After an explosive Couple’s Retreat, the couples have returned to their apartments and are getting ready for the next Dinner Party.
For Jade and Ridge, they celebrated a monumental milestone this morning, when Ridge was introduced to Jade’s daughter for the first time. Down the hall, Timothy is still upset for his mate Tristan, after Jack made a whale reference around the pool at the retreat while he and Tristan were in proximity – he wants Jack to answer for it.
Meanwhile, Tristan explains that he’s struggling thinking he’s the “fat dude in the group”. Lauren is also still frustrated with Jack’s comment and wants Jack to apologise to the whole group tonight.
Jack chats with Tori explaining it’s been hard for him to get past the whale comment but that it was just a joke. He thinks people are getting annoyed by them and that they’re just jealous of their relationship. Meanwhile Sara and Tim have returned closer than ever after the retreat.
But unbeknownst to Tim, Eden is holding onto information that Sara met up with her ex-boyfriend behind Tim’s back and plans to tell him at the Dinner Party tonight.
At the Cocktail Party, Tristan chats with the group about the whale comment from Jack and how he’s now struggling. Timothy is saddened by this, and Lauren is appalled by Jack’s comment.
At the Dinner Party, Jack grabs Tristan and Timothy for a chat. Jack explains he made a stupid comment by the pool, and it was a joke – it’s been hard for him ever since. He then proceeds to give Tristan a gift: a voucher for a supplement store and also a keyring engraved “you are enough”. Tristan gives Jack a huge hug and says how lovely he is. Timothy looks on, shocked and dubious.
They head back to the table and Tristan shows the group his gift. Lauren is disgusted. Jack explains how he wants to better himself and learn from this mistake. Jack says he wouldn’t have said it around Timothy and says he must watch what he’s saying. Tori says she won’t be holding him to the stake for it. Lauren tells Tori to open her eyes, but Tori asks Lauren not to insult her intelligence.
Sara announces to the table that she and Tim have made a comeback. As Eden listens in, her thoughts begin to spiral as she knows information about what Sara has been up to, unbeknownst to Tim. Jayden checks on Eden and they ask Sara and Tim to join them.
Eden tells Sara that Jayden saw a message on her phone from her and is giving her the opportunity to tell Tim what she did, otherwise they will tell him. Sara tells Tim she ran into her ex, before Eden tells her to be honest. Sara admits that she met up with her ex but that it wasn’t a date.
Tim physically recoils from her and moves away before asking for details. Jayden explains the text he saw that Sara wanted an outfit to look good for her ex. Sara says that she’s still friends with her ex and tries to play down the exchange as innocent – Tim looks distraught and calls bullshit.
Eden and Jayden leave Sara and Tim alone to talk. Sara tells Tim that nothing happened and she doesn’t know what to say, before Tim walks off.
Meanwhile, Eden explains to the group what’s happened. Sara comes back to the table and lets everyone know that she was out with her ex on the weekend. The group is outraged by this discovery and wants answers. Sara explains that she didn’t tell Tim because she didn’t want him to feel insecure.
As the group weighs in, Sara continues to get riled up and denies cheating, saying she didn’t do anything with her ex other than have drinks. Sara leaves the table wanting to go home.
Back at the table, Tim explains to the group all the signs he has noticed along the way and that she had slept with her ex a month before the experiment. They are all shocked.
Sara re-joins the table and admits she lied to Tim but denies anything happening. The group and Tim aren’t buying her story and Tim tells Sara and the group that she’s a liar. Tim doesn’t think Sara’s sorry, explaining that she hasn’t consoled him or checked that he’s ok.
Stephen asks Sara to confirm a statement he heard earlier: “did you have sex with your ex a month before the experiment started?”. Sara admits she did.
Sara admits that while her ex had a partner, she did sleep with him, but that she didn’t cheat on Tim. Jayden explains that cheating is not just physical before Sara begins yelling that she’s never ever cheated on a partner. Sara walks off from the table alone, demanding that she wants to leave.
Tim tells Eden he’s defeated and doesn’t know how he will trust Sara again.
