.
- Previously on "The Courtship"...
At the Pleasure Gardens, Mr. Bochicchio
finally won over his potential father-in-law.
- Could you see yourself marrying Nicole?
- I could. - Cheers.
I had my doubts about Mr. Bochicchio.
I have to say though,
I was actually quite impressed with our time.
- Small-town Michigan triumphed over
high-society London at the Farewell Ball.
- I think life with you could be really fantastic,
so go ahead and join the boys.
- And the charming Mr. Nazaire
took the next carriage back to the capital.
- I don't think our lifestyles would work together.
- Boys, take care of her, okay?
- And despite their growing intimacy...
- Ms. Remy remains completely in the dark
over Mr. Chapman's true feelings.
- Like, a connection like ours, I feel like...
- Are you still undecided about love or lust?
- Yeah, I haven't had, like, a morning where I woke up yet
and I know I'm in love with her.
[dramatic classical music]
* *
[bright classical music]
* *
- As morning breaks,
the castle is alive with the distinct possibility
that amongst its idyllic grounds
resides a gentleman who may soon win
Ms. Remy's hand in marriage.
- You know what? I'm gonna just go all in.
- You son of a bitch.
- Hi. - And in she comes.
- Hello.
- Looking like a diamond.
- You guys, what a lovely spread.
[laughter]
I feel giddy
after my overnight with Lincoln.
The chemistry is there. The passion is there.
I feel solid about where we're at.
Maybe I could be the one to change him
and make him settle down.
You know, maybe give up
a little bit of his van lifestyle.
How are you guys? - How are you?
- I'm doing great. I'm feeling good.
- Yeah? You look amazing.
- Well, thank you. - [chuckles]
- Okay, so four people.
[laughs] We're down to four.
- Can you believe that we're down to four?
- It's definitely nice to spend some more time with her
and see where things go,
but it's also very confusing now at this point for me.
- Mm-hmm.
- Your overnight last night--
I need some reassurance from her
that I'm not gonna be
a second option. - Yeah.
- I feel like we're all confused
about so many different things too.
- [sighs] - You know?
- Yeah, my confusion's kind of gone.
But I do think the reason I had the overnight was because
I stayed to figure out certain things.
Like--so I had to have that time to--
- That's fair. - Because it's more a question.
Where I think, with you guys, there's a lot less questions.
- Ms. Remy took it upon herself
to have an overnight stay with Lincoln.
I guess I'm confused because
I feel like Nicole and I do share
very strong emotions and a connection.
- As the number of suitors drops,
so the battle for Ms. Remy intensifies.
But a heart cannot be divided four ways.
Figuratively it creates jealousy,
and literally, catastrophic blood loss.
Hopefully, "The Daily Tea" can help shed some light
on the day's events. - "The Daily Tea."
"There's a pleasant buzz around the castle.
"Could it be the hum of contentment
as our heroine and suitors dance towards the final act?"
- "What is clear is that work is the order of the day."
- "After all, life cannot solely consist
"of fancy dinners and balls.
And the fruits of your labors..."
- "An outdoor feast, all prepared
by your own fair hands."
I think we are making our own dinner tonight.
- Oh, my God. So we're not eating tonight.
- [laughs] - Yeah.
[peacock squawks]
- In the Regency Era,
farm-to-table wasn't so much an Instagram hashtag...
Good morning, gentlemen.
As it was a harsh daily reality.
So I've got some excellent news for you.
Soon we'll all be having a fête champêtre,
which is a Regency open-air country feast.
But first, you're gonna have to work for it.
Basically, it's Regency chore time,
or as I like to call it, "chore play".
- [chuckles]
- You okay, Mr. Cones? - Oh, he did not say that.
- Ms. Remy, a bit of chore play?
- Not in front of your parents. [laughter]
- So, Mr. Judge, with Ms. Rémy,
you will be herding the castle ducks from the lawn
to make room for a picnic table,
which you'll set up with Mr. Remy.
- Okay.
- Mr. Bochicchio, you and Ms. Remy
will be paying the chickens a visit...
- Great. - And collecting some eggs.
- And then, Mr. Bochicchio,
you will be baking with Mrs. Baker.
- Ooh. - Love that.
- Mr. Cones,
with Ms. Remy's assistance, you will be milking the goats.
- Yes. - [giggles]
- And then with Ms. Cleary,
you'll be making the goat's cheese.
And finally, Mr. Chapman, with Ms. Remy,
you'll be braving the beehive.
And then, Mr. Chapman, with Mrs. Remy
you'll be harvesting the honey.
Okay, everyone ready to get mucked in?
- Yeah.
- Go to work! - Yes.
- All right. - Let's do this.
- Today's about seeing
who's willing to do the dirty work and do the chores.
This is like the real test of real life
after this Regency thing, right?
Who's gonna clean the bathroom at home?
Who's gonna do the dishes?
I want to see how these guys step up today.
- Ourfête champêtre needs an open space
for the festivities,
but the lawn has been overrun by vicious castle ducks,
fed solely on a diet of grain and unwanted suitors.
Surely this is the ideal task
for Mr. Judge and his wrestling abilities.
- Not that way, not that way, not that way!
[chuckling] Not that way. No, not that way.
Help me wrangle these ducks here.
- Jesse is everything that I want in a guy.
But I'm still waiting for that fun, candid,
laughing-so-hard- we-can't-breathe moment.
I want that with him.
[ducks quacking]
Come here, ducky, ducky, ducky.
Quoi-quoi-quoi.
- That's your duck call? - [laughs]
["William Tell Overture Finale" playing]
[mimicking duck call] - Quoi-quoi-quoi.
Quoi-quoi-quoi.
* *
[laughs]
- Okay. - Oh, yeah, that was good.
* *
- The game plan is just to have fun today
and really just start enjoying my time with Ms. Remy.
[both laughing]
I think that our relationship
is progressing in the right way.
Okay, so now we gotta do the circle approach.
- Okay. - Right?
You got to be big and scary, chest out.
- [growls] - [chuckles]
I'll lead 'em out.
And then you can lead 'em in. - Okay, and then I'll, like...
- Yeah. - Curve them back in.
- Yeah, you got it. - Okay.
Jesse, I told him what I needed from him,
and he's bringing it every day.
Oh, yeah!
- Come on, come on.
- Oh, yeah! - Come on, come on.
- He's fun. He's flirty.
He's becoming more and more spontaneous,
and he's also the guy
that would make a great husband and a great dad.
Oh, my gosh, look at that. - There you go.
We got it. - It's like a game.
Having that balance of everything,
he's really looking like a frontrunner
more and more every day.
Thank you.
Thanks.
- With the crafty ducks finally cleared,
Mr. Remy arrives to set up the table with Mr. Judge.
Meanwhile, Ms. Rémy is off to join Mr. Chapman.
However, with bees, just as with love,
things that appear sweet
can soon reveal a nasty sting in the tail.
- Have you ever done this before with bees?
- Yeah, absolutely not. - [giggles]
- I'd prefer just to eat the honeycomb.
- My feelings for Lincoln,
the chemistry, the passion, all of that,
it's always there.
Right now, what I can hope from him
is that he can get to that commitment level.
- Let's actually read this before we just open up
this freaking monster trap.
This won't be the first time
that Nicole and I have found ourselves
in a sticky and sweet situation.
But this time, there's a chance of being stung.
But it's a good test
'cause it's gonna show me how much she trusts me.
- Okay, "Harvesting: begin by gently smoking the hive
"to keep the bees docile.
Lift off the top for the extraction."
[bees buzzing]
This is probably one of my biggest fears.
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
- Okay, not there yet.
Okay. - Oh, my God.
This is like "Fear Factor."
Oh. Okay.
- I think bees can sense fear,
and Nicole was definitely nervous.
- Oh, my God. I can't open my eyes.
I can't--I can't do it.
Okay.
- That noise is pretty... - Nope. [screams]
You're fine.
- Terrifying. You're fine.
- [screams] It's on my glove!
- You're good. You're good.
- Oh, my God. It's on my glove!
- Just keep on-- hey, keep on spraying it.
Keep on spraying. - I can't do this.
I can't do it, I can't do it. - Keep on spraying.
Keep on spraying. - [groans]
- There's one.
- I can't do it, I can't. - Keep spraying.
- [screams]
Okay, okay. - I'm gonna set 'em down.
-Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Okay.
I felt like I was a scared kid.
Lincoln, he had no fear with the bees.
- Okay, now we're gonna walk away.
- Okay, let's walk away.
He could tell that this was not my jive,
but he did a really good job at making sure that
I was having fun as much as I could
and making sure I didn't get stung.
- We should buy honey the normal way at the store.
Regency, my ass.
I'm never doing this again. - Okay.
Okay, I'm gonna go see your mom and actually make this edible.
- Bye.
[gentle classical music]
* *
- Having proved himself Ms. Remy's knight
in bee-keeping armor,
Mr. Chapman heads off to harvest the honey.
But what awaits him is a stern examination
of both his intentions and character.
- Mrs. Remy. - Ah.
- How are you? - Doing fine.
Lincoln. - Yeah.
- Honeycombs. - Yes.
- So how exciting was it to be able to harvest these?
- Um, worth the fear. - Oh, well, good.
I heard that you're a big honey person, huh?
- Yeah, in the van, it's just, like, peanut butter,
rice cakes, and honey. - Oh.
- I overcame some fears. 60,000 bees around me.
And sitting down with Mrs. Remy,
that's another fear in and of itself.
I have heard from the other guys,
she does ask tough questions.
- [gasps] Ooh, there we go.
So you like the nomadic lifestyle, huh?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
- The last two years, the longest I was
in one place was ten days. - Oh, wow.
- Until I was here, at the castle.
- Yeah. - There were months,
especially during lockdown in the States,
where I was like bird bath.
When my gym-- that's where I shower--
like, gyms around the country--
when those were all shut down, I was literally finding
streams of water for like-- - Oh, my God.
- There were little stretches there that it got dicey.
- When Lincoln and I were talking,
I learned a little bit more about his nomadic lifestyle.
I mean, it's really nomadic.
You know, at first we thought that he was just
sleeping in a hotel or bunking with friends.
And then we find out that he's living out of an SUV.
- Three hot meals a day is the biggest luxury
in the world to me. You know, it doesn't take much.
- Yeah. So the question is,
do you think you'll be able to make some sort of commitment
at some time, or what are you feeling like?
- Um...
I don't know a timeframe.
- You don't know.
Okay, all right.
That's not gonna work out.
- There's no way.
- Coming up on "The Courtship"...
the Court weighs in on Mr. Chapman.
- He really likes his nomadic life.
- I'm not certain he would be the person
that I would approve of.
- As the rain clouds burst forth,
so too does Mr. Bochicchio.
- I'm just bothered by so many things.
- So what do you want?
- [sighs] I don't know.
- And Mr. Chapman's shocking revelation...
- If things were gonna work with Nicole,
it would have to be just, like, a really fun fling.
- Shakes the castle to its very foundation.
- I just got an anonymous letter
telling me that one of you guys here
doesn't mean anything he says.
.
[cheerful classical music]
- Mr. Cones and Ms. Remy have been tasked
with collecting goat's milk,
a crucial component of the big feast.
[goat bleats]
Could the intimate act of milking a goat
inspire physical romance between the pair?
Sounds unlikely, but you never know.
- Hi.
- It's time to bring out the farm-boy skills,
and I think I'm really gonna give these animals
a run for their money.
Come here.
[laughter]
Yeah, this is weird. [laughs]
- Come on. - There we go.
- Come on.
- I'm not feeling the best
about my current status with Nicole.
I feel like she's been a little bit wrapped up
in everything that's been going on with Lincoln.
I think we're supposed to talk nice to it--or her?
- Yeah, to--Daisy. - Her.
I feel so much physical connection on my end,
and I'm just waiting to see if it's reciprocated.
[goat bleats] [laughter]
All right, we can--
[chuckling]
- I have no clue what's going on right now.
It's just-- all of it is ridiculous.
Okay. You got it?
- Yeah. - Okay.
[shivers] Ooh.
You're absolutely beautiful.
You're a lovely lady.
And, uh, thank you for letting us make cheese
out of you-- your lovely milk.
And nothing's coming out.
- I don't think that's an udder.
- Wh--what is it? - [laughs]
- I feel like with Christian-- like, we definitely have
the strongest, like, emotional connection here.
So now at this point I'm wondering, like,
why our relationship hasn't reached
the level that it probably should have.
You know, a little bit more intimacy.
We never talk about it.
- All right. - Here, I'll do it.
- Show me how to-- show me how to do it.
Yeah.
- Okay, I'm just gonna try squeezing.
Whoa.
[laughing]
- Is it in your mouth?
- I don't know, but I never-- Oh!
- Okay. - Okay.
[laughs] This whole--
This whole thing-- Look--
Listen, I am definitely vegan after this.
I don't want to ever know where milk comes from again.
- Nicole, hold this. - Okay.
- And then-- - Okay.
- Yeah. - Yep, mm-hmm.
- Hey! - Hey!
Hey! - Look it--oh, God.
- Oh, yeah. - Look at that.
Steady stream! - We're doing it!
- Yay! - Look at that.
- That was cool. Like, he stuck with it,
and he ended up milking the goat
and managed to get us about one ounce of milk.
Thanks, Christian. That was really fun.
I hope you had a good time.
- You know what?
That was the best time I've ever had
with a goat and my lady.
Now that I just failed at that,
I'm so ready to go continue to fail at so many other things.
And let's see if I can pull this cheese together.
[goat bleats]
- With a slightly haunted look in his eye,
country boy Mr. Cones heads over to Ms. Cleary
to turn the milk into cheese
and for a heart-to-heart.
- Hello.
- You would not believe what I have done.
- Oh, God. - What I've gone through,
the trauma to get this. - Okay.
- Um, so I guess we're making cheese?
- Yeah, we are.
How romantic was the milking of the goats for you?
- Define "romantic." - [chuckles]
What do you think you can do to get
to that, like, romantic level?
- I'm a true romantic,
and that's--it's 'cause my mind is so creative.
I'm always trying to think of new ways to express my love.
- Well, let's see 'em then.
Bring 'em out.
- I'm trying.
She's got to want it, you know? - Mm-hmm.
- Mr. Cones has already proved that he can express milk.
Now he just has to express himself romantically.
Elsewhere, Mr. Bochicchio is still struggling with
our heroine's relationships with multiple suitors.
- Truthfully, the overnight with Lincoln bothered me
because Lincoln's been transparent
through this whole process,
saying that he wants to stay and have van life.
Nobody here is fully committed.
If anything, I'm the most committed person here.
It just bothers me.
Hey. - Hi.
[chickens clucking]
Do you like the chickens? - I do like the chickens.
I've never really fed chickens before.
Have you? - No, I've never fed a chicken.
There seems to be some kind of cloud over Danny's head.
I know that something's up,
and I want to know what's going on.
Did you name them?
- No, I didn't name any of them.
- Okay, you get to name one.
- I like this big fat one right here.
That could be Harriet.
- [chuckles] Why Harriet?
- I don't know. It just seemed fitting.
[chickens clucking]
There's some eggs right here. - Oh, okay.
See, this one's smart. He's staying out of the rain.
- This one we'll name "Nicole." - [laughs]
'Cause I don't like to get my hair wet.
That's funny. That's good.
I think we're good. - Yeah.
[thunder rumbles] I think so too.
- I don't know if I should put all of my eggs in one basket.
- Oh.
I don't know if you should either.
[chuckles] I'm kidding.
- Those fireworks we had night one,
I don't feel like we have them now.
I don't know what's holding him back.
At this point, I would give Danny B. the world
if he would just open his heart to me.
How--how're you feeling?
I feel like--like, what's-- what's going on?
- What? With what?
We're, uh, clucking around over here.
- No, but really. Like, what's--
[thunder rumbling]
- I'm just, like, bothered by so many things.
I mean--
let me get us umbrellas.
- Okay. Thank you.
- I really didn't want to have this conversation with Nicole,
but it's just-- it's a struggle right now.
Yesterday, you had some alone time with Lincoln.
He's been transparent for, you know, a few weeks now
about the way he feels
and how he doesn't want a commitment.
It doesn't-- it doesn't add up to me.
Like, from what you tell me what you want,
and then from what the other guys want,
it's, like-- it's literally night and day.
You have guys in the house still
that clearly don't want the same thing she wants.
Why have an overnight?
I'm genuinely bothered by all that.
- So what do you want?
- [sighs] I don't know, honestly.
[thunder rumbling]
I genuinely really do like you,
but I need some type of reassurance.
- I'm glad you're being honest, I am, but I have to say
I've--like, my stomach is, like, dropping right now.
[sighs]
I'm realizing that we're, like,
- I'm in love with you and I have been for a while.
I don't know what else--
this is me being really vulnerable,
and I did not want to have to do this.
- I'm struggling with all this
because I really do like you.
I really do. - No, I know.
- I'm not running from anything. I'm still here.
But I'm just saying, like,
how am I supposed to be completely vulnerable with you,
like, when there's other guys in the relationship?
Like, I'm trying the best I could, Nicole.
- [sniffles] No, I know.
- This is why I'm struggling.
- I signed up to date multiple men at once,
and that's not easy for me either.
And I feel like Mr. Bochicchio isn't seeing things
from my perspective, and that's frustrating.
I'm just doing what I need to do on this journey.
Like, do you even want to be here?
- I do want to be here.
Let's just... save it for another time.
[dramatic classical music]
* *
- That is not gonna work for me at all.
I'm just pissed.
[dramatic music]
* *
- While a storm continues to rage within Ms. Remy,
the skies have cleared,
allowing Mr. Bochicchio to seek counsel
from the ever-sage Mrs. Baker.
- Oh, hello.
I think this is gonna be so much fun.
- What's up? Is it gonna be fun?
- Wait, careful of my bonnet. - I know.
- I don't want you to mess up
my hairstyle. - I'm sorry.
- How fun was that date with Nicole?
[chuckles] - So much fun.
- Really? - No.
- What's wrong? What was wrong with it?
- Um, I'm gonna actually sit down for this.
- Oh, wow. - [chuckles weakly]
- Oh, my God. What's happening right now?
- I don't know.
She kind of, like, stormed off, and...
- Wait, you're serious? - I'm serious.
- What happened? - There's just so many things
that happened within the last couple weeks,
and I've got to that point where I needed
to talk to her about it. - Yeah, so?
- Obviously, I like your sister.
- Okay.
- She wants marriage and all that.
- Mm-hmm.
- But then she's entertaining people
that don't want that.
- I've heard that there are guys that are like,
"I can't propose at the end of this."
But I haven't heard that the guys are like,
wait, but marriage isn't in the cards for them.
- Yeah. - That's actually happening?
- Yeah.
This is my breaking point.
Truthfully, I'm at the point--
it's like, I put all my cards out there.
It's either play the hand, or I got to collect my cards.
- With Mr. Bochicchio seemingly unable
to talk about love in anything but poker metaphors,
he retires to his quarters
to ponder the intricacies of the female heart,
leaving our remaining suitors to discuss the day's events.
- Been a long day, huh, fellas? - Yeah.
So how was today for everybody?
- I'm beat after having to do that.
How're you feeling?
- I was herding ducks to start off with.
A lot harder than I thought it would be.
I spoke to her mom for the first time today,
And she was asking tough questions.
[jittery music]
- How was Lincoln?
- We had a very interesting conversation.
He really likes his nomadic life,
and he's not quite ready to give that up yet.
And he says that the time he's spent here
is the longest he's stayed in the same place
for four years.
And that just makes me think
he's running away from something.
And if this is gonna be the right relationship,
he has to be running toward that relationship.
- Personally, I'm not certain he would be
the person that I would approve of.
It's not stable.
It can have all kinds of problems.
- I thought that
my parents were on board with Lincoln.
But now it seems like they're losing a bit of faith
in him, which is tough for me because
I would never marry somebody
that my parents didn't approve of.
I can't change how they feel though.
The only person that can is Lincoln.
- But you have to decide, Nicole.
This is your life.
- There will be a day when I do settle down,
but it's gonna take the feeling of being in love, you know?
[tense music]
* *
I--I did stay with Nicole last night,
and I finally have clarity, so it's nice to have clarity.
- Mm-hmm. - But it's also, uh--
there's a new stress.
Because my clarity, guys, is
I--I can't fall in love with this girl.
Like, I would know by now.
It's gonna look like post-nut clarity,
but you know--
and I know, like, there's nothing on my end.
I'm, like, exhausted
trying to convince myself I'm in love.
Yeah, just--I'm not. [sighs]
If things were gonna work with Nicole,
it would have to be just, like, a really fun fling
where we see each other every once in a while,
and it's hot and heavy when it is,
and not serious when it's not.
But it feels like when I'm talking to her,
she sees a future, and I just don't.
- [sighs] I'm sitting here thinking
it's obvious that Lincoln is searching for something
but I don't even think he knows what he's searching for.
And I think she needs to understand that
you can't blow past the red flags.
- Thank you, guys, for letting me be honest.
It's been a hell of a day.
I think the terms are, "I'm proper knackered."
Good night, boys. - All right.
[exhales heavily]
Well, that just slapped me like a train.
- It's kind of hard to turn a blind eye towards that.
- I get that he's confused about his feelings,
or he was confused about his feelings,
but I think the moment that you become aware,
you become responsible.
Because, ultimately,
your actions have effects on the people around you.
- Yeah. - And that's not just Nicole.
Like, that's us too.
I need a break. I need out of here.
- Cheers, buddy.
- Thanks for talking to me, dude.
- Yeah, of course. Any time.
- This is where I realize
the real constraints of the Regency Era,
because this is something
that could be easily communicated
over text, phone call, email.
But given that I'm at this castle,
the only way to really make sure that there's privacy
is to send a letter.
I want Nicole to be happy.
I have to make sure that I protect
and guard her heart no matter what the cost is.
[thunder rumbling]
- Coming up on "The Courtship"...
- I just got an anonymous letter.
- Mr. Cones' letter causes havoc at the feast.
- One of you guys here thinks that this is just a fling.
This is my [bleep] life.
.
[thunder rumbling]
- As the rain steadily falls
and the hard-earned feast is hastily moved indoors...
- Yeah, just start stacking.
- Under the gaze of Ms. Remy's Court,
the castle walls are starting to close in
for at least one of our remaining four suitors.
all: Hello.
- Oh, my God.
- How are you guys? - Doing well.
- We get to actually eat something we prepared for once.
It'll be kind of fun. It'll be kind of fun.
- Great. - Oh, wow.
You guys are setting the table. We love to see it.
- I thought I was at a really good place yesterday,
and now coming into thefête champêtre,
I just feel confused and-- and kind of sad, honestly.
There are days throughout this process
where I'm like, "I need a day off
just to sit with my feelings."
But regardless, I'm looking for love,
and that's what I'm gonna continue to do.
- How are you? - We're gonna get close.
- Aw.
[chuckles] All right.
- The last time we left off,
me and Nicole had some disagreement.
She ran off, and we didn't get any closure.
so I don't know where I stand.
- To our fête champêtre.
- So how do we feel?
There's four of you left,
and we're all here for a reason, right?
- I feel honored that top four, we're the cream of the crop.
Even just to be here getting to know you
and--and just going on this entire journey,
I'm--I'm so happy. - Beyond proud.
Smiling from ear to ear for sure.
- What's the parlor chat been like
now that there's four of you?
- Parlor chat? What's that?
- It--it's much easier with, like, four guys.
- Much easier? - Yeah, it's hard--
yeah, when you have, like, ten guys.
- As the numbers have dwindled, our conversations
have had a lot more substance. - Yeah.
- It's been nice. - It's a lot more in-depth.
- Do tell. - Oh, do tell?
- Oh, yeah. - It's, like, uh--
- Tell us what those conversations consist of.
- Yeah.
- What happens in the parlor stays in the parlor.
[dramatic classical music]
- No, no. - "No, no, no."
- Let me in.
I just want to know if you all feel like
you made the right choice by coming here.
- No regrets. - No regrets?
- I don't regret anything at all.
[dramatic music]
* *
- Ooh.
Okay.
- Thank you.
[nervous chuckling]
[foreboding music]
* *
- All of a sudden, the entire atmosphere changes.
The whole mood is just gone.
She is not happy at all.
I see panic and worry around the entire room,
and I'm scared.
* *
- I'm, like, shaking. I cannot...stand right now.
[tense music]
* *
- So I'm scared because I can see that
this letter is not good.
and I immediately-- like, my heart started racing.
I started shaking.
- I think so too.
I love my sister,
I don't want to see her get hurt.
How do I protect her?
Um... [clears throat]
this has been so fun, um, Mom and Dad,
but, um, the weather is clearing,
and we would like you to take a walk, please.
The rest of you gentlemen can stay.
I did not think that it was fair
for my parents to have to see that,
because there's a boundary between parents and their kids
and their significant others.
- I was sitting across from Lincoln,
and I knew.
I knew what was coming.
And... [exhales unsteadily]
You hate to see your children in pain.
- I just got an anonymous letter
telling me that one of you guys here
thinks that this is just a fling
and doesn't mean anything he says.
I'm so disappointed right now. So disappointed.
[tense music]
* *
If you're not here for me, just leave now.
* *
This isn't a fling. This is my [bleep] life.
And I can't even believe that it comes down to a letter.
* *
"Dear Ms. Remy, it is with a heavy heart
"that I must lift any fog that surrounds you.
"Mr. Chapman's heart does not beat for you.
"You may think that he loves you,
"but he doesn't, and has acknowledged as much
"to his fellow suitors.
"He has tried to force himself into feeling something,
"but sadly sees your connection as a fun fling.
"After spending time with you alone at the castle,
"he knows that he can never fall in love with you.
You deserve to know the truth. Most respectfully, Anonymous."
Is this true?
[dramatic classical music]
.
[dramatic classical music]
* *
- Is this true?
* *
- Sorry, guys. I'll see you guys later, so--
thanks.
* *
- I'm sorry for my shit, Nicole,
I would've talked to you.
I was gonna talk to you tonight, but--
- You almost left,
and you broke my heart in the process.
And then you stayed, and now I get this, Lincoln.
Like, what am I supposed to think, you know?
- So when I almost left, it was a gut feeling I had
that I couldn't fall in love with you.
And everyone else around me
said that when they see us together--
they were like, "You are in love."
So I thought maybe they were right.
So I stayed to figure that out.
and I needed that time for clarity, and I'm, like--
I wish I could, but I know I can't.
- I'm not--I'm not asking for you to do anything
that you can't do or anything that you won't--
don't want to do.
This literally says, "He can never fall in love with me,"
and you told me that you were falling in love with me.
You told my parents that.
- Yeah, and that's, like--
that's how I felt in that moment.
That's not bullshit, Nicole.
I--when I say I'm crazy about you, that's not a lie.
Like, it's fun. Like, it is really fun.
It's not what you want right now.
* *
I'm--
- I just put so much trust in you.
And I put so much of my, like, heart and my time into you.
* *
[sniffles]
And I sent somebody home that really cared about me.
- Yeah.
In hindsight, I wish you wouldn't have.
I wish, like, you could've kept someone instead of me.
Of course.
- It's just, like, it's tough for me
to see you sit here, like, in front of my parents
and in front of my family.
* *
- I promise you, you will have a man who loves you.
- Yeah.
Oh, I hope so, and I hope that
I'm never played again like this.
[sighs]
* *
I don't really have anything else to say.
[emotional music]
* *
- Am I allowed to hug you?
- I need you to go. - Yeah.
I should.
That's all right.
* *
- [sniffles]
- I'm so sorry.
- I took a chance... [sniffles]
And it backfired on me.
- You can't--you can't think about it that way.
- He seemed so sincere and so earnest in his words.
Lincoln took my heart.
You guys know that.
And he broke it once, and I gave him another chance.
And he broke it again.
And he had every opportunity in the world
to come and talk to me.
- Yeah.
- And I don't want somebody to break my heart twice
and still sit here at this table,
and talk to my family,
and look at me the way that he always looks at me,
the way that makes my butterflies in my stomach.
* *
That's not fair to me. - No, it's not.
- And at the same time,
it was so hard to say goodbye because
he just made me feel in a way
that I haven't felt in a really long time.
.
[uneasy string music]
- Brunch was going great until that letter.
- Yeah.
- All I know is that Lincoln and Nicole got into it.
Did she send him home? Did he storm off?
Am I screwed? Like, does Nicole know
it was me that wrote this letter?
Like, I feel like I'm in hot water.
- What happens tonight?
Is this the bottom three now?
- I don't know.
* *
[introspective music]
- My first night, I felt so confident and strong
because I owned the room and I commanded the attention.
I am at a low right now.
I opened my heart to somebody and I feel duped.
This, for me, is such a moment of growth
and accepting that I deserve love.
And so moving forward,
I need to command the respect that I deserve.
[dramatic classical music]
* *
- Gentlemen, it is time for the Farewell Dance.
After the revelation that Ms. Remy asked Mr. Chapman
to leave the castle,
four suitors have become three.
But who will be the next person
to follow Mr. Chapman out of the door?
Only Ms. Remy knows.
* *
Gentlemen, you will all be dancing this evening.
No one is safe.
For those dismissed,
a carriage awaits,
which will return you to the modern world.
Maestro, start the music please.
Let's see who is staying and who is out of time.
[dramatic string music]
* *
- I'm nervous every time I step on that floor
for the Farewell Dance.
The worst-case scenario, I'd have to go home.
- I'm definitely nervous because the last time
I saw Ms. Remy, she was in tears.
That makes me feel like shit.
- Now with Lincoln gone, there's a fresh slate.
What I need to do
is just explain that I wrote the letter
and see if we can't have a clear standing
of where we're at.
* *
- Mr. Judge,
I'm so grateful for you.
I need to let you know how much that I see you
and how much I hear you,
and I feel like I haven't done a good job of telling you that.
- Nicole... - [chuckles]
- That means the absolute world to me.
I didn't know how you felt.
Each date, we get super comfortable with each other.
We have more fun.
So let's just continue to do that
and we'll keep spinning each other around
on this dance floor. - Hmm.
- How 'bout that? - I like the sound of that.
Spin? Oh! [giggles]
- Thank you.
- Obviously I want you to stay.
[both chuckle]
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Jesse.
You can head up to the empty balcony this time.
[laughs]
- I'm feeling thrilled.
I want to be the final suitor.
I think there's a little bit more progression
that we'll need to kind of solidify that,
but right now I'm feeling really good about the future.
[dramatic music]
* *
- I didn't get a chance to tell you before.
I'm sorry that I made you cry.
I didn't mean to.
And I'm happy that you were able to
be more vulnerable with me.
That helped me feel more confident with you.
- Before anything's said,
I just want to know
if you even see any potential with us,
'cause I've seen it since day one.
- I feel really bad about running from you
because that's something that I
have done in relationships before,
and I don't want to repeat those same mistakes.
* *
Mr. Cones...
* *
I wouldn't change a thing about you, Christian.
You're incredible.
- Thank you.
[exhales heavily]
- I promise...
that I'll try to only make us cry from laughter
from here on out.
- You promise? - I'll do my best.
* *
- Danny...
I want you to stay.
[tense music]
Danny B. is the guy that-- he still gives me butterflies.
And that's how I want somebody to feel in a relationship.
That's how I want to feel with somebody in a relationship.
* *
- I just wanted to let you know that
I was the one that wrote the anonymous letter.
- Stop it.
* *
I wanted to give you some sort of clarity.
* *
- [sighs]
I'm glad you wrote that letter.
I'm glad that you told me 'cause you cared.
You didn't want to see me hurt.
And...
you would think by now you'd be better at this.
- Yeah, it's your thing. [chuckling]
- But I'm happy you told me. I am.
So thank you for that.
And obviously I'd like you to stay.
[chuckles]
- Oh, gosh.
- You can stay down here,
and the other two guys can meet us. Is that okay?
- Yeah. That's never happened before.
- No? - Yeah, I'd love that.
- Cool.
Guys? - Get your ass down here.
[laughter]
- Come on.
- I really want to take this in.
I feel so relieved
that I just told Nicole that it was me
that wrote the letter.
I was expecting her to kind of rip my head off,
but she was actually super grateful
that I did what I did.
I feel like a huge weight lifted off of me.
I think I did the right thing.
- Gentlemen, all three of you
have survived the Farewell Dance.
Congratulations.
You are now within touching distance
of capturing Ms. Remy's heart.
But who will prevail?
We shall find out soon enough.
Now enjoy the rest of your evening.
Try not to cry or shout or anything.
[all chuckling]
- Nicole, you look absolutely amazing by the way.
- [chuckles]
- On the final chapter of "The Courtship"...
- We're taking a vacation
from Regency world. - Oh, my God.
Get this girl in a pair of jeans.
- Yeah.
- Our three suitors offer a glimpse
into life with Ms. Remy
back in the modern world.
- Look at you. - Wow.
- Hold up. - You look incredible.
- And then our heroine will make
the biggest decision of her life.
- In the end, there can only be one.
- Shit, this is so real.
- Will Ms. Remy find her fairytale ending?
[all screaming]