-[Narrator] Previously... -[Ly] Oh my god!
I didn't know when you were coming!
..six couples moved in together after just one date.
But would the threads of a relationship
formed via text...
-[Female instructor] Breathing. Relaxing into it.
What the fuck is going on?
-[Narrator] ..come together in the real world?
Who do you think will break first?
-[Madi] Patrick's not sitting right with me.
I'm not buying what they're selling.
He just talks so much about himself.
I can't win with... I can't win.
Shut the fuck up!
-[Narrator] Now, the couples come together once again.
If you could switch your match again, would you?
That's a fuckwit vibe.
[phone chiming]
-[Narrator] And the Love Triangle twist...
[phones continue chiming] ..drops.
Alright, here we go.
Interesting, spicy.
Not interesting - spicy.
Do you trust me?
-[Madison] Mm-hm.
[upbeat pop music]
-[Narrator] It's been one week
since our couples entered the Love Triangle experience...
testing if a connection formed over the phone,
sight unseen...
can sustain a real-world relationship.
Some of our couples
have already established a physical bond...
[excited shrieks]
..but some have yet to find a spark.
And Lisa is keen to help Erika and Ly
take the next step in their relationships.
[cork pops] Oh!
-[Ly] Yay! [Lisa] Here we go.
Yay. [girls chatter]
Have you had any issues with Patrick?
Oh, my goodness.
-[Ly] Yeah. What's going on? -No issues with Patrick.
-[Ly] That's so good. -[Erika] And you guys,
do you find him to be on the same page as you?
Oh, yeah, I would say.
Like we always joke saying, like, we're on the same book
but different pages.
But I feel like we're, sort of, getting closer to the page 69.
[laughter]
-[Lisa] Um.... -[Ly] Awww.
But, yeah, it's a good feeling.
Yeah.
Well, you know what, cheers to being on the same page.
-[Erika] To Lisa! -[Ly] Cheers to Lisa.
-[Erika] And Patrick. -Cheers to, uh, page 69.
-[laughter] -Yeah, yeah.
Erika, we've got some work to do.
-[Erika laughs] -No, I don't dislike him,
I can bear with him, we can communicate,
but, yeah, it's just lacking
that sort of chemistry, I guess.
-[Lisa] Spark, yeah. -How do we... How do we up it up though?
I think in terms of that, we need
to sort of, change up, the energy...
-[Erika and Ly] Mm-hm.
..with a little sage,
manifest our intentions for the next week
for what you want to bring to the other partner
and vice-versa. -Yeah, amazing.
-[Ly] Let's manifest.
So, we'll manifest our good intentions
and good vibes.
So, we'll go with you first, Ly.
Did you want to hold it, and sort of, you know.
What do I do with it? Just like...
-[Lisa] Just, you know...
[laughter] She wants an orgasm.
I've never had an orgasm before.
-[Lisa and Erika] What?!
Okay wait. Give me that back for a moment.
I manifest, and give Ly an orgasm.
[both laughing]
So, in this bag...
Ooh, what's in there?
..are some fun toys.
So, this can bring out Ben's playful side.
I feel like I should give a gift to Ben.
It's clean. You're good, you're good.
[laughter]
No, but I've never used a vibrator before.
You haven't?
Yeah, so, like, obviously you could be with Ben,
maybe buy a toy and be like, playful.
-[Ly] But we haven't even kissed yet.
I feel like we're jumping from 0 to 100.
But that's me. Welcome to my world.
[Lisa and Ly laughing]
-[Ly] I love Lisa. I love that she goes all in.
And maybe that's what I need with Ben.
I'm hoping that the sparks will grow.
I need that little bit of a push to go for it a little bit more.
Maybe I need to try that. Can I touch it?
Yeah, it's washed, I'm pretty sure.
-[Ly] Yeah. -[Lisa] Turn it on.
[Erika laughs]
[button clicks]
-[Ly] Oh, wow.
So, this whole thing just goes inside?
-[Lisa] No. -[Erika] No, no, no, no.
I mean, you can put it in you, if you want, I mean...
-So... -[Lisa laughs]
It's the quiet ones you have to watch out for.
[Alex sighs]
I'm a bit hungry.
Make a tea.
[Alex laughs] No. That's gross.
[both laugh]
That just took away my appetite.
[giggling softly]
I'm gonna make some brekkie.
Are you having anything?
I don't know if I told you, I'm going to make tea.
You're actually having a tea?
-[Madison] My relationship with Alex
right now, is stronger and better than I expected,
or came in hoping for.
-[Alex chattering] -[Madison laughs]
We feel very comfortable with each other.
Like, everything's just so easy.
Like, we just like agree on everything,
and we like the same things.
[Madison laughs]
We sit on the couch and watch a movie
and we don't speak for, like, an hour,
and it's just, like, "Yeah, still there".
It's, just, like it literally just feels so normal.
I came into this experience wanting something like this...
and got what I came here for, you know.
-[Alex] Nice. -[Madison] Nice.
-[Alex] Nice. Mm. Delicious tea.
-[Madison] Stop.
It's good.
-[Alex] Yep.
[soft electronic music]
-[Alex] I am 100 percent happy
at this point.
You know, we're happy just having fun
and enjoying each other's company.
But I'm quite happy to say
that I love learning and I'm an intellectual.
I don't know if me and Madison have got to the point
where we stimulate each other intellectually.
How's your tea?
-[Madison] Great! Do you want some? -[Alex] Mmm.
I think you're going to feed it to me anyway.
It's just... -[Madison laughs]
..weird flavour with hot water.
It's not my vibe. Not at all.
It is quite an important thing to me.
I just don't want to be with Madison because it's easy
and I just get complacent.
That happened in my past relationship,
and that's, yeah,
what I didn't want to do with Madison.
-[Instructor] Come this way.
So, we step, step, step, step.
And step, and together... [Salsa music playing]
..and step, and together.
[Instructor continues]
Now, we turn!
Go, six, seven, and together.
And back.
And together again, and forward.
-[Ly] Um, Ben has a really fun vibe.
He is, he honestly is.
But after speaking with the girls,
I realise, for me,
it's so important to be with someone
who is your best friend,
who makes me laugh a lot,
and who can make me horny.
They're the three things that I need and that I want.
-[Instructor] It's much better.
-[Ben] That's great It looks way more sexy spinning.
-[Ly] [narrating] So, I'm on a mission today,
we're going to be doing Salsa dancing,
and at the end of class today, I just want to know one thing...
am I going to left be feeling wet,
or am I going to be left feeling dry?
-[Ben] One, two, three. -[Ben and Ly] Five, six seven.
-[Ben] One, two, three, five, six seven.
-[Instructor] And, one, two, three.
-[Ben] Five, six seven.
One, two, three, five, six seven.
-[Ben] [narrating] I really like Ly.
Ripping idea to go Salsa dancing.
Get close, touch the hips.
-[Instructor] One, two...
[Ben] [narrating) Really get intimate.
-[Instructor] One, two, three, five, six, seven.
-[Ben] Good.
And It's a good way to just create one of those sparky moments.
And we look each other in the eye, and we're like...
"Shit, this is good".
[chuckles]
-[Instructor] And a five, six, seven.
-[Ben] One, two, three, five, six. seven.
One, two, three... -[Ly] Oh!
-[Ben] You got to go faster.
-[Instructor] Yeah.
-[Ly] [narrating] When I danced with him today...
I just feel even more uncomfortable.
[laughs]
[both laughing]
-[Ben] We've gone the wrong way!
Clearly, clearly, we've gone on opposite sides.
Clearly, we're on different wavelengths.
Certainly not the same wavelength.
[Ly laughs]
I just don't feel that chemistry.
I don't feel that charged energy when he touches me.
When he holds my hand, when he looks at me in the eye.
Maybe you want to do these ones.
I don't feel like I have the chemistry with Ben.
-[Ly] Wait, wait, wait, wait!
[laughing]
It's still very dry down there.
Can someone pass me a water bottle,
because I'm feeling a bit dehydrated,
and it's not because of the dancing.
-[Patrick] Oh, baby.
-[Lisa] Hi, you look good.
-[Patrick] You look exquisite.
Mm, very sexy.
-Is that for me? -That's for you, baby.
-Thanks. Well, cheers. -Cheers.
-What a weekend. -What a weekend.
-[Lisa] And to another night of... -[Patrick] To another...
-[Lisa] ..madness. -[Patrick] ..of madness.
-[Lisa laughs] - Good choice of words.
-[Madison] Hey, Alex.
-[Alex] Yeah?
Could you come help me with my dress?
Yeah, sure.
-[Narrator] For our Love Triangle couples,
turning connections they formed with their matches via text
into real-world relationships can present unique challenges.
Tonight, they'll all come together once again
to share their experiences.
But that's not all,
as the Love Triangle experience enters a new phase.
-[Lisa] So, what fire are you bringing to the table tonight?
Well, babe, I say we expose all the fence sitters.
-[Lisa] Mm.
Expose them all
for the fence sitting that they're doing,
because this is not a fence sitting sport.
You're looking lovely.
Well, thank you.
How's the shoes going?
Yeah, brand new ones.
So see how they go for the night tonight.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
-[Patrick] Playing it safe, being fake, not being real.
-[Ly] Hi.
-[Patrick] Not being vulnerable.
Want to be in the friendzone?
Wrong, wrong experience.
Yeah, absolutely.
Alright, let's cheers to tonight.
-I'm so keen for tonight. -Let's do it.
We better get going, huh?
Is it even going anywhere?
You know?
I mean, I know, we're going somewhere.
But everyone else, I'm not really sure.
-Not bad, ey? -I like it.
-Average or what? -No, not at all.
Alright. [both kiss]
-[Madi] I'm going to say the minute we arrive,
Patty or Lisa will mention sex or something about sex
within the first five minutes.
I actually don't know
anything, really, about Patrick and Lisa's relationship
apart from the sex.
And who's on top, or who vibes, or, I don't know.
And I hope for them there's more to it.
I've no idea.
Be interesting to see if they calm down a bit.
To us.
-To fun. -To fun.
-[Narrator] As the group
head toward tonight's couples party...
some relationships are going strong...
while others continue to flounder.
And none have any idea what lies ahead
as the Love Triangle twist is just hours away.
Ooh, where are we?
Ah, here we go.
Oh, you're next to Patty!
[Laughter] Hello!
They've separated us.
[James laughing]
I can still reach you. [laughter]
I can still reach you.
Uh, it definitely feels a lot more intimate.
-[Yannick] Yeah. I'm excited. I don't even think...
Oh, I've got Lisa next to me.
Lisa, I love Lisa and Patrick, and Patty.
OK, interesting. Interesting.
So, did you catch up with Lisa, did you?
Yeah, yeah. I know, It was so good. - Did you?
-[Erika] That was so cute. -[Lisa] It was so much fun.
How was the catch up?
I heard there was more dildoing, vibrating than catching up.
-[Ly] Yeah. [laughs] -[Erika] Right.
There was a vibe, shall we say.
Let me just tell ya...
Could someone please elaborate, because as someone
who's obviously not a part of the situation,
you've just brought up dildos at the dinner table.
Fill me in.
So, I've never used a vibrator before.
Me neither.
-Yeah. -I haven't either.
-So... -Run me through how they work.
I think she just pulled them out, and just gave us
a bit of a show-and-tell.
Like this is... -[James] Show-and-tell.
-[Ly] You know... You try it.
We're talking about, sort of, getting into... more into our partners.
[chatter] -[Ly] Yeah.
So, her feedback was, "You got to go all the way, Ly.
You got to, like, you know, go in there, just do it.
Explore it.
You know, just go for it."
And I'm like,
"I don't know whether I can whip out a vibrator with Ben".
[laughs] We'll take it one step at a time.
[indistinct chatter]
Wait, OK, if I don't get a vibrator,
I'm going to be pissed off.
No, but listen, No, she didn't give us one.
It was hers.
She's used it?
[James laughs]
Wait, la, la, la, la. Stop. Was the...
-[Ben] You've got a few questions?
-[Madi] Well, I just heard it was hers.
-[Ly] It was clean. It was clean.
Oh my god.
[laughter]
-[Ly] But you know, it was good.
It was a nice catch up.
Ooh, another couple.
-[man] Hey! -[Yannick] Hello.
-[Ly] Hi! -Hi, buddy. How are ya?
You good?
-Hello! Hi beautiful, how are you doing? -Yeah, good.
Howdy, howdy.
How are we?
[indistinct chatter]
I am excited for tonight. Come on...
[laughs]
At the last dinner party,
myself and Pat were the only couple
that have had sex.
So, tonight's mission for me, I want to gauge each couple
and ask them, like, "Are you having sex?"
There you guys are. Hello.
[Lisa] Because, I can't wait to get to know everyone
on another level.
[chattering]
Thank you.
Delicious. - That's good. It's really good.
It's nice.
-[Lisa] [narrating] We want people to have fun,
and we want people to be themselves.
And the only way to do that is to test the waters.
So, who... Who's gone to, you know, first base?
Can you tell us bases?
Yeah, what are bases?
First base is kissing. Kissing.
Yeah, we've gone.
Oh! [laughter]
She's a proud mum. She's like, "Oh!"
-No one else? -[Andrew] I said we have.
She was like, "Have you?" And I'm like, "Yeah, we have."
-[Lisa] Second?
Well, can we... What do you...
Like, blowies?
[laughter]
Pretty sure that's third.
-[Lisa] I don't know. -Chest is second.
[Lisa] I don't know. For me, I'm just all the way,
because I don't even know, like, one person's second and third.
[laughter]
We've hit a homerun.
[cheering]
-Love that. -Yeah!
[all clamouring]
-[Ben] And there's some red cheeks,
right there, after you've said that.
So, this is awkward.
[laughter]
-[Erika] Why?
-[Alex] We'll make it less awkward.
We've hit a homerun as well.
[cheering] -Congratulations.
-[Madi] Homerun! -Woo!
Who else has hit the homeruns?
-[Yannick] No one else. -OK.
-[Yannick] Not playing baseball at the moment.
Are you playing single-sided handball?
Yeah, I'm playing, just one-handed uh...
One-handed tennis at the moment.
[laughter]
Well, we are announcing something very special.
So, it's very difficult for us to do this,
but we've made a decision.
We've decided...
not to have sex for seven days and go cold turkey.
[laughter and cheering]
I don't know if I want to cheers to that or not.
That's what I'm talking about.
[Lisa] It's a real thing. It's a real thing.
Odds are $2 on me, 50 cents for Pat.
It's the most difficult thing we've done thus far
and I'm so proud of us.
This morning was very hard and difficult.
The announcement's bullshit. Like, it's like, we...
I thought they were actually going to say,
maybe they were separating or they were taking it slow.
Like, a lot of people aren't having sex,
so why do we need to hear about you not having sex?
Who gives a fuck?
Yeah.
Is this because you guys felt
like you were just on the physical side,
and now you want to build that other side?
-[Lisa] No. No.
I'd say we have been having sex every day...
-[Yannick] Yeah.
..and it's been amazing.
[laughter]
But, yeah, my vagina's pretty much turning into burlap.
-[Ben] Patty is red raw.
It's getting very, very sandpapery down there.
[laughter]
I'm not going to lie, but it's been amazing.
-[Madi] Do you think it's each other that you're having...
Like, do you reckon you're just sexual people,
or do you think it's because you're attracted to each other?
- Both. Absolutely both. -Yeah.
-Yeah, 100 percent. -[Madi] Yeah.
Like, I've never had a guy make me wet in my entire life,
like he does.
-[James] That is poetry.
[laughter]
Poetry.
Prove it.
[laughter]
I'm holding a tutoring class after hours, just...
-[Madi] [narrating] I'm in shock with Patty.
I don't know what he's trying to sell,
but I'm not falling for it, and I'm not buying it.
I think if someone actually, genuinely believes
that they are that person,
they don't try and sell them-self.
And he's selling himself.
[Patrick chuckles]
Look, it's not a competition, guys.
But if it was, you're winning.
[laughter]
-[Patrick] You said it, not me.
I feel like we're all doing a relationship status update.
-[Woman] Yeah.
I feel like that's what we're doing.
Yan and Erika are super fence sitting.
They clearly don't have any intimacy.
One person talks, the other one rolls their eyes,
vice-versa. It's a shit show.
We all see the red flags,
might as well bring it to the surface.
So, that's our status update. I think we should go clockwise.
Status update.
Everyone knows where we're at.
Yeah, we're real. I don't think...
Where's that doom and gloom?
Yeah, what does 'real' mean?
So, for me, like, that first week for us,
hasn't been what we probably both thought it was going to be.
We're always gonna just tell each other how it is,
and that's probably caused friction.
But I think we've, like,
had, maybe, some little bumps along the road,
and hopefully that means, we won't have any big ones.
What does that mean?
We're friends, we're building our communication,
-[Yannick] Oh!
I can guarantee there's nothing to it.
So, on that topic,
if you could switch your match again,
like a click of a finger, would you?
Would you do it?
At the end of the day, we came on this show,
to actually meet a partner, right.
You don't need to explain, we get it.
We get it.
If I had the choice
to potentially look for someone else,
to have that romantic--
If you could bring it back, would you click?
I would probably give it a go,
because I think she would respect that,
because that's not where we're at.
You know, and we've had that conversation
with each other.
-[Lisa] Yeah. -[Yannick] Um...
Yeah, so then, what's the point?
[Patrick and Lisa laughing]
-[Erika] What do you mean, "What's the point?"
[overlapping chatter]
The point is that, we're all in the same experience,
but everyone's on different journeys.
-[Erika] Yeah. -Yeah, different journeys.
They're doing a great job
with what they're doing right now,
they don't have that option.
So, I think that we need to let them go.
Good on you.
The fact that you're questioning it so much,
it's just... find it a little bit disrespectful.
I'm just asking. I'm just asking.
[Madi] And just to be honest with you,
like, you guys talk about how great your relationship.
Like... -We're not that great.
Like, we fought.
It seems like you're, kind of, overcompensating a little bit.
Because, our relationship is absolutely great,
but we don't sit here and talk to everyone about it 24-7.
-[Yannick] Yeah. -Or tell you how much sex we have,
or whatever.
Like, it doesn't seem natural at all.
I'm only bringing this up now, because it's an open table,
and obviously you guys have had your say...
-[Madi] I thought you're overcompensating.
..you guys were overcompensating, because maybe
there wasn't the other connection there as well.
And I'm still not buying it, 100 percent to be honest.
I was really, extremely bored the first night.
[dramatic orchestral music]
-[Madi] You were bored?
I was really bored.
So, because I was bored,
I'm like, "You know what? Let's spark some controversy."
It wasn't sparking controversy.
It's just like, I didn't buy a single thing you were saying.
It made we walk away, going, "You're insecure".
Like, I thought you were spinning absolute shit,
to be honest with you. - Yeah. I'm so insecure.
And I'm sorry that we bored you.
Maybe just you three.
Sorry, us three bored you?
[Yannick and Erika laughing]
-[Patrick] Yeah.
Is that 'cause we'll call you out on your shit?
-[Erika] OK? -Are you joking right now?
I wish I was joking.
I'm so disappointed in you.
I wanted you to be better tonight. I wanted to like you.
I wanted you to be better. -Don't try that hard.
Fine.
-[Erika] Ha, ha. OK.
-[Patrick] I only can judge what I see.
And it just feels a little bit too fake for my liking.
-[Man] When I spoke to him... -[Madi] Fuck, man.
I can't believe you're actually saying that.
I was a bit bored, I'm just saying.
I was being real.
No, I don't think you are being real.
-[Erika] Yeah, you're not being real.
I genuinely think you're being fake. And I'm so serious.
We're being real.
And I was hoping that I was wrong about you.,
I really came in here with an open mind,
and you are just 100 percent proving it.
Like, I feel sorry for you.
You seem like a great person.
You need to stop.
Maybe you guys should just
get to know each other a bit better, I guess.
Um, you mean me and, um... Madi?
He doesn't even remember my name.
I was boring, I was boring, so he doesn't remember my name.
I get Madi and Madison mixed up all the time.
Because he doesn't take any interest in anyone,
but himself.
Even the, "Me and Lisa are going to wait to have sex".
We don't give a fuck
about what you're doing in your sex life. Like how is that...
It's like, we're all sitting around, going,
"Oh, I wonder if Pat and Lisa are having sex".
Who cares?
[laughter and chatter]
He's sitting there pouting and mmm...
[laughs]
It's a fuckwit vibe.
But, what? Sorry, like, who says that?
Patrick's trying to get a reaction from people.
So, I'm not going to give it to him.
He got a reaction,
and I tried so hard not to. [laughs]
I don't know what he's trying to prove.
Patrick's just trying to stir, like, stuff
between all the couples.
That's not what we're here for.
I'm actually, like I think you...
I'm genuinely in shock with him.
Like, I'm just, like... "Stop!"
[Lisa] OK, I'll say this, there is...
behind closed doors, Pat is a beautiful soul.
-[Madi] I believe you. I believe you. -[Erika] I believe you.
And I think you were thinking in my best interest,
"Why the hell is Lisa, a good girl, nice,
beautiful soul, with him?"
But, deep down,
like, we've had such a deep and emotional connection.
Like, I haven't been as happy as I've been
in the past ten years of my life.
-[Ly] Awww.
I don't want to get emotional about it, but like, I've just...
I've never been treated
the way a guy has ever treated me, like Pat,
and it's a beautiful feeling, and I'm happy.
[chatter] -[Madi] I'm happy for you.
But he needs to show it.
Saying that you're kind,
that's not what you've shown tonight.
-[Madi] Exactly. -[Yannick] Yeah.
[laughter]
-[James] Ly, just give it to us. How's it going?
-Oh, really? -Yeah.
Yeah, no, Ben and I,
we get along, really, really well.
Obviously... -Yeah?
All in all, we vibe.
I'm just not sure whether we vibe romantically,
at this point. -[James] Yep.
Just want to be honest. That's how it is at the moment.
Do you see that happening on the horizon?
Like do you think at some point, at the rate you're going,
that that could be a possibility?
-I'm open to it. -Let's try.
I'm not closing off complete to Ben.
-[Ly] I... I do like to take things slow,
whether that's with Ben or anyone else.
I don't like to dive into things,
because I want to make sure that it's, it's what I want.
-Wait, have you kissed? -Not yet.
-[Ly] We can do it right now, if you guys want.
[all cheering]
-[Lisa] Do it, kiss, kiss.
-[Leesh] Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.
-[Woman] Come on, just a peck. -[Ben] I'm a gentleman, I...
Show us what them lips do.
You can see what I've got to deal with,
the mixed signals here?
Bit of hot and cold.
-[Ben] [narrating] I'm confused.
She's telling the table
that she hasn't really felt that spark.
But then,
to genuinely look at me and turn to go for a kiss
in front of everyone,
like, it just makes you feel a bit like...
"What's going on?"
She just doesn't know what she wants.
You know in your heart if this is going to work or not.
OK.
And I know it's hard to admit to yourself.
-[Leesh] Feelings aside, you know,
Ben's a great guy, you've made him aware of that...
In my mind and heart, he's an amazing person,
and I know that.
-[Leesh] So, you feel it as a friendship. -But it just doesn't feel right for me.
-If you can't see... -[Ly] Romantically...
If that's your answer...
that is your answer.
At the end of the day,
I'm in this experience because I want to find love.
I want to find my best friend.
And I want to find that genuine connection.
And, I love Ben to bits as a person,
and I love how we are when we are together.
But, I'm not sure whether it's romantic.
Picking Ben, it was a very last minute.
I'm like, "What if I make the wrong choice?"
[chatter]
OK, so we sort of asked each other this question,
where you are now together,
in the real world,
how many months,
or like, at what point
would you think that you two are at?
I mean, do you include that we've moved in together?
Because that wouldn't usually happen for, like, a year.
Like... Yeah, definitely several months.
Like, three or four months at least. Yeah.
I'd say, like, two months in,
because obviously we were texting.
I said eight to ten months.
-[Kyle] Yeah, I said six.
My own personal experience, I reckon we'd be like six months in.
I'd say probably six, for sure. -Wow.
So, this is your longest relationship?
[laughter]
What would you say, Ly?
Besties.
[laughter]
[overlapping speech]
-[Ben] I'd say two days.
[chatter]
Exactly nine days. It feels like exactly nine days.
-Exactly. -Yeah.
[laughs]
Guys, please.
[laughs]
[chatter and laughter]
I think that after the drama calmed down,
really turned around and it was a good night.
I think everyone's still getting so much out of this experience.
It felt so great, just kind of, see where everyone's at.
Hear about their relationships and just see everyone tonight.
Alright, guys,
I would just like to say "Cheers"
to our second couples dinner.
Uh, eventful night to say the least,
and let's see what the fuck happens next week.
[laughter and chatter] -[All] Cheers.
-[Narrator] And as the couples toast to the experience...
they've forgotten one thing...
This is Love Triangle...
and triangles have three sides.
I was literally just like, "Oh! Is this gonna..."
[indistinct chatter]
[phone chimes]
-So sick. -Yeah, yeah.
[laughter and chatter] -[Man] I love it, man.
I love it.
Just go, just go.
[phone chimes]
-[Woman] Yeah, yeah.
[indistinct overlapping chatter]
[suspenseful music playing]
[phone chimes]
[chatter and laughter continues]
[phone chimes]
-[Man] Do we bring this up? Do we talk about this?
Did you just get the...
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. - ..same message.
So, let's be real,
I just got a message from the girl
that I didn't choose. -[Kyle] Me too.
Was... I haven't even looked at it.
Can we just, like, cut the suspense,
and read whatever it is.
I'm just going to read it.
I just got a message from Daniel
saying, "Madi, hope you're doing well,
because I'm taking you on a date this week".
"Just dropping in to say, "Hey".
"I'm not the kind of person to let a good thing slip away".
"I'd love to get to know you further,
and for you to see who I am, what I'm all about too.
See you on our date, can't wait. Bec. Kiss".
[chuckling]
No.
You're not going to read it. I haven't even read it first.
"Have you heard the great news yet..."
Question mark.
"..that you can't actually reject me twice.
Ha, ha, let's finally put a face to the name
over a bevvy.
Excited to meet me, I'm sure", with a couple of emojis.
"See you soon. Belinda. X".
Yeah.
Interesting. Spicy.
Not interesting. Spicy.
Um, I don't know about anyone else,
but just, like, the thought of that,
like, really, actually upsets me.
Like, instantly I felt that, like, kick in the gut.
-[Yannick] Yeah, of course. Yeah.
As if, like, your boyfriend had just cheated on you or something.
Yeah, it's not a nice feeling.
Why are we the ones that have to go through that,
like, pouring your heart out to be chosen...
-[Leesh] Yeah.
..and then you finally get chosen,
and it's like, "Oh but wait a sec".
And they're going in with the kind of intentions
to make something happen with that person
that you've just spent so much time with.
You know?
It's a kick in the guts, 100 percent.
[downbeat piano music]
I know it's weird. I know.
It is what it is. It's weird, but like, whatever.
If, like, you go on a date and get a connection with her,
like, then you're not my guy.
I'll find somebody else. [laughs]
I'm not going to be upset or angry about it.
Of course you are.
It's weird, but...
You will be upset, and you will be angry about it.
Because I would be.
It's OK. We're good. Nothing to worry about.
[dramatic orchestral music]
Hey.
You all good? Toilet?
Was it a tough decision for you?
Like, when you were texting,
was it an easy choice, or was it a...?
Being real, yeah, it was pretty easy.
-[Yannick] OK. -For me, once I'd...
I started building that strong connection,
once we had that phone call,
it's like this is... This is kind of where I'm at.
Um... The other girl was lovely.
I could tell that she was a lovely person,
we got along in a lot of ways,
but there was a few things that just didn't line up.
And then, once I met Madison,
I was just like, "There is no doubt in my mind".
-[Madi] You're OK.
I'll be going on a date,
and I'll enjoy a nice night with a nice person, I'm sure.
-[Yannick] Would you... Yeah, but would you go in close-minded?
Close-minded.
I build one connection at a time.
Yeah, and I feel a connection here
and I'm not gonna even think about jeopardising that.
The other person doesn't even factor into me at all.
Yeah.
-[Ben] [narrating] It's tough.
I know that Ly and I are... aren't all the way there, yet.
I think she came into this experience,
and she was looking for something different.
She picked me over him,
knowing he had an Asian background,
and I was an Aussie guy.
She's got me,
and I think there's some doubt in the back of her mind
if that's really what she wants now.
Ah, a few people asked me tonight...
where I'm at and...
-[Ly] Yeah, where are you at? -..if it's a sinking ship.
We've had a few conversations about where we're at,
and we're at different places,
and I think we're trying to meet in the middle.
Um, I think it comes down to two people,
if they want to try,
there's still a chance.
Yeah, and Ly's generally trying, right?
-[Ben] Yes, and that's what I believe.
If someone's still got that fight in them to want to try,
and I do, and I believe Ly's told me she does,
then they should try it.
But, at the same time,
if she feels like there's a connection with someone else,
and she wants to explore that,
I totally trust her, and like, you make your own choices.
Wow, very mature.
I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm a bit worried,
but all I'm going to focus on is Ly and I.
I'd never go down without a fight.
-[Kyle] Yeah. -[Leesh] Respect.
-[James] Can you stop being the good guy for one second?
[laughter]
I'll be lying to myself
if I say I'm not feeling curious and excited about,
you know, getting to know Danny next,
and see whether there's something there.
So, I think I need to...
own up to that and...
See whether there is that connection
with Danny and I.
Not to throw a spanner in the works,
and say, that, like, it's been...
Like, I respect everyone's journeys,
and what everyone's doing, but it's also been nine days.
-Do you know what I mean? -Exactly.
-[Yannick] In the real world,
if we were in the real world,
and you'd dated someone for nine days,
obviously our feelings are all heightened
and everyone's had different experiences,
but like...
would you be feeling the way we're all feeling right now?
Probably not, right?
I'm trying to not be, like, insensitive
but also, of course, I'm excited to see Belinda.
I'm excited to explore that with her.
That has been something I've been thinking about,
over these challenging times.
I've felt, "OK, here's my opportunity
to have the experience
that I thought I was going to have."
Like, you know, I'm not disregarding Erika.
We have been through a lot
and I respect her, and she respects me,
and we'll always have each other's back. So...
But if there is an opportunity to pursue something romantic,
that's what I am here for.
Right, like, that's what we all came here for. So...
You'd be stupid to sit here and say you weren't.
-[Yannick] And hopefully Belinda
is one of the other nine out ten girls that I vibe with.
And not the one out of ten that I'm not vibing,
that I don't vibe with, yeah.
The worst thing in the world, is, "What if?"
And I think we can all agree with that.
A hundred percent.
But, again, trust the process...
and trust the connection that you've built,
and whatever's meant to be, will be.
"Hey, Lisa.
I thought a lot about our brief communication,
and how it would be such a shame for us not to meet.
I'd love to find out more about you
and for you to meet the real me.
So, I'm taking you on a date this week.
Your guitar hero, Matt. XX."
Guitar hero. [spits]
Yeah.
[drops phone in bag]
-[Madi] Patty, what if Lisa has a connection there?
Alright, here we go.
I'd be devastated. I'd be completely disappointed.
I'd be um...
I'd be really sad, yeah. Yeah.
Ah, nah, I'd be fucked up, yeah.
[sad music playing]
Where has this Patty been this whole time?
-[Madi] I like that.
I like this Patty.
And Lisa,
it shows us a little bit of insight
into what you are seeing
that we're struggling to see at the moment.
But he values you.
[exhales]
I am worried that he's going to come in
and ruin things with me and Lisa...
to tell you the complete truth.
It's even just upsetting, like, hearing him say that,
because I do have a real connection with Patrick.
-[Madi] Yeah.
For someone to be put in that equation,
it would hurt me to hurt Patrick in that way.
Yeah.
-[Patrick] Obviously, it annoys me,
because I spent days with her,
trying to, like, create something amazing,
and special.
Not thinking there was going to be outside influence,
and now this guy's in the fucking picture.
And, like, this happens and...
Yeah.
-[Narrator] The Love Triangle experience
is about changing the DNA of modern dating.
So, far, our couples have forged relationships
through personality alone.
But this phase of the experience
is designed to test those connections...
by posing the question,
"What if I'd chosen differently?"
Do you trust me?
-[Madison] Mm-hm.
You don't sound too convinced.
Yes, I trust you.
Good.
You've got nothing to worry about.
[Madison chuckles]
I know it's impossible for me to really reassure you of...
Like,
that I'm in this experience with you and no one else.
This happens in the real world.
People get tempted by other people.
This will be a great opportunity
for me to show you how loyal
and how much I'm invested in us.
I think, we've...
come a long way together.
Why would I want to jeopardise that?
OK.
I've always had in the back of my mind,
like, what ever happens between him and I,
if I'm picked or not,
if he chooses another girl over me, he's not my guy.
Because my guy, that I'm supposed to be with,
isn't going to turn his head for anybody else.
I do trust Alex and I trust what we've built,
but someone amazing could walk through those doors.
The only thing I know about Bec is that she's a model.
Bec?
-[Bec] Alex, how you going? -Hey, how you going?
-Hi. -Nice to meet you.
You as well.
[laughter]
-How you going? -Yeah, great.
If he gets a connection with her...
it will be pretty easy for me to be, like...
walls up, wiped off,
on a plane back to Melbourne, done.
-[Bec] How are you feeling?
Yeah, I'm alright.
How did you, um, react
to finding out that I was coming?
-It was a bit of a surprise. -Yeah?
Yeah, yeah. [Bec laughing]
I bet the other half wasn't too happy.
No, to be honest, she wasn't.
Oh no.
Um, no, she wasn't, to be honest.
I mean, me and Madison have built quite a good connection
in the short time we've know each other.
-Yep. -So...
-[Alex] [narrating] She's obviously a pretty girl, so...
Uh, there's no...
There's no ifs, buts or maybes about that.
Yeah, you look very nice.
Thanks, you too.
What are on your socks? Flamingos?
Flamingo. I love a good flamingo.
Oh, my gosh, I love that.
I've got about six pairs with flamingos on them.
I don't know why, I just like flamingos.
You know what, my mum loves pink flamingos.
Yeah?
Every time she sees something on Facebook or wherever,
she'll like send it to me, "Look at the pink flamingo".
[both laughing] -[Alex] Cute.
[Bec sighs]
-[Alex] Cheers.
Raspberry, so nice. Cheers.
-It's nice to finally meet you. -Yeah. [chuckles]
He's very attractive. [laughs]
I think he's really cute he's got nice, green eyes.
Which is really pretty.
-Yeah. -If you don't mind me asking,
how old are you?
Oh, great question. I'm 28.
-Yeah, OK. -How old are you?
-Thirty-one. -OK.
Yeah. I can't guess. I was like, "28, 29?"
So, I wasn't too far off. -[laughs] Yeah.
Just thought the way you were talking, um...
you seem quite mature.
Yeah, I like to think so, most of the time. [laughs]
Like, in the late '20s sort of thing.
I feel like...
that first, um...
The first meeting's always a little bit awkward,
but I feel like, it hit off straight away,
and yeah, I think we've got a little bit of a spark
starting to happen.
[laughs]
Every year, we go to Paniyiri, do you know the Greek Festival?
Paniyiri? -No.
- But it's like a Greek-- -Are you Greek?
Yeah, yep, yeah.
The way you said it, like, 'Paniyiri'
it's like, had a bit of an accent in it.
[both laughing]
Yeah, so we normally try and go to that.
It's just, like, um, a food festival,
and there's games and dancing... -Oh, awesome.
-..and a whole bunch of things as well.
I eat way too much food.
[Bec laughs] -There's no such thing.
[both laughing]
You can't eat or drink too much, ever.
I know. [both laughing]
So, you knew your great grandma?
-Yeah. Yup. -Wow.
That's cool.
My middle name's actually named after her.
Oh, what's that?
-Joy. -Joy.
Yeah.
-My mum's middle name. -Is it?
Yeah, it is. Yeah. [Bec laughs]
I've learned about his other match.
I think her name is Madison... or Madeline.
[laughs]
Um, he said they had a pretty good connection.
I'm absolutely here to work for it. [laughs]
I'm a bit...
I can be a bit competitive, so...
Um, I'm definitely going to put my best foot forward
and try my best to show him who I am,
and hopefully we can...
build a really great connection, and it can go somewhere.
Wow, thank you.
I don't even know what we have here, but it looks great.
So, you were previously married, you said, hey?
-[Alex] Mm-hm. Mmm.
How, when... Like, how long was that for?
So, married for five years, pretty much.
-OK. -Yeah.
Together for nearly ten.
A long time.
Very long time.
And yeah, ended over a year ago now,
but it was just a thing of, you know...
We were doing it because it was easy.
We didn't fight, we didn't argue,
we didn't have any issues, we honestly were happy.
But we were just like mates.
-Yep. -Like, it wasn't...
The romantic sort of side had gone away and, um...
And I missed that, 'cause I'm quite a romantic,
and... I quite like that.
-Yeah. -So, we loved each other.
Definitely.
Um, but, yeah, just sort of fell out,
and it didn't work out.
But, yeah, got through it, obviously, and...
It just reignited this, you know, this fire in me
to do all the things that I wanted to do once.
Mm, it's easy to be complacent
when you're just so comfortable, like that.
Yeah, so comfortable.
Oh, sorry that you went through that.
It must have been awful.
She's pretty much
exactly kind of how I pictured her to be.
She's mature, kind, empathetic, you know, a nice person.
We connected on multiple levels
from important things to, you know,
just common interests.
A little surreal.
Like, um, obviously, three weeks ago
we were messaging and then...
Yeah.
..it just sort of came to an end, so...
-[Bec] Yeah.
Obviously, you're a lovely person.
She's lovely, she's attractive,
she seems highly intellectual,
she seems like she's a fun type that loves to do fun things,
but also mature where it counts.
And, um, that's obviously something that's a great thing.
It's crazy now. It's crazy.
-[Bec] Yeah.
Oh, well, we'll see what happens with this and where it all goes.
When I get back to the house to see Madison,
I'll be open and tell her the truth.
I had a nice time,
you know, met someone that was a wonderful person,
like I thought she would be.
Yeah, I enjoyed the experience today.
Well, hopefully I will get to see you again.
I've really enjoyed talking to you,
and getting to know you as well. -Yeah, same.
It's been really nice. -And seeing you.
Yeah, same.
Lovely. Well, I'd best be off.
Thank you.
-See ya. -You as well.
I'll see you again.
See you later.
[tense music]
-[Madison] Trusting someone
isn't something that I do easily.
But for some reason,
as soon as I met Alex and we connected,
I trusted him straightaway.
And that really petrified me to be honest,
because I haven't trusted anyone in a long time.
So, yeah.
It's just a scary thought. I do trust him.
And it scares me, because I'm like,
I'm literally giving you the reins of hurting me.
So, we'll see what happens now.
Hello.
-[Narrator] Next time...
say hello...
to what could have been.
-Hi. -[Belinda] Hi. Nice to meet you.
Hi, Matt?
-Daniel? -Is your name Madi?
-[Danny] Ly.
Oh, my god.
-[Narrator] Red flags...
-Mwah. -Good thanks.
-[Narrator] ... and all.
It's a big thing to leave out, of, like, your life.
-[Belinda] Yeah, yeah.
Can you not call him a boy
and back home and so boring?
That's rude.
We're adults.
[theme music playing]