01x06 - Episode 6

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We're completely in love. It doesn't
mean you can't screw around.

British couples are increasingly
questioning monogamy.

The biggest contraceptive known
to man is wedding cake.

But is it possible to open up your
relationship without harming it?

It's a complete mystery. This is it.
We don't know what to expect.

These curious couples are
about to find out.

Oh, that is gorgeous.

They're travelling to a unique
retreat.

Hello. You all right?

Where with the help of a specialist
relationship therapist...

Life is short.

Why limit sex to just one person?

..and a group of single available
and sexually liberated residents...

It's just natural to have sex
with multiple people.

..they're about to discover
if their sexual fantasies...

Oh, jeez.

..can become a reality.

We like the idea of group sex.

We're wondering if you'd like to
spend the night with us?

And whether or not they'll be able
to break one of society's greatest
taboos...

Argh. I should have been thinking
about the man that I love

and how he was feeling.

..and have sex with other people.

Oh my god. Oh.

Wow, I was not expecting that.

This is the most out my comfort
zone I've ever been.

I'm nervous. Yeah. I'm nervous.

How are you feeling? Yeah, buzzing.

Checking into the retreat are Eli
and Caius, whose love affair began
online.

When I first saw Eli,

she was wearing these very small
shorts, and her bum was, like... Oi!
Oi. ..kind of hanging out.

It was a very hot day, so...

Are you ready to have fun, Eli?
Yeah. Can't wait.

Caius was quick to take
the relationship to the next level.

I prepared this video.

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

And it went viral. I went bright
red.

Like..literally the shade of a
tomato.

And all the comments were
saying about... Tomato. Yeah.

As a professional GB athlete,
Caius knows how to stay
cool under pressure.

I'm just a really chilled
and laid back person.

I have complete trust in Eli
and what she does, so I have nothing

to worry or be jealous about.

And being super fit helps him
keep up in the bedroom.

We do...do it, like, well, every
day.

The chemistry is good so we're quite
adventurous.

Top notch.

I would probably say that
I have a very high sex drive

and yeah, it's hard to find
someone that matches that.

Now the couple want to find out
if opening up their relationship,

starting with a threesome, will help
them keep the spark alive.

I would say the honeymoon period
is over, but we're still very much
so attracted to each other.

I do think it's a bit naive to think
that you can be with one person
for your entire life.

Can you see it? Yes. Oh my god.

How are you doing?

Here to welcome them are hosts Jess
and Tom, who are in a long term
open relationship themselves.

How are you feeling?

Very excited to come, yeah.

Hello. Hello, everyone.
Hi, everyone.

Caius. Nice to meet you.
Eli. Nice to meet you, Eli.

You look so good. Yeah.

Intimacy therapist Dr Lori Beth
wants to help the couple

take their first
steps into non-monogamy.

Hey, grab a chair. It's good to
meet you two.

So, why don't you tell me
what has brought you here?

We thought this would be the perfect
opportunity to have a threesome.
Yep.

Seeing Eli, for example, kiss
another girl or anything like that,

I'm attracted to that, so...

I think that's Caius's
ideal scenario.

I mean, that's kind of every guy's
dream, let's be honest, like.

What do you think other people
might bring to your relationship?

I mean, more fun, I guess.

I guess. Yeah, OK. Yeah.
More fun. Yeah.

So, where are you in your sexuality?

I've always said I don't
really label things and never

consider myself as straight
or bisexual.

I've always had attraction to both
sexes, so that's really how I feel.

So opportunities are structured
with that in mind.

Yes. Yeah. What is jealousy like
for you?

I've never been jealous in my life.

I mean, I have nothing... I don't
know how,

there's nothing that will make Caius
jealous, so that's interesting.

Not that I know of. Yeah.
But nothing that comes to mind.

What's jealousy like for you?

Slightly a bit jealous. I mean, it'd
be strange not to be.

I don't think that he would ever do
anything behind my back.

So I do fully trust him in that way.

But I can be a little bit jealous.

OK, so before you date together,
Eli, I want you to go on a social
alone.

I want you to explore your
bisexuality on your own first

without Caius there so you don't
have to worry about jealousy.

You'll have the opportunity to meet
someone, spend the night with them,

and lay the groundwork
for a threesome.

Yeah, that sounds good to me. Cool.

It's hard to predict how someone
will react seeing their partner give

or receive pleasure from another.

She's not actually sure she might
get jealous seeing him with another
woman.

It can be fine one minute
and absolutely not fine the next.

We're going to go away
and have socials.

So mine's tonight, that's what's got
my nerves going but I guess

I'm excited as well.

Give me a hug.

We're going to throw
ourselves into it I think.

Give it 100%. Yeah.
And see what it's about.

Yeah. And have fun with it.

The couple have only just arrived
at the retreat, and one of them

has already made a big impression
on the residents.

When Eli came in, yeah,
she was so confident,

I didn't even care about the car.
That's what I said.

I thought she looked classy as well.

She's bisexual.

Oh, she is bisexual? Yeah.
OK, cool. And he's straight.

There's a lot of girls that are okay
with getting with a girl,

but wouldn't want the guy to have
sex with her. The girl, yeah.

So they'll be having fun.
And he can just watch. Yeah.

Are you scared? A little bit.

Next to check in to this exclusive
retreat

are couple Helen and Steve
from Dorset.

My first impression of Steve,
I thought he was...Jack the lad.

Remember, you sent me a picture
of a bed at a hotel,

a four poster bed saying, "Are we
going to hang out?"

I thought, who's this man think
he is?

She had a lovely smile,
but it was her arse.

She had a very nice bum.

I didn't fall in love with him.
He irritated me.

He would contact me about three
times a year on Facebook.

"All right, babe, when we going
and get married then."

And then my house burnt
down and he offered to help.

And I don't know, I kind
of really fancied him with his brush
painting my walls.

And now she drives a Range
Rover Sport. What a life.

Well, cushty, you couldn't go wrong
meeting me, babe, could you?

Whoa!

Oh, look at the river. Look at the
size of that lake.

Don't have too many drinks,
Steve. You'll be skinny dipping in
there.

Damn right I will.

The couple have been together
for four years

and have a 1-year-old child.

My daughter is my baby
girl, my pride and joy.

And she'd make anyone broody.

Broody? Does that mean horny?

No. See, he's funny with words.
He doesn't get 'em all.

Helen and Steve have no
complaints between the sheets.

I'd rate Steve nine out of ten in
the bedroom.

This tongue is better than anything
you get at Ann Summers.

And Summers has got nothing
on my tongue.

That's fair. That's true though,
ain't it? Yeah, that's fair.

Oh, my gosh. Size of that.

Steve and Helen are here to explore
if being in an open relationship

with other people can make
them stronger as a couple.

Here we are. Let's go.

It's an opportunity to discover
what we both really, truly want.

I think this will make a huge
difference to our relationship.

Great, isn't it?

I'm excited about going
on this journey.

It's definitely an eye opener.

Hey, guys.

It's nice to meet you.
I'm going to give you a hug.

How you doing, mate? You all right?
Yeah. Really good.

Smart hat, that. I'm Jess.

Welcome to the house.

Take you on a tour around the place.
Great.

This way. Hiya. All right? Good,
thank you. Nice to meet you.

This is Steve. You just got thrown
in the deep end.

Obviously, we learnt it's quite
hard. Yeah.

I might feel a little bit uneasy him
going on a date with someone else.

So, yeah, cross that bridge
when I come to it.

You've gotta get me some sexy
outfit.

Eli and Caius are hoping
to bring another woman

into their relationship, but before
they date as a couple...

I mean, I'm no fashion expert,
but...

..I think it goes.

..Dr Lori wants Eli
to explore her bisexuality

without having to manage
her jealousy.

So she's going on a solo social.

Being your little b*tch right now.

You need to have it a little bit up,
like.

Yeah, like that.

That's better.

Love staring at a palette.

If she makes a connection
with someone,

she'll have the opportunity
to invite them to spend

the night with her.

It is amazing that I'm finally
kind of getting to explore

this when I'm in a relationship
with Caius.

It's going to be a great experience.

Yeah? Sexy, yes.

I think she's going to enjoy
herself and I look forward

to hearing all the gossip about it.

Yeah, you look good.

Bottom's looking good as well.

Does it look good? Yeah.

I'm excited to get to know
new people and have fun.

I'm taking it as it comes,
so we'll have to wait and see
what is in store.

Have fun.

No. I'll see you tomorrow. I'll see
you tomorrow. I love you too.

Tonight, Eli has a chance
to socialise at a party

where all the guests share a belief
in the benefits of non-monogamy.

Hi. Hello. You OK? Good.
Nice to see you again.

Nice to see you too.

Host Jess is on hand to make
sure things run smoothly.

I wanted to introduce you to Eli.
So, have you been having a good day?
Yeah.

So, I mean, thrown in the deep end.

I don't know what to expect.
I really don't know.

It'll be nice to find out
their expectations as well.

I don't know whether they'd find me
attractive.

Have you ever had like a
relationship with a girl? No.
Have any of you?

No. No. I have.

Yeah. How was that?

Caius is quite comfortable
for me to get with a girl

because he obviously finds
that attractive to him.

Hi, ladies.

He doesn't with men, so he wouldn't
want me to do that.

What are you? Sagittarius. OK.

I'm Cancer. OK, yeah. Caius is a
Leo.

Oh, really? My ex was a Leo.

Oh. Yeah, so...

Picking the same ones as well. It's
so weird.

Aries and Leos are like the ones
that I've always been,
like, romantically involved with.

They're drawn to you, clearly.

Yeah. Literally, no other signs but
them.

Me being Aries and Caius being a
Leo.

How long have you two been together?
A year. Yeah, like we...we were
dating before that.

We were pretty much exclusive
when dating. So more than a year.

Yeah, but officially. Yeah, a year.

Well, our anniversary is on the 27th
of this month.

Oh, OK, so soon. Anything planned?

No, not yet. A threesome.

Don't. That's what he wanted
for his birthday.

Gracie, are you available on the
27th?

Cheers, ladies.

To help Eli get comfortable
with non-monogamy, the residents

have arranged a game of spin
the bottle.

That's you. That is 100% you, girl.

Kissing someone else while
in a committed relationship
is a first for Eli.

I'm nervous because I feel
like it's all eyes on me.

So that makes me very nervous.

Let's go. Let's go.

It's easy because we're sat next to
each other. Exactly.

Yes.

You're... That was really cute.
Yeah. You've got very nice lips.

Thank you. For me, kissing the
girls, there's no feelings involved.

It is just a game, just have fun
with it.

Ooh...oh.

Game over.

Eli's decided she would
like to spend time alone with one

of the residents.

With girls, it's harder to choose.
They're all so lovely.

And I didn't get to kiss Gracie.

And obviously, she's like so pretty.

And I choose Gracie.

GIRLS CHEER EXCITEDLY

Don't make me blush.

For Eli, the date
is an opportunity to lay

the groundwork for a threesome
before boyfriend Caius gets
involved.

Her vibe is great.
She seems really fun.

I do fancy Eli. Yeah, she's really,
really sweet.

She's definitely my type.

I think me and Eli got on
really well and the girls
can see it as well.

So that's also a good sign.

It definitely makes me nervous,
but I just take it step by step

and, you know, if you're comfortable
with it, then just have fun with it.

Eli is on a date without Caius
before the couple trial opening

up their relationship together.

Would you like to do the honours?
You first. Thank you.

Oh, adorable. This is cute.

This is literally, like,
glamping. It is, isn't it?

And she's invited Grace to spend
some one-on-one time with her.

I'm going to take my heels off.

Please. Get comfortable.

Cheers. Chin chin.

This is obviously my first
time on a date with a girl,

so that is really exciting.

And I can't wait to explore
that side of my sexuality.

I guess you're open to getting to,
like, know me and I mean,
Caius as well.

Yeah. You'd be happy to have a
relationship with someone

who's in a relationship or be
involved in their relationship.

Yeah, either way.

Like, because it would be me coming
to, like, your relationship.

Whatever works best for you two.

While Eli and Grace get to know
each other more intimately,

Caius is keeping himself busy.

I'd like to think
she's having a good time.

I'll find out tomorrow.

I feel all good. The workout was to
tire myself out.

But the only thing is, there's loads
of wasps in here,

and bugs are a big no-no for me.

f*cking spiders.

So I don't know how I'm going to
sleep tonight in this room knowing
there's two wasps flying around.

Back in the yurt, the girls
have found a game to play.

Shall we try these dice?
Yeah, you want to.

OK. So, you're my lover. OK, cool.

So, you've got to lick me. Where do
you want to lick me?

Are you happy for me to lick you?

OK, I'll just let it be a surprise.

That was nice. Was it? Actually like
one of my spots.

So I was like, argh...so excited!

OK, cool. Can't go wrong with it.

I threw myself into it and tried to
see whether I could develop a deeper
connection.

OK, my turn.

Massage. Oh my god, yes. Wow.

You have very, very, very soft skin.

Very nice. Oh, it's so good.

Amazing. Well, clearly, it wants you
to kiss my boobs, so feel free.

OK, well I'll... Feel free to kiss
my boobs. I'll give a little...

Loved it. Yeah? Yeah.

If I turn the light off...

It was quite a new experience,
so maybe...I don't know.

Maybe I was a bit nervous.

Kind of hard for me when I already
have an emotional connection

with someone else in a relationship.

Committed couple Helen and Steve
have come to the retreat to explore
opening

up their relationship to other
sexual partners.

Hey, guys. Hello. Come on in and
sit down.

Dr Lori is on hand to help
the couple brave their first few

steps into non-monogamy.

So what brought you here now?

I want to date other people,
have a connection to someone.

You're the driving force.
Would that be a fair thing to say?

Would you say me? Yeah, definitely.

On this experience, I've pushed this
a little bit more because I want

Steve to recognise things
that are important in a relationship

because there's a lot of things
that we don't do together.

What's the romance
like in your relationship?

Steve's very, very busy
all the time, you know.

I'm a busy person too.

We don't have a massive amount
of time for each other.

If romantic is nice, I could write
you a list. I'm always nice like
that.

I'm just that sort of guy, innit?
That's not romantic.

Romance is wining and dining
someone and taking them out.

We've not been for a date.
I took you on my jetski.

Steve, do you have ideas
of things you'd like to do?

I don't think I could just meet
someone, just jump into a bedroom.

I think I'd have to get
to know people.

Consensual non-monogamy takes
lots of different forms.

This gives you the opportunity
to see how different things feel

and to challenge some of your
boundaries that come from monogamy.

We've got quite a good relationship.

We've sort of, you know, we don't
have the insecurities or anything.

You love me, don't you? Of course,
babe. There you go.

Well, that was a pretty
quick response.

So tonight you're each going to go
on a social, spending
the night separately.

Then you're going to have
the opportunity to choose somebody

to spend one-to-one time with.

You don't have to do anything,
but I'm encouraging you to push out
the boat a little bit.

Yeah. Lovely. Come on then, Steve.

Nice to meet you. See you later on.
You too.

This is a really interesting couple.

I suspect that there's an emotional
void in Helen that is really driving

this whole thing, but I'm not sure
that meeting and potentially

having sex with other people
is going to fill that void.

I'm really curious to see
how they do on their socials.

That's so nice, isn't it? Yeah.
So nice.

So where do you find yourself
at with this? Oh, I don't know.

I think... It's very hard, Steve.
Yeah.

I am looking forward to my social.
There's a good bunch of people.

It'll be good to get out, enjoy
the company, see where it takes us.

I just plan to have some fun.

But Steve is considering
the potential risks.

I wouldn't mind being game
and experiment and that.

Would you let me go and
bang...sorry. Sleep with one.

Would you let me sleep with one of
these women on a trial just to see
what it's like?

It's not a laughing matter. It's
really...it's a very serious
decision.

All right. Put the whip down.

Last night, Eli went on her first
ever date with a girl.

Hello. Hello, stranger.

While boyfriend Caius spent
the night alone.

Yeah. I think Gracie is really
attractive.

She has such a nice smile
and like, her skin is so good.

I love her freckles, her hair,
everything.

But it's not that "I want to rip
your clothes off" kind of thing.

I was, like, nervous
to see my own boyfriend.

I like your slippers, are they new?
No, they're Gracie's.

So tell me about the night. What was
your night?

You tell yours.

Well, we played spin the bottle.
Yeah.

So I kissed Kelsie and Chanel.

When Eli told me that she was
kissing multiple girls doing spin

the bottle, I thought that was quite
hot.

I mean, who wouldn't? I think,
that's for me, that's a turn on.

So I've got...yeah, I'm all for
that.

Then Gracie and...we went to a
yurt. I ended up licking her neck.

I mean, she licked my neck
and I, like, kissed her boob.

You had quite a fun night then.

Tonight, the couple
will have the chance to invite

someone on a date together
in the hope of having a threesome

for the first time.

I just don't know how I feel about
you going and kissing people.

Well, you know, it's going
to...that something like that is
going to happen, you know?

Yeah, but you obviously
don't have to.

No, but...

I'm going to be nervous
and maybe...maybe jealous.

I don't know. For me, him kissing
girls, that's definitely tiptoeing
on, like, boundaries.

Helen and Steve are getting
ready for separate socials.

Got chicken legs at the minute.

Dr Lori wants them to try and make
a connection

with someone and then invite them
to spend some time together alone
on a date.

My expectations are to have fun
and go on dates with a couple of
people.

It will be nice.

The social will be an opportunity
for Helen to experience romance,

something she thinks
her relationship lacks.

Remember Christmas Eve?

I wanted us to wear Christmas
pyjamas and watch a movie together.

And you were at the pub? Yeah.
It's Christmas, it's when you go
out.

Family time. Family time.

I'm out of here. Have fun.

Love you. One more.

The retreat's sexually liberated
residents are ready to welcome the
couple.

Hello. How are you doing?

Nice to see you. You looks stunning.

Steve. How are you doing, Tom?
All right? How you doing, man?

Don't get many parties like this.
No, absolutely not.

Hello. Hello, how you doing? You all
right? Enjoy, have a nice evening.

What's happening, girls? So what
brings you here then?

Experience. Yeah. Have you done
anything like this before?

I just mean, like an open
relationship. No, never.

Never went on dates
like that with anyone else,
or a threesome or anything?

No, no. You ready to spice things
up, like let's just... See how the
boat goes, innit.

Not used to dating etiquette, Steve
takes a novel approach to flirting.

What's your ideal date night, then?

Bit of Emmerdale Farm in front
of the telly, innit?

Joking, only joking. I'd be straight
out there putting that on on date
night.

It's quite hard.

I'm not really a person to talk
in depth about a sexual life like
that.

I like a bit more privacy.

I don't like to boast about things
that I've done or boast about things
I'd like to do.

So are you, like, into anything
kinky, then?

You know, I used to be very bad,
but... What do you mean, very bad?
I used to be a ladies entertainer.

No? Were you like a Magic Mike?
You're a Magic Mike.

Yeah. Can I see a move that you
used to do?

I won't show you. Oh, come on.

What's the typical type of person
you'd normally go for?

I've never been all for the big
sort of hench guys, kind of all the
muscles and that.

At her social...

You two are all right because you've
got definition.

How much do you weigh? I'm 14.

..Helen is wasting no time
getting to know the residents.

That's muscle then, innit.

Yeah, because you've got like a 30
inch waist.

Yeah, 32. 32. Yeah, yeah.
And how tall are you?

I'm 6'1. And obviously you work out.

You don't do that... I'm taking the
compliment.

I love it.

These guys are great.

Everyone's chatting, everything's
flowing and made me feel
like I can be myself.

So I'd like to know where it goes
from here.

You've got a lot of banter right
now, that's what is going on. I
don't.

I'm shy as they come.

I feel like Helen's rolled out
and me and her were clicking.

We're having banter.

I'd definitely take her out just to
show her that this can happen.

Like you can...there's more things
out there.

Hello. How are you? Good. Thank you.

You know, I got some eyelashes
on, so it's all good. Fresh.

Yeah, you know.

Where are you from again?
Dorset near Somerset.

Like so southwest.
What do you do for a job?

I just set up a barista coffee
business called The Screaming Bean.

What was on your mind when you
thought Screaming Bean?

My sister said you cannot call
it that because it is just
disgusting.

Yeah. Thank you. Like clitoris is a
bean.

It's clicky though, innit? I just
don't know how you didn't
see that, screaming bean.

Architect Josh has taken a shine to
Helen.

You sound like an experienced lady.
What do you want?

Erm, commitment and time.
Commitment and time.

Helen's a lovely lady.
I love talking to her.

She just seems like an absolute,
genuine person that just you want to
be around.

I think with tattoos, people are
like Helen and it just looks
like a little x.

Where are your tattoos?
Well, you can't really see it.

It's in there. You'll see it later
in the pool. See it later?

And Helen has also made
a connection with Josh.

I liked the way that Josh asked me
what it was that I wanted

because that I feel is important.

And the fact that he'd done
that showed that he values the other
person's sort of needs.

So that one was a bit of a winner
for me.

On the other side of the retreat,
Steve is loosening up.

Ready? Yeah, I'm ready.

OK.

He's decided to give the female
residents a taste of his ladies
entertainment.

Now lay down. Lay down?

The striptease dance vibe.
I'm not gonna lie, I thought there
was a d*ck in my mouth at one point.

That's some way to meet
someone anyway.

Just ba*ls straight in the mouth.
He's a really fun character.

You can take your mask off now.

Oh wow!

Not shy? No, you're not...you're not
shy at all.

ALL CHANT "OFF, OFF, OFF"

Hold the towel. Yeah.

I think my striptease went
down really well with the girls.

They were very excited.

There was a very large amount
of screaming.

It's nice to make someone smile.

As the social winds down, Helen
is getting closer to resident Josh.

There's something that you said
today which made me think, yeah,

that's a really decent... I want to
know. I'm interested in you.

You're a lovely...a lovely
person to talk to. Full of energy.

A hell of a lot of fun, that's
for sure.

And she's invited him to go
on a romantic date.

For me, it's an emotional connection
with someone that I can get on with,

someone that actually wants
to listen.

And that's the reasons why
I've picked him.

Shall we go? Yeah.

Helen picked me, it was a nice
surprise.

She had the pick of the guys, she
brought a lot of laughter outta me.

And I think she's just a great
person, and I would love to get to
know a little bit more.

Post strip, partner Steve also wants
to spend some one-on-one time with
one of the residents.

Jess. Yeah? I've chosen you to have
a little bit of banter. Yeah, we'll
have fun.

Yeah. We're going to have some fun.

I'm really looking forward to spend
some quality time with Jess.

She's my sort of person.

Very, very weird to be in this
situation, to go

off with a different woman
whilst my wife knows. I will enjoy
it.

ALL CHANT "JESS"

Come on. Let's go.

We're going to have some fun,
definitely.

And yeah, we'll see where the night
goes. Yeah.

Committed couple Helen and Steve
are dating people

outside of their relationship
for the very first time.

After you. Oh, lovely.

Isn't it cute?

I'll take your jacket but I think
you're cold, so I'm not going to.
Oh, bless you.

Helen is being romanced
by Josh from West London.

Would you like a glass of wine
first? Please. Yeah.

I'm excited to spend time with Josh.

He just seemed really kind
of relaxed, chilled and genuine.

And I kind of like that.

Me and you are going to have a
fantastic time. Yeah. Cheers to
this.

Thank you for picking me.

After you, Jess.

It's cute in here.

While Steve is having a one-to-one