[dramatic music playing]
[Uche] Um…
[sighs] I walked into the pod, and…
I started talking.
The, uh, the person seemed to recognize my voice.
And know certain things about me.
It is a girl that I have dated in the past.
It's Lydia.
[sighs]
[Lydia] Hello, who is this?
Uh, my name is Uche.
Fuck!
[laughs] That's not the reaction I was expecting.
Your name is Uche Okoroha. You're a lawyer, have a business.
-[Uche] Who am I speaking with? -Really, Uche? You don't know who I am?
-[Uche] Who are you? -You do not recognize my voice?
I do not recognize your voice.
Oh, shit. Okay, how about this?
You know me outside the pods.
I know you outside the pods?
Yes!
[Uche] What's your name?
[Lydia] I love Kobe.
-Lydia? -Yes!
[laughing]
Fuck!
[laughing]
-You're laughing! Okay, thank you. -[laughing]
-[Uche] No way! -Uche, how have you been?
I've been great. This is kind of, uh…
[Lydia] Unexpected?
This is unexpected. I… I don't know.
I don't know if it's a sign, or--
[Lydia] Right? If this is a sign that we should stop, like…
You know what I'm saying? Cut the crap?
Do you wanna start at zero?
-A blessing in disguise? -[Uche] I don't think…
I don't think we can do that because that kind of…
It ruins the--
-[Lydia] The experience and the moment? -The experiment. Yeah.
[Lydia] You don't think it's even worth it to get to know each other more?
I don't think it's, like, genuine
from the experience because we already know what each other--
[Lydia] Oh, my God! How are you gonna feel if I get engaged,
and you see me with somebody else? How are you gonna feel?
[laughs] I don't know. This really caught me off guard.
[Uche] We dated for a few months.
I just didn't think that we were that compatible,
so I ended things.
It hurt me so much.
-Because she deserves an amazing person… -[sniffling]
[Uche] …who is completely sure about her,
and I really hope she finds that.
[Aaliyah sniffles]
-'Cause that's what she deserves. -[Aaliyah sniffles]
It's Lydia.
["I Don't Really Want This Anymore" by Faith Richards playing]
[Aaliyah crying]
I need a second. [sobbing]
[sobbing continues]
-[song continues playing] -♪ Feel like I was better off ♪
-♪ Before ♪ -[sniffles and exhales]
[sighs]
[song continues playing]
[sniffling]
-♪ I don't really want you anymore… ♪ -[sighs]
-♪ Feel like I was better off before… ♪ -[Aaliyah exhales]
I'm back.
I don't know how to feel.
In my mind, I'm just like…
It's not that I don't trust Lydia, I just… I need to talk to her.
She's a trustworthy person.
-She's been making comments. -What kind of comments?
She's been saying things, and I'm like, "How do you know this?"
And even when we had our disagreement,
she was the first person to come console me and encourage me,
and told me that, "If he doesn't make this right, it's on him."
She just kept saying, like, all the right things.
She's been telling me multiple times, like, "I just see myself in you."
Like, "We are almost the same woman."
You know? [crying] It's just weird. I don't--
-[Uche sighs] Yeah. Yeah. -I don't know how to feel.
And I really do love her.
She hugs me like no one else.
We hold hands. It's just…
[sniffles]
You know? Like, she's my friend.
She'll be one of the most incredible friends you'll ever have.
And all these stories about these girls just not being genuine,
and we will be each other's genuine friend.
She's gonna be an amazing aunt to my kids, you know?
I can tell you 100% she has been supportive
of me and you,
and I feel like that says so much about her character.
We just really bond. Like, that…
I really feel like that is, like, my sister, you know.
I feel like I just need to have, like, this sister moment with her
to feel at peace about it totally.
That is why I am drawn to you, because you're both incredible people.
-[sighs] -Do you ever wish you were still…
dealing with her?
Are you…
That's over with.
-Okay. -[Uche] That's over with.
I went back and forth about it
for a long time,
because I do see a lot of qualities
that would make her a good wife.
She seemed 100% into me.
And I thought to myself,
"If I can't give her 100% back,
then I don't wanna hurt her."
And I couldn't give that 100% back.
-I just couldn't. -[Aaliyah] I understand.
[voice breaking] And I hope she doesn't hate me for it.
[Aaliyah] I don't think she hates you, Uche.
I wanna make sure that, like, y'all have resolved your issues,
especially emotionally on her end.
You know, I don't want to feel like I can't turn my back.
No, I mean, you don't have anything to worry about.
But I don't know how she feels.
-She blocked me on Instagram. -Mmm-mmm.
[Uche] You know, because I think if she opened up her social media,
and she saw my pictures,
I think that those memories might have been too much for her.
Yeah.
-It was just her and Milton right now. -[Aaliyah] Yeah.
And how does she feel about Milton?
She seems very, like, into him.
[Uche sniffling]
Obviously, you can't tell her anything that I'm saying right now.
-I know. Of course not. -[Uche] But…
I told Milton, "You don't have to get engaged in here."
'Cause I know that's what she's ready for.
-[Aaliyah] I know. -He is not ready for that.
[sniffles]
[exhales] I don't want her to get hurt.
Did you love her?
[sighs] No.
Okay.
-[Uche] I think I have love for her. -Hmm.
I don't think I was ever in love with her.
[Aaliyah] Okay.
It's just not ideal,
but we'll get through it, okay?
-[Uche] Okay. -We'll get through it.
[Uche sniffles and sighs]
-Okay. -[Aaliyah] I love… I…
[clears throat] I love her.
And I love you. So, we're gonna get through it.
I love you too.
And I hope that this doesn't change anything between us.
It doesn't. It doesn't.
-We are compatible in all the right ways. -[Uche] Yeah.
And not compatible in all the right ways. [laughs]
[both laugh]
-So, no, I don't want anybody else, Uche. -Yeah.
Like, I knew from day one, you were who I wanted,
and I haven't changed up on that at all.
I don't wanna lose either of you.
-[Uche] Yeah. -But I especially don't wanna lose you.
Yeah. I don't wanna lose you either.
I just need to talk to her. You know what I mean?
Like, now, I feel like I need to.
Yeah.
-["We're Not Done Yet" by Øthers playing] -♪ I know we went through hell… ♪
Boy, boy, boy. I tell you.
-[Uche chuckles] Yeah. -You are going to be my headache.
[both laugh]
Till death do us part. [laughs]
-[Uche] That's what it is. -[laughs]
-[laughing] -["We're Not Done Yet" continues playing]
♪ To me we're not done yet ♪
["We're Not Done Yet" continues playing]
♪ We're not done yet ♪
-♪ We're not done yet… ♪ -Too much.
Coming, fellas.
[JP] Hey, I like the red, white, and blue you got goin' on.
[Connor] Hell yeah, brother.
Choosing between two people
was probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
Stacy knew it was between her and another girl,
and I just wanted to give her, you know, that validation that
there's nothing you have to worry about anymore.
-Okay, I'm gonna go propose. -[man] Whoo!
[men laughing and clapping]
-[Connor] You all right? -Yeah, I'm good.
-[Connor] You nervous? -A little bit. I'm good.
I'm just gonna go off the dome, say what I feel, go with my gut.
If she says no,
I fucking gave it my all.
I did the experiment right. Then I'll go home…
-[Connor] Yeah. -[Izzy] …content, so…
[exhales]
[Izzy] I want Stacy to know that I'm fully committed,
and now let's talk about, you know, the future.
"Do you see a future with us? Do you see the engagement?"
-[Izzy] Wish me luck, fellas. -[Justice] Let's go, bro!
Whoo! Baby, let's fucking go!
I'm proposing to Stacy, and I feel like the luckiest man alive.
-[exhales] How are you feeling? -[Stacy] I'm feeling good.
I'm feeling fantastic.
I wanted to check in with you.
-Yeah. -[Izzy] To make sure if there was any…
anything on your mind.
[Stacy] I've just…
[exhales] I've just never been 100% with something like this, ever.
Honestly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for, like, being supportive
through this experiment and where I stood.
Like, you didn't give up on me, and that meant the world to me.
It said so much about your character and just, like, who you are as a person,
and that's why I've fallen so hard for you. [laughs]
-[both laugh] -[Stacy] Thank you.
I just want you to know that I will always be patient with you.
I will always be kind with you.
I will always do my best to compromise and hear you out.
I promise that I will fight for us.
Regardless, whatever obstacles life throws our way,
I want you to know that I will have your back 120%.
I will love you wholeheartedly,
unconditionally.
I am, like, so confident in you.
I feel safe.
I feel like this is home, and I feel like this is where I belong.
I've never been more certain with anybody in my life.
[exhales]
I feel the same way.
[uplifting music playing]
So…
with that being said…
Stacy Renee Snyder…
will you marry me?
It's crazy 'cause I've always been just
smooth-sailing, solo, totally fine with being on my own
for however long just because I kind of gave up on the fairy tale,
and that's exactly what I found with you.
And it's just the corniest, craziest "what the fuck?"
I could have ever expected, but…
-Yes! -[Izzy exclaiming]
-[Stacy laughs] -Yeah, baby!
-Yeah! -Of course, 100%.
My heart is, like, not just beating out of my chest,
it's just hot.
I just…
I can't even describe it. It's fucking crazy.
I've never known, like, more than anything that this is right,
and that you're the one.
[Izzy laughs]
Your laugh! [laughs]
'Cause I'm so fucking happy, that's why! Like, I'm just…
I'm so glad that you said yes.
You're my fiancée, and I can't wait to see you tomorrow.
Whoo!
[laughing]
["Hold You Closer" by Ovrthro playing]
♪ I'm dreaming Like whenever the night is dead ♪
♪ Never gonna die Never taking you for granted… ♪
Whoo! Smile!
-I'm a fiancée! -[all exclaiming]
[Stacy] I'm like, "Oh, my God."
-[Taylor] Are you so happy? Yay! -[Stacy] I am.
[laughs] Aww.
-[Stacy sighs] Oh, my God. -[Estefania] I'm happy for you.
-[Stacy sobs] It's just like… -[Paige laughing]
-[Stacy] You put so much into it. -[Paige] I know.
And just, like, trying to get there, and it just feels so good.
-I can't breathe. -[Paige] Yay! Yeah.
Like, it's good.
-I'm just, like, overwhelmed. [gasps] -[Paige exclaims]
-Happy for you. -[Stacy] Cheers, thank you.
-Wish you all the best. -[Stacy] Oh, my God.
[Taylor] Fucking crazy.
It's also, like, I've been holding so much in and so much back.
Not with him, but just in here.
And it's just nice to be able to be happy.
-[Taylor] Oh, my God! -[Stacy laughs]
I'm so happy for you. [chuckles]
[Stacy] Like, he's the one.
[exhales]
[dramatic music playing]
[sniffles]
[crying softly] I, like, haven't even…
had a chance to cry about it.
Because you walk out into a lounge and you're immediately faced with…
[sniffles] …his future fiancée.
It's like, how do you process how you're feeling…
[sniffles] …in that situation?
Just processing the pain. [sniffles]
The only way out is through.
Um, so I just wanna let myself feel it, and mourn it, and…
[breathes deeply] …move on.
The process worked out differently than I thought.
Izzy told me he had a bad credit score.
He just signed a lease somewhere else.
-[Estefania] Oh, no. -He doesn't seem ready for commitment.
-He's not ready to be actually vulnerable. -Mmm.
-So… and I was. -Yeah.
[Johnie] Yeah, and he ran, so…
That's fine. We'll see.
It was actually a perfect timing for him to run.
[Johnie] Yeah.
Because you had that time to realize and to talk to the other person, you know,
and make your connection again, or…
-That's true. -Yeah.
I came out here to try to find my husband, so I'm not gonna give up.
I was still open with Chris.
-Like, I just wasn't prioritizing him. -Mmm-hmm.
He's the one who I had all the inside jokes with.
Like, he's the one I was laughing with the most.
He's the one I kept saying, "I see exactly how my future would be."
Then, for some reason, I was swept up in--
-"But I want the other one!" -[chuckles] Yeah. I know.
But now I've had time to think about it, and I'm like, "Yeah."
-Like, I can see it all playing out. -Yeah.
First time I met you, I just knew you were real.
I can see that both of you are perfect for each other.
I mean, I think he sees that I'm genuine too,
so, like, I think we can, like, build that trust.
I'm like, "Okay, pick yourself back up."
"Keep going."
[chuckles] The path to love is not a straight line.
-[expectant music playing] -♪ Lift me up ♪
♪ We're going higher… ♪
[Johnie] Hi!
[Chris] Hello.
[Johnie laughs] Hey.
[Chris] How are you doing?
I feel like I could pee myself right now because I don't… [chuckles]
I'm, like, so nervous, but… [gasps]
-[Chris] Don't be nervous. -Um…
When I think about, like, my time in here,
like, the person I was laughing the most with
and I felt the most safe with was you.
I can just imagine you coming home from work over lunch,
um, and, like, us going on walks
holding hands like you talked about.
And, like, you saying one of your biggest turn-ons
was just looking across the room and seeing your partner smiling,
and, like, that eye contact.
And, like, that's always been a big thing for me
that I've never even been able to explain.
And I can just see introducing you to my family
and, like, going to your big family reunion thing every year
and, like, going to my family events together. [chuckles]
-Loving you. -[emotional music playing]
I can see how it would play out with us,
and I should have trusted that
and, like, recognized, like, how safe and secure you make me feel,
and not have taken that for granted.
And I'm just-- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Um, I accept your apology. I do.
I've put a lot of thought into us.
I've always been really…
really invested in our relationship… [sighs]
and I appreciate everything that you've said and everything that…
you kind of see with 20/20 hindsight.
My heart and my gut really want to,
and I've always just felt such a connection with you.
And the way you describe our relationship is this exact way I picture it.
It is. I promise.
Like, I really do want you, Chris.
I just want a chance.
[Chris] I care about you more than anything, and I…
I do see a future with you.
Chris, I really… I really care about you.
All I know is I wanna be with you.
[Chris] I do want to be with you,
and I don't want you to ever think otherwise.
I have this whole time pictured us walking out of here together.
I came here to find my wife,
and at one point, I thought that I had.
[emotional music continues]
♪ Trouble is washing over… ♪
My whole life, I've had a hard time picking the correct women,
and I've always given everything of me to that relationship.
[Johnie] Mmm-hmm.
♪ The waves might pull us under… ♪
I really need to be selfish today
and worry about myself
and choose someone who…
who always chooses me.
-[emotional music building] -♪ When everything is wrong ♪
♪ We got to carry on ♪
♪ I know we're feeling broken ♪
♪ With the world on a shoulder… ♪
-[Johnie] Okay. -♪ We got to carry on… ♪
[exclaims]
I will maybe see you soon.
-Have a good day, Johnie. -[emotional music continues]
♪ We got to carry on ♪
-[Linda] Bye, ladies. -[Shondra] Bye!
-[Linda] See you later. Have fun! -[Estefania] Bye!
[Lydia] What's up?
[Aaliyah] He told me.
-[Lydia] You know? You know? -Mmm-hmm.
I… I cried.
[somber music playing]
[Lydia sobbing]
[Aaliyah] You know, I do genuinely love you.
I genuinely love you.
-[Lydia] I genuinely love you, baby. I do. -I really do.
[Lydia] I really love you so much.
-[sobbing] -[Aaliyah] I know.
And I love you, and I'm so sorry. This is the shittiest thing ever.
Remember that I kept saying I see myself in you?
[Aaliyah] Yeah.
-[sighs] -I was scared.
'Cause I didn't know how you were gonna react, and, like…
Yeah.
Because if I came here and told you guys, Uche wouldn't have had that chance.
This is just really complicated. It's not ideal.
-It's not. -And I just--
-It's a weird fucking fucked-up situation. -Yes.
But that just speaks more on who we both are, like,
that we would be drawn to the same person.
Yeah.
-Like-- -I think that is crazy. [laughing]
-[Lydia] It is crazy. It's like-- -It's crazy.
-We both write poetry. -I know!
-We both are, like, sensitive yet strong. -Yes.
-We're both gifted. -And very giving people.
-Like, genuinely selfless. -Right. Yeah.
And I'm like, "Dude, you picked the same girl as me."
-"What the fuck?" [laughs] -Yeah! But how do you feel emotionally?
'Cause I told him I needed to talk to you about that.
-Emotionally, do you-- -Honest?
-Like, honest to God, like… -Yeah.
-I'm not gonna lie to you. -Mmm-hmm.
I think I'd fall for him.
-Yeah. -Um…
And when I walked in that pod, and I was like…
He said, like…
-Even his breathing. -Yeah.
-He has a peculiar… -Yeah. I know.
[Lydia laughs] And I was like, "Oh, my God, who's this?"
-And he's, "Uche." I'm like, "Fuck!" -I know.
"Fuck!" And he's like, "Well, that's not the expression I was expecting."
[Aaliyah] Yeah.
And it took him a while to figure out it was me.
Yeah, yeah.
Uche met me when I was at a really low point in my life.
-[Aaliyah] Yeah. -He was vulnerable with me.
-I was vulnerable with him. -Yeah.
I do feel like when we met and when we were dating,
he just felt that he would have had to take up too much.
Yeah.
Like, "Shit, like, she barely has friends in here."
-"She doesn't have a family in here." -Yeah. Yeah.
-"I'll have to be everything for her." -Yeah.
[Lydia] I didn't wanna lose him.
-[Aaliyah] Yeah. Yeah. -It was I guess not meant to be.
The reason? I don't know.
-To this day, I don't know. -Yeah.
And I hopefully think that he just needed to learn a few lessons.
Maybe prove to him that he needs to be a little more open.
"Here I am, choosing a person who is so similar to Lydia."
Yeah.
"This is the universe giving me a second chance
to have an amazing, great-ass woman."
-I'm so scared, Lydia. -Why are you scared? Tell me.
I've been hurt.
I genuinely want you to be my friend, and I don't know how that's gonna--
-I'm gonna be your friend. -How are we gonna do this?
I don't know.
-For me, it's a trust thing. -Mmm-hmm.
Like, I would want you to be my friend, and I want that,
but I don't wanna ever feel like I gotta look over my shoulder.
Girl, I would never.
And that's not something I would wanna deal with.
-It's up to you. -I know.
If you wanna cut me out of your life 'cause this is too much, it's up to you.
And I don't. I genuinely don't.
I'm really gonna see Uche now as "Aaliyah's husband."
-Yeah. Yeah. -That's it.
-What is in the past is in the past. -Okay, yeah.
You're amazing.
And he sees that.
And he did good.
[laughing]
I'm proud of him. He has a great… You're gonna love Kobe.
I know. I had a dog named Kobe.
-Kobe's amazing. Kobe's fun, playful. -Yeah. Yeah.
He pees himself every time he sees me.
He destroys the toys.
I even bought him a toy. It was, like, a bone. Uche was like,
"I don't know where you bought that. That was a good one."
[Aaliyah] Yeah.
I know everything about him because I know him.
-You know? -I know.
-So, anything you wanna know? [laughing] -No, I don't wanna know anything.
I don't wanna know anything. I wanna still be surprised.
-Let me tell you this. -Yeah.
I know his friends.
I've gone to a couple of events with his friends.
I just don't wanna know that though.
I'm pretty sure you're gonna get along.
-He is kind of, like, a workaholic. -Yeah, I could tell.
He is OCD.
Oh, and his house is dope.
-Yeah. -[laughs]
I really didn't wanna know too much.
[sighs]
It's, like, a three-level house. And he told you he drives a Tesla?
No, I like…
-Did he tell you his favorite color? -Yeah.
Like, blue. Like, royal. And that's the color of his car.
Did I tell you, like, my favorite whiskey is because of Uche?
Wild Turkey Honey. It's his favorite.
Oh, my God.
[Aaliyah] This is pissing me off.
I don't wanna know what you have, what car you drive.
By the way, I wanna be honest with you.
Last time we saw each other was back in January this year.
-We slept together and all of that stuff. -Mmm-hmm.
That is just…
You had sex three months ago.
And I'm supposed to feel like that's no big deal.
I don't like that. I would never put myself in a situation like this
in my actual life.
I do, like, feel…
I did for the first days, I felt, like, emotionally drained.
Yeah.
-Holding back my tears. -Yeah.
-Holding back trying to explode. -Yeah.
It's because in that pod,
we had just decided, like, we were gonna start from zero.
I was like, "We have the advantage of seeing each other."
He's like… [gasps] "But then the experiment won't be real."
Yeah.
I don't know if I can handle this situation.
I know this situation is super hard,
but I do think that we are strong enough to handle it.
We're gonna laugh about this in, I don't know, three years from now.
[sighs]
It scares the shit out of me because it's like…
it's what I've prayed for, you know.
And it's happening. Listen to me. It's happening.
-I'm scared. -It's happening. You know what?
-For both of us. -Yeah.
-You know? -Yeah.
I would never in my life date someone younger than me.
-And here I am. -[gasps]
[bittersweet music playing]
[exhales]
Uche and Lydia have a very recent past.
Um…
I'm struggling with the fact that he left out a lot of details.
I get Lydia's story,
and it includes a lot more detail than I would have liked.
[Uche] Hello?
-Aaliyah? -Mmm-hmm.
I don't wanna go into a marriage feeling doubtful
or even an engagement feeling doubtful.
[Uche] So you had a discussion with Lydia.
Yeah.
[grunts softly]
Oh, boy. [exhales]
[sobs] It's just really hard to trust people.
It's so hard… [sobbing]
[sniffles] …to trust what's being said to you.
It… [inhales]
[exhales]
[crying] How do I know he's not gonna fuck me over?
Number one, if I don't trust you, I won't marry you.
I won't be with you.
And the part that upset me
was that she said you considered
starting from ground zero.
[exhales] "Considered starting from ground zero."
That's not exactly what happened.
Did you not tell me about the full conversation in the pod,
because you were actually considering rebuilding with her?
[Uche] No! I don't have any feelings for Lydia.
If I wanted to be in a relationship with Lydia,
I would be in a relationship with Lydia.
This is fucked up, and I don't like it.
On the outside world, I would never date a friend's ex.
I would never befriend your ex.
And you don't think this is hard for me?
-Okay? -[Uche] I mean, it's happening to me
just as much or even more than it's happening to you.
No, it's not, because I'm over here
sitting with your ex that you fucked three months ago.
[grunts]
[Aaliyah] She's telling me things that I didn't wanna know from her.
It's just like, "Okay, I get it. I get it. I get it. You dated him."
"You fucked him."
Yeah, I know that sucks.
[scoffs] It fucking sucks, okay?
But I'm fucking, like, in a cage with her, damn near.
I just didn't wanna know the things she said.
[Uche] I know that this is hard for you right now,
and I can't even imagine what you're going through
and what you're feeling.
But I think it's about me and you,
you know, establishing our connection
and not letting anything get in the way of that.
-[Aaliyah] Hmm. -[somber music playing]
I'm just scared, okay?
That you're going to hurt me.
How are you so sure that I'm what you want? [grunts]
We both have the same vision
of what we want out of life
and what we want out of a marriage, and our core values.
And you make me happy when I talk to you,
and you make it easy for me
to open up to you and to be vulnerable with you.
We can go home. We can give it all up, but that's not what I wanna do.
Yeah.
I'm here for you, and that's all that matters to me.
I know. I'm here for you too, and I want you.
I don't want you to doubt that I am 100% here
and in it with you.
I just needed to talk to you.
And you're my person, and I'm here for you.
[Aaliyah] It's gonna be fine. We're gonna be okay.
I feel it, and I've never felt this for anyone.
-So, it's gonna be okay. -[Uche] I feel the same way.
Have you ever thought about
a wedding ring?
[laughs]
[Uche] And what you'd like that to look like?
I want you to pick what you think. We'll see if you have good taste.
-[Uche] Oh, I have good taste. -Okay.
-[Uche] I picked you, didn't I? -You sure did.
You're about to have a baddie on your arm. I hope you're ready.
[Uche laughs]
I'm just letting you know.
[laughing]
-["Thinking of You" by Felicity playing] -♪ I'm thinking of you ♪
♪ I'm thinking of you ♪
Is this my husband?
How are you doing, my love?
-[Milton] I've had a long day. -I got a long day too.
[Milton] Tell me about your day.
I need to talk to you about something, and I'm nervous about this.
[Milton] Mmm-hmm.
-[Lydia] On day one… -Mmm-hmm.
[Lydia] My date number ten.
-[Milton] Yeah. -He walks in. [sighs]
And I recognized his voice.
Uche and I have dated in the past.
[Milton] Damn.
I stopped things. Like, I told him we need to move on.
Back in February of this year.
It's been hard for me.
Imagine you finding your ex in here
and, like, listening to everybody talk about her.
But that's as far as it goes.
Universe has, like, a weird, messed-up to mess with me.
-[Milton] Mmm-hmm. -And, yeah, so he's here.
I wish him well.
He has a connection here, and I fucking love her to death.
I don't have any feelings to be unresolved.
[Milton sighs] Okay.
What are you thinking?
-Uh, nothing. -[Lydia] Really?
-You're quiet. -Um, I mean, I just…
I didn't-- I didn't expect that. [sighs]
I know it's weird, but I promise you, Milton, there's nothing there for me.
Um, there's no threat.
Like, I love our connection.
And I have been truly genuine with myself with you.
And there's a reason why Uche and I didn't work out.
I really wanna know your thoughts.
[Milton] Um, I don't really have any thoughts.
Okay.
Are you indifferent?
[Milton] I mean, I guess.
[sighs] I just, like,
I wasn't, like, expecting another curveball.
[Lydia] What is the other curveball?
-[Milton] Just this whole experiment. -Milton. Oh, shit, Milton.
I was really nervous to tell you about this.
Because I care about you. I do.
And I believe you're perfect for me.
Perfectly imperfect for me.
And…
I'm falling for you so hard.
-[Milton sighs heavily] -[somber music playing]
[Milton] Yeah, I'm just listening.
Milton!
[Milton] Yeah.
What are you thinking? Please tell me.
[somber music continues]
Babe, please, don't let this affect us.
-Milton! -Yeah, sorry. I'm… I'm listening.
-[Lydia] Milton. -[Milton] Yeah.
It doesn't matter.
-I care about you. -Yeah.
-[Lydia] Milton. -Yeah, I'm just listening.
[Lydia] I'm falling in love with you.
I wanna marry you.
Can we come back in five minutes?
[crying] Are you gonna come back? Do you promise me?
Yeah. I just need, like, five minutes.
[Lydia] Okay.
♪ Now your eyes are colder than December ♪
♪ The fire is out It's just a dying ember ♪
♪ I thought we were going To last forever ♪
♪ Then you said ♪
-[Lydia crying] -♪ All good things must come to an end ♪
♪ All good things… ♪
[sobbing continues]
♪ All good things must come to an end… ♪
-[Stacy] What happened? You okay? -[sobbing] He didn't take it well.
[Stacy] What?
[crying] Milton didn't take well the news about Uche.
Oh, God. [sobbing]
-[Stacy] What happened? -[crying] I just told him the truth.
He's just quiet.
I don't wanna lose him. I don't.
-Lydia. Lydia, stop. Lydia, stop. -[sobbing]
What do you expect him to feel? That is a shock.
Let him have a moment.
Pull it together. You're strong.
Pull it together.
Give him the chance to think about it.
-Big breaths. -[crying] I don't wanna lose him.
[Stacy] I know you don't wanna lose him.
You need to go in there though.
You need to go in there, and he's gonna have questions. Yes?
And if there's nothing between you and Uche anymore,
you should be able to explain it.
-[Lydia] Yeah. -Okay.
-[somber music playing] ♪ Close your eyes ♪
♪ Stop the noise screaming in your mind ♪
-[Lydia sobbing] -[Stacy mutters indistinctly]
You're okay. It's scary. You're scared 'cause you're vulnerable,
and you care about him, and that's a good thing. Yes?
-I don't wanna lose him. -Okay.
Well, you can't hold this back and get all of him.
♪ When you feel the walls are closing in Creeping in ♪
♪ What do you fear the most? ♪
[Lydia sniffling]
♪ When you're holding on To shadows cast from the past… ♪
[Lydia stifling tears]
[Stacy] It's scary, but it takes strength, and you're being brave.
♪ When you're holding on To shadows cast from the past ♪
♪ It's time to face your ghosts ♪
♪ 'Cause they'll haunt you inside ♪
♪ You're scared of your own darkness ♪
-[sighs] -♪ You're falling for the madness ♪
♪ You're frozen in time ♪
-♪ They're just ghosts ♪ -[clears throat]
♪ They're just ghosts in your mind ♪
[Stacy] You're a very truthful, honest person. You're strong.
You're a tough cookie.
And I think that the people that can handle the things that are the toughest
come out getting the things that are the most worthwhile,
that are the most rewarding.
You told him that you care about him.
I do.
And if he cares about you, he's gonna be okay.
We all have a past.
And the people that love you wanna know more,
and they take your past as a map on how to love you.
They don't use it as something to hold against you.
-[exhales] -You're okay.
["Mixed Signals" by Darius Coleman playing]
And no matter what, I'm here.
I'm here for you.
[sobbing] It's just so fucking hard.
[Stacy] I know.
[Stacy sighs]
♪ Sending me mixed, mixed, mixed Mixed, mixed, mixed signals ♪
♪ Mixed signals… ♪
I'm going back.
[whispers] I got this. He's my husband. He's my husband.
[exhales]
[Lydia] Hello?
-Are you there? -Hey, what's up?
[Lydia] How are you feeling?
Um, I feel good. I feel all right. How do you feel?
I'm so scared of losing you.
Yeah, I'm sorry. I just needed, like… I just needed a second.
[Lydia] Don't apologize. Don't apologize. You have a human reaction, right?
It was just valid, you know.
-You got some unexpected news. -[Milton] Yeah.
-Just a lot of information to take in. -[Lydia] It is.
Anything that you wanna ask me, I will respond to you.
Do know that I'm gonna be truthful for you.
[dramatic music playing]
[clicks tongue] Um, is it, like, pretty recent?
[Lydia] I met him in 2020,
and remember when I told you that was, like, the hardest year?
Yeah.
[Lydia] He was kind to me, but he kind of became like
someone who was there if I needed to just, like, let it all out.
Um… [clears throat]
Three months ago, I decided to just, like, move on,
and I decided to just not think about him.
And then I get the surprise that he's here.
Yeah, that's crazy. Small world.
And I promise I'm never gonna lie to you.
I'm never gonna lie to you.
But it has nothing to do with us,
because my heart,
my soul, my being wants you.
Yeah.
And if I have to repeat that a hundred times, I will,
'cause I don't wanna lose you.
[Milton] I just feel like maybe if I would have known, like,
sooner, like…
[Lydia] I couldn't say a word, because if I had said something,
the whole experiment would go down the drain.
I wanted to tell you.
And if you had known sooner, would you, like, stop talking to me?
[clicks tongue] I mean…
There's an answer I wanna give you. Then there's a truthful answer.
Say to me the truthful answer.
I feel like the truthful answer,
if I would have known, like, day one, day two,
like, yeah, probably.
Why?
Just because, like… I don't know, like…
It seems kind of, like, messy.
We all have our past,
and it could happen to anybody.
It's just different when you know the person.
I just wasn't expecting it.
I was not expecting it.
[voice breaks] Can you, for five seconds, put yourself in my shoes
of what I've had to endure?
[Milton] Yeah.
I kind of thought, like, going into this experience, being 24…
-I mean… -[exhales heavily]
[Milton] I thought I was, like,
in a really, really good spot.
And I thought, like, I knew so much about myself.
I kind of realized that there's a lot emotionally
that I haven't,
like, healed from.
There's a lot of things that I've never addressed.
There's a lot of relationships that I need to fix.
You realizing and recognizing all these things is a positive thing.
You recognizing that,
"Shit, I need to do a little bit of work on myself."
I am a work in progress, and I'm 30 years old,
and you have discovered it at 24.
-[gentle music playing] -That's big!
I have no doubts about you.
I have no concerns about you.
I know the amazing soul that you are.
And I'm reassuring you,
I just want you.
-Babe. -Yeah.
I want you so bad.
Can you trust me for that?
Yeah, I trust you.
And I wanna hug you, and kiss you, and love you so bad.
So bad.
Well, that sure was a plot twist in life.
I really honestly don't know how I feel.
I was gonna say something, but I don't wanna make you pissed.
-[Milton] What's up? -If you have doubts, ask Uche.
[both laugh]
That's a great thing to say, like…
Too soon?
[laughing] I'm sorry.
Oh, my fucking God. My fucking God.
[Lydia laughing]
I'm so sorry! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
The most inappropriate time, you're gonna make a fucking joke.
[laughing]
[laughing] I'm so sorry.
Honestly, that's some shit I'd do. [laughs]
[laughs] I'm just perfect for you. Admit it.
["One Last Breath" by Martin Buster playing]
My fucking God.
♪ On one last breath ♪
["Wild Heart" by Katie Hargrove and Stevie Gold playing]
I've always wanted the best friend that I can laugh with,
and Izzy's the one.
I've never seen him, but I can't imagine life without him.
It has nothing to do with what he's looking like.
He gets me, and he gets the parts of me that I didn't even know were there.
I love him.
♪ Come into the world, I'm ready… ♪
I'm so cheesy right now. It's embarrassing.
♪ My wild heart… ♪
[Izzy] Good, good, good.
[Izzy] Meeting Stacy,
she's given me more than anybody in my life has ever given me.
I never thought that I was gonna find, like, love like this.
I see myself in 50 years with Stacy,
abroad, drunk off some rum, dancing on a beach.
It's honestly like a dream come true. This is the love I've wanted.
I think about what he looks like all the time, and nothing comes to mind.
Hair color, eye color, I have no idea.
I try to picture him, and I just hear his laugh.
So, all I can imagine is, like…
[laughing]
Like, a big cheesy grin.
I just wanna squeeze him, hug him, and, like, not let go.
[laughs]
[inhales] Ahh!
[Izzy] I've never been more confident with where I'm supposed to be,
and it's with Stacy.
[exhales]
[laughing]
My God!
It's so surreal. Oh, my God.
-Hi! -How are you?
-[laughing] -Oh!
[laughing]
-[Izzy] I'm completely shaking. -[laughing]
-[romantic music playing] -[both laughing]
♪ It's like I never met you But I can't forget you… ♪
[Izzy exclaims] Oh!
-[Stacy] You are shaking! Oh, my God! -I am.
-Nice to meet you. -You too.
-You look amazing. Oh, my… -Thank you.
I love this dress on you.
[gasps] God, you're beautiful.
♪ And I'll help you fall, fall ♪
♪ And after it all… ♪
-You're shaking so bad. -I know.
-Take a deep breath. -I'm good. [inhales]
-[exhales] -Let it out. You're okay.
We're good. Come on. Take a seat. I'm so excited.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
[laughs]
-All right. -Oh, my God!
Oh, my God.
[Izzy laughs]
My heart is, like, racing.
[Izzy] Good. Take it in.
[exhales]
[Izzy] I'm excited.
Mmm.
[kisses]
-You smell fucking amazing, by the way. -Oh, well, that's a plus.
-Oh, okay, okay, okay. -Gimme that hand, baby.
[laughing]
-My hand's shaking. -Take all your time.
[Stacy squeals] Your hand is shaking worse than mine.
Oh, my God.
-Oh, my God! Oh, the angst. Come here. -[exclaims]
-[Stacy mutters] -Oh!
-[Stacy] Oh, my God. -[mutters]
[Izzy] What a relief.
-Finally. -I know, right?
-[both laugh] -[Stacy] Are you okay?
-[Izzy] It's a lot. -Yeah?
-But it's good. I feel it. -It's the same person.
-I know. -It's an adjustment, huh?
-It is an adjustment. -Yeah.
[Izzy] I'm just taking you in.
-Oh, my God, you're so sexy. -Want me to do a twirl?
-Yes, give me a twirl, please. -Okay, okay, okay.
-Let's do it in slow motion for you. -Yes.
-This is me, Stacy. -Uh-huh. Stacy.
-The one you chose. -[laughs]
-Thank you. -I'm fucking lucky.
God, you're a bombshell.
-[Stacy] Oh, my God. -Oh, my God!
-Oh, God. -You're okay?
-Yeah, I'm good. -I can feel it.
And it's so crazy 'cause, like, I'm just fucking excited, honestly.
-Your voice! Oh, my gosh, it's so-- -Is it what you pictured?
I didn't expect, like, any sort of picture.
-Yeah. - I just wanted to, like, be with you.
Same here. I was just, like, so confident in you.
I was like, "I just wanna meet her."
"I wanna smell her. I just wanna hug her, like…"
-I washed my hair just for you. [laughs] -Me too.
-Shut up! -[laughing]
You're real. Like, you're real.
I get to touch you, hold you, and all the things, it's just…
-[Izzy] Yeah. -It's just that final little, like…
[grunts] It feels good.
I know. I'm excited.
[romantic music playing]
-[Izzy exclaims] -Don't touch my leg. I didn't shave.
-It's okay. -[laughing]
I noticed. I wasn't gonna say anything.
But, you know, a little hair gives it some character.
It's sexy.
-The leg hair? -Yeah.
-I should grow it out? -Grow it out.
Okay. Are you into braiding?
-[Izzy] Um, I don't know how to. -[laughing]
But if you teach me, a little hair brings character.
-I don't mind it. -We'll start growing our garden bush here.
-Oh, God. -Yes.
-Yeah. I'm just excited for the trip now. -Yeah.
-I know. -It's gonna be fun.
The fact that my nerves are getting me right now.
-It's hitting the heart, baby. -Oh!
But it's in a great way. Like, yeah, it's not bad.
-It's me. -Yeah, it is you.
-[laughs] -It is you.
Oh, yeah. Oh, God. This is great.
-[Stacy] It's so wild. -[laughs] This is my fiancée!
[laughing]
Your laugh! I've been dying for it!
Oh, man.
♪ Write a song for me I wanna be the one ♪
♪ That makes you feel that way Feel that way, feel that way ♪
♪ The one that makes you feel ♪
♪ Write a song for me ♪
♪ I wanna be the one… ♪
-[Lydia] Hello! -[Milton] How are you today?
[Lydia] I'm good. How are you?
[Milton] Uh, I feel pretty good.
-[Lydia] You feel pretty good? -Mmm-hmm.
I've been thinking about, like, um, you know, us.
-Yes? -[Milton] Like, you and I.
Um, I couldn't stop thinking about you, like, last night.
Like, it was so, so nerve-racking.
I couldn't sleep at all.
There's still gonna be a lot of things that, like,
we would have to sacrifice, like, I would have to give up…
to be with you, you know?
I probably can't be at my friend's house till 4:00 in the morning playing the Wii.
[both laugh]
If you wanna go play with your friends, hell yeah, go for it.
I'm gonna have to ask you, "Hey, can I go outside and play?"
No. You're just gonna let me know, and be like--
-"Gotta be in by the streetlight." -[laughs]
You're just trying to be funny, aren't you?
Yeah.
Oh, my God.
You don't think, like, my age is gonna affect us at all?
Age is just a number.
I've never been so sure of anything in my life, and it's crazy.
It's absolutely crazy.
I honestly think it's gonna be amazing.
Never boring. [laughs]
-Always laughing. -[Milton] Mmm-hmm.
And I'm just so excited.
[Milton] I definitely think it would be a lot of fun
being married to you.
Me too.
I could definitely recognize your voice in a crowd anywhere.
I'm kind of at a stage where I'm like,
"Do I wanna say fuck it and take a risk?"
But then at the same time, like, I have to think about you.
You know?
What if all of a sudden my job was like,
"Milton, you have to move to Argentina."
-"And you'll be working--" -And I'll say, "Let's do it!"
Adventure awaits.
-[exhales] You'd be down? -[Lydia] Yes!
[Milton] You're gonna say you'd be willing to pick up your job?
-Like, just drop everything? -[Lydia] I work from anywhere, remember?
And, like, actually, can we move to Argentina?
[laughs]
-Sorry. -It would be nice. You do speak Spanish.
Yeah.
You're too quiet. [laughs]
-You're nervous, aren't you? -Yeah, I'm actually, like, super nervous.
Like, marriage is for life.
It is for life. It's a life decision.
I don't know. I'm just, like, still so nervous.
Oh, me too.
Like, this is it. Like…
This is it. There's no going back. This is it.
What do you want?
I want you. [chuckles]
'Cause you are already everything I have desired and even more.
I never expected to be this sure.
I want you.
I wanna be your wife.
[Milton] I think you'd be a great wife, a great mother.
I think you're really, like, my best friend.
Are you a risk-taker?
[Lydia] I will say, like, half-and-half.
I'm a huge risk-taker,
and for some reason, like,
I've been overthinking about this.
You think you can spend the rest of your life with me?
Yes.
A hundred percent. [chuckles]
[Milton inhales]
I don't know how to do this.
[groans]
-I'm on one knee. -[Lydia gasps] Oh, my God!
[laughs] I'm standing up.
-[Milton] You're standing up? -Yeah.
-Lydia Arlene Velez Gonzalez. -[laughs]
Oh, my God.
I feel like I've definitely fallen in love with you
during this, like, journey.
[Lydia] I love you!
[Milton] You're gonna be my Puerto Rican wife?
[laughs]
Yes, I will be your Puerto Rican wife.
I'm, like, serious. I mean, like, forever.
And I mean forever.
["Falling For You" by Ingrid Andress playing]
♪ But I hope I'll never stop falling for you… ♪
Oh, my God, we're engaged.
You're my fiancé. [chuckles]
-That simple? It's just that easy? -[Lydia] That easy.
No way. This is supposed to be way harder.
It was just meant to be. Everything's meant to be.
Oh!
-[laughs] It's gonna be so nice. -[exclaims]
[Lydia] Oh, my God, I can't wait.
I love you.
I love you too.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I'll see you tomorrow?
[Milton] I'll see you tomorrow.
[squeals] Love you!
-[Milton] I love you too. -Bye!
[Milton] Bye.
♪ I'll never stop falling for you ♪
♪ I hope I never stop falling ♪
♪ Never stop falling for you ♪
-[Lydia] I'm engaged! -[women screaming]
["Before And After" by Evie Waters playing]
♪ In my life I've been living in a daydream… ♪
I think it's a little bit crazy thinking about spending the rest of my life
with somebody that I've never even seen,
but falling in love with Aaliyah has been the craziest experience,
and I think Aaliyah is just my dream girl.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime feeling.
Something that I've never felt before about anybody.
It's something that I've always dreamed of.
I'm in love with Aaliyah.
And I don't wanna lose her,
and I can definitely see a life with Aaliyah.
♪ My heart beats louder ♪
♪ When I'm around you… ♪
I'm going to ask Aaliyah to marry me.
♪ Around my door I know you're worth waiting for… ♪
[Uche] Hey, baby.
-♪ We can go anywhere ♪ -[music fades]
Hello?
[inhales]
[sighs]
[heart beating]
Hello?
[suspenseful music playing]
[man on speaker] Uche…
unfortunately, Aaliyah has decided to not continue with the experiment.
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music continues]
[Uche exhales heavily]
-We just talked, I was like, "Hey, like--" -[door opens]
She's gone.
[Milton] I have no idea what she thinks I look like
or if I'm necessarily even her type. It is scary.
[Izzy] You are the most tender and sweet girl that I've ever met.
That's why I'm in love with you, because that's the girl that I see in you.
[Stacy] I have never felt this kind of love before.
[laughs]
[Izzy] I'm glad I'm here with you.
I was just curious why someone 30 would be interested in a 24-year-old.
-It's phony. -[woman] Johnie's here!
You were my number one.
How are you gonna tell me you're in love--
-She told you she loved you? -Four times.
And I do care about you. Like, I did and still do.
So I'm taking it as you want me to see you as a fuck boy.
[Aaliyah] Uche.
I wanna spend the rest of my life with you.
We have a lot to talk about.
Just be honest and say that you're trying to get back with me.
[Taylor] I still have love and care for you.
[JP] It just presents as fake.
But you didn't know what I looked like before!
-But now I do! -I feel frustrated. [sniffles]
[man] Now's the time to decide if love is blind.
[Milton] Everybody gets cold feet.
["Moonlight" by Alex Komlew & Wanja Janeva playing]
♪ You're cold as ice in the dark ♪
♪ Like dead inside ♪
♪ In the dark ♪
♪ You only cry for the moonlight ♪
♪ For the moonlight ♪
[music fading]