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NARRATOR: Previously...

JOHN: For the first time I'm sitting here thinking,

oh, maybe these two could actually

have something more than a friendship.

NARRATOR: At last night's Commitment Ceremony...

JADE: I introduced Ridge to my daughter.

It made me really happy seeing the way he is with her.

..love was in the air.

Five hearts.

I personally feel like we're stronger than ever now.

It's time to go. WOMAN: No!

But sadly...

I've always been a fighter and I've given everything my all.

..Michael and Stephen left the experiment.

You can't say you fall in love with someone

and not actually say 'stay'.

It was unrequited love for Tristan...

I put 'leave'. Leave.

..when Cassandra shocked the room with her decision.

I see Cassandra slipping through your fingers.

JOHN: You made a comment, when you were at a pool,

that they looked like whales.

Coming from a personal trainer who should know better.

NARRATOR: Jack's continual bad behaviour...

JACK: Tori's pretty pissed with me.

It shows.

NARRATOR: ..finally took its toll on Tori.

That element of trust is in question, yeah.

And after Sara's betrayal...

Yeah, I have to leave.

..Tim reached his limit.

SARA: I hope you can give me the chance

to show you that I really do wanna be here.

..leaving Sara with one week to win back his trust.

Tonight...

Here we go.

No way!

..it's Feedback Week.

This week is all about feedback

from those within the bubble of the experiment.

It's gonna be explosive.

NARRATOR: ..where over two big nights,

our couples will devise tasks for each other.

"Write five questions to ask Sara and Tim."

..and give advice on each other's marriages.

The task has to be... Just share...

Sleep in the same bed. ..to sleep together.

Yes.

LUCINDA: Cuddle up, big fella.

(BLOWS A RASPBERRY)

Can you not figure out what size pants you wear?

Do you realise you look purple?

And Lauren is ready to come face-to-face with Jack.

I'm gonna push his buttons until he pops.

If he goes low in his questions for us, I'll go lower.

What she's done is disgusting behaviour.

It's wrong.

There's more to the story than meets the eye

and I'm gonna get to the bottom of it.

NARRATOR: But Jayden and Eden's hard-hitting questions...

I need you back off.

No, I'm not backing off.

..push Sara to breaking point.

If Tim did that to you would you be able to trust him again?

(READS) "Are the messages to your ex still on your phone

"and if they are, can Tim see them?

"And if they aren't, why aren't they?"

Have you sent a message to your ex in the last two or three weeks?

Can Tim see your phone?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Leave me alone! Go!

(BRIGHT MUSIC)

NARRATOR: It's the morning after the Commitment Ceremony...

So, darling.

Oops. (LAUGHS)

Sorry.

Good morning.. Hi.

How did you sleep?

I slept great. Uh-huh?

Yeah, I did.

..and after overcoming their first bumps on the couch last night,

one couple is more connected than ever.

JAYDEN: We got some good praise AGAIN from the experts.

EDEN: I think they liked to hear that we managed to work our way

through it all even though we weren't agreeing

or seeing eye to eye.

Yeah, exactly.

Problems emerged for the couple when a nervous Eden asked Jayden

to withhold information about Sara's betrayal.

Like, I kind of thought anyone should know, like, straight away.

And my anxiety was as worse as it's been in a long, long, long time.

But what we learnt was that Jayden and my morals and principles

align exactly.

I personally feel like we're stronger than ever now.

Our values do align

but the way we go about things

sometimes might be a little bit different.

Yeah.

But we got through it. We're a team. (LAUGHS)

Jayden and I were really good last night.

I was very impressed with Jayden.

When he does get feedback,

he does really take it onboard and think about it and action it.

But literally my own little concern and the only thing is that

I can't take him seriously with that moustache.

(SEDUCTIVE MUSIC)

How you're dressing right now is very, like, porn star.

Is it? Yeah.

And the moustache. I'm here to scoop your pool.

(LAUGHS) What?

NARRATOR: For Lucinda and Timothy,

last night's couch session marked a moment of progress for the couple.

TIMOTHY: Thank you.

Whoo!

Throughout the experiment, Timothy has struggled with personal loss.

But when his feelings of grief were triggered at the retreat,

Lucinda was by his side.

And at last night's Commitment Ceremony,

Tim's new-found vulnerability emerged like never before.

At the retreat we were playing a card game,

and there were a couple of questions in there

that sort of triggered something inside me.

What did it trigger inside you?

(EXHALES)

Just an incredible, like, sadness.

Yeah. Yep.

LUCINDA: I was so proud of you on the couch.

Yeah.

That was you being real as (BLEEP).

Mmm.

You don't have, like, a vulnerability hangover

or anything, do you?

Little bit. Oh!

I always will.

(SIGHS) My feelings. My feelings.

Next. (CHUCKLES)

Um...

Yeah, I'm alright. I'm alright. Yep.

LUCINDA: To me, the vulnerability is the most amazing thing

that you can be doing.

Your, you know, years of walls and hurt and defences

and patterns and you know,

all this calcification that you've been holding in,

like, you're starting to soften.

Mmm.

And that, that's to be celebrated. You know?

'Cause, you know, in this life you wanna be your best you.

That's one way of putting it. It's a very nice way of putting it.

Look, last night, you were amazing.

Everything you said, you...

Yeah. I do wanna say that I thank you very much.

You were truly amazing. Yeah.

It was... Thanks, Tim.

Yeah, really nice. Yep.

I can just feel that he's coming into more of him

with more softness and receptivity of me.

I feel more connected to him.

So, it felt like hope was back and that he's open.

(CHUCKLES)

NARRATOR: As many of our brides and grooms continue to grow closer,

one couple's couch session has left their relationship fractured.

Despite strong affection for one another,

Cassandra and Tristan have struggled to get in sync with their feelings

and last night, Cassandra made the decision to write "leave"

after Tristan declared he was falling in love with her.

Last night the Commitment Ceremony, it was hard to write "leave".

It was difficult.

But yeah, it needed to be done.

As John said,

we've never been on the same page throughout this entire experiment.

It's just been so frustrating.

We've tried so hard to make this work but it's

been so hard for us to be going in the same direction together.

Tristan has chosen to write "stay"

so there's just this confusion circling around us

and we don't know where to go from here.

Tristan and Cass's relationship

is a very off-page memoir about sadness right now.

Very up and down.

Luna Park on steroids, like, you know.

And my head's just spiralling around like a rollercoaster.

I don't understand how we have these feelings for each other

but we kind of messed this up.

Like, how did we miss that, you know?

How did we miss that?

(GENTLE MUSIC)

NARRATOR: One of the biggest talking points

from last night's Commitment Ceremony,

was Jack and the tough scrutiny he was put under by expert John

for his long list of controversial behaviours.

JOHN: We've got you coming into this experiment in a cloud of suspicion,

that you've got an ex girlfriend on the outside.

You then use a 'muzzle' comment during the dinner party.

You then mention that if there's a partner swap,

they're gonna get to have sex with your partner.

And then you top it off with a comment when you were at a pool

that they "looked like whales".

He is an absolute joke of a human.

"Dude, just put a muzzle on your woman."

Called a girl "gym rat".

Tells, like, people to shut up, calls them whales.

Everything Jack's doing is so out of line.

LUCINDA: I've struggled to tune into his emotion so, yeah,

red flag central.

Yeah.

When the comment of the whale thing came up...

Yep.

..I wish I had not let him off the hook so easy.

Mmm.

TIMOTHY: I was pretty pissed off about the whale comment

and I did breeze over it at the Commitment Ceremony.

I felt so sorry for my boy.

I hung out with Tristan a lot during the retreat.

Out of respect I should have stood up for Tristan,

because what Jack said is absolutely disgusting.

I could have went, you're a dickhead for saying it.

But how many times have we gotta call Jack a dickhead, you know?

It's getting a bit old hat.

But, you know, the boy just keeps delivering week after week.

You've got to admire him on that.

Yeah, and I think that...

I think Jack should be held accountable...

Mmm.

And I sort of felt,

after I didn't take the chance last night that...

You're a bit in regret. I'm a little bit regretful.

Is the energy worth creating a war?

I just think it's time to unleash a little bit.

(EXPECTANT MUSIC)

I can't wait till the next dinner party

to pull that prick from one end of the table to the other.

Metaphorically. Metaphorically.

There won't be any violence.

NARRATOR: Down the hall...

(EDGY MUSIC)

..there's tension in Tori and Jack's apartment.

For Tori, who's stood by her husband steadfastly,

cracks in their relationship have begun to show.

Jack and I could be in a better place.

Yeah.

Last night the experts

reeled off all the things he'd ever said and done,

and, to be honest, I was a bit concerned.

JOHN: What I do see tonight that's different

is that Tori has cottoned onto you.

Tori, do you trust Jack?

Do you trust me?

That element of trust is, like, in question, yeah.

OK.

Like, someone else would have cracked by now.

Like, to have the experts sit there

and reel off every shitty thing you've ever said and done...

JACK: Mmm. ..didn't feel great.

Mmm.

So... Well, it was about me.

(EDGY MUSIC)

It wasn't about you.

No, I know that but that doesn't mean it's not gonna affect me.

Yeah, well, how do you think it makes me feel?

Yeah. It's about me.

Answer that.

The question was how does it make me feel

and I'm telling you it doesn't feel great.

Very disappointed in Jack with his comments and his actions.

I thought he was better than this.

I'm questioning my trust for him

and, to be honest, I am questioning my relationship.

NARRATOR: But the biggest bombshell of last night

was Sara's betrayal of Tim,

and after the drama of last night's Commitment Ceremony,

Sara has gone out for the morning

to give Tim some space to his collect his thoughts.

Still feeling pretty run down after last night, obviously.

I've been writing things down, trying to clear my head.

If I'm going to stay in the experiment with Sara

then I'm gonna let her know what I think.

I was a bit disappointed in myself

for kind of not speaking up as much as I wanted to.

I feel like an idiot and I feel like I've been taken for a ride.

And I feel like, you know, I wanna be respected and loved and liked.

And, yeah,

I have to leave.

JOHN: Sara?

SARA: I know what I want to do so I'm staying.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I actually was in a previous relationship where

I was walked on a lot

and I wasn't treated very well for a long period of time,

and I let that happen.

We were definitely in love and she was unfaithful so I was quite hurt.

It was pretty rough, like, finding out, you know,

what she had been up to and everything like that.

I was mistreated in my previous relationship.

I was lied to, gas lit, toxically manipulated,

made to feel like I was the crazy one,

the controlling one,

and that I was always the problem.

Plus I was cheated on a lot.

In this relationship I've completely

just put my needs on the back burner again.

I'm just sick of being made to feel like a punching bag.

There's a lot of things that I haven't said

that I need to tell Sara,

and, to be able to move past this,

there are some things that I need from her.

I need Sara to be understanding.

I need her to listen.

I need some compassion, some kindness.

I need some form of apology.

I need her to not want to defend herself.

I need her to just listen to me.

(DOOR OPENS)

SARA: Morning. Hey.

How are you?

I'm alright. Still pretty...

Oh. ..pretty flat.

(TIM CLEARS HIS THROAT)

I actually am a little bit nervous about talking to Sara.

I'm definitely not really a super confrontational person

but I wanna be stronger and firmer with setting my own boundaries,

even if that does ruffle some feathers, I guess.

(EXPECTANT MUSIC)

You know me. Like, I find it kind of hard to articulate myself.

So I've been trying to write a lot of things down.

Mmm?

Um...

About just everything, really.

You know? Mm-hm.

So, two pages.

There's three.

There's three pages of things?

(TENSE MUSIC)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

TIM: I just need to get all this off my chest.

You know what I mean?

Mm-hm. Um...

(TIM CLEARS HIS THROAT)

Yeah. Firstly, like, you lying to me

and doing what you did was (BLEEP) shitty.

I, I, I just feel like...

I haven't finished.

I really need you to, like, hear me out and not be defensive.

You know? I'm pissed off.

I'm still upset about it and it's just like, trash behaviour.

Secondly, I haven't felt very...

I just haven't felt very valued.

The whole you hang out your ex was

kind of like the straw that broke the camel's back in a way.

Like, as you obviously know, we've had our issues along the way,

and I feel like my emotions and the way I feel are not valid.

I'm also letting you know that I'm disappointed in myself for, like,

I should be fighting for what's right

instead of, like, trying to keep the peace.

Yeah. And, I need to work on establishing my own boundaries.

And, my trust is broken, obviously,

and I feel like it's gonna take a lot to kind of rebuild that.

I know that you can show me the compassionate side of you

and warm side of you,

but I really need to see them, like, I need to see it now.

And I need to start feeling valued.

I need you to put in effort if you actually want to...

Yeah, if you actually want us to work.

Like, I can't be in a toxic relationship again.

I can't do it.

(SILENCE)

(GENTLE MUSIC)

You can have the top one.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

OK.

Loud and clear.

I appreciate you coming to me with these.

I know I (BLEEP) up so, like, I've gotta do a lot to fix it.

And I'm sorry, again. Like, so deeply sorry.

It, like, pains me to see you this upset

'cause I know that you genuinely care

and you're genuinely a good guy.

And, like, we've had some really good times together.

Is there any, like, specific things that you need from me?

I think I just need to see you step up

and, like, make a big effort to show that you're sorry and that you care.

But, like, any tangible things

that you need from me, that you wanna see?

You already know that I obviously love through physical touch.

Like, that's, like, a big thing for me.

Even just, like, a brush on my arm when you're walking past me, like,

I actually really, like, feel that.

That shows me that you care.

So, I think, you know, cuddles and touching like that is,

like, a good place to start.

(HOPEFUL MUSIC)

(SARA KISSES TIM)

That was hard to hear.

Like, three pages of things that he wrote down

that he didn't like about me.

It really hurt.

But I have to learn to take the feedback.

Now I know what I need to do and,

like, I've just gotta put in the work and do it.

I'm gonna do my best.

It's pretty easy to say the word 'sorry' but I need to see action

and I just need to feel that she's actually sorry.

I don't wanna just forgive her

and brush off everything the way that she's been treating me

and kind of just, like, look like an idiot when it happens again.

But there is a little bit of hope there

because I still see her trying.

And to me, I feel like that's, like, huge that she's happy

to actually work towards getting on the same page.

Now I'm just gonna have to closely look at her actions

and see if she's gonna, you know, make a bit of a change.

NARRATOR: Coming up,

Feedback Week kicks off.

(READS) "Write five questions to ask Sara and Tim."

Our couples probe the other relationships with tasks...

"Are the messages to your ex still on your phone

"and if they are, can Tim see them?"

..and hard-hitting questions.

LAUREN: Jack, do you see Tori as the mother of your children?

Yep. Ooh.

LAUREN: are you joking?

Don't you need to have sex to have a child?

Like... (LAUGHS)

NARRATOR: Our couples are about to begin the next phase

in the experiment,

Feedback Week.

JACK: The sun is shining.

JOHN: Feedback week is a concept we introduced last year.

Coffee.

(KISSING SOUND)

Week after week our couples get critical feedback from us as experts

but this week is all about feedback

from those within the bubble of the experiment, their peers.

This year we've made some tweaks to it

to hopefully bring out the much-needed perspective

our couples crave as the countdown to final vows begins.

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)

RIDGE: Oh.

Someone's knocking.

It's your favourite time, envelope time.

(SPLUTTERS)

You right? Yep.

(LAUGHS)

Here, you read it.

No, I'm kidding. I don't wanna read it.

No, you read it. I don't wanna read it.

Too late.

JOHN: Across a series of exercises,

our couples will be asked to give and receive feedback.

While some couples will take this week

as an opportunity to learn from one another,

it may be challenging for other couples

who aren't as open to taking on insights from others.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)

(CHUCKLES)

Here we go.

JOHN: The first Feedback Week exercise

is the hard-hitting questions task.

What's in here?

Oh, yes.

(READS) "Dear Tori and Jack,

"Sometimes a fresh set of eyes on your relationship

"can help you to explore the reasons why things are going wrong

"or help you see what's going well."

Just depends who it's coming from because, like,

I don't care what anyone has to say

if I have no respect for this person.

OK.

(READS) "Dear Lauren and Jonathan,

"In this task you will be required to write five questions

"to ask Tori and Jack."

I knew it was going to be them. (LAUGHTER)

This is too much.

(LAUGHTER)

Me and Lauren, I don't think we have much respect for each other.

We don't like each other.

I think it's pretty clear that me and Lauren don't see eye to eye.

I don't believe a word you say.

Well, that's your opinion. You can have it.

You... I really...

I said you can have your opinion. I know what you said!

Well, this will be exciting.

(LAUREN READS) "These questions

"must be well considered, specific, and high-hitting."

I can't believe this is happening. This is so brutal.

(JACK READS) "Good luck. The experts."

I don't care for that.

Even though I'm not happy with Jack,

I just don't care for people's feedback.

People can see that we weren't as connected

as what we have usually been on the couch

so, yes, they will come at us.

But I just feel like this is an opportunity for them

to ask us a different set of questions.

You know, like, dig deep.

Like, what do you actually wanna know?

Number one P Tori, does Jack's outfit embarrass you?

(CHUCKLES)

Why can you not figure out what size pants you wear?

Is your hair a toupee?

(CHUCKLES)

Do you realise you look purple? (LAUGHS)

I'm not afraid to say what I think about Jack

so, yeah, I'm gonna push his buttons until he pops.

OK. Let's get serious.

JACK: Lauren's just like, she's a fire starter.

I don't really want her feedback, don't care for it.

She just comes in hot,

looks you straight in the eye and she has it out.

LAUREN: I would like to get to the bottom of, like, the truth.

Now, like, the cracks are starting to show in their relationship

I'm ready to expose exactly who he is.

He has clearly said he's not attracted to her.

He's not having sex with Tori.

I'm gonna call Jack out.

JACK: I want nothing to do with Lauren.

Like, I think she's a nasty person.

I would not go anywhere near her in the real world.

No-one else is going to have the balls to say to Jack and Tori

what everyone's thinking.

I don't care. Like, why would anyone be scared of an elf?

Jack is literally a leprechaun with a top-knot,

that shops in the kids' aisle.

He's insufferable.

Okey-dokey, let's do it.

(FRAUGHT MUSIC)

LAUREN: I'm gonna just give him enough rope to hang himself,

like I always do, and he falls into the trap every single time.

I don't need to do it. I don't wanna do it.

I don't wanna talk to 'em so...

(LAUGHS)

JONATHAN: Do you wanna do the honours?

LAUREN: Yeah, I'll do it.

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)

Eugh! God!

(TUMULTUOUS MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC)

TORI: Surely we can have this conversation in the hallway.

I do want them in here.

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)

(EDGY MUSIC)

TORI: Howdy. JONATHAN: Hi.

LAUREN: Hello.

This is gonna be fun, isn't it?

TORI: Thanks for coming.

JONATHAN: Thank you for having us.

Tori and I have been in a place where we haven't been before.

We did go to the last Commitment Ceremony a little bit disconnected,

and I know that Lauren and Jono

were gonna wanna drive a wedge between us

and throw chaff on our relationship for the sake of it, you know?

TORI: We've never spoken like this in like, just...

LAUREN: No.

No, we haven't, which is why we're here.

JACK: But my message to Lauren and Jono is

don't (BLEEP) with our relationship.

OK. So, this is for you, Jack.

(READS) Jack, you said this is the longest it has ever taken you

to be sexually intimate with a partner.

Why do you think that has been the case with yourself and Tori?

JACK: I feel like...

(EDGY MUSIC)

I mean, what are we, week seven or something like that.

So, leading in, we didn't have the sexual spark at the wedding.

Yeah, we just decided we're gonna take our time

and build the relationship and the foundations.

And I feel like that's what we've been doing.

We've been true to that.

Yeah.

Do you think it's possible?

Like, do you reckon you'll get there before the end of the experiment?

That's our goal.

So, you DO think it's possible.

Basically, every week there's been, like, a build up,

and we're growing.

I'm not concerned.

As long as there are, like, little progressions every week, I'm OK.

LAUREN: OK.

I've said this since day one.

He's good at talking

and he just gives, like, these politician answers.

This question.

(READS) Jack, do you truly believe

that you will end up in a committed, long-term relationship

post the experiment?

The two of you, like, do and you see her feeding into your life,

with your friends, and like...

JACK: We are very compatible.

Like, I know our fundamentals work

because we're living together, obviously,

and we spend, like, a lot of time together here.

My outside life is very similar to this.

It's like, oh, here we go again.

Apart from going to work.

He's giving these politician answers.

It's the same old Jack.

Communication is key and checking-in with each other.

And we do do that.

(EDGY MUSIC)

LAUREN: Trying to dance around things.

We've come so far.

I feel like all we need now is like...

LAUREN: He's not genuine in anything he says.

JACK: I have serious feelings for Tori.

Nothing ever changes.

Nothing deviates from the same script.

That's why. See what happens.

(EDGY MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)

Does anything bother you about Tori?

No.

We're having this conversation,

and I'm just, like, hitting my head against a brick wall.

It's the same thing over and over.

Like, more bullshit that he's spouting.

What was the next question?

OK. So, I'll preface this with Tori,

and we know that having a family is super important to you.

So, last night you mentioned that you were disappointed in Jack.

TORI: Yep.

And some of the things that's happened.

Yeah.

Do you feel at present

that he would be a good role model for your children?

Um...

Kids for me are, like, very, very, very important.

You know how important kids are to me.

Yeah.

So, will he be a good role model?

I... I'll (BLEEP) answer it.

Like, when I'm getting presented on the couch, hell no,

not a good role model.

No.

Um...

(EDGY MUSIC)

Not at all.

And that's why I'm struggling right now.

'Cause, like, that is not who I am.

Yeah, but I think...

Yeah, and you know me a lot better than, like, the experts

and everyone else here.

Correct.

(TENSE MUSIC)

But all these things that you see that we see,

that is still a part of Jack.

Like, you do see that? Yeah, correct. Correct.

JACK: But ever since the honeymoon,

we haven't had ups and downs, it's just sort of been like this...

And I feel like the external pressures, the ongoing battles

like the dinner parties and whatnot,

it's normally the core of the issues.

You gotta admit that probably adds pressure itself.

Yeah, so it's like, and then when we're, like...

Call that an external pressure.

(READS) Jack, you say you're ready to settle down

with the right person.

Do you see Tori as the mother of your children,

and if so, when and where?

Ooh, juicy.

TORI: When are we ever gonna have children?

Is it in your future? Um...

Do you think of that? Like, is that something...

Yeah, I would...

Life is at a point right now where I do have everything lined up.

Job is good, house is good, no problems.

I'm just missing the other piece and that would be Tori.

So yeah, absolutely have kids with you.

LAUREN: What the (BLEEP)? Like, are you joking?

Don't you need to have sex to have a child? Like...

(LAUGHS)

(FRENETIC MUSIC)

So, you're ready. Yeah.

(FRENETIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

I think timeframe for having kids would be probably,

I don't know, in the next two years.

Ooh.

Not in the next year but in the next two years.

Two years? That's soon.

Two years?

I would be ready to it.

If you said, "I wanted to have it in two years,"

things all going really well, I'm ready.

Yeah.

OK. So, you're ready to have kids in two years.

LAUREN: Jack is just a bullshitter

and he just tells everyone what they wanna hear.

I just really hope that, you know, Tori's not buying into it.

She keeps saying she's not a fool but use your brain.

I know it's brainwashed

but you can surely use what's left of it

that isn't mind-controlled by Jack.

You can use that to make a fair assessment of what's going on here.

Two years?

Oh, my god!

The fact that Jack was like,

"Yeah, I'll probably be ready to have kids in two years,"

it was exciting.

I was also like, two years?

Two years is like... It's not a lot of time.

I've made no secret that I've got my doubts.

If you really do want kids in long term,

like, I hope for Tori's sake that's all true.

But I'll just be watching.

TORI: To be fair, go into this task I had no idea what to expect,

honestly.

But, that was actually good for us to get confirmation

that we are on the same page about kids, about life moving forward.

Cheerio!

Like, I can't stop thinking

about how Jack wants to have kids in two years.

Like...

Like... Yeah, look, I'm excited.

Two years is, like, soon. (CHUCKLES)

It's like I actually don't have time to be here so I gotta go.

NARRATOR: Coming up,

Jayden asks the hard-hitting questions.

Have you sent a message to your ex in the last two or three weeks?

If Tim did that to you would you be able to trust him again?

Move onto the next question.

(READS) "Are the messages to your ex still on your phone

"and if they are, can Tim see them?

"And if they aren't, why aren't they?"

I need you to back off.

No, I'm not backing off.

NARRATOR: Feedback Week is underway

and our couples have been set a series of tasks by the experts

designed to strengthen their relationships.

ANDI: I'm looking forward to this.

Oh, come on!

The experiment has been an uphill battle for Andrea and Richard,

with last night's Commitment Ceremony revealing

they're still struggling to reignite their romantic spark.

Our relationship, though, as I see it,

like, we're far into the experiment now.

We haven't kissed for over six weeks.

I'm not really sure what's going on.

Yeah, I haven't felt like that

To be honest, I think the real issue is, is the desire gonna come?

For me it's always been there.

I don't think it's evident that it is there for her

so I still don't really know.

NARRATOR: But Andrea and Richard are putting their relationship

troubles to one side to tackle the next task, the feedback letter.

"For this task you must write an honest and open letter to..."

Who? "Lucinda and Timothy."

Oh!

"This is your opportunity

"to take all that you've observed about their relationship

"and give them a task

"to help them make positive changes to their relationship."

Oh, wow.

Both Andi and I have a lot of care and love

and consideration for Timothy and Lucinda.

We've watched their relationship develop and grow at its own speed.

Lucinda is one of the most patient people I've ever met

and she's still crushing on him, which is cute.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think their relationship is really starting now

'cause Tim's walls are down.

Timothy and Lucinda shared quite a powerful moment at the retreat,

and since that moment

there's kind of a vibe between them that wasn't there before.

So, we just want to up the ante a little bit for them.

They don't share a bedroom. No?

No. Oh.

He sleeps in the other room on the couch.

NARRATOR: After a tense Friends and Family Week, Timothy

chose to move into a separate room which Lucinda coined the Man Cave.

I think he wants a little man cave where he can get a bit messy

and leave his ensemble of pants and undies on the ground.

Well, that has to be the task.

If that's the case, the task has to be...

Just share a... Sleep in the same bed.

Sleep together. Yes.

Sleep in the same bed.

And see if there's any vibes that can move you out of that

into something a bit more.

Yeah? I love that. That's good.

Lucinda will love this task.

But I don't know how Timothy will go.

LUCINDA: We've got a bit of a letter from Andi and Rich.

TIMOTHY: It's a task.

(READS) "Share a bed for one night."

Aw, it's sweet.

(LAUGHS)

Lu's naturally a touchy, feely person, where I'm not.

I just want to stipulate it doesn't,

you know, it doesn't have to be romantic.

It's, like, plutonic. Just, like, comfy.

Right.

TIMOTHY But I know that to mould a little bit towards Lu's side

makes her happy.

Alright, well, let's get cosy. This is what a bed feels like.

Ahh!

OK. Yay!

(LAUGHTER)

Alright.

When I'm sleeping next to somebody in bed,

my natural thing is to just roll over and just have my own space.

(BLOWS A RASPBERRY)

Aw.

I can't sleep like that.

I feel constricted.

Well, you know, there's certain things that...

There's certain things that men do a lot more than women do

and, you know, it's comfortable in the man cave.

You love it in there.

TIMOTHY: But, you know, let's give this a go for a while.

Do you know what?

I'm the kind of sleeper that I just like a cuddle in the night

and a cuddle in the morning

and I'm good to be solo for the night.

Right.

Lu is very excited and, if Lu's excited, I'm happy.

Are you happy that I'm happy? Yes.

Aw! Yeah. There you go.

That is so sweet. That means so much.

How divine to have a night in the same bed.

I just want him to know there's no expectations.

No.

He needs to do him

and if anything inspires from the loins up and through...

(GIGGLES)

Then you know, like, maybe it's game on.

OK, night, night. Nighty-night.

Alright. (GIGGLES)

Yeah, once I get some AC.

(LAUGHS)

NARRATOR: As our couples wind down for the night...

LAUREN: I'm hungry.

JONATHAN: OK. I am almost done.

..down the hall, Tori has found a silver lining

in her and Jack's Feedback Week task with Lauren and Jonathan.

Lauren and Jono, I mean,

they were never going to tell us anything one, we don't know,

and two, that we care about.

The only thing that I was like, oh,

was when Jack said,

"Yeah, I'll probably be ready to have kids in two years."

It excited me but I was also like, two years?

Like... (EXHALES)

I'm a planner and I need to plan.

You know, I was annoyed with Jack but now I feel, like, safe.

Secure, very protected.

Yeah, for sure I see life with Jack.

I (BLEEP) hope so or I'm gonna look like a dickhead.

(BIRDS CHIRP)

(BRIGHT MUSIC)

NARRATOR: Lucinda and Timothy have spent the night sharing a bed

as requested by Andrea and Richard

in a special task they set for the couple.

LUCINDA: Hello, spunky husband.

(TIMOTHY LAUGHS)

TIMOTHY: Last night's Lucinda and I slept in the same bed...

(LUCINDA GIGGLES)

(LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS)

LUCINDA: Are you tired?

Bloody hot, isn't it? I know.

TIMOTHY: ..and you know what?

I slept like a baby

which is a very weird saying because babies don't sleep.

You know?

But I slept really well.

I'm not a physically affectionate person

but sleeping next to somebody in bed, it was actually quite pleasant.

Yeah, it surprised me.

Each day I'm noticing I feel more and more comfortable with Lucinda,

which makes me more comfortable in my surroundings.

So, this morning I got up really early.

There was something I wanted to do.

Goodbye, man cave.

My poor man cave.

Tim's taken off the, you know, the man cave sign.

He's declared out loud, "Bye, man cave."

(LAUGHS)

So, he's done quite the 'relocale'.

(LAUGHTER)

Cuddle up, big fella. (LAUGHTER)

And you've said goodbye to your man cave, I hear.

I did say goodbye to my man cave.

Took my little sign off. Aw.

LUCINDA: So, the fact that he's ready, you know,

to sleep in the same bed, I'm delighted.

I'm just so touched.

Yeah, what a wonderful idea.

Thank you, Andi and Rich.

NARRATOR: Coming up,

when Jayden turns up the heat...

You are a bit of a ticking time bomb.

I need you to back off.

This is Feedback Week and I'm giving you feedback.

..Sara snaps.

Leave me alone! Go!

NARRATOR: It's a new day of Feedback Week tasks for our couples,

and down the hall...

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR) EDEN: Shot gun.

You got this one? Yep.

..the experts have delivered Eden and Jayden's first task.

Alright. Here we go.

(READS) "Dear Eden and Jayden,

"In this task you will be required to write five questions

"to ask Sara and Tim.

"These questions must be well considered, specific,

"and hard hitting.

"They should be questions

"that help you understand their relationship dynamic

"and address any concerns

"that you might have about their marriage

"from what you've seen in the experiment."

Well, what I've seen in the experiment is Sara cheating on him.

"Soon you'll be seeing each other and exchanging questions.

"Good luck. The experts."

(BLEEP) hell. Here we go.

I could write a whole list.

Oh, god.

NARRATOR: At the last dinner party it was

Jayden and Eden who prompted Sara to confess about her betrayal.

We will tell him if you don't tell him, Sara.

Yeah.

I met up with my ex.

Sara's further attempts at an explanation

raised eyebrows among the group.

Nothing happened. I came home at midnight. That was pretty much it.

Like... So, you're doing it behind his back.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

JAYDEN: At the dinner party,

Sara just basically said bullshit excuses.

She wasn't taking any responsibility for her actions.

I'm actually excited for this one because...

Are you? ..I'd like some answers.

But what she's done is disgusting behaviour.

It's wrong.

And it kind of triggers me a little bit.

NARRATOR: When Jayden entered the experiment,

despite a tough exterior,

he harboured a broken heart.

Yeah, there was a lot of cheating from my last partner.

You think things are going great

and you're mentally preparing

to spend the rest of your life with this girl,

and then, boom, out of nowhere you find out all these different things.

It stings.

And it stays with you for a long time.

In the past it's happened to both me and Eden.

We've been cheated on.

Not only is it morally wrong

but personally it gets to us emotionally,

both of us, me and Eden.

It's probably the one thing that pisses me off and grinds my gears.

TIM: I need this coffee. Oh.

Thank you. You're welcome.

NARRATOR: Unaware of the impending task, Sara

has started to put in the ground work to repair their marriage.

I know it's hard for you.

Tim is, like, a genuinely good guy

which is what I need and what I want.

So, I do feel like this is worth fighting for

and I want to give this a shot.

But it's not gonna be easy

and I think there's a lot of trust that needs to be built.

So, like, if we wanna move forward,

like, we need to just, like, you know,

stop like, reliving all the things that have happened or been said

because it's not gonna help us move forward.

EDEN: So, I'm gonna say that we start off, like, a little bit softer

and we ease her into it,

because I feel like there's gonna be some brutal questions.

Yes. OK.

I'm just really pissed off.

It's not just because I've been cheated on and I know it sucks,

but also because Tim's my mate.

She's always pointing out his flaws P not loud enough,

not outspoken enough...

Yeah. ..not man enough.

It's always not enough.

What happened on the weekend, trust being broken,

I wanna work on that trust being built back.

OK. How do I write that?

JAYDEN: We have some hard-hitting questions for Sara

and for once she's gonna have to tell the truth.

It's not a dinner party, there's nowhere to run...

EDEN: Mm-hm.

And she's not gonna have everyone cutting her off or yelling,

so it's like, alright, we ask the question, give us the answer.

Tim is my friend.

I feel like he's put his heart on the line

and he's definitely here for the right reasons.

But Sara is not here for the right reasons

and Tim should be running for the hills.

Tim deserves to know the whole story with Sara.

And, I might be wrong, but I kind of get the sense that

there is a lot more going on than what meets the eye,

and I'm gonna get to the bottom of it.

SARA: Mmm.

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)

Oh, my goodness.

Here we go.

(READS) "In this task you will be required to write five questions

"to ask Eden and Jayden,

"and in turn they will do the same for you.

"Use this time to think about what you want to know because

"soon you'll be seeing each other

"and exchanging questions and answers.

"Good luck. The experts."

(TIM BREATHES DEEPLY)

Right.

This has come at, like, a really bad time.

We're just starting to get back on track

and it sucks

because I just wanna work on this with Tim, like, just Tim.

Five questions. Yeah.

You know all five of theirs are gonna be to me.

Shall we go? (LAUGHS)

Oh, god.

SARA: Right now I feel like I can't breathe.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(EDGY MUSIC)

My palms and my, like, feet are sweaty.

I know Jayden's gonna come for me again.

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)

(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)

JAYDEN: Hey. TIM: Hello, hello.

Hi, man. (SLAPPING SOUND)

What's going on? How are you?

Good. Good to see you.

How are you doing? SARA: Good. How are you?

I'm great.

You guys have organised some questions for us?

Yep.

We have some as well. Yep.

(TENSE MUSIC)

JAYDEN: Need some scissors to cut this tension, eh.

Who's going first?

Right. OK, well, I reckon we go first.

Get straight into it.

I'll do the first one.

"What are your communication differences

"and how you think that you can improve on them together?"

TIM: Like, I feel like

my communication style is more collaborative

and think I need to, in this situation,

I need to work on, like, definitely being more direct.

SARA: I think for me,

a lot of times when we do have discussions,

I do get quite defensive.

And I definitely am a bit fiery, as you guys know.

Yep.

But I do appreciate directness.

I think it's, like, if he can be direct with me

and come to me in a place of, like, being like, hey,

I have something to say,

like, let's talk about this in a constructive way,

then we can have that discussion.

I'm not sure, maybe I'm wrong here, Tim,

but it's hard for him to be direct with you and straight up

'cause he's worried that you're just gonna go off like a firecracker.

(EDGY MUSIC)

And start a huge, big argument.

(TUMULTUOUS MUSIC)

'Cause, let's be honest,

you are a bit of a ticking time bomb.

And if I was talking to you as well...

Can you not use things like that? Please?

Like, I don't think it's... It's a saying. It's a saying.

I know but I feel like this needs to be constructive.

Let's just stay on topic at the moment.

Question number two.

(READS) "Are the messages to your ex still on your phone

"and if they are, can Tim see them?

"And if they aren't, why aren't they?"

Um...

To honest, me and my ex didn't really send too many questions

back and forth.

But there would have been some text messages there

within the last two weeks.

100%.

Even if it's one or two messages,

there would be 100% be messages there.

(EDGY MUSIC)

So, I think he's asking, are they still there

and if they are, can you show Tim,

and if they aren't, why aren't they there?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Like for me, I just...

Have you sent a message to your ex in the last two or three weeks?

Yeah.

Oh, you have?

When I was...

When we were all meeting up, yeah.

So, they'll still be there, won't they?

(EDGY MUSIC CONTINUES)

Will those messages be there?

(FRAUGHT MUSIC)

EDEN: Have you deleted them? That's his question.

(EDGY MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)

Yep.

JAYDEN: So, you deleted them? Yeah.

Why would you delete them?

Because I feel like it's not...

Like, I feel like it was just literally, like, us meeting up

but, like, I don't feel like there's an issue.

How about let's be honest.

You don't just delete stuff for just meeting up.

I've had guys that I go and meet up with that I haven't seen in ages

and it's just a one time meet-up,

but I don't go and delete their messages.

Mmm.

So, there's a reason why you deleted them.

And I think we both know what that is.

Obviously there's stuff on there that would make Tim upset,

that you don't want him to see.

SARA: Um...

Yeah, I guess. I guess I don't really...

If the messages were still there, which they're not,

but let's just say they were, and Tim went through and read them,

would he be upset with what he saw or was it just friendly banter?

It would have just been friendly banter, catching up.

So, if the messages were there, Tim wouldn't have a problem, you reckon?

He wouldn't be upset if he saw them?

I think he would be.

I think he would be upset

in the sense that, like, we're very close

'cause we've known each other for so long.

I've known my exes for a long time too but if you get married

or you come in this experiment, you dedicate yourself to one person.

You cut them off. OK.

That's the whole point of what that ring is so...

Yep.

Tim, how do you feel about it?

Do you think that she's deleted the messages

'cause something's going on, sus?

Yeah well, like,

I don't like the way that you keep calling it a friendship.

Because it's clearly not a friendship.

And you said to me before, as well,

that there is an emotional connection there.

To me, you deleting them, it's just, like, obvious that

there's more depth to that relationship that you guys have

and to what you potentially got up to on the weekend.

(TENSE MUSIC)

JAYDEN: Tim, how do you feel about it?

Do you think that she's deleted the messages

'cause something's going on, sus?

TIM: To me, you deleting them, it's just like,

obvious that there's more depth to that relationship

that you guys have

and to what you potentially got up to on the weekend.

To be honest, I hadn't really fully thought about this before.

Yeah. This is pretty heavy to hear.

You know, I don't know why you would delete the messages

unless you had something to hide, you know.

Anyway, I just think it's not on.

Let's move onto the next question.

(READS) "Time and time again you have told Tim that he isn't enough

"so how are you gonna prove to him that he is?"

SARA: I've never told Tim that he isn't enough.

Tim is a very confident guy.

He's not a traditional sense of an over-the-top arsehole

but he's confident.

You're not in our relationship. Yeah, but I'm friends with him.

I get that but you haven't been with us 24/7

and you don't know what goes on.

Neither have you 'cause you're out with your ex-boyfriend.

Jayden, stop with the low blows. Please.

It's not low blows. It's facts. Yes, it is.

It's facts.

The next question.

(READS) "How are you going to show Tim

"that you have gotten over your ex?"

We've been together 24/7. I had one weekend, one night.

You had the first three weeks when you were calling in sick to him

and cancelling dates that he'd organised.

Next question.

"If Tim did that to you, would you be able to trust him again?"

I'm happy to take ownership for what I did

and what we're talking about is me lying about,

like, being with my ex on the weekend.

Move onto the next question.

(TUMULTUOUS MUSIC)

But the constant, "No, this is not right."

"No, I don't believe you,"

like, at what point is it good enough?

But just let me...

Your husband's sitting there laughing too.

But just let me speak, Jayden.

I feel like I don't need to be pushed to point where,

like, I just can't do that anymore.

I'm just... I don't need this right now.

I'm stating facts.

I get that but I need you to back off.

No, I'm not backing off.

This is Feedback Week. I'm giving you guys feedback.

You can ask me a question

but you don't have to keep going and badgering.

I need to make it up to Tim, I need to try my best to regain his trust.

But, like, at this point in time I have nothing to give you,

nothing more to say,

because I haven't even been given a chance to tell you

or explain to you what Tim and I have done 'cause we've had a day.

OK. I'm done.

Alrighty.

Alright. Well, good to see you. See you, bro.

Nice to see you.

SARA: Obviously, because it's a wrong thing to do,

everyone's gonna think I'm horrible.

See youse later. EDEN: See you.

JAYDEN: See you.

Nothing I say will be believed

and I want to be alone right now.

Yeah?

(TUMULTUOUS MUSIC)

(EMOTIONALLY) Just leave me alone, please.

Please leave me alone.

(SARA SOBS)

(TIM CLEARS HIS THROAT)

(SARA SOBS) Please leave me alone.

Oh, she clearly doesn't want to speak to me.

(SNIFFS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

(DOOR BANGS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(DOOR SHUTS)

(TUMULTUOUS MUSIC)

Leave me alone! Go!

NARRATOR: Tomorrow night...

TIMOTHY: I can see us

in the next 'Mission Impossible' with Tom Cruise, fighting crime.

Lucinda and Timothy are on a top-secret mission

as they call Tori and Jack out on their...

..bullshit.

Feedback Week continues.

(READS) "This is the bullshit investigators."

..and Tori and Jack fail to see the funny side.

LUCINDA: Investigation police have flagged you as bullshitters.

TORI: This letter's put me right to the edge of, like,

I'm gonna go postal.

Sara opens up her heart.

I am, like, thankful that you're, like, open

and yeah, not putting me through hell.

..in the pursuit of winning back Tim's trust.

TIM: If we keep doing days like today,

where she's just warm and nice to me,

then I think things will go in a good direction.

Hopefully talking to Jack one-on-one I could give him really good advice.

As part of Feedback Week,

Jack has a candid catch up with Jade.

Yeah, I think you've got like, a spicy energy.

I like Jade.

I've definitely dated people like Jade in the past.

You're in the top three for me for good-looking couples right now.

RICHARD: I'm here to find love.

I can feel that with Andi

and all I wanna do is get our relationship back to where it was.

In one of the most epic

and heartwarming feedback tasks ever seen...

ANDI: A whole other way to connect

and bring back some really beautiful memories.

..Andrea and Richard recreate their wedding day.

RICHARD: It just reminded us, I think, of what's important.

ANDI: It's literally just what we needed.

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