The morning starts with all the couples waking up and emerging from their bed cocoons except for Slade who is so depressed from the exercise that he refuses to get up. Every time Slade talks on camera I am overwhelmed by how fake it feels. Like watching a badly acted play. They have a one on one with the counselors and both talked in circles. Slade keeps mentioning: I can't give you want, I want you to be happy, Find someone else. She needs to take his advice and move on.
The first exercise of the day is Tocix Reality where the castmates get to pick which 3 of the ten of them should be saved in the event of a gas world war event or something. It doesn't really matter the scenario, really it is just about telling people their faults. Since each person has to address every other person that means there was 81 interactions and probably lasted for hours. Traci goes down the line sniffling and we see all her picks (Ryan, Kevin and herself) but after that the editors only hit the highlights which is mostly the negatives. Gretchen does not bother to give herself a gas mask and when asked she claims it was because she wants others to be happy but Jim calls her out on "Stop trying to make yourself look good" Big round of applause for Jim.
Tanisha is told by her castmates that she has a chip on her shouldar, emotional, not very sure of herself.
Roger is told that he is stubborn, selfish and should be more supportive.
Jenni is told that she is selfish and that she doesn't need to broadcast everything she does. She gets a bit snarky back at Tanisha but Jim tells her that she is just supposed to listen.
Kevin gets nailed for his infidelity but Ryan gives him a gas mask saying that he has a rare combination of Wisdom and Compassion. I thought that was a really sweet comment but Kevin didn't seem to even remember it later in the interview.
Gretchen is seen as selfish and struggling with the truth (which later clarification means that she is unwilling to accept the truth in front of her)
Ryan is seen by a lot of people as caring, nice and worthy of living. I think the fact that he is a fire fighter and has actual life saving skills helped.
But the highlight of the whole thing was when Clive told Slade that he was hiding something. Ding ding ding, we have a winner!
Now the whole group broke into two groups (each couple was separated) to talk about an event from their past that still affects them. This was a heavy time and we got some real insight into where some of these issues come from. Slade's parents divorce, Gretchen was never good enough, Kevin's dad was in jail and Ryan's old girlfriend was caught in bed with another guy. Trista had a friend that tried to kill herself in Trista's bathroom using her razor and now she feels responsible for everyone's happiness. Roger had a friend that committed suicide. Then Jenni shared her story about getting fired from a job as a kid which everyone demeaned as a bit underwhelming and unemotional.
When they get out of the exercise Roger is really upset to hear that Jenni didn't share any of the stories from her childhood. He feels that she is just phoning this in to get a pay check.
We head into final evaulations. Trista/Ryan - they are lacking intimacy from trying to be too nice
Clive/Tanisha - Clive is perceptive about people ; Traci/Kevin - they have allowed their resentment to build up ; Slade/Gretchen - Gretchen is a successful woman and codependent
Jenni and Roger get pulled into a one and one. Roger is still mad and says he is there for their future marriage if she is not then he might as well go home. He pulls off and mic and storms out. END OF EPISODE!!
Will he stay? Will he go?
