[ birds chirping ]
[ bells ringing ]
[ bell chimes ]
♫♫
PEDRO: Here at the Groove Hotel,
sometimes our customers experience
some kind of reawakening.
- [ breathes deeply ]
[ bell chimes ]
PEDRO: An opportunity to get back in the groove.
- [ breathes deeply ]
WOMAN: Leroy. PEDRO: Let go. Let go.
Let go.
[ echoing ] Relight the fire.
Experience a rebirth.
WOMAN: Leroy. PEDRO: Steph!
MAN: Steph! [ bell rings ]
STEPH: I have not slept.
My mind was just, like, all over the place.
Leroy, his response to finding out
that Steven´s my son is not like everybody else´s.
You could see in his eyes he looked upset.
Like, he looked pissed.
Steven is my son.
[ all exclaiming ]
- Y´all ain´t see the face? - This is weird, bro.
I don´t know what the [bleep] to do.
Everything don´t seem real right now.
- It was a long night last night.
- Shit. - We were up late.
- I couldn´t sleep too much. - Really?
STEPH: Yeah. I just had a lot on my mind.
Like, it was just, like, a weird night.
- Yeah. Like, you´re going through it for sure.
- Naturally, of course, you know, we were upset
about that whole situation with Leroy,
but I had to take a second to just kind of think about it.
You know, that he´s human, too.
And if, you know, the feelings are mutual,
and, you know, he´s interested genuinely in me
the way that I´m genuinely interested in him,
then I understand his standpoint.
- I can imagine. If he is spending
this much time with your son
and he´s really confiding in him, then he´s like,
"Damn, what else is going on?" - Which he told me that.
And so I get it. But I ain´t gonna lie.
I was pissed with Leroy last night. I was pissed.
I was like, "He could have been more supportive."
- Yeah. - He made this about him.
♫♫
- Like, man, I just want to know how you´re feeling.
- I don´t even know, bro.
I´m still processing it as we go.
Bro, like, on the real, I´m going through a lot of emotions,
a lot of, like, mistrust, a lot of betrayal.
I´ve been genuinely myself this whole time, bro. You know?
So for her to -- you know, to have that secret for,
like, kicks and giggles. You know what I´m saying?
That wasn´t kicks and giggles for me.
You know what I´m saying? CRU: Right.
- We really have to, like,
remind ourselves that we´re here...
- That´s right. BROOKE: ...for ourselves.
We´ve had a lot of distractions.
Our emotions are going everywhere.
I feel like we need a little day where we need to really tap back
into ourselves and tap back into this sisterhood.
- Yes. I think we spent a lot of time,
you know, preparing for these guys and dating these guys.
I´ve really been looking forward to connecting with you guys,
dating you girls. - I know that´s right.
BROOKE: And dating ourselves. - Yes. And dating ourselves.
- A girls´ day is exactly
what the three of us needs. - Cheers to that.
- ´Cause I´m doing things in my own way ♫
WOMAN: Mm!
[ laughs ]
[ bell rings ]
♫♫
- ♫ I will chase this storm away ♫
♫ Look outside your window ♫
- Wow, y´all. This is beautiful.
- Like, this is -- Look at this!
PEDRO: Brooke, Steph, and Sparkle
are halfway through their journey.
Today, the ladies will leave
their troubles in The Grooveyard.
- ♫ I will chase this storm away ♫
PEDRO: It´s time to let go of the past
and make room for the future.
BROOKE: This is incredible.
STEPH: What is this place?
BROOKE: The Groove Hotel is really a place for me
to dial into myself, and there´s a lot of layers
that we still have to kind of, you know, peel off.
- Oh, my God.
STEPH: Oh, my God.
- Oh, I´m already starting to cry.
We went up to this enchanted cave.
- Wow, y´all.
BROOKE: I took two steps into the cave
and I was already just bawling my eyes out.
- Welcome to the cave. My name is Alita.
I´m a healer. I come from a lineage of healers.
What we´re gonna be doing today is connect.
We will ground and get into our heart space.
I will provide a little healing session.
Each of you will be sharing
what your intentions are with the healing ceremony today.
- [ sighs, sniffles ]
I want to heal from grief and the physical pain
of grieving the loss of a pregnancy that I had.
I´m here to heal.
- I´ll help you. I´ll help you.
BROOKE: I´m a huge believer in energy and energy healing.
It was a big part of my life for a long time,
and it´s gonna be the first time doing that
since I lost the baby.
Yeah, it´s -- it´s a bit intense.
- I ask to help me to forgive myself.
Building my business and taking care of others,
I didn´t put a lot of focus on me.
I think my biggest realization is that I hadn´t been happy.
Those feelings have definitely held me back from finding love.
I ask to open my heart and my mind
and allow the grace to receive the good that is coming to me,
and that I know I deserve, is coming to me.
ALITA: Mm-hmm.
- Healing.
For my heart to be more open
to receive.
And a lot of letting go. ALITA: Okay.
STEPH: I want to love somebody.
But then it´s like, any -- any glimpse of that,
I shut down, I get scared, and I just close myself off.
- Thank you so much for sharing.
STEPH: But I feel like Leroy has helped awaken something
that was probably sleeping for a very long time.
- We´ll start with you,
and I will invite you to sit right there.
STEPH: Okay. - Thank you.
- Oh, my God.
- All right. So...
may this cacao heal her heart,
help her get what she wants.
Amen. Ashay.
♫♫
- Salud. [ Alita chuckles ]
Most times women are selfless, and, you know,
it´s time for us to check in with ourselves.
We deserve love and we deserve to receive and give love.
[ rattling ]
- [ singing in native language ]
SPARKLE: I felt like I was deposited
with such powerful energy today.
- [ singing in native language ]
SPARKLE: Love is abundant,
and we are worthy to receive the love, and it´s plentiful.
ALITA: Okay.
- [ sniffles ]
My feelings were kind of running amok.
When we´re younger, we tend to embrace things
and love openheartedly, right?
But then when life happens and hurt happens,
we start to shut ourselves down.
- If you can stop thinking for a moment
and let the energies shift.
- [ breathes sharply ]
Today I just realized that, like,
I´m still grieving.
♫♫
My heart is just broken. [ sobs ]
- I´m gonna do some energy work. - Okay.
- And it´s gonna feel better.
Just allow it to come to you.
Okay? BROOKE: Okay.
ALITA: This life right now
is in a very good place
because we will activate possibility
and strength and power and force to bring life again.
BROOKE: When I was laying down with the crystals all over me,
my heart was breaking.
I feel like this whole situation was pretty much
like rock bottom for me.
- We love you, Brooke.
ALITA: When you think of that soul,
think of love that you are sending to the soul
and receiving from the soul from the infinite,
where we belong.
[ ringing ]
BROOKE: If I don´t start believing in myself now,
then why am I here?
I have tried to find love in all the wrong places,
and I´d rather be by myself and happy
than be in a relationship that´s not healthy and toxic.
I´ll have a baby on my own if that´s the case. [ sniffles ]
ALITA: And so, Steph, if you´re ready, you can come.
STEPH: One of the things I feel that I need the most
is opening up my heart.
I´m very guarded.
- The healing technique I will perform,
it´s called barridas.
STEPH: And this is probably why
I´ve been single for seven years.
- That heaviness that you can feel,
that does not belong to you.
I´m gonna help you cleanse that out.
STEPH: I´ll be honest -- I would love
to speak to Leroy right now.
It´s easy for me to cut people off.
It´s easy for me to shut down.
It´s easy for me to do those things
because I´ve done it all my life.
- While I do this, I want you to let it go so you can heal.
- [ breathes deeply ] ALITA: Okay?
STEPH: It was just overwhelming,
and I didn´t want to completely let go.
And I think that that´s something
that I struggle with all the time.
I feel like I still have so much work to do.
[ sobbing ]
[ sniffles ]
SPARKLE: With this newfound power,
I´m gonna use it to navigate through my personal life,
my love life.
- I love you girls. - I love you, too, Brooke.
I love you.
- [ smooches ] SPARKLE: Mm...
I just feel so thankful to be here.
[ all screaming ]
- ♫ We are the brave ♫
♫ We are the beautiful ♫
♫ Our courage ♫
♫ It is unmovable ♫
♫♫
STEPH: This vulnerable shit is hard.
I didn´t realize until today
how much heaviness I held in my heart.
I´ve just been thinking about so much.
Now I´m thinking about Leroy.
And I´m thinking about what he´s thinking about,
what´s running through his mind.
What´s -- The thoughts running through his head.
[ knock on door ]
♫♫
Heeey, son! Hey, son!
- Hey, Mom. How you doing?
[ Steph grunts ] Damn, your crib is nice.
STEPH: Welcome.
- So basically, I just wanted to come over here and chop it up
with you because I felt like,
you know, we haven´t spoken since the last mixer.
So I felt like I just wanted to check in with you,
see where your head was at.
- I´m all right. - Okay.
STEPH: My son is such a great person.
You know, he saw that I was upset, you know.
So he just wanted to make sure that I´m good.
You know, it´s great to see his face.
You know, he always brings me peace.
- I just wanted to make sure you was all right ´cause...
- I mean, I was, like, super, like, emotional.
Like, what´s up with you and Leroy?
- He told me. He was like, "You know, I´m just gonna need
a little space from everybody," not just me specifically.
But he was like, "I´m just going to distance myself,"
so that he can think on it.
STEPH: Leroy has been isolating himself
from the rest of the guys.
You know, I´m wondering why.
Like, what do they have to do with it?
You know, what´s going on?
Obviously, I didn´t expect the reaction
that I got from Leroy.
It was -- It was a crazy reaction.
- Yeah. STEPH: Typically, like,
when I start to like someone, I start to look for things
to not like them anymore.
I´m looking at him a little differently now.
You know, am I starting to like somebody that I shouldn´t?
[ clears throat ] Um...
- All right. Well, I might go see what´s up with Sparkle.
- You´re gonna go see what´s up with Sparkle?
- See what´s up with Sparkle. STEPH: All right.
Damn, son! Okay.
- Sparkle cool. - Mm.
This shit is mad funny because I´m like, "Okay.
Like, I got to sit back and watch, like, hmm.
Like, let me see what he does."
- Where is her room?
- Number three.
Just vibe. You know what I´m saying?
She likes the whole taking thing slow
and not, you know, rushing into anything and...
- I know, Ma. Give me a hug. - I love you, kid.
- Okay, Mom. - Love you.
I love you the most.
Go get ´em, tiger! Go get ´em, tiger!
♫♫
STEVEN: So I want to just really show Sparkle
that I´m here for her.
You know, I want to make sure she´s good,
but she´ll probably be like, "What the hell is he doing?"
♫♫
- ♫ So, my love, come burn it up ♫
♫ You and me, we can take it slow ♫
♫ It´s getting late, but I don´t want to leave yet ♫
♫ Can you feel the beat, I´m shaking on my feet ♫
♫ I want to, come on, come on ♫
♫ You know, I want to ♫
STEVEN: Hey, Sparkle. - What are you doing here?
STEVEN: I just wanted to come check up on you. Can we talk?
- You sit right here. What are you doing here?
- I can´t come visit you?
Well, yeah, I just wanted to, you know --
I wanted to come and check up on you and make sure you was good
´cause I haven´t seen you since the whole thing.
- You know what affected me? Was seeing Stephanie upset.
- Okay. SPARKLE: But you know what?
I´m really just glad you had a chance
to just kind of air it out
and not feel like you had to keep that heavy secret.
- [ sighs ] Yeah, I felt like it was a huge weight
lifted off my shoulders after everybody found out now.
And, also, I just wanted to, you know, reassure you --
you know what I´m saying -- like, I´m here for you.
I just wanted to make sure you know that.
I just wanted to see where this is gonna take it.
You know what I´m saying? I want to take it the length.
So, like, I just want to let you know,
in terms of me, it´s me and you.
- [ sighs ] - You know what I´m saying?
-Well, this was refreshing ´cause I´m still feeling you.
I´m still trying to see what´s up.
- Trying to see what´s up. - Yeah.
- So give me a hug.
All right. It was good talking to you.
- It was good talking you, too. - I´ll see you tomorrow.
SPARKLE: Absolutely. - If you need anything,
I´m here for you. - Okay.
-All right? See you later. -Good night.
- Good night. - All right.
In this moment, I´m actually starting to take Steven
a little more seriously.
♫♫
[ birds chirping ]
[ rooster crows ]
STEPH: Morning! - Oh, hey. Good morning.
STEPH: Hello, my pretties.
After that whole spiritual thing,
you know, yesterday and stuff,
it was just emotionally draining.
And today I was just like, "I need to go, like,
have some fun, do some crazy fun shit."
So actually, we should go do something together.
I really want a good time today.
I need the fun vibes, you know.
- I´m down with your crazy ass. - Girl!
[ both laugh ]
STEPH: Sparkle is my girl.
So now I´m getting excited.
There´s nothing better than going
on a double date with my bestie.
Let´s roll. Let´s roll, shorty.
BROOKE: Have fun, girls.
Can´t wait to hear all about it.
[ indistinct conversations ]
- Do you think it´s gonna be a long convo night?
- Yeah, it´s gonna definitely be a long convo.
We got a lot of unfinished business.
JOSH: You think it´s a make-or-break convo?
- Yeah. - You think so?
Like, a make-or-break type? You think so?
- Like, just, like, we just got to discuss some things.
You know what I´m saying? Like, what´s real?
♫♫
[ woman singing in Spanish, all exclaiming ]
♫♫
Leroy: Steph and Sparkle are coming in to choose their dates.
My feelings are still in a bunch of disarray,
but I´m hoping she chooses me.
At the same time, you know, I´m still processing
that Steven is Steph´s son and everything.
- What´s up, y´all? MAN: All right, have a seat.
Leroy: I´m trying to just, like, calm my nerves down.
LEE: Sparkle, you were in my dream last night.
- Oh, what was in the dream? What was in the dream, Lee?
- We were just, like, relaxed and chilling.
And then I was trying not to focus on the physical,
but then it turned physical.
- You know what? [ all exclaiming ]
STEPH: Hey, yo!
- Hey, Lee. Put it out there, homeboy.
- I want to know what happened next.
- Take me on a date, and I´ll tell you the rest of my dream.
[ all exclaiming ]
Oh, you want to know about the dream?
I had a dream that Sparkle and I were actually cuddling.
I´m rubbing her with some suntan lotion.
- [ echoing ] Oh!
You´re making it pretty steamy.
- Lee. Come.
LEE: Dang. - Come.
[ heavy breathing ]
Find your groove. LEE: This is amazing.
SPARKLE: Yes. I love it.
- Lee, wake up.
[ all exclaiming ]
SPARKLE: And on that note...
- Are we gonna have a good day today, Sparkle?
- I don´t know, but we gonna have a good day.
We out. We out. We out.
MAN: Mm! Mm! Mm!
STEPH: So I decided that I wanted to take Quentin on a date
because I just appreciate how mature he is
and how he handled the situation with Steven
as opposed to Leroy. - Damn!
- And we´ll talk later. - Damn.
MAN: Q, Q, Q.
- What is going on here?
STEPH: I could see it in his eyes.
His face is flustered, you know.
And now I´m in this protective mode
because it reminds me of people who I´ve dated in my past.
And ultimately those relationships
ended up with me getting hurt.
♫♫
And...
...I think...
Let´s go. - Where are we going?
Where are we going? QUENTIN: Oh, so we all together?
STEVEN: We´ve done some weird things at the Groove Hotel,
and going on a double date with my mom
is, like, just definitely one
of the weirder things we´ve done so far.
- Let´s do it. MAN: I guess I´ll just sit here.
I´ll just sit here, heartbroken. That´s all.
STEVEN: So I just want to see how it´s gonna go.
She´ll be eyeing me. I´ll be eyeing her on the low.
She should be focused on her date, though.
MAN: Get going.
♫♫
[ man singing in Spanish, horse whinnies ]
- Hey, see these horses? - Oh, my God!
STEPH: When Sparkle said that she wanted to bring Steven,
I was like, "Okay, sis. I like that."
So now I get to, you know, have this experience
with my son and my girl.
- I love horses, yo. - Hey, we getting it.
- I got the mama and the son, as creepy that sounds.
[ laughs ] It´s a family affair.
- Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
- I´m excited. - I got this one right here.
STEPH: I want the white one. QUENTIN: I got this one.
- [ smooching ] - Hey!
- Here we go, here we go. Hey, I ain´t scared of the weirdness,
but I ain´t [bleep] with no snakes.
Never in a million years thought this would happen.
I´m going on a date with a mother and a son.
It´s pretty weird. STEVEN: Hey, we in the jungle.
- I know Steven. His mom likes me a lot.
But it sounds weird even saying "his mom."
STEVEN: This way. This way. This way. This way. This way.
QUENTIN: It does make it a little awkward,
but I´m knocking out two birds with one stone.
SPARKLE: Steven. - He ain´t going.
QUENTIN: Because we´re to get serious,
I´m gonna have to get to know him anyway,
so I don´t mind doing that
because I´m doing that connection with them.
- This way. Bro, where you going?
- You know how to ride? - He ain´t get this from me.
QUENTIN: Steph´s energy is just attractive.
She makes you want to come get to know her.
- Bye, y´all. - Take over, Quentin.
QUENTIN: And once we went our separate ways...
STEVEN: Quentin, take my mother over there, man.
QUENTIN: ...I felt like I had her undivided attention.
STEPH: This is so dope. Watch out.
Aah!
This is nice. - It´s very nice.
STEPH: Wow. Look at this. Oh, my God.
QUENTIN: I enjoyed the horseback.
STEPH: I did, too.
- I didn´t think you was gonna know how to ride.
-You´re crazy. I love horses. Now, I´m not gonna lie.
The last time I did it was before Steven was born.
- I keep saying this. When I see Steven, I´m like, "Bro,
you really are in a totally different bracket
than what I was," ´cause I was, like, still trying
to find myself, and job after job.
I didn´t know what I wanted to do.
But once I found that police job, I found my passion.
It´s one thing to have a job that pays good,
like, a lot of money, but it´s another thing
when you find a job that you actually
won´t get tired of going. - Dead-ass.
The night that Steven came to me,
´cause Steven pulled me aside early in the night
and he was like, "Mom, look, I want to tell the guys,"
you was the first person to come up to me, and you were like,
"Yo, you really raised a good dude.
Like, he´s genuinely a good dude."
I didn´t expect that response. Leroy, I was like, "Bro,"
like, ´cause he was taking that shit, like,
as if it was like a personal jab.
I talked to him, like, "Bro, relax, bro.
Well, you came up here to talk. Oh, wait a minute.
You think they´re not gonna have kids?"
- He ain´t even come to check to see, like, "Yo, you´re good?"
- But I understand how he feel,
but I said, "Bro, just sleep on it."
He definitely will talk to you.
He just -- literally just need to...
- I feel some type of way already, though.
-I know. - I just appreciate
your realness and being who you are,
and I find that to be very respectable.
And thank you for that. - No problem.
STEPH: So far from what I´ve seen, his character´s A-plus.
- I don´t know you. - Come on, yo!
- Let´s get sick. Let´s get sick.
- I think today is, like, the perfect date.
And I knew -- You know, he´s a fun guy.
And then on top of that, there´s nothing more fun
than going out on a double date with my son and my girl.
So I´m winning either way. Can´t lose.
- What swayed you to choose me to go on this date today?
- You was on my mind. You was on my heart.
Today is about doing
a little bit digging in his past relationships
and kind of see where our expectations are for each other.
So your last relationship. - Yeah?
- What went wrong?
What´s the type of thing you were looking for?
- We split up because it just wasn´t working out.
Like, we weren´t making an effort to see each other.
And I´m all about effort.
So for me to stay in a lasting relationship,
we have to have the same consistent effort
all throughout that relationship.
´Cause if you got the effort
and you got to trust and you have the bond,
you can get through anything, any adversity.
- Well, I got married right out of high school.
- You did?
- And then we split because, you know, with me being so young
and him being so young, I don´t know that we knew
how to be the best spouses for each other.
I wanted to be able to explore,
because at 22, you need to be able to explore.
- Of course. - You think you need to be able
to explore?
- Right now, I´m focused
on what´s going on right here.
- Mm... - You know what I´m saying?
Yeah, I´m the only one you would be choosing for.
- I´m liking that. I´m liking that.
You know, after opening up with Steven,
I feel even more closer
because I was able to share myself with him.
[ laughs ] I´m so shy right now.
- Why? Ain´t no reason to be shy around me.
You´re comfortable, aren´t you?
- I´m very comfortable. I can appreciate this.
I appreciate this closeness. I appreciate this intimacy.
And I appreciate that it´s blossoming.
Steven is really displaying some pretty mature qualities
because Steven feels like he´s allowing that time for me
to develop some intimacy with him.
Secretly, if I can let you in on a secret...
- What´s that?
- I´ve secretly been calling you my baby´s daddy.
- Your what? - My baby´s daddy.
- Your baby... [ laughs ]
- Daddy hand. -Oh, I like that right there.
- I´ve kind of been saying it, saying it.
STEVEN: You kind of been saying it, saying it?
- Yeah. That´s what I say to my girl.
And, oh, she happens to be your mom.
[ both laugh ]
You know, Steven and I haven´t been physical
or even thought about being physical,
but I´m excited to see what happens after today.
Ooh, I´m excited!
- ♫ Baby, I´m saving all my bad intentions for you ♫
BROOKE: Yesterday was a pretty emotional day for me.
So tonight, I just want to relax.
I´m kind of getting my hot girl summer on.
I just want to kick my feet up
and just watch a beautiful man make me dinner.
Is that too much to ask?
[ bell rings ]
Hi, Pedro.
- Hi, Brooke. How are you doing?
- Where were you this morning? - Oh...
I had a serious case of diarrhea.
- Um, okay, well, I´m starving. I´m exhausted.
And I´m thinking I´d like to get wined and dined.
- Of course.
- Thank you so much. - You´re very welcome.
♫♫
- Like, we down right now to, like, the cream of the crop.
- I´m friggin´ lobster today. I´m kind of red.
Lee: So if I were a food, what would I be?
- You´d be a cucumber. MAN: Or a fruitcake.
[ laughter ]
[ animal howling ]
- For sure. - Oh, shit, bro.
I´m sitting here talking with Gary and Matt,
and Pedro walks around the corner.
MAN: Pedro.
MAN #2: It´s Pedro? - Oh!
MATT B.: Okay, what the hell?
CRU: We did not expect him to be here,
and he´d beelining straight for me and Gary and Matt.
MAN: This is late.
MAN #2: This is when Pedro comes, though.
Pedro. Wrong way. Go that way, dude.
♫♫
- Good evening, gentlemen.
MAN: Good evening, man. - Good evening, Pedro.
- Matt...
Miss Brooke would like you to join her...
- I would love to.
- ...for a romantic evening at her villa
tonight. - Oh, shit.
Yeah. Let´s go. Sounds good, my friend.
- Good luck. - Well, boys.
[ men cheering ] - [ laughs ] Bro!
MATT B.: I´ll catch you guys on the flip. I´m gonna go gear in.
- Let´s go, Mattie-boo!
- Finally, the kid gets his chance.
- Heeeeey!
- [ laughs ]
It´s, like, booty call hour.
Gary´s in the mix. Matt is now in the mix.
[ indistinct conversations ]
What the hell?
- ♫ I´m a big dog, real talk ♫
♫ Heart cold, yeah, won´t thaw ♫
MATT B. The date at the villa, that´s honestly ideal for me.
I´m here to win. I´ve got a lot to offer.
I´m very talented and very good-looking.
- ♫ I´m a big dog ♫
MATT B.: I´m a model and a deejay. I´m also a musician.
So I got this in the bag. - ♫ Real talk ♫
♫ Heart cold, yeah, won´t thaw ♫
- Hopefully I don´t have to go home tonight.
Let´s go, baby.
BROOKE: So, you know, I have a really strong connection
with Cru and Gary, but I am allowing myself to,
you know, kind of just see what these guys are all about.
And I just ask them to continue to be patient with me,
and things will become more clear.
[ knock on door ]
- Hello. Hello. How are you? - Hi, Matt. Welcome.
Matt has really caught my eye.
He´s a gorgeous guy and has an amazing body.
He´s a musician, and I´m a sucker for a musician,
so I want to, like, see if there´s any chemistry there.
All right, let´s do this.
- ♫ Hey ♫
- I wanted to be a little wined and dined.
- That sounds amazing. I love that.
- I´m starving.
Starved.
Of so many things.
- Little baby on the scene ♫
- We have a chef´s hat. - Oh, I love that.
- How´s it look? - That´s perfect.
-Let´s see what we got here.
- Okay. These are the directions.
- Your boy´s a whiz in the kitchen.
I can cook a mean pasta, and it just happens to be pasta night.
- ♫ I´m riding ´round in my Benzo ♫
MATT B.: I love to cook pasta at home,
so I think this is gonna be great.
- Then you´re the perfect guy for tonight.
MATT B.: 100%.
- ♫ Watch me do it, watch me do it right ♫
[ knock on door ]
- What you doing?
I smell food. You know, I go to Sparkle´s room.
I´m like, "Who´s cooking?" Like, you know...
- Brooke is over there entertaining, honey.
- Entertaining who?
SPARKLE: She said, "Somebody´s coming to cook for me."
And then she did all like that. - Cru?
- Is it Cru? I don´t know.
I don´t think she said Cru.
[ laughs ]
I want to see.
- Yo, let´s go spy on her.
We got to know what´s going on. Like, what she´s doing?
´Cause she didn´t say shit to me.
She didn´t say shit to Sparkle. So we´re like,
"Okay, first of all, why are you hiding it?
What are you hiding, girl? What are you hiding?"
Let´s go spy on her. - [ laughs ]
BROOKE: That looks done.
- There you go. - Go ahead.
- [ chuckles ] A little chewy.
- Mmm! That´s good. - Mmm.
- That´s perfect. - You taste good, too.
[ Brooke laughs ]
- Meh.
- Let´s do it. Let´s dig in. 100%.
- We got to come up with the name of the operation.
- Uh...
Operation...
- Operation...
- What is it?
- Operation...
- Shit.
♫♫
- ♫ Don´t try ♫
♫ It´s in your mind ♫
♫ I don´t trust anyone ♫
♫ You play me like ♫
♫ A drum ♫
♫♫
BROOKE: This is absolutely delicious.
- Is it? Okay, cool.
- Operation Brooke and Who?
You got a hat? Give me a hat.
- I don´t see myself living in Nashville long term.
- [ Whispering indistinctly ]
♫♫
- I´ve been staying busy, you know, working at modeling,
and, you know, while I learned to deejay, as well.
I grew up playing sports, and so I was introduced
to lifting weights at a pretty young age --
when I was, like, 17, 18 years old.
Yeah. So I actually used to be a little, um...
- [ laughs ]
Sorry. MATT B.: You´re good?
- [ laughs ] Um, go ahead. Sorry.
- Um, yeah. So I used to be, like -- Like, 17, 18 years old,
I used to be, like, very, very skinny.
[ both laugh ]
Well, I will clean this up real quick
so this is out of the way.
- You´re the best, Matt.
Thank you. MATT B.: Of course.
- [ breathing heavily ]
- She was with Matt B.?
- He looked cute. - Okay.
SPARKLE: They must really like each other.
Girl, your ass is heavy.
Shh!
- Well, thank you so much for dinner.
- Of course. - It was absolutely delicious.
- Glad you enjoyed it. - And I think I might want to go
for a little midnight dip in the pool. Is that fine?
- Yeah, let´s do it. The boy did his thing.
Let´s go!
- Take this chef hat off. Yeah. - Okay. Perfect.
BROOKE: To be honest, I wasn´t feeling, like,
the sexual chemistry or tension during dinner, so I was like,
"Okay, well, let´s jump in the pool."
MATT B.: Your boy´s feeling good right now.
So, you know, the boy was doing some crunches today.
I´m ready for this moment.
♫♫
- Should I get in, too?
- Oh!
I got you.
I can´t wait for where this is gonna go.
- Maybe...
do that.
♫♫
- We shared a kiss.
- Kissing Brooke feels like heaven.
- But he´s, like, really trying to, like, put on the --
like, the soap opera vibes.
And there´s, like, a lot of breathing.
And I´m like, "Oh, my God. What´s happening?"
[ breathing heavily ]
And then the drone went up,
and then I was like, "Okay, I guess we have to keep kissing
´cause these are beautiful shots."
[ drone whirring ]
I´m not sure he can catch up
to my feelings for Gary or Cru.
- Me and Brooke had a good time, so I think the boys might be
kind of throwing me a couple side eyes.
I´m definitely in a good position right now.
♫♫
BROOKE: After that amazing energy healing,
I´m feeling confident, I´m feeling empowered.
My tendency when I do like someone
is just to pursue a little bit.
But I´m sitting back this time and just seeing
what they´re gonna be doing to make themselves known to me.
And so tonight will be telling.
- ♫ I am the queen of my heart, I´m on my own ♫
SPARKLE: So far, my biggest realization
is that I´m ready to be serious
about what it is that I´m looking for in companionship.
-♫ I´m on my own ♫
♫ I am the queen ♫
STEPH: I´m waiting to hear what Leroy has to say.
It´s all on him at this point.
- ♫ I am the queen of my heart ♫
STEPH: I don´t know whether or not I want
to continue getting to know him.
Leroy reminds me of past situations,
which is not what I want.
Tonight is definitely make or break for me.
- ♫ I´m on my own ♫♫
-♫ Feelings unknown ♫
♫ I thought my heart had turned to stone ♫
♫ Been avoiding you ♫
- You got some trickery up your sleeve tonight.
QUENTIN: Who, me? - Yeah, you.
QUENTIN: Why? - You tell me.
He´s chilling. He went on a date, bro.
CRU: I know. LEROY: Not having
that conversation with Steph yet has been a little bit draining,
but I´m really trying to decipher
if she´s really here just for the experience,
or has she developed something with me?
I just definitely got to speak to it.
[ all exclaiming ]
- ♫ We´re in the danger zone ♫
♫ Afraid to lose control ♫
MAN: Get it, Brooke! Get it! Get it!
- ♫ I´m in the danger zone ♫
♫ Afraid to lose control ♫
- I´m walking in there with a very [Purrs] face on.
MAN: How are you? You look amazing.
Once I start feeling myself having feelings for somebody,
um, I get scared. I don´t want to be hurt again.
So tonight, I´m gonna let Leroy come to me,
and I´m gonna talk to other guys.
- ♫ I´m in the danger zone ♫
♫ Afraid to lose control ♫
MAN: Where the music at? [ indistinct shouting ]
- Hey!
I got you a drink. I didn´t know if you had one already.
- What is this? - It´s vodka...
and ginger ale. - Giuseppe!
I´m thinking because your name is Giuseppe,
that you were from Italy, and I confused it.
So when I´m screaming to you and I´m like, "Giuseppe!"
and I´m thinking I´m talking like you,
and you´re going along with it...
-Well, because you said [Italian accent] "I like very much."
[ normal voice ] And I´m like, "Oh, we´re doing Borat."
- No. It was me trying to [bleep] talk to you.
[ both laugh ]
LEROY: My gut´s telling me
that I should definitely just sit down,
talk to her, express myself, express my grievances.
But at the same time, I am upset, and I´m a little hurt.
I don´t know how I would feel about rekindling what we have.
[ indistinct shouting ]
MAN: Let´s go, Lee!
[ dance music plays ]
♫♫
[ indistinct shouting ]
- Hey, beautiful. How are you? - How are you? I´m good.
I like your shirt. GARY: Thank you.
I like you. - Seashells.
GARY: I´m sitting here with Brooke,
and my whole entire body is butterflies.
I know Cru is probably on her mind, but, like,
I have to do something.
- The other day... - Uh-huh.
- ...we had an amazing date. - Yes.
- I´m not gonna lie. I was just, like, kind of blown away by it.
I´m like, "Oh, my gosh, What´s going on?"
So, um...
- Oh, my... GARY: Stop it.
- Stop it. - No, so I thought, like, so...
- This is amazing!
GARY: I liked doing that for you.
I liked putting a smile on your face, for real.
You know what I´m saying? - Absolutely.
GARY: Thank you.
- Gary, you know, kind of went the extra mile
and took the extra steps to prove to me
that he´s, you know, in this.
So thank you. GARY: Thank you.
- Thank you for this gift. - I tried.
- You brought a huge smile to my face
and a tear to my eye tonight,
so thank you. - Yeah.
♫♫
MAN: Oh, there it is. MAN #2: Oh!
CRU: I just got punched in the gut.
I look up and see Gary
and Brooke kissing, and I´m genuinely pissed.
It makes me feel some type of way that I do not like.
And I need to go talk to her right now.
- Thank you so much.
-Oh, it´s no problem. Always.
I would be lying if I didn´t say, uh,
I wanted Cru to see that.
Like, Cru´s not the only person for Brooke.
And he needs to know that.
- And I don´t know.
- Oh, didn´t see you two there.
I didn´t see you two there.
-Cru is back.
- I´m back. Um... I got a drink for you.
Here you are. - Okay. Thank you.
How are you? You look great. - I´m good.
Thank you. CRU: At this point,
I have to just swallow my pride.
But I literally just watched her kiss Gary.
So I just need to make sure I let Brooke know,
like, I am here for her.
Oh, you guys got a nice place. - Cru.
I just kind of wanted you to see my place.
- I like it. Check this out. BROOKE: Yeah.
Cru is kind of setting his own feelings
aside a little bit to make sure
that I´m making the best decision for myself.
It´s hard to have pillow fights by yourself.
I really appreciate that.
And I just wanted to reassure him that no matter what happens,
we´re gonna be better for it.
- What´d you do as a kid? - I did a lot of stuff.
Rode horses. Did some beauty pageants.
- Beauty pageants? - When I was, like, 8 years old.
- I was, like, a nerd growing up.
- Really? - Yeah, I was 5´5"
in high school, believe it or not.
- What? - I was the shortest kid.
Hearing aids.
- Really? - Yeah.
I only kissed one girl when I was 16.
- [ gasps ] Wow. - And then...
not again until 21 -- 22.
- What?! - Yeah, I´m being serious.
- Wow.
- It feels vulnerable, to be honest.
It feels a little vulnerable to open up
and, like, tell those stories,
but love can be scary.
I feel like people perceive me the wrong way a lot of times
and just think I´m this bad boy, edgy, whatever.
And it´s been an interesting journey to get me here.
Come here. We´re gonna act like we´re just cuddling
like we´re back home
watching a movie. - Right?
- Ooh, Sparkle. You looking good in that green.
Green´s really your favorite color, huh?
Right now, I´m fighting for attention.
As of recently, Sparkle has been kicking it with Steven.
I´m gonna talk to Sparkle tonight
and just find out and see what´s up.
When it comes to, like, affairs of the heart,
like, I think I could be, like,
a little bit more open about my feelings.
- Okay. - You know what I´m saying?
And I would definitely say that, like, talking to you, like,
has allowed me to be more open about my feelings
and, like, I´m feeling towards you.
- Yes. I´m looking to pick the best guy for me,
and he´s giving me romance.
- Do you want someone that has to ask their mom for lunch money
to take you on a date, or do you want someone you know
that could take you out on a date, you know,
in the real world?
- I can definitely see outside of this.
- We got the world to conquer and stuff,
so that´s good, you know? - Yeah.
[ indistinct conversations ]
STEPH: We need some energy, yo.
MAN: "Energy" on three. One, two, three.
TOGETHER: Energy!
[ indistinct conversations ]
LEROY: I don´t know what she´s saying
to the other guys at the mixer,
but I need to share my grievances with her.
I´m feeling a lot of emotions right now,
a lot of feelings of confusion and just mistrust.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Remy, Remy, Remy, Remy, Remy.
Love you to death. I got to steal her away.
- Right now? - Real quick. Yes.
- All right. - I love you to death.
- It´s cool. Go do your thing.
LEROY: Is she really who she says she is,
and, you know, does she really like me as she says she does?
- How you doing? LEROY: I´m feeling a´ight.
STEPH: Feeling better? - Yeah, I feel better.
- ´Cause the last time I saw you, you wasn´t feeling so good.
- You got to, you know, understand
that was a big, big, big event.
You know what I´m saying? STEPH: Mm-hmm.
- Like, that was a shocker, I mean,
for everybody here, but me personally,
because I established a relationship with Steven
and -- you know what I´m saying -- a connection with you.
When that came out like that, it made me think
of, like, it wasn´t as genuine
as I perceived it to be. You know what I´m saying?
So then it got me in my own head,
like, "What´s really going on?"
You know what I´m saying?
I feel like I´m talking..,
-So -- No, I want you to talk, because I wanted to hear
where your head was at, right?
So I know that it´s a real, um...
weird situation for you, right?
Because you here with my son.
-Yeah. STEPH: But he came here
because I asked him to to support me
because, you know, like, dating is scary for me.
And especially now. Right? So he came here for me.
So it was just like, when I start to like somebody,
I look for any reason to stop. - Mm-hmm.
- So when it happened, like, I was like, "Damn."
Like, I just wanted you to just come
and just be like, "What´s up?"
And then how I am, I shut down.
- Mm-hmm.
- Because I don´t want to get hurt.
- Yeah.
Like, I really like you. You know what I´m saying?
- I really like you, too.
- I hope you forgive me for being distant.
You know? - Uh-huh.
- I´m working on myself so I can be better.
And in return, it´ll be better towards you.
And that´s honestly speaking.
[ smooches ] I´m sorry.
STEPH: That´s all right.
♫♫
I´m glad that I didn´t allow my old bad habits
to take control of the situation
because he had every right to feel how he did.
And, damn, I would have made a big mistake there.
- Um, cheers to honesty. - Honesty.
- You know what I´m saying? Being real. Being...
- Being a thousand. - Being a thousand.
- Mm-hmm.
Cheers. - Thank you.
♫♫
- [ groans ]
[ laughs ]
♫♫
CRU: I´m feeling on cloud nine.
I finally get some time alone with Brooke.
It feels amazing.
As far as I´m concerned,
nothing can get in the way of myself and Brooke.
- My most sincere apologies.
- Oh. Pedro. - Pedro.
- It´s time for checkout. - Already?
BROOKE: Okay. CRU: Damn.
Can we lock the doors? Pedro is not allowed.
- We got caught. I feel like we´re two little kids
getting caught. - We just got in trouble.
[ animal howling ]
♫♫
BROOKE: I was really blown away by these guys tonight,
especially Cru and Gary.
The reality of, like, leaving here with somebody is --
It´s just right in my face.
- Guys!
Come on out!
♫♫
Going in tonight´s checkout,
everyone who´s not me should be nervous.
Gary and Cru didn´t get that invite to the villa.
- Thank you for showing me a different side of you.
Cru....
please stay. - Thank you.
- I´m the better guy for her. Like, come on, now.
Me and Brooke´s babies would be way cuter
than Cru and Brooke´s babies.
♫♫
- I don´t know what it is.
You got me totally off my rocker.
I´m not used to this.
Leroy.
[ laughs ]
- I definitely know that me and Steph is back on track,
and it´s kind of crazy.
It makes me yearn to have more --
more experience with her. You know what I´m saying?
More time with her.
LEE: I really don´t want to check out.
But I opened up to her about my dream.
I don´t know if she really, like, grasped my dream.
I think it backfired.
[ dramatic music plays ]
- [ sighs ]
- I still believe I´m her number-one choice,
and I´m the only one that got a kiss on the lips so far.
- Akio, I want you to stay here at the Groove Hotel.
- She feels the thirst coming from Akio.
I´m not worried about the kiss. It´ll come eventually.
- You really know how to make a girl smile.
Gary, I´d like you to stay.
MATT B.: My mind is in a whirlwind right now.
I´m like, "Brooke, like, are you [bleep] serious?"
- When they asked me what I liked in a man,
I said, "Character."
And you have that.
♫♫
Quentin.
♫♫
QUENTIN: Each and every moment I spend with Steph,
I feel like I´m getting deeper and deeper.
- Insane! You see what I´m saying?
QUENTIN: Every time we talk, it´s something
that sticks out that we have in common.
- I had a great time getting to know you
even more this week.
Steven.
- Hey!
Mm...
- You know, tonight´s gonna be a little bit of a toss-up.
It´s whether or not I give Matt another chance
to maybe spice it up a little bit.
[ dramatic music plays ]
I got to say, there´s something about a man in the kitchen.
Matt.
Some good zucchini.
He´s such a handsome, sweet guy.
And I´m gonna try to give each and every one of them
the chance they deserve.
- Hey, I´ll cook for you any day.
Brooke is for sure wifey material.
[ clicks tongue ] Checks all the boxes.
♫♫
GIUSEPPE: Honestly, I´m just really stressed
´cause I haven´t been on one damn date so far.
And I´m also really hyped up
on all these frickin´ energy drinks.
You know what I mean? So, like, I don´t know.
- I like to play a lot.
Giuseppe. MAN: Oh, shit!
What the [bleep] is going on?
GIUSEPPE: I can´t believe I´m still here.
The biggest curve ball of a lifetime.
STEPH: You know, Giuseppe´s a good-looking guy.
[ men cheering ]
He has beautiful eyes.
We´ll see what happens.
MAN: Love you, bro. GIUSEPPE: Oh, my God.
- Tonight is about deciding who my third guy is.
LEE: Akio and Steven are definitely contenders,
and I feel like she and I have a good connection.
But I told her my dream.
I slipped up. I make mistakes.
[ dramatic music plays ]
♫♫
-Lee. MAN: Oh, shit!
What the [bleep] is going on?
SPARKLE: What I like most about Lee
is his honesty and genuine spirit,
and he´s really just a good person all around.
♫♫
- Buddy!
LEE: I´m so excited that I´m still here.
And in real life, we´re actually connected, like, mentally
and, like, some spiritually and...
in other ways besides physical.
But in my dream, it was physical.
- Gentlemen, it´s time to check out.
I am down to my final three.
MAN: Trimming the fat quickly.
- Time is kind of running out. I really need to get
more quality time with all three of them.
[ men cheering ] MAN: Still alive, baby!
PEDRO: Hello, sir. Good evening.
How can I help you tonight?
- Well, Pedro, I´m here to check out.
PEDRO: Check out.
Please, can I have your signature?
Your name is?
- Tate.
PEDRO: Okay
Um, I don´t even have you...
Did you check in when you arrived to the hotel, sir?
Okay.
Uh, interesting.
I don´t have you in the system.
Well, it´s okay.
Thank you for your visit to the Dominican Republic.
Hope to see you back. And safe travels, sir.
- Thank you. PEDRO: Have a great day.
I´ve never seen that man before in my life.
BROOKE: It´s really important for me
to connect with Cru again tonight.
- ♫ Can´t describe the way I´m feeling ♫
- I have something really intimate planned with Cru.
It´s very personal.
I want to do something that I can never take back.
♫♫
PEDRO: Sparkle, Brooke, and Steph have three men left.
Which of these boys who will sink or swim?
[ all exclaiming ]
- Shit is getting real.
LEE: Do you feel like you´ve found,
like, what you´re looking for?
- I definitely think I´m finding it.
- I wish I would have taken you out sooner.
Giuseppe is a special, special person.
I´m gonna go into checkout tonight really confused.
- I want you to do something to me tonight.
- I´ll do anything. Like, what do you mean?
MAN: Ooh!
- Why the [bleep] am I here, yo?
If you my homie, I expected to hear it from you.
Be about [bleep] bro code.
- Ah, God.
♫♫
- ♫ Hey ♫
♫♫
♫ Hey ♫
♫♫