01x04 - Do You Trust Me?

[bunniefuu]

-[Narrator] Previously...
-[Ly] Oh my god!

I didn't know
when you were coming!

..six couples moved in together
after just one date.

But would the threads
of a relationship

formed via text...

-[Female instructor]
Breathing. Relaxing into it.

What the f*ck is going on?

-[Narrator] ..come together
in the real world?

Who do you think
will break first?

-[Madi] Patrick's not sitting
right with me.

I'm not buying
what they're selling.

He just talks so much
about himself.

I can't win with... I can't win.

Shut the f*ck up!

-[Narrator] Now, the couples
come together once again.

If you could switch your match again,
would you?

That's a f*ck vibe.

[phone chiming]

-[Narrator] And the Love Triangle twist...

[phones continue chiming]
..drops.

Alright, here we go.

Interesting, spicy.

Not interesting - spicy.

Do you trust me?

-[Madison] Mm-hm.

[upbeat pop music]

-[Narrator] It's been one week

since our couples entered
the Love Triangle experience...

testing if a connection
formed over the phone,

sight unseen...

can sustain a real-world
relationship.

Some of our couples

have already established
a physical bond...

[excited shrieks]

..but some have yet
to find a spark.

And Lisa is keen
to help Erika and Ly

take the next step
in their relationships.

[cork pops]
Oh!

-[Ly] Yay!
[Lisa] Here we go.

Yay.
[girls chatter]

Have you had any issues
with Patrick?

Oh, my goodness.

-[Ly] Yeah. What's going on?
-No issues with Patrick.

-[Ly] That's so good.
-[Erika] And you guys,

do you find him to be
on the same page as you?

Oh, yeah, I would say.

Like we always joke saying, like,
we're on the same book

but different pages.

But I feel like we're, sort of,
getting closer to the page 69.

[laughter]

-[Lisa] Um....
-[Ly] Awww.

But, yeah, it's a good feeling.

Yeah.

Well, you know what, cheers
to being on the same page.

-[Erika] To Lisa!
-[Ly] Cheers to Lisa.

-[Erika] And Patrick.
-Cheers to, uh, page 69.

-[laughter]
-Yeah, yeah.

Erika, we've got
some work to do.

-[Erika laughs]
-No, I don't dislike him,

I can bear with him,
we can communicate,

but, yeah, it's just lacking

that sort of chemistry, I guess.

-[Lisa] Spark, yeah.
-How do we... How do we up it up though?

I think in terms of that,
we need

to sort of, change up,
the energy...

-[Erika and Ly] Mm-hm.

..with a little sage,

manifest our intentions
for the next week

for what you want to bring
to the other partner

and vice-versa.
-Yeah, amazing.

-[Ly] Let's manifest.

So, we'll manifest
our good intentions

and good vibes.

So, we'll go with you first, Ly.

Did you want to hold it,
and sort of, you know.

What do I do with it?
Just like...

-[Lisa] Just, you know...

[laughter]
She wants an orgasm.

I've never had an orgasm before.

-[Lisa and Erika] What?!

Okay wait.
Give me that back for a moment.

I manifest,
and give Ly an orgasm.

[both laughing]

So, in this bag...

Ooh, what's in there?

..are some fun toys.

So, this can bring out
Ben's playful side.

I feel like I should
give a gift to Ben.

It's clean.
You're good, you're good.

[laughter]

No, but I've never used
a vibrator before.

You haven't?

Yeah, so, like, obviously
you could be with Ben,

maybe buy a toy
and be like, playful.

-[Ly] But we haven't
even kissed yet.

I feel like we're jumping
from 0 to 100.

But that's me.
Welcome to my world.

[Lisa and Ly laughing]

-[Ly] I love Lisa.
I love that she goes all in.

And maybe that's what I need
with Ben.

I'm hoping that the sparks
will grow.

I need that little bit of a push
to go for it a little bit more.

Maybe I need to try that.
Can I touch it?

Yeah, it's washed,
I'm pretty sure.

-[Ly] Yeah.
-[Lisa] Turn it on.

[Erika laughs]

[button clicks]

-[Ly] Oh, wow.

So, this whole thing
just goes inside?

-[Lisa] No.
-[Erika] No, no, no, no.

I mean, you can put it in you,
if you want, I mean...

-So...
-[Lisa laughs]

It's the quiet ones
you have to watch out for.

[Alex sighs]

I'm a bit hungry.

Make a tea.

[Alex laughs]
No. That's gross.

[both laugh]

That just took away my appetite.

[giggling softly]

I'm gonna make some brekkie.

Are you having anything?

I don't know if I told you,
I'm going to make tea.

You're actually
having a tea?

-[Madison] My relationship with Alex

right now, is stronger
and better than I expected,

or came in hoping for.

-[Alex chattering]
-[Madison laughs]

We feel very comfortable
with each other.

Like, everything's
just so easy.

Like, we just like agree
on everything,

and we like the same things.

[Madison laughs]

We sit on the couch
and watch a movie

and we don't speak
for, like, an hour,

and it's just, like,
"Yeah, still there".

It's, just, like it literally
just feels so normal.

I came into this experience
wanting something like this...

and got what I came here for,
you know.

-[Alex] Nice.
-[Madison] Nice.

-[Alex] Nice. Mm. Delicious tea.

-[Madison] Stop.

It's good.

-[Alex] Yep.

[soft electronic music]

-[Alex] I am 100 percent happy

at this point.

You know, we're happy
just having fun

and enjoying
each other's company.

But I'm quite happy to say

that I love learning
and I'm an intellectual.

I don't know if me and Madison
have got to the point

where we stimulate each other
intellectually.

How's your tea?

-[Madison] Great! Do you want some?
-[Alex] Mmm.

I think you're going to feed
it to me anyway.

It's just...
-[Madison laughs]

..weird flavour with hot water.

It's not my vibe.
Not at all.

It is quite an important thing
to me.

I just don't want to be
with Madison because it's easy

and I just get complacent.

That happened
in my past relationship,

and that's, yeah,

what I didn't want
to do with Madison.

-[Instructor] Come this way.

So, we step, step, step, step.

And step, and together...
[Salsa music playing]

..and step, and together.

[Instructor continues]

Now, we turn!

Go, six, seven,
and together.

And back.

And together again,
and forward.

-[Ly] Um, Ben has a really fun vibe.

He is, he honestly is.

But after speaking
with the girls,

I realise, for me,

it's so important
to be with someone

who is your best friend,

who makes me laugh a lot,

and who can make me horny.

They're the three things
that I need and that I want.

-[Instructor] It's much better.

-[Ben] That's great
It looks way more sexy spinning.

-[Ly] [narrating]
So, I'm on a mission today,

we're going to be doing
Salsa dancing,

and at the end of class today,
I just want to know one thing...

am I going to left
be feeling wet,

or am I going to be left
feeling dry?

-[Ben] One, two, three.
-[Ben and Ly] Five, six seven.

-[Ben] One, two, three,
five, six seven.

-[Instructor]
And, one, two, three.

-[Ben] Five, six seven.

One, two, three,
five, six seven.

One, two, three,
five, six seven.

-[Ben] [narrating]
I really like Ly.

Ripping idea to go
Salsa dancing.

Get close,
touch the hips.

-[Instructor] One, two...

[Ben] [narrating)
Really get intimate.

-[Instructor] One, two, three,
five, six, seven.

-[Ben] Good.

And It's a good way to just create
one of those sparky moments.

And we look each other
in the eye, and we're like...

"sh*t, this is good".

[chuckles]

-[Instructor] And a five,
six, seven.

-[Ben] One, two, three,
five, six. seven.

One, two, three...
-[Ly] Oh!

-[Ben] You got to go faster.

-[Instructor] Yeah.

-[Ly] [narrating]
When I danced with him today...

I just feel even more
uncomfortable.

[laughs]

[both laughing]

-[Ben] We've gone the wrong way!

Clearly, clearly, we've gone
on opposite sides.

Clearly,
we're on different wavelengths.

Certainly not the same
wavelength.

[Ly laughs]

I just don't feel
that chemistry.

I don't feel that charged energy
when he touches me.

When he holds my hand,
when he looks at me in the eye.

Maybe you want to do these ones.

I don't feel like I have
the chemistry with Ben.

-[Ly] Wait, wait, wait, wait!

[laughing]

It's still very dry down there.

Can someone pass me
a water bottle,

because I'm feeling
a bit dehydrated,

and it's not
because of the dancing.

-[Patrick] Oh, baby.

-[Lisa] Hi, you look good.

-[Patrick] You look exquisite.

Mm, very sexy.

-Is that for me?
-That's for you, baby.

-Thanks. Well, cheers.
-Cheers.

-What a weekend.
-What a weekend.

-[Lisa] And to another night of...
-[Patrick] To another...

-[Lisa] ..madness.
-[Patrick] ..of madness.

-[Lisa laughs]
- Good choice of words.

-[Madison] Hey, Alex.

-[Alex] Yeah?

Could you come help me
with my dress?

Yeah, sure.

-[Narrator]
For our Love Triangle couples,

turning connections they formed
with their matches via text

into real-world relationships
can present unique challenges.

Tonight, they'll
all come together once again

to share their experiences.

But that's not all,

as the Love Triangle experience
enters a new phase.

-[Lisa] So, what fire are you
bringing to the table tonight?

Well, babe, I say we expose
all the fence sitters.

-[Lisa] Mm.

Expose them all

for the fence sitting
that they're doing,

because this is not
a fence sitting sport.

You're looking lovely.

Well, thank you.

How's the shoes going?

Yeah, brand new ones.

So see how they go
for the night tonight.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

-[Patrick] Playing it safe,
being fake, not being real.

-[Ly] Hi.

-[Patrick] Not being vulnerable.

Want to be in the friendzone?

Wrong, wrong experience.

Yeah, absolutely.

Alright, let's cheers
to tonight.

-I'm so keen for tonight.
-Let's do it.

We better get going, huh?

Is it even going anywhere?

You know?

I mean, I know,
we're going somewhere.

But everyone else,
I'm not really sure.

-Not bad, ey?
-I like it.

-Average or what?
-No, not at all.

Alright.
[both kiss]

-[Madi] I'm going to say
the minute we arrive,

Patty or Lisa will mention sex
or something about sex

within the first five minutes.

I actually don't know

anything, really,
about Patrick and Lisa's relationship

apart from the sex.

And who's on top,
or who vibes, or, I don't know.

And I hope for them
there's more to it.

I've no idea.

Be interesting to see
if they calm down a bit.

To us.

-To fun.
-To fun.

-[Narrator] As the group

head toward tonight's
couples party...

some relationships
are going strong...

while others continue
to flounder.

And none have any idea
what lies ahead

as the Love Triangle twist
is just hours away.

Ooh, where are we?

Ah, here we go.

Oh, you're next to Patty!

[Laughter]
Hello!

They've separated us.

[James laughing]

I can still reach you.
[laughter]

I can still reach you.

Uh, it definitely feels
a lot more intimate.

-[Yannick] Yeah. I'm excited.
I don't even think...

Oh, I've got Lisa next to me.

Lisa, I love Lisa and Patrick,
and Patty.

OK, interesting.
Interesting.

So, did you catch up
with Lisa, did you?

Yeah, yeah. I know, It was so good.
- Did you?

-[Erika] That was so cute.
-[Lisa] It was so much fun.

How was the catch up?

I heard there was more dildoing,
vibrating than catching up.

-[Ly] Yeah. [laughs]
-[Erika] Right.

There was a vibe,
shall we say.

Let me just tell ya...

Could someone please elaborate,
because as someone

who's obviously not a part
of the situation,

you've just brought up dildos
at the dinner table.

Fill me in.

So, I've never used
a vibrator before.

Me neither.

-Yeah.
-I haven't either.

-So...
-Run me through how they work.

I think she just pulled them out,
and just gave us

a bit of a show-and-tell.

Like this is...
-[James] Show-and-tell.

-[Ly] You know... You try it.

We're talking about, sort of,
getting into... more into our partners.

[chatter]
-[Ly] Yeah.

So, her feedback was,
"You got to go all the way, Ly.

You got to, like, you know,
go in there, just do it.

Explore it.

You know, just go for it."

And I'm like,

"I don't know whether I can
whip out a vibrator with Ben".

[laughs] We'll take it
one step at a time.

[indistinct chatter]

Wait, OK, if I don't
get a vibrator,

I'm going to be pissed off.

No, but listen,
No, she didn't give us one.

It was hers.

She's used it?

[James laughs]

Wait, la, la, la, la. Stop.
Was the...

-[Ben] You've got
a few questions?

-[Madi] Well, I just heard
it was hers.

-[Ly] It was clean.
It was clean.

Oh my god.

[laughter]

-[Ly] But you know,
it was good.

It was a nice catch up.

Ooh, another couple.

-[man] Hey!
-[Yannick] Hello.

-[Ly] Hi!
-Hi, buddy. How are ya?

You good?

-Hello! Hi beautiful, how are you doing?
-Yeah, good.

Howdy, howdy.

How are we?

[indistinct chatter]

I am excited for tonight.
Come on...

[laughs]

At the last dinner party,

myself and Pat
were the only couple

that have had sex.

So, tonight's mission for me,
I want to gauge each couple

and ask them, like,
"Are you having sex?"

There you guys are. Hello.

[Lisa] Because, I can't wait
to get to know everyone

on another level.

[chattering]

Thank you.

Delicious.
- That's good. It's really good.

It's nice.

-[Lisa] [narrating]
We want people to have fun,

and we want people
to be themselves.

And the only way to do that
is to test the waters.

So, who... Who's gone
to, you know, first base?

Can you tell us bases?

Yeah, what are bases?

First base is kissing. Kissing.

Yeah, we've gone.

Oh! [laughter]

She's a proud mum.
She's like, "Oh!"

-No one else?
-[Andrew] I said we have.

She was like, "Have you?"
And I'm like, "Yeah, we have."

-[Lisa] Second?

Well, can we...
What do you...

Like, blowies?

[laughter]

Pretty sure that's third.

-[Lisa] I don't know.
-Chest is second.

[Lisa] I don't know.
For me, I'm just all the way,

because I don't even know, like,
one person's second and third.

[laughter]

We've hit a homerun.

[cheering]

-Love that.
-Yeah!

[all clamouring]

-[Ben] And there's
some red cheeks,

right there,
after you've said that.

So, this is awkward.

[laughter]

-[Erika] Why?

-[Alex] We'll make it
less awkward.

We've hit a homerun as well.

[cheering]
-Congratulations.

-[Madi] Homerun!
-Woo!

Who else has hit
the homeruns?

-[Yannick] No one else.
-OK.

-[Yannick] Not playing baseball
at the moment.

Are you playing single-sided
handball?

Yeah, I'm playing, just one-handed uh...

One-handed tennis at the moment.

[laughter]

Well, we are announcing
something very special.

So, it's very difficult
for us to do this,

but we've made a decision.

We've decided...

not to have sex for seven days
and go cold turkey.

[laughter and cheering]

I don't know if I want
to cheers to that or not.

That's what I'm talking about.

[Lisa] It's a real thing.
It's a real thing.

Odds are $2 on me,
50 cents for Pat.

It's the most difficult thing
we've done thus far

and I'm so proud of us.

This morning was very hard
and difficult.

The announcement's bullshit.
Like, it's like, we...

I thought they were actually
going to say,

maybe they were separating
or they were taking it slow.

Like, a lot of people
aren't having sex,

so why do we need to hear
about you not having sex?

Who gives a f*ck?

Yeah.

Is this because you guys felt

like you were just
on the physical side,

and now you want to build
that other side?

-[Lisa] No. No.

I'd say we have been having sex
every day...

-[Yannick] Yeah.

..and it's been amazing.

[laughter]

But, yeah, my vag*na's
pretty much turning into burlap.

-[Ben] Patty is red raw.

It's getting very,
very sandpapery down there.

[laughter]

I'm not going to lie,
but it's been amazing.

-[Madi] Do you think it's each other
that you're having...

Like, do you reckon you're just
sexual people,

or do you think it's because
you're attracted to each other?

- Both. Absolutely both.
-Yeah.

-Yeah, 100 percent.
-[Madi] Yeah.

Like, I've never had a guy
make me wet in my entire life,

like he does.

-[James] That is poetry.

[laughter]

Poetry.

Prove it.

[laughter]

I'm holding a tutoring class
after hours, just...

-[Madi] [narrating]
I'm in shock with Patty.

I don't know
what he's trying to sell,

but I'm not falling for it,
and I'm not buying it.

I think if someone actually,
genuinely believes

that they are that person,

they don't try
and sell them-self.

And he's selling himself.

[Patrick chuckles]

Look, it's not a competition,
guys.

But if it was, you're winning.

[laughter]

-[Patrick] You said it, not me.

I feel like we're all doing
a relationship status update.

-[Woman] Yeah.

I feel like that's
what we're doing.

Yan and Erika
are super fence sitting.

They clearly don't have
any intimacy.

One person talks,
the other one rolls their eyes,

vice-versa. It's a sh*t show.

We all see the red flags,

might as well bring it
to the surface.

So, that's our status update.
I think we should go clockwise.

Status update.

Everyone knows where we're at.

Yeah, we're real.
I don't think...

Where's that doom and gloom?

Yeah, what does 'real' mean?

So, for me, like,
that first week for us,

hasn't been what we probably
both thought it was going to be.

We're always gonna just
tell each other how it is,

and that's probably
caused friction.

But I think we've, like,

had, maybe, some little bumps
along the road,

and hopefully that means,
we won't have any big ones.

What does that mean?

We're friends,
we're building our communication,

-[Yannick] Oh!

I can guarantee
there's nothing to it.

So, on that topic,

if you could switch
your match again,

like a click of a finger,
would you?

Would you do it?

At the end of the day,
we came on this show,

to actually meet a partner,
right.

You don't need to explain,
we get it.

We get it.

If I had the choice

to potentially look
for someone else,

to have that romantic--

If you could bring it back,
would you click?

I would probably give it a go,

because I think she would
respect that,

because that's not
where we're at.

You know,
and we've had that conversation

with each other.

-[Lisa] Yeah.
-[Yannick] Um...

Yeah, so then, what's the point?

[Patrick and Lisa laughing]

-[Erika] What do you mean,
"What's the point?"

[overlapping chatter]

The point is that, we're all
in the same experience,

but everyone's
on different journeys.

-[Erika] Yeah.
-Yeah, different journeys.

They're doing a great job

with what they're doing
right now,

they don't have that option.

So, I think that we need
to let them go.

Good on you.

The fact that
you're questioning it so much,

it's just... find it a little bit
disrespectful.

I'm just asking.
I'm just asking.

[Madi] And just to be honest with you,

like, you guys talk about
how great your relationship.

Like...
-We're not that great.

Like, we fought.

It seems like you're, kind of,
overcompensating a little bit.

Because, our relationship
is absolutely great,

but we don't sit here and talk
to everyone about it 24-7.

-[Yannick] Yeah.
-Or tell you how much sex we have,

or whatever.

Like, it doesn't seem natural
at all.

I'm only bringing this up now,
because it's an open table,

and obviously you guys
have had your say...

-[Madi] I thought you're overcompensating.

..you guys were
overcompensating, because maybe

there wasn't the other
connection there as well.

And I'm still not buying it,
100 percent to be honest.

I was really, extremely bored
the first night.

[dramatic orchestral music]

-[Madi] You were bored?

I was really bored.

So, because I was bored,

I'm like, "You know what?
Let's spark some controversy."

It wasn't sparking
controversy.

It's just like, I didn't buy
a single thing you were saying.

It made we walk away,
going, "You're insecure".

Like, I thought you were spinning
absolute sh*t,

to be honest with you.
- Yeah. I'm so insecure.

And I'm sorry that we bored you.

Maybe just you three.

Sorry, us three bored you?

[Yannick and Erika laughing]

-[Patrick] Yeah.

Is that 'cause we'll call you out
on your sh*t?

-[Erika] OK?
-Are you joking right now?

I wish I was joking.

I'm so disappointed in you.

I wanted you to be better tonight.
I wanted to like you.

I wanted you to be better.
-Don't try that hard.

Fine.

-[Erika] Ha, ha. OK.

-[Patrick] I only can judge
what I see.

And it just feels a little bit
too fake for my liking.

-[Man] When I spoke to him...
-[Madi] f*ck, man.

I can't believe you're actually
saying that.

I was a bit bored,
I'm just saying.

I was being real.

No, I don't think
you are being real.

-[Erika] Yeah,
you're not being real.

I genuinely think you're being fake.
And I'm so serious.

We're being real.

And I was hoping
that I was wrong about you.,

I really came in here
with an open mind,

and you are just 100 percent
proving it.

Like, I feel sorry for you.

You seem like a great person.

You need to stop.

Maybe you guys
should just

get to know each
other a bit better, I guess.

Um, you mean me and, um... Madi?

He doesn't even
remember my name.

I was boring, I was boring,
so he doesn't remember my name.

I get Madi and Madison
mixed up all the time.

Because he doesn't take
any interest in anyone,

but himself.

Even the, "Me and Lisa
are going to wait to have sex".

We don't give a f*ck

about what you're doing
in your sex life. Like how is that...

It's like, we're all sitting around,
going,

"Oh, I wonder
if Pat and Lisa are having sex".

Who cares?

[laughter and chatter]

He's sitting there pouting and mmm...

[laughs]

It's a f*ck vibe.

But, what? Sorry,
like, who says that?

Patrick's trying
to get a reaction from people.

So, I'm not going
to give it to him.

He got a reaction,

and I tried so hard not to.
[laughs]

I don't know
what he's trying to prove.

Patrick's just trying
to stir, like, stuff

between all the couples.

That's not what we're here for.

I'm actually, like I think you...

I'm genuinely in shock
with him.

Like, I'm just, like...
"Stop!"

[Lisa] OK, I'll say this,
there is...

behind closed doors,
Pat is a beautiful soul.

-[Madi] I believe you. I believe you.
-[Erika] I believe you.

And I think you were thinking
in my best interest,

"Why the hell is Lisa,
a good girl, nice,

beautiful soul,
with him?"

But, deep down,

like, we've had such a deep
and emotional connection.

Like, I haven't been as happy
as I've been

in the past ten years
of my life.

-[Ly] Awww.

I don't want to get emotional
about it, but like, I've just...

I've never been treated

the way a guy has ever
treated me, like Pat,

and it's a beautiful feeling,
and I'm happy.

[chatter]
-[Madi] I'm happy for you.

But he needs to show it.

Saying that you're kind,

that's not what
you've shown tonight.

-[Madi] Exactly.
-[Yannick] Yeah.

[laughter]

-[James] Ly, just give it to us.
How's it going?

-Oh, really?
-Yeah.

Yeah, no, Ben and I,

we get along,
really, really well.

Obviously...
-Yeah?

All in all, we vibe.

I'm just not sure
whether we vibe romantically,

at this point.
-[James] Yep.

Just want to be honest.
That's how it is at the moment.

Do you see that happening
on the horizon?

Like do you think at some point,
at the rate you're going,

that that could be a possibility?

-I'm open to it.
-Let's try.

I'm not closing off complete to Ben.

-[Ly] I... I do like
to take things slow,

whether that's with Ben
or anyone else.

I don't like to dive
into things,

because I want to make sure
that it's, it's what I want.

-Wait, have you kissed?
-Not yet.

-[Ly] We can do it right now,
if you guys want.

[all cheering]

-[Lisa] Do it, kiss, kiss.

-[Leesh] Kiss, kiss, kiss,
kiss, kiss.

-[Woman] Come on, just a peck.
-[Ben] I'm a gentleman, I...

Show us what them lips do.

You can see what
I've got to deal with,

the mixed signals here?

Bit of hot and cold.

-[Ben] [narrating]
I'm confused.

She's telling the table

that she hasn't really felt
that spark.

But then,

to genuinely look at me and turn
to go for a kiss

in front of everyone,

like, it just makes you feel
a bit like...

"What's going on?"

She just doesn't know
what she wants.

You know in your heart
if this is going to work or not.

OK.

And I know it's hard
to admit to yourself.

-[Leesh] Feelings aside,
you know,

Ben's a great guy,
you've made him aware of that...

In my mind and heart,
he's an amazing person,

and I know that.

-[Leesh] So, you feel it as a friendship.
-But it just doesn't feel right for me.

-If you can't see...
-[Ly] Romantically...

If that's your answer...

that is your answer.

At the end of the day,

I'm in this experience
because I want to find love.

I want to find my best friend.

And I want to find
that genuine connection.

And, I love Ben to bits
as a person,

and I love how we are
when we are together.

But, I'm not sure
whether it's romantic.

Picking Ben,
it was a very last minute.

I'm like, "What if I make
the wrong choice?"

[chatter]

OK, so we sort of asked
each other this question,

where you are now together,

in the real world,

how many months,

or like, at what point

would you think that you two
are at?

I mean, do you include
that we've moved in together?

Because that wouldn't usually
happen for, like, a year.

Like...
Yeah, definitely several months.

Like, three or four months
at least. Yeah.

I'd say, like, two months in,

because obviously
we were texting.

I said eight to ten months.

-[Kyle] Yeah, I said six.

My own personal experience,
I reckon we'd be like six months in.

I'd say probably six, for sure.
-Wow.

So, this is your longest
relationship?

[laughter]

What would you say, Ly?

Besties.

[laughter]

[overlapping speech]

-[Ben] I'd say two days.

[chatter]

Exactly nine days.
It feels like exactly nine days.

-Exactly.
-Yeah.

[laughs]

Guys, please.

[laughs]

[chatter and laughter]

I think that after
the drama calmed down,

really turned around
and it was a good night.

I think everyone's still getting
so much out of this experience.

It felt so great, just kind of,
see where everyone's at.

Hear about their relationships
and just see everyone tonight.

Alright, guys,

I would just like
to say "Cheers"

to our second couples dinner.

Uh, eventful night to say the least,

and let's see
what the f*ck happens next week.

[laughter and chatter]
-[All] Cheers.

-[Narrator] And as the couples
toast to the experience...

they've forgotten one thing...

This is Love Triangle...

and triangles have three sides.

I was literally just like, "Oh!
Is this gonna..."

[indistinct chatter]

[phone chimes]

-So sick.
-Yeah, yeah.

[laughter and chatter]
-[Man] I love it, man.

I love it.

Just go, just go.

[phone chimes]

-[Woman] Yeah, yeah.

[indistinct overlapping chatter]

[suspenseful music playing]

[phone chimes]

[chatter and laughter continues]

[phone chimes]

-[Man] Do we bring this up?
Do we talk about this?

Did you just get the...

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- ..same message.

So, let's be real,

I just got a message
from the girl

that I didn't choose.
-[Kyle] Me too.

Was... I haven't even
looked at it.

Can we just, like,
cut the suspense,

and read whatever it is.

I'm just going to read it.

I just got a message
from Daniel

saying, "Madi,
hope you're doing well,

because I'm taking you
on a date this week".

"Just dropping in to say, "Hey".

"I'm not the kind of person
to let a good thing slip away".

"I'd love to get
to know you further,

and for you to see who I am,
what I'm all about too.

See you on our date, can't wait.
Bec. Kiss".

[chuckling]

No.

You're not going to read it.
I haven't even read it first.

"Have you heard
the great news yet..."

Question mark.

"..that you can't actually
reject me twice.

Ha, ha, let's finally
put a face to the name

over a bevvy.

Excited to meet me, I'm sure",
with a couple of emojis.

"See you soon. Belinda. X".

Yeah.

Interesting. Spicy.

Not interesting. Spicy.

Um, I don't know
about anyone else,

but just, like,
the thought of that,

like, really,
actually upsets me.

Like, instantly I felt that,
like, kick in the gut.

-[Yannick] Yeah, of course. Yeah.

As if, like, your boyfriend had just
cheated on you or something.

Yeah, it's not a nice feeling.

Why are we the ones
that have to go through that,

like, pouring your heart out
to be chosen...

-[Leesh] Yeah.

..and then you finally
get chosen,

and it's like,
"Oh but wait a sec".

And they're going in
with the kind of intentions

to make something happen
with that person

that you've just spent
so much time with.

You know?

It's a kick in the guts,
100 percent.

[downbeat piano music]

I know it's weird. I know.

It is what it is.
It's weird, but like, whatever.

If, like, you go on a date
and get a connection with her,

like, then you're not my guy.

I'll find somebody else.
[laughs]

I'm not going to be upset
or angry about it.

Of course you are.

It's weird, but...

You will be upset,
and you will be angry about it.

Because I would be.

It's OK. We're good.
Nothing to worry about.

[dramatic orchestral music]

Hey.

You all good?
Toilet?

Was it a tough decision for you?

Like, when you were texting,

was it an easy choice,
or was it a...?

Being real, yeah,
it was pretty easy.

-[Yannick] OK.
-For me, once I'd...

I started building
that strong connection,

once we had that phone call,

it's like this is...
This is kind of where I'm at.

Um... The other girl was lovely.

I could tell that
she was a lovely person,

we got along in a lot of ways,

but there was a few things
that just didn't line up.

And then, once I met Madison,

I was just like,
"There is no doubt in my mind".

-[Madi] You're OK.

I'll be going on a date,

and I'll enjoy a nice night
with a nice person, I'm sure.

-[Yannick] Would you... Yeah, but
would you go in close-minded?

Close-minded.

I build one connection
at a time.

Yeah, and I feel
a connection here

and I'm not gonna even
think about jeopardising that.

The other person doesn't even
factor into me at all.

Yeah.

-[Ben] [narrating] It's tough.

I know that Ly and I are...
aren't all the way there, yet.

I think she came
into this experience,

and she was looking
for something different.

She picked me over him,

knowing he had
an Asian background,

and I was an Aussie guy.

She's got me,

and I think there's some doubt
in the back of her mind

if that's really
what she wants now.

Ah, a few people
asked me tonight...

where I'm at and...

-[Ly] Yeah, where are you at?
-..if it's a sinking ship.

We've had a few conversations
about where we're at,

and we're at different places,

and I think we're trying
to meet in the middle.

Um, I think it comes down
to two people,

if they want to try,

there's still a chance.

Yeah, and Ly's
generally trying, right?

-[Ben] Yes, and that's
what I believe.

If someone's still got that fight in them
to want to try,

and I do, and I believe Ly's
told me she does,

then they should try it.

But, at the same time,

if she feels like there's a connection
with someone else,

and she wants to explore that,

I totally trust her, and like,
you make your own choices.

Wow, very mature.

I'd be lying if I didn't say
I'm a bit worried,

but all I'm going to focus on
is Ly and I.

I'd never go down
without a fight.

-[Kyle] Yeah.
-[Leesh] Respect.

-[James] Can you stop being
the good guy for one second?

[laughter]

I'll be lying to myself

if I say I'm not feeling curious
and excited about,

you know, getting
to know Danny next,

and see whether
there's something there.

So, I think I need to...

own up to that and...

See whether there
is that connection

with Danny and I.

Not to throw a spanner
in the works,

and say, that, like,
it's been...

Like, I respect
everyone's journeys,

and what everyone's doing,
but it's also been nine days.

-Do you know what I mean?
-Exactly.

-[Yannick] In the real world,

if we were in the real world,

and you'd dated someone
for nine days,

obviously our feelings
are all heightened

and everyone's
had different experiences,

but like...

would you be feeling the way
we're all feeling right now?

Probably not, right?

I'm trying to not be, like,
insensitive

but also, of course,
I'm excited to see Belinda.

I'm excited to explore that
with her.

That has been something
I've been thinking about,

over these challenging times.

I've felt, "OK,
here's my opportunity

to have the experience

that I thought I was going
to have."

Like, you know,
I'm not disregarding Erika.

We have been through a lot

and I respect her,
and she respects me,

and we'll always
have each other's back. So...

But if there is an opportunity
to pursue something romantic,

that's what I am here for.

Right, like, that's what
we all came here for. So...

You'd be stupid to sit here
and say you weren't.

-[Yannick] And hopefully Belinda

is one of the other nine
out ten girls that I vibe with.

And not the one out of ten
that I'm not vibing,

that I don't vibe with, yeah.

The worst thing in the world,
is, "What if?"

And I think we can
all agree with that.

A hundred percent.

But, again, trust the process...

and trust the connection
that you've built,

and whatever's meant to be,
will be.

"Hey, Lisa.

I thought a lot
about our brief communication,

and how it would be such a shame
for us not to meet.

I'd love to find out
more about you

and for you to meet
the real me.

So, I'm taking you on a date
this week.

Your guitar hero, Matt. XX."

Guitar hero.
[spits]

Yeah.

[drops phone in bag]

-[Madi] Patty, what if Lisa
has a connection there?

Alright, here we go.

I'd be devastated.
I'd be completely disappointed.

I'd be um...

I'd be really sad, yeah.
Yeah.

Ah, nah, I'd be f*cked up, yeah.

[sad music playing]

Where has this Patty been
this whole time?

-[Madi] I like that.

I like this Patty.

And Lisa,

it shows us a little bit
of insight

into what you are seeing

that we're struggling
to see at the moment.

But he values you.

[exhales]

I am worried
that he's going to come in

and ruin things
with me and Lisa...

to tell you the complete truth.

It's even just upsetting,
like, hearing him say that,

because I do have
a real connection with Patrick.

-[Madi] Yeah.

For someone to be put
in that equation,

it would hurt me to hurt Patrick
in that way.

Yeah.

-[Patrick] Obviously,
it annoys me,

because I spent days with her,

trying to, like,
create something amazing,

and special.

Not thinking there was going
to be outside influence,

and now this guy's
in the f*cking picture.

And, like, this happens and...

Yeah.

-[Narrator] The Love Triangle
experience

is about changing the DNA
of modern dating.

So, far, our couples
have forged relationships

through personality alone.

But this phase
of the experience

is designed to test
those connections...

by posing the question,

"What if I'd chosen differently?"

Do you trust me?

-[Madison] Mm-hm.

You don't sound too convinced.

Yes, I trust you.

Good.

You've got nothing
to worry about.

[Madison chuckles]

I know it's impossible for me
to really reassure you of...

Like,

that I'm in this experience
with you and no one else.

This happens in the real world.

People get tempted
by other people.

This will be a great opportunity

for me to show you how loyal

and how much
I'm invested in us.

I think, we've...

come a long way together.

Why would I want
to jeopardise that?

OK.

I've always had
in the back of my mind,

like, what ever happens
between him and I,

if I'm picked or not,

if he chooses another girl over me,
he's not my guy.

Because my guy,
that I'm supposed to be with,

isn't going to turn his head
for anybody else.

I do trust Alex
and I trust what we've built,

but someone amazing
could walk through those doors.

The only thing I know about Bec
is that she's a model.

Bec?

-[Bec] Alex, how you going?
-Hey, how you going?

-Hi.
-Nice to meet you.

You as well.

[laughter]

-How you going?
-Yeah, great.

If he gets a connection
with her...

it will be pretty easy
for me to be, like...

walls up, wiped off,

on a plane back to Melbourne,
done.

-[Bec] How are you feeling?

Yeah, I'm alright.

How did you, um, react

to finding out
that I was coming?

-It was a bit of a surprise.
-Yeah?

Yeah, yeah.
[Bec laughing]

I bet the other half
wasn't too happy.

No, to be honest, she wasn't.

Oh no.

Um, no, she wasn't,
to be honest.

I mean, me and Madison have built
quite a good connection

in the short time
we've know each other.

-Yep.
-So...

-[Alex] [narrating] She's
obviously a pretty girl, so...

Uh, there's no...

There's no ifs, buts or maybes
about that.

Yeah, you look very nice.

Thanks, you too.

What are on your socks?
Flamingos?

Flamingo.
I love a good flamingo.

Oh, my gosh, I love that.

I've got about six pairs
with flamingos on them.

I don't know why,
I just like flamingos.

You know what,
my mum loves pink flamingos.

Yeah?

Every time she sees something
on Facebook or wherever,

she'll like send it to me,
"Look at the pink flamingo".

[both laughing]
-[Alex] Cute.

[Bec sighs]

-[Alex] Cheers.

Raspberry, so nice. Cheers.

-It's nice to finally meet you.
-Yeah. [chuckles]

He's very attractive. [laughs]

I think he's really cute
he's got nice, green eyes.

Which is really pretty.

-Yeah.
-If you don't mind me asking,

how old are you?

Oh, great question. I'm 28.

-Yeah, OK.
-How old are you?

-Thirty-one.
-OK.

Yeah. I can't guess.
I was like, "28, 29?"

So, I wasn't too far off.
-[laughs] Yeah.

Just thought the way you were talking,
um...

you seem quite mature.

Yeah, I like to think so,
most of the time. [laughs]

Like, in the late
'20s sort of thing.

I feel like...

that first, um...

The first meeting's
always a little bit awkward,

but I feel like,
it hit off straight away,

and yeah, I think
we've got a little bit of a spark

starting to happen.

[laughs]

Every year, we go to Paniyiri,
do you know the Greek Festival?

Paniyiri?
-No.

- But it's like a Greek--
-Are you Greek?

Yeah, yep, yeah.

The way you said it,
like, 'Paniyiri'

it's like,
had a bit of an accent in it.

[both laughing]

Yeah, so we normally
try and go to that.

It's just, like, um,
a food festival,

and there's games and dancing...
-Oh, awesome.

-..and a whole bunch
of things as well.

I eat way too much food.

[Bec laughs]
-There's no such thing.

[both laughing]

You can't eat or drink
too much, ever.

I know.
[both laughing]

So, you knew your great grandma?

-Yeah. Yup.
-Wow.

That's cool.

My middle name's actually
named after her.

Oh, what's that?

-Joy.
-Joy.

Yeah.

-My mum's middle name.
-Is it?

Yeah, it is. Yeah.
[Bec laughs]

I've learned
about his other match.

I think her name is Madison...
or Madeline.

[laughs]

Um, he said they had
a pretty good connection.

I'm absolutely here
to work for it. [laughs]

I'm a bit...

I can be a bit competitive,
so...

Um, I'm definitely going
to put my best foot forward

and try my best to show him
who I am,

and hopefully we can...

build a really great connection,
and it can go somewhere.

Wow, thank you.

I don't even know what we have
here, but it looks great.

So, you were previously married,
you said, hey?

-[Alex] Mm-hm. Mmm.

How, when...
Like, how long was that for?

So, married for five years,
pretty much.

-OK.
-Yeah.

Together for nearly ten.

A long time.

Very long time.

And yeah,
ended over a year ago now,

but it was just a thing
of, you know...

We were doing it
because it was easy.

We didn't fight,
we didn't argue,

we didn't have any issues,
we honestly were happy.

But we were just like mates.

-Yep.
-Like, it wasn't...

The romantic sort of side
had gone away and, um...

And I missed that,
'cause I'm quite a romantic,

and... I quite like that.

-Yeah.
-So, we loved each other.

Definitely.

Um, but, yeah,
just sort of fell out,

and it didn't work out.

But, yeah, got through it,
obviously, and...

It just reignited this,
you know, this fire in me

to do all the things
that I wanted to do once.

Mm, it's easy to be complacent

when you're just so comfortable,
like that.

Yeah, so comfortable.

Oh, sorry that you went
through that.

It must have been awful.

She's pretty much

exactly kind of how
I pictured her to be.

She's mature, kind, empathetic,
you know, a nice person.

We connected on multiple levels

from important things
to, you know,

just common interests.

A little surreal.

Like, um, obviously,
three weeks ago

we were messaging and then...

Yeah.

..it just sort
of came to an end, so...

-[Bec] Yeah.

Obviously,
you're a lovely person.

She's lovely, she's attractive,

she seems highly intellectual,

she seems like she's a fun type
that loves to do fun things,

but also mature where it counts.

And, um, that's obviously
something that's a great thing.

It's crazy now. It's crazy.

-[Bec] Yeah.

Oh, well, we'll see what happens
with this and where it all goes.

When I get back to the house
to see Madison,

I'll be open
and tell her the truth.

I had a nice time,

you know, met someone
that was a wonderful person,

like I thought she would be.

Yeah, I enjoyed
the experience today.

Well, hopefully I will
get to see you again.

I've really enjoyed talking to you,

and getting to know you as well.
-Yeah, same.

It's been really nice.
-And seeing you.

Yeah, same.

Lovely.
Well, I'd best be off.

Thank you.

-See ya.
-You as well.

I'll see you again.

See you later.

[tense music]

-[Madison] Trusting someone

isn't something
that I do easily.

But for some reason,

as soon as I met Alex
and we connected,

I trusted him straightaway.

And that really petrified me
to be honest,

because I haven't trusted
anyone in a long time.

So, yeah.

It's just a scary thought.
I do trust him.

And it scares me,
because I'm like,

I'm literally giving you
the reins of hurting me.

So, we'll see what happens now.

Hello.

-[Narrator] Next time...

say hello...

to what could have been.

-Hi.
-[Belinda] Hi. Nice to meet you.

Hi, Matt?

-Daniel?
-Is your name Madi?

-[Danny] Ly.

Oh, my god.

-[Narrator] Red flags...

-Mwah.
-Good thanks.

-[Narrator] ... and all.

It's a big thing to leave out,
of, like, your life.

-[Belinda] Yeah, yeah.

Can you not call him a boy

and back home
and so boring?

That's rude.

We're adults.

[theme music playing]