01x14 - Celebrations and Confrontations

[bunniefuu]

["Still in Love" by Homegrown plays]

- ♪ Still in love... ♪
- [party chattering]

[Damian] Here's a
good-looking man right there.

♪ You don't know what it's like... ♪

- [woman] Cheers to that.
- Cheers.

♪ You don't know what it's like ♪

Married couples to my right,

engaged to my left.

Single in the mid.

[Diamond] Yeah, for me,

this experience has opened my eyes
to a whole new world for dating.

- [Kelly] Yeah.
- I've been enjoying myself.

- [Lauren] We know.
- [Kelly] We got you.

None of my girls, including myself,
do not want to be alone.

We wanna find the perfect man, you know?

And that's why I feel good
about bringing Rumeal.

Please, Jesus, let this man be the one.

Isn't it crazy? We have two full couples...

- Yeah!
- ...from this sh*t. [chuckles]

[Kelly] Like,
Cameron is, like, the cutest.

- Cameron's so...
- Cameron's...

You know, I hate them, but I love them.
[laughs]

I love Cameron and Lauren's
vulnerability with one another.

Then how do y'all feel
about Amber and Barnett?

Honestly, I feel like you'd say this, too,
they are very perfectly matched.

- Like...
- They really are.

I mean, as an outsider,
'cause I was not in the love triangle.

[Kelly laughs]

- I swear I wasn't even in it.
- [girls laugh]

I think she thought I was in it
more than I ever was.

[Kelly] No, I know,
I was... I'm making a joke.

[Jessica] For sure.

- Super funny joke.
- I know.

[all laughing]

We do dream our whole lives.
Like, I grew up hearing the fairy tales.

- I've always wanted that, you know?
- [LC] Absolutely.

But being here and, like,
seeing everyone, it's like,

pride in myself that I didn't settle
for someone just to be in a relationship,

or just to have the relationship
or the family that I've always wanted.

- Yeah.
- And the second I walked out of that...

[emotional music playing]

- ♪ Maybe it's okay... ♪
- Yeah.

♪ Oh, not to be okay ♪

- ♪ When everything's broken ♪
- That could not have been easy.

The second I walked out
of that wedding venue,

like, I stood on my own.

I don't know how you did it.
I couldn't have done it.

You know,
when I went into this experiment,

I wrote, "Every opportunity
creates another opportunity." Honestly.

Case in point. This opportunity created
an opportunity for you to find love.

And I think that's incredible.

- [Jessica] Yeah.
- So...

Jess's boyfriend did slide
into Jess's DMs, that's how they met.

But that does not mean
you can slide into my DMs.

[laughs]

I'm not going on a date with whoever
slides in my DMs.

[laughs] I'm just saying.

Also, if you're gonna do that,
don't be a private profile

with, like, a cartoon as a picture.

Like, that's weird.

[Kelly] Why isn't Mark here?

- [Jessica] Why's he not here?
- I don't know.

- I don't care.
- It's, like, a big deal.

- He's got a baby on the way.
- Is he a big deal?

Like, does he think he's a big deal,
or is he a big deal?

I mean, I don't know.

Look, I... I dated Barnett,
who is obviously now married.

And I dated Jess's ex-fiancé, Mark,

who is now home
with his pregnant girlfriend.

So, I... I guess you could
just call me Bad Luck LC. [chuckles]

But the night is young.

There's a lot of cute guys here.
I'm looking good. Got a new dress on.

Maybe tonight's the night.
Maybe I'll meet somebody here tonight.

[chuckles]

[upbeat music playing]
♪ I want you closer ♪

♪ It don't matter ♪

♪ Where we're going ♪

♪ As long as we're going ♪

♪ You got me thinking ♪

♪ Thinking, thinking... ♪

I'm, like, actually low-key, like,
losing my sh*t that she's actually here.

- [LC] Oh, my God.
- [Lexie] Like, for what? For what?

I just need a glass of wine.
I'm too scared to walk over there.

I'm hurt about this entire situation
that I didn't ask to be in at all.

I'm trying to stay composed.

I'm thinking about how this could have
been our two-year anniversary party.

Instead, Damian brings another girl,
one who caused a fight between us,

to something that
should've been our party.

[sighs]

Hello, baby girl.

- You good?
- [Giannina] Yes, very, like, centered.

- Good.
- So, yeah.

- Very secure about... Whatever.
- Better woman than I.

You know what, you gotta rise above.

You do. Yeah. Or whatever. [laughs]

- A drink?
- [Francesca] I'd love one.

- [Giannina] Hi.
- Gotta go!

So, this is Francesca.

- Francesca, this is Giannina.
- Hello.

Hi.

This was obviously a lot on me

to do this with you guys.
I know how things look in the media.

No.

I know how things can look in the media,
and I thank you for coming.

I was nervous, definitely, coming here.

I tried inviting my mom, but I'm glad
Francesca made it on the list. [chuckles]

- It's okay.
- I'm sorry.

I mean, I really miss her, but...
I'm kidding.

I'm glad I got to meet you.

- I'm over this sh*t.
- Yeah, let's have a good night.

- Cheers.
- Yeah. You?

Cheers to...

Two-year anniversaries
that woulda, coulda, shoulda.

Yeah.

Almost three. [chuckles]

- We've been dating two years.
- Yeah, I know.

- No, I said almost three, anniversary...
- Almost three?

- Yeah? Is that what you want?
- Yeah.

- Okay, baby. Grab yourself a drink.
- Yeah, you want a drink?

Yeah, I need a drink. I need a sh*t.

[Francesca] Yeah.

- [Giannina] Alrighty.
- Would you all like a sh*t?

- Yes, please.
- Would you like a sh*t?

Yeah, sure.

- What do you... Tequila?
- Whatever you want.

Lemon drop. Do you like lemon drop?

- Tequila.
- Oh, tequila.

I'm down for anything.

Three sh*ts of tequila. Some hard sh*t.

- [barman] Straight up?
- Yeah.

- Yeah, straight, with maybe a lime.
- [Giannina] Chillin'.

- [glasses clink]
- Cheers.

Cheers, guys.

To new adventures
and new friends, and great futures.

[Francesca] Cheers.

Why don't we just get a drink?

Buh-bye. Shoo.

You wanna get a drink without me?

Yeah.

Bye now.

- He's so nervous. He's cute.
- [chuckles] So cute?

[tense music playing]

- 'Cause what's your relationship with him?
- Uh, we're just friends.

- Mm-hmm.
- [Francesca] Yeah.

[Giannina] You say you're friends.
He says you're friends.

I can feel that you guys are friends.

But I'm letting you know,

if you ever try anything,
you're messing with the wrong bitch.

No, I wouldn't get in between something
that people were trying to figure out.

He's mine.

I think he's amazing. He's a great person.

Ninety percent of
our conversations are about you.

'Cause you guys went to lunch, hung out.

- [Francesca] Yeah. We went to lunch.
- Okay.

The entire time, we talked about you,
and I'm aware of where you guys stand.

Not gonna cross any boundaries,
never would. I respect him as a friend.

I know you guys are still figuring it out.
I want the best for you guys, of course.

Now that I'm more aware
of the situation than...

So you weren't aware before?

If you guys are still figuring it out,

I'd never try
and get in the way of anything.

- Would you?
- On my end.

If you weren't together in the future?

I don't know. I can't say that.

Put yourself in my position. Like...

Would you feel like you're being
royally f*cked over right now?

[suspenseful music playing]

[Damian] Sorry to interrupt this thing.

Glad you met. I hope this wasn't
as horrible as I've felt the whole time.

No, I'm learning a lot about
what you and Francesca talk about.

- Good. Good. So...
- [Giannina] Mm-hmm.

So every time you guys talk,
you guys talk about me?

But why do you guys keep talking?

Why we keep talking in general?

Yeah. Like, you know
what this has done to all of us.

Like, why do you guys
keep stoking the flames?

- If it's nothing, why do you keep talking?
- [Damian] 'Cause we're friends.

Same reason you talk to your friends.

You have friends and you network,

and you do lives
and videos to interact with people.

You can be friends with them.

I don't tell you who you can
or can't be friends with.

Because I know
our definition of "friends."

I just wanna make sure it's not the same
definition of "friends" as you guys.

No.

So you understand
where I'm going with this?

- I do.
- Okay.

Like a sexual type of friendship.

- [Francesca] Right?
- Exactly.

Me and Francesca are friends.
You should trust that.

As she trusts it. As I trust it. It's not...

Nobody's out to get Giannina.

I told you I was having lunch with her.
It's not hiding. I give you communication.

Communication isn't always returned,
but I give you communication.

[Francesca] If you were to both get into
different relationships if it didn't work,

and remain in each other's lives,
you'd need to be cool with it.

If you found another boyfriend,

he'd need to be cool with it
to stay in your life.

But you guys aren't dating.

♪ No one ever talks about ♪

♪ The evil things in our brain ♪

I mean, am I missing something?

This is not

the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

- We'll take a sh*t with Xanax, please.
- [Francesca laughs]

[Giannina] I'm actually good.

- [server] Chicken lollipop?
- I'm okay. Thank you.

- No.
- [Barnett] They're good.

They are good.

- I put the whole thing in my mouth.
- That's his general approach to life.

You put the whole thing in your mouth
and see what happens.

- Has it steered him wrong?
- [Amber] Not yet.

- Come on.
- [laughs]

Makes me happy you guys are happy.

Thank you. We do all right.

What's up?

What's up?

- How is everything?
- Cool.

[Ebony] Are you okay?

'Cause we know everybody and
we haven't seen everybody in a long time.

You get what I'm saying?
For you that's probably like,

"Uh, you know, I'm here."

I'ma chill at the bar, with my phone,
talk to my man Brett.

It's probably gonna look bad, like,

"This n*gga was
on his phone the whole time."

I don't see myself,
"Hey, what y'all talking about?"

You know? I don't give a f*ck.

Beer?

And to me that was important because
it's internally always gonna be there.

I feel like, "Beer."

- Beer.
- Beer.

Yeah. Sarcasm, dad jokes,
hint of sarcasm. Yeah.

Thank you, sir.

- You're so hot I hate it.
- [both giggle]

- How are you feeling right now?
- You know.

Other than Mark...

- I'm fine. [laughs]
- Yeah.

- [LC] Who's, like, not coming.
- [Jessica] Why would he not come?

I came all the way from California.

[LC] He's a chicken, and I also think
he's using excuse of the pregnancy.

He's kind of
the other path of my experience.

[Giannina] Have you talked
to Amber or Barnett at all?

[Jessica] No.

I was like, "I should go say hello."

- 'Cause it's their anniversary party.
- [Rory] Yeah.

[Giannina] You did buy them a gift.

- I was like...
- [LC] You did?

"She's never..." I did bring them a gift,
which I'll give to them.

But I feel she doesn't wanna talk to me.

- I won't force myself on her.
- [Giannina] She doesn't. It's fair.

- Yeah.
- [Giannina] She doesn't.

[LC laughing] You're so mean.

- I spoke to them for two seconds and...
- Yeah.

[Giannina] I love... You know, I...
Like, I have nothing against them.

I don't either.

The Jessica that I saw
at the end of the experience

is not the Jessica
I see in front of me now.

So if she wants to deal with it and
she wants to confront her own battles,

like, more power to her.

I know the Barnetts like to,
you know, laugh about things,

and maybe they're at the point where
two years later they can laugh about this.

But I don't think that's the case.

[Jessica] It's been two years.

Like, I breathed at your husband once.

Like, I'm blocked on Instagram.
It's just wild. It's...

- [LC] Blocked?
- That's serious.

- It's serious.
- The highest level of offense.

[LC laughs] You're so cute.

Yeah. What are you gonna do?

It is what it is.

[Giannina] But I just don't...

Don't approach. I just... I don't...

Just drop off the gift.
Throw it at them and run.

Yeah. And be like, "All right, I'm gone!"

So, we kind of agreed on every year,
going on, like, a trip somewhere.

- Hi, hey, guys.
- [man] Ooh, what you got in there?

I have a gift. For you and Amber.

- Okay.
- I wanted to just deliver to you.

All right.

So that y'all know
I respect y'all's relationship and...

- [Jessica] I have love for y'all.
- Okay.

Thank you.

Want me to set it somewhere?

Yeah, just over there somewhere,
'cause I can't, I'm sorry.

[sighs]

I'm not trying to be rude,
but I'm not allowed to, so...

[Jessica] Oh, you're not allowed to?

- Yeah.
- [Jessica] Okay.

Trying to be respectful,
but also, I gotta...

[sighs] ...go over here.

- [Barnett sighs]
- [Jessica] Oh, my gosh.

[man] What'd you get?

I got 'em some, um,
Tiffany champagne glasses.

I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to do.

I gotta go to the bathroom. [sighs]

I didn't wanna be a d*ck, but also
I don't wanna piss off my wife.

It is a respect thing.

If my wife doesn't want me talking to,
doing anything with Jessica,

then I'm gonna...

I can't freaking... I can't do this.

This is a tough one.

[party chattering]

[Barnett] She asked me if it was okay
if she gave us a gift.

- No. I don't want it.
- [Barnett] I said no.

[Amber]
Because I'm not going to enable somebody

that I think is doing damage control.

She is not a genuine person.

- I do not care to enable that.
- We're not gonna do that. [chuckles]

- Oh, that's incredibly awkward.
- It's okay.

- [woman] But it was really sweet of you.
- The gesture was nice.

- It's okay. You're okay.
- [woman] Oh, you're okay.

[Jessica softly] This is freaking crazy.

It's okay.

What did I even do? What did I do?

Had a conversation with him?

Like, I literally can't even remember
what happened. It's been that long.

I'm a little beside myself
that this is still an issue.

I said I was not gonna cry.

As far as Jessica is concerned, I have

zero interest
in accepting any false gestures.

She went above and beyond
to try to break up Matt and I.

That's a bitch move.

[exhales]

I don't want anything to do with her.

I don't care to forgive her.

She has disrespected me

and our relationship
in a way that will never be forgiven.

And as far as I'm concerned,
she does not exist in our world.

And I don't care
how she feels about us, period.

How do people even operate like this?
It's like...

[softly] Oh, my God.

- It was a sweet and thoughtful gesture.
- Yeah, it was nice.

That was more intense than I thought.

- It's not my vibe at all.
- I know.

- I also want her to see...
- I feel like you underplayed it.

You should have been more honest with me
that you guys are still together.

I don't think I deserve to be invited here
to be spoken to like that.

I agree. You should not have been
spoken to like that.

That's on Giannina, and that's not on me.

But if you're still together,

I should've been made clear
of that before I came.

["Covered in Light" playing]
♪ Purer than white ♪

♪ I knew I crossed something that came... ♪

- [Francesca] I wanna leave.
- I'm sorry you went through that.

- I didn't expect that.
- I don't wanna be here anymore.

[Giannina] She's nothing.

- She's trash.
- [scoffs]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[song continues]

Cheers, G. To staying centered.

[Giannina] To staying centered as f*ck.

♪ I know this world ain't right ♪

♪ It's hard to see the darkness when ♪

♪ You're so covered in light ♪

Rumeal, you wanna take some photos?

[Rumeal] To be honest with you,
I was about to just go home.

[Diamond] You ready to go,
you don't have to be here.

- [Rumeal] All right.
- [Diamond] Okay.

[party chattering]

["Hold On" by Halcyon Skies playing]

♪ Empty streets, broken glass ♪

♪ Seems like nothing's built to last ♪

♪ Hold your heart as you hit the ground ♪

- [Diamond] I don't like your friend.
- [Ebony] What happened?

[Diamond] He said, "I'm ready to go,
I don't wanna be here."

[Ebony] Did y'all get into an argument?

[Diamond] No, we didn't.
He's not having a good time, clearly,

and he don't wanna be here so...

I mean, it hurts.

- [elevator dings]
- ♪ Even when everything goes wrong ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ And you feel like you can't go on ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

- [Diamond] This is so embarrassing.
- No, it's not. Why? It's not embarrassing.

Unfortunately, everything did not
go well with Rumeal and myself.

I thought this night was gonna be amazing,
maybe end it with a nice kiss,

maybe end it with a future with Rumeal.

But it has not.

I think some people
do better in social situations,

and some people gotta kinda, like,
you gotta kind of be with, you know...

I mean, I get that. At the same time,
I was like, "You know what this is."

- "It's not about you."
- Yeah.

This is a supportive
type of situation tonight.

I'm not gonna be able to tend to you
every five seconds tonight.

- Right.
- [Diamond] But he don't wanna be here.

So you can go, boo-boo.

There's no reason to force anything,
let's not be fake. Like, let him go.

Well, he sounds kinda selfish to me.

That's how I feel.

He coulda went out the way like,
"I'm Rumeal, here with Diamond."

But I introduced him to everybody,

but he said he's ready to go,
so let him go.

But, I mean, it's not that... You know.

- Yeah. I mean, it was hurtful, though.
- Yeah.

To hear him say, "I don't wanna be here
and I'm ready to go." Like, wow.

Really? That's bad timing.

You couldn't be here for me tonight?

And the crazy part is the fact that
I haven't spoken to him since Sunday.

I thought that was very strange.

- You know? Like...
- Mm-hmm.

I was literally looking at my phone like,
"Damn, is he gonna text me? What's up?"

Most guys who are interested,
they message.

After speaking with you,
you said he was interested.

So, I just knew he was gonna contact me
or hit me up, but that never happened.

I had to message him today.

- If I never messaged...
- He wouldn't have reached out?

He would've never reached out.

It's extremely hard
to find a good quality man.

Honestly. The key word is "quality."

I've been searching high and low.

I literally followed every rule
in the rule book of how to find a man,

and it's just devastating to me
that I am still single over 30 right now.

Y'all know y'all my girls.

Well, yeah. No, like, seriously.

For real. Thanks for checking on me.

It's gonna be okay.

To be honest with you,
it's when you least expect it,

when you not even thinking about it,
you know? If it feels forced or unnatural...

- Just let it go.
- That's what it is.

'Cause it's literally, like, you was
minding your business, and now you a wife.

- Hello!
- Hello!

[Diamond] So literally,
when you not expecting this,

- it'll happen naturally and organically.
- Yeah.

When it does happen, it's gonna be like,

"Oh, I'm so glad
none of that other stuff worked out."

- Right.
- Amen.

I be like, "Where you been
all my life? I'm mad at you!"

"I been waiting for you,"
like I told Cameron, "for 30 years!"

When it's time, it's cool.
It just ain't time.

You'll be all right.

You got a lot you focusing on anyways,
so don't even...

- [Lauren] Don't sweat it.
- Don't trip.

- You look too good to be crying.
- [Lauren] You do!

♪ We are the girls
We run the world ♪

♪ We are, we are ♪

♪ We are the girls, we run the world ♪

[Danielle] You having fun?

A lot of things
that I didn't need to deal with.

[LC] You're in a weird mood.
Just super chill now?

- You look beautiful.
- Are you okay?

[Damian] Yeah, It's a lot.

- Yeah.
- [Damian] So...

- Love ya.
- [Damian] Love you, too.

- It was good to see you.
- Thank you. Good to see you as well.

Yes.

[Rory] Test, test, one, two.

If you can do me a solid favor
and come down, have a seat.

It's been a long time.

Because we all got to know each other
so well in the pods,

and in that process
we found a lot of who we are,

a lot of what
we're looking for out of life,

and were able to bring it here.

- So, cheers to all of you.
- [Amber] We love you, Rory!

[Rory] Cheers to the pod squad!

[Lexie] Cheers to the pod squad.
The original pod squad.

[Rory] And without further ado,

the men have
some speeches to give as well.

[woman] Speech! Speech! Speech!

It's amazing to think
that here we are two years later.

I'm married
to Lauren Michelle Speed Hamilton.

[all cheering]

Oh! Thank you!

- That's my husband right there!
- [Cameron] And...

When I met Lauren, it was

almost immediate and...

[emotional music playing]
♪ Didn't know you would break me down ♪

♪ That you were something good I found... ♪

I think it's a good thing
I wasn't able to see her because

when I look into her eyes,
then I lose track of what I'm saying, so...

- Aw.
- [Cameron] Um...

- Me, too, baby!
- [Cameron laughs]

The things that have meant
the most to me have been

just those days at home.

Aw.

♪ What you say... ♪

Um...

♪ What you say ♪

Aw, babe!

Man, you gotta bear with me on this.

I've... I've... I've been keeping it in
for... for this whole thing.

Baby!

Oh, Cameron.

My baby, I love him so much.

I didn't see
a lot of men crying growing up. So,

having a husband
who's so in touch with his emotions

and not afraid to share that
is beautiful, and it's taught me that,

you know, showing emotions
doesn't have to be weak.

It's actually a sign of strength.

You know, I met not just my wife, but...

My... [chuckles]

My best friend.

And, you know, I know we have

so much more to do together.

And I love you.

I love you, too, baby.

[Diamond] Aw.

Yes. Are y'all kidding me?

Cameron always get emotional,
and that honestly shows you

he's really in love with Lauren.

I hope I can find
a sensitive man like Cameron.

Cameron, help a sister out.
Do you have a brother? Cousin?

Look, at this point,
I'll take your uncle, because I'm old now.

Time is ticking. I'm getting up there.

I ain't no spring chicken.

I still got the legs,
I can still move a little bit.

Got a little...
I can drop it low, but not too long.

You got two minutes for me,
and that's it. [chuckles]

All right.
I'm not one big to give speeches.

So it's been two years we've been married.

It's been so much fun.
It's been an adventure.

And if there's ever
any hard times or anything like that,

the one thing that
gets me through every single day

is waking up next to you...

[Lauren] Aw, cute!

...kissing you goodbye before I go to work,
kissing you good morning, it's just...

It makes my day.

- So, I made a little thing for you.
- [woman] Oh, God.

[Barnett] Oh, yeah. Um, please don't cry.

- [Amber] Don't.
- She's gonna cry!

[Barnett] So...

I always leave every morning.

Before I leave,
I give my lovely wife a kiss.

[romantic music playing]
♪ I see the truth in love... ♪

- [laughs, snorts]
- [all] Aw.

- Bye, baby.
- I love you.

- Love you.
- Love you.

- Oh, God!
- [all laugh]

[Lauren] That's so cute!

- [all] So cute!
- [Lauren] Morning breath and all!

[Amber] Have you been doing...
How long have you been doing this?

♪ Grow old with you ♪

♪ Grow old with you... ♪

[Lauren] That's so cute!

♪ Grow old with you ♪

I had no idea he was...

- I love you.
- I love you.

[emotional music playing]

- [Lauren] Aw!
- [applauding, whooping]

- That's so beautiful!
- [Rory] Look at them.

I love you. I love you, baby.

Aw.

There are a lot of things
obviously up in the air and

variables that can make our life crazy,
as we expect it to be,

but I'm mostly sure more
than anything that

Matt and I are gonna have
a good life together.

- I love you.
- I love you.

- Happy two years.
- That was so sweet.

That was so cute.

Oh, my God.

♪ Sleeping with the enemy
Trying to rewrite this story of love... ♪

My nose is running
and my eyes are running.

Have some babies!

Have some babies!

- [Barnett] Oh.
- Right now?

Hold on. We'll be back.

"We'll be back."

Where's the nearest bathroom?

- Stop!
- [Lauren laughs]

♪ Lost in a hurricane
Can't seem to find my way through ♪

♪ Again ♪

Is my pocket okay?

It looks weird.

[Amber] I don't know what's going on here.

- It's doing weird fold-y thingies.
- What's up?

[Damian] Nothing,
I'm about to head out of here.

- Already?
- Yeah.

- [Barnett] You going home?
- Probably, yeah.

- [Barnett] You're exhausted?
- Yes.

I've got to work in the morning.

Also, I've got to work in the morning. So...

You got a video to take when you wake up.

Then you gotta work.

- [Barnett] Did you like that?
- I loved it.

- [Barnett] It was cool.
- It brought tears to everyone's eyes.

Nine times out of ten,
I'm sleeping when he does that.

- I didn't know he was recording.
- I had to cut the nip slips.

- [laughing]
- That was the hardest part.

'Cause she sleeps naked
and it's hard to avoid that.

- So you got about half.
- Nothing wrong with that.

Got another version.

Barnett was the last guy I'd expect
to do something that sweet and thoughtful.

It is, like... It's cool to see.

- Yeah.
- It's weird.

I was impressed.

One thing I can probably take
from their marriage is

no matter the challenges,
keep moving forward.

They work it out, they communicate,

they continue to grow,
they're still married.

So, still trying to understand Giannina
and I's relationship, hot and cold.

It doesn't make sense to me.

It doesn't make sense to her, probably,

and I think we both want that,
but it's also, like...

Communication.

You know, there's a lack of it.

And I'm just figuring it all out.

[Barnett] I don't want you to leave.

[Damian]
Enough sh*t for me for one night, so...

- Yeah.
- But congratulations on y'all's two years.

- Thank you.
- So happy for y'all, and y'all made it.

- Yes, we did.
- [sighs]

[Amber] So we can't say congratulations.

- Yeah.
- But good luck.

Thank you.

[Amber] I don't know what's going on,
but you got a lot going on.

- Yeah.
- [Amber] Good luck.

We hope everything works out.

- I love y'all.
- That's the thing.

- Can I get in here?
- Get in.

- [Amber] Oh, my God!
- I got it.

- Amber sandwich.
- [Amber] So much going on.

- [Barnett] So much going on.
- [Amber laughs]

All right. See y'all later.

♪ I've been here like a ghost ♪

♪ I'm melting away ♪

[Giannina] Hey.

Why are you leaving and
not hanging out with me or talking to me?

I can hang out, but I was talking to you
and you walked off.

You haven't said
a normal thing to me all night!

- [Damian] You walked off.
- You're being awkward!

You are, too! You walked off.

- You're insecure and sh*t because you all...
- You walked off from me.

- You're comfortable next to her.
- You walked off from me. No.

- And not next to me!
- You love this sh*t!

[tense music playing]

You haven't seen me in a week!
I am your priority.

Me.

He seems stiff as a board,
awkward as f*ck,

and the only thing that made him
different was that Francesca was there.

When he's not
normally like that at parties.

He's fun and hanging out with me
and having a good old time.

Would you like to grab a drink?

- Now you wanna have some balls...
- Would you like some of my water?

...and sit down, till I come to you
and say, "Why are you leaving?"

Would you like some of my water?

Grab me my own water!

What do you want from me?

[Giannina] Some f*cking compassion.

- This was not easy.
- [Damian] I've given you compassion.

What do you want from me?

Would you feel comfortable if I'd brought
somebody you had a whole f*cking deal with

to your anniversary party?

Like, do you not see the disrespect?

Do you not see that?

I see how you can see it,
but when it's been so much pressure,

it's good to break
that while she's in town,

so I don't have to deal with it.

This is bullshit.

- How you're handling it is bullshit.
- [Giannina] That excuse is bullshit.

You put me in the most uncomfortable
situation, so you don't have a say!

- You don't!
- I do.

- You do not.
- I'm my own person. I have a say.

You don't control me, tell me what to do,
who I can be friends with and who I can't.

So don't tell me I don't have a say.

I have a say.
I'm a grown man. I can handle my own.

Tonight's not just
our friends' anniversary party.

It's also the anniversary
of one of the worst nights of my life.

And by Damian bringing Francesca here,

it makes me feel like
I'm chopped f*cking liver.

Do you need to go to her
for advice about our relationship?

[Damian] Do you go to your friends
about advice in our relationship?

How long have you known Francesca?

[Damian] I've probably talked to her

as much as you've talked to other people
that you share our relationship with.

No, you have not.

You met her literally less
than four months ago,

and you feel more comfortable
talking to her about our relationship.

About how much I love you
and think about you,

how great a person you are.

You literally ignored me all night,
talked to every single person

except for me for more than two minutes,

and then you decided to leave
without even, like, what?

Like, I'm... Who am I to you?

I put you in a situation
that was uncomfortable for you.

I'm sorry for that.

But I don't know how else to fix things

except confronting things
that I feel are problems.

I invited Francesca to meet my friends.

I wanted you to see,

"If Damian's strong enough
as a man to bring her here,

he must be confident
where him and I stand."

Strong enough to bring her here?

Thank you for thinking that.

But I will never think that was a noble
thing you did by bringing her here.

It wasn't for you. It was for me.

- Really?
- What do you want?

[sighs]

- I'm done talking to you.
- ♪ Always trying to do right by you ♪

♪ But it's getting so hard
To be the best... ♪

- Do you want me a part of your life?
- [Giannina] I just don't trust you.

The fact that you would
even say that says enough.

- Yeah, it does.
- And that's bullshit.

Okay, bye!

Yeah. That's bullshit.

I don't know what'll happen after tonight.
it was just a lot of emotions pushed in.

It's been two years, obviously,
since us meeting in the pods,

and the love and connection we had,

I think is strong enough
to carry us forward.

But what that future looks like,
I don't know.

♪ Here's to hoping
That it all makes sense... ♪

That was bullshit. That was bullshit.

♪ Here's to thinking it'll happen soon... ♪

He has some serious issues.

- [elevator dings]
- ♪ Always trying to do right by you ♪

♪ But it's getting so hard
To be the best ♪

♪ It's getting too hard to be best ♪

It was a good night.

[Barnett sighs]
It was the best night we could've had.

[Amber] I'm just ready to go home
and go to bed, though.

- I'm so tired.
- I know.

Happy two years, babe.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

What does our future hold, babe?

I feel like our future's obviously
gonna have a family at some point.

Our future might have a move here,
move there, a couple of houses.

I mean, the only thing I'm really worried
about, make sure we keep, is each other.

- I can be sweet!
- Mm-hmm.

Don't give me that face! [chuckles]

Hey.

Happy anniversary.

- Love you.
- Love you.

Barnett. Yeah, that's us.

I just really hope our future

holds a**l.

Sorry.

I hate you so much.

Ten year anniversary?

- Hard no.
- [Barnett] Five?

[Amber] That's a Texas-sized no.

[uplifting music playing]

[titters]

Way to make it feel awkward. [laughs]

Yeah, I'm the one that made that awkward.

You know...

[Lauren] Mm-hmm.

- I got my eyes on you, Mr. Hamilton.
- [Cameron] I got my eyes on you.

- That's why we have different colors.
- Yeah, that's right.

So I know.

- ["Everything" by Minia playing]
- [humming]

Get your tongue.

You get your tongue.

- Get outta my mouth.
- [chuckles]

- Not what you said the other night.
- [Cameron] That's not what you said.

[Lauren laughs]

[Cameron]
Two years is a big milestone, I think.

One year was a big milestone,
two, even bigger.

Hoping to get to 200.

- Oh, 200?
- Yep. We're gonna have life extension.

When Cameron told me
that he was a scientist,

this is the stuff I was worried about.

This very thing right here!

- Hit the light, baby.
- You look cute.

[Lauren chuckles]

- Good night!
- Good night!

He's gonna have me in a jar
with some wires hanging out.

Not a... Not a jar.

- "This my wife from 300 years ago."
- [Cameron] It'll be more like...

- Preservation chamber type of thing.
- I'm not asking for that.

Maybe Lauren 2.0 will.

- Who is Lauren 2.0?
- [chuckles]

That better be a damn robot!

More like a cyborg.

- I don't think I want that.
- We'll have some time.

- No, we don't need time to think about it.
- We'll circle back.

Wanna know the real story about Mark?
That everybody don't know? I got the tea.

Diamond actually called me and told me
that Mark and LC were dating.

I was doing, like, a drunk review
of the movie Cats. [chuckles]

Um, and I guess it was so great
that he decided to DM me.

And he was like, "We should hang out."

I was like, "Yeah, oh, my, God, totally."
And then he was like, "Well, tonight?"

This is crazy. I just heard Mark was
not only sleeping with LC, his baby mama,

he was also sleeping with
another girl I actually met.

I heard there was six, seven, eight
other girls add on top of that list now.

LC dated everybody
except for me and the cameraman.

It was like Keshawn, Deshawn,
Brian and Ryan,

Mitchell and Michael,

Dancer, Prancer,

Santa.

I don't feel like LC is desperate.

I feel like LC is just searching.

Um, but yeah, I mean, I hope...

I hope my cat never dies. [laughs]

♪ I think I met her in my dreams ♪

Matt, he doesn't like
to put his shoes in the closet.

Amber has a lot of bobby pins.

They just wind up everywhere.

He puts his dirty clothes
right next to the hamper.

Her hair's in everything. [laughs]

I find it, like,
in my ass cr*ck sometimes.

I don't know how it gets there.

It's like... Cool.

These husbands have a handbook
that has taught them that,

"If you put your clothes
close enough to the hamper,

they'll magically get washed."

In the pods, I thought that Cameron was,
like, so sweet and he just seems so soft,

and, you know, "Lauren, I love you."

What's the craziest thing
I've learned about Lauren?

Cam is a freak, y'all, okay?

What did she say about me?

Any time of day, any time,
he is down to love his wife.

Okay? Cam likes to get it in.

[chuckles] That's where we're at.

He'll k*ll me for saying that,

but it's the truth.

We're being transparent.