We pick up where we left off last week, Roger is upset with Jenni for faking it for the camera. He pulls off his mic and storms out of the room. Jenni talks with the counselors and they ask if she is there for the paycheck/cameras or to work on her marriage. She admits it is a bit of both and I can respect her honesty. One of her issues is putting for career before her relationship so her admitting it makes it feels like she is trying to work on her marriage too. She apologizes through the door to Roger and Jim asks to talk to him. Roger asks for no mics and after conferencing with a producer (Hey I know Adam from Twitter) Jim goes in with no mic though we still hear stuff. Everyone agrees to continue on with the caveat that Jenni will get kicked out for faking it. And we are back to the Bootcamp experience.
Today they are discussing wants versus needs.
Traci need more faith in her career and Kevin needs more instruction and communication
Trista needs trust, Ryan need physical affection
Gretchen need Slade to get a better job, he needs communication
Tanisha needs him to take control, Clive needs a chance to do that
Roger needs honesty and Jenni needs affection
One big reveal was that Tanisha and Clive have been separated for 1 and 1/2 years and she says she doesn't love him. They have been together for 8 years but when she started appearing on tv he feels like she never had time for her. Uh oh. If they are already separated and she doesn't love him then why are they here? I am guessing she just wants to be on tv.
Tonight the couples are switching it up. New couples are formed from those that have something to learn from each other and doing an activity.
Jenni and Slade will have a dance lesson
Traci and Clive will get a couples massage
Trista and Roger do acro yoga
Tanisha and Ryan make desserts
Gretchen and Kevin go to a fancy dinner except Gretchen has a prior commitment? What!?! If you don't know I hosted and produced a reality show in 2013 (Nock Out, now available on iTunes) and I have HUGE issues with people that sign up for a reality show, commit to the dates then (after it is too late to recast) suddenly miss filming. Production doesn't have many options, they could kick her off the show but the show is more important than anything. But they can't just extend the production window and say "Oh no worries, we will just do this tomorrow" So this really pushed my buttons. Not only did she commit for this charity event but she expected Slade to skip out as well. Slade said that actually he would like to stay. Huh, I agree with him. Maybe he isn't as bad as I have thought.
In the end they decide that Kevin will just go with Gretchen to her event. They show clips of everyone else laughing, talking, having a great time then cut back to Kevin sitting in a limo listening to Gretchen talking about Slade, how fun for him. As they get close to the event Gretchen hears that TMZ is there and she doesn't want to be seen with Kevin instead of Slade so she suggests that Kevin gets out in some alley down the block... at night... in LA. Wow, she really has a heart of gold and thinks of others. I was pretty dumbfounded by the suggestion. Even if they can't be seen together for contractual reasons she demonstrates zero concern for his safety or comfort with that suggestion.
In the end he just sits in the limo with the camera man while she gets out and poses for the TMZ cameras. It really bothered me that she treated him like a non-person. She didn't seem to consider that this evening was supposed to be a treat for both on them but rather that her happiness and needs were all that matters. I like to imagine that after she left, Kevin and the camera guy gossiped about how awful Gretchen was.
Everyone else seemed to have a good time. Tanisha and Ryan were hilarious. She was laughing, relaxed and a real joy. She even taught him some Swagoo which was hilarious. Clive and Traci talked about life goals. Trista and Roger discussed being more attentive to their partner though she pulled back emotionally a little bit. Jenni and Slade danced and discussed taking and giving control. Overall I thought it was an amazing little exercise that everyone (but Gretchen) embraced. Even Kevin committed that he learned that he needed to be more supportive of Traci though I have no idea how he learned anything from his limo ride.
They had their evaluations which was basically summarized above and they are told to prepare for the next exercise. Jenni gets a text that someone sold a story, Jenni thinks it is ----- but Roger says this is her own fault.
Who do they think did it? Who did it? What is the secret? (I assume her now not-so-secret pregnancy)
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