We've definitely clicked with Becca.
Last night was a workout.
Last night was a fucking workout, girl.
Lauren and I are, like, instantly very comfortable.
But something's definitely off between me and Dylan.
We have had experiences like this in the past
where he's crossed a boundary.
Scott.
- That's a stop. - That's a stop.
We got a safe word.
I wish I hadn't been like your first choice,
because I feel like the first choice is the experiment,
and that just feels really dehumanizing.
Sanu was so serious. It's just too much.
♪
When I kissed Jonathan, there was zero tongue.
Are you okay?
Tonight, the unmatched singles that's about to join us.
Let the party begin.
- Whoo! - Let's go.
We've had a lot of great conversations with Mia
ever since day one.
I am completely checked out. Good luck to you, Mia.
Sean and I wanted to get to know Peach and Darrien.
I would be submissive for you.
[ Chuckling ] Okay.
I really wish I wasn't in the position that I am now.
Becca?
♪
♪ Maybe today will be the day I tell you how I feel ♪
♪ Maybe today will be the day, baby, we get real ♪
♪ Maybe today might be that day that we both finally say ♪
♪ Those three words
Oh, my God. What a crazy party last night.
I woke up in bed with two women again.
[ Giggling ]
♪ Maybe today might be that day that we both finally say ♪
♪ Those three words
♪
Maybe today we can talk to her.
Becca never came to the room last night.
I'm like, is she going to come back? Is she not?
I hope she's okay.
And if she didn't want to sleep with in our same room,
that's totally fine. She's her own person.
- It doesn't upset us. - No.
What the fuck does she think about us now?
♪
Last night, I didn't want to share a bed
with Lauren and Dylan. At the white party,
Dylan was saying, like, "Oh, my God. I'm so excited
to get to know Mia."
And I'm like, get me the fuck out of this room.
♪
Maybe we should get ready for some breakfast.
Yes. I'm starving, so...
This morning, I just feel anxious.
There's tension in the house between the guys and myself.
- How are you feeling? - Feel good. I don't know.
- Yeah? - How should I feel?
I mean, you guys obviously know better.
We haven't fully been investing in the throuple.
I feel like it's a lot of, like,
Ashmal and myself having conversations, not Rehman.
I just want more reassurance. That's pretty much it.
It was so fun the first day, you know? And like--
- Yeah. - I just don't know.
I feel like, I don't know if we've gotten like deeper.
We have all of today... - Yeah.
...to kind of explore our connection, see where it goes.
♪ I'm waiting for you
♪
I just need to, like, shower, shave really quick.
♪ Baby
Come on. Breakfast.
I'm gonna sit here. You sit here.
- Yeah, sure. - Okay.
♪ I'm waiting for you
♪ Baby
Good morning. How are you guys doing?
- Morning. - Hey. Good morning.
- Get some good sleep? - Yes.
- Rehman, again, no pants. - No pants, yeah.
We have something on. - Speedo!
- Yeah. - Nice.
I would say, like, waking up this morning,
the vibe is-- It's decent, you know?
Unh, unh, unh, unh, unh.
Oh, don't get this girl started.
Yeah. - Wait, that was dope.
But at the same time, the white party,
that shit was kind of weird,
because we're all still getting to know each other,
couples and singles.
So maybe there's something that is lingering in the air
or that needs to be said.
Yesterday, obviously, I wanted you guys to just
do you. You know, obviously after everything,
I kind of wanted us to just pretty much hang out
with, like, different people and like--
But don't think, like, I wasn't looking like--
I was for sure looking-- looking around the room
and seeing, like, who you guys were talking to,
but I would never make it obvious.
Like, you know what I mean?
We do want to see some, like, obvious--
Yeah. [ Indistinct conversations ]
Hmm?
- Yeah. - Yeah, I am.
You were staring into space.
♪
- Hey, baby! - What it do!
- Welcome. - Hi!
- Don't you look cute? - Look at the shoes.
You know if it's one thing I'm going to give you, it's a look.
- That's for sure. - How y'all doing?
We're good, we're good.
Whoa! What an experience, huh?
- Yeah. - Right? I really do hope
that you know that I'm a resource,
especially to you couples,
because I've been in poly experiences before,
and I've had a lot of the same questions that you have.
So, what are some of the things you're learning?
I mean, we're obviously moving
what feels like light speed,
but like Corey and I have been really in tune about choosing
who we think is just like the best fit for our lifestyles
and our personalities and our compatibility.
Like, at this point, it almost seems easy.
I mean-- - Oh, gosh.
I'm melting over here. [ Squeals ]
This morning, Wilder and I both feel like it
is just completely clear in our minds, you know?
We don't need to change a single thing.
We loved getting to know Darrien last night at the mixer,
but it was, in a way, very reaffirming
that Denyse is a better fit.
Fellas, how about you?
How are you feeling about the experience so far?
For us, I think we're able to figure out
he and I need to be on the same page
before we do have a third person come in.
And I think also we're realizing that, like, first impressions
doesn't always mean that it's the right thing to do.
I just felt super awkward.
Rehman has this wall up, and I don't know how to bring it down.
But if this would have happened outside the villa,
I wouldn't be even dealing with this shit.
For me, I've been polyamorous for half a decade.
It's what I live and breathe.
I think of it as like a foundation of a house.
If the foundation is weak, someone comes on,
we all fall down. You see what I'm saying?
If it's strong, it's easy to bring somebody on,
and they feel really solid with you.
Polyamory's supposed to be fun. - Right.
That's what we struggle with from you.
Let go, girl. Like, you know, like, let loose.
It's like you're a teacher when it comes to Sean and I
instead of, like, actually, like bonding.
Who are you outside of--
of this shell? Like, we don't know who you are.
♪
Sanu feels like her needs aren't being met,
and we feel like our needs aren't being met, as well.
Being that she's this coach,
I feel like she has to be super like educational all the time.
But, like, I kind of want that fun, craziness,
like, just being just true to yourself.
We're not getting that.
It's particularly important for you to dig in a little deeper
to that connection, deeper to that relationship,
because tomorrow, there is a stay or swap ceremony.
You're going to be confronted with a reality
of either staying in the current throuple that you're in,
or making a choice to swap for something
that feels a little different.
This is on you.
Alright, y'all good?
- Yeah. - Yes.
[ Laughter, people speaking indistinctly ]
With the swap ceremony coming up, I think Becca,
Lauren, and I just need an opportunity
to just kind of chat together to make sure that we know
how she's actually feeling.
Now that Breakfast Scott is over, this is Lunch Scott,
and he's here to fuck a little bit of shit up.
- Oh! - Oh, no.
- Knew it! - Well, because you'll probably
see on the board that today's relationship session
is jealousy.
- Too good to be true, see? - No!
Shamyra, she's going to be leading the session with you.
Just be as open and honest as possible, so...
- Okay. - Fun.
Exactly! Thank you guys.
Thank you, Scott!
Y'all be good.
♪ We stand up tall
I'm just telling you, Rehman, I can't be around you
if you're going to be rude to Jonathan.
And I get that you've written him off,
but just treat him like a human being.
- Yeah, I will. - It's an unattractive trait
when you're treating someone inhumanly.
I think it's a little dramatic. I don't think I'm treating him
in-- inhumane or anything like that.
Okay, not inhuman, okay, but focus on the essence
of what I'm saying, is that it's absolutely rude
when we're-- us three are trying to have a conversation,
and you're staring into space to where I have to remind you,
"Hey, you want to look this way?"
It's not who you are. - I didn't realize you guys
were trying to talk to me.
You didn't know? I think you were actively avoiding it.
Biggest difference between Rehman and I
is that when there's a sinking ship,
I'm still trying to plug the holes.
And Rehman is looking for a life raft.
Try to just talk to him,
'cause you're-- you're preventing me and us
from actually being in this experiment.
And the way you're being rude in conversation is not acceptable.
I'm getting more and more irritated by the second.
Ashmal is really trying to police my behavior and police
the way that I'm having conversations with people,
and I'm just not about that. I'm my own person,
and however I decide to react, I own it.
♪ Can't knock us down
♪
- Whoa. - The tension is--
You can cut it with a fucking knife.
I don't think you know. Like,
I am very physically attracted to you. Like--
This throuple isn't really working.
Oh, my God.
♪ Turn up the heat to feel the beat and take a deep breath ♪
♪
- Did I take your mat? - No. Just enjoying the view.
♪ Turn up the heat to feel the beat ♪
- Oh, great. - Really?
Uh, Lauren clogged the toilet. Can we get a plunger up here?
[ Laughs ]
♪
- My God. - That whole conversation
at breakfast? - Bro, the shit
I'm going through? With them? - Yeah. I know.
It's so-- It makes it harder. You know what I mean?
- I know. - And then you look at Corey and
Wilder, and that's-- Like, that's what I came here for.
- Exactly. - Alright.
Well, I'm going to jump in, too.
That looks really good. Really nice.
Ugh. He's just so annoying.
Everything he says I'm just like, ugh.
Just, like, have such a ick towards him right now.
The tiny, little mannerisms that make him him
reminds me a lot of my ex. It's just a very awkward situation,
because I still think Lauren's amazing.
I think she still wants to build a connection, and, like,
he's a little bit jealous.
That's where some of my saltiness is coming from,
because if Dylan was more secure in himself,
me and Lauren could still continue this.
♪ Ain't nobody beat my love for you ♪
- Hey. - What's going on?
How are you? - Mm.
I want to make sure that you're okay,
'cause I know you're a quiet type,
and you kind of keep to yourself more,
and you're still doing fine?
Oh, yeah. It's just, like, a wish,
like, our situation had gone the way
that your situation went.
And I think that's what we thought it was going to be like.
I was, like, ready to, like, run off into the sunset,
and, like, it didn't happen.
And I don't know if it's, like, maybe on me,
and I'm just not realizing it or whatever.
- That's fine. - But also the thing is,
they both relate to each other by being bisexual
and their family and their experiences.
I don't relate to that and stuff like that,
so I'm just on the outskirts.
I think Jonathan feels more connected with Ashmal.
When he starts building deeper connections with guys,
I can get a little insecure.
I would love to have a conversation with Jonathan.
But at the same time, talking about my feelings,
it's challenging for me.
This wasn't something that I was encouraged to do in my family.
As children, we were told to not cry
or not show people how we were feeling.
Allowing myself to be vulnerable is really just difficult
for me to do that. - How are you doing, too?
Because we're all looking at you, Wilder, and Denyse like,
"Oh, my God. Everything's going perfect," or whatever.
You still need support, you know?
I think in the very beginning,
when we're getting to know a third person,
I need to do everything, you know, as a three,
for the most part, to gain trust and to gain understanding.
- Okay. - There have been things
that have happened with Wilder with other girls,
so I just have a little bit of, like, trust issues
when it comes to bringing a woman in.
♪ It's a day from heaven sent, ain't no reason to pretend ♪
Squat.
[ Squealing, giggling ]
♪ Holding freedom in her hands feels like it should never end ♪
They did choose me, so, like, did they stop liking me
after day one, or is there still something possibly, you know--
- Right. - It's hard to say.
They're hard to read.
The situation that we're in now,
this throuple isn't really, like, working.
I'm still thinking about, like, who we want to,
you know, take things to the next level with.
You know how we feel about Darrien, so...
Darrien, she has like this cute little smile,
and she just look right into your eyes,
and it, like, makes me nervous.
- It makes me feel sexual. - Yeah. Peach, as well.
You know what it is for me about Peach?
It's just her aura, like-- - Yeah. For Peach, it's not--
And she talks to you in this real, like, slow, sensual voice.
And she's literally just talking to you about anything.
Literally, it could be about ice cream,
and you just feel, like, that heat.
Yeah.
There's nothing like when you meet somebody
for the first time.
That shit just makes you feel... sexy. Crazy.
♪
You know, you get that weird boner for no reason.
I don't know what happens to girls,
but you know what I'm saying? You're like, "Alright."
- [ Sighs ] Let's go. - Let's go!
♪ Are you looking for love? Are you looking for something? ♪
We're lucky, the fact that we found a person
who we genuinely feel like this could work with.
Like, I'm ready for this to be physical.
Sounds like you might be ready to trust her.
Yeah. Wilder and I are both very much feeling
like we're ready to move forward with Denyse.
But I'm the one who is a little bit more cautious.
Just communicating, like, what is on the table
will reduce my level of anxiety.
And I also am just curious what her limitations are right now.
Wilder and Corey are wanting little baby steps.
But, like, I like these two people.
I want to kiss them.
But I just want to give her
that respect until it, like, feels ready.
Just because you're a kinky freak
doesn't mean you want to get kinky and freaky right away.
[ Laughs ]
Why am I making such a big deal out of just a kiss?
It's literally just, like, a kiss.
But I would like it to be "noice."
[ Laughing ] I'm sorry.
I want to set up a space where we feel comfortable,
we feel relaxed, and it's just us.
And then we're feeling like we want
to actually move this into physical.
So just like, "Can I kiss you?" basically-- Just ask her.
♪ Soy el fuego, fuego, soy el fuego, I'm the fire ♪
♪ So can you rock my world the way I know ♪
- Okay. - Oh. What the hell?
This is all my shit.
But I'm thinking I can just, like,
throw everything in this bag
and bring it all over. - Okay. Yeah.
♪ Rock my world
- Oh, everything here? - And then I also have shit
in the closet. - This is yours, too,
one of these?
Let's move out. - [ Laughing ] I know.
Give me a hug.
♪
- So you were sleeping here? - Yeah.
The shoes are gone.
I feel bad for Lauren, though.
Like, she really wanted to be open to this experience.
It feels like a big weight off of my shoulders.
I have a lot of confidence in going into this
next swapping ceremony and pursuing Mia.
It sucks, too. Like, I felt a connection,
but I think it was more towards me, not you.
So that won't work.
If she wanted to keep pursuing this throuple,
it would just be me and her
and like girlfriends, but not really Dylan involved.
So that's an out for me, so we're leaving it at that.
How are you feeling?
'Cause that breakfast was kind of giving me the vibes of,
like, they-- - They want me to go?
- They want you to go, yeah. - The tension is--
You can cut it with a fucking knife.
I feel like Rehman is just kind of, like, shutting it down.
You know what's funny? - What?
I'm actually more physically attracted to Rehman.
- Okay. - Even though, like, he's, like,
not fucking talking to me pretty much, I want to
have a conversation with him alone.
I want to flirt. I want to like, you know, touch his leg
or maybe, like, touch his neck. I want to kiss him.
I think you really need to sit down
and have a conversation with Rehman.
♪
I mean, are you guys like 50/50
on possibly keeping Jonathan around or swapping out?
Yeah, it is 50/50. Like, you know, like we do want--
- But it can change. - Ideally, we'd love to keep him
and have that spark we did day one.
You need to start that conversation.
We need to hug it out, and we need to be the friend.
Like, just be his friend right now.
Everything that you're going through,
and I know how you're expressing it
is because, like, someone's coming in
and probably taking away from our time together.
It's a lot, you know, and that is going to happen
in the beginning of this whole situation.
I honestly think Ash and Rehman really like Jonathan,
but obviously when there's three, there's going to be two
probably more closer than the other one.
I personally don't think that it would work if it's not equal.
- Love you, Brittne. Thank you. - Love you guys.
♪ You call on me, I count to three ♪
Whoa.
♪ Baby, baby
Hey, Jonathan?
Can I pull you aside?
Okay.
Oh.
I am starting to realize that with Jonathan,
there are some things that I did on my part that were not right.
I feel like this is, like, long overdue between you and I.
I want to let him know where I was coming from
and see what happens after that.
I first want to just, like,
apologize for like the last few days.
Nothing to do with you. Like, Ashmal and I
just had some, like, issues that we needed to work on.
You and him have had the opportunity to bond with,
like, certain things that you've talked about.
And then I was kind of just like on the outskirts.
And that's kind of what I felt. I recognize that. I own it now,
and I don't think that it made the situation any better.
I take your apology. Like, apology accepted.
I'm glad you actually pulled me to the side,
'cause I wanted to pull you to the side
and, like, really have a conversation with you,
because I don't think you know. Like, walking into the house,
the first person I looked at was you.
Like, I am very physically attracted to you.
I've been wanting to tell you that,
but I don't want to just randomly pull you to the side
like, "Hey, just so you know, I think you're hot."
I'm not just here for, like, fun or like,
to just hang out with Becca. Like, I did come here
to genuinely make a connection,
'cause I want to see if I can actually date two people.
Yeah, yeah. No, that makes sense.
I am super happy that we're finally talking.
I find him very sexy.
♪ Like bunny, baby
- I wanted to, like... mm. - ♪ Just like déjà vu ♪
Do you think they're going to kiss?
What if they did? Have you guys discussed that?
- I would be so happy. - You would be?
You are definitely the type of guy
that I would date outside of this house.
And I think that's why I, like, reacted the way that I have.
And I'm like, "Oh, my God. I wish he was, like,
so much more, like, into me," or whatever,
because I'm like, I do really like you.
Whatever happens, happens tomorrow night.
But, like, in the meantime, I think, yeah,
I'm totally down to just like,
get to know each other naturally.
What can I say? Jonathan is a cutie with a booty,
and I'm just so happy.
In that moment, I was going to grab Jonathan's hand,
and we were just going to ride off into the sunset together.
♪ So cliche
♪
With jealousy, like, what makes people jealous?
'Cause you and I are not the jealous type.
♪
I'm excited to see what Shamyra brings to us,
and I'm feeling pretty prepared to tackle this session.
Word of the day is jealousy.
You feel like your couple is jealous?
I think that Dylan was.
I just don't know if he's going to be able to recognize it.
Let's go!
- Bye. - Bye!
♪
Hello, couples. Hi.
- Hello. - Welcome back to our
next relationship session on the beach.
Come on in and have a seat! - Thank you.
♪
These past few days have been much, right?
- Yeah. - I know that coming here
and search for a third
has potentially changed the dynamic of the relationship
with the person sitting next to you.
Right? And it's probably even presented
a little bit of jealousy.
- Never heard of it. - Never heard of--
We don't know what that is. Who?
- What is that? - We don't know her.
- Who is she? - What we're going to do today
is we're going to confront jealousy to see if
it's stopping you from growing. - Wait.
♪
There's, like, this huge spider or something.
Okay.
Oh! I felt something on me.
It's just a hermit.
Oh.
That way, little bro! It's a little shell with legs.
There's a lot of them. Don't look down.
Alright, I'm just not going to focus on the ground.
Alright.
- Oh! See? - [ Laughing ] I'm so sorry.
It's okay. [ Laughter ]
♪
I did want to know if any of you guys
felt any kind of way
that the couples were going to go do a session without us.
I hope that they come back
and they-- maybe something substantial happens for them.
- Yeah. - Like a giant breakthrough?
Yeah. - Yeah, and they're like, whoa,
like, we got to talk, you know?
I have to continue to be around the energy
of, like, "You're not what we expected, what we wanted.
You failed us."
They haven't told me nothing about how they feel.
They say at the table at breakfast when they were like--
- That was probably fresh to you. - That was the first time
I had heard that. - That's shitty.
No conversation. No discussion about it.
Like, "You failed. You lost."
It felt like I came, you know, in peace,
and they came to the ring.
♪ Sometimes life gets hard
[ Sniffles ] It's--
♪
There is jealousy here.
I want to do some ratchet shit.
[ Women cheering ]
Welcome to the first stay or swap ceremony.
- We are... - Terrified.
♪ I don't want to lose this battle ♪
Jealousy is not necessarily a negative thing.
In its most primal form,
jealousy relates to just a person detecting a threat
to the very core of their relationship.
Healthy expressions of jealousy involve
you confronting the jealousy with your partner
and finding ways to work through it.
The purpose of today's session is for the couples
to admit a jealousy they have.
In front of you, there is a card and a pen.
It's not only important to know your jealousies,
but it's also important to understand them
so that they don't become irrational
and unhealthy emotions,
and you don't display them in unhealthy, irrational ways.
I want you to write down one moment
you've experienced jealousy,
and when you're done, drop it in my box.
I know that I need to work on my jealousy.
In the beginnings of doing something with a third person,
I'm the one who might be the most sensitive
around new developments and new actions.
Hopefully we can actually get through it
with Shamyra's advice.
Thank you.
♪
Here is our first jealousy confession.
Quality time.
I would like the author of this jealousy confession
to raise your hand. Who's jealous?
- Bingo. - It's you.
[ Laughs ]
I remember when we were supposed to hang out
for that Halloween party,
and you chose to go with your friends,
and I felt like you were leaving me behind.
And I got pissed off about it, right?
Because, like, how dare you go off and have fun
without me. - Aw.
You know? And realize now, I'm like, hmm.
I was jealous then.
I love you so much more for just like, you know,
saying that, 'cause I remember, like, that night,
it was like an intense night. Like, you were really mad at me.
I appreciate you for saying how you feel.
Yeah.
You can decide to release this jealousy and burn it,
set it ablaze in the fire.
Or you can take this jealousy back with you and realize
that, "I need to work on this some more."
What you want to do with this jealousy?
♪
I think I can let this burn for sure.
See ya.
♪
- Next card. Are you ready? - Yes.
Alright.
I want to be wild. I want to be fun.
I want to do some ratchet shit.
[ Laughter ]
♪ Girl, pretty girl
Oh!
♪ Pretty girl
[ Laughter ]
Bring it on.
Oh!
"Getting closer to each other
or bonding without me being there.
Corey.
If I'm not feeling included in a moment
where you're getting to know, in this example, obviously,
Denyse, sometimes I'm like,
"Sick! They're getting along. Perfect."
At other strange times that I don't understand yet,
I see you two bonding without me, and it's like, ooh.
It hurts a little. Yeah.
I know you've taken a lot of trust
in me welcoming somebody else into our relationship,
and part of my job
is to make sure that you have enough
before I go out and give to someone else.
- Okay, thanks. - Thank you for sharing that.
Considering that a huge part of creating a throuple
is bonding with your partner
to create a romantic relationship,
and understanding that Wilder is going to have
to bond with a third partner.
So I'm going to ask you to come
and get your card and make a decision.
♪
This is jealousy that
is definitely going to take more than one night at a fire
to fully get over.
I'm going to take this home,
and we are going to work on it together.
And hopefully by the end of this exercise,
we will be able to light this little piece of paper on fire.
[ Laughs ] - Good job.
♪ Ain't nobody that could check me ♪
Yes! Skinny dipping. Skinny dip in here.
♪ Ain't nobody that could check me ♪
Yeah, we didn't decide on the dare.
You guys should kiss! Kiss!
♪ Baby, what you thinking?
We can kiss.
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.
- Wow. - Oh, that's good.
Oh, my God.
♪ Do you want to put the work in? ♪
- Oh, my God! - ♪ Both of us ain't perfect
I gotta go. This is the throuple that I would see
also, this one right here.
[ Laughs ]
I got to-- - We're both just so horny!
- I know. - I'm just like, oh, my God!
Oh, my God.
It was honestly the best kiss
that I've had since I've been here,
and, like, thank God for that.
Well, my bed is available tonight.
[ Screaming ]
Oh, dang. She like that.
♪
"Truly never been jealous since being with my person."
Let's find out who is the only person here on earth--
Just kidding.
Who has never been jealous since being with their person?
Oh. We have an author. Dylan. - Yeah.
I'm sure there has been a time
where I have been jealous, but maybe I personally
didn't look at it as a sense of jealousy.
But I also think the fact that I can't think
of a moment of jealousy is also why we're here today.
To be 100% honest,
I did notice that after the matching ceremony,
we had Becca in our room.
We had a really great connection,
and I could tell that there was
maybe not as much of a connection with you.
I got chills, because I might have had
a slight bit of jealousy, just because--
You weren't receiving as much of it as I was.
Yes. So I understand that.
Thank you for sharing. There is jealousy here
because Becca and Lauren had a deeper connection
than you might have wanted them to have without you.
Correct? Right. - Mm-hmm.
As you continue to grow in polyamory,
you might meet somebody else who connects with Lauren
more than they connect with you.
This was the first time that we have ever experienced that,
and we have grown that much closer together
and grew from that experience. - Gotcha.
So I'm thankful for that experience. I truly am.
Well, come get your card and make your decision.
♪
I'm ready to grow from it and let it go.
♪
Our last jealousy is
emotional connections.
♪
Rehman? - Mm-hmm.
A lot of the connections that you and I have made
on an emotional level
have been very sacred between the two of us.
When I see you potentially
making those connections with Jonathan,
it makes me feel like that special bond
that you and I had maybe isn't just special between us,
and it could potentially be special with other people.
I understand you so much better
because you shared that with me.
So thank you. - Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing that.
I had felt really jealous and insecure.
It's weird 'cause I don't think it was necessarily silly,
because we just have not been in the dating pool
for such a long time.
It's starting to bring up some emotions
that we maybe haven't felt in a while.
This is not something that I can commit
to fully overcoming today,
but I will commit to working on this
while we're in this experience together.
♪
Thank you.
Seeing you be so vulnerable, so honest, and so brave,
I could not help but just feel so, so proud.
Y'all expressed a lot of vulnerability,
a lot of reassurance.
And that is important when you're deciding to throuple up.
This exercise has helped the couples tonight, one,
acknowledge jealousy is a natural emotion,
two, address their jealousy, three,
find a safe space within their partner
to talk about it, and, four,
give their partner what they need
to provide reassurance around the issue.
Give each other a hug, because y'all really did this.
- Get me on that. - ♪ Should have known
♪ Should have known
♪ Oh, no, no, goodbye, hello
♪ Stay the night away
Is my hair okay, or is it, like, weird?
- Huh? No, it looks great. - Yeah?
- You honestly look amazing. - Really?
- Yeah, you do. - Hello.
My packages arrived.
[ Squeals, laughs ]
What'd you guys do?
We had a little fun.
[ Laughter ]
What's this fun?
This session was really eye opening,
and it was just so cool for me to, like,
actually, you know, have that happen in real time.
Like, shit, I can be jealous, and that's okay, you know?
So, a learning lesson for everybody, so yay.
- Do you guys want to share? - I'll share mine.
So, I've been jealous.
You have more of a connection with Lauren.
- Yeah. - I was like, yo, I was jealous
in that situation, looking back at it.
And I appreciate you for that, too.
- Yeah, of course. No problem. - I thank you because I've--
I've actually-- Yeah. Yeah. I mean, as weird as it sounds,
though, like, yeah, like, I've--
I have grown from that, and we have grown from that, too,
'cause that's a different scenario, so, yeah.
It was nice for him to acknowledge
that he was a little bit jealous.
I was like, "Wow, okay, so you actually do
have, like, this vulnerable side of you.
It's not just, like, tough all the time."
And I think that-- seeing that made me try and take a step back
and look at him for what he is.
- We going to eat again? - Let's go.
♪ Remember when
♪ Fun didn't have to be hard, remember when ♪
♪ We thought we could count all the stars ♪
♪ And we could make friends
Babe, you ain't gon' flush the toilet?
Your pee stinks.
♪ No boundaries
♪ Easy-peasy, lemon, you squeeze me ♪
♪ Your zest for life runs dry so please me ♪
♪ Let me go outside
♪ Let's play the game of life
We unpacked it a lot today.
Learning that jealousy isn't always a bad thing.
I think it's just like,
oh, you like let it either control you
or like how you control the jealousy or whatever.
I like the progress for sure.
Hopefully tomorrow we'll get to like,
hang out more. You know, like we could do, like,
a little breakfast date or like, something like that.
- I'm totally down for that. - I think all that awkward space
between Rehman and Jonathan is kind of gone,
and I think we're finally on our path
to trying to make a connection, so I'm really excited.
♪
Basically, like, I get, like,
little pangs of-- of jealousy,
insecurity when there is a connection being made
and I'm not in the progression.
Trusting you more makes me feel so much more secure
in any actions that take place.
I'm feeling I think just really reassured.
Just felt really good to know that we for sure
do like each other, and we're doing this thing.
♪
And we're on the same page.
♪ When I say those words
♪ I say wait for me, wait for me ♪
[ Giggling ]
[ Chuckling ] I-- This is great.
Do it again.
♪
♪ You flew out west for the summer ♪
♪ Green eyes and a fresh tattoo ♪
Good morning, sleepyhead.
♪
Guess what today is.
- It's a swappy day. - Swap. Swap. Swap.
Swap day.
I'm just ready to start fresh.
How is everyone feeling today?
Oh, my God. No.
[ Laughing ]
Is that how you're feeling?
[ Laughs ]
At least we know you're healthy.
♪ I can't deny it, I try to hide it ♪
Hey.
♪ I get so excited
- Hello. - I fucking love that shirt.
[ Laughs ] Hi.
Today we're just super excited,
because it is the first swap ceremony.
We don't really know what's in store yet again, but--
- Who the fuck knows? - Yeah, who the fuck knows?
[ Laughter ]
♪ You rocked up
♪ Your bags are packed
I want to tell Sean and Brittne, like,
let's work through this.
I really like them. I like their vibe.
But it's really hard when somebody decides
that their perception of you, how they experienced you
is the only truth.
That's really tough for me.
[ Knock on door ]
Hello?
- Hi. Can I come in? - How's it going?
Yeah. Of course.
I really, really, really want
to just kind of clear the air with Becca.
I feel like there's some awkward tension the past couple of days,
and I think it's just because we're letting her
do her own thing. I just want to make sure,
like, I'm not losing, like, a really good friend.
No, God, no. I needed to kind of, like,
figure out where my emotions were coming from
and why I was so angry.
It's good that this almost happened, because now--
- Yeah. - Like, you know what kind
of connection you want and going into this--
- And what to do differently. - Exactly.
It's all like a learning experience.
I'm really glad that she ended up making the first move.
Now we can, you know, get back to all being friends
and it not being uncomfortable for anybody.
There was definitely that different feeling of connection
between you and I and then not him.
I definitely am glad that Dylan was able to, like,
accept that he was jealous in that moment.
He's not this douche bag that I thought he was.
Right, right, yeah.
You know, he's a sweet, sensitive, funny guy,
and, like, I wish I could have seen a little bit more of that.
Right, right. I feel so much better now.
Yeah, I know. I was like--
[ Both sigh ]
As much as I want to pursue something with her,
because of the boundaries they've set,
I'm not going to do that. So I'm kind of just stuck
with having a crush on her and being her friend.
I've-- Oh, my God. I've been friend-zoned.
[ Sputters ]
♪ You look perfect tonight
♪ Sonoma lover dressed in white ♪
Hey, guys.
- Hi. - Hello.
I wanted to have a little chat.
Honestly, if we're going to chat about
where we stand, I'd prefer--
We already talked about where we stand.
I don't have any energy for it. - It wasn't about that.
It was just about why I've been acting so weird.
I just wanted to explain myself. - Oh, okay.
- Is that okay? - Sure.
- Yeah, you're good. - Okay.
I understand some things
about the way I've been showing up.
- Mm-hmm. - So, I got here.
And without even knowing it, I think I just started
filtering myself, trying to behave a certain way, trying
to control how things go.
And I think that's why,
when you shared like that you experienced me as being like
some kind of therapist or trying to be a therapist
or not connecting human to human,
I think that's why I was coming off that way.
[ Voice breaking ] Trying to control things made me look bad.
No.
No, don't.
Honestly, Sanu, you right now
is the most of who you really are.
I really appreciate you just opening up.
Yeah, 'cause I can get-- I can feel you on that shit.
You can get caught up in that. - Oh, yeah. It's alright.
Just you talking about this, like I just feel--
Everything I may have thought about you
just goes out the window, you know what I mean?
Like, I just want to get to know this Sanu, who you are.
I mean, you just seem like a beautiful person inside and out
just from just talking with us. - That's why we chose you.
Yeah, that's the reason why we chose you.
I appreciate you guys saying that.
That was a needed chat that we had to have with her,
because we couldn't wrap our minds
around what the hell happened.
- In a way, it was like a relief. - Yeah.
Because we were like, wow.
Like, that's really what it was. But I didn't--
Honestly, I didn't think that she was ever going to say that.
The perception you guys had of me
is, like, something I've never gotten before.
And it told me, like, I'm just not being myself.
Mm-hmm.
We're going into tonight unsure of who
we're actually going to pick.
Maybe now it will be a different story.
I just really appreciate you coming here today
and just-- just being real, you know,
just letting your guard down. And we really needed this.
- We're getting somewhere. - Mm-hmm.
♪ Summer in the air, summer in the air ♪
What is, like, you guys' typical date?
I love to go shopping, have brunch, get dinner,
and then, like, go out with our friends.
- Yeah. - One thing we also find, like,
really hot is, like, take a HIIT workout class.
Like, leaving, like, super sweaty,
and then it's like, okay, like, we just need to shower first.
Oh, we fucking. Like-- [ Laughs ]
This is definitely more what I wanted.
We are having a great time. And there has been a big,
big change, especially from day one.
How do you guys, like, see me as a third? Like--
The first time you walked in with all the other singles,
like we just looked at each other,
and we immediately knew. - I wish I knew that.
Yeah. No, I wish you did, too. It just all made sense.
I could totally see all three of us in our apartment
right now in Chicago and stuff like that, so...
- I'll be open to going. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- For sure. - In our house,
he's only allowed to wear 4-inch shorts or higher.
It's like a house rule, you know?
That's why every time I show you guys, like, "Should I wear
these shorts or these shorts?" you guys go for the shortest.
They're all really short? Yeah. Hey, the shorter, the better.
It feels good. I do love that they already have a foundation.
They kind of have their lifestyle set,
and that's what I'm looking for,
so I do find that very attractive.
Do you think we should head back to the resort?
No. [ Laughter ]
♪ I want you be my lightning strike ♪
♪ Yes, I want you to be my lightning strike ♪
Swap it.
♪ Yes, I want you to be my lightning strike ♪
It's crazy.
The second ceremony is already here.
- I know. - Tonight's the big night.
At least we were able to use this time
to really think about what we want.
How do you feel?
I think it's pretty obvious things are done
with Dylan and Lauren, and, fuck, that was a roller coaster.
No, no, I get that.
Kind of got to go on what we feel is right.
We like Peach, Darrien.
- Yeah. - But glad we were able to have
that little chat a little bit earlier.
I'm glad that she was able to open up.
It's interesting.
I'm really proud of her, and I commend her for owning up to it,
'cause how I felt this morning and how I feel now,
two different things. And we came here to--
- Grow. - To grow.
Stay or swap ceremony, like, I pretty much prepared,
you know, to pack my stuff up.
- Yeah. - You know?
I just hope that our next week or whatever is better.
- Let's hope. - You know.
We've been through a lot with Jonathan.
Today has probably been like
one of the best days at the resort.
Ever since Rehman pulled me to the side, everything
has been great after that, but I am a little scared.
Like, there is still that thought in my mind.
Like, what if they do just swap me out? Because they are
those-- They are a little bit of a wild card.
I really am enjoying him.
I'm enjoying our three connection.
- Yeah. - But if we take a risk,
we're all like, oh, we love Jonathan!
And then what if another couple comes along that,
like, he's more attracted to, and he leaves us in the dust?
Can we just postpone this next ceremony?
I know, just one more day.
Yeah, I know one more day to just, like, hang out.
Yeah.
I do want to stay, and I do want to see what we have
and what it can actually lead to.
I don't know, I just-- Yeah. Guess we'll see.
♪ All of the young hearts together ♪
[ Giggles ]
♪ Like dynamite
Good? Okay.
It's time to decide to stay or swap.
We kind of have our decision made.
Mm-hmm.
♪ Like dynamite
♪
I'm just feeling everything.
Given that we now had this good conversation,
we made some progress. And so it's really hard to say.
♪ All of the lovers forever
♪ Like dynamite
♪
Here they come.
♪
Okay, Brittne.
- You look good, too. - Okay. Okay.
All of y'all look good.
- We are literally... - Terrified.
Yeah, because we're about to make a big decision.
- Yeah. - This time, we want to make
the right decision.
Welcome to the first stay or swap ceremony.
Yeah. - Ooh, girl.
Okay. So, this is how this is going to go, right?
We're going to ask our beautiful throuples here
if they are interested in staying
in their current relationship, or if they're interested in
maybe swapping for one of you beautiful individuals over here.
If either the couple or the chosen single decide
what they have right now isn't actually working out,
a swap may happen, which means we'll find out
which one of you beautiful individuals are interested
and see where we go from there.
First throuple up,
Lauren, Dylan, and Becca.
Been a lot going on. - It has.
It has. Couple days have felt like months.
So much has happened in this short few days.
It's crazy.
All three learned a lot about what we wanted in a throuple,
as well as what we didn't necessarily want.
- Totally. Yeah. - Wow. So then
do you want to stay, or do you want to swap?
♪
Lauren? Dylan?
We would...
like to swap. - We'd like to swap.
- You'd like to swap? - We'd like to swap.
Really what Dylan and I need right now,
after just, you know, the past couple days,
is, like, brighter energy.
I think this is the best thing for all of us.
So, Lauren and I are in agreement about Mia,
so hopefully she steps forward for us three.
Yeah.
Unmatched singles, those of you who are interested
in joining Lauren and Dylan,
please take a step...
now.
♪
Okay.
♪
- Mm? - Yeah?
Mm-hmm.
♪
Lauren and Dylan, who would you like to invite
to throuple up with?
Want to go?
We're going to go with...
♪
- Mia. - Mia.
- Ah! - In unison. Alright.
♪
Well, Mia, cross that bridge.
Becca, cross that bridge.
Wah-wah.
- [ Speaks indistinctly ] - Good luck.
Love you guys.
♪
Thanks for prepping that for me.
Oh, of course. It's all yours now.
Take it over. [ Laughter ]
Mia! Hello!
[ Both laugh ]
- Hello, hello, welcome. - Hi. Mia.
Hi! - Hello, beautiful.
Welcome over here.
I'm just so happy to finally be here
and to finally actually be throupled up with you guys.
- Oh, we're excited. - Look how cute she is!
- I've been waiting forever. - She's adorable.
[ Laughter ]
Moving on now to our next throuple,
Corey and Wilder, how have the last few days been for you?
It's been a lot of emotions and a lot of pressure.
This experience is making us make decisions quicker
than we might normally make, and it's really encouraging us
to have challenging conversations
and to look at our relationship with a closer eye
and what we really want from a third.
So what are you going to do, stay,
or do you want to swap?
[ Heartbeat ]
We've decided to stay.
♪
We're gonna give you this little token.
Aww. [ Laughter ]
Isn't that so cute.
I love them so much.
- Aww. - Come on.
The luck that we've run into
having just the right amount of communication,
the right amount of chemistry... - Yeah.
...I'm feeling really good about it, too.
So I would like to stay.
Alright. Give it up.
Our first stay.
[ Sighs ] Weight off my shoulders.
I can finally just relax
and know I'm going to have this time and be certain.
Sean and Brittne.
How have the last couple of days been?
- It has been, like, a lot. - Yeah.
Today was the first day we really got to know Sanu.
There was a bit of a wall the first couple of days.
But overall, she's an amazing, amazing woman,
so we're-- we're happy to have her, for sure.
- Yeah. - Thank you.
Yes.
♪
Brittne, Sean, are you going to stay in your current throuple,
or are you going to swap?
We decided that we are...
♪
...definitely going to swap.
Definitely? Ooh.
Sanu, do you agree?
I would have liked more time.
I would prefer to stay to continue to get to know them.
From the time that we spent with Sanu,
we didn't really get to figure out like who she really is
or like what we really, like, love about her.
But today we got to know her and--
- She showed up today but-- - Yeah, today, she showed up.
- It's too late. - Alright, unmatched singles.
Which of you would be interested in joining Brittne and Sean?
♪
With the biggest cheeses on.
Y'all are smiling from ear to ear.
We were like super between both Peach and Darrien.
- Yeah. - Okay.
Peach, Darrien, would you be interested in telling us
why you stepped forward for Sean and Brittne?
I relate to you guys a lot.
Getting to know you guys the past couple of days
has actually made me more attracted to you,
so I'm just really excited to see where this could go.
- Darrien, how about you? - I feel very similarly.
You took the words out of my mouth,
but I can honestly see it just really working.
And when I think about you all,
I kind of get butterflies in my stomach,
so I feel like there's-- - Is that right?
Yes, yes.
Brittne, Sean, tell us
which of these beautiful ladies would you like
to throuple up with?
It was really hard, because we really get,
like, this spark with both of you.
Yeah.
But the person that we decided
to throuple up with...
is...
Darrien.
Alright.
♪
- No. - Can I hug you?
♪
Sanu, Darrien, please cross the bridge.
- Oh. - Thank you. Thank you.
I'm devastated.
♪
- Hey! - You look so beautiful.
Probably.
At the last mixer,
they made it seem like they wanted me to join their couple.
They gave me the beads.
Like, what was all of that about?
If I am too hot for Sean and Brittne to handle,
it is what it is.
I am a sexy bitch. Like, I've always been that,
and I'm never going to change for anybody.
How does it feel to be sitting over there now?
- I feel elated. - [ Laughs ]
Just the biggest smile. I love it.
Ashmal, Rehman, Jonathan,
here we go. What are you thinking about?
The last few days have been pretty life-changing for me.
We went through some pretty dark times,
but also some times that were pretty lit.
And I think by bringing Jonathan into our relationship,
it brought a lot of things out of us
that we needed to learn about ourselves.
Ashmal, do you feel the same way?
Scott, I mean, the past few days,
I saw Rehman be so vulnerable, so brave,
and it's kind of like falling in love with him all over again.
In a way, once we were able to move past our issues,
we got to know Jonathan more
and then also worked with how we made him feel.
So we got to see each other's emotions
from a whole new perspective. And, oh, man.
The question is, what would you like to do now?
Are you both on the same page with your decision?
Well, Scott, we talked it over, and after talking it over,
we have decided that we would like
to move on to something new.
[ Heartbeat ]
♪
This is the day I've been waiting for!
Please join me in welcoming our newest couple.
Shut up!
[ All exclaiming ]
- Speechless. - Just gagged.
Gagged, gooped and gagged.
- Do you have a boner? - He always has a boner.
[ All cheering ]
Oh, snap!
- Look at this view. - Look at this view.
I'm back.
This is so romantic.
Cheers.
[ Air horn blows ] - Oh, fuck.
- Time's up. - The best way
to build trust and connection is telling the truth.
How do you feel about just you and I as a couple?
I mean, I honestly don't know.
I feel kind of insecure.
I'm bored.
I think we can still have a throuple with Mia.
See, I don't think we can.
♪
The sparks are, like, definitely there.
- Yeah. - So it's exciting.
I really love hearing everything you all are saying.
So who you want to kiss in the house?
Yeah. What's up?
I want to kiss you.
Not to put any pressure on, but, like, I'm here.
There's this kind of hate coming.
- Okay. - Holy hell, it is exhausting.
We can end this right now.