07x21 - Episode 21

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-Previously on
"Love Island USA"...

-Casa Amor's
surprise recoupling...

-TJ, Amaya,

you've got 24 hours to lock in
a new connection

or risk being dumped
from the island.

- left two islanders scrambling.

-Well,
a kiss would be nice tonight.

-My time is tick-tocking.

-I think you're cool as sh*t.

-Too bad I can't be in your bed.

-That's awesome.

-And when time ran out...

-TJ and Vanna,
you are now a couple.

-Boys, if you have
a better connection with Amaya

than your current couple,
please stand up.

- one girl...

- Olandria.
- It's okay.

I'm not mad at you, girl.
It's okay.

- and one boy...

-"Nic, you have not
been picked to be in a couple."

- had to say...

-"You have 30 minutes
to pack your bags."

-"...and say your goodbyes."

-I'm so sorry.

Bye, bye.

-Quick! Hurry up!
Get in!

-What the f*ck?

-Nic, come on!
Hurry! Hurry!

-What the f*ck?
What are you doing here?

You hide behind these walls.

-Welcome to
"Love Island USA."

After last night's recoupling,

Casa is still reeling
from Olandria's departure.

And over in the Villa,
the boys are grieving Nic.

Ace and Taylor
have dressed in black

and asked me
if they could deliver a eulogy.

Go ahead, lads.

-As soon as I met Nic,

we already cracking jokes
within the first 15 seconds

of us meeting each other,
so I always appreciated that.

You know what I mean?

And, like, he's able to
chop it up with anybody.

-Yeah, bro.

Just the thought
of losing somebody that's,

you know, that close to me...

My best friend for life
right there, bro.

It's like, Nic to me, bro,
he low-key feel like Superman.

-We speaking on Nic
like he dead.

Like, he not even dead.
That's the crazy thing, yo.

But it's just like,
I'm sitting here thinking

how I'm going to break
the news to Cierra.

-Dead a*s.
Because I know she finna cry.

I know she finna boo-hoo.

-I'm frustrated.

I'm thinking in my head,
"There's no way that

a woman does not stand for Nic,
especially Jaden.

This sh*t f*cking sucks.

And I'm mad as f*ck that
I just cried.

I'm supposed to be a gangster,
but it's like...

- My boy from Watts crying.
- Right, right.

You know what I'm saying, bro?

Like, these two grown-a*s men
crying over a person they,

you know, just met, but...
- Like, bro...

- How you feeling?
- Terrible.

-I'm just, like... I'm, like,
honestly, still in shock.

But I just did not think
that was going to happen at all.

-Yeah. Having the pressure
put on to make that decision

is definitely really difficult.

And, like, I'm really happy
that you did choose me.

I like you.
Like, I really like you.

And, like, I haven't,
like, had someone in here

that I've really, really
wanted to get to know.

-Thank you.

I was and am extremely happy
that I'm coupled up with Austin

and I wouldn't change anything.

Talking to him
is very comforting.

I felt, like,
safe talking to him.

-It's not an amazing...
an amazing feeling,

but there's a lot of
good things here, too.

- You and me...
- Stop!

- we get to cuddle tonight.

You get to hear me snore.

-I know.

-Interestingly,
and this next chat,

you can see the exact moment
Zak realizes that he should

probably cancel that mariachi
band he's booked for tonight

to celebrate his and
Amaya's recoupling.

-f*ck.

Zak, like, one of our bestest
friends just got sent home.

And I spoke to that girl
about everything.

She was the strongest woman
that I known.

- No, honestly, like...
- I love her so much.

And her and Taylor
have such a great connection.

-And, obviously, like,
of all the chats I've had,

like, I've made
the most connection with you.

Like, I'm just going with
my gut feeling.

So, obviously, like,
I apologized.

Like, I had to send one of
your friends home.

But I had to do what
I had to do for me, you know?

But imagine I didn't stand up.
That'd be you going home.

Do you know what I'm saying?

-I know, I know,
I know, I know, Zak.

I know that wasn't an easy
decision to make whatsoever.

Coming into Casa Amor,

I felt like this was
my opportunity

to explore
the potential connections here.

And that's exactly what I did.

And it happened to be that Zak
and I had great conversations.

So for him to stand up for me,
it felt good.

-I heard you crying
your eyes out,

so I just wanted to come
and check on you.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

-And I appreciate you
for doing that.

-No, no.
But, like, obviously, like,

I know you want to grieve with
the girls, and I get it.

- Zak, thank you.
- No, it's cool.

It's cool. Listen,
go drink some water, yeah?

Take some rest
and just relax, yeah?

Because I feel like, yo,

your emotions are hella
high right now,

so I feel like, just take some
time to chill out a little bit

and feel better.

But if you need anything,
just let me know, yeah?

- Thank you, Zak.
- It's all good.

-America,

Nic and Olandria
are off on a date.

And you won't believe this,

but their waiter
for the evening is Jeremiah.

Okay, I'm... I'm joking about
that last bit, but still,

Nic and Olandria?

There's candles?

Bro, today is... It just keeps
getting crazier and crazier.

-I have so much to tell you.

-Well, I got so much
to tell you.

- I want to hear everything.
- My God. I'm scared.

I want to know the tea,

but I'm not sure
if I want to know the tea.

Thank you, Nic.

Should we cheers for a second?
I need a drink.

I need a drink.
I need a drink.

-Cheers to whatever this is.

-My heart is beating
a thousand miles per minute.

-I thought I was boarding
a flight to... back to Florida.

And then, when you opened
the door, I was freaking out.

-Did you know it was me?

I saw your smile and I was
like, "my God, my queen.

I've been missing you
this whole time."

-We've been missing you, too.

-Like, I felt like
my family was split apart.

-Literally.

-Like we were on,
like, some big divorce.

I agree.

-But, yeah,
I want to hear everything.

-So, my girl Chelley's
pretty popular.

First day, she had
two guys standing on her heart.

She ended up going with
this guy named Chris.

He's 6'7", super-tall,
plays basketball overseas,

and their conversations
are amazing.

Yeah, she's just going back
and forth in her head like,

"What the hell am I
going to do," you know?

- It's going to be interesting.
- Very.

- Two very big personality.
- Very interesting.

-Leaving that Villa and
having a connection with Cierra

before coming into here...
- It sucks.

- it sucked because I felt like

I couldn't say goodbye
to the person.

-Same.

-And that is what, like,
really cracked me.

-Yeah.

Cierra is currently coupled
up with this guy named Elan.

- Elan?
- Yeah.

He kind of reminds me of you.

Like, he looks like you...
kind of, in a sense.

They have
really great conversations.

Definitely different from yours.

You and Cierra's conversations
are more giddy, more fun.

Their conversation's
a little more like,

I can definitely see
them being like a power couple.

-I think, obviously, I mean,

that worries me, like,
a dude who looks like me.

And I told her I want to be open

because I want to test
these connections.

And I felt like she
wanted to be more closed off.

- Yeah.
- But then now I'm sitting here,

and it's like
I didn't find anybody,

and she found somebody in Casa.

So it's going to be
the test to...

-For sure.
For the both of us.

-Yeah, you want to
know about Taylor?

-Yeah.

-So, I'm just going to be
completely transparent with you.

And I know, you know,
Taylor's my good friend,

but I'm putting that all
to the side right now.

CoCo chose Taylor first.

-The girl I was coupled up with,
Clarke,

chose him at the recoupling.

-He feels this, like,
emotional connection with her.

And he also feels this
physical connection with her.

-Knowing him, like, he was that
slow burner between...

- Me and him, yeah.
- You and him.

So, for me, that kind of,
you know, raised some flags.

This could be something.

-Yeah. Gotcha.

-I do want to say thank you
for picking me.

My pleasure.

-How do you feel
about us being coupled up?

-I feel happy to be coupled up.

You know, I'm ready to
fully explore this.

I'm all for it now, ready to see
where this sh*t can go.

-I truly like Taylor.

I've been Team Taylor
since f*cking day one.

I think we all f*cking
know that.

If he's willing to throw all

that sh*t away
over a physical attraction,

that man was never f*cking mine.

If you're able to come in
and take my man from me,

Taylor was never f*cking
mine to begin with,

and I'm okay
with leaving this f*cking Villa

with a smile on my face
and knowing that.

-You more of a cuddler
or are you more of an

edge-of-the-bed-type sleeper?

-I'm down for
a little cuddle sesh.

-Nothing wrong with that.

- Thank you.
- Of course.

-Yippee!

-I'm scared to see
what the f*ck it says.

- Me and you couple up.
- Yes.

sh*t.

- My God.
- My goodness.

- Did you see this coming?
- Bro, no!

I think there's
only one right answer.

Let's go to the f*cking Villa.
- We're going to the Villa, baby.

- What the f*ck?
- But I just want to say...

- I've been wanting to
get to know you.

I feel like we haven't had
the opportunity to,

like, get these conversations.
- Agreed.

-And I think, like,
this text is the

perfect opportunity to do that.

-In the beginning,
how we kept kissing,

and we would never pull
each other for a chat.

I'm like,
"He keeps choosing me."

Like, you know what I'm saying?
Is something there?

But it's like,
when Cierra got involved,

and then you had Belle-A,
it was like,

"Okay, he has a lot going on,

so it's like, I'm not even
going to make it worse."

-I feel like it was,
like, this fun, like,

secret-admirer kind of thing.

Like, I kind of always wanted
to let you know I was into you,

but never, like, had
those conversations with time.

-Nic, what the f*ck?

-Vamos to the Villa.
Vamos to the Villa.

- Nic, what the f*ck is going on?
- Fun first date, yeah?

- My God.
- Nic, what the f*ck?

-Welcome back
to "Love Island USA."

CoCo is consoling Ace.

Weirdly, she sounds
exactly like my parents

after watching my most recent
stand-up comedy show.

I'm so sorry.

Like, this is very unfortunate,

and I hate that it
had to happen like this.

- Right.
- Um...

So, yeah, I'm sorry.
And I really do feel for you.

It's tough,
but I'm here for you.

Thank you.

- For tonight.
- Yeah.

-I hate to see you
seeing us like that, but...

- Yeah.
- I appreciate it. Yeah.

-Yeah.

You do well
with managing your emotions.

-Try to.

How did you feel, standing up...

-Aw, man, I'm not gonna lie.
It's heavy.

-I ain't gonna lie. I didn't
think you was gonna stand.

I thought it was about to
be real heavy around here.

It's heavy. I said, "my
God. I'm finna stand up."

I said, "I'm not letting him
go out like that."

He was just very vulnerable

and transparent
about his emotions,

and I was really grateful
for him finding me

to be a safe space to do that.

This is like a whole family.

Like, now we are all
a part of a family, for real.

- Yeah.
- So just finding gratitude

in the chaos is important.

But I'm here for you and...
- Thank you.

- Yeah.
- I appreciate it.

- I mean it. Yeah.
- You're amazing.

-Thank you. You are, too.

-Give me a hug, girl.

-Elan is checking
that Cierra is okay.

And by the looks of things,

he's particularly concerned
about her upper thigh.

-How you doing?

-I'm okay.
As okay as I can be, I feel.

-Yeah, a tough situation
like that.

I mean, I can't imagine
that it's easy.

You guys have, like,
a crazy sisterhood bond.

-Yeah, and I think,
like, especially her,

she's been a huge part
of my experience in here.

I've never met anyone like her.

But to be honest, like,
it could have been anyone.

You can never feel
too safe in here.

Like, I feel...
- A hundred percent.

If there's one thing that
I learned tonight, it's that.

-Yeah, I think it...
It's made me think things.

I am now feeling more open
to this experience.

That's a huge part to how
you've made me feel here

and the comfort
that you've brought me.

-I feel like you handled
this whole thing

so emotionally mature.

-I think you grow
so close with someone

in these moments
of vulnerability.

And the way
that he comforted me,

I feel, like, spoke volumes,
and I appreciated it so much.

-For me, like, the thing
that I'm trying to focus on now

is, like, we have this bond,
intellectual, emotional,

but I want to make sure we have
the other bond of, you know,

like, this kind of stuff
with each other,

being able to be
a little bit more physical

and intimate with one another.

-I want you to know
that it's something that I want.

Like, it's not like I'm like...

I don't see this happening...
because I do.

- I'm glad to hear it.
- I love it.

-With Vanna's decision
meaning Nic's gone,

TJ is really struggling...

to conceal the fact
he's delighted

he didn't have to
leave the show!

- Are you okay?
- I'm alright.

Um, that was definitely tough,
but, um...

I'm glad you chose me.

I was nervous for a little bit.

-Tonight was, like,
a happy night for me

because now I'm coupled up
with somebody

that I actually
see potential with,

and I'm really excited about it.

But then there's, like,
a black cloud over everything,

so I don't know
if I should feel happy

or, like, if that's insensitive.

It's a weird gray area.

-I don't even know
what else to say,

but I'm happy
that we're coupled up.

I'm glad we get to
share a bed and sh*t finally.

I know. Me too. I know.

You know, I'm excited
to keep talking to you.

-Over in Casa Amor,

the girls are
getting ready for bed.

And the good news is,
they'll be quick

because they've already
cried off most of their makeup.

-Baby girl.

- Sorry, Chelley.
- Things definitely won't

be the same without her.

-Absolutely.

-I feel like such the bad guy.

-I really, truly think you made
the right move for you.

-How was your chat
with Jaden after?

-It was really good.

It just really sucks
that it came at the expense

of what it did come at.

- What is that?
- What is that?

- Pictures.
- Aah!

Let's f*cking go!

- picture from the first day.

It's giving bromance.

-First day and the last day.

-Aww! This is actually
making me a little more sad.

Like, obviously I didn't know
him as well as y'all did,

but I feel like
his personality is, like,

coming through
all these pictures.

-Bro.

Hey. These are for you.

Aww. This is so sweet!
- You're welcome.

I mean, I thought
it was something I could do.

- Thank you. I appreciate you.
- Absolutely.

I remember you told
me earlier that you
really like flowers, so...

-I love flowers. You know
what kind of flowers these are?

- Hell no.
- I want to say they're...

- Chelley flowers.
- Chelley flowers.

I like that.

-Yeah. It's a tough decision.
You know what I'm saying?

Like, I did what I had to do,
you know?

-Yeah.

-Over in Casa, we have...

Chelley and Chris...

Iris and Zac...

Huda and JD...

Amaya and Zak...

Andreina and Bryan...

Cierra and Elan.

And in the Villa, we have...

Gracyn and Pepe...

Vanna and TJ...

CoCo and Ace...

Jaden and Austin...

Clarke and Taylor.

-Welcome back to
"Love Island USA."

It's morning,
and there's good news

and bad news for our Casa boys.

The good news is
the sun has risen,

and the bad news...
well, the mood hasn't.

-She barely has
a connection with Nick.

Like, I haven't mentioned it
at all so far.

- I probably wouldn't either.
- I'm just focusing on us here.

Nothing else exists.
- Yeah.

-Good morning, baby.

-I wonder what
the boys are doing.

-I can't imagine a world

in which they also don't feel
this way this morning.

- Thank you.
- Butter and jelly.

-I appreciate it.

It was good.
- Better than with Austin?

-Yeah, way better.
Honestly way better.

- Good morning, Islanders!
- Good morning, Islanders!

- What the f*ck?
- Hey!

-Nicky!

-Hey, Tay-Tay.

-When I saw Olandria,
I was happy.

I'm like,
"like, it's Olandria,"

but then, damn,
I hope she ain't see me

laying in bed with Clarke.

I was like, "sh*t!"

-Bam... pops out
Nick and Olandria.

Yo, this sh*t is crazy.

-I was, like, kind of, like,
frozen for a second,

and, like, I couldn't move,
but I was just like, "f*ck yes!"

I'm so happy to see you, too.

- Welcome to the girl party.
- sh*t. Hi.

-Good morning.
What's your name?

- I'm Vanna.
- Hi.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

-Hi.

-Good morning, Islanders.

- You guys are back-back?
- Yeah.

-Yeah.
Me and Nic is a couple.

- I f*cking love it.
- My God.

- You guys are a couple?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sorry, Taylor.

-I want to know
what's going on over there.

Low-key.
I want some tea.

I got up and I saw Nick
and I was like,

"Nicky-poo,
I'm glad you came back.

And then I saw Olandria and I'm
like, "what the hell?"

Like, this is obviously
going to be a little bit

of an awkward... you know?

-If Olandria pulls you,
like, to kind of,

like, have a conversation about,

like, where your
connection is at,

like, how do you think
that you'll go about,

like, a conversation like that?

- Yeah, that's heavy.
- I mean, I'm honest.

So, like, I would just say like,
"We have a lot in common."

-I do think that you tell her,
like, off the jump,

"We did share
a kiss last night."

I think that you
really should tell her that.

And then it's like he was the
one who initiated the kiss, too.

-I was just saying that, 'cause
that's what I would have wanted.

-I think that that is good,
but I also would hate for her

to take that as
you weaponizing it.

-Do you get what I'm saying?
You feel me?

Like, we care.
- It is f*cking nuts, though.

-Hey!

- How are you doing?
- I'm good, girl. How are y'all?

-We're good.

- So, how was it?
- Girl, it was crazy as f*ck.

Casa Amor is crazy.

-I'm so happy that you're here.

- Yes.
- Yeah, I'm happy

that you're back.
- Aww! Really?

I was not expecting y'all
to be so nice to me.

-No.

-'Cause at first, I'm like,
"sh*t, y'all after my man."

What the f*ck?"
You know? sh*t.

You know what I'm saying?

-I have a lot to say to y'all.

-No, there's a whole lot
of sh*t we got to dive into.

-I told her everything
that's been going on here,

like, full transparency.

I'm a dead man.

No, I got to be transparent
with her from start to end.

-I think that's the best way
to go about it.

-I don't know how to start this
conversation, yo. What the f*ck?

-Did anyone actually make,
like, connections over there?

- Yeah.
- Like, new ones?

- I'm sure.
- Yeah.

- I'm sure.
- You know?

-I feel like it's so hard,
especially when you have, like,

such a strong connection,
leaving the Villa

and going to a new place and
now you got to get coupled up.

I'm like, "Wait the f*ck up.
What do you mean I'm single?"

Like, "b*tch,
I'm not single."

Like, me and...
You know what I'm saying?

-No, yeah, like, he just left.

-Single?! Like, what the f*ck?
You know?

-Olandria is telling me
everything about Casa Amor.

So, Cierra is
with this kid named Elan.

Apparently, him and Cierra
had this connection.

And then Chelley,
this is like...

I had my hand in my face.

-She has this connection
with this guy.

He's an
ex-pro basketball player.

- Gotcha.
- He's 6'7".

To me, I was like, "Damn, 6'7".

And then I thought, "What would
Ace think right now?

He doesn't care about 6'7".
- I really don't.

- No.
- He doesn't care.

- No, real sh*t, though.
- Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, and then a text comes
through and it's like,

"Nic and Olandria,
you have the choice to be single

and leave the Villa tonight
or couple up

and come back to the Villa."

To me, it's like positive thing.

Like, I get to go back
to the Villa

and get to know Olandria and
see if that was, like, anything.

Yeah.

-Chelley is chatting
through with the girls

who she wants to be with.

She likes ace,
but while she's in Casa,

that man is living
in Chris' shadow.

And at 6'8", my word,
that is some shadow.

He looks good.

- He looks, like, famous.
- He does, right?

-No, I'm not going to lie,
Chelley.

I really like him for you.

-Yeah.

-At one point, he was standing
by the table over there

and he was like,
"Come here."

I was like, "Wait.
What are you talking about?"

And I looked in his hand,
and he had flowers in his hand.

And I was just like, "Wow!"
- That's really sweet.

-He's such a nice guy.

- He's great and he looks good.
- He looks good.

Yeah, he's heavy on the
looks good.

- Yeah.
- Girl, he's tall as f*ck.

-Yeah.

It don't make
life easier at all.

- No.
- He's a big boy.

-Sorry to interrupt.
Can I steal you for a chat?

-Of course.

-Go have fun, kids.

- You look good.
- Hello, handsome. You look good.

-What's good, sexy?

-You look like
a superstar out here.

- A superstar?
- Yeah.

-Don't do me like that.

So, how you feeling now?

-Today, I'm feeling
a little better.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

In terms of, like, you know,

everything
that happened last night.

I think I'm burnt out.

-What's something that,
like, picks you up

when you are burnt out?

- Um... a good snack.
- Okay.

-Like, if I had
brownies and ice cream,

that would have been perfect.

That really would.

- Vanilla, right?
- Exactly.

-Yeah. Me too.

-I'm pleasantly surprised
about how it's been going.

Like, I didn't expect
me to like him,

like, how I do.

It definitely is, like,
a little bit nerve-racking

because it's like,
I already have such

a strong connection with Ace.

And, you know, I obviously
miss that connection a lot.

So it makes me just do
a lot of thinking.

-For sure.
Do you have your septum pierced?

-I do.
And I kind of got over it.

Like, sometimes,
I can do impulsive things,

like my tattoo.

Very impulsive
-What tattoo?

-I have a tattoo.

On your butt?

-That's hard.
What it say?

Aww!

-It says "Bad b*tch"
with a cherry.

- I f*ck with that.
- Yeah.

-Would you do that with your
future man, like, a husband?

- Like, what?
- Matching tattoos?

-Like, matching tattoos
and sh*t like that.

For sure. Yeah. - Okay.

-I would absolutely do that.

-Yeah, I think I would, too.

Like, when I get married,
along with the ring,

I would want to get,
like, my wife's initials.

- That's so nice.
- You know what I mean? Yeah.

Because even if I didn't have
my ring on,

like, if you still look...
- It's still there.

Yeah, what's actually fire.
Wow!

- Yeah, for sure.
- I never heard that before.

Yeah. I don't know.

-Taylor doesn't know if he
prefers Olandria or Clarke.

To get to know Clarke better,

he asked her what she does
for a living.

She said "peer mentor."

So now Taylor doesn't know
if he prefers Olandria or Clarke

or what the hell
a peer mentor is.

- How you feeling today?
- I feel good.

I don't know.

I'm chillin'.
I feel the same.

I don't think
nothing's changed for me.

-How does Taylor feel?
Have you talked to him?

- He's stressed.
- With him seeing me.

-He's stressed. He's nervous.

-Is CoCo and Clarke
after Taylor or how was that?

Not anymore?
- More Clarke.

- So Clarke and Taylor...
- CoCo's on the burner,

and, like, Clarke's the main.

That's my op. She's been
putting in a lot of work?

f*ck. I know my boy's brain
is like...

-Not a lot of work,
just a lot of conversation.

- Yeah.
- You put in a lot of work.

-I have, like, dates and sh*t.
Like, come on, now, Tay.

-So, what are you looking for
from him going forward?

-Just communication, bro.

I know I gave him reassurance
every single day,

so I truly hope
that he gives me the same thing.

- So reassurance and truth.
- Yes, that's all I want.

They're cute.

They really are cute.

-Obviously, you're my
strongest connection.

Like, I picked you from day one.

So...

Yeah, I just want you to know
nothing's changed for me.

- I appreciate that.
- Like, I'm very happy.

- I'm happy, too.
- Yeah.

-You know, me and Olandria
do have a strong-a*s connection.

Me and Clarke
do have a connection

that can be just as strong
if we have more time.

So I don't know
what the hell I'm gonna do.

I got two girls at one time.

Like, I don't know
what the hell to do.

I ain't gonna go and switch up
just 'cause she here.

I'm gonna still move
the same way I've been moving.

-Okay.

-So you ain't got nothing
to worry about.

- Thank you.
- You're so welcome.

-Nicky-poo. But we're gonna
navigate this thing regardless

of what we got going on.

I get...
You know what I'm saying?

You got Cierra
in the back of your mind.

I always got my boy Tay
in the back of mine.

But we got to embark on this
new journey, as well, you know?

-How do you feel about me?

Because I feel like
I've never...

I've told you
I'm attracted to you.

- No, you haven't.
- I feel like I've said...

-No, you keep picking me
for challenges.

I just assumed you were.
We never had that chat.

-Maybe I've never
said that to your face.

- Yeah.
- Actually, you're right.

That's the reason I kept
picking you in the challenges,

because I think, like,
the first kiss we had,

I thought was, like, super-hot.

- No way!
- Yeah.

-As a couple, like, I want to
show you the side to me

that maybe Cierra sees
and that you don't see.

-Yeah.

-You know, like,
you call me Nicky-poo,

but I want also you to know Nic.

-Right, right.

-And I just want to show you,
like, my mature side.

-Ooh!
I didn't even know that existed.

- Yeah, I know.
- I'm excited to see.

It's hard to try to navigate
this new "connection" with Nic,

because him and Taylor
are best f*cking friends,

and Cierra is my girl,

so it's just like
I feel awkward.

I'm gonna try
to explore it as much as I can,

but it's just like,
I don't know.

-When I walked in, like,
you were one

of the most beautiful women
I've ever seen.

- Stop it, Nic.
- And I told Taylor that

the first few days.

- Really?
- I was like... Yeah, yeah.

I think you're super attractive
and beautiful.

-Stop!
You just make me blush.

-This is gonna be
so f*cking interesting.

What the f*ck, Nic?
My goodness!

-Welcome back
to "Love Island USA."

I asked Taylor,
"What are you gonna do

about the Olandria situation?"

He said, "I'll just bury
my head in the sand."

I said, "We don't have
any sand."

He said, "I'll improvise."

-If I can't see her,
she can't see me.

- Let's go.
- sh*t.

-This sh*t is gonna be...

- Oskie!
- Hey, guys!

- We gotta chop it up like...
- We do. You know...

-Right now, cuz...

-She... She's eating.

Can I do it after she eats?

Or does that give her
more fuel, more anger?

-I just talked to her, bro.

She just wants you
to be truthful,

tell her everything,
and make her feel reassured.

-And that's...
That's the hard part.

'Cause I had
more of a connection
with Clarke for 24 hours

than I did with the first


-Yeah. That's fair.

-Now y'all got me
in a damn love triangle.

Damn near the damn
Bermuda Triangle. sh*t.

People coming... People go
in the Bermuda Triangle

and don't come back, so
hopefully I come back from this,

you know, this little triangle
we got going here.

-Should I warm up our popcorn?

This ain't no damn
drive-in movies.

My God.

This is gonna be so fun.
Not for you.

-For us? For y'all?

-Y'all so f*cked up.

- Hey, guys.
- You ready to go chat-chat?

-Yeah. We're going.

- Firepit.
- Ooh!

The vibes at the firepit
is always serious.

sh*t.

-Let me brace myself
a little bit.

- Don't look.
- Can you hear 'em?

Should we get a little closer?

-Me and Clarke, you know,
we do have a good connection.

-Um, and then me and Clarke
had a convo.

A pretty good convo. Um...

We did kiss last night, though.

Um...

And, um, it is something that,
you know, I do want to explore.

-Explore. Yeah.

Like, right before Casa,
I just really felt like

we was getting to a good place,
but, like, I'm gonna take in

this experience
as much as possible,

but it's kind of hard to get
Taylor out of my head.

I would find myself
comparing the two,

but I was like,
"You can't do that."

I can't... can't do that.

-I'm so glad that
you're literally taking in

all this experience.

She's a beautiful girl,
and, honestly,

the ball is in your court
at this point, you know?

-She's very calm.

Like, extremely calm.

Maybe that's scarier, though.

-His leg is shaking
like a stripper.

-I really like you.

And I really value you
and our connection.

And even though you have
someone else right now,

I still want to continue
to nurture it.

-Because, yeah...

Like it is right now.
But... I don't know.

-I'm still gonna be
supporting you, too,

and, you know...

- Yeah.
- And her at the same time

and try to do both.
- Yeah.

-And be as transparent as I can
for both of y'all.

Like, if I have a conversation
with her or whatever.

- Yeah.
- A good-a*s convo
I got with you, you know?

So...
- I don't know. This is tough.

- Yeah, and, you know...
- This is very tough.

- We built something strong...
- Yeah.

- for so long, so, you know,

I'm gonna be ping-pong'ing
in between both.

- Ping-pong'ing.
- Like, I might have to,

- you know, because,
like, you know...
- For sure.

The way that Clarke and Taylor's
connection started off

and the way that me and Taylor
connection started off

is totally different.

Me and Taylor
have a better foundation.

We were friends first,
which is why we are able

to navigate
through these obstacles

the way that we do
because we were friends first.

I got hope for us regardless
of what's going on right now.

-Taylor's got a tough
decision to make.

And as our islanders
get ready for the night,

I hope our cowboy...
doesn't back the wrong horse.

Yee-ha!

-Have you guys
kissed anybody yet?

- No.
- Have you?

- Mnh-mnh.
- I feel like you
want to real bad.

- Me? Pfft!
- Yes!

-Since Olandria
is back in the house,

I'm not finna just be, you know,

Team Clarke
and forget about Olandria.

-Explore everybody
'cause when you put

all your eggs in one basket,
you basically okay
with going home.

-Today I just want to
kind of get to know her.

-I honestly
do have faith in Nic.

Watch me be here crashing out

while he's over there
making out.

-Are we gonna take it
a step further

or is she gonna take it
two steps back?

- Yeah.
- And if she does take it
two steps back,

then what are we doing?

- I want some lips.
- You deserve some lips, bro.

I'm not gonna lie.
- He does!

-Casa Amor...
don't give a f*ck.

Have you
ever done that thing

where you accidentally text the
person who the text was about?

Well, long story short...
I was just texting a friend

about how flannel shirts
were so 2021.

Thank you!

-Yo! I got a text!

-I got a text!

- Who got the text?!
- It was Iris.

-Whoo! Aah!

sh*t!

-Let's f*cking go!

-We ain't losing, bro!
We're not losing! sh*t!

- Villa! Villa!
- Hey!

-This is crazy.

-Obviously, I am supposed
to be in Casa right now.

I'm with the opps.

All the girls are my opps
at this point.

Like, they're cool and sh*t, but
it's like, "That's not my girl."

So I was like, "Damn. I ain't
supposed to be here right now."

I'm glad I am,
so I can keep an eye on my man,

but, b*tch, I'm supposed
to be in Casa.

-Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

-Are you excited?

-Welcome back
to "Love Island USA."

It's time for a Villa
versus Casa Amor showdown,

a head-to-head challenge
requiring passion

and steamy kisses.

-If they're over there
diving into it and sh*t,

and we're just over here
going like this,

they're gonna win.

So you need to come
with your crea-f*cking-tivity.

-Casa Amor and the main Villa,

will simultaneously receive
identical text messages

containing a task.

The teams will be judged
on the chemistry of their kiss,

and passion is of the essence.

We want to make sure
our islanders really go for it,

and spoiler alert...
they really do.

-Listen up!
We are not losing today!

So no f*cking 6'8"
f*cking NBA players and sh*t.

You understand that?!
We getting a f*ck' win today!

- Yes.
- Do you want to lose today?!

- Hell no!
- I need Villa on me!

Villa on 3... 1, 2, 3!
- Villa!

-Your life is on
the m*therf*cking line, okay?

So I need everybody
to lock the f*ck in.

On the count of 3... 1, 2, 3.

-Lock the f*ck in!

Okay, open it up!

The couple with the boy
who has the shortest name,

kiss your partner.

-The couple with the boy
who has the shortest name,

kiss your partner.

-Um, the shortest name.
Who?

- Ace! Ace! Ace! Ace!
- Aah!

-Go, go, go, go, go, go!

-More! More! More!

Yes! Get on the floor!

- Yes!
- My God!

- My God!
- Whoo!

My God!

-Making babies!

-I hope we got that done.

sh*t.

The winner of that round
was main Villa!

-Whoa! Whoa!

Yo.

-Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait!

-The winner of that round
was the main Villa.

f*ck them.

-Are you serious?
You really got that text?

They ain't got sh*t on us.
They ain't got sh*t on us.

The couple with the oldest boy,

kiss your partner.
- I'm the oldest boy.

-Come on, Popeye, let's go!
Passionate! Passionate!

Passionate!
- Hold her upside down!

- There we go.
- Flip her upside down.

-But we were just having fun.

Like, we were really having,
like, a good time.

-Yes! Yes!
Let's go, Pop-pop!

-The oldest boy,
kiss your partner.

- Unc.
- Chris.

- No.
- Zak!

- Zak!
- f*ck!

Aaaah!

-I got it, I got it.

-Crazier! Crazies!
Make it crazier!

- Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
- Yes, I love it!

-The winner of the round
was main Villa!

-The winner of that round
was the main Villain.

- What?!
- Are you serious?!

There's no way.

-What are they all
doing over there, man?

I'm telling you,
the guys are crazy over there.

I don't know what
the f*ck just happened,

talking about we lost.

What?!
Hell no!

-Whoo!

The couple with the
tallest boy, kiss your partner.

- That's you two.
- All right, come on.

-Let's go, stud!
Let's go, stud!

Yeah!

-I thought, I was like,
"Holy sh*t.

The f*cking Spider-Man kiss."

I mean, that was MTV's
Best f*cking Kiss, 2003, man.

"Spider-Man."

-The couple with the
tallest boy, kiss your partner.

-Me and him,
we actually have chemistry.

So when we got up there,
I was like, "okay.

Yep. "

We better have f*cking won that.

Wait, wait.

The winner of that round was

Casa Amor!

Casa! Casa! Casa!

f*ck. The winner of that round

was Casa Amor.
- What?!

That's bullshit!
We know who it is.

We know who it is.

-Chelley's a good kisser.
You know that.

-Chris must've been going hard.

-Ha ha! You're a mess.

-Come on.
Not... Not the name drop.

- f*ck.
- This sh*t sucks.

Whoa!

-Aw, sh*t.

-The couple with the boy
who has the longest hair,

kiss your partner.
- Longest hair.

- Go, go, go!
- Cierra, Cierra!

-Cierra!

sh*t!

-I think it was very clear

that me and Cierra
were the MVP's.

-Yeah, Cierra!

- Yes!
- My gosh!

She has done this before.

-I feel like that is
an indicator

of the chemistry that we got.

-The couple with the boy
who has the longest hair,

kiss your partner right now.

- Go, go, go, go, go!
- Move! Move! Move!

-Yes!

-Damn! Slow down!

My God. No!

-I couldn't stomach it.
I couldn't watch that sh*t.

That sh*t had
my stomach hurting.

I'm like,
I wanted to come in there

and just rip them
the f*ck apart.

What the f*ck is y'all doing?

-All right, all right.

-Yeah!

-Y'all on my man
kissing him like that.

That's crazy.

I built that, brick by brick.

They need to keep them gains
far the f*ck away from me

until that girl leave.

-I gotta... I gotta take care
of my best girl.

-Wait. Who has long hair
in the Villa?

-Elan.

He has some
pretty luscious curls.

- Elan.
- Your twin.

- Elan.
- Your twin.

-Shut the hell up.
Don't do that.

- He looks like Nick, in a way.
- Yeah?

-He's pretty.
He's, like, really pretty.

-He's, like, pretty.

That's just
not what I want to hear.

And it's not what
I want to think about

her kissing another guy.

The winner of that round was

Casa Amor.
- f*ck.

What are they doing over there?

The winner of that round was

Casa Amor!

-Cierra! Cierra! Cierra!

-There was no way
anything happened in that

silly little Villa was gonna top
the Oscar-worthy performance

we had just put on.

The couple with the

shortest girl,
kiss your partner.

-Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Yes, yes!

-Trying to keep it, you know,
classy, sexy, steamy.

Channel my inner Magic Mike.

-You got my lip color
all over you.

-That's all right.

-Shortest girl,
kiss your partner!

-Get creative!

My God.

-Yes, yes, yes, yes!
That's the one.

Make it passionate.

The winner of that round was

Villa!

The winner is... was the Villa.

- Damn.
- Weird.

sh*t.

-The couple
who lives the closest together,

- kiss your partner.
- Me and you now!

-Let's go!

-Whoo!
Where's the creativity?!

-Take the shirt off!

-Yeah, Brian!
Come on, baby.

Look at that.

-There was no shot Villa was
gonna beat us on that one.

-The couple
who lives the closest together,

kiss your partner.
- Come on, come on, come on!

-Let's go!
Aaaaaah!

Hey!

Yeah, boy!

Chris, don't give us bad news.

-The winner of that round
was Casa Amor!

-Good job!
Yes!

sh*t. Hold on.

sh*t.

The winner of that round
was Casa Amor.

- No way!
- No!

- That's some bullshit.
- No way.

Ain't no way we lost.

Call the police.

Any girl who lives in

North Carolina, kiss a boy
who lives in California.

- Go!
- Come on. Come on.

- What do I do?
- Take your shirt off!

Take your shirt off!
- Yes. Yes.

- Come on!
- Yes.

Yeah.

Any girl who lives in

North Carolina, kiss a boy
who lives in California.

- California.
- Go!

-Go, go, go, go, go, go.

- Chris, Chris...
- The one arm!

-One arm.
One arm?

- Yes!
- Take your time.

-g*dd*mn, girl.

Like, where did that come from?

Like, you might be
on the radar now, girl.

Like, that sh*t took me for a
whoop de whoop.

Like, sh*t.

The winner of that round was

Casa Amor!

Winner of that round was

Casa Amor.
- Boo!

- What the f*ck?
- My girls get down!

-Boo!

Very much wondering why the
f*ck we're losing these rounds.

Like, honestly,
they better be doing some

f*cking crazy sh*t up there.

-Final question...
for 3 points.

f*ck.

This is the kicker right here.

Wait! Let me get ready.
Hold on one second.

- Everyone be shirtless.
- Everybody be shirtless.

-Everyone be shirtless
right now. Seriously.

Final question.

For 3 points.
- 3 points?

f*ck.

-Everyone kiss
your current partner.

- My God.
- Perform!

-I felt like a kid

who just got their
first Christmas present.

Like, "my God!
Santa Claus, thank you!"

Aaah!

All I heard was...

And I knew everyone
was putting in that work.

-Everyone kiss
their current partner!

-Wait, wait!

-More tongue, more tongue!

-A bunch of the guys thought
it was a great idea to...

-Crawl!
Crawl on top!

- be lions and boulders.

And at that point,
I couldn't even process

the chaos that was happening.

-Keep f*cking going!
What the f*ck are y'all doing?!

Clock the f*ck in!
Clock the f*ck in!

Keep going!

-We're getting down and dirty.
My f*cking back hurts right now

because I had knees
in my f*cking back.

The winner of tonight's
game is...

Dot dot dot.

-No way.

-Drumroll, drumrolls.

-Shh, shh!

-The winner of tonight's game
is...

Casa Amor!

Casa.

- No way.
- No!

- What did they do?
- Yeah.

That's crazy.

-Casa! Casa! Casa! Casa! Casa!

-Hey,
that's what f*cked us over.

We should've all taken
our pants off.

-The boulders should've
been completely naked.

Boulders do not wear clothes.

That's a known fact.

-Welcome back
to "Love Island USA."

Taylor is taking Clarke
down to the dock

to finally clear things up.

What on Earth is a peer mentor?

- We did our... We did.
- We did our big one.

-We did our big one.

It's, like, ain't no way
we lost that...

-Yeah. That's crazy.
I had fun though.

- What a shame.
- I know.

- Here.
- Thank you.

-How was your first day
in the villa

with Olandria here?

-It wasn't bad.

I feel like I want me and her
to have like a one-on-one.

I feel like I respect her.

It's just a little unfortunate.

We're the two
in an awkward situation.

But for me, nothing has changed.

Like the mentality.

-I'm taking it kind of hard,
to be honest.

-Really?

-So I told her that, you know,

I was still going to explore you
and explore her.

And it's not just like
f*ck her type deal.

And she said she was
happy for me.

She said she understood
where I came from, you know.

She said she's happy
that I'm, you know,

exploring somebody
and that whole ordeal.

And so the conversation
went good.

- Yeah.
- Moving forward, it's still,

you know, me exploring Clarke,

seeing where this can go and
hopefully it goes somewhere.

It's been going good so far.

- I agree.
- You're a pretty cool person.

I mean, you alright.
- You alright too.

-You know, I'm happy that,
you know, broke up with her

and exploring the situation.

-Me too. Extremely happy.

-The connection is
definitely building with Clarke.

Um, I think we keep getting
closer and closer each day.

You know, it'd be messed up
for me not to explore Clarke

and just be straight
with Olandria.

So, um...

But, yeah, we're just seeing
where this goes.

-Are you not cold?

I wish I would have put this
on instead of sat on it.

-No, but you can put it on.

-Cute. Thanks.

I got a new shirt now.

That's why I'm getting a...
- Just give me a hug.

Okay.

Shh.

- You just shut me up.
- Don't worry about that.

- You've been to Soul Ties.
- Yeah. sh*t. Yeah, I have.

Okay.

You might need to get my wine
so that I can...

Do I need the...

Okay.
- Want me to hold that?

-Yeah.

You got it?
- Ooh.

Not just sit on the pillows.

Is that weird?
- A little bit.

-I haven't been here too often.
I don't know how it works.

You are way familiar
with this place.

What? You think so?

-So how'd you feel during
that... that challenge?

-I'm not gonna lie.
I feel a little weird.

-In what way?

-'Cause it's like I'm
on the wrong team.

I felt like I was cheering
against them.

-But how do you feel
with us doing the game?

-We always have chemistry
during every challenge.

It's like there's no...
Everyone knows that.

I think everyone can see that
just 'cause...

-I'm, like, flushed right now.

- sh*t.
- A little bit.

-What, I make you nervous
or something?

-A little bit.

But I like it.
- No way.

-No, but it's not
like a normal nervous.

It's like I really like
your strong personality.

It kind of like...
I don't know, makes me feel...

- Make you feel what?
- I don't know.

I kind of like it.
- What?

- Yeah.
- Ooh.

-It makes me intrigued,
for sure.

Really?

-That's spicy.

-That was...

But we showed up.

I feel like everyone was doing
a good job at the beginning.

- But we were the best.
- We came in and we were like...

My God, we hit.

Not that it was a challenge
amongst us,

but, like, it wasn't one.

-I was watching everyone go
and I was like,

"Alright,
I really got to cook here."

I think we smashed it.
- No, we definitely did.

-We have good chemistry.
I appreciate that.

- Yeah, I agree.
- I was curious, so...

-I was super curious too.
I have to say though,

it made me curious about, like,

without the pressure
of a challenge

and, like, the rush of that,
what that would feel like.

Did it?

-You know, what I love about you
is, like,

we'll look at each other.

This is like the past few weeks
too.

Like, every other day, you'll
look at me and you give me

that cheeky smile like your big,
beautiful eyes.

My goodness.

-I think that there's
a strong physical connection

between Olandria and I.

She's one of
the most attractive women

I've ever seen in my lifetime.

-You keep a lot of stuff,
don't you?

Noted.

Noted.

-I'm trying to see
if there's anything outside

of the challenges.

Nicky.

-I don't know.

I still feel like
my head is all over the place

and I don't want to rush
into anything.

- Yeah, and I respect that.
- Okay.

- I feel it.
- Is that okay?

- That's... That's totally okay.
- Okay.

I kind of shot him down.

Like, it was kind of awkward
having to set that boundary.

But at the end of the day, like,
I'm really pushing myself to try

to explore our connection
to the fullest

without kissing outside
of challenges,

without cuddling in bed.

If Nic is doing that
over there in the villa,

I'll be really upset.

-There's only one way
to find out.

Yeah.

My makeup is
all over your face.

-I love it. Just keep it there.

-You're so spicy.

Nic.

- Nic.
- Nic.

Olandria.

-I'm gonna miss saying
Nicky-poo.

It's Nic for now.

-Tomorrow night...

Islanders, tonight you will
return to the villa.

-Casas coming?