Aah!
My boundaries and my feelings
are the ones to be focusing in on.
- You can feel the tension. - For caring more
about what everybody else thinks about you.
You're more concerned about all that than than how I feel.
I'm really not a hypersexual person.
Oh, my gosh. Mia is a little bit
more conservative than what we're used to.
Yes, I feel like there's something about you.
You just seem like a really good time, too.
Please join me in welcoming our newest couple to the resort.
- Ohh! - Ohh!
Maximo and Ash.
They are gonna shake up the dynamic
that we have established.
Are you involved with anyone?
Yes.
- Are we your type? - Yeah.
So I traveled to New York a lot for, like, Fashion Week
and stuff like that because I model.
Of course you do.
- Your eyes are beautiful. - Thank you.
If they come for our Jonathan, I will start a war.
♪ Love here and now
Alright, Maximo and Ashley.
Of all of our singles here tonight,
chosen and unmatched,
is there someone here you'd like to extend an invitation to
for a night in Eden?
Who you gonna choose?!
- Junior. - Junior.
I choose you back!
Off you get.
That man is running.
Oh, he was so excited.
Hey, beautifuls.
Oh, my goodness.
- Hi. - How are you?
- We're so happy to have you. - Yeah, we are.
Thank you so much for picking me.
- Of course. - Thanks for picking us.
We just felt so comfortable with you.
We felt like there's just so much more
we need to get to know about you.
We got all night!
I think Junior is the right choice.
I'm so glad that I'm here for you now.
Yes!
It was definitely a lot of sexual energy.
Can we just rip this off?
This is somebody that not only we have, like,
this spark with that we are interested in,
but we connect on so many levels.
- You get the middle. - Oh, my God.
Yeah. This is crazy.
Alright. Unmatched singles, it is time to leave the resort.
I know, I know. - I'll see you soon.
- Stay real. - My girl.
- Thank you. - Oh, my baby!
- Bye, guys. - Bye, baby.
Throuples, the resort is once again yours.
Use this time to get to know each other very well.
Very soon, I'll be asking you that question.
If you're gonna stay in the throuple you're in,
or are you feeling like maybe it's time to swap?
- Alright. - Enjoy.
- Bye. - Y'all be good.
See you later, Scott.
- Let's cuddle! - Yay!
Cuddle, puddle, tickle party.
- Snuggles and cuddles with Mia. - Yay.
We said yay!
Great party.
The Garden of Eden-- pretty fun place.
- Can I feed both of you? - Ahh.
This new couple could fit into the house really well.
Since they're not going for a man,
I think it will be smooth sailing,
but I swear if they try,
I will not be friendly.
Hey. Hey.
I'm going bed tonight very excited to wake up.
I really like meeting new people.
I feel like we're gonna get along.
I can't wait to get out
of this fucking rose-bush costume.
- Me too! - Me too!
When I say you are literally the combination of us two...
I love that.
...I can't get that any more accurate.
Let us introduce you to our child.
- This is our child. - This is alien.
- What's their name? - Alien.
Alien. I adopted. This is Ashley's.
How many kids do you all want?
- At least two. - If we have two...
But we're open to, like, whether it's adopting
or possible surrogate or natural,
depending on you.
How many kids would you have?
Probably after the first one, I'm gonna be like,
"Oh, my God, my body." - My number is eight.
Wow.
Oh, my gosh.
I love this already.
- Wow. - Oh, my God.
This is literally a dream.
I've never had, like, a 3-way kiss like that.
- Junior got us. - Yes.
It was delicious.
Alright.
They're 3-people beds, and it's like,
you're, like, huge in, like, the most beautiful way.
It was a gorgeous night. - It really was.
Yeah.
- Wakey, wakey. - Yeah.
Good morning.
How do you say tired in Spanish?
Cansado.
Oh, yo muy cansado.
Do you have a boner?
He always has a boner.
Man, what a mixer.
That was so much fun.
- We had a new couple here. - Oh, yeah.
I'm excited to meet 'em today.
Good morning.
- Beautiful day. - Oh!
- Hi, baby. - Oh.
Good morning.
Would you guys have rather been, like,
the couple that comes in, makes an entrance
or, like... I like the way we did it
because we got to make these connections.
I would rather be in with everybody.
Yeah, I would rather be in with everybody.
The Leo in me wants to be the couple that comes in
with a huge splash.
That's the Leo in me.
Let me just assure you, you made a huge splash.
You guys continue to splash every day.
Hey!
He fits in between them real nice.
I really did have a good time with you all.
This is the best way for us
to do this for the first time, too.
- I don't want you to go. - I know.
You know what time it is.
Oh, Junior!
It's time to leave.
- Hello. - Hello, hello.
That was kind of mean.
Hey, listen, the benefit of it,
of this whole experience is there
will be many more opportunities to connect deeper with Junior.
So bear with me, alright? - Yeah, absolutely.
Why don't you guys say goodbye for now?
For now.
Take care of each other, okay?
- We will. - It's just ta-ta for now.
It's just ta-ta for now.
- Bye. - Bye.
Oh, it's okay, it's okay.
What's up, everybody?
- Hey! - Hi!
Welcome, Ashley and Maximo.
How are you feeling this morning,
waking up in Eden?
- Cloud 9. Cloud 10. - Cloud 99.
- Right? - Yeah.
Very soon, there will be a stay or swap ceremony.
Ashley and Maximo, for you,
this will be a matching ceremony.
But before that, I'm gonna offer you an invite
to one unmatched single
to have a beautiful date night here at the resort.
- Okay. - Let's go.
Maximum and Ashley are so cute.
Ashley is definitely my type.
I think she's adorable and Maximo is very mysterious
but so compelling at the same time,
so I'm excited to get to know them both more.
The theme for your relationship session today is honesty.
So you're gonna be heading down to the beach
with Shamyra and I a little bit later,
and we're gonna sweat.
Do we get to bring our boyfriend?
Yeah, he's gonna be there.
- Oh! - Oh, yes.
"Boyfriend"? Like, "Whoa.
I don't really feel super comfortable
with the word "boyfriend" in front of everyone,
just because I just want
to have that conversation with them first.
The resort, once again, is yours.
- Whoo! - Wow.
Y'all be good.
So are you guys excited for your new date tonight?
Who are you guys thinking?
I think this person,
we didn't really get to know as much as we wanted to,
and we're interested in getting to know more,
so I mean, Becca. - Yeah.
Ooh.
We only got to talk for a few minutes.
- Do you want to get in there? - Oh, yeah. Get in there.
It's tight in there.
There's definitely sparks there.
We just didn't get to connect.
- We all love Becca. - Yeah.
Okay, cool. Okay, cool.
If Becca comes back,
I hope it doesn't make it weird or awkward,
but it could go either way.
They used the word "boyfriend." Like, that scares me.
I have caught myself wanting more of a thrill.
- My God! - My God!
Do you want me to be your girlfriend?
♪ Can't get enough
♪ Get enough of your love, baby ♪
♪ Putting out a vibe
♪ Can't get enough - Scott mentioned this morning
that there's another stay or swap ceremony.
- Yeah. - I don't-- I know
for a fact I don't want to swap out Jonathan.
Right? - Mm-hmm.
I know I feel really good about Jonathan.
Yeah. Me too.
We love talking to everyone, getting to know everyone.
But our heads are with Jonathan.
Yeah, I'm just like, "Where's my baby Jonathan at?"
Like, "What is Jonathan doing? Who is Jonathan talking to?"
And I think that says something
about how we're all feeling about each other.
My heart.
There's a sloth here.
Where? Where's the sloth?
- No, wait. No. - Oh!
Right here. Literally in there. In between.
- Oh, my God, how cute is that? - Yeah.
Tell me more about you guys. Like, what do you guys do?
Yeah, I'm a dancer and a photographer,
all-around creative and performer.
Moved to New York about five years ago.
Originally from Florida.
Came out the closet when I was, like, 20.
We just moved in together about a...
- A month ago. - ...a month ago.
- Wow. - Congrats!
And then y'all said, "Baby, we're going to paradise."
We currently consider ourselves monogamish,
which means we are each other's primary partners.
My pronouns are he, she or they.
It's just all about respect.
Yeah. You can-- You can call me any pronouns.
It don't really matter.
We've always pursued other people separately,
but now we're ready to see what the emotional intimacy
outside of just us looks like
when we can pursue others together.
I mean, we're both non-binary,
and I mean, just talking about sex is like,
I've never bottomed before anybody except for her.
Wow.
So she took that virginity from me.
With that strap-on.
Yeah. No, I'm, like, super feminine and, like,
I'm, like, out here and whatever,
but I'm like... - Literally, yeah.
But, like, I also am such a top, too,
sometimes, you know, I have that energy.
When you guys first came in,
I definitely can sense your feminine energy.
But then when I spoke to you, I was like, "Shit.
His masculine side came through as well."
And I was like, "That's dope as hell, you know?"
That's so dope to hear.
And it was cool that, like, you had both
and they both shined equally. And I was like...
I love that you could catch that.
That's so affirming. Thank you.
I've never met somebody that was, like, non-binary.
And I think that's so dope. So that's cool to, like,
get into his mind and the way that he thinks.
- i feel seen. - Yeah.
- That's amazing. - That's great.
Yeah, obviously, you know, me and the guys
have been really good. - I'm so happy for you guys.
Even so, it has been so good.
Like, I want to keep riding what we're doing...
- Of course. - ...and just keep embracing
that we're finally at a good place.
But it's also okay to be honest about how you feel.
But it does scare me that they quickly
used the word "boyfriend."
Like, that scares me,
and that's a lot for me. I mean, I don't know,
I mean, I don't know where you're at with...
Titles do kind of scare me
because then I feel a little bit more pressure.
That's just how it actually feels like my pressure.
Like, "Oh, my God. Whoa.
I need to breathe, like, a little overwhelmed."
And that's me right now, too, because everyone has seen the...
the big change. - Yeah, we've all seen it.
Yeah. With me and the guys.
And again I'm enjoying it, I love it.
Like I said, I actually feel like I'm dating them.
But that doesn't mean that we're officially boyfriends.
- It's a lot. - Yeah.
And you feel maybe, like,
a little bit of pressure, you know?
I do feel for Jonathan because I know what it's like
when Ash and Rehman-- they had a rough patch.
Things can start great and then end up the complete opposite.
You just never know.
So I totally understand where Jonathan is coming from,
where it's like, "I don't want to make that commitment."
You do that side. I'll do this side.
- Mm-hmm. - Right? So...
Alright. Cool, cool.
You guys, I love that the new couple loves Becca.
Yeah, I think she's definitely gonna come into the house.
You think so?
I mean, everyone loves Becca.
So you guys called me your boyfriend?
Like, my heart was racing when you guys said boyfriend.
And I was like, "Wait." - Mm-hmm.
It was just a little scary hearing it.
Yeah.
I think it's more of like if we're doing it--
if we're doing it in terms of the experiment, yeah,
I think you're our boyfriend in this experiment, for sure.
You know? Like, I don't see anyone else.
But you guys know that word-- that word obviously scares me.
Like, at least-- at least right now.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You know what I mean?
We really want to move forward
with a relationship with him and I am worrying
he doesn't feel like he's ready to go at the pace
that maybe we want him to go at.
My tattoo?
She's gonna see it now.
Oh, she-- she hasn't seen it yet?
She hasn't seen any of my tattoos.
No way.
Like, I'm the type of person,
like, if I want to bring who I'm dating,
which was my ex-boyfriend at the time, around--
Christmas parties, New Year's--
if my parents or anyone in my family
were in a party and they want me there,
you guys have to accept who I'm bringing.
In some ways, like, you are, like,
way further ahead than me how you can--
Even though, you know, it's like certain awkward
or tough situations, you still put yourself through it
because you're like, "This is my boundary."
And that's, like, I'm not there yet.
And I mean, that's something I can learn from you
is, like...
I've always just kind of chosen the easier route with it.
So you've never brought, like, Rehman
to, like, a family party or...
I brought him to, like, my birthday
when my parents came to Michigan to, like, celebrate my birthday.
But, like, I've never, like, brought him back to Georgia
for, like, a family wedding or anything.
I would want to bring who I'm dating around, you know,
and, like, they would just have to be okay with it
or I would not come.
But, yeah, I think it would even be tougher
for my mom seeing two guys.
Something that is very serious to Ashmal, which is his family,
is something that he hasn't been able to share with me.
And I think Ashmal opening up and sharing with Jonathan
is starting to bring some of those deeper insecurities
out of me that don't even have anything to do
with us being in a throuple,
or us bringing Jonathan into our relationship.
♪ If you really think you're ready ♪
♪ Baby, come and get it
♪ If you really think you're ready ♪
♪ Come and get it, come and get it ♪
Alright, Becca, I'm getting all this effort right now.
Mm-hmm.
Blow us out the water, please.
I mean, Junior set a very high bar.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, my God.
Feels like a 100-pound dumbbell.
- Hey, I'm a smart bell. - I know. You're a smart bell.
Scott said we were gonna be doing a challenge today.
And he said... -"Get ready to sweat."
Get ready to sweat.
Honestly, I have no clue what we're gonna be doing.
- Hot yoga. - Ooh, I like hot yoga.
Same.
I'm excited.
as long as it doesn't involve like...
emotions are crying or something.
- Well, hello. - Hello, hello.
Alright. Throuples on the beach.
Good to see you, throuples. Hey.
Hey. - You all look so nervous.
Y'all look so nervous.
Alright, throuples. As you can see,
we're here on the beach, and here is a sweat lodge.
So within the lodge, heat is generated by hot stones.
The intense heat is meant
to encourage the capacity for truth-telling.
Tonight's relationship session is all about honesty.
Ohh.
So the best way to build trust and connection
in polyamorous relationship is by telling the truth.
Okay, now I'm feeling anxious and nervous.
Sometimes I don't really know if being 100% honest
is the right thing to do.
Y'all know I always have a twist.
Always.
So tonight we're giving the opportunity
for the singles
to ask questions to their couple to find out the truth they need
to build a relationship with the couple.
I am mind-blown.
Now, not anybody can run a sweat lodge,
so we brought one of the very best to do it.
Our medicine woman, Marta.
Hi. How are you?
- Are you ready? - Hello.
Alright. Ready to start?
- I'm excited now. - Me too.
Hello.
- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
- Speechless. - Just gagged.
Gagged, gooped and gagged.
- I had to bring it for you guys. - Oh, my God.
- Come on. - You are drop-dead gorgeous.
Hi. - Thank you.
- Becca did not come to play. - No.
Well, let's do a little toast.
We're on this beautiful date just for us.
I know. This is so romantic.
Cheers.
- Cheers to having me. - Mmm.
We actually are curious.
What is your life like outside of this paradise?
I'm from Canada.
I'm from, like, a small, cold town in Canada.
Calgary?
- Yes. - Okay.
When did you, like, officially come out?
- When I was, like, 21. - Oh, shit. Okay.
- Yeah, I came out as bi. - Yeah.
And then I came out as pansexual.
Like, I guess I started to more understand my sexuality.
Yeah, I did the exact same thing.
But my whole life. I feel like I, you know,
I always knew that I was attracted to everyone.
You were saying that you were identifying more as bi than pan?
No, I'm definitely more pan. Yeah.
All I need is if you're funny, if you have nice eyes,
nice teeth. That's it. - Oh, wow.
Nice teeth is a big one for me, too.
- We say that all the time. - Seriously.
We were all on the same wavelength,
like so... - In sync.
...in sync.
Have you ever been into non-monogamy?
- I have, I'm very into it. - What?
- Oh, wow. - So you've got to teach us then.
- Are you guys new? - This is our first.
- Date. You're our first date. - Date.
You're our first date with someone.
- Stop. I feel so lucky. - No, really.
This is not your first rodeo. - No.
But what made you really get interested to try?
Was it a person? - No.
It was the fact that I kept getting cheated on.
And I wasn't mad that they were dating other people.
- Because they were lying. - They were lying to me.
That was the biggest fucking issue.
And I was like, it's a lack of honesty,
it's a lack of communication.
So I was like, "Fuck it, why don't I try
an open a relationship?" Worked out so much better.
You're a gem. What the fuck?
Just the more I get to learn about Becca,
the more I'm like, "Damn, how lucky are we?"
Like, "Whoo."
Whoo. She brought it. - Right.
You repeat after from me.
Ahhh...
Ehhhh...
Breathe in slowly.
Start conversation.
Alright. So I'm gonna ask you guys,
what is it about me that you guys find the most attractive?
Your ease, how you are kind of really easy to talk to.
I think it's your ease in conversation.
It's your ease in just the way you go about life.
And I can just tell from speaking to you
that you, deep down, have, like, a really good heart.
And that's something that I really like about you.
Is there something that I bring to this throuple
that you have a difficult time with?
Yes.
So quick. Okay.
Not, I think, not in the way that you think. I...
You bring a level of, like, passion
and, like, sexuality
that sometimes I feel like I don't have.
The difficulty is not something that's negative about you.
It's more of for me because I'm dealing with some other,
like, feelings of, like, lacking and lacking in confidence.
Corey is nervous and unsure,
and she's kind of trying to melt away her own layers,
but she's the one I want to feel
like she can be herself with me, and she can be sexy with me,
and she can remove her mask and just feel good.
How would you feel if I were to kiss somebody else
at the resort?
Me, personally, I wouldn't like it.
Yeah, I wouldn't like it. Yeah.
And I don't see that as a bad thing.
I see that as a good thing.
Being that we feel that way about you.
It would be weird almost if I didn't feel that way.
I feel like if I didn't feel the way
it was because I wasn't as interested in you...
- Yeah. - ...as I actually am.
- Yeah. - I am a little bit disappointed
just because being in a poly dynamic,
I want to at least be able to have the freedom
to receive affection
in the form of kisses if I wanted to.
How soon do you expect
to develop a sexual connection?
Honestly...
we do like physical touch and that physical connection,
and we just want to make sure we do so
in a very respectful manner because we want this to work.
I have caught myself kind of wanting more of a--
like a thrill,
but I've even caught myself even now,
just, like, maybe wanting a little bit more.
But I would hate to disrespect boundaries
because the boundaries is the biggest thing.
We haven't kissed yet.
We're not expecting anything more than that,
but that's just something that we're ready for.
We just kind of let her know, like, "We're ready,
but we'll wait on you, so the ball's in your court.
- Yeah. - I love that.
That was beautiful. This is beautiful.
- This is beautiful. - This is beautiful.
It's so beautiful.
What is your guys' history?
We started, like, very much like,
"Let's create our own rules." - Okay.
That felt comfortable.
How many D.A.s can you have a week?
D.A.s are just, like, hookups.
It's, like, short for dick appointments.
It's a familiar term. Yeah.
D.A. can also be for a vagina or a dick.
So it could be a V.A., but it's always just a D.A.
Every day, every month, it kind of, like, fluctuated.
"What are you comfortable with? What do you want to do?"
At first it used to be, "You can only be with the same sex."
But I did not know what it's like for girls
to hook up with girls. - We got to, like,
get to know the person before we get intimate, usually.
And me, I'm just like, "You know, gloryhole, whatever."
Literally.
I was very much coming into my queerness,
coming into my pansexuality. - Amazing.
And, you know, sometimes your girl
want to suck a dick. Sometimes--
Honestly, as long as we can watch.
That's what I said!
Like, as long as you do it properly,
I don't care whose dick you're sucking.
You're so cute!
Do you think that we have more
of an emotional connection
rather than a physical connection?
And then, Rehman, do you feel like we have more
of a physical connection rather than an emotional connection?
I think we have more of an emotional connection
than a physical connection.
Even talking to you from day one and to now,
I think that emotional connection has grown so much.
I think that we also have more of an emotional connection.
I feel like sometimes without even speaking words like,
I see you looking into my eyes and I look back into your eyes
and you can just tell that there is something there
and that we really just understand each other.
And I think we do have a physical connection,
but I just feel like that emotional connection
is just so much stronger than the physical side.
I feel like emotionally, I'm there with Ashmal.
So physically, I feel like I'm there--
I'm there with you for sure.
But I do feel like emotionally, I am stronger with Ashmal.
And it's just-- it's just sometimes
a little harder to read you.
And, like, I need Rehman to understand
that I do see something here,
you know, potentially I can actually see something with him,
but they come as a package.
So if I'm only seeing something emotionally with Ashmal
and I can't get there with Rehman,
I'm not gonna be able to proceed in a throuple.
I want to be able to, like, balance you both out
because I am dating you both.
At the end of the day, if he doesn't feel
as strong of an emotional connection with me
as he does Ashmal,
well, Jonathan, what are you doing to fix that?
What are you doing to kind of make me feel
like I can share my emotions with you?
Because right now, I don't feel like that's the case.
I would love to know what interested you
and even trying this.
What would you like to get out of this experiment?
I would love to actually come out of this with a relationship.
- Really? - Yeah.
What are you guys looking for?
Honestly, like, coming into this, we are just--
We have just been open to, like,
one, trying non-monogamy together
because we've been non-monogamous
but always separate. We've never had a threesome.
We've never dated anyone together.
- Wild. - We've never flirted together.
We just want to stay true to how we're feeling
and how we're feeling is, like, this is so possible for us,
and we want to continue to explore it
and find the right person to explore it further with.
You know? - Yeah.
I think connecting with her on pansexuality,
like, you're not just here to be with a guy and a girl.
You're really here to be with two people
that you feel connected to.
I think, like, what's really important for us
going into a throuple... - Yeah.
...is that it's equal love all around.
Equal attention. - Very important.
- Yeah. - But...
So are you saying you're into both of us?
I am very into both of you.
Okay, give me those lips.
This is a whole different kind of kissing.
- I've never felt that. - No.
- Like... - Never.
I mean, never.
Oh, wow. Yeah.
You look great between us.
- Wow. - I feel great between you guys.
That smile.
You guys are gonna make me blush.
Oh.
Okay.
How would you rate our sexual tension on a scale of 1 to 10?
I would say...
...like, a 9, 10. Like, 9.
Like, you feel like it's really high,
like there's a lot of sexual tension?
I feel like there's a lot of curiosity there.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Really?
Okay. Really?
Do you feel like you're waiting for me to make the first move?
No.
Initially, I thought I was,
but I realized that I'm not waiting for you
to make the first move. It's...
I think it's more so waiting for me to make the first move.
Yeah.
I never make the first move with anything.
I'm used to just being, like, pursued, so...
I forgot. You're just that hot.
No, it's not even that. I just never...
I just never had... - Hottie. Hottie alert.
Thank you.
- Come on out. - Alright.
Did you sweat?
- Okay. Sweat lodge. - Can we help y'all cool off?
How was it? Brother, you sweating.
- Yes. - Yeah, geez.
You had to get some stuff out, huh?
You got a lot of stuff out?
I mean, yeah, but also I like to sweat.
Did you feel like you learned some things
that they were answering honestly
and openly and truthfully?
Yeah, honestly, their sexual-tension number
was a lot higher than I was expecting.
- Really? - What did you expect?
I was expecting it to be more on, like, the 6, 7...
- What's your number? - ...range.
I was gonna say 3 because I feel like...
What?
So you're a 3 right now.
What do you think it would take to even get you to a 5?
I feel like more physical touch.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
So are you asking them for more physical touch right now?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Darrien clearly wants more physical touch.
She-- she craves that. - She craves it.
So it's like something that, like,
she needs continuously throughout the day,
which we're also trying to be those people.
We're working on it. We're working on it.
The last question is...
...do you guys want me to be your girlfriend?
You beat us to it.
Very much. Yes.
We were not expecting to find a person
who we would connect with so much, but here we are.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, I think that would be really, really cool.
Cool.
I'm a girlfriend.
I have a boyfriend and a girlfriend.
We have a lot more to learn about each other.
But all of the beginning necessities,
they're already there. They're there.
I'm feeling this heat.
- Wait, before you go... - Oh, yeah. All three.
Oh. Ooh.
Even with mouthfuls of strawberries,
you guys are amazing kissers.
I surprised myself that I could lean in
and feel this comfortable with both queer men and queer women
and you.
Well, I'll see you guys at the stay or swap.
- We'll see you soon. - Yeah.
There are so many, so many more possibilities
now that we've just tapped into this for the first time.
And it's already going so well.
I'm like, "Damn, we've been holding back, babe."
So after we do leave the resort,
can you guys seriously see yourself staying in a throuple?
I can absolutely see that.
Maybe I haven't got to talk to you about this a lot,
but there is nothing in my life that would hold me back
from bringing you into our relationship
and us being a throuple.
So I do think that we are able
to make it work between the three of us,
and that is what I would like to have happen after--
after we're out of the resort.
I do fear Rehman is hard to read
and it's hard to see it long term with the guys
when I just feel like I can't get past that wall.
- How was it in there? - It was hot. We got deep.
- Okay. - You feel like you got honest?
I feel-- I feel-- I feel, like, yeah.
Are y'all feeling more connected or more distanced
since going in a sweat lodge? - How do you feel?
- I feel good, yeah. - More connected, more distant?
- Um... - I don't know why he was being
a little hesitant with that, so it makes me wonder
maybe he's just-- maybe he's not--
He doesn't feel as connected.
Well, this is about honesty. Do you think he's being honest?
I don't know, I think it's questionable.
I feel so confused because I think that I've kind of had
a breakthrough in this resort as far as opening up to Jonathan
in ways that I normally don't do with others
and letting my guard down.
I think the good thing about throupledom is that
it's three people sharing the responsibilities and needs,
so it shouldn't all be, like, everyone
has to give the same thing. I am not a super PDA person,
but him and Jonathan are and I'm enjoying seeing that.
I don't know, I think we need to just reassess
what we're expecting from throupledom.
What a crazy 24 hours.
Definitely it was just high emotions and energy.
So many high emotions and energies.
- From the kids. - Like, I can understand how
more people in a relationship actually does make sense.
What's up, girlfriend?
Okay, so I have a question.
Sure.
Can we have our first kiss?
- I think so. - Ooh.
She's like, "Ooh."
Worth the wait.
Oh.
Yay. Finally.
That's the feeling I was wanting to feel.
- Oh. - Yay.
Why would I ever feel comfortable
sharing anything about me? - Don't have an attitude with me.
I don't want to have a forced conversation about it.
I definitely didn't see this coming.
So who do you want to kiss in the house?
Do you want to stay. or do you want to swap?
- Staying. - Whoa!
♪ I can't hold
♪ Myself back from you
Good morning.
That's better.
First night official.
We don't need a swap ceremony.
Oh, damn. Clean white sneaks for breakfast.
This morning is awkward.
Ready? - Yeah.
Rehman... I feel like
he's kind of giving me the cold shoulder.
Another beautiful morning in paradise
with some beautiful people. - Beautiful.
- Yo, yo. - How did you sleep?
I actually slept really well.
I sleep much better when the shades aren't kept down.
So, like, the morning, I can, like, slowly wake up
and it's just like, "Oh, there's the light coming in."
So I want to hear about how your guys'
sweat-lodge experience was.
I asked them both to be my boyfriend and girlfriend.
We took the bait.
We took it. We are an official throuple.
I'm so happy. They deserve it.
They did deserve it. I'm happy for them.
Yeah. I'm proud of them, too.
It's really cool.
How was your guys'?
I think overall, it went pretty well.
Like, my heart was racing.
I did feel like I was being as honest as possible.
He said that he feels like
he has more of an emotional connection with Ashmal,
but he has more of a physical connection with me,
and, um, it did kind of make me feel weird in a sense,
because, like, you guys talk about stuff
and you guys get deep or whatever
and, like, that's your bond.
And then, like, I don't know if we've created a space
where I feel comfortable enough to open up with you,
especially when it's the three of us
and you start opening up about your life.
And no offense, but, like,
you control the conversation a lot or you like to talk a lot.
So, like, I don't feel like it's even comfortable for me
to even open up about a lot of serious things in my life
that maybe, like, it takes a lot for me to talk about.
That's not the only reason
he doesn't have an emotional connection with Jonathan.
It's because you either don't share your feelings,
or when you do share your feelings, you're barking them.
So don't put your lack of effort on me,
and don't put your lack of effort on Jonathan.
Because when you were sharing your experiences,
it was just you two going back and forth.
And at no point did anyone ever turn and say,
"Oh, Rehman, like, I'm gonna ask you about your life."
So it's like, then why would I ever feel comfortable
sharing anything about me
when you guys are just deep in conversation?
Oh, my God, I definitely didn't see this coming.
Just from knowing you two guys, too,
you're obviously very open and, like, sociable.
And we know, like, Rehman, you can be a little bit more
too closed, so maybe just
give it a little extra in that area.
You know what I'm saying?
Rehman, I know exactly how you feel.
I mean, Sean has, like, sometimes a bigger personality.
So, like, we'll be talking about some things with someone,
and he'll just keep going. I'm like, "Hello?
Like, why am I here? Should I just walk away?
Because, like, I'm not part of this conversation."
So I had to learn to just, like, interject.
It takes both of us because I felt like
that's my partner, that's how she works.
And I'm gonna protect her at all costs.
So fuck it. - Yeah.
Yeah, absolutely. Thank you.
Alright, we got more therapy for lunch.
No, I don't want to do that right now.
I think we just need to recap what happened, dude.
Oh, okay.
I don't want to have a forced conversation right after this.
Wait, don't have an attitude with me.
I don't want to have a forced conversation about it.
No, listen, no one is having an attitude.
The only animosity coming is from you.
There's this kind of hate coming.
Okay.
How do you feel?
- Just, like... - I'm a little confused honestly.
Yeah.
I struggle with that with him all the time.
I think it's like he didn't say anything in the moment
and then it's pent up.
But also it makes me question, like,
are you guys even ready for a third?
I feel like if you guys are not solid,
clearly there's still a lack of communication there.
So if you guys are not solid with that
and lack of communication is very big for me.
Poor Jonathan's perspective.
Imagine being a third trying to date a couple
who fights on the clock every four days
right before a stay and swap ceremony,
but holy hell, it is exhausting.
- Yes. - Go, team!
Go, team positive energy.
Go, team it ain't easy being threesy.
- It ain't easy being a threesy. - Yes.
Perfect. We didn't--
We were trying to, like, save the hot combos.
Oh, my God. Hot. Give me hot, hot, spicy, spicy.
Well, you know, navigating coming in later,
not knowing about, like, people
who are already throupled up.
- Dynamics. - Dynamics
and wanting to be respectful. - Right.
You don't want to come in and be like, "Oh, well.
I want to mess up your throuple."
Honestly, I'm right in the same freaking boat.
In the teepee, I asked Sean and Brittne,
"How would you feel
if I were to kiss somebody else in the house?"
What did they-- How do they feel?
They said they would not like it.
You know, so there is, like, this level of loyalty,
but there's also curiosity.
So who do you want to kiss in the house?
Yeah. What's up?
What's the tea?
Come on, Darrien, spill the beans.
- What's going on? - I want to kiss you.
Oh, my heart just, like...
Whoo!
Alright. - So the feeling is mutual.
Yeah.
And we haven't even gotten to know you that much.
Which is, like, we just feel your energy and...
You are so intriguing.
...electric, and we want to get to know you more.
But we also don't want to disrespect what you have.
- Right. - I don't want to be messy.
I just feel like it would be-- It would be so hard.
Like, imagine if I said yes. Like, I would go with you all
and then I'm in the house with them.
- I know, I know. - That's the whole thing.
It's crazy.
The next swapping ceremony is, like, soon.
Yeah.
Mia's communication is just, like, a lot better.
Oh, yeah. So that's great.
I think we can still have a great,
like, throuple relationship after this experience.
- See, I don't think we can. - You don't think?
- No, I'm disagreeing with that. - Okay.
I think we both realized through this experience so far,
these last couple of days with Mia, we need more physical.
We need more physical touch and not a fast pace,
but a little quicker than where I really think I see this going.
I'm kind of at this, like, I'm bored.
Dylan and I really want to get the most out of this experience,
and I don't know if Mia can match that energy,
but I...
I think it's gonna be a game-time decision.
- Yeah, I think so, too. - We'll feel it out and...
- We'll see. - ...we'll go from there.
I have no idea what's gonna happen tonight.
- Yeah? - Really?
They haven't given you, like, any reassurances?
- Literally completely unsure. - Have you guys talked about
what's gonna happen or anything? - No.
I do want to stay with them.
I think that we're just getting really comfortable
with each other, and we're just pushing
through those boundaries that we've had before.
If we swapped right now,
it would kill a lot of that momentum.
I'm confident that they will choose you.
We need to talk this shit out.
I don't necessarily feel good
about all of these issues coming to light,
but after we had some time to cool down,
I would just love to resolve this issue with Ashmal.
You know I love you more than anything in the world.
You know that.
And you guys have shared a very special moment together.
And I wanted to be included in that special moment,
and I wasn't. That's all I'm saying.
I apologize that I got so charged at the thing,
but I just--
I feel like there was no awareness from either of you.
And it's like, "Oh, my God,
I thought you of all people would know that."
I do hear you.
But whatever you expect of me in the real world,
remember that this is a different situation
and I am just as new to it as you are.
Sometimes I need to hold myself to a higher standard.
I really am allowing my insecurities to take control,
and that's something that I think I do need to work on.
Listen, I don't think--
If we didn't care about each other this much,
we would not be working through these things
and going through these difficult times.
I think this shows how serious
and how committed we are to one another.
- I agree. - Okay?
Give me a hug.
I love you so much.
The ups and downs, like, this roller coaster,
I don't know how I can keep going.
I'm exhausted.
Do you want to share?
Yeah.
So I'm just answering his question.
- Oh, my God. - No, no, no.
Again, go on your-- Share however--
Whatever way you want to share it.
I get that, like, I'm an intense person
and sometimes, like, that's the only way
I know how to express myself.
And I will try to get better at that
so that you feel comfortable and when I do express myself,
you don't feel like you're being attacked
because I don't want you to feel like that.
And through all of this, I don't dislike any of you.
I really enjoy spending time with the both of you,
and I want to spend time with the both of you moving forward.
But the reality is that outside of this resort,
like, I really wouldn't put up with this.
I can't control how the feelings are gonna be
when there's a third person.
Like, I totally don't blame you
saying you wouldn't put up with this in the real world.
Like, part of me doesn't want to put up with it,
like, in, you know, like, this kind of lack of communication.
Like, I get it, there's like-- this is a big red flag.
I hope that Jonathan would want to stay.
But if I was Jonathan, I wouldn't--
My bag would be double-packed.
Like, I would get the hell out of there.
And right now, if I don't want to be your second,
how the hell is he gonna want to be a third?
So what do you want to say?
Well, we got the right ingredients.
Maybe we're just making the wrong dish.
Something or something kind of like that.
Maybe. I think I'm going too far.
You know, I think you maybe lead it, and...
Tonight is gonna be interesting.
I think two people are gonna switch out, for sure.
My boobs might pop out the side,
which might be even more of a sneak snack.
Let me see.
Oh, yeah. Love it.
I'm scared.
Here they come.
I think we are confident
that, you know, Jonathan will decide to stay with us
and work through all these issues
for the rest of the experiment.
We'll find out very soon.
Wow, wow, wow.
How are you doing? - Hi.
Y'all look great. All coordinated.
Welcome to our second stay or swap ceremony.
Tonight we will find out if our throuples want
to swap their chosen single
for one of our beautiful singles over here.
As usual, the decision must be mutual.
If it's a swap all around,
we ask these beautiful people to step forward,
to see who might be interested in joining them in the resort.
So Maximo and Ash,
you are our newest couple here in the resort.
What have the last few days been like for you?
We've had some really crazy, crazy moments
with both Junior and Becca.
Crazy moments, huh?
Yeah, they definitely turned our world
upside down and around. - Okay.
Alright, beautiful people.
You know what time it is.
If any of you unmatched singles would be interested
in joining Maximo and Ash in the resort
and throupling up,
please take a step forward...
...now.
Ooh, snap.
Wow.
Y'all made quite an impression.
Ooh!
So Maximo and Ashley,
who would you like to throuple up with?
Well, I think based on just the very short time
that we have been here,
we are both really excited
to spend a little bit more time...
...with Becca. - Alright.
I'm back.
Hello. Thank you.
Welcome back to the resort. How does it feel?
Really good.
I don't-- I don't want this to sound bad,
but it feels a lot better the second time around.
Is that right?
Alright, now let's head
to the throuple Lauren, Dylan and Mia.
How are you feeling today?
- Feeling pretty good. - Feeling pretty good.
How have the last few days been for you?
They have been awesome.
Mia has just been, like, a ball of energy.
Amazing, positive vibes.
It's everything that we really needed right now.
- Really? - Yeah.
Mia, how about you? How are you feeling?
- I feel amazing. - Well, snap, alright.
Well, then, without further ado,
Lauren and Dylan, are you interested
in staying in your current throuple or hoping to swap?
There are so many amazing opportunities to get to know
and to learn from a lot of new people.
So we do want to...
- Swap. - ...swap.
Okay, Mia, you have a pretty strong reaction to that.
I had no idea what was gonna happen tonight,
and we've had the most amazing week.
And if that means that they want to taste some other flavors
and then be for certain that I am the one,
then I trust it, so...
Mia.
Alright. On that, singles,
if any of you are interested in joining Dylan and Lauren,
please take a step forward now.
Two beautiful young ladies.
Has your first choice stepped forward?
- Yes. - Yeah.
Alright, so, Lauren and Dylan,
please tell us who you would like to swap for tonight.
We are really excited.
We would love to invite...
Jess. - Jess.
Alright.
You can cross the bridge.
Always.
I am shocked.
Like, I'm not trying to compete for anyone's love.
I know that I am a prize.
I don't want to be second choice.
Hello.
- Oh, my gosh. - Look who's here.
Jess is here.
It's a long time coming.
Jess, you feel good about this?
Oh, yeah. I mean, when they said they were gonna swap,
my heart started pounding. And, like, patience is a virtue.
And I'm excited to be here.
Boom! There it is.
Alright. Two new throuples.
Sean, Brittne and Darrien.
How y'all feeling tonight?
- Feeling good. - Yeah. Feeling good?
- Yeah. - Alright.
The question is, Brittne, Sean,
do you want to stay in the throuple as it is now,
or... do you want to swap?
Honestly, like, you know, coming into here,
we had an idea of where we wanted to go.
Once you get here, it kind of like reaffirms
exactly where you want to go.
And I mean, it may come as a shock to some, but...
...I think we're gonna stay.
We gonna stay.
Darrien was, like, "A shock to some?"
- Well, you know... - Do you agree?
After hearing that...
...I'm gonna stay. - Alright.
With Brittne and Sean,
even though I feel like I know them well,
I know there's still so much to unpack and after everything
that happened today, I hope that they are able
to really tune in with my sexual energy.
Corey, Wilder and Denyse, how are you doing?
- We're good. - It's the boots for me.
We're chillin'. Oh, yeah.
I mean, the boots-- they're not playing.
And the matching heel. I mean, come on.
She's wearing my clothes at this point. I mean...
I'm curious. What do you want to do?
Do you want to stay or do you want to swap?
Well, you know, would you mind stepping down, like,
just-- just-- just stand next to her, right?
You know, just look at him. - Okay.
So if your question, Scott, is stay or swap...
Stay or swap.
I don't think we need swap anymore.
We're staying.
Oh, snap!
Yeah!
- Oh, my God. - Alright, Wilder.
- That's my boyfriend! - That's my boyfriend!
Oh.
Now that Denyse doesn't have a chair.
We got to figure out the real hard stuff,
which is how to make this actually work.
I think that this is probably what we should be looking at
as far as a goal.
You guys found a connection that is pretty beautiful.
Proud of y'all. - Thank you, Scott.
Alright, Rehman, Ashmal, and Jonathan,
how are y'all feeling tonight?
- Pretty good. - Pretty good.
- Pretty good? - Yeah.
Are you on the same page about your choice tonight?
- Yes. - Yes.
Yeah? Okay.
Do you want to stay in the throuple that you're in,
or do you perhaps want to swap
for one of these beautiful people?
Scott, um,
salt and pepper have always brought the spice.
And cilantro taught us to focus on the nice.
I have no idea what you're saying.
So basically, to translate our craziness into English, Scott,
we would like to stay.
- You'd like to stay? - Yes.
Okay.
Alright. Okay. This is great.
Jonathan, how about you? Do you want to--
Do you want to stay? - Um, I feel like
the last few days, things haven't gone super well
as a throuple.
But I feel like today, I'm just trying to figure out
if this is, like, the right couple for me,
or am I the right single for them?
And I just-- I don't know. I feel like--
I just feel like I don't think, like,
I'm the right single for them.
So I feel like I should swap tonight.