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NARRATOR: When singles
across the country

married at first sight...

TAHNEE: The experts did a great job,
honestly.

(JAW CLICKING)
..Claire and Jesse...

Oh, my god. We are so weird.

I love this.
That is crazy.

..formed an instant connection.

I swear, I'm shining so brightly.

NARRATOR: Despite some early
setbacks...

"Oh, my god. Look at the water."

"Oh, my god. Look at that boat."

Yeah, no. You're not my person.

..and a shock betrayal...

That night that we all went out,
Adam and I, we kissed.

..the pair took on the experts'
advice.

One thing, I really liked
what you said, John.

I need to take charge.
Like, I pull back.

This is a very different couple.

..and became the most unexpected
turnaround story...

Come here, you.

..of the experiment.

With Jesse and I moving forward,
anything is possible.

But at last night's dinner
party...

See ya!

..after breaking up with Bronte...

You need to take off that shirt
and stick it on a pole

and wave it around 'cause you're
a giant red (BLEEP) flag.

..Harrison was once again
quick to deflect the spotlight...

Bronte said that you're only here

to repair your image
after what you did to Jesse.

..this time taking aim
at Claire and Jesse.

Tonight...

JOHN: The penultimate commitment
ceremony.

..the experts ask the question
on everyone's lips.

Do you think that Harrison's
been emotionally manipulating you?

Um...

As some couples blossom...

We've even seen each other,
you know...

Naked.

Ooh!

And I really want to do
the long distance,

like, I want to be there

and I feel based on my career,
I can make that move here.

..others will leave everyone...

(CRIES) I just need a minute.

Do you not want me to come?

But all eyes will be
on Claire and Jesse.

You've thrown a grenade into this
relationship and blown it apart.

Can they rise above
Harrison's meddling?

Clearly, there's something there.

You have feelings for her.

Or is the damage
already done?

(LIVELY MUSIC)

NARRATOR: With the second last
commitment ceremony

looming over the horizon,

anticipation for tonight
is building amongst our newlyweds.

Cute earrings?

Yeah, they are actually cute.

Get the good love energy
in the room for tonight.

"Tahnee, would you say
that these earrings are symbolic?"

(CHUCKLES)

I'll be John.

"Now, Tahnee..."

"I can see you've got
some earrings."

"What's the symbolism?"

Just having a great time.

"Tahnee, answer the question."

NARRATOR: And whilst Ollie
continues to practise

his expert impersonations...

..a tragedy has struck
another couple.

Rupes?

Yeah.

I've lost my ring again.

What? How did you manage that?

I actually don't know where it is.
I have no idea where it is.

Just chuck one of these ones
on tonight or something.

I don't want to lose
this one either.

Ah!

Have you checked the bedside table?

Oh, my god.

Oh!

Found it.

I feel that Rupert and I
are very much on the same page.

Every day, we see more and more
sides of each other

and my feelings do grow.

I'm so lucky that I've been
partnered up with him.

I'm feeling good.

Yeah, me too.

Yeah, I've had the best week
in the experiment this week.

The more we're vulnerable
and the more we communicate

brings us closer.

I'm happy.

NARRATOR: For Melinda
and Layton...

Here you go, babes.

..building a closer connection
hasn't always been easy.

But after taking on
the experts' advice,

their hard work paid off
and their bond only strengthened...

Big night.

There was a lot going on.

..and after witnessing Harrison's
personal attack on Melinda

at last night's dinner party...

From what I've heard about you
behind closed doors,

you sound like a living nightmare.

..Layton finally showed Melinda
the support she'd been craving.

Harrison, mate, you can't go there.
Layton, Layton...

Don't try and twist my words, mate.

At the end of the day, I'm going
to support Mel.

That's the situation.

We were a pretty good team
last night.

Like, you had my back.

He was definitely, like, on my side
the whole night.

Was that enough now for you
to understand,

like, OK, maybe Harrison
was trying to take a stab at Mel

or us or meddle or...

Like, I totally do.

That's something that I definitely
looked at and went,

OK, well, that's something

that I wouldn't expect
a good friend to do.

That was out of line.

Last night, we were a team
and I had a teammate,

which is what I need
in this relationship.

Can I have a hug?

Yeah, you can.

I feel like we connected more,
so I'm happy.

Who's your favourite?

You are.
Yes.

NARRATOR: Despite turning
their marriage around

and successfully rekindling
their connection,

Claire and Jesse's future
now hangs in the balance

after last night's dinner party.

See ya!

NARRATOR: After breaking up
with Bronte,

Harrison turned his sights
on Claire and Jesse

with an explosive accusation...

Claire, Bronte said that you're
only here to repair your image

after what you did to Jesse.

I'm here because I care
about Jesse.

Why did you tell Bronte that then?
I didn't.

..that caused old doubts
to resurface.

When you wrote, "Stay",

after I told you that I want
to go back to Perth that night...

..when Harrison said it before...

I said, "Is she just sticking around
so she can fix her image here?"

Yeah, I didn't sleep the best
last night after the dinner party.

Sadly.

Went in thinking
it'll be pretty cruisey.

Won't kick off.

We'll be fine. No.

After what Harrison said...

..that Claire, she doesn't want to
be seen by Australia as a cheater,

so she wrote, "Stay",
so she could repair her image.

I'm weighing up, like, who and what
do I believe?

Like, is she stringing me along?

And using her voodoo...

..just to kind of keep me here
against my will?

Or is Harrison this, like,
mastermind, hypnotising,

emotional manipulator tactician
who's taken advantage of me?

Either way,

I haven't come here to war
in my mind about who to trust.

You know, I really
do have feelings for Claire.

And in my vows, I said, "I'm going
to do the right thing by you."

And I might have slipped up here
and there in the early days,

but I have tried my best
to stick to that vow.

And that will continue going
into tonight's CC.

CLAIRE: Jesse and I, we talked about
moving back in together here...

..and we were going to come
from this commitment ceremony

in a good place, writing, "Stay."

We spoke about doing dates.

I spoke about cooking for him.

I... I really want that with him.

I do.

It's because I want to see us
succeed in this.

If Harrison didn't say
the things that he said,

Jesse and I would have been going
into this commitment ceremony

feeling really good
about where we're at.

But Harrison thinks
that I just stayed for my own image.

No, I don't think Harrison's
right at all.

I feel like I've tried
really hard to show that.

I think the dinner party
might have just been like,

you know, the final straw for us.

But I hope not.

(MUSIC SWELLS)

I'm really hoping that Jesse sees

the good and the potential
in what we have.

Yeah, I hope he doesn't want
to just give up 'cause I don't.

NARRATOR: Another couple who has had
a tumultuous recent history

are Alyssa and Duncan.

Do you want a drink of water?

Or vodka?

NARRATOR: The last commitment
ceremony,

Alyssa's greatest fear was aired.

I have a child and, like, my child
is going to be my priority.

Has Duncan said or done anything
to make you believe

that it won't work with your child?
No.

No, it's my own insecurity.

I'm happy to be matched with someone
with or without a child.

I'm extremely committed
to this relationship.

NARRATOR: And with Duncan's support,

the future looked bright
for the couple.

But at the retreat,
Alyssa's insecurities returned.

Since we've been here, you've
literally just been with the boys.

Like, I literally haven't spoken
to you or nothing all day.

If I say to you,

I think we should spend more time
tomorrow with each other

than we did today,
would you be open to that?

I don't know.

NARRATOR: But Duncan refused to let
Alyssa's worries be the end of them.

The more emotionally invested
we both are

and the things that we both view
each other doing

can mean really big things.

Yeah.
Because we both really care.

NARRATOR: And tonight, the pair
are united,

ready to receive counsel
on the couch.

I don't know, I'm a bit nervous.

I just don't feel like we've
really even spoken

about anything that happened
on the retreat.

No, I agree.

There's so many great things
in me and Alyssa's relationship

and even though we do have
ups and downs,

it's nothing that we can't resolve.

So, it's just a bit more of working
on that communication style.

It's also important for us
to talk through all of it.

Yeah, but we can do that
on the couch.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: As the commitment ceremony
looms,

another couple on everyone's mind
after last night's dinner party

are Bronte and Harrison.

Despite having ended
his relationship with Bronte,

Harrison has decided to still attend
tonight's commitment ceremony.

HARRISON: I was looking
for some level of reassurance

about what the future
of our relationship would look like,

and even though Bronte
couldn't give me those answers,

I don't want to throw away
all of that hard work

that we've been doing building
a relationship.

And tonight, going
into the commitment ceremony,

I'm going to let Bronte
redeem herself to me.

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

(MUSIC BUILDS)

How are you, lads? Come in.

Grab a seat.

Welcome.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Good evening, ladies.
Hello, ladies.

Hi.

Come on in and grab a seat.

Best seat in the house.

Well, welcome everyone

to the penultimate
commitment ceremony.

You only have two weeks

before you have to come
to a massive decision.

Which is whether or not you take

this intimate relationship
that you have here in the experiment

into the real world.

Well, of course this has been
a big week for every one of you.

You've been away
on the couples' retreat.

Now, some of you,
it will have brought you closer.

For others, it has created
challenges

and maybe even rifts...

..but tonight, we want to work
with you

to understand what's happened here

so that you can move forward
in a much stronger way.

Now, it's also worthwhile
to acknowledge

that last night,
after the dinner party,

Hugo and Tayla left the experiment
and we wish them all the best.

And with that being said,
let's get our first couple up.

Alyssa and Duncan,
up to the couch, please.

(APPLAUSE)

Hi.

Hello. Hey.
Hello, you two.

How is it going?

Good.

We're in a really good place

considering the retreat
was a bit tricky for us.

What was tricky about the retreat
for you guys?

I didn't feel like we were
the couple that we normally are.

I didn't feel...

..like we spent much time together.

Which makes me feel like
I'm not a priority,

like he's not thinking of me.

You know, even if we spend like
a few hours apart from each other,

like, when he was playing tennis,

I just would want some sort of like
check-in or something

and then every time I would try
to bring up how I feel to Duncan,

it felt very tit-for-tat.

Like he said, "Well, you don't
check in on me."

I said, "Well, I didn't know
where you were."

He goes, "It's not a very big
place."

And I said, "OK. Well, it's
confronting for me"

"to go up to six men playing tennis
and be like, 'Hey, babe, you OK?'"

And he's like, "So, you did know
where I was."

And then when I bring up
not feeling like a priority,

he would say, "Well, what priority
am I going to be to you?"

And to me, that was kind of like
a dig

that my child is always
going to be my first priority.

And so, he would be second priority.

OK, so you think Duncan feels

like he's always going to be
second priority against your son.

Is that how you feel, Duncan?

Of course not.

I know that her son will always be
her first priority,

so it's not a concern for me

and I'm happy to manoeuvre
my lifestyle

around Alyssa's lifestyle -
I've been pretty open about that -

to hopefully provide the reassurance

that I think is actually
the bigger issue.

I don't think that Alyssa got really
upset about the tennis thing.

I think it's a deeper-seeded issue
around being vulnerable

and being a single mother.

That sort of manifests itself
into picking apart my behaviour,

which is not fair.

So, do you think her expectations
are too high

in terms of the attention that she's
asking you to give her, Duncan?

Um...

Yeah, it's definitely a concern.

So, what do you think
about that, Alyssa?

I have a child.

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

(GASPS)

(CRIES)

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

I'll be back.

Please leave me alone for a minute.
Please, I just need a minute.

100%.

I agree.

Yeah.

Hey, if you want to go,
I understand.

I want to be there for you.

(LIFT BELL RINGS)

You don't want me to come?

(ALYSSA CRYING)

Where is Alyssa, Duncan?

She's left.

What?

She made it quite clear
that she needed to leave this space

and not wanted me near her.

And got in the lift.

This level of reaction
seems a bit intense.

What do you think
brought this on for her?

Little things are big triggers

and I'm struggling
to, like, work through that.

Like, on the retreat,
after, playing the tennis,

I said, "If you're upset"

"that we didn't spend as much time
in the afternoon together,"

"tomorrow's a new day, how about we
spend the day together?"

And she said, "I'll make
that decision in the morning."

And in the morning she said,

"I would like you to leave
the room."

And I was told I was not allowed
to talk to her.

How tough is this relationship
for you right now?

(EXHALES)

It's tough.

She's an amazing woman
and we have a great time together,

so I'm trying to stretch and be
what I think

is the right type of partner
for Alyssa,

but it feels like I'm walking
on egg shells.

Welcome back.

Are you OK, Alyssa?

I'm OK.

It's just, it's hard for me to hear
that my expectations are too much.

I've never dated as a single mum.

Of course.

I do need reassurance
and I do need to check-ins

in order for me to feel like
they're not just going to run away.

This is not me having a go at you.

I'm just talking about, like,
the things that I'm feeling.

I felt like on the couples retreat,
no matter what I did was wrong.

And there's a dynamic
of your family life,

which is obviously
very understandable.

What do you mean, family life?

Like missing your child and being
in this experiment

and giving up that time.

I think that weighs a lot on you.

It would weigh on anyone,

and so, it feels like
you second-guess more things, right?

So, you're sitting there
and thinking

if there's any little thing
that doesn't sort of align

to my interpretation
of a great relationship,

then it's a very bad thing,

instead of being just something
that we can work through.

That's what it feels like.

Please don't.

Sorry you feel that way.

Alyssa, what do you need
from Duncan right now?

I don't need anything.

My expectations are too high.

Like, I don't mean to make him feel
that way

and if that's how he feels
then like, (BLEEP).

It makes me feel like a bad person.

I would encourage you, Alyssa,

not to use Duncan's description
of his experience against him.

You communicate what you need
and he communicates what he needs

and you both make space and that's
how you build a relationship.

It goes both ways.

Yeah, I know.

I know it's been pretty full-on
today.

But we do need to get
to the decision.

Duncan.

I think this couch

is about making sure
that you say everything

that's great
around your relationship

and also the things you need
to work on

and 95-6% of this relationship's
been amazing.

I hope that we can work through it
and that's why I wrote, "Stay."

Alyssa.

I wrote, "Stay", as well.

Can I just say to you,
mother to mother,

I know how hard this is
to be away from your baby.

I get it.

But you have this incredible man
sitting next to you right now

and this amazing opportunity
for a relationship

with one of the most emotionally
intelligent guys

in the room right now.

And my fear here for you, Alyssa,

is that you're not seeing
the potential here with Duncan.

Don't allow that to make you
so scared

that you're simply wanting
to shut things off

when they're not perfect
in your mind.

OK.

(APPLAUSE)

Tonight's commitment ceremony
was easily the hardest.

I really want to make this work.

I feel like I've been doing that
and showing that.

But from her, it's been
just so up and down,

I'm feeling like a bit lost.

NARRATOR: After the break...

Would you say you're in the process
of falling in love?

..and later...

'Cause clearly,
there's something there.

What will Jesse do?

Our next couple up on the couch...

Tahnee and Ollie.

(APPLAUSE)

Hello.
Hey, you two.

How's it going?

It's going good.

I think the retreat
was really good for us.

Yeah, I think the same.

It was nice to see how we interacted
as a couple within a group dynamic

and yeah, I could kind of visualise

how it would be
outside the experiment

when we would be going
to these things with our friends.

So, do you feel the retreat

helped strengthen
your relationship even more?

100%.
Yeah.

I think a way to really get
to know your partner better

is to see them
in these different environments.

Just seeing her in that light
was really cool.

It gets you a little bit excited
as well for the outside world.

You've both talked a lot about
life outside the experiment.

I'm wondering what it is
that you're excited about

and that you're visualising?

I feel, you know, we've had a lot
of discussions about it

and I think particularly last night,

I think there was a lot of,
you know, chat about people moving

and that's always kind of been
something

we've had at the back of our minds

'cause obviously we're very
far apart from each other.

But I think for me, it's combining
our lives, you know,

and how that would look.

This is something that we've
been thinking about.

Not big on the long distance.

I don't really want to do
the long distance.

Like, I want to be there
and I feel based on my career,

I can make that move here.

But you are actually imagining
how it would be.

Yeah, definitely.
It's such an important step

because if you can imagine it,

then of course,
you can then live it.

Yeah, absolutely.

OK. So, let's play
the name-that-feeling game.

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

Where are we in terms
of how we're feeling this week?

(LAUGHTER)

Feeling, yeah, feeling really good,

I think just feeling very safe,
feeling really comfortable,

just me having strong feelings.

I think love is a bit too soon
to say, to be honest.

Would you say you're in the process
of falling in love?

Yeah, definitely, for sure.

Yeah.

Ditto.

(LAUGHTER)
It was so beautiful

watching you then, Ollie.
As Tahnee was saying this,

you couldn't P you were trying
to hold that smile away

but this big smile
was just developing on your face.

Yeah, no, 100%.

I feel we're definitely
in the process of falling in love.

We definitely have strong feelings
for each other.

Those feelings are super-duper,
uber, light,

whatever you want to call it.

Like, they're there

and I think from that I'm excited
to give it a crack.

You guys are so cute.

(LAUGHTER)

Let's go to the decision.

Cool.
OK.

You want to go?

Um, yeah, I don't think it's going
to be much of a shock.

Love it.

So cute.
Beautiful.

Mine's not as eloquent.

It's a bit messy
but I wrote, "Stay", too.

That's strong.
It's a bold statement.

Amazing.

Well done, guys.
Well done, you guys.

Thanks, guys.
Thank you.

(APPLAUSE)

Next couple on the couch.

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

Lyndall and Cam.

(APPLAUSE)

Hey, guys.

Look at you two
with your matching hair styles.

(LAUGHTER)

He wears it well.

(LAUGHTER)

Love it.

Well, how's the week been
for the two of you?

Um, awesome.

Awesome? Good place to start.

Tell us about that.

Um, honestly, retreat
was just like...

I don't know. It reminded me a lot
of our honeymoon.

I saw you, like, really happy
and being outdoors

and it was really good

and I think because you felt
so happy and comfortable

and, like, just full,

that, like, leaked
into our relationship as well.

So, Cam checked in with me

or like whenever he would see me
around the grounds,

he'd come over and give me a kiss.

Hey.
Yeah, very good. (CHUCKLES)

Cam, how serious
are you about Lyndall?

I have got strong feelings
for Lyndall.

They're growing stronger each day.

Yeah, I do P I care for you.

And I like you.
(LAUGHS)

I guess if we look more broadly
at the relationship here,

for you, Cam, of course,

this is your first serious
relationship

and, you know, when you first
came in here,

you were a bit like a fish
out of water.

How are you feeling now?

I'm feeling good.

I think the only thing that concerns
me at the moment

is what's going to happen
after this experiment.

Because we both live
two completely different lives.

I think this is the next part
in our relationship

is talking about
what's going to happen.

Have you guys had
this discussion yet?

No, we haven't.

So, we are coming toward
the end of the experiment.

Now is the time to start having
these conversations.

Let's get to the decision, you guys.

Retreat kind of painted a picture
of what could be for us

after the experiment.

So, obviously, I'm going to stay.

(CHUCKLES)

The retreat was probably the best
thing for us.

I can get out and show you
kind of my...

..self away from this experiment,

the best I could and I want to keep
doing that, so I wrote, "Stay."

Wonderful.

JOHN: Well done.

(APPLAUSE)

Let's bring our next couple up.

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

Bronte and Harrison.

(APPLAUSE)

Hello, you two.
Hello.

Hello.

Right.

Over the week, you both went
from loved-up to breaking up.

But tonight, you are actually
unified.

Help us understand that.

Let's start at the couples' retreat.
How was it?

Yeah, look, I mean, the couples'
retreat

was everything you guys
said it was going to be.

It was difficult.

It was fun at times.

But on the last night,

there was a bit of a stunt pulled
in front of the group.

There was a comment made
about our relationship being fake.

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

By who? What happened?

But it was Melinda

that said that this relationship
is fake

and she thought that I was being
emotionally manipulated.

Hearing that was really hard.

It did plant a lot of seeds
of doubt.

And from that comment,

Harrison retracted a lot
from our relationship and from me.

That's why we broke up.

But that doesn't that mean
my feelings for Harrison

changed in any way.

I'm curious, Bronte.

Right now, how do you feel
about Harrison?

I'm still falling for Harrison.

Right.

I'm curious, Bronte.

Right now, how do you feel
about Harrison?

I'm still falling for Harrison.

Hold on. I'm a bit confused.

Last night, you were in such
a bad place

and you were distraught.

In fact, you ran out.

Can you sum up

why you were thinking about leaving,

breaking up last night?

When we had that disagreement
over the weekend

and Harrison was asking
for reassurance from my end,

in that moment, the comment,
comments, on the retreat

really did plant seeds in my mind
of doubt.

So, of course I wanted to run.

It was the number one thing
that I'm good at.

I guess for me...

When I said I wanted to leave,
it was because I was scared.

I am an extremely emotional person.

I've never been really good
at communicating

or articulating how I feel.

I can understand why people
do get, I guess,

a little bit disappointed in me.

I'm still learning

and I'm still figuring myself out
every single day.

Harrison, it seems that comment
about your relationship being fake

didn't help your relationship,
it hurt it.

Yeah. It did.

A lot.

It just felt like it was
a completely baseless accusation...

..and I really reject the notion
that I've ever manipulated Bronte.

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

That comment really...

It just really offended me.

Like, I've never - I've actually
heard that before.

You're a (BLEEP) tripper, mate.

I really struggled with that

because the relationship's
been very real for me.

So, what's the problem?

Like, um...

Um...

You know, I've noticed there has
been a theme in the experiment

where Bronte does get worked up
and emotional

and she maybe exaggerates.

Hold on.

What we're seeing here

is the relationship issues
are Bronte's.

I've got a question.

What behaviours do you think
you do in this relationship...

..that create problems?

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

I don't know.

Genuinely.

Like, I feel like
all of our conversations

and all my behaviour recently

has been trying to pull Bronte
into the relationship

and see what a future would look
like between the two of us.

So, can I take from that then
that you don't see yourself

as contributing
to the relationship problems?

Um...

(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)

Yeah, yeah.

And look, if I do contribute
to them,

please, please I'm open
to hearing it.

(GUFFAWS)

I'm not perfect and if you've
got some feedback for me directly...

In what way are you not perfect?

Um, I make mistakes.

What mistakes do you make?

I don't know. I genuinely
don't know.

And that is an issue

because when you say,
"I don't know",

it means you don't think
you're making any.

I'm sure I'm making

at least half the mistakes
in this relationship.

I'm half the relationship.

But you don't know what they are

and you don't know
what you're doing.

I need you to think about that
question very, very, very deeply.

We do need to go to the decision.

Harrison, you're up.

Um, yeah...

Yeah, my trust was kind of broken
this week.

But we are two imperfect people

that got matched in this experiment,
doing our best

and I kind of want to keep doing
our best,

so I wrote, "Stay."

Bronte, stay or leave?

(EXHALES)

Um...

You know, I don't like to make
long-term decisions

based on short-term feelings.

I'm not ready to let this go.

So...

I wrote, "Stay."

(SHARP EXHALE)

CLAIRE: Bronte, you literally
messaged me two days ago

saying, "You were right."

"I'm done with him, I've had enough,
I'm leaving."

So, we're all confused.

In the time, babe,
that's how I felt.

Oh, man.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Bronte, stay or leave?

I'm not ready to let this go.

So... (SIGHS)

..I wrote "stay".

(SIGHS)

CLAIRE: Bronte, you literally
messaged me two days ago,

saying, "You were right,
I'm done with him,

"I've had enough, I'm leaving."

So we're all confused.

In the time, babe,
that's how I felt.

Yeah, I agree with that.
I mean, the way I see it is...

This should be good.

Last night, it's "I'm leaving,
I can't stand this."

Harrison's words when Bronte left
were, "I'm done. I'm 100% done."

And then it's this again.

It's just confusing.

But you know what?
Like, I hear what you're saying

but you're a huge advocate

for you don't understand
what happens behind closed doors.

(HARRISON GRUNTS)

This isn't behind closed doors.
This is front of us all.

Oh my god!

(SIGHS) Oh man.

(SIGHS)

As, ah, Bronte's confidante,

and a person that has chased her out
of several rooms in the last week...

I feel in disbelief
at what I'm listening to...

because I was willing to go to war
for you at that dinner party Bronte.

And I told you
everything that Harrison had said.

The fact he called you fake.

And you cried to me, saying,
"I am done with him.

"All the girls were right."

And now I sit here
and I, I have to be honest, girl,

I feel (BLEEP) stupid.

I know, babe.

Bronte, you're being
emotionally manipulated.

I would like to address
the emotional manipulator comment.

JOHN: Hold on, Harrison.

So I can get some clarity...

Bronte, do you think that Harrison

has been
emotionally manipulating you?

(EERIE MUSIC)

No.

(EERIE MUSIC)

I don't think Harrison
has emotionally manipulated me

and my feelings.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

No.

My feelings and my relationship
with Harrison - it's real.

It is absolutely real.

And I don't think we owe
anybody an explanation for that.

JOHN: So you're not listening
to the noise?

Mm, I'm trying not to.

It sounds to me like
there's a little part of you

that doubts this relationship.

(SNIFFS)

Um...

What do you worry about?

That he's gonna find somebody better

and doesn't wanna work with me
anymore, doesn't want this to work.

(EERIE MUSIC)

Do you not feel good enough
for Harrison?

Um, sometimes no, I don't.

No.

Harrison, Bronte -
is she good enough for you?

(TENSE MUSIC)

I never ever wanted to make you feel
like you weren't good enough.

I've said it on this couch,
I've said it in public,

I've taken Bronte on dates,

I've introduced her to my friends.

Like, I love showing her off.

She's a great chick and...
she's beautiful inside and out.

(SNIFFS) Oh!

Alright!

I mean, let's be honest -
you're like a lightning rod in here.

You are a controversial couple.

And we can all see you go from
very loved up and into each other

to racing out and calling it quits -
and then coming back.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Alright. Go back to the group.

Thank you.

(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

(CLEARS THROAT)

(TENSE MUSIC)

NARRATOR: Still to come...

Clearly there's something there.

You have feelings for her.

Can Claire and Jesse move forward...

You have the ability
to turn this around.

You think that's something that
you might be able to do, Jesse?

..or has Harrison stopped them
in their tracks?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Our next couple on the couch is...

(TENSE MUSIC)

..Evelyn and Rupert.

(APPLAUSE)

Well, hello, you two.
EVELYN: Hi!

Well, certainly just looking at
the two of you here tonight,

you look very connected -
together as a couple.

And I guess in terms of the physical
comfort between the two of you,

it's very evident to us
that things are developing.

Yep.

What's going on there?

We're comfortable in the fact
that, like, you know,

when she's walking past, I'll slap
her on the arse, that sort of thing.

(LAUGHTER)

That's something. (CHUCKLES)

We are playful and flirty,
but... Yeah.

..in regards to going all the way,

I just wanna, you know,
have a bit more time,

see how we go,
gauge the situation a little more,

and hope that things stay
as lovely as it is right now.

You say you're not there with
the physical, but where are you?

Has it progressed
to any kind of kissing?

Do you guys touch, do you hold
hands, do you cuddle at night?

Like, what happens?

We've kissed a few times...

Like, good kisses?

Yeah. I mean, I rate my kisses.

(LAUGHTER)

Like, I think we've
even seen each other, you know - oh!

Naked!

Ooh!

(LAUGHTER)

That's pretty risque, Evelyn.
(LAUGHS)

Oh, so specific now, isn't it?

There hasn't been that adult hug
or whatever, you know,

but I think
we are on the right path.

Evelyn, do you feel you're sexually
attracted to Rupert right now?

Yeah, I do.

I feel sexually attracted to Rupert

because he's genuine,
he's funny and he's a gentleman.

How about you, Rupert?

Yeah, I'm sexually attracted
to Evelyn, yeah.

Any particular time or at any time?
Nah!

Could be any moment of the day.

It's all, it's all...
(LAUGHTER)

..it's all good.

Excellent then.

That's very nice.

It's looking good, guys.

Why don't we go to the decision.

I think, Rupert,
we'll start with you.

So I've had the best week
I've had yet on this experiment,

and it's pretty obvious
that I will stay with her.

We love that!

I'm just not gonna say anything.

Stay.

We love it. You're in sync.

We're very happy to see

this progression that you've made
in the last week.

The two of you have ratchetted up
the fun factor.

But what we want is for you two
to drop some of those barriers

and just open up to each other
and have those deeper conversations

and just continue
to enjoy each other.

Yeah.

More of this, guys! More of this.

Take a seat.

(APPLAUSE)

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

Let's bring our next couple up...

(TENSE MUSIC)

..Melinda and Layton.

(APPLAUSE)

The orange girls.
Yes!

Mel and Mel.
I love the shoes as well.

Thanks.
(LAUGHTER)

(CLEARS THROAT)
Now listen, you two.

How was your couples retreat?

I think the week in general
started off strong.

But there was some external things

that really took us away from being
able to work on our relationship.

Well, what sort of things
took you away from the relationship?

The last day of the retreat...

I had a visit from Bronte.

She said to me,

"Mel, I think
you need to check in with Layton,

"because it doesn't sound like
he's on the same page as you."

He was saying last night
at boys night to Harrison

that, "You're not in a good place
and you're not moving forward."

Seemed like a bomb was dropped
and then left

and it just was meant to explode
in our relationship.

I knew he had my back...

and I have someone in my room

telling me these things
I know are not true.

And when I pulled Layton aside
to talk to him, it kind of...

created a bit of turmoil.

So that was a big thing
to have to deal with.

Melinda, how's this relationship
for you?

If I have to look at, like,
the main thing for me...

it's the whole having the back.

Like last night,
Layton heavily had my back.

Remind us - what was said?

Harrison said
something along the lines of,

"Mel's a nightmare
behind closed doors."

Do you remember, Melinda,
how Layton reacted?

I think he came in
pretty fierce and pretty strong.

It felt to me like he was really,
like, protecting our relationship,

saying, "Don't come past this wall."

He totally backed you
in that moment.

Layton, how did that sit with you,
that Harrison had said that to Mel?

Not well, and I said to Harrison,
"That's not called for as well."

Because if I fundamentally disagree
with something, I make that evident,

and so that was very disappointing

to hear some of the things
that I heard last night, for sure.

But you separated yourself
from Harrison,

and said, "No, you're out of line
and I'm offended."

And you had her back.

And that was...amazing to see.

(POIGNANT MUSIC)

I'm always gonna have Mel's back if
I feel that she's been disrespected.

(CLEARS THROAT)

I mean...

I've always backed you and...
But you haven't.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

Is that true, Layton?
No, I don't...

That's not true and I'm not...

I don't ever back
someone else's side over Mel's.

You did do.
No, but...

I'll always have your back.

The problem for me is that

it constantly takes away from

us being able to work on
our relationship.

I'm an analytical thinker
and a logical thinker

and Mel's quite emotional.

There's gonna be situations
that will come up

when I really will disagree
with something that Mel might say...

Layton, Layton, you're taking me
back to the boardroom.

You're getting into
a lot of analysis here

and there's not a lot of emotions
coming out from you.

Have you always been this analytical
in relationships, Layton?

At least probably my last couple
of relationships maybe.

How's that working for you?

Evidently not great.

Are you the first guy to
not be in touch with his feelings?

No. But we've gotta turn our
attention to what's not working...

and feelings for you are shut down.

You are gonna have to tap into them.

Now what does that require?

Well, it's the thing that Mel and
Alessandra talk about all the time,

which is you've gotta go
to a vulnerable place.

Mel is gonna see
a different side of you...

but you gotta take the leap.

Yep.
Good!

Now let's get to the decision.

Let's go with you first, Melinda.

He had my back really fiercely
last night.

I feel more connected.
I'm gonna stay.

Layton...what you got for us?

I know I've got a lot of work
still to do,

and, you know, I think we've got
a lot of work to do together.

So I have written 'stay'
with a little underline.

Nice.
Fabulous.

That's big for him, the underline.

Oh. That's emotions.
That's an emotional underline?

We've uncovered a very important
aspect of your relationship,

and, Layton, it requires you

to get vulnerable
and to tap into your emotions.

And I'm not just talking about you
as a couple.

I'm saying it to the whole group.

You've got a short period of time
to go,

so get into the feeling side of it.

And on that note,
go back to the group.

Thank you, guys. Whoo!
(APPLAUSE)

(HEART-WARMING MUSIC)

Let's get our last couple up...
Jesse and Claire.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

CLAIRE WHISPERS: Here goes.

Hey, guys.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(EXHALES)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Let's get our last couple up...
Jesse and Claire.

(OMINOUS BOOM)
(APPLAUSE)

(TENSE MUSIC)

CLAIRE: Hey, guys.

Hello, guys.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(EXHALES)

Of course we were here observing
the dinner party last night.

And have to say...
it was really tough

to watch the way things shifted
between the two of you.

You know, you entered
with such excitement.

I mean, you were playing tricks
on the other couples... (CHUCKLES)

..and it was an absolute joy.

And then we watched

as things progressively...
unravelled throughout the night.

(JESSE SIGHS)

You're absolutely right, Mel.

We walked in with a lot of energy.

We were in a playful mood,

and, yeah, things did feel good
in that moment.

I think it began
to kind of take a turn for me...

honestly when the chitchat
between other couples

and the drama happening
between other couples began.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

And then I think the kind of straw...
the straw that broke the camel's back

was a comment made by Harrison.
(SNORTS)

Something along the lines

of Claire only writing 'stay'
to protect her self image.

So in that moment last night,

you chose to believe
what Harrison was saying

over what Claire is saying to you?

It was less about
what Harrison said...

and it was more about,
here's another example where...

although I'm not back in the moment
watching Claire and Adam connect,

although I'm not back in the moment

where Claire
is breaking to me the bad news,

I'm still put back in a moment
where I'm reminded of that.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

So, Claire, did the change in Jesse
at the dinner party

come as a surprise to you?

Yeah, absolutely it did.

We came into this dinner party

talking about the dates
that we wanted to go on this week.

We wanted to move back in.

I spoke to Jesse
about wanting to bond with him

and spend more time together.

You know, being more physically
intimate than we have been.

And I thought we were really moving
into a far better place,

the best place that we've been
so far.

And that's really been hard
to achieve.

Where do you think
this change came from?

I think it definitely came from
Harrison's comment.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Seemed as though
Harrison wanted to deflect

off the pressure he may have been
facing at the table.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

He first tried to derail
Melinda and Layton at the retreat.

And when that kind of didn't work,
he...

It was when you opened your mouth
about our relationship.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I'm sorry. This is my turn to speak,

so...
(SCOFFS)

Um, when that didn't work,

I think that he turned his sights
on what maybe...

potentially the weakest
of the couples here in this group.

(SIGHS)

Harrison, what was your objective

when you made the comment about their
relationship at the dinner party?

Exactly the same objective I had
when I...

was going to tell Jesse
about the Adam affair.

And that is that I felt like Jesse
deserves to know the truth.

And I heard a truth from Bronte...

pure and simple.

What was the truth
that Bronte told you about?

That... (SIGHS)

..Claire is essentially using
Jesse's time in this experiment

to rebuild her image.

How do we know this to be true,
to be fact?

I don't think
Bronte would lie to me.

But we don't know that it's true.

Correct.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC)

Because what we're hearing tonight

is that, based on what you've heard,

you've thrown a grenade into this
relationship and blown it apart.

Based on something
that you're not 100% sure about.

Would that be correct?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Yes.

(SIGHS)

After finding out about the kiss,
I have had Jesse's back so hard.

I don't believe that, Harrison,
it was coming from a place from you

because you want
Jesse to know the truth.

I've had Jesse's back from day one.

I believe it is a place of you
trying to make yourself look better

and deflect what you are facing.

(SIGHS) Oh my god.

I know that I wear
full responsibility for what I did.

But I did not stick around
for my image.

I couldn't care less
what anyone thinks of me.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

I stuck around to show Jesse

that you can make a mistake
and come back from it

and you can feel good and cared for
and validated,

and I wanted to prove that so much
to him.

And I was so looking forward
to sitting on this couch

and talking about the great week
that we had, the retreat...

the progress that we made.

And I just feel like... (INHALES)

..the ability to move forward
has been taken away from us...

by Harrison.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

And I'm really sad. And I just...

Yeah. It's just a shame.

Jesse, what's going through your
head right now?

(GROANS)

I don't even know, mate.

(SIGHS)

It's just so much, man.

(SIGHS) Just so...
it's just so overwhelming.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

It is sad
to see you both like this...

because I looked at you two
and thought,

you're a shining example of
how you can repair from a betrayal.

So remind us.

Jesse, what do you see are
the positives to being with Claire?

Ah, well, she's never short on...
(CHUCKLES) ..energy

and trying to find
something fun to do.

And, yeah, you know,
she makes me laugh.

And there are some moments
where we can be flirty

and I do feel...I just feel good
in those flirtatious moments.

(CRYPTIC MUSIC)

We actually saw that at
the dinner party in the beginning.

Yeah.

Clearly there's something there.

You have feelings for her.

(POIGNANT MUSIC)

So I guess
what I'm putting to you is...

you have the ability
to turn this around.

(HEART-WARMING MUSIC)

You think that's something that
you might be able to do, Jesse?

(POIGNANT MUSIC)

(POIGNANT MUSIC)

JOHN:
Clearly there's something there.

You have feelings for her.

(POIGNANT MUSIC)

So I guess
what I'm putting to you is...

you have the ability
to turn this around.

You think that's something that
you might be able to do, Jesse?

(HEART-WARMING MUSIC)

No.

(EERIE WAVE)
(SIGHS)

Claire cheated on me.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I have stretched myself so much.

I came into this
saying what I said to ya

about my flight or fight kicks in
real quick

and I'm quick to end things
early on.

So I've really stretched.

But Harrison's comments
really brought back

a lot of things that I have been
pushing to the side about trust.

(CRYPTIC MUSIC)

What we wanna point out to you...

is that one comment
from a person at a dinner party...

that targeted your relationship...

took you out of the present...

and threw you right back
into the past.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

And it changed
everything about the two of you.

And frankly...

I was saddened by it.

Same.

Now let's get to the decision.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Let's go with you, Jesse.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Um... (SIGHS) ..I wish I had
something more profound to say.

(TENSE MUSIC)

But I chose to leave.

(CRYPTIC MUSIC)

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

Um...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

..I just wanna say that...

I'm really sorry...for making
you feel the things that you've felt

for betraying your trust.

And...

there were so many moments
that I really enjoyed with you.

We joked, we enjoyed
each other's company. (SIGHS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

But I would never make you...

stay in a situation
that you don't want to stay in.

Um, and so I also wrote 'leave'.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Jesse, I'm curious. If you hadn't
attended last night's dinner party,

would you have written that?

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

No.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

There's a lesson here.

I'm talking to all of you
but particularly Harrison.

When you throw grenades like that...

they have a ripple effect
that can do untold damage.

(INTRIGUING MUSIC)

Words are powerful...

and when you throw 'em out
at relationships,

particularly ones that are in
crisis,

they fall apart
in front of your eyes.

(INTRIGUING MUSIC)

We saw that last night,

and this is the fallout
we've got here in front of us now.

(INTRIGUING MUSIC)

Well, we've absolutely loved
having you in this experiment.

And I've loved meeting you
and working with you.

And I want you definitely
to move on and find love.

(EXHALES)

Thank you.

Thanks, guys.

Alright then, guys. Go back
to the group. Thank you so much.

And learn from this.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(APPLAUSE)

(HEART-WARMING MUSIC)

Yeah!
(LAUGHS)

NARRATOR: Tomorrow night...

What we're about to unveil -

this has never been attempted
in this experiment

anywhere in the world.

..it's feedback week.

For the next three days,

Lyndall will pack her bags
and move in with Ollie.

ALYSSA:
Alyssa will move in with Cameron...

(CHORTLES) ..while Evelyn will move
into your apartment with Duncan.

Where the experts launch
the most confronting task ever seen.

Layton will pack his bags
and move in with Bronte

while Harrison will move into
your apartment... (GASPS)

I'm not doing it! No.
Absolutely not. I'm not doing it.

Hello!

New roommates will help give
each other a unique perspective.

It will be quite constructive,
I think.

This is a really good chance

to have, like, more of an objective
view of our relationship.

Do you think
Evelyn and I are compatible?

And...

What's going on?

..is this the end of the road

for Alyssa and Duncan?

I can't believe I'm (BLEEP) crying.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

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