[ birds chirping ]
PEDRO: Today is a very important day at the Groove Hotel.
Perfect.
Steph, Sparkle, and Brooke, will they choose a man?
But before they enter the future,
they must deal with the past.
[ bird squawks ]
And it's coming from them.
[ chimes ringing ]
[ beeping ]
- Good morning, sunshine. - Okay.
- How are you guys? - Long night, huh?
- I'm sad. I was sad all last night.
- Me too. I just said I woke up, like, feeling really heavy.
Last night's check out got emotional.
Gary, was very, very upset.
- Bro, tattoos, for real? That's what we're doing?
Like, if you my homie, I expected to hear it from you.
I'm good, bro.
I still have to figure out..
I'm cool.
...if Brooke as any space in her heart for me.
- What a night, huh?
- So how are you feeling about the whole situation?
Because, you know, you and Gary are roommates.
- Looking back on it, like, everybody was like,
"Oh, you should have told him."
I was like, "Honestly? No."
Like, it's my thing. And I felt right when we did it.
And it still feels right. No regrets.
- You feel like there's going to be tension in the room now?
- It's the final two. There's literally --
- You and him. - So I think so,
a little bit, yeah.
- Damn.
- You guys have your top two.
- You're just extending your like tough decisions.
- I'm on my hot girl shit.
- I ain't gonna lie. Giuseppe got nine lives.
- And he's dope.
I need some fun. I got to shake this heaviness off.
- Me too. - Heavy.
- And I'm thinking that I want to go do something fun.
So, you know. You want to go?
- Yes, I want to go and have fun.
I want to get over this Lee stuff.
- So who would you want to bring?
- Oh, it's a double date. I got to be honest.
- I got to take Steven.
- Let's go, son.
- It's a family affair.
- Now you know that there could be some romantic villains.
Now you know I may want to do my mating call.
- Oh.
- [ squealing ]
- [ laughs ] - Did the hear me?
[ squealing ]
[ whistles ]
- Mm.
[ laughs ]
[ dings ]
- ♪♪ 'Cause I be trim, trim, trim ♪♪
♪♪ I'm a sucker for design ♪♪
♪♪ Trim, trim, trim, I'm a sucker for design ♪♪
♪♪ 40 on the fit and hip, don't you try nothin' ♪♪
- It's coming to the end now.
Giuseppe, how you feeling, dawg?
- Yep. Yep. - He was last on the block,
and she pulled you back, which made me mad as hell.
- Shit, that was supposed to be the last two,
now it's the last three for me. - Yeah, what the hell?
- I'm just happy to still be here, man.
I'm excited to still be here with the boys.
I got saved. I don't know how.
Guess I had that extra life token left in me.
- ♪♪ I only want it if it make me feel crazy ♪♪
- Hey! - Hey!
- Steph is walking in, looking beautiful, as usual.
- Hey, guys. - My goodness.
- She's going to make a date selection,
and I hope it's me because I'm trying
to figure out where is it with me and Steph.
- So we decided that we wanted to go have some fun today.
- You know what I mean? - Right?
- I'm expecting Sparkle's going to choose me.
I need to have one on one time with Sparkle, you know?
Have her to myself.
- Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
- Yeah! Steven. - Let's do it.
- Hey! - Hey!
- How you doing?
- It's me and Sparkle. Me and my girl,
Akio who?
- I'm confused, man.
- Oh, what's this, what's this?
- Yeah!
- Hey!
- Thank God, yo.
Let's go. - Ready, y'all?
LEROY: I feel relieved.
We gonna get all the weirdness out the way.
We just don't have a good time together.
- Yeah. Hey, don't fight. - Yeah, don't fight.
[ laughter ]
- How you feeling? You me getting chopped off
at the block, bro. - I don't know what to say, Bro.
But it's a group date. Family outings are --
- Family outings are even better, bro.
- No, I don't think so. I don't want to take the kids.
I don't want icicles and popsicles, bro.
- Oh, so you see Steve as a kid? - He's a kid, bro.
- The kid's on a date with your girl.
[ laughter ]
SPARKLE: Stephanie and I are the perfect pair for these
double dates because today is a look into the future.
- It's a family affair. Isn't it?
- Hey, this a family for real.
SPARKLE: Today is about jet skiing and having fun
with the four of us, but today is also about
getting with Steven and figuring out,
could this be realistic outside of the Groove Hotel?
I feel like we're starting to catch some sparks,
if you know what I mean.
- ♪♪ Baby, let's go, let's get lost in ♪♪
- Yeah, this is yours.
STEPH: I can't deny that every time I see Leroy,
I get butterflies.
- You want to ride first? - Absolutely.
- But after our conversation yesterday,
I want to see how Leroy acts around Steven and I.
I want to see what it would be like in the real world.
- Ah!
Guys, this is nuts. Like, this is like a preview of,
like, what life could be like after this.
- This is gang gang after the group.
- Gang, gang! - Gang after the group.
- And I'm super hyped when I'm going jet skiing.
I'm gonna be like... [ imitates engine ]
Ah!
- ♪♪ I feel too next ♪♪
- [ laughing ]
- ♪♪ Don't want to go to savage mode, 21 ♪♪
♪♪ I tell them don't play with me ♪♪
♪♪ I'm feeling too nice, cooling off in blue water ♪♪
- Leroy and I always have a great time.
He's so much fun.
- Hey, Steven, lead the way, baby!
- [ laughing ]
We're having a great time hanging out
with Sparkle and Steven.
- Yeah!
- ♪♪ I'm feelin' too nice ♪♪
- Whoa!
- ♪♪ So nice, so nice, so nice, oh, yeah ♪♪
- [ shouting indistinctly ]
[ laughs ]
[ laughing ]
No!
- Hey, y'all all right?
- I can't even swim with this thing on.
- They went flying. [ laughs ]
- [ laughs ]
- Oh, man. What a fun day.
- It's definitely -- they were wild.
- Look at the nice set up. - Thank you.
I came here for fun, excitement.
He's giving me exactly the energy that I need.
I'm ready. I'm excited.
Mm.
Yeah, you really munching over there.
- You are ready now.
- Got to feed you. Got to feed you.
- What's the number one thing? - Got to feed the woman.
- I don't even know if it goes together,
but it definitely goes together.
It's a vibe.
I'm really starting to feel like we are a real couple.
And basically, this is the dynamic
that we'll have once we leave the Groove Hotel.
- You know, I always ask you about, you know, possibly
taking it farther from here.
Do you like you feel secure in this?
Like this can go far?
- Well, I'm definitely open to seeing where it can go.
And I'm open. I'm open.
- I would absolutely date Sparkle
outside the Groove Hotel.
I feel like it would be amazing if we can keep doing this.
- It's a lot of variables in place.
- What those variables?
- You know, our age gap. - Right.
- But yeah, we're going to just keep...
- Okay. I respect that. -...naturally moving in
the direction we're moving in.
- I respect that. Honestly respect that.
- Yeah.
- Oh, man.
I really want to kiss her.
I've been wanting to, you know,
really know her on an intimate level.
- I'm feeling so romantic and dreamy.
If Steven wants to take things further, I'm open to it.
- Come here.
[ both laugh ]
- I know you want to kiss me, but he's so sweet.
He's a gentleman.
- Cheers. Another great day.
- You know, spending time with you.
STEPH: Today was amazing.
You know, looking over and seeing Sparkle and Steven
doing their thing, it just made me feel so good.
You know, there were no weird vibes, and I could definitely
see the four of us hanging outside after we check out.
So I want to share just exactly where my feelings are.
- Let me drink a little more before I tell you this.
- Alright. - So yeah, so I have been
thinking, how would you feel if I told you
- What? -...that I feel like
I'm already kind of falling for you?
- Falling for what? Falling in a strong like --
I don't know what you talking about.
- Like feelings is extra, extra strong, super fuzz.
Like I could see myself falling in love with you.
- That's just -- why do you think it's silly, you said.
You making me take a sip.
[ laughs ]
Damn. You know.
- What would you think? - What would I think?
[ coughs ]
Almost choked.
- Drink the drink.
- I'm sorry.
That's something big right there.
And I want to make sure that we say something like that
to each other, that it'll be lasting,
and not just because of the experience at the Groove Hotel.
Like, that's a strong word for your boy.
- Mm-hmm. - And that's scary for me.
It's a lot going on.
- It's scary for me, too. - Yeah, and I want to keep --
I want to make you feel good.
You know? - Mm-hmm.
- That's heavy. That's real heavy.
I see that stuff happening for me, too.
I just don't know how to express, like, express that.
That's real heavy. That's a different zone, you know?
- Well, facts, I was real.
I was thinking about it, and I was like,
yo, I could definitely see myself falling in love with you.
There was some hesitance, and I was kind of taken aback.
The word "love" isn't a word that I throw around very easily.
You never want to be by yourself with certain feelings.
You always want to hopefully be on the same page.
I don't want to be the only one to fall in.
[ bird screeching ]
[ cow lowing ]
[ chittering ]
[ beeping ]
BROOKE: Last night, Gary was clearly upset
about the whole tattoo thing.
And I don't want to hurt anybody here.
Gary's an amazing, amazing guy.
I needed to really spent some time with Gary.
Tonight's about listening to him and figuring out, like,
who really is the best person for me
and solidifying where my heart is.
GARY: I love being in the moment with Brooke.
But if I'm being completely honest,
the whole matching tattoos was just kind of like a gut punch.
It kind of triggered like old emotions within me
about my past relationship.
So I do know that there's a serious conversation
that we do need to have, and we need to have it tonight
because it could change a lot of things
for Brooke and I's relationship.
[ singing in Spanish ]
- Gary is the strong pillar of strength type of guy.
- This is beautiful.
BROOKE: But I know that he's dealt with, you know,
a lot of heartbreak in his life.
And I feel like I was hitting the surface last night.
- This is amazing. It's all one? Damn.
- Are you sweating?
- I am. I always sweat when I'm with you.
- Aw. Well, here. Here's a glass of wine.
- Oh, well, thank you. - Oh, yeah.
This will definitely cool us off.
- How have you been? - Good? Yeah.
- This whole experience has been like crazy.
Really, so, I mean, probably for you, too.
- Yeah. - Uh...um...
You know, if I'm being honest,
last night triggered me a little bit
because I know about the tattoos,
and you know how I feel some type of way.
- Yeah.
- So all through high school, you know, I dated a girl.
This is the woman that, you know, she took my virginity,
you know what I'm saying.
I'm almost like high school sweethearts,
except for she went to high school.
My freshman year of college, she ended up cheated on me,
and I thought I was going to marry this woman.
Like, I absolutely loved this woman,
and I asked her, "Do you love me," right?
And she was like, "Yeah."
And I was like, "Well, are you in love with me?"
And she told me no. - Oh, wow.
- And to know that you're not loved by a person that
you love, I mean, that's probably the worst thing --
that's probably the worst thing I've ever felt.
- Yeah, I know what that feels like.
The last person I told I loved him basically told me
that he wasn't sure if he loved me
after I was pregnant with his child.
I spent, you know, five months
throughout my whole pregnancy, trying to be loved by someone.
Um, you and I should never have had to experience that.
- I just want it to work.
- Yeah. - And now I'm here.
You know, I'm here, and I just want to feel like,
you know, I'm enough for a person
without having to be somebody else.
- You are enough, Gary.
- Thank you.
I'm sorry. I don't cry.
- It's okay.
GARY: The best thing in a relationship
is to be authentic, so -- and I feel that with Brooke.
But I still have questions that, like, are going through my head.
And I need to know, is there still space for me in her heart?
Brooke, I'm all in on you.
But I need you to be honest with me and tell me,
are you all in on Cru?
- I'm having a really hard time in trusting
that this is -- this is real.
And at the same time, I want to be adventurous
and like -- - You should be.
- And, [bleep] let's get a tattoo.
Let's do all the things - You're supposed to.
That's what you're supposed to do.
- You know, he asked me where my heart was,
and something just came to me like an "a-ha" moment.
I think the world of Gary, and I just needed
to be honest with him.
And myself, I guess.
My heart is all with Cru.
Every moment I'm here with you,
it's a minute that you're not with Cru.
And I want you to be happy.
So I'm gonna check myself out. Okay?
- Okay. - Thank you.
Thank you.
- You're good. You're going to be great.
- You're doing great. - Thank you. I'm trying.
- Life is gonna open up so many doors for you.
I can already -- I see it, and I feel it.
I told him my truth.
And my truth was that my heart is with Cru.
It breaks my heart a little bit, though,
because I didn't want to hurt anyone.
- ♪♪ So is this goodbye? ♪♪
♪♪ Is this goodbye? ♪♪
GARY: Asking the tough questions
is what this whole process is about.
Does it hurt? Yes, it [bleep] hurts.
It hurts tremendously.
But I don't care how much it hurts.
If you can't be honest with somebody and up front
with somebody, it's not worth it.
- ♪♪ Is this goodbye? ♪♪
♪♪ Tell me is this goodbye? ♪♪
- He's a wonderful man.
And just as much as he wants the best for me,
I want nothing but the best for him.
- Gary's still gone. What the hell?
- With your woman.
- You think this will make or break anything?
- Yeah, everything.
Literally everything is on the line right now.
It's final two. I'm not with Brooke.
I don't know.
- You got to see what Gary say, you know I'm saying?
- Aw, shit. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Oh, he went straight to the room.
- Oh! - Oh!
- Yo, Gary.
- All of a sudden, Gary comes storming in.
GARY: Hey, Cru, can I talk to you for a second?
- Absolutely.
I don't know what he wants to talk about.
I don't know if he's mad, sad, angry, upset.
- Oh, shit.
- They about to start arguing? - Yo, what is going on?
- We good?
My mind is twisted right now.
- Uh, I talked to Brooke tonight.
I know she's all in on you, bro.
She's all in on you. She's all about you.
- Really? - Yeah, she told me that.
And I know her being happy means being with you.
So I need you to be all in on her real shit, yo.
Because she's a dope woman, yo.
- She's amazing.
- I'm not going to wait. I'm gonna check out right now.
- Right now? - Right now.
- Are you sure? - I'm dead ass.
I'm dead ass, bro. Come here.
Show me some love, bro, for real.
I love you.
- You got this. - Hey, take care of her.
- I will. - For real.
You dope, bruh.
CRU: I feel a bunch of different feelings,
high and low, left and right.
He's my roommate, and it's hard to process.
I'm the last man standing.
It feels a little scary because all the pressure is on me now.
- Wait, where's Gary? - What's going on, yo?
- You got to sit down. - Yeah. Come on. Come on.
- He's gone. He just checked out.
- He literally just walked out. - What did he say Brooke said.
- He asked her if she was all in on me,
and she told him to his face, yeah.
- And he just walked off.
He said, "I'm checking out right now," and gone.
- [bleep]
Watching Gary leave, I had an overwhelming feeling of guilt.
Steph is such an amazing human being.
I want her to find the one. You know what I mean?
Like, we just didn't have a lot of time.
God dammit, man.
[ owl hooting ]
[ knocking ]
STEPH: I was just kind of just sitting there,
just relaxing, just thinking about the day,
and, all of a sudden, there's a knock on the door.
- Hi. - How are you?
- How you doing? - Good.
Can we talk for a second?
- Yeah, come on.
There's Giuseppe. He's just so emotional.
Like visibly upset.
What's up?
- Um, I just want to kind of have a chat.
So Gary just came over and just checked himself out.
And as I was sitting there, I was just thinking to myself
about like this entire experience
and how everything is going, and, you know, everybody has had
their time with each one of you guys,
and they've been able to build like such a strong romantic
relationship with all of you guys.
And I feel like we haven't had any time.
When we're getting towards the end,
and I think the last thing that I would want
is to really stand in the way of your happiness
because you are such an amazing human being.
And gosh, one of the nicest, most genuine human beings
that I've gotten to meet. And I feel like,
you know, me being here for just the next thing
just wouldn't makes sense.
It wouldn't be fair for me to just take up space.
I want her to really be happy.
And I feel like she'll hopefully find that with
Leroy or Quentin.
I'm so thankful.
I formed such amazing relationships with people here,
and I'm just so sad that I didn't have more time.
- Yeah.
- You're such a compassionate person,
and I hate that, like, you feel this way.
I mean, like, I feel so sad. Like, genuinely.
You're such great person.
And I'm so thankful that I had the chance
to talk to you and get to know you.
Aw, man.
- Love you. - I love you, too.
Thank you so much. Thank you for being here.
- Of course. STEPH: I hate that he felt that
he needed to check himself out or that he didn't belong.
But I'm really, really thankful that he took that the decision
into his own hands and what he felt was right for him
and, in turn, also doing me a favor.
- Bye, babe. - Bye.
- I'm really sad to see him go.
- Ah, man.
Now it's down to the last two.
I need to get my shit together because
I have a tough decision ahead.
- Yo, boys, Giuseppe pulled me aside, and he checked himself
out last night.
- For real? - He was just like,
he didn't want to confuse Steph anymore.
He felt like he came, he served his time.
He just thought that was it.
- That's crazy, bro. I mean -- - That's two.
- Yeah. On one day. - In one day.
- Anything happens at the Groove, bro.
- Well, what is going on at this hotel, yo?
- Damn.
[ bird screeches ]
- Reality is coming,
and it will change everything.
- This is weird.
I went to bed, and there were seven guys.
A few hours later, it's five guys.
- Yes, ma'am.
SPARKLE: I had to get some rest.
But apparently by the time I woke up,
there was some news you can use.
- Wow, we're down to the final five.
I mean, I'm down to my final one.
- Girl, you sent him down. All you got to think about
is whether or not you want to leave with him.
BROOKE: It's really, really important to me to figure out
if, you know, life after checkout will be with Cru
and if he'll fit right in with all my family
and all my friends and my life at home in L.A.
But, you know, you guys still have, like,
a decision to make, you know?
- My nerves are shot. - Yeah.
STEPH: We're getting toward the end of this experience.
And I'm starting to think about, who do I see myself with,
if anybody.
I'm just waiting for Pedro to pull out a final answer
out of his, you know, out of his sleeves,
because Lord knows he got everything else up there.
Pedro is a sorcerer.
[ gasping, laughter ]
What are you doing, Pedro?
He looks like he has something up his sleeves again.
- You know, as we approach the end of your stay here
at the Groove Hotel, reality is looming.
So today, it's time to face it.
We have a few guests coming for a visit.
- What do you mean? SPARKLE: What?
BROOKE: What guests?
STEPH: who's coming.
SPARKLE: Pedro, what are you talking about?
BROOKE: Pedro, come back here.
SPARKLE: Are we going home?
[ choir singing ]
What is happening?
Ooh.
Holy shit.
[ knocking ]
[ gasps ]
Oh, my God!
-[ screams ] - Oh, my God!
In walks Sparkle's best friend.
- Oh, my God!
- Steph's dad.
And my sister.
Oh, my God!
I was just like, "Oh, my God, is this really you?"
You look so beautiful.
How are you?
SPARKLE: I'm so excited to see my boo.
Kemisha is my best friend slash sister.
So good to see you.
She definitely knows who Sparkle is.
I'm so happy to see her.
We're just the bucket of tears at this point.
- Oh, my baby.
I'm definitely a daddy's girl. Like, I love my pops.
I just started crying because it was just like,
this is my dad.
[ sighs ]
This is crazy.
[ sighs ]
- So this is the Groove Hotel? - This is the Groove.
We've been groovin'.
You been groovin'?
- We've been groovin'.
We've been living a fairy tale and a dream this whole time.
But with my sister showing up today,
it's like, whoa, reality really, like, slapped me in the face.
- So who are you dating? What's going on?
- We're dating a few. We're dating some tenderonis.
Let's put it like that.
Oh, my God.
So although I'm excited to see Kemisha,
I have to introduce her to my guys.
And if you know Kemisha like I do,
she's not one to play with.
All right.
Tonight, the last to check out?
- Tonight's the last check out. - Final five.
Hey, they save best for last. What could go wrong?
Oh, shit.
- Aw! - For real?
[ laughter ]
AKIO: You know, usually when Pedro walks in, it's bad news.
I call him the Grim Reaper for a reason.
- Cru. - Oh, damn. Yes?
Ms. Brooke would like to speak with you.
- Okay.
Nobody wants to hear those words -- "We need to talk."
- Go get 'em, tiger. - Good luck, bro.
Yo, this is the craziest place I ever been to.
- ♪♪ I'm gonna be more like myself ♪♪
♪♪ Can't be nobody else ♪♪
- Okay, spill it. You got to tell me everything.
How are you? - I'm good.
You know, the other girls still have a couple of guys here
that they have to make a decision on.
But I only have one.
- One left? - Yeah.
I'm just really so thankful that my sister is here.
You know, my sister is my everything,
and she's seen me through so much.
All the highs and all the lows.
[ sighs ] It's like almost too good to be true.
- Okay.
- From the moment we saw each other,
it was like a fairy tale and I was just blown away.
And you know that I kind of go all in
and I kind of have blinders on.
You know, these guys, they're so young.
I mean, these guys are young. - Okay. They're younger.
- You know, he's 30. Well, he's almost 31.
And he came with such maturity and depth.
You know, I have this great connection with him,
and I'm scared to death.
You know, she's seen me at my lowest low.
She doesn't ever want to see me cry the way I've cried before.
And, um...
Yeah.
You've been right there with me during all of it.
Every single relationship, every single heartbreak.
Losing the baby.
You know, you were everything to me during that time.
AUDRIANNA: My sister is my best friend.
I want to kind of be that sounding board to you
and, you know, represent our family.
With everything that she went through,
she deserves to be the happiest she's ever been in life.
As her sister, I love her, and I want her to have that.
- I can't wait for you to meet him.
- Who is this person behind us?
- Hello. - Oh, my God. This is Cru.
- [ laughs ] Oh, my God.
- This is Audrey. - Oh, my God.
- Hi. - Hello.
Meeting Brooke's sister, she had me nervous.
- Look at him, look at him, look at him.
Look, look at those eyes. - Oh, my God.
I think it's very telling the way that a man looks
at a woman that he's interested in.
We're stupid, we're so dumb.
AUDRIANNA: And I like the way he looks at my sister.
But men can be charming.
I know that you saw the tattoo.
Yeah. [ laughs ]
- It's, uh, from our first date, actually.
- Wow.
- He's a tattoo artist, so he tattooed me.
- Really? - [ laughs ]
- That's not something you would ever do before, so...
- She was like, "What?"
She was -- didn't know what to make of that.
- I'm going to just go right in with my biggest question ever.
This is my heart and soul, my sister.
And so I do want to truly, like, ask you,
are you in love with my sister?
- Oh, my God.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
[ laughs ]
- You are full cannons blazing.
- Oh, yeah.
My sister's cracked that whip for me many times,
and somebody's got to ask these questions.
You know, she's worth everything.
- What's there to be shy about? - Nothing to be shy about.
If you're not, it's okay. You can just let me know.
- Whoa. Audrey was coming at me, like guns a blazing.
I am falling for this woman. One thousand percent.
- Falling in what?
- Falling in love with Brooke.
- That's good. That's good.
[ laughs ]
Where do you plan on living after this?
- Living? - Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, we got to figure that out.
- We have a lot we have to figure out.
- I'm in Utah. She's in California.
Nine hour drive. Two hour flight.
Um, yeah. We haven't talked about that.
- We haven't really had the chance
to kind of figure that out.
- [ sighs ] I'm sweating.
Get out of there. Get out of there.
- [ laughs ]
- When does he want children?
How excited is he to be a dad?
Those are the things.
- Yeah, those are so -- those are really important.
Yeah.
With my sister showing up today, like the reality of what
we're really doing here really, like, slapped me in the face,
and it's like, vacation's almost over.
What are you going to do now?
- This drink is good. - It is.
Oh, finally.
SPARKLE: Kemisha is a really, really close friend,
and she's more like a sister to me.
So tell me, what is this Groove Hotel?
- It's basically a retreat for us fabulous and 40 women.
- Mm-hmm. -And, you know,
most importantly, they got hot young men.
- All right!
So I want to hear all about the hot young men.
SPARKLE: Kemisha is a very no holds barred type of person.
She may not make sense of this young hot guy stuff.
There's been a few guys here that caught my eye.
- Okay. - But you know
they're younger. - Mm.
What's up with that? 'Cause you know how I feel.
I'm super protective of my Sparkle.
The last couple of years have been difficult for her.
She's been through a lot.
I just want my Sparkle, my best friend, to be happy.
- So we'll start with the first one, Akio.
- Mm-hmm.
- Akio provides maybe the Zen.
He seems very Zen-ful, very peaceful.
He seems so, you know.
But he gives me a little bit of sexy mysteriousness.
- Mysterious? - Yeah.
- Mm. Why is he so mysterious?
And what is he trying to keep you from knowing?
- I don't know.
- You are the prize. They need to be worthy.
Period.
AKIO: Sparkle. - Hi, Akio.
- How are you? - I'm well. How are you?
- Good. Good. Good. Hello.
- Hi. - Hi. I'm Akio.
SPARKLE: Akio, this is my best friend,
but she's like a sister to me.
AKIO: Want me to sit in the middle?
- Okay. - I can look at you.
- I wanted her to meet you. - Okay.
- Mm-hmm. - I guess that's
a good thing, right?
- I hope so. We'll find out, won't we?
AKIO: Meeting Kemisha today,
I have an immense amount of pressure.
As of right now, my life is pretty invested in Sparkle.
So I hope it goes well.
- Where do you see yourself in five years?
AKIO: Five years?
So I recently graduated with my doctorate
in occupational therapy. - Okay.
AKIO: And some of my friends that I graduated with,
we plan to open our own rehab center.
- Okay. So tell me, what draws you to Sparkle?
- Look at her. She's a beautiful lady.
You know what I'm saying? Absolutely gorgeous.
And her spirit's beautiful. - Mm-hmm.
- You know, so I'll always do my best, you know,
to make sure Sparkle's happy.
She's making me blush and stuff.
KEMISHA: After meeting Akio, he's definitely set
in his career, and he definitely gave me a mature vibe.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- All right.
So I feel a little bit at ease
because I know these are things that are important for her.
And then to balance that...
- Mm hmm. -...I had the opposite of Akio,
this guy, I get very genuine vibes from him.
- Okay. - Only thing about him.
- Oh, boy. - Is he is much younger
than I anticipated.
I didn't anticipate entertaining any young guys,
but when I got here -- - How much younger?
- He's a lot younger. - What's a lot?
- 22. - Oh, lord. No.
[ laughs ]
So he a baby.
- Um, he doesn't give me baby.
- I'm sure he doesn't.
SPARKLE: Steven speaks to my spirit.
Speak to the vibrant side of sparkle
and the possibility of more.
STEVEN: Hello? Hello? Hello?
SPARKLE: Steven's coming.
- Hey. - Hi, Steven.
STEVEN: How you doing? Hey, Sparkle.
- Hi. - Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. - I cannot believe that
that young man is 22.
Wow.
So your age, and I'm sorry, is just obvious, right,
is that is the elephant in the room?
What makes you feel that you're worthy of
such a gem as Sparkle?
- Me being so young and giving her the space
to open up the way she has been around me,
I feel like that alone speaks volumes.
I'm definitely speaking from the heart
when I'm talking to Kemisha.
You know, I want her to feel that I'm genuine.
Sparkle's had more life experiences, right?
- Yeah. - How can you support her
when it's fair to say you haven't had
some of those life experiences?
- I feel like, you know, I feel like Sparkle,
she can definitely teach me a few things
when it comes to situations like that.
- So what is your vision outside of the hotel?
Like, what is your thoughts on kids?
- It was a serious interrogation, like grilling.
Like she's asking me question after question after question.
Yeah.
That's important. So I'm open to it in the future.
Obviously not right away, you know,
because that is something I do want to do,
- Right.
STEVEN: Nothing that I said was out of character
or unauthentic of myself.
I've always been true to myself since day one,
and I felt like that's exactly what I did.
- We're going to go, and we're going to gossip about you.
- Right. Please know we are talking about you.
I definitely feel that Steven has good intentions.
- Can I give you a hug? - Definitely.
But I worry that he hasn't had those life experiences.
So what are you thinking?
- I do know that I get very genuine vibes from him.
- Okay. SPARKLE: He is fun.
And I'm thinking about what works best for me.
And maybe not necessarily what society thinks
works best for them.
But another thing about him is he is one of my sister's sons.
- What? - He's Stephanie's son.
The look on Kemisha's face revealed she was freaking out.
- Unh-unh. What's up with that?
- Girl, I don't know!
I don't know what I'm going to do.
STEPH: You're going to die laughing.
One of them is 28, and one of them is 29.
Well, you don't like younger men.
- Well, now I do.
- Now you do? - Now I do.
[ both laugh ]
- Okay. - Yeah.
STEPH: Back in the day, my pops was a very handsome man,
a ladies man, and he married my mom.
And my mom is 10 years older than him.
I've always said, like, "I'm not my mom,
Like, I'm not dating nobody younger."
And now here I am, I'm like,
"Am I turning into my mom? Like, is it happening?"
We kickin' it.
- He's a nice guy? - They're both nice.
They're really nice. One of them is a police officer.
And the other one does group fitness,
and he's super funny.
Which that was the one that I had the most fun with,
and I started to like him.
- So, you met your Prince Charming?
- I don't know. I don't know. [ laughs ]
I'm just curious to see his reaction,
because it's not one guy, it's two.
He's like, "What the hell you coming out here doing?"
[ laughs ]
This is about to be interesting.
It's going to be lit as shit.
- How you doin'? How you doin'? How you doin'?
- Hello. - This is Quentin.
That's my pops. This is Nelson
- How you doing? - This is Quentin.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- I was a little nervous walking through the door.
But as a cop, I'm usually the one
talking and asking questions.
This is cool.
- Right?
[ laughter ]
This time, I'm in the interrogation seat.
- My question is, what are the intentions
you have for my daughter?
QUENTIN: Good question.
I'm not the guy to just jump into things.
Like, I don't want to just come in and say,
"Hey, I'm ready to get married."
I want to get to know her, that friendship turns into
a relationship and possibly a marriage.
You never want to just go into things rushing
because it's like a honeymoon phase.
It can be real strong now.
But outside of this, how will our lives mesh.
- It's well put, the way you said it.
Very good.
- This is pretty cool. [ laughs ]
- I like Quentin for Stephanie.
- It was a pleasure. - Okay. Same here, my brother.
- To me, Quentin is a marriage type of guy.
- Very nice.
- I definitely feel that way.
- Yeah, me too.
STEPH: Now that my dad has met Quentin,
I know he's going to meet Leroy.
I don't know what my dad is going to think about Leroy.
He knows I've been hurt.
He knows I've been through a lot.
- Hey.
- Hi. - How we doing?
STEPH: He's probably going to look at him
and try to read him up and down like I did.
So it'll be interesting.
- What's going on?
- Fingers crossed.
- Hi, Leroy. - I'm Leroy.
STEPH: This is my dad. - Hey. How you doing?
Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- All right. - What's up?
- Hey.
- Meeting a family member can be a little nerve wracking.
STEPH: This is the big OG.
The big OG, big homie?
[ laughs ]
But I got charisma.
And I want to be with Steph, so I want Nelson's approval.
- What do you see yourself in the future with Stephanie?
A family? Kids?
- Off the top, my pops was grilling him.
- That's like a bigger, overarching question.
Whatever allows, I'm willing to do
because I want kids and stuff like that.
But, you know, just the complications
and stuff like that.
We don't know what's going on in, like,
you know what I'm saying?
STEPH: What is happening here?
- Yeah.
STEPH: This is definitely uncomfortable.
- Like, I don't really get the answers
to, like, the kids and stuff like that.
I'm willing to just roll with the punches,
you know what I'm saying?
- Oh, my God! What the [bleep] is going on?
- I see.
Leroy was not very sure of the question that I asked him.
- Can I get a little hug?
- He's not sure exactly what he really, really, really wants.
STEPH: Goodbye.
So, what do you think about him?
- I like the other guy.
- You like the first one better?
- That's how I feel.
- He's fun.
- He's more like a player.
Yeah. He's more like a player.
- More of a player? - Yeah.
Yeah, that's how I feel.
STEPH: Naturally, of course, I want whoever I'm going
to be with to be close with my pops.
I love my pops. I love my family, you know?
So these are the people that know me the best.
I don't want to jump into a situation and then to get hurt.
- You regret it.
- Boom NELSON: Right.
- Exactly. - Right.
STEPH: Ultimately, that decision is mine.
I'm telling myself, don't be afraid.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
So there's one more person that I want you to see.
- Oh, my.
STEPH: One more surprise.
Oh! Steven!
- Man, this day just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
STEVEN: How you doing?
NELSON: Good. How are you?
STEPH: When he finds out that Steven has found a connection,
and then he finds out who it is, that's gonna be great.
He's going to be like, "What?"
[ laughs ]
What are you doing here?
Initially, I wanted to come out here
and make sure that Mom was good.
- You watched for your mom?
- I was watching out for Mom. You know how it is.
You know how it is. I got to make sure she's good.
- Right - And then as I've been
out here, I caught a vibe with somebody else out here.
- Oh. - And it's been going
pretty well.
- Ah.
STEVEN: Look who it is. Look who it is.
- Sparkle is gorgeous.
- Nice to see you again.
NELSON: Same here.
SPARKLE: I know this is a lot for you in one day.
Whoa.
I want to start by saying I did not know
Steven was her son when I started to connect
with the gentle, respectful young man.
- Okay.
She's so bright, and she has such a glow.
She has a -- Yeah.
Well, Steven, there's nothing I can say.
She's a beautiful woman.
- Thank you, Grandpa.
- Yeah. She's pretty.
And I see, you know, why you like her.
[ laughter ]
If it doesn't work out with Steven,
hey, here I am.
Yeah.
Grandpa's coming.
Hey, come on. I still got it, you know?
[ laughs ]
- I don't want to say goodbye.
- Bye.
- [ sighs ]
Today was a lot. You know?
What a day.
For me, my pops really, I needed that touch of reality.
You know what I mean? I know we got to get ready.
We have another check out, and this is it.
This is it.
- Oh, my God. - He looks way too serious.
- Good evening, gentlemen.
I have some news for you tonight.
- Oh, shit.
- We're going straight to check out.
- Oh. - What?
- We're going straight to check out?
- Oh, my God. My head's in a whirlwind, man.
This is crazy, bro. I can't believe this.
- ♪♪ I never loved ♪♪
♪♪ From this end of this road ♪♪
♪♪ One more step, one more chance to live ♪♪
♪♪ So let it let go ♪♪
- So tonight is the end all, be all.
- ♪♪ No, I'll never let go ♪♪
SPARKLE: We'll be down to one.
The one.
Guys, come on out.
BROOKE: With my sister showing up today,
it really forced me to really think about, okay, Brooke,
what is life going to look like after you check out?
And, you know, will you be checking out with Cru?
The fact that you met my sister today
meant the world to me.
I'm just so hopeful for what's to come.
Cru, will you stay with me at the Groove Hotel,
a.k.a. the Cru Hotel?
- Absolutely.
- ♪♪ Catch me 'cause I'm falling for you ♪♪
- Yes, yes, yes.
- ♪♪ Falling for you ♪♪
CRU: This is real.
We've talking about real life outside of the hotel.
And it was literally just me and Brooke.
- ♪♪ Catch me 'cause I'm falling for you ♪♪
- So the next few days, we'll really be able to sit down
and have like real, real necessary conversations
to figure out if life after checkout
will be with Cru or on my own.
STEPH: I have Quentin and Leroy left.
Ooh, I'm super nervous today.
Never in a million years did I think that I would come here
and not only really start liking somebody,
liking more than one person.
I just want to get it over with already.
- I know I'm a fearless dude, and I don't really
get nervous at all.
But, like, today has really thrown me off.
Like, my heart's just racing.
This is it. This is it.
QUENTIN: I'll put myself out there.
I'll let her know what I'm trying to do.
And she actually started to have feelings for me.
STEPH: You both are amazing men,
and I'm so glad that we connected.
Although one of you have so many qualities that I look for
in my partner, one of you just --
one of you just does it.
Leroy.
-♪♪ Pull me into the light of day ♪♪
LEROY: I think what me and Steph have is real.
But I just know that I do like her,
and I do want to be with her.
And I do see a future with her.
So I hope we check out together.
You have so many things about you that I find to be,
like, perfect.
Anybody who gets you is so, so lucky.
[ both laugh ]
- Every moment I spent with you, I just got to witness greatness.
- Thank you.
- You know we good.
You know we good. We good.
Steph deserves to be happy. She's a strong woman.
She's conquered a lot of things.
- Thank you so much. - No problem.
QUENTIN: Leroy, he has a big, big, big personality.
Hopefully, she made the right decision.
AKIO: My emotions are all over the place.
You know, I'm asking myself like, you know, if I did
everything within my power to let Sparkle know, like,
you know, I'm for real.
I can't believe it. But here we are.
STEVEN: Pretty nervous for a second.
I don't know what's going to happen.
I wouldn't say I'm overly confident.
I laid it on the line with Sparkle.
You know, I showed her the true most authentic me.
If I were to check out tonight, I would be pretty sad.
- Akio and Steven.
You both have been on this journey with me since day one,
and I'm truly appreciative.
Steven, will you join me here at the Groove Hotel?
- Absolutely.
- I feel like the president of the Groove Hotel, baby!
- I cherish every moment we had together.
And I wish you and my boy Steven the best.
- Thank you. AKIO: You're welcome.
SPARKLE: I was vibing with Akio so hard.
And then Steven came out of nowhere,
and I'm really starting to feel him.
- Pedro. - Good evening, sir.
- Good evening.
Right now, I feel a whirlwind of emotions,
as far as I thought I was going to be checking out with Sparkle.
Yeah. You know, that really sucks, you know?
PEDRO: May I have your name, please?
- Sure. Akio Ross.
- Akio? - Yes, sir.
- You weren't expected to check out tonight.
- I know this is going to be stuck in my mind
for a little while.
You know, it's I think going to take a toll on me.
I think I'm definitely gonna need a little time to myself.
Yeah. Just wish I was leaving here with Sparkle, man.
But it is what it is.
I hope Sparkle finds exactly what she's looking for.
You know, she's an amazing woman, great person, you know?
And she deserves the world.
- Safe travels. I hope to see you back at the Groove Hotel.
- Thank you.
- Hey!
Look at this.
BROOKE: I feel like I am falling in love.
I'd really love to spend the night with, you know,
the man that I'm falling in love with.
So I think that's what I'm going to do.
Damn, this is crazy. This is a crazy experience.
SPARKLE: This is the most freeing part of being here
at the Groove is acceptance, you know,
just the ability to be.
There's no external judgment here.
I have to figure out if this could really be a thing.
- We did it.
- Now the real work start.
- We're almost at the end. And I'm falling for Leroy.
And it scares the shit out of me.
It's been a long time since I've fallen in love with anybody.
And I know that the word "love" scares him.
I want to talk to him about,
you know, realistically, like, what's the next move?
You know, because it's check out time now.
Now I got to check out.
- That was cool. - That was crazy.
- Yeah. It was crazy.
[ beeping ]
- I'm falling for you.
- Like, I don't know what that means.
- What do you mean you don't know what that means?
- I don't know what it means.
[ beeping ]
- Is this uncomfortable?
- Yes. I don't like this at all.
- Give him my heart, and he just kind of left me there,
you know what I mean?
[ beeping ]
[ sobbing ]
[ beeping ]
[ telephone ringing ]
[ receiver clicks ]
[ beeping rapidly ]
- [bleep]
[ beeping ]
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