♪♪
- Previously, on Summer House...
[gasps]
- Okay, this is really pretty.
I really like it. - Yes, Kyle!
[cheers and applause] - Done well.
- Yes, Kyle!
Guys, this is Dara. - Wow!
Every morning this week when I woke up...
- Yeah. - I thought of you.
- Am I blushing? Damn.
[laughing]
- So, did you get a kiss good night?
- Yeah, and then I left this morning.
[laughing]
- You guys are, like, hot and heavy.
- Yeah.
- Amanda can walk into a room
and brighten it up with her smile.
- Ben wants to definitely sleep with you.
- What the (BLEEP) is going on?
[laughing]
- Do you think that it was appropriate?
- You guys ----ing joke about it all the time.
- It's not funny.
[sniffling, crying]
- To save my business, I had to put $500,000 in.
Like, I stopped paying myself a salary at Loverboy.
That's one of the reasons why I started DJing,
to pay the bills.
- He's somewhere every other night.
- Constantly.
- I just am, like, worried for you
because you didn't sign up to be with a ----ing DJ.
- No.
- Do you miss her? - Yeah.
- Does she know that?
- She knows, but I don't know what else to do.
[waves crashing]
♪♪
- Guys, is tonight the night we play spin the bottle?
- Yeah.
- Or, like, truth or dare spin the bottle.
- Ooh! That's fun.
- That's a great idea.
- We're gonna sit in boy-girl.
Guys, boy-girl order.
- Are you drunk? - No.
- Are you sad? - No, neither.
♪♪
- Ugh!
- Comin' in hot. - Where did you come from?
- I'm like, no.
- The universe is torturing me.
Literally, there's so many men in this house.
I get plopped next to Ben.
Absolutely insane.
- Spin the bottle.
Greens are dare. Pink is truth.
If I spin, and I land on dare,
you pull from the pot.
- All right, let 'er rip.
- Also, if the married and dating people--
- No, no, no, no, (BLEEP) no.
There's no-- there's no different rules
to different people. [laughing]
If you wanna play, we're ----in' all in.
Let's go. - He said--
He said, "Naur, naur, naur, naur."
- How convenient.
Ben wants to kiss the married people, again.
[laughing]
- Oh, no. No, no, no, no!
[laughing] - KJ.
All right, I have to kiss your cheek.
- Okay, that's fine. That's fine. That's fine.
- Oh, that's so okay. Whew.
- All right, that was a good one.
- Yay!
Jesse-- okay, Kyle, pick.
- Your choice. - Your choice.
Kiss him wherever you want.
- On the mouth. - On the mouth.
[laughing]
- All right, Ben.
- Bailey.
[screaming] - Oh, my God!
[laughing]
- [indistinct]. - That's a makie-outie.
- Okay, Ben.
[screaming, laughing]
- Oh, my God, full circle.
- I hate her sense of humor,
but at least she's a good kisser.
So, you know, whatever. [laughing]
- Whoa, that was not a hate kiss.
That was, like, a good kiss.
I think my hand was on his face.
I don't know. I don't know!
Whoa!
- Wow. - The house is healed.
♪ Kiss me like ♪ - Cheek action. Muah.
- Oh, peck, (BLEEP) yeah.
- On the lips. - Let's go.
- Your bestie, Westie. - Boner!
- I'm nervous. - I'm nervous, too.
♪ Kiss me like ♪
[cheering] - Okay.
- Ben.
- Dare. - Dare.
- Jump naked in the pool.
- Jump naked in the pool!
- Take your pants off. - Take it off!
[screaming]
[screams, laughing]
- Wow.
You committed to it.
- Good job, Ben. You're a good sport.
- Yeah, Ben. - A great sport.
[laughing]
- Lex-- uh, Levi.
- Lexi? Ahh! - No, I said, "Levi."
[laughing] - Where?!
- Is it make out?
- Okay.
- Oh. [screaming]
[screaming, laughing]
- Wow! - Whoa!
- Yeah, it was-- it was a good kiss.
- No, I would have hated that.
[bell dings]
- All right, go ahead.
Truth.
The one truth. - Oh.
- Okay, so, we have to ask Mia a truth.
- Does size matter?
- I don't think it's always about the size.
It's about what you can do with it.
- It's the motion of the ocean. - It's the motion of the ocean.
- Now, you have to ask yourself.
Go inwards.
Do you guys know what you're doing?
- Yes.
- Who-whose turn is it?
- Kyle's. - Kyle.
- All right, I'm spinning for Kyle.
[cheering] ♪ Oh yeah ♪
- Okay, make out.
- Aww.
- I know it sounds ridiculous
'cause it's just a kiss,
and this is a game of spin the bottle,
but, like, I haven't had a good kiss
in what feels like a while.
Like, I need- I need this, guys.
- You smell like cheese.
- I love kissing you.
[laughing] - What the (BLEEP)?
♪♪
- Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
[laughing]
Bitch...
- I don't know what's happening here but...
I think it's very clear that we miss each other,
and, like, we miss our friendship,
and, like, look,
we're probably still attracted to each other.
But, hey, we're in a weird state
of, like, limbo,
and so it's all just coming out so disorganized
and a bit crazy.
- Who's next?
- Oh, West and Ciara have to make out.
Crazy.
[screaming]
- Who's next?
- Oh, West and Ciara have to make out. Crazy!
- ♪ Dun... dun, dun! ♪ - That didn't happen.
- I'm getting aroused.
- Oh, wow.
- Are we done?
- Well, good game, everybody.
[glass breaking]
- Sorry.
- Does he have a boner, and that's why he has a pillow?
[laughing]
- Guys, let's rally. Whoo!
- Whoo!
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing continues]
♪♪
[knocking]
- Can we just chill for a second?
- Sure, let's just...
- How's your heart rate?
My heart rate's through the roof.
- Mine's through the roof. Mine's through the roof.
My-- mine is through the roof,
and I can't believe we had to make out.
That was really crazy.
[laughing]
But I appreciate that we were both dedicated.
- Yeah, it's all for the-- - If you had said, "No,"
I would have been really, like, offended,
so I'm glad you just rolled with the punches.
And I was like, I'm not gonna say, "No,"
and be, like, that asshole that's like, "Don't touch me."
- Yeah, doubled down. No, we're okay.
[sighs] - Well, listen,
I didn't feel good about yesterday.
I was gonna come, like, to sort of check on you.
And just, like, it's better to let it go.
- I'm-I'm fine to let it go, and if you're still upset,
you can be upset but-- - No, no, no. No, I'm good.
I'm good. - Okay.
- And you can still think I'm a dick, if you want.
- I don't wanna think you're a dick.
I thought you were hot and funny.
[laughing] I really did.
- All right, half dick, half funny would be okay.
But, yeah, we're good, I promise.
- Okay. - I'm sorry.
- I accept it.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
We are moving forward.
But the crush on Ben is dead.
We're both just passionate, so maybe there is, like,
sexual tension, and maybe one day,
but not in a relationship ever.
That's too much passion, too much fire for me.
I need sweet.
[yawns]
- Okay... I'm going to bed now.
[hiccupping]
♪♪
♪ Make some room ♪
♪ I'm coming in I'm breaking that ♪
- What a night.
♪♪
- Could've been. [laughs]
♪♪
- Ciara? - Yeah?
- Is my yellow top in your room?
- Yep, I was just about to bring it down to you.
- Did I fall on my butt at some point yesterday?
- I don't know, but my ass still hurts from my fall.
We're gettin' too old for this.
- Welcome to your 30s, almost.
- Yeah.
- What's up, mate?
- How are ya?
[laughing]
- Fresh outta the wrapper. - What's up?
[laughing, groans]
- How ya doin', buddy?
- I-I... I don't really remember anything.
[laughing]
- I feel like the winery got the best of us.
- This the boys' pile?
- Wait, last night, West was, like, touching you.
- Yeah, I was--
- He was rubbing your back and, like...
- He-- I feel like he's just been, like,
overly flirty with me this weekend.
- Really?
- What's the last thing you remember?
- Uh, I remember the bottle actually spinning around,
but I don't remember you guys.
- You were, like, grabbing Ciara's leg, like,
the whole game.
♪♪
- Stop. (BLEEP)! [laughing]
- Maybe you've been too nice to him.
[laughing] - I think that is it.
I've been too nice.
- Oh, yikes. There is always, like,
a little something there, but I still haven't had, like,
a real conversation with Ciara.
So, like, I don't truly ----ing know anything.
Maybe she is at the point now where, like, this is something,
but, uh...
I don't know. Oh, God.
- Coming up...
- I'm close to signing with a manager.
It will help me book better gigs that pay more.
- I didn't marry a DJ,
and all of the sudden, I'm now the wife of one.
♪ Cancel your plans pencil me in ♪
- Should we go home? - Yes, please.
- Bye, y'all. - Bye.
- Did you want a hug? - Yeah.
- See ya later, trouble. [sighs]
- Thanks for the make out. - Oh, yeah, we killed it.
- It was good. - Yeah. Get home safe.
Bye. Safe travels.
♪ Let's go ♪
♪ Yeah I know you're looking know you're looking at me ♪
♪ Everybody talking when I step up on the scene ♪
♪ The word of mouth is I'm the one ♪
♪ And that ain't mistaking they know I got it ♪
♪ They know I got it I am the top pick ♪
♪ Causing the gossip ♪
- Hi. How are you?
- I'm okay.
I had a very long weekend, but, on that note,
I wanted to ask if you wanted to grab coffee or grab lunch
or something this week, so I can catch you up
on everything because you were sorely missed.
I'm so sad Carl is not here.
If he was here, I would be going downstairs
and talking to him, right now.
- You can call him. - No, I'd start sobbing.
- Yeah. He's such a good person to talk to.
- He's so nice. It's making me cry.
- That means so much to me. Okay, I'm so excited.
Um, I'm gonna text you, and we'll--
we'll hammer out the details, but I'll see you this week.
- What a sweetie.
♪ Stop with all your noise it's messing up my poise ♪
♪ Oh no this ain't a choice ♪
♪ I don't need to hear what you've got to say ♪
- Hi. - What the hell. Hello.
- Well, you're already, like, all gloved up and everything.
- No, I mean, I'm just, like, doing a little warm-up.
Doing a warm-up. - You smell nice.
Okay, can I put this down? - Do you have your gloves?
- Yeah, I have 'em.
I brought 'em and the hand wraps.
- Yeah, I'll help you put 'em on.
- I need, like, a little bit of a tutorial.
- Your hands are so tiny.
This is, like... [laughing]
This might take a while 'cause we're--
- I was wondering when I bought them,
if there was, like, a petite, like, a kids' size wrap.
This is borderline too much protection.
I was born and raised in Boston.
So, basically, I was born and raised to take no sh--.
I was a very physical kid.
Like, there were times at which I got sent home
from elementary school 'cause they were like,
"She won't stop punching boys in the arm."
And my mom was like, "You get a boxing bag,
and you, before school, you can go have, like,
a minute with your boxing bag,"
which, like, looking back, is kind of horrifying.
- One, two, and then three, yeah.
- Do it, again. - So, jab, cross, hook.
All right.
- Okay, slower, for God's sake. - Yeah, what?
- Oh, my goodness. - Okay.
I want you to just focus on, like, how I'm, like,
immediately coming back to this.
- Okay.
- You gotta, like, protect yourself.
- Okay. [grunting]
- You know what I'm saying?
So, I'm, like, always coming back.
- You can do that a few more times,
if you wanna just let me watch you.
[laughing]
- All right, your turn. - My flirting style now,
we're not trying to go full bully,
but I think a little bit of playful teasing.
I feel like it's, like, an initiation fee.
You know, if you can handle a little bit of jab,
then we can keep talking. You know, that kind of vibe.
- This weekend's the party, if you would like to come.
- All right. - And, also, bring some pajamas.
- Okay, why?
Is that you asking me to sleep over?
- Yeah. - Was that the best you got?
- Yes. [laughing]
♪♪
- Do you want some of this?
Are they yummy? [sighs]
- Reese is getting a snack. - Yeah, she's gettin' a snack.
- How we doin'? - Good. What's going on?
- I'm a zombie. Sometimes when I wake up,
even if it's after an hour and a half,
I can't go back to sleep 'cause I'm my own worst enemy.
- Do you think you need to, like, cut back
on anything that you're doing?
Because I feel like your life is kind of creating
your stress a bit, too.
- I have to fly to Dallas on Tuesday, by the way,
for 12 hours.
- Maybe, like, you could feel better
if you changed some things.
- I mean, I guess the question is, what?
Like... - I-I don't know.
Maybe some of the new careers you've taken on.
- The DJing not only brings me probably the most joy
out of everything, right now,
but it also helps connect the dots with Loverboy.
- But the traveling is always a lot for you.
- I just can't-- like, there's not a great place to,
among the-the various opportunities,
to pump the brakes. - Yeah.
- I haven't talked about it much with you,
but I'm close to signing with a manager.
It will help me book better gigs that pay more
and that, you know, devise a strategy.
- How long are we-- how long are we doing
this DJing thing for?
- I mean, you-you seem to be dwelling on the DJ part.
- Was there another part that I should dwell on?
- All the stress from Loverboy. - I'm just--
we don't ever talk about the DJing thing.
We've talked about Loverboy for years.
I know it stresses you out.
I know you're always trying to figure it out.
I'm just wondering what your plan is with DJing,
also, because, you know, I'm not really roped into it,
and it was-- I didn't marry a DJ,
and, all of the sudden, I'm now the wife of-of one.
Do you see this being a long-term thing?
- DJing? I mean, yeah.
- So, you're gonna just be, like, in nightlife now?
- Uh, I would say, like, I'm not, like, buying a bar.
- You're just gonna be, like, traveling
and, like, playing late all the time.
Like, that's just gonna be it.
That's just how things are gonna be.
- Not only am I making money during a time
where I'm not paying myself a salary at Loverboy,
I'm making money doing DJ gigs,
but I'm also getting Loverboy into venues
that normally charge. I-I just don't have--
I don't understand how she doesn't see it
from my perspective.
Like, she could care less about my-my business,
my debt, my employees. Some of them have families.
I'm paying for their benefits, our future,
our financial future.
You'd think that would matter to Amanda.
I mean, look, there's, like, a path
to making a very good living. It--
- Where do I fit in? Where does life fit in?
I'm just trying to figure out how much, like,
you're taking, like, us into consideration
with some of these decisions.
- Well, I-I-I get it, but, like, if-if the alternative is
to just kinda sit and stay the weekend
in-in-in our apartment... - It's not.
We could be doing things together.
You just have to, like, be around.
You know?
But it sounds like you're speaking with a manager now,
so just figure it out.
All right, well, I gotta get back to work.
♪♪
- Coming up...
- Hi. - Hi, beautiful girl.
Good to see you. I'm glad you're here.
- Oh, good to see you, too.
If I wanna make out with someone,
I'll make sure to ask you later.
[groans] [laughing]
- She goes in for the jugular.
♪ Got three days to sleep all day ♪
♪ You know I gonna be hustling ♪
♪♪
- Boys, boys, boys-- welcome back, Carl.
- I heard a word about town. - Yes. What'd you hear?
- A little date. - With who?
- Bailey-- I had a really good time meeting up with her.
I wasn't expecting to have as much fun as I did.
I really enjoyed talking to her.
Well, I've been seeing you on your flirting journey.
I mean, are we flirting now? - Yeah. Is-is-- are we?
- I think. - I think so.
- I think we're doing pretty good.
- Okay, yeah.
- Was there any PDA, or no? - No, it was very chill.
It was a lunchtime. - Yeah, lunch.
You can't make out at lunch. - No, not make out-- kiss.
- We could have, probably, but-- - Just getting a little--
a little peck. - I'm-- I--
Carl, I would say save the first kiss
for not lunch. - Yes.
To be completely honest, I didn't immediately
clock Bailey in that regard.
But, over the last month, I've been vibing with her,
and I find a depth of conversation with her
that I really enjoy.
So, yeah, I have a little bit of a crush.
[laughing]
- She'll probably for sure lay one on ya tomorrow.
- So, she's not coming this weekend.
- Oh, yeah, (BLEEP). - Ahh.
- Which I was, like, sad a little bit
'cause I was, like, we were having a good vibe,
and I was like, "Oh, like, are you coming this weekend?"
And she's like, "No, I'm actually
gonna get some stuff done." - Damn.
♪ Feeling right gonna do it all tonight ♪
- How was your week?
- I flew to Miami for Scott's restaurant opening,
and it was amazing.
- Ciara went down to Miami with you for the opening.
- Yes, she was my date 'cause I knew, like,
Scott was gonna be running around the entire time.
- Yeah. - The space looks beautiful,
and the food was incredible.
I'm so overly proud of him.
I feel like I have been kind of a bitch the last few weeks.
Like, we're doing the long distance thing.
Once-- yeah.
- You could still be frustrated and proud.
- Yes, you're right. - You can be both.
- That's-that's where I am, right now,
frustrated and proud.
So, then I left super early this morning and...
- Here we are.
Well, we got a party this weekend.
- Okay, so, how old is Kyle turning?
- Forty-three-- he's nine years older than I am.
- Holy sh--, Amanda, that's kind of insane.
So, the last few weekends with you and Kyle,
it feels, like, a little off at times.
- Yeah, it's hit or miss, still.
You know, I'm gonna put on a happy face for his birthday,
but as long as he's in a good, chipper mood,
we'll all be great this weekend.
So, we'll see. - Well... [sighs]
- Hopefully, Ben didn't piss him off
in the car ride out.
- After last weekend, too.
[laughing]
- "I'm not trying to (BLEEP) my mate's missus."
[laughing] ♪ Show me a new life ♪
♪ I need a man who's on the same side ♪
- I love being the first one.
Are you gonna go rose?
- Yeah, it's your big birthday weekend.
So, you know, a little--
a few bubbles never hurt anyone. - I know.
You know what I exercise-- it's this thing.
I'm really good at it.
It's called, uh, moderation. [laughing]
- Are you gonna try and, uh, exert
those skills this weekend? - Yeah.
- Or, are you feeling about it anyway?
- I don't-- look, mate, my grandmother on my dad's side
was always like, "Age is just a number."
So, she, on her-- on her birthdays,
she didn't wanna be told how old she was.
- Yeah.
- I kinda like that mentality where you're, like,
you're only as old as you want to be.
Who actually wants to act their age?
Not me. - Not me.
[laughing]
♪ Kiss my kiss my ♪
- Thank you. Have a good weekend.
Five stars.
Hopefully, you'll do the same for me.
- Hello?
♪ Kiss my uh-oh ♪
- There she is. How are ya?
- Hi. - I'm so glad you're here.
- Finally, we can have some fun this weekend, God.
- I know!
[whistles]
[groans]
- Honey, I am home!
Any friends?
Just cardboard friends?
Oh, there's my friends.
Oh! - Oh, my God!
- Jesse Solomon. - Are you solo?
- Yeah. [laughing]
- How we doin'? - I'm great, how are you?
Hi, beautiful girl. - Hi. Oh.
- Good to see you. I'm glad you're here.
- Good to see you, too.
If I wanna make out with someone,
I'll make sure to ask you later.
[groans, laughing]
- She goes in for the jugular.
Did you really roll solo?
- Yeah, I have Ciara's suitcase
because she flew in from Miami this morning.
- Well, you have a friend. - You and Ciara are good?
- Yeah, I'm- I'm just chipping away.
No Amanda?
- She's with Mia.
I had to pick up my car from the dealership
'cause it got damaged.
Scooped Ben.
- Yay, we made it here safely.
- Let's go see our friends.
- Hello?
- Ahh, speaking of wifey.
- Oh, Mother Hubbard's here.
- Hi. How are you? - Hi, how are you?
You look so pretty. - Good to see you.
You look lovely. - Thank you.
- I love this dress. - Thank you.
- Happy early birthday. - Thank you.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Yes. - Um...
- Great.
- Good ride, boys. Thank you for the music.
- DJ KJ.
Dude, oh, you ordered the basketball.
- Oh, you got the hoop. - Is it there?
- Yes.
- Dude, (BLEEP) yeah.
- What do we got?
Hey, buddy. - Hey, guys.
- Is that an outdoor fan 'cause you run hot?
- It's a pool hoop.
- Oh, okay. - Oh, he really needs a fan.
- Hi, friends. - Birthday week.
- Hey, buddy.
- Yes.
- How was your week?
- It was good. - Good?
- What did you do?
- Look at his smile. - Me and-- oh, yeah.
Yo, I have-- - What did you ask him?
- Did he see Dara?
Is she gonna come to the party tomorrow?
- Yeah, I invited her. - Oh, really?
Is she gonna stay? - She's gonna stay over, yeah.
- Oh, are you gonna share a room?
- Yeah.
- Ooh, that's cute.
- Yeah, so, you guys will see the vibe this weekend.
- Hi, guys.
- Hi, Carl. - How are ya?
- Good, how are you? - Hi, how are you?
Good to see you. - Hi.
- Hello, Carl. - Hi, Lindsay.
- How are you? - I'm good, how are you?
- You-you have a new haircut.
- I just didn't put anything in today.
- Oh, I see, yeah. - So, just kept it--
Kept it easy.
Did you get your hair shorter? - And you fresh--
- Not recently. - No?
Nice. - Huh.
Yeah. [laughing]
You know, just working on a friendlier relationship here.
- You're crushing it. That was great, guys.
I'm gonna give you a round of applause.
- I-I thought that was pretty good.
- That was beautiful. I loved it.
Well done. - All right, gotta go.
- Hey. [laughing]
- Good job. - I--
- That was great.
♪♪
- All right. Thank you so much.
[sighs] This is what I love to see.
My bag.
- Nice. Guys, I just made it.
No one cares.
- Well, yeah, well, that means no one else
is allowed to play on the ring then.
- Yeah, you guys can watch.
- Hi, Ciara! - Lindsay!
- Hi!
Hi. - Oh, my butt is out.
- I'm sorry. - Ahh! Ow.
- Hi, Benjamin. - Hi, Ciara.
- How are you? - How are you?
- I'm good, I'm alive. I'm drinking.
- What's up? - Nothing, nothin'.
How you feeling? Good?
- I don't know, I'm in, like, a weird mood, at the moment.
- Mmm.
- You know, like, I'm really trying my best
to be friendly and just be cordial with Lindsay.
To me, the energy from her sometimes is just,
like, I don't know what I'm gonna get.
Like, yesterday, when I got lunch with Bailey,
you know, she was explaining. - Mm-hmm.
- You know, she spent a lot of time with Lindsay
over the last few weeks.
And, of course, Lindsay is gonna fill her in
on everything that's gone on.
- We talked about you a lot on the car ride,
and we talked about you a lot at lunch.
- Hopefully, all just glaring reviews.
- Um, she probably has the same review of you
that Ben has about me,
and we're gonna go two thumbs down.
- It just caught me off guard, some of that commentary,
and I just want things to be okay.
- Yeah.
- I just wish I wasn't so sensitive.
- Bro, like, I literally am the same way.
I cannot stop thinking.
I, like, fixate on sh--. - Yeah, totally.
- And then I, like, let it affect my mood
instead of actually being vocal and vulnerable about sh--.
- Yeah, and, like, getting it off your chest.
- Yeah, but you already know. - For real, man.
- We're gonna have a good weekend.
- Appreciate you, man.
- So, I don't have a timestamp to this,
but I know that...
West was rubbing your back.
- West was, like, super-touchy with Ciara,
rubbing her back, like, playing with her hair.
Progress. - Well, I have my own theory.
I think he's in love with you.
- Mia says with a straight face.
- I think West is in love with you.
I do.
- No comment. - That doesn't mean
you have to be in love with him.
- I feel like if there was any chance of anything,
there'd be a lot more work
that would need to be done on his end.
- A lot. - Right.
- He would have to be--
like, the love would have to be, like, professed,
and it's like here's all the things
I'm gonna change, and like...
- But I feel like even if he was in love with me,
he would never say it.
He never says... what he feels, like,
especially in this house. - Yeah.
- Okay, in the history of Ciara and West,
would you ever, in all of the world,
ever give him another shot, ever?
♪♪
'Cause I know for certain, and absolute,
without a shadow of a doubt,
I would never, ever, ever give Carl ever
another shot in life. - We know.
- Okay, when you put it like that,
I don't know if I'm never, ever.
- So, the door is open.
♪♪
- Coming up...
- It is gross to talk about the relationship publicly,
and I don't think I, like, really grasped that
until I was on the other side of it.
- It just sucks that you had to watch
someone else go through it
in order for you to understand your own actions.
♪ You drive me crazy ♪
♪ I'm losin' my place ♪
- 6:30 dinner, so that's in an hour.
- Hey.
- Hello. - How are you?
- Great. - Good.
Do I need to, like, apologize for...
the drunk back rub?
Honestly, not 'cause it was, like, invasive,
but did I just, like, make stuff weirder?
- You're stopping here?
- Do you want me to keep going?
[laughing]
Was it ----ing cringe, and gross, and yuck?
That's the worst thing you could ever be,
and I don't know, you know?
There's no worse feeling than not knowing
if you were cringe.
- Oh, I guess we're rooming together.
- Hey.
- All of this and my hair still looks frizzy.
- You like my hat?
- Yeah, I-I think it's nice.
- Are you make--
- I'm ready.
- Amanda? - What?
- Am I gonna be hot?
- I don't know. I'm not you.
- You're not me. - This is a nice outfit, Ben.
- You like it?
- You've never looked more Australian.
[sighs]
- All right, I'm ready for dinner.
- Let's go, guys. All right, we'll see you there.
- Phone, left my wallet in the city.
Don't have keys. Awesome.
- You are really put together.
♪ I forget to breathe ♪
- Welcome to Kissaki.
I'll take you guys to your table.
- Thank you for having us. - Oh, thank you.
Oh, the great outdoors.
- I'm gonna sit across from Jesse
just so I can keep a good eye on you.
- Amanda? - What?
- Wanna sit here? - Sure.
- Why is it always girls versus boys?
- It's just natural. - I like it.
- Hi, hi, welcome to Kissaki, everybody.
- Hey, how we doin'?
- Raise your hand if you want a miso.
- Can we get three lychee martinis?
- Three shishitos, wagyu fried rice, too.
- We'll start there? - Yeah.
- Rock and roll.
- Let me see the Kangol hat.
I've always wanted to, like, try and rock this.
- It actually looks good with the hair.
[gasps] It's very 2000s, yes.
- Carl, I have a question for you.
- Yeah.
- You talked to Bailey this week.
- Yeah, we went-- I caught up with her--
Well, she texted me Saturday morning
and was like, "Hey, I had a rough night.
Like, crashed out hard."
- Can confirm.
- And we ended up going out together.
I mean, it-- it wasn't a date,
but it kinda felt like a date.
- Did y'all go out at night or in the daytime?
- During the day.
I-I-- she told me a little bit about your convo.
- What-what about my convo? - And, no, that you were
just like, "Go for it," or kinda like...
- I said, "You should go for Carl.'
- Yeah. So, I appreciate that.
Um... - You're welcome.
See? I'm nice.
- Agreed. [laughing]
- She did do-- she was like, "No, she gave you
two thumbs down but go for it."
I was like, "Well, what was the feedback?"
And she was like... - Well, she paraphrased then.
I don't know. - Yeah.
- Oh, well, then tell him what you said.
Tell him what you said. - Yeah, what did you say then?
- I said, "He probably won't have sex with you...
- Oh.
- ..."but he's a great conversationalist."
- You were so close to being nice.
[laughing]
- I mean, Lindsay and I weren't sleeping together
because of how not stable foundation we were on.
But when we first starting dating and having sex,
she used to say it was the best sex of her life.
Before that, I used to get destroyed for being
a (BLEEP) boy, having too much sex.
Now, I'm being a little more careful,
and I get dragged for that.
Can't win.
- Depends how nice you are the rest of the weekend.
- I'm being nice.
♪♪
- All right, anyway,
I invited KJ to a running thing this week,
and I got there, I see him,
and right next to him is Dara.
They were very cute, and the vibe was really good.
- So, you said you guys' energy is a match.
What's-what's the energy?
Like, what are you getting from this?
What's your vibe?
- She's just emotionally intelligent.
- That's important.
- Also, that's kind of, like, the most important thing
to match before the others. - Exactly, exactly.
- I wanted to know how it escalated so quickly,
'cause I was kind of out of the mix.
- We just vibe checked.
- Kids these days-- the old vibe check.
- It was a vibe check. - What the (BLEEP)?
How many times have you seen her since--
- You have-- [laughing]
- Smile, smile, smile. [laughing]
- I don't know.
- How many times have you seen her since you met?
[laughing] - I'm not keeping count of this.
- It's been two weeks.
- Do you guys see each other, like, every day
or, like, every other? - No.
Like, maybe every other day or somethin', yeah.
- Oh, yeah?
- Jesse, do you wanna give him any advice
on moving quickly in a relationship?
♪♪
[laughing]
- I would just advise you to take it slow.
- That's what I'm doing.
- What else did you learn, Jesse?
- Don't omit the truth.
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Having somebody suck your toe is strange,
and I think it's even more strange
that you didn't tell me.
- Don't use Ciara as collateral.
- Say that out loud.
- Don't use Ciara as collateral.
- West is sitting up straight like...
- I'm taking notes.
- West's hands are crossed like this.
- Yeah, Ciara, I-I-- it was never my intention
to use Ciara as collateral.
- But I was collateral. - Yes.
- Jesse and Ciara are, like, posting photos together
that look very flirty
and commenting on each other's social posts.
It kinda feels like they're trying to rub it in your face.
- You are creating this narrative of, like,
the things that we're doing are weird and manipulative,
like us hanging out together. Like...
- He posted it on his story.
- That's another good piece of advice.
Don't talk to the press.
West can tell you that, too.
- Yeah, West can tell you personally.
How embarrassing that you published an article
to reiterate the fact that you don't like me anymore.
- I'll say one thing, though.
I empathized a lot with how our relationship ended,
and I did a lot of, like, interviews.
I don't think I just, like, knew any better,
but it is gross to talk about the relationship publicly,
and I don't think I, like, really grasped that
until I was on the other side of it
when she was doing that to him, you, and me.
And I just want you to know
I, like, see you way more than I did prior.
- Wow, full circle moment is what you're saying.
- I mean, I appreciate it.
It just sucks that you had to watch someone else
go through it, in order for you to understand
your own action.
♪♪
- I mean, I appreciate it.
It just sucks that you had to watch someone else
go through it, in order for you
to understand your own action.
Like, to go back to, like, all of the interview things,
like, I don't think you guys also realize
the interracial aspect that exists
and, like, all of the sh-- that goes on
'cause it's like I get a lot of blowback
that's, like, very racial, obviously,
being in this position.
Like, I was the first Black person
in this house, and then dating publicly,
dating white guys publicly, it's like a whole contraption
that I don't think you guys even understand
or can even empathize with.
- Yeah. Selfishly, when the ----ing reunion happened,
whatever, like, I was getting ----ing smoked,
and I was being called, like, racist,
and people were DMing my family and sh-- like that
for this whole thing.
Like, I was ----ing panicking and didn't know
what was going on, and I thought that
if I can express myself and try to make things better,
as long as I'm not saying anything bad about Ciara,
it will be okay.
But, like, I didn't know, and I... I apologize.
- I mean, I feel like we've covered some ground.
I feel like you guys-- I know, even though
it wasn't all that long ago,
it feels raw and feels fresh.
But to see you guys having fun, buddy-buddy last weekend,
like, at the end of the day,
like, I know there's an underlying friendship
and-and mutual respect.
I know it's been tough,
but, like, at the end of the day,
I know he respects you.
- And same, and that's why just, like,
I operate on the basis of, like,
I feel like I just expected more out of you.
- Yeah.
- If I knew what I knew then,
I, like, would have been a lot different,
and I apologize. - Yeah.
♪♪
[voice cracking] Sorry.
Mmm.
[sighs]
The hardest thing with, like, the me and West situation
is that, like, everyone's always just like,
"Oh, you, like, let a white man play you on national TV."
And then, like, it's-- regardless of, like,
how we feel about each other, it's, like,
the way that it looks to the entire world.
Yeah, I guess, if I could help it, I would,
but, like, you can't help who you love.
You can't help, like, who you are attracted to sometimes.
Like, he was my friend, at one point, and, like,
we did have a relationship, but I know, like,
we do care a lot about each other,
and it's not just, like, oh, fun and flirting.
I-I do think we have a much deeper relationship
than anybody ever has seen.
But, yeah, like, I'm quite literally bracing for impact,
especially when this sh-- gets ready to air.
Like... [sighs]
It's just-- it's a con-- it's a ----ing headache.
- KJ, are you okay?
- This is sh--, like, my sisters go through,
so I'm, like, able to, like--
- It's okay. [sighs]
- It's just tough. It's tough.
And, like, it seems like-- it may seem like from, like,
your guys' perspective that it's like,
she's complaining, but it's just, like, reality.
Like, the sh-- is ----ed.
It's like you always gotta think, like--
- Twenty steps ahead. You gotta put your--
- Twenty-- it's, like, it's not normal.
Like, the sh-- is not normal, and, like, I don't expect
you guys to understand because you aren't in our skin.
But, like, even when me, like, coming into the house,
being the first Black guy,
like, I have added pressure, too.
Like, literally, like, this past few weeks, like,
I've just been in my head 'cause I'm thinking,
like, yo, don't (BLEEP) up.
Like, it's just, like, some-- like, it's ----ed.
- But that's what we're taught, right?
- Yeah, yeah, that's, like, how we're taught.
Yeah. - Like, I know--
I didn't grow up with you, KJ, but I know you got the talk
that my brother got. - Mm-hmm.
- That's just a conversation that's just held
in Black households. - Yeah.
- You have to conduct yourself in a certain manner,
so you're not seen as a threat,
so you're not seen as aggressive,
or angry, or scary, and all these connotations
that society has put on us for so long.
- Mm-hmm. - Even though
there's nothing angry about you.
There's nothing scary about you. - Uh-uh. Uh-uh.
- But that's what the world has made us to look like.
- We're fighting against. - Yeah.
- I think, like, my takeaway is that, like,
we take so much for granted.
Like, I can pop off,
'cause I have a temper. - Yeah.
- I've got anger management issues,
and I'm not thinking 20 steps ahead.
I'm thinking in the moment.
- Yeah, but it's like I don't want anyone
to feel bad for, like-- - We--
No, no, no. - Yeah.
- We just wanna have your back and support you guys.
- Yes, exactly.
- And just make sure we're doing our best
to make you feel like-- - Yeah, for sure.
- And be with you in it.
I think it's our job to, like, just be family and, like,
support one another. - Yeah.
- Instead of giving people opportunities to, like,
tear one another down. - Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
- Yeah.
- Yes. - KJ, you make me cry.
- I don't want that.
- You're just like my little, little sh-- little brother.
- Let's go around the table
and say one nice thing about me.
- Can we please not do that again?
[laughing] - Ben?
- You wanna (BLEEP) Ben. - Me, too.
[laughing]
- Lindsay Hubbard.
- What? - Lindsay-- "Me, too."
♪♪
- Later, this season, on "Summer House"...
- Jack, don't let me go, Jack!
- Can I get on this sh--?
- KJ! - No!
- Okay, Tiger Woods.
- Are my legs far enough apart?
- Yes. - That's what she said.
[laughing]
[vocalizing]
- I'm a snowball.
[laughing]
- Thanks for coming.
- Ben has changed since meeting Sabrina.
Now, he's like, "I think she might be the one."
Yeah. - Wait, whoa!
- Hey, stranger. - There she is. How ya goin'?
- Bailey said that Dara went into Ben's room
for, like, an hour.
- Wait, hold on.
- We didn't hook up. - That's bullsh--.
- Do not lie. - No, no, no. No, I actually--
- Like, you guys obviously had a moment,
and that's sh---y. - Come on. Run the tape back.
♪♪
- How has it been with you and West?
[laughing] Dude! Here you go.
- Is the door still open with Ciara?
- It's hard to ignore the sexual tension,
but the last thing I want, is her ----ing heartbroken.
- Whoa. - Did she see that?
- What the (BLEEP)? - What were you thinking?
- I really ----ed up.
- I don't wanna keep living like this.
- This doesn't need to be your forever.
- What if you let him see what it feels like without you?
- Yeah, it would be more productive
for you guys to separate.
- I just don't know.
- I don't even know what to say.
Like, you're throwing away your relationship for what?
That's insane.
- I just want you to know that, like,
Ben wanted to (BLEEP) me in Italy.
- That's not the kind of friendship I want.
- Thanks for your lack of support, you ----in' loser!
- I'm going ----ing crazy.
(BLEEP) everybody! - Chill out.
- You mother----er!
[gasps] - Kyle!
- I forgot Carl's more fragile than a ----ing China doll.
- What the (BLEEP) is wrong with you, Kyle?
- You could've handled that so differently.
- Oh, I'm the bad guy.
- What in the actual (BLEEP) just happened?