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00:00 We did consummate the marriage last night.
00:03 Previously.
00:04 Nothing in my heart changed.
00:06 After a challenging commitment ceremony.
00:08 Today, you haven't even looked at me.
00:10 I'm really confused.
00:11 There was an emotional breakthrough for Ros and Thomas.
00:14 I feel sad.
00:15 Ask.
00:16 Do you think we have the same level of everyone?
00:19 Intimate things about us.
00:21 Made worse by Brad criticizing his wife behind her back.
00:24 He grabbed me to tell me.
00:27 Shona's immature.
00:28 Shona's naive.
00:29 I hate you.
00:30 Ugh.
00:31 Causing the group to question the couple's connection.
00:33 I see them as one of the weakest couples.
00:35 For sure.
00:36 Is it love?
00:37 Or is it lust?
00:39 Red buzzer.
00:40 Bust.
00:41 Tonight.
00:42 Are you comfortable with the physical side of our relationship?
00:48 The honesty box is back.
00:50 No I'm not.
00:51 As the couples face uncomfortable truths.
00:54 Do you see us being intimate again?
00:58 The group's continued scrutiny.
01:00 Me and Shona, she loves me and I love her.
01:02 Recall that bullshit straight away.
01:04 Takes its toll on Shona and Brad.
01:06 I'm assuming that people don't see the love that we have for each other.
01:10 Shut up.
01:11 Relax.
01:12 Let it go.
01:13 Ugh.
01:14 Ugh.
01:15 My head is up.
01:27 The newlyweds have now been living together for a week.
01:30 Roz?
01:31 Yeah, go and come in here and make it.
01:35 Okay.
01:36 And are getting ready for their second dinner party of the experiment.
01:39 You almost ready, Jay?
01:41 No I'm not.
01:44 Shock.
01:45 Dinner party two?
01:47 I don't want to be too optimistic but I think we're one of the strongest, if not the strongest
01:54 couple.
01:55 Yeah, I agree with you.
01:57 Are you looking forward to today?
01:59 I am.
02:00 I am.
02:01 I'm looking forward to us not being the drama.
02:04 Ah.
02:05 At the last dinner party, Portia and Terrence's marriage began to crumble.
02:10 I gave you one bit of criticism.
02:12 I'm not going to be called charges.
02:13 Hold on.
02:14 And during the last commitment ceremony, Terrence made a drastic decision.
02:18 At the moment, I'm being honest.
02:19 I have to say I'm leaving.
02:22 And I actually wrote this today.
02:24 So as long as one person writes stay, the couple stays.
02:30 With some guidance from Mel, you need a little bit of help.
02:34 The couple were able to reconcile their differences.
02:37 Portia, I apologize for calling you charges.
02:39 I accept your apology.
02:41 Great.
02:42 That is fantastic.
02:43 Can't wait to see you in this dress.
02:46 Do you like it?
02:47 Yeah, it looks nice.
02:48 I don't want to say too much.
02:49 I don't want to get too excited but I can't wait to just hang out with my husband and
02:54 then not be any drama.
02:55 You look lovely, all dressed up.
02:56 You're putting me to shame.
02:57 You look good.
02:58 I literally just wear the same clothes I wear every day, to be honest.
03:07 I know.
03:08 I think after our guidance session with Paul, he gave us both a chance to talk.
03:21 Yeah, like work on being better with each other.
03:24 Yeah.
03:25 We both feel like, OK, our feelings have been validated.
03:28 Do you not agree?
03:30 Yeah.
03:31 I think Confessions Week has been really good.
03:33 It's helped Ros and I meet each other in the middle in terms of our communication.
03:39 All the tensions that have been stifling in the air, it feels like they're dissipating.
03:45 So it's exciting tonight.
03:46 Don't look at me like that.
03:52 Are you excited to see all the couples later?
03:54 I am, actually, yeah.
03:57 I think, and Nathaniel, Ella wants a lot more than what Nathaniel has to offer right now.
04:04 Ella wants him maybe to say, like, I find you attractive.
04:08 And I feel like you just can't say that if you're not feeling it.
04:12 But I think that's just how the love styles are just different.
04:16 I saw the hurt in Ella's eyes at the last commitment ceremony and I never, ever want
04:22 to see that look on her face again because it broke me into pieces.
04:25 All she wants is to hear, Ella, I fancy you.
04:29 And she's not had it and it's killing her.
04:32 They're at a party.
04:37 I know.
04:40 I'm finding things harder than they're at.
04:46 Makes two of us.
04:47 Since their honeymoon, Ella and Nathaniel have struggled to find a connection.
04:57 I need to get to know who this entity is to see if my heart connects.
05:06 I feel like I'm putting in all the effort.
05:08 I'm making all the compromises.
05:10 I said to him on the honeymoon, do you even fancy me?
05:12 Like, am I your type?
05:13 But my fancy doesn't come from the outside.
05:15 My fancy is the soul.
05:17 And during Confessions Week, Nathaniel communicated what he needs from Ella.
05:22 I need depth in conversation for me to grow with us.
05:26 That's what I'm trying to say.
05:30 The mood between me and Ella was a bit frosty this morning.
05:33 Confession Week, I'll show my point of view where I came from.
05:36 I need deeper, sort of more intellectual conversation, spark some kind of something.
05:41 Ella wants people to rip her clothes off, to make her feel wanted.
05:46 That's not me.
05:47 We're going at different speeds.
05:50 I just hope maybe we can catch up.
05:54 I actually think Confession Week hasn't gone well at all.
05:58 Nathaniel's got needs and I have needs, and we both need to meet in the middle.
06:02 I didn't think that at this point it would be this difficult to know whether my husband
06:06 actually fancied me or not.
06:08 But walking into the dinner party, I'm putting on a brave face.
06:10 I'm going to unite with my husband and walk in as the fit couple that we are.
06:18 I feel like the last few days it's just been you and I.
06:20 Yeah.
06:21 And we haven't seen anyone.
06:22 I know, yeah.
06:23 We've just been working on ourselves.
06:25 We have.
06:26 We needed that time to just spend you and I.
06:28 Sometimes there's a lot of pressure with being the golden couple.
06:33 There's always going to be a bump in the road.
06:35 Me and Shona have got through the initial checkpoint of issues within each other.
06:40 And the more we talk to each other, the stronger we become.
06:42 When you're going at such a rate, you know, flying, there's going to have to be a period
06:49 of growth.
06:50 So I'm glad we had the argument.
06:53 That doesn't define our progress moving forward.
06:57 No, no.
06:58 Brad and I have had our bumps in the road this week.
07:00 I feel like we're always going to be facing issues, but it's how we tackle those issues.
07:04 And I feel like I understand him more now.
07:06 He gets me more now.
07:07 We've both just agreed to just keep ourselves a little bit more private.
07:16 I would say, like, the other night, everybody seemed to have their strong opinions on Brad
07:22 and Shona.
07:23 I think cracks will appear over them two.
07:26 It's just too soon to chuck in the love bomb.
07:30 He's very dominant in the relationship, you can just tell.
07:33 Like, he's openly talking about some of the...
07:35 I know.
07:36 Some of the stuff that they've been up to in the bedroom.
07:39 And some of the stuff is, like, shocking.
07:40 I'd be fuming.
07:41 Do you know what I mean?
07:42 It's not something that you'd want your partner to be discussing.
07:45 Like, him still doing it in a group of people is like, how much do you really love the girl?
07:51 I mean, I know a lot about their sexual appetite.
07:54 Yeah, more than I should know, more than we should know, more than anybody should know
07:58 other than Brad.
07:59 I don't know how Shona can trust Brad after saying stuff like that.
08:03 As far as I'm aware, it's private.
08:04 They did yoga together and that's why she trusts him again.
08:16 People have different opinions on each other now.
08:19 Where last week, we didn't really have no opinions on each other because we didn't know
08:23 each other long enough.
08:24 It's going to kick off, innit?
08:25 I've got a feeling.
08:28 I hope it doesn't.
08:29 I want to know what Nathaniel and Heather are going to be like as well.
08:33 Because it feels like there's so much between them at the moment.
08:38 It seems like maybe they're not being honest with each other.
08:42 You know more than me, but I don't know.
08:43 This is always a time and a place where everything seems to come out.
08:46 I think sweet Brad and Shona, they've been too quiet and a lot of people have opinions
08:52 on them.
08:54 Everyone, including me, has an opinion on them.
08:59 I do want to get to know everyone, but at the same time, I also just want to spend loads
09:02 of time with you.
09:03 Obviously, I came here to be with a partner, do you know what I mean?
09:09 Making friends wasn't a thing.
09:10 Don't get me wrong.
09:11 Be like, "Yeah, look, the sex is good.
09:12 We're having sex.
09:13 That's fine."
09:14 But don't go into the nitty gritty details of it.
09:17 That's just disrespectful.
09:26 So here we are.
09:27 It is the second dinner party right off of Confessions Week.
09:31 The couples are finally beginning to know each other.
09:35 The ice is broken within the group, so I'd expect them to be a little bit more open with
09:39 each other tonight.
09:40 But of course, it's still very much about comparison.
09:44 How are we doing compared with the other couples?
09:48 Ah, we're the first here.
09:53 Ah, with Daniel and Ella to begin with.
09:56 Oh, this is how I like it, nice and quiet.
09:58 I wanted everyone to see the outfit.
10:01 Do you want one?
10:04 Oh my God.
10:05 Sorry.
10:06 Oh my God, I didn't realize the lid was...
10:07 Oh, how embarrassing.
10:08 Oh, gosh.
10:09 Hey.
10:10 These two are very interesting because they look the part of the couple, but their body
10:19 language suggests that they're anything but that.
10:24 Cheers.
10:27 Anyway.
10:29 Feels a bit uncomfortable.
10:30 But I'm curious about what's going on in their relationship.
10:34 Yay!
10:36 Jay and Luke, holding hands, big smiles.
10:42 This is what we like.
10:43 Look at you.
10:44 Look at her.
10:45 You look fabulous.
10:46 You look sexy.
10:47 You look good.
10:48 You all right?
10:49 Was it deliberately much?
10:50 I got dressed, I literally got dressed first, so she copied me.
10:53 Same thing about you two.
10:57 Yeah, yeah.
10:58 We're good.
10:59 We're really good.
11:00 You and him good?
11:01 Yeah, really good.
11:02 Really enjoying myself.
11:03 Yeah, what about you?
11:04 We went on a date yesterday.
11:05 Did you?
11:06 We were given a task.
11:07 Yeah.
11:08 So our task was that he had to write me a letter.
11:09 So he wrote me a letter basically saying one thing he likes in a relationship is like
11:17 intellectual conversations and getting to know me deep on a deeper level.
11:21 Yeah, on a deeper level.
11:22 Which I never knew.
11:23 I was never looking for it.
11:24 I guess this is outside of Ella's comfort zone really because a lot of her focus has
11:27 been on the physical attributes of each person in the relationship.
11:31 But Nathaniel's saying I actually need more than that.
11:34 I need to go deeper.
11:37 Hello.
11:38 Hello.
11:39 Stunning.
11:40 Stunning as always.
11:41 I'm not seeing that high energy from Shona and Brad.
11:45 Last time we saw they were all over each other.
11:47 There was a lot of physical intimacy.
11:49 There's a different energy this evening.
11:53 Yeah, slowly but surely they're all filling up.
11:55 Yeah.
11:56 I heard about these, obviously this couple.
11:59 Yeah.
12:00 Everyone seems to think they're the weakest couple connection wise.
12:05 Do they know that?
12:06 I don't know.
12:07 So interesting to hear Shona and Brad being the weakest couple when just last week they
12:11 presented like they were the strongest.
12:14 What do you say, gents?
12:16 Good man.
12:17 Sweet.
12:18 How have you been?
12:19 Well.
12:20 Ups, downs?
12:21 We had a big row, big argument.
12:24 A lot of the things came to the surface.
12:27 But once we've got this out, the air's clear.
12:29 We've let it go and we move.
12:31 I think that's, if I'm honest, we all feel you and Shona has the least amount of connections.
12:38 The sexual connection.
12:41 Yeah, the sexual connection.
12:42 We see that with you.
12:43 Bang on.
12:44 And then like actually, you don't know what other connections are there.
12:48 And then someone said like that you've been going around saying about what we've been
12:53 doing in the bedroom with Shona.
12:58 Obviously he spoke about that we've been intimate.
13:01 Yeah.
13:02 It's more in detail stuff.
13:04 The thing is though, I'm straight, like I will never beat around the bush.
13:07 Like I look at you both and say like you will get direct honesty from me.
13:11 I get the sense there that Brad is creating a distraction, you know, because here Luke's
13:18 challenging him about what's going on in their relationship.
13:21 He's throwing it off in this direction of I'm a person who likes to speak my truth.
13:26 And I think that's a tactic that he uses here.
13:33 Hey guys.
13:34 Wow.
13:35 Pecking swords, looking beautiful.
13:37 Yes.
13:38 Right, you go say hello.
13:39 I'll get you a drink.
13:40 Oh, thank you babe.
13:41 Notice what he just said, being the gentleman.
13:44 You go say hello, I'll go get you a drink.
13:46 He's really shown that he can be romantic.
13:49 And what's really lovely to see is how Peggy responds to that.
13:52 She loves that.
13:53 Yes.
13:55 You just sit like a Barbie doll and I love it.
13:58 Banging babes.
13:59 Oh, thank you.
14:00 Thank you.
14:01 How have you been?
14:02 Good.
14:03 All good.
14:04 What about you?
14:05 Yeah, good.
14:06 This week we had to list priorities one to nine.
14:10 He put children last.
14:12 I put children a lot higher.
14:14 But I put sex lower down.
14:17 For me, children is much more important than sex.
14:20 I want children so I need to be with somebody that wants children.
14:26 You can clearly see that this is something that's bothering Peggy.
14:29 And these are the questions that they have to ask each other.
14:31 And that's why this confessions exercise is so critical to have
14:35 because it gets our couples having these really fundamental conversations
14:39 about what is important to me in my life going forward.
14:42 Peggy and George, they're showing some resilience,
14:45 learning from each other as opposed to sweeping it under the rug.
14:50 We haven't really spoken, have we?
14:52 No.
14:53 I know nothing about it.
14:54 Right.
14:55 From what I hear, I don't want to touch him.
14:58 Yeah.
14:59 You know, it's... What, does he hear?
15:01 Guys, I just want to know, what's everyone been saying about me and Brad?
15:05 You're wrapped up in each other.
15:07 Yeah, we just aren't together all the time.
15:09 But I have been living in a bubble and I am aware of that
15:12 and I'm coming out now.
15:13 I did say to Bradley, though, I was like, "Oh, shit, if we break up,
15:17 "like if you dump me, then I have no friends."
15:20 We need a go, right? Yes.
15:24 Where we can all catch up properly. Yeah.
15:26 Because we need each other.
15:27 I know what it's like to be in love and completely shut somebody off.
15:30 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:31 That was a mistake for me personally. Yeah.
15:33 But I lost a lot of friends by being completely engulfed in somebody.
15:37 Yeah. Completely besotted.
15:39 It wasn't a love, it was an obsession.
15:42 I was infatuated. Yeah.
15:43 I think the girls are just like,
15:45 "Don't just get in this love bubble with Brad."
15:48 But mine and Brad's relationship is our relationship.
15:51 It's not anyone else's.
15:53 And because you can't relate to that and you can't compare to that,
15:56 it doesn't mean that it's not OK.
15:58 Hey! Hey, sexy!
16:04 That is swagger.
16:08 Sasha is happy and Paul is happy.
16:13 They're a happy pair.
16:15 It's fine, I'm going to let you two chill.
16:17 That's what we like,
16:19 a couple who navigates their way through the group,
16:22 a little verbal contract there, sealed with a kiss.
16:25 So, why are we all, like, boy and girl, boy and girl?
16:28 Drinky, drinky. I don't know. Just sit in couples, yeah.
16:31 I sit with Brad. You just want to get back to Brad.
16:33 I miss Brad.
16:35 Brad, Shona misses you already. Badly.
16:37 Shona's left us.
16:39 I can't believe it, she's telling us,
16:41 "Oh, I need to spend more time with the girls."
16:43 And then two seconds later, off she pops.
16:45 Gets up and sits next to Brad.
16:47 I'm like, "Shona, babe."
16:49 Everyone was like, "We didn't see you."
16:51 I was like, "I don't want to be with Brad."
16:53 "I'd rather go and speak to Brad when we're just talking
16:55 "about organising a girls' night."
16:57 So Shona previously commented on,
17:01 "I'm now out of the bubble, I'm here, I'm with the girls,"
17:04 but now that things are getting a little bit uncomfortable,
17:07 now that she knows people are talking about her and Brad,
17:10 she instantly wants to go back to him.
17:12 She's in a state of infatuation,
17:14 which is an extreme state of lust.
17:16 We know that lust is a natural first stage
17:19 of any sexual relationship, right?
17:21 But in this case, she's prolonging that state of lust.
17:24 And what she probably doesn't realise here
17:26 is she's separating herself from her support group.
17:29 I said to the girls, I was like, "We just never see you."
17:33 Did you say that? Is it a problem with you a little bit?
17:36 I just don't like feeling like I've not been, like,
17:38 the girls' date. Included. Yeah, yeah.
17:40 It's not as though we don't want to... No, we do.
17:43 Luke did touch upon us talking about our sex life.
17:48 OK. So tell her what's been said.
17:51 It's like you've got a great sexual connection.
17:54 Beyond that, it's hard to see what other connection you've got.
17:58 People are just thinking, "That's all we do?
18:01 "We're just, like, sexual beings?"
18:03 Well, it looked like that. Yeah, what else is there?
18:06 It's really annoying because...
18:08 It's really like, Bradley and I clearly love each other.
18:12 Like, why are you doing that, Luke?
18:15 I just feel like Brad and I...
18:17 You can make the judge, you can put us in a box,
18:19 but, like, there's just so much more to it.
18:22 You have so many layers. No, but they don't see that.
18:27 I get a little bit upset that people perhaps might not see our love.
18:33 My defence mechanism should come on because I'm like,
18:36 "But I do love him and why don't you believe that?
18:39 "Why don't you trust that? What is the B?"
18:43 BELL RINGS
18:45 BELL RINGS
18:47 Everyone just thinks we're sexual beings.
18:57 People need to see you and I, there's so many fucking layers to us.
19:01 At the end of the day, I haven't came here to forcefully
19:05 try and put it in everyone's face.
19:07 I came here to find a connection and I've found love within you,
19:10 do you know what I mean? I don't need to be like, "Oh, everybody look."
19:14 Yeah, yeah, yeah. "Everybody look."
19:16 We need to look, too. Yeah, that's it. Yeah.
19:19 We just sit and kiss and that's not cos we're trying to kiss
19:22 to prove a point. I literally just want to kiss you.
19:24 All I'm going to do is just kiss anybody.
19:26 Me too, baby.
19:30 That conversation is a great example of their relationship.
19:36 Shona had a strong opinion.
19:38 Brad says, "No, well, that's not my opinion."
19:40 And immediately Shona agrees with what Brad has to say.
19:45 She's going to Brad and she's asking him, "How should I think?"
19:49 She needs to tell her! She needs to tell her!
19:56 I think Sasha's got something that she wants to tell you.
20:00 Have you?
20:02 Me and Paul took it to the next level.
20:06 The highest level?
20:08 She's done the deed!
20:10 Ooh!
20:12 That's why Tasha walked in with a spring in her step.
20:15 Right. I was a naughty boy, yeah.
20:17 Oh, really? Yeah.
20:19 I was expecting good, I wasn't expecting...naughty!
20:23 SHE LAUGHS
20:25 Go on, Paul.
20:27 At least it's not just me and Luke keep going on about Jag anymore.
20:30 I'm proud of Shona's firm.
20:32 Oh, wow.
20:34 I said it in the end, I might be 60, but...
20:36 No, you won't be 60.
20:38 This is hard for Ella, isn't it, listening to the others
20:41 talking about their relationships progressing physically
20:44 and she's still feeling very much out in the cold.
20:47 Listen, it might take a little bit longer, but you'll get there.
20:51 I know, I know. It's just not natural for me.
20:54 I'm holding back a lot in that department.
20:56 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:58 Because I know that's what he wants and I'm respecting it,
21:00 but I'm not used to it. I want him to take my clothes off.
21:03 Yeah, you've got to see it from his perspective as well,
21:05 if he's not used to that.
21:07 Even little touches and kisses and all that kind of stuff.
21:10 That might be a massive, massive cross.
21:13 Just keep being open and honest with me.
21:15 Ella's saying something really powerful here,
21:17 that she's missing out on physical intimacy, and it's a lot for her.
21:21 If we look at her past relationships,
21:23 she often has used that sex as a currency, hasn't she,
21:26 very early in the relationship.
21:28 So this is a different mode.
21:30 And hopefully she's up for the challenge of doing things slightly different.
21:34 Have you guys lived with someone like this before?
21:41 Yeah, like... Yeah.
21:43 How do you compare living with Ella to previous people you've lived with?
21:47 I think there's a thing with age. Like, she's...
21:50 She's younger. Yeah. Less life experience. Yeah.
21:53 She's quite like a teenager.
21:56 Wow.
21:58 Her deepness into certain things that I need are not there.
22:01 No depth. Yeah.
22:03 I know that I come with a good soul and a good heart,
22:06 and I'm only doing it...
22:08 Maybe I tell her stuff like, "You shouldn't do that," or, "Listen to me."
22:11 I feel like I'm very much a teacher in this.
22:13 What's happening here is Nathaniel is talking about
22:16 quite a nuanced situation,
22:18 particularly around Ella's level of social and emotional maturity.
22:21 It's essentially a power ranking,
22:23 but I think he needs to be careful there.
22:25 What Ella has found out is that what's important to Nathaniel
22:28 is that mental stimulation.
22:30 So I'd say to Nathaniel, give her the chance to show him
22:33 that she can do that. Yeah.
22:35 Hello!
22:41 Where is Arthur? I don't know.
22:43 Hello, darling. Are you OK?
22:46 You look amazing.
22:48 Are you OK? Yeah, so...
22:50 I have not killed Arthur, don't worry.
22:53 He's just very poorly, so he's staying in bed.
22:57 You are looking fabulous, Laura. Thank you.
23:00 How are you? How is everyone?
23:02 Me and Laura obviously don't see eye to eye.
23:06 She's got one of them resting bitch face sort of thing.
23:09 Every time I look over, I'm always looking at her,
23:12 looking like... Do you know what I mean?
23:14 It could just be that's what she's like.
23:16 At the moment, that's the vibe I'm getting from her.
23:22 CHEERING
23:24 Ah!
23:27 Rosenthal's IK.
23:31 I have to say, they've come in a little bit stronger.
23:34 Peggy, you look incredible. I've not seen you in, like, days.
23:39 Let us hear everything.
23:41 So we're on the same train, on the same track.
23:45 In the same carriage, yeah? Yeah, yeah, we are.
23:48 Like, we are together, travelling somewhere in public transport.
23:52 Destination unknown.
23:54 Ah!
23:58 Oh, now!
23:59 Oh, we have a new couple in the house.
24:01 There we go. Wow. Holding hands.
24:03 Look at that.
24:05 I love you, Art.
24:07 Well, this week I visited Portia and Terrence.
24:12 They both started to learn that they have very similar values.
24:15 So now they're starting to really celebrate the things they have in common
24:19 rather than what's different.
24:21 Ah!
24:22 Oh, cheers!
24:24 How has it been this week, then?
24:26 This week's been helpful. I think we've been getting on very well.
24:29 We're not ready to rush anything.
24:31 So things are moving in the slow but right direction.
24:34 Slow but right direction.
24:36 Come on, come here, hand by hand.
24:38 Watch him. Come on, it's very happy.
24:40 I'm like, "Let's go." You are glowing.
24:43 It's been good. Yeah.
24:45 Very different to last week, but nice to see.
24:47 Completely different. Time changing.
24:49 Are you glad she's stayed?
24:51 Yeah. Yeah, good.
24:53 I'm ready to have a little boogie.
24:55 I'm ready to get down with that.
24:57 Oh, he's having a little dance. This is good.
24:59 Oh!
25:01 So quickly, we had, like, a couple's drink with Jay and Luke
25:05 and Peggy and George.
25:07 But there was a bit of a conversation about you and Arthur
25:10 liking Chelsea boys, and then it came out. I know.
25:13 And then Luke basically was like,
25:15 "When I hear her describe a Chelsea boy,
25:18 "she just comes across as a gold digger."
25:20 Luke's made a very lazy comment about me being a gold digger.
25:27 Based on what? Where I drink, how I talk?
25:30 Yeah, as I'm saying it, I'm getting more and more angry.
25:36 It's not nice being gossiped about.
25:39 Keep your uninformed opinions to yourself.
25:42 If it means that I have to put another guy in his place,
25:45 then so be it. I'm here for it.
25:47 Oh, wow!
25:58 Find your sham.
26:00 Where am I?
26:02 Shall we get a cheer for you? Thank you.
26:04 Jen?
26:06 Tuck it in, please.
26:08 Oh, wow, Jen!
26:10 Yeah!
26:12 I'm not doing very well.
26:16 Let me help you. You got it?
26:18 Oh, I've nearly spilled it.
26:20 If I have it there, I'll try out some power.
26:23 All right, power couple.
26:25 CHEERING
26:29 Good evening, everybody.
26:31 I want to say, on behalf of my wife and I...
26:34 Aw!
26:35 ..who have all gone through some rocky times, we know that.
26:38 But actually, do you know what? Let's enjoy the dinner party,
26:41 have some good times, eat, drink, celebrate,
26:43 and I want to raise my glass to Arthur, who's not here today as well.
26:46 Aw, Arthur! To Arthur. To Arthur.
26:48 Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.
26:50 Good speech. Thank you.
26:53 It was a very good speech, babe.
26:55 I think you said more words in that speech
26:57 than you did the whole last dinner party.
27:00 To the love corner.
27:02 Hey!
27:04 Do you feel closer since you've stepped things further?
27:07 I've lost all that.
27:09 I did say I was falling for you as well.
27:12 Aw! Love that.
27:14 It was weird, because I said it, she got really shy and blushing,
27:17 and I was thinking, "I'm pretty sure I've said this before."
27:20 He said, "I can see myself falling in love with you,"
27:22 but he literally said, "I am falling in love with you,"
27:25 and I was just like... Wow.
27:27 And we love love, don't we?
27:29 It's a joy. Isn't it an absolute joy to look at them?
27:32 Yeah, they look really happy together.
27:34 They seem to be in a really good place.
27:36 Certainly moving in the right direction.
27:38 Who do you feel like wears the trousers?
27:42 In my other relationships, I've never worn trousers,
27:45 but in this one, I just automatically have.
27:48 I genuinely think Bradley wears the trousers with us.
27:51 I like it. You like it that way, don't you?
27:54 Yeah, I like Dominic.
27:56 And I like when you're like, "Babe!" Like, I like it.
27:59 Yeah, I do. That's why you're doing it, then.
28:01 Read that to me, I'd drop it. Oh, I love it. I love it.
28:04 I thought it was nice.
28:06 Have you been in love?
28:16 Have I been in love? Yes. Many a times.
28:19 I was in love.
28:21 Felt so amazing.
28:23 Yeah. I think every love's a different love, isn't it?
28:26 I agree. So I've got to have something different.
28:29 Otherwise, if I'm craving for what I had,
28:31 I'll always be chasing for something I can never get.
28:34 You know how it felt? You feel secure, you feel safe,
28:37 you feel loved, you feel like you're... Seen.
28:39 Do you think that you only get one love?
28:42 No, it's not about having one love.
28:44 It's a love that just... Transcends all things.
28:48 Yeah.
28:50 The conversation between Nathaniel, Ros and Portia
28:53 is getting very deep.
28:55 I feel a bit hurt because I wish Nathaniel had been this open with me.
28:59 I don't believe in, like, the one, like, that there's just one person.
29:03 Of course, I wouldn't be with someone
29:05 if I didn't think that I would be with them forever.
29:08 I just think... I do sometimes think there's the one.
29:11 Have you been in, like... In love.
29:14 I'm talking love. No.
29:19 If I could really tell you how it was, the love...
29:23 Was so pure when you... Yeah.
29:25 And that's why I'm just looking for everything to feel like that again,
29:28 because it felt amazing.
29:30 Like, if I think about it, I could cry.
29:36 I don't care about the outside any more.
29:38 What I care about is having these feelings again.
29:41 I feel like I'm a bit similar.
29:43 I feel like it was the most beautiful thing, being in love.
29:46 Sometimes it's good to try something a little bit different.
29:49 That could be your forever love.
29:51 Yeah, I think you've just said it in a different way,
29:54 which sort of, like, resonated with me.
29:56 Ella looks heartbroken right now.
29:59 Nathaniel has opened up to the group
30:01 more than he's ever opened up to Ella, and she is hurt.
30:04 Yes.
30:06 Oh, Nathaniel, are you OK? I feel like, you know...
30:09 I just want to feel that again.
30:14 Look where Nathaniel goes to for the support. Portia.
30:18 He's embracing Portia, something he's not really doing with Ella.
30:22 Physical intimacy and emotional intimacy
30:25 are two key elements in a relationship,
30:28 and Nathaniel is having those with other people.
30:31 I wish we had these intimate moments together.
30:38 You want me to be open, but I also need you to be open.
30:44 KNOCK ON DOOR
30:46 Apparently, there's been a lot of stuff said about Bradley and I.
30:50 About the conversations he's had with a few people.
30:54 Mm. Like, about what happens in the bedroom.
30:57 Yeah, that was spoken about.
31:00 Was anything else said about Bradley?
31:02 About the fact that...
31:04 We fell in love very quickly.
31:06 This is how we feel, like, I genuinely am obsessed with him.
31:11 Saying, "I'm obsessed with him," that's not, "I'm in love with him."
31:14 No. In fact, that's incredibly different.
31:16 She's really got him on a pedestal,
31:18 which is just feeding into this "he's better than me" narrative.
31:21 Guys, we have a little something-something over here.
31:29 What is that?
31:31 Oh, it's the honesty box.
31:33 Good evening.
31:36 In this box are questions designed to help you
31:39 as couples.
31:41 They will encourage you to open up and engage with some
31:44 of the more challenging aspects of your marriages.
31:47 The questions are genuinely constructed to help all of you
31:50 on your journey, so please be honest.
31:53 Love, Paul, Mel and Shari.
31:55 Ooh!
31:57 Paul? Yes?
32:01 What's been the happiest memory we've created together so far?
32:05 Oh, look at that.
32:07 That's lovely!
32:09 All right, honestly, me getting out of the shower,
32:13 the lights being off and going into the bedroom
32:16 and seeing you dressed in that beautiful lingerie,
32:19 I think, peaked.
32:21 Yeah, Bobby!
32:23 CHEERING
32:25 Come on!
32:27 Oh, that's beautiful.
32:29 Shona, please ask Brad,
32:35 how do you feel about me right now?
32:37 OK, so right now, even stronger than I did initially.
32:41 What I mean by that is I'm very aware of love
32:44 and love's experiences.
32:46 I've been through a lot in my life.
32:48 Within this experiment, I've been forced to let go.
32:51 Any egotistical trait that I've had, I've been forced to surrender
32:54 and be like, "OK, listen, let this just take over."
32:57 So when I started to feel that warm, fuzzy feeling,
33:02 the butterflies rise up from the root of my spine
33:05 up to the solar plexus.
33:07 Is this meditation or is this me falling asleep?
33:12 I was a little bit like, "Oh, no, OK, I've got to just...
33:15 "Let me put a cap on it right now."
33:17 And the universe was going, "Are you joking me?"
33:20 This feeling can't be topped.
33:22 And then when it did get topped, I was a bit like, "Are you joking me?"
33:26 Jesus Christ, would you hurry up? People, I've got homes to go to.
33:30 Some people may believe that,
33:32 because we haven't argued initially from the start
33:35 that we didn't know each other inside out, I strongly disagree.
33:39 But, listen, all I care about is how you feel towards me
33:42 and how I feel towards you.
33:44 She looks at me with such love.
33:46 Obsessed.
33:48 And I see you and I love you.
33:51 Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I see you, I love you.
33:54 I see you, I love you. Great. Thanks for that.
33:57 I'll recall that bullshit straight away.
34:00 Oh, my goodness, there's so much to break down in that.
34:07 I mean, Brad has said, "I don't care about what the group thinks."
34:10 But that presentation was for the group.
34:13 APPLAUSE
34:15 People don't believe us. It's a new case.
34:21 People find stuff like that so hard to believe.
34:24 I mean...
34:27 Ask yourself why.
34:29 People don't say.
34:33 It's hard to be in that situation.
34:35 I love Bradley and that is it.
34:38 He needs to know.
34:41 He needs to know we're emotionally attached to someone else.
34:44 External validation doesn't matter.
34:46 No. Why bother?
34:48 Don't answer that.
34:50 People doubt people so much.
34:52 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
34:54 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
34:56 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
34:58 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:00 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:02 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:04 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:06 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:08 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:10 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:12 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:14 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:16 I'm going to get you some pompoms, shall I?
35:18 So people can go down with us, then.
35:20 I don't mind.
35:22 So if you think if we were just the way we were continuously,
35:24 still people wouldn't believe in us.
35:26 Even if we hadn't fallen in love,
35:28 no-one would be like, "They're my favourite couple."
35:30 Why are you shouting about it? Don't mind her.
35:32 I find it interesting that Shona's choosing to focus in on
35:34 people don't believe that we would fall in love this fast,
35:36 and therefore they wouldn't think that we're their favourite couple.
35:38 It's like some kind of popularity contest here.
35:40 Yeah.
35:42 I was just thinking about the fact that
35:44 I've got something to say to everyone.
35:46 Pass us that red glove.
35:48 Fuck me.
35:50 Yes, guys!
35:52 Oh, hello.
35:54 Can I just say a little something?
35:56 I just want you all to know
35:58 we don't have to prove a point to anybody.
36:00 All I need to know is that she loves me and I love her.
36:02 I know sometimes she maybe
36:04 finds it a little bit difficult
36:06 if, you know, people have opinions.
36:08 All I care about is your feelings to me
36:10 and my feelings for you.
36:13 I don't know if Brad has actually addressed the fact
36:16 that this is affecting Shona.
36:18 Hmm.
36:27 Babe? Talk to me.
36:29 Erm...
36:31 How optimistic are you about our future?
36:34 If you asked me that question beginning of the week,
36:39 you'd have got a completely different answer.
36:41 That's right.
36:43 I feel like you've compromised well this week.
36:47 And just the little something I needed,
36:50 you've 100% given me this week.
36:52 We never started off as friends.
36:56 Yeah.
36:58 And then we became enemies.
37:00 LAUGHTER
37:02 And now we're...
37:04 Friends?
37:06 More than friends. OK.
37:08 Oh!
37:10 I've got that one quiet.
37:12 Ooh!
37:14 Oh, they're more than friends!
37:16 Massive progress.
37:18 Portia's really softening to him.
37:20 I love this.
37:22 Oh, God. OK.
37:30 Laura, does Arthur live up to your expectations as a partner?
37:36 OK, so...
37:39 I've said I wanted certain things and, erm...
37:43 You know, this Chelsea boy narrative, like, follows around,
37:47 so no, Arthur is not from Chelsea, but he's got a really good heart
37:50 and we're growing together.
37:52 She thinks she's stuck up.
37:58 George.
38:01 Are you comfortable with the pace of the physical side of our relationship?
38:08 That's a good one. Be honest.
38:10 Er... No, I'm not.
38:16 But... There is a big but.
38:21 I didn't think I'd feel this way about you
38:25 and I feel comfortable going at your pace
38:28 cos I want to make sure that you're comfortable with me
38:31 and that you don't do anything you regret.
38:36 Perfect. That's perfectly worded. Yeah.
38:39 I mean, come on, now. Yeah. That was nice. Absolutely.
38:42 Yes. That is compromise in action.
38:44 Right. What do you need from me to improve our marriage?
38:52 I think the only thing I need from you is...
38:56 ..that you're a very charming, lovely person.
38:59 Everyone can see that here.
39:01 I just want that directed at me as well.
39:03 That's all I want.
39:05 I feel like maybe it does stem from, like, a little bit of...
39:12 ..insecurity, from... I should not think.
39:17 Not from my end?
39:20 OK.
39:22 No? You can say no if not. No, no, no.
39:27 I'm not going to interrupt you. No, no.
39:29 You can speak. You know, you can say... I understand that. Yeah.
39:32 This is tricky, because my sense is that Roz
39:35 is misinterpreting what Thomas is saying.
39:37 He's essentially saying, "I'd like more affection and attention from you
39:41 "as you give to other people."
39:43 But she's turned that around and she's said,
39:45 "Well, that's because you're insecure." Yeah.
39:48 And as a result, he's feeling attacked
39:50 when he's actually been quite vulnerable.
39:52 Do you see us being intimate again?
39:58 HE SIGHS
40:00 Erm...
40:10 I don't know. Like, I feel like I need to grow as a person
40:19 and you need to grow as a person, and I think for now, like,
40:22 we really just need to concentrate on our friendship.
40:26 And I don't want to do anything again until I actually feel...
40:30 Yeah, I agree. ..feelings. I agree.
40:32 When I visited Roz and Thomas, we really talked about
40:38 the importance of staying in the moment,
40:40 the importance of affirming each other,
40:42 and unfortunately, I'm not seeing any of that happening right here,
40:46 and I suspect that's one of the reasons
40:48 why they continue to have these issues.
40:54 There you go.
40:55 Oh, fucking hell.
40:58 How good do you think I am at compromising?
41:02 Erm... Oh, God.
41:06 I... I don't know, cos since the last commitment ceremony,
41:13 I haven't really seen... kind of much change.
41:17 I understand that you find the whole affection side of things
41:22 different to me, erm...
41:25 So, if the question is, how good do I think you are at compromising,
41:29 I haven't seen, like, a massive kind of compromise or change.
41:33 I don't really know. That's just my own assumption.
41:36 OK.
41:37 Oh, this is to both of us.
41:45 All right, OK.
41:46 Shit!
41:49 Oh, no!
41:51 Oh, this is going to fucking ruffle some feathers, I'm telling you.
41:54 Oh, please, no.
41:55 OK, rate the couples around the table in order of most to least genuine.
41:59 Oh!
42:00 Oh!
42:01 Most genuine, I would say, is Paul and Sasha.
42:05 Yep.
42:06 Followed by...
42:07 ..I feel, ourselves.
42:11 George and Peggy.
42:14 Three.
42:15 Four being...
42:20 ..Roz and Thomas.
42:22 I don't want to offend no-one.
42:26 Roz and Thomas won't get in there.
42:28 This thing is broken.
42:32 Ranking us really low is him saying, like,
42:35 "I don't believe in your love."
42:37 How can you rank us after Roz and Thomas, who are friends?
42:41 BELL RINGS
42:43 I don't want to offend no-one.
42:56 Roz and Thomas won't get in there.
42:58 This thing is broken.
43:00 It's hard to go through the whole thing.
43:08 It's hard, it goes hard from here.
43:10 Erm...
43:15 Brad and Shona and Ella and Nathaniel.
43:21 I feel you're equally as... Really on par. Yep.
43:23 Listen, listen.
43:28 I feel...
43:36 ..Terence and Portia, I've gone through a lot.
43:39 And it's like...
43:41 ..they're coming out the other side.
43:45 So if this question gets asked of me in two weeks,
43:47 this might be different like this and could be different.
43:50 Laura and Arthur, we haven't actually had a chance to speak to them
43:58 and we've not even had a chance to get to know how they are as a couple.
44:02 I don't want to hurt someone's feelings, do you know what I mean?
44:05 You have to choose someone top, someone bottom, like...
44:08 Do you know what I mean?
44:10 I'm assuming that people don't see the love that we have for each other.
44:13 That's why I'm upset. Who cares?
44:16 Fucking hell.
44:18 I'm feeling this off!
44:20 What else can I say?
44:22 It's brought the entire room to a standstill
44:24 and it's clear that they all care about where they rank.
44:27 Fucking hell, what the fuck is going on?
44:30 Laura, what's wrong?
44:32 We haven't had a chance to get to know you, though.
44:35 We want to actually get to know you,
44:37 but we haven't actually had a chance to get to know you,
44:40 because both of you haven't bothered, do you know what I mean?
44:43 Sam, what do you want?
44:45 They don't know Arthur and I.
44:48 Give me a fucking chance.
44:50 I'm going to get to know you.
44:52 I'm going to get to know you.
44:54 I'm going to get to know Arthur and I.
44:56 Give me a fucking chance.
44:58 Keep your opinions to yourself.
45:00 Have you come to me?
45:02 It's too weird, street babe, no, it is.
45:04 You didn't even say hello to me at dinner party last week.
45:07 Oh, whatever, I'm going to get involved in it.
45:09 I can't be bothered with the drama.
45:11 Luke has a lot of opinions.
45:13 He called me a gold digger.
45:15 He's in the wrong and I'm not going to take anyone's shit.
45:19 Oh, fucking, here we go.
45:22 OK.
45:23 I wanted to be able to correct a few things.
45:30 The gold digger narrative is so fucking lazy.
45:33 That was disrespectful.
45:35 When you sat on the counter at the ceremony,
45:37 what you was asking for was a man with money
45:40 who was going to look after you financially.
45:42 You come across that you was gold digger.
45:45 I have never once in my life needed a man to pay me.
45:50 I've never needed a man to pay for anything.
45:52 It was fucking painful to hear that I've been used in the past for that.
45:57 I actually paid for my last wedding,
45:59 so if I'm a gold digger, I'm definitely doing it wrong.
46:04 It's misogynistic and I just think that it needs to stop right now.
46:09 My opinion on it is not, like...
46:15 My opinion?
46:18 The only thing that's annoying for me is because, like,
46:20 genuinely the way I feel about Bradley
46:22 and the way it's being perceived is upsetting me,
46:24 cos I'm like... Why would it?
46:26 Cos you want other people to validate you.
46:28 We don't need validation of other people.
46:31 I just feel like it's hurtful for people to look at us
46:34 and think we're not. Regardless...
46:36 Me and Sean are very different.
46:37 I feel there's a lot of emotional immaturity
46:40 to be upset with other people's opinions.
46:42 If it shook you, that means you've got insecurities.
46:47 That's why now I know that you want it to be external.
46:50 No, I'm saying that... Cos who cares? Cos I don't.
46:52 But that upsets me. But why? Ask yourself that question.
46:55 It just upsets me that, like... Because we what?
46:57 All I've done is show love to you.
46:59 But so you need it externally. You need it externally.
47:01 No. I don't. So why do you let go?
47:04 Why are you bothered about other people's thoughts?
47:06 It's about me and you. Relax. Let it go.
47:09 Well, Brad's not showing any interest, really,
47:11 in the impact on Shona. No.
47:13 But there's something happening in Shona where she's triggered,
47:16 where now she's actually challenging Brad.
47:18 I love you and I... You are bothered.
47:20 That makes me sad that people can't see that.
47:22 Why does it make you sad? Ask yourself that question.
47:24 It's about me and you.
47:25 I think I'm getting to that point with Brad now
47:28 where I'm not holding back.
47:30 I do care what people think.
47:32 I will stick up for myself.
47:34 I'm drawing the line there.
47:36 I want people to look at us... Why?
47:39 What about why don't you want me?
47:42 I know that you... But then I think it's...
47:45 You want people. What?
47:46 Why is it an external validation all the time?
47:48 I don't care that people don't see how I look.
47:51 I don't have an emotional attachment to somebody else.
47:54 You need to let go.
47:57 You wouldn't leave me. Sure.
47:59 Shut up. Oh! Wow.
48:01 Next time...
48:11 Welcome to the second commitment ceremony.
48:14 As the experts put marriages under the microscope...
48:17 It's so nice that we feel comfortable around each other.
48:19 For some, there's cause to celebrate.
48:21 She's got me, like, yeah.
48:23 Yes, I'm falling in love with Tasha.
48:25 Yay!
48:27 While others...
48:28 When I actually get down to it, I don't know.
48:32 Are forced to face uncomfortable truths.
48:35 Brad is using words like, "I will allow you and let you."
48:38 Absolutely. I feel like that's what I want to do.
48:40 You don't need to allow her to do anything. She's your equal.
48:43 I don't know you.
48:44 I can't do this. I can't do this.
48:47 This is too much.
48:50 [sobs]
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