[narrator] Previously on Love Triangle...
[intercom rings]
Hey!
Six couples who connected via text sight unseen...
[Sam] We find each other attractive
and the connection's building.
[narrator] got up close...
[Jacinta] Last night we decided to share a bed.
[narrator] and very, very personal.
- You'd have a butt plug at home. - Is that what you're into?
Ah, there's nothing wrong with a bit of that.
[Jessica laughs]
[narrator] before the first Couples Party...
[narrator] took a toxic turn.
That's shit.
The person you're meant to be connecting with
is flirting with someone else.
[Daniel] Maybe she's gone and slept with blokes straight away
and that.
[Lisa] Oh my god!
Bam! I'm just going to slut shame my match right away.
[narrator] Coming up next...
It's not a good feeling.
the hangover.
We had like, a fight last night.
I don't know if Nellie even knows.
Just trying to recall one conversation that Dan told me.
[Nellie gasps]
And just when all hope is lost...
[phone chimes] Oh, my god!
[phone chimes] a second chance.
You can't wait to get back to dating girls, huh?
After all that's gone on with Dan...
Where the fuck have you been, Richard?
as the Love Triangle twist...
- Hi. - Hi. Jay.
spirals.
- [Nemo] What happened? - [Jacinta] I just need a moment.
Oh, my gosh.
Wow.
[sigh]
[narrator] Six couples who met and connected via text
with no idea what the other looked like,
have now been living together in the Love Triangle experience
for nearly a week.
For Nellie and Dan, what once seemed so promising
has already fallen off a cliff.
[Nellie] When Dan and I were texting, he was
telling me how much he values getting to know someone.
He was really flirty.
He was really kind. He was jokey.
And that's one of the reasons why I picked him.
But since moving in with Dan I I have hardly laughed once.
And it just feels like someone else
had his phone and was texting for him or something.
His personality catfished me. [Nellie sniffs]
I came into this experience wanting to find love.
I wanted to at least explore that.
But he just has made up his mind
that he doesn't feel a connection.
[Nellie sniffles]
[tearfully] I just wanted someone to
at least want to know me.
That just feels like I'm not worth getting to know.
[Nellie sniffles]
[narrator] And Nellie venting to the girls
at last night's couples party, hasn't helped.
[Daniel sighs]
Last night, yeah, there was a couple of girls
come and had a one-on-one with me.
Wasn't, like, trying to get to know me.
It was straightaway like a drive by.
Like [chuckles] they've just come driving
straight past me, pulled the trigger out.
[Lisa] How did you feel on the date?
Did you feel like, a spark there?
Was the conversation flowing?
Mate, conversation is flowing.
We're just completely different people.
You know, I think Nellie just feels a little bit depleted.
And I said, "Oh, that's not very nice."
But are you being friendly with her? Are you being--
Yeah, of course I am.
Just because there might not be a connection there
doesn't mean I'm a bad person.
And that's the way I feel like you're making me.
[Daniel] I don't know what Nel said to the girls but...
Hey.
[Daniel] Yeah, it pissed me off.
- [Daniel] How was the night? - Um...
[Daniel] Looked like you were enjoying it.
[Nel] Did it? Ah, yeah, it was interesting.
I definitely learnt a lot about other people.
- Yeah. - How about you?
[Daniel] Ahh, as I said to everyone last night
who asked about our relationship and how we've been,
I said I couldn't say a bad word about ya,
and "She's an awesome girl."
I don't know what you said to them, but
no matter what come out of my mouth,
it was attack, attack, attack.
[Nel] I was upset when I was talking.
I said it's been really hard because
I feel like, you know, everyone else is making an effort.
And there's a part of me that feels like
Dan's not really trying to make an effort with me.
That's fucking bullshit, Nel.
How can you trust them
to tell them that stuff so straight away?
That's like, that's that gets my blood boiling.
That puts a wall up in me and, like,
I don't, like, and that might be hard for you to, for me to--
Yeah, you don't trust me. I get it.
[Daniel sighs]
I was hurt. Like, when I was talking I was hurt.
I feel insecure because, like, I
feel like I'm not worth putting in effort in for.
[Daniel] I believe that I've been making an effort,
but I don't know if that is what I want.
I don't know if that's...
Like, you don't want to spend time with me?
[Nel] I just need to know if you want to try.
I haven't got an answer right now. Yeah, yeah.
Definitely still in limbo. I don't know where I stand.
I'm back again to not knowing
and feeling like everything's in his court.
So, I'm just confused.
But...
if he wants to wipe the slate clean, I would try.
[Daniel] Mmm. Yeah.
[Nellie sighs] Yeah.
[narrator] And whilst an unsuspecting Nellie
remains open to a future with Dan,
Lisa is sitting on some vital information
that could change her perspective.
[Lisa] How was your conversation with Dan?
Well, I didn't even know what was going on.
I need to know what he told you.
[Sulei] I was just talking to him about footy for a lot of it.
He seems like a really lovely guy.
[Lisa] There's one point when Dan was talking,
he did slut-shame Nellie.
Slut-shame?
He mentioned something about like,
it's easy for her to get into bed with guys.
I don't like the fact he talked down a woman,
especially that's his match.
That was really mean to say that
right on the first Couples Party.
[Sulei] Mmm.
And I don't know if Nellie even knows.
So, maybe I should tell her.
[Sulei] Mmm.
[Lisa] I'm just, like, grateful
that we are getting along so well .
Yeah, for sure.
And it doesn't feel like we're forcing anything.
Yeah.
I didn't want to say anything bad about you... yet.
Yeah, yeah. I said, "Her cheesecake sucks."
- [Lisa chuckles] - No, I didn't say that.
The Couples Party with Lisa was awesome.
We get along so well. We do quite a lot together.
We watch the footy together. We go shopping together.
We cook together.
Tonight, I'm going to teach you how to make the Asian tacos.
OK.
[Sulei] She's pretty much becoming my best friend.
Our friendship is great
but I'm really missing the romantic connection.
That's what the whole experience is about.
- Yeah. Good, I'm ready for it. - Yeah.
Just so you know, like,
I'm going to show you, like, what I can do.
- [Lisa chuckles] - Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready.
And then I'm going to sell the recipe online
and make millions of dollars off of it.
I'd better get credit for this. [Lisa chuckles]
Yeah, I'll give you $11.
It's just what I do. I'm generous like that.
- Eleven? - Eleven dollars.
[Sulei] You want to meet someone and fall in love,
happily ever after.
Like, that's what we all want.
[Lisa laughs]
I'm going to fatten you up so badly.
[Sulei chuckles]
[narrator] Sulei's not the only one who's
worried about his relationship stalling.
After learning that Alan was
flirting with Jacinta at last night's Couples Party,
Jess is worried he's regretting his choice to pick her.
Some night wasn't it? [Jessica laughs]
[Jessica] In the beginning, when we were texting,
getting to know each other, it was very sexual, flirty.
Like, now that we've moved in, the dynamic kind of changed.
And then last night, Jacinta and Lisa came up to me,
and they said, "Alan hit on Jacinta."
[tearfully] It's not a good feeling.
[Jessica sniffles]
How are you feeling?
Oh, I feel like...
Mm, yeah, there was just a few things that, ahh,
you're aware of that, ahh--
That I was made aware of, yeah? Yeah, made aware of.
- Yep. - Yeah.
[Jessica clears her throat]
Yeah. So obviously
I was a little bit annoyed at Jacinta sort of assuming...
- Yep. - like, anything.
I was just, you know, just talking to her in general
conversation and sort of said to her, you know,
"You've got a nice smile."
Like, I was just like, like, I really like teeth.
I think, you know, everyone sort of knows that now
and I sort of take pride in mine.
So, I thought like, you know...
I even said to most, like, all the girls like,
"I love your dress," you know, "You look great."
Even the boys. Like, I was flirting with Sam at one point,
'cause he's, he's like...
- Flirting with everyone. - Bit of bromance, you know?
- Yeah. - So, like...
What do you reckon, more to the point?
[Jessica sighs] I mean, it is what it is.
[Jessica] I honestly don't know who to believe at this point.
But, either way,
I don't know if he wants anything more here with me,
or if it is just a friendship.
Sometimes I get glimpses, but then I'm like, nah,
I think on his end it's definitely just a friendship.
So, I think at this point I'm just going to leave it at that.
I don't even know what to say.
Look, it's only been six days now.
Mmm.
We're sort of just going with the flow.
We're actually lucky that we get on
and we can talk about absolutely anything.
I would hate to be in, like, an awkward situation
where you don't talk.
Mmm?
[Jessica] That would be so hard. It would be so hard.
[narrator] After a dream start
to their Love Triangle experience,
rock-solid couple Jacinta and Nemo
have hit a rather modern roadblock.
We had a fight last night.
Since I've met Jay, like,
there's been a new label every day.
She added another label to her sexuality last night
which came out of left field.
So, at this point
I've got three different labels for her sexuality.
It's pansexual, queer, and asexual.
And I'm getting a bit confused
and a bit overwhelmed by the labels.
As a black man, I've been labelled my entire life.
Any room it step into,
people have already put labels on me,
and no matter what I say or do to try and...
to try and change those labels, that's their opinion.
That's who they perceive me to be.
And I just want them to be open enough and willing enough to
see my character before judging me on the external.
And that's why I get frustrated that
she puts these labels on herself,
because I don't see any of those.
But yeah, there's a bit of a disconnect there
with me and Jay, yeah.
The essence of our argument last night is...
correct me if I'm wrong at any point,
but I feel like you were telling me who you were
through your lens.
I had questions about that because you,
from my point of view,
tend to put a lot of labels on yourself.
And from my perspective,
they don't actually describe your character as a person.
Um. So who are you?
I'm an intersectional queer person of colour
who identifies as pansexual and grey sexual.
[Nemo] See? Where What is that?
I didn't know. What is grey sexual?
Last night you told me that you're also asexual.
So you're pansexual, grey sexual, asexual.
Is there any other sexualities you identify with?
Because not one of your labels
you've told me in the last week and a half, not one,
have described Jacinta's character.
Then what would you say?
I would say she's a very courageous,
active, focussed, go-getting girl,
and she has a heart of gold.
I feel like being labellist is almost the ultimate freedom.
I find power and a sense of identity
of being able to use labels to explain who I am as a person.
Why is that?
It comes from a lack of identity,
and that came from childhood.
I didn't grow up with my family.
My mother was a drug addict who didn't want me.
And my father, I don't know who he is.
Because of that, I was in the system as a baby.
Mm-hm?
And then I was in foster care
and I went through family to family to family.
Mm-hm?
I grew up in a white, systematic society where I was treated
differently and I didn't know why
because I didn't know I was black.
I didn't know I was mixed.
I thought I was like everybody else,
but I wasn't treated that way.
I was never accepted by the African community
because I didn't have the culture.
I didn't know anything about that.
White people didn't accept me
because to them I don't look white.
I'm not white. So I was by myself.
I had this big hole in my life of a lack of identity,
of not knowing who I was and how I was.
And then I learnt about my sexuality and who I am
and everything I represent,
and that's why I'm so strong about that.
Right.
And that's why I have labels, so I have an identity,
so I know who I am.
At first it was a bit daunting, like, hearing
the amount of labels at first and like,
it was a bit overwhelming.
But now that we've got to this point,
I completely understand.
Her upbringing and her identity issues growing up
have definitely led to this, like, identity discovery.
So, it's important for me
that I support her through all of that.
[Nemo] I really do appreciate this conversation,
and lets me know a bit more of who you are
and how you step into the world.
[narrator] It's the second week of the Love Triangle experience,
and, as the initial excitement wears off,
couples are contending with the reality
of being in a relationship with someone they just met...
[all] Hi! [everyone giggles]
[Lisa] How are you?
[Nellie] How are you?
and the only people who understand the difficulties
are others going through the same thing.
[woman] Oh! Eugh! No, no.
[cork pops] [all] Oh!
- Alright. Let's cheers. - Cheers, guys.
- To girls day. - Whoo!
Feels so much better.
- [Daniel] How are you, brother? - Hey, good. Come in.
- Good to see ya. - Welcome to my humble abode.
Mate. The shack.
I know. Man, what's been happening?
Mate, this um yeah, just been cruisey the last few days.
[Nellie] So, how are you and Alan, Jess?
I would say me and Alan are doing really good.
My concern, though, is that there
probably isn't anything more than a friendship here.
I mean, we get on, but I'm not his type.
- It's evident. - What? Really?
Yeah, he goes for blondes.
And what if the other girl comes in? How will you feel?
I don't... Obviously not good, because
I didn't come here to be friends with someone.
Do you reckon if you have, like, a hot date with him
and, you know, there's a kiss
and then see if, like, a spark would grow?
Ah, I don't know whether a spark can grow.
Like, I don't know if I believe that.
You never know. Just go for it.
Don't just give up right away.
The reason why we're here is because--
Is to give something, something different. Yeah...
- Yeah. Give something different. - a chance, yeah.
Now Lisa, where's your head at?
Honestly, so far it's gone really well with Sulei and I.
We're just trying to, like, discover
what we are when we're a partner in a relationship.
- Oh, she's awesome. - Yeah.
- She's great. Like... - Yeah.
- We're taking it slow. - Yep.
Not sharing a room yet or anything like that.
Bro, at the Couples Part,
I thought the night was going well.
I didn't realise there was all this [Sulei chuckles]
There was other stuff happening.
[Daniel] We were too busy talking about
all the important stuff that we need to cover.
- Eating and drinking? - Eating, drinking, footy.
[Sulei laughs]
But, one of the girls said something that you said
came across like you were making like a statement about how
Nellie's like, easy, like, to get with.
- Easy to get with? - Yeah, something like that.
- Yeah, right. - Someone said. Yeah, yeah.
I was like, I will just chat to you about it.
Like yeah, like, almost like she sleeps around a little bit.
But I was like...
That's like, that's so, that's so wild 'cause, like,
I would never, ever say that about anyone, eh?
That's what I was thinking in my head.
I was like, no way he said that.
It's funny how like, words just get around, eh?
- Yeah, yeah. - What happened, dude?
Did you say anything? Like, was there any, like...
Bro, like, not at all.
Oh, I feel all my insecurities just fall away.
- All gone. - [Nellie and Jessica giggle]
So tell us, what's been happening?
Did you and Dan talk after the Couples Party?
We didn't talk on the car ride home.
- It was, it was-- - Oh, no.
It was just like, crickets.
There was a bit of drama at the Couples Party, too,
with him, right?
- Yeah. - [Lisa] What happened?
'Cause I was kind of saying how I felt to some of the girls,
he said he felt attacked.
And then he asked me if I was saying those things,
and I said, hey, I was angry, but I didn't, like,
set the hounds on you to come and interrogate you or anything.
I'm just trying to recall one conversation that Dan told me.
He said something about you,
saying she'd get into bed easily with guys.
[Nellie gasps]
[Jessica] OK. That's a fucked up comment.
[Nellie, laughing] Oh, my god!
Jesus Christ!
OK, that would be cause for me to fucken say,
"I'm packing my bags and leaving."
I was like, this is a bit disrespectful
to just say about your match right off the bat
when you just met us.
What the fuck? That's such a fucking dickish comment.
Hang on.
That's so wild that he's being so sanctimonious and being like,
hey, I'm the bigger person.
And then he goes out and says all of that stuff.
And I feel guilty.
I was questioning how I felt the whole time.
Babe, I'm fuming. I'm seeing red for you right now.
Like, that's fucked.
I was literally sitting there like, have I said too much?
I should apologise to Dan for not being honest with him
about how I felt.
And then he's there saying that I'm basically a slut.
- [Nellie laughs] - Yeah.
Oh, my god.
I'm so angry.
That makes me so mad. Eugh!
And if I find out that this is
actually what he said, he's slut-shamed me to
a group of people that have never met me,
I just don't think that we could ever come back from that.
I wouldn't even want to be in the same house with him,
to be honest.
[approaching footsteps outside] [door opens]
[Daniel puffs a quick tune]
[Daniel] Hey. What's going on?
[door closes]
- How was it? - Yeah.
Yeah, it was nice to have some girl time, that's for sure.
Yeah.
What about you?
Yeah, it was good. It was just me and big Sulei.
It was good to hear some different voices
rather than your bad jokes all day.
So [laughing] yeah.
So did Lisa say anything to ya?
About something I might have said?
Mmm.
Yeah. So that never came out of my mouth at all.
The only thing I could even think of was when we first got
here I said that Nellie said,
"Oh, I had to get my stuff out in the room."
And I said, "No, I want to sleep in my own room."
Unless they've taken that out of context
'cause that would fucken never come out of my mouth.
I was just chatting to Lisa and she was
saying that you said that basically
I'd be really easy to sleep with.
- I never said that. - That I'm easy.
Well, she's fucking lying 'cause that's bullshit.
- I-- - That's so bullshit.
[Nellie] I don't, I don't know. I mean, I, I guess...
[Daniel exhales]
Yeah, I understand why you're angry.
I guess I'm really... I'm frustrated, too, because--
Yeah, I'm not, I'm not raising,
I apologise for raising my voice.
But this stuff, like it, it really affects me deep down
'cause I hate lies,
and I hate when people are trying to cause drama.
Like, it's fucking so annoying.
I just... Yeah.
But I just didn't think that...
I didn't think that you would slut-shame me, you know,
in a way, I guess.
[Daniel sighs]
[stammers] It's, that's fucking, that's wild.
It's wild allegations.
[Nellie sighs]
The big question: Did or did he not say it?
I still don't know.
He almost being so defensive that he did say it
because he's getting his guard up so much about it.
So for her to pluck this out of the blue
just to cause drama, it doesn't seem right to her character.
But, I just don't know.
And I have to just wait to find out.
[Nellie sighs]
[Emily] Ooh!
- It's big. - [Sam] Yeah.
[narrator] After nearly a week living together...
- [Emily] Oh! - [Sam] I...
- [Emily] You are very excited. - [Sam] Here it comes.
Sam is thrilled to have hit a hole in one...
[golf club hits golf ball] Oh, yeah!
[Sam] Oh! Oh, yeah! Nice!
in his Love Triangle experience.
[Emily] I really gave him a good whack.
But for Emily, doubts have started to creep in.
[Emily] Look, there's absolutely
a little bit of a sexual chemistry going on.
Our, sort of, affection between each other
has definitely developed over the past week.
[Sam] You can start golf late in life
and can find yourself winning the Women's PGA.
[Emily] Hey, hey, "late in life"? Cheeky.
[Emily] But, I know that Sam likes to go for
girls that are a lot younger than him.
I'm not his type
so of course that's going to be an insecurity.
[Emily] It was this time tomorrow week
that I moved into this place.
Yeah.
[Emily] When you meet a guy and you like them,
you tend to be a little bit insecure.
You know, this morning when my alarm went off,
you were wrapped in the blanket like a burrito.
So, I was a blanket hog again.
You were a blanket hog burrito.
I was on the edge shivering, and you
were conveniently in a burrito on the other side of the bed.
You can't let me do... I mean, I I'm obviously a blanket pig .
[Emily chuckles] And, uh, a pig in a blanket.
[Emily and Sam laugh]
[Emily] Being vulnerable and open, it's scary,
but trying to just give my best foot forward.
It's about progressing, you know?
[Emily chuckles]
[Sam] Alright. Give it a kick. Go on.
It's like a little Easter egg. It's so cute.
[Sam] OK. Get rid of the rugby ball. We'll use the AFL ball.
What are we going to do with it?
[Sam chuckles]
We can just admire the view if you'd like.
[narrator] After an underwhelming first date,
Sam laid his cards on the table with Tamera.
Alright, do you, did feel there was like
a initial spark there when we first met,
anything like that at all, or did...?
How do you feel about the whole thing?
Like, definitely like,
don't think there was an initial spark.
which shifted the vibe from frosty to fun.
[Tamera] I was like, that might hurt my hands. OK, just try.
[Sam and Tamera chuckle]
[Sam] When it comes to dating I'm bad for ghosting.
But I can't do that in this experience.
Suppose it's one of those things, you know,
the more you get to know somebody,
the easier it does become.
Can I kick it like that trajectory?
[Sam laughs]
[Sam exhales] Tam kicking a ball...
- Don't kick my hand. - Bop!
That's shocking. [Tamera and Sam laugh]
Next question. [Sam laughs]
Oh! Sam, that was in, like, bird... [laughs]
[Sam] She has her little funny, I suppose, quirks.
Ooh! [Tamera laughs]
But, with Tam I, it's definitely
something that's getting better and better as, you know,
the days go on.
And we're both a hundred percent on the same page with that.
I feel like we're both growing heaps.
See, that's getting better.
The endorphins are running, blood's pumping.
It was a good little training sesh.
Maybe we can get some more in.
[narrator] After some advice from the girls yesterday,
Jess has planned a day out with Alan
and she's hoping to raise the temperature figuratively
and literally.
Definitely already seen Al with his shirt off,
so I know he looks good.
Who wouldn't like what they see? But, I'm a bit nervous.
I'm going to be in a bikini for the first time in front of Al.
I'm coming in hot. [Jess chuckles]
[door squeaks opens]
[Alan meows like a cat] [Alan and Jessica laugh]
I want to, you know, obviously explore something with Alan.
So, I'm hoping today we can increase the physical chemistry.
- Thank you. - All good.
[glass gate clicks]
[Jess] It's very hot in here.
It's fucken really good in here.
The LED lighting is, like, doing it for me, you know?
It's cute.
And it's, it is, it is very hot in here, but...
- It's um... - It's good.
Sets a bit of a mood with light.
[Alan chuckles]
Yeah, right. [Jessica laughs]
[Alan] So, what are you getting at?
- I don't know. - Daddy sort of mood?
[Jessica laughs]
[Jessica] Oh, my gosh. In this environment...
[Alan laughs]
[Jessica laughs]
Interesting.
[rocks sizzle]
- Is that enough steam for ya? - Yeah, that's good.
- What about this? - [Jessica squeals]
[Alan and Jessica laugh]
- Thanks, Daddy. - [Alan laughs]
I had to, sorry. [Jessica laughs]
[Alan] Oh, obviously there's a little bit of tongue in cheek.
- Oh, God. - [Jessica laughs]
She's very flirty. She's got a good body.
[Alan laughs]
Oh, god. Um ...
[Alan laughs]
Oh, my god. Do I have to answer that?
[Jessica and Alan chuckle]
[hair dryer whirs]
[narrator] For better or worse, all our couples
are breaking new ground on connections made in the dark.
- Oh! Don't you look good? - Oh, thank you.
- Amazing. - For some...
[Sam pecks Emily] the spark is blazing.
[Jacinta giggles]
Oh! Oh, my god.
[Nemo pecks Jacinta] [Jacinta giggles]
Others are struggling to light their fire.
- You excited for tonight? - Mm-hm.
- I'm ready. You ready? - Yeah.
But as they depart for the second Couples Party,
all of them are blissfully unaware
that everything is about to change.
And this year's Love Triangle twist is just hours away.
[dramatic music]
[Daniel] Look gorgeous. Look at ya.
- [Nellie] Who? - First compliment.
[Daniel laughs]
But all Dan can think about
is the slut-shaming allegation coming from Lisa.
[Daniel] Obviously what Lisa's done and accused me of,
it hasn't sat right with me and really got me pissed off.
Lisa got it wrong
and I just want to go in there and address it.
I'm feeling good going to the Couples Party tonight.
I feel it's very important to back Nellie up, definitely.
I know what I heard and I stand by sticking up for the girl.
- [background chatter] - How you doing?
- Hi. - What's going on, bro?
- Hi. - Hi, how are you?
- Hello. How are you? - I'm good.
[Jessica giggles] Hey. How are you?
- Hi. - Here they are.
Hello.
- Hey, man. - What's up, brother.
Cheers, lads. Really good to see you, boys.
So, OK, tell us about the week.
- How was your week? - [Emily laughs]
No, you go, you go. I'm just a fly on the wall.
- You tell me. - We had a really good week.
What did you get up to?
Look, we went actually...
God, I'm trying to remember the name of it now,
with the golfing, when you hit the ball.
- Oh, Holey Moley? - No.
- Or the driving range? - Driving range.
It was really fun.
We really, you know, we're on the comfortable [INAUDIBLE].
Like, it's beyond comfortable now.
Like it's definitely, we, you know,
we have a lot of chemistry there.
Calling you Daddy yet?
Ahh, listen, mate, it's going good, really good.
On paper, not my type, you know, older than me, taller than me.
[Alan chuckles] Right?
Fucken, it's just good, mate. Like, yeah, exactly cob.
So it's, uh, all of that just comes naturally, mate.
But you guys are like...
- Sorry to pry... - Oh, no, no, no, no.
You're, I was like, I was like, taste of my own medicine.
So fine.
No, we're good friends. We're really--
- Really? - Yeah.
And you're like, that's it. For sure. 100%?
- Yeah, yeah. - OK. Is there any reason?
Are you just that's just it?
I just think, you know when you know.
OK.
So, you think 'cause there wasn't an instant connection
that you can't develop that at all?
Yeah. I just can't be bothered even trying.
[Sam] Can hear Tamera having a bit of a dig at me.
I'm not even going to cop that.
It's like, I know me and him in real life
would not be in each other's company.
But no-one would.
[Tamera] I just feel like I could do better.
[Emily] Yeah.
She's come in like she's part of royal family.
[Emily] Am I interrupting, guys?
[Emily sighs]
Saying like, Sam's not up to my standard.
Like, don't make me out to be
the one that's the disappointment.
- How is he as... - Is he clean?
- A housemate. - Housemate, sorry.
I'm just gonna define that clearly, housemate.
- OK. - Housemates.
I think she needs a big wakeup call on who she is.
[Nemo] Big man, here he is.
Hey. Boys. Nah, good to see youse.
How are you? Good to see you, my brother.
[Emily] Hello, gorgeous. How are you going?
You look gorgeous.
- How are youse going? - I'm very good.
Oh, yeah.
- [Lisa] You sit there. - [Nellie] OK.
[Nellie] I would be shattered
if Dan has said that I'm easy to sleep with.
I can't imagine him saying that, but if that's the truth,
then how can I trust him at all?
- Yeah. - OK.
Yeah.
I want you both to understand, and everyone here, like,
I would never ever, like, shame someone like that.
Like, like, that's, that's so wrong.
Look at the environment we're in.
How stupid would I be? Honestly.
[Nellie] You know, I...
Like, what, what am I meant to do here?
It feels like we're just at a standstill
because Lisa's certain and you're certain.
Look, I think it is what it is; all of this.
You know, I think we're just going to have to...
You guys might have to agree to disagree.
- Done. - OK.
Like, your gut.
I want to believe Dan,
but I believe you heard what you heard.
I don't know if Dan's maybe said this and then regretted it.
But it's definitely over for Dan and I.
It's just such a breach of trust,
and I don't understand how any person
could lie to someone's face like that.
Yeah. Look at him, he's in his element right now.
I'm glad. I'm glad that you guys are getting along.
Obviously Sammy's my favourite. So I'm glad you...
- Is he really? - Yeah. Well, yeah, we get along.
He's the best. He's such a cool guy.
And he just, I don't know...
[Nemo] Can I be nosey and join? I just got ditched.
- Come sit. How are you? - I'm doing good.
I just want to know, like, this is really interesting for me,
dating someone that is pansexual
How are you... Where's your head at?
I'm just so happy she likes me for real.
Yeah. [Nelli and Nemo laugh]
- I'm just happy to be here. - Yeah.
But yeah, so going into this, like I just had to be patient
'cause Jay had told me, like, first date
She's like, "I haven't dated men in four or five years."
And I was like, OK, like, interesting.
I'm definitely going to have to, take my time
and, like, see where you're at.
Yeah.
But yeah, this week was just heavy 'cause,
like, she had told me something new about her identity where
it got to a point where I didn't understand
some of the terminology.
And it was just a really heavy conversation for me.
It can be really intense.
Yeah, especially if you don't, know that community very well.
Yeah. And I was... I'm genuinely curious, right?
- Like I told-- - You want to ask questions.
- Yeah. 'Cause-- - You want to understand her.
Yeah. I want to be like, yeah. I want to explain.
You're allowed to ask questions.
I was like, I don't want to be this dumb boy
like, fucken just nodding his head every day,
like, "Yeah, OK cool."
And like, not actually taking the chance to get to know her.
- Yeah. - Like, it's a big step.
I could have easily just, like, smiled and waved, right?
"Oh, cool."
- You don't want to be that guy. - I didn't want to do that.
I'm like, yo, I really want to know you
'cause I really see potential there.
From the first day I literally said,
"This is the type of girl I'd take home to Mum."
- Straight up. - Wow.
[Jessica] I actually love Nemo.
I love how open minded he is about her sexuality,
and he's just wanting to understand and learn.
And the way Nemo described how he's
feeling about Jacinta is honestly what every girl wants.
I think they're perfect for each other.
'Cause I remember you were saying, like, when
I said to you, "How did you feel when you came up
and you saw, like--"
And you were like, "Oh, my god. Wow, wow."
My breath went away.
That's what every girl wants in a partner.
Yeah. And I was just like, you're everything for me.
- It's amazing. - That's so lovely.
This is marriage and kids here, you know what I mean?
Can you stop? 'Cause I'm getting jealous.
I don't mean to do that. Sorry. It's not a perfect journey.
I mean, I've been through a fucking heavy week.
[chatter fades to echoes in the background]
[narrator] These six couples all came into
the Love Triangle experience with their eyes wide open.
[echoey background chatter continues]
They all knew that at some stage
they'd find themselves in a Love Triangle.
The rejected suitors are still out there.
Still wondering what could have been.
But this time the twist is going to hit a little different.
And the corners of these six love triangles...
[phone chimes] will be sharper than ever.
[phone chimes] Whoo!
[phone chimes] Everyone check your phones.
Check your phone, big dog.
Oh, my god. I got a text.
[phone chimes] [Emily gasps]
[Tamera gasps] We got a text.
- Oh, my god, I've got a text. - I've actually got a text.
What does it say, Alan?
[phone chimes]
[dramatic music plays]
Sulei!
Did you get a text? What does yours say?
- [Nellie chuckles] - Cheeky.
Mine said, "Thinking of seeing a comedian in Sydney.
"Know anyone?"
Are you going to reply now?
I'll just say something like, Andrew Tate or something.
[Sulei and Nellie laugh]
[Nellie] After all the trash that's gone on with Dan,
Richard has finally messaged me and I feel like saying,
"Where the fuck have you been, Richard?"
[Nellie giggles]
- Are you excited? - Yeah, I'm really excited.
Yeah, yeah?
In a perfect world,
Richard and I are going to have this massive spark
and Dan's going to be just watching from the side lines
being like, "Fuck, I could have had that."
And then he can't.
Congratulations, Richard. You've already won.
[Nellie laughs]
- Lili's text... - [Nellie chuckles]
Just like a spanner in the works.
"What's the next step for our journey?
"I guess we'll have to find out very soon."
During the texting period, Lili was pretty intense.
But I think Lili's sense of humour
might spice things up a little bit.
I'm really hoping on the date we hit it off
and it's fireworks.
[Nellie laughs]
"Don't think I've forgotten about
"your offer to show me your elite cooking skills."
"It could be sooner than you think."
[Jessica] How did I feel when Al got that text?
It's hard 'cause I knew it was going to happen.
I just didn't think it was going to happen this soon.
And like, there are little glimpses of a spark there
so it's just frustrating, to be honest.
Yeah, it's frustrating, but what can I do?
That's my woman!
"Hey, Sam.
"Seeing as you didn't text me much during texting week,"
"I thought I'd see how in-person chat is instead."
That's me. [Tamera gasps]
"See you soon." Sorry.
- Soon? - That was yours. That was yours.
Babe, Sorry. I'm sorry. Right?
"Hey Sam, seeing as you didn't text me much
"during the texting week, I thought I'd see how your..."
Oo! She got bad grammar too.
-"How your in-person--" - Oh, too! Thank you.
Oh, so? What, you wrote, "I'd" I-D-E.
That's how it's spelled, darling.
Baby, it's not.
"I thought I'd see how your in-person chat is instead."
No, that's good grammar.
- Well, good. Go be with her. - Oh, it's not, it's not...
Why don't you get married?
It's not about that, baby, alright?
Listen, I picked you, OK? Did I not?
I adore Sam.
I trust him and he's been nothing but loyal
and loving toward me, but...
But, of course, I'm holding back because his match,
she's ten years my junior.
You've got to have a guard up.
- I'm happy with my choice. - OK.
- So happy with my choice. - I know.
Society makes you feel that when you're
at a certain age if you're not at this level,
then what are you doing, what's wrong with you?
So, to have someone younger
and potentially more attractive and whatnot,
it's a dynamic that I feel threatened by.
But I'm trying to save face.
Watch this. [Emily laughs]
[phone clatters on floor]
Alright.
[Tamera] Oh! Jackson!
"Hi Tam, I'm back. Ha ha ha.
"Hoping you're having a great time."
"But if not, that's good too."
Winky face. "Just wanted to say hi."
"I'm still in the mix and I'm excited to see you soon."
Smiley face.
[Sam] After I've heard her trash-talking me,
be acting like she is superior,
like, good luck to Jackson.
Like, honestly, good luck to him.
I've copped the two weeks. He's got to cop the two weeks.
If I was Jackson, definitely pack lightly.
[background group chatter]
[suspenseful music]
[edgy music]
[Jessica] What was your... How's... Good?
Whoo! Look at that fucken smirk.
- [Jacinta] What? - Bae, what she say?
- Sorry, there's nothing there. - You got to read it out.
What do you mean? She didn't get a message.
I'll read it. Come on. I'll be the man.
[Nemo] Why are you hiding this message?
[Alan] I'm nervous. I'm nervous for him.
[Nemo chuckles then takes a deep breath]
Take a deep breath.
Babe, what's wrong? You OK?
She just went silent.
I think the love of her life texted her apparently.
Got a little nervous.
Come on, read it to us. Give it to us.
Fine.
[man] You're gonna ask yourself the question.
- [Nemo] Come on, man, read it. - I'm going to read it.
Give me a second.
Oh, my god, it must be really, like, a serious message.
You gonna read that shit? I'm about to get angry.
[Nemo laughs]
I'm not going to read it with that attitude, Nemo.
You need to calm down for a second.
Alright, alright, alright. You can't see me.
- Let's go. - OK.
"Hey, Jay. [Jacinta chuckles]
"Hoping you still want to get to know me"
"as I'd love to learn more about you."
"Let's remove all these barriers and hit reset."
Oh!
- [Alan] Wow. That's coming in... - It's coming in hot.
Yeah.
[Nemo] Like, the text message doesn't make me feel anything.
But Jay's reaction to the text message was what
rubbed me the wrong way.
Like, we've worked through so many problems, Jacinta and I,
and I thought we were like, we knew more about each other.
Like, we understood each other a bit better.
But then she was cheesing so hard and so happy
that I was like,
that was something you're actually looking forward to.
'Cause I haven't seen a smile on your face
the whole time we've been together.
Look, I care about you, and that hurt.
So, how are you feeling?
[Jacinta snorts]
- What? - Huh?
- I don't know. - Acting all nervous.
- What's going on? - I don't know.
You can't wait to get back to dating girls, huh?
Really? Wow.
Is that what it is? I'm asking. It's not...
- Wow. - Oh, my god.
Do not misconstrue that.
It was like a...
Then fix yourself and change that sentence.
Go, you have one more opportunity.
Are you looking back?
Are you looking forward to dating girls again?
- Is that... - That's not where my head is at.
OK. Did you see how difficult that was?
You misconstrued the fuck out of it.
Ahh! You're the one saying that you think
I'm just trying to fucking, like, look... Like, date girls.
OK, anyway, good chat, babe.
You just jumped to that conclusion.
Good chat. [Nemo chuckles]
Really?
You really took that the wrong way.
You asked me the wrong question.
I'm just trying to be light-hearted about it.
Like, you're looking forward to dating girls again?
You're like, "Really?" Like, it's not like that.
I'm not looking forward to dating girls.
I'm literally here with you. Spending time with you.
- I know but when I asked you-- - Being with you!
Yes but when I asked you about this text,
you start smiling and giggling like a little fucken schoolgirl.
- Because it's a new experience. - Look at you!
And then when I ask you, "Oh, are you looking forward to it?"
"What the fuck is wrong with you?"
I'm so into Nemo.
I love this monogamous relationship that we have.
But I'm also quite open.
I'm queer. I grew up in non-monogamous,
open relationships.
I'm all about sharing and exploring.
I mean, if she is cool
and she likes Nemo and she likes me, we'll see where it goes.
It's called Love Triangle for a reason, is it not?
Oh!
Goodnight.
[Nemo groans]
Why are you... [Nemo groans]
Anyway, I will say it.
I do think that was a bit insensitive of you,
'cause given if these roles were reversed
and I was receiving a text from another girl...
I'm sorry about how I reacted towards a text.
I couldn't handle that.
I can't stop myself from reacting that way.
How does that make me fucken insensitive?
Because you're all cheesy and happy.
You were over the moon, bae.
And you're withholding the text like it's gold.
Like, "I don't want to tell anyone."
That doesn't make me insensitive.
I didn't feel comfortable expressing .
OK, fair enough.
And then let's fast forward to the next moment where I'm,
where I'm sitting there asking you about the text.
You're still sitting there cheesing and smiling.
About what?
I can't help how I reacted.
Alright.
And don't... And I can't help how I react either.
I didn't do it on purpose.
It's not like I was intentionally
trying to hurt anyone.
But you did. [Jacinta sighs]
- Bae, you're in love with me. - Yeah, I am. Obviously, girl.
- Oh, man. - [Jacinta giggles]
I'm that fucking angry, if you can't tell.
I know. [Jacinta giggles]
And it's only 'cause I care.
If I didn't care about you,
I'd literally just be like, fucken whatever.
OK. Alright.
But now you got me all invested and like, whatever, man.
Yeah. We good?
[Nemo mumbles]
[Jacinta whispers]
[Jacinta sighs] Oh, my god.
Oh, you're going to be tested this week
'cause my theory is, you can't wait to see this girl.
[narrator] Jacinta is cleaning house and wiping the slate clean
in anticipation of a blind date
with her rejected suitor, Sheree.
[Jacinta] Hi.
Welcome to a clean house.
Yes. Sheree has definitely been on my mind this morning.
[Jacinta giggles]
I'm feeling like, I'm feeling excited.
Oh, I have a gift for you, Nemo.
- Hmm? - I have a gift for you.
Indulge me.
[Jacinta] I'm excited.
I'm excited to get dressed up and look my best.
And go out on a date with Sheree.
Do you want to find a place for these?
So, you're just giving my stuff back to me?
- Yeah. - Oh. Thank you.
- You're welcome. - You don't--
- Not on here. - You don't want it here no more?
- No. - OK.
- This as well. - Oh, wow. It's in a trash bag.
- How lovely of you. - You're welcome.
[narrator] But little does Jacinta know,
this couple is about to become a throuple
way sooner than she thought.
[fraught music plays]
[door bell rings]
[Nemo] That's the front door. [door bell rings]
Hi. Oh. Hi.
Hi. Jay.
- Hi. - Sheree. [chuckles]
Hi.
[Sheree chuckles]
- Hi, come in. - Thank you.
Welcome.
- What a nice abode you have. - [Nemo chuckles]
- [Jacinta] Um. Hi. - [Sheree laughs]
Welcome...
Hello. [Sheree laughs]
[Jacinta] Sorry, I'm a bit shocked right now.
I didn't, I didn't...
[Nemo] Hello.
I'm just a bit surprised.
There's a lot happening right now.
[Sheree] No, of course.
- I can imagine. - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Ah, come, come. Welcome.
- Wow. - Sit down.
Would you like something to drink?
- What have you got going? - OK. We have, um water.
Yeah. [Sheree laughs]
We also have an alcoholic beverage.
But I don't know if it's, um, after five yet.
[Jacinta giggles]
I mean, somewhere it would be. No, water's perfect.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
OK, cool.
She's pretty. She's so pretty.
Oh, my god, she's really attractive.
Like, just her vibe, her energy.
- There you go. - Thank you.
- Excuse me. - Sorry.
All good.
You guys look too comfortable here anyway.
- It's about time, like... - Stir it up a bit.
Yeah.
I'm feeling like...
I'm feeling excited but [sighs] unfortunately, I have to
hide how I feel purely because of how Nemo reacted
last night.
And I don't want him to feel any more insecure than he does now.
We'll have to show you around the neighbourhood, too,
over the next few days.
Yeah, definitely. Yeah, brilliant.
What sort of music are you into, girl?
God, anything but, like, heavy metal or screamo.
- Right. - Yeah, yeah.
Who are some of your favourite artists and stuff?
It varies. Like, if you go through my playlist...
- [phone chimes] - So, I've got like,
obviously the general music channel or whatever.
[incoming text tone] But my greatest of all times
or like, my, you know, favourite songs...
[outgoing text tone] could go anywhere
from like, Adele...
[chatter fades into the background]
Elton John to... [incoming text tone]
[dramatic music plays]
[dramatic music continues to play]
- [Nemo] What happened? - I just need a moment.
Need a moment.
[Sheree] Maybe she's displeased with my music choice.
[Jacinta] I'll be back. Oh, my gosh.
Wow. Wow. [dramatic music plays]
Wow.
[fraught music plays]
[Jacinta sighs]
[sigh]
[narrator] Next time...
- [Sulei] Oh, my god. - [Lili] Hey, boyfie.
Hello.
Or I might steal your girlfriend.
I don't know what's going on.
Sometimes getting lost in a Love Triangle...
- Would I be your type? - Yeah.
is easier than you think.
You're coming straight into my bedroom, Richard.
Ahh! [Richard laughs]
[Daniel] I wasn't expecting it, but I'm jealous.
So, who will lose their way?
[Jacinta] Sheree is beautiful.
I have a little Sheree glow happening.
Can you notice? [Jacinta laughs]
And who will go rogue?
Ah, that was a mate.