Married at First Sight (UK) Season 9 Episode 27
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00:00Previously...
00:01Don't we leave?
00:02I've decided to stay. No, you're not.
00:04Blake, are you actually kidding me?
00:06..Sam and Al were given an extra 24 hours
00:10to decide their future in the experiment.
00:13And then... Hi!
00:15..homestays returned.
00:17Oh, come in. You've got to be in the picture too, darling.
00:20As Domenica's family...
00:22Oh!
00:23She left her in the truck.
00:24..were the hosts with the most.
00:27This is what I do on the ship's lorry.
00:28Ah!
00:30..while Cody's man cave...
00:32I feel like I need sanitiser.
00:34..shocked Selena.
00:35He still lives like he's a teenage boy.
00:38And it was a rude awakening for Olivia
00:41as Jackson's commitment to the gym...
00:43It's my world, girlie.
00:44I'm your world now.
00:46..left her unimpressed.
00:48This is a massive part of his life.
00:50I can't express how much I hate it.
00:53Tonight...
00:54He's married. He's got to grow up and stop doing that.
00:57..Olivia refuses to let the gym debate go.
01:00He's not some 20-year-old frat boy.
01:04Testing Jackson's patience...
01:06You just need to know that that's a part of my life.
01:09..and worrying his friends.
01:11It's hard to tell whether she's going to be the right person for Jack.
01:14Plus...
01:16Is it a dream of yours to swim with dolphins?
01:19Uh...
01:21..no.
01:22A look into Ella and Mitch's future.
01:25This one potentially looks alarming.
01:27It actually means endings.
01:30And Al's on a secret mission.
01:33We're, like, just friends at the moment.
01:34I still genuinely think that we can be happily married.
01:37But has he done enough to convince Sam to stay?
01:44Then...
01:46The only major regret I have in life is two kids that I brought up,
01:50they wanted hugs and it wasn't part of my thing to hug.
01:55You know?
01:56Cody's heart-wrenching breakthrough...
01:58I don't want to look back at my relationship with Selena
02:01and think, yeah, I wish I'd done that differently.
02:03..that Selena's been waiting for.
02:06He struck gold.
02:08Should grab her with both hands and yell,
02:10"'Eureka!''
02:26Oh, look at it.
02:32It's homestay week and Tamara and Brent are up early
02:35to greet a new day in Bondi
02:38as they attempt once again to reset their relationship.
02:46I appreciate you doing this with me.
02:48Oh, it's nice.
02:50It's a really beautiful morning.
02:52It's what I do every morning to keep me calm.
02:56It's a nice morning ritual to do.
02:59Yeah.
03:00Oh, whoa!
03:02There's a dolphin.
03:03Look.
03:06Wait, it's going to come up.
03:08Up there, see? Look.
03:10Yeah.
03:13Might have even been a sea lion.
03:17They're not real.
03:19What?
03:20They're not real.
03:22They're not real.
03:24What?
03:26Sea lions aren't real.
03:28What did you come for?
03:30What's a sea lion?
03:33What do you mean?
03:35They're not real.
03:36Yes, they are.
03:37Are you serious?
03:39I thought that was, like, that mystical creature.
03:41It's not the Loch Ness Monster.
03:43They're just, like, sea dogs.
03:50I don't think a sea lion is a real thing.
03:52Go for a walk along the beach?
03:54I think it was a seal that was out there.
03:57Oh, I thought it was a dolphin, but I think it was a seal.
04:00Do you believe in seals?
04:02I do believe in seals, yes.
04:07For Tamara and Brent,
04:09homestay week has been about reconnecting as friends
04:12outside of the highly pressurised maths bubble.
04:15How do you like Monday?
04:17It's so busy.
04:19No, I like it.
04:21They've been avoiding serious conversations
04:23about the state of their relationship,
04:26but lunch with Brent's parents yesterday
04:28gave them each a lot to think about.
04:31Even with a married couple in a long marriage,
04:35I mean, what keeps you going is the friendship that the couple have.
04:39It's also learning to let go of things.
04:42Like, don't keep so many little things to heart.
04:45You know, you've only got one life.
04:47You've just got to live it and enjoy it.
04:49And saying sorry is not that hard.
04:51Once you get used to it, you find it quite relieving.
04:54Yeah.
04:55And now, Brent is ready to clear the air with Tamara.
04:59I never actually asked you...
05:01Oh, what?
05:05Is there anything, like,
05:07that you actually wanted to talk about in terms of, like, us?
05:11Like, I feel like you want to, like, not talk about it.
05:15I'm more than happy for you to say peace.
05:18I think we're at a good enough stage to do so.
05:22Yeah.
05:23I just can't deal with, like, that, like, constant arguing and, like...
05:27Mm-hm.
05:31I don't know.
05:34I get it.
05:36I mean, I understand that.
05:38Well, you know what, I'm more than happy to say from my part,
05:41for getting angry, swearing and stuff like that, I am sorry.
05:45I'd rather just get it out for the sake of moving forward.
05:49Whatever's happened between us, whoever was to fault...
05:53As a man, I was raised right,
05:55and I thought it was time to just take responsibility just for my things.
05:58Cos I'd like to find a way to move forward.
06:01Yeah, I'm sorry too.
06:03And sorry for not saying how I feel earlier to you.
06:07I wanted to have a few days of us enjoying each other
06:10before I tried to bring any of that up.
06:13I think we needed that.
06:15On the upside, we've gotten through that,
06:17and we'll go get ready, and then we're going to cocktails later, so...
06:21Yeah, let's go have some fun.
06:23Yeah, it's definitely a relief now that we've had that conversation.
06:27It feels good to clear the air together.
06:30If it was just what we needed to move forward, yeah.
06:34All right, let's do it, Mum. We're good.
06:38Oh, it feels good.
06:43In Melbourne,
06:45Ella is worried about her future with Mitch outside of the experiment,
06:50after her brother James made a dire prediction at dinner last night.
06:57I just don't know if... I don't know.
07:02Time will tell after.
07:04Long distance doesn't work.
07:06Not in the long term.
07:09Is it...?
07:11This morning, she's looking for answers about the future,
07:15so she's consulting a trusted source.
07:18So, my name's Ioana, and I'm what's called a medium as well as a psyche.
07:23OK, so I'm just going to tune in now.
07:26All right.
07:28As we now invite the guardians of the light
07:30to surround this entire premises with beautiful divine healing energy
07:34full of the highest vibration of divine light and divine love.
07:38I've decided to do something like this for Mitch
07:40because I thought it would be really fun
07:43to see if we could maybe get some answers
07:46on what the future could hold for us.
07:48Ella, what I see with you is I feel like you've been aware of spirit
07:52and you've been aware of your connection to the universe
07:56from a very young age.
07:59Mitch and I view things really differently,
08:02but I'm really hoping that she can prove him wrong
08:05and make him, like, a bit shook.
08:07Mitch, is it a dream of yours to swim with dolphins
08:12or do that whale...that whale connection?
08:15Uh...no.
08:17No? OK. Not really.
08:20I'm also connecting through mechanical stuff like cars, fixing cars.
08:26Does that make sense for you?
08:28Not...not really.
08:31Um...
08:34Well, I'm going to use tarot today too.
08:36That's what I was guided to do.
08:38I'd like to do a spread next.
08:44All right.
08:48The card in the middle, so the central theme here for you guys,
08:52is commitment.
08:54So I do feel that you genuinely are looking for commitment.
08:57This is the card typically of marriage, which is interesting.
09:01So this is the marriage card in a reading,
09:03but it's also a commitment.
09:05And I do feel that you genuinely are looking for it,
09:07and it's quite solid.
09:10OK.
09:12So as I look at this the way I see it today,
09:15and I have to be very honest here,
09:18this one potentially looks alarming.
09:22This card is not always a good card.
09:26The sword's in the sand,
09:28and it's in between the relationships.
09:32It actually means endings here.
09:34So it actually means...
09:36And it's in between the relationships.
09:38So I'm going to get clarity on this for you.
09:44Let me look and see.
09:46So I'm now getting some more clarity.
09:49The hangman talks about taking time out to think about things.
09:54This is the gentleman here.
09:56So this would be you, Mitch.
09:58It's having a look at what you've got and weighing it up.
10:01Is this what I want?
10:03Does this make sense for me?
10:05Am I really wanting to take this step?
10:07That scares me.
10:09Makes me think, like, you know, the long-distance stuff.
10:12Like, is that just going to be too much of a drive for Mitchell?
10:17Am I going to be enough for him to want to do that?
10:24And as they travel home,
10:26Ella still has the sword of sands on her mind.
10:31Do you think that she was right with everything she said about you?
10:35Whales and dolphins.
10:37She was connecting it to you being around the ocean.
10:40Yeah, but...
10:41But you never know.
10:42Like, you might find yourself in a situation in five years' time
10:45where you're surrounded by dolphins.
10:47Yeah, or butterflies.
10:49Like, who knows?
10:51You know? Yeah.
10:55Anything else that you'd like to say about that experience?
11:00No.
11:01Like, what about the cards and everything that she said about us?
11:08No comment?
11:09Yeah, no comment.
11:10Like, absolutely no comment?
11:13An ending.
11:14You couldn't relate it to us at all.
11:16You can...
11:17You can...
11:18You could justify to any of those cards.
11:22It's just an ending card.
11:25Well, she was talking about us, though.
11:27Yeah, but ending is so broad.
11:29Ending of what?
11:33Well, who knows? Anything could end.
11:47With homestay week underway...
11:49Oh, yeah!
11:51Come on!
11:52..our couples are getting well and truly settled
11:55into each other's worlds.
11:57Woo-hoo!
11:58Happy style.
12:00Some have found a new level of relationship familiarity.
12:03I don't know what this...
12:05No.
12:06HE COUGHS
12:08Yeah, that's why I don't think he likes washing up.
12:10That needs to be washed!
12:11I'm just giving this place a really good clean.
12:14Cos it's a bit...
12:17..a bit filthy.
12:19I'm thinking maybe I'll just do it like that as a throwover.
12:22It's a throwover.
12:23Does it look all right?
12:25Looks fantastic.
12:27You look a million bucks.
12:30Anyone else sense sarcasm in that, or...?
12:33There we go.
12:35Now we look like twins.
12:36Posh.
12:37Let's go.
12:38Twins is probably the wrong term.
12:39It's a little weird, but you know what?
12:41Let's go.
12:42Let's go, doll.
12:43Out the door.
12:44Out the door.
12:45Let's go, doll.
12:48But in Melbourne, Olivia and Jackson have hit a roadblock.
12:52Bane!
12:53Sit!
12:54You sure you got him?
12:55Yeah.
12:56Bane!
12:57Ah!
12:58Bane!
12:59After a trip to Jackson's gym, did not have the desired outcome.
13:03Oh, I absolutely hate being here, but that's OK.
13:06I'll do a lot for you.
13:07I'd rather have a tea party with Dom than do this, honestly.
13:13It's my world, girly.
13:16I'm your world now.
13:20This is a normal Sunday afternoon for me.
13:22Yeah.
13:23With the dogs, at the gym.
13:25I was just trying to show her my world.
13:27You know, it's something that's really important to me,
13:29so it's kind of crappy to hear that from Liv,
13:32that, you know, I should just be giving it up and making her my life.
13:35It's weird having me here doing this, then, or...?
13:38Yeah.
13:39Isn't it nice?
13:40Yeah, it's nice.
13:42As the homestays continue around the country,
13:45back in Sydney, Sam and Al are setting off for Balmoral Beach.
13:49After an emotional commitment ceremony,
13:52in which Sam wrote leave and Al wrote stay...
13:55I know what I want, and I know what I need,
13:58and it's not this.
14:00Can I change my decision?
14:03..the experts gave them 24 hours
14:06in which to make a final decision
14:09whether they'd stay in the experiment another week
14:12or go their separate ways.
14:14So, I wanted to, um, bring up a proposal.
14:17And Al hatched a plan to convince Sam to stay.
14:21I want to plan an activity for us both that'll be really fun.
14:27Just so we end things on a better note.
14:30Giving him one final week to save his marriage.
14:34I'm happy to do that.
14:35You're happy to do it?
14:36Yeah, I'll do it with you.
14:37Oh, thank you.
14:38That's right. That'd be good.
14:42Today, I've organised...
14:46..this activity.
14:48So, we're going to do some snorkelling.
14:50Yeah.
14:51And then we're going to do a picnic afterwards as well.
14:53Yeah, nice. That'll be nice.
14:54And, yeah, just have a little bit of fun, relax.
14:56Yeah, chill.
14:57Don't stress off everything.
15:00We wanted Sam and Al to have an opportunity
15:02to make a decision together about their future in the experiment.
15:06Although Sam and Al have experienced challenges,
15:09there's still a level of care and respect between them.
15:12And if there's one thing we've learned over the years,
15:15it's to never count a couple out.
15:17One week inside the Married at First Sight experiment
15:20can be absolutely transformative.
15:23I chose snorkelling at the beach
15:25because I thought it'd just be fun and something we have in common.
15:28Yeah.
15:29Phase one of Al's secret plan is a beach trip
15:32designed to remind Samantha of a pivotal moment in their relationship.
15:36Yes, we have handshake.
15:38Yeah!
15:39So, we, like, went to the beach and, like, we were all sun-kissed
15:43and, like, tanned and, like, showered and, like, watched a movie
15:46and we had a wine and it just, like, f***ing happened.
15:49Well, I think this is a good activity for us, to be honest.
15:52Like, I think it's, like, the one thing that we've both agreed
15:54that, like, we have in common that we both like.
15:56I feel like our beach times have been, like, always good outcomes.
15:59Yeah.
16:00You know, we've always had good times at the beach.
16:02All right, well, let's get ready. Let's get in there.
16:05Today is a very important day.
16:07Sam means a lot to me.
16:09I've never put this much effort into someone before.
16:12Spent this much time with someone before.
16:15You can't just forget about someone that easily.
16:19Today is just a very simple game plan.
16:21I want to make sure I have lots of fun with Sam, share lots of laughs
16:26and we're both going to be, you know, stripped down.
16:30You know, get my body out.
16:39Yeah, the attraction's still there.
16:42Yeah, for sure.
16:45All right.
16:46All right, you ready?
16:48I've left all expectations at the door.
16:50Like, I have let go of any issue that we've had.
16:57I am just...
16:59The reason for this is so we can leave on a high note
17:02and that's exactly what I want to do.
17:08This is a great choice of activity.
17:15The ocean, the beach.
17:19This is something that Al and I actually do have in common.
17:27You know, when I'm, like, salty and, like, you know, a bit sun-kissed,
17:32it makes me feel like I'm at home.
17:35It makes me feel like me.
17:38And I think that's sexy.
17:44That was fun!
17:45That was so good.
17:47Like, you know, he's too hot.
17:51Still to come...
17:52Why am I wearing this and you're not?
17:54..a homestay prank...
17:55She's a bit of a stitch-up.
17:56..gone wrong...
17:57Let's do it.
18:01I'm tapping out. Like, I'm done.
18:04..and later...
18:05Come on, guys, cheers.
18:06One hell of a night!
18:08I don't want to be sitting at home, like, twiddling my thumbs
18:10waiting for him to come home.
18:11..what not to say to your partner's friends...
18:14He's married. He's got to grow up and stop doing this.
18:17..as Olivia doesn't hold back.
18:19Yeah, like, he's not some 20-year-old frat boy.
18:39On the northern beaches, Selena remains unimpressed.
18:44On the northern beaches, Selena remains unimpressed
18:47with Cody's bachelor pad.
18:50However, she's undaunted in her mission to better understand Cody
18:54and why he has struggled to be emotionally available to her
18:58throughout the experiment.
19:00She's hoping dinner with Cody's mum and stepdad tonight
19:04might provide some answers.
19:06Tonight, I really want to, you know,
19:08pick Lorena and Greg's mind on how to read Cody better,
19:11cos that is something that I do struggle with.
19:15What's going on?
19:16I'm writing your mum and Greg a card to go with the flowers,
19:20but I don't know what else I should write.
19:22I feel like I need to add a little bit more.
19:25Yeah.
19:26Honestly, I don't know what to write on a card for my mother.
19:30I'm a bit nervous as to how this will pan out tonight.
19:33Mum and I don't often catch up too much on the outside anyway,
19:36but, yeah, I think after two hours, I will have had enough
19:39and that will be my fix for the next two months.
19:42Look, honestly, the flowers were enough as it was.
19:44Like, I don't think you need to say too much.
19:48I think Mum's, she's met, like, my main sort of exes and things,
19:51but I wouldn't typically introduce it to a girl I'm seeing.
19:55I wouldn't even mention it, really.
19:57Mum asks, how are you going? Are you seeing anyone?
19:59I'd just say no.
20:00What would you say to someone you've never met
20:02and you've just got them an enormous bunch of flowers,
20:04which is already generous enough?
20:06I honestly wouldn't know what to say in that situation.
20:10OK, let's go.
20:12Awesome.
20:13Greg, keep my mind, Greg!
20:14Do you need a hand?
20:15No.
20:16You're not going to let go of those flowers, are you?
20:17No.
20:18Cool.
20:19As a nervous Cody takes Selena to meet his mum and stepdad...
20:22Woo!
20:26..on the other side of town,
20:28Al's secret plan to win Samantha back has reached its final phase.
20:33Oh, it's so nice.
20:34A quiet picnic for two.
20:36Let's set up over here, yeah?
20:38Yeah.
20:39That was a nice swim, eh?
20:41Feel refreshed after that.
20:43Yeah, same. It was so nice.
20:45Water fixes everything.
20:46I feel like we're on our honeymoon again.
20:48I know.
20:49And though Samantha thought today was purely a platonic day out,
20:52Al had a different agenda.
20:55Today is extremely important for me.
20:57I do care about Sam.
20:58I do wish things could work out.
21:00On the honeymoon, Sam and I had so much fun.
21:03We spent a lot of time in the water
21:05and I was hoping today would bring back some memories.
21:09Pink lebanese...
21:10I know, it's so cute.
21:11Cheers to...
21:13Cheers to...
21:14Marrying a stranger.
21:16New beginnings.
21:19I do care about Sam still.
21:21You know, we've been together for, you know, over two months now.
21:25I dig him.
21:26Wait, I just want this cookie.
21:27She's the closest girl I've ever gotten to.
21:29It's crazy, you know, to think that.
21:31And, um...
21:34How hard is that to let go of?
21:39Um...
21:44Yeah.
21:46As Sam and Al's big day out winds down,
21:49Al is hopeful but still unsure
21:52if his secret mission to win back Sam has been accomplished.
21:58Meanwhile...
22:00Oh! We're here, we're here, we're here.
22:02Despite Cody's awkwardness about a visit to his mum's place,
22:06Selena is excited to meet her new mother-in-law in person
22:10for the very first time.
22:11Best case scenario,
22:13Lorena and Greg and I would be, like,
22:15the bestest three friends ever, wolf pack.
22:17Do I look OK?
22:21Hello!
22:23I'm Selena, lovely to finally meet you.
22:27Hi, Greg.
22:28Oh, this is for you, by the way.
22:29I'm so sorry.
22:30Oh, thank you.
22:31You look beautiful.
22:32Hello.
22:33Hi, Greg.
22:34Great to finally meet you in person.
22:36How are you, buddy?
22:37Good.
22:38Good to see you.
22:39Do you want to sit down and I'll get you all a drink?
22:42Sure!
22:43Yeah?
22:44That sounds good.
22:45Your cooking skills again, Mother?
22:46That's right.
22:47LAUGHTER
22:48Cheers.
22:49Cheers.
22:50Cheers.
22:51Congratulations.
22:52Oh, thank you!
22:54LAUGHTER
22:57So, is it Cambodia?
22:59Were you born there?
23:00Yeah.
23:01So, I'm half Chinese, half Cambodian.
23:03I went to Cambodia ten years ago.
23:05You did?
23:06Did you like it?
23:07Yeah, I loved Cambodia.
23:08It's beautiful.
23:09And Kuwait, yeah.
23:10But people are beautiful.
23:11They are.
23:12They're, like, the most happiest people you'll ever meet.
23:14Mmm.
23:15Yeah.
23:16Yeah.
23:17How's it been going, then, though?
23:19Hmm.
23:20The experiment?
23:25I mean, since we spoke to you guys last,
23:27I think it's been good, right?
23:29Yeah.
23:40Mmm.
23:41Sorry, it's gone a bit soggy.
23:43Oh, that's fine.
23:46Mmm.
23:48So, um, do you guys have any, like, cute, like, photos of Cody as a child?
23:55LAUGHTER
23:59Can we bring out the photo album?
24:01No.
24:02You turned out much taller than your dad.
24:06Mmm.
24:08Don't know how that works.
24:19So, um, obviously, Cody's a very hard person to read.
24:25Do you guys have any tips?
24:30Cody needs to get in touch with his emotions.
24:37Especially with girls, yeah.
24:40Ever since, sort of, Dad passing away,
24:43I've had a very fractured relationship with Mum from that point.
24:49It was at that point where I was actually starting to enjoy being with him,
24:53we started to talk about girls.
24:55Yeah, like, having that taken away from you, it's hard.
25:01The way I grieved was sort of causing me to think,
25:04The way I grieved was sort of causing me to close up quite a bit
25:07because I hated my mum looking at me as if I was broken.
25:10That was the last thing I wanted, I just wanted to be treated normal.
25:13And it was just, that rift just kept growing
25:16to the point where Mum and I just haven't seen eye to eye properly.
25:27Mmm.
25:34I'm slowly starting to see that behind closed doors,
25:38Cody's grief from the past is still with him.
25:45I feel like his method of dealing with things is literally just to shut off.
25:51And that's what is happening right now.
25:55I don't even know if he's dealt with that pain,
25:58and that's just always a thing that's going to be lingering.
26:02It makes me question, am I willing to stay with someone
26:07and spend the rest of my life with someone that is so, like,
26:11detached and cold and...
26:14I don't know how much more I can give to, like, a brick wall.
26:18After a successful trip to the Colarco family farm,
26:21Domenica and Jack are spending the second half of homestay week
26:25at Jack's apartment in Millers Point, Sydney.
26:28This is it. This is the street.
26:30Wow. So this...
26:32This is how you wake up every morning?
26:34To roadworks and...
26:35Yeah. There is a little bit of noise in the morning,
26:37but there's a lot of noise in the evening.
26:39And it's a lot of noise.
26:40It's a lot of noise.
26:41It's a lot of noise.
26:42It's a lot of noise.
26:43It's a lot of noise.
26:44It's a lot of noise.
26:45To roadworks and...
26:46There is a little bit of noise in the morning.
26:48I don't know how I'm going to sleep with this.
26:52Welcome home.
26:54Oh, Sydney!
26:56Oh, hello.
26:57You carry him, I'll get the bags.
27:00Oh, hello.
27:01And when it comes to meeting Jack's housemates,
27:03Domenica is about to get more than she bargained for.
27:06This is my room.
27:08In you go.
27:11Jack the snake.
27:15I told you it was a snake.
27:16Yeah, but it's a huge snake, Jack.
27:19Ready?
27:21It's Lucy.
27:23Why is the snake's name Lucy?
27:25I don't know.
27:26Oh my God, it's tongue, it's tongue.
27:27No, no, no, it's doing that.
27:28It means it's going to bite.
27:29No, no, no, that's when it's...
27:30Sorry, that's the opposite.
27:31Ready?
27:33A little bit caught up there, Lucy.
27:35Come here.
27:36Come on.
27:37Oh, it's cold.
27:38Yeah, OK.
27:42Don't do that, Jack!
27:43Don't do that!
27:44Don't do that!
27:48Oh, sorry.
27:49Oh, Finn, sorry.
27:50Did you just whack Finn?
27:51Yeah, sorry, bubba.
27:53I don't know how I feel about the snake, to be honest with you,
27:55but we'll make it work.
27:57All right, let's go see the rest of the house.
27:59That snake freaked me out.
28:01Come on, Finn.
28:02Come on, Finny.
28:03I've had a really great week with Jack so far.
28:05This is the kitchen.
28:06What I've learnt in the last few days is just that he is...
28:09Is this where you sleep?
28:11...capable of fitting in with my family.
28:15Hi!
28:16How are you doing?
28:17Nice to meet you, Jack.
28:18It's lovely to meet you.
28:21That Jack looks all right, doesn't he?
28:23Maybe I'll just go in there and, like...
28:24Mum, you're on the microphone.
28:25Oh, shit!
28:27Got a little Finn.
28:29Now finally seeing his home where he's lived for a while...
28:33Oh, yeah.
28:34I'll take my crocs off.
28:35Oh, yeah.
28:36It really just puts the picture together now,
28:39and I'm really starting to really get how I might fit into that.
28:43Hi, Finny.
28:46I guess you're good.
28:47Yeah, so what do you reckon about my place?
28:49I love it. It's really nice.
28:50While Domenica settles in,
28:52Ella and Mitch are en route to one of Ella's favourite hometown spots,
28:57the Peninsula Hot Springs, an hour south of Melbourne.
29:01Peninsula Hot Springs.
29:03Oh, I love it here.
29:05And despite the idyllic surrounds...
29:08Oh, my gosh.
29:09This is so nice.
29:11..Ella is worried after her brother James
29:14expressed serious doubts about long-distance relationships.
29:18Long-distance doesn't work.
29:20Not in the long term.
29:24And with the end of the experiment just two weeks away...
29:27Oh, that is hot!
29:29..a psychic reading this morning
29:31foretelling the end of her marriage to Mitch has her rattled.
29:37Yes, I had some feedback from my brother.
29:39Did he hate me?
29:40No, he didn't hate you.
29:42He said that you're really nice and, like, you seem really genuine and...
29:47..um, but I think for him he's just, like, concerned with...
29:52..like, after the show and...
29:55..if it's going to...
29:56Like, if what we've had in the experiment is going to be enough...
29:59Yeah. ..for us to, like...
30:01Well, it's understandable. It's like every couple.
30:04It's like every couple in this experiment.
30:06Mm.
30:07No-one really knows.
30:08We don't even know if it's going to work.
30:10All you can do is just try your best and...
30:12Yeah, I think it just comes down to, like, how much you really want it.
30:15Like, if you want it to work. Yeah.
30:19I think after the experiment, you know,
30:21I plan on coming to the GC often.
30:24Yeah.
30:26Will you come to Melbourne again?
30:29Yeah.
30:31Are you making sure to take the weather forecast?
30:33Yes. Oh, definitely.
30:35Yeah, and I guess we just have to keep doing that for a bit.
30:38Yeah.
30:41See how that...goes.
30:44I mean, I feel a bit scared about long distance, yeah.
30:47Do you think that it could change a lot out there?
30:50What do you mean, by change?
30:51Like, do you think that there could be heaps of differences
30:55or challenges that would come our way more so
30:58than what has happened in the experiment?
31:00You know, there's a big factor of trust that comes into that
31:03with someone who I've only known for ten weeks.
31:07And he's fricking gorgeous, too.
31:09I mean, that's no doubt.
31:12It's so easy for, like, the distance to grow
31:15in, like, a long-distance relationship
31:17if both people don't put in the effort.
31:19What do you mean? Distance to grow? Mm.
31:21What do you mean?
31:22Like, you might get home back on the GC.
31:25Like, what?
31:27Who's Ella?
31:30Dad will not be happy.
31:34Yeah?
31:36Yeah.
31:37It'll test my insecurities, it will test my jealousy.
31:40Um, he's been with a lot of crazy, hot, sexy women.
31:45Like, it'll be a really big challenge.
31:52Still to come...
31:53He's married. He's got to grow up and stop doing that.
31:56Olivia refuses to back down.
31:59He's not some 20-year-old frat boy.
32:03Testing Jackson's patience.
32:05You just need to know that that's a part of my life.
32:15Homestay week is wrapping up,
32:17and while Domenica and Jack enjoy a well-deserved lie-in...
32:21How'd you sleep?
32:23Oh, look.
32:25Between the snake...
32:26Between the snake...
32:28And the dog under the covers.
32:31Oh, tell you what.
32:33Tamara and Brent are toasting a successful week.
32:36Listen, I'm going to put my glass up to you,
32:38because that was not a bad effort.
32:41We're still alive, we haven't killed each other,
32:43we're still standing, like, that's massive.
32:45Talk.
32:46Thanks, mate.
32:50And in Melbourne...
32:51OK.
32:52All right, I'm not going to lie, it's not pain-free,
32:56but you'll be fine.
32:58Beautician Ella continues to fall back in love with her hometown.
33:02Relax.
33:03And her laser hair removal tool.
33:07Oh, that... It's the right one, hey?
33:10The right one really hurts.
33:12As Mitch learns that beauty is pain.
33:15I think you're being a bit of a wuss.
33:17No, no way.
33:19Yes, you are.
33:20Give it.
33:24Meanwhile, on the northern beaches of Sydney,
33:27there have been reported sightings of the mysterious yaoi in the area.
33:33Brady?
33:35Morning.
33:36What the f***?
33:38What is going on?
33:40What does it look like we're doing?
33:42We're not going paintballing, are we?
33:44We're not going paintballing.
33:46No, we're going birdwatching.
33:48Birdwatching.
33:49Oh, OK.
33:50Full get-up.
33:51Really?
33:52Do it officially, properly.
33:55I'm so cool!
33:57Birds are definitely my jam.
33:59Some people are into dogs, some people are into cats.
34:01I've always had birds running around the house.
34:03I love them.
34:04OK, and they just come and sit on you?
34:06Yeah, something like that, if you're good enough.
34:08Cool.
34:09I mean, no David Attenborough, but we're going to give it a good go.
34:12Awesome.
34:13After an awkward dinner with his mum and stepdad last night...
34:18Mmm.
34:24Mmm.
34:25Sorry, it's gone a bit soggy.
34:28Today, Cody is hoping to give Selena some light relief
34:32with a day at the wetlands.
34:34Why do we have to be disguised, though?
34:36Oh, it's just a bit of fun.
34:37You know how, like, some photographers,
34:39they set up a little treehouse up high
34:41and they just wait for the birds to walk up?
34:43Oh, yeah.
34:44Yeah.
34:45I can't!
34:47I have no idea where, um, Cody got these outfits from.
34:51I don't know if this is, like, a secret kink of his.
34:54Oh, my God, how cute!
34:57Bird life, swampsuit. Mmm.
35:01Oh, my God, what is this?
35:02It smells!
35:04LAUGHTER
35:05Eww!
35:06But what Selena doesn't know
35:08is that the outfits Cody has selected
35:11are all part of a prank he's playing on her.
35:15I look like the green Teletubby now.
35:17Right, let's go.
35:18Yep, you good?
35:19I'm ready to shoot some birds.
35:20Let's run with it.
35:21Amazing.
35:22I'm just gonna go grab some stuff upstairs quickly.
35:24OK.
35:25As Selena settles into her new outfit,
35:27Cody is heading back upstairs for a quick wardrobe change.
35:32I'm taking this off immediately.
35:34And, uh, yeah, Selena will go for the ride,
35:37rocking this by herself.
35:39Wetlands, yay!
35:41Oh, it's just a bit of fun. It's good banter.
35:43She should take it well.
35:58You good to go?
35:59Hey!
36:00What's the matter?
36:01Why am I wearing this and you're not?
36:03Because you look incredible in it.
36:05That's, like, the only time you've ever said that I look good.
36:07It's not.
36:08In a swamp out here.
36:09It's not.
36:10I'm not gonna stay in this if you're not staying in it.
36:12Yeah.
36:14You look fabulous.
36:16LAUGHTER
36:22We're not going until you put yours on.
36:25Hey.
36:26I'm not going unless you put yours on.
36:28What's wrong with it?
36:30I have fun with everything on this experiment.
36:34I honestly have.
36:35This isn't fun if it's just me.
36:37How come?
36:38You need good love.
36:39For who?
36:40Hey.
36:41For who? Me or you?
36:42It's just a bit of a stitch-up.
36:44I'm not going unless you put it on.
36:47Nah, we're good to go.
36:48Let's do it.
36:54It's beyond a joke now.
36:58Guess we're not going birdwatching.
37:01I am humiliated. I am upset. I am angry.
37:04Like, I am a good sport. I'm always positive.
37:08But, like, there is a poster of a watermelon
37:12inside my vagina on the wall.
37:15Like, there's a Batman.
37:17I'm sleeping on a Batman bed.
37:19And now I'm in a swamp outfit.
37:24I honestly thought maybe he is actually going to put the effort in and change
37:28and maybe something did click,
37:30which this bloke is just, like, not getting it.
37:33I'm f***ing tapping out. Like, I'm done.
37:39I'm not going unless you put yours on.
37:41What's wrong with it?
37:42I've gone birdwatching. You're going to look pro.
37:44I have fun with everything on this experiment.
37:47I honestly have.
37:48This isn't fun if it's just me.
37:50Nah, we're good to go.
37:51Let's do it.
38:01I'm f***ing tapping out. Like, I'm done.
38:04I'm f***ing tapping out.
38:06I'm f***ing tapping out. Like, I'm done.
38:08Having slept on Cody's Batman bed sheets
38:11and fossicked through the stale cheeseburgers in his fridge,
38:15this latest prank from Cody has left Selena feeling frustrated
38:19that he isn't taking the homestays seriously.
38:29You all right?
38:33Do you not want to go?
38:36I don't know.
38:37We could just go have a good time there
38:40and then have a chat later so I can, like, process everything.
38:45OK.
38:46Like, yeah, generalise as much as process, but we can.
38:49Absolutely.
38:51And I will.
38:52I promise I'll put the swamp outfit on when we get there.
38:55OK.
39:07Yeah, I'm going to put my suit on.
39:18I lost my shit.
39:21I stormed off.
39:23It does take a lot to push me to that point.
39:27But we keep, you know, making progress
39:30and then stepping, like, 10,000 steps back.
39:34I just need Cody to be more consistent
39:36and show me that he does care and make me feel safe and secure,
39:40that this relationship is solid
39:42and that I am special in Cody's world and mind and life
39:47and I'm not just some random girl
39:49that he's just on this wild, crazy adventure with.
39:53So what's going on? What's up?
39:56That's not just because of the silly outfit we're wearing.
39:59No, it's not.
40:04Yeah, I don't know.
40:06I just feel like...
40:08I guess...
40:11..in my world, I'd only ever bring home someone...
40:15Like, bring someone home that means a lot to me, that is special.
40:21Um, so I was kind of, like,
40:24wanting to feel that on this trip sort of thing.
40:27Right.
40:29I don't know, I guess, like, at the moment, I'm just feeling like,
40:32am I just, like, a friend that you're, like, introducing me to everyone?
40:35Am I just some random chick that you just brought home or, like...
40:41Not at all, I think.
40:43Like, maybe I did a terrible job of showing up, but...
40:47I know what you're saying.
40:49I know you're getting frustrated and tired with my responses
40:51and not learning more.
40:53But I do want to be better.
40:56Yeah. Yeah, the emotional thing,
40:58yeah, some crap at dealing with it.
41:00Like, I do always, I do care so much about you
41:02and I do continue to care more about you.
41:06Yeah, like, that's the whole point of the experiment.
41:09I do want to get better at what I'm doing
41:11or I want to get better overall in a relationship.
41:14And, yeah, I suppose it's more of a reminder.
41:16It's not something I'm good at, I know that.
41:19It was that realisation of, like,
41:21this is a once-in-a-lifetime experiment.
41:23I've got an opportunity, Selina is an incredible person.
41:26I need to express to Selina how I'm feeling
41:28and that's something I struggle with,
41:30but it's something I need to do
41:32in order to progress in our relationship.
41:34I'm starting to visualise a future with her
41:37and I've got to give it 100%.
41:41As Cody gets a much-needed wake-up call...
41:46..in Melbourne, Jackson is hoping to end his homestay on a high...
41:51It's all yours.
41:53..after a recent visit to his gym caused tension between the pair.
41:57I'm starting on it and then I'm good to go.
42:00So this afternoon,
42:02he's organised a relaxing catch-up with his mates at a local pub.
42:08I'm not going to lie, homestays have been quite tough.
42:12I've seen a complete different side to live
42:15that, you know, took me back a little bit.
42:19I'm definitely concerned how the relationship's
42:21going to be different on the outside world.
42:24Is there anyone of your friends who's going to be hard on me?
42:28Hopefully them all.
42:32You need a little bit of tough questions.
42:34I don't think you've had any tough questions yet.
42:39I question my whole existence now.
42:41Like, am I a nice person? Will they know that?
42:44Is it hidden? Maybe I'm not.
42:54It's the final night of homestay week
42:57and Jackson is still troubled by Olivia's unimpressed reaction
43:02to one of the most important parts of his life, the gym.
43:06So this last week with Liv,
43:08it's definitely been a lot harder than previous weeks, that's for sure.
43:11So you're not nervous at all then?
43:13I am a little bit now that I've said it out loud.
43:16Obviously, we had a little backwards step with the whole gym thing,
43:20which, you know, Liv doesn't really...
43:22I mean, it kind of annoys me still a little bit
43:24cos she said she was all cool with it
43:26and now that she's sort of seen it, she's not.
43:28A little bit upsetting, but I don't want to dwell on negatives.
43:33Ready to rock and or roll?
43:39He's hoping that a casual night out with his friends
43:43will help finish the week on a positive note.
43:46Hey! Hello! Hello!
43:48Hello!
43:50Lucky to meet you!
43:52Who invited Slim Shaggy?
43:56I'm looking forward just to catch up with my mates.
43:58I haven't seen them in ages.
44:00Just have a chat and have a few drinks
44:02and introduce them to my new wife.
44:05Jimmy, Darren, Tristan, Liv.
44:07You got me nailed. You nailed me straight up.
44:09Yeah, he showed me videos.
44:11I know!
44:13Hey, Tim.
44:16I'm Darren.
44:18Yes, hello.
44:20There we go. Nice to meet you guys.
44:22Come sit down.
44:26Oh, the old crew's back together.
44:28Cheers, guys.
44:32Oh, goodness.
44:34So, how's it been?
44:36It's been good.
44:38Yeah, how's married life?
44:40Tell me about it.
44:43Cheers.
44:45Who would have thought I would be next, hey?
44:47So, how is married life?
44:49How is that going?
44:51We've actually been going pretty well, so...
44:53We're having a good time.
44:55What's...
44:57I mean, you guys have been, obviously, together for a bit now.
45:00Is there one thing that's standing out
45:02that's been, like, annoying
45:04or, like, a quality that's been annoying?
45:07Um, well, we had a conversation this morning,
45:09so Jack took me to his gym.
45:11Sorry, I didn't mean to answer this too quickly,
45:13but it's fresh on my mind.
45:15So he took me to his gym. It's not really my thing.
45:17So I used to be really, really...
45:19Not really, really, but I used to be quite a chubby girl.
45:21I've had weight-loss surgery.
45:23I don't like gyms, especially, like, a big, like, muscle-head gym.
45:28I hate it so much.
45:30Like, I really, really, really hate it,
45:32so, like, oh, like, I want to fit in.
45:34But also, like, the thought of it terrifies me,
45:36and I feel like I'd be, like, really, like, have to...
45:39But I didn't... I also didn't ask you to...
45:41You didn't. You didn't have to do it.
45:43You don't have to come with me,
45:45but you just need to know that that's a part of my life and...
45:47Absolutely.
45:49It's just... It's just a lot of time to sacrifice together.
45:56A couple of red flags came up about his commitment to the gym.
46:00I'm not crucifying him.
46:03I'm not crucifying you for it. That's part of your thing.
46:05It's just, like, I feel like if that was to carry on
46:08into, like, our lives together, it's just a bit rough,
46:12cos I'm like, oh, I didn't really sign up for a husband two days a week.
46:17Gym to him is like somebody who's right into their music
46:21or somebody who's an artist, you know?
46:23So I think that that is going to be a roadblock moving forward,
46:27and it's hard to tell whether she's going to be the right person
46:31for Jack.
46:35You've just got to find the solution to that.
46:37Yeah.
46:38But obviously outside life, like, you know,
46:40you're going to be working and going to the gym and...
46:44Yeah, that's going to be a hard thing.
46:46It's going to be something that we're just going to have to take
46:48step by step and not let it, you know, overwhelm us.
46:50Yeah.
46:52But, like, I don't want to be sitting at home, like,
46:54twiddling my thumbs, waiting for him to come home,
46:56like, oh, is he going to have dinner?
46:59I'm not up for that.
47:00I signed on for a husband, a full-time husband,
47:04not two days a week.
47:06He's married.
47:07He's got to grow up and stop doing that sort of shit.
47:10Yeah, it's... I didn't...
47:12Yeah, he's not some 20-year-old frat boy.
47:17If he's willing to put that part of his life away
47:20to accommodate me and my feelings,
47:23um, that would be ideal.
47:27Someone who goes to the gym every day, you would think,
47:29you know, you would be able to see it more as well.
47:31You would. You absolutely would.
47:33Is it worth it? Is it...
47:35Is it doing anything for you that's helpful?
47:37Yeah. You're a real son of a bitch.
47:39Yes, because I feel good.
47:43We've been in the experiment now for a few months, you know.
47:47We've been living together for that two months.
47:49But obviously going into the real world,
47:52it scares me a little bit because, you know,
47:54I'm not going to stop going to the gym.
47:56You know, if Liv can't accept that...
47:59..there's definitely going to be a bit of a problem there.
48:01Yeah.
48:15It's the final day of homestay week.
48:20And for Selena and Cody, it's been one step forward, two steps back.
48:26After an illuminating dinner with Cody's mum and stepdad,
48:30Selena began to realise the extent of Cody's unresolved grief.
48:35But Cody's misfired prank yesterday put them on the back foot once again.
48:41Today, they're off to meet his favourite Uncle John...
48:46..for one last perspective on the notoriously hard-to-read Cody.
48:56Yeah, John's a good chat.
48:58He's seen it all, John, in his days, so...
49:01..I can have conversations with him that I don't with Mum.
49:04How's it going? Good, how are you? Good, good.
49:07I'm just hoping that Selena, talking to John,
49:09can give her perspective for a bit more insight.
49:12This is Selena, Uncle John, as you know.
49:14Hi, I've heard a lot about you.
49:16Probably have a few shots at me saying, like,
49:18oh, what are you doing dating someone like Cody?
49:20You could do way better, but, you know, it's all good, yeah.
49:23So, whereabouts are you from?
49:25I'm from Adelaide. Oh, yeah?
49:27Yeah, yep.
49:29But Cody's been showing me the northern beaches and it's amazing.
49:34It is.
49:35Yeah.
49:38Are you going to Adelaide?
49:40It's where Linda came from.
49:42That's where I used to go down there and visit quite a bit.
49:44Yeah.
49:45Yeah, nice place to visit.
49:47Oh, my God!
49:50Has he had the beard all the time, or...?
49:53Uh, yeah, he's...
49:54Has he shopped and changed?
49:55Cody had the morrow when we first met.
49:57Mm, yeah.
49:58And then, yeah, I think he wore a bit more clean-shaven before.
50:01Yeah, the filthy caterpillar.
50:03At the wedding.
50:06Is there, like, any advice you can give for us newlyweds?
50:12Uncle John.
50:14Don't make a sound of that.
50:16I'll be the last person to give advice on romance,
50:18I tell you.
50:20OK, let's rephrase that.
50:21What kind of advice can you give myself?
50:25You know, cos I'm still getting to know Cody
50:27and he's quite a unique man.
50:30You're quite the diplomat.
50:32This guy doesn't give away much at all.
50:34He's very...
50:35Insular.
50:37Yeah, yeah.
50:39That's our family trait.
50:42Do you think it's passed on to Cody?
50:43Do you think that's why Cody's so hard to read?
50:47Cos he's not very, like, affectionate.
50:51Or, like, open.
50:54Yeah, our family wasn't, you know, huggers, if you like.
50:58Yeah.
50:59It was sort of the same on Dad's side as well.
51:01Oh, God, yeah.
51:03Like, my grandfather on that side was lieutenant-colonel in the army.
51:06He was very strict.
51:08And Dad went to boarding school.
51:10And it was always, don't cry.
51:13Yeah.
51:14For many men, admitting vulnerability is difficult.
51:18There's a fear that openly expressing emotions
51:21means admitting weakness.
51:24After losing his father at age 15,
51:27Cody learned to cope by closing off his emotions.
51:31That kind of strategy may have helped him survive some hard times,
51:35but when it comes to his relationship with Selena,
51:38it's holding him back.
51:40Just...
51:42Yeah.
51:45The only major regret I have in life is,
51:48I lived with a girl for a long time,
51:50I had two kids that I brought up, two girls,
51:52three and six till 18 and 21.
51:54Yeah.
51:55They wanted hugs and it wasn't part of my thing to hug.
52:00Yeah.
52:01You know.
52:03I've been told it's not part of my thing, so...
52:06No.
52:08Ah, anyway.
52:09Yeah.
52:11Wow, so that's your biggest regret?
52:13Yeah.
52:14That's huge to admit that and acknowledge that.
52:18Oh, yeah.
52:24I learned too late in life.
52:27I wish I'd been more open, more hugging in all my relationships
52:31and felt more part of the whole thing.
52:35Cody should do the opposite to me.
52:37He should hug, kiss, grab hold of and hug tighter.
52:41I didn't.
52:42I should have done it.
52:48Do you think Cody's into me?
52:51I'd say so.
52:55What makes you say that?
52:58The way he keeps looking at you.
53:00Oh.
53:02He's smiling a lot.
53:08Do you think, like, after time, Cody might be more comfortable
53:12to be a bit more, like...
53:14Emotionally available.
53:16Or do you think he's always just going to be like,
53:18don't touch my hand, like, don't hold my hand?
53:20Oh, it's very hard to break.
53:22Well, John, he's got everything except he's a bit lonely himself.
53:26So it does put him to perspective.
53:29Gives insight or, like, wisdom as to how I'm sort of acting
53:32in a relationship and how Selena might be taking it.
53:35I want to get better overall in a relationship
53:38and I don't want to look back at my relationship with Selena
53:41and think, yeah, I wish I'd done that differently.
53:45You've got to get into it, Cody.
53:49And there's got to be more affection.
53:53The moment's there.
53:55If it lasts for a year, it will last forever.
53:58You don't know unless you make the effort.
54:00I would describe Cody as a 30-year-old
54:03with an 18-year-old mind.
54:05This girl might change him for the good.
54:08Love's never easy, I promise you.
54:13So you just go for it.
54:16He struck gold.
54:18Should grab her with both hands and yell, Eureka!
54:21Wise man.
54:23LAUGHTER
54:26So the photo was of a particular bride
54:31laying in her birthday suit...
54:35..on her tummy...
54:39..barmer...
54:41..with...
54:46So, yeah, just...
54:48It was a photo of a bride in her birthday suit
54:50laying on the bed with her bar.
54:52This really smells...
54:55..like she's got a vendetta tonight.
54:58This dinner party is all about...
55:01..payback.
55:03Does Jack know that you had an OnlyFans account?
55:06Can an act of revenge...
55:08Someone smashes a wine glass in your face.
55:10You Googled it.
55:12Oh, my God.
55:13..destroy love...
55:15Everyone has seen a photo of you naked.
55:17I'm sorry, but you put it out there.
55:19People are going to talk about it.
55:21So everyone here's seen the photo.
55:23The group has turned their back on it.
55:25You have never seen...
55:27Olivia says it wasn't malicious. I'm sure it was.
55:29..a scandal...
55:30I'll literally get naked so you cannot film me.
55:32..like this.
55:34I think the kitchen's too hot for Dom.
55:36..a jaw-dropping dinner party tomorrow, 7.30.