IAIN STIRLING: Previously...
# I'm begging... #
..on Love Island.
The boys we have decided to dump are...
There were departures.
..Aaron and Spencer.
And a decision looms.
I was glad when they called your name.
Was you? Yeah.
I haven't had that same connection with someone else in here. Yeah.
# I need you to understand
# Tried so hard to be your man... #
It's man versus man in here.
I think he's been quite slimy.
I just don't want to see you get hurt.
The boy I've decided to couple up with is...
Casey.
Tonight...
battle lines are drawn.
You're going down.
I feel like I'm honestly living rent-free in Ron's head.
..in the fight...
Yeah, it's so nice to be up here.
..for love.
Lost the battle, but not lost the war.
I want to fight for her, I want to get her back.
ECHOING: Get her back, get her back...
IAIN: In the re-coupling,
Lana has chosen Casey, the Lord of the Bants, over Ron.
There's no shame in it, Ron.
Casey's chat is so powerful,
he had to legally register his mouth as a dangerous weapon.
# This will be the end of it all
# Watch your house of cards Start to fall
# Now you're here Then you're go-o-o-one
# You're go-o-o-one
# Now you're gone. #
IAIN: The last person to pick is Tanyel.
She was previously in a friendship couple with Ron.
I have decided to couple up with this boy
because he is my bestest friend in this villa.
I trust him and I love him to bits.
I feel like he's got the purest heart ever.
I feel like I've got a bit of home with you.
# Tangled in awkward shapes
# A new but familiar taste... #
So, the boy I've decided to couple up with is...
Ron.
You're stuck with me again.
# It's not a feeling You can run from
# Cos we love who we love
# So let go
# You don't know Better than your heart knows
# Whether they're here Or they're long gone
# We love who we love
# If love is what you feel Then it's not wrong
# To want the world... #
Are you all right? Yeah, are you?
# It's not a feeling we can run from
# Cos we love who we love... #
I did not expect that one bit.
Yeah.
# We love who we love
# Yeah, we love who we love. #
It's all right.
I'm gonna give you some real love talk. Huh?
OK, I'm gonna give you some proper best friend chat.
No, honestly, I don't need it. No, sit down, listen.
I just want you to know, yeah, no joke,
I think you are the best person in here,
and I promise you, you'll find the right person. Yeah?
Whether it be Lana or not,
it doesn't mean it's the end of you two. Yeah.
Honestly, it doesn't mean nothing. No, that book's closed.
No, it doesn't mean nothing. It doesn't mean anything.
It does, that book's closed.
It doesn't mean anything. Listen. It does.
You never know with her. No, that book's closed.
I'm gonna let them be happy.
100%, but can I just tell you something?
So that means that's it. Are you not gonna try with her?
I'm not gonna destroy that.
I'm gonna let them be happy together.
And, look, I'll let him either not mess up
or mess up or whatever.
Did I shock you?
SHE SIGHS
I am shocked. Are you? Yeah.
You left me on edge.
LANA LAUGHS
I just want to say, though, I'm so proud of you. Are you? Yeah.
And whatever makes you happy makes me over the moon.
That was a really hard decision. I think you did make the right one.
It was so hard.
What came down to it? What made you sway that way?
I just think, why shouldn't I give Casey a chance? Yeah.
He's done nothing wrong. Yeah. Yeah.
I'm not closing any doors right now.
All I'm doing is giving Casey more time.
I think people's actions after things like this say a lot.
I feel so sorry for you. Oh, don't be silly.
It's part of it. It's part of this.
Honestly, it's actually, it's not... Like, it's fine.
I don't need to talk to her. I'll deal.
I'm sure she'll speak to you. I know, but I'll deal.
I don't want to talk to her tonight.
I just don't want you to be, like, upset and doubting.
I'm not. Look, I'll deal with it in my own way.
I'm actually upset for you. What you saying? Good?
Argh! RON LAUGHS
I'm bare upset for him.
How you doing? Yeah, good, man.
You know what, OK, hindsight, at least it's over.
You can start focusing on you. Yeah, it's relief, innit?
I'm gonna leave you lot to it, but whenever you wanna talk,
talk to me, OK? Yeah, course.
Love you. Come here. Love ya!
Don't be sad.
I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna go speak to Ron.
Kai's with him. OK.
He said... Do you want to speak to me quickly before you speak to him?
OK.
Sorry, he grabbed me as soon as it happened.
It's OK. I feel so bad for you. Are you OK?
Yeah. Are you happy with your decision?
I just want you to be happy. Whatever makes you happy. I know.
I'm honestly happy for you, like, genuinely, whatever you wanna do.
Is he all right?
I think he's putting on a brave face.
How are you feeling, man? It's calm.
Yeah, but how are you feeling, bro? I know, I can understand that,
but HOW are you really feeling? Calm. Yeah? Yeah.
I'll deal with it in my own way, you know? Yeah, yeah, of course.
But no, it's sweet. Just tell Casey he's got a good one.
Yeah, he needs to treat her right
because she deserves to be treated right. Yeah.
I think I should talk to him, though.
I'm gonna go interrupt. OK.
I was so shocked and very upset for him. And her.
Because I knew that it must've been so hard for her
to make that decision. I know.
This doesn't mean this is the end for them, though.
No, it doesn't.
Hello. You all right? Chat?
Not yet. No? No, not yet.
If that's all right, sorry. No, of course.
I'll leave you to it.
What did he say? No. He said no. What, just no?
Not yet. Oh. Oh, really?
Do you remember that? I was actually upset for you.
I never get upset.
Hi, mate. Ellie, can I borrow him?
Why is he talking to Casey? Why is he talking to Casey first?
Really?
No, you good? What's happening, bro? You good?
I thought we'd just chat anyway. Just to talk about it. Yeah.
I thought I'd just say, like... you got a good one, man. Yeah.
I promise you, you got such a good one. I know, I...
Don't do what I did.
Don't do what I did and try to fuck things up cos you're scared.
Just go full steam ahead with her cos she needs it.
She needs a good bloke. Yeah, no, I will. I definitely will.
# I don't want to know If you fall in love with someone...#
You know how special she is, even after a couple of days, mate.
Yeah, she's great.
She's so great and I'll try and be as good as possible
and make her as happy as possible, so...
I meant what I said before, like, honestly,
regardless of the outcome, as long as she's happy. Yeah.
And I'm happy for you. Honestly, I'm happy for you as well.
Yeah.
You do make her laugh, you do make her smile
and that's what she's needed in here so I'm just happy for both of you.
Yeah, look, it could have so easily gone either way, bro.
Oh, yeah. And I think on top of that,
the way that you've handled it, and how mature you been,
it speaks volumes of yourself as well, so...
No, I appreciate it, I appreciate you, bro. You good?
Yeah, yeah.
# I don't want to know
# If you've fallen in love With someone... #
IAIN: Lana's joining the Chatmeister.
Casey's banter is so irresistible, when he opens his mouth,
we pop ear protectors on my mum so she doesn't divorce my dad
and fly to South Africa.
Hello. You all right?
SHE LAUGHS
What's up? What?
Thanks, Kai. I'll leave yous to it, guys.
Move your leg.
Are you OK? Yes, I'm good. Good.
I'm so happy. Are you? Yeah, I'm buzzing.
Good. I'm glad you're happy. I'm happy.
Are you? Mm-hm. Good.
It's been a long night. My favourite night, though.
Really? Yeah.
Well, it ended up being my favourite night.
I'm gonna chat to Ron tomorrow as well. Yeah. Yeah, of course.
Well, if he wants to chat to me. Yeah, I think you should.
Yeah, I think he's obviously just a bit gutted
that he didn't come out on top.
SHE LAUGHS
Yeah.
No, I'm just very excited to get to know you properly now and, like,
not have to worry about being in some sort of triangle. Yeah.
So it's good.
I feel like we're still in the early stages, obviously.
Yeah, big time.
Yeah, we've just got to see what happens. Yeah.
I am so, so happy that Lana picked me.
I'm just buzzing to be moving forward,
and I can just focus all my attention onto Lana
and she can focus it all onto me.
And, hopefully, we can grow into something sort of special.
IAIN: Shaq's got a herb garden.
He's grown loads of rosemary for Lana and Casey,
and tons of basil for Kai and Olivia.
But what's he got for Farmer Will and Jessie?
I've got a lot of time for you and Jessie.
That speech that she gave for you... It was lovely.
That was so cute. Bro, I gave her a little...
Boo-doo-doo-doo, eeh!
THEY LAUGH
I...
Whaa! Whaa!
That's how she makes me feel inside - whaa!
HE LAUGHS
Bro... Honestly...
You're gonna crash in ten minutes. That's just how gassed up we are
to be in love with our girls. I know.
Huh? What did you just say? I used it casually.
Yeah, yeah, yeah! Mind me.
Buzzing, to be honest. Absolutely over the moon,
and I'm just so happy, so grateful, so fortunate that our flower
can keep on rising and keep on blossoming.
Honestly, this boy can't be happier.
IAIN: In the re-coupling, Lana's decision might have been shocking,
but Tanya's was absolutely Shaq-ing.
That was hard. Mm.
Casey...
I half saw it coming, but I thought she didn't have the balls.
I didn't think she would.
Even if it doesn't work out with Casey,
she really needs to make Ron feel it. Yeah.
And this is gonna make him feel it. He felt that. He felt it this time.
But do you know what? I can't lie. Mm?
He kind of deserves it. He does?
Like, he had his chance, and he blew it. Exactly.
Anyway, how's this?
SHE SQUEALS Anyway, yeah, onto more positive...
Obviously, I'm your princess. How was the speech?
Your speech was...
Was short and sweet.
A mic drop. Boom.
HE LAUGHS I like you.
That's the best way to put it. It was short and sweet,
but you said a lot of stuff that really touched my heart.
Honestly, you touched my heart. Yeah?
You know what touched me the most out of the whole thing?
You saying that you couldn't do outside life without me.
You're full of love.
I got a whole lot of love. And you care about me.
I got a whole lot of love to give. Yeah?
# And I'll be yours completely... #
Mm, my love!
Mm.
No, literally...
everything that I could want in a woman...
Mm-hm.
..you have it.
Do you think so?
You're beautiful. Mm.
You're kind. Mm.
You're intelligent. Mm.
You care about me. Oh, I do. I'm obsessed.
We're basically exclusive? Mm-hm. I think we are.
There's nothing to be said. Yeah.
Things are pretty clear in the sky.
I like that honesty, that transparency,
and how we've carried ourselves.
Mm.
# You make my heart feel like It's summer... #
Tanya's speech was really nice to hear.
I just tell her how I feel all the time,
and she tells me how she feels.
And I feel like, for as long as I'm in here, my heart's with Tanya.
IAIN: Olivia and Lana not only got the men they wanted,
but they came first and second respectively
in tonight's Addams Family fancy dress competition,
so well done to them.
You think I made the right choice? Yeah. Cos I just think
the smile he's put on your face the last few days... Yeah.
Casey's buzzing. Oh, I know!
Honestly, I hugged him, and I was like,
"I'm so happy for you."
Aw!
Look at this guy. So happy.
# Won't you tell me
# Is it possible That you can stay a while?
# Cos you're the only thing Around here worth keeping... #
How are you feeling, going to bed?
Like, when I speak to Casey, it's really nice, and he's so happy.
Like, literally over the moon. My face was literally like...
Was it?
# Got
# Got me
# Got me believing
# Got me
# Got me believing
# Ooh... #
BOTH: Who's this?
# I like me when I'm with you... #
So, who's in that bed, then? Casey and Lana?
Casey and Lana, yeah. BARNSLEY ACCENT: Casey and Lana.
Casey and t'Lana.
Welcome upstairs!
Argh!
Softly. Softly, softly, softly.
Softly. HE MIMICS EXPLOSION
# People tell me I should let you go
# But I don't wanna know... #
Love ya.
Welcome to the bedroom, Casey and Jordan.
Big league, big league.
Night. OTHERS: Night!
# Ooh
# God only knows how I'm feeling
# I like me when I'm with you... #
# Got me believing
# Won't you tell me
# Is it possible That you could stay a while? #
# I wanna get numb
# And forget where I'm from... #
IAIN STIRLING: After a dramatic night,
someone's waking up on the "Ron" side of the bed.
His name's Casey,
and have I mentioned his fantastic banter?
# I wanna get numb, numb, numb
# Wanna get numb, go crazy
# Wanna wild out, cos lately... #
Morning!
Morning.
How did everybody sleep?
Like a baby.
# I'll do it too if you take it... #
Did not see that re-coupling happening last night.
Trust me, dumping one day, re-coupling next day.
# Cos looking in your eyes
# Like looking at the sun... #
Looks nice and comfy over there.
Yeah, it's so nice to be up here.
LAUGHTER
# Numb, numb, numb... #
LOW CHATTER
You're talkative (!)
I don't talk in the morning. I can tell.
LAUGHTER
SHE YAWNS
# I, I wanna get numb
# And forget where I'm from
# Cos looking at your eyes
# Like looking at the sun
# Numb, numb, numb... #
Good morning!
ALL: Good morning.
So, obviously... Come on then, chaps.
Re-coupling yesterday. How is everyone feeling?
To be honest, I'm on cloud nine, boys.
It just feels great to be in that bedroom
with the girl that I'm obviously very much into.
Obviously, the last three, four days have been a bit of a triangle,
so it's nice to hopefully step away from that a bit
and get to know her.
How are you, Lana?
I've got, like, mixed emotions today, I think.
Obviously, I know Ron's not too happy, and whatever.
That's his choice. Yeah. Nothing I can do about it.
Do you want to try and grab him today?
He turned me away last night, I'm not getting turned away twice.
Yeah, no. I would be exactly the same.
I don't think you should take it literally.
Give him a couple of days.
What about you, Ron? A difficult one last night.
Yeah, you know. No, it's weird. It's a weird feeling.
To be honest with you, just, you know, take today,
fresh, fresh start.
If I'm gonna pursue someone, whatever my headspace,
once it gets cleared up with things, then, obviously,
I'll be the first to sort of say, look, this is how I feel,
and this is how I'm gonna move.
Lost the battle, but not lost the war.
RON LAUGHS
What about you, J-O?
Yeah, happy. I'm happy, man. Like, obviously,
I've been spending a lot of time with Ellie
since I've landed in the villa.
So, you know, hearing her speech, although it was, like, short,
very sweet and accurate, I believe.
I saw you smiling. Yeah, man!
Short and sweet, like. I saw you!
It's only been a couple of days,
so it doesn't need to be, like, a fucking whole paragraph of words.
Like, yeah, short and sweet. It was effective.
So, yeah, I'm just interested and excited
to see what happens with her. Kai?
It's weird. You don't think the speeches are gonna be
as emotional as they are, but when you hear 'em,
what a girl thinks about you... It makes you go giddy, doesn't it?
Mate, I feel like my face told it all.
Like, I couldn't stop smiling.
I was looking at all of yous, yous were all smiling back.
THEY LAUGH
Let's just have a really good day, positive, good energy,
smiles all round. Love it.
I'm with it. Go on, then.
IAIN: Last night, Ron decided to give Casey and Lana space
to explore their relationship,
but it's already ten o'clock in the morning
and they still aren't married, so, hey, all bets are off.
Sorry,
Sorry, girls, can I steal Lana? Mm-hm. Yeah.
Is that all right, yeah? Mm-hm.
Shall I sit there? Cos you'll have the shade. Yeah.
Erm... We'll move, then.
.
Do you want me to move over there so you can sit in the shade?
Er, no, I'll be in the sun.
It's only that you was in the shade, that's all.
You all right? Yeah, you? Yeah.
HE SLURPS
I thought I'll pull you for a chat just cos obviously yesterday...
Yeah. ..just to, you know, talk about it all.
I don't like upsetting you. I know you don't. I know you don't.
I feel like picking Casey wasn't a deep thing,
it wasn't, like, "That's my decision."
Do you know what I mean? It was more of,
"Well, we've got a couple more days to get to know each other."
Another factor in it was that I was also thinking, can I...
not forgive, because I never held anything against you, but...
..like, after I've had so many days upset about something... Mm.
..I'm, like, I don't want to form into a couple with you straightaway,
and it'll be OK. HE EXHALES
I... I struggle to understand the reasonings there.
Like, I feel like him being here four days
has superseded how we felt over the last week.
No, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is,
"Did you deserve for me to couple up with you?"
But I feel like if we were to couple up,
it wouldn't have gone back to the way it was.
But I would never have expected that
because I don't deserve that straightaway.
Erm... but I feel like that re-coupling was our sort of, like,
chance to get things back.
And now that's Casey's opportunity to grow even stronger.
And me to fade away. I was surprised, I'm not gonna lie.
Like, it did hurt. Yeah.
But that's fine, like, that's a me thing.
You obviously made a decision
on what's gonna make you happier, right? And that's fine.
But I do... I made a decision.
..I do think that you've made a mistake and that we'd be better.
Like, obviously, he's... You know, he's a good lad.
He makes you smile, he makes you laugh,
but for me, I know I'm better. I know me and you would be better.
But I'm not married off.
Like, this coupling, like, I feel like maybe I should have...
SHE SIGHS
Maybe I should have deeped it a bit more,
but for me, it wasn't... right now. I'm surprised that you didn't.
We know, every single time that we're not in a couple together,
it's caused us to sort of distance a bit further
and a bit further and a bit further.
I don't know if it did. Course it did.
Like, for me, I don't regret getting to know people.
Obviously, I was hoping that it would make you realise
that what we had was a lot stronger, the same way it did for me.
I still want you. You know,
I still wanna be with you cos I still really care for you.
I don't think my feelings for you, they're not disappearing.
I do think you fucked up. HE CHUCKLES
Obviously, I'm biased, but I do think you fucked up,
and part of me thinks that you did, like, you know that, too.
I want to fight for her, I want to get her back.
Obviously, my feelings haven't changed,
but I'm not gonna be that guy. I'm not gonna beg it.
IAIN: Lana's facing some tough questions.
Why did she pick Casey?
And why did she put superglue in her hair?
How are you feeling, Lana?
I feel like if I hadn't have gone with Casey,
then I wouldn't have known...
Yeah. ..how Ron would react to this.
And now we've spoken about it, and I'm like, actually, like...
I want it back. Come back!
Are you sure sure? Because you really...
Positive. Yeah, are you positive?
Because there's probably no going back after this.
You're, like, really erratic. Yeah.
No, I am. I could not sleep.
Yeah, that's really telling. I was awake all night.
When you woke up, I saw that you was off with Casey.
I still am.
You don't treat someone like that after picking them. Yeah.
Yeah, because you don't feel it. You have to fancy them. Yeah.
You can't force it just because they're a nice person.
If I'm being honest, like, being in bed with Casey, I was like,
this doesn't feel right, like, I just wanted to be in bed with Ron.
Mm. Mm.
IAIN: For breakfast, Jordan's preparing Ellie
an old family recipe.
Yoghurt a la couldn't be arsed making you a fry up. Mwah.
Making breakfast for Ellie already?
Yeah, man. d'you know, I'm a gent, bro, so it's only right. Mm.
If I was in a couple with you, I'd make you breakfast.
D'you know what I'm saying?
I feel like for me to know if I've got a genuine connection with Ellie,
I have to spend and invest my time with her,
so that's what I'll be doing, and then hopefully, I get
sort of, like, a clearer picture and I get clarity behind the situation.
Ellie? I've got you some breakfast. Oh, my God.
I'm gonna give you this one cos this one looks better.
Oh, my God. That's so cute. I just washed the spoons. Thank you.
So, this is granola. The Jordan special?
Yeah, Jordan special. Granola, bananas...
Oh, my God. Mine looks so much better than yours.
How you feeling about us? Mm-hm.
Do you feel like there's a spark there?
Do you feel like it's brewing?
I feel like it's brewing. You feel like it's brewing?
I feel like, when I first came in, it was very, like,
rush, rush, rush with people.
So I just feel like it's nice to, like, have something just progress.
Naturally, do you know what I mean? Mm-hm.
How do you feel? Erm, I feel like we get along very well.
Out of everyone, I gravitate to you the most.
Yeah, same. I feel like we need to just let it breathe.
This is not bad. No, I'm not even gonna lie,
it's actually a nice breakfast. You did good.
With me and Jordan, it's definitely more of a slow-burner with us,
which is nice.
I can relax and just see how it goes, rather than instantly,
me being, like, "Oh, my God, oh, my God,"
which is what I usually do.
IAIN: Samie reckons old Tom's a bit of a player.
If he was that good a player,
Macclesfield wouldn't have let him spend half the season
lounging around on a villa in South Africa.
You all right? Yeah. I feel good.
I love the heat, but I can't really handle it that well.
I thought you'd be able to handle it.
I know, I can if I'm, like,
just laying down and getting in the pool and stuff,
but I can't stay in the pool all day. And I can't swim.
Give us a swimming lesson. I will, I'll give you one today.
Yeah, no, I need a swimming lesson. That would be fun.
Who would have thought I'd be teaching a girl
a fucking swimming lesson?
How are you feeling after last night?
I had a good night last night.
Yeah? It was a good night.
I'm quite happy. Yeah, me too.
Yeah, it was good. Yeah.
Loved your little speech.
AS SAMIE: "I wanna couple up with this geezer..."
I do not sound like that. "He's all right to look at.
"We get on really well and I love where it's going."
That is not what I said. That is all wrong.
"I want to snog him."
Do you know what? I'm never doing that again.
I'm never gonna do it. I'm not saying anything.
Do you want a little lesson now? Or not?
A swimming lesson? Yeah. Come on.
This is gonna be awful. Oh, no.
I'm happy with Tom. We had a nice chat today by the pool.
He gave me a little swimming lesson.
I feel like the conversations that we have,
they're just natural and they flow
and, like, I feel like I have made the right decision.
Do you know when you see a little kid on holiday
and they jump into you? Oh, fuck off, you prick.
He is super, super-sweet,
and we are opening up more and more every chat that we have.
Nice. You can swim.
IAIN: Casey's over the moon.
Not only is he coupled up with Lana, but he just saw Avatar 2 in 3D,
and they let him keep the glasses!
I'm buzzing. I told the boys I'm on cloud nine.
Yeah, yeah.
It's so great to actually now be in a couple with you. Mm-hm.
And spend more time with you. Yeah.
How are you? Yeah, I'm OK, I'm good.
Yeah? Yeah. Apart from overheating last night.
I felt like I was in an oven. It took me so long to get to sleep.
I couldn't get to sleep for so long.
I think was the last one to get to sleep
because I could hear everyone snoring.
TEXT ALERT
Ooh.
Is that you or me? You.
I've got a text!
WHOOPING
CHEERING
READS HASHTAGS
Let's go!
I'm turning
I'm turning this
I'm turning this sexy. Watch me.
You've got this, baby. Yeah. Oh, no!
Tom's got no rhythm!
Finally we have a challenge where the boys are working for the girls
and I'm so excited.
I actually
I actually back
I actually back myself in this challenge, so you boys watch out!
Don't give them any ideas!
Time to get the gladiator on!
Everyone knows that gladiators are like good-looking guys...
muscley as well, so it's right up my street, to be honest.
You're gonna smash it.
Right, we're off to battle!
# Hey, hey, hey, hey... #
Today's challenge takes us back to ancient Rome.
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was the set.
By the looks of it, it took the set designer about five minutes.
# All right, macho, macho man... #
The boys looked amazing. I'm gonna give it to them.
They did look good as gladiators.
Our gladiators will battle it out to decide which of them
is the strongest and sexiest, and the girls will choose the champion.
Are you not entertained? You probably won't be.
THEY SCREAM
First, our gladiators deliver a speech.
All right, girls, who's ready to ride this chariot?
Then, they lift a rock carved from solid polyester.
Next, they choose a girl and carry her to their chariot.
The girl is then chauffeur-driven across the course
and placed on the Emperor's throne
before finally, the boy steals a kiss.
THEY CHEER
Once the lads have all taken their turns,
the ladies will choose their champion.
WILL SCREAMS
My name is Will-er.
I'm here to shake my weapon and slay!
# Pour some sugar on me In the name of love... #
Will absolutely smashed the challenge.
I think Will can, like, twerk better than me.
Should I be concerned?
WILL SCREAMS
THEY CHEER
# Shake it up Break the bubble, break it up
# Pour some sugar on me Come on, fire me up... #
THEY CHEER
The King has now been tamed!
Sexy!
How are you meant to top that?
THEY CHEER
It's time for the Shaq attack!
I feel like the outfit, the sword, the shield.
It was super, super sexy vibes.
There's only one queen for me.
CHANTING: Shaq attack! Shaq attack!
THEY CHEER
I think I was just the manliest.
Showing off the muscles, just brought out my inner sexiness.
THEY CHEER
HE SCREAMS
The name's Caesar, about to please ya.
THEY CHEER
Oh, my God. The challenge was iconic.
CHEERING
You know what they say, girls. When in Rome, sit on my throne.
CHEERING
Tom looks like he should have been a Viking in a past life.
This is no match for a Yorkshireman.
CHEERING
CHEERING, LAUGHTER
WHOOPING
Samie pushed the pillar straight onto me and got me soaked.
I don't know if I'm overthinking it,
but I just feel like maybe Samie has a bit of an issue with me.
CHEERING
Got to kiss Samie at the end,
who looked absolutely unreal in that bikini.
Now I really want to kiss her outside of a challenge.
Maybe tonight's the night.
Were you trying to soak me? Sorry!
LAUGHS
That'd be so dirty! Oh, don't worry, I see.
Someone make sense of that.
# When two tribes go to war... #
All right, you're safe to go,
stand back while I show you my rather large weapon!
CHEERING
# When two tribes go to war... #
WHOOPING
Kiss with Lana was great, as expected. Very, very nice kiss.
Hoping to soon get one outside of a challenge now.
Forget Caesar - all hail The Geezer!
CHEERING
# When two tribes go to war... #
You're my princess, but I'm here to get my queen.
CHEERING
I wasn't sure where Ron was gonna go with the challenge,
but he's fought for me
and it's actually nice to see that he's trying so hard.
Stay there.
Going down!
LAUGHTER
You might have your queen for now, but she'll be back to the real king.
I didn't expect myself to even do what I did.
Something just came over me and I thought, fuck it,
let's cool some beef.
let's
let's cause
let's cause some beef.
Is what it is, innit? It's a game.
IAIN: It's time for the girls to deliver their verdict.
Us girls have decided
that the sexiest and strongest gladiator was...
Shaq.
CHEERING
Just been voted the sexiest Ladiator of Love Island 2023.
Top of the CV in big capital letters.
Completed it.
Hear ye, hear ye, Queen Tanya and King Shaq.
Now bow. LAUGHS
IAIN STIRLING: We've all heard the old phrase,
"When in Rome, grab the girl you said you're gonna leave alone,
"and snog her face off in front of her new fella."
How you feeling about, obviously, the sitch at the minute?
HE CHUCKLES I mean, it was funny.
Yes, it was funny. It was funny, wasn't it? Yeah.
Like... Yeah, of course. I said to him, like,
"You know, you've won the battle, but you might not win the war",
just to see a reaction.
At the end of the day, it's the girl's decision, like.
You don't know what could happen,
you dunno who can walk through the door.
No, I know. You don't know? No, of course.
If she wants to speak to me, she can speak to me.
Obviously, I wanna talk to her, I wanna pull her for chats,
but in here, you can't wait around forever.
IAIN: Ron absolutely chewed Lana's face in that game,
but by the sounds of it, she was glad-he-ate-or.
You are welcome!
You know what?
I'm actually... I'm actually quite happy that Ron chose me.
I'm so gassed for you, like, honestly,
I was worried from yesterday that he was gonna be angry, still,
but I wanted him to just be like, "No, I'm coming to get you." Yeah.
"You're my woman." Yeah.
That's what I want. This is what a man is like.
I love it. Forget Caesar, bring on a geezer.
There's no bigger turn-on,
than someone coming to get you. Yeah. Yeah.
I feel like that would say a lot if he did it.
Oh, yeah, massively. And I feel like I held back
a tiny bit with Casey in the challenge as well.
I was a bit, like... I could tell.
Yeah, the boys were, like, "Ooh!"
I feel like, good for Ron, he done what he needed to do.
It's about time. And I feel like he's won over Lana.
How you feeling about...? About? What part?
Where you "accidentally" poured the whole thing on her.
You know what? I'm not being funny...
No, but it was... It was a j...
I didn't know what way it was gonna go.
I dunno, it was just a game.
If she's pissed off at that, then that's fucking ridiculous,
I'm sorry! Like she is...
As much as I love Liv, I'm glad you lot can see the other side
where she just will take things so wrong. Mm.
I feel like she's always looking for something to be angry about.
It's just created a problem out of nothing.
And that created friction out of nothing.
Like, literally out of fuck all.
Oh, my God, it was a fucking game. And I can't lie...
I wouldn't have done that if anyone was standing there.
Yeah, I know. It's not personal. At all!
You were up the other end so I don't even think you caught it.
What, the comment? No, but, like... What?
..when Samie went with Tom,
she literally like went to push the whole thing onto me. Shut up.
And then afterwards, I was, like, "Oh, I'm soaking."
And she was, like, "Ha-ha, it's just a joke, it's just funny."
If I was as close to Tanyel as I thought,
I think she'd have come over and seen if I was all right.
And been, like, "What's up?" I don't mind the screaming, but what's up?
But, like, where's the priority? I don't know.
Mm... it's a bit of a sticky one. Yeah.
But then the other night, she took, like, the comment
and ran straight to Tanyel... Yeah, she did.
..to try and stir it. Yeah.
Now, I'm like, does she have an issue with me?
What's the problem? What's the issue? Yeah.
And then, like, straightaway,
grabbing, like, Lana and Tanyel and doing that.
I don't like all that stuff. No, me neither.
All the grabby, grabbiness. Yeah.
I feel like she's trying to turn me and Tanyel against each other.
Like, is it cos I was coupled up with Tom? I don't know?
Are we overthinking it, or what's going on?
Yeah, maybe I'm overthinking it. I don't know. It's a weird one.
Have I done something wrong? Don't know.
Maybe tonight, I'll speak to Samie and just make sure we're all good.
I'd hate for her to feel a type of way towards me,
and me not know why.
But maybe it's nothing. Hopefully it's nothing.
I feel like I'm honestly living rent-free in Ron's head.
Really? Pretty mad.
It's not even a thought of mine that thinks,
"Let me battle it out with Ron." Yeah.
I guess cos she picked me at the end of the day, didn't she?
He's trying to win her back. You're doing you, man.
We've woken up today, he's trying to get back in there and it's like,
"If you are, just be honest with me. Don't be sneaky about it.
"If you want to crack on with her, crack on with her,
"but don't hide away from it. Let me know."
Yeah. Address it now, bro.
What you're gonna do
is you are going to keep overthinking it, overthinking it.
Nip it in the bud, get that clarity.
It is obviously gonna take more than just the challenge
to take Lana away, but hopefully in the challenge, I have done enough.
There are a couple of things I wanted to get out of my chest.
Go for it.
It just feels a bit sly that you are now moving towards her,
from what I can see.
But you haven't even said to me.
I just want to clear my head a bit.
In challenges, a lot of it is down to fun,
and she is the girl that I obviously still have feelings for. Yeah.
And, you know, she is the girl that I fancy the most in here.
# Hear the battle call... #
It just seems weird that you, like, picked her,
and then you're joking around, battling me, which is fine,
that's not why I'm pissed off.
# This might be our final stand... #
Your intention is obviously still there with her,
and that's what I'm confused about.
My feelings ain't gonna disappear. Yeah.
And, you know, they're not going to.
Cos I do really care about her, and I'm gonna let her do her thing.
If she then, in a couple of days is, like,
whether she changes her mind or what,
if she then does, I'll still be here.
# And we will keep on fighting... #
Cos there is no-one else in the villa
that I have a connection like that with.
I am not controlling. She can do what she wants.
If she is still unsure in this situation, so be it.
As long as I know that from you,
cos from you, my understanding was that you were done.
But that's why I was confused, you know what I mean? Yeah, I get that.
I'm done chasing, fighting.
I'm gonna let her make her thing now.
Good.
# It's a war worth fighting. #
IAIN: Tomorrow night...
When I coupled up with Casey, I probably made a rash decision.
..the triangle is reformed.
Oh, my God. I feel like a dickhead.