08x05 - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

[bunniefuu]

-[pop music playing]
-[vocalizing]

[Monica] Your one is Dave?

Mm-hmm. We are the same person
in male and female font, I guess.

Yeah, love that.

So, like, literally
every single thing we say…

[Monica] Mm-hmm.

…it is the same.

-The random little things are the same.
-[laughs]

And then, like, the big,
actual values are the same.

Okay. Dave?

-He's still seeing someone.
-[Monica] Do you know the other person?

I'm pretty much positive.

Does he know that you're not?

Yeah, yeah. He's known a couple days.

-Since I've been "single."
-[laughing]

-That's so f*cking weird.
-That's so weird.

-[woman] Love you guys. Have fun.
-[woman 2] Bye!

-[pop music playing]
-♪ …put up a fight, I got the power ♪

I feel so confidently about you
and, like, about this,

but I spent the last day being like,
"The way he talks to me

is either he's really good at,
like, talking a big game here

to two different people."

"Or she's interpreting this differently."

It's very confusing for me
because me and Molly are so similar.

We haven't had super deep conversations,

but we like all the same things.

We agree on all the same things.

I've never dated anyone
I've been so similar to.

It's so interesting to hear you say
that you and Molly are so similar,

like all the same things, think similarly,
and I don't know how we don't have that.

Why is that your
immediate positive thing about Molly?

I know what you and I have connected over,
and I'm just like,

"How the hell are you
doing that with someone else?"

I just don't get it.

Molly, like, maybe let it slip
that I was the only guy she had left.

Oh, no, she told me that point-blank.

[Dave] I don't like that she did that,
to be honest with you,

but I think what's held us back,
me and you,

is not knowing.

I didn't know
if you were seeing other guys still.

-We haven't really talked about that.
-I know.

-So can I be so honest with you?
-Yeah. Please, please.

Dave, you are the only reason I'm here.

Oh my God.

[sniffles, groans]

Now I'm thinking when you were like,
"Cancel all your dates." You know?

Yeah, I don't understand
how you weren't getting from me--

I thought you were kidding.

Molly, she's told me, "I want you to
figure out what you need to figure out."

[Lauren] Yeah.

I've really respected that. I was like,
"Thank you. I appreciate that."

-Yeah.
-'Cause I do need to figure things out.

[Lauren] It frustrates me
how torn you are. And I get it.

-I do get it. It's hard to do. [exhales]
-[Dave] Yeah.

I'm glad you haven't, like, given up.

Actually, I really do want to. [chuckles]

No, you don't. Please don't.

[Lauren] I think
that would be the easiest…

-It would be the easy way out.
-[Lauren] Yeah.

-This is why we're here.
-[Dave chuckles] I know.

I can just picture you smiling but crying.

[laughs]

-How'd you know exactly what I was doing?
-I don't know. But…

[Lauren] It doesn't feel good
to feel like this,

but I know how it could feel,
like, if this does work out.

-Yes.
-So I want to hold out hope for that.

See, now, I feel like I'm getting myself

in a position where I'm telling you
things that I shouldn't

'cause it might not
be fair to her, but, like,

I've never told Molly
that she's, like, my number one choice.

I would not have told her that
knowing how I feel about you.

I told you, like,
"I could see myself proposing to you."

[Lauren] Yeah.

I have not said that to anyone else.

And I actually really can.

I think you are, like,
one of the best people I've met,

not just here, but, like, in general.

I can just hear in your voice
you're extremely genuine and kind.

You have, like, continued

to surprise me every day, every date.

And when I look back at notes
that I wrote about you, I'm just like,

"I do have, like,
love feelings for Lauren."

I have not always made
the right choices in my past.

-In what ways?
-I've always made the wrong choice.

Really?

[Dave] I just have always
felt that way about myself,

about everything.

Not just, like,
relationships, but everything.

Let's not make
the wrong decision this time.

[chuckles] Okay.

[both laugh]

[Lauren] The more you know
about me and your other connection,

I would tell you that I wanna be with you.
I would tell you to, like…

[chuckles] …pick me in this.

Yeah.

I would tell you that you're
making the right choice in that. [laughs]

-I like the confidence over there.
-[both laugh]

I have confidence.

I just gotta find it.
I just have to trust it.

See, we are the same in that sense.

I have confidence, for sure,
but sometimes I just gotta find it.

Sometimes I feel like
I'm reverting back to my old ways.

Basically, like, getting scared
of my feelings for you.

-Yeah.
-[Dave] And I don't wanna do that.

I can't believe
I'm saying that out loud. Um…

So I think that's maybe why I'm, like…

[chuckles] …being the way I am right now.

Like, you don't scare me.

Like, I scare me.

It's, like, just hitting me right now.

Oh my God. [sighs]

Holy sh*t.

["Smoke and Mirrors"
by DopeNorTeria playing]

Hold on. Oh man.

[Lauren] Are you okay?

[Dave] Yeah. Oh, my heart's,
like, throbbing right now.

It's just, like, pounding.

I'm just, like, going through it.

Just wanted to let you know.
This is really hard right now for me.

Okay.

♪ 'Cause you know that ♪

♪ This love is smoke and mirrors ♪

♪ I can't avoid… ♪

Oh my God.

He said, "I'm gonna end it
with this person."

She's been in there
for an hour and a half.

-[Sara] What did he promise?
-[Molly] He didn't promise.

I never asked him to do anything.

He just said, "I feel like I know
at the end of this that I need to end it…"

-Okay.
-"…with my next person."

And I was like,

"Only if you feel like
if that's what you want."

I just hate being told something

if you're not gonna do it.

-[Vanessa] Yeah.
-[Sara] It's been where you're going.

-I was like, "Could be."
-[Lauren] Hello!

-Hi.
-[laughs]

-I just spilled down my shirt. [laughing]
-[chuckles]

-How'd your date go?
-It was good.

-Good.
-It was really good. I think I, like…

-I'm hearing something really different.
-I don't know.

-Yeah, same, same.
-[Madison laughs]

She was saying that he said
he's gonna break it off with you.

[Lauren] He told her he was
gonna break it off with me?

-That's not what he said to me!
-Well, exactly.

I just sat there, and I was like,
"Wow, this is all so interesting."

[Lauren] Uh-huh.
I also straight-up said to him, I'm like,

"Hey, Molly came in last night
and said that

you told her she was your number one."

He was like, "I did not say that."

-[Madison] I think he's playing you guys.
-Yeah.

[sighs] Oh man.

[pop music playing]

You know, I woke up excited
and kind of sad at the same time.

-[laughs]
-Why do you feel you were sad?

[Brittany] A couple days ago, it's like,

"Devin's my number one.
I'm not gonna front."

-"The guy of my dreams, you know?"
-[chuckles]

-[Brittany] I respect you so much, Devin.
-Yeah.

[Brittany] I think
you're such a great person.

I really appreciate you being vulnerable

and being just completely honest with me.

But I realize

I am a very indecisive person,

when it comes to certain things, you know?

Yeah.

[Brittany] It's just really,
really confusing.

Growing up, whatever your mom
put in front of you for dinner,

that's what you ate,
but as I got older, it's like,

I can have anything I want… [chuckles]

'Cause it's my world now,
you know, and I'm paying for it.

Like I said, it would've
been great to hear

something else
when I shared that with you,

but I still don't want you
to just tell me what I wanna hear.

I want you to be completely
and 100% fully yourself,

and in this process,

we're learning so much about ourselves
and learning, like, "Oh, well."

"I wasn't expecting this."

But that's not something

that I'm willing
to bend or break on, you know.

Right.

Just knowing that you may be
a little more…

[chuckles] …rigid than I would like,
you know, within a partner,

I just kind of felt
like I don't think that this

is going to be good for me.

-We're not each other's person.
-No, I get it.

Honestly… [sighs]

I kind of see it the same way as it just…

I don't think it was gonna work out
for us in the long run.

-Yeah.
-[Devin] I'm just glad I got to know you.

You're one of the most
genuine people that I know.

-Mm.
-[Devin] Didn't take seeing you to know.

Yeah.

[sighs] I'll never forget the conversation

between me and you,
and me expressing that,

and you kind of just speaking that life
into me. I'll always remember that.

Aww, I appreciate that.

I think I know
the other girl you're dating.

-[Devin] Yeah.
-I think she's a great woman.

Like, very observant.

I love her.

Like, that's my girl.

-[laughs] You know?
-[Devin] Okay.

-[Brittany] I know we'll be good friends.
-Right.

It's a beautiful start
to a friendship, hopefully.

For sure.

-[Devin] All right, Britt.
-All right, Dev. I'll see you later.

-All right, see you, sh**ter.
-[both laugh]

♪ I am my own mood
This loving me thing isn't new ♪

♪ Maybe not, yeah ♪

♪ I like you ♪

♪ But I love me ♪

♪ I'm feeling me, so I choose me ♪

-Uh-oh.
-[Virginia chuckles]

-[Devin] Hello.
-[Virginia] Hi!

-[Devin] How are you?
-You sent me flowers?

-[Devin] I did send you flowers.
-Oh my God!

Aww, they look so nice!

-I'm glad you like 'em.
-[Virginia] Thank you.

[Devin] It's officially just me and you.

-I know!
-[Devin laughs]

-How did that go?
-[Devin] It was good.

I thought I was gonna have to do
a lot of talking,

but she started it right away,

and it felt good to know that

we kind of were thinking the same thing.

-And now I can just focus on you.
-[Virginia] Mm-hmm.

You got my gifts over there?

[laughs] Yeah, I wasn't
expecting all of this.

-[Virginia] Okay, open it.
-Okay, first one is a camera.

[Virginia] Open the other big one too.

[Devin] Is it the notebook?

-It's a passport cover.
-Oh, cool.

I have a matching one.

I got it because I guess it was just to,
like, a future, an adventure.

-That's awesome.
-Yeah! Thanks, thanks!

-Am I opening the other one or waiting?
-Yeah, you can open the other one.

-Can you see it? [laughs]
-Yes, I see it.

-I'm proposing to you. Just kidding.
-Yeah!

This was my grandmother Virginia's ring.

[Devin] Oh, wow, beautiful.

But my grandfather, um…

They were married for forever
until they died,

and they had six kids together.

It just kind of represents
the love that I desire.

-Just like…
-[Devin] Right.

They still had such,
like, a magnetic connection

even in their older years.

Which I feel like is,
you know, what I want.

-That's amazing.
-[Virginia] Yeah!

-Thank you for sharing that with me.
-Yeah.

I'mma open this up.

Okay, do the big one first.

Is that a cutting board?

Yes, it's a cutting board.
Go ahead, you can read it.

"This gift is a symbol of my love
for food and cooking." [chuckles]

"People that give food
will give you their heart."

"So you can have my food
because you already have my heart."

-Oh!
-[chuckles]

"Love, your future sous chef."

-[Devin] Yes.
-I love that!

-Thank you.
-Yes.

[Virginia] Now I'm on to the little box.

-What is it, a necklace? Oh!
-[Devin] Mm-hmm.

-It's got my initial in it, and…
-Oh, it does! [laughs]

You're the one that gets my heart.

[Virginia] I love it!

And I'm hoping that I have yours.

-This is so cute!
-[Devin laughs]

I love this. I'm gonna put it on.

[Devin] Hopefully,
we make memories together.

[Virginia] I know.

-All the guys think you're really smart.
-[Virginia] That's hilarious.

[Devin] Yeah, why is it funny?
I feel like you are smart.

[Virginia] I am smart.

-Yeah.
-[Virginia] I feel like you're agreeable.

I'm pretty laid back.

-Whatever she wants is okay with me.
-Aww!

The more I talk to you,
I feel more at peace.

[Devin] I like that.

[Virginia] I know so much about you.

[Devin] I know.

I feel like I have a stronger connection

with you than the majority

of relationships that I've been in.

It doesn't feel real.

-My mind is blown.
-[Devin] Yeah.

My mind is blown.

[both laugh]

-[pop music playing]
-♪ I think we just fell in love ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

♪ La-la-la, la-la-la, whoo! ♪

♪ Nothing else like ours, nothing ♪

♪ I got your love, love, love, love ♪

[Ben] So this is kind of like
the non-normal sexy stuff.

Oh, okay.

I feel sexy when I'm cleaning the house,

because it's clean, whatever,
if that was a thing.

-Hmm. I love when I'm making a meal.
-Mm-hmm.

And I lay it on the plate

and, like, a new wine
or a wine that we both like…

[Ben] Mm-hmm.

-When you take your first bite…
-Yeah.

[Sara] You look at each other
and shaking your head,

and you're like, "That's really good."

-[Ben] Yep.
-That's, like, so…

That just makes me feel so, so, so good.

You're like, "We have to throw this food
in the oven quick to stay warm."

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
No, I love that.

Honestly, my thing's kind of like
the mundane things.

I think it's so sexy when it's like
we just went grocery shopping,

or we just had to run errands
on a Saturday morning,

but we went and stopped at Starbucks
and got a coffee before we went.

Laundry, all that stuff
and just doing it together

and having a blast doing it.

Yes! I love that!

-I can't wait!
-[Ben laughs]

I love so many qualities about Ben.

We have great, fun conversations.

I feel like I've gotten to know you
so much throughout the past few days.

[Ben] Yeah.

I really do get so excited
thinking about living life together.

Me too. The crazy thing is it's like,

I've never had a connection
with someone before

when we think about that stuff,

and it's been the same.

I know.

We've talked about family,
friends, our lives, our regrets.

Should we get ourselves close
to each other as possible?

[Sara] I'm moving.

I feel like I finally met my twin flame.

I feel like there are
lots of different loves,

but love ultimately is having
your best interest for that person.

[Ben] Mm-hmm.

Wanting it to be safe

and secure and protected
through thick and thin,

knowing you will always be there
for that person.

[Ben] Mm-hmm.

[Sara] Um, I feel like…

-I feel like this is it. Right?
-[laughs] Ooh!

-[gasps] Yes! Yes!
-I mean, it feels good.

I wish you could see,
my legs are kicking up and down.

Um, yes,

and I've been kind of

waiting to hear you say that.

I was a little bit

maybe nervous coming into this date

just because I know I had said
I'm falling in love with you. Um…

And you didn't say it back.
You said, "Thank you."

Never wanted you to say it
if you didn't feel it.

So I hope you're saying it because
you feel it and not like you have to.

Yeah. No, I'm not saying it
because I feel like I have to.

It feels like this was meant
for it to happen.

[Ben] Mm-hmm.

-I'm excited, but I'm also nervous.
-Yeah.

-You know?
-Same.

♪ 'Cause there ain't
Nothing else I choose… ♪

We just love
the time that we spend together.

But I want to talk to him about

just deeper things.

♪ I'll gamble on you ♪

-[Lauren] How are you doing?
-He said everything you'd wanna hear.

Are you feeling right now
the way you felt a couple hours ago?

[Sara] It's not like
we have opposing viewpoints.

I just need, like, reassurance that,

because those social causes

have been so important and influential

into my life and my values…

[Lauren] Mm-hmm.

I just wanna make sure
we'd be on the same page.

That's the big question.

"Do you know enough now
to wanna figure that out with him?"

-And it's okay if the answer is no.
-Right.

I just hope my partner is wanting to learn

and able to empathize with others

and put theirselves
in other people's shoes.

It's a big decision.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ I'll follow my heart… ♪

[Sara] When I talk with you,

[Ben] Mm-hmm.

…there's no question
that we have a connection.

[Ben] Mm-hmm.

And I know that you're
a really great person.

-I love you, and I love your qualities.
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

I just think
about everything we'll be doing,

and I, like, fantasize about it,

because I know that we have
very similar ideas and, like, goals.

Yes.

[Sara] I just need reassurance

about the social causes.

Yeah.

And I know we don't have
opposing viewpoints,

but that has been

so important to my life,

especially in just,
like, the last couple years.

It's been very influential
with who I am as a person.

[Ben] Yes, I'm not looking
at it as your responsibility

to, like, help me with that.

I don't want you to have any burden
or any weight on your shoulder

thinking that you have to teach me,

'cause I do have that motivation to,

you know, grow into that

and that internal feeling that we do have

the same beliefs in these things.

And, yes, we will, you know,

be on the same side with these things.

[Sara] I am usually not,
like, a skeptical person

or ever questioning people's intentions.

And all we have
is just trusting each other's word.

-But it's led me to you.
-Mm-hmm.

I feel like we match each other
really well.

-Mm-hmm.
-I totally believe in it.

I feel like honestly
the luckiest man in the world.

-It's feelings I've never felt before.
-I know.

I never thought I would get
to the point where I'd cry,

but if you wanna envision me,
I'm on my right knee.

[Sara] Oh my God.

[gasps] Sara Elizabeth Carton.

Will you make me the happiest man
in the world, and will you marry me?

Yes! Oh my God!

[laughing]

Oh my God. Oh my God!

-Oh my gosh!
-[laughs]

[pop music playing]

[Ben] Holy crap.

♪ Wake up every morning
With you in my bed… ♪

[Sara] I've got hives.

[chuckles] Yeah.
I've never had hives before,

but if I were to have them,
this would be the time.

[Sara] My heart is, like, pumping.

-[Ben] We're engaged.
-[laughs]

Oh my God.

Like, this is insane. Like, I literally…

[Sara] Oh, Ben.

Oh my God, I'm so excited!

♪ I'll say ♪

♪ Will you marry me? ♪

♪ I swear that I will mean it… ♪

I feel so at peace
and accepted by you.

And I honestly can't imagine
being with anyone else.

-[Ben] Yeah.
-I've literally always wanted…

you and your personality and your presence

and everything.

[sighs] And I just feel so lucky.

-Well, fiancée, I will see you tomorrow.
-[laughs]

Okay, fiancé!

-[Ben] I love you.
-I love you.

♪ And if I lost everything ♪

♪ In my heart, it means nothing ♪

♪ 'Cause I have you ♪

♪ 'Cause I have you ♪

♪ To get right down on bended knee… ♪

Hey!

[laughing]

I'm engaged!

Get it, buddy!

[Ben] Hey, thanks, man!

-Oh man!
-Bring it in.

-Yeah?
-Yeah. [screams]

-[cheering]
-[laughing]

-I love him! I love him! I love him!
-[shouting]

[laughing]

-Oh my God!
-[Sara] I feel so good.

-[Sara] I can't believe it's unfolding.
-[Lauren] Yeah.

-Like, literally in front of all of us.
-[Lauren] Yeah.

I'm so excited for you guys to feel this.

♪ Wake up every morning
With you in my bed ♪

♪ That's precisely what I plan to do ♪

Molly's your one, right?

-You don't know?
-That's the confusing thing.

I mean, no, Lauren was my one.

-[Devin] Lauren was.
-[Dave] Yeah.

-Me and Molly just get along so well.
-[Devin] Yeah.

[Dave] So I think that's where
it gets confusing for me.

And I was telling Joey about it too.
Like, I just…

Oh man, I hate that I'm saying it

as, like, if I pick one
versus the other. You know?

[Devin] I was going through
the same thing.

Yeah, and I'm starting to feel
like, oh man, I'm gonna get…

The main thing for me is,
like, running from my own feelings.

'Cause like I feel
like it actually might work.

Then that actually
causes a lot of other issues for me.

Outside of just here,
like, with my sister and stuff.

-[Devin] Hmm.
-[quietly] Oh my God.

So…

-I think, obviously, it's your sister.
-[Dave sniffles]

But you gotta think about
what's best for you in the end.

-[Dave] I know. I know
-[Devin] You know?

[Devin] When it comes down to it,

whoever's gonna make you happy
and you can see yourself with,

that's what you gotta do.

[Dave sniffles]

If it's right,
your sister's gonna support it.

Yeah. No, I know.

-[sniffles]
-You got it, bro.

I don't think that I'm dumb.
I don't think that I'm dumb.

But I also don't think she's dumb.

She apparently was
waiting for me to walk in all night

because he said
he was gonna end things with me.

I'm like, "That's fascinating." [laughs]

Fascinating.

"So you were gonna end things with me?
Who should be confused here?"

I, like, did not
see myself in this position.

[Monica] I know.

For a lot of reasons,

but mainly because
I don't think I'm f*cking dumb.

But I might be.

[Molly] It's been weird today.

[Madison laughs] It's just a weird day.

The energy's weird.

There's a lot of emotions
with every aspect of it, you know.

I really want it to work out
with Dave and I.

I just have a gut feeling that it's right.

And usually when I get these gut feelings,
I'm not wrong.

So I'm really just not sure why

he hasn't broken it off
with the other girl yet. [laughs]

Hello.

[Dave] Hello.

-[Molly] It's been a weird day.
-It's a very weird day.

[Molly] Yeah.

Honestly, I've been crying
for the last hour.

-[Molly] You have?
-Yeah.

Okay, tell me why.

[Dave] Oh man.

I'm just, like, freaked out because I know
our conversation earlier.

-[Molly] Yeah.
-And I'm, like, freaked out by myself.

'Cause I'm like… [sniffles]

"How can I be such a different person
from, like, hours ago?

-Yeah.
-I don't even know what I'm doing.

[Molly] You were thinking
about ending sh*t.

I didn't say I was gonna end it,
but I was cool with that

until I got into my date with Lauren.

And that's when everything
in my head started spinning.

I come from our dates. I feel so good,

and then go to another one,
and I just feel all this pressure.

And I've been trying
really hard to, like… [sniffles]

…be the best version of myself through it.

-[Molly] Mm-hmm.
-And it's just gotten, like, harder.

[sniffles] Oh my God.

[sighs] I'm just--
I'm so, like, f*cked up.

Okay. I mean,
do you think that there's a reason

that you're so conflicted?

Like, I don't know.

We don't have to
keep talking about it, but--

-I don't know what else we're gonna do.
-[Molly] Yeah, true.

I try really hard in my normal life

not to make, like, emotional decisions.

-[Molly] Yeah.
-And it's very hard, but…

-[Molly] But it is emotional.
-I know.

The decision in itself is the most
emotional decision you can make.

Yeah. Oh my God. [sniffles]

[Molly] I'm sorry you're going through it.

Obviously, this is crazy

and confusing and scary,

but if you are worried about

what either of us will say,

to be honest, like, I'm not worried.

Like, obviously, I know what I want.

You know how I feel, but…

I'm not here to, like,

force anything.

-[Dave] Yeah.
-Absolutely not.

[Dave] I know, and that's what
I've really liked about you.

Everything's so fun,

and that's freaking me out.

I'm really struggling with this.
I don't-- ugh!

[sniffles]

[sniffles]

[Molly] Do you need to think about it?

[Dave sighs] See,
that's what I'm trying to say.

I'm not trying to make
a super emotional decision, but, like…

[sniffles] I don't know.

[sniffles] I literally never cry either.

[Molly] Mm-hmm.

I appreciate that you're,
like, showing emotion and crying.

I really don't think that's a bad thing.

I don't think
you're a bad person either way.

[Dave sniffles] Oh, f*ck.

I hate that it's like this, but…

[sniffles] Yeah, I do have…

Like, me and Lauren, I feel like
I do have to see that through.

Yeah. Do you feel like you guys have that

emotional connection more, then?

-[sighs] I think so, yeah.
-[Molly] Yeah?

So then I feel like
you've made your decision.

-Right?
-[Dave] I hate that it's like that though.

I hate that it's my--
like, I made a decision.

I mean, you can say that.

-Yeah, I mean--
-[Molly] You're allowed to say that.

Okay, okay, I just--
why are you so cool about it?

I don't get that. [chuckles]

-I'm not cool deep down about it.
-[Dave sniffles]

But I have consistently said
from the beginning,

that I want someone to choose me.

I'm confident in myself
and what I bring to the table.

-[Dave] Yeah.
-I know that…

if someone's not choosing me,
they're not my person.

[sniffles]

Man.

So can you tell me, like,

what you want right now?

Tell me in your ideal world

what happens right now.

[Dave sniffles]

What do you mean?

I feel like you're trying

to say that you're choosing her,

but without saying that

and make me make the decision.

No, no, no, I'm not. I'm not.

Are you trying to end it with me?

I think you should own your decision
and make it.

No, I know, and I thought I just did.

-Yeah. Okay.
-[Dave] Yeah.

Well, good luck.

Thank you.

-See ya.
-[Dave] Bye.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ What if I'm twisted? ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ So what if I'm twisted? ♪

-Hi.
-[Molly] Hey.

[Lauren] How are you?

-I'm okay.
-[Lauren] Okay.

-Is it weird that we talk?
-It's not weird.

-But, like, you decide.
-Okay. No.

I think…

I appreciate your time.

Yeah, no, no, no. Take your time.
Take, like…

Do whatever you need to do.

Um…

[voice breaks] I was, like,
honest with him and said

I want someone that wants me fully.

All I want is to find my person.

I want you to find your person,
and I want him to find his person.

So, like, I would not
have said sh*t in front of you.

-Yeah. No, I know.
-[sniffles] And I hope you know that.

-[Lauren] Yeah.
-I really thought it was Sara.

Until Sara was like, "It wasn't me."
And I was like…

And then I was like,
"Okay, there's someone else."

I'm like, "sh*t!"

"I said it in front of her,
and I didn't know."

-I know. I know.
-Like, I wouldn't have done that.

I realized I said
something stupid in front of her.

I was like, "I hope that's not why she's,
like, not coming around us right now."

-'Cause I--
-Yeah.

And that's why you, like,
were sleeping or distancing.

-Yeah.
-Anyways, I'm sorry.

No, it's okay.
And, like, I just wanna be so honest.

I…

Honestly, that's why I was,
like, so in my head.

-I felt that. Yeah.
-And I don't-- that's not you.

-That's literally not you.
-It was just he made me-- yeah.

-Yeah, no, sorry. Say it.
-No, no, no.

This is why it's weird,
'cause I don't wanna say it.

No, it's okay. Say it. It's fine.

-Promises were made.
-Mm-hmm.

-Well…
-Okay, so where did you, like, leave?

Like, did he go home?

No.

He wants to pursue things with you.

Which I think is great.

-So I'm like, "Lauren's great."
-Yeah.

And if that's what he wants,

like, I'm never gonna force anything.

Yeah, yeah. You're gonna
either love this or hate this.

I was like, "I can't tell
who's more delulu, me or her?"

-[laughing]
-Yeah, I know. Right. Literally.

And I said this to him today,
I was like, "I don't get it."

-"The way we're talking."
-[sniffles]

"You're either really good
at validating other people

or you're, like…"

He's really good
at validating other people,

but I also don't want you to,
like, take that and feel a different way.

Point-blank. He should not
have put us in this position.

-Yeah. Yeah. [sniffles]
-And, like, that's on him.

Obviously, ask your questions
that you need.

Do what feels right for you.

I wish you nothing but the best.

I'm excited for you,
and I'm excited for everyone.

-I do love you.
-I love you too.

-Yeah. And I hope I see you again.
-[laughs] Are you kidding me?

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Oh, I refuse to say goodbye ♪

♪ 'Cause I know this ♪

♪ Won't be the only time ♪

♪ Till we meet again ♪

♪ Till we meet again, meet again ♪

[Lauren] Hello.

Hi, Lauren.

Hi, Dave.

-How are you?
-[Dave] I'm good.

I had a moment.

-[Lauren chuckles]
-I was crying.

-Were you really?
-[Dave] Like, for an hour.

Like, this past hour?

After our date,

I was terrified that me and you
could actually work out.

That's when I started
getting really emotional.

Yeah.

[Dave] I'm scared
of, like, being happy for some reason.

Yeah.

I think the biggest thing
that freaked me out is that

my mind could just change so much
throughout, like, one day.

Yeah. Kind of scares me too.

I just talked to Molly.

She kind of said
what I said to you earlier, that I'm like,

"Are you just validating both of us
and, like, making us feel like this?

One of my friends had said

Molly was waiting for someone
to walk in having been broken up with.

So my question is,

were there promises you made

about ending things with me earlier today?

-No, no.
-[Lauren] Okay.

I never ever made a promise.

She was like, "I can tell you
promises that were made."

[Dave] That's weird to say it like that
because we didn't promise anything.

Yeah.

-I'm trying to replay this in my head.
-[Lauren chuckles]

But I remember being like,
"This went really well."

"And, like, later if I end up ending it,
that's what happens."

Yeah.

But I in no way
promised her that I was gonna do that.

And when I was ending it with Molly,

she didn't seem to, like, really ca--

Not that she didn't care,

but I was like, "I feel like
you're way too cool with this."

-Just now?
-[Dave] Yeah.

I was like, "Yeah, I really do…
I have such strong feelings for Lauren."

I go, "I need to see that through."

Yeah.

And she goes, "So are you, like,

trying to get me to end it with you?"

And I was like, "Huh?"

I feel like
she was trying to flip it on me.

I was like, "I kind of
just told you, like… [chuckles]

…I have really
strong feelings for another girl."

-Yeah.
-I thought that was relatively clear.

I will say, like,

she was definitely…

I don't know. She's hurt.
I think she, like…

-Anyone's gonna be hurt after this.
-[Lauren] I know. I know.

I think there are probably times
or things that you said

that made her feel like you were

choosing her as number one.

For sure, and I totally
understand how that can get, like…

The communication
and everything is very hard.

Yeah.

[Dave] But she wasn't my number one.

And for her to say
that I said she was my number one,

if I said that,
that would have been a lie,

'cause you've been my number one
for the past, like,

as long as I can remember.

Yeah.

"Lauren" was the immediate
first one I wrote down.

I would pay $5,000 just to see
what Dave's scorecard looks like.

-[laughs] Take my money.
-Okay, you'll get a Venmo request soon.

-[both laugh]
-Um…

Oh, Lauren, oh man.

I feel like you're just so genuine.

[Lauren laughs]

You too.

-A million percent.
-Oh! I'm definitely still a little scared.

[Lauren] Yep. Fair.

I think that's what
you bring out in me, is like…

Oh my God. [chuckles]

-What am I saying right now?
-Let it out.

-Please continue.
-I'm having loving feelings for you.

[Lauren] Mm-hmm.

[Dave] I don't
even know what you look like.

Yeah.

And I didn't come here
to do what I always do

and run away from my feelings

and run away from what's real.

Like, I literally think
I am falling in love with you.

And that freaks the sh*t out of me.

-[laughs]
-[Dave] To be quite-- don't laugh!

-I'm, like, smile laughing.
-[Dave] Okay.

I'm like, "This is what
I've wanted to hear for a while."

Yeah.

My gut reaction is, like,

laughing, being like,
"Oh my God, is this real?"

-[Dave] Yeah.
-[laughs]

-["Part of Your Life" playing]
-♪ You wanted love ♪

♪ To be a part of your life ♪

♪ You want someone
To know when you're better ♪

For the last two hours, like…

[sighs] …I didn't even feel
like I was inside my body.

[exhales]

Yeah, it's terrifying to me.

Part of what's freaking me out too
is my sister.

I don't want her to freak out.

-I love her so much.
-[Lauren] Yeah.

I really hope she can find a way
to understand this.

[Lauren] Yeah.

Do you think it freaks you out
to think about her reaction--

Yes! Yeah, I really hope
she can, like, figure this out.

I also hope that you trust that…

I know you trust
your relationship with your sister.

-[Dave] Well, yeah.
-And I know you trust her.

And you're in this position
where you said I feel like from day one

that you're nervous
because your sister is like,

"No one's gonna meet your expectations."

Yeah. I never ever, ever thought
I was gonna get to this point.

I was just looking back
through my notes about you.

This is, like, me
reassuring myself about it.

I was like, "I can see myself
proposing to Lauren."

"We like tequila tasting."

-"Italian date nights, snorkel shots."
-[Lauren laughs]

[Dave] But then also,
"I thought about her all night."

"I forget where I am
when I'm talking to her."

Those are the kind of notes
and things that I want to feel…

-Yeah.
-…about someone I want to marry.

[Lauren] Yeah.

And I actually…
I guess I'm finally saying,

like, I feel like that.

And I feel that way with you.

[pop music playing]

Man.

♪ I'm falling in love… ♪

I thought you were the one
that couldn't express your feelings!

-What the f*ck?
-[Dave] Yeah.

I can't. So I don't know.

[Lauren] Are you kidding me?
This was like a playbook

on how to tell me where you're at

and, like, reassure me
with where you're at.

-And…
-[laughs]

[Lauren] I just…

-[groans]
-I'm a little speechless right now.

[Dave] Oh my God.

-[Lauren] Vulnerability is so hard.
-Yeah.

-[Lauren] And trusting someone is so hard.
-Yeah.

The thing that I have really loved
about getting to know you

is that you've, like, let me
let my guard down a little bit.

And there's part of me that just starts
to, like, question a lot of it,

but, like, I do really deep down
feel like this is me

falling in love with someone.

-And…
-Oh my God.

-That's insane. Insane.
-That is insane.

[Dave] I-- oh my God.

Oh, Lauren.

-Your voice. Oh my God.
-[laughs]

And your little laugh.
Your little, like… [chuckles]

[chuckles]

I have never ever felt like this
in my entire life.

[Lauren] Yeah.

Oh my God, I feel like
I need to take a deep breath.

[Dave laughs] Take as many as you want.

[Lauren] I know I shared this before,
but I loved my life before this.

I did too.

And now I don't wanna
go back to that life.

-[Dave] I don't either.
-I wanna figure out a life with you.

Oh my God.

-[Lauren laughs]
-Oh my God!

-[sighs]
-[Dave] Oh, Lauren.

-Oh my God. This is what I wanted.
-[Lauren] Yeah.

And I'm actually finally like,
"Holy f*ck, Dave."

-"I don't think I f*cked this one up."
-I don't think you f*cked this one up.

You, I and, your sister
will come back to this.

-Oh my God!
-[both laugh]

That's funny.

-This is so much fun right now.
-This is.

My life is so much easier
than it was five hours ago.

[both laugh]

-Who are we kidding? An hour ago.
-An hour ago.

But, yeah, I mean,
this is the type of stuff

in, like, a marriage,

where I'm just like, "Holy sh*t.
This is what I wanna feel like."

-Yeah. Yeah.
-[Dave] I feel extremely important to you.

And I feel like you care so much.
You really want me to want you.

-Yeah.
-This is exactly how I wanna feel.

Yeah.

This is just the beginning of it all.

Oh my God.

[laughing]

-["Magic" Alexis Donn playing]
-♪ Be who you always imagined ♪

♪ You can, you can, you can, you can ♪

-[Taylor laughs] Hello!
-Hello!

I'm so curious
what your gift is. [chuckles]

[Taylor] You couldn't guess
it if you tried.

[Daniel] Okay, so I have
two in front of me.

I only have one box.
What the hell, Daniel?

Oh! [laughs]

Why do you get two presents?

-Yes! [laughs]
-[Taylor] This is stupid.

-[Daniel] This is stupid.
-[laughs] Oh, there are two things here.

-[Daniel] Oh, okay.
-[laughs] Oh my God.

Let's talk about the stocking first.

The stocking is
my Christmas stocking that I use

in every one of my Christmas pictures.

It started as something kind of as a joke,

but now it's transitioned
to a tradition for me,

and it's something
that I want to continue with you,

and if we have a family someday, our kids,

and doing just fun Christmas cards
with the family.

-I just love that time of year.
-Yeah.

[Daniel] And so I just hope that I can get

another one of those stockings
with a "T" on it.

So I actually already have
this exact stocking with a "T" on it.

-Are you serious?
-[Taylor laughing]

Yes.

-That's wild.
-[Taylor] It is a crazy coincidence.

-[Daniel] Yeah.
-Not a coincidence.

Can't be. We've had too many.

-I think about that a lot too.
-[Taylor] Yeah.

-Your turn.
-[Daniel] Here we go.

[laughing]

-[Taylor] What?
-The Christmas ornament.

Okay, so, every single year, my mom has

these Christmas ornaments made
for my entire family.

You know, my hope is that

we can add another face to the ornaments

of my husband.

-Wow.
-[Taylor] Insanity…

[laughs] …that we both love Christmas
as much as we do.

-And we both brought Christmas items!
-Literally, both brought… [laughs]

-That blows my mind.
-Yeah.

-The Christmas thing means a lot to me.
-Yeah?

[Daniel] Even if it wasn't
Christmas stuff, I feel like

we were meant to find each other.

[Taylor] That's a powerful thing to say

given that you've never met me.

[Daniel] Mm-hmm. That's how I feel.

[Taylor] It makes me feel very special,

very loved and very important.

You are. Like, without a doubt.

[sniffles]

Mm.

You okay?

[laughs] Yeah, I'm okay.

-Yes, I'm okay.
-[Taylor] Okay.

Between that sentence and your line
of telling me "I'd come find you,"

I can easily say that…

those are the nicest things that

anyone has ever said to me.

[sniffles]

[Daniel] Mm.

That's how I feel.

[sniffles]

You doing all right?

Yeah, I'm good.

It's all good tears.

[Daniel chuckles] Yeah.

Truly, what is it gonna look like

to get engaged, get married?
Is there anything that I--

'Cause the last thing I would want
is to surprise you with something.

Yeah.

-Um…
-[Taylor] And same to you.

Yeah.

I mean, the physical aspect is kind of
like starting from scratch a little bit.

-A bit.
-[Taylor] Yeah.

I don't feel like we have ever
talked about our biggest insecurity.

Yeah, I don't know.

A lot of insecurities
just came from when I was younger.

[Taylor] Mm-hmm.

Um, you know,
late bloomer and all that stuff.

Like, you didn't grow?

Eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh grade,
I'm, like, smaller than everyone.

Then finally, like, I started to grow.

You know, but people

in middle school find the dumbest things
to, like, make fun of people for.

-[Taylor] Yeah. Mm-hmm.
-But it still sticks with you.

What about you?

I mean, honestly,

probably my body,

to be completely honest.

[Daniel] Yeah?

[Taylor] The pressure
to look a certain way

has just always weighed on me.

I used to feel so guilty… eating pizza,

and I don't weigh myself anymore.

[Daniel] It's for sure more real
for girls than guys.

-But it's definitely a thing for guys too.
-Mm-hmm.

[Daniel] I don't have a scale
in my apartment,

but I catch myself, like,

you know, looking at myself
in the mirror and being like,

"Oh, I wish this was different.
I wish this was different."

"Oh, I saw a…"

-"Calvin Klein underwear commercial."
-[Taylor] Yeah.

"Oh, if I really work hard
and if I really eat well

and dedicate my life,
I could look like that."

-End of the day, that's not real life.
-[Taylor] Right.

-[Daniel] But it's a very real insecurity.
-Mm-hmm.

If it makes you feel any better,
I like pizza.

[laughs]

-Hawaiian?
-[Daniel] I love Hawaiian pizza.

-[Taylor laughs]
-Yeah.

[Taylor] Will you post me on social media?

Yeah!

[Taylor] I dated a guy
that refused to do that.

I don't understand.

-[laughs]
-[Taylor laughs] Yeah, I don't either.

It honestly did cause
a lot of very weird feelings for me.

[Daniel] Of course.

And I think that's, like,
where I come back to always saying

I wanna feel secure in my relationship.

-[Daniel] Yeah.
-Because I felt wildly insecure.

His name was under every
good-looking girl's Instagram photos.

That blows my mind.

Do you post a lot or what kind of…

Like, what is your vibe on?

-Wait, what's your Instagram user?
-T.Haags.

T.Haags.

Do you follow me? [chuckles]

I can't imagine that I do.

Actually, no, I would remember
because I have a weird memory

when it comes to Instagram handles.

And I can see the person's
profile picture in my head.

[Taylor] But you
don't know what I look like.

No, I know. That's what I'm saying.

I would recognize your Instagram handle,
and I don't.

Okay.

-Do you post a lot?
-No.

I just have, like,


[laughs] Shut up.

[laughs]

-[Taylor] Actually?
-No!

[both laugh]

[Daniel laughs] No.

[Taylor] I really hope
we don't hate each other in person.

[laughing]

[Daniel] I…

I can't imagine,

but like, that would really suck.

-That would suck. [laughs]
-[Daniel] That would be…

That'd be really tough.

-Oh, Daniel.
-[Daniel chuckles]

I'm still obsessed with you.

Slightly obsessed.

"Slightly"?

[laughs] What?

I'm glad that you decided to be here.

You may have just changed my life.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Let's dream together ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Let's dream together ♪

["All I Can Say"
by Elizabeth Anne Mall playing]

♪ When I'm with you ♪

♪ Sometimes I can't speak… ♪

[Sara] I'm so excited.

There's no losing in this situation.

I'm literally going to hug my fiancé.
I just know it's gonna be okay.

♪ All I can say is you've become ♪

♪ My saving grace… ♪

What I love most about Sara,
well, how much time do we have?

I'm just excited

to grow and be a better person
every single day for my wife.

I've not felt a love like this before.

So to be able to say that I found it
and in the way I found it,

feels like I just hit a grand slam

in game seven of the World Series
to win the game.

It feels like
the best feeling in the world.

[exhales]

[dramatic music playing]

-[gasps]
-[Sara chuckles]

-[laughs] Oh my God.
-Oh my…

-["Wherever You Go" playing]
-♪ Baby, I'll follow you, follow you ♪

♪ Follow you wherever you go… ♪

-[Sara] Oh my God.
-[panting]

You are-- [gasps]

-Holy sh*t, you're beautiful. Holy--
-[laughing]

[laughing] My hands are sweaty. I'm sorry.

-Oh my God.
-Oh my God. I can't believe you're real.

-I-- you--
-[laughing]

[gasps] Well, Sara…

Once again, will you marry me?

Yes.

[laughing]

-Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.
-[laughs]

[music continues]

After you.

[Sara mutters]

-How are you doing?
-I'm-- I'm, uh…

-[laughs] I'm doing a lot better.
-Are you feeling good? Oh my God.

I can't believe it. I can't believe
we know so much about each other.

And we're just meeting each other.

-Right? Like…
-[laughs]

-Holy crap, you are beautiful.
-[gasps]

-You are so handsome. Wow.
-[laughs]

Oh my gosh, I'm, like…

-I'm so excited for, like…
-Everything?

-Everything? Really just everything.
-Wow!

Do you want a glass of champagne?

-Yeah, let's do it! Okay, fun! Oh my gosh.
-Let's do it. Yeah.

[Sara] Ben is cute! He's so cute!

[gasps] I have so much adrenaline.

I'm, like, sweating so much.
My heart is, like, pounding.

Like, look at this!

Oh my God! [laughs]

I just can't believe it.

I'm so happy.

-Well, cheers.
-Oh my gosh.

-I'm still shaking.
-Yeah. No, I'm shaking too.

Are my hives out yet?
Oh, yeah, they're coming.

You look beautiful like this.

-I just…
-Oh my gosh, thank you so much.

That's cute. Do you love me?

-Yeah, I do. I love you.
-Oh my gosh.

-I love you too. [laughs]
-I love you. [laughs]

Is it, like…

I didn't know how it was gonna be.
"Am I gonna see this person…"

-"And just lose the connection?"
-No, I know.

I'm like, the connection
couldn't be stronger.

Well, yeah, I was asked,

"Does it matter what he looks like?"
I'm like, "Honestly, no."

And, like…

-It's…
-Everything that it's supposed to be.

I just wanna hang out.
I just wanna lay in bed.

I just wanna,
like, watch TV and watch a movie,

or we can just even go to a park.

Go to a grocery store.

-Show me how to shop for you.
-Yeah, I wanna show you everything.

There's so many things we're gonna do.

-It feels so good touching you.
-I know. I wanna, like, just…

I know. Can we start spooning? [laughs]

I'm a little nervous.

Like, I'm on a first date
with the hottest girl I've ever seen.

-I'm nervous like a first date.
-I know. Oh my God. Oh my God!

-[Ben] So you like it?
-Oh my God, I love it! Thank you!

It's so perfect. Oh my God!

I'm gonna have to get used to this.

-Oh my God. I just can't believe it.
-I… [mutters]

I'm trying to kiss you without smiling,
and I'm like… [laughs]

-Oh my God.
-[both laugh]

-I'm just shocked.
-You're real.

-You're a real person.
-Oh my God! Oh! Oh, the hives!

-[laughs] "The hives. The hives."
-Yeah, the hives. Yeah.

-You ready to get married in four weeks?
-Yeah!

-Are you?
-I'm so ready.

-Can we do it, like, tomorrow?
-Yeah, I know.

-Come on, what's the hold up? [laughs]
-Yeah, let's just elope.

-Oh, yeah! Let's do it!
-[laughs] "You can wait four weeks."

"No, no, no, we have to…"

-I'm ready.
-Yeah.

-I'm ready. We're eloping.
-We're eloping.

[Sara] Cheers to eloping.

Okay, wait, let's look in the mirror.

-Wow. Oh my God.
-Wow.

I'm scared for everyone else to see us.

This is… [exhales]

-[laughs] Oh my God.
-[chuckles]

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Love you for life ♪

♪ I took the long road across the ocean… ♪

[Ben] Standing in front of the mirror,
I saw my future.

I saw all the pictures.
I saw the Christmas cards.

I saw the wedding invitations.

[laughs]

Me and my hives are gonna go this way.

-Yes. If you have to, I guess.
-[laughs]

[Ben] I'll walk you there.

♪ Lately, I just feel like ♪

♪ I can't get you out of my mind… ♪

[gasps] I can see
this love lasting a lifetime.

Okay. I guess we have to say bye.

♪ I could love you for life ♪

♪ Love you for life, love you for life… ♪

-No, we're doing this right.
-[laughs]

♪ I could love you for life ♪

♪ Love you for life ♪

♪ I know that it's true, me and you ♪

♪ I could love you for life… ♪

[Ben exhales] Wow.

Sara, I love you.

I love you.

So excited.

Okay.

Okay.

♪ You came and found me
When I was hopeless… ♪

-I don't wanna turn around.
-I know!

-Do I have to? I'm just gonna backpedal.
-Okay.

-[laughs]
-Get to look at you the whole time.

♪ I can't get you out of my mind… ♪

I miss you already.

I was just about to say that.

[laughs] Oh my God. Okay.

-I love you.
-I love you. I'll see you soon.

Bye.

♪ Love you for life, love you for life… ♪

[laughs, exhales]

[exhales]

♪ Me and you, I could love you for life ♪

-[Dave] Happy Valentine's Day, by the way.
-Happy Valentine's Day!

So much has changed for us
the last, like, couple of days.

I think I've obviously questioned
how you're feeling and where you're at,

and what was said
and what was not said and I just…

[Dave] For sure.

…really appreciated
and respected the way we talked about it.

-It felt so open and communicative.
-Mm-hmm.

I've just really liked, like,
figuring things out with you.

Me too. You easily could have bailed.

I just can't thank you enough
for, like, your patience,

because it helped me come to terms
with a lot of other things

and just, like,
not being afraid to go after

the girl that I really want to be with.

I am just…

-I'm so in love with you.
-[Lauren chuckles]

[Dave] You are literally
the most lovable person I've ever met.

You just naturally have those motherly,

like, nurturing qualities,
and you don't even try.

-[laughs]
-[Dave] That's weird to be attracted to.

But, like, I'm super attracted to that.

-Yeah.
-[Dave] And I just love that about you.

It's the best part of my day
every single time we've come in here.

I don't know how that's gonna change
in the real world, but I mean…

-I'm not too worried.
-[Dave] I've just never felt like this.

Where I'm just I want to spend
every second I can with somebody,

and that's you.

You've just, like, made me so much happier

in a ten-day span than I've ever been.

I will literally spend the rest of my life
trying to make you as happy as I've been.

If I could dream up the perfect woman…

[Lauren laughs]

[Dave] …she wouldn't
even come close to you.

You have so far exceeded

everything that I've ever dreamt about

someone that I am gonna marry.

I'm trying not to cry over here.

-[laughs]
-[Dave] Um…

-I am gonna get on a knee.
-[Lauren laughing]

[Dave] Um…

This is nuts.

[Lauren] Oh my God.

-[Dave] Whoo! Um…
-[laughing]

-[Dave] Lauren.
-[chuckles]

Will you marry me?

[gasps] I will, Dave.

Oh my God!

Oh my God.

-What the--
-[Lauren] Holy sh*t!

[laughing]

[Dave] Lauren, I love you so much.

This is just gonna be so much fun.

I love you so much too.

I'm excited to just,
like, start a future with you.

-I know. Me too.
-Starting, like, tomorrow.

Yeah! [laughs]

-I love you.
-I love you too. Happy Valentine's Day.

Happy Valentine's Day!

-[laughs] Bye.
-[Lauren] Okay, bye.

["feelslikeimfallinginlove"
by Coldplay playing]

[vocalizing]

[Daniel] All right, let's go!

-What'd she say?
-She said yes.

[men cheering]

I'm engaged.

[shouting]

[woman] We're gonna have to get in.

We're gonna get in.

-[Devin] You're up next?
-Yes, sir.

-[Devin] You got two in a row, right?
-Yep.

Nice.

f*cking ready.

-It's a big one coming up?
-Yeah.

-Numero uno.
-[Alex sighs]

Okay.

It's exciting.

Yep. [exhales]

You feeling nervous?

Yeah.

[chuckles] I can't imagine going
into today and not knowing who, dude.

[chuckles]

If you have a connection,
I think you should go for it.

I'll let you guys know after.

-["Pick My Poison" playing]
-♪ I don't need familiar with you ♪

♪ I just wanna drown in your eyes ♪

♪ I made my choice, love no one ♪

[Alex] Dude, you got this, man.

-I hope you're feeling good.
-Emotional.

It's a big one.

I appreciate it though.

[Alex] Yeah, man.

-[Mo] Good luck, man. You got this.
-[Mason] Thanks.

-You got this, man.
-See you guys later.

♪ Pick my poison ♪

Hello.

-Hi!
-[Mason] Hey!

-How are you?
-I'm good. How are you, Mads?

-I'm good.
-What do they got on your side?

[both laugh]

A cream pie.

-You like that?
-[both laugh]

That is so cute.

[laughs] I was like,

"That might be a little inappropriate,
but f*ck it. We'll do that."

That's so funny.

Um… [sighs]

Yeah.

I don't know if you

heard the news. [chuckles]

What's that?

[Madison] Um, I kind of assumed
that you knew…

[sighs] …before coming into this,

but yesterday,

kind of had these instincts
and, like, gut feelings about things.

Yeah.

[Madison sighs] Um,

I just think that maybe this is not, like…

our story.

You know?

I was able to get there faster
with someone else.

Um, and…

Yeah.

I feel like I, um, added

some unnecessary pressure

when I told you

that I, like, was committing to you.

When I said it,

I… I don't know if it felt right.

It was an unfair thing to do
to both the people I was seeing.

I don't know why you would say that
if you didn't mean it.

You're still dating two people
at this point, you know.

Yeah.

[Madison chuckles] And so you said that,
but you didn't mean it.

Um, and I kind of

saw that.

Just in the way
that you were being so elusive.

I just think you were probably
saying very similar things to both of us.

I got into my other date and was like,

"This is exactly
what I've been looking for

and wanting to hear."

And that's kind of the tough part,

is you can have
two really great connections,

but at some point, like,

you have to decide,

and I have decided.

Obviously, it's not
my conversation to have…

but you know, Meg and I did talk.

I think you kind of just,

you know, tried to keep

two good things going at once and…

might have lost both of them.

I-- I mean, I…

I didn't come into this

trying to have two things going at once.

I'm not faulting you for that.
Like, that's just what this is, right?

[chuckles] You know, maybe you
could have been a bit more decisive,

but it's neither here nor there
at this point for me.

So…

Maybe we can be friends. [chuckles]

That probably sucks to hear though.

[Mason] Um, no, for sure.

Everything happens for a reason.

So this…

You know, no hard feelings.

Yeah.

Yeah, okay. Um…

Well, I'm not gonna
eat this breakfast. [chuckles]

[Madison] Appreciate it.

[chuckles] I wish you the best
in your conversations today.

-Just be honest.
-[Mason] Yep.

[mutters]

Got it. I'll see you later.

Bye.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ When you're all alone ♪

♪ Where will you go? ♪

[Madison] Hi!

-Hey!
-[Meg] How'd it go?

[Monica] Why? What's going on?

Break-ups taste good.

[Monica] "Break-ups taste good"!

[Madison] He was just
a little bit of a clown.

[laughing]

[Alex] Oh.

-[Joey] You good?
-[Alex] How you doing?

-Yeah. Give me a minute to digest sh*t.
-[Alex] Aww.

Got broken up with, basically.

-[Alex groans]
-Damn.

Sorry, dude.

-How you doing, man?
-Good.

Feeling all right?

[mouths]

-You still got one more?
-Yeah.

-There's a lot going on though.
-[exhales] Yeah.

They're talking over there,
and I don't know…

I don't know what's being said.

Like, you wanna sit? What happened?

They were talking about you?

Yeah.

I definitely said something
that I regretted.

And it's definitely
gonna come back to haunt me.

[Alex] Hmm.

So…

Did you say something bad
about that person?

No, I said something
'cause I thought I meant it, and…

when I said it,
it just did not feel right.

[Alex] Hmm.

And I had a lot of clarity last night,

knowing that it didn't feel right,

and I was gonna bring that up today.

[Alex] Hmm.

I just hope I get a chance to.

[Alex] Hmm.

Well, they told me

that they're not talking over there.

So… at least not talking

to people that they know
each other are dating.

They're talking.

Because my number two
sat down with my number one.

-Really?
-[Mason] Yeah.

And told her what I said.

Really?

Yeah.

[Madison] I was like,
"It just sounds like, you know,

you had two good things going at once."

"And like, maybe
you'll leave without anything."

You said that? Don't say that!

-[Madison] No, I was like--
-Holy sh*t! Madison!

[Madison] I don't know
what your decision is.

I said, "I don't know how Meg's feeling."
Blah-blah-blah.

But I was like, "Your indecisiveness,

um, could've caused you to,
like, lose both things."

And, yesterday, he was like,
"I'm committed to you,"

and then today for him to be like,
"I take that back…"

Based on what he told me,
I don't think you'll be impressed.

Are you thinking
you're gonna end it with him?

[Meg] I have no idea.

He just could
not decide which direction to go.

-Yeah.
-And I chose quicker than he did.

I do think it's important
to hear what he has to say.

The more information you have,
the better decision you can make.

Dude, information is power.

It's my pride. A lot of this is my pride.

I just challenge you
to think about that a little bit too.

I feel like throughout this process,
I've been going through ego death a lot.

[Madison] You have to face yourself
and your own ego.

Yeah!

[Mason] Hello.

[Meg] Oh, hi!

How you doing?

[Meg] Oh, Mason!

Mason, we got some sh*t
to talk about, don't we?

[Mason] Yes, we do.

[chuckles] I was so worried, like,
that you'd be in here in a bad mood,

but then I keep telling myself,
"I know who Meg is."

"And she's just gonna come here

and be hearing everything from me."

Yeah, I mean,
I'm definitely not in a bad mood.

I mean, I feel for you, 'cause I know
that you had a connection that ended,

and you found out in a weird way,

but also, like, I'm super bummed out,

because it definitely
made me feel some type of way.

Yeah, I'll just go out and say it.

I had feelings

for two people here, you being one of 'em.

Madison being the other.

I validated Madison,

and…

when I did,
it-- it just did not feel right.

I clearly said it to the wrong person.

I felt really… confused.

Did you feel confused though
before or after

you found out that she was with Alex?

That's the question.

How would I know if I was
your number one that you would pick

if now I'm just here by default?

There is no one here
that made me feel genuinely, like,

myself the way that you have.

I mean, I can't even explain
how happy you've made me.

Like, I got out of my f*cking seat

because of the conversations
we were having multiple times,

and no one's done that with me.

Meg, you were my first date in the pods,

and I put a ten down
right next to your name,

and no other f*cking girl got a ten.

You've always been my number one.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Look at the mess you've made ♪

♪ Left me to pick up the pieces ♪

♪ Look at the mess you've made ♪

♪ All the dark things you did
Left me speechless, yeah! ♪

♪ This is your worst mistake ♪

♪ All the dark things you did
Left me speechless, yeah! ♪

♪ This is your worst mistake ♪

♪ How do you sleep at night ♪

♪ Knowing what you did to me? ♪

♪ Look at the mess you've
Look at the mess you've ♪

♪ Look at the mess you've made ♪