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(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

(TRAFFIC NOISE)

It's the day of the second dinner party of this year's experiment.

But, while, on her morning walk,

Tori has had a run-in with a disgruntled groom.

JACK: Old Timmy boy, eh?

He is interesting.

I bumped into him.

Which I always do 'cause he's never at home.

He's never at home? 'Cause he doesn't like his wife.

When I saw Timothy,

he really ruined my morning hot girl walk, first and foremost.

Prick.

He had not nasty, just, like, real bitter things to say

about you and me.

And I was like, "Oh, mate, like, you're just so bitter."

He doesn't think that, like, we're genuine.

I think we're, like, the strongest couple here.

Yeah, well, he said that, at the dinner party,

like, we're his target.

Like, he's gonna come after us

'cause he thinks that you're lying about how you feel about me.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Yeah, he's like, "Do you really think Jack's into you?"

"Like, are you really into Jack?

"Like, if you're really into each other as much as you say you are,

"like, why aren't you sleeping together?"

We'll see what he does at the dinner party, but...

Question my integrity.

It could be on.

It could be on. It could be on.

He's, like, coming straight for the jugular,

but he's not very articulate,

and my job on the outside world was to argue with cashed-up businessmen.

That was what I got paid to do,

so, if he wants to go, I'll go but he won't like it.

Previously, intimacy week helped some of our couples...

People will ask, "Are you in love?"

We're headed in that direction, for sure.

..deepen their bonds.

TIMOTHY: I feel more hopeful and I feel committed to the experiment.

CASS: I just want to give you a kiss and a big hug and a squeeze.

I just want to get back to us.

But for others...

No passion, you give me nothing.

You just give me, like, autopilot.

..the week proved to be a challenge.

He was mocking me in a high-pitched voice.

He mocks you?

I've booked us a little date.

Oh, what? Yeah.

And when Tim planned a romantic date with Sara...

Feeling alright?

..she cancelled on him.

I like to go out with my girlfriends, and I don't know

what else to do to make you feel more secure in this relationship.

That is not fair.

Oh, it feels like the gloves are off.

OK, I'm done here.

Tonight...

SARA: I don't really want to be around him.

This dinner party's gonna be an absolute shitstorm.

Have you got security here?

The knives are out...

TORI: Timothy's a shit-stirrer and wanted to go at myself and Jack.

..as Timothy...

Jack's a sexual person.

You're a sexual person.

It's not happening.

..and Tori...

I just think you're clutching at nothing.

..face off in an almighty showdown.

Suck it up, princess.

If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Ben faces the firing line...

That's bullshit. I call bullshit.

LAUREN: And he's full of shit.

He needs to get a bulletproof vest.

..as the table does not hold back...

That's not a yes or no question. It is!

..before...

To me, I'm, like, confident. Let me finish!

MAN: He's got a voice.

No, you didn't!

Yes, I did!

Don't you ever yell at me!

..all hell breaks loose...

Literally, never yell in my face again.

..when Tim reaches his breaking point with Sara.

I can't handle a girl

who just doesn't take responsibility for anything.

SARA: Can I please leave? (TEARFULLY)

(MAJESTIC MUSIC)

It's been three weeks

since the beginning of the Married at First Sight experiment.

And after an eventful intimacy week,

our couples are preparing for tonight's second dinner party.

I've got two golden eggs.

Shake, shake, shakin'.

Right.

And I thought, tonight, that I might labour.

And then I'll kind of walk in like, "Hi, guys."

Ooh!

I've laid some golden eggs. Jesus Christ.

(PLAYFUL MUSIC)

EDEN: Jayden, could you bring my black shoes?

Already got 'em.

(EDEN CHUCKLES)

Dear Lord.

God, you look good. Thanks. You look...

You look very, like, distinguished.

For some couples,

intimacy week has continued to strengthen growing bonds.

What have you got?

Who's that for?

It's for you. (PURRING)

Yeah!

Did you get me flowers?

I surely did.

I'm feeling, uh...

I'm terribly fond of her, to be honest with you, yeah.

Deep affection.

Adoration.

All of the above.

That's really nice.

These are your sort of colours, I think.

Aw! Mwah!

Thank you.

Ah, intimacy week was good for our relationship.

Some of the couples call us the lovebirds.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(ALARM BLARES)

Did that feel long or short?

'Cause I set the timer for four minutes.

In this experiment, it's not a race, it's not a competition, but I think

we're pretty well placed relative to some of the couples, anyway.

Despite a challenging week, Cassandra and Tristan

are heading into tonight's dinner party in high spirits.

Cass, got you some flowies. Oh.

I've got a very strong rule now.

Always beautiful flowers

for my beautiful flower in the apartment, you know?

They're stunning, Trist.

So, DP2 tonight, dinner party two. Yes, yes.

Maybe we just focus on having some fun.

Yeah.

There'll definitely be some dramas come up

but I've got your back, I'm assuming you've got my back.

Always.

We're gonna win tonight's competition of best dressed

and, if not, I've got a glass of red.

"Sorry, Jayden."

(BOTH LAUGH) You know?

There's a lot between us that we're working on mentally and physically,

so I really appreciate what he did this morning, like, so much.

Um, and they're the most magnificent flowers

I've ever received in my life.

And, yeah, we're looking forward to the dinner party tonight.

Ladies first. Thank you.

Forgot how short you are.

(INTROSPECTIVE MUSIC)

Ahead of tonight's dinner party,

Sara and Tim are getting ready in separate apartments

following a fight after Sara cancelled another date with Tim.

I'm a bit flat at the moment, you know,

and I do feel a little bit drained,

which is, you know, disappointing because I really like Sara,

and I feel like we've really had great chemistry from the start.

Since the beginning of their relationship,

Tim has been open and vulnerable with Sara.

I want to talk to you about the development of my trust issues.

I was mistreated in my previous relationship.

I was lied to, gaslit, plus I was cheated on a lot.

So, I felt like I didn't have a voice in the relationship,

and I was never truly heard.

But the same level of trust was not reciprocated

when Sara refused to hand over her phone.

What is the point of trusting if we can't actually just trust someone

without looking through someone's phone?

That's not trust.

Trusting is allowing someone to just be like,

"There's nothing there, just trust me," and that's it.

A reluctant Tim confessed his trepidation

about voicing how he feels around Sara.

So, Tim, does Sara intimidate you?

Yeah, potentially, yeah.

I feel like, if I express my emotions,

it's not meant with at least an ear, you know?

Despite feeling intimidated, Tim organised a date with Sara

in an attempt to show her his assertive side...

I've...I've booked us a little date.

Oh, what? Yeah.

This is me taking the lead.

Oh, cute!

..only for Sara to cancel for the third time in a row.

You're the one cancelling dates on me.

I like to go out with my girlfriends

and not have to worry about that kind of stuff.

We haven't really cleared the air.

I felt let down

by her cancelling yet another date because she was hungover.

She wasn't really accepting any responsibility for her behaviour.

I feel like I'm trying to, like, voice my emotions,

but she does get defensive

at pretty much everything, like, that I bring up.

It's hard to get to that point where I feel that I'm being heard.

We're just not seeing eye to eye.

Tim and I have very different ways of dealing with things.

I think he's a little bit more, like, emotional and sensitive.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

And he's just too needy.

I need someone who's a bit more dominant

and a bit more, like, confident, and, yeah, I'm still not seeing it.

Now I just feel like I don't really, like, want to be around him.

(CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC)

As Lauren and Jonathan prepare for tonight's dinner party,

they are reflecting on the events of their intimacy week.

I think that, obviously, this week was challenging for you and I.

Yeah, um, yeah, it was a tough week.

But I think it brought up conversations that needed to be had.

One day, you're literally like, "I hate you."

I've never said, "I hate you."

That is how... but that's how it feels.

And then, the next day,

you'll be, like, really nice and things will be great.

I feel like I've tried to explain this

but, like, by the full day, no real personality coming from you.

By the next day, my wall goes straight back up.

It has been challenging

but, like, it was good that we were able to, like, talk about that,

and it was good to see him have some passion and some personality,

and to hear how he feels.

He knows where I'm at, I know where his head's at.

There's no, like, bullshit,

so, hopefully, we can just enjoy our dinner party tonight

and just, like, move forward.

(TENSE MUSIC)

During Alessandra's workshop, Ellie shared shocking details

to the other women about her relationship with Ben.

It was my idea to have a date night,

but it ended in mocking at the dinner and me feeling disrespected.

Following their rocky week, Ben had a very surprising epiphany.

I did have a bit of a moment today. OK.

Like, I just realised what I want.

I do want to have kids in the future.

I reckon Ben is probably gonna get a little bit of heat from the girls

'cause of how he's been treating Ellie.

After what Ellie said at Alessandra's workshop,

I'm keen to see if that's sorted or got worse.

And despite the group consensus,

Ellie has chosen to remain optimistic

about her relationship with Ben.

Whoo! Yay!

I think we look very cute together.

Yes, girl, mm-mm!

You look really nice.

Thank you.

I feel really good about Ben at the moment.

Actually, I think, if anyone starts to get a little bit mouthy tonight,

I'll just be like, "Excuse me."

Just feeling a little bit nervous about what could happen,

especially if Ben just gets, you know, attacked by the others.

I think the girls were just horrified that he mocked me.

So, just the shocked looks on their faces,

I feel like they may have something to say about it.

But it's not just Ben at the centre of controversy tonight.

How are you feeling about the dinner party?

Are you excited?

I think it'll be an interesting night.

Like, Tori and Jack, I'm not buying it.

I haven't bought it since day one, yeah.

JACK: I...

I'm a connection guy.

It's very rare for me to just have

an instant sexual connection with someone, which we've discussed.

Yeah. The sex will come.

I think there's more cracks in the room than everyone wants to admit.

Do you consider us not sleeping together a crack?

Like, the slow burn thing doesn't add up.

Look...

(TRILLS LIPS)

Jack's a sexual person.

Tori's, from my understanding from Lucinda, is a sexual person,

and nothing's happening.

And then, at Alessandra's workshop,

he admitted to the boys how he's actually feeling.

I'm a bit of a dominant in the bedroom.

I just like to lead and to, kind of, have it my way.

'Cause we haven't been intimate, it's all just talk at the moment.

Who's holding that back?

Truthfully, I don't have massive sexual energy with her.

(TENSE MUSIC)

I think she's sexy, I just...

I don't have a spark of, "I want to have sex with this girl ASAP."

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Jack said to the boys

that, sexually, he wasn't attracted to Tori which really surprised me.

You can see that Tori's totally into him.

Yeah, I wonder if she knows.

I've run into Tori, and I told her about it.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I said what I said, and I'm gonna stand by it.

There's no question I love a good fight.

You're right in the storm.

You've got this great storm background.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Obviously, Timothy's had a bit to say.

I really do think we are the strongest couple here.

So, it's baseless.

What Timothy's going at us for

is for being happy and, if that's a crime, then kill me.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I just have no issue going, like, head to head with a grown man.

He's not gonna, like, sit there and have a yummy dinner and sip wine

and pretend like everything's hunky dory because it's not.

I tell you right now, Jack won't stand for anyone

disrespecting me or us, so he's picked himself, um, a tough battle.

(DISQUIETING MUSIC)

Here we are. Dinner party number two.

J-Dog and Eden, we're ready.

It's gonna be a rollercoaster of a night,

but I reckon it's gonna be lots and lots and lots and lots of fun.

I love rollercoasters. Who doesn't?

I think you'll be happy to know that I will be off and about.

I feel like, now that everyone knows each other better,

they're more willing to kind of put it on each other

and say what they think.

(FROSTY MUSIC)

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

So, dinner party number two, guys,

coming off of intimacy week, and I have to say I cannot wait to see

what has happened since I last saw these couples.

One of the things we know about the dinner party after intimacy week

is they have a lot to talk about.

Yes, I love it when you come and work your magic

because, ultimately, it really takes 'em out of their comfort zones

and that's what we do here in this experiment and, hopefully,

tonight will see them different as couples and also as a group.

I knew it.

First ones.

First ones, yeah.

Sara and Tim.

Ooh.

Very separate entrance.

Frosty. Frosty, icy.

(TIM MUTTERS)

(STRANGE MUSIC)

Oh, doesn't look great.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Uh, Sara and I have...

We don't have the best vibe at the moment.

You know, she needs a guy to be more dominant

and be more, like, assertive.

You know, I feel like I really was doing my very best

for the last three weeks.

I planned three dates in a row, three weeks in a row.

She's bailed on the dates every time.

Like, it just feels like I can't really do anything right.

Yeah, it's...it's tough, it's challenging.

So, then, let's just talk about it.

Alright.

(TENSE MUSIC)

It just feels like you're, like,

not taking responsibility for bailing on our shit, you know?

I can't give you any more than I'm giving you right now.

Yeah, I'm aware of that.

Why can't you just run with how we were going at that point in time?

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

I need to be heard.

Like, I need to be acknowledged.

I've said it a few times now.

You know? You haven't.

Yes, I have, thank you very much.

I have said it every time we've had this conversation.

Oh, hey. Hi.

Oh, hey.

This is the party I want to see.

So, this is awkward.

Uh, Lauren and Jono entering the room

while the first couple are having a fight.

Eek.

Hi. Hi.

(BOTH GIGGLE)

I love this. It looks good on you.

Hello.

How are you?

Oh, my God.

I'm just like, "What have I walked into?"

The only people sitting there are Sara and Tim,

and it was so (BLEEP) awkward.

Shit!

How are you? I'm alright. How are you?

Um, yeah, I'm good.

What are we drinking?

Um, yeah, they're not in a great place

and, like, I just feel like it's just super awkward.

So, I'm keen to kind of lift the vibe a little bit.

How are you guys doing? How was intimacy week with you guys?

Intimacy week was (BLEEP) awful.

Intimacy week reduced the intimacy

in our relationship significantly, I would say.

(PERPLEXING MUSIC)

Do you want to know what task we got?

Oh, we'll show you what we got.

Oh, show?

OK.

This is what we got.

We had to cup each other's genitals. What?

And stare into each other's eyes.

Oh, shit. No, I'm not joking.

Seriously, seriously.

So, it was called genital cupping. Genital cupping.

I get what it is, like, it's an energy transfer and all this stuff,

and I was like, "OK, let's make a compromise."

The genital cupping, yeah. We'll do...we'll do 30 seconds.

And we stood up and we did it and we could not stop laughing.

We could not.

Hello. Hello!

Hey! Hi!

Oh, Andrea and Richard.

The MVPs.

Yes! Of intimacy week by far.

You guys seem to be just cruising through everything.

Yeah, have you guys even fought?

Have you had an argument? No fights, no arguments.

Wow.

Hi! Hey!

(WOMAN SQUEALS)

Hello, my girls.

Eden and Jayden.

How are ya? How you doing, man?

How you doing? You look amazing.

Your hair looks amazing. Thank you.

Wow.

And that dress brings out your eyes. Thank you.

Oh! Hi!

(EXCITED CHATTER)

Ooh, cute.

Oh, Tristan and Cassandra.

Now, he was very hard to listen to

on the couch last week in that commitment ceremony

'cause he was so full of self-criticism and self-loathing.

You know, the way that he speaks about himself

has really affected her.

We did have a good session, they were able to finally go through

that eye-gazing exercise, and I think had a bit of a breakthrough.

He's, like, the nicest, most lovely guy in the world.

Yeah, he's a legend. You're a legend.

No, no, no.

Would it make you feel different

if you knew that, every time you put yourself down

in front of your friends, that we feel shit?

Yeah, obviously. Yeah, it would.

'Cause we literally just go, "Oh." No.

That makes us feel bad.

All I'm trying to do is stop you... Yeah, yeah.

But, if it stops you from doing it, it'll stop this repetitive cycle

in your mind of negativity towards yourself when it shouldn't be there.

Tristan's got some demons that he needs to...he needs to overcome,

and he has the perfect woman to help him with it.

Stop saying bad things about yourself

'cause that plays in your mind.

Isn't it great to hear a group of men sitting around

at a cocktail party talking about their relationships?

Building each other up. Yeah.

It's very good.

Everyone has done it, mate.

Yeah, I know. Everyone.

We've all got luggage, you know? We all do.

It's been a better week, though. Seeing a lot more positive stuff.

That makes me happy.

Been trying to do more fun stuff.

Let's do a quick cheers for the boys.

Hell, yeah! Let's go!

Cheers!

Lil papi! Lil papi!

(LAUGHTER)

Lil papi.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Tonight's gonna be a big night, babe.

I know...I know someone you're dying to have a beer with tonight.

Yeah, look, I... Big Timothy.

Big Timothy.

Obviously, he's not happy in his own relationship,

he's not connected with his wife nor is he trying.

And, yeah, he's shinin' some true colours, trying to bring us down.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Here we are. Here we are.

(QUIET CHATTER)

Hey!

Hey! Hello!

Aw! Jack and Tori.

It's Tori and Jack.

Tori and Jack. Tori and Jack.

So...what's going on with you?

Like, are you and Jack all good?

Yeah. Yeah.

I'm curious about them because he is so physical and so sexual.

So is she.

They really have that in common but they have chosen not to go there,

so I'll be very interested to know how they're doing today.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

So, I went on a walk this morning and I bumped into Timothy, and...

Old Tim. Old Tim.

And he ended up kind of, like, walking with me, right,

and I was like, "Oh, whatever."

Tells me that, um, he calls bullshit on Jack and I,

like, he doesn't think it's, like, genuine.

He doesn't think that I'm into Jack and Jack's into me.

Is he alright? What did you say to that?

I just said, like, that's why you can come...you can come to us.

I will have no greater joy

than going head to head with an old (BLEEP).

Oh! Shit!

(TENSE MUSIC)

The little birdie is that, potentially,

I've got a few haters in the group.

Really? Yeah.

You've been a little bit worried that people might come at you.

What...?

I haven't been worried. Oh, you're not worried.

No, that doesn't worry me.

The thing is, with me, when I get a bee in my bonnet about someone,

I'm just like, "OK, now, like, you're it."

Oh, shit!

Tori's on fire. She is.

She didn't!

My career is to, like, go head to head with grown, sleazy businessmen.

I get paid to do this and I'm not sure if he knows that.

Let's do this.

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

(EGGS SHIMMY) Ola!

Oo-ee! (MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC)

Wee! Hey! Yes!

Lucinda and Timothy.

Oh, they're with maracas, I love it. Oh, it' a tribute to you.

Hey, Tim. Hey, how you going?

I'm good.

Timothy. How you doing?

Good, thanks.

(UNNERVING MUSIC)

It's a little bit cold on the far end of the couch.

Tori is like hugging a block of ice.

Hello, my love. How are you?

Hello! Oh, my God! Hi, honeys.

Wait, so, tell us about your intimacy week.

Oh, God. Oh, my God.

I have backed off

because he actually needs to just set the foundation.

I did get to this with Lucinda and Timothy.

We worked a lot at just establishing the reality of the moment,

and I encouraged them to basically go back

and have a little more fun with each other.

They were taking everything so seriously,

and everything so personally.

It was really dampening the relationship

and the connection between them.

We do get along really well. Exactly.

We get along really well.

And I've really contained my energy,

and just not been the flirt that I was in the first two weeks.

The ball's in your court.

He needs to make the first move.

I think so.

On you, he needs to approach your court.

Yeah.

He needs to enter your court.

With his balls. He needs to float in and enter.

And his racquet. No, that's just being silly.

With all of the equipment.

That's taking the court analogy too far.

No!

Of course he's not.

And he has the audacity to comment on my marriage.

(BLEEP), give me a break.

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

The pack's over there, eh? Yeah, I know.

I think this dinner party's gonna be an absolute shitstorm.

Yeah.

Good luck.

Have you got security here?

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

Oh, we've got hors d'oeuvres.

I'm gonna pass these around.

Oh, you're such a mama bear.

Lucinda, you're actually incredible.

Lucinda, she's such a gracious, lovely, lovely lady.

Can I just eat the cantaloupe off that and put the meat back?

You can do whatever you want, gorgeous woman.

Thank you.

And she just has this calm and relaxed aura about her,

she's the best.

I want to find out how Ellie is.

Same. Same.

That's the...I'm concern because what she said he said is not cool.

We completely agree.

I mean, the fact that they went to that dinner

and he just, like, mocked her to the point where she was so upset

she went home in an Uber on her own, like, that is crazy.

Like, he's not here for the right reasons

and I feel like he's wasting her time.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Here we go!

Whoo!

You're not excited?

No, I'm just a bit hot.

Um...

Well, I'm looking forward to seeing everyone,

catching up with the girls, seeing the boys, having a drink.

(SINISTER MUSIC)

It sounds very controlling and manipulative.

Do you know why I have a concern?

I'm concerned that she's gone back and told him that she's relayed

what's gone on to the girls and he's gone, "Shit, I need to coach you."

Why do we make a good team?

We make a good team because we're the yin and the yang

and we balance each other.

Yeah.

We're obviously gonna go in like this, like, you know, a team.

Yeah. Yeah.

I feel like what his game plan is, he's gonna, like...

'Cause every time I try and talk to him,

I feel like he needs to be in the middle of it.

He's like a bodyguard. Yeah.

Ben and Ellie, they're gonna walk in hand in hand

'cause he's gonna do everything he can to make it look like, you know,

they're all good so he doesn't get grilled by the girls

but he's still gonna get grilled by the girls.

Inside, hey!

He's gonna come in putting on a show, putting on a show

about how amazing everything is, and we're gonna call bullshit.

(DARK, BROODING MUSIC)

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Oh!

How is everybody?

Hi! Hello, gorgeous.

(EXCITED CHATTER)

The man everyone's waiting to see.

Very glad you guys arrived together

because I wasn't sure if they were coming or not.

Oh, really? Yeah, I don't know, I just...

I don't know, no-one told me specifically

but I just had this thought that that might happen.

No, we're OK.

That was quite surprising.

During our women's workshop, Ellie voiced to the group

how she had had this experience with Ben where he was mocking her.

It was great that she spoke up but she likes him so much

that I'm afraid that she will allow for things

that she knows are not OK.

Ellie. Want to come have a seat?

Hi, babe. How are ya?

Yeah, good. Mwah.

I'm just watching Ben right now and do you get a sense

that he's aware that the room is partly against him?

How you going? I love the colour.

Yeah.

How is everyone? Good. How are you?

Yeah, good. Are you better?

Yeah, so far, so good.

Sorry, mate, I haven't seen ya. How are ya, bro?

Good to see ya.

Come and sit in-between us so we can hear you.

I literally said Ben would get his body

and bodyguard her around her so that she couldn't talk to us

because he's scared about what she's gonna tell us.

We just wanted to make sure that you're OK.

Yeah, thank you.

Are you fine, are you good? Yeah, yeah.

That doesn't sound convincing.

No, we're fine, we're fine now but...

Oh, no!

Oh, wow.

Something else happened? What else happened?

Yeah, I just can't... I can't talk about it.

OK.

If you're not comfortable, that's fine.

I feel like we should move over somewhere else.

Let's go sit on the couch over there. Come on.

Yeah. Come on.

Yeah, thank you.

Come sit with us.

I do appreciate Lauren taking this initiative,

and literally moving her across the room to be able to speak more freely

because Ben was hovering right over them.

So, after that arse of a day, what happened that night?

Let's go from the beginning.

So, we went to bed and he was like,

"Do you really think that I'm your match?

"Like, we're not a match."

(DISQUIETING MUSIC)

What?

And then I just was, like, so hurt.

At the time, I was like, "I can't be in the same room."

Imagine someone telling you that. That's (BLEEP).

When you're about to go to sleep?

Oh, no, no, no, I would've been like, "I'm out of here.

"I'm out of here, mate. See ya later."

So, I did go and then we reconnected on Saturday night just, you know,

for a chat and dinner and stuff, but he apologised so much.

He's tried to make it completely right and, like, I do believe him.

I think Ben has pulled the wool over Ellie's eyes big-time.

And it's very obvious to everyone but Ellie.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

But did he say why he said that?

I think the pressure of the experiment just got to him

and that's how he reacted,

was just telling me I'm not his match, "I'm gonna leave."

What about when you were at dinner and you were talking

and he was mimicking you?

Yeah, that was another thing, as well,

so it was those two things, just imagine how I felt, right?

Feeling good. Last few days have been excellent.

Apart from... Yeah, no, I'm grateful.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

So, then, has he said anything about the dinner

and what he thought of, like...

Yeah... Has he come back from the dinner?

He's absolutely apologised and apologised to me.

Got me, like, flowers, a card.

Like, cooked me dinner, got me wine.

We actually have, like, the best times together.

Is he your person? Do you see it developing that way?

Would you have babies with him?

(LAUGHS) I was hoping so.

(IMPACT BOOMS)

LAUREN: Oh, my god!

She's saying, "Oh, but it's all good, though! He's apologised!"

He writes her a card and, like...like, whatever!

But, like, he keeps saying to you that you're not each other's match!

Like...to me, that's unacceptable.

When you look at, like, how he's said things to you, like,

"We're not the right person."

Like, what do you genuinely think?

He was really stoked when he met me.

He was like, "Yay, I haven't been stitched up."

And he told me that, you know, he really wants children.

He's ready to settle down.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

Ellie is buying what Ben is selling, unfortunately.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I think he's very strategic. He's got a good game.

We don't trust him.

And we just...we have a feeling.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

And, like, I can totally understand where you're coming from,

and thank you.

But, like, he's showing me ways at the moment of,

like, trying to make it up to me,

and you know, he's, like, so...we're trying to move forward from that.

(IMPACT BOOMS)

So, it looks like we have quite a strong connection

between the four women here.

Yeah. Very protective of her.

So, yes, I would expect them to come hard at Ben tonight.

They see right through him. They don't think he's authentic.

Yes, and we've seen time and time again in this experiment

that the group get really upset

when they think someone is being inauthentic.

There is just a lot...a lot of things that just don't add up.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

And if he keeps being, like, this aggressive, confronting person,

I will ask him.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

We're all gonna happily ask. Yeah.

WOMAN: He's gonna get asked more than one question, that's for sure.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

(GLASS CHIMES)

Ladies and gentlemen, dinner is served.

(WHOOPING)

Thanks for the support, team. You're welcome.

LAUREN: Ben's in the firing line tonight,

and he needs to get a bulletproof vest.

(IMPACT BOOMS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

NARRATOR: Coming up...

I think Ben is expecting some questions tonight.

..the group demands answers from Ben.

Ben is definitely lying.

I call bullshit. That's absolute bullshit. Thank you.

It's not a yes-or-no question. It is!

He's full of shit!

And later...

Jack's a sexual person, you're a sexual person! It's not happening!

..it's knives out for Tori and Timothy.

I'm wondering whether it's gonna last!

Tori and Jack, I still don't buy it.

There is no connection there.

I think you guys are all pulling shit out of the air.

Suck it up, princess! If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

Yeah! Mmm!

MAN: Hungry.

Oh, there's mine right here!

WOMAN: Where are you? That means I'm here.

(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)

ALESSANDRA: Ben and Ellie walked in hand and hand.

JOHN: Already Lauren has made mention

how annoyed, furious, agitated she is with Ben's behaviour.

Yeah, the girls very much rallied around Ellie.

I would expect them to come hard at Ben tonight.

WOMAN: Cheers, everybody!

(ALL TOAST) (WHOOPING)

WOMAN: Cheers, my angel. MAN: Cheers.

WOMAN: Ahh, cheers!

I'm looking at Ben, and I'm in that mood, right?

Like, I feel fired up.

I don't feel like taking anyone's bullshit,

and I just feel like calling someone out,

and I feel like he's gonna be the person.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

How are you?

OK.

Ellie obviously disclosed things to us.

How do you feel about that?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

BEN: Um...

You alright? Yeah, yeah, yeah, um...

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

You don't seem alright.

WOMAN: You look a bit nervy.

I think Ben has...is expecting some questions tonight.

I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed right now.

The girls seem pretty riled up about Ben

and his actions towards me.

They told me they were going to question Ben at dinner.

Ben, how do you feel?

Um...

They wanna know why he said that I wasn't his match,

why he mocked me.

I tried to tell them

that he was feeling really pressured by the experiment,

but I don't think that's gonna fly with them.

Just 'cause we were in the workshop with Ellie,

and she obviously told us about dinner...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. ..and the blow-up, and...

Yeah, well, Ellie says one thing and you say something else.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS) Yeah, OK.

LAUREN: Are you guys sleeping in separate rooms?

No, no. No.

I did...last Friday night, I took myself off to my own bedroom.

OK. Yep.

And why?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I was nearly gonna walk out of the experiment.

Really?! Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What?

Just everything wasn't... Too much?

Yeah, it was just the pressure of it.

The pressure of the experiment got to him.

(EXHALES)

Vague enough to get it over the line and get back on track.

You know, and it had nothing to do with Ellie.

WOMAN: Why? Had nothing to do with Ellie.

Really?

That's what you're gonna say, Ben?

This is so absurd, Ben, really.

How are you gonna spin this one?

Hold on, hold on, wait.

You told her...you told her that she wasn't your match.

So, it wasn't... it wasn't not to do with Ellie.

So, that's bullshit. I call bullshit.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

That's absolute bullshit. Thank you.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

Yeah, uh...

..yeah.

Ben is definitely lying.

I don't believe a word he says.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

WOMAN: Then he just blew up?

Yeah, he responded in the way of telling me that I wasn't his match

and I was like, "Well, I'm not gonna stay in the same bed as you."

So, I was like, "I'm out."

I think the moment he found out

that she went public with his mockery of her

to the girls, and to all of us in the workshop...

Mmm.

..he felt his back against the wall and was like, "I'm out of here."

You know, he really regrets saying it,

and I do believe that he does.

You know, he's brought me, like, flowers, wine, cooked me dinner,

and has, like, written me a long list of, like,

everything he loves about me, and...

She's defending him more than he's defending his own actions.

That's right, that's right.

And, Ben, do you believe that she is your match?

Yeah.

LAUREN: I don't believe that. I don't believe that.

Come on, man. You can be honest.

You can say, like, "We're working through it."

I don't buy Ben's story at all.

Nothing he says seems real to me.

The reason why I believe we're a match is we get along.

I'm more of a critical thinker,

whereas you're more of an emotive sort of outlook, positive thinker,

and it's, like, a bit of a Yin and Yang.

Um...we can just talk and have fun and banter non-stop.

Yeah. Mm-hm.

LAUREN: What is this guy talking about?

I think he's full of shit

and I think Ellie wants to believe what Ben is saying

because she wants kids, she wants a husband,

she wants a house, she wants a white picket fence.

She really wants to, like, make this relationship work,

but Ben is so clearly putting on a show.

It's, like...it's wild!

You've told Ellie definitely you're ready to have kids.

I am under the impression that he definitely wants children.

That's what you said, yeah?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Yeah, I am at a stage where I'm ready to settle down.

If kids are after that, yeah.

JONATHAN: That's not a yes-or-no answer!

Well, it's not a yes-or-no question.

It is...it is! It is!

The words are not matching what he's putting forth in terms of affect.

That's right.

'Cause you will do anything you can to have them if you want them.

It doesn't matter if... whatever happens.

If you're 80, you'll be like,

"I will find a person and get a surrogate and have kids."

He keeps skipping around the point, and it bugs me.

Ellie is lovely, and I feel like he's batting way above his average.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

She seems to be willing to stick by him.

I don't think that's gonna last.

LAUREN: You're definitely allowed to say either, "I don't want to,"

or, "I'm not sure," or whatever,

buy what I'm saying is,

you need to communicate that very clearly with Ellie,

'cause Ellie is here for a reason, and she's ready.

So, I feel like what my point of this conversation is,

is to say, "Communicate that clearly."

Say...you're allowed to say to her, "I'm not sure,"

but she needs to know the actual definite answer.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

For people asking Ben a lot of questions,

he's not doing a lot of answering.

You know, if you said that you didn't want children,

I'd be like, "OK, all good. See you later."

But Ellie needs to know. Yeah, yeah.

Exactly.

If these patterns are gonna keep repeating,

well, then, this isn't gonna work, you know what I mean?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS) Time will tell.

"Time will tell"?!

No, no, you should have that answer.

You should absolutely have that answer.

WOMAN: Exactly!

She's a lovely, beautiful girl

and I just don't know why you'd say that.

That's what I'm saying!

I'm not done with this conversation with Ben.

He doesn't know. He doesn't know!

I literally cannot see him skating through this.

He skates through everything, and it's, like, he's full of shit,

and I feel like he's wasting her time.

NARRATOR: Coming up...

What makes their relationship fake?

The sex thing.

..Timothy and Tori face off.

Jack's a sexual person, you're a sexual person!

It's not happening!

You just really need to focus on your yard.

There is no connection there.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I just wanted to hide in my little shell.

(UPLIFTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(LAUGHS) Cheers.

(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)

SARA: I'd love some red.

Tim, do you wanna do...

Tim, do you wanna do eye-gazing with me over the table?

Do I wanna do eye-gazing? Yeah!

(BLEEP) no.

JAYDEN: I'm just like... I'm just like...

Ohhh!

WOMAN: Oh, Jayden.

I can't help it.

(LAUGHS)

Jesus Christ, it's a big lovefest.

Looking around, I still think Tori and Jack are full of shit.

Did you get that task? TORI: We got the genital cupping.

Tori and Jack, they haven't had sex yet.

I mean, he's into some weird shit.

There's no question there.

I mean, he takes it to a whole different level.

I...I still don't buy it.

How did you stand?

'Cause we stood, legs wide apart, kind of hunched.

Jack had his leg up on the table and it was, like, a...

Oh! It was a lot.

It was a lot. Bullshit!

Well, are you alright?

You look disgruntled.

Timothy is absolutely a shit-stirrer.

Jack and I are, like, so united, on the same page.

Like, we are super solid.

So, let's go, honestly, I... (SIGHS)

You're very vocal about the authenticity of us.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I just thought it was a rich comment coming from you, that's all.

We're all judging each other.

Um... Make no mistake about that.

No, incorrect - I am not judging anyone at this table.

So, what were the comments, like, about me and my wife?

Oh, well... What were they?

Whether it's...whether it's... whether it's...

Whether it's real! Whether it's real or not.

Do you think we go home at night and sleep in separate rooms?

Like, eat in separate rooms... Well, who knows, right?

..walk in separate rooms? I don't know. It's just a comment.

It's just an observation.

Why do you feel that their relationship is fake?

What makes their relationship fake?

The sex thing.

You know, Jack's a sexual person!

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

You're a sexual person! It's not happening!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

There's no problem with having an opinion.

I sit there and I got an opinion on everything.

You know, that's my...that's my... that's my right and that's my duty.

You know, we don't live in a communist country

and I can say anything about anyone at any time.

Suck it up, princess.

If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Well, I'm just... I'm wondering if it's gonna last.

There is, respectfully - I have a lot of respect for you, Lucinda -

there is no connection there.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

There is connection here, this is progress here.

We are leaps and bounds ahead of people

that maybe even are sleeping together on a connection level.

So, you are judging your relationship on others.

No, absolutely not.

Because you just said, "We're leaps and bounds ahead of others."

I think you just really need to focus on your yard

before you comment on, specifically, the people that are happy's yard.

And you know what, as much as you wanna throw it back at me,

the slow-burn thing is actually real.

All my relationships have started with a good friendship,

and I can definitely see a bond happening with Lucinda.

She's actually quite a... a gentle soul.

But Jack and Tori, I'm not buying the whole slow-burn thing.

I reckon they're on the way out.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Just like they can call bullshit on me,

I call bullshit on her.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

My last two relationships,

I didn't even look at them like they were relationships.

Like, I knew that person for a year.

I didn't even look at them like they were a...they were a poten...

I mean, you know, it was just, over time, I hung out with them.

I...I...

LAUREN: Weren't they, like, 23 years old?

Huh? Wasn't one of them 23?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Uh...look, let's not get into the finer details of it, alright?

I've dated girls from 53 to 23.

Your opinion of me doesn't matter! Get over it!

Like, I don't have a stereotypical type.

You know, and I've said the same tune.

You know, if I...if I connect with somebody over a period of time,

I...you know, we end up dating.

I think you guys are all pulling shit out of the air.

(HARPSICHORD MUSIC)

Let's see where we're all standing in a couple of weeks.

I think Timothy's really spiralling here.

And in the process, he continues to hurt, and really humiliate, Lucinda.

He's just provoking the entire group

and then he just sits back and sort of smirks at them.

Tim, I just think you're clutching, buddy -

like, you're clutching at nothing!

So, that's an opinion!

What's an opinion?

The clutching thing. But you are!

OK, well, knock yourself out.

You're like, "Oh, you mustn't like each other.

"You're not sleeping together."

You don't even (BLEEP) like your wife.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Oh, that's... that's a little bit cruel.

That's a little bit bullshit.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

LUCINDA: I feel a bit humiliated.

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

People sort of throwing back and forth,

"Oh, are you attracted to your wife?"

And, "How about the 23-year-old?"

And, like, it's just... it's a little bit...

..I just wanted to hide in my little shell

and sort of...yeah.

I was quite uncomfortable, to be completely honest, with all of it.

What does Lucinda think in this situation?

Could we hear from Lucinda?

I've gotta say, at this point, I'm still assessing if Tim's for me.

Yes. MAN: Yeah, yeah!

You know, like, let's not discard that,

because I've been in a deep space for the last week

where I'm actually going, "What am I signing up for?"

Yes! You are assessing.

You know, because, actually, the lifestyle is really different.

He's a television watcher. He has lots of sugar.

He is into things and not into things that are very...

MAN: Yeah, you need to be wary of your own needs as well.

Absolutely! So, I'm wondering, actually, if it's for me.

So, that's where we're at.

I mean, I really am, right now, in the assessment set,

wondering whether this is for me at all,

and... (MIMICS EXPLOSION)

..you know, all this explosion happening around,

and, yeah, I actually just wanted to crawl into a hole

and get under the doona cover

and not even be around him.

I just felt a bit sick.

NARRATOR: Coming up...

So, are you saying that you think you're trying and Sara's not?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I feel like we're both trying.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

..tensions rise...

I was let down about you bailing on the third date in a row1

I was disappointed.

..when Tim reaches breaking point...

I was just trying to communicate with you.

..with Sara.

SARA: He actually didn't even plan anything for me!

I'm, like, confident... Let me finish!

No, you don't! Yes, I did!

You're shutting me down!

Don't you ever yell at me!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

(MOMENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)

I just wanted to go around the table with a quick yes-no, answer me,

all the way around, quick,

do you like a tongue in your earhole?

What?! (ALL EXCLAIM)

(LAUGHTER) WOMAN: Nah.

Hate it. No.

Do you like a tongue in your earhole?

WOMAN: No! Absolutely not!

Anyone? Yeah, baby.

(LAUGHTER)

JAYDEN: I don't actually know. (LAUGHTER)

Like...

EDEN: I'll try it later and he'll tell you tomorrow.

(LAUGHTER)

What about you, Dicky?

It's a (BLEEP) yes from me!

(LAUGHTER)

Hence the question! That's all!

(LAUGHTER)

WOMAN: How about you two?

What's up, honey?

Yeah, just tired - and hungry.

(INDISTINCT) How are you?

Good. Doing all good?

I love you two so much.

How are you two going?

Tristan, from the moment he put this ring on my finger,

has treated me with care, respect.

Like, he's put my happiness before his own, which we're even...

We haven't doubted that.

No, we don't doubt that. Not one second.

Yeah, he is absolutely amazing,

and we are working through a shit ton - excuse my language,

but we are mentally, physically, alone, together,

we're working on everything that you can think of to make this work.

I think they had a bit of a breakthrough after I saw them.

I am so happy that they're getting real

Yeah. I think so.

And if they're able to get through these issues

and learn to communicate better,

and understand each other better, then it's gonna be very positive.

Obviously I care about Cass a whole big bunch, you know,

and I'm trying to get out of my stupid comfort zone,

which I've been getting at every day,

but it's good because this morning I got up extra early,

went to the gym, you know, trained,

and then bought flowers for my lovely lady.

LAUREN: Did you?!

The biggest flowers I've ever seen in my life.

Really?! Yeah.

Amazing! Beautiful.

Tristan and I went, "Man, we are good!"

(LAUGHS)

We're both trying really hard,

and I'm feeling positive about our relationship.

Let me just kick back with my husband.

Let's just drink some wine.

(CHATTER)

JACK: Righto, Timmy, what's going on, buddy?

How are you doing, buddy?

What's happening? How you been travelling the last few days?

Oof.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I don't know, it's been a tricky few days, hasn't it?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I think we're on kind of different pages about things,

you know, like, in terms of, like, putting effort in

and, like, actually trying to make this relationship work.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

So, are you saying that you think you're trying and Sara's not?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I feel like we're both trying...

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

..but I'm being portrayed as, like, needy, like, insecure person,

and I was let down about you bailing on the third date in a row!

I was let down. I was disappointed

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

If I planned three dates for Trist

and he cancelled every single one of them,

I would be so upset.

Like, I would... I would take it personally.

I would be like, "This person doesn't want anything to do with me.

"I'm trying my hardest."

So, I kind of just felt for Tim. He's trying!

(CHATTER)

Three dates?

I...I am trying... I am trying with Tim,

but I'm, at this point in time,

living together with a man, 24 hours a day,

is a lot for a lot of us, as we can all agree.

SAH-ra...

Sara.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

Sara, I just wanna ask you,

'cause he just said he's planned three dates with you,

and we've left everything behind to be here for this experiment.

Literally blocked out this time to find a husband,

and you've cancelled on three dates?

Your purpose and priority is your husband-to-be here

and to try to make it work.

(GASPS) Thank you, Cassandra.

Great. Great point. Great call.

The bailing of the dates is huge.

The first two dates, we hadn't had good weeks, Cass.

Let me just be very clear about that.

I was not ready to have a date with Tim.

We weren't in a good place!

Me and Cass have had some bad weeks

and I still organised a date with her each week.

I didn't wanna have a date with Tim! I wasn't in a good place!

She gets very defensive.

She doesn't see any sort of insight into her role in any of this.

What I feel like is the problem here is that, instead of having...

But I feel like I've tried to make this work

in...about as much as I can possibly give him in this present moment.

I was just trying to communicate with you, that's all I was doing.

I know, but to me, I'm, like... But it didn't...let me finish!

I'm sorry, I like Tim too!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

But I never said there was anything wrong with that!

Let's just make that very clear.

I never said there was anything wrong with that.

No, look, the problem was...

He actually didn't even plan anything...

..like, he didn't actually say,

"We're going here and we're doing this."

He just said, "Let's do something on Sunday."

Like, it's literally just...

No, I was like, "You're booked out from 2PM. Wear something nice."

No, you didn't! You didn't... Yes, I did!

That was the third...

Don't yell at me! Don't yell at me!

Don't (BLEEP) yell at me!

You're not letting me have a voice!

WOMAN: No, no.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

Don't you ever (BLEEP) yell at me!

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

You (BLEEP) prick!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

He actually didn't even plan anything...

..like, he didn't actually say,

"We're going here and we're doing this."

He just said, "Let's do something on Sunday."

Like, it's literally just...

No, I was like, "You're booked out from 2PM. Wear something nice."

No, you didn't! You didn't... Yes, I did! I said that!

Don't yell at me!

You're shutting me down! Don't yell at me!

You're not letting me have a voice! WOMAN: No, no, no.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

Don't you ever (BLEEP) yell at me!

TORI: Sara?

You (BLEEP) prick!

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Over here. Over here.

Wow.

And she has been very loud with the way she's spoken the whole time,

and eventually, it escalates.

She's pushed him to the edge.

Over here. (SARA SOBS)

You alright? Are you serious?!

JACK: Dude, breaking point.

Oh, but...ahh, shouldn't have raised my voice like that and now I'm...

It's fine. It's fine. ..disappointed in myself.

We've had a very turbulent relationship already,

and it's been tricky

trying to navigate her emotions and her reactivity.

Like, I'm patient - I'm a patient guy,

but I'm just constantly being shut down and just spoken over.

I'm sick of being told what I did or what I didn't do

when I know what I'm doing.

No, like, I've been trying to get her on a date for three weeks now.

How am I supposed to be assertive?

I say, "We're going here, we're doing this,"

and then she just doesn't...

..she doesn't respect the plans that I made.

And you know, that's happened three weeks in a row.

So, of course I was disappointed. I was let down.

To me, that just shows where her priorities are.

I understand why you just...

..like, you've been on a banjo string.

I'm just over it, man.

Like, being talked over nonstop.

Like, just like that - exactly what happened then.

I'm talking,

and then she just cuts off and tells her version of the story.

But I shouldn't have yelled. I shouldn't have raised my voice.

It was out of character for me to shout, for sure.

I do regret raising my voice.

Yeah, I know better than that.

Literally never yell in my face again!

Never yell in my face again!

Tim is constantly saying that he's not being heard...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

..when he had the space to speak about his feelings.

He said that he had planned a date and said, "Be there at 2PM Sunday."

I was, like, "I'm sorry, I'm...

"..I'm allowed to have the weekend to myself!"

Tim's really upset about the dates, which, I think, is so silly.

I wanted to see my girlfriends on the weekend.

I just feel like that shouldn't be a problem.

Like, he's being too needy.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

I was being attacked.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

Sara, I also just think, so,

don't go back in there until you've had a moment...

I'm not going back in. Yeah.

..to, like...deep breath, because you're worked up,

and I'd be worked up too,

I don't think there's anything wrong with that,

but you need to take a deep breath.

Sara's my girl, so I'm always gonna have Sara's back,

and I wanna make sure she's OK,

but I think that there's wrongs on both sides,

and they both need to find a middle ground.

I agree wholeheartedly with Eden.

You can't go in there fired.

She pointed, screamed, and swore in his face as well.

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

It's alright, it's alright, just deep breaths, deep breaths.

I was just, like, staring...

And I don't think that's fair that Tim gets all the blame for it.

At the end of the day,

Sara was the one cancelling the dates, you know what I mean?

Relax your shoulders. You're tense!

It's been a day. It's been a few days.

(EXHALES)

One of the things that's really big for me

is having a voice in a relationship and being heard.

That's why I blew up.

I only have ever yelled, ever, literally,

in situations where I've been talking

and just constantly been talked over.

Yeah.

Sara just doesn't have the ability to...listen

and hear what he's trying to say.

She's very reactive.

She doesn't let Tim finish his sentences.

I think the poor guy was just at a point of no return.

After all, like, he's a man with a voice.

He's a great guy.

Just let him speak.

I think we all...we all blow up, and we all react.

I'm a very reactive person.

Um...but you know it was a reaction. You know it was not great.

Yeah, I regret raising my voice. I regret that.

I'm disappointed in myself for doing that, 100%.

Well, I need to apologise to Sara. Yeah, yeah.

That's the first thing that needs to happen. I need to apologise to her.

It'll be really interesting,

next time we meet Sara and Tim on the couch,

to talk to her about accountability

and what role she's playing in the problems here,

'cause my sense is she doesn't see herself having any role...

ALESSANDRA: No. ..in the problems.

It's a shame he blew up

and wasn't able to simply start communicating

earlier along in the process,

because he's been holding this in for weeks now.

Yeah, that's right, and that's why he blew up.

And that's why he blew up.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(VOICES ECHO DISTANTLY)

TIM: I need to apologise,

'cause I don't feel comfortable with the fact that we ended at that.

I'm not happy with my behaviour there.

Do you wanna go and have a chat, and talk?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

Both of us are not really seeing eye to eye in this situation.

I just hope we can have communication

like adults should, you know?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

WOMAN: Jayden? Jayden?

Explain that...you don't want to? It's alright. I won't judge.

(DISTANT CHATTER)

I'm pretty disappointed in myself for raising my voice,

and I need to apologise.

I'm not happy with my behaviour there.

Do you wanna go and have a chat and talk?

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Both of us are not really seeing eye to eye in the situation.

You know, I've been really trying, putting in a lot of effort,

and I was disappointed, I was very disappointed,

that she flaked on the third date in a row, third week in a row.

I just hope we can have communication

like adults should, you know?

Look, firstly, I wanna apologise for raising my voice to you,

because that's not on.

OK.

You know, I was trying to communicate with you.

It did feel like I didn't really have a voice in that situation,

and it felt like, when I was trying to talk,

that I didn't get that.

So, that's why that happened.

Like, clearly we have a lot of stuff to work out,

and I would love to be able to work it out with you just like this -

just talking, you know,

'cause I feel like we have potential

and I feel like we're just, like,

really not matching each other's communication styles.

Yeah, and I was speaking,

and I felt like I wasn't able to finish what I was trying to say.

That's why I raised my voice.

So, I apologise for raising my voice,

because that's not... I don't wanna be in that position.

I don't wanna be that person, you know?

There's no reason for that... for that to happen, at all.

You should never raise your voice at someone, just saying.

You should give someone...

You had plenty of time to speak. I didn't.

Don't make it seem like you did not have the room.

Do not say that you didn't have...

You were talking over me. ..time to speak.

Don't say that. Don't say that, Tim.

You were. That's what happened. You had plenty of time to speak.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)

I just can't catch a break.

I'm just constantly being spoken over, you know,

and so my patience is just worn really thin.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

Like, say how you feel on a normal day-to-day basis

and maybe you wouldn't blow up the way that you've blown up.

This is up to you... Look...

..up to you to figure out how to verbalise your emotions,

and say how you feel without tiptoeing around it

or talking in circles.

We're just seeing the pattern unfold again.

Yeah.

He's tried to repair. Yeah.

She's said, "This is just not good enough."

When I asked you to talk about it there,

you didn't wanna talk about it.

He's literally offered... ALESSANDRA: He's apologising.

..that olive branch, and she's bitten it off.

You were being egged on by the boys,

and you had...you had your moment

where you felt like you could do that.

That was...that was the reason you had your little yell.

All the guys were egging you on.

They weren't egging me on. We were talking.

They were - "Go, Tim! Say what you feel! Don't let her..."

Like, come on, Tim! I...

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

You know, like, I just needed some time...

So, you have it... You've had your time!

So, why don't you respect my time?

OK, I'm not doing this because you're yelling again.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

Yelling again! You said you wouldn't do it.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

WOMAN: Sara?

Is he alright?

I'm not doing this.

I need respect in a relationship. Everyone needs respect.

(SNIFFS)

All I need is to feel heard and be acknowledged.

Like, you know, I don't need her to go and change who she is

or anything like that.

I just need her to say, "Look, I hear you. I feel you."

(CRIES) Can I please leave?

But I can't handle a girl

who just doesn't take responsibility for anything.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

I'm not overly hopeful for us right now.

(SNIFFS)

And, um...I guess I'm just sort of trying to figure out

where that leaves us.

(CRIES)

(MOMENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)

NARRATOR: Sunday night...

I'm head over heels. Wow.

I have a big crush on Jayden.

..it's the second commitment ceremony...

We have been really attentive and enjoying each other.

..and love is in the air.

Here we go, honey!

..before Sara faces the firing line...

You were behaving in a really aggressive way.

Your anger, your pointing!

..as expert Mel applies the pressure...

We were in shock.

..and asks the question everyone wants to know.

What's the genuine reason that you cancelled on him three times?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)

So...

But it's not just Mel that will hold people to account.

Ben, that's as bad as it gets.

..as expert John turns up the heat on Ben.

You're mocking her.

You have discussed, "You're a wrong match for me."

So, you gotta come clean with me. Do you really wanna be here?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS AND FADES)

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

And...

JOHN: You seem hurt. Mmm.

..it's a side to Lucinda...

I was humiliated.

..we've never seen before...

To stand by somebody

that was very happy to point the finger and not be humble.

..as she calls out Timothy for his recent tirade...

"You're shit. Bullshit on that."

..in one of the most powerful sessions on the couch.

That's not my jam. I'm not interested.

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