[ birds chirping ]
♫ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♫
[ man singing in Spanish ]
[ men grunting ]
BROOKE: Being here at the Groove Hotel,
it´s like I´m settling in to, like, my power.
I am a one guy type of girl.
[ man singing in Spanish ]
The chemistry I feel with Cru is undeniable.
But there´s other guys here.
[ man singing in Spanish ]
So I´m being open to all of it.
I´m the prize,
and today these guys really have to show up for me.
♫ Here we go, here we go now ♫
WOMAN: Mm. [ laughs ]
[ bell dings ]
♫ Nah-nah, nah-nah, hey ♫
♫ It´s a beautiful day ♫
- You know, I´m feeling really great so far.
We´ve been here for one week,
and I´m just feeling so at peace with this whole experience.
I´m honestly having the time of my life.
- I feel alive. - Right.
- Right now, I´m feeling, like, this good energy,
this youthful energy.
I´m feeling like I´m -- You know, I´m having fun.
But the closer that I´m getting to the girls,
it´s bothering me that I feel like
I´m holding this really, really important secret.
About Steven being my son.
- The guys are hella eye candy.
- Yeah.
STEPH: I´m starting to think about the what-ifs.
What if Brooke has an interest in Steven?
Or, you know, Sparkle. What do I do then?
- You know, I think I´m going to ask the concierge
for a special little day date today.
So I think I´m going to pick a few guys today.
- A few? - A few?
BROOKE: Yeah. - Oh.
- Yeah. I think I´m going to choose about three guys.
- Gonna have a little date. SPARKLE: Okay, sis.
- Have a little day date. - Not three.
- Yeah. So I think I´m going to go ask Pedro
if he can kind of set something up for me.
- Three guys. - Enjoy your day, ladies.
STEPH: All right, boo. - See you, babe.
- Have fun. Don´t hurt nobody.
She said three. - Three guys.
STEPH: She said three. - That´s a bad bitch.
- God damn.
[ bell dings ]
- Brooke. - Hi.
- How are you doing today? - I am so good.
- What can I do for you?
- I want to put a few guys through the wringer today.
- Mm-hmm?
- I want to see what they´re made of.
And I want to see if they can keep up with me.
- I have the right team for you.
- Right?
- You´re going to have some sweat.
- Some sweat. PEDRO: Yes.
- I like that. All right.
- Have a great day. - Thank you.
- Good luck.
MAN: [ speaking indistinctly ]
- Yeah.
- [ speaks indistinctly ] Ahh!
♫ Crazy ♫
♫ Crazy for you ♫ - Good morning, boys.
[ cheers and applause ]
- It´s Brooke!
JOSH T.: I would love a date with Brooke.
I have that kind of mental connection,
and the physical connection is still there.
She´s looking fine as hell. BROOKE: Did you sleep well?
- Fantastic. BROOKE: Can I -- Can I sit here?
- Yeah, absolutely.
JOSH T.: She walked right over to us, sat down next to me.
- Hi. - I think it´s game over.
- Would you like to go on a date today?
- I would love to. MAN: What?
- Attaboy. - Hey.
- All right. - I´m expecting this, of course.
I´m like, "Let´s go. My time is here."
Should I get changed real quick?
- Yeah, just in a minute. Yeah.
Actually, would you like to go on a date as well?
QUENTIN: I would love to go on a date.
- Quentin joining me as well.
- Right?
- But it´s okay.
I don´t see Quentin as competition, to be honest.
- Let me see.
Oh, hi, guys. - Oh, hello. [ laughs ]
- Cru, would you like to go on a date with me again?
CRU: I would love to. BROOKE: Okay.
- Wait, what?
- So I got my three.
So just make sure you´re hydrated
and you´re ready to get a sweat on.
- Gotcha. Gotcha. - I´ll see you guys soon.
- I think Josh could see me as his biggest competition.
- I´m going to get my sweat on.
- But I´m not scared of him.
I don´t think he´s competition for me.
- It´s on today. It´s on today.
Want to see the golden Prince Charming leave.
Love to compete, baby. Hate losing.
It´s going to have to be
a little bit of strategy going forward.
But I have full faith in my capabilities.
I´ll see you boys in a hot second.
- Drink your mad water, man. - All right.
- Yo, I think they might get into it, though.
Like, the guys. - Josh is gonna say some shit.
- Josh and Cru I think are going to have a little tussle, bro.
- Today. Brooke will find out which of
these boys have the biggest...
muscles.
♫ Boom, boom, tonight ♫
♫ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♫
♫ Come move my body, baby ♫
BROOKE: Fitness is a huge part of my life.
I´ve been a personal trainer for about eight years now.
♫ Come on, baby ♫
♫ Come move my body, baby ♫
BROOKE: And I really need someone to keep up with me.
That´s why I´m not really into dating older guys.
♫ Boom, boom, tonight ♫
[ cheering ] - Let´s go.
Hell yeah. Looking really good. - Hey.
- Uh-oh. - Wow.
- Got here just in time.
CRU: CrossFit. - Is what we´re doing CrossFit?
- Hi. - You our trainer today?
- I am your trainer. - Of course.
As far as sharing the date today, I don´t like to share,
but this is a different situation.
It´s not normal. - Sweating already?
- Yes, I am already warmed up.
Let´s go ahead and get on your mat.
We´re going to do a little dynamic stretch.
Cru and I have, you know, obviously a great connection.
Do a lunge.
Quentin is a hottie.
You know, he has it going on.
You know, he´s a police officer.
I got to tell you, that smile just gets me every time.
♫ Shining ♫
I want you to exhale on the way down.
Touch your toes.
Josh T., I´m really curious.
He has a great body.
Tall, dark, and handsome. All right.
But he´s been a little quiet. Good.
But, you know,
I´m going to be a little aggressive with him today.
[ whip cracks ]
Are you guys warmed up?
Okay. Fitness is my everything.
It´s my passion. And it´s really important to me
that my partner is along the journey with me, so...
Sounds good? All right. - Let´s do it.
- I know it´s really, really hot here, you guys,
so if you need to take off your shirts, please feel welcome.
So whatever -- whatever you feel more comfortable in.
♫ Boy, read the signs of my body ♫
♫ Can´t you feel me getting hot? ♫
This is great. Ready, go.
I am having the time of my life today.
Good. Push. Squeeze.
And I got to tell you, these guys, they´re great.
♫ Drop you bell to bell ♫
♫ Yeah, break the rules, let it go ♫
Just every ounce of their chiseled body
was really amazing.
You know, straighten those legs.
I want to see your quads.
♫ That´s right ♫
I want everything squeezing.
- ♫ Boom to the boom ♫ - Whoo!
- Good job, gentlemen. - ♫ That´s right ♫
All right. Double ladder. Oh!
CRU: Brooke looks very strong.
She looks fantastic.
Honestly, I can´t believe she´s 42.
BROOKE: Whoo! Josh!
I decided to see if they could pull me up from the bars.
- Whew. Pressure´s on. [ laughs ]
MAN: Oh.
- Around -- yea-- Oh. - Like that?
CRU: You ready? BROOKE: Yeah.
- Ohhh. So close.
I tried to pull her up,
but I was like, "I don´t think I´m strong enough."
- Let me help you. CRU: And I was dying
because the other dudes were literally right there.
Help me. Three, two, one.
- Whoo!
CRU: And then she helped out.
- Oh, wow, this is -- - There we go.
- Hey. - I like this.
♫♫
Whoo!
- Whoo! That was fun.
JOSH T.: Of course Cru was trying
to have a little romantic thing,
you know, a little kiss or whatever it was.
I couldn´t just let that slide.
It´s my time now, so sit the [bleep] down.
I think I can pull you up without any assistance.
- Okay. You want to try? JOSH T.: Mm-hmm.
I had to show her that, you know, the man I am
is strong enough to support her physically,
emotionally, intellectually, and all the other rest.
- Hop up. QUENTIN: Let´s see it.
- [ laughs ]
- Oh, oh!
- Oh, Josh.
It´s kind of nice to see guys,
you know, fighting for my attention
and trying to prove themselves to me.
You know, this is what this is all about.
Bring it.
[ laughs ]
- That was pretty hot, to be honest.
- Okay. - No assistance.
- I´m good. I´ll stay in my lane.
- Got one. That´s all I wanted.
- You did good.
- Kudos. Kudos, kudos. There we go.
- If I had to paint a picture right now on this date
with Josh being here, Cru being here,
I would just be in the middle like this
trying to figure out what´s going on.
BROOKE: You did so well today.
I´m impressed. I love your smile.
- Thank you. It´s nice.
But I know over here with Josh, he´s plotting.
- You guys did an amazing job.
I just -- I´m so impressed by you.
I was really impressed by all three of them.
But what´s important are these connections we´re making.
Hi. - How are you? How are you?
- Thank you for the training session.
- You´re still shirtless. CRU: A little bit.
BROOKE: And, you know, just being in the moment
of each and every one of them.
Tell me more about your tattoos.
Like, looking at all of them here --
- This was my first one.
- Yeah? - Can you read that?
- Hold on, hold on. That´s 10 --
CRU: I can and I will. - Is that 12 --
[ gasps ] It´s your birth date. CRU: You remembered.
-10/31/90. CRU: Plus one.
- ´91.
I don´t want to say your year that you were born.
[ both laugh ]
♫♫
- I´m very frustrated.
Cru is testing my patience.
♫♫
He´s 31. He´s in-between jobs, kind of on the road --
He´s like "On the Road" character,
you know what I´m saying? - Okay.
- He´s the type of guy where he goes from town to town
or, like, he, you know, is like one of these
free-spirited type of guys.
And I don´t think that´s personally what she wants.
- Yes, that´s my --
- Little ear massage.
QUENTIN: Josh is jealous of Cru.
He´s trying to stir the pot to get hisself in the forefront.
- A little breather here.
I´m tired.
- I´m not tired. Kind of winded.
BROOKE: Yeah, I´m a little winded.
But no, you guys did a really great job.
QUENTIN: Thank you.
Well, I´m here to get to know you.
What are you looking for in a man?
- Really, I´m looking for someone who has integrity.
QUENTIN: Okay. - And does the right thing
when nobody´s looking.
I´m looking for a partner.
I´m looking for someone to kind of uplift me
and, you know, kind of also let me shine and never dim my light.
- Never dim. I love it. - Yeah.
- Oh, he´s touching her knee.
- I´m not stressed. Are you stressed?
CRU: Quentin´s a silent assassin.
JOSH T.: He is. CRU: He´s got that smile.
What about yourself, though? How are you feeling?
- Yeah, I´m not feeling too bad. CRU: Yeah?
JOSH T.: You know, you´re the --
You´re the man in charge right now.
So it´s time for us to kind of catch up
and kind of see what she really likes, you know?
- I got you. What if I´m too far ahead?
- I wouldn´t -- I wouldn´t say that.
CRU: Okay. JOSH T.: It´s a marathon,
not a sprint.
All is fair in love and war.
- That´s what they say.
Who was that? Dr. Oz?
QUENTIN: But I feel like we have so much in common.
It´s just so many guys, it´s hard to get it.
- Hey, guys. - Oh, speaking of.
- Don´t mean to intrude. - Speaking of, speaking of.
- Hi. - I think my time is here.
I´m excited to get, you know,
to know her a little more on a deeper level.
And it´s my time now.
One of my passions is -- is fitness.
It´s my biggest passion. - Yeah. Good.
- And I see -- I see you´re the same way.
- Yeah. - So I like that about you.
- You know, it centers me. It grounds me. It kind of...
- Do you actually think he cares what she´s saying?
- No. - You think he´s listening?
Or you think he´s just, "Yeah, okay"?
- In his head, he´s like, "Crypto. Crypto. Okay."
QUENTIN: [ laughs ]
But, no, seriously, I don´t think he´s really listening.
- After kind of, you know, experiencing,
you know, what I thought was true love,
I really don´t want anything else in life.
So I just want to let you know that on a deeper level,
that in my life, you know,
I´m kind of at the point where I´ve, like, settled down.
- You know, Josh really opened up to me.
It´s really encouraging to hear those types
of words from younger guys.
Every time I have a conversation with him,
I kind of -- I´m very intrigued. I want to know more.
I want to be a mom still. I want to be a wife.
I want to live life with somebody.
JOSH T.: So my one-on-one time with Brooke
is going really nice.
This is my time to shine.
Do you think that current--
currently the guy that you´re seeing wants that?
- Who are you talking about specifically?
- Cru. The -- The only one that you´ve been --
been on a date with. - Date with Cru?
- Yeah. - Yeah, well, he says that,
you know, he kind of wants the same things.
So we´ll see, though. What do you --
What is he saying? What -- Do you know anything?
Do you know more than -- Do you know more than I do?
- All I´m saying is that I think some people
are here for some reasons
and some people are here for other reasons and --
- Yeah. Do you think I should be concerned?
- Yeah.
BROOKE: I´m not sure if it´s just two competitive guys
being a little jealous of each other,
but at the same time, I´m a little nervous about that.
♫♫
♫ Feel like a brand-new woman, baby ♫
♫♫
♫ You got me spinning around ♫
STEPH: I came to the Groove Hotel
to release what I´ve suppressed for so long.
I´ve been just holding things down and hiding things.
♫ My mind was in a mess, but now it feels so good ♫
♫ Can you hear me? ♫
STEPH: I´m ready to blow the doors open
and just let loose a little bit.
♫ Feel like a brand-new woman, baby ♫
♫♫
- And I said "Who´s that three?"
[ men arguing indistinctly ]
- Oh!
- What´s goody? What´s goody?
[ cheers and applause ]
- So Steph walks in looking so sexy.
Body on 100, face on 100.
- What y´all doing?
- Hey, mamacita, ven aquí.
- She´s just a vibe, man. Smart woman.
She comes in and she says...
- I´m just trying to figure out who I want to --
- Who you want? - Who I want to take out.
You know?
- I´m just hoping she chooses me again.
- Uh-oh.
- [ vocalizing ]
Tashi, do you want to go?
- Yeah, sure. I´m ready. - Ooh.
TASHI: I´m not the loudest person in the room.
MAN: Good luck, Tashi. MAN #2: Okay, Tashi.
- But I´m very caring, very sensitive,
and I did not see that coming.
I really actually tried to hold back my tears.
- She be bad.
- I´m like, "What?"
But, like, Tashi is a cool dude, though.
But, hey, I was hating.
I´mma cry in the room, but I´m good.
- Oh, it ain´t a group. It´s a single.
- Oh, single. - Single.
- You got a single. - I´m hating now.
GARY: I honestly don´t understand
why I´m not going on any of these dates.
I would be lying to say, like, it´s not confusing.
I think I friend zoned a little bit. I don´t know.
- Hey, Tashi don´t even like dinner, man.
MAN: Muy malo. -[ laughter ]
- You gonna see one tear come down nice and slow like this.
- Oh, man. MAN #2: don´t say that.
- Steph loves to have fun,
but tonight she wants something more intimate.
Will Tashi bring up the real Steph?
♫♫
- So tonight I decided to take Tashi out.
Oh, my God.
TASHI: Oh, yeah. Look at that. STEPH: So beautiful.
He seems like a very deep person, you know?
I know that there´s, like, a lot of layers, just like with me.
Thank you so much.
You know, the emotions and the vulnerability
and the intimacy and the romance and stuff.
I don´t give myself that opportunity
to really explore those things.
TASHI: This is super pretty.
♫♫
So, what made you want to come to Groove Hotel?
I don´t want to just do small talk all the time.
I really want to peel off all the layers
and find out what she´s really all about
and what she wants out of this.
So, what are you looking for?
- I´m ready to live.
I´m ready to live life unrestricted.
Unapologetically.
I got married young
and I had to raise my son.
And it wasn´t easy.
- I have a single mother.
And she raised me and my siblings.
And I just want to say, like,
you guys are like the toughest people in the world.
I have so much respect, first of all,
for my mother and you as well.
- Thank you.
It´s hard for me to open up to people.
- You literally lit up the whole room when you came in.
STEPH: Tashi made me feel really, really comfortable.
- Oh, that´s shrimps right here. - Yeah, this is shrimp.
- I thought it was a declaration.
- Yeah. This is really nice.
I just started eating seafood again.
I started because I was -- I was feeling really, really tired.
And I thought that I wasn´t getting enough protein.
Wasn´t that I was lacking anything.
It was because I was sick.
Then to find out that I had cancer in my body
was devastating, you know?
But I thought about my kid, so they told me that I needed
to have the double mastectomy.
- Oh, my gosh.
STEPH: And I was just like, "How is this happening," you know?
I love my son.
He was my strength for beating cancer.
He´s everything to me.
And, you know -- I love your pouch for your tissues.
- I know, I just -- - [ laughs ]
Thank you.
And I thought that the hard part
was when I got diagnosed.
But the hard part was after surgery.
♫♫
I´m re-learning how to love myself again.
You know, like I look in the mirror and I don´t --
I don´t recognize myself sometimes, you know?
♫♫
Never in a million years did I think that I would come here
and actually been in a situation romantically with someone
where I wanted to open up
and just allow myself to be vulnerable.
I want to share myself with someone else,
but it has to be with the right person.
♫♫
- Steph is absolutely very inspiring.
She is a very, very tough woman.
So I have utmost respect for her.
And also she´s very intelligent.
That´s why I´m here for older women.
I just vibe with them better.
So I´m here for love,
and I feel like love is something that you grow.
You can´t just fall in love right away.
Obviously, even though it was tempting
when I first run into you. - [ laughs ]
I think Tashi is a really great guy.
Thank you. - Absolutely, I´m --
- For letting me rant a little.
- I´m grateful.
- He was in the moment with me, you know?
And I´m really thankful for that.
You know, you don´t really find that in a lot of younger guys.
Thank you so much.
Some of these guys are really mature.
♫♫
MAN: All right, I´m coming out.
♫♫
- Hot. Oh, you´re blazing.
- Oh!
[ laughter ]
♫♫
- Hello, hello, hello.
- Hi. - Hi.
- You look so cute. - Thank you. You do.
- How was your day today? - It was good.
I was relaxing, but I really been waiting on you all day.
- I know, right? - When you left here,
I was telling Steph, I was like, "Three?"
- Yeah.
I took Cru, Quentin, and Josh Taylor to a gym,
and I put them through this really intense workout.
- Were they, like, shocked that a girl...
- Yeah. SPARKLE: ...could give them,
like, so much intensity? - Yeah, they were.
I did sit down with Josh and he sat down with me
and kind of warned me a little bit about Cru´s intentions
and really weren´t confident that he´s here
for all the right reasons. - Really?
- So that really made me question things a little bit
about how honesty is everything.
So maybe I just have to dig deep with him
a little bit more as far as -- - Yeah, no.
You got to listen to the red flag, though,
but you know could have been just jealous.
- Yeah, I was trying to get more details from them.
- Yeah. - I want them to be
completely transparent and honest with me.
He might be checking out.
Even if it means, you know, they might go home.
♫♫
♫ Stand on my feet, I know you can´t stop me ♫
♫ I, I, I, I´m feeling that ♫
♫ Rush in my veins taking over my body ♫
♫ I, I, I ♫
SPARKLE: The Groove Hotel has
everything that I need right now.
It´s been beautiful here. It´s paradise.
STEPH: Hey, pretty. SPARKLE: Hey.
Already I feel even more beautiful
and more empowered than I did back in Atlanta.
STEPH: What are you up to today?
SPARKLE: I want something fun.
I want to go an exciting date.
- So you want to get your blood pumping today?
- Yeah.
And I want to do something that´s like big kid fun.
And, you know, the person that´s always grabbing me first
when I come to the mixers? - Hmm?
- Steven. - Mm.
Oh, my God.
Steven, that´s my baby.
Nobody knows anything.
I´m nervous because I don´t know what´s going to happen.
I don´t know why I didn´t say something initially.
I just feel like it´s super important for me
to be honest with her,
especially because we´re building our friendship
and our sisterhood. - I think he and I
going to have fun, so I´mma ask him,
and I think he´s, like, the youngest.
I´m the oldest in the house.
I´m gonna get the youngest in the house.
- It´s funny that you say that. He -- I think he is
the youngest in the house. - Really?
- I am nervous because I don´t know how she´s going to react.
You know, she could just be like, "Ah, [bleep] that."
So, um...
Okay, so you and I have been bonding.
You know what I´m saying?
So I feel like this will be a great opportunity.
♫♫
Um...
Um, Steven´s my son.
♫♫
- [ laughs ] What?
SPARKLE: What?
- [ laughing ] Steve´s my son.
- Girl.
- I told you, I was like -- - Unh-unh. Time out.
Everybody -- Everything --
- So he´s my son.
- I don´t even know.
[ laughs ] I don´t even know.
Are you for real?
- Yeah, but I didn´t want to, like, not say anything to you.
- Hey, wait, wait, wait.
Have I said anything weird or anything about Steven?
Wait a minute. I´m trying to think.
Like, did I touch his butt or something?
Did I say something?
I just saw my life flash before because I was like,
"What did I say?"
Oh, my God. I think I´m going to jail.
STEPH: So, girl, bye.
So I hope that you still want to take him on.
He´s really -- He´s a good -- He´s a good guy.
- Ohh. Oh, Lord.
- I know it might feel a little weird, but he´s fun
and he´s -- you know, he´s a good dude.
- Going to go out on a date with my Groove sister´s son.
I´m going on a date with my nephew.
Yeah, that´s not weird at all.
- You know, have fun.
- All right, let me go pack my diaper bag.
- [ laughs ]
- If he comes in for a kiss, I´m going to burp him
like a baby.
I´m done. - I´m so sick of you, yo.
I´m really pleasantly surprised at her reaction.
I don´t know anyone personally who has a friend
that has dated their son.
So...
Go, son.
[ laughs ] Oh, my God.
♫♫
♫ We got to let it loose tonight ♫
STEVEN: Go ahead. Man, I´m looking forward to this.
SPARKLE: Me, too. - I´ve been waiting on you
to pick me to go on this date, you know.
- Sparkle wants to connect with the child inside of her
by going on a date with the child
that was once inside of Steph.
- I said that I´m here to have fun with you,
and I can definitely have fun.
- I´m glad this date is going to be a fun date,
but honestly, this shit is weird.
Steph just told me Steven is her son.
I´m freaking out.
And I don´t know. I don´t know.
But I´m going to not try to think about that
so much and try to have fun.
But at the end of this date,
I´m gonna punch him in the gut with it.
Ha! I know your secret.
- Ready to have some fun? - Yes, for sure.
- If you have a little bit of, like, the nervous side
in terms of, like, what can possibly happen,
but I´m not ready to tell everybody my secret.
Ohh. - What the...?
STEVEN: No. You see that flip right there?
♫ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♫
♫ Time of our life ♫
- Oh, my God.
STEVEN: Nah, this is crazy.
That´s the -- How you doing? Steven.
Nice to meet you. - Steven, Christine.
Nice to meet you. - Hi.
- I´m scared as hell.
- [ laughs ] Scared, I´m Christine.
STEVEN: I´m very excited to go on this date with Sparkle.
This will be the first time I´ve been on a date
with an older woman before, you know?
Let´s do it. - ♫ Time of our life ♫
♫ Right now ♫
STEVEN: It´s a little nerve-racking
because I believe she might be maybe 20 years plus.
That´s a huge age gap for me.
I got you if you fall.
SPARKLE: I never even dreamed that I would date
somebody this young.
I´m nervous.
I´m not going to look down.
STEVEN: Don´t look down.
SPARKLE: I asked Pedro for an adventure date,
you know, to speak to my childlike side.
Because I was so involved in my business,
I needed fun in my life.
- You are completely safe right now.
- This is amazing, though. I´m excited.
All right. - You got it.
CHRISTINE: You can do it.
- [bleep]
- Hop. Little hop forward.
- Come on. Get that confidence. Let´s go, girl.
- Okay. Ready, and... STEVEN: You got it.
- Hop.
- Do I jump?
CHRISTINE: You can do it.
- On three. One, two, three.
Ready? Two, three.
- Go for it, girlfriend.
- Whoo!
- There you go.
Yes, sir.
CHRISTINE: Up.
MAN: [ speaks indistinctly ]
CHRISTINE: Oh, good job, girl.
- There you go. There you go. There you go.
- The fact that I could not only conquer my fear,
but I could swing, flip up, pull my legs through...
[ cheering ]
...and hang by my pinky toe,
what other 43-year-old you know is doing that?
♫ You know we got this down ♫
STEVEN: There you go, Sparkle.
[ applause ]
SPARKLE: The fact that I could even climb up that ladder
with him behind me was all about trust for me.
Steven gets an A-plus in my book,
and I didn´t even look at him as the baby.
- All right.
Oh, my God.
- Ready? Bend your knees.
Hop.
- Oh, shit!
- [ laughs ] - Oh, shit!
[ laughter ]
- Whoo!
Yes, Steven!
You know, as funny as I thought it was,
Steven showed himself to be a strong, secure,
confident, very masculine,
very supportive, very helpful,
and very cute suitor.
We made it. - We made it. We survived.
SPARKLE: I´m having a good time with him.
Nothing like what I expected.
And I´m not thinking about Stephanie at all.
Hell, he ain´t my son.
Let´s go chill out. Let´s go do something.
- Let´s go. Let´s go talk. - Get something to eat
or have a drink or something.
So I´m about to sit down with Steven,
and I know he has no idea what´s coming.
I´m kind of ready to let him know that
"Hey, the cat´s out of the bag."
Meow.
♫♫
BROOKE: How are you? -I´m good. How are you?
- Good. [ cellphone chimes ]
- Looks like Sparkle went out on her date.
She´s with Steven.
- Steven seemed to be a fun guy, right?
- When Sparkle told me that she wanted to take Steven out,
I was like, "Damn," like, "Okay, today´s the day."
Um, I haven´t told anybody.
Sparkle I told first, but Steven´s my son.
♫♫
- I thought she was about to say, "I´m just kidding."
But no, she wasn´t.
Shut the [bleep] up.
STEPH: [ laughing ] I swear to God.
- What are you do-- What are you doing to me right now?
Steph! - Yep. So now you know.
- Like, oh, my God.
I´m so glad I know.
- Whew.
♫ Don´t you dare to tell me ♫
♫ Tell me lies ♫
STEVEN: Ooh.
Coconut water. Nice and cool.
Yeah. I had so much fun with Sparkle.
She´s such an amazing vibe and an amazing person.
To be able to do that, I felt comfortable with her
and I hope I made her feel comfortable as well.
I feel like she´s going to open up even more with me now.
What makes you Sparkle?
- Focus a lot on like, my business.
Taking care of my son, that part is over,
and I´m kind of, like, focused on me now.
So I´m kind of, like, learning who this new Sparkle is.
- You´re trying to get back in the groove.
- I´m trying to get back in it.
- I´m happy about that, you know?
SPARKLE: Sparkle 2.0 wants me to focus on being happy.
- I wanted to know why you chose me of all the other guys,
´cause, you know, there´s a lot of good-looking guys in there.
- Yeah. I thought you were definitely attractive,
and I thought you were, like, really nice.
So that definitely made me want to give you a date and see,
like, what else is to Steven
beside the look and beside the chivalry?
- Mm. Yeah. - So...
- You know, I want to see where we can take this from here.
For sure. - Really?
- Yeah, I want to, you know.
- So seeing where we could take it,
like, you know I´m much older than you.
- How old do you think I am?
- So I -- - Want to know? 22.
- Okay.
I´m a mom and I have a son,
and they´re the same age.
This is so weird. How do you feel about that,
knowing, "Okay, I´m dating somebody that´s my mama´s age"?
- At first, it was, like, a little weird, you know?
I was like, "I don´t know how she´s going to feel."
And then she was like, "Just go out there and have fun."
- Your mom said "Go out there and have fun"?
- She was like, "Go out there and have fun,"
you know what I´m saying? SPARKLE: All right.
I knew -- I knew we would work out.
- We would I´m glad you made that choice.
- You know why? - Why?
♫♫
- Because I have such a good time with your mom, Steph.
♫♫
- Ohh. - [ laughs ]
That I said, "Why not?
Of course I´m gonna enjoy her son
just as much as I enjoy her."
- Ohh.
What the [bleep]
So there´s that. Okay. So let me ask you a question, then.
- What?
- Does that affect anything between us?
♫♫
- Well, she...
She told me to go for it.
- Okay. SPARKLE: I didn´t know.
I really genuinely had all these authentic vibes
going on up until recently. I didn´t know.
- Ohh. - So I chose you on my own.
And so we´re here. - So we´re here.
I mean, so then -- That right there is -- That´s --
We´re good. I mean, we should stay here.
That caught me off guard there.
- [ laughs ] I was caught off guard.
STEVEN: I´m all-in on Sparkle for sure.
I feel like we connecting on a crazy level right now.
So especially with her knowing the secret...
There you go. A new light. - And our little secret.
There you go.
- I kind of got to be honest that I´m catching the feels.
This is weird.
I didn´t anticipate feeling like that.
But I also got to figure out what are these feelings
that I could potentially be having for Steven?
♫♫
♫ Let me take control ♫
SPARKLE: Tonight´s the big mixer.
So my favorite guys right now
are Akio -- I think he´s sexy --
and Steven -- I see a future with him.
This mixer is definitely a lot different than the others.
Steph, Steven, and I have a big secret.
♫ Let me take control ♫
BROOKE: It´s gonna be intense tonight.
Yesterday on our group date,
Josh really kind of warned me about Cru.
♫ Got you on my bad side ♫
- I need answers from Cru.
♫ Let me take control ♫
STEPH: I definitely want to support my girls tonight.
I know that Brooke is going to raise hell a little bit
because Cru might not be who he says that he is.
If we need to drag somebody out of there, then he got to go.
He got to take his little ass up out of here too.
♫ Let me take control ♫
- Pretty energized. Pretty for the girls.
- Ready for that. - Okay, it okay.
- Wah, wah, wah.
- Big game, bro.
♫ Unbreakable ♫
- Whoo! Hey, yo! Hey, yo!
Hey, yo! - What´s up, what´s up?
- Oh, my gosh. MAN: Good evening, ladies.
MAN #2: Oh! MAN #3: [ wolf whistles ]
- Tonight, right off the bat, the ladies come in,
they just didn´t have the same energy.
♫♫
Something was off.
BROOKE: I need to kind of get to the bottom
of, like, where Cru sees this going for him.
- Good to see you. - Hi.
- Look at you. You look amazing.
Little red on red. Good to see you.
Long time no see. - Thank you.
We need to -- We need to talk. - Okay.
- I saw the way she came in and looked at him and said,
"Let´s have a talk."
Based on that, Cru should be worried.
- Let´s go up here. CRU: Yes, ma´am.
- I just want to make sure Cru is here for the right reasons.
♫♫
- So, during our group date yesterday, you know,
Josh kind of took me aside and told me
that I need to, like, be careful with -- with you a little bit.
- Okay. In what regards?
- He kind of told me that he didn´t really think
that you were in it for, like, the right reason.
♫♫
I´m very focused here.
I want certain things in my life.
- I think you´re absolutely gorgeous.
And it´s all about, like,
the connection and chemistry.
On that date, what do you mean?
We -- I was vibing with you.
- I don´t know what to believe right now.
I cannot be manipulated to think a certain way.
Over my dead body am I going to allow
any of these guys to waste any more of my time.
I don´t think I can go down that road again.
You know, I´ve been told time and time again
that the men that I´m with, you know,
want the same things as me, and then it just falls apart
because they really aren´t capable.
CRU: I feel bad for her that she had to be triggered like that.
Brooke´s been through enough. She does not need that.
And so he needs to go.
Man to man, I´ll go talk to him, ask him what´s up.
And I´ll get some answers.
He´s got googly eyes. He doesn´t know what he wants.
He´s young, he´s 24, and he´s just kind of a dick.
[ thunder crashes ]
You are coming with me.
- With you? - Oh, shit.
- Let´s go.
- What the [bleep]
Oh, shit was intense.
♫♫
- I don´t [bleep] around when it comes to this.
And when you´re trying to get in my way,
all hell is about to break loose.
Ohh, I don´t like to do these types of things.
- You sure?
- But even just the look on your face right now.
- What´s up, bro? - Why are you talking shit?
- I´m not talking shit. - Why are you spreading rumors?
- I only speak to speak the f-- speak the truth.
- So you speak the truth, then.
What have you been saying about me?
You´ve been talking. Why is my name in your mouth?
- Because I don´t think you have your shit together
to be with a woman like that.
- Once I found out you were 24,
everything makes a lot more sense.
- Really? - Yes.
- You´re, what, 30? - Yes, sir.
- And you´ve been a tattoo artist for a month?
- Yeah. - I really --
- What´s wrong with that? What -- What´s wrong with that?
- Listen, nothing wrong with that, but I don´t think --
- You don´t think someone should love their job
and be passionate and be creative?
JOSH T.: I don´t think you´re in the position in your life
right now to have stability with a woman like that.
- And what does that woman need? JOSH T.: She needs stability.
She needs a man who knows what he wants.
A man who knows where he´s going.
- What have you done? What are you here for?
- I´m here for honorable reasons.
- If you´re spreading lies to a woman that´s been through --
you don´t even know what she´s been through.
So why would you do that to her?
People like you are why women have insecurity issues.
- People like me. - Yes.
- Explain people like me.
- D-I-C-K-S.
- Oh, really? - Dicks. Yes.
Josh T. is a coward.
I don´t have time for this petty shit.
I don´t give a damn about him.
- We done here? - If you want to be.
- Yeah. I´m done here, mate. CRU: Have a good one.
Walk away.
Entitled man.
- Talk is cheap. Talk is cheap.
♫♫
- [Bleep] that guy.
- What´s going on over there?
- We´re all here for our own reasons.
I´m not here stirring the pot
in any way, you know what I´m saying?
- A whole bunch of craziness just popped off.
- Ohh.
- I think Brooke is
trying to make sure Cru is for her.
So it´s not looking good for Cru.
- Okay.
- I´m not going to allow a wanker like him
to decide my fate at the Groove Hotel.
- That´s one type of coward.
And people that cheat -- cowards as well.
♫♫
- Try that again and see what happens.
[ thunder crashes ]
♫♫
- So how have you been? AKIO: I´ve been good.
You know, you went on a date today, so.
- I did. But, you know, I picked my romantic date with you.
- Mm. SPARKLE: I like Akio.
And I like being fun and flirty with him.
Today, I got a horrible cramp.
AKIO: In your thigh or -- SPARKLE: Yeah, well,
right here in my calf muscle. AKIO: Oh, your calf.
SPARKLE: Yeah. - I got you.
- I knew you´d know what to do.
♫♫
[ laughs ] - Mm.
To be honest, I´m feeling completely vulnerable
with Sparkle right now.
You know, usually I´m the guy that goes in for the kill.
You know, with younger girls, you could kind of play play.
But with Sparkle, like,
you can´t come with the regular game, you know?
She´s been through that already.
But I think my chances are still pretty good.
How´s your calf feeling? A little better?
- It feels much better. Thank you so much.
AKIO: You´re welcome.
STEPH: How´s your day? - It´s been long, man.
You know what I´m saying? I´ve been wanting to see you.
STEPH: I´ve been wanting to see you, too, actually.
I´m like, "Hey, what´s up with Leroy?"
I had a great date with Tashi,
but with Leroy, I´m starting to develop real feelings.
This is new for me.
LEROY: So, like, let´s really talk for real.
Like, who is Steph?
- I love my son more than everything.
- Okay, I was ready to say, I want to know about your family.
- I feel like I´m holding this really,
really important secret from him,
and I´m a little anxious about it.
Honesty is the best policy. You know, if you´re trying
to build a relationship with somebody,
you don´t want to really keep a secret.
I´m solid, like solid as a rock, and I´m loyal.
I was just trying to find the right time.
Like, I was like, "Damn," you know, "when do I say it?"
♫♫
- How y´all doing, how y´all doing?
- My God. - [ laughs ]
- We had to go over everything that´s going on,
and now I´m trying to connect with my lady.
This is my boo. - You gonna have time.
You gonna have your time, bro. You gonna have your time.
- I definitely know that me and Steph´s connection
is making people jealous.
I think Steven is making his move.
It´s like he´s trying to slip in there to scoop my lady.
- I just need her right now. - I get it.
All the respect, bro. Henny minutes.
STEVEN: You said Henny minutes? LEROY: Get in the game.
- [ laughs ] - Oh, man.
- You got to wait till he walk all the way down.
Give me a hug, son.
Ohh, son. I miss you. - I miss you too, Mama.
- How was your date?
- My date with Sparkle?
Oh, my gosh. It was so fun. I loved it.
- You did? STEVEN: I felt like
I was dating somebody around my age.
Like, that´s how it felt. I was that comfortable.
- That´s my girl. She cool.
- I was wondering why you told her.
- She was like, "I´mma pick Steven to go on a date."
So I was like, "Mm."
And then I told Brooke. - Brooke knows too?
- Well, yeah, Brooke knows too.
I had to tell. STEVEN: So now it´s a secret
between all the girls and me. It´s a secret.
Golly.
Nobody in the house can know this.
Nobody at all.
Like, this has to stay under wraps.
One of these guys find out that one of these women is my mom,
they might not trust me no more.
They might not tell me certain things no more.
♫♫
[ wolf howls ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
LEE: All of a sudden, I see Pedro...
come in with that...
that checkout face.
- Yo.
- Man, [bleep] this guy.
MAN: Mike.
MIKE: I mean, he takes the girls away.
MAN: I know, yeah. MIKE: No one likes him.
- Really?
- Sparkle,
it´s time for checkout. - Okay.
- Time for checkout. - Okay.
- It´s time for checkout. - Okay.
- I don´t know if I´m going to be safe.
I am not confident.
What if she does believe what Josh is saying?
- I´ve just told Brooke kind of what´s on my mind.
I think my strategy worked out, like, perfectly.
- Who´s going home tonight?
Is it going to be Josh? Is going to be Cru?
No clue.
[ thunder crashes ]
♫♫
♫ La-la, la-la, la-la-la, la ♫
♫ La-la, la-la, kiss my lips ♫
♫ La-la, la-la ♫
♫ Kiss my lips ♫
- Wow.
- Tonight was a night. - How you feeling?
- It was a rough night for me. - Yeah.
- But I really had to get some answers.
You know, I needed to really spend some time
gathering my thoughts and really thinking about
what I´m going to do tonight.
Hey, boys, come on out.
♫♫
QUENTIN: I´m nervous.
JOSH T.: I hope she does listen to what I´m saying.
I just think that I´m a lot more suitable for Brooke,
because I´ve kind of reached a point where I´m, like,
settled down.
And I just don´t know if Cru is at the same point in his life.
♫♫
BROOKE: So my first choice for this evening...
♫♫
Matt B.,
please stay another night.
MATT B.: Would love to.
- [ chuckles ]
♫♫
CRU: I don´t want to leave.
That card I was dealt tonight was not in my favor,
and I hope I get to stay.
♫♫
- We had an amazing first date today.
Steven, stay with me.
♫♫
STEVEN: Thank you, Sparkle.
There she is.
♫♫
- For some reason, we keep matching,
so Leroy.
♫♫
LEROY: Come here, baby.
♫♫
- I can´t send you home because I can´t leave you alone.
Akio.
[ laughs ]
- Tashi.
♫♫
TASHI: I feel honored. Thank you so much.
- Absolutely.
♫♫
JOSH T.: Even though Cru is older than me,
I feel like the life experiences I´ve had
surpass the experiences that Cru has had.
You know, I´ve had a dog.
I´ve, like, hand-raised puppies before.
- Um...
♫♫
Gary, I´m going to give you another night
at the Groove Hotel.
- Well.
Brooke picked me.
As far as I knew, I wasn´t on her radar.
I see her, and I just --
Now I´m hoping that she sees me, too.
- Giuseppe, come on down.
- Thank you.
- Remy.
♫♫
- Mike.
- Let´s go.
SPARKLE: Lee.
- [ laughs ]
LEE: I´m not picked last.
I´m still here.
I´m here and I´m staying.
♫♫
BROOKE: Three guys are going home tonight.
I´m really trying to assess what I´m going to do.
I have Cru on one side and Josh T. on the other.
And, you know, I´m just really trying to figure out
what my heart´s telling me.
CRU: If I were to check out tonight,
that would be heartbreaking.
I do have real feelings for Brooke.
I have to stay. I cannot be checking out.
♫♫
- You know, this is real for me.
And this was a really emotional day for me.
And I came into tonight with a lot of questions.
♫♫
Cru.
STEPH: Mm. SPARKLE: Mm.
- Scared me.
- [ chuckles ]
♫♫
I´m sorry, gentlemen,
but I just had to follow my heart tonight.
So you will be checking out.
♫♫
He just moved his pecs.
♫♫
- Peace. Have a good one, Steph.
Love you guys.
- He picked the wrong guy to come after.
He was trying to take me out of the game
instead of working on his own game.
And in this situation, it gets you checked out of the hotel.
♫♫
- Pedro. - Good evening, sir.
Thank you very much for your visit.
Have a great trip back home.
- I appreciate it, man.
- What happened? - Mutual differences.
Mutual differences.
Can you please give me a signature?
♫♫
- So I don´t think Cru and Brooke
would work out in the real world.
- Have a safe travels. - Thanks, my friend.
- Thank you very much.
- I hope it goes shit, to be honest.
♫♫
BROOKE: I followed my heart and I chose Cru.
I just really hope that I´m making the right decision.
Even though I´ve made connections with Cru,
I still have a lot of doubts,
and I need to listen to that.
I think I´m going to mix things up a little bit
and give someone else a chance that I haven´t really spoken to.
And so I´m really excited about that.
♫♫
♫ Mamacita ♫ BROOKE: You know,
I think today... - Good Lord.
BROOKE: ...I´m going to try to open myself to someone else.
Oh, my God.
- If I was Cru, I would definitely be worried.
- I want to pick you. MEN: Whoa!
- I want to Sparkle to know what comes at the center of me.
SPARKLE: I really like him because he´s unique
and very honest and genuine.
- I´ve been not trying to, like, have sex.
[ chuckles ]
- You´re gonna bring him over here? - I´m gonna bring him over here.
- Stop. - I am.
That was the first kiss of my 40s.
I don´t want to mess up this thing that we have going.
It´s really, really important to come clean.
Steven and I, we have a special bond.
- Did you know?
That´s so [bleep]
♫♫