04x01 - Welcome to the Pods!

[bunniefuu]

[rock music playing]

[man] So, what brought you
to this experiment?

What brought me
to dating blindly in pods? [laughs]

[woman] I'm really looking for somebody
who will accept all of me.

[woman 2] True, pure love.

[pop music playing]
♪ When I was young, I… ♪[/i]

[woman 3] I feel like
I've never felt so in love.

[man 2] I came here looking for a wife,

and there are two women
that I could have seen myself with.

-And…
-[exhales]

…I chose the one that I felt in my gut.

[man 3] This arguably is
the biggest decision I'm ever gonna make.

[woman 4] Is love blind?

[man 2] I proposed to someone
I was gonna spend my life with,

and now I'm gonna propose
to another woman.

I made the wrong choice.

-You know I did, and I do too.
-[woman 5 screams]

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Anything is possible ♪[/i]

♪ If we come together ♪

♪ We can lie divided ♪

♪ Even through impossible ♪

♪ Anything is possible… ♪

-I'm feeling good. You feeling good?
-[laughing]

-Yeah.
-[laughing]

[woman] No, we could meet our husbands.
This is crazy!

-So crazy. Right.
-[laughing]

-Fellas!
-Hi!

[cheering]

[Vanessa] Wow!

What's up?

Hi!

Hi! [laughs]

Wow!

-Whoo!
-[cheering]

[Nick] Love it!

I'm Vanessa Lachey.

And I'm Nick Lachey.

And welcome to Love is Blind.[/i]

-[cheering]
-[laughing]

-Whoo!
-[laughing]

I'm curious. Why did you guys come here?

I find myself easily distracted
with work, my phone,

and this is just the perfect opportunity
to set that aside.

-Boom! Go, baby. Yeah.
-[Vanessa] Laser-focused.

Your body, your looks, even your career.
Literally, everything in life is fleeting,

except the relationship
you have with your life partner.

This whole idea of swiping left or right
over four pictures.

You might call me old-fashioned
or whatnot, but that's not me.

I've been in long-term relationships,

but I've never truly felt, like,
in my soul,

like, yes, this is the person for me.

I wanna have that feeling
walking out of here.

-He's here. I just have to find him.
-[laughing]

You finally have the chance
to fall in love with somebody

based solely on who you are on the inside.

[Nick] And ultimately
when you fall in love

and find somebody you wanna spend
the rest of your life with,

you'll get engaged.

Then you will see your fiancé
for the very first time!

And in just four weeks,
you will be at your wedding,

and you'll have to make
the most important decision of your life.

-Will you get married?
-[gasps]

Will you spend the rest of your life
as husband and wife?

Or in that moment, will you
walk away from each other forever?

Is love truly blind?

We certainly hope
that you guys prove it is.

-The pods are officially…
-[both] …open.

-[cheering]
-[Nick] Good luck, guys. Good luck.

[woman] Thank you! Bye!

[pop music playing] ♪ Don't be scared… ♪[/i]

-Put the fruit snacks down, man.
-[man laughs] Yeah. Fruit.

-Oh, my gosh, ladies.
-[Chelsea] Bye!

Dating on dating apps,
it is so easy to find a boyfriend.

♪ Walk through doors with confidence ♪

♪ High heels, click-click
Always make your move ♪

They're like, "Oh,
let me have sex with you."

I'm so sick of that.

My parents are like,
"Why don't you meet a guy at a bar?"

Who does that anymore?

-[man] Your name?
-Chelsea.

-I'm Kwame.
-Cool name.

-Thank you. It means "born on Saturday."
-I love it. I love it.

-Saturday is the best day of the week.
-Agreed.

So, hey, Chelsea,
tell me what makes you happy.

Bringing joy and fulfillment
to other people.

-Okay, I love that.
-Um, growing, learning.

-I can dig that.
-Uh, shoes make me happy.

[laughs]

-Want to guess how many shoes I brought?
-I'm gonna say 13.

-[laughs] No.
-How many?

-Twenty-one.
-Twenty-one! I like it. You're stylish.

[Chelsea] What do you do?

-I used to play soccer for a living.
-Oh, wow.

-[Kwame] Yeah.
-Soccer player on our hands?

[laughs]

Unfortunately, a career-ending injury
brought me back to the States.

-[Chelsea] Oh, I'm sorry.
-Yeah.

I'm sure people
don't give you enough, like, credit

for, like, how hard transitioning is.

Chelsea, when I say
I don't know if I'll get over it,

I don't know if I'll ever get over it.

And I just started a new job
as the head of business development

for a software company. I love my job now.

It's providing me a life
that I'm very happy about.

It's providing me opportunities
getting to work with incredible people.

I appreciate you asking that question
and for hearing me out and, uh…

-I don't get to talk about it often.
-I wanna hug you.

[laughing]

Most important things to me
in a partner are empathy and compassion.

I went through a lot of my life
not knowing, like, where I stood.

I think I'm a really good person.

And I couldn't pick up my girlfriend
to go to prom because I'm Black.

So, I always feel this need to impress.

I have to immediately bring up,

"Hey, like, I'm really successful,
and I have my Master's Degree."

Like, we are so blessed in this situation,

where we don't put all of our cards out,

due to what someone looks like.

And that feels really good.

-[Micah] Hello?
-Hello, hello.

-[Micah] Hi.
-Hey, how you doing?

-I'm good. How are you?
-I'm doing fantastic now that I'm in here.

-[Micah] My gosh. Look at you.
-[chuckles]

You got all the sweet nothings.

-I'm here to bring the energy.
-[Micah laughs]

And you're here
to bring a little bit of smile to my face.

Oh, my God.

-What's your name?
-My name is Micah. What's yours?

Wow, Micah, I love that. My name is Kwame.

-[Micah] Kwame?
-Yes.

[Micah] I love it.

[Kwame] I actually was going
to use the name Alex instead.

[Micah] Really?

[Kwame] Yeah, I feel like Kwame just,
like, puts me in this very specific area.

[Micah] I'm really happy
that you used your name.

I feel like it just
kind of speaks to, like, core values.

That's definitely so important, like,

'cause for me, I think I feed
really hard off, like, people's energy.

I would kind of maybe
consider myself, like, an empath.

So it's, like, important to surround
myself with really genuine people.

Yo, I'm telling you!

When you have, like, a good mindset
and you're just, like, optimistic…

-Things happen.
-It's when you manifest. You attract it.

Yes, it's crazy.
Manifestation is a real thing to me.

It's such a real thing.
I'm so passionate about that.

Like, law of attraction is, like, huge.

-It's huge!
-[Micah] It's huge. I believe it.

Like, this is, like, in my future.
It's gonna happen.

Micah is… amazing.

I can feel her energy
from behind the wall.

Micah is my number one.

[chuckles] Yes.

I won't lie. I definitely have, like,
a crush on-- of the wall right now.

[laughs]

[Micah] I love talking to Kwame.

And we really have, like,
a similar outlook on life.

I'm excited to kind of see,
you know, how our paths align.

♪ I get anything I want
With just a wink and a smile ♪

♪ A wink and a smile… ♪

I think what makes me nervous is
having to really rely on what's internal.

Yeah, if no one likes my insides,
I'm gonna be pissed.

[laughing]

Like, what the hell!
Damn it, it all makes sense.

[laughs]

[Paul] Your name?

-[Micah] Micah.
-Paul. Nice to meet you.

-[Micah] That's my dad's name.
-Ooh, my dad's name too! [laughs]

So, you're, like, Paul Jr.?

Uh, no, 'cause my grandfather
is also Paul. [laughs]

What does that make you, Paul III?

-I guess so, technically, yeah.
-[both laugh]

-[Paul] So I'm an environmental scientist.
-That's so cool.

What's your favorite place
that you've been?

Probably Italy.

My favorite place in the world
is Positano.

[Paul] Listen, when we get married…

[laughs]

[Paul] That's reason for us to go back.
How's that?

That sounds like a perfect idea.

[Paul] You have such a sultry voice.

It's, like,
actually hard to pay attention.

Your voice just kind of, like,

I don't know, tickles my brain.

-It's weird.
-[both laugh]

As a scientist
and a more analytical person,

I expected to see flaws
and holes in the experiment,

and it's surprisingly sound.

It's as if placing a boundary

in between people
has actually removed a boundary.

[pop music playing]
♪ Hey, hello, don't say… ♪[/i]

-Hello.
-[Amber] Hi!

-Hey, my name is Paul. What's yours?
-Hi, Paul. I'm Amber.

Amber. I like that.
It's like the stone. I love rocks.

-[Amber] It is. That's where I got it.
-Ooh!

My dad is into the gemstones.

Oh, nice. Me too. All right.
Well, what's your name? How old are you?

Well, my name's Amber.

-Oh, yeah, I already asked that. [laughs]
-That's okay. [laughs]

Where are you from?

[Paul] I am from New Orleans, Louisiana.

-You're from NOLA?
-[Paul laughs] Yeah.

Stop! God, I could eat beignets all day.

Those are gonna be at our wedding.
Be ready.

[laughs]

-So what do you do?
-I'm a flight attendant.

I love that. That's super cool.

-[Amber] Do you like to travel?
-[Paul] I love traveling.

I used to live down in Sydney, Australia.

So I went through Southeast Asia,
like, down in New Zealand.

And, um, I used to live down
in the Bahamas for a while.

-I'm an environmental scientist, so…
-Okay.

[Paul] I was doing
biological oceanography.

-I was studying sharks down there.
-Okay.

Okay, you are quite the adventurer.

My family thinks I'm crazy,
but I'm absolutely in love with Italy.

-I love it so much.
-Oh, my God!

-Okay, that's the next place I'm going.
-Really? Can I come?

Sure. [laughs]

[Paul] Amber is a flight attendant.

It's pretty obvious,
I think to me, the connection there.

-Come on, honey. Let's go. [laughs]
-[Paul] Nice.

[laughing] Oh, God. Oh, why am I single?

I ask myself this every day. [laughs]

Modern dating is exhausting.

Just 'cause you're picking people
based on what they look like,

and that's such a small fraction
of, like, what makes a person.

You know, my looks should be
the least interesting thing about me.

Have you thought about
what you would do for your dream wedding?

-Ever thought about a wedding and stuff?
-Oh, God, no.

Have you thought about those things?

-Yeah. I've been married before, so--
-[gasps] You have?

[Amber chuckles] Yeah,
so I've been married twice.

-Wait. Really?
-Yeah.

People are pretty shocked.

They're like,
"Oh, you've been married twice?"

Like, yeah. [whimpers]

I was just so not appreciated,

and I don't ever wanna get
to that point again.

You know, I don't wanna
have to burn myself out loving somebody,

just getting scraps in return.
I don't want a repeat of that.

So, I put time and effort
into thinking about what I want

for the future,
and I'm just so ready. [chuckles]

-[women shouting]
-[woman] Bye!

[man] Let's go. Let's go!

Hello. Hello.

-Hey.
-This is JP.

-Yeah, I'm JB. Jackie B. Jackelina.
-[JP] Okay.

I'm definitely like a kid
in a candy store.

-There's so many options.
-[laughing]

And there's so many choices.

-Tell me one interesting fact about you.
-I love to cook.

[gasps]

-I like to bake. Love that.
-You get five stars from me.

Mwah! You just don't know what flavor
you're gonna get until you get in there.

-And you're just like, "Ooh, I like this."
-[laughing]

Or, "Ooh, that flavor's
a little too strong."

Or, "That flavor's too bland for me.
Like, eww."

I'll get bloody noses out of nowhere.

I've gotten one
when I was making out with a girl once,

and I got blood on her face.

Oh, what the hell! No.

I like wearing leopard print.

-You like wearing what?
-Leopard print.

You still there?

-[dance music playing]
-♪ I do my best… ♪[/i]

I'm a stripper.

My God. Eww, I hate that.

I go by, uh, the Zack att*ck.

Oh. [chuckles]

[Bliss] So, I grew up in Alaska.

-Have you ever m*rder*d anybody?
-[Bliss] Have I m*rder*d anyone?

Um, I have not m*rder*d anyone.

-[Billy] Okay.
-Yet.

Automatically, like, a "No, thank you."

-So, what do you do?
-Uh, I'm a stripper.

[laughs] Oh, stop it.

[laughs] I, uh, yeah,
I'm a criminal defense lawyer.

Oh, wow.

[Bliss] I grew up in Alaska.

-So I'm a fisherwoman.
-Wow!

Are you Japanese?

-Korean?
-[Wendi] No.

Chinese?

Are you short? Let me guess. 5'1"? 4'11"?

[laughs] What?

I have, like, 14 other guys here.
My match has to be here.

Hello?

Hello.

-I'm Tiffany.
-My name is Brett.

Heading into this experiment,
I was nervous,

because I had doubts about being my age

and not finding a person yet.

In this experiment, I don't have to,
like, sift through the BS.

Are they looking for a relationship?
Are they looking to get married?

These guys are actually looking for
what I'm looking for,

and that is a good feeling.

I've dated a lot of different guys.

My longest relationship
was only two and a half years.

That was about ten years ago.

You know, honestly,

my longest relationship was two years,
and that was about ten years ago.

-Okay, okay. [laughs]
-[Brett] Yeah.

Yeah. There are some girls that
just know that they want to be married.

And for me, I've always told myself,
like, "I want to find my soulmate."

Honestly, coming into this experience,
I want a partner. I want an equal.

Like, I do wanna have a family one day.

I'm here for a reason.
I'm here for a purpose.

This experiment has created an environment

where if you kind of remove
the guessing game

of, "Oh, what are you looking for?"

"Are you looking for something serious?
You looking for something casual?"

I'm looking for a partner,
and Tiffany's at the top of my list.

[laughing]

["Live My Life" by hellohello playing]

Boys, that was a great way to end one.

Let's go!

-[cheering]
-Whoo! Cheers!

-Don't say the names--
-I won't. I'm not sharing names.

No, not yet,
because I don't wanna have any biases yet.

-[Paul] Amber's cool.
-Yeah, Amber's cool. Micah.

-[Chris] Micah's my number one.
-[Kwame] Micah's number one.

-Let's just put it into a hat.
-[laughing]

[Paul] God damn.

Micah's my number one.
Yeah, yeah, I'm gunning for that, brother.

I feel like I've made
a whole bunch of stars,

but I felt like it was
all because of people's, like, energy.

How did you find out so much information?

I don't know.
I was, like, digging with a shovel.

That's a lot of dating.
That's the most I ever did.

[Molly] It was so fun. I loved it.

I like JP.

JP and I, we're from the same town,
and… [sighs]

I'm really feeling Marshall.

I think Marshall is so smooth,
and my other connection is with Josh.

We just saw eye-to-eye.

So, those are my boyfriends. All of them.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Everything is going my… ♪[/i]

Zack said, "There's a big python
in the aisleway. What are you doing?"

I'm like, "I'm leaving you in there,
and I'm going to the cockpit."

Wait, he told me that too!

[Micah] You know what?
He's trying to test us.

I liked him too.
I was like, "I'm into this. Keep going."

I'm surprised.

Can't even picture what's about to happen
in a few more days.

In a few more days,
there's about to be some broken hearts.

-[woman] Cheers to love. Ready? Cheers!
-[shouting]

[upbeat music playing]

-Here. Whoo!
-All right, hash browns up.

-[man] Buff-ass dudes in the kitchen.
-[laughing]

[man 2] Hook me up!

-Tastes like restaurant.
-[Marshall chuckles] Appreciate that.

-[woman] Hi, honey.
-[woman 2] Good morning.

Is it weird that I only like the tops
of bagels? I only eat the top.

Confidence is so attractive.

The guy I connected with, I'm like,
"I don't give a f*ck how you look."

-I don't care to look. "Ah, is he cute?"
-[Jackelina] Aww.

I'm like, "Your energy that I'm feeling--"

-Good for you!
-[Irina] Is like something.

[Jackelina] Cheers to that.

I think I'm a bombshell,

but when I was younger,
I had really, really bad acne.

Like, really, really bad acne.

And I was so, so insecure about it.
And I would always be like, "Oh, my gosh."

"Guys are not gonna wanna date me
because I have bad acne."

It's always something I thought about it
and the acne scars that I still have.

But I realized that I wouldn't
wanna be with someone

because they thought less of me
in that way.

And I feel really confident
that my long hair doesn't make me me.[/i]

My eyes don't make me me.[/i]
Like, my skin doesn't make me me[/i].

♪ But are you ready?
For my heart keeps racing… ♪

My looks will change.
My style will change. My hair will change.

But who I am on the inside
matters the most.

♪ My heart keeps racing… ♪

-Who is it? Who do we got?
-Irina.

-I knew it was you!
-[laughing]

-Who is this?
-Zack.

[Irina] Everyone just had
such strong opinions about you.

With you and your crazy stories.

Irina, let me tell you something,
'cause I really like you.

Oh. Already.

So, yesterday, like,
you know, I was joking

with all these girls, you know,
about things like being a stripper.

And, uh, as I was doing it,
like, I was realizing, like,

"Okay, uh,
I have nine days to pick a wife,

and that means
if I wanna take this seriously,

that I'm actually
gonna have to be vulnerable.

I'm gonna have to confront demons that--"

[Irina] Yeah.

-[Zack] I have not--
-What are you so scared of?

So, my mother, uh, was a single mom.

I moved from place to place
throughout most of my childhood,

um, and my mother was a stripper.

Uh, and she did that
to make sure that I had food.

Like, I can remember being a kid,

going through the drive-through,
and my mom not having enough money

to buy me a meal, and…
her breaking down into tears and…

Well, she was an amazing woman,

and, uh, she, uh…

She d*ed.

After my mom d*ed, I'd been on autopilot.

I just, like, did what I needed to do
to pass the bar, get through law school,

made a lot of money for my firm,
and I was slowly dying inside.

And if I wanted to even
do honor to my mother's memory

and what she wanted for me,

I couldn't keep just playing it safe.

I don't want it to be about making money.
I really don't care about that.

Like, none of that sh*t matters.

I want my life to be
about serving other people,

and that's why I came here, honestly.
I wanted a wife, kids, and a family,

and I wanna be with someone
who shares that view.

I moved here, um, from Russia when I was--

-Really?
-[Irina] Yeah.

I was, like, three or four.
Like, even though we had no money,

my parents did everything in their power
to, like, give us all the memories.

There were Christmases
where there was nothing under the tree,

and it was such a normal thing,

but my parents wanted
a better life for us than they had.

My dad always told me, like, "I want you
to be able to have your own opportunities

you wouldn't be able to have in Russia,"

and so I don't wanna
take anything for granted.

You have

a very powerful presence.

It's flattering. I feel like you can feel,
like, connection and energy.

I like that.

I've had people in the past
that I was in love with,

and their family, um…

[clicks tongue]

Their family, um, judged me…

because of how I was, um, raised.

And so I wanna marry someone
who's marrying me because

they love who I am as a person.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Take my hand ♪[/i]

♪ You and I ♪

♪ We could drive, drive all… ♪

I really, really, really,
really, really like Zack.

And I've been thinking a lot about this.

Like, I've never met
a guy like him in my life,

and something about him
intrigues me so, so, so much.

[laughs]

♪ So come a little closer now ♪

♪ And tell me, can you hear my heart? ♪

I think the hard part will come
with multiple girls dating the same guy.

[laughing] I'll come for your neck.
Just kidding.

I can't say that.
It sounds so bad. [gasps]

-Cheers. Okay.
-Getting loose in the pods. Yay, yay, yay!

[Irina] Are you here
to sabotage my love life?

-Me?
-[Irina] I'm just kidding.

What? Why?

You could never!

I will never do anything on purpose
to hurt you.

-I promise you that. Okay.
-You're so sweet.

Like, it's never
gonna be anything on purpose.

-Oh, God, I would never think that.
-No. No.

-[man shouts]
-[man 2] Let's go!

[Zack] Howdy.

Do you get nervous, coming in here,
like, who's it gonna be? [chuckles]

-[Zack] I do.
-I think it's Zack.

-I think you got it right.
-[Bliss] Do you know who I am?

-[Zack] Bliss.
-Yeah.

-[Zack] So far.
-Mm-hmm.

Just being 100% transparent,
you are a ten on the intellect.

-Thank you. I have a good brain.
-I like it.

I honestly think that tops

all the compliments,
I've, like, received. Ever.

My mom is a teacher.
I come from, like, a big line of teachers.

My sister's a teacher,
my grandma, my aunt.

And you became a biologist.

Well, I studied biology in school,
but I'm in cybersecurity now.

-Oh, I didn't know that about you.
-[Bliss] You didn't?

-No, I--
-[Bliss] Did I not tell you?

You told me you were a fisherwoman.

A fisherwoman, yes.
And I studied biology in school,

and I totally switched my career.

So let's have some fun.

You never told me what your favorite song
or singer or, like, band was.

[Zack] Mmm…

-My favorite song is--
-Yeah?

"I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack.

-Really?
-Yeah, have you heard it?

Absolutely. That's, like,
my mom's song for, like, me.

That's gonna be
my first dance song to whoever I marry.

Oh.

-Um…
-[Bliss] I'm sorry.

I'm, like, already a little bit crying.
That's crazy.

Go ahead, I'm listening. I'm sorry.

When I was 16,
my mother, she dedicated that song to me.

She made me sit down and listen to it.

And so, I actually memorized it.
I can sing it from memory.

I can sing it too.

You can sing "I Hope You Dance"
from memory?

That's my mom's song for me.
Like, how could I not?

Bliss, how weird is that?

My mom, I want her to,
like, have a dance with me, like,

at my wedding because she,
like… [shudders]

…is my rock, you know, and, like,

I wanna honor her
as much as I honor my dad.

Sorry, I'm crying. [chuckles]

What the f*ck is happening?

I don't know.

I… [laughing]

[Bliss] My heart is racing.

Wow. A magnet for serendipity.

That's a good affirmation.

-Have sweet dreams.
-You too.

[whispers] What the f*ck?

I need a hug. Can someone hug me?

-[gasps] Mama!
-Why? Are you happy?

Like, yeah, it's like my heart is racing.

Dude, you're not gonna believe this sh*t.

Or maybe this is your person.

-Yeah, I'm excited.
-[Bliss] In a crazy, mind-blowing way.

[lights clicking]

-[grunts]
-I love that we're different characters.

[laughs] It's like-- it's like--

-It's definitely Billy. [laughs]
-[man] Yeah.

[both] One, two. One, two, three.

[Monica] Do we have Chef Jackie?

[laughing]

How do you feel about,
like, PDA and stuff?

I literally will have sex
with my wife in public. [laughs]

[chuckles]

-I'm down if you're down.
-[laughs]

The experiment starts
by dating a ton of different people

People that you never would have
normally spoken to.

When you're in the pods,
you can play games together.

[Josh] I made it.

Oh! Yes! [laughs]

You can draw together.
You can listen to music.

-I freakin' love this song.
-[dance music playing]

♪ Love is the answer! ♪

[Micah] We're here 24 hours a day
spending all of our time

focusing on finding love.

-♪ Love is the answer! ♪
-Ooh, I don't like this.[/i]

Do it. You love me.

-Just do it.
-Oh! It's getting gooey over here.

This is true love.

I think people are starting to develop
really deep connections with people,

and I have two connections
that I'm really excited about.

Kwame and Paul.

-I really wanna, like, lift you up.
-[Micah laughs]

-Spin me around?
-[Paul] No, just--

Damn. [laughs]

[chuckles] Suplex you. Um…

-Right into the pavement.
-[Paul] Yeah.

Drop an elbow. No, I wanna pick you up,

and have you put your legs around me
and, uh, just kind of,

you know, make out.

Wow, that sounds so nice.

[Paul] It does sound nice.

[laughing] Paul literally popped out
of nowhere.

I remember, you know,
when we first started talking…

[laughing] …I would always be like,
"Oh, great, it's you over there, Paul."

Like, kind of giving him a hard time,

but now he's the person that I, like,
look forward to being on the other side.

I just don't know
how it happened. [laughs]

What do you think our life
would look like, like, if we got married?

Do I need to say that in one word,
or can I give you sentences?

A couple sentences.

[Kwame] Gonna start with one word
and I'll lead to that.

-[Micah] Okay.
-Fireworks.

[chuckles]

I think there's just gonna be
an overwhelming amount of joy.

-Joy, love, and support. Security.
-Mm-hmm.

-That's security.
-[Kwame] Um, yeah.

You give me that over anyone
I've ever met.

-[Kwame] Yeah?
-Yeah.

Love that.

-[laughing]
-Like, I know you so, so well.

I don't even-- I don't even have an idea
of, like, what you're like to, like, hug.

[laughs] I know.

But when I'm with Kwame,
he validates my feelings.

He calms me.

Like, I hear his deep voice. [chuckles]

And it, like,
brings me back, like, down to earth.

He is so, like, high-caliber

and such a great person,
and I feel like I've never given,

like, the nice guy,
like, a chance, you know.

And I feel like I'm finally
in the position where, you know,

the nice guy's right in front of me,
and I'm actually going for it.

They're just really different.

And I literally have no idea
what I'm doing. [laughing]

-["This Is Where It Started" playing]
-♪ This is where my heart is ♪[/i]

[vocalizing]

♪ 'Cause this is where it started ♪

♪ This is where I'm gonna be ♪

♪ This is home to me ♪

[Brett] Hi, hello.

[Tiffany] Hello.
I really hope this is Brett.

-This is Brett.
-Yes! Yes.

-[Brett] And I know this is Tiffany.
-Yes!

[Brett] How are you?

[Tiffany] Excited to see you again.

I actually got heels on today,
because I'm feeling sexy, so…

-[Brett] Ooh! What else are you wearing?
-Yeah.

-[Brett] I'm curious.
-I am wearing a teal, emerald green dress.

I'm wearing a shirt right now
that I would consider the same color.

Yeah, it's like a teal green-blue.

No f*cking way.

-Yeah.
-[Tiffany laughing]

Like, did we wake up
and put on the same colors?

Like, "Oh, my gosh."

-"This experiment is working." [laughs]
-[Tiffany] Yes, right?

[Brett] So, one thing coming in here
that I was thinking about is

I kind of wanna, like, hear your story.

Yeah. So, where I work,
out of more than 1,000 people,

I was the top recruiting and salesperson
for three months straight.

When it comes to doing something that

people think a woman can't do,
I'm the type of person that's like,

"I'm gonna show you."

When it came to band, um, I was told that,

"Hey, you know, your lips are perfect
to play flute." [exhales]

And I saw a flute as,
like, this girly instrument.

-And I really wanted to play drums.
-Mm-hmm.

So, who was gonna be put on the drum line?

I was. [laughs]

And so, my senior year, we were the best
freaking band in the nation. [laughs]

[Brett] The satisfaction that you get
from people doubting you…

-[Tiffany] Yeah.
-Like, I love that.

Because I think
I have a similar mentality,

and maybe my fifth- or sixth-grade year,

I just started to notice,
like, my family situation

just to start to,
like, gradually decrease. Like…

One week, our power was cut off.

Our-- Our water was cut off.

We lived for, like,
a week or two with candles.

Friends wanting to come over,

and me and my brother are like,
"No, no, no. Like, you can't come inside."

We didn't want them
to come and see… [chuckles]

…we literally don't have electricity.

It kind of turned me into, like,
a really quiet super-introverted kid.

I didn't really have
any friends in high school.

Um, didn't really do anything
other than draw.

I started designing shoes for fun.

I made an Instagram page.

-And started posting my work up.
-[Tiffany] Uh-huh.

[Brett] I got a DM.
That DM led into a job opportunity,

and then I was there for a year
before a recruiter from Nike hit me up.

Then in three years… [chuckles]

…I've gone from no footwear industry

to a director, come on, at the biggest
footwear company in the world.

And I don't have a college degree.

-So…
-[Tiffany] Congrats.

Boy, I've never met anybody like you.

[sighs]

You're an amazing person.

I don't think I would have dated
somebody like Brett in the outside

or real world.

I probably would have judged Brett
for not having a college degree,

not going through
this traditional career path.

I would have had
this preconceived notion of who Brett was,

but when you start to hear his story,

he's-- he's not like all these other guys.

He's different.

At 36 years old,
I thought I knew what I wanted,

and that changed quickly
in this experiment.

I want to be my most authentic self
around someone,

and they not judge me,
or me feeling like I have to change.

I feel like I can be myself with him.

-["Be the Future" by Billion$ playing]
-♪ So be the future with me… ♪[/i]

[Brett] I have a really good feeling
about the two of us.

-[Tiffany] I do too.
-Yeah.

[laughing] Oh, Brett.

♪ You and me… ♪

Oh!

♪ You and me… ♪

Gosh.

♪ You and me will be the future ♪

-Did you have your dates yet?
-Yeah, I had two.

-Oh!
-One I couldn't wait to get out of.

-I feel bad saying that, but I don't know.
-Second date good?

[laughing] Second date was really good.

-Was it that person you like?
-Paul? Yeah.

I just smile so much when I'm in there,
so I'm like, "Oh, I'm definitely, like,

getting some kind of feeling."

Look at you gushing.
Like, you have butterflies.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ Too late to start right now[/i] ♪

♪ I'm not gonna be… ♪[/i]

-Hello, who's this?
-[Paul] This is Paul.

[Micah] Hi, Paul.

[Paul] You sound so disappointed.

No, I'm not. I've been looking forward
to talking to you.

Obviously, I'm not gonna,
like, try to… [scoffs]

…further you in any other,
like, connection,

but how do you feel about Amber?

[Paul] I think she's, like,
a super, super great person,

like, with a lot of really good character
and, like, really good values.

We have so many interests in common.

Our perspectives and all of that seem
to kind of align.

Yeah.

-[Paul sighs, laughs]
-Whatever. [chuckles]

-You're only supposed to be talking to me.
-Am I?

Duh!

[laughs] Let's ask another question.

This is so random, but would you
wanna know when you're gonna die?

Yeah.

-[Micah] Really?
-Yeah.

Because imagine if it was like,
you're gonna die in four weeks.

You and I wouldn't get out
of bed for four weeks.

-Yeah, is that what we would do?
-[Paul] Yeah.

-Is that how we'd spend the last weeks?
-Yeah, napping.

-Napping.
-[both laugh]

Just napping,
jumping on the bed, pillow fights.

Exactly, you know, normal stuff.

Honestly, I kind of feel
like the past three years

for me have gone by so quickly.

-[Micah] Mm-hmm.
-It's almost like a scary pace.

Like, I'm like, "Wow,
what the f*ck just happened?"

Like, I'm thinking I'm going to,
like, really make an intentional effort

to start, uh, living--
living more, just in general.

-I like it. I like it.
-[Paul chuckles]

Being more present, for sure.
It's kind of cheesy, but, like--

-[Micah] Yeah.
-But it's true. Like--

I feel like find-- finding,
like, beauty in, like, every day.

-Oh, my gosh.
-[Micah] Like, romanticizing my life.

Oh, my gosh.
We're literally on the same page for that.

Ah!

[Paul] So attracted to that. Jeez.

-["allmine" by BENJII playing]
-♪ Gonna kiss your face some day ♪[/i]

♪ Mm! You are all that ♪[/i]

Confusing, just between Kwame and Paul.

With Kwame, I honestly feel like he could,
like, bring out such a good side of me.

[Irina] He's a good guy
with good personality, good character.

-[sighs]
-No one's giving me nothing.

-Just kidding.
-My f*cking soul, dude.

I did not expect the mental

and emotional kind of turmoil
that you experience

when you're living with other girls
that are dating who you're dating.

-So how are you feeling about Kwame today?
-I shouldn't go on.

You feeling good? Confident?
Is he your only date today?

-Yeah.
-See yourself with him outside of this?

Yeah, I do. I really do.

I don't know if I wanna talk about it.

-Why?
-I don't trust that girl over there.

[laughing]

I think that you're his best match,
and I hope he's able to recognize that.

Kwame talks to my heart,
my head, and my vag*na.

[both laughing]

Every time Kwame and I talk,
it gets better.

Hands down, tenfold, 100%.

I think what's hard is they can tell you
all these things in this experiment,

but you know that right after this date,
he's dating someone else.

He could be saying the same things to her.

I actually really love the Calvin Klein,
like, underwear for women.

-Yes.
-Walking around the house all day.

Just rocking those, biting my lip.

-Thinking about how you look. Mmm!
-Totally.

[Kwame] When it comes to--

Obviously, the concept here
of, like, love being blind is, like,

yeah, we wanna get to know each other,
like, who we are on the inside.

Yes.

And what I hope that does is it nurtures
what we see on the outside as well.

It is wild when you're just,
like, so connected with someone

that you can't walk by them
without thinking about

how infatuated you are, you know.

It's not just like, oh, I mean--

The only reason that I'm like,

I wanna put my hands all over your body

is because, like, essentially,

I feel like I have my--
myself all over your soul.

You know what I mean?
So, it's like having that connection--

[Chelsea] So, when you have sex,
do you like the souls to, like, connect?

Oh, my gosh. Yes.

If we're married, we're not having sex.
We're making love.

Yeah, yes.

[Kwame] Yes, yes.

It is everything and more.
You know what I mean? It's not…

-[sighs] f*ck.
-[Kwame laughs] Yeah.

It feels sacred.

I wanna have a very,
you know, almost spiritual connection

with my husband's body.

Oh, my gosh. Whoa!

-That hit my soul.
-[both laughing]

[shouts]

What is happening in here tonight?

[laughing]

-Oh!
-[Kwame sighs] Yeah.

-Wow.
-[Kwame] Yeah.

Okay. Are we just ready?

Yeah. [laughing]

You better stop playing before I find
my way to the other side of that wall.

-[Chelsea] Let's just be done.
-All right, can we get at it right now?

Oh, I'm not talking about sex.
I'm talking about marriage.

-But both could be cool.
-Yeah! [laughs]

I'm not lying to you right now.
Like, I'm really feeling this.

Like, it's-- it's, like,
really getting me excited.

-[Kwame] Yeah?
-So, like, it's hittin'.

[laughing]

I love to hear it.
Yeah, it's, uh… It's feeling good.

I would say it's feeling
very, very, very, very, good.

-I'm all about it.
-Kwame!

-["We Could Fly Away" playing]
-♪ We could fly away ♪[/i]

[vocalizing]

♪ Fly away ♪

♪ We could, we could fly away ♪

[Kwame] I wanna be transparent with you.

I do have a very, very, very
strong connection with someone else.

She tends to reassure me
about how much she wants to be with me,

and it's going, uh,

in every direction
that you would want it to go

as a person who wants to be cared for.

[Micah] I, like, appreciate you
sharing that with me.

I feel like I didn't realize, like,
how strong your connection was

for the other person,

and I'm just wondering
how it's escalating so much.

If you do feel sure about me,
it's just hard to, like, imagine

your other connection
having such a great trajectory.

And, like, that's not to say that
I want you to stop talking to people,

just to say it's, like,
hard for me to understand, I guess.

If I was to write down
the perfect girl for me

before I even showed up
to this experiment,

it would be you.

So, her ascension
has kind of been… [sighs]

…a conundrum to me.

I actually didn't think
we would make it until, like, day three.

The one thing that just
keeps popping up about her--

Is it that she validates you
more than I do?

And reciprocates feelings more vocally?

Yes. Point-blank, period.

[Micah] Like, nothing good is, like, easy.

When it comes
to something that's this big,

I hope that you decide
to follow your heart,

not the part of your brain
that tells you to

take what will feel good now.

So, then I'll ask you
straightforward, then.

Do you feel like we have something
that would last, and that would…

that could stand the test?

Because I feel so strongly for you,

and I can picture our life so well,

I can see a future with you.

One-hundred percent,
I can see a future with you.

[Kwame] You have me,
like, walking on sunshine.

["With Me" by Alexandra Armstrong playing]

-You know?
-I do. I-- I definitely know.

♪ My heart is b*ating… ♪

[laughs]

♪ Faster than I can believe… ♪

[Kwame] There's so much emotion
in the balance right now,

and it scares the sh*t out of me.

-[Micah] Mm-hmm.
-[Kwame] You know?

I know. [chuckles, sniffles]

[Kwame] But, like, I-- I feel like
I'm so sure about you, you know.

Yeah.

[Kwame] Like,

I'm so sure about you.

So, I mean, I'm telling you…

[chuckles]

[splutters] I wanna propose earlier.

-Are you okay?
-[both laugh]

-[gasps] My jaw dropped to the ground.
-[Kwame laughs]

[Micah] Oh, my God.

Obviously, I love to hear, like, that,
and it makes me feel so good.

I wanna know, like,
why you feel like that.

I've just been smitten
for a really long time.

I say really long. It's f*cking six days.
Wow, like… [chuckles]

-[Micah] Feels like a long time.
-Yeah.

Everything that you want
and everything that you are embodying,

those things are, like, what…

what I, like, always envisioned.

I find myself just waiting all day
just to talk to you.

I think the reason why
I've been holding back is because,

the other person that I'm talking to
has been, like, a slow burn.

And it hasn't had--
It's not even on our level at all.

I mean, it's not comparable,

and my fear would be later on
there's still what-ifs

'cause I didn't uncover every stone.

And you don't deserve
to not have, like, your person know,

without a shadow of a doubt.

Because I think that you're just,
like, a really incredible person,

and you deserve everything.

Yeah, this is really hard.

It is not fair to you
to tell you to cut any connection.

Like, who am I to do that?

Like, if I… if I'm doing that now,

in the preliminary stages
of our relationship,

who am I gonna be telling you to cut out
of your life at any point, you know.

[Micah] That's, like,
such a great point, actually.

Like, I want this to stay between us.

-But I really am, like, falling for you.
-Yeah.

[Micah] And, like,
I haven't said that to anyone else.

Yeah.

So you better
not go falling for anyone else.

-[Kwame laughing]
-Um, or I'll b*at your ass.

-[Kwame laughs]
-[Micah chuckles]

What color is your,
uh, reveal dress? [laughing]

You can't know that. Has to be a surprise.

[laughs]

-It will surprise you, I think.
-Mm. I'm super excited.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ I wanna smile for no reason ♪[/i]

♪ I wanna dance on the ceiling ♪

♪ I wanna breathe the air
That you're breathing… ♪

[Irina] Quick. Come here.

[Micah] He literally said, he's like,
"I wanna ask if I can propose early."

Like, out of nowhere?

[Amber] Ooh! I'm sorry. I heard.

It's a lot too fast.
Why can't he take it a day at a time?

Looks like he's trying to pop the ring
so no one else does.

-[Micah] Well…
-[Irina] I think you should slow down.

What do you think
I'm gonna do, be like, "Yes"?

-What day is it? Like, God.
-[both laughing]

He's basically, like, asking me.
Like, he really wants validation from me.

But I'm not willing to give it to him.

You have every right to take every day
to know. You know, what's the rush?

What's the rush, babe?

-He's trying to stake his claim.
-[Micah] That's how I feel.

-That's not something you wanna rush into.
-No, no.

I'd rather leave here single
than leave here in a rushed relationship.

Okay, let's sit right here.

Chelsea's telling him every day
how much she's, like, all in.

Like, ten out of ten,
head over heels, and he's like,

"It's the only validation I'm getting.
I'm not getting any from you." [laughing]

-[Irina] Okay, so then, what?
-I don't know what to do about Paul.

I feel like I need to, like, make sure,
like, why am I expending an effort on Paul

if we can't get as deep as this?

Or me and Paul are just not deep,
and that's fine.

[Irina] You have been deep with Paul.

Why did you all of a sudden
wanna pick Paul out of nowhere?

[lights click]

I mean,
I definitely think I'm falling for him.

-Like, for real.
-Like, in love?

Oh, for sure.

-Oh, my God.
-And I'm not afraid to say that.

[Ava] Yeah.

[Tiffany] He's such a just…

As much as he has going on for him,

he's not one of these cocky dudes
that I always run into.

[Ava] Hmm.

-I love how he got to be where he is now.
-Mm-hmm.

I think that's what drives him
day after day.

I love how much he cares about his family,
even though his family's not perfect.

Nobody's family is perfect,
but I feel like I want to, like…

pour into him.

-[Ava] 'Cause you love him.
-Yeah, it's weird.

-[Ava] Falling in love.
-[Tiffany] Yeah.

-That's what it feels like.
-[Ava] That's love.

Yeah.

[Brett] It is gettin' real.

Like, I'm feeling
really strong feelings for Tiffany,

and it just-- it scares me.

-[Marshall] Can't let that control you.
-[Brett] Mm.

[Marshall] Can't let that
dictate your future.

Feel that strongly about someone…
you gotta take that leap.

[Brett] Mm-hmm.

-And just hold them tight.
-Hmm.

-Never let 'em go.
-Hmm.

Love hurts,
but you can't let that stop you

from what you deserve.

-She's here. She's on the other side.
-Hmm.

Take the leap, bro. Take the leap.

[gasps] Oh, my goodness!

You know, Brett, there's times
when I just picture you in my head.

I picture seeing you for the first time.

I picture, like, hugging you so tight,

and I just cannot wait to just hug you,

and see you. Oh!

-[Brett] You're seducing me, Tiffany.
-Am I?

-[Brett] No, I'm joking.
-[both laugh]

You seem like such a,

like, understanding and nurturing
and loving person.

The more I talk to you,

I can feel your level
of comfort in talking to me.

I feel so comfortable with you,
'cause I feel like you fully see who I am

and accept me for me.

And I don't think I've talked much
about my oldest brother.

He was with his girlfriend
for, uh, ten years

before they decided to get engaged.

And my brother was just excited…

about being married, um,

so, you know, went to visit.

We were, you know,
getting fitted for our, like, tuxedos,

and, um, about a week later,

his fiancée called me at 3:00 a.m.
and was like,

"Hey, I haven't heard from Marvin
in a few hours."

"Have you-- have you heard from him?"

And I'm like, "No."

I'm just, like, almost to a fault,
just such an optimistic person.

-Mm-hmm.
-[Brett] So, I'm thinking he's good.

Like, he just hasn't been able
to get to a phone, so, um,

I went on to work,

and… his-- his fiancée calls me,

and I can just…

And her voice is just super--
just-- just, like-- like, firm,

and she just says, "Brett, come home."

"Brett, come home."

And then a few minutes later,
my brother calls me. [sniffles]

And the moment I pick up the phone,
I just hear him crying, just like--

Just crying. [sniffles]

Um, and he's like, "He's gone. He's gone."

I'm like, "What are you talking about?"
He's like, "He's gone. He's gone."

My oldest brother is gone?

Less than five minutes from his house,

he somehow lost control of his car.

And, um, ran off the road.

So, instead of going to a wedding,

our family is getting together
to go to a funeral.

[sobbing softly]

[Tiffany] Brett,
I'm really sorry to hear that.

[Brett] Going through that experience

really made me aware of,
like, my mortality.

[Tiffany] Mm-hmm.

Like, you can picture
this great future with somebody,

and then you literally wake up one day,
and this person is gone.

-That thought…
-[Tiffany sniffles]

…like, terrifies me.

[Tiffany] Mm-hmm.

I do find myself thinking
about, like, a future with you.

And what if we have
this great relationship and then…

in a year something happened?

And, like, I don't--
I don't wanna go through that.

[groans]

Your reservations
and your feelings are valid, like, period.

But I-- I'm not scared about

falling for you
and knowing what this could be.

Like, I go into this very hopeful.

Giving you the support
and love that I think…

that I think you deserve.

When I'm in it, I am fully invested,

and I will try my hardest
to make this work.

I am not the type of person
to give up on anything.

-[slow-tempo music playing]
-♪ Give me hope… ♪[/i]

[Brett] Starting to really become aware
of how into you I am.

♪ Give me hope… ♪

[Amber] Did you bring flowers?

I have not had flowers brought for me
in such a long time.

[Brett] Uh-uh.

Amber and I connected on multiple levels.
She's got, like, a good sexual energy,

and then she's also got
a good social energy.

And I think to have them both is crucial
for somebody that you wanna

hopefully start a family with.

I'm wearing my romantic date shirt.
Black with, like, little red roses on it.

Aw, we would have been matching yesterday.

We'll go matchy-matchy in Mexico.

-Do you sleep in the nude?
-No, I don't sleep in the nude.

-[Paul laughs] I do.
-Yeah?

-I thought I told you that last time.
-[Amber] No.

-Must have been your other girlfriend.
-Must've been. [chuckles]

-[Amber] Eww!
-I tease.

-Literally nobody compares to me. [laughs]
-[Paul] Literally.

[Amber] Except for Bliss, but she's taken.

Did you talk to Bliss about,
um, what she thought of me

when we went on, like, two dates?

-I don't think she hadn't much to say.
-[Paul] Yeah, I wouldn't think so.

-Did you ask her if she needed glasses?
-Did I ask her if she needs glasses?

Yeah, 'cause she couldn't see
what you see in me.

-Oh, my God.
-[both laughing]

You're the worst!

My cheesy dad jokes.
This means I'm ready to be a dad, right?

[Amber] I can't wait to be a mom.
I'm very excited about it.

[Paul] You're like,
"That sounds kind of good."

What else do we need to know
to… to get married?

We're pretty much on the same page
about kids, religion.

-Nervous you won't like what I look like?
-No chance.

I definitely want a wedding.
I wanna the big fancy dress.

-I wanna walk down the aisle again and--
-[Paul] Yeah.

-"Again." Oh, God. [laughs]
-Again?

I didn't mean to say it like that,
but I want to walk down the aisle.

-I married this fool.
-[Brett] Right.

You know, and he got
with somebody shortly after,

and I just remember that rage.

-Like, literally, I was just so mad.
-Right.

Like, your head
just spins around backwards.

Yeah.

I just took a lot of time to heal,
but I don't wanna be jaded.

I want the love that I deserve, and,

I hope that I, you know,

can find that.

[Paul] Have you ever cheated on a spouse?

-Or would you?
-I'd like to think that I wouldn't.

But I think that it would have led
down to that road.

-Just because I wasn't happy.
-Yeah.

I think there's always
an underlying issue.

It doesn't make it okay.

-[Brett] Yeah.
-But there's always a reason.

Kind of a red flag. [laughs]

Wait, you think that's a red flag with me?

A little bit.

That was in the past. Like,
if you're asking me now, like, hell no.

Before it got to that point,
like, I would end it.

-Yeah. That's the right thing to do.
-[Amber] Do you know what I mean?

I mean, and that was a hypothetical.
You know, like, it didn't happen.

But no, I would never cheat
on you. [chuckles]

Because that is not who I am.

I'll believe you.

I feel weird. I feel really anxious
right now. I don't know why.

Do you? I'm sorry.

You should be sorry.

-I really don't wanna make you anxious.
-[Amber chuckles]

-You're a sweet something.
-[Amber] Sometimes.

-Sometimes.
-[Amber] Except for when I'm not.

Which is sometimes, like, right now.
Feeling a little salty.

-[Paul] Are you salty?
-A bit.

Oof. Well, it's a good thing
I'm more of a salty guy than a sweet guy.

I love who you are.

Oh, there's that word. [chuckles]

Am I scaring you?

No, that doesn't scare me.

I think that there is
a greater than likely chance that

you and I could seriously
walk out of here together.

-["Lost with You" by Matt Sky playing]
-♪ I just want to be lost with you ♪[/i]

[laughs]

♪ There's nothing else
That I would rather do ♪

♪ It don't matter where I'm going ♪

♪ I could stay here in this moment ♪

♪ Being lost with you… ♪

Oh,[/i] my God. I'm gonna drop sh*t.

[hip-hop music playing]

Oh, my God. So, these are so pretty.

-I'm hot.
-[/i]Wait, these are so gorgeous.

-[Bliss] I know, aren't they pretty?
-Peonies are my favorite.

-Someone give you these?
-[Amber] Yes.

-You need this. You need this.
-[Irina] These are so f*cking cute.

Babe, these are so pretty.

These are, like,
the most beautiful flowers.

Oh, my God, these are so f*cking cute
and bright, just like you.

[Amber] Been a hot minute
since somebody bought me flowers.

I'm sorry.
I would marry that person if I was you.

Me planning out every
worst-case scenario that can happen.

-I know. Look at this.
-[Bliss] A bow tie?

Look, she's on a date with Paul.
Look at her little things.

-What?
-[Micah] She went with Paul.

I'm like, that's actually really funny.

Looks boring.

[Amber] Oh, Mardi Gras was
what I picked for his date and--

[Irina] Wait, that's so you.

-[laughing]
-That's cute.

[laughing]

Why does Mardi Gras sound
like something they would do?

-I don't know why.
-[Micah laughing]

Mardi Gras?

Loser!

[chuckles]

[Amber] These are my wedding flowers.

[Bliss] Oh, I love peonies.

♪ They like my shoes, they like my hair ♪

♪ They like my clothes, try not to stare ♪

♪ Glamor lights, but I don't care ♪

♪ Focus on my dreams
'Cause I'm almost there ♪

[Kwame] Since day one,
I've had Micah as my number one.

[Paul] Mm-hmm.

-We've always been there.
-[Paul] Mm. Mm-hmm.

It's, like, escalated or, you know,
kind of gone up in a very steady pattern.

[Paul] Yeah, grown.

-Which is good. Steady is good.
-[Paul] Mm-hmm.

-Steady and up is good.
-[Paul] Yeah.

[Kwame] Everything I want
in a woman is there, is in Micah.

-You know?
-[Paul] Mm-hmm.

I love Kwame. I think he's a great guy,
but I definitely feel pressured

to make a move on either Amber or Micah.

I've realized what it would feel like
if Micah were to end it,

and it's that feeling that just puts me
damn near in a fight-or-flight.

-["No Control" by Anna Renee playing]
-♪ I have no control ♪[/i]

[vocalizing]

♪ I have no control ♪

[Micah] Hello.

[Paul] I feel like

I'm gonna fall in love.

Do you feel like
you're gonna fall in love?

Yeah, I do.

Yeah, it's gonna be stupid.

[both laughing]

Does that mean you're just over there,
like, telling Amber you love her?

I've definitely felt,
like, really good about her,

and I've felt, like, really,

you know, like, connected,
and I like the idea of, like, us together.

I don't know. I-- I feel like that's not,
exactly what I wanted to, like, hear.

You kind of feel like… [chuckles]

…like you're unsure about me.[/i]

If I felt like

you were all-in with me,
and you wanted to move forward,

like, just us, then I would have said
that I wanted to do the same.

But, like, I feel like
that's not where you are.

And, like, it kind of,
like, makes me feel sad.

[Paul] Whenever you think about me
and you think about Kwame, and,

um, who do you see yourself

saying "yes" to?

I mean, it's really clear to me.

-[Paul] Really?
-Yeah.

And, like, that person
that I would say yes to is you.

Do you think if we agreed
to just go for each other,

maybe you wouldn't feel risky
to me anymore?

I think so.

Let's do it, then.

-[pop music playing]
-♪ I wanna be so happy… ♪[/i]

[both laughing]

[Paul] Sorry, Kwame, but…

I prefer me.

[both laugh]

I have, like, a really dorky,
like, smile over here.

-[Paul] Yeah? Me too.
-All the way.

[Micah] Oh, God, we're so cute.

-[Paul] Are we?
-Like a little couple.

Aww.

♪ Happy ♪

♪ Hap-hap-hap happy ♪

-I feel like I'm gonna explode, like…
-[both laugh]

I feel like my whole body's
gonna just, like, catch fire.

Like, I feel,

like, a desire for you
in every cell of my body, like…

I never wanna, like,
push anyone to do something

'cause they're, like,
scared of the outcome.

I don't want you to be like,
"Yeah, like, let's do that,"

but you only said that
not because, like, you wanted to,

just because you were scared
it would make me walk away.

When I think of love, I think of you.

Let's do it. Let's make it happen.

And how would we do that?

Um, well,

I would probably start by having to…

[sighs] …tell other people that, um--

Other people? Okay, full roster.
It's one person, you dork.

[both laugh]

-[Micah] Okay, Busy Boy.
-[Paul] Busy Boy.

-[Micah] So, now what?
-I have to talk to Amber.

[Micah] Are you still feeling,
like, sure about that?

[Paul] Yeah. I--

-Why is your "yeah" so soft?
-[Paul] You know, I did connect with her.

Are you, like, 100% gonna do that tonight?

Um, yeah. I mean, I will.

Are you gonna drag it out? Are you gonna
tell her at the beginning of your date?

Um, I don't even know
how I'm gonna say it,

but, like, she's not gonna take it well.

Unfortunately, she's not
gonna take it good at all.

Paul.

[laughing] We know what we gotta do.

-[Paul] Yeah.
-Buckle up, buttercup.

["Lie Lie Lie" by SeZon playing]

[exhales] f*ck, f*ck, f*ck.

♪ You said, "I'll be here until the end" ♪

[lights clicking off]

[song ends]

["Be My Love" playing]

[Tiffany] ♪ Girl, that's so good[/i] ♪ [hums]

[singer] ♪ I've been looking[/i]
For a long, long time for you… ♪[/i]

[chuckles, sighs]

[Brett] I came here to find a wife.

With Tiffany, something about this
just feels right.

What are the chances
that something comes along

that actually kind of changes your life?

Being single for so long,
and just, like, never really feeling

like I'm really connecting with anyone,

and never really feeling like I'm talking

to anyone who like, fully, fully,
like, understands me,

and gets me,
and wants me to be a better person…

I have no doubt she will be there forever.

-Hello?
-Brett! Hi!

[Brett] Tiffany's just an amazing woman,

and I… I can't wait
to spend the future with her.

[gasps]

Oh, my gosh!

Wait, there's this white shoe in here.

So, the shoe is actually a shoe
that I designed for myself

while I was still working
in the games industry.

I wasn't aware at the time of where

that thing that I was doing
for fun would take me.

So, in some ways, for me,
I guess it just represents, just…

-Your beginning.
-Yeah.

-Yeah.
-And just following what makes you happy.

And when you do that, I think
good things are always gonna come to you.

♪ Be my one and only love ♪

[sighs]

[Tiffany] I'm just so inspired by you.
I wanna be a better person for you.

Um, and I think
that's what love should be.

I already feel
as though I'm in love with you.

♪ Will you be my love? ♪

♪ Be my love? ♪

-[Brett sighs] Wow, Tiffany.
-Are you running away now?

[Brett chuckles] No, I am not running away

at all.

It just wasn't a word

that I just ever really heard

in my life.

And… [sighs]

…I guess something, you know,

an area that I really wanna grow in
as a person

is just being more comfortable…

with that word.

-[Tiffany] Mm-hmm.
-You are special, Tiffany.

I truly feel like we're,
like, the perfect match.

Are you there?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello, hello.

[sighs]

Tiffany?

[pensive music playing]

[sighs]

-[Marshall] Good or bad?
-[Brett] No, bad.

Like, literally our conversation was,
"I think I'm falling in love with you."

-Oh!
-Bro!

And then I'm telling her how I feel.

I'm talking. It's quiet.

"Hello?"

Come on.

[Josh] She even told you
her biggest thing is trust.

-Brett. Ugh.
-[Brett] Like, come on!

It's like fumbling
at the one-yard line, literally.

-No.
-[Brett] Sat there and waited.

Like, I'm done.

[music peaks and fades]

I'm done.

-["Don't Play with Fire" playing]
-♪ Let the games begin ♪[/i]

♪ There's a fire
And it's blazing in my heart ♪

♪ True, let's take it back
Right to the start ♪

♪ Don't play with fire, fire ♪[/i]

♪ Fire ♪

♪ Don't play with fire, uh ♪