- ♫ They call me flavor, they call me fire ♫
♫ They call me all that you desire ♫
♫ They call me flavor ♫
♫ Oh ♫
- Babe, you look like a lucky charm.
- Oh, thank you. - I love it.
- What are you feeling today?
- You know, last night was pretty emotional
with Josh T. and Cru.
- Yo, hey, yo! - What´s up? What´s up?
- You know, Josh told me that he didn´t really think
that you were in it for the right reason.
- Explain people like me.
- D-I-C-K-S, dicks.
- Oh, really?
Entitled man.
- Last night was just a perfect example of, you know,
we need to really figure out who we can trust in the house.
- Facts. Big facts.
- I´m not sure if I can trust Cru.
Younger guys, they might not be ready for
the same things I want.
- The Groove Hotel has been a roller coaster.
- [ chuckles ] girl - Just in a short time.
- Because I came, I was interested in Akio.
- Right. - Then I find out that
the other guy I´ve been interested in is
damn near my nephew.
Oh, it´s so cool. It´s so, so much fun.
Adventure, cute guy,
that´s Stephanie´s son.
The Groove Hotel is full of surprises.
I´m having fun in the process.
I´m getting feels in the process.
And honestly, I was a little resistant
to the idea of dating young guys.
But now I´m starting to really like, what´s going on here?
How you feeling?
- You know what? That first date that I had with Leroy was,
like, epic.
- Right.
[ laughing, shouting ]
- We had so much fun that day, right?
And then, you know, I went out with Tashi.
This is crazy.
He´s very intelligent,
which I appreciate, and that´s very attractive.
But it wasn´t anything beyond that.
And what I like about Leroy
is that he´s more -- like our personalities match
and he gets me.
I´m like, "Okay, I like that.
It´s been a long time since I´ve liked somebody.
The emotions are starting to get real.
STEPH: Yeah.
- But I need you girls to catch up.
- I´m over here with -- - I mean, you two for two
- right now. - Listen.
- I need to be two for two. - Yes.
- You´re stuck at the Cru Hotel.
- I am, but after last night,
I´m in kind of a new mind set.
You know, I think today I´m going to try
to open myself to someone else.
- Girl. Ooh, girl.
- I´m excited. Yeah.
- ♫ I´m learning to love myself ♫
- [ laughs ]
- Mm. [ laughs ]
[ bell dings ]
- Last night, it was way too tense. Like, yo.
- I saw Cru come down the stairs,
and just beeline it for Josh.
- That shit was crazy.
- Look, look it, look it, look.
- That´s not one of the girls. - Pedro!
- Hey, wait a minute.
Pedro is here.
- I call him the tan vampire. He scares me.
- All he does is tell people to check out.
- Oh, is somebody checking out?
- I´m thinking, what if Brooke decided to get rid of me?
- Oh, shit.
- Gary?
- Yeah.
PEDRO: Need to talk to you for a moment.
- Okay. - Please join me.
- I can do that. - Holy sh--
- Oh. - I hope you
come back alive, bro.
LEROY: What in the world´s going on?
Like, is it time for Gary to check out?
- Mr. Gary? - Mm-hmm.
- What´s going go down?
LEROY: Yo, this is like a serious talk.
- Gary looks concerned. [ laughs ]
GARY: Okay.
- Hold on, hold on, hold on. - He comes here, here he comes.
- He´s coming, he´s coming, he´s coming, he´s coming.
- Are you checking out? - Yo, so what´s going on?
- What happened? What happened? - Gentlemen...
Your boy´s not checking out. I´m going on a date!
Let´s go! Let´s go!
Hey, hey, hey.
You know who I´m going on a date with?
- Steph?
- Yo, I´m going on a date with Brooke.
[ cheering ]
CRU: Is this being serious? It´s actually Brooke?
- Oh, I´m dead serious.
- [ laughs ] Holy shit.
GARY: I´m, like, lost for words. I don´t even know what
to say right now. This is crazy. This is crazy.
To be honest, I´ve been all about Steph.
It´s confused me a little bit.
Brooke´s definitely 100%
putting her foot in the door, like I see her.
- Am I coming with? Is that a group date?
Did they say bring Cru?
- Ah, no, you can stay here and get comfortable.
You good. You got it.
CRU: If Gary comes back from this date and he says
he´s all in on Brooke, I could be a goner.
I actually did not expect that.
[ singing in Spanish ]
[ peacock squawks ]
[ singing in Spanish ]
- How are you? - I´m doing great.
- Watch these rocks. Be careful.
BROOKE: It´s really important to take a few steps back
from Cru because I came here to have this unique opportunity
and experience to choose what´s right for me.
I can´t put all my eggs in one basket.
- So you sent Pedro to come get me.
- I did. - You did. Uh-huh.
- Gary´s the perfect guy for this date.
You know, he´s super confident and sexy,
so I´m really excited to see if there´s a connection.
- How are you? How are you?
Pedro sent me. I´m here to take photos for you today.
BROOKE: Amazing!
- Are you ready? - I´m very ready.
- All right. Just follow my lead. You got it.
I was a fitness model, but, you know, in past relationships,
I´ve been with guys that are a bit intimidated by that.
In recent years, I did start taking a step back,
and I did start dimming that light,
and I never felt like myself.
Get these flip flops off.
Being here at the Groove Hotel has helped me realize
that I have to tap back into that.
Yeah, I´m really excited for today.
All right. Whoo!
- I like that. There you go. Look at you.
You a natural. You a natural, girl.
- This is what I´ve been born to do.
GARY: Clearly.
- ♫ All eyes on me ♫
BROOKE: It felt so good to be in front of the camera again
and tap into those photo shoot days when I felt
on top of the world.
I think I´m getting kind of --
I think that we need to like...
- Yeah. - ...take all this off
because I might, you know.
- Good Lord. - Feel like getting
a little wet or something.
- I think my heart and skip the few beats.
- ♫ Feel like I could fall for this ♫
♫ For this ♫
♫ Oh ♫
♫ You´ve opened up your door ♫
♫ I got to hold you more like this ♫
♫ More, more like this ♫
BROOKE: Gary´s absolutely gorgeous.
- He is allowing me to feel sexy and confident.
- ♫ Fall for this ♫
- I´m kind of getting my "Hot Girl Summer" on.
- ♫ I got to do more like this ♫
- It feels so good.
[ laughing ]
Oh, my God!
Ah!
[ birds chirping ]
- Sea horses. - How beautiful is this?
- This is beautiful. - Oh, my goodness.
- Almost as beautiful as you.
- Aw, you´re so sweet.
I am feeling so good.
- Oh, wow. - That´s good.
But I did come to the Groove Hotel for real love
and someone who is on the same path as I am.
I really want to see if we can just connect on a deeper level.
- What´s your background? Like, I don´t know what you do.
Like, what do you do?
- So I spent many years as a personal trainer.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Really? Same. - Oh, really?
- I was personal trainer for, like, six years.
- Okay. Me too. Like, eight years.
But fitness has been my passion.
And I did a lot of fitness modeling,
and I landed a few covers of magazines.
And it was -- you know, I felt so empowered,
Like, I felt like, wow, this is amazing.
But a lot of the guys that I was in relationships
with were really intimidated by that.
Instead of raising me up, they wanted to kind of
- dim me down. - Yeah.
- And over the years in relationships,
I kind of lost myself, I lost my fire.
I lost my shine.
- When I hear your story, like, I know what it feels like,
you know what I´m saying, to, like, be so passionate
about something and somebody just kind of just downplays it.
- Yeah. - Like, that´s why
the person that I´m with, the people in my life,
I want to uplift them so much.
I just want you to be the best version of you.
- Right. - And whatever I can do,
- I´ll do it. - Yeah.
- I will keep reminding you, like, "Yo, you beautiful."
It´s a very, like, rewarding feeling to be loved by somebody.
And loved the right way.
- Gary! Oh, my God.
I´m blown away. [ laughs ]
- You know, we´re similar. - Right. I had no idea.
- Like, we got a lot of similar things. No idea.
- It was hard for me to wrap my head around having a connection
with someone else besides Cru.
- Uh-huh, uh-huh.
- But it might have happened.
- ♫ Feel you now ♫
♫ I want to run away ♫
I had a really good time today.
- Me too. You´re amazing. - Yeah.
- Not in a million years. Would I have thought that, like,
Gary would be so amazing.
Gary´s lips are like little pillows of just pure soft bliss.
[ laughs ]
[ giggles ]
I got to makeup all over your nose.
- It´s okay.
Brooke taking me on a date does mean a lot.
It shows me that I can just be me and still be seen from afar.
Now I´m kind of on cloud nine,
But if I was Cru, I would definitely be worried.
- ♫ I want to find you ♫
- So with my date, I think
I want something that is relaxing, fun.
We´re down to 15 guys, and we don´t have a whole lot of time,
so I kind of want to group them together
and see how they put me first.
- Girl, I can´t wait to hear about that.
- Listen, we gonna have fun, and I´m gonna come back
and tell you all about it.
[ laughs ]
- Going on a group date is like picking fruit
at the supermarket.
You have to squeeze all of them to find the right one.
LEE: I want the date. I want the date right now.
A night date would be freakin´ great. Let´s go.
From day one, I´ve been saying that Sparkle was
my favorite by far, so I´m hoping that Sparkle
picks me for a date.
I think she notices me.
I think she´s just saving the best for last.
- It might be another wild card, bro.
She might just take someone she didn´t even choose.
LEE: You don´t think she´s vibing with the people
that she already has, though?
- I think so. I mean, I know she´s vibing with me.
I can´t speak for anybody else.
- [ laughter ] - You know what I´m saying?
- Think you´re funny, huh? Trying to think he funny.
- I´m still number one.
- I actually know you not. I got picked number one.
You got picked number two.
- She told me I´m number one. though.
- Nah, that´s not what she told me.
- Alright. - That´s not what she told me.
- Well, you got a kiss? - I didn´t go for the kiss.
- You got to feel that.
I got a kiss on the lips, actually.
[ laughs ]
- ♫ All we do is win ♫
[ men "Ohh"-ing ]
- There it is. Caught me by surprise.
SPARKLE: Hey, boys.
- That´s it. - Hola, hola, hola.
- When I wan to sit? - You´re sitting right here.
- Ooh. - You can sit wherever you want.
AKIO: When Sparkle walked in, she killed it.
She´s vibrant, she´s beautiful.
Oh, my God.
[ laughter ]
- So I feel like I need another date.
[ men murmuring ]
I´m thinking to pick...hm.
- Oh, what´s she gonna do? - What´s she gonna do?
- What you gonna do
over there, mama?
I think I´m going to pick you again.
Let´s go.
MEN: Oh!
SPARKLE: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
But I want to pick you, too.
- Ooh. Let´s go. Let´s go ahead and do that.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
- Go ahead. Oh.
- But I want to pick you, too.
ALL: Oh!
[ cheering ]
- When she picked me, I was like, "Yes!"
I was like, "I´ve been waiting for this."
This is my moment.
It´s just me and my girl.
We´re focused on me and my girl.
With a couple other dudes next to me.
Hey. Hey. I got you with a massage on the way out.
- ♫ Oh, yeah ♫
- Wow. This is beautiful.
- You see the scenery? - Beautiful, yo.
- Almost as beautiful as you. - Aw!
Tonight´s a night of many firsts.
I´ve never had a sexy beach date.
I´ve never been on a date with more than one guy.
Never had a foursome. But tonight´s the night.
- Cheers to Sparkle. - Cheers to Sparkle.
- Cheers. - Now my focus is on me,
I´m ready to take some time
and be serious about what it is that I´m looking for
in companionship.
Lee, I´m glad we finally get a chance to connect
and go on a date.
- I know. - And I´m glad to connect
- with you two again. - Of course, of course.
I got good taste. Clearly.
- I think we got good taste. - We got good taste.
- Come on!
- The three wise men.
- Steven, I´ll give you that one.
- Wait, I said it first, though.
- Right now, my biggest competition is Akio.
- I said it first, though.
- We´re re bumping heads right now.
Both of us want to make sure we´re in that number one spot.
- Want to let them talk a little bit,
and me and you go talk a little bit, for a while?
- Okay. - Let´s go do that.
- I´ll be back. - Go ahead. You come back.
- I would say he´s definitely my competition, but not really.
- Gotcha.
- I´m glad you stole me away.
- Yeah.
- I was having a good time with all the guys.
- But we need some -- - Some one on one, you know?
- Yeah. - And I definitely feel like
me and you, like, we definitely connecting, you know?
- Yeah. On a real level. It feels genuine.
- I was thinking about our kiss last time.
- Mm-hmm. - And I couldn´t stop
thinking about it.
- I couldn´t stop thinking about it.
- I think we can do it better, though.
- I´m gonna be honest.
I´m somebody that, I´m not a kisser on dates.
But, you know, when it´s time, when I´m your girl.
- My girl. Okay. [ laughs ]
- [ laughs ]
- Oh, Sparkle´s keeping me on my toes!
- Abuela. - Lord, help me!
STEVEN: Oh, man, he got my girl laughing over there.
I don´t like that. [ laughs ] I don´t like that.
- Well, yeah. - It´s all right.
- We gonna see how it plays out when I get her.
- I think we having too much fun.
- Yeah, we are. We are.
SPARKLE: And we probably making them jealous.
- Okay, okay, okay.
I did go in for a kiss, but you know how it goes.
She likes to keep me on my toes, you know, and I respect it.
- Welcome back. - Hey, guys.
- You brought my girl back.
- [ laughs ]
- And while she´s back, I would love to take some time with you.
- Okay. - And I´m listening to you.
- I´m gonna give you my arm. - Come on, Lee.
Lee takes notes.
LEE: I´ve been waiting for a long time
for a date with Sparkle.
It kind of like built up to this point.
But I want Sparkle to know what comes at the center of me.
I just want you to know this up front.
- Yeah. - I´ve been down the lane of,
like, being attracted to physical attraction only.
- Okay. - And I truly don´t believe,
like, that is the way.
Like, I´ve been not trying to, like, have sex.
- Okay. - I ended up, like,
telling myself that I would stay celibate
for as long as I possibly can.
- Okay. - I´m trying to build, like,
a real solid connection.
- You, I can tell you you´re a good guy, you know?
- Are you saying that for real or like...?
- I wouldn´t waste my date on you
if I didn´t think you was for real.
LEE: And that´s what I like about you.
- Okay. - And you know what?
I´m trying, I´m telling you, I´m trying,
to communicate my feelings.
- Yeah. - And what´s in my heart.
- Okay. - It´s very hard.
So, like, so musicians and stuff like that.
Are you a musician?
- I mean, I can spit a freestyle.
- Come on, freestyle. You got one for me tonight?
- Yeah.
I´m ready. This is my moment.
But I go kind of hard.
- Go crazy.
- Alright.
AKIO: Looks like they´re about to be finished.
Unless he´s about to propose.
- No, he´s about to do some shit. Some funny shit.
- ♫ Yeah, my name is Lee, yeah ♫
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You know what.
- Lee, you got this.
- Unh.
- ♫ Your name is Lee, and you so fine ♫
- ♫ All right, my name is Lee ♫ - Yeah.
- ♫ I´m looking so fine ♫ - Hey.
- ♫ Look at Sparkle out here, ´cause she´s a frickin dime ♫
♫ Yeah, we´re chillin on the beach ♫
♫ ´Cause I´m not really a leech ♫
♫ But listen, I´m just here for you ♫
♫ We´re going to make a little connection ♫
♫ And I don´t have to rhyme, but, hey, I got time ♫
- Period! Lee!
- Okay? - Yeah.
- That was good! - Yeah.
- For real. - Yeah.
I don´t have anything in there, but...
- [ laughs ]
So the previous week, I just looked at Lee
as weird and confusing.
Now I´m starting to see a new side to Lee.
- Take my hand. - All right. Thank you, Lee.
- One, two, three.
I really like him because he´s unique
and very honest and genuine.
His focus isn´t on physicality either.
I can appreciate that. I really like that about Lee.
Lee, I had a great time with you.
- Me, as well, with you.
- You got a good time with him? - I did.
Let´s have an even better time.
- All right. - This guy.
- This is not what I thought would have been a second date.
So I just want to make sure that
Sparkle realizes why she chose me.
I´m just going to throw my swab out, you know,
bring my little juice out
and just set myself apart from the rest.
So how are you feeling today after, you know, we had
our amazing date yesterday.
I ain´t gonna lie. I was a little nervous.
- Why? - Because I vibe with you.
- So do you -- Okay. So let me ask you.
Do you see us taking this farther than where
we are right now?
- Yes. - Absolutely.
- And then I want to see what´s next.
- There´s more to find out.
- I like the fact that Steven is talking about taking
this further, outside of the Groove Hotel.
Coming on this date, I didn´t think Steven and I
would hit it off the way we did, but now it looks like
Stephanie very well may be my mom,
and I´m okay with that.
- Here, you can go ahead and put your legs up here.
- I got sand. - Oh, that´s okay.
- Man, Steven´s taking kind of long.
- He just got -- he just went. - He just went.
- I came here to find love.
I came here to find that person that I can vibe with,
that I can mesh with well, and I feel like
I´ve definitely found that in you.
- Tonight, I didn´t think that Steven was 22,
and I didn´t think that he was Stephanie´s son.
Steven is definitely starting
to put all the other guys to the side.
- And let me go ahead and give you a little kiss on the cheek.
- You know, a lot of times young guys
like the lead with sex.
He gave me a beautiful, nice, soft loving kiss on the cheek.
And I loved it. I loved every minute of it.
- Hey!
Steph, how are you?
- Hey! - You look so beautiful!
Sorry, I´m a little wet.
- So I want the tea. I want the tea.
- Oh, my God.
- How was it? - It was so much fun.
We did this, like, photo shoot on the beach.
You know, my hair was wet. I´m still full of sand.
- I know that shit was sexy as hell.
- It was sexy. He -- He is sexy.
I just -- I don´t even know.
I don´t even know what´s happening to me right now.
- I love it. - It´s your time, though, babe.
- You know what? I´m going to go ask Leroy
to see if he wants to come over for a little while.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- You´re going to bring him over here?
- I´m gonna bring him over here. - Stop.
- I am. - Oh, my God.
- Every time I see him, we have a great time.
And we´re always laughing, and it´s always goofy.
- Oh, my God. - So I want to see
if we can connect on that level.
- I´ll be in my room.
- I will let you know. - Looking through the blinds.
But I´ll let you be. - Right.
I´m going to go over there. I´m going to reel Leroy in.
Hopefully the energy is right, and, you know,
we´ll see what happens.
Hey! [ laughs ]
Yeah. I´m so excited.
- Let´s go, boys, let´s go, boys, let´s go!
[ all shouting ]
LEROY: It´s all these dudes cooped up in this hotel,
all this testosterone.
[ all shouting ]
Let´s go! Let´s go!
It can be kind of loco.
- Come on, let´s go! - Let´s go! Let´s go!
- Everyone said they would play the game, bruh.
That´s late night.
Ooh!
- Hello. - Oh, my.
- Wait a minute. - Hi.
- You´re looking good, girl. You want to sit down?
Or you cool? - Sit right on there.
- Oh, you want to sit right down?
Oh, my God.
Is this my birthday?
Is this my birthday or something?
- So... - What´s going on here?
- I was wondering if you wanted to come over.
- Of course. - Come on.
- Oh. - Baby, girl
Hey, Domino.
[ laughter ]
I feel like the man, man of the year right now.
You know, I´m happy. I´m in bliss.
[ laughing ]
TASHI: She invited Leroy over.
I guess my chances are slim and none at this point.
I´m just -- I´m just lost for words right now.
- I know. - You think it´s just a swim?
- Could be a hot tub session.
- Welcome to our home.
- Oh, wow!
- Thank you for coming over.
- I appreciate you for inviting me, you know?
- How could I not?
Leroy, he has this vibrant, amazing energy.
He´s super cool.
Like, we can relate on so many levels.
- Cheers to us, to the Groove for bringing this
to this moment right here.
- Yeah.
STEPH: But he´s 13 years younger than me.
Never in a million years would I think that
I would even consider someone a few years older than my son.
- So talk to me. How you feeling?
You feeling relaxed, you feeling comfortable?
- I do. I do. I feel amazing.
- I want to know more about you. You know what I´m saying?
Your passions, your more vulnerable side.
Because I get the fun side, and I love the fun side.
You know what I´m saying? I love it.
I love that energy that you give.
You know, you already know, you already know you be shining.
But, like, I need to see you now.
I need to get to you.
- I´ll be honest. Like, it´s been a minute
since I´ve dated.
It´s been like seven years since my last relationship.
- Good God. - Because I just don´t want to
go back to a place I had to pray myself out of.
- Oh, wow. - You understand?
I mean, my last relationship, he was trash,
so it was like, I just don´t want to do that again.
Like, I don´t need to give myself to everybody
until I figure out what I want.
- What you want.
- The last relationship that I had,
it was so bad, it put me in a space
where I felt like I couldn´t trust anyone.
And then the cancer started. Like the whole -- I was sick.
- You whole life. - I wasn´t feeling good.
At this point, I´m just like at a stage where I´m just like,
getting comfortable in my skin.
- Yeah, I was ready to say.
Take some time to do that. - Of course.
- How you feel about I´m 28. How you feel about that?
- I´ll be honest. I´m a little -- like, it´s scary.
- In what regard? - I think it was more so like
after my surgery, because then I was just like,
"Maybe if he´s younger, he´ll make fun of me."
If I showed you pictures of what I looked like before my surgery,
you´d be like, "Okay, Steph, maybe I get it now."
- Nah, nah, I mean, you look really good right now.
- I appreciate you. - You know what I´m saying?
You flourishing. You know what I´m saying?
- I´m flourishing. - For real, though.
I´m not like -- no gas lighting.
Like, on some real like, you flourishing.
Like, you had breast cancer, you right here,
you really looking sexy, like, you look good.
It´s like you got to be too humble with me.
You can bask in it. You know what I´m saying?
You look good. You look good, baby.
- I´m emotional now, wow.
I´m still learning how to be comfortable in my skin.
And the fact that he still looks at me like I´m flawless
just really means a lot.
Wow.
I didn´t expect this.
I appreciate you.
- I appreciate you. - I appreciation most.
- I appreciate you the most.
And I want to do this again. I appreciate you.
- Alright.
- That was the first kiss of my 40s.
Crazy. Crazy.
That was my first kiss post beating cancer.
- I appreciate you.
- Now I got to put this right here. [ laughs ]
You know what I´m saying? This is weird.
Yeah, I got to get something. You know what I´m saying.
I got to do something.
Somebody got to go get me.
Call someone. Call an Uber for me.
[ laughter ]
Hey, call an Uber or something, yo.
- I walk you out.
LEROY: I´m very attracted to Steph.
She got me wide open. She got me "oop-ing".
The night was great.
We were very intimate and romantic with each other.
I´ll see you.
STEPH: Thank you so much.
LEROY: It gave me confidence in knowing
that we can just really talk and just chill.
That was good. Get me home.
- [ laughs ]
♫ Now I´m falling on the back of love ♫
- He´s so cute. He´s so cute.
I honestly didn´t suspect that I would be feeling this way
about somebody so soon here at the hotel.
I´m a little smitten.
Oh, my God.
How does this happen?
Like shit. Was it in the food? Was it in the water?
I think that the Groove Hotel put, like,
some magic on me or something.
[ laughs ]
I love the Groove Hotel.
[ laughs ]
♫ Oh, oh, oh ♫
[ singing in Spanish ]
- Hey! - Hey, girls.
- Hey, sunshine.
- Why are you so pretty?
- Thank you. I´m still a little tired.
How´d you rest? - Me too.
- I bet you are tired.
- Did you sleep good? - I could not sleep.
- Really? - Yeah, I was thinking about
my little fun little situation.
Leroy, he kissed me.
- [ gasps ] - Oh, my God.
- It happened. - So, look, so this is
how it happened. - It happened!
- Remember that cartoon with the Sylvester the --
- Pepe Le Pew. - Pepe Le Pew.
[ laughing ]
- I´m still, like, on a high from my date with Leroy,
But the closer that I´m getting to Leroy, feel like it´s really,
really important to come clean.
I don´t want to have anything, you know, lingering
in the back of my mind.
That shit has been keeping me up because I´m like,
"Oh, my God, how am I gonna do this?"
Like, what do I do? You know?
But I´m waiting for the right time.
Like, I got to be honest. You know, I don´t want
to have any secrets, you know what I´m saying?
How are you feeling today, Roy? How you feeling now?
I´m feeling good, especially after last night, bro.
Last night, really, like we kind of took our relationship
to, like, a different level, a better level.
We kind of, like, got really more intimate.
I would´ve never expected to see Leroy having
such strong feelings for my mom.
It´s just different, you know, I´m not used to
this kind of thing. He´s like a bro.
Your boy is happy, your boy is, you know, very grateful.
Like, I didn´t think I´d go into an experience like this
and meet somebody that kind of matched the energy I had
and it actually be a genuine connection
like outside of everything.
Like, that´s something special, bro.
- So your feelings is real strong for her right now?
- Yeah. I can see myself really building with her
and really building something solid.
STEVEN: But he doesn´t know everything about her.
He does not know that I´m her son.
It´s hard keeping the secret like that.
LEROY: That´s real. - So you feel like you could
take it outside of here?
- Definitely. STEVEN: I don´t know what to do.
Nobody likes liars. Nobody likes anybody that keep secrets.
We don´t do that around where I´m from.
So it´s nerve wracking for sure.
Let´s get ready, bro. Let´s tear it up.
- Let´s go. - Another night
in the groove, baby.
- ♫ Fire inside me, passion is driving me ♫
♫ To you arms ♫
BROOKE: I´m excited for tonight.
Gary and I had a great time yesterday on our date.
He´s a beautiful man.
By the end of the date, I was like, "Cru who?"
- Damn. Are you ready for the mixer?
Are you ready?!
Going into the mixer, I am nervous.
I´ve been stuck in limbo land because Brooke decided
to take Gary on a date.
Actually, I´ve got a brilliant idea for you.
- Missing out much. - You should go try and hook up
with Sparkle. [ laughs ]
I´ll get you out of here real quick.
- All three, bro.
CRU: The most important thing for me tonight is, honestly,
just to get that one on one time with Burke.
If I don´t, I could be checking out next.
Bro, you got to go all in.
Everybody´s on the chopping block tonight.
- ♫ We got the power ♫
- Last night´s date was a lot of fun.
I´ve had these conversations with these younger guys.
They are not intimidated. They´re getting right in.
They want to know, hey, what is it I´m looking for.
And I´m liking the assurance and the assertiveness.
- ♫ We got the power ♫
- You feeling good, Lee?
- Yeah. - Ha-ha!
- ♫ Ready to move, ready to play, ready to fight hard ♫
STEPH: Right now, I´m feeling alive.
You know, I´m having fun.
Leroy definitely has my attention,
and I´m liking him a little bit.
But it´s scary because I don´t want to get hurt again.
- Cheers to a good night, my brothers.
- Yes, sir. - Oh, there it is!
[ all cheering ]
- Ah!
- Hey! - How are you?
- Good. How are you?
- Oh, she looking real good tonight.
Hey, hey, hey!
- Make it. Wait. Come on. Hey, hey, hey.
Steph walks in, and damn. Ah!
She looking good.
Energy on crazy, just vibrant,
just swaggin´ out, doing her thing.
I know what we have is something real.
So I think tonight we´re going to have a good time.
You know what I´m saying?
I feel like my steepest competition is Leroy.
- Oh!
TASHI: He´s loud. I´m quiet.
He cracks a lot of jokes. I´m very practical.
So tonight, I have to hustle in order to get Steph´s attention.
I can do something drastic and win her over.
- Uh-oh, Tashi lost his shirt.
- Oh, Tashi!
[ all shouting ]
STEPH: Where´s his shirt?
[ all shouting ]
- Hey! Stop!
You look weird!
[ laughter ]
- Oh! God!
- Where you shirt?
BROOKE: Gary!
GARY: Brooke kind of has a spill on me a little bit.
Our date was amazing.
- Take this jacket off.
GARY: She laughed continuously.
And that´s my favorite thing about a woman,
a woman that can laugh and really enjoy herself.
- Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
I´ve got my eye on Brooke,
and I´m not going to let Gary spend more time with her
because I honestly found something
that I was not expecting.
That looks amazing.
Tonight, I need to let her know I´m here for the right reasons.
I want to be here to the end. No questions asked.
- Little sharp with your black shirt.
So last week, I really had some doubts about Cru
and his intentions here.
In the last few days, just decided that I really need
to keep my options open a little bit.
How are you feeling?
- Better now that I´m with you. - Yeah?
- Kind of scared. - No, like real, real.
CRU: I mean, you took Gary on a date.
I didn´t like it. I didn´t like it.
But I like what we have, and I was confident in it.
- Yeah. CRU: But, I mean, I dressed up
a little bit tonight.
Trying to impress you.
Just in case, like, I was getting worried,
I got a gift for you, though.
But there comes words with it.
- Okay. - Real ones, not fake ones.
I know you can´t always be with me, so I want you
to be able to have something that whenever I´m not with you,
you can just think of me giving you a hug.
- So... - Okay.
- I got these two little rings. - Stop it.
- So I´m going to have one, and you´re going to have one.
- Stop it.
- And you get two reasons with this ring.
One...
- Stop.
- For your daughter always hugging you
because she´s always with you.
And two is for me.
- I can´t believe you did this.
- I didn´t mean to make you cry.
BROOKE: He really surprised me with, you know,
giving me this little gift.
I was kind of blown away.
CRU: What Brooke and I are building to me is very special.
And I believe it is to her, as well.
I want her to be safe and comfortable,
and I want to be that man to take care of her.
So I´m sorry. I didn´t mean to make you cry.
BROOKE: I´m a cry baby.
- ♫ Hold on when all hope´s gone ♫
♫ I sound like a star ♫
- Okay, ugh.
I really made a point to take a step back from him.
But Cru is really blowing my mind
in all the right ways.
- ♫ I´ll keep you safe from harm ♫
[ Brooke sighs ]
LEROY: Get a lady a drink, get a lady a drink, let´s go!
Good to see you. I missed you.
STEVEN: Leroy´s talking to my mom,
and he doesn´t know our secret.
The nervousness is settling in, and it´s just like, ugh.
Can I pull you as soon as you get a drink?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I need to talk to you
for a sec. - Okay.
- Lots to talk about. - It´s a lot to talk about.
STEVEN: I´m just thinking I´m going to go ahead
and have a conversation with her.
I need to find out how she´s really feeling about him.
I´ll bring her back to you, Roy. Come on, let´s go over here.
Excuse me. Excuse me. I´ll be back, y´all.
- God. - Oh, Mama. Mama. Mama.
I need to talk to you.
I know you and Leroy have been getting kind of tight.
He damn near confessed. He was like,
"Yo, I´m really feeling her. Like, I really got
strong feelings about her."
STEPH: Knowing that Leroy is interested in me
makes me feel good.
I just feel like, wow, You know, there is a possibility
this could be something.
I feel like we would do him a disservice
if we keep this secret under wraps any longer.
How would you feel about it?
- I like Leroy.
And Steven is right.
You know, if you´re trying to build a relationship
with somebody, you don´t want to really keep a secret.
So that magnitude for too long.
- I don´t want to do it now, but I feel like it´s the right time.
- I think that we should. - You think we should now?
- 5,000% because people respect honesty.
- How do you think Leroy is going to take this?
STEPH: I´m not sure how Leroy is going to act.
In a perfect world, I still got to kick it with Leroy,
but he may feel betrayed.
He may even question like, is this real?
And that makes me scared.
I kind of just hope that, like, things are just cool.
- What you think they´re talking about?
- ROB: Them? - LEROY: Yeah.
What the best Spider-Man is or something.
- Let´s just do it.
STEVEN: Let´s do it.
Toast to a new light in the Groove Hotel.
LEROY: He´s been talking to her for some time.
This is really interesting right here.
I don´t know what´s going on.
I don´t know why what´s going on.
- So...
...I need everybody, I want to talk to y´all.
- Steven walks down with Steph hand in hand.
I´m like, "Is they married or something?"
Like, what´s going on?
Oh, shit.
- So, um, I just want to let you know that, you know,
I love all y´all. You know what I mean?
I´ve been able to connect with each and every one of you guys.
I just want to let you guys know that Steven and I,
we have a special bond.
And we always going to have a special bond
´cause I love Steven more than everybody on Earth.
- Are you serious?
- Steven is my son.
[ all exclaiming ]
What the hell?!
- Oh, my God!
- What?! What? Like, Steven is Steph´s son?
I´m literally like -- I´m actually, like, blown away.
That´s weird.
- This is so weird. - This is so weird to me.
- What the [bleep]
Are you god damn kidding me?
- Catch your breath.
- I´m glad I haven´t even gotten a chance to talk to her.
Or else I´d be like, "Dude, like, I might be your step-dad."
- Y´all ain´t see the face?
- Yeah.
- I was super confused, and I looked at Steven,
and I looked at Steph, and looked at Steven.
And then I looked at Steph.
And then they had the same smile.
SPARKLE: They´re like twins!
- [ laughs ]
- Oh, my gosh.
- ♫ Steven´s mom has got it going on ♫
- Thank you so much. That means so much to me.
- It would be kind of weird to stay with my step-son,
but I´m glad Steve is grown, because now I don´t have to
take him to school.
- Hey, where´s Leroy?
- Leroy is shook over there. Look at him.
- Oh, my God.
What in the malarkey is going on here?
Like, what the hell am I witnessing right now?
- Steven is my son.
[ all exclaiming ]
- I knew it! I knew it!
- Oh, my God.
Here it is. [bleep]
- I am weirded out.
This is weird, bro. I don´t. what the [bleep] to do.
- It´s not right. - I trust Steven.
- We´ve been talking about his mom.
- I´m shocked, bro.
LEROY: I kind of feel like some mistrust
on both ends with Steven and Steph.
Steven is my dog.
And for him to be in my space like that and that be his mom,
that shit is always going to be weird to me forever.
- You all right, bro? - I´m weirded out.
I don´t know what [bleep] is real and what [bleep] is not.
You know what I´m saying? She need to be over there
because they don´t seem real,
everything don´t seem real right now.
I feel got.
- This shit is the weirdest thing ever in my life, bro.
LEROY: This whole shit is [bleep]
I feel like that people came out like, you know what I´m sayin´,
and, like, "Punk´d" and all that.
Like, "Ah, Roy, you just got punk´d,"
you know what I´m sayin?
Did you know that was her son?
You knew?
That´s so [bleep] up.
I think that´s kind of [bleep]
Yeah, I think is a little bit [bleep] up.
- Got to think about this thing like a mind game.
You think she cool, but she son in there.
You know what I´m saying? It´s just the weirdest thing,
and I never want to do this ever again.
[ chuckles ]
- Damn!
STEPH: You want to talk?
- I´m thinking nothing is real, for real.
That´s what I´m thinking, like nothing is real.
This is the most craziest shit in the [bleep] world.
You want to sit down?
- How you feeling?
- You know, I wasn´t expecting that at all.
This is a lot in this mofo,
and my head is a little messed up.
And I´m not even going to lie to you.
- Understandable. - Because I do feel like
because I generally connected with,
you know what I´m saying,
with Steven, as well as you, of course.
It´s like I´m being played on.
- You´re not. - It´s like a game or something.
STEPH: I´m starting to freak out.
He doesn´t seem to be okay with it,
and I hope that he likes me enough to want to continue.
- You could just tell, I don´t even want to look up at you.
I kind of want to just look down, you know what I´m saying?
STEPH: I did not expect this.
I´m scared because I don´t know what this means.
- Like, it´s hard for me.
I don´t know what´s going to happen after this.
- So it changes things?
- I don´t even know what to do, for real.
I don´t even really want to talk.
Because if I keep having to talk about it,
I might just want to leave.
- ♫ Got to keep on this feeling ♫
♫ Don´t hold back ♫
♫ If I ♫
♫ Let it burn ´cause I´m falling in love ♫
♫ Love, love, love ♫
- Ooh, whee, my stomach.
- We got this. - We got it.
STEPH: I am super emotional right now in check out
because I´m still thinking about Leroy.
I needed Leroy to be the way, um, that everybody else was.
And now I´m starting to feel a little worry.
LEROY: I´m feeling a lot of emotions right now.
I just got hit with that big whammy that Steph
dropped on all of us with Steven being her son.
You know, feelings is involved now.
I am upset. I´m a little hurt. And I´m like, "Damn."
Like, I´m just thinking about,
you know, checking out of the Groove Hotel by myself.
- I know that I had a secret.
And I just want to thank you all for being so supportive
and understanding.
I really appreciate each and every one of you guys.
Thank you so much.
Tonight is by far the hardest check out
because I don´t know what´s gonna happen with Leroy and I.
Obviously, Leroy is really in his feelings about everything.
But at the end of the day, I need the support.
This is a lot.
I choose you first.
I choose you last until the day that I die.
Come on, son.
My son is my best friend. That´s my dude.
That´s my little brother, that´s my egg.
He was my strength for beating cancer.
My son knows me, so at least knowing
that he´s not far away, it helped to ground me, right?
It helped to keep me balanced.
- All right, guys.
LEE: I feel like Sparkle and I, like,
hit it off on the day, but I´m not complacent.
I know anything could happen at any single point.
- Akio, I´d like you to extend your stay.
AKIO: Thank you.
- It was amazing to get to know the heart behind that
beautiful smile.
Gary, I would like you to stay.
- Excuse me.
CRU: Obviously, Brooke is entertaining the idea of Gary.
He´s a good looking dude. He is good with his words.
It´s threatening.
STEPH: I´m nervous.
I don´t know what´s happening with Leroy and I.
I like Leroy, but I´m getting a little worried.
It´s kind of overwhelming for a 28-year-old.
I still choose you. I hope you still choose me.
Leroy.
- Of course, baby.
I think the whole reveal made me realize
that I actually have feelings for Steph
because not everybody took it as hard as I did.
I just need a little time to process everything.
It´s just a lot going on.
We just got to get through all this so me and her can
really, really work on us.
- Thank you for seeing my heart, Cru.
CRU: It means the world to me that Brooke picked me.
I still have a lot more work to put in to show her
that I am the man for her and the man that she needs.
- Josh T.
- Matt, I´d like you to stay.
- Giuseppe.
LEE: If I had to check out now, I think that Sparkle and I
are missing out on like what could be
and there´s still more depth to see inside me.
And I know there´s more depth to see what´s good inside Sparkle.
- Tonight when I shared my greatest joy,
you were the first person to embrace me,
and I really appreciate, Quentin.
Thank you so much. - You got it.
- I want to thank you for confiding in me
and sharing such intimate parts of yourself.
Lee.
- [ speaking indistinctly ]
Underdog, dark horse.
I´ve got to know Sparkle a lot more,
and she got to know me.
It just keeps getting better, and that feels great.
- Tate, I´d like you to stay.
REMY: I´m hoping so bad that I get to stay here.
I´m just not done here just yet.
I want a chance to really get to know these women.
TASHI: If I have to check out from the Groove Hotel tonight,
I would be devastated because I feel
like there´s so much unfinished business and with Steph.
STEPH: I just want to say I really appreciate your energy.
I´m really big on energy, right?
Remy.
- [ whispering indistinctly ]
- This is by far the hardest check out so far.
Tashi was difficult for me because Tashi is a gentleman.
I just didn´t feel that chemistry.
And I´m looking for that electricity.
But I still think that he´s an amazing guy.
It was really nice to meet all three of you.
Thank you so much for everything.
But unfortunately, it´s time to check out.
Take care, guys. Thank you so much.
TASHI: I´m really disappointed that I didn´t have
more time with Steph.
Steph is very courageous and managed to raise
a freaking amazing dude.
Later, boys.
So I hope Steph will find what she´s looking for.
- Good night, guys. We´ll see you tomorrow.
BROOKE: Good night, guys. - Good night.
- We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
STEPH: I´m glad that Leroy wants to stay.
Leroy is the one that I connected with
on a deeper level than everybody else.
But I still have my reservations
about how this situation could play out.
WOMAN: Okay. So how are you feeling?
You just got checked out of the hotel.
I mean, I´ve been cooped up with a bunch of dudes,
pretty much been in a sausage fest in the hotel for two weeks.
I want to go back to just have drunk sex,
not talk about anything that has any actual substance.
I´ll probably last 30 seconds the first time
because I haven´t touched anything in two weeks.
Mom, if you´re watching, shut this off 30 seconds ago.
PEDRO: It´s time to let go of the past.
WOMAN: This is what we are, infinite beings.
PEDRO: And make room for the future.
BROOKE: I was already following balling my eyes out.
[ all screaming ]
- Love y´all.
STEPH: Leroy is just throwing me for a loop.
I feel like I´m going to ghost him.
We going to have a good day.
- Oh!
- I don´t know what´s going on here.
LEE: Sparkle, you were in my dream last night.
I was trying not to focus on the physical,
but then it turned physical.
- You know what?
[ all shouting ]
BROOKE: Matt has really caught my eye.
Brooke and Cru really don´t have that much in common.
I´m the better guy for her.
CRU: I´m getting upset at this point.
What the hell?
♫♫