[♪ "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers]
-[Taylor] I'm gonna write our names.
-[Daniel] Oh, that's a good idea.
♪ When I wake up in the morning… ♪
-Aww!
-Too cute.
♪ And the sunlight hurts my eyes…
-[Taylor] Wow. That's a really good heart.
-Is it?
-[Taylor] You've done that before.
-Someone's cooked here.
[laughing]
It feels like real life for both of us
and, like, a glimpse into our future.
I'm loving every second of it.
-[squawks]
-[shouts]
[Virginia] Uh-oh.
-[shouts]
-[laughs]
There we go!
[Devin] This is nice.
We're like pros now.
We just keep going away from each other.
[Virginia] I can't come save you!
♪ Ah, just one look at you ♪
♪ And I know it's gonna be… ♪
-Ladies first.
-Okay.
-♪ A lovely day… ♪
-♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪
♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪
-♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day… ♪
-♪ A lovely day… ♪
[woman] I want you to reach your arms up.
Reach up for the sky.
Maybe reach back and grab ahold
of each other's hands if you can.
[laughing]
♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪
♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪
-♪ A lovely day… ♪
-♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪
♪ Lovely day, lovely day
Lovely day, lovely day ♪
♪ Lovely day ♪
-I'm waiting for your thing that…
-[clears throat] What thing?
That thing that bothers me,
but I have to get over it.
-Oh, really? You haven't found one?
-Yeah.
-There's things I have found interesting.
-Like what?
Like, how you keep
all your tags on your clothes.
-That's Girl Math 101.
-[laughs]
If you don't take the tag off,
you never buy it, but I'm like, "Well…"
-Okay, doesn't really click in my head.
-I know.
-I'm fine with it.
-[laughs] Yeah.
But there's gotta be
that one thing when we get back.
Yeah, there probably is.
We also could talk about
your hair washing schedule.
-[Ben] Oh my gosh.
-[laughs]
You don't like that I take care of my hair
only once every--
Yeah, no, it looks fine.
No, it looks really good.
-Thank you.
-It looks really good. Nice.
I got a compliment
from a professional barber.
And he's like,
"You take really good care of your hair,"
because I only wash it every other week.
-Oh my gosh.
-I know.
-I guess. I mean, he's the professional.
-Mm-hmm.
-I know.
-I didn't major in that. [laughs]
[laughs]
How often do you do laundry?
[laughs] Like once every month.
Are you serious?
I wear the same outfit a lot of the time.
-'Cause, like-- yeah.
-[Sara] I have another question.
How often do you wash your bedsheets?
Every, like, probably two weeks.
-Okay, that's good.
-[Ben] I love fresh sheets.
-I know. Me too.
-That'd be one of those surprises.
If you're like, "I've had
a long day at work or something…"
-Just clean and press the sheets.
-Oh! Oh! "Press the sheets."
I don't know what "press" means, honestly.
It just sounded really good.
-[laughing] "Press the…"
-Honestly, I don't know.
I would love to see you
press my sheets. [laughing]
-Mm.
-We can do that some night.
-Can we get some more sangria?
-[laughing] That would be…
-♪ No shade on me ♪
-♪ No shade on me ♪
-♪ All eyes on me ♪
-♪ All eyes on me ♪
-♪ Turn the lights on me ♪
-♪ Turn the lights on me ♪
♪ 'Cause no lie, it's looking good ♪
-We're excited today to meet everybody.
-Yeah.
I'm pumped to see if everyone
looks how I'm picturing them to look
and then vibes how
I'm picturing them to vibe, you know?
Yeah. For sure.
I have no idea about the girls.
-Girls are gonna be a mystery to you.
-Yeah.
-[Monica] When you greet the guys…
-[Joey] Yeah.
[Monica] Are you gonna do,
like, the bro thing?
What's "the bro thing"?
Where you grab 'em and hug 'em?
[Monica] Yeah, like the… like this.
-[Joey] When you go like this?
-Like that!
-No, I'll give them a hug.
-[Monica laughs] Like a full-on, real hug.
And then I'll probably give them a little…
-[Monica] Of course. How could you not?
-Surf's up.
-["Feels So Good" playing]
-♪ I kicked my doubts ♪
♪ Threw them all away ♪
♪ 'Cause I feel so good, yeah ♪
[Dave] Oh!
-This is so cute!
-Yeah.
[Lauren] It's so fancy.
-Hi, guys! Oh my gosh.
-Hello-hello!
Oh my gosh.
-[Lauren] You look so pretty!
-[Sara] I missed you so much!
What's going on, my guy?
Good to see you. Oh, I like the shirt!
-I like yours.
-You clean up nice!
-I'm Dave.
-[Sara] Sara.
-How are you?
-[Dave] Good.
-["That Confidence" playing]
-♪ You're a bombshell, give 'em all hell ♪
♪ Got 'em breathing heavy… ♪
Hello.
-What's up?
-Hello!
-Welcome-welcome!
-I love this color on you. Looks so good.
-Very nice.
-Looking good yourself. Hi! Devin.
-Hi! Virginia.
-You look beautiful.
♪ Walk in like you own the floor
You're the one we all want… ♪
-Hi!
-Hello.
-[shouts]
-[Sara] Oh my God!
-[laughing]
-I had no idea you were here.
-What up? Oh hey.
-What up, dude?
-[Dave] Yeah!
-Hey!
-Oh my gosh, yay! Oh my gosh!
-[cheering]
-What's up, guys?
-Hi.
-Hi, Joey!
-Hi, Sara!
-How's it going?
-It's going good!
You guys all look so nice.
[Sara] Seeing Joey with his luscious locks
down to his shoulders, like, it's a shock.
Thought he was gonna be a buzz-cut blond
with, like, a gap tooth or something.
[laughs]
[Ben] Hi! I'm Ben.
Hi! How are you?
Cheers to being the same height. Come on.
Cheers, man.
First impression of Ben?
I love Ben. Like, he's amazing.
But my choice, it is Joey.
Let's get this party started!
[all] Cheers!
[cheering]
-[shouting]
-[laughing]
-[pop music playing]
-♪ Yeah, we do it like that ♪
Sara. Sara. Sara. Sara.
[laughing]
-[Daniel] There's a lot to talk about.
-There's so much to talk about.
-["All I Really Want" playing]
-♪ All I really want from you ♪
♪ Is to give me what I need… ♪
Is there, like, an ick?
Is there like a quirk that he does? Or…
Like pooping?
She doesn't worry
about her pooping schedule.
-[laughing]
-[Lauren] She's good in that department.
I'm like, I'm gonna be honest with you,
"I need to poop, so entertain yourself."
I love that. [laughs]
I turned the water on.
Everything was fine.
-[women laughing]
-The faucet?
-Yes. [laughing]
-[Sara] I do that too!
-I run the shower.
-I do the shower one! [laughing]
We have a code word.
If we say "papaya,"
that means one of us has to poop.
-[Sara] "Papaya!" Whoa. Okay.
-So we can say it without saying it.
-[laughing]
-[cheering]
-Cheers, buddy.
-Cheers, man.
Happy to be with you.
[Dave] The thing with her,
I woke up a few times last night,
and she'd be on her right side.
Next time I woke up,
she was on her left side.
-Then she was like this.
-[laughs] I'm moving.
And I finally figured out
if I do sleep on my back, I snore.
-Oh!
-I've been trying to sleep on both sides.
[Virginia] Yeah.
So accommodating you are.
-[Virginia laughs]
-No, I'm such a good guy.
[laughing]
Let's talk about our reveal.
We kissed a couple times. I back up.
And I saw your lips were so glittery.
-Were they? Really?
-Really?
My senses were blacking out.
Were your lips tingly then?
-[laughs]
-Maybe, but my whole body was tingly then.
[laughs] "My whole body."
-[Joey] Aww.
-Adorable.
-[Monica] Cute!
-[Taylor] It's love. You're in love.
It's literally love.
What are we talking about?
I feel like everyone
just seems like they work together.
-I think so. Everybody kind of just fits.
-Don't you think?
I just can't picture anyone else
with a different person.
[Dave] I know.
Have you guys had sex yet?
No, we haven't either.
You haven't?
Dude, I don't know if anyone has.
We didn't really talk about,
"Are we having sex? Are we not?"
We just talked about, like,
"We'll just go with the flow
and see how our physical connection is."
I just feel like jumping
into sex right away
kind of diminishes all the stuff you did…
Yeah.
…communicating in the pods
and getting to know them for who they are.
True. We've talked about it.
We've been, like, close.
But you're not like, "Oh, not
until marriage." It's not like that.
No, she's like, "I think
that's something I'd want to explore
before marriage."
[Devin] I think that's a good idea to see
the sexual chemistry between the two.
For sure. We definitely
have that in other ways.
-We just haven't done the full…
-Like intimacy. Yeah, yeah.
If she's ready, like, I'll be ready.
But it's up to her.
And I get it. It's new.
We just saw each other
for the first time a week ago.
-Right. Mm-hmm.
-Like, I get it.
-When we go back to the real world…
-Right.
That's gonna be interesting
if you continue doing that.
I just genuinely wanna know,
like, "What's up?"
"Are you guys having sex yet?"
"What's it like? Are you cool with that?"
We were talking.
You guys haven't had sex yet.
-No.
-We haven't either.
-Yeah. Yeah.
-It's totally up to her.
With the emotions
and everything involved, it's like,
you care so much about the other person
that you want it to be,
like, more special.
And there's so many different
levels of intimacy, I feel like.
You can build
so much intimacy without sex.
If we're in a room with a whole bunch
of people, I'm looking for him.
I'm like, "Where's Devin?" [laughs]
-"Let me find Devin."
-I like that.
If he's in the hallway,
I'm like, "He's been gone for a while."
-You know?
-Yeah.
It's just this natural,
like, desire to be around him.
-We were in a similar situation.
-Okay.
-With between two girls or whatever.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We both ended up going for the girls
that people didn't expect us to
based on our interests and stuff,
so we bonded over that.
Yeah!
But I kind of know that he
always likes athletic girls, and I don't…
I think I'm very feminine.
-Yeah.
-I think I'm his type.
-I don't know if I'm his type. [laughs]
-I think you are. I think you are.
Then seeing it in person,
I'm just like, "That's so cool."
I feel you guys are both there together.
[pop music playing]
-[Dave] You guys are great together.
-Thank you.
-I feel it's a really good fit.
-[Monica] Absolutely.
It's crazy how all the couples here,
like, they just make sense.
-Are you guys having sex yet?
-Oh my God, you're really getting into it.
Well, I'm curious, 'cause we haven't yet.
You don't have to answer either
if you don't want to.
No, no, no, like,
I'm very, like, sex-positive.
-Like, very open, whatever.
-Yeah, you don't have to…
-Yeah.
-So we've, like, hung out.
-[Dave] Okay.
-We've hung out.
-Okay, cool.
-[Monica] You know.
-That's all I need to know.
-[laughing]
No, I'm curious about that too,
but you just had the ba*ls to say it.
Somebody had to bring it up.
I am curious though.
I know that
you were talking to Lauren and Molly.
What is it about Lauren that you're like,
"Hell yeah, it's Lauren"?
When Lauren finally told me how she felt
and for me to figure out what to do,
that's when everything
kind of clicked for me.
Yeah.
["Living for Tonight" playing]
[Joey] I've heard so much
about you from Dave.
-Hopefully good things. [laughs]
-Absolutely amazing things.
And I will say Dave is incredible.
-So you picked an amazing guy.
-Okay, good.
Thanks for validating that.
Meeting Dave in person, I was like,
"We have a good groove going in the pods."
"Do I need to break that?
Can we just stay here?"
-Yeah. [laughing]
-"This is fine."
"I'll just live the rest of my life
in these pods." [laughs]
[laughs] "We'll just live in the pods."
-"We'll have kids in the pods."
-[laughing]
"It's fine. We'll make it work."
-["Find the Rhythm" by Oscar Hill playing]
-♪ I was born to find the rhythm… ♪
I've been asking people,
"Have you had sex yet?"
-They're like, "Whoa. Okay."
-[laughs]
-Monica gave me, like, "Whoa, okay."
-[laughs]
-Have you guys had sex yet?
-Mnh-mnh.
How about you guys here?
We've only kissed.
What I've done in the past is maybe not...
been extra cautious in that department.
-[Dave] Yeah.
-Avoiding or taking my time.
-[Dave] Right.
-And it hasn't worked.
-You wanna do something differently.
-Yeah.
It's refreshing.
Yeah, yeah, he's so nice.
-He is amazing.
-[Dave] Yeah.
[laughing]
-Lauren's great. Love Lauren.
-[Dave] She is great.
She moves a lot at night. She pees a lot.
-Oh, she gets up a lot during the night?
-She pees every hour.
-Do you snore?
-[Dave] No, not just during the night.
-A little bit. I do. Yeah.
-Maybe you keep her up. Yeah.
-I'm gonna ground you a little bit.
-Yeah.
She's the best.
-Be nice to her.
-I will be.
-[laughs]
-I definitely will be.
[laughing]
Good. Good.
-["All on Fire" by Cut One playing]
-♪ I scream it out… ♪
-How are you feeling with Taylor?
-She's the kindest person I've ever met.
-Mm-hmm.
-[Daniel] She has the biggest heart.
I just feel so, like…
I sit there sometimes, just watch her
getting ready in the morning, I'm like…
[Sara laughs]
-I know. Oh my God, I love that.
-[Daniel] "Who am I?"
-Okay, so I do have one question.
-Oh, okay.
So Taylor told me
that she, like, almost recognized you.
-Yes.
-[Sara] Did you recognize her?
-No.
-Oh my God!
No. If I did know what she looked like,
what a scumbag I would be
going through the whole process.
-I had no idea.
-[Sara] Right.
God, how did that feel for you though?
Like, it probably made you feel shitty
because you were stuck
in a really hard spot.
-I felt horrible.
-Yeah.
I was like,
"Please trust me, Taylor. No clue."
I was just like, "If you wanna go home…"
"If we wanna go home
instead of Honduras together,
'cause you're more comfortable there,
let's do it."
-"Whatever you wanna do."
-Uh-huh.
We both got to the point
where we felt comfortable.
-Like, "Hey, let's go to Honduras."
-Mm-hmm.
I think it made us stronger as a couple.
And just, like, yeah, I feel amazing.
-I feel, like, so good.
-I just love her so much.
-[Sara] Oh my gosh!
-[Daniel laughs] I just…
-I just…
-I love her too! I love… [laughing]
Yeah. I mean, I just…
I tell her probably too much.
-I just love her so much.
-Oh!
-[laughing]
-[chattering]
Sorry to bring up, like, physical stuff,
but none of us were ready to jump the g*n.
-We were pretty quick.
-Were you?
-Eh.
-[Devin] Jeez.
Last night, we went to bed.
He's, like, such a cuddler.
And I'm a cuddler too.
But I've never had a cuddler.
We literally-- I'm the little spoon.
Sometimes I'm big spoon.
-[laughing]
-Not to him yet. Not to him yet.
But I wanna be a big spoon.
-Get in there!
-[Sara] No, I know.
Past three nights, I've been little spoon,
and I wake up at 2:00 a.m.,
and he's still wrapped around me,
arms locked. [laughs]
And it is, like, the cutest thing.
But this morning, I woke up,
went into my makeup bag
to start getting ready for the day,
and I had a handwritten letter
of him saying, like,
"Hey, Sara, like, I love you so much."
"I want you to remember this."
"No matter, through everything,
like, I'm always here."
"I want you to talk to me,
and I'm so grateful for the experience."
He actually wrote it at 2:00 a.m.
when he went to the bathroom.
-That's adorable.
-[Sara] I know. It was the cutest thing.
I've never had anyone do that for me ever.
-I love that.
-[laughs]
♪ The way you look
The way you're looking ♪
♪ Catching feels
It's just the way that you look ♪
All of it has been such a good experience.
Were you feeling as comfortable
as you thought you would?
I feel more comfortable
with this strange man.
-[Lauren] Literally!
-My strange fiancé.
Literally!
It's been so much intimacy that I just
feel like I wanna be up underneath him.
-[laughs] Wanna crawl inside of him.
-Yeah!
It's so weird!
-I don't know why I feel this way.
-Yeah!
-Yeah!
-It's really cute.
-["Heat" by Killian M playing]
-♪ I'm gonna take ya in my arms ♪
♪ Chained to the rhythm… ♪
I don't know if you guys have noticed
with me and Virginia…
-I'm not a PDA person.
-[Joey] Yeah.
-With Virginia, I am.
-Neither am I.
-I know! [laughing]
-I like it! [laughs]
So I know that I really love her
because, like, I would not do that.
[Joey chuckles] She is amazing for you.
-I could tell Taylor's yours.
-[Daniel] Mm.
-I could tell Monica's yours.
-[Joey] Yeah.
-I could tell Sara is yours.
-[Ben] Yeah.
-And Lauren is Dave's.
-Yeah.
Just I can't see it any other way.
You could look at it
as she's dated 16 other guys.
-As intimidation or whatever it may be.
-No.
-But I think it helped.
-I think so too.
She chose me over these 16 guys
that are absolutely incredible.
-I know I found my girl.
-My boy.
Now I know that
all you guys found your girls.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
["All My Life" playing]
-You have pepper in your mouth.
-[Ben grunts]
-Thank you.
-I love you. [laughs]
[laughing]
-[chattering]
-[laughing]
Cheers!
♪ All my life ♪
♪ I prayed for someone like you ♪
♪ Yes, I pray that you do love me too ♪
♪ All my life… ♪
[Devin sighs] Start putting that…
How was it tonight?
What did the guys talk about?
[sighs]
It was really cool to hear a lot of them
talk about the love in a lot of them.
-Like, when Taylor talks about Daniel…
-Yeah.
You can feel the emotion, you know?
Joey and Monica.
It's fun to watch her talk about him.
You can see her excitement
when she's talking about him.
[Virginia] Mm-hmm.
And just like, even with Sara,
she has the same.
I think Sara and Ben and Joey and Monica,
you can see it
when they talk to each other,
and they talk about each other.
-Yeah.
-And then Lauren and Dave.
-It's gonna be good.
-Yeah.
I like expressing
how I felt about you to all of them, and…
-Yeah.
-Uh, it just seems like they…
Well, it doesn't seem like. They told me.
They can see,
like, how happy we make each other.
Yeah.
They just kind of talked about
we have this presence
where you can tell
that we really love each other.
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Always gravitating towards each other.
I was like, "I feel that way."
I feel really good
about the time we spent here.
The ocean was good. The food was good.
-Yeah.
-The activities were good.
But I feel like just the best part for me
was just, like,
time we spent in the room. [laughs]
[Devin] Oh, in the room?
That was your favorite?
-Just getting to know each other better.
-[Devin] Yeah.
That was my favorite part. Really.
So, right now, do you feel like
you're ready to be my wife?
-I feel confident. At this point…
-[Devin] Okay.
Devin, I feel very confident.
I feel like this trip just made me
more sure about that decision.
That's good.
I'm ready to be Virginia's hubby.
-Okay. [laughs]
-I feel real good. I'm excited.
-["Let's Come Together" playing]
-♪ Let's come together ♪
♪ Lean in
And let's let love last forever ♪
You know,
I've always said that… [clears throat]
I've never received the love back
that I give.
Like, you wholeheartedly give me that.
[Daniel] Mm-hmm.
And now that I'm getting it,
do you have any flaws? [laughs]
-I'm gonna keep telling you I love you.
-What's happening? [laughs]
You snore when you sleep on your side
for 20 minutes. [laughing]
I snore when I sleep on my back
or when I'm stuffed up a little bit.
-All right. We found something.
-Or if I drink too much. [laughing]
-Write it down.
-Yeah.
[laughs] What?
Insane.
We did discuss, as the girls,
that I was president
of the Overthinker Club.
-Oh.
-Sara is vice president.
[laughing] Monica is treasurer.
You have an Overthinkers Club
with all the girls that…
-We decided it at the end of the night.
-Tonight?
Yeah. You're the president
of the Grounded Club.
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.
And then Ben is vice president.
-Correct.
-Joey is the treasurer.
-[laughs]
-Mm-hmm.
Yeah. No, it was…
-I thought tonight was pretty cool.
-[sniffles]
Yeah, it was good.
-You're worthy of all the love.
-Thank you.
-I'm just not gonna stop.
-[laughs]
["Only You" by Xtina Louise playing]
♪ Only you… ♪ [vocalizing]
-You wanna start packing?
-Let's go home.
♪ With only you ♪
I heard all great things
about Lauren today.
-Did you?
-Mm-hmm.
-Like, "Lauren's the best. There's not…"
-[laughs]
"I don't have
a bad thing to say about Lauren."
[Lauren] Mm-hmm.
-They're like, "I know. She's great."
-[chuckles] Mm-hmm.
Monica did ask me though,
she was like, "Why Lauren?"
-And I was like, "Good question."
-That's a good question.
With Molly, it was like,
"We're very similar."
Like, we get along.
-Like, we like all the same things.
-Mm-hmm.
But then I was like,
"With you, we could do everything."
-Yeah.
-And I liked all of that.
-So I was like, "Why not?"
-Yeah.
This is the start of us,
like, merging our lives.
How many times
did we talk in the pods about
how excited we are
for the next year of our lives?
-Exactly. Mm-hmm.
-And that starts tomorrow.
We'll get our phones back.
We'll exchange phone numbers.
Yep. Hopefully don't have it already.
-I don't think so.
-[laughs]
-Pretty confident about that.
-I know. Same.
-But we'll see. [laughs]
-But we'll see. [laughs]
-Never say never.
-Yeah.
It's a small world.
Your last text to me is,
"f*ck you, as*h*le."
-Or, like, a ghost emoji.
-[both laughing]
-Yeah, it'll be fun.
-Have you ever ghosted someone?
[chuckles]
Yeah.
[laughs]
-[chuckles] Like--
-Recently?
No.
Okay.
Who is gonna be the first person
that you wanna call tomorrow?
[sighs]
-I mean, my sister.
-Yeah.
-[Dave] But also scared.
-Do you want to call with or without me?
Without you.
-'Kay.
-[Dave chuckles]
-Sorry.
-Do you need to prepare her?
-No, but maybe a little preview.
-Okay.
Before I drop any bombs on her,
I want her to know, "Hey, I'm alive."
-Yeah. Yeah.
-"I'm good."
-"Got a little sun, but I'm good."
-Yeah. Yeah.
How are we gonna explain to your dad
that you're engaged? [chuckles]
-Oh my God.
-[chuckles]
I mean, I'm 32 years old.
He can't hold my hand, like,
through life the whole way, so…
-Yeah.
-I eventually gotta take the wheel.
Yeah. Eventually.
I'm old enough
and smart enough to make my own decisions.
-And he just wants me to be happy.
-Yeah.
Which I am, so hopefully he'll see that.
I think he will.
-We're just gonna tell him.
-Mm-hmm.
It's very real now.
-Very real. Yeah.
-Only 12 hours away.
-We're ready.
-We're ready.
"This is Lauren."
Yeah. "This is Lauren."
[pop music playing]
[pop music playing]
[Devin] Last day in Honduras.
Had some great memories here.
Bonded, connected.
-Yeah.
-Time to get back to the real world.
Yeah, I heard it was 20 degrees. [laughs]
-[laughs] Oh no.
-Twenty degrees back in Minnesota!
♪ I made it to the top… ♪
[laughing]
We're finally leaving.
-We're getting our phones back today.
-Yeah.
-And creep on him on Instagram. [laughs]
-Yeah.
I can't wait to see!
-[Lauren chuckles]
-[grunts]
The one thing I wanted to get out of this
is someone to do this sh*t for me.
[laughs]
-Thanks!
-This is why you're getting married.
[laughs]
-[sighs, grunts]
-Oh! Wow!
-We have a lot of stuff.
-You have a lot of stuff.
♪ And I made it to the top… ♪
-Last goodbye.
-Lovely. I'm just gonna do a spin.
Excited to meet your fam.
Excited for you to meet my fam.
[Joey] Fun stuff ahead.
-[laughing]
-Okay, too fast!
This is the big boy.
Not talking about myself. Ha!
[Taylor] You're definitely getting stopped
in customs for how big that bag is.
-I think it's…
-[Taylor laughs] It's very sus.
I'm excited to text my mom that I'm alive
and have someone for her to meet.
-[Taylor chuckles]
-Mm.
"She's pretty mid,
but I'd like you to meet her."
-Yeah, she's all right. She's all right.
-[laughs]
-Bye, Honduras.
-Here we go.
-Next stop…
-Minneapolis.
Mini happiness.
-Love you lots.
-Goodbye!
-[pop music playing]
-♪ Yeah, I'm feeling good ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm fine, I'm feeling good ♪
Welcome to the beautiful Twin Cities
of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
[music continues]
Oh wow! It's beautiful.
[Ben] New home, who dis?
Our couples are now returning home
from their romantic getaway
and are about to enter
the most intense phase of the experiment.
Living together in the real world.
-[Taylor] Wow!
-[Daniel] So much room for activity.
Okay, obsessed.
How will they integrate their lives,
their careers and their homes?
[Monica] You keep it cold, hot?
I usually keep it at 50. [laughs]
-Oh my God. Okay.
-[laughs]
It started with love,
a true emotional connection.
-Wow. Mm.
-We're home.
In just three weeks,
our couples will be at the altar
and have to make the most
important decision of their lives.
-Two bathrooms.
-Lovely! This bathroom's yours.
Okay, this is my bathroom.
That's fine with me.
Will they prove that love is blind?
-[cork pops]
-[cheering]
-Love you, Minneapolis!
-[shouts]
[music continues]
[Joey] Do you like this decor?
It's a little minimal for my…
-Really? Minimal?
-Just a little.
Really? That's actually interesting.
-I like things.
-Okay.
Not knickknacky
like you think grandma knickknacky.
-[Joey laughing] Oh God.
-No!
-[Joey] That would be bad.
-No, no, no! [laughing]
No! Not like grandma knickknacky.
Knickknacks are, like, my worst nightmare.
-[laughing]
-No, not knickknacks!
Pop to knickknacks.
-[cork pops]
-[laughing]
-[Monica] Scratch that.
-This will be interesting.
-No, you've gotta tell the truth.
-I am telling the truth!
I feel like knickknack
has a negative connotation.
-'Cause it is. [laughing]
-[laughing] It's not a knickknack!
A vignette. You know, a vignette?
This would be kind of, like, a vignette.
-Oh, that? Okay.
-Or like, that would be like a vignette.
-[Joey] Okay. I'm a minimalist big time.
-[Monica] Okay.
-When it comes to household things.
-Mm-hmm.
Like chores, and laundry, dishes…
-I kind of clean all the time.
-Does one person have one thing?
Like, no joke, it's always clean.
-Always. Yeah.
-[laughs]
But if you wanna do laundry, go ahead.
'Cause I hate folding clothes.
I mean, I usually... same.
I have a passionate hate
for folding clothes.
I have a horror story.
-About folding clothes?
-About not folding clothes. [laughs]
So in college, after I cleaned it,
I just dumped it on my closet floor.
It was all clean. There was a pile there.
So I grab a pair of jeans
and I put them on. I get one leg in.
I look down.
There's, like, a white… thing,
I don't know,
like, in the crotch area of my jeans.
And I looked closer,
and legs started
to come out of this white thing.
I whip them off my body.
It was a spider's nest
in the crotch of this jean.
-[Joey] How did this happen?
-Because it was in my closet.
How long was it in your closet?
I don't know. It was all clean clothes.
There was just, like, a pile.
It was all clean clothes.
-[Joey laughs] Was it?
-Yes, it was!
You're claiming
that you had clean clothes.
-It was clean clothes!
-But a spider… [laughing]
It was, like, a wolf spider, man.
It was big.
Crotch spider.
Ugh! Those jeans had to have been
sitting in there for a long time.
No, I mean, not that long.
[Joey] So you just leave clothes
all over the place?
[Monica] Probably sits in a pile
for a day or two.
[Joey] Unfolded?
[Monica] I'm not saying
that I have to be like that forever.
I want you to do exactly that
when we're in here.
-No, I do. I wanna see how it is.
-[laughing] No! Okay.
-But it's gonna be tough for me.
-All right.
Just put it in a pile
and I'll just put 'em away.
-Put it away.
-I have a shirt drawer.
-Yep, I do that.
-I have a pants drawer.
[Monica] A sock drawer?
Sock and boxers are in one drawer
with swim trunks.
-[Monica] What if I throw my socks in?
-They're the same.
Yeah, that's fine,
but I'm not gonna wear 'em.
So are you telling me
that you don't want a sock bin?
-With communal socks?
-That is the weirdest thing I have…
I don't understand your sock bin thing.
You don't want
your socks to be with my socks?
Why do you wanna wear
someone else's socks?
They're just socks.
You clearly want
to wear someone else's socks.
They're not your socks.
They're just socks.
I've never heard of a sock fetish,
but your family clearly has one.
[laughing]
It's not sexual, Joey.
So you guys never have your own socks
in your own drawer?
-They're just socks.
-[both laughing]
-It's like…
-I don't understand.
Do you have your own fork when you eat?
[Joey] Feet are kind of nasty.
They're just socks!
-That's the weirdest thing.
-Whatever.
[laughing] So, no sock bin. Cool.
We could have one,
but it'll be you using it.
[both laughing]
♪ My luck, luck, luck, luck
I'm lucky now ♪
Oh, you didn't see
half of my outfits in the pods.
I didn't see
any of your outfits in the pods.
It's my first date. Pretty neat.
Wow.
Can I see it?
This is what I was wearing
the first time you proposed.
[laughs]
[Taylor] Jeans I was wearing
the second time.
This is what you were wearing
the first time I got on a knee.
This is what I was wearing the third time.
-Oh, wow.
-Yeah. [laughs]
Can't wait to see what you're wearing
the fourth time.
-[Taylor] Wow! There's gonna be a fourth?
-[laughs] You never know.
[laughs] Play your cards right.
Where should we put my stocking?
-We'll set it here for now.
-Yeah.
Since Christmas is nowhere near.
This is the rose that I saved
from the day you proposed.
[Daniel] Oh yeah.
-[laughs] It didn't keep super well.
-It's cute though.
Yeah, so I moved in
with my fiancé today. [laughs]
I'm living with my fiancé
that I've known for three weeks.
[laughs] Totally normal.
But regardless of how crazy
that sounds on paper,
it just feels very natural and easy.
Envisioning the things
that life will bring is exciting.
And it's even better
'cause it's with Daniel.
Circle back to the Christmas tree
conversation. [laughs]
-Where?
-How many?
-How many?
-And where?
You know I put up four in my one-bedroom.
-We could have a whole forest. [laughs]
-Six of 'em?
-Yeah.
-Yeah, I'm good at anywhere between…
-Garland.
-…one and three.
-One and three?
-Yeah.
-The entryway. I mean, there's one for…
-Hey, you know what?
-I trust you…
-[laughs] Thank you. I got this.
-…with the Christmas decor.
-Give me the card. I'll be back later.
Here's the card.
-You won't regret it.
-Until I see the bank statement. [laughs]
Yeah. We'll cross
that bridge when we get to it.
-Least of my worries.
-[chuckles]
-It's just fun to start picturing life…
-Yeah.
…a little bit more.
We've been living in a bubble.
Yeah. There's a lot of people to meet.
A lot of things to do.
-It's gonna be a busy few weeks, for sure.
-Yeah, we just have to plan a wedding.
-No big deal.
-Yeah, there's that.
Probably need to go grocery shopping.
Also that.
-Or we could just order in every day.
-Just order in every… [laughs]
-[laughs]
-Yes!
[Ben] Have you told
your family everything?
I did talk to my mom, told her,
and I talked to my sister Lisa.
I obviously talked to my mom
and let her know the news.
Very excited.
She's amazing and so is my dad.
Um, but, yeah,
there was definitely, you know,
skepticism in their voice
for sure of like, the…
"Okay, you're getting married
in how long?"
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.
-"Is this right? Is this smart?"
I know. Yeah, my sister was like,
"Sara, do you feel safe?"
-"Do you feel like this is pressured?"
-Mm-hmm.
-No, it literally just feels right.
-Yeah.
I feel like…
[laughing]
Excuse me.
-[clears throat]
-[laughing]
[laughs] Um… uh,
I feel like it's
one of those things
that the feelings I have for you
is something that would be
the feelings that I'd be feeling
three years into a relationship.
It's like it doesn't matter
that it was three years
or just three weeks.
-[laughs] Right.
-Like, it doesn't matter.
[Sara] Wedding planning
is gonna stress me out.
Really?
-What are you stressed out about?
-Well, like, colors.
And I don't know
what kind of dress I want.
-I've never thought about this.
-Oh, really? Ooh!
So my prom dresses,
I've always done, like, strapless.
So I thought, "Oh, I'll just always
get a strapless dress."
'Cause that's what I was used to
in high school.
I don't know if I see myself
in a strapless dress anymore.
-Or a poofy one. I'm not a poofy girl.
-Interesting. Yeah.
-Yeah.
-[laughs] Like…
-You wanna hear something crazy now?
-Yeah.
I've never pictured
any woman in a wedding dress
that I was interested in.
-Mm-hmm.
-You talking about it now, I pictured you.
Oh my God.
You're making me nervous. [laughing]
[Ben] Don't be nervous.
I'm over here being like…
-Oh my God.
-I'm like, "Mm, this is real."
I've always pictured our wedding…
For some reason, I never pictured you
in a wedding dress, in an all-white…
-Yeah. I know. Wow.
-Oh my gosh. I can't wait.
[laughing]
-[pop music playing]
-♪ We'll be just fine ♪
♪ Pocket full of sunshine ♪
[Dave] Oh sh*t.
-Oops.
-What?
Just forgot to text Chase back.
Oh, sorry, Chase.
Okay.
-This is exciting. Cheers.
-Cheers.
-Our first place.
-First place.
This is crazy.
Are you ready to just get
annoyed the hell out of me?
-I am.
-Yeah.
I'm excited to, like, learn so much more.
-Like what?
-Like your living style.
I'm not a decorator.
-Okay.
-So that's gonna be your job.
I will wanna bring some real plants here.
That will be key.
Plants are just normal.
Guys have 'em. Girls have 'em.
-[laughs] They're gender-neutral.
-Yeah, it's a normal thing to have.
[both laugh]
-Was that stupid to say?
-Ridiculous.
-Yes, yes.
-We're normalizing plants.
[both laugh]
Okay, who have you told
about your engagement?
[both laugh]
Um, all my friends are aware.
All my close friends are aware.
Family's aware.
Just the way
that they heard about it was not ideal.
[Lauren] Yeah.
Obviously, when we got our phones back,
people are already talking
and all that, which…
is Minneapolis, I guess.
-Yeah.
-So I should be used to that.
I was already, like, anxious
and whatever to get my phone back.
-Yeah.
-With work, group messages.
-Just, like, everything.
-Yeah.
And then having
to, like, hear that all these people
are already talking
about my personal life,
and what I'm choosing to do,
like, that sucks.
Certain people, I'm just like,
"Why are they wasting
their time and energy talking about me,
what I'm choosing to do with my life?"
-Yeah. Yeah.
-They're not in my life.
It's just stupid.
I just don't really like that.
You can ignore their texts.
You can ignore their questions.
You can just literally forget
that they want to be part of this
and want to be part of your life.
It's just like, "Do you guys
not have anything better to do?"
I honestly, like, cried at the airport
because he was like,
"Everyone else gets to call their family
and have them be so excited
and ready to soak in this information."
He has to come back
and, like, be part of conversations
that have already happened without him.
Having that all come to a head
at the airport was just like…
I have not seen him like this.
Frustrated and annoyed and sad.
That was hard. He wanted
his sister to be part of this all.
-Okay, where are you at with your sister?
-Good.
-Very good with my sister right now.
-Good.
I feel like she's calmed down a lot
since I've had my phone back.
[Lauren] Good.
I've been able to just talk
to her about, like,
how easy it's been
for me and you to coexist.
Yeah!
How it's just been like…
And again, she was nervous
that I was gonna meet some girl
that was just some lunatic
reality-TV-chasing girl.
But I keep saying she's gonna meet you
and be like, "Oh, never mind."
-Yeah. She's normal.
-She's super normal. She's fun.
She's cute.
-It's gonna be easy.
-Yeah.
This is all of our families,
but as much as you and I can reiterate
that we can not do this
at any point.
We don't need to be here.
We're choosing to be.
Yeah. Again, we talked
about that in Honduras a lot.
-Mm-hmm.
-We definitely do not need to be here.
It's we wanna be here.
[Lauren] Yeah.
Um, but yeah, I was texting her too
about moving in with you today.
-Yeah.
-And she was just like…
"How do you feel about that?"
And I was like, "Honestly, I feel great."
When it comes to marriage and everything,
it's not really about how you got there.
-It's about, "Where are you going?"
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.
-I'm not even nervous, to be honest.
-Good.
-I feel like I know so much about you.
-Yeah!
-I can tell you come from a great family.
-Yeah.
-I think it's gonna be fun.
-It will be fun.
Yeah.
They've been waiting
for me to bring a boy into the mix.
-[laughs]
-Like, it's wild.
In such a fun, like, good way.
-["Live My Life in Color" playing]
-♪ Live my life in color ♪
♪ Climbing higher
Never gonna let this go ♪
♪ Live my life in color ♪
♪ Shining brighter
Never gonna let this go ♪
♪ Live my life in color ♪
[Devin] Come on in. Welcome…
-Oh, I love it.
-…to my home.
Devin and I are grabbing some things
to move into
our new apartment together
and showing each other where we live.
[Devin] This is the bedroom.
I got all the shoes over here.
-This is a collection here.
-Yeah. I have more.
-[Virginia] How much do they cost?
-[Devin] Hmm.
How much is this habit costing me?
These? Like…
-Seven…
-…hundred dollars?
Mm-hmm.
Ain't no way.
[laughs]
-[pop music playing]
-♪ Find your way back home ♪
-[Devin] All right, here we go.
-Home, sweet home.
I'm pretty used to living alone,
so it's exciting to bring my partner
into this single space… [laughs]
…with the potential of us,
you know, building more together.
-Oh, this is nice.
-This is the main floor.
I'm excited to find
some place that's ours.
My place is little small, but it'd do
for the time that we need it for.
Yeah, yeah.
You know, I lived in studios…
[chuckles] …in big cities,
so I don't need a ton of space.
I really wanna buy something,
so, like, hopefully we're not moving
into another apartment.
-We're, like, looking for a home.
-Mm-hmm.
Buying a house, do we wanna have
one person to do mortgage
and then the other person do utilities?
-We kind of talked about finances.
-We did talk about it a little bit.
Um, I feel like
I'm pretty financially responsible.
I don't, like, spend a bunch of money
doing irresponsible things, I guess.
I like experiences.
The most I really splurge on myself
is the shoes.
-Yeah.
-Even with that, I don't overdo it.
-Maybe a pair every couple months.
-Yeah.
I might do two pairs in a month.
Other than that,
I don't really spend my money.
That's cool.
Should have a lot
saved up and ready to, you know…
[chuckles] If I need to buy a house
or go on those trips and stuff.
-I have money ready for that, so…
-Yeah. Yeah.
And goals as far as, like, my job,
I'm sure eventually
I'll work up to being, like,
CEO of the, you know,
the sports company that we built,
'cause, like, my boss,
when he started the company,
it was just me and him.
Now we have a staff and everything,
and I've moved up
to being a program director.
I have the goal
of wanting to have my own gym.
And eventually being
the head varsity coach,
'cause I'm an assistant coach,
but you painted a good picture
about me being a head coach
and you being there, cheering me on
with our kids and stuff like that.
So I could see that
being something I do in the future.
-Yeah, cool. I love that.
-Mm-hmm.
-I wanna be a millionaire.
-Yeah.
You know, I'm starting small,
but I'm working my way up.
What's the, like, goal to get you there?
Definitely won't be through salary,
but it'll be through investments
and just making smart decisions for that
and for your kids,
with different accounts and stuff.
For accounts, do we wanna
both have a separate account
and then have one together?
Yeah, I think I would be most comfortable
with just, like, having separate accounts.
-Even, like, a prenup.
-[sighs]
How would you want it to look?
[Virginia] Uh…
I never really thought about that,
so I'd have to think about that more.
Yeah, I think we can kind of
work out the details of it, obviously.
But I think that, like… I don't know.
Obviously, in divorce, the worst possible
thing happened, right?
You got divorced.
Worst-case scenario is just
people leave with what they came with
and figuring out how to split assets
and stuff like that
before it becomes a thing, you know?
[Devin] Mm-hmm.
I wouldn't want to be
all in your pockets of, like,
"Oh, he built this basketball empire
and let me take money from whatever."
You know what I mean?
-Yeah, I never thought about that, so…
-[Virginia] Yeah.
If I did it ten years ago, I would've
been like, "I'll never sign a prenup."
"It doesn't make any sense."
People have talked to me about it before,
and I've been very anti,
but I feel like
it just makes a lot of sense, so…
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, well, something we'll talk about
and figure out how that looks.
-I have student loans, not very much.
-[Virginia] Yeah.
And then I have
medical bills for my surgeries.
I'm already, like,
halfway through the payments, so…
If you have, like, crazy medical bills,
and we find ways to make money,
like, I wouldn't mind
paying off your debt.
It just has to make sense for what we want
and how we're trying to pay down stuff
and how the team wins.
-The team. [laughs]
-How the home team wins.
But I'm not gonna be like,
"This is my money."
I'm not gonna be a millionaire,
and you're in debt.
-Just kidding. [laughs]
-Nah, never that.
My goals is to be up there too, so…
No, no, no, I know that.
I just mean I wouldn't be
just working for my own good.
-Right.
-It would be for us too, you know?
Mm, that's how it should be
in a marriage, right?
Yep.
[chuckles] I like that.
-["Lucky Key" by BBF playing]
-♪ 'Cause I feel so lucky, lucky, lucky ♪
♪ Lucky, lucky, lucky
Feel so lucky, lucky, lucky with you ♪
-Are you actually ready? Yeah.
-I know. I'm excited.
Oh my gosh. It's so spacious and bright.
[Dave] Nothing on the walls.
Oh, very blank walls. Yes.
Uh-huh. I've been trying
to do my best though.
-What's in your fridge? Wow!
-[Dave chuckles] You can check the fridge.
-I know. One beer left.
-One Miller Lite. [laughs]
-[Dave] I don't know what's in there.
-Literally nothing.
-You've lived here for a year? Wow.
-[Dave] Yep.
-[Lauren] Such a minimalist.
-[Dave] I am.
-Is that okay?
-[Lauren] Yeah.
-Cali King?
-Cali King.
I was, like, talking to my sister,
and she told me to get white sheets.
She was like, "White sheets
is just normal. That's an adult thing."
I like the white.
-Plenty of space in here. Closet.
-Yes, it's huge.
[Dave] I can take down a lot of this.
I wasn't lying about One Direction shirts.
-This is great. Love.
-Harry Styles shirt.
-[Dave] This is my leather jacket.
-Oh!
[Dave] I was gonna wear this
in front of Nick Lachey.
[laughing]
[Lauren] Twins.
-"I can be a boy band guy too, Nick."
-[laughs]
-Oh wow! That's so cute.
-This is like a silky…
-I know. Should I put it on?
-[Lauren] Yes, please.
-Oh sh*t!
-[gasps, laughs]
-Looks great. That's fun.
-[chuckles] Thanks.
And then I also have
my blanket out here just for…
-I mean, I use it in the winter.
-Mm-hmm.
But if anyone needs to sleep over
or something, they can stay.
-Give them pillows.
-[Lauren] Yeah.
I do kind of like the idea of you and I
having our own new place.
I do too.
Your family, are they having
hesitations or anything?
I think the more that they hear I'm happy,
and, like, this is
a weirdly comfortable situation for me,
I think that that's helping a ton.
Right.
I think having my parents
being open to it,
I think that's gonna,
like, help my brothers.
They care a lot about how they're
being presented, how I'm being presented.
Yeah.
"What am I allowed
to ask you or not ask you?"
And I was like,
"We can talk about anything."
And it's not like
you have to be any different.
The only thing different
is cameras and mics.
-Yes. Yeah.
-You can still say what you wanna say.
Yeah.
I think he pretty much
point-blank was like,
"You know, they can twist
what you're saying."
-That's my sister's mentality too.
-Yeah.
Yeah. That's where she's at?
Before I went on the experiment,
she was clicking articles
and reading articles
that are just blown out of proportion.
-Yeah.
-But, like, if she…
fully decided she was gonna
actually hang out with us…
[snaps fingers] …it'd be a quick switch.
[Lauren] Yeah.
What do you think your sister needs
to feel more comfortable with it?
I think, for the most part,
honestly, she just needs to meet you.
Yeah.
'Cause I think you, in general,
would just turn her without even trying.
-I know.
-So I'll keep working. I'll ask her.
-Yeah.
-I do think that's all it's gonna take.
-Yeah. Right.
-Then she'll be like, "Okay, cool."
Then she'll be like,
"Can I come to the dress thing?" Yeah.
-Please.
-She's gonna have fun with all that too.
-I can tell she wants that.
-Yeah.
Does she want to come
to the bachelorette party?
She definitely wants a girl
to join the family.
And then I think she would just see
that you are such a sweet, genuine girl.
-I'm normal.
-Yeah.
Not some girl that's,
like, chasing me for the wrong reasons.
Yeah.
The hard part is getting her to do that.
I was thinking today of, like,
things that we should get for Friday,
if your sister does come.
What does she like to drink?
[Dave] She's a big espresso martini girl.
-Great. We can make espresso martinis.
-Yep. She would love that.
-She can have a little fun.
-Love.
-Love that.
-Yeah.
Nah, she's literally one
of the easiest people to hang out with
and get along with.
I feel like I've just always wanted
somebody that's cool like she is.
Yeah, yeah.
-Um, so, yeah, she's great.
-Yeah.
It's fun to brag
about your family members.
Yeah! It's fun to hear you talk about her.
My mom, my life in general
is just different with her not around.
[Lauren] Yeah.
'Cause she definitely
had a lot more control
of, like, what I could and couldn't do.
If that's what she wanted, like,
I was gonna do that for her, for sure.
I don't know if we've talked about this,
but my dad really doesn't like
the fact that my brothers,
like, lived with their significant others
before they got married.
Even my older brother--
-He didn't like that?
-No.
He's very traditional in that way.
He hasn't said anything yet
about this situation
in terms of living together beforehand.
-Yeah, I was gonna say. That's a little--
-I don't even know how much he knows.
-Does he know we're living together?
-I think so.
-What do you mean?
-[laughs] Like, my mom--
He's gonna come visit and find out?
'Cause that'd be kind of scary.
-No, I think--
-We should make sure he knows that.
-Yes. For sure. My mom knows.
-Before he gets here. [chuckles]
-It's not like we're hiding anything.
-I know. I'm just saying, like, if he's…
Yeah. He'll know for sure.
I would like to know if he had an issue
with us living together.
-We can ask him this weekend. [laughs]
-[chuckles]
Hmm. Well, now I'm a little nervous.
-I wasn't nervous, but now I kind of am.
-[laughs] Don't be nervous. Don't be.
-I'll clarify with him.
-Okay.
Should we clarify
before or at lunch on Saturday?
-[laughs]
-I think maybe before.
-We can do that.
-So I know how to mentally prepare.
I struggle with my dad's mentality on it
because he's like,
"This is the biggest decision you make
in your life."
Don't you want me to be
a million percent sure? [chuckles]
Right.
For some reason,
the moving in together before marriage,
he has a hard time seeing past it. Um--
My mom would have too.
If she was around,
that would not be happening.
-Even if we were married, she'd still--
-"You don't need to stay together."
So when we would go to my grandma's house,
my mom's mom's house…
[Lauren] Yeah.
…for holidays,
my dad slept in the basement.
-Really? [laughs]
-[Dave] Swear to God.
I'm going to be very respectful
with your family
and your dad specifically, but, like,
I also have to, like,
stand up for me and you
and our relationship
and what we think is right.
Yeah, I want someone
who's on my team in every regard.
-Right.
-There's work.
There's people.
There's, like, responsibilities
outside of just us having
the biggest responsibility I feel
like I have right now, which is this.
How do we get
from where we were in Honduras
and, like, transition
into having everything else going on,
but still being
the versions of ourselves in Honduras
that we were, or in the pods or whatever?`
Yeah, honestly the biggest thing so far
is having these other people involved.
-I got that when I got my phone back.
-Yeah.
And you know,
the amount of people that wanna talk
that aren't even involved in this
is annoying.
-Yeah. Like, that part sucks.
-Yeah, it's tough.
But obviously, everyone's gonna have
their own opinions, and…
[Lauren] Yeah.
I feel bad that, like,
you know, I have this network
that's already, like, you know…
-Has an idea of who you are.
-Giving opinions?
-They don't even know you.
-Yeah.
Um… so, I mean, that's been tough.
-Yeah.
-Honestly.
My friends, they're just like,
their first impression already is like,
"Oh, this girl is dating a guy we know."
Apparently, they hung out
the Friday before she left on Sunday.
And apparently, the guy's still texting
her and trying to see her and stuff.
He lives in the fricking building
that we moved into.
Like, yeah.
It sounds like it was
some miscommunication, maybe.
But... Or just some, like,
non-communication on her part
where she thought it was over,
but, like, didn't end it.
He thought they were still together.
Maybe the guy is exaggerating
or trying to, like, get on TV,
but I don't know.
It's one of those things.
Do I believe her?
Do I believe this guy slash my friends?
The shitty and tricky thing for me
has been my sister knows now.
She heard that, like, Lauren
has had a boyfriend going into this.
My sister, again, she already
had her doubts about this and concerns,
and now she hears this, and it's just
gonna probably just make it even worse.
I know this is tough
with all the… outside noise,
just trying to not let it
affect our relationship.
Yeah, my mom made me cry today
because she was like…
She was like... we were talking
about this weekend and her coming in,
and she kept being like,
"What else do you need from me?"
All this kind of stuff.
And she was just like…
I'm gonna cry saying this.
She was like, "People are gonna
really wanna give you opinions
and give Dave opinions
over the next few weeks,
so my opinion right now
is I love you and trust you."
[voice breaks] I was like,
"I needed to hear that from someone."
-[Dave] Mm-hmm.
-Um…
'Cause, yeah, there's a lot going on.
[Dave] Yeah.
And, like, as much as
I wanna tune all of that out,
it's also like we need to…
It's all part of this,
you know? [sniffles]
It is.
So… um…
-Yeah, I'm a fragile state now. [laughs]
-Yeah, I know.
I know.
Same.
But, again, I feel like
what we've done this whole time
is we've stuck to it.
Yeah.
My friends, they just
wanna make sure I'm good
and just making sure,
you know, I'm making good choices.
[Lauren] Yeah.
-[pop music playing]
-♪ Happily whatever after ♪
♪ Happily whatever after ♪
-[Monica] This will be it!
-[Joey laughing]
[Monica] This is so weird!
-Is that them?
-Open the door. [laughs]
[all exclaim]
[Monica shouts]
We are at my family home,
aka, where I'm currently living
right now. [laughing]
And Joey's meeting my whole family,
as in my mom, my dad,
my sister and my sister's boyfriend.
-This is Joey!
-[Joey] This is me!
-Hi, Joey!
-How are you? All right!
[Joey] What's up?
-Your hair's long! Oh my God.
-[Joey] It is long.
I haven't introduced
a lot of romantic partners to my family,
so it's very important to me
that my family and my sister like Joey.
So how did you connect?
-[woman] How did you choose each other?
-[Monica] Mm!
-Yep.
-[Joey] Her energy, for sure.
And her bright personality.
-That was right away what grabbed me.
-[man] Really?
Yeah, no question.
-What about you, Monica, about Joey?
-I mean, the same. His energy.
He was always like, "Hey!"
[laughing]
-"How are you?" He came into it…
-[Sandy] Kept the energy up.
So, why are you single?
-[Sandy] She has no filter.
-I wanna know why you're single.
Monica knows about it all, obviously,
but had some relationships,
couldn't really get deep with anyone.
Did a lot of work, self-reflection,
some therapy for some things
to, like, revisit the past.
And then probably in my early 30s
was when I was really serious
about getting into a serious relationship.
Had a couple serious relationships.
They didn't work out because of values.
So that's why I'm… well,
I guess not single now, but… [laughs]
But I was, yeah. Yeah.
So we thought…
[Monica] Oh no. What?
-We thought maybe a fam jam was in order.
-No, no, no!
-I'm thinking a fam jam's in order.
-No!
-No.
-[Joey] What is this?
Okay, so with our house, we have no shame.
We turn on some really crazy music,
and we all get an instrument.
-[Joey laughs] Okay.
-[Sandy] That's what we do.
You guys! This is not okay!
-This is so okay.
-[Joey] Have a cowbell?
-You always need more cowbell.
-[Monica] So stupid.
-There's this really cool frog.
-Oh, wait, I'm gonna play the flute.
[Sandy] Monica! Monica's horrified.
[laughing]
-Mom.
-Come on, Monica.
-I hate everything.
-[Sandy] Come on, Monica.
-Oh my God.
-[Sandy] Fam jam.
-Yeah! Yeah!
-[all cheering]
-[Sandy] All right, here we go.
-[Nicolle] Whoo-hoo!
-Oh, okay, yeah.
-[Monica laughing]
[Joey] Sing it, Monica.
[indistinct chattering]
[laughing]
[Sandy] I think we should dance.
-[Monica] No!
-[Joey] You gotta get up, Monica.
No! No!
-[Joey laughs]
-[Monica] I'm mortified! I'm mortified!
Okay, we're done.
-We're done.
-[cheering]
-Oh my God.
-[Joey] That's hilarious.
[Sandy] Monica's horrified!
You're cute, you guys.
-You're cute together.
-Stop. [laughing]
-[Nicolle] Are we cute together?
-Absolutely.
-[laughing]
-[Joey] After seeing him play the flute…
-I was stimulated.
-[laughing]
I'm glad. I was aiming for that.
[laughing]
Did you tell Joey about these guys?
How they dated and then…
-No, no, no, no, no. They did not date.
-[laughing]
-They chatted online.
-I know. I'm messing with you.
[Sandy] And then she kept saying,
"This guy's just like…"
"You would like my sister so much more."
He's still trying to get to Monica.
That's why I'm here.
-He's working the system.
-[all laughing]
I'm looking at my competition.
Simmered down, and it just simmered out.
-He's got you right where he wants you.
-[Trevor] Yeah.
-My plan is working out.
-[Monica] Oh my God!
[all laughing]
I do want to see the sock bin.
-She told you about the sock bin?
-[Joey] Yeah.
I heard you guys also have
a communal underwear bin.
-[Monica] No!
-[laughing]
-No!
-Go show him your room.
[Monica] This is so embarrassing.
My room in my family house.
[Joey laughs]
-[Monica] So there's a lot in here.
-Oh, nice.
-[Monica] This is all my apartment stuff.
-Okay.
[Monica] Just kind of crammed in here.
Do you wanna see the sock bin?
[Joey] Yes.
[Monica] Okay. Here she is.
[Joey] What the hell?
-So all your guys' socks are in there?
-Correct.
So when you need a sock,
you go in the sock bin
and see what kind of sock
you need for that day.
You dig for the socks
that you want. Got gray?
Have you ever met anyone
that does this same thing?
I don't think so.
-[laughing]
-I don't think so.
[Joey] How many different feet
have been in there?
-[hesitates]
-[laughs]
That's not something I think about, Joey.
[Joey] That would be something
I would think about.
But they're just my family feet.
-It's just my family's feet.
-"They're just my family feet."
So funny.
It looks like it works well for them.
I like it
'cause it's kind of a quirky thing,
and I like quirky things about families.
Follow me out here.
Gosh, it's cold.
-It's a lot.
-[Nicolle] Yep.
It's weird to see you
with a significant other.
-It's been a while.
-I know.
He's not your type.
When you look at him…
-He's not!
-I don't have a type.
I've never had a type.
Your, like, "in a magical world" type
would be a 6'5" Italian model.
Okay, I think that's, like,
everyone's type in the world.
You could land someone like that.
But that's the whole point of this.
It's not about looks.
-[Nicolle] I know.
-It's not at all about looks.
No, I get that.
But even his personality, like…
Is he the right personality for you?
I don't know.
-Well, you met him for an hour.
-I'm good at reading people.
-And you know I am.
-[Monica] No, I know you are, but…
Like, he has a lot of facets.
We've always been on the same page
with, like, everything.
Like, even from day one,
all the morals and values and topics,
like, every single thing matched.
It wasn't just a match. It was… he had…
Like the Sound of Music.
It wasn't, "Oh yeah, I know what it is."
It's like, no, he was,
like, singing the songs.
-[Nicolle] Yeah. Yeah.
-Stuff like that. It was everything.
It was like
there's a reason why we're here.
Hmm. Okay. Well, I just want
what's best for you.
And you know what you want.
-I don't want you to, like, hate him or--
-[Nicolle] I don't hate him.
Yeah, but I don't want you
to always be, like… "Mm…"
-So you're gonna get married?
-Like, that's the goal.
-[Nicolle] Yeah.
-And I don't, like, half-a*s it.
It's crazy. I didn't think that
you would be getting married first.
[laughs]
-Like, in the family, you know?
-Yeah.
Like, I'm five years older than you.
I almost feel like it's my…
-I have to do it first, you know?
-Yeah.
But… no, it's you.
My only worry is you do it.
You get married,
and then you have to get divorced.
-Nicolle, you think I want that?
-And that sh*t is messy.
I don't want that.
And I'm not gonna just do it
for the sake of doing it.
-That's my hope for you.
-[Monica] No, no.
-That's not my goal to do that.
-Is it his?
'Cause I can see him almost,
like, being a really good actor.
Like, he knows what to say.
He knows what people wanna hear,
and he's really good at delivering it.
I just don't ever want you to get hurt.
[dramatic music playing]
-["Just You and I" by Mia Mormino playing]
-♪ Lost in paradise ♪
♪ When it's just you and I ♪
♪ We live in sacrifice ♪
♪ Lost in paradise ♪
♪ When it's just you and I ♪
♪ We're trying to survive ♪
♪ In the 11th hour ♪
♪ Will you take my hand?
♪ Or is this the end?
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08x08 - A Family Affair
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Series follows fifteen men and fifteen women, all from the same metropolitan area, hoping to find love.
Series follows fifteen men and fifteen women, all from the same metropolitan area, hoping to find love.