to whether

you think you really understand
that person

and if you think you do, then little
hiccups and blips on the radar

are pretty insignificant.

So I wrote 'stay'.

Oh, cute.

Let's not cry again.

So, yeah, I...I chose to stay.

(APPLAUSE)

Well, it's good to see
that you're like everybody else.

You're not perfect.
(LAUGHS)

You're just going through the ups and
downs of being in a relationship.

Mmm.

Good luck...
Thank you.

..for this week.

There's plenty to come, but for now
you can go back to the group.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Coming up...

JOHN: Rupert, you don't look
comfortable next to her.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

And Claire feels the heat
from the other couples.

It's not just lying once it's, like,
five times now that you've lied,

like, throughout this journey
for Jesse.

Let's get our next couple up.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Layton and Melinda.

MEL: Guys, how are you going?

Mel, you want to start?

(BOTH LAUGH)

We've been good for
probably the longest streak for us,

which is record...

Great.
It's, like, three or four days.

Four days. Doesn't sound like long,
but for us...

No.
..that's a lot. We'll take it.

There's definitely feelings there
for sure.

We have a really good chemistry.

Are you falling for her?

Yeah, I am. Yeah.
ALYSSA: Aw.

Yeah, for sure.

So, Mel, where do you stand
on feelings? Do you like him?

MELINDA: Um, I mean...

I can't see my life without Layton.
Like, he needs to be in it.

Literally, if he goes to the toilet,
I'm, like, "Pee fast."

(LAUGHTER)

We need to get to the decision.

Mel?

He just keeps ticking all the boxes
for me.

It's a stay.

I agree.

I think that Mel and I are in
a really good place today,

even though it's three or four days
since an argument.

That's still great for us.
Yes.

And so, I think stay to see how long
we can keep this hot streak going.

Wonderful.
Amazing.

JOHN: Good work.

(APPLAUSE)
Cool. Thanks.

MEL: Well, next up on the couch,
we have Tahnee and Ollie.

(APPLAUSE)

How's your week been?

I feel like, yeah...
I feel like it was a good week.

I've really been able to
fully be myself around you.

Yeah.

You know, whenever we go out,
you know, I'm following her

or she's coming with me to...
Yeah.

..get a bubble tea
or something silly.

Like, it feels awesome.

I honestly didn't expect that
it would happen kind of so soon.

I think, in my experience, I've had

a lot of these kind of
three-month 'situationship' flings

but it feels different
than, you know,

anything else I've experienced.

That's really nice and we,
you know, talk about our feelings,

talk about, you know,
how we're gonna progress.

We started really thinking about
the future of us

and we're starting
to have conversations

about life
outside of this experiment.

Yeah, I think how we've been
going's being quite, you know,

a natural progression.

100%.

I mean, this is the stuff that...
Lovely.

..definitely makes us happy.

Well, let's go to a decision.

I don't think we're gonna have
any surprises.

Ollie, let's go to you first.

Yeah, so I'm obviously stoked
with where we're at

and, yeah, I definitely want to stay
and I did a couple of love hearts.

Like, maybe I didn't need that many.
I got carried away.

I was, like, I've got one here
and then I just kept going...

I love it. They kind of look like
triangles, to be honest.

That is enthusiasm right there.
Yeah, I gave it a shot, so, yeah.

It's beautiful.
What have you got? Come on.

Yeah, I'm staying.
Oh, smiley.

Wonderful.

Yeah.

Good on you. Well done, guys.
Thanks so much. Thank you.

JOHN: Alright.

Harrison, come on up to the couch.

Hello.
MEL: Hello.

Harrison.

Flying solo tonight.

Yeah, unfortunately
Bronte couldn't be here.

She goes through a lot more...
at that time of the month.

I'm not a voice for endometriosis
or a woman's biological functions

but she's in a lot of pain

and gets very emotional and crying.

And, um... (SNIFFS)

And, um...

Sorry.

(EXHALES, SNIFFS)

It's just really hard
to see her like that.

I'm gonna try and get through this
as best I can.

I'm a guy.

I don't know
what Bronte actually goes through,

so I've just gotta be supportive
and just do whatever I can.

OK. Well, I'm not getting a sense
that you're being real with us.

Um...

Stay or leave - what's it gonna be?

Well, I wrote 'stay'.

OK. Good.

She wrote 'stay'.

(APPLAUSE)
Wonderful.

ALESSANDRA:
(IN ITALIAN) 'Eccellente'.

OK. Let's get one of our new couples
up on the couch.

Evelyn and Rupert, please come up.

(APPLAUSE)

Hi, guys.
MEL: Hello.

Hello.

We're here. (LAUGHS)

How's it going?

I'm sweating a little bit.

(LAUGHS)

Well, how are things going
for the two of you?

I mean, like, I guess,
she's obviously gorgeous.

Like...

But yes...

JOHN: Rupert, you don't look
comfortable next to her.

Right.

No, I'm definitely comfortable...
I'm comfortable with her,

like, I will say that.

It doesn't show.

Right.
What do I need to do to show it?

Do I need to hold her leg
or something like that?

Like, I don't...

Well, that didn't look great either.

(LAUGHTER)

You're being cautious. This is
your first commitment ceremony.

So give us what is going on here.

I think...

I don't know. I guess...

Evelyn, what's going on?

I feel like...

I just don't get as much
as I'm giving

and I feel like

I just don't know
if Rupert's totally ready for this,

in all honesty.

There you go.

You're wanting more out of him

and you, Rupert, seem to be
too scared to really be yourself.

Right. Yep.
That's what it looks like.

And that's not gonna work.

What do you need from him
that he's not giving you?

I want to know what he really thinks
about me and us.

Yeah, I like her.

I really get along with her.

I definitely feel like there is,
like, chemistry there

and I could see it, like,
leading to something, for sure.

And I mean, like,
I myself need reassurance.

Like, that's, like,
one of the things I need.

Like, I need someone to
(BLEEP) tell me that they like me.

I hate getting rejected.

Like, if someone's not attracted
to you or whatever...

Like, I'm not saying she is or not

but I'm not gonna, you know,
give my full self to someone

if it's, you know,
gonna get shut down.

Evelyn, are you attracted to Rupert?

Honestly, the more we spend time
with each other,

I see it blossoming,

so, yes,
I do find Rupert attractive.

(LAUGHTER)

Yes. It's, like, "Score!"

Is this the first time that you hear
that or get that validation

or did you know this already?

Yeah. That's a massive thing for me.

Like, if someone's
not attracted to you...

I mean, that's half the battle,
you know what I mean?

When everyone says "I'm doing
too much of the hard work,"

I don't want to hear that.

I want you to be rolling the sleeves
up and taking the lead.

Right, let's get to the decision.
Rupert, what you got?

Stay.
Good.

MEL: Great.

We both fully need to
jump into this, so stay.

MEL: Excellent.
JOHN: Good.

(APPLAUSE)

Beautiful.

This next week for you
is a relationship crash course.

You're gonna get up to speed
with the other couples,

you're gonna get all the tools,
all the strategies that you need.

Don't be cautious.

MEL: You've got this, guys.
Go get 'em.

(APPLAUSE)

NARRATOR: Still to come,
Sandy and Dan reveal all.

Part of me feels like...
Like, he hardly looks at me.

Really?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Alright,
let's have our next couple up.

Sandy and Daniel.

ALESSANDRA: What's going on?

DAN: Um... Oooh...

Um... It's been...

We've had a little bit of turbulence
this week, yeah,

so it's been
a little bit of a bumpy ride.

I don't know, sometimes I just feel
like I'm not there.

What makes you say that?

Like, I... Like...

Like, you don't want to spend time
with me or...

Because, like, we had...
we had an argument.

Dan had been out and I was just
getting in my head, like,

"Where is he? Why is he out?
I haven't heard from him..."

I get up really early
in the mornings.

I go for a run, I go to the gym.
It's my time.

It's my active time.
You are gone a lot.

I'm out every morning, yeah.
Absolutely.

I'm at the gym, I'm going for a run,
you know...

For six hours. OK.

What's wrong with that?
That's what I'm saying.

But we're in an experiment.
The experiment is ten weeks.

Yep.

We're meant to be maximising
our time together,

doing things together
to build the relationship.

That's why we're here.

But, you know, I am missing the sun,
sand and the surf

and the beach and my sunrises
and all that kind of stuff

and I'm trying to make compromises
where I can

to at least fill
a very important part of my life.

How do you think you've compromised
in this relationship,

when you're going out and exercising,
for instance, for six hours a day?

No, not six hours a day. That was...

I went out one day
for that six hours.

Sandy's got the same opportunity
to spend that time that Sandy has

to do what she wants
or what she chooses to do and...

But, I mean, I don't wanna go out by
myself and just do things by myself.

I want to do things WITH you.

Um...

Why aren't you going out?
Why are you not hanging out together?

Doesn't seem to be much intimacy here
in this relationship.

You look like you're just friends
hanging on in there, if that.

Yep.

Mmm.

What I need to know from you is are
you sexually attracted to her, Dan?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Um... The... Right now, no.

The sexual chemistry
just isn't there because...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

..I think that sexual tension
needs to build.

Sandy, how do you take that?

Um...

..I feel a little bit of rejection.

Part of me feels like
he hardly looks at me.

I feel like I'm trying.

You know, like, kissing him
when he brings me a coffee

or trying to give him a cuddle
and a hug

or even at night,
trying to cuddle and hug.

But then I feel like
there's a boundary.

Like, if I go past it,

Dan doesn't want to go past
a certain point either.

Really?
Yeah. That's just the way I feel.

I'm saying how I feel.
When you... Yeah.

Dan, feeling like you're not liked
by the other person,

it tends to shrink one

when you feel like there's gonna be
a wall put there.

Intimacy is, of course, not only
sexual but emotional as well.

You have... You have tools.

You have things that you can use

to make this relationship
really begin to thrive.

We're gonna now go to the decision.
Stay or leave?

First up, you, Dan.

Well, I think we've spoken
enough tonight,

so I'll just come out
with my decision, which is to stay.

Big stay. Good.
Mmm.

Sandy, what you got?

I'm gonna keep it
short and sweet too.

Same thing - stay.

Good. You can go back to the group.
Thanks.

Thank you.
MEL: Well done, guys.

Thank you.
Thank you.

I mean, no-one wants to hear
"I'm not sexually attracted to you."

(SIGHS) I just...

I mean, well, yeah, it would be
a problem if that continues.

It's a marriage.

There's got to be
sexual attraction there,

because otherwise,
we're kind of wasting our time.

Our next couple on the couch...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Tayla and Hugo.

Well, welcome to the experiment.
Thank you.

Thank you for having us.
Thank you.

Pleasure. What a welcome you've had.

Yeah, I mean, it's been crazy,
the last couple of nights, so...

I'll bet.
Yeah.

Why don't you tell us how things
are going between the two of you?

I think this past week has
really been an adjustment for me.

Coming into the marriage,

I was hoping to, you know,

have all that adorable kind of
'Meet Cute' stuff happening.

And then things kind of slowed down,
I think, on the honeymoon.

Mmm.

Yeah, I mean, I really struggled
with the compliments

I was constantly getting from Hugo.

What was bothering you
about the compliments?

It does not compute for me.

I was getting called 'adorable' and
'cute' over and over and over again

and I did snap at Hugo and I said,

"I'm anything
BUT adorable and cute.

"Can you please,
if you're going to compliment me,

"say something that sounds
at least genuine

"and reflects my personality?"

What would you have preferred
to hear?

I think something that reflected me
a little bit better...

Like what?

Perhaps smart, perhaps quick...

driven, those types of things.

What if I put it to you that he'd
only known you for a couple of days

and maybe hadn't had time
to figure out those qualities yet?

Perhaps.

Has there been any affection
between you?

No.
No.

Are you attracted to him?

Oooh...

Um...

(SIGHS)

(TENSE MUSIC)

I think that's pretty...
Pretty clear answer.

Mm-hm.

I mean, my type was definitely...

it's football guys
and, you know, typical tradies

and it is a little bit different
to Hugo.

Perhaps something
I'd like to clarify first

is that this is not made-to-order
grooms and brides.

That's not what we do.
We're not in that business.

That's your old pattern.

That's the old guy you used to go for
and that didn't work out for you,

so I'm wondering
if there's an opportunity here

to maybe draw a line under that
and to say,

"OK, these were the first impressions
that happened on the honeymoon

"and it was a mistake"

and now you're starting
to move past that.

I mean,
my type was all the WRONG things

and I know that that's not
what I need right now or ever again,

so that is why I'm here,

but it has been really, really hard
for me to let Hugo in.

And it was probably
in the last couple of days,

it was a bit of a game-changer
for me.

Hugo is so funny,

even though I don't want to laugh
at his stupid jokes.

I can't help it now.
Sucked in.

Yeah, it's so annoying.

Let's find out where you are

in terms of your decision
to stay or leave.

I've definitely chosen to stay.

Mm-hm. That's great.

And Tayla?

(SIGHS)

Short and simple.

I want to stay and I need to stay.

OK. Good. Good.

Here's the opportunity now this week

for you to let some of those walls
down a little bit...

Yep.
..and to let this guy in.

Thank you.
Nice.

Thanks so much, guys.
Thank you so much.

NARRATOR: Next,
Lyndall and Cameron's relationship

takes an unexpected turn.

Lyndall, your body language,

the way that you're presenting
yourself tonight, is quite telling.

Next up on the couch...

Lyndall and Cameron.

Hi.
Hey.

Lyndall, your body language,

the way that
you're presenting yourself tonight,

is quite telling.

(TENSE MUSIC)

What's going on?

It's been one rollercoaster for us.

So, my mum, god bless her...
(LAUGHS)

she knows that when I'm having
a really rough time

that I just want a hug
and for people... Mm-hm.

..for someone to tell me
that it's gonna be OK

and she knows that I'm away from my
whole support network here...

and I think she just...

She just said, "Oh, come on, Cam,
like, give her a hug"

and he didn't want to
and then she said, "Oh, come on.

"Like, she needs a hug.
Look at her. She needs a hug."

And Cam was, like,
"No, I feel uncomfortable"

and kind of got up and left.

We were ropeable.
We had a massive blow-up.

I know it was a hug.
All it was was a hug.

I could've just hugged
but I felt pressured

and I felt it was unnatural.

Lyndall, do you feel like
Cam overreacted?

Um...

I would never want to make anyone
do anything

that they were uncomfortable with.

I felt uncomfortable.
I felt awkward.

It was really weird.
I found that weird.

Hugging me shouldn't feel unnatural,
not a month in here!

Not a month into this!

It was just weird
when your mum was there

and your mum's pressuring me
to do something...

Like, am I that... (CRIES)
awful and repulsive

that you don't even want to hug me
when I'm upset?

Like, just made me, like...
It wasn't that.

I just felt pressured.
I was pressured.

Like, it made me snap...
It was unnatural.

..that the one thing...

Cameron, I tell you what, that
shouldn't even be coming into it.

That's just a cop-out.

From never being in a relationship
to then FaceTiming...

I'm listening to you, Cam,
and it's very difficult

because Lyndall
is clearly very upset still

and you continue to defend
not feeling comfortable.

I'm not hearing any remorse for
the fact that she feels so awful.

It's still a hug to your wife,

with whom you have a relationship,
who's feeling badly...

Yeah.
..who's needing.

I should've just hugged...
I should've just done the hug.

But I didn't.

It's important to show affection
to your loved one,

to your wife.

It's very different than just any
other person or any other context

and I know that you don't have
that experience yet...

Like, I'm not gonna sugar-coat it.

I have struggled
throughout this whole experiment.

I've been definitely fish out of
water throughout the whole lot.

Lyndall's wanting affection.
She's needing it.

There are some things that
I definitely do need to change.

I need to show more affection,
way more affection.

You need to show up.
Yeah.

I need to, you know,
pull my head out of my arse

and kind of up my game a little bit.

A little bit?

A lot,
because you have to grow into it

in a pace that has to do with
Lyndall's pace as well

because otherwise, yes,
you'll grow into it god knows when.

Are you willing to do that, Cam?

I am willing to do that.

Well, now,
let's get to the decision.

OK.

Cam?

Yeah, I don't want to see
more blow-ups...

(LAUGHS)
..but it has been a good week.

It's been a challenging week.

But I'm here to show up and I wrote
stay with a little X next to it.

(LAUGHTER)

Lyndall?

I really hope that this is
the worst coming out now

and that we can go forward
and be better,

so, yeah, I came to the conclusion
that I will stay.

I'm prepared to stay.

Sorry, I will show you...

(LAUGHS)
No X.

No X. Sorry.

Cam, give Lyndall a hug.

(LAUGHS)
I'll give her a kiss instead.

Lyndall.

(APPLAUSE)

Look at that reaction.

Just look at her for two seconds.
MAN: Oh, look at her.

(LAUGHTER)

You guys have all the ingredients,
but you do need to show up.

There needs to be a whole lot more
and it needs to be consistent

and that's what's gonna build a
strong foundation for you guys, OK?

Have a great week.
Thank you so much.

Thank you.
Well done, you guys.

(EXHALES)

(APPLAUSE)

Alright,
let's get our last couple up.

Jesse and Claire.

(APPLAUSE)

Hi, guys.

Hey, you two.
Hey. MEL: Hi.

JOHN: Well, where do we begin?

(TENSE MUSIC)

There's been a huge revelation

that has come out this week
about you and Adam, Claire.

Yep.

Now, the reason why it all came out

was because you decided
to come clean.

Correct.
What motivated that?

The last time we were seated
on this couch,

Jesse said that he was beginning to
develop romantic feelings for me...

That's right, yeah.

..and I found myself keeping him
at arm's length

because I was carrying that guilt
and that shame.

I knew I'd done the wrong thing.

Jesse, how's all this been for you?

Yeah, it's been a pretty heavy week,
to be honest, yeah.

When Claire pulled me out the front,
I thought...

I just thought, worst-case scenario,
she's gonna break up with me.

She's just gonna leave
the experiment now and... Mmm.

And then when, yeah, she said what
she said, it was, like, "Oh..."

I was expecting the worst and it was
actually worse than the worst

and I don't mean to make you feel
bad...

No, you're not. I'm sorry.

You look like
you're weighed down right now,

you've got the weight of the world
on you.

Mmm.

Let us in.
What's going on inside you?

Oh...

I'm not sure how to explain it,
you know. Like...

Yeah, there was
a lot of vindication,

a lot of, like, you know,
"I knew it.

"I knew I was onto something."

And there's a lot of questioning,
there's a lot of doubt,

a lot of defeatism
and despondency and...

you know.
Mmm.

Claire, can I ask,
why didn't you come clean

when Jesse first had those suspicions
about you?

I was just afraid, I guess.

It's too hard to believe for me.
Same. Same.

Of course, but I did...

Let's not forget that you literally
lied to Janelle's face.

I still can't pass on it.
Not just lying once.

It's, like,
five times now that you've lied,

like, throughout this journey
for Jesse.

I mean, how would we...

If we can find it in ourselves to
forgive some of the other mistakes

that have happened on this couch,
I think...

It's the betrayal,
it's the gaslighting,

it's Adam sitting there on the couch
at the first commitment ceremony,

Jesse saying
"I feel this has happened"

and Adam is, like, making him look
like a crazy person

and I think it's way past
just the kissing...

She's owning her mistake.

She's apologising.

I don't know what else you want
from her right now.

I just think we're trying to hold
her just as accountable...

But she's being accountable
by apologising

and saying "I've done
the wrong thing" and coming forward.

That is holding yourself
accountable.

I don't know what else she can do
right now.

(CLAIRE CRIES)

Just trust your intuition, Jesse.

Not her words, just your intuition.
ALYSSA: Yep.

JESSE: I agree about Claire
and her...

taking accountability and owning it
and giving a true apology

and I don't...

One thing I don't like
about this experiment

is people being on the couch
and just getting drilled,

so I don't like to add
to Claire's...

despair.

Don't worry about me.
I deserve it.

Why did it hurt so much?

Oh, man, just, like...

you know, you just question
whether you're worthy.

Worthy of what?

Oh, love in general, you know.

I've been single seven years.

I haven't had good relationships,
really, ever.

Like, just reaffirming
a lot of things in there.

(SAD ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

(CRIES)

(TENSE MUSIC)

Yeah.

So, Claire, when you hear Jesse
talk about, you know,

the impact of the cheating on him and
he gets you to step into his shoes...

what impact does that have on you?

It breaks my heart
that he feels this way

and I've brought out
these feelings in him

and that I've made it worse
and I'm really, really sorry.

He's sitting here feeling
all his feels

but he's worried about me
feeling hurt

and that is massive.

That just shows how selfless he is.

You know, I just...

I'm disappointed in myself
for doing that to him.

I think it's time
we get to the decision.

Stay or leave?

And we're gonna go with you first,
Jesse.

I can provide Claire my forgiveness,

my understanding
and my friendship...

and I can do all those three things

whilst also still doing
the right thing by myself...

and I've chosen to leave.

Right.

What about you, Claire?
What have you decided to do?

I wrote Jesse a letter
which probably better explains

my reason
for what I chose to do tonight.

(TENSE MUSIC)

I chose...

JOHN: What about you, Claire?
What have you decided to do?

I wrote Jesse a letter
which probably better explains

my reason
for what I chose to do tonight.

And now I feel...

I chose...

I chose to stay and try and earn
back Jesse's trust and forgiveness.

But I also don't want him
to feel like he has to stay

if he doesn't want to.

So, just to clarify, Claire, why did
you decide you wanted to stay?

Leaving would be just like saying,

"Well, I've said the truth now,
I'm gonna go, bye,"

and it would be not trying to
make amends

and make Jesse feel like
he is deserving and he is worthy.

Jesse, how are you feeling right now?

To be honest,
I kind of feel a bit grumpy.

Can you let us in?

I'm exhausted.

So she might have some more gas
in the tank and that's great,

that's honourable...

But I don't have the same steam.

Now, Jesse, it's very clear that
the way that you have handled it,

in terms of finding out
that your partner has cheated,

has been remarkable.

You have maintained a kindness

that, frankly, you know, at times...
taken our breath away.

They're the qualities of someone
who absolutely deserves love.

I know
this is a very difficult situation

but we have seen relationships
turn around

and if you can give her a chance
to see what she's got...

who knows what will happen, Jesse?

There's no guarantees here,
but maybe just observe,

see what these seven days bring you.

Alright.
Thank you.

Good luck with it.

This has been an intense session
on the couch.

But both of you have handled it
very well

and time will now tell
what impact it's had on you.

Good luck with the week ahead.

Thank you.
Thanks.

MEL: Take care, guys.
And take care of each other.

(APPLAUSE)

I think that I will look back on
this decision in a couple of days

and I will not regret
that I chose to stay

because I know that there's
something there worth fighting for

and worth working towards, for sure.

Hello, Mama!

NARRATOR: Friends and family week
is back.

WOMAN: I definitely have
reservations towards him.

Our couples' most nearest
and dearest...

I...I kissed another one
of the husbands here.

..offer much needed guidance.

You can work it out. Anything.

But is it too little too late
for Jesse and Claire?

Plus...
Honey, we're home.

..our two latecomers move in and get
a crash course in married life.

Do you reckon you deserve to be
put at the top?

Well...
Maybe you DO deserve to be last.

And still reeling from his commitment
ceremony bombshell...

No.
Yeah, OK. Um...

..Dan once again blindsides Sandy.

You're being abrasive with me.

I'm trying to unders...
Just don't, OK?

(CRIES)

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