1 00:00:06,631 --> 00:00:08,466 [rock music playing] 2 00:00:09,592 --> 00:00:11,428 [man] So, what brought you to this experiment? 3 00:00:11,428 --> 00:00:15,640 What brought me to dating blindly in pods? [laughs] 4 00:00:18,935 --> 00:00:23,064 [woman] I'm really looking for somebody who will accept all of me. 5 00:00:23,064 --> 00:00:24,649 [woman 2] True, pure love. 6 00:00:24,649 --> 00:00:26,860 [pop music playing] ♪ When I was young, I... ♪ 7 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:30,447 [woman 3] I feel like I've never felt so in love. 8 00:00:30,447 --> 00:00:32,032 [man 2] I came here looking for a wife, 9 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:34,993 and there are two women that I could have seen myself with. 10 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:36,286 - And... - [exhales] 11 00:00:36,286 --> 00:00:38,455 ...I chose the one that I felt in my gut. 12 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:42,876 [man 3] This arguably is the biggest decision I'm ever gonna make. 13 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,335 [woman 4] Is love blind? 14 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:47,255 [man 2] I proposed to someone I was gonna spend my life with, 15 00:00:47,255 --> 00:00:50,467 and now I'm gonna propose to another woman. 16 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,135 I made the wrong choice. 17 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:55,263 - You know I did, and I do too. - [woman 5 screams] 18 00:00:56,306 --> 00:00:58,183 - [pop music playing] - ♪ Anything is possible ♪ 19 00:00:58,183 --> 00:01:00,602 ♪ If we come together ♪ 20 00:01:00,602 --> 00:01:02,771 ♪ We can lie divided ♪ 21 00:01:02,771 --> 00:01:05,231 {\an8}♪ Even through impossible ♪ 22 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:06,608 {\an8}♪ Anything is possible... ♪ 23 00:01:06,608 --> 00:01:09,360 {\an8}- I'm feeling good. You feeling good? - [laughing] 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,529 - Yeah. - [laughing] 25 00:01:11,529 --> 00:01:14,032 {\an8}[woman] No, we could meet our husbands. This is crazy! 26 00:01:14,032 --> 00:01:15,700 {\an8}- So crazy. Right. - [laughing] 27 00:01:16,659 --> 00:01:17,994 - Fellas! - Hi! 28 00:01:17,994 --> 00:01:19,996 [cheering] 29 00:01:19,996 --> 00:01:21,206 [Vanessa] Wow! 30 00:01:21,206 --> 00:01:22,540 What's up? 31 00:01:22,540 --> 00:01:25,168 Hi! [laughs] 32 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:28,713 Wow! 33 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:30,715 - Whoo! - [cheering] 34 00:01:30,715 --> 00:01:32,342 [Nick] Love it! 35 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:34,052 {\an8}I'm Vanessa Lachey. 36 00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:35,553 {\an8}And I'm Nick Lachey. 37 00:01:35,553 --> 00:01:38,515 And welcome to Love is Blind. 38 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:41,184 - [cheering] - [laughing] 39 00:01:41,184 --> 00:01:43,186 - Whoo! - [laughing] 40 00:01:44,062 --> 00:01:48,191 I'm curious. Why did you guys come here? 41 00:01:48,191 --> 00:01:51,027 {\an8}I find myself easily distracted with work, my phone, 42 00:01:51,027 --> 00:01:54,197 and this is just the perfect opportunity to set that aside. 43 00:01:54,197 --> 00:01:56,199 - Boom! Go, baby. Yeah. - [Vanessa] Laser-focused. 44 00:01:56,199 --> 00:02:00,537 {\an8}Your body, your looks, even your career. Literally, everything in life is fleeting, 45 00:02:00,537 --> 00:02:03,748 except the relationship you have with your life partner. 46 00:02:03,748 --> 00:02:06,709 {\an8}This whole idea of swiping left or right over four pictures. 47 00:02:06,709 --> 00:02:09,963 {\an8}You might call me old-fashioned or whatnot, but that's not me. 48 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:11,714 {\an8}I've been in long-term relationships, 49 00:02:11,714 --> 00:02:13,550 {\an8}but I've never truly felt, like, in my soul, 50 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:15,593 {\an8}like, yes, this is the person for me. 51 00:02:15,593 --> 00:02:18,138 I wanna have that feeling walking out of here. 52 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:20,723 {\an8}- He's here. I just have to find him. - [laughing] 53 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:24,185 You finally have the chance to fall in love with somebody 54 00:02:24,185 --> 00:02:26,813 {\an8}based solely on who you are on the inside. 55 00:02:27,397 --> 00:02:29,566 [Nick] And ultimately when you fall in love 56 00:02:29,566 --> 00:02:32,443 and find somebody you wanna spend the rest of your life with, 57 00:02:32,443 --> 00:02:33,611 you'll get engaged. 58 00:02:33,611 --> 00:02:40,160 {\an8}Then you will see your fiancé for the very first time! 59 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,496 And in just four weeks, you will be at your wedding, 60 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:46,624 and you'll have to make the most important decision of your life. 61 00:02:46,624 --> 00:02:48,334 - Will you get married? - [gasps] 62 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:51,421 Will you spend the rest of your life as husband and wife? 63 00:02:52,088 --> 00:02:54,716 {\an8}Or in that moment, will you walk away from each other forever? 64 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:58,595 {\an8}Is love truly blind? 65 00:03:00,096 --> 00:03:03,433 {\an8}We certainly hope that you guys prove it is. 66 00:03:04,225 --> 00:03:06,895 {\an8}- The pods are officially... - [both] ...open. 67 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:09,314 - [cheering] - [Nick] Good luck, guys. Good luck. 68 00:03:09,314 --> 00:03:10,982 [woman] Thank you! Bye! 69 00:03:10,982 --> 00:03:13,026 [pop music playing] ♪ Don't be scared... ♪ 70 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,612 - Put the fruit snacks down, man. - [man laughs] Yeah. Fruit. 71 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:17,822 - Oh, my gosh, ladies. - [Chelsea] Bye! 72 00:03:17,822 --> 00:03:21,743 {\an8}Dating on dating apps, it is so easy to find a boyfriend. 73 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:23,536 ♪ Walk through doors with confidence ♪ 74 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:25,496 ♪ High heels, click-click Always make your move ♪ 75 00:03:25,496 --> 00:03:27,290 They're like, "Oh, let me have sex with you." 76 00:03:28,499 --> 00:03:29,918 I'm so sick of that. 77 00:03:29,918 --> 00:03:32,170 My parents are like, "Why don't you meet a guy at a bar?" 78 00:03:32,962 --> 00:03:34,214 Who does that anymore? 79 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,381 - [man] Your name? - Chelsea. 80 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:37,008 - I'm Kwame. - Cool name. 81 00:03:37,008 --> 00:03:40,178 {\an8}- Thank you. It means "born on Saturday." - I love it. I love it. 82 00:03:40,178 --> 00:03:42,931 - Saturday is the best day of the week. - Agreed. 83 00:03:42,931 --> 00:03:45,308 So, hey, Chelsea, tell me what makes you happy. 84 00:03:45,308 --> 00:03:47,477 Bringing joy and fulfillment to other people. 85 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:49,229 - Okay, I love that. - Um, growing, learning. 86 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:51,481 - I can dig that. - Uh, shoes make me happy. 87 00:03:51,481 --> 00:03:52,774 [laughs] 88 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:55,610 - Want to guess how many shoes I brought? - I'm gonna say 13. 89 00:03:56,110 --> 00:03:57,695 - [laughs] No. - How many? 90 00:03:57,695 --> 00:04:00,823 - Twenty-one. - Twenty-one! I like it. You're stylish. 91 00:04:01,532 --> 00:04:02,533 [Chelsea] What do you do? 92 00:04:02,533 --> 00:04:04,494 - I used to play soccer for a living. - Oh, wow. 93 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:06,454 - [Kwame] Yeah. - Soccer player on our hands? 94 00:04:06,454 --> 00:04:07,914 [laughs] 95 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:10,917 Unfortunately, a career-ending injury brought me back to the States. 96 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,919 - [Chelsea] Oh, I'm sorry. - Yeah. 97 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,838 I'm sure people don't give you enough, like, credit 98 00:04:15,838 --> 00:04:18,258 for, like, how hard transitioning is. 99 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,551 Chelsea, when I say I don't know if I'll get over it, 100 00:04:20,551 --> 00:04:22,262 I don't know if I'll ever get over it. 101 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:25,265 And I just started a new job as the head of business development 102 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,517 for a software company. I love my job now. 103 00:04:27,517 --> 00:04:30,853 It's providing me a life that I'm very happy about. 104 00:04:30,853 --> 00:04:33,940 It's providing me opportunities getting to work with incredible people. 105 00:04:35,024 --> 00:04:38,444 I appreciate you asking that question and for hearing me out and, uh... 106 00:04:39,195 --> 00:04:41,698 - I don't get to talk about it often. - I wanna hug you. 107 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:43,741 [laughing] 108 00:04:43,741 --> 00:04:47,787 {\an8}Most important things to me in a partner are empathy and compassion. 109 00:04:48,496 --> 00:04:53,626 I went through a lot of my life not knowing, like, where I stood. 110 00:04:54,419 --> 00:04:55,962 I think I'm a really good person. 111 00:04:56,879 --> 00:05:00,383 And I couldn't pick up my girlfriend to go to prom because I'm Black. 112 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:04,095 So, I always feel this need to impress. 113 00:05:04,095 --> 00:05:05,638 I have to immediately bring up, 114 00:05:05,638 --> 00:05:10,518 "Hey, like, I'm really successful, and I have my Master's Degree." 115 00:05:10,518 --> 00:05:13,187 Like, we are so blessed in this situation, 116 00:05:13,187 --> 00:05:16,607 where we don't put all of our cards out, 117 00:05:16,607 --> 00:05:18,609 due to what someone looks like. 118 00:05:19,277 --> 00:05:20,862 And that feels really good. 119 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:22,363 - [Micah] Hello? - Hello, hello. 120 00:05:22,363 --> 00:05:24,824 - [Micah] Hi. - Hey, how you doing? 121 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:28,619 - I'm good. How are you? - I'm doing fantastic now that I'm in here. 122 00:05:28,619 --> 00:05:30,371 - [Micah] My gosh. Look at you. - [chuckles] 123 00:05:30,371 --> 00:05:31,998 You got all the sweet nothings. 124 00:05:31,998 --> 00:05:33,958 - I'm here to bring the energy. - [Micah laughs] 125 00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:37,295 And you're here to bring a little bit of smile to my face. 126 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:38,212 Oh, my God. 127 00:05:38,212 --> 00:05:40,757 {\an8}- What's your name? - My name is Micah. What's yours? 128 00:05:40,757 --> 00:05:43,551 {\an8}Wow, Micah, I love that. My name is Kwame. 129 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:45,219 - [Micah] Kwame? - Yes. 130 00:05:45,219 --> 00:05:46,304 [Micah] I love it. 131 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:49,307 [Kwame] I actually was going to use the name Alex instead. 132 00:05:49,307 --> 00:05:50,516 [Micah] Really? 133 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:55,021 [Kwame] Yeah, I feel like Kwame just, like, puts me in this very specific area. 134 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:57,523 [Micah] I'm really happy that you used your name. 135 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:59,817 I feel like it just kind of speaks to, like, core values. 136 00:05:59,817 --> 00:06:01,527 That's definitely so important, like, 137 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:04,655 'cause for me, I think I feed really hard off, like, people's energy. 138 00:06:04,655 --> 00:06:06,866 I would kind of maybe consider myself, like, an empath. 139 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:09,786 So it's, like, important to surround myself with really genuine people. 140 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:11,037 Yo, I'm telling you! 141 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:14,374 When you have, like, a good mindset and you're just, like, optimistic... 142 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:16,918 - Things happen. - It's when you manifest. You attract it. 143 00:06:16,918 --> 00:06:19,170 Yes, it's crazy. Manifestation is a real thing to me. 144 00:06:19,170 --> 00:06:21,506 It's such a real thing. I'm so passionate about that. 145 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:23,549 Like, law of attraction is, like, huge. 146 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:25,635 - It's huge! - [Micah] It's huge. I believe it. 147 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:27,970 Like, this is, like, in my future. It's gonna happen. 148 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:31,724 Micah is... amazing. 149 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:34,477 I can feel her energy from behind the wall. 150 00:06:34,477 --> 00:06:37,980 Micah is my number one. 151 00:06:38,606 --> 00:06:39,816 [chuckles] Yes. 152 00:06:39,816 --> 00:06:43,986 I won't lie. I definitely have, like, a crush on-- of the wall right now. 153 00:06:43,986 --> 00:06:45,655 [laughs] 154 00:06:45,655 --> 00:06:47,490 [Micah] I love talking to Kwame. 155 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:49,700 {\an8}And we really have, like, a similar outlook on life. 156 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:52,787 I'm excited to kind of see, you know, how our paths align. 157 00:06:52,787 --> 00:06:56,833 ♪ I get anything I want With just a wink and a smile ♪ 158 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:58,668 ♪ A wink and a smile... ♪ 159 00:06:58,668 --> 00:07:03,214 I think what makes me nervous is having to really rely on what's internal. 160 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:06,050 Yeah, if no one likes my insides, I'm gonna be pissed. 161 00:07:06,050 --> 00:07:07,301 [laughing] 162 00:07:08,136 --> 00:07:11,055 Like, what the hell! Damn it, it all makes sense. 163 00:07:11,055 --> 00:07:12,265 [laughs] 164 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:13,182 [Paul] Your name? 165 00:07:13,182 --> 00:07:14,892 - [Micah] Micah. - Paul. Nice to meet you. 166 00:07:14,892 --> 00:07:17,687 {\an8}- [Micah] That's my dad's name. - Ooh, my dad's name too! [laughs] 167 00:07:17,687 --> 00:07:18,813 So, you're, like, Paul Jr.? 168 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:21,732 Uh, no, 'cause my grandfather is also Paul. [laughs] 169 00:07:21,732 --> 00:07:23,234 What does that make you, Paul III? 170 00:07:23,234 --> 00:07:25,319 - I guess so, technically, yeah. - [both laugh] 171 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:28,030 - [Paul] So I'm an environmental scientist. - That's so cool. 172 00:07:28,030 --> 00:07:30,324 What's your favorite place that you've been? 173 00:07:30,324 --> 00:07:31,409 Probably Italy. 174 00:07:31,409 --> 00:07:33,578 My favorite place in the world is Positano. 175 00:07:33,578 --> 00:07:35,079 [Paul] Listen, when we get married... 176 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:36,080 [laughs] 177 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,416 [Paul] That's reason for us to go back. How's that? 178 00:07:38,416 --> 00:07:40,543 That sounds like a perfect idea. 179 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:42,128 [Paul] You have such a sultry voice. 180 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,213 It's, like, actually hard to pay attention. 181 00:07:44,839 --> 00:07:46,048 Your voice just kind of, like, 182 00:07:46,048 --> 00:07:47,758 I don't know, tickles my brain. 183 00:07:47,758 --> 00:07:49,093 - It's weird. - [both laugh] 184 00:07:49,093 --> 00:07:51,637 {\an8}As a scientist and a more analytical person, 185 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:56,559 {\an8}I expected to see flaws and holes in the experiment, 186 00:07:56,559 --> 00:07:59,812 and it's surprisingly sound. 187 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:02,231 It's as if placing a boundary 188 00:08:02,231 --> 00:08:05,651 in between people has actually removed a boundary. 189 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:08,112 [pop music playing] ♪ Hey, hello, don't say... ♪ 190 00:08:08,112 --> 00:08:09,530 - Hello. - [Amber] Hi! 191 00:08:09,530 --> 00:08:12,533 {\an8}- Hey, my name is Paul. What's yours? - Hi, Paul. I'm Amber. 192 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:15,745 {\an8}Amber. I like that. It's like the stone. I love rocks. 193 00:08:15,745 --> 00:08:17,955 - [Amber] It is. That's where I got it. - Ooh! 194 00:08:17,955 --> 00:08:20,374 My dad is into the gemstones. 195 00:08:20,374 --> 00:08:23,836 Oh, nice. Me too. All right. Well, what's your name? How old are you? 196 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:25,338 Well, my name's Amber. 197 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:28,216 - Oh, yeah, I already asked that. [laughs] - That's okay. [laughs] 198 00:08:28,216 --> 00:08:29,425 Where are you from? 199 00:08:29,425 --> 00:08:31,260 [Paul] I am from New Orleans, Louisiana. 200 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:33,012 - You're from NOLA? - [Paul laughs] Yeah. 201 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:36,641 Stop! God, I could eat beignets all day. 202 00:08:36,641 --> 00:08:38,434 Those are gonna be at our wedding. Be ready. 203 00:08:38,434 --> 00:08:39,477 [laughs] 204 00:08:39,477 --> 00:08:41,646 - So what do you do? - I'm a flight attendant. 205 00:08:41,646 --> 00:08:43,564 I love that. That's super cool. 206 00:08:43,564 --> 00:08:46,150 - [Amber] Do you like to travel? - [Paul] I love traveling. 207 00:08:46,150 --> 00:08:47,860 I used to live down in Sydney, Australia. 208 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:50,571 So I went through Southeast Asia, like, down in New Zealand. 209 00:08:50,571 --> 00:08:53,282 And, um, I used to live down in the Bahamas for a while. 210 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:56,202 - I'm an environmental scientist, so... - Okay. 211 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:58,079 [Paul] I was doing biological oceanography. 212 00:08:58,079 --> 00:09:00,039 - I was studying sharks down there. - Okay. 213 00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:02,208 Okay, you are quite the adventurer. 214 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:06,087 My family thinks I'm crazy, but I'm absolutely in love with Italy. 215 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:07,588 - I love it so much. - Oh, my God! 216 00:09:07,588 --> 00:09:10,550 - Okay, that's the next place I'm going. - Really? Can I come? 217 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:12,134 Sure. [laughs] 218 00:09:12,134 --> 00:09:14,011 [Paul] Amber is a flight attendant. 219 00:09:14,011 --> 00:09:16,347 It's pretty obvious, I think to me, the connection there. 220 00:09:16,347 --> 00:09:19,100 - Come on, honey. Let's go. [laughs] - [Paul] Nice. 221 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:22,728 {\an8}[laughing] Oh, God. Oh, why am I single? 222 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:25,147 I ask myself this every day. [laughs] 223 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:28,776 Modern dating is exhausting. 224 00:09:28,776 --> 00:09:31,445 Just 'cause you're picking people based on what they look like, 225 00:09:31,445 --> 00:09:34,907 and that's such a small fraction of, like, what makes a person. 226 00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:38,202 You know, my looks should be the least interesting thing about me. 227 00:09:38,202 --> 00:09:41,539 Have you thought about what you would do for your dream wedding? 228 00:09:41,539 --> 00:09:44,834 {\an8}- Ever thought about a wedding and stuff? - Oh, God, no. 229 00:09:44,834 --> 00:09:47,169 Have you thought about those things? 230 00:09:47,169 --> 00:09:50,214 - Yeah. I've been married before, so-- - [gasps] You have? 231 00:09:50,214 --> 00:09:52,216 [Amber chuckles] Yeah, so I've been married twice. 232 00:09:52,216 --> 00:09:53,259 - Wait. Really? - Yeah. 233 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:54,594 People are pretty shocked. 234 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:57,722 They're like, "Oh, you've been married twice?" 235 00:09:57,722 --> 00:09:59,765 Like, yeah. [whimpers] 236 00:10:00,808 --> 00:10:03,311 I was just so not appreciated, 237 00:10:03,311 --> 00:10:06,314 and I don't ever wanna get to that point again. 238 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:11,027 You know, I don't wanna have to burn myself out loving somebody, 239 00:10:11,027 --> 00:10:14,155 just getting scraps in return. I don't want a repeat of that. 240 00:10:14,155 --> 00:10:17,950 So, I put time and effort into thinking about what I want 241 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:21,621 for the future, and I'm just so ready. [chuckles] 242 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:23,497 - [women shouting] - [woman] Bye! 243 00:10:23,497 --> 00:10:24,665 [man] Let's go. Let's go! 244 00:10:24,665 --> 00:10:25,916 Hello. Hello. 245 00:10:25,916 --> 00:10:27,627 - Hey. - This is JP. 246 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:31,047 - Yeah, I'm JB. Jackie B. Jackelina. - [JP] Okay. 247 00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:33,007 {\an8}I'm definitely like a kid in a candy store. 248 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:34,634 - There's so many options. - [laughing] 249 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:36,010 And there's so many choices. 250 00:10:36,010 --> 00:10:38,846 {\an8}- Tell me one interesting fact about you. - I love to cook. 251 00:10:38,846 --> 00:10:40,473 [gasps] 252 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:43,434 - I like to bake. Love that. - You get five stars from me. 253 00:10:43,434 --> 00:10:47,188 Mwah! You just don't know what flavor you're gonna get until you get in there. 254 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:49,815 - And you're just like, "Ooh, I like this." - [laughing] 255 00:10:49,815 --> 00:10:51,901 Or, "Ooh, that flavor's a little too strong." 256 00:10:51,901 --> 00:10:54,195 Or, "That flavor's too bland for me. Like, eww." 257 00:10:54,195 --> 00:10:56,697 I'll get bloody noses out of nowhere. 258 00:10:56,697 --> 00:10:59,116 I've gotten one when I was making out with a girl once, 259 00:10:59,116 --> 00:11:02,161 {\an8}and I got blood on her face. 260 00:11:02,161 --> 00:11:03,829 Oh, what the hell! No. 261 00:11:03,829 --> 00:11:05,289 {\an8}I like wearing leopard print. 262 00:11:05,289 --> 00:11:07,583 - You like wearing what? - Leopard print. 263 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:10,336 You still there? 264 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:13,172 - [dance music playing] - ♪ I do my best... ♪ 265 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:14,298 I'm a stripper. 266 00:11:14,298 --> 00:11:15,841 My God. Eww, I hate that. 267 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:18,010 I go by, uh, the Zack Attack. 268 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:19,512 Oh. [chuckles] 269 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,056 [Bliss] So, I grew up in Alaska. 270 00:11:22,056 --> 00:11:24,975 - Have you ever murdered anybody? - [Bliss] Have I murdered anyone? 271 00:11:24,975 --> 00:11:27,144 Um, I have not murdered anyone. 272 00:11:27,144 --> 00:11:28,187 - [Billy] Okay. - Yet. 273 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,147 {\an8}Automatically, like, a "No, thank you." 274 00:11:30,147 --> 00:11:32,566 - So, what do you do? - Uh, I'm a stripper. 275 00:11:32,566 --> 00:11:34,652 [laughs] Oh, stop it. 276 00:11:34,652 --> 00:11:38,447 {\an8}[laughs] I, uh, yeah, I'm a criminal defense lawyer. 277 00:11:38,447 --> 00:11:39,699 Oh, wow. 278 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:41,409 [Bliss] I grew up in Alaska. 279 00:11:41,409 --> 00:11:43,828 - So I'm a fisherwoman. - Wow! 280 00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:44,954 Are you Japanese? 281 00:11:46,288 --> 00:11:47,665 - Korean? - [Wendi] No. 282 00:11:47,665 --> 00:11:48,749 Chinese? 283 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:53,713 Are you short? Let me guess. 5'1"? 4'11"? 284 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:54,714 [laughs] What? 285 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:59,635 I have, like, 14 other guys here. My match has to be here. 286 00:11:59,635 --> 00:12:00,761 Hello? 287 00:12:01,345 --> 00:12:02,179 Hello. 288 00:12:02,179 --> 00:12:04,348 - I'm Tiffany. - My name is Brett. 289 00:12:04,348 --> 00:12:06,684 Heading into this experiment, I was nervous, 290 00:12:06,684 --> 00:12:10,980 {\an8}because I had doubts about being my age 291 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:13,733 {\an8}and not finding a person yet. 292 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:17,194 In this experiment, I don't have to, like, sift through the BS. 293 00:12:17,778 --> 00:12:20,990 Are they looking for a relationship? Are they looking to get married? 294 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:25,536 These guys are actually looking for what I'm looking for, 295 00:12:25,536 --> 00:12:28,122 and that is a good feeling. 296 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:30,416 I've dated a lot of different guys. 297 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:34,795 {\an8}My longest relationship was only two and a half years. 298 00:12:34,795 --> 00:12:36,922 That was about ten years ago. 299 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:37,840 You know, honestly, 300 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,427 my longest relationship was two years, and that was about ten years ago. 301 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:43,763 - Okay, okay. [laughs] - [Brett] Yeah. 302 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:48,142 Yeah. There are some girls that just know that they want to be married. 303 00:12:48,142 --> 00:12:52,229 And for me, I've always told myself, like, "I want to find my soulmate." 304 00:12:52,229 --> 00:12:56,692 Honestly, coming into this experience, I want a partner. I want an equal. 305 00:12:56,692 --> 00:12:58,778 Like, I do wanna have a family one day. 306 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:01,363 I'm here for a reason. I'm here for a purpose. 307 00:13:01,363 --> 00:13:03,407 This experiment has created an environment 308 00:13:03,407 --> 00:13:05,451 {\an8}where if you kind of remove the guessing game 309 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:07,620 {\an8}of, "Oh, what are you looking for?" 310 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:10,581 {\an8}"Are you looking for something serious? You looking for something casual?" 311 00:13:11,373 --> 00:13:15,753 I'm looking for a partner, and Tiffany's at the top of my list. 312 00:13:15,753 --> 00:13:18,631 [laughing] 313 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:21,217 ["Live My Life" by hellohello playing] 314 00:13:21,217 --> 00:13:23,469 Boys, that was a great way to end one. 315 00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:25,095 Let's go! 316 00:13:25,095 --> 00:13:27,348 {\an8}- [cheering] - Whoo! Cheers! 317 00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:30,226 {\an8}- Don't say the names-- - I won't. I'm not sharing names. 318 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:32,728 {\an8}No, not yet, because I don't wanna have any biases yet. 319 00:13:32,728 --> 00:13:35,272 - [Paul] Amber's cool. - Yeah, Amber's cool. Micah. 320 00:13:35,272 --> 00:13:37,650 {\an8}- [Chris] Micah's my number one. - [Kwame] Micah's number one. 321 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:40,486 {\an8}- Let's just put it into a hat. - [laughing] 322 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:41,487 [Paul] God damn. 323 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:44,824 {\an8}Micah's my number one. Yeah, yeah, I'm gunning for that, brother. 324 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:46,909 {\an8}I feel like I've made a whole bunch of stars, 325 00:13:46,909 --> 00:13:50,412 {\an8}but I felt like it was all because of people's, like, energy. 326 00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:53,374 How did you find out so much information? 327 00:13:53,374 --> 00:13:56,502 I don't know. I was, like, digging with a shovel. 328 00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:58,796 That's a lot of dating. That's the most I ever did. 329 00:13:58,796 --> 00:14:01,215 [Molly] It was so fun. I loved it. 330 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:02,341 I like JP. 331 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:05,845 {\an8}JP and I, we're from the same town, and... [sighs] 332 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,096 {\an8}I'm really feeling Marshall. 333 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:11,392 {\an8}I think Marshall is so smooth, and my other connection is with Josh. 334 00:14:12,142 --> 00:14:14,645 {\an8}We just saw eye-to-eye. 335 00:14:14,645 --> 00:14:17,356 So, those are my boyfriends. All of them. 336 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:20,067 - [pop music playing] - ♪ Everything is going my... ♪ 337 00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:23,320 {\an8}Zack said, "There's a big python in the aisleway. What are you doing?" 338 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,990 {\an8}I'm like, "I'm leaving you in there, and I'm going to the cockpit." 339 00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:27,116 Wait, he told me that too! 340 00:14:27,116 --> 00:14:29,076 [Micah] You know what? He's trying to test us. 341 00:14:29,076 --> 00:14:31,745 {\an8}I liked him too. I was like, "I'm into this. Keep going." 342 00:14:31,745 --> 00:14:32,663 {\an8}I'm surprised. 343 00:14:32,663 --> 00:14:35,666 {\an8}Can't even picture what's about to happen in a few more days. 344 00:14:35,666 --> 00:14:39,253 {\an8}In a few more days, there's about to be some broken hearts. 345 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:43,716 - [woman] Cheers to love. Ready? Cheers! - [shouting] 346 00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:49,680 [upbeat music playing] 347 00:14:53,142 --> 00:14:55,227 {\an8}- Here. Whoo! - All right, hash browns up. 348 00:14:55,227 --> 00:14:57,438 - [man] Buff-ass dudes in the kitchen. - [laughing] 349 00:14:57,438 --> 00:14:58,606 [man 2] Hook me up! 350 00:14:58,606 --> 00:15:01,358 {\an8}- Tastes like restaurant. - [Marshall chuckles] Appreciate that. 351 00:15:02,359 --> 00:15:04,486 {\an8}- [woman] Hi, honey. - [woman 2] Good morning. 352 00:15:04,486 --> 00:15:07,156 {\an8}Is it weird that I only like the tops of bagels? I only eat the top. 353 00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:08,866 Confidence is so attractive. 354 00:15:08,866 --> 00:15:11,744 {\an8}The guy I connected with, I'm like, "I don't give a fuck how you look." 355 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:14,330 - I don't care to look. "Ah, is he cute?" - [Jackelina] Aww. 356 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:16,415 I'm like, "Your energy that I'm feeling--" 357 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:18,334 - Good for you! - [Irina] Is like something. 358 00:15:18,334 --> 00:15:19,835 [Jackelina] Cheers to that. 359 00:15:19,835 --> 00:15:21,420 I think I'm a bombshell, 360 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:24,298 {\an8}but when I was younger, I had really, really bad acne. 361 00:15:24,298 --> 00:15:26,258 {\an8}Like, really, really bad acne. 362 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:29,720 {\an8}And I was so, so insecure about it. And I would always be like, "Oh, my gosh." 363 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,264 "Guys are not gonna wanna date me because I have bad acne." 364 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:36,018 It's always something I thought about it and the acne scars that I still have. 365 00:15:36,018 --> 00:15:38,228 But I realized that I wouldn't wanna be with someone 366 00:15:38,228 --> 00:15:40,564 because they thought less of me in that way. 367 00:15:40,564 --> 00:15:44,276 And I feel really confident that my long hair doesn't make me me. 368 00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:47,988 My eyes don't make me me. Like, my skin doesn't make me me. 369 00:15:47,988 --> 00:15:51,408 ♪ But are you ready? For my heart keeps racing... ♪ 370 00:15:51,408 --> 00:15:54,912 My looks will change. My style will change. My hair will change. 371 00:15:54,912 --> 00:15:58,624 But who I am on the inside matters the most. 372 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,751 ♪ My heart keeps racing... ♪ 373 00:16:00,751 --> 00:16:02,544 - Who is it? Who do we got? - Irina. 374 00:16:02,544 --> 00:16:05,255 - I knew it was you! - [laughing] 375 00:16:05,255 --> 00:16:07,007 - Who is this? - Zack. 376 00:16:07,007 --> 00:16:10,302 [Irina] Everyone just had such strong opinions about you. 377 00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:13,222 With you and your crazy stories. 378 00:16:13,222 --> 00:16:15,808 {\an8}Irina, let me tell you something, 'cause I really like you. 379 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:17,559 Oh. Already. 380 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:19,979 So, yesterday, like, you know, I was joking 381 00:16:20,604 --> 00:16:24,775 with all these girls, you know, about things like being a stripper. 382 00:16:24,775 --> 00:16:29,238 And, uh, as I was doing it, like, I was realizing, like, 383 00:16:29,863 --> 00:16:34,827 "Okay, uh, I have nine days to pick a wife, 384 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,371 and that means if I wanna take this seriously, 385 00:16:37,371 --> 00:16:40,207 that I'm actually gonna have to be vulnerable. 386 00:16:40,207 --> 00:16:42,710 I'm gonna have to confront demons that--" 387 00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:44,044 [Irina] Yeah. 388 00:16:44,044 --> 00:16:46,630 - [Zack] I have not-- - What are you so scared of? 389 00:16:47,214 --> 00:16:50,342 So, my mother, uh, was a single mom. 390 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:54,722 I moved from place to place throughout most of my childhood, 391 00:16:54,722 --> 00:16:58,142 um, and my mother was a stripper. 392 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:03,230 Uh, and she did that to make sure that I had food. 393 00:17:05,357 --> 00:17:08,569 Like, I can remember being a kid, 394 00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:12,698 going through the drive-through, and my mom not having enough money 395 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:16,243 to buy me a meal, and... her breaking down into tears and... 396 00:17:16,910 --> 00:17:19,163 Well, she was an amazing woman, 397 00:17:19,163 --> 00:17:21,874 and, uh, she, uh... 398 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:24,501 She died. 399 00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:29,590 After my mom died, I'd been on autopilot. 400 00:17:29,590 --> 00:17:34,595 I just, like, did what I needed to do to pass the bar, get through law school, 401 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:39,516 made a lot of money for my firm, and I was slowly dying inside. 402 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:43,604 And if I wanted to even do honor to my mother's memory 403 00:17:43,604 --> 00:17:45,189 and what she wanted for me, 404 00:17:45,189 --> 00:17:48,650 I couldn't keep just playing it safe. 405 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:52,446 I don't want it to be about making money. I really don't care about that. 406 00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:53,822 Like, none of that shit matters. 407 00:17:53,822 --> 00:17:56,241 I want my life to be about serving other people, 408 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:59,745 and that's why I came here, honestly. I wanted a wife, kids, and a family, 409 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:03,791 and I wanna be with someone who shares that view. 410 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,544 I moved here, um, from Russia when I was-- 411 00:18:07,544 --> 00:18:08,754 - Really? - [Irina] Yeah. 412 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:12,591 I was, like, three or four. Like, even though we had no money, 413 00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:16,220 my parents did everything in their power to, like, give us all the memories. 414 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,806 There were Christmases where there was nothing under the tree, 415 00:18:18,806 --> 00:18:20,516 and it was such a normal thing, 416 00:18:20,516 --> 00:18:24,394 but my parents wanted a better life for us than they had. 417 00:18:24,394 --> 00:18:27,648 My dad always told me, like, "I want you to be able to have your own opportunities 418 00:18:27,648 --> 00:18:29,441 you wouldn't be able to have in Russia," 419 00:18:29,441 --> 00:18:31,318 and so I don't wanna take anything for granted. 420 00:18:31,318 --> 00:18:32,694 You have 421 00:18:34,029 --> 00:18:35,906 a very powerful presence. 422 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:43,330 It's flattering. I feel like you can feel, like, connection and energy. 423 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:44,706 I like that. 424 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:50,087 {\an8}I've had people in the past that I was in love with, 425 00:18:50,087 --> 00:18:51,713 {\an8}and their family, um... 426 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:54,174 [clicks tongue] 427 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:58,637 Their family, um, judged me... 428 00:19:00,514 --> 00:19:03,809 because of how I was, um, raised. 429 00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:07,771 And so I wanna marry someone who's marrying me because 430 00:19:07,771 --> 00:19:09,940 they love who I am as a person. 431 00:19:09,940 --> 00:19:12,359 - [pop music playing] - ♪ Take my hand ♪ 432 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,736 ♪ You and I ♪ 433 00:19:14,736 --> 00:19:18,073 ♪ We could drive, drive all... ♪ 434 00:19:18,073 --> 00:19:20,450 I really, really, really, really, really like Zack. 435 00:19:20,450 --> 00:19:23,328 And I've been thinking a lot about this. 436 00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:25,831 Like, I've never met a guy like him in my life, 437 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:29,001 and something about him intrigues me so, so, so much. 438 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,669 [laughs] 439 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:32,713 {\an8}♪ So come a little closer now ♪ 440 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:35,382 {\an8}♪ And tell me, can you hear my heart? ♪ 441 00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:39,511 I think the hard part will come with multiple girls dating the same guy. 442 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:43,682 [laughing] I'll come for your neck. Just kidding. 443 00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:46,935 I can't say that. It sounds so bad. [gasps] 444 00:19:46,935 --> 00:19:50,063 - Cheers. Okay. - Getting loose in the pods. Yay, yay, yay! 445 00:19:50,063 --> 00:19:52,107 [Irina] Are you here to sabotage my love life? 446 00:19:52,107 --> 00:19:53,692 - Me? - [Irina] I'm just kidding. 447 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:55,903 What? Why? 448 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:57,279 You could never! 449 00:19:57,821 --> 00:20:01,283 {\an8}I will never do anything on purpose to hurt you. 450 00:20:01,283 --> 00:20:03,035 {\an8}- I promise you that. Okay. - You're so sweet. 451 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:05,287 Like, it's never gonna be anything on purpose. 452 00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:08,248 - Oh, God, I would never think that. - No. No. 453 00:20:08,248 --> 00:20:09,708 - [man shouts] - [man 2] Let's go! 454 00:20:10,751 --> 00:20:11,668 [Zack] Howdy. 455 00:20:12,836 --> 00:20:15,672 Do you get nervous, coming in here, like, who's it gonna be? [chuckles] 456 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:18,175 - [Zack] I do. - I think it's Zack. 457 00:20:18,175 --> 00:20:20,636 - I think you got it right. - [Bliss] Do you know who I am? 458 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:22,763 - [Zack] Bliss. - Yeah. 459 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:24,514 - [Zack] So far. - Mm-hmm. 460 00:20:24,514 --> 00:20:29,603 Just being 100% transparent, you are a ten on the intellect. 461 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:33,398 - Thank you. I have a good brain. - I like it. 462 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:34,983 I honestly think that tops 463 00:20:34,983 --> 00:20:37,527 all the compliments, I've, like, received. Ever. 464 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,240 My mom is a teacher. I come from, like, a big line of teachers. 465 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,617 My sister's a teacher, my grandma, my aunt. 466 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,619 And you became a biologist. 467 00:20:45,619 --> 00:20:49,498 Well, I studied biology in school, but I'm in cybersecurity now. 468 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:52,167 - Oh, I didn't know that about you. - [Bliss] You didn't? 469 00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:53,669 - No, I-- - [Bliss] Did I not tell you? 470 00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:55,462 You told me you were a fisherwoman. 471 00:20:55,462 --> 00:20:58,548 A fisherwoman, yes. And I studied biology in school, 472 00:20:58,548 --> 00:21:00,717 and I totally switched my career. 473 00:21:00,717 --> 00:21:01,718 So let's have some fun. 474 00:21:01,718 --> 00:21:05,847 You never told me what your favorite song or singer or, like, band was. 475 00:21:05,847 --> 00:21:07,182 [Zack] Mmm... 476 00:21:07,182 --> 00:21:09,142 - My favorite song is-- - Yeah? 477 00:21:10,143 --> 00:21:12,813 "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack. 478 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,565 - Really? - Yeah, have you heard it? 479 00:21:15,565 --> 00:21:18,777 Absolutely. That's, like, my mom's song for, like, me. 480 00:21:21,530 --> 00:21:25,659 That's gonna be my first dance song to whoever I marry. 481 00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:27,160 Oh. 482 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,495 - Um... - [Bliss] I'm sorry. 483 00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:31,331 I'm, like, already a little bit crying. That's crazy. 484 00:21:31,331 --> 00:21:33,458 Go ahead, I'm listening. I'm sorry. 485 00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:37,379 When I was 16, my mother, she dedicated that song to me. 486 00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:40,507 She made me sit down and listen to it. 487 00:21:40,507 --> 00:21:44,428 And so, I actually memorized it. I can sing it from memory. 488 00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:46,138 I can sing it too. 489 00:21:47,264 --> 00:21:49,725 You can sing "I Hope You Dance" from memory? 490 00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:52,394 That's my mom's song for me. Like, how could I not? 491 00:21:52,394 --> 00:21:54,062 Bliss, how weird is that? 492 00:21:54,062 --> 00:21:57,649 My mom, I want her to, like, have a dance with me, like, 493 00:21:57,649 --> 00:22:00,527 at my wedding because she, like... [shudders] 494 00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:03,238 ...is my rock, you know, and, like, 495 00:22:03,238 --> 00:22:05,949 I wanna honor her as much as I honor my dad. 496 00:22:08,785 --> 00:22:10,412 Sorry, I'm crying. [chuckles] 497 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:12,914 What the fuck is happening? 498 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:15,000 I don't know. 499 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,626 I... [laughing] 500 00:22:16,626 --> 00:22:18,003 [Bliss] My heart is racing. 501 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,547 Wow. A magnet for serendipity. 502 00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:22,841 That's a good affirmation. 503 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:26,636 - Have sweet dreams. - You too. 504 00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:35,604 [whispers] What the fuck? 505 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:39,107 I need a hug. Can someone hug me? 506 00:22:39,107 --> 00:22:41,193 - [gasps] Mama! - Why? Are you happy? 507 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:43,445 Like, yeah, it's like my heart is racing. 508 00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:45,739 Dude, you're not gonna believe this shit. 509 00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:48,658 Or maybe this is your person. 510 00:22:48,658 --> 00:22:51,870 - Yeah, I'm excited. - [Bliss] In a crazy, mind-blowing way. 511 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:57,084 [lights clicking] 512 00:22:57,751 --> 00:23:01,296 {\an8}- [grunts] - I love that we're different characters. 513 00:23:01,296 --> 00:23:03,590 [laughs] It's like-- it's like-- 514 00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:05,550 - It's definitely Billy. [laughs] - [man] Yeah. 515 00:23:06,718 --> 00:23:08,845 {\an8}[both] One, two. One, two, three. 516 00:23:08,845 --> 00:23:10,347 [Monica] Do we have Chef Jackie? 517 00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:11,807 [laughing] 518 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,310 How do you feel about, like, PDA and stuff? 519 00:23:15,310 --> 00:23:19,272 {\an8}I literally will have sex with my wife in public. [laughs] 520 00:23:19,272 --> 00:23:20,482 [chuckles] 521 00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:22,150 - I'm down if you're down. - [laughs] 522 00:23:22,150 --> 00:23:25,862 {\an8}The experiment starts by dating a ton of different people 523 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:28,698 People that you never would have normally spoken to. 524 00:23:28,698 --> 00:23:31,076 When you're in the pods, you can play games together. 525 00:23:32,619 --> 00:23:33,495 [Josh] I made it. 526 00:23:33,495 --> 00:23:36,832 {\an8}Oh! Yes! [laughs] 527 00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:40,001 You can draw together. You can listen to music. 528 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:42,170 - I freakin' love this song. - [dance music playing] 529 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:43,672 ♪ Love is the answer! ♪ 530 00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:47,509 [Micah] We're here 24 hours a day spending all of our time 531 00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:50,011 focusing on finding love. 532 00:23:50,011 --> 00:23:52,055 - ♪ Love is the answer! ♪ - Ooh, I don't like this. 533 00:23:52,055 --> 00:23:53,390 {\an8}Do it. You love me. 534 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:56,560 {\an8}- Just do it. - Oh! It's getting gooey over here. 535 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,727 This is true love. 536 00:23:57,727 --> 00:24:01,273 I think people are starting to develop really deep connections with people, 537 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:04,276 and I have two connections that I'm really excited about. 538 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,277 Kwame and Paul. 539 00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:07,904 {\an8}- I really wanna, like, lift you up. - [Micah laughs] 540 00:24:07,904 --> 00:24:10,157 - Spin me around? - [Paul] No, just-- 541 00:24:10,157 --> 00:24:11,158 Damn. [laughs] 542 00:24:11,158 --> 00:24:14,161 [chuckles] Suplex you. Um... 543 00:24:14,161 --> 00:24:16,288 - Right into the pavement. - [Paul] Yeah. 544 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:18,123 Drop an elbow. No, I wanna pick you up, 545 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:22,377 and have you put your legs around me and, uh, just kind of, 546 00:24:22,377 --> 00:24:23,587 you know, make out. 547 00:24:24,087 --> 00:24:25,797 Wow, that sounds so nice. 548 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,090 [Paul] It does sound nice. 549 00:24:27,090 --> 00:24:30,343 [laughing] Paul literally popped out of nowhere. 550 00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:33,722 I remember, you know, when we first started talking... 551 00:24:33,722 --> 00:24:36,725 [laughing] ...I would always be like, "Oh, great, it's you over there, Paul." 552 00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:39,227 Like, kind of giving him a hard time, 553 00:24:39,227 --> 00:24:43,482 but now he's the person that I, like, look forward to being on the other side. 554 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,901 I just don't know how it happened. [laughs] 555 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:49,029 What do you think our life would look like, like, if we got married? 556 00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:51,656 {\an8}Do I need to say that in one word, or can I give you sentences? 557 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:52,657 A couple sentences. 558 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:54,951 [Kwame] Gonna start with one word and I'll lead to that. 559 00:24:54,951 --> 00:24:56,828 - [Micah] Okay. - Fireworks. 560 00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:57,746 [chuckles] 561 00:24:57,746 --> 00:25:01,750 I think there's just gonna be an overwhelming amount of joy. 562 00:25:02,918 --> 00:25:05,837 - Joy, love, and support. Security. - Mm-hmm. 563 00:25:07,088 --> 00:25:09,216 - That's security. - [Kwame] Um, yeah. 564 00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:11,218 You give me that over anyone I've ever met. 565 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:12,969 - [Kwame] Yeah? - Yeah. 566 00:25:14,095 --> 00:25:15,347 Love that. 567 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:18,099 - [laughing] - Like, I know you so, so well. 568 00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:21,728 I don't even-- I don't even have an idea of, like, what you're like to, like, hug. 569 00:25:21,728 --> 00:25:24,189 [laughs] I know. 570 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:27,234 But when I'm with Kwame, he validates my feelings. 571 00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:28,735 He calms me. 572 00:25:28,735 --> 00:25:31,571 Like, I hear his deep voice. [chuckles] 573 00:25:31,571 --> 00:25:34,074 And it, like, brings me back, like, down to earth. 574 00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:36,284 He is so, like, high-caliber 575 00:25:36,284 --> 00:25:39,412 and such a great person, and I feel like I've never given, 576 00:25:39,412 --> 00:25:43,124 like, the nice guy, like, a chance, you know. 577 00:25:43,124 --> 00:25:46,127 And I feel like I'm finally in the position where, you know, 578 00:25:46,127 --> 00:25:49,297 the nice guy's right in front of me, and I'm actually going for it. 579 00:25:49,297 --> 00:25:50,632 They're just really different. 580 00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:53,718 And I literally have no idea what I'm doing. [laughing] 581 00:25:53,718 --> 00:25:56,388 - ["This Is Where It Started" playing] - ♪ This is where my heart is ♪ 582 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,681 [vocalizing] 583 00:25:57,681 --> 00:25:59,808 ♪ 'Cause this is where it started ♪ 584 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:02,227 ♪ This is where I'm gonna be ♪ 585 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,229 ♪ This is home to me ♪ 586 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,855 [Brett] Hi, hello. 587 00:26:05,855 --> 00:26:09,693 [Tiffany] Hello. I really hope this is Brett. 588 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:11,903 {\an8}- This is Brett. - Yes! Yes. 589 00:26:11,903 --> 00:26:14,239 {\an8}- [Brett] And I know this is Tiffany. - Yes! 590 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:16,032 [Brett] How are you? 591 00:26:16,032 --> 00:26:18,159 [Tiffany] Excited to see you again. 592 00:26:18,159 --> 00:26:21,162 I actually got heels on today, because I'm feeling sexy, so... 593 00:26:21,162 --> 00:26:23,665 - [Brett] Ooh! What else are you wearing? - Yeah. 594 00:26:23,665 --> 00:26:28,253 - [Brett] I'm curious. - I am wearing a teal, emerald green dress. 595 00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:31,673 {\an8}I'm wearing a shirt right now that I would consider the same color. 596 00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:36,511 Yeah, it's like a teal green-blue. 597 00:26:36,511 --> 00:26:37,887 No fucking way. 598 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,682 - Yeah. - [Tiffany laughing] 599 00:26:40,682 --> 00:26:42,726 Like, did we wake up and put on the same colors? 600 00:26:42,726 --> 00:26:43,768 Like, "Oh, my gosh." 601 00:26:43,768 --> 00:26:46,730 - "This experiment is working." [laughs] - [Tiffany] Yes, right? 602 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:50,358 [Brett] So, one thing coming in here that I was thinking about is 603 00:26:50,358 --> 00:26:52,527 I kind of wanna, like, hear your story. 604 00:26:53,028 --> 00:26:59,034 Yeah. So, where I work, out of more than 1,000 people, 605 00:26:59,034 --> 00:27:04,873 I was the top recruiting and salesperson for three months straight. 606 00:27:05,373 --> 00:27:08,126 When it comes to doing something that 607 00:27:09,502 --> 00:27:13,715 people think a woman can't do, I'm the type of person that's like, 608 00:27:13,715 --> 00:27:14,841 "I'm gonna show you." 609 00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:20,847 When it came to band, um, I was told that, 610 00:27:20,847 --> 00:27:24,267 "Hey, you know, your lips are perfect to play flute." [exhales] 611 00:27:24,267 --> 00:27:26,519 And I saw a flute as, like, this girly instrument. 612 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:28,980 - And I really wanted to play drums. - Mm-hmm. 613 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:32,651 So, who was gonna be put on the drum line? 614 00:27:33,401 --> 00:27:35,403 I was. [laughs] 615 00:27:36,237 --> 00:27:42,077 And so, my senior year, we were the best freaking band in the nation. [laughs] 616 00:27:42,702 --> 00:27:45,997 [Brett] The satisfaction that you get from people doubting you... 617 00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:47,540 - [Tiffany] Yeah. - Like, I love that. 618 00:27:49,709 --> 00:27:52,379 Because I think I have a similar mentality, 619 00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:55,090 and maybe my fifth- or sixth-grade year, 620 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:57,384 I just started to notice, like, my family situation 621 00:27:57,384 --> 00:28:00,053 just to start to, like, gradually decrease. Like... 622 00:28:01,054 --> 00:28:03,431 One week, our power was cut off. 623 00:28:03,431 --> 00:28:05,016 Our-- Our water was cut off. 624 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:08,395 We lived for, like, a week or two with candles. 625 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,022 Friends wanting to come over, 626 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:14,234 and me and my brother are like, "No, no, no. Like, you can't come inside." 627 00:28:14,234 --> 00:28:16,152 We didn't want them to come and see... [chuckles] 628 00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:18,738 ...we literally don't have electricity. 629 00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:24,786 It kind of turned me into, like, a really quiet super-introverted kid. 630 00:28:24,786 --> 00:28:26,705 I didn't really have any friends in high school. 631 00:28:27,288 --> 00:28:30,583 Um, didn't really do anything other than draw. 632 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,753 I started designing shoes for fun. 633 00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:35,463 I made an Instagram page. 634 00:28:35,463 --> 00:28:37,799 - And started posting my work up. - [Tiffany] Uh-huh. 635 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:41,428 [Brett] I got a DM. That DM led into a job opportunity, 636 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:45,557 and then I was there for a year before a recruiter from Nike hit me up. 637 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:46,975 Then in three years... [chuckles] 638 00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:50,019 ...I've gone from no footwear industry 639 00:28:50,019 --> 00:28:53,732 to a director, come on, at the biggest footwear company in the world. 640 00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:55,442 And I don't have a college degree. 641 00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:57,193 - So... - [Tiffany] Congrats. 642 00:28:57,777 --> 00:29:01,114 Boy, I've never met anybody like you. 643 00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:06,578 [sighs] 644 00:29:07,328 --> 00:29:08,955 You're an amazing person. 645 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:16,254 {\an8}I don't think I would have dated somebody like Brett in the outside 646 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,714 {\an8}or real world. 647 00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:22,135 I probably would have judged Brett for not having a college degree, 648 00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:25,722 not going through this traditional career path. 649 00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:29,768 I would have had this preconceived notion of who Brett was, 650 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:32,562 but when you start to hear his story, 651 00:29:34,481 --> 00:29:38,860 he's-- he's not like all these other guys. 652 00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:39,986 He's different. 653 00:29:39,986 --> 00:29:43,740 At 36 years old, I thought I knew what I wanted, 654 00:29:44,741 --> 00:29:47,952 and that changed quickly in this experiment. 655 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:52,040 I want to be my most authentic self around someone, 656 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,836 and they not judge me, or me feeling like I have to change. 657 00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:59,380 I feel like I can be myself with him. 658 00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:03,968 - ["Be the Future" by Billion$ playing] - ♪ So be the future with me... ♪ 659 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:06,638 [Brett] I have a really good feeling about the two of us. 660 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,097 - [Tiffany] I do too. - Yeah. 661 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,351 [laughing] Oh, Brett. 662 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:14,646 ♪ You and me... ♪ 663 00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:15,605 Oh! 664 00:30:15,605 --> 00:30:16,564 ♪ You and me... ♪ 665 00:30:16,564 --> 00:30:17,482 Gosh. 666 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:22,111 {\an8}♪ You and me will be the future ♪ 667 00:30:22,111 --> 00:30:24,489 {\an8}- Did you have your dates yet? - Yeah, I had two. 668 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,991 {\an8}- Oh! - One I couldn't wait to get out of. 669 00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:30,328 {\an8}- I feel bad saying that, but I don't know. - Second date good? 670 00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:32,080 [laughing] Second date was really good. 671 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,916 - Was it that person you like? - Paul? Yeah. 672 00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:39,254 I just smile so much when I'm in there, so I'm like, "Oh, I'm definitely, like, 673 00:30:39,254 --> 00:30:41,339 getting some kind of feeling." 674 00:30:41,339 --> 00:30:44,384 Look at you gushing. Like, you have butterflies. 675 00:30:44,384 --> 00:30:46,803 - [pop music playing] - Too late to start right now ♪ 676 00:30:46,803 --> 00:30:48,429 ♪ I'm not gonna be... ♪ 677 00:30:48,429 --> 00:30:50,515 - Hello, who's this? - [Paul] This is Paul. 678 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:51,891 [Micah] Hi, Paul. 679 00:30:51,891 --> 00:30:53,560 {\an8}[Paul] You sound so disappointed. 680 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,979 {\an8}No, I'm not. I've been looking forward to talking to you. 681 00:30:55,979 --> 00:30:58,147 {\an8}Obviously, I'm not gonna, like, try to... [scoffs] 682 00:30:58,147 --> 00:31:00,233 {\an8}...further you in any other, like, connection, 683 00:31:00,233 --> 00:31:02,986 {\an8}but how do you feel about Amber? 684 00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:08,992 [Paul] I think she's, like, a super, super great person, 685 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:12,912 like, with a lot of really good character and, like, really good values. 686 00:31:12,912 --> 00:31:15,164 We have so many interests in common. 687 00:31:15,164 --> 00:31:19,627 Our perspectives and all of that seem to kind of align. 688 00:31:21,337 --> 00:31:22,380 Yeah. 689 00:31:23,464 --> 00:31:26,384 - [Paul sighs, laughs] - Whatever. [chuckles] 690 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:28,803 - You're only supposed to be talking to me. - Am I? 691 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:30,221 Duh! 692 00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:32,891 [laughs] Let's ask another question. 693 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,810 This is so random, but would you wanna know when you're gonna die? 694 00:31:35,810 --> 00:31:36,978 Yeah. 695 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:38,229 - [Micah] Really? - Yeah. 696 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:40,857 Because imagine if it was like, you're gonna die in four weeks. 697 00:31:40,857 --> 00:31:42,942 You and I wouldn't get out of bed for four weeks. 698 00:31:42,942 --> 00:31:44,986 - Yeah, is that what we would do? - [Paul] Yeah. 699 00:31:44,986 --> 00:31:47,196 - Is that how we'd spend the last weeks? - Yeah, napping. 700 00:31:47,196 --> 00:31:48,364 - Napping. - [both laugh] 701 00:31:48,364 --> 00:31:50,783 Just napping, jumping on the bed, pillow fights. 702 00:31:50,783 --> 00:31:52,619 Exactly, you know, normal stuff. 703 00:31:52,619 --> 00:31:55,288 Honestly, I kind of feel like the past three years 704 00:31:55,288 --> 00:31:57,206 for me have gone by so quickly. 705 00:31:57,206 --> 00:31:59,167 - [Micah] Mm-hmm. - It's almost like a scary pace. 706 00:31:59,167 --> 00:32:02,170 Like, I'm like, "Wow, what the fuck just happened?" 707 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:06,633 Like, I'm thinking I'm going to, like, really make an intentional effort 708 00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:10,970 to start, uh, living-- living more, just in general. 709 00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:13,056 - I like it. I like it. - [Paul chuckles] 710 00:32:13,056 --> 00:32:15,642 Being more present, for sure. It's kind of cheesy, but, like-- 711 00:32:15,642 --> 00:32:17,602 - [Micah] Yeah. - But it's true. Like-- 712 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:20,772 I feel like find-- finding, like, beauty in, like, every day. 713 00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:24,150 - Oh, my gosh. - [Micah] Like, romanticizing my life. 714 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:26,361 Oh, my gosh. We're literally on the same page for that. 715 00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:27,320 Ah! 716 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,197 [Paul] So attracted to that. Jeez. 717 00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:32,617 - ["allmine" by BENJII playing] - ♪ Gonna kiss your face some day ♪ 718 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:35,411 ♪ Mm! You are all that ♪ 719 00:32:37,747 --> 00:32:40,458 {\an8}Confusing, just between Kwame and Paul. 720 00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:44,420 {\an8}With Kwame, I honestly feel like he could, like, bring out such a good side of me. 721 00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:47,090 [Irina] He's a good guy with good personality, good character. 722 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:48,591 - [sighs] - No one's giving me nothing. 723 00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:50,593 - Just kidding. - My fucking soul, dude. 724 00:32:50,593 --> 00:32:53,513 {\an8}I did not expect the mental 725 00:32:54,514 --> 00:32:58,017 and emotional kind of turmoil that you experience 726 00:32:58,017 --> 00:33:02,522 when you're living with other girls that are dating who you're dating. 727 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:05,775 - So how are you feeling about Kwame today? - I shouldn't go on. 728 00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:07,986 You feeling good? Confident? Is he your only date today? 729 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:10,488 - Yeah. - See yourself with him outside of this? 730 00:33:10,488 --> 00:33:12,323 Yeah, I do. I really do. 731 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,492 I don't know if I wanna talk about it. 732 00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:16,244 - Why? - I don't trust that girl over there. 733 00:33:17,036 --> 00:33:18,621 [laughing] 734 00:33:18,621 --> 00:33:22,291 I think that you're his best match, and I hope he's able to recognize that. 735 00:33:22,291 --> 00:33:25,420 Kwame talks to my heart, my head, and my vagina. 736 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:27,505 [both laughing] 737 00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:30,883 {\an8}Every time Kwame and I talk, it gets better. 738 00:33:32,301 --> 00:33:34,137 {\an8}Hands down, tenfold, 100%. 739 00:33:35,638 --> 00:33:39,976 I think what's hard is they can tell you all these things in this experiment, 740 00:33:39,976 --> 00:33:44,272 but you know that right after this date, he's dating someone else. 741 00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:47,025 He could be saying the same things to her. 742 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:51,779 {\an8}I actually really love the Calvin Klein, like, underwear for women. 743 00:33:51,779 --> 00:33:54,365 - Yes. - Walking around the house all day. 744 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:56,451 Just rocking those, biting my lip. 745 00:33:56,451 --> 00:33:58,703 - Thinking about how you look. Mmm! - Totally. 746 00:33:59,328 --> 00:34:01,080 [Kwame] When it comes to-- 747 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,542 Obviously, the concept here of, like, love being blind is, like, 748 00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:07,962 yeah, we wanna get to know each other, like, who we are on the inside. 749 00:34:07,962 --> 00:34:08,880 Yes. 750 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,842 And what I hope that does is it nurtures what we see on the outside as well. 751 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:17,180 It is wild when you're just, like, so connected with someone 752 00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,266 that you can't walk by them without thinking about 753 00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:22,602 how infatuated you are, you know. 754 00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:24,729 It's not just like, oh, I mean-- 755 00:34:25,229 --> 00:34:27,565 The only reason that I'm like, 756 00:34:28,775 --> 00:34:30,777 I wanna put my hands all over your body 757 00:34:30,777 --> 00:34:32,487 is because, like, essentially, 758 00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:36,407 I feel like I have my-- myself all over your soul. 759 00:34:38,451 --> 00:34:40,870 You know what I mean? So, it's like having that connection-- 760 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:44,499 [Chelsea] So, when you have sex, do you like the souls to, like, connect? 761 00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:45,875 Oh, my gosh. Yes. 762 00:34:47,835 --> 00:34:50,463 If we're married, we're not having sex. We're making love. 763 00:34:50,463 --> 00:34:51,881 Yeah, yes. 764 00:34:51,881 --> 00:34:53,257 [Kwame] Yes, yes. 765 00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:56,427 It is everything and more. You know what I mean? It's not... 766 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:58,805 - [sighs] Fuck. - [Kwame laughs] Yeah. 767 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:00,181 It feels sacred. 768 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:06,312 I wanna have a very, you know, almost spiritual connection 769 00:35:06,312 --> 00:35:07,522 with my husband's body. 770 00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:09,065 Oh, my gosh. Whoa! 771 00:35:09,732 --> 00:35:12,235 - That hit my soul. - [both laughing] 772 00:35:15,738 --> 00:35:17,073 [shouts] 773 00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:20,243 What is happening in here tonight? 774 00:35:20,243 --> 00:35:21,911 [laughing] 775 00:35:21,911 --> 00:35:23,788 - Oh! - [Kwame sighs] Yeah. 776 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:25,039 - Wow. - [Kwame] Yeah. 777 00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:26,666 Okay. Are we just ready? 778 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:31,129 Yeah. [laughing] 779 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:35,216 You better stop playing before I find my way to the other side of that wall. 780 00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:38,678 - [Chelsea] Let's just be done. - All right, can we get at it right now? 781 00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:41,055 Oh, I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about marriage. 782 00:35:41,055 --> 00:35:43,474 - But both could be cool. - Yeah! [laughs] 783 00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:46,727 I'm not lying to you right now. Like, I'm really feeling this. 784 00:35:47,728 --> 00:35:50,773 Like, it's-- it's, like, really getting me excited. 785 00:35:50,773 --> 00:35:52,859 - [Kwame] Yeah? - So, like, it's hittin'. 786 00:35:53,442 --> 00:35:55,611 [laughing] 787 00:35:55,611 --> 00:35:59,365 I love to hear it. Yeah, it's, uh... It's feeling good. 788 00:35:59,365 --> 00:36:03,828 I would say it's feeling very, very, very, very, good. 789 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,247 - I'm all about it. - Kwame! 790 00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:09,458 - ["We Could Fly Away" playing] - ♪ We could fly away ♪ 791 00:36:09,458 --> 00:36:12,170 [vocalizing] 792 00:36:13,421 --> 00:36:16,549 ♪ Fly away ♪ 793 00:36:18,384 --> 00:36:23,306 ♪ We could, we could fly away ♪ 794 00:36:23,306 --> 00:36:25,391 [Kwame] I wanna be transparent with you. 795 00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:29,187 {\an8}I do have a very, very, very strong connection with someone else. 796 00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:35,526 She tends to reassure me about how much she wants to be with me, 797 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:38,821 and it's going, uh, 798 00:36:39,655 --> 00:36:42,325 in every direction that you would want it to go 799 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,368 as a person who wants to be cared for. 800 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:51,375 [Micah] I, like, appreciate you sharing that with me. 801 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:54,754 I feel like I didn't realize, like, how strong your connection was 802 00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:56,172 for the other person, 803 00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:59,842 and I'm just wondering how it's escalating so much. 804 00:36:59,842 --> 00:37:03,763 If you do feel sure about me, it's just hard to, like, imagine 805 00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:06,807 your other connection having such a great trajectory. 806 00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:10,102 And, like, that's not to say that I want you to stop talking to people, 807 00:37:10,102 --> 00:37:12,897 just to say it's, like, hard for me to understand, I guess. 808 00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:17,193 If I was to write down the perfect girl for me 809 00:37:17,985 --> 00:37:20,905 before I even showed up to this experiment, 810 00:37:22,114 --> 00:37:23,074 it would be you. 811 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:27,578 So, her ascension has kind of been... [sighs] 812 00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:29,121 ...a conundrum to me. 813 00:37:29,121 --> 00:37:33,584 I actually didn't think we would make it until, like, day three. 814 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:38,214 The one thing that just keeps popping up about her-- 815 00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:40,633 Is it that she validates you more than I do? 816 00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:44,971 And reciprocates feelings more vocally? 817 00:37:44,971 --> 00:37:47,890 Yes. Point-blank, period. 818 00:37:51,686 --> 00:37:53,813 [Micah] Like, nothing good is, like, easy. 819 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,357 When it comes to something that's this big, 820 00:37:56,357 --> 00:38:01,445 I hope that you decide to follow your heart, 821 00:38:02,405 --> 00:38:05,324 not the part of your brain that tells you to 822 00:38:06,742 --> 00:38:08,536 take what will feel good now. 823 00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,955 So, then I'll ask you straightforward, then. 824 00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:16,210 Do you feel like we have something that would last, and that would... 825 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:19,714 that could stand the test? 826 00:38:21,841 --> 00:38:23,926 Because I feel so strongly for you, 827 00:38:23,926 --> 00:38:27,138 and I can picture our life so well, 828 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:31,350 I can see a future with you. 829 00:38:32,685 --> 00:38:35,313 One-hundred percent, I can see a future with you. 830 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:38,065 [Kwame] You have me, like, walking on sunshine. 831 00:38:38,065 --> 00:38:40,192 ["With Me" by Alexandra Armstrong playing] 832 00:38:40,192 --> 00:38:43,279 - You know? - I do. I-- I definitely know. 833 00:38:43,904 --> 00:38:45,364 ♪ My heart is beating... ♪ 834 00:38:45,364 --> 00:38:46,407 [laughs] 835 00:38:46,407 --> 00:38:50,703 ♪ Faster than I can believe... ♪ 836 00:38:50,703 --> 00:38:53,956 [Kwame] There's so much emotion in the balance right now, 837 00:38:53,956 --> 00:38:55,791 and it scares the shit out of me. 838 00:38:55,791 --> 00:38:57,793 - [Micah] Mm-hmm. - [Kwame] You know? 839 00:38:57,793 --> 00:39:00,129 I know. [chuckles, sniffles] 840 00:39:00,129 --> 00:39:04,258 [Kwame] But, like, I-- I feel like I'm so sure about you, you know. 841 00:39:04,967 --> 00:39:05,801 Yeah. 842 00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:07,428 [Kwame] Like, 843 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,349 I'm so sure about you. 844 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:14,518 So, I mean, I'm telling you... 845 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:16,687 [chuckles] 846 00:39:17,772 --> 00:39:20,983 [splutters] I wanna propose earlier. 847 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,242 - Are you okay? - [both laugh] 848 00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:34,455 - [gasps] My jaw dropped to the ground. - [Kwame laughs] 849 00:39:34,455 --> 00:39:35,790 [Micah] Oh, my God. 850 00:39:37,124 --> 00:39:40,961 Obviously, I love to hear, like, that, and it makes me feel so good. 851 00:39:40,961 --> 00:39:43,297 I wanna know, like, why you feel like that. 852 00:39:43,297 --> 00:39:46,092 I've just been smitten for a really long time. 853 00:39:46,717 --> 00:39:50,513 I say really long. It's fucking six days. Wow, like... [chuckles] 854 00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:52,598 - [Micah] Feels like a long time. - Yeah. 855 00:39:52,598 --> 00:39:56,477 Everything that you want and everything that you are embodying, 856 00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:58,479 those things are, like, what... 857 00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:02,817 what I, like, always envisioned. 858 00:40:03,484 --> 00:40:07,279 I find myself just waiting all day just to talk to you. 859 00:40:11,992 --> 00:40:14,620 I think the reason why I've been holding back is because, 860 00:40:14,620 --> 00:40:18,833 the other person that I'm talking to has been, like, a slow burn. 861 00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:24,004 And it hasn't had-- It's not even on our level at all. 862 00:40:24,004 --> 00:40:25,423 I mean, it's not comparable, 863 00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:29,343 and my fear would be later on there's still what-ifs 864 00:40:29,343 --> 00:40:32,096 'cause I didn't uncover every stone. 865 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:36,642 And you don't deserve to not have, like, your person know, 866 00:40:36,642 --> 00:40:38,519 without a shadow of a doubt. 867 00:40:40,521 --> 00:40:43,482 Because I think that you're just, like, a really incredible person, 868 00:40:43,482 --> 00:40:45,151 and you deserve everything. 869 00:40:48,487 --> 00:40:50,448 Yeah, this is really hard. 870 00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:54,785 It is not fair to you to tell you to cut any connection. 871 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:56,787 Like, who am I to do that? 872 00:40:56,787 --> 00:40:59,457 Like, if I... if I'm doing that now, 873 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,042 in the preliminary stages of our relationship, 874 00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:06,338 who am I gonna be telling you to cut out of your life at any point, you know. 875 00:41:06,338 --> 00:41:08,924 [Micah] That's, like, such a great point, actually. 876 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:12,428 Like, I want this to stay between us. 877 00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:15,764 - But I really am, like, falling for you. - Yeah. 878 00:41:16,432 --> 00:41:18,642 [Micah] And, like, I haven't said that to anyone else. 879 00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:22,563 Yeah. 880 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:25,024 So you better not go falling for anyone else. 881 00:41:25,024 --> 00:41:27,985 - [Kwame laughing] - Um, or I'll beat your ass. 882 00:41:27,985 --> 00:41:29,737 - [Kwame laughs] - [Micah chuckles] 883 00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:32,239 What color is your, uh, reveal dress? [laughing] 884 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,867 You can't know that. Has to be a surprise. 885 00:41:34,867 --> 00:41:36,368 [laughs] 886 00:41:36,368 --> 00:41:39,455 - It will surprise you, I think. - Mm. I'm super excited. 887 00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:41,582 - [pop music playing] - ♪ I wanna smile for no reason ♪ 888 00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:43,876 ♪ I wanna dance on the ceiling ♪ 889 00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:47,755 ♪ I wanna breathe the air That you're breathing... ♪ 890 00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:49,173 [Irina] Quick. Come here. 891 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:52,259 [Micah] He literally said, he's like, "I wanna ask if I can propose early." 892 00:41:52,259 --> 00:41:53,511 Like, out of nowhere? 893 00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:56,096 [Amber] Ooh! I'm sorry. I heard. 894 00:41:56,096 --> 00:41:58,474 {\an8}It's a lot too fast. Why can't he take it a day at a time? 895 00:41:58,474 --> 00:42:00,809 {\an8}Looks like he's trying to pop the ring so no one else does. 896 00:42:00,809 --> 00:42:03,145 {\an8}- [Micah] Well... - [Irina] I think you should slow down. 897 00:42:03,145 --> 00:42:05,606 What do you think I'm gonna do, be like, "Yes"? 898 00:42:05,606 --> 00:42:08,192 - What day is it? Like, God. - [both laughing] 899 00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:12,363 He's basically, like, asking me. Like, he really wants validation from me. 900 00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:13,989 But I'm not willing to give it to him. 901 00:42:13,989 --> 00:42:17,618 You have every right to take every day to know. You know, what's the rush? 902 00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:18,869 What's the rush, babe? 903 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:23,374 {\an8}- He's trying to stake his claim. - [Micah] That's how I feel. 904 00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:27,086 {\an8}- That's not something you wanna rush into. - No, no. 905 00:42:27,086 --> 00:42:30,506 I'd rather leave here single than leave here in a rushed relationship. 906 00:42:30,506 --> 00:42:32,383 Okay, let's sit right here. 907 00:42:34,343 --> 00:42:38,180 Chelsea's telling him every day how much she's, like, all in. 908 00:42:38,180 --> 00:42:40,849 {\an8}Like, ten out of ten, head over heels, and he's like, 909 00:42:40,849 --> 00:42:44,562 "It's the only validation I'm getting. I'm not getting any from you." [laughing] 910 00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:47,940 - [Irina] Okay, so then, what? - I don't know what to do about Paul. 911 00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:51,235 I feel like I need to, like, make sure, like, why am I expending an effort on Paul 912 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:52,570 if we can't get as deep as this? 913 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:54,572 Or me and Paul are just not deep, and that's fine. 914 00:42:54,572 --> 00:42:56,115 [Irina] You have been deep with Paul. 915 00:42:56,115 --> 00:42:58,450 Why did you all of a sudden wanna pick Paul out of nowhere? 916 00:43:03,539 --> 00:43:04,540 [lights click] 917 00:43:09,587 --> 00:43:11,922 {\an8}I mean, I definitely think I'm falling for him. 918 00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:14,049 {\an8}- Like, for real. - Like, in love? 919 00:43:14,049 --> 00:43:15,342 {\an8}Oh, for sure. 920 00:43:15,342 --> 00:43:17,177 - Oh, my God. - And I'm not afraid to say that. 921 00:43:17,177 --> 00:43:18,095 [Ava] Yeah. 922 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:19,680 {\an8}[Tiffany] He's such a just... 923 00:43:22,516 --> 00:43:24,351 As much as he has going on for him, 924 00:43:24,351 --> 00:43:27,271 {\an8}he's not one of these cocky dudes that I always run into. 925 00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:28,230 {\an8}[Ava] Hmm. 926 00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:30,858 - I love how he got to be where he is now. - Mm-hmm. 927 00:43:30,858 --> 00:43:33,110 I think that's what drives him day after day. 928 00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:36,530 I love how much he cares about his family, even though his family's not perfect. 929 00:43:36,530 --> 00:43:39,575 {\an8}Nobody's family is perfect, but I feel like I want to, like... 930 00:43:40,409 --> 00:43:41,785 {\an8}pour into him. 931 00:43:42,369 --> 00:43:44,288 - [Ava] 'Cause you love him. - Yeah, it's weird. 932 00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:46,040 - [Ava] Falling in love. - [Tiffany] Yeah. 933 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:47,916 - That's what it feels like. - [Ava] That's love. 934 00:43:47,916 --> 00:43:49,126 Yeah. 935 00:43:49,126 --> 00:43:50,544 [Brett] It is gettin' real. 936 00:43:50,544 --> 00:43:53,255 Like, I'm feeling really strong feelings for Tiffany, 937 00:43:53,255 --> 00:43:56,342 and it just-- it scares me. 938 00:43:58,093 --> 00:44:00,387 - [Marshall] Can't let that control you. - [Brett] Mm. 939 00:44:00,387 --> 00:44:02,598 [Marshall] Can't let that dictate your future. 940 00:44:03,932 --> 00:44:07,686 Feel that strongly about someone... you gotta take that leap. 941 00:44:07,686 --> 00:44:08,771 [Brett] Mm-hmm. 942 00:44:08,771 --> 00:44:11,649 {\an8}- And just hold them tight. - Hmm. 943 00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:13,233 {\an8}- Never let 'em go. - Hmm. 944 00:44:13,233 --> 00:44:16,612 Love hurts, but you can't let that stop you 945 00:44:17,279 --> 00:44:18,697 from what you deserve. 946 00:44:19,406 --> 00:44:21,950 - She's here. She's on the other side. - Hmm. 947 00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:25,412 Take the leap, bro. Take the leap. 948 00:44:25,412 --> 00:44:28,749 [gasps] Oh, my goodness! 949 00:44:28,749 --> 00:44:33,587 You know, Brett, there's times when I just picture you in my head. 950 00:44:35,005 --> 00:44:37,257 I picture seeing you for the first time. 951 00:44:37,257 --> 00:44:40,260 I picture, like, hugging you so tight, 952 00:44:40,260 --> 00:44:45,015 and I just cannot wait to just hug you, 953 00:44:45,641 --> 00:44:48,769 and see you. Oh! 954 00:44:49,812 --> 00:44:52,189 - [Brett] You're seducing me, Tiffany. - Am I? 955 00:44:52,189 --> 00:44:54,483 - [Brett] No, I'm joking. - [both laugh] 956 00:44:54,483 --> 00:44:56,485 You seem like such a, 957 00:44:57,277 --> 00:45:00,656 like, understanding and nurturing and loving person. 958 00:45:01,156 --> 00:45:02,408 The more I talk to you, 959 00:45:02,408 --> 00:45:06,036 I can feel your level of comfort in talking to me. 960 00:45:06,036 --> 00:45:10,624 I feel so comfortable with you, 'cause I feel like you fully see who I am 961 00:45:10,624 --> 00:45:12,209 and accept me for me. 962 00:45:14,336 --> 00:45:18,090 And I don't think I've talked much about my oldest brother. 963 00:45:18,090 --> 00:45:21,719 He was with his girlfriend for, uh, ten years 964 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,054 before they decided to get engaged. 965 00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:28,058 And my brother was just excited... 966 00:45:29,268 --> 00:45:31,145 about being married, um, 967 00:45:31,145 --> 00:45:34,523 so, you know, went to visit. 968 00:45:34,523 --> 00:45:38,110 We were, you know, getting fitted for our, like, tuxedos, 969 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:42,448 and, um, about a week later, 970 00:45:42,448 --> 00:45:44,533 his fiancée called me at 3:00 a.m. and was like, 971 00:45:45,075 --> 00:45:48,287 "Hey, I haven't heard from Marvin in a few hours." 972 00:45:48,287 --> 00:45:50,789 "Have you-- have you heard from him?" 973 00:45:50,789 --> 00:45:51,999 And I'm like, "No." 974 00:45:52,708 --> 00:45:56,545 I'm just, like, almost to a fault, just such an optimistic person. 975 00:45:57,129 --> 00:45:59,757 - Mm-hmm. - [Brett] So, I'm thinking he's good. 976 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:04,261 Like, he just hasn't been able to get to a phone, so, um, 977 00:46:05,387 --> 00:46:06,555 I went on to work, 978 00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:09,892 and... his-- his fiancée calls me, 979 00:46:09,892 --> 00:46:11,518 and I can just... 980 00:46:11,518 --> 00:46:14,730 And her voice is just super-- just-- just, like-- like, firm, 981 00:46:14,730 --> 00:46:17,274 and she just says, "Brett, come home." 982 00:46:18,525 --> 00:46:19,651 "Brett, come home." 983 00:46:23,822 --> 00:46:27,201 And then a few minutes later, my brother calls me. [sniffles] 984 00:46:30,204 --> 00:46:32,998 And the moment I pick up the phone, I just hear him crying, just like-- 985 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:36,168 Just crying. [sniffles] 986 00:46:37,002 --> 00:46:39,880 Um, and he's like, "He's gone. He's gone." 987 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,133 I'm like, "What are you talking about?" He's like, "He's gone. He's gone." 988 00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:46,178 My oldest brother is gone? 989 00:46:48,597 --> 00:46:51,099 Less than five minutes from his house, 990 00:46:51,099 --> 00:46:53,644 he somehow lost control of his car. 991 00:46:54,895 --> 00:46:57,981 And, um, ran off the road. 992 00:46:59,066 --> 00:47:03,654 So, instead of going to a wedding, 993 00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:06,114 our family is getting together to go to a funeral. 994 00:47:06,114 --> 00:47:08,200 [sobbing softly] 995 00:47:10,285 --> 00:47:12,955 [Tiffany] Brett, I'm really sorry to hear that. 996 00:47:14,373 --> 00:47:16,375 [Brett] Going through that experience 997 00:47:16,375 --> 00:47:18,961 really made me aware of, like, my mortality. 998 00:47:18,961 --> 00:47:20,003 [Tiffany] Mm-hmm. 999 00:47:20,003 --> 00:47:23,131 Like, you can picture this great future with somebody, 1000 00:47:23,131 --> 00:47:28,971 and then you literally wake up one day, and this person is gone. 1001 00:47:29,596 --> 00:47:31,223 - That thought... - [Tiffany sniffles] 1002 00:47:31,223 --> 00:47:32,474 ...like, terrifies me. 1003 00:47:32,474 --> 00:47:33,976 [Tiffany] Mm-hmm. 1004 00:47:35,769 --> 00:47:41,567 I do find myself thinking about, like, a future with you. 1005 00:47:42,818 --> 00:47:48,407 And what if we have this great relationship and then... 1006 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:51,410 in a year something happened? 1007 00:47:53,036 --> 00:47:55,205 And, like, I don't-- I don't wanna go through that. 1008 00:47:58,166 --> 00:47:59,167 [groans] 1009 00:48:00,252 --> 00:48:03,422 Your reservations and your feelings are valid, like, period. 1010 00:48:03,422 --> 00:48:07,467 But I-- I'm not scared about 1011 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,555 falling for you and knowing what this could be. 1012 00:48:12,431 --> 00:48:14,892 Like, I go into this very hopeful. 1013 00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:19,354 Giving you the support and love that I think... 1014 00:48:20,188 --> 00:48:22,065 that I think you deserve. 1015 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:26,904 When I'm in it, I am fully invested, 1016 00:48:28,071 --> 00:48:32,534 and I will try my hardest to make this work. 1017 00:48:32,534 --> 00:48:35,913 I am not the type of person to give up on anything. 1018 00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:37,748 - [slow-tempo music playing] - ♪ Give me hope... ♪ 1019 00:48:38,540 --> 00:48:42,002 [Brett] Starting to really become aware of how into you I am. 1020 00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:50,135 ♪ Give me hope... ♪ 1021 00:48:52,638 --> 00:48:53,972 [Amber] Did you bring flowers? 1022 00:48:53,972 --> 00:48:56,475 I have not had flowers brought for me in such a long time. 1023 00:48:56,475 --> 00:48:57,392 [Brett] Uh-uh. 1024 00:48:57,392 --> 00:49:01,605 {\an8}Amber and I connected on multiple levels. She's got, like, a good sexual energy, 1025 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:04,566 and then she's also got a good social energy. 1026 00:49:04,566 --> 00:49:08,737 And I think to have them both is crucial for somebody that you wanna 1027 00:49:09,488 --> 00:49:10,906 hopefully start a family with. 1028 00:49:10,906 --> 00:49:15,285 I'm wearing my romantic date shirt. Black with, like, little red roses on it. 1029 00:49:15,285 --> 00:49:17,204 {\an8}Aw, we would have been matching yesterday. 1030 00:49:17,204 --> 00:49:19,206 We'll go matchy-matchy in Mexico. 1031 00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:21,917 - Do you sleep in the nude? - No, I don't sleep in the nude. 1032 00:49:21,917 --> 00:49:24,211 - [Paul laughs] I do. - Yeah? 1033 00:49:24,211 --> 00:49:26,546 - I thought I told you that last time. - [Amber] No. 1034 00:49:26,546 --> 00:49:29,174 - Must have been your other girlfriend. - Must've been. [chuckles] 1035 00:49:29,174 --> 00:49:30,592 - [Amber] Eww! - I tease. 1036 00:49:30,592 --> 00:49:33,261 - Literally nobody compares to me. [laughs] - [Paul] Literally. 1037 00:49:33,261 --> 00:49:34,972 [Amber] Except for Bliss, but she's taken. 1038 00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:37,808 Did you talk to Bliss about, um, what she thought of me 1039 00:49:37,808 --> 00:49:39,685 when we went on, like, two dates? 1040 00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:42,729 - I don't think she hadn't much to say. - [Paul] Yeah, I wouldn't think so. 1041 00:49:43,313 --> 00:49:46,650 - Did you ask her if she needed glasses? - Did I ask her if she needs glasses? 1042 00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:48,860 Yeah, 'cause she couldn't see what you see in me. 1043 00:49:49,486 --> 00:49:53,031 - Oh, my God. - [both laughing] 1044 00:49:53,031 --> 00:49:54,366 You're the worst! 1045 00:49:54,366 --> 00:49:57,577 My cheesy dad jokes. This means I'm ready to be a dad, right? 1046 00:49:57,577 --> 00:50:00,122 [Amber] I can't wait to be a mom. I'm very excited about it. 1047 00:50:00,122 --> 00:50:02,749 [Paul] You're like, "That sounds kind of good." 1048 00:50:02,749 --> 00:50:05,293 What else do we need to know to... to get married? 1049 00:50:05,293 --> 00:50:07,921 We're pretty much on the same page about kids, religion. 1050 00:50:07,921 --> 00:50:11,091 - Nervous you won't like what I look like? - No chance. 1051 00:50:11,091 --> 00:50:13,719 I definitely want a wedding. I wanna the big fancy dress. 1052 00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:16,013 - I wanna walk down the aisle again and-- - [Paul] Yeah. 1053 00:50:16,013 --> 00:50:18,348 - "Again." Oh, God. [laughs] - Again? 1054 00:50:18,348 --> 00:50:21,768 I didn't mean to say it like that, but I want to walk down the aisle. 1055 00:50:24,354 --> 00:50:26,023 - I married this fool. - [Brett] Right. 1056 00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:29,276 You know, and he got with somebody shortly after, 1057 00:50:29,276 --> 00:50:30,736 and I just remember that rage. 1058 00:50:30,736 --> 00:50:32,946 - Like, literally, I was just so mad. - Right. 1059 00:50:32,946 --> 00:50:35,282 Like, your head just spins around backwards. 1060 00:50:35,282 --> 00:50:36,199 Yeah. 1061 00:50:36,199 --> 00:50:41,580 I just took a lot of time to heal, but I don't wanna be jaded. 1062 00:50:41,580 --> 00:50:43,707 I want the love that I deserve, and, 1063 00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:46,418 I hope that I, you know, 1064 00:50:47,544 --> 00:50:48,587 can find that. 1065 00:50:49,588 --> 00:50:51,882 [Paul] Have you ever cheated on a spouse? 1066 00:50:51,882 --> 00:50:54,176 - Or would you? - I'd like to think that I wouldn't. 1067 00:50:54,176 --> 00:50:56,636 But I think that it would have led down to that road. 1068 00:50:56,636 --> 00:50:58,597 - Just because I wasn't happy. - Yeah. 1069 00:50:58,597 --> 00:51:00,599 I think there's always an underlying issue. 1070 00:51:00,599 --> 00:51:02,017 It doesn't make it okay. 1071 00:51:02,017 --> 00:51:04,102 - [Brett] Yeah. - But there's always a reason. 1072 00:51:08,315 --> 00:51:10,067 Kind of a red flag. [laughs] 1073 00:51:10,067 --> 00:51:12,277 Wait, you think that's a red flag with me? 1074 00:51:12,277 --> 00:51:13,361 A little bit. 1075 00:51:13,361 --> 00:51:17,365 That was in the past. Like, if you're asking me now, like, hell no. 1076 00:51:17,365 --> 00:51:20,243 Before it got to that point, like, I would end it. 1077 00:51:20,243 --> 00:51:23,288 - Yeah. That's the right thing to do. - [Amber] Do you know what I mean? 1078 00:51:23,288 --> 00:51:26,666 I mean, and that was a hypothetical. You know, like, it didn't happen. 1079 00:51:27,250 --> 00:51:29,294 But no, I would never cheat on you. [chuckles] 1080 00:51:29,294 --> 00:51:31,129 Because that is not who I am. 1081 00:51:31,129 --> 00:51:32,464 I'll believe you. 1082 00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:37,803 I feel weird. I feel really anxious right now. I don't know why. 1083 00:51:37,803 --> 00:51:38,970 Do you? I'm sorry. 1084 00:51:39,846 --> 00:51:41,431 You should be sorry. 1085 00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:45,018 - I really don't wanna make you anxious. - [Amber chuckles] 1086 00:51:47,354 --> 00:51:49,981 - You're a sweet something. - [Amber] Sometimes. 1087 00:51:49,981 --> 00:51:51,942 - Sometimes. - [Amber] Except for when I'm not. 1088 00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:55,195 Which is sometimes, like, right now. Feeling a little salty. 1089 00:51:55,195 --> 00:51:57,114 - [Paul] Are you salty? - A bit. 1090 00:51:57,114 --> 00:52:01,493 Oof. Well, it's a good thing I'm more of a salty guy than a sweet guy. 1091 00:52:04,746 --> 00:52:06,206 I love who you are. 1092 00:52:07,207 --> 00:52:08,875 Oh, there's that word. [chuckles] 1093 00:52:08,875 --> 00:52:10,377 Am I scaring you? 1094 00:52:10,377 --> 00:52:12,337 No, that doesn't scare me. 1095 00:52:12,337 --> 00:52:16,633 I think that there is a greater than likely chance that 1096 00:52:17,592 --> 00:52:21,096 you and I could seriously walk out of here together. 1097 00:52:21,096 --> 00:52:24,516 - ["Lost with You" by Matt Sky playing] - ♪ I just want to be lost with you ♪ 1098 00:52:24,516 --> 00:52:25,725 [laughs] 1099 00:52:25,725 --> 00:52:29,896 ♪ There's nothing else That I would rather do ♪ 1100 00:52:30,939 --> 00:52:33,400 ♪ It don't matter where I'm going ♪ 1101 00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,986 ♪ I could stay here in this moment ♪ 1102 00:52:37,028 --> 00:52:39,281 ♪ Being lost with you... ♪ 1103 00:52:39,281 --> 00:52:41,783 Oh, my God. I'm gonna drop shit. 1104 00:52:43,493 --> 00:52:45,203 [hip-hop music playing] 1105 00:52:46,163 --> 00:52:48,165 Oh, my God. So, these are so pretty. 1106 00:52:48,165 --> 00:52:50,500 - I'm hot. - Wait, these are so gorgeous. 1107 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:53,003 {\an8}- [Bliss] I know, aren't they pretty? - Peonies are my favorite. 1108 00:52:53,003 --> 00:52:54,546 {\an8}- Someone give you these? - [Amber] Yes. 1109 00:52:54,546 --> 00:52:57,841 {\an8}- You need this. You need this. - [Irina] These are so fucking cute. 1110 00:52:57,841 --> 00:53:00,218 Babe, these are so pretty. 1111 00:53:00,218 --> 00:53:02,470 These are, like, the most beautiful flowers. 1112 00:53:02,470 --> 00:53:06,725 Oh, my God, these are so fucking cute and bright, just like you. 1113 00:53:08,810 --> 00:53:11,104 [Amber] Been a hot minute since somebody bought me flowers. 1114 00:53:11,104 --> 00:53:13,273 I'm sorry. I would marry that person if I was you. 1115 00:53:15,567 --> 00:53:17,903 Me planning out every worst-case scenario that can happen. 1116 00:53:17,903 --> 00:53:19,905 - I know. Look at this. - [Bliss] A bow tie? 1117 00:53:19,905 --> 00:53:22,282 Look, she's on a date with Paul. Look at her little things. 1118 00:53:22,282 --> 00:53:23,783 - What? - [Micah] She went with Paul. 1119 00:53:23,783 --> 00:53:25,619 I'm like, that's actually really funny. 1120 00:53:26,786 --> 00:53:27,621 Looks boring. 1121 00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:31,082 [Amber] Oh, Mardi Gras was what I picked for his date and-- 1122 00:53:31,082 --> 00:53:32,834 [Irina] Wait, that's so you. 1123 00:53:32,834 --> 00:53:34,586 - [laughing] - That's cute. 1124 00:53:35,921 --> 00:53:37,255 [laughing] 1125 00:53:38,798 --> 00:53:41,092 Why does Mardi Gras sound like something they would do? 1126 00:53:41,092 --> 00:53:42,844 - I don't know why. - [Micah laughing] 1127 00:53:42,844 --> 00:53:44,012 Mardi Gras? 1128 00:53:45,305 --> 00:53:46,598 Loser! 1129 00:53:46,598 --> 00:53:47,807 [chuckles] 1130 00:53:47,807 --> 00:53:49,851 {\an8}[Amber] These are my wedding flowers. 1131 00:53:49,851 --> 00:53:51,770 [Bliss] Oh, I love peonies. 1132 00:53:51,770 --> 00:53:54,064 ♪ They like my shoes, they like my hair ♪ 1133 00:53:54,064 --> 00:53:55,941 ♪ They like my clothes, try not to stare ♪ 1134 00:53:55,941 --> 00:53:57,692 {\an8}♪ Glamor lights, but I don't care ♪ 1135 00:53:57,692 --> 00:54:00,320 {\an8}♪ Focus on my dreams 'Cause I'm almost there ♪ 1136 00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:03,073 [Kwame] Since day one, I've had Micah as my number one. 1137 00:54:03,073 --> 00:54:03,990 [Paul] Mm-hmm. 1138 00:54:04,699 --> 00:54:07,494 {\an8}- We've always been there. - [Paul] Mm. Mm-hmm. 1139 00:54:07,494 --> 00:54:11,456 It's, like, escalated or, you know, kind of gone up in a very steady pattern. 1140 00:54:11,456 --> 00:54:12,499 [Paul] Yeah, grown. 1141 00:54:12,499 --> 00:54:14,376 - Which is good. Steady is good. - [Paul] Mm-hmm. 1142 00:54:14,376 --> 00:54:16,211 - Steady and up is good. - [Paul] Yeah. 1143 00:54:16,211 --> 00:54:19,130 [Kwame] Everything I want in a woman is there, is in Micah. 1144 00:54:19,130 --> 00:54:20,632 - You know? - [Paul] Mm-hmm. 1145 00:54:21,299 --> 00:54:24,803 {\an8}I love Kwame. I think he's a great guy, but I definitely feel pressured 1146 00:54:24,803 --> 00:54:27,472 to make a move on either Amber or Micah. 1147 00:54:27,472 --> 00:54:32,477 I've realized what it would feel like if Micah were to end it, 1148 00:54:32,477 --> 00:54:36,606 and it's that feeling that just puts me damn near in a fight-or-flight. 1149 00:54:36,606 --> 00:54:39,484 - ["No Control" by Anna Renee playing] - ♪ I have no control ♪ 1150 00:54:39,484 --> 00:54:41,569 [vocalizing] 1151 00:54:43,488 --> 00:54:45,991 ♪ I have no control ♪ 1152 00:54:45,991 --> 00:54:47,033 [Micah] Hello. 1153 00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:51,746 [Paul] I feel like 1154 00:54:51,746 --> 00:54:53,331 I'm gonna fall in love. 1155 00:54:53,331 --> 00:54:55,542 Do you feel like you're gonna fall in love? 1156 00:54:55,542 --> 00:54:56,626 Yeah, I do. 1157 00:54:58,545 --> 00:55:00,714 Yeah, it's gonna be stupid. 1158 00:55:00,714 --> 00:55:02,716 [both laughing] 1159 00:55:02,716 --> 00:55:06,386 Does that mean you're just over there, like, telling Amber you love her? 1160 00:55:07,429 --> 00:55:10,432 I've definitely felt, like, really good about her, 1161 00:55:10,432 --> 00:55:12,267 and I've felt, like, really, 1162 00:55:13,768 --> 00:55:17,981 you know, like, connected, and I like the idea of, like, us together. 1163 00:55:22,068 --> 00:55:25,613 I don't know. I-- I feel like that's not, exactly what I wanted to, like, hear. 1164 00:55:25,613 --> 00:55:27,866 You kind of feel like... [chuckles] 1165 00:55:27,866 --> 00:55:29,284 ... like you're unsure about me. 1166 00:55:29,284 --> 00:55:31,161 If I felt like 1167 00:55:31,870 --> 00:55:36,666 you were all-in with me, and you wanted to move forward, 1168 00:55:36,666 --> 00:55:40,003 like, just us, then I would have said that I wanted to do the same. 1169 00:55:41,296 --> 00:55:43,548 But, like, I feel like that's not where you are. 1170 00:55:44,799 --> 00:55:47,510 And, like, it kind of, like, makes me feel sad. 1171 00:55:52,223 --> 00:55:56,186 [Paul] Whenever you think about me and you think about Kwame, and, 1172 00:55:56,186 --> 00:55:59,773 um, who do you see yourself 1173 00:56:00,857 --> 00:56:02,108 saying "yes" to? 1174 00:56:05,779 --> 00:56:08,198 I mean, it's really clear to me. 1175 00:56:08,782 --> 00:56:09,991 - [Paul] Really? - Yeah. 1176 00:56:11,117 --> 00:56:13,787 And, like, that person that I would say yes to is you. 1177 00:56:17,540 --> 00:56:22,420 Do you think if we agreed to just go for each other, 1178 00:56:22,420 --> 00:56:24,839 maybe you wouldn't feel risky to me anymore? 1179 00:56:26,007 --> 00:56:27,050 I think so. 1180 00:56:35,767 --> 00:56:36,851 Let's do it, then. 1181 00:56:36,851 --> 00:56:39,813 - [pop music playing] - ♪ I wanna be so happy... ♪ 1182 00:56:40,814 --> 00:56:42,816 [both laughing] 1183 00:56:44,526 --> 00:56:46,027 [Paul] Sorry, Kwame, but... 1184 00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:48,488 I prefer me. 1185 00:56:48,488 --> 00:56:50,782 [both laugh] 1186 00:56:50,782 --> 00:56:53,326 I have, like, a really dorky, like, smile over here. 1187 00:56:53,326 --> 00:56:55,453 - [Paul] Yeah? Me too. - All the way. 1188 00:56:56,287 --> 00:56:57,497 [Micah] Oh, God, we're so cute. 1189 00:56:58,081 --> 00:57:00,125 - [Paul] Are we? - Like a little couple. 1190 00:57:00,625 --> 00:57:01,626 Aww. 1191 00:57:01,626 --> 00:57:03,211 ♪ Happy ♪ 1192 00:57:04,337 --> 00:57:07,674 ♪ Hap-hap-hap happy ♪ 1193 00:57:08,466 --> 00:57:11,010 - I feel like I'm gonna explode, like... - [both laugh] 1194 00:57:11,010 --> 00:57:13,471 I feel like my whole body's gonna just, like, catch fire. 1195 00:57:13,471 --> 00:57:14,889 Like, I feel, 1196 00:57:15,849 --> 00:57:19,477 like, a desire for you in every cell of my body, like... 1197 00:57:19,477 --> 00:57:21,604 I never wanna, like, push anyone to do something 1198 00:57:21,604 --> 00:57:24,274 'cause they're, like, scared of the outcome. 1199 00:57:24,274 --> 00:57:27,360 I don't want you to be like, "Yeah, like, let's do that," 1200 00:57:27,944 --> 00:57:30,655 but you only said that not because, like, you wanted to, 1201 00:57:30,655 --> 00:57:32,949 just because you were scared it would make me walk away. 1202 00:57:32,949 --> 00:57:36,035 When I think of love, I think of you. 1203 00:57:37,370 --> 00:57:39,080 Let's do it. Let's make it happen. 1204 00:57:42,375 --> 00:57:43,668 And how would we do that? 1205 00:57:44,878 --> 00:57:45,962 Um, well, 1206 00:57:45,962 --> 00:57:48,798 I would probably start by having to... 1207 00:57:48,798 --> 00:57:52,135 [sighs] ...tell other people that, um-- 1208 00:57:52,135 --> 00:57:55,805 Other people? Okay, full roster. It's one person, you dork. 1209 00:57:55,805 --> 00:57:57,557 [both laugh] 1210 00:57:57,557 --> 00:57:59,893 - [Micah] Okay, Busy Boy. - [Paul] Busy Boy. 1211 00:57:59,893 --> 00:58:02,353 - [Micah] So, now what? - I have to talk to Amber. 1212 00:58:03,563 --> 00:58:05,982 [Micah] Are you still feeling, like, sure about that? 1213 00:58:06,774 --> 00:58:08,234 [Paul] Yeah. I-- 1214 00:58:08,234 --> 00:58:11,154 - Why is your "yeah" so soft? - [Paul] You know, I did connect with her. 1215 00:58:11,154 --> 00:58:13,907 Are you, like, 100% gonna do that tonight? 1216 00:58:14,741 --> 00:58:17,619 Um, yeah. I mean, I will. 1217 00:58:18,369 --> 00:58:21,539 Are you gonna drag it out? Are you gonna tell her at the beginning of your date? 1218 00:58:21,539 --> 00:58:23,875 Um, I don't even know how I'm gonna say it, 1219 00:58:23,875 --> 00:58:25,627 but, like, she's not gonna take it well. 1220 00:58:25,627 --> 00:58:28,546 Unfortunately, she's not gonna take it good at all. 1221 00:58:28,546 --> 00:58:29,464 Paul. 1222 00:58:34,093 --> 00:58:36,179 [laughing] We know what we gotta do. 1223 00:58:36,179 --> 00:58:38,056 - [Paul] Yeah. - Buckle up, buttercup. 1224 00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:41,059 ["Lie Lie Lie" by SeZon playing] 1225 00:58:52,820 --> 00:58:55,156 [exhales] Fuck, fuck, fuck. 1226 00:58:55,156 --> 00:59:00,954 ♪ You said, "I'll be here until the end" ♪ 1227 00:59:02,413 --> 00:59:04,290 [lights clicking off] 1228 00:59:04,290 --> 00:59:05,625 [song ends] 1229 00:59:05,625 --> 00:59:07,710 ["Be My Love" playing] 1230 00:59:09,420 --> 00:59:11,589 {\an8}[Tiffany] Girl, that's so good ♪ [hums] 1231 00:59:11,589 --> 00:59:16,010 {\an8}[singer] ♪ I've been looking For a long, long time for you... ♪ 1232 00:59:16,010 --> 00:59:17,971 [chuckles, sighs] 1233 00:59:17,971 --> 00:59:20,098 [Brett] I came here to find a wife. 1234 00:59:20,098 --> 00:59:22,809 With Tiffany, something about this just feels right. 1235 00:59:22,809 --> 00:59:24,978 {\an8}What are the chances that something comes along 1236 00:59:24,978 --> 00:59:27,105 {\an8}that actually kind of changes your life? 1237 00:59:27,105 --> 00:59:30,233 Being single for so long, and just, like, never really feeling 1238 00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:32,569 like I'm really connecting with anyone, 1239 00:59:32,569 --> 00:59:35,029 and never really feeling like I'm talking 1240 00:59:35,029 --> 00:59:37,865 to anyone who like, fully, fully, like, understands me, 1241 00:59:37,865 --> 00:59:40,243 and gets me, and wants me to be a better person... 1242 00:59:40,243 --> 00:59:43,037 I have no doubt she will be there forever. 1243 00:59:43,037 --> 00:59:46,207 - Hello? - Brett! Hi! 1244 00:59:46,207 --> 00:59:48,209 [Brett] Tiffany's just an amazing woman, 1245 00:59:48,209 --> 00:59:50,837 and I... I can't wait to spend the future with her. 1246 00:59:52,297 --> 00:59:53,548 [gasps] 1247 00:59:53,548 --> 00:59:56,092 Oh, my gosh! 1248 00:59:56,092 --> 01:00:00,096 Wait, there's this white shoe in here. 1249 01:00:00,096 --> 01:00:04,559 So, the shoe is actually a shoe that I designed for myself 1250 01:00:04,559 --> 01:00:06,936 while I was still working in the games industry. 1251 01:00:06,936 --> 01:00:09,439 I wasn't aware at the time of where 1252 01:00:09,439 --> 01:00:12,734 that thing that I was doing for fun would take me. 1253 01:00:13,693 --> 01:00:18,323 So, in some ways, for me, I guess it just represents, just... 1254 01:00:20,033 --> 01:00:21,784 - Your beginning. 1255 01:00:22,285 --> 01:00:26,414 - Yeah. - And just following what makes you happy. 1256 01:00:26,414 --> 01:00:30,168 And when you do that, I think good things are always gonna come to you. 1257 01:00:30,752 --> 01:00:36,174 ♪ Be my one and only love ♪ 1258 01:00:36,174 --> 01:00:38,176 [sighs] 1259 01:00:38,176 --> 01:00:42,180 [Tiffany] I'm just so inspired by you. I wanna be a better person for you. 1260 01:00:42,764 --> 01:00:45,642 Um, and I think that's what love should be. 1261 01:00:46,434 --> 01:00:48,770 I already feel as though I'm in love with you. 1262 01:00:48,770 --> 01:00:51,981 ♪ Will you be my love? ♪ 1263 01:00:53,066 --> 01:00:55,026 ♪ Be my love? ♪ 1264 01:00:57,278 --> 01:00:59,947 - [Brett sighs] Wow, Tiffany. - Are you running away now? 1265 01:00:59,947 --> 01:01:04,035 [Brett chuckles] No, I am not running away 1266 01:01:05,620 --> 01:01:06,496 at all. 1267 01:01:06,496 --> 01:01:08,539 It just wasn't a word 1268 01:01:08,539 --> 01:01:12,335 that I just ever really heard 1269 01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:13,836 in my life. 1270 01:01:13,836 --> 01:01:15,380 And... [sighs] 1271 01:01:15,380 --> 01:01:17,173 ...I guess something, you know, 1272 01:01:17,173 --> 01:01:20,385 an area that I really wanna grow in as a person 1273 01:01:20,385 --> 01:01:22,512 is just being more comfortable... 1274 01:01:25,181 --> 01:01:26,557 with that word. 1275 01:01:27,058 --> 01:01:30,353 - [Tiffany] Mm-hmm. - You are special, Tiffany. 1276 01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:36,609 I truly feel like we're, like, the perfect match. 1277 01:01:44,409 --> 01:01:45,326 Are you there? 1278 01:01:50,123 --> 01:01:50,957 Hello? 1279 01:02:00,425 --> 01:02:01,300 Hello? 1280 01:02:04,846 --> 01:02:05,930 Hello, hello. 1281 01:02:26,492 --> 01:02:28,161 [sighs] 1282 01:02:32,540 --> 01:02:33,416 Tiffany? 1283 01:02:36,586 --> 01:02:38,588 [pensive music playing] 1284 01:02:48,723 --> 01:02:49,766 [sighs] 1285 01:02:56,939 --> 01:02:58,566 - [Marshall] Good or bad? - [Brett] No, bad. 1286 01:02:58,566 --> 01:03:04,530 Like, literally our conversation was, "I think I'm falling in love with you." 1287 01:03:04,530 --> 01:03:06,407 - Oh! - Bro! 1288 01:03:06,407 --> 01:03:08,743 And then I'm telling her how I feel. 1289 01:03:09,243 --> 01:03:10,703 I'm talking. It's quiet. 1290 01:03:11,954 --> 01:03:12,789 "Hello?" 1291 01:03:14,415 --> 01:03:15,416 Come on. 1292 01:03:15,416 --> 01:03:17,543 [Josh] She even told you her biggest thing is trust. 1293 01:03:17,543 --> 01:03:20,087 - Brett. Ugh. - [Brett] Like, come on! 1294 01:03:20,087 --> 01:03:22,632 It's like fumbling at the one-yard line, literally. 1295 01:03:22,632 --> 01:03:24,967 - No. - [Brett] Sat there and waited. 1296 01:03:24,967 --> 01:03:26,052 Like, I'm done. 1297 01:03:26,052 --> 01:03:27,470 [music peaks and fades] 1298 01:03:27,470 --> 01:03:28,387 I'm done. 1299 01:03:34,852 --> 01:03:39,315 - ["Don't Play with Fire" playing] - ♪ Let the games begin ♪ 1300 01:03:43,402 --> 01:03:49,325 ♪ There's a fire And it's blazing in my heart ♪ 1301 01:03:50,868 --> 01:03:57,333 ♪ True, let's take it back Right to the start ♪ 1302 01:03:59,418 --> 01:04:04,340 Don't play with fire, fire ♪ 1303 01:04:04,340 --> 01:04:06,342 ♪ Fire ♪ 1304 01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:10,346 {\an8}♪ Don't play with fire, uh ♪