[ You Won´t Break Me plays ]
- ♫ Yeah, I´m a man on the edge, don´t wanna push me ♫
[ bell dings ]
Checkout is fast approaching.
And Sparkle, Brooke, and Steph have three men left.
- ♫ This heart of a lion ♫
♫ This soul of a titan ♫
♫♫
- Which of these boys will sink or swim?
- ♫ You won´t break me, you won´t break me ♫
[ birds chirping ]
♫♫
- ♫ What am I to do? ♫
- I feel like every time now we have a checkout...
SPARKLE: Mm-hmm. - ...I feel so guilty.
- I do, too. It´s emotionally draining.
- Yes. Yes.
- Like, we´ve created these connections,
and you feel bad for whoever you have to let go.
- Deadass.
My latest realization this past week
has been that I´m not afraid of having a relationship anymore.
I´m definitely in my feelings
a little bit more than I thought I would be.
You know, even with this whole situation with Leroy,
like, I´m gonna have him come over for a little while
and hang out with me tonight.
And I feel nervous for some reason,
because I feel myself starting to really like him.
- Listen, when you´re feeling that nervous,
you really likes somebody.
- I know. I do. Yes.
- You got it bad.
- Man, like, I´m not used to this shit.
I´m feeling like I´m learning myself again.
[ sighs ]
My God, I don´t know what´s happening to me.
I like it, though.
SPARKLE: Where´s Brooke?
STEPH: Brooke is on a date.
- Really? I may wait up to find out what happens.
STEPH: Does my butt look flat?
- No. STEPH: Okay.
- Never. STEPH: Never.
WOMAN: Mm.
[ laughs ]
[ bell dings ]
♫♫
BROOKE: What I´m hoping to discover tonight is,
you know, how comfortable I am with taking risks.
- ♫ ´Cause you can take me to the rooftop ♫
- Tonight, I have something very, very intimate planned.
Um, it´s very personal.
♫♫
I´m, like, feeling fun and a little edgy.
- ♫ Give me all I need and don´t stop ♫
LEE: I have an important question for you guys.
MATT B.: What´s up? - Um, like, do you feel like
Brooke has, like, made up her mind,
or do you think you guys still are, like, are -- are prevalent?
- I mean, Lee, I´m still here, right?
I don´t know if Cru got a steamy make-out session in the pool,
but I sure did, so, you know, why not?
Just steamy.
I can definitely see a future with Brooke.
Come on, she´s gorgeous, I´m gorgeous -- just makes sense.
- I mean, I´m the only chocolate one, I will say that.
So I do got that. You know what I´m saying?
So... [ laughs ]
Not gonna lie, for a minute, it was "The Cru Hotel,"
but it is no longer The Cru Hotel anymore.
- ♫ If you´ve always got to lean ♫
♫ Then you know it ain´t for me ♫
♫ Don´t you ever call me princess ♫
♫ I´m the king and queen ♫ [ men shouting ]
- Hi, guys.
- Welcome, welcome. - Good. How are you guys?
- Good to see you. - How you doing?
How are you? - Good to see you.
Looking amazing. - Oh, my gosh, Lee.
Hi. How are you? - What´s good?
- Good. You guys are looking good.
- Oh, thanks. We try. - You as well, of course.
- Thanks. I kind of tried to mix it up.
You know, brought the edge in here a little bit.
MAN: It looks good. MAN #2: Something like that.
- Every second when I´m with Brooke is very important.
I need to get time and not let these other guys
get in the way of myself and Brooke.
♫♫
- Well, Cru, would you like to go on a date?
- I would love to. MAN: A late night?
- Let´s do this. - Just me, just me?
- Bye, guys. - Alrighty.
Have fun, you guys. - Adiós.
- Shit. [ laughs ] - Shit.
♫♫
- ♫ And I can´t resist ♫
- Hi. - [ grunts ]
- How you feeling? - I feel great.
- You look great. - Better now.
- Yeah? Better now? - Yes.
- Tonight, I´m gonna do something very intimate.
- Give me those legs.
BROOKE: I´ve been waiting for this.
So I was really thinking a lot today.
And, um, I-I want you to do something to me tonight.
- I´ll do anything. What -- Like, what do you mean?
[ romantic music plays ]
I´m super stoked ´cause my mind
can only go to so many things for that.
And I am feeling ecstatic and curious.
Like, something serious?
- Yeah, like something really vulnerable and intimate.
- Okay. - And, um...
something you can´t ever take back.
♫♫
- Alright. My mind is racing.
- Follow me. - Yes. Let´s do it.
Oh, we´re going this way.
- I definitely want more of Cru tonight.
This is our place. - Uh-oh.
Oh. Wow.
- ♫ Set me on fire ♫
CRU: Damn.
♫♫
- So...
um...
♫♫
Um...
I want you...
to give me...
♫♫
...a tattoo.
- A tattoo? BROOKE: Yes.
- [ laughing ] Are you serious?
- Yes. - Damn!
[ buzzer ]
Um, I mean, got my heart going. I´m excited.
- Are you? Good. - Yes.
- Fireworks went off in the sky...
- Yes. - ...during our first date.
- Oh. Fireworks. - Oh. Oh, my God.
- There we -- [ laughs ]
BROOKE: Wow.
- ♫ ´Cause now I found you ♫
- And, you know, fireworks have been going off in my heart
a little bit ever since - Little bit? Little bit?
Yeah?
- So I think we should do a little firework on my arm.
- Absolutely.
BROOKE: Every time I´m with Cru,
I just become, like, this giddy schoolgirl.
I love that, though. I love feeling alive.
- You okay with that?
- [ laughs ]
CRU: Geez!
- You know, Cru´s a tattoo artist.
So I-I thought, hey, let´s see what he can do.
[ needle buzzing ] Oh, my God.
- I started tattooing literally like a month ago.
[ laughing ] She´s nervous.
♫♫
- [ laughing ] Am I crazy?
Does everyone think I´m [bleep] nuts?
Like, we´re on -- on the real.
- Give me a kiss.
- Don´t [bleep] this up. [ laughs ]
[ needle buzzing ]
[ dramatic music plays ]
♫♫
[ firework explodes, whistles ]
[ firework pops ]
♫♫
CRU: Whoo! I´m sweating.
♫♫
It´s all frickin´ done.
- It´s done?
[ gasps ]
Oh, my God, Cru.
CRU: Well, yeah, how about that?
- I love it. - Tattoo. That is permanent.
BROOKE: It´s real. This is -- CRU: It is real.
BROOKE: You just tattooed me. CRU: As perfect as a firework.
Yes.
- I just love it.
I honestly love it. [ laughs ]
- I´m gonna tattoo myself so we have matching tattoos.
- Stop. Oh, my God.
So we´re gonna be kind of tied forever.
- Yeah. Wild, huh?
BROOKE: That´s wild.
- She is one of a kind, out of this world.
And I feel like what we have is...
it´s just real.
Boom. Fortress right on my leg.
[ needle buzzing ]
We´re doing our castle from our first date.
Boom. - Oh, my God.
- Look at that. You just tatted me.
BROOKE: I´m falling for him for sure.
Like, I --
Yeah, he´s -- he´s amazing.
CRU: We just tattooed each other.
- I don´t feel like this is fully reality yet.
You know?
Our little fort.
CRU: From our first date.
Oh, put your arm right here.
That´s where the fireworks were.
- [ laughs ] It´s perfect.
- That´s crazy.
- Can my dreams have come true?
♫♫
But a little part of me is just, like, you know,
waiting for something to just, like, fall apart
or something to be wrong.
CRU: I think you are beautiful and gorgeous,
and I legit feel like I´m falling for you.
- Okay, good. I´m happy to hear that.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
[ both laugh ]
Ugh. God.
♫♫
- ♫ So let´s enjoy the moment and get lost ♫
- Come here. Come here.
- ♫ Me and you, that´s all we need to fight ♫
♫ Come with me, let´s make it right ♫
♫♫
[ birds squawking ]
[ knock on door ]
- Oh, no. Oh, my God. Okay.
So I decided that I want to invite Leroy over tonight.
He´s gotten a lot deeper underneath my skin
and in my heart a lot faster
than I think anybody has in history.
Hi. - How you doing?
You look so good.
- Thank you. - You look so good.
I missed you. - I missed you, too.
- See you got me over here late night, mm-hmm.
I´m the booty call man. - Here we go.
Hey, yo, I´m Booty Call Man.
What´s the -- ♫ Doo-doo-da-doo ♫
Save the day. [ chuckles ]
- What are you doing? How was your day?
- My day was fine.
- Although we have our ups and downs,
I can´t shake him out of my head.
So I would like to find out where his head is at.
- Thank you so much. STEPH: You´re welcome.
LEROY: I was thinking about you since the last time we talked.
- Oh, yeah? What you thinking about?
- Everything. You know what I´m saying?
Thinking about you, thinking about our discussions.
- So you´re comfortable? LEROY: Yeah.
Our conversation really gave me confirmation,
like, me and you is real.
You know what I´m saying?
- I´m comfortable, too, because, um...
I really like you.
And although I´ve gone on a couple of dates...
- Yeah. Trying to get your groove.
- ...I have not stopped thinking about you, actually.
And I don´t know how you did this.
- I don´t know how I did it, either,
but it happened and it happened naturally.
STEPH: It did.
LEROY: I feel relieved to know that,
yo, we got something real going on,
because in relationships, there are gonna be ups and downs,
but you have to compromise and go forward.
Steph is not asking nobody else to come over
in these late sneaky link hours.
So it´s got me hot and bothered.
What´s up, girl?
More. Give me more.
With the lip.
STEPH: I can´t deny that every time I spend more time
with Leroy, I get butterflies.
And when you´ve been single as long as I´ve been single,
you don´t realize how much you miss it.
And so you feel it again, And you´re like, "Damn."
[ smooching ] - Mmm. Mmm! Mmm!
Know what I´m saying? [ speaks indistinctly ]
STEPH: But I still have some things that I´m dealing with
with my body, and I don´t know
that I want Leroy to spend the night just yet.
- I know, I know. - No.
- Yeah. Now, don´t -- Yeah.
STEPH: I´ve been celibate for some time now,
so, you know, I don´t want regular-degular sex.
Like, if I´m gonna have sex with somebody,
I want that shit to be, like, out of this world.
And the only way that that will happen
is when all the other elements are aligned.
LEROY: We gonna savor until we check out.
You know what I´m saying?
- You cute, though. - I appreciate you.
- A lot.
Doesn´t mean that I´m not feeling it.
[ laughs ]
Honey, the bees is buzzing, okay?
Like, let´s just be honest here. The bees are buzzing.
[ man singing in Spanish ]
♫♫
- [ snoring ]
♫♫
BROOKE: Ahh. Good morning.
- Good morning, my love. Did you get any sleep?
I know you came in a little late.
- Yeah, I got in, like, at 3:00.
- Really? BROOKE: Yeah.
STEPH: Shit. - Oh, my goodness.
- That´s a smitten smirk.
- Yeah. He tattooed me.
- [ gasps ] Shut up!
- [ laughs ]
BROOKE: It´s a firework. - Oh, my God.
- Is this real? - Is that real?
BROOKE: It´s real.
- What the [bleep]
- Are they engaged?
[ laughter ]
- Wow. So y´all getting married?
- Oh, my goodness. Wow.
STEPH: Mind blown. The shit is forever.
Obviously y´all are moving a lot faster
than what I think anybody even realized.
- But I kind of woke up this morning a little anxious
because this is kind of what I do, right?
Like, I just go all-in with the guy that I like
and, you know, make --
I haven´t made the best decisions.
And, um...
In my past, I´ve kind of been all-in really quickly.
And then it just kind of falls apart.
And, you know, I don´t want that to happen again.
- The tattoo is permanent, but the choice may not be.
- Yeah. And I still have to keep my heart open.
STEPH: I know that she´s nervous now
because she wants to keep her options open,
but it´s, like, a nice-size tattoo.
That´s the craziest shit I´ve seen ever.
So I´m definitely curious to see
how the guys are going to respond.
- We can´t take this back.
So shit´s getting real now.
- Shit´s getting permanently real.
- For real, for real. - Yeah.
- How y´all feeling about checkout tonight?
I´m feeling blazin´.
- Quentin -- Quentin, how you feel, bro? How you feel?
- I´m just going with the motions, my guy.
It´s crunch time, and I got to beat Leroy out.
- I´m kind of low-key praying for Giuseppe to get a date.
- Ha. Me too.
LEROY: Yeah, you need to get out the groove, boy.
- I mean, at this point,
I´m literally the laughingstock of the house.
Everybody´s like, "Why is Giuseppe still here?"
[bleep] if I know.
[ laughs ]
- Giuseppe is a wild card.
For some reason, he keeps on surviving.
You just don´t know at the Groove Hotel, you know?
Could be Brooke´s brother. We don´t know.
♫♫
STEPH: I´m coming into a new day with a new energy.
I´m still, like, on a high from my date with Leroy.
I´m starting to see what life could be like
outside of here with Leroy.
But I want to give myself a chance to see what is here.
I have to do what´s right for Steph.
What´s up, y´all? - What´s up?
- How you doing? Yeah. Sit in the shade.
-Yeah, so I wanted to go have some fun today,
you know what I´m saying?
And, um...
♫♫
Giuseppe, you want to go?
[ cheers and applause ]
- Psych!
No, I´m playing.
- That´s a yeah?
- Hell yeah, let´s go!
- So, uh, Quentin, you want to go too?
[ cheers and applause ]
Ohh...
What about you?
- I got to cheer for myself. Aah!
Let´s go. All three of us.
- Giuseppe.
- I made it!
I am stoked.
Finally got it. I´m jittery.
I´m hyped. This is my time to shine.
♫♫
- ♫ This is my time to shine ♫
[ sings in Spanish ]
[ cheering ]
- Oh, my God. - Okay, okay, okay.
STEPH: Right now going on a date with three guys,
I´m definitely on my hot girl shit.
Yeah, okay. LEROY: Everybody, let´s toast.
- To good vibes. - To the best vibes ever.
- Cheers, cheers, cheers. - Cheers.
I made a lot of bad decisions and choices with men,
and I don´t want to repeat the same things that I´ve done.
I don´t want to walk down the same path
only to lead to the same house.
- How´s it looking?
- It´s looking like I´m about to beat that ass.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
- So I´m trying to really be open minded with the guys.
- Game over. Connect four.
- Where? - Where?
Son of a bitch. - Oh, my God!
GIUSEPPE: Oh!
Hey, can I pull you away for a second, though?
- Absolutely. Let´s go. - Sorry, boys.
I got to take her from you. - Come on.
- I´m out here watching Giuseppe take off, bruh.
Smooth operator here having his own little one on one.
- I love it. - This is great.
- This is so fun.
GIUSEPPE: I think this moment´s very important
because I could easily be going home,
so yeah, I´m a little nervous.
- Yeah. I´m so glad that I finally got you here.
- I know. Me too. Seriously. - My God.
- I definitely want to connect on a deeper level with Steph.
You know, after this,
I mean, it´ll be in her -- in her hands.
I mean, we´re getting to the, you know, the bitter end here,
of everything. - Of course.
- And I was like, I need to have a conversation with Steph,
because to see, like, you and your relationship
with, like, Steven, I just like -- gosh,
I have so much respect for you
because you raised such a good kid.
- Thank you so much. - And I don´t know how to,
like, really say this, but like, I had --
I didn´t have, like -- I didn´t have shit growing up.
You know what I mean?
I grew up homeless and like -- - Really?
- Yeah. I was abandoned by my mom when I was 14 years old.
♫♫
- Have you seen her since then? GIUSEPPE: No.
And I feel like the one thing
that I was always missing is just the ability to feel like
I could be loved unconditionally by somebody.
I mean, can you imagine just, you know,
leaving Stephen at 14 years old?
Like, you know what I mean? Like...
- I´ll never leave Steven. GIUSEPPE: Yeah.
STEPH: Me and Steven are only 19 years apart.
He´s my best friend, my little brother, my son.
All those things in between, you know?
But one thing that I´ve learned is that sometimes the things
that happen to us in life that are so unfortunate,
it´s what shapes our character. - 100%.
And that´s the thing. Like, I don´t take anything for granted.
You know, like, the fact that I´ve made it here
to this situation... - I swear.
- I always consistently think about,
you know, when I was sleeping on the streets
and looking up at the sky and just being like,
like, "Can I change this?" And the fact that I did, like,
just honestly just brings so much joy to my soul.
Like, I appreciate the shit out of that.
- Giuseppe is a special, special, special person.
I wish I would have taken you out sooner.
- I hate that it happened so late.
But I love that it actually happened.
- Same.
Getting to know these guys and getting to know myself
a little better has really been interesting.
- Just know you are loved. Seriously.
STEPH: I´m feeling more and more open
to other possibilities and things.
- I´m just happy I´m here. I got my second date with you.
I was glad you picked me to go on another date.
- Why wouldn´t I? - Hey. Hey.
With me, it´s a connection, it´s a vibe.
It´s always going to be a vibe.
You can be the greatest-looking thing in the world,
but that connection is not there, it´s just --
You might as well just go on and move to the next.
So...
- ♫ If you let me ♫
STEPH: A lot of Quentin´s characteristics and values
are what I typically would be looking for right now,
especially at this stage in my life.
There´s something about you that aligns with what I want
in a partner. - Okay.
- ♫ Everything I do ♫
- Like, when I´m around you, I don´t feel like
I´m 11 years older than you.
- Okay. See, now I´m good.
I feel a little bit better for tonight.
- Quentin, I´m not sure that he and I have
that hot, fiery chemistry.
- Whatever happens, happens. It is what it is.
- And although we have our ups and downs...
- I got to take you somewhere special.
- Okay. - I´mma take you to paradise.
STEPH: ...I can´t help to like what I like.
And I like Leroy.
I didn´t sleep last night. - You didn´t sleep?
Why didn´t you sleep last night?
- Because I was thinking about you.
I was thinking -- - You think about me?
- Does it feel weird?
- What? What you mean? - Now that, like,
the closer that we get.
- Trying to get my groove with you
the most respectful way I can.
- I appreciate that. - You know what I´m saying?
It´s about me and you.
But I was thinking about that, like, you know,
I´m cool with Steven, but, like, the more we develop,
the more there got to be a boundary there.
So, like, I can´t be as close because, you know,
this is my priority. You feel what I´m saying?
STEPH: I´m so confused right now.
Steven is the most important person in my life.
So it´s important that whoever I end up with,
that they have a great relationship with my son.
Well, why wouldn´t you want to still be close?
- It´s a little different because when we get to a place
that we have an intimate relationship,
I can´t say certain willy-willy-willy-nilly-willy --
You know what I´m saying?
- So were you saying those things before you knew?
- Yes, I was.
- I kind of get what he´s saying, but I didn´t like it.
- You feel me? - Mm-hmm.
- Once again I get thrown for a loop.
Start wondering, is he mature enough
to be in a relationship with me?
♫♫
SPARKLE: Since I´ve been here in the Groove Hotel,
I´ve conquer a lot of fears and I´ve opened up my heart.
And, you know, I´m ready to start being vulnerable
and allow somebody to love me
and shower me with the attention that I haven´t been getting.
♫♫
- ♫ Hey, hey, hey ♫
♫ Hey, hey, hey ♫
♫ Hey, hey, oh, oh ♫
♫ Ah, ah, ah, hey ♫
MAN: How y´all feel, yo?
- To be honest, I´m still confident, you know?
And I got the number-one spot. [ laughter ]
The fact that I had the first kiss
and I had the first date with Sparkle, I feel confident,
and I feel like I´m here to stay.
- She know what she got with me and Akio.
- At this point, me and Sparkle have a very deep connection.
So obviously, you can´t be too confident
because you don´t know what´s going to happen.
But for me, I feel like I´m good.
- ♫ I´m turning heads ♫ [ cheering ]
♫ I´m knockin´ ´em dead ♫
♫♫
- Hey, guys.
MAN #2: Sit right there.
- Damn.
She´s only here for one reason, and that´s to take me on a date.
- Today, I´m going to have a date still,
but I want it to be at my quarters.
♫♫
In my villa at my pool.
♫♫
And I´m thinking that, um,
maybe I should take you.
- Oh! [ cheering ]
LEE: I was telling people from day one,
please don´t sleep on me.
I know what I´m capable of.
MEN: Hey!
- And now I´m here.
Now I´m here.
- Damn. - Hey, why --
Akio, why you look like that, bro? Sit down, bro.
[ laughter ] Sit down, bro.
- And I ain´t going nowhere.
♫♫
MAN #3: Who is Lee going to boot out the top?
- Shit, it ain´t me.
- Not me. Oh, no.
I´m not worried about Lee.
They have, like, a friend kind of vibe,
Whereas me and Sparkle is more of an intimate kind of vibe.
So I don´t see competition.
- So you still think you got top spot over three?
- Yeah, because -- because the one with Steven
was a family outing. - Oh!
AKIO: So I´m still chilling for that.
- Everybody grab some water right now ´cause it´s too hot.
♫♫
- Come on in, my Greek god.
You look fantastic. - Thank you.
- Come on. Come on. Let me show you around.
LEE: Oh, this is amazing. SPARKLE: Isn´t it?
LEE: Yeah.
I´m excited for my date.
I´ve been waiting for this moment.
It´s all about energy. It´s all about energy.
The energy is there. I can feel it.
Oh, there we go. That´s perfect for me.
- You know, Lee and I haven´t had a lot of
one on one time to really connect.
- Cheers.
SPARKLE: Lee is so sweet and pure.
But I need to find out if Lee and I have romantic chemistry.
- I think that to really be in a relationship,
you need to know who you are.
- Amen. - And so I haven´t been dating
that long because I was focused on getting my mind right.
SPARKLE: Right.
- Prior to giving myself to someone.
- Absolutely. - And when I first met you,
I could see it in your eyes that you´ve been through a lot.
And I want to get to know you on a deeper level.
- That´s the quality I like about you.
Morals and values align with mine.
- Mm.
SPARKLE: Today, I want to get deeper with Lee,
because Lee´s always so vulnerable
and transparent with me.
So I guess to start from the beginning,
I was raised in New Jersey.
And by the time I was 4,
my sisters were already out of the house
starting their own family or in college,
things like that. So people were like,
"How are you the only child but you´re the baby?"
And down South, we call it a baby only child.
[ both chuckle ]
But I suffered a lot of loss as a little girl.
The reason why is because my sister was murdered.
♫♫
And my older sister, who was only a year older than her,
she actually found her, so...
My sister was, um,
a victim of domestic violence
at a really young age.
♫♫
It was very traumatic and very stressful
and traumatic for my mom.
We left Jersey and moved to Georgia
because it was just really heavy.
My mom moved down South so she could get a reset.
♫♫
Growing up in Georgia, I was alone.
I didn´t really have any family, you know,
because it was just my mom and I.
And I feel like those first --
first couple of years of living in Georgia
was almost like raising myself
because my mom was really severely depressed.
It was really hard for our family,
even more hard for my mom.
♫♫
Um, but she made sure that she kept me busy.
- Yeah.
SPARKLE: So whether that was piano lessons,
little league cheerleading,
bootleg ballet program,
my mom always kept me in things to enrich my life.
I felt loved at all times.
My mom did a good job of that.
- Like, your mother seems amazing.
SPARKLE: Mm-hmm. - And that shows.
- Yeah. I was sewing by the age of 8.
Also by the age of 8, already had a clientele.
I was styling hair, and I was getting paid.
My neighbor, she paid me $5,
and I braided her daughter´s hair every Sunday.
Then she started trying to pay me with candy and Popsicles.
I said, "No, ma´am. No, ma´am." - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- "Grab me my money." [ both laugh ]
And it started from there
that I was a hairstylist at 8 years old.
- That´s amazing.
And it makes so much sense why you are the way that you are.
She´s been through a lot.
She was taking care of her mother, her whole family.
But it really explains why she´s such an amazing person.
- So I started braiding, doing hairstyles.
Next thing you know, by sixth, seventh grade,
I´m completely booked.
So I was already in my small town,
like, the popular hairstylist.
By the time I got out of high school,
I already had my own place and two cars.
Most of my friends were like, you know, broke college kids.
And here I am balling, making a lot of money.
And then I got married at 19
and I was pregnant by 22.
Um, and yeah, and then I was a mom.
And I think it started there that I´m juggling being a mother
and juggling also taking care of everyone else.
I´ve never known much about mediocracy.
My mom named me Sparkle at birth for a reason.
And I´m not going to disappoint her.
- Somebody that I form a relationship with...
- Yeah?
- ...Uh, I always want to be inspired by.
- Okay. - I´m inspired by you.
- Thank you, Lee.
LEE: It feels great that Sparkle trusts me
with, you know, telling me more about her life and her story.
I can be goofy and, like, offbeat sometimes,
but I think I´m understood by Sparkle.
- I´m finding out more and more every day
that you are a true gentleman.
And I always feel like I can talk to you.
- And I was wondering one more thing.
So, like coming to the Groove Hotel,
like, what -- what were you looking for by coming here?
- Honestly, I came here for a reset.
- Do you feel like you found, like, what you´re looking for?
- I think I´m finding it.
I definitely think I´m finding it.
Today, I dug a lot deeper with Lee
than I have with any of the guys.
- We got some pineapple coming through.
- I like it. Pineapple.
And it felt good.
I love a man that can dance.
And you always have the moves.
I knew Lee would be a good listener.
♫ Pineapple ♫ LEE: Hey.
SPARKLE: Even if Lee and I don´t work out,
he´s going to be an amazing man to some woman.
Someone´s going to be in for a real treat.
But tonight is going to be really, really tough.
Get us out of here.
It´s going to be the worst checkout ever.
Take me away. Take me away.
- [ laughs ]
♫♫
- ♫ Gonna be all right ♫
♫ You make me feel beautiful ♫
SPARKLE: Now I´m down to my final three men,
and I´m feeling very emotionally connected
to all three of these guys.
♫♫
I´m really sad about sending one of these guys home.
- ♫ Gonna be all right ♫
♫ Yeah, I´m ♫
STEPH: Leroy´s comment about Steven
really rubbed me the wrong way.
Now I´m feeling like I´m sliding back down
into the valley again, questioning
is he really mature enough for this?
We leave soon, right? So we´re gonna be checking out.
And then we go back to the real world.
I feel so confused.
- ♫ I´mma do what I want to do ♫
♫ ´Cause I´m the only one I´m faithful to ♫
- I´m literally like a new person.
I´m being daring.
I´m taking risks. I´m doing crazy shit.
- ♫ Gonna be all right ♫
BROOKE: It´s clear that
Cru and I have an amazing connection.
But I do have two other amazing men here,
so I don´t really know how to break it to them
that Cru gave me the tattoo on our date.
♫♫
[ owl hoots ]
♫♫
MAN: How y´all boys feeling tonight, though?
- I´m good, bro. You know what I´m saying?
I´m about to make it do what it do.
With Brooke, tonight is, like, very important for me
because she chose Cru to go on a date with.
I´m just about to make sure you know that I´m seen,
that I´m heard. That´s my only goal, man.
Like, hey. - Feel good, bro.
Gary and Cru think they´ve got a leg up in the competition.
I know I for sure made a great impression on Brooke,
and tonight, I´m going to pull my ace out of my pocket.
I was going to keep it just super low-key.
Now I´m like, "Damn."
- Yeah, I hope it goes well.
- [ laughs ]
♫♫
[ cheers and applause ]
♫♫
- Hey, guys.
- Hello. STEPH: How are you?
- Hi.
With each checkout, it gets more and more difficult.
STEPH: How are you? - Brooke, you look lovely.
BROOKE: Thank you.
I´m putting my desires first for the first time
in a very long time.
- I got you a drink. - We´re going to get a drink.
GARY: I got you a drink. BROOKE: You got --
You got me a drink already?
- How are you? - I´m doing okay.
GARY: So tonight, I really want a chance to show Brooke
that I can be a romantic guy.
I did a little -- a little something.
BROOKE: Oh, wow.
GARY: Here we are. BROOKE: Charcuterie.
- So I made her a charcuterie board.
I hope I said that right.
- You did it yourself? No, you didn´t.
- Yes, I did. - You didn´t.
GARY: I did that. I´m so serious. I did that.
I had no [bleep] I was doing.
I never did that shit before.
I MacGyvered that shit.
BROOKE: It´s beautiful.
In paintings
and at white people parties, if I´m being honest.
I wanna let you know, like, I´m really here for you.
Like, for real, for real. - Yeah.
- Like, I´m really feeling you.
And I want to know, like, if you, like, feeling me for real.
- I am. - Are you for real?
- I am feeling you for real. GARY: You feel it?
- I think you´re an amazing guy.
And that´s why, you know, you´re still here.
Gary´s doing things to show me that he´s here for me
and he wants to explore that, and I do too.
You, like, got all my favorite things.
I kind of wanted to tell him about the tattoo.
GARY: That´s all I care about.
- But I didn´t really know how to break it to him.
- No, I just -- I hope all this is cool.
You ain´t even got to -- - I love it. I want --
I want to eat those. - Please do. Please do.
I feel good right now, ´cause, you know, all my words
and my actions aren´t going unheard.
And ever since we had our last kiss, you know,
I´ve thought about kissing again.
- [ laughs ]
- Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, my God. What is that?
- That´s a bat. - Stop it.
- It´s okay. It´s okay. I got you.
I got you, girl. You´re fine.
BROOKE: You got scared too. - No, I didn´t.
- [ laughs ]
[ bats screeching ]
♫♫
LEROY: Hey, look at that. Look at that.
- Got to talk to you. STEVEN: Got to talk to me?
- Yeah. STEVEN: Where we going?
- Downstairs.
I want to speak to my son tonight
because I trust my son´s input.
- Got it? - Yep.
After my date today, I realized that, um,
I didn´t necessarily get
the answers that I thought that I would.
So I wanted to talk to you
because I had the triple date today.
- Yeah.
- But I vibe with Leroy the most.
But, you know, I just don´t know whether or not
he´s mature enough... STEVEN: For you.
STEPH: ...for me. - But he´s cool people.
Like, he´s -- he´s one of the most genuine guys here.
from what I´ve seen. - Really?
- Yeah, he is.
- Leroy reminds me of past situations, right?
And ultimately, those relationships
ended up with me getting hurt.
If you had to choose between Leroy and...
- Quentin. - ...Quentin,
who would you pick?
- Feel like Quentin´s character is more, like,
respectable and down to earth in terms of what he´s shown.
- Right. - He gives uncle vibes.
- No, he does give uncle vibes. - He does give uncle vibes.
Damn. STEPH: I know.
- I trust your judgment.
- Ahh.
I love you, kid. - Love you too, Mom.
♫♫
- Do you want to go chat?
- Sure. Yeah. - All right. Yeah. Let´s do it.
- Where are we going? - Steal you away.
Let´s go over here. - That´s a good one.
[ laughter ]
MATT: I have a very strong connection with Brooke.
And tonight, I have a song that I wrote about Brooke.
How are you doing? - How´s it going?
- This is going to solidify myself as number one.
I just wanted to say, like,
I appreciate you being just super open with me.
You know, like, when we did have our date
and, um, just being, like, vulnerable and that.
- Of course. Yeah.
- Oh, little wine spill. [ laughs ]
That´s all right. Here, I got you.
Actually...
- Do you have something?
Oh, my gosh. - Yeah. It´s a bandana.
Get that cleaned up there. - Thank you. Well done.
- Always.
♫♫
Did you get a tat?
BROOKE: I did. - Oh, my gosh.
I got it last night. - What is it?
BROOKE: It´s a firework. - I love that.
What´s the -- What´s the whole meaning behind it?
- I mean, I know this is a little awkward.
Um...
Well, yeah, so I got a tattoo last night,
um, on my date with Cru.
♫♫
- Okay. Love that.
- So he actually gave me the tattoo.
- Hey. There you go.
[bleep]
You know, I went into this with a literal song
in my back pocket that I wrote about Brooke.
[bleep] Now you got matching tattoos with Cru?
[ sighs ]
Bro, I am blown away.
- And yeah, it´s healing right now.
- Nice.
Are you [bleep] serious?
It´s [bleep] up.
- It kind of represents, like,
my whole journey here
and, like, all the memories
and that I´m forming connections, so...
MATT: If there was any future with me and Brooke,
I would look at that tattoo and automatically think of Cru.
How the [bleep] do you think that makes me feel?
- Hello, hello.
- Oh. CRU: We´re gonna swap spots.
- Yes, sir. BROOKE: Okay.
- I´m an impatient man.
- Here´s your little hankie. - Oh, thank you.
- Thank you for drying me off.
So he took it well.
I don´t know if it, like, really, like, registered
right away, or if he´s still processing it right now.
♫♫
Hi. CRU: Hello. How are you?
- I´m good. How are you?
- Oh, give me a hug. Long time no see.
How´s your night been?
BROOKE: It´s been okay.
- Let´s see your tattoo. Oh, it´s still healing.
- Did you tell anybody? - No.
- Well, that was [bleep] interesting.
- What? - Oh, I just found out
that, uh, on her date with Cru last night,
Brooke got a tattoo with him.
The [bleep]
GARY: A tattoo? - A tattoo.
- What was the tattoo? - It´s like a firework tattoo.
And she´s like, "Oh --" - Fireworks?
- Yeah, it´s a firework on her arm.
And she´s like, "It represents my, like, journey here."
And I was just like "What the [bleep]"
- That kind of puts me to the point, like...
- What the [bleep] the point? - Why even --
Yo, like, why even take me on a date?
Why even, like -- MATT: Yeah, dude.
- Are you sure?
Do there need to be two more guys here?
MATT: I -- I don´t know, bro.
- You know what I´m saying? Like, dude.
- Like, that´s like, "What the [bleep]"
Bro, that´s for life, bro.
- That shit -- That shit is for life, yo.
To be honest with you, it´s [bleep] up.
It ain´t -- That shit ain´t cool.
- I´m gonna get another drink, bro.
I don´t know what the [bleep] think right now.
GARY: I might be right behind you.
If Cru was going to do something as permanent as a tattoo,
I thought he would tell me about it.
That went against bro code.
I thought we were friends.
We sleep in the same [bleep] room.
You couldn´t -- You couldn´t be real with me?
- So I´ll mediate around Cru.
MAN: It´s all good, yo.
- Pull up a chair, my guy.
- What up, gentlemen?
What up?
- Bro, tattoos, for real? That´s what we´re doing?
Like, why the [bleep] are me and Matt --
Why the [bleep] are we here?
So I mean, if you feel like you want it, then go do you.
Go do your shit.
I just thought we was cool, bro.
I mean, I -- I thought we was boys.
I mean, shit. Tell me something.
Because I´m the type of person I´m like --
I stand with my homeys, with my bros,
with everybody, I try to be solid.
- Yeah. GARY: And then to hear
some shit like that, I mean, what´s up?
CRU: We did tattoos. That´s what I do.
- I´m just saying, bro, be about the [bleep] bro code.
That shit low-key scam.
Like, if you my homey, I expected to hear from you.
CRU: Gary´s bringing up this whole bro code thing.
We didn´t come here for the bros.
I came here to find love.
I did not come here to find love with a bunch of dudes.
- It´s making me feel like why the [bleep] am I here, yo?
What am I here for? What am I doing?
I feel like every time I put myself out there,
like, I´ll get hit in the [bleep] mouth,
and I´m tired of that shit, yo.
I´m over that shit.
I´m cool on this shit right now.
Like, I´m -- I´m good, bro.
I´m good. Y´all do y´all. I´m straight. I´m cool.
♫♫
- Damn. - Why didn´t you tell him?
- Why you ain´t tell him?
- Yeah, why didn´t you tell him, bro?
- What do you mean?
That´s our personal thing between us.
He´s doing charcuterie boards, apparently.
He didn´t tell me about that.
- I feel like a charcuterie is a lot less permanent
than a tattoo, though, my guy.
[ laughter ]
AKIO: A whole bunch of craziness is going on tonight.
It´s kind of wild, right?
SPARKLE: We were shocked, too.
You know, that tattoo was very special to her and Cru.
- Of course. But enough about them.
You know, I feel like I haven´t seen you in forever, too.
You know, you had two dates, I didn´t get picked for any.
I was like, "Oh, heartbroken."
Competition is getting kind of fierce also.
- Oh, my goodness, and it´s -- it´s a lot.
- Must be real tough on you guys, too, you know?
- Yeah. And I really have grown to love all of the guys here.
We almost feel like a family. - For sure.
- And so I´m just going to be really careful
about my -- making my choice tonight.
- As you should be. - Mm-hmm.
♫♫
MATT: Uno más, amigo, por favor.
- Of course.
- I´m not sure how Matt´s processing what I told him
about the tattoo and the fact that Cru gave --
you know, did it for me.
He was a little bit of, like, you know,
kind of like a blank face.
He was like, "Oh, that´s great. Ha ha ha."
- I had to just, like, eat it, bro.
I had to take a slice of humble pie and just eat it and be like,
"Oh, cool, you got a tattoo with Cru."
BROOKE: But Gary, he really stepped it up tonight.
He, like, had a little charcuterie board,
you know, set up and wine for us.
He always, like, makes me smile.
[ wolf howls ]
GARY: And look who just walked in the goddamn door.
Ohh.
- Oh, my God.
- Steph -- QUENTIN: Checkout time.
- It´s checkout time.
[ laughter ]
- You have this beautiful spread.
Blueberries, cheese, crackers, little salami.
How did he know?
That is all the things that I wanted all day today.
Gary´s really, really in tune.
- Oh, here comes the grim reaper.
PEDRO: Sparkle. - Yes.
- It´s checkout time. - Ohh. Okay.
- But Cru makes me feel just so, like, connected
and safe and at home.
You know, and his, like, bright blond hair.
- Brooke? - Ah! Oh, my gosh.
- It´s time for a checkout.
- Okay. [ laughs ]
Thank you, Pedro.
♫♫
- ♫ This is the dark side of love ♫
♫ That´s just the heart waking up ♫
- Gentlemen.
♫♫
GARY: I don´t really know how to feel
about going into tonight´s checkout.
Brooke and I had a great night,
so I know there´s still a chance for me to be here.
But it´s almost like I feel like should I be here?
♫♫
STEPH: Leroy, Quentin, and Giuseppe.
You guys are an incredible group of men.
Honestly, I feel like I need just a little bit more time
just to kind of figure things out.
♫♫
I feel like you put a spell on me,
and I don´t know what´s happening, but I like it.
Leroy.
♫♫
I like Leroy, but I´m still kind of like, you know,
uneasy about a few things.
SPARKLE: Akio, Steven, and Lee.
I never imagined in many years it´d be this hard.
LEE: I don´t want to go home. I want to stay here.
And for all I know,
I´m staying here.
♫♫
SPARKLE: I´m really starting to feel a literal real pain
for the people that we have left.
[ sighs ]
Steven.
♫♫
You know, when Steven and I are together,
I don´t even feel our 20-year-age difference.
♫♫
- Damn.
BROOKE: Cru, Gary, and Matt.
♫♫
GARY: I have very mixed emotions.
Like, I still have to figure out
if she has any space in her heart for me.
♫♫
BROOKE: Cru, would you please stay?
♫♫
- ´Cause right now, it´s not looking like that.
♫♫
- [ breathes deeply ]
Um...
- I need a hail Mary to save my ass from checkout.
♫♫
- I´ve gone back and forth in my head
over and over about this one.
♫♫
Quentin.
♫♫
- It´s all good, man.
♫♫
[ sighs ]
- [ sighs ]
This has not been an easy decision.
♫♫
Akio.
♫♫
- Almost had my heart dropped.
♫♫
- Um, my heart´s racing.
This is very, very difficult.
MATT: Honestly, I think there´s a good chance
Gary and I both get checked out.
- It´s extremely hard to let Brooke go.
♫♫
I feel like I can´t breathe.
- You continue to keep a smile on my face.
♫♫
Gary.
♫♫
- Thank you.
Brooke kind of has a spell on me a little bit,
and I´m not willing to give up on it just yet.
♫♫
- It was really nice to meet you guys.
Really, really genuine, guys.
♫♫
Honestly, I´m just so confused
and I´m just so up in the air with things.
You know what, Giuseppe,
I´m not ready for you to leave.
I´d like for you to stay.
- What?
What is happening?
I´m so confused.
- Really? - Come on.
- Shut up. Oh, my God. What?
- Yes. - I love it.
Oh, man. I´m confused like half the damn time.
I don´t know what´s happening.
[ speaks indistinctly ]
STEPH: I don´t want him to leave yet.
I just need a little bit more time with Giuseppe.
GIUSEPPE: Oh, my God.
STEPH: I just got to see if there´s something there.
So, yeah, I´m not sending him home.
- What the [bleep]
BROOKE: Ah, man.
- What? - He strikes again.
♫♫
SPARKLE: Unfortunately, Matt and Lee,
it´s time to check out.
♫♫
Lee, you´re the most honest, loving, trusting person
that I´ve encountered in a long time.
I hope you stay in my life for always.
It was a very hard decision.
But I want you to always be right here.
Thank you so much for sharing your journey with me,
and thank you for letting me share mine with you.
- Thank you.
You´re an amazing person.
Our friendship means a lot.
And I came to this experience pursuing love.
And I feel that,
like, I have found it with a lot of people here.
- Yeah.
♫♫
- Thank you, guys. Like, thank you, everybody.
[ men speak indistinctly ]
You know, I don´t need or want too much.
Every step of the way, I´m just appreciating where I´m at.
Like the present is a present.
You know what I mean?
- Mr. Lee. - Yes.
PEDRO: What happened?
LEE: I want the best for Sparkle.
And the best isn´t with me.
- [ sighs ]
- I guess she was developing a stronger bond
with the other two.
But you know what, I developed a bond
with every one of those people.
So I´m winning in the end.
I came into the Groove Hotel, like, kind of misunderstood.
The love that I felt from everybody was just ridiculous.
- I don´t know what to say.
Please just sign.
Just -- Just sign, please.
- ♫ I´m still staying strong ♫
LEE: You know, I´m just proud.
I´m proud of myself.
I´m proud of who I´ve become.
And I´m proud that I just beat to my own drum.
- You know, man...
Just walk and don´t look behind.
Life continues.
Thank you. - Thank you, Pedro.
PEDRO: Good luck.
♫♫
- ♫ I´m still moving on ♫
♫ Moving on, moving on now ♫
♫ Keeping my head up ♫
♫♫
- Hi. Good evening. How are you doing, Pedro?
Thank you. - Hi. Bye.
♫♫
- Good night.
♫♫
- Take me away. - [ screams ]
[ laughter ] - Steven is my son.
PEDRO: Welcome to the Groove Hotel.
♫♫
- I could see myself falling in love with you.
- Uh -- [ coughs ]
- We have a few guests coming for a visit.
- Oh, my God! - Aah!
- How old are you? -I´m 22.
- Oh, Lord, no.
- Uh, so family, kids?
- Right to the core. I was like, "Whoa!"
- He´s more -- more like a player.
♫♫
CRU: He just walked off.
He said, "I´m checking out right now," and gone.
♫♫
- [ sighs ] [bleep]
♫♫