["Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order playing]
[Buteau] A new day has dawned on The Circle, y'all.
And after last night, the VIP party guests are having a slow morning.
[all] Good morning, Circle.
[Buteau] And the rest, well, they're just in mourning.
This is the first time I've never been invited to something,
and it wasn't that great.
♪ Every time I see you falling ♪
♪ I get down on my knees… ♪
Good morning, Samson.
I was able to get a bunch of new people
on Team K Fern.
I still need to see what's going on in Andy and Savannah's head
and basically explain why they didn't make it to the VIP party.
My man, Kevin, was with two girls last night at a party,
and one of them was an OnlyFans model.
Come on.
And then he invited Gianna to the party and not me,
and he knows that Gianna probably hates me.
Kevin didn't pull through for us when he disrupted the game.
I feel like Andy is kind of sitting bottom-tier today.
Madelyn is definitely somebody that Andy kinda needs to slide in there with.
Hopefully, she's eyeballing Andy the same way Andy will be eyeballing her.
What a wild first night.
Super fun party, and then you left us with a super ominous message.
Someone's getting blocked tonight.
I gotta bring it today.
I'm gonna talk to everyone, get people to like me,
and I'm gonna play these games much, much better.
Can't do any worse.
[song ends]
[Buteau] Don't be so down, Rachel. You haven't done anything like,
I don't know, flirted with Savannah, adopted her dog,
then ignored her.
Oh, hey, K Fern.
[Kevin] I am not going home today.
I cannot get blocked today.
Circle, invite Savannah to a private chat.
[TV dings]
"Kevin has invited you to a private chat"?
What could you possibly have to say to me, Kevin?
Circle, open private chat with Kevin.
Circle, message,
"Good morning! Exclamation point, exclamation point. Sun emoji."
"Hope all is still well between me, you, and Samson
after the VIP party. Heart emoji."
"Sorry, I had to invite Gianna…"
"…because I knew she was sad after almost getting blocked."
What? He's in the doghouse.
Samson's never even been in the doghouse,
and Kevin has officially made his way in the doghouse.
I'm gonna make him think Kevannah's still a thing,
but in my mind right now, it's not.
Message, "Morning, babe."
"Of course all is well between us."
"I was disappointed that I didn't get to see
the life of the party off duty…"
"…but there's always next time."
"Heart-eye emoji. Party emoji."
She hit me with a "Morning, babe," for crying out loud.
Like, come on, I still got it.
Wow, I am so fake.
Fern, you did it again, man. You made it out of this one.
[Savannah] So I'm gonna follow that up with, message,
"I am curious to know how the party went."
Savannah's typing again? She's double-texting already?
[Savannah] "Any super secret VIP party alliances formed? Winky face."
"Don't forget about #WifeyAndSam."
"Sad face." Send message.
Oh, damsel in distress. I'm sad, oh.
I'm not mad at you.
I'm just a sad little girl who's obsessed with her boyfriend.
[Kevin] Oh.
She wants to know about the #VIPSquad.
I don't want her feeling left out
or knowing that I started an alliance without her,
so there's really only one way out of this.
-[Buteau] To fess up. -To lie.
[Buteau] Oh! So there were two ways out of it.
Circle, message,
"The party would've been 100 times better with you there."
"Kissy face emoji."
"No crazy, top-secret VIP alliances were made."
"Could never…"
Change it to "neva," like N-E-V-A.
"…forget #WifeyAndSam."
Circle, send message.
Okay, that's good, but he said, "No crazy top secret VIP alliances."
So that means, like, maybe one that's just not crazy.
Oh, Kev,
Kev, you're walking a very thin line right here, buddy.
Kevin is my number one right now, and I do wanna let him know that,
so he'll also make me his number one.
So, Circle, message,
"That makes my heart warm."
"I'm so happy to have you
as my number one in The Circle."
"Heart emoji."
"#WereInThisTogether."
Yes! Yes! Yes!
We are so in this together, Savannah. That's what I wanna hear, baby.
Whoo!
The Bible says to not stay angry,
so I am trying to be a good Christian woman of God,
and I'm forgiving him. I'm not angry.
I'm just gonna keep one eye open
and be careful with what I trust him with.
Trust.
I feel like this bond is growing stronger and stronger.
Kevin's back on top.
[Buteau] She just moved the Post-it with Kevin's name on it.
That's some real Circle love.
Meanwhile, Rachel's doing her own version of heavy lifting by hosting a group chat.
I need to make sure people want me here and are willing to keep me here.
I gotta work this. I'm gonna work the girls.
I need to reach out to Gianna,
get her to tell me everything that happened at the party,
and then I gotta get Jadejha on mine and Gianna's side.
And maybe we form the girl alliance.
Circle, start a chat with Gianna and Jadejha.
[Jojo] I need a nail clipper.
You should've got the pedicure before you left.
-[TV dings] -[Jojo] Oh!
"Rachel has invited you to a group chat." Rachel, baby!
My girl, I missed ya.
-Wow, I was waiting for this. -She's probably shooketh right now.
She's gotta be shitting bricks, man. She wasn't invited to the party.
She was rated sixth.
Why did Rachel invite me to a group chat?
I don't know how I feel about this.
Circle, take me to group chat with Rachel.
Message, "Good morning, Circle sisters!"
"Jadejha…"
"…I'm sure you want to know what happened at that party last night just like me."
"So, Gianna, #SpillThePartyTea."
Wow. Wow.
-She put the ball in our court. -She did.
Rachel just jumped right into it.
I mean, I am also wondering what happened at the party.
I'm glad I didn't have to say that.
Well, obviously we're not gonna put in the fact that Kevin said he…
-We're safe with him and vice versa. -No. Of course not.
Message, "Good morning, beautiful ladies!"
-"Exclamation point." -"Beautiful ladies"?
-Or, "Good morning, gorgeous girls." -Yeah.
"Good morning, gorgeous girls." In all capitals with two S's.
"In my opinion, it wasn't a VIP party without the two of you."
"Heart emoji. We got to welcome the new players,
and I spilled the tea that I was blocked on night one."
"Laughing emoji."
Ha! Good for you.
No, that's good,
because now everyone else at the party knows.
This is good.
-She asked us to spill the tea. -[both] We spilled the tea.
Message, "Hey, hey, lovely ladies."
"Heart-eye emoji."
"How are y'all feeling about the rest of the players so far?"
-That's a fair question. -[Jadejha] Now that opens it up.
That tells me exactly how they're feeling and if they already have any alliances.
Message, "TBH, I don't have a great read on most…"
[Jojo] "…but I do feel like Savannah gives off genuine vibes."
I think Rachel, honestly, is being 100% honest,
because she hasn't had the chance to get a good read off of everybody.
Yeah, exactly.
Message, "IMO,
one of us will win this whole thing."
[Jadejha] "Money bag emoji."
"Alliance?"
Ooh.
That was very straightforward.
Honestly, Rachel being a wildcard does help my game,
because people wouldn't expect me and Rachel to be in an alliance.
They wouldn't.
Message, "Jadejha and Rachel,
just so you know, you are safe with me…"
"…as long as I'm safe with you. #GirlPower."
Okay, come on, Jadejha.
You want to be part of this. You know you do. Look at us. Look at us.
Message, "I'm a girl's girl, and I have y'all's back."
[Nicky] "#RootingForAllTheGirls."
Wow. Wow. So, okay,
it seems as if Jadejha is very, very genuine and has our back.
Absolutely.
[Deb] Yes, Jadejha.
You are my girl!
Yes! This could be amazing.
I feel good though, like, I now have two girls in my alliance,
and Darian and I have been flirting like crazy,
so right now I feel like I'm at the center of it all.
Message, "I got you girls to the end! Two exclamation points."
"I'll see you two cuties at the finish line. #…"
"…TripleThreat." Yes! See?
All right, see, that means that Rachel and Gianna, we got each other.
[Deb] Message,
"Let the real game begin."
"Who runs The Circle?"
-"#Girls." I love that, Rachel. -I love the Beyoncé reference.
I may have not been invited to the party,
but I just got all the girls on my side.
I feel really good. I didn't even need to work out.
[Buteau] That's what I call emotional cardio, honey.
And upstairs, Andy's doing some working out of his own.
After seeing Madelyn in the thirst trap game,
he's figured out she's his last option for a Circle girlfriend. How romantic.
From what I'm observing, there are some partnerships forming.
We've got Darian and Jadejha.
Kevin is either hooking up with Gianna or Savannah.
Andy cannot be the only single boy in The Circle,
so if there's gonna be any girl to catch Andy's attention,
it's gotta be Madelyn with the tattoos and the yoga.
Circle, take me to a private chat with Madelyn.
[TV dings]
Andy has invited me to a private chat! My heart rate is already up.
I knew that he liked me back.
Maybe he would be a good person to ask for tea from.
Circle, take me to private chat with Andy.
All right. Circle, message,
"Hey, you… [giggling]… I'm glad I'm not the only performer here."
"I don't wanna be just another d-bag in your DMs,
but I had to tell you that you're absolutely beautiful."
"Heart eyes." Send message.
Oh my gosh. I'm fully a dude now.
Andy.
I'm, like, confident by this one message that he's not a catfish.
This is showing that he respects me and that he's a gentleman,
and he's gonna take me to dinner first.
And he's gonna compliment the dress I'm wearing before he takes it off.
Okay, we're being bold. We're letting him know he's my exact type.
Okay, message,
"I've been waiting on you to message me. Smiley face emoji, hands out."
[tittering]
"You could Google 'Madelyn's type,' and your exact picture would come up."
[high-pitched] "#CircleHusband."
Oh okay, we went from nothing to husband right away.
We're already married in her eyes.
This is great.
Oh my gosh, okay. What do we say back to this?
All right. Message, "Sorry it took so long."
[Madelyn] "Did you miss your plus-one at the party last night?"
"Red heart emoji. Ring emoji."
I like the fact that he's, like, asking me questions,
and it's not just, like, empty flirting.
Message,
"I had a lot of fun at the party last night…"
"…but I was bummed when I found you weren't going to be there." Aw.
Okay, she's not playing me. This is great. This is great. This is great.
Let's… Let's call her by her name.
Message,
"Madelyn, comma,
my #CircleWife.…"
"…I promise I got you moving forward."
"Red heart emoji."
[gasping]
This is literally the best message I could have received.
Like, he's got my back.
Message,
"Let's make it to the top together."
"Red heart emoji."
"The other players can be in our wedding. Clink."
"You have my word. #CircleHusbandForever."
[groaning]
I feel really hopeful about this. Clearly, we have the hots for each other.
And you can't lie to your Circle wife, Andy.
[Buteau] Oh yeah, Andy's keeping it 100.
I think that went exactly how I wanted it to go.
Circle husband forever.
[Buteau] Yeah, Circle husband forever, until you meet.
And speaking of shocking surprises, we got a blocking on the horizon tonight,
which means the players are doing everything they can
to take their minds off of it, whether it's exercising, eating,
or just appreciating how awesome they are in the mirror.
Yeah.
But nah, bro.
Okay. That's it.
-You didn't get cut? -Nah.
[Buteau] Oh, I had no idea Jadejha could play the guitar.
[mimicking guitar sounds, plunking guitar]
[Buteau] Oh, that's 'cause she can't. Got it.
[mimicking guitar sounds, plunking guitar]
[alarm blares]
-Oh my God. -Whoa!
[all] "Kray Pop"?
Another game.
Yes! I'm ready, Circle.
Let's play.
Circle, open Kray Pop.
[Buteau] In Kray Pop, players will be asked
a series of multiple-choice pop culture questions.
[Madelyn] "Which celebrity named their child…"
-I don't know how to pronounce that. -X-A-X-E.
Zawa-exy?
Zay-oxy?
That's a child's name?
[Buteau] It's X Ash A-12. Duh.
"Elon Musk, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jared Leto."
Jared Leto?
He's the, like, Late Night host guy, the funny dude.
This definitely looks like a math equation.
And I had a dream last night that I cheated on a math test.
If anybody's gonna name their child what looks to be an equation,
I think it'd be the owner of Tesla, PayPal, and SpaceX, and Twitter.
Exactly.
Elon Musk. This sound like something Elon Musk would do.
Elon Musk! Everyone should know that one.
I'm a tech girlie. Rachel better also know this one.
Rachel should be able to answer, but Deb may not.
I gotta bring it to this game. I can't mess this up.
[Buteau] Their answers will then be revealed to the group.
[groaning]
Okay, Circle, let's see who did this. I know I got it right.
[Buteau] Gold star for Garret. Of course it was Elon Musk.
Rachel!
[Deb gasping]
-Wow, Rachel, that was… -That was a weird answer.
Come on, you've gotta know who Elon Musk is.
Like, unless you live under a rock,
I feel like you had to have known it was Elon Musk.
[Darian] Dang, Rachel.
Oh, how does it feel to be by yourself?
That's not good.
I'm thinking my game is going very poorly.
My instinct, seeing that, is that Rachel is way older.
All right, I can come back from this. I can come back from this.
"Which of these athletes have been in both the WWE
and the UFC?"
What?
The Rock is an actor, not an athlete.
Oh my God. This is a question made just for Heather. Oh my God!
Rachel would know this because her older brothers love WWE.
His name is Hulk. He's gotta have been in both. He's probably strong AF.
We know the real answer's Brock Lesnar, but for the sake of the game and to save…
To not raise speculation into us being a guy
and knowing this answer, we are gonna lock in The Rock.
-Lock in The Rock. -Lock in The Rock.
We don't want anybody thinking we're catfishing.
We just gonna go with The Rock. Okay?
-Circle, let's lock in Hulk Hogan. -Hulk Hogan.
-Lock in Brock Lesnar. -[all] Brock Lesnar.
If anybody's suspicious of Andy not being a dude,
this'll lock it in their minds that Andy is a dude.
[Buteau] Brock Lesnar is right, dude.
Looks like all the fellas are right there with me.
Andy and Garret are right there too, and Rachel.
Rachel?
[cheering] Look, it's Rachel and all the guys.
How does Rachel know that?
Is Rachel, like, a really old dude in real life?
Rachel is an old man.
[Buteau] Okay, do young people think only old men watch sports?
Thank you, Jason,
for loving WWE.
My son Jason. [sighs]
She's sus.
[Heather] Oh no.
"Who of the following was Madonna romantically linked to?"
"Mick Jagger, George Clooney, Sean Penn."
It may be everybody.
I don't know who George Clooney is. I just recognize his name.
I think he has big feet.
[Deb] Okay, now this is a problem. I know it's Sean Penn. They were married.
Does Rachel know it's Sean Penn?
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by a toe…
These are the Mick Jagger moves.
…you are not it.
Sean Penn.
Sean Penn it is.
I can't let Rachel get this right. Lock in Mick Jagger.
I feel like, as a girl, they wouldn't know who Sean Penn is.
I think maybe Clooney or Mick Jagger.
I feel like not George Clooney. Like, he was a president.
[Buteau] He's got no political experience, so yeah, that could happen.
What?
Sean Penn?
Oh! It's Sean Penn. [laughing]
[screaming of joy]
Oh my God, we frickin' got it right! Come on, Garret. Yeah!
Come on! I didn't even know that!
Oh my God.
Savannah, high five. Okay.
Good job, Garret. Good job, Savannah.
Do we think it's sus that Andy got this wrong?
That definitely makes me question
a thing or two about Andy.
Rachel, maybe she's not old, but she could very much still be a man.
"Which of these popular abbreviations
is a compliment?"
I… I don't know.
"NPC"? Dang, what is NPC?
Uh…
"No problem, cutie."
"Nice pants…"
[Buteau] IMHO, this ain't good, Rach.
-I don't know what "HBIC" is. -Like you the "Head Bitch In Charge."
Sorry for calling you a bitch, but… you in charge.
"Head Bitch In Charge."
"TL;DR" means "too long, don't read."
NPC means non-playable character. She said video game.
[groaning]
I just don't see a popular abbreviation as a compliment
with a semicolon in the middle.
Circle, lock in "TL;DR" as my answer.
Dude, I don't know what any of these stand for.
What would… I don't know.
-I'd love to lock in "HBIC," please. -[Heather] "HBIC." Lock it in.
[Deb meekly] Circle,
lock in "NPC."
Man, I could look so dumb right here.
[Buteau] As Circle HBIC, duh,
it stands for Head Bitch In Charge.
[Garret] Excuse me?
Okay.
Madelyn, Kevin, and Rachel got this wrong?
Why am I the only one who picked TL;DR?
Kevin should definitely know what an NPC is.
A non-player character, that's a guy term.
Yeah, maybe NPC was not the move.
Rachel not knowing that tracks with how she answered the Elon Musk question.
Rachel is not young.
[Deb] I work with Gen Zers, millennials.
They don't compliment me. This is the problem.
[Buteau] A Gen Xer blaming their problems on Gen Z?
What a surprise.
[Heather] Aw! "Thank you for sharing your pop culture knowledge."
You're welcome.
All eyeballs are on Rachel after this.
Rachel is not 26.
She's not.
I feel like it was weird
that Rachel knew the question about the wrestler.
Like, that seems like something a guy would know.
I feel terrible. I think I got this wrong.
Smelling a little fishy. [sniffing]
Catfishy. [sniffing]
[Buteau] That quiz has inspired our players
to engage in some of the more intellectual pursuits
our apartments have to offer.
Oh! Look at the chest.
Boom, boom, boom! Boom, boom! Boom, boom! Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
-[Heather] Ha! -[Jadejha humming]
[exclaiming]
Boom! Oh! Ooh! Boom, boom, boom, boom! Ooh!
I got the moves.
Yeah!
[Buteau] Okay, metal bro, playtime's over.
[alarm blares]
-"Alert!" -Oh my God. "Alert."
Oh no! What could this be?
Here we go.
"Players, you must now rate each other."
We know where we stood last time, so this is nerve-racking right now.
Rachel shouldn't be as low if the connections I made are real.
I will be really upset if I get last place.
"The top two players will become influencers."
I've got a couple ideas who it might be.
The question is, do I help them get there, or do I try and stop it from happening?
In an ideal world, I'm the influencer! I just would like to have the power.
As new players, Garret and Madelyn can rate but cannot be rated.
[sighs] Thank you, Circle.
[snickers] I'm safe. Losers.
Good thing we were in a group chat, in the VIP party with--
Garret and Madelyn. I know, bro. I know.
Hopefully, their ratings of Gianna skyrocket us up.
-I know. -[Heather] Oh my gosh.
We don't have that many friends right now.
We also don't have that many enemies.
I would be okay sitting at, like, third or fourth.
[all] Circle, take me to my ratings.
[suspenseful music playing]
Circle, let's lock in Andy for first place.
He's my husband. He is number one.
I'd like to place Darian in first position.
That man. I can't help it, okay?
I wanna be stronger than this, but I am not.
For my first place ratings, I'd like to place… Kevin.
-That's my number one bro right now. -Lock in Savannah for first in my ratings.
My Circle bae.
I was able to amend things with her
after not inviting her to the newcomer party.
I feel good about this first decision.
Circle, I'd like to place…
Gianna in my first position.
I feel really confident we're rating each other first,
we have each other's back.
Kevin is Samson's Circle step daddy.
So, Circle, lock in Kevin for my first position.
All right, so hopefully, if he becomes an influencer,
if people rate him high enough, he will not block me.
Let's lock in Rachel as our second position.
Rachel might have a hard time with the ratings
due to the way she answered things, and she needs all the help she can get.
Gianna got blocked on the first night. She needs an ally.
Circle, lock in Gianna in my second position.
Circle, let's lock in Jadejha as our third place.
She doesn't have a reason to dislike us. Maybe I'd come in third or fourth for her.
Circle, lock in Darian in my fourth position.
He just seems kind of like a really fun stand-up guy.
We're gonna lock in Andy as Gianna's fifth position.
Andy could've told us what we wanna hear, so he feels like the target's off his back
because the person he blocked is in the game.
Exactly.
Circle, lock in Gianna for my sixth position.
I already tried to block her when I was an influencer,
so I'm almost positive she would do the same to me.
Circle, place Kevin in sixth position.
And you will eat a bath salad tonight, maybe.
Circle, lock in Savannah for last place.
I wasn't super impressed.
I don't know if I can trust her. Her pictures are heavily edited.
-Sorry, Savannah. -Circle, lock in Andy in my last position.
I feel bad doing it, but it's the only person
that I feel comfortable putting in this position.
-Circle, submit my ratings. -[all] Submit my ratings.
Oh! "Ratings complete." These ratings get tougher the more you know people.
There's only one person who has a reason to be pissed at Andy
and to rate Andy mega low, and that's Gianna.
My girls have my back. My girls have my back.
I've done what I can do, and I just hope that I'm safe.
[Buteau] Now that the potentially game-changing rating is finished,
it's time for Andy to tackle something even more important,
telling his bros he hooked up.
I just hope they can clear their calendars for it.
Looks like they're working on some pretty important stuff.
Circle, let's invite Darian and Kevin to a group chat.
[TV dings]
[Darian] Oh!
[Kevin] Andy! My bro!
Circle, take me to group chat with Andy.
[exclaiming] Hello, boys!
[Kevin] Ooh!
[Darian] Andy, Kevin, and Darian.
They probably think we're disappointed
that we weren't at the party, which we are.
I know we missed out on something.
But we don't wanna come in with any negative vibes.
Just be like, "Hey, how was it?"
"Tell me things." So, message,
"My dudes!"
"Hope you guys aren't too hungover after last night's party. LOL."
"How are we feeling?"
I frickin' knew it.
I knew he was gonna bring up the party last night, obviously so.
Darian's typing.
"Andy, I definitely was feeling it after last night. Laughing emoji."
"I would've loved for our favorite wingman to be there
and party it up with us!"
[groans] Why don't you just say,
"I would've loved to have you at the VIP party
if Kevin would've invited you"?
Message,
"Andy, comma,
I wanted to let you know I felt so confident in our friendship…"
[Heather] "…and I knew Gianna was feeling down,
so I wanted to bring her spirits back up."
"#NoBadBlood."
That's valid. That's valid as hell.
Well played, Kevin.
Palms are frickin' sweating seeing what Andy has to say about this.
[Heather] You felt so confident in our friendship.
Yeah, well, in doing so, you kinda made me feel like
you weren't confident, and you didn't give a shit about us.
All right, so we have to kind of, like, make him feel like we're not mad.
Message, "Yeah, dude, no worries at all! Signature black heart emoji."
[Kevin] Yes! "Black heart emoji."
"Looks like you guys may be groomsmen soon."
"Eye emoji. #WingManNoMore."
Andy. Madelyn?
Andy and Madelyn! No frickin' way!
Message, "That was quick. I'll be bringing Jadejha as my plus-one."
[Heather] Duh. We all knew that.
Is everybody getting boo'ed up in The Circle right now? What's going on?
Kevin, who's your girl?
If he says Savannah, that means he's on Savannah and Gianna's good sides,
and that's a little scary for us.
Message, "Don't worry, Savannah and I will be there too."
[Darian] Wow!
Him and Savannah? But he didn't invite Savannah.
He invited Gianna.
Kevin's making moves.
Message,
"This is why I fought for you guys to be here in the influencer chat."
"#TripleDate."
"And with Madelyn, we had our first chat this morning,
and we'll probably have matching tattoos by tomorrow."
"So tell me, what's the vibe with Rachel?"
"Question mark. Eye emojis."
Message,
"I haven't gotten anything from Rachel."
"Zipped-up silent quiet emoji."
Message,
"Weird that Rachel hasn't reached out to any of us." Hmm.
"Some of her answers in the quiz sure got my eyebrows raised."
"#LetsGoCatfishing."
We about to go catfishing.
"Great catching up. Love you guys."
"Rock hard." Oh!
There we go. See?
Bro, we-- We all on the same page right now.
Andy, I'm casting my line out now, brother,
and I'm reeling in a big old catfish.
And would you look at that, it could be Rachel.
We are locked in. That was good.
I'm glad that we have our little triple date. This is cute!
[Buteau] The boys are going fishing, and it's okay if one of them falls in,
'cause K Fern's pretending to be a lifeguard.
And as evening descends,
Jadejha, not content with conquering the classic guitar,
is now taking the art world by storm.
[Jadejha] Call me Picasso.
'Cause, baby, I am an artiste!
[Garret] I'm making a little arugula cilantro salad,
soaked in lime juice, with a little shredded parmesan.
Circle, I'm making some mac and cheese if you want to come over.
Or if you wanna send somebody down,
like Andy.
[Buteau] Now after two ratings, Rachel is finally getting down to tactics.
Jadejha had something going on with Darian.
[alarm blares]
-[Deb] Oh no! -[all] "Alert!"
I just started my flowchart!
This is it! This is it!
What's happening? Tell me, Circle.
[Buteau] She gonna, K Fern. Stop yelling.
"The ratings results are in." I mean, I'd be scared if I were the other players.
I'm probably not as nervous as Rachel, but I'm nervous!
I'm worried. I'm worried.
I just have PTSD 'cause the last time the rating results were in, we were last.
I know.
[Darian] "The top two rated players will become influencers."
It's about to go down.
If it's not me, please be Kevin. Please be Kevin.
[Jadejha] "The influencers must then choose
one player to block from The Circle."
[vocalizing]
I'm so glad that I came in when I did.
This is so sad. Someone's actually going home tonight.
Ugh. Now here come the nerves.
I know. I know, bro. I know.
[Heather] Last place.
Andy, listen, I love your face, but I don't wanna see it yet.
[ripping sound]
Rip the bandage off.
-Please not us. -[Jojo exhales]
Jesus, please help me.
Who do we have, Circle? I don't wanna be seventh.
[Kevin] Whoa! Whoa!
Really?
[shouting] Wow!
What?
No.
-No. -Yo, that's big, bro.
-Oh my God, yes! -That's big.
Why is Savannah in last place?
Savannah, what the hell did you do? I had you at my number one spot.
Savannah just went from first to worst.
How did that happen?
This game is crazy!
[both] I'm shook.
[Savannah] Why don't people like me?
Clearly, not a lot of people have got my back right now.
-Karma is a bitch! -Bitch!
Wait a minute! Tied for fifth?
I-- I might need to sit for this.
I think I might need to sit. I think this deserves a sitting.
Oh my God.
This is just like… the most stress I've ever experienced in my entire life.
Well, at this point, I have no idea what the heck's gonna happen.
[Heather] Oh!
That's me.
I'm next to Rachel?!
-[Nicky] Andy and Rachel. -[Jojo] Andy and Rachel. Oh my God.
Okay, I didn't move, meaning I'm getting nowhere.
So both of the influencers from last time are near the bottom.
Crazy how things can change like…
that in The Circle.
The two bastards who blocked us are at the bottom.
-How's it feel? -Yeah. You don't like it.
[Savannah] This is not good.
Kevin, you better save me.
[Jadejha] Me!
[screaming]
[Buteau] What in the low-budget Mariah Carey was that?
Oh wow. Okay, Queen Jadejha.
Whoa.
That means I'm in the top three right now.
This needs to be Gianna.
So it's me, Darian, and Gianna.
The three people from the VIP.
-I'll take it. I'll take that. Yeah, 100%. -I'll take that over the frickin' bottom.
Okay. I'm in third. I'm cool with it! [grunts]
-Darian. We're an influencer! Yeah! Yeah! -We're an influencer! Holy shit!
-Yeah! Yeah! -Bro! Bro.
[Heather] No!
Gianna is a frickin' influencer.
[Garret] I mean, third is good.
Third is sitting pretty. That is the top of the middle.
[Jadejha] Gianna is an alliance of mine.
Kevin is an alliance of Darian's.
I'm good!
Come on, Kevin. Be first at least.
Be first at least so you can pick me to stay.
-First and second position. -Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
[Kevin exclaiming]
Let's go!
-Let's go, bro. All day. -Second, baby. Second all day. All day.
-All day, baby. -That's even better than first.
-I like that. We can go up. -Exactly.
Kevin is first!
That is such good news.
-Numero uno, K Fern! -Kevin's an influencer.
I would hope that he'd fight for Andy the way that we fought for him.
I don't get it.
How are you number one, Kevin?
Kevin threw a really awesome VIP party. I'm not shocked he's in first.
♪ I'm number one, I'm number one ♪
Gianna is an influencer. That's all I care about.
[Nicky] If he tries to gun for Rachel, we gotta explain that--
-We gotta protect her. -Yeah.
I'd go to war for her over Andy and Savannah all day every day.
Yeah. I'll literally go to war for everybody except Andy and Savannah.
A hundred percent.
[Nicky] Where's those checks, baby? Give me those checks, baby.
And we didn't have to pay $15 a month for it. We earned that shit.
I'll take that shit. This ain't no Twitter Blue.
And they got their blue checks. Boom, boom, I love that.
I have no clue if Gianna and Rachel have been chitchatting.
They could be besties.
If that's the case,
I think I can reason with Gianna,
-and point out that-- "Alert" again?! -[alarm blares]
[Darian] "Alert"?
[all] "Alert!"
[Savannah] No!
[both] "It's now time for the influencers to decide which player to block."
Block it. Roll it.
Now this is about to shake up everybody.
[blowing raspberries]
Damn, Circle, you move fast.
Gianna, I'm gonna send my good vibes to you.
"Gianna and Kevin must go to the Hangout to make their decision."
-Hope the seat's warm after I left it. -Let's make our mark.
-It's time to stir up the pot. Let's go. -Let's take a walk.
[Buteau] Influencers Gianna and K Fern are headed to the Hangout
to decide who to block,
and this time, there's no twist.
Someone will be going home, so take it seriously, Gianna.
-[Jojo] Look at this shit. -[Nicky vocalizes]
-This is what I'm talking about right now. -Wow.
So this is how the influencers live.
Cheers to Gianna being an influencer after she was blocked from the game.
-And rated last on night one. -Exactly.
Salud, Circle.
[Kevin exhales]
We need to figure out where Kevin's head's at.
See who he's gunning for.
-Target number one, Savannah. -Savannah.
The girl who blocked us on night one and had two nights to try to reconcile it.
She didn't think it was important to message.
Yes, exactly.
Numero uno for my blockings is Rachel.
After inviting Gianna to the VIP party, I think she owes me.
Not only that, but as influencer number one,
I frickin' earned that right.
I get to steer this ship. Are you kidding me?
[all] Circle, open the influencer chat.
-[Jojo] That feels fantastic. -[Nicky] That feels great.
That feels so frickin' good.
Message, "Gianna!"
"Huge congrats on becoming an influencer."
"#LookAtUsNow! Exclamation point."
"Popping bottles emoji."
"Cheers, clink of the glass emoji,
and celebrate emoji with the little party hat."
[Jojo] "#LookAtUsNow!" Ah!
Love the energy, pal. Message,
"Kevin!" Capitals. "Exclamation point."
Give us three exclamation points added to that one.
"Thank you for helping me get here, cutie. Kissy face emoji."
"The top feels a lot better than the bottom."
Send message.
[Kevin] "Cutie."
"Kissy face emoji."
First of all, Gianna, you're welcome.
-We definitely could be his girl. -A hundred percent.
-It sounds weird saying that as two guys-- -Metaphorically.
Yeah. Metaphorically, for The Circle purposes.
Let's first talk about Darian.
Circle, message,
"Darian has been one of my guys
from the start."
He also is a fellow member of the #VIPSquad."
"In my mind, he's gotta stay."
-I honestly love that. -Me too.
Message, "Couldn't agree more."
-"I love Darian." -Make "love" capital, please.
"He absolutely has to stay." Yes!
Whew!
Message, "Jadejha and I have gotten along great…"
-"Comma." -Yeah.
"…as the days go on…"
"…I feel we have more in common!" Something like that.
-That's perfect. -One exclamation point, please.
[Jojo] "How do you feel? Question mark."
Send message.
[sighs] Interesting you say that, Gianna.
Obviously we're not mentioning that we solidified an alliance with her.
-But let's see where Kevin stands. -[Jojo] Yeah.
[Kevin] Message,
"I know her and my bro Darian
have something special."
"#LetsKeepHerHere."
[Jojo] "Jadejha, you're safe."
Okay, so now it's between Rachel, Andy, and Savannah.
We gotta talk about Grandpa Andy.
Andy almost got rid of Gianna at the first ratings,
but he was looking out for me at the first blockings as well.
Circle, message,
"Andy and I have a strong connection
since the start,
but there's still a couple question marks surrounding him."
"#WhatAreYourThoughts."
-[Jojo] I like that a lot. -[Nicky] I like that.
Even though I do have question marks surrounding Andy,
I don't wanna see him go
because that would mess things up
with the bro squad I have going with him and Darian.
Hopefully, she's leaning more towards the side of "let's keep him."
Message,
"Andy obviously blocked me on night one."
[Nicky] "Crying face emoji."
[Jojo] "However, he did reach out to apologize and explain himself."
"#OnTheFence."
It's the truth. Everything we've been saying is the truth.
[Kevin] Okay. She also has questions about Andy,
so her and I are really on the same page when it comes to Andy.
The meaning behind this was taking Kevin's answer, dissecting it.
He's still a little weary about him as we are.
Message, "Savannah, on the other hand,
didn't even have the decency to reach out and explain herself."
-Yeah, I love that. -"#ThumbsDown."
Yeah. Send message.
[Kevin] "#ThumbsDown."
Savannah, why didn't you explain yourself like Andy did?
Oh shoot. She's my Circle wifey, for crying out loud.
Message,
"Savannah and I built a strong connection
and ended up forming an alliance."
"#JusticeForSavannah."
-I think it might have to be Andy. -Might have to be Andy.
-I just did not expect him… I know. -To love Savannah like that.
Yeah, us willing to make the compromise to keep Savannah in the game
means Rachel's staying in the game. Simple as that.
Message,
"So that leaves us with Rachel."
[Nicky] "I have formed a connection with everybody so far except for Rachel."
"Plus, she's been giving me hella #SusVibes."
-[Jojo] Hmm. -All right, Kevin, well Rachel's staying.
Message, "Agree to disagree."
"Rachel is my hometown girl, and she's going nowhere."
[Kevin] "#LetsCompromise."
[sighing]
So what if she's from your hometown?
Who cares? She could be cappin'.
So, clearly, Kevin loves Savannah,
and, clearly, we love Rachel, and we have an alliance.
So that leaves the middleman who might get blocked. Andy.
The fact that we were willing to compromise,
you should recognize that, Kevin, and you should really…
-Appreciate that. -Appreciate that.
Don't show all your cards, pal. You're showing too many cards to us.
You don't show that ace. Never show it.
You see that? My ace is up my sleeve. Your ace is on your forehead.
[Kevin] Message,
"What would this compromise look like?"
"Question mark."
Hmm. Message,
"Rachel and Savannah staying
and Andy getting blocked."
-"#ItsTheOnly…" -[Kevin] "…OnlyWay."
What?
No shot.
That's why, Kevin, you take it one step at a time.
Don't try to message and build an alliance with everybody on day three.
Exactly, bro. He's shot. You're shot for that one, Kev.
If I block Andy,
that is going to ruin my entire bro alliance.
There's no shot that's gonna happen.
Blocking Andy would make Darian pissed.
I'm a bag chaser at the end of the day. I'm trying to chase 100 bands.
It… it's not personal.
It's just business.
Circle, message,
"Gianna, I've proved my loyalty to you
by inviting you to the exclusive VIP party."
"Andy is staying." All caps on "staying."
We don't owe you anything 'cause you invited us to the party.
You chose to do that, and it's not just your decision.
We're not losing our strongest alliance because you said so.
-It's not gonna happen. -[Kevin] I'm sorry, Gianna.
I'm not leaving this chair until I convince you
that Rachel has gotta go.
[Buteau] K Fern, I hope you didn't drink a lot of water today.
You're gonna be here for a while.
With the influencers at a standoff,
the newbies, safe from blocking, are just passing the time.
And the at-risk players are in limbo.
You know what'll ease their worries? A nice chat.
-[TV dings] -[Darian] Ooh.
-"The at ri--" Oh snap. -[Heather groaning]
[all] "The at risk chat is now open."
"At risk"? Now why you gotta call me that?
Is this like the losers' club?
Nobody probably feel like joking about nothing right now.
I really need to get information about why Kevin is so popular.
I'd love to know what I'm missing. Message,
"TBH I love Gianna and totally get her high rating,
but my vibes are off about Kevin."
"What am I missing? Question mark, question mark, question mark."
Send message. Hands are washed, ready to go.
I'm being honest, and I hope people appreciate that.
Damn. What you mean?
I got good vibes with Kevin, so…
I don't like that.
Kevin is my man, so I'm just gonna ignore that.
She doesn't sugarcoat nothing. I respect it.
But, honey, that just tells me you're not really playing with your head,
because Kevin rating high is very obvious.
Circle, message,
"Honestly, Kevin rating high isn't that crazy
because he did host the welcome party."
Send message.
Maybe this is me helping Rachel out. She said what is she missing.
Like, he hosted the welcome party. That's what you're missing.
And the reason you're missing it is because you're old,
and you're not really Rachel, but that's okay.
We're gonna pretend like I don't know that yet.
Exactly. Common sense.
Duh.
I thought there was a reason he might've been up there,
but I still wanna know is anyone else getting a weird feeling about him?
[Darian] They don't have to know that we like this.
But also, you know, I'm sticking up for my boy.
All right, Circle, message, "Kevin is good vibes."
"Last night we had a great time."
"He also invited Gianna to uplift her spirits
after the last blocking."
"#StandUpGuy."
Circle, send message.
He is a stand-up guy.
Yeah, everyone kinda understands why Kevin's up there, except for Rachel.
Kevin's like, "Oh, Gianna, I felt so bad you got blocked, so I invited you."
I mean, it's a popularity contest, but it's a game. Play the game.
[Buteau] Which is also a popularity contest, girl.
[Deb] See? I think it's the wisdom of age.
You realize you only have a little bit of time to get answers.
You gotta work fast.
Message, "Darian,
do you think that Gianna's invite was just game strategy? Thinking emoji."
"#WeNeedToKnow."
-"#PlayersGottaPlay"? -"#PlayersGottaPlay."
First of all, girl, don't call my man out like that. Why you put him on the spot?
You know what? Message… I'm done!
Message, "#YesImThatBitch."
Send message!
Whoa!
Oh, Rachel.
This might not be good for her if she gets to stay.
I like this feistiness. Okay, Circle, message,
"Okay, then. #HBIC. That's actually a really good question
because, in The Circle, you never really know."
"#QuestionsThatNeedAnswers."
"Shoutout to Rachel for finally showing some personality though."
Circle, send message.
Did she know what the 'HBIC" was today?
Head-- "HBIC." Head Bitch In Charge! Head Bitch In Charge!
I love a man who knows how to clap back.
You know what? I think being the bad bitch
is working in my favor.
I think Darian likes to see a little fire coming out of Rachel.
So, boom. Okay, Rachel, come on with it.
I don't wanna argue with Rachel, but I do like people calling her out.
I think everyone likes Kevin.
Message, "Wow."
"Well, I think Kevin is very genuine, and I low-key have a little crush on him."
"Heartbreak emoji."
"I hope he makes the right decision tonight."
"#GiveLoveAChance."
Oh, Savannah, Savannah, you're so innocent.
I think having a crush on Kevin, no.
[Darian] I feel like everyone is Team Kevin right now.
I wanna defend Kevin, but I don't want to necessarily come to his rescue
because I don't know if he's saving me with what he's doing right now.
I've got to show some sort of emotion, and if everyone's kind of anti-Rachel,
I wanna hop on that train.
So message,
"Darian calling it like he sees it. [clapping] Savannah and I both know
what Kevin and Gianna have to do tonight is not easy."
"They're probably just as nervous as we are in here." Send it.
Oh God.
-[grunts] That's my boy. -Andy, way to go.
[sighs]
[Darian] I'll ride with you, Andy.
Let's go.
The bros are coming through.
Ugh! Message, "The Circle is not for the weak."
Send message!
Oh my God! [laughing]
Rachel, what the hell?
"I'm that bitch."
And now you all know it. So come at me.
I think she's setting herself up for failure
because you're making all these people, like, not want your fire if you stay here.
I thought you were a babysitter at first.
You were giving me major babysitter vibes two days ago and now…
you're giving me, like, "I don't give a fuck, bitch" vibes.
[Buteau] Okay. Let's step away from this simmering hotbed of tension.
My right eye has a heartbeat.
Influencers, we've got two minutes left. Y'all have a decision, right?
All right, it sounds like we've come to a conclusion.
Our decision is made, and our decision is final.
[Kevin sighing]
[alarm blares]
-[Darian] Whoa! -[Deb] Oh my God!
[all] "Alert!"
"The influencers have made their decision."
This is it. This is-- This is where someone leaves.
Kevin, you better have saved me.
[Heather] I'm not feeling great.
I'm so scared that Kevin didn't pull through for us.
I'm so scared that Gianna went in there just guns a-blazing against Andy
and just was coming for revenge, and I'm scared that she got it.
I mean, I'm ready.
I am happy with the game I have played.
It better be Rachel. Swear to God. It better be Rachel.
Take me to Circle Chat.
[whimpers] Oh, I'm gonna be sick.
[tense music playing]
I'm sweating now way more as an influencer than as I was in the apartment.
Circle, open Circle Chat.
There everybody is.
None of them knows the craziness that's about to ensue.
I need Sam to get closer. I really need you right now.
Bring it. Let's go.
Circle, message…
Oh! Kevin's typing!
-Please, Kevin. -Just continue to look out for your boy.
"We had to make the toughest decision,
-and it feels awful." -[Jojo exhales]
I'm thinking Gianna tried to talk him into blocking Andy or Savannah.
That's what I have to hope.
The reason we decided on this person
is because, unfortunately,
both Gianna and I had to come to a compromise.
If it was a compromise,
that means that one of them had to give up an alliance.
-See, that's what I was afraid of. -"The player we have decided to block is…"
-Please don't be me. -God.
-It's friggin' me, isn't it? -[Deb] I'm not okay.
Circle…
[Heather] Don't friggin' do it.
Send message.
[gasps]
Damn!
[gasping]
[theme music playing]
[theme music ends]