‘I Kissed a Girl’ | Season 2, Episode 3

Hi Friends! 

SURPRISE! We didn’t give you an episode in a week and a half, so this week our gift to you is another all new episode! We're picking up on season 2 episode 3 of I Kissed A Girl on the BBC. We have so many couple swaps and a kiss off in this episode! Who do you think should be coupled up together? Lets yap about it!

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:18

Hello, hello, hello, beautiful people. We are back with another episode of Lesing Out. This is Peyton. And I'm Amber. And we are back again with another episode of I Kissed a Girl. This time we're gonna be doing season two, episode three.

SPEAKER_01 0:36

I think in the last episode, you maybe gave a little like what's the synopsis of the episode? Like, what's the description? Do you have a description for this episode?

SPEAKER_00 0:46

So, from the BBC, this episode description is emotions are still running high after last night's dinner party, and with feelings heating up, Danny arrives with a chemistry test that really puts the girl's head in a spin. Teamed up with a surprise announcement that the first kiss-off is only hours away, it's crunch time in the masqueradia for our couples. As two girls go head to head, vying for the same girl's affection, one drops the L-word, who could this possibly be? And another sheds a tear. But whose summer of love is about to come to an abrupt end? Dun dun dun. It's like giving away everything and giving away nothing at the same time. And also, just a quick reminder for anybody who might have forgotten just a refresher on the unofficial pairings. We have Elise and Alicia, Lindsay and the new bombshell blessing, Ebony and Imogen, and we have a whole ton of unpaired people to include Tyra, Nikita, Ashley, Faye, Renee, Kaylee, and our sweet angel baby Elmira.

SPEAKER_01 1:52

I'm so excited to get into it. Do you have any hot takes? I am fresh out of hot takes this week. I haven't even thought of anything. Nothing has like pissed me off. But do you have anything that's pissed you off?

SPEAKER_00 2:05

I always have something that's pissed me off. I think you all know now I live in New York City. I take the train a lot. I also do Uber a lot, but I do also take the train regularly into work and everything. And if you fart on the subway, we, as the folks who are in the car with you, should be able to kick you off the train. Because what the fuck? Listen, I understand shit literally sometimes happens from time to time, but also please don't crop dust the entire A train. We don't need that. That's that's a good hot take. And the subways smell enough as is. Like even this is gonna sound crazy, but if you if you spent any time in New York City, I think you'll know what I'm talking about. Even when they clean the trains and the stations, there it's like a mix of feces, sweat, sin, bad decisions, and fabulosa.

SPEAKER_01 3:00

Yeah, they literally like take a hose and just spray down the subway cars inside of it. There's no real scrub-a-dub-dubbin happening.

SPEAKER_00 3:08

No, and honestly, I don't want those particles up in the air, especially when they're cleaning it. The cleaning materials on top of the stench. Bad. It's just bad. So if you're farting on the train, you're only taking a pretty ridiculous situation already and making it worse.

SPEAKER_01 3:23

Maybe Mom Donnie can fix that. Maybe he can add better cleaning supplies to the MTA.

SPEAKER_00 3:30

Zoran, Mom Donnie. If you are listening to this, and I just know you are to make a law against farting on the train.

SPEAKER_01 3:36

We need to solve this. We need public shame. Like Game of Thrones.

SPEAKER_00 3:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:41

Put them outside. Everybody shame them.

SPEAKER_00 3:44

Oh, carry a bell around and just follow people like Hannah Waddingham did. Shame. And it's also wild that that's Hannah Waddingham. She's a Ted Lesson. She's not like her at all. Yes. She's like the really hot, queer-coated um owner. She also was in sex education, and she was the mom to one of the athlete, the swimmer. I don't remember his name, but that was one of his moms, and she was a lesbian.

SPEAKER_01 4:09

Oh, I love that. Love a queer-coated woman in media.

SPEAKER_00 4:12

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 4:13

Even if she's not queer in real life, we'll take it.

SPEAKER_00 4:16

Yeah. Um, we love her. So speaking.

SPEAKER_01 4:21

Oh yes.

SPEAKER_00 4:22

I was gonna say, speaking of queer, let's talk about our women. We get right into it. Like it wastes no time. They do, of course, like a little here's what happened last week. But then they get right back into the drama. We're picking up right back at dinner. Lindsay and Renee are still not happy with each other. Faye later mentions that the night was ruined by those two. Um and then after all of that, Renee kind of walks up to Lindsay and is like, You want to have a chat? And I'm like, This is not the time to have a chat.

SPEAKER_01 4:50

To be fair, in the heat of the moment, I really think that Lindsay and Renee probably went at it way longer than we saw. Because yes, I mean, that's how editing works, right? They definitely probably did ruin the whole entire night because neither one of them wanted to back down. One thing that Lindsay kept repeating to Renee was, I don't want you, I don't want you. Yeah, that was rough. That was so rough, and I was like, Renee knows that she's not mad that you didn't want her, she's mad that you made it seem like you were still interested, but then you want to call out someone else for doing something quite similar. And I, to me, when someone is in an argument or like the heat of the moment, and they just repeat one liner like the same thing over and over again, in my mind, I immediately go to you don't have anything to back you. That's exactly what it screams to me. Is like you are backed into a corner, you can't defend yourself because you are now realizing that Renee's feelings are valid. So the only thing you can do is hit her in her insecurity and say, I didn't want you. And that's just so hurtful.

SPEAKER_00 6:06

It is, you know, I uh that's something that I try not to do when I'm arguing with somebody. Unfortunately, you know, everybody gets in tiffs here and there. It is really upsetting when somebody takes one thing that they know is going to hurt you and throws it in your face because they're not doing it for any reason other than to shut you up so you can't keep arguing. And it's the worst. And I I have folks in my life who are like that, and it's so you can't like it's like talking to a wall. Yeah, it's so difficult, it never lends itself to a good conversation. Hey, like, I'm not trying to say that I'm perfect, like I've definitely said shit in arguments where I'm like, oh fuck, and then I have to go back later and apologize. We've we've all been there, yeah. But intentionally being like, I'm gonna hone in on the one thing that I know is going to cut you at the knees and make you feel small. I hate that shit. It's ridiculous, it's unfair.

SPEAKER_01 7:02

And I I kind of was like, one thing I noticed in a yeah, the first episode was Lindsay seems really intentional with her time and her space. She was meditating by the pool by herself, giving herself, you know, the taps on the the body, doing like somatic releases, and to then see that argument and her response be, I'm gonna hit you at an insecurity, kind of rubbed me the wrong way. She's she was telling Renee that Renee was giving performative, but in my mind, I'm like, Are you projecting? Because you are giving me this like visual sense of I'm one with myself, I'm you know, intentional with my time, my energy, who I spend my time with, and almost seeming like a granola meditation type of girly, but then being to your point really ready to cut you at the knees and hit you with something that I know is gonna hurt.

SPEAKER_00 8:02

It's just such a low blow for no reason, and it doesn't help the conversation, it doesn't make the person want to open up to you, it doesn't make them want to smooth things over anytime soon. Like it just takes an already shitty situation and sets it on fire. And I hate to see that always.

SPEAKER_01 8:21

I hate it. I do think that Renee, when everybody's winding down in bed, getting ready to, you know, lights out it, Renee going up to Lindsay and saying, Do you want to have a chat? Wrong place, wrong time. Yes, everyone is clearly still heated, going to bed, no one's chatting, everyone's uncomfortable, like the whole masqueradia is feeling this tension. But I do commend her for even putting her foot forward to see if she wants to have a one-on-one conversation away from other people. Not the right time, no, but the intention, the good intention was there.

SPEAKER_00 8:55

I am I'm very happy that Lindsay said no. I don't think it would have been a good conversation in that moment. I think that everything was still too fresh. I think that feelings were still hurt. Everybody, to your point, it was tense, nobody was really talking. Everybody was like, what the fuck just happened? Like we were supposed to have a nice dinner and it devolved so quickly. Um yeah, and I also think it's cool. Blessing wasn't running away from that. She was just kind of like, you know, like this has nothing to do with me, but I'm not gonna take it for more than what's happening right now. And I I like that she stayed out of it and didn't really didn't really try to get involved or insert herself in the situation, but she also didn't like go off to the side and be like, oh, I don't know about Renee anymore.

SPEAKER_01 9:39

I agree. I do think like there you can be there for Lindsay without inserting yourself into an argument that has nothing to do with you. But I really do hope that Blessing takes what she's learning about the situation and applies it to the relationship she's building with Lindsay, because to me, the the way that Lindsay and Renee were arguing, if she's arguing that way with one person, she's probably gonna argue that way with you in the future. And if that's something you don't mesh with, catch it now, yeah, understand it now, move differently to where maybe you won't get the same reaction that Renee got. But just be aware, you know, have have your eyes open. And I I do think Blessing does have her eyes open, but she is very like, I'm gonna stand by my woman, which she said. She was like, I'm gonna stand by my woman.

SPEAKER_00 10:28

So yeah, and good for her, good for her. I think she's she's being a good sport about the whole situation, and these things aren't easy to walk into, especially when it's only been a couple days, yes, but when relationships have already started kind of budding and taking like a little bit of shape, it's tough. I honestly wonder, because I know I'm so sorry, guys. I know this is like a queer media show, but we keep talking about Love Island, we're clearly obsessed. Um make a queer season. We do, unfortunately, make but make a queer season, really. We need it, and Ariana should still host.

SPEAKER_01 10:59

But I wonder that we've literally in every single episode. How many times are we gonna bring Ariana Maddox up? We love you, girl.

SPEAKER_00 11:06

We love you, Ari, until you hear us. And listen, since we're talking about Ari, I have to mention our other by queen from Vanderpump Rules, Lala. I do love Lala. I know you're not a fan. You don't have to say anything.

SPEAKER_01 11:16

I can say, I can say I don't like Lala in Vanderpump Rules, but I love Lala in the Valley.

SPEAKER_00 11:22

Oh my god, listen. Listen. That's all I'm gonna say. She she reminds me of me in some ways because I feel like she's always saying what people are thinking, but what they don't want to say. Kind of like a rage baiter a little bit, and honestly, yes, I'm here for it. Oh, yeah, whatever. Ever rage bait me. You have to know who to rage bait. If you all haven't, please watch Vanderpump Rolls. There's queerness. Lisa is also a huge fan of the community. But I digress. I say all that to say. I wonder if it's like Love Island where the new girls that are coming into the masquerad get to actually watch what's happening before they come in. So, like, did Blessing and Almira and Kaylee, did they come in with context of who these girls that were already there are, who they were kind of toying with, or is it all just kind of going in blind? I'm curious about that.

SPEAKER_01 12:10

That's a really good call out. I feel like every reality show that's gonna bring in new people should have them watch up until they're about to come in so they can make informed decisions. But I also understand the other part of reality television where it's like, absolutely not, we're throwing you into the lion's den. Have at it, make mama proud.

SPEAKER_00 12:28

I see where both can work in different situations. Obviously, it depends on what production is trying to make happen. Good story. They're they're one. Literally, are they do they want somebody to come in and be like, I've been watching this person and they have a strong connection, but I can turn their head? Or like, I don't know, I kind of I kind of lean more toward flying blind. Like the people that are going in initially don't have any context about who they're gonna be with, unless, of course, they know each other outside, but like they don't have any context, so I kind of think the new people shouldn't either. It adds like a different layer to it, and I think there's a level of at times when people can see that people have connections already, like not wanting to step on toes, versus if you're coming in new and you don't know this. I kind of like the idea of people not knowing an even playing field for everyone who comes in. I get it for for everybody, yeah, and yeah, so the girls all go to bed. Not a lot of talking that happens, it's just tense. And the next morning, Miss Almyra wants to get right into it. She's like, What happened?

SPEAKER_01 13:31

The aquarium not liking the tension. She's like, Good morning, and end this now.

SPEAKER_00 13:40

Yeah, she's like, What happened? What happened? What happened? And of course, Renee is talking in her little side her little talking head about how she's an emotional woman and she doesn't believe that Lindsay gave her compassion. I think some of that was a little overblown, but I do believe that Lin that Renee is still very much hurt by the situation.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

Something that Lindsay said in her talking head was that Renee was attempting to assassinate her character, which I thought was a bit much. I don't think she was trying to assassinate your character. I think she called out exactly what you did. That's not much of an assassination. I do think, though, that her being upset and feeling as though her character was being assassinated. She was also kind of trying to do that to Elise in the moment as well. So I'm like, again, I say this like, don't be a hypocrite, just take it on the chin. I did really like that Renee was vulnerable. And to be fair, Lindsay didn't want to have a conversation in front of everyone.

SPEAKER_02 14:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:44

That's fine. Renee did tell everyone. I tried to see if she wanted to have a one-on-one conversation. Granted, not the right time, but she Lindsay can't say that Renee didn't try. But all Lindsay is saying is it's performative. And that kind of pushes Renee over the edge of feeling like, how is it fair that you want everyone to take your feelings into account, but not my feelings? And she brings up a really good topic of discussion of you know, masks not being taken seriously when they are vulnerable and sharing their feelings. And she Renee feels like that's only given to Femme presenting queer women, which I think is very true in some cases, where masks are meant to be like almost very similar to the you know, be a man and boys don't cry, and that's not fair at all because to Renee, Renee is saying, like, at the end of the day, I'm still a woman, like I still have feelings, I'm still vulnerable. And I thought that that was really a big thing to bring up to the whole masquerade.

SPEAKER_00 15:53

Yeah, I think it's a really important topic to talk about because there is kind of an expectation, if you will, that if you are a mask-presenting person, you must be as swift as a coursing river with all the force of a great typhoon and all the strength of a raging fire. And you also must be mysterious as the dark side of the moon. And people expect that from masks. And it's like, no, we are still women, we still are very well, not all of us, because I, you know, we can't make generalizations here, but like, you know, we're still emotionally mature, we still are in touch with our emotions, and like just because we are mask presenting, that doesn't mean that we don't have feelings or that we can be treated differently, and I do think that is something that I have heard talked a lot um about in the community, but folks who who don't have a lot of like mask presenting friends might not know as much.

SPEAKER_01 16:45

I listen, I love when any of my friends, mask or femme, can share their feelings and be vulnerable. Like I love it when we're all crying and talking about our lives and talking about our feelings. And I even like with men, straight men around the world, share your feelings with your friends, share them with your partner. Don't hold it in because what happens when you hold in your feelings, you explode. And it's like it I hate I hate that whole idea of men are not allowed to have feelings. Everybody is allowed to have feelings, everyone is on this earth for the very first time. We're learning if someone doesn't want to accept your feelings and wants to like judge you for having feelings, that's someone who's not in your corner, and that's someone who you shouldn't be around. And I think it was very vulnerable for Renee to kind of bring that up. And that's a really I I commend her. I'm like, yes, claps all around because people need to hear this.

SPEAKER_00 17:41

Masks are people too. I agree, and I think what you also bring up about men and their emotions is so important because you you know, boys and girls are raised very differently, and I feel like boys are taught from a young age, like, oh, you shouldn't be emotional, you shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that. I was actually watching it was one of those stupid Netflix dating shows. I don't remember if it was like Temptation Island or Too Hot to Handle, one of those stupid ones that I always watch, only so I can talk about. There was a moment where they separated the guys from the girls, and the guys were essentially having this challenge of like coming together and really sharing their feelings. I think they had like written them down and then talked about them, and then like ripped them up and threw them in a fire. It was something like that. And I remember at the end, the a couple of the guys just started crying, and they were like, I've never had like a friend kind of like check in on me in that way and like make sure we were good. And you could tell, like, and they hugged, and I could tell that these people were just kind of starved for being able to emotional connection, yeah. And it's so important for everybody. It doesn't make you look weak, doesn't make you look um like I don't know, gay. I know that some men are like, I don't know, it's holding an umbrella gay. Like, no, talking about your feelings doesn't make you anything other than human. And it's so important to have those outlets, be it a friend, a partner, a parent, if you're if you have that kind of relationship with your family, a sibling, like it can be anything. And I think that there's multiple folks that you can have those conversations with. I know it's much easier said than done, but it's important to talk about your feelings, no matter if they're big or small.

SPEAKER_01 19:20

A hundred percent. And I really loved how everyone kind of like gave Renee that reassurance and the hug of like we hear you, we see you, like we're we understand you, which is all anybody really wants is just to feel heard. And I loved that so much. I'm sad that Lindsay was not in the room to kind of like fully understand that.

SPEAKER_00 19:45

I agree, I agree. Um, after that little rift and blow up in the morning, I'm gonna do a little speed run just to give like a quick little recap of where some of our folks are at.

SPEAKER_01 19:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 19:57

Blessing and Lindsay having a very brief conversation about what happened. It's clear that they're good. Blessing doesn't seem to have any like negative feelings about it. Right. Um, Ashley brings Kaylee T again, so clearly she's trying to work her way in there. Faye is really trying to chat with Amyra, yet again, they're gonna get interrupted. Ebony and Emogen still have not resolved things, and Ebony's kind of talking to Tyra about it. She knows that Emogen is just gonna keep applying pressure to the situation and doesn't know what to do. And on the other end, Emogen's talking shit to Amyra, saying like she oh she that if another woman that was her type walked in, she wouldn't turn from Ebony. What are your thoughts on that? I think it's false.

SPEAKER_01 20:44

I think she would absolutely be sneaky and trying to have conversations with this new person that you know, if it was her type to a T. I just feel like she wants Ebony to be so closed off. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 20:59

And I don't think that that's fair to Ebony at all. I don't either. I don't either. And I fully agree with you. I when she said I think a Maya, I don't know if Amyra asked her if she would turn her head or if she just offered that information that she wouldn't, but I it didn't seem genuine to me. I don't even think she thinks that it's genuine. Yeah, I'm not buying that. I'm not buying it either. Sorry, Imogen, not buying it. Not buying it. Lindsay and Renee are also having another chat. What do you think? Which I appreciate.

SPEAKER_01 21:33

Yeah I appreciate that Renee is trying to like get her feelings across because she doesn't want bad blood. She like they they have to be in the masquerad together. Why is there gonna be tension, you know? So I do appreciate Renee being vulnerable and Lindsay giving her the opportunity to have that conversation with her. But I I don't know, I still feel like the vibes are off. Like I feel like Lindsay doesn't even. And want to like be friends with Renee now or move forward from it. And I hate that.

SPEAKER_00 22:07

Yeah, it seems like they've gone from just not working out as a couple to I don't know if we should like really be chatting a ton. Which you know what? If they need time, if if they need time and space, I mean it's clear that they're both on very different sides of like what happened in this situation. Yeah. Then maybe take a little time. It does seem like they somewhat smoothed things over. Like I I hope that we don't see them like coming for each other anymore, at least not in the interim. But yeah, I don't know. I feel like this might come up again at some point.

SPEAKER_01 22:40

I'm like frustrated with Lindsay and Imogen the most. And like, listen, I have my own feelings about Elise, whatever. She's kind of like floating away in Alicia Land. On Red Flag Island. Yeah, she's she her and Alicia, she's whisked her away to Red Flag Island. We haven't really heard much of the from them in the start of this episode. But like Imogen again taking what Lindsay said and running with it about, you know, to refresh, Lindsay told Imogen that Ebony was giving her best one-liner jokes to new girl Kaylee, which as an onlooker, Ebony has only been giving ha ha hee hee jokes to the whole entire masquerad. So to really kind of say, Oh, she's only doing that because the new girls came in, seems like a reach. But Imogen immediately, I think, has a bit of insecurity there, which fair. Fear of rejection is a really big thing. So Imogen taking that, running with it, kind of almost giving Ebony like a little bit of an ultimatum of like, well, if you're gonna want to talk or introduce yourself or meet this new person, we're done. That's kind of fucked up, first of all. That's really controlling, and that you need to plop Imogen onto Red Flag Island with Elise. It's red flags.

SPEAKER_00 24:06

Yeah, I don't know. And I also think I think Ebony, I agree with you. She's kind of been silly goofy with everybody. To me, she is just one of those people who is gonna crack a joke when she walks in the room. I feel like that's how she connects with people. So I Imogen isn't on board with that, and that's fine. But I'm also like, it's just who she is. Like, I think she's just gonna be jokey funny, like whatever with everybody. She's just a silly goofy girl. Like, it's just who she is at her core. So I don't know. I I really just want those two to kind of move on because I really, really don't want to have this drama go the entire season, and the whole season, it's just them not wanting to be together, exploring other people, coming back to each other, breaking. Like, I just that's what I'm hoping for.

SPEAKER_01 24:55

I feel like it's what that's what's gonna happen.

SPEAKER_00 24:57

That's what I'm kind of seeing. It's like watching a car crash. Yeah, like I I hope that's not what we get, but I fear, I fear it might be.

SPEAKER_01 25:06

I want Lindsay to stay far away from Red Flag Island because she seems like she's just she wants the best, yes, and she's like really putting boundaries for herself, which is like not red flags at all. She just needs to be a little bit better at fully closing the loop in a conversation. But I don't think that she's like as bad as Elise, and I don't think she's as bad at as Imogen. I have full faith that she will come away from Red Flag Island.

SPEAKER_00 25:31

Yeah, I don't think it's mean-spirited, it's not like a controlling thing at all. I think it's really just maybe. I I just feel like she could use some work in the communication department. And honestly, we all could. It's not a read, it's just even those who are good at communication suck at it.

SPEAKER_01 25:44

Yeah, I'm like, Lindsay, I love you, girl. Just close the loop. That's it. Just close the loop.

SPEAKER_00 25:48

Close that loop. Such a corporate term. Wow, you're outing us as being corporate girlies.

SPEAKER_01 25:53

Oh, I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_00 25:53

I want to make sure that we're aligned, and I'm just gonna double-click on what you just said, right? Let's circle back to that. Circle back to that. On a slightly lighter note, you you got your wish. Yay! Um, she tells Kaylee, hey, my experience started when you walked in the maseria. And I was like, that yes, girl, you get it. You tell her. It was well received by Miss Kaylee, too. She liked it. They seem so cute together, too.

SPEAKER_01 26:22

They seemed so adorable. And I think like Tyra being a little bit vulnerable with Kaylee and letting her know, like, I really wanted to come chat with you yesterday, but you were like involved with other conversations. I was like circling the pool trying to find my moment. I love that. If someone told that to me, I'd be like, oh my god, okay, yes. You want me? Okay, cool. And that's exactly Kaylee was like eating it up.

SPEAKER_00 26:47

Yeah. I mean, I I love Tyra. She's one of my favorites so far. I think she's really, really sweet. And I agree with you. I'm happy that she was like really upfront with Kaylee. Like, listen, girly, I've been trying, okay? I've been trying, I've been trying to get some time with you. I'm really excited to see what happens with these two and if they end up together.

SPEAKER_01 27:11

I I could kind of see it. I think her Kaylee and Tyra have like similar personalities, which would really mesh well, but there's that chemistry there. I want them to kiss. I want to see whatever kiss they have, if they have one, if there's passion there.

SPEAKER_00 27:29

I agree. And there is a kiss-off at the end of the episode, so it's possible we'll get that. But first, like, what's Ashley gonna say? Because Ashley has been bringing Miss Kaylee tea every morning. But when we see her again, she's sitting real close with another little mask named Renee. And if you noticed, Renee's hand was on Ash's leg. Ashley, sorry, I need to stop giving these people nicknames that they might not like. Renee's hand was on Ashley's leg, and Ashley kind of had her arm like looped around Renee's. Right. What's happening? Are we getting mask from ask?

SPEAKER_01 28:06

I am praying for it. I love the like friends to lovers vibe, and that's kind of what it's giving me, where they are so perfect as friends. Like they get each other, they're always together, cracking jokes, spilling gossip. They're who each other, you know, run to love. But I think that worry of mask for mask for them. I don't know if like the initial sexual attraction is there because Renee really liked Lindsay. Ashley was into Kaylee, so not typically who they would go for, but if the friendship is there, maybe you can build upon that.

SPEAKER_00 28:48

I agree. And Ashley kind of said as much in her talking head. She mentioned, like, I'm a little hesitant, I don't know what's happening, like, I've never connected with another mask like this, but I don't usually go for masks. And Renee was like, hey, like, I've really been spending a lot of time with Ashley. Um, and I I believe Renee said at some point that she is open to all types. I am really curious about what we're gonna see happen with these two because I didn't expect them, but then when the camera cut and they were like touching and sitting so close, I was like, Oh, are we gonna get a kiss off from these two?

SPEAKER_01 29:26

I felt the same way when Renee was in her talking head and she was saying, like, it's not something I usually go for, but I'm interested because like per personality, I think, is a really big thing for Renee. Which a lot of people, yeah, personality is so important, so it makes sense. And both of them are cutie patootis, they're not sorry, uggoes in the slightest, they are both attractive. So I'm like, two attractive masks, yes.

SPEAKER_00 29:54

Yeah, no, I'm very curious what's gonna happen. I honestly would love this. I think there's gonna have to be a little a little unlearning in a way, if that makes sense. Kind of like how Alicia did with now being into Elise despite being anti-mask initially. There might be like a little internal struggle there, but I'm really, really sad for what might happen with these two things.

SPEAKER_01 30:16

I know, but I am a little worried about what the consequences might be if it doesn't work out in that department, right? Because they're friends, so it's like, what if they do try to make it work romantically? And let's look ahead. What if they do pick each other for the kiss-off? Great, we love it. Okay, uh an episode goes by and they find out that maybe the sexual chemistry isn't really there, and now it's a little awkward, now they don't know how to hang around each other anymore. The fear of ruining that great friendship is in the back of my mind.

SPEAKER_00 30:49

I think that's a really good point. And also, since they're kind of dating outside their usual type, what if another femme comes in and one of them is like, oh yeah, no, like I really want to say something. It remains to be seen. We'll come back to this when the kiss-off comes, and we'll see if you know they choose each other or they don't.

SPEAKER_01 31:11

Wow.

SPEAKER_00 31:12

We shall see. Time shall shut.

SPEAKER_01 31:13

We shall see.

SPEAKER_00 31:14

I ship Faye and Elmyra. I do too. So much. I do too. They get interrupted again, too. I I want them to talk so much. I I our girl Faye is being done dirty by the other girls, by production, by Danny, by the concept, and by life. Like, I'm like, girl, give her a fucking break. If you give a bitch a break, I'm like, she give a bitch a break. She needs to just have her conversation. I even put in my notes, like, they're finally talking. It better last more than 30 seconds. And then, without delay, we see Flavia's fine ass walk in. Like, we love to see her, but it's also like, why are you here? Yeah. Only so she can cock block Faye and be like, hey, Danny wants to see y'all in the front. Rude.

SPEAKER_01 31:59

It was actually so rude. Um, I feel bad for Faye because again, yes, getting completely cockblocked. The game that they did though was kind of important in giving tea, I fear.

SPEAKER_00 32:13

They basically go to meet Danny, they walk up to this team wheel of fortune that reads, I begin to wonder.

SPEAKER_01 32:21

So essentially they like spin the wheel. So each person spins the wheel, they pull this like cloud off of this teamu wheel, and they read a sentence with fill in the blanks of the girls that you think it bel pertains to. I love that idea. I wish it was something similar to like the Twitter game of Love Island UK, where they're like, here's what the outside world is talking about, but it was more of their own individual opinions of each other within the masqueradia, which I like. Yeah. But I also am like, oh god, it's just so messy. First thing in the morning.

SPEAKER_00 33:01

First thing in the morning. The coffee is barely in their veins. There's still sleep in their eyes, they're still reeling from the night before, surely. Should we get into the prompts and what they pulled?

SPEAKER_01 33:12

Yeah, I actually didn't write down the prompts because I had a feeling that you might have some prompts.

SPEAKER_00 33:18

I I have always been one of those people who like when I take notes, I'm like, I need to write down every single thing I can't forget. So it's ridiculous. Yes, I have every single prompt and some thoughts. So, so first we have Ashley, who has chosen to pick a cloud off of the team wheel of fortune. She pulls one that reads, I'm just gonna read it with the name that she said. Okay. So her prompt and her answer was, I begin to wonder if Elise is giving red flags. Where's the lie? No lie at all. Literally, and Danny was like, Why? Like, why? Why what's going on? And Ashley basically said that she's known Alicia for two days, and Elise is like love bombing the fuck out of her. Elise did not like that. No, Alicia was concerned by that. But I think it's true.

SPEAKER_01 34:08

Elise is love bombing Alicia. Like the first night, she was like, You're so beautiful, like you don't even know how beautiful you are. I wish I could take you into a room and you just like know how beautiful you are. And I'm like, say beautiful one more time.

SPEAKER_00 34:22

Say it even more time. One more time. Um I'm not here for what's happening and what we've been seeing. I think Alicia is also now like, oh no, am I getting into a messy mask situation? The ones that I've been running from my entire life. I think she could be, and I think she should be concerned by this, truly. Like the fact that that was like the first thing that was called out, and it really rings true to what's been happening.

SPEAKER_01 34:46

Yeah. I I feel like you can see, you can visibly see the wheels turning in Alicia's head whenever her and Elise are in the same like moment together. She's constantly thinking about am I being tricked? Am I being lied to? Is this a red flag? And if you have to have yourself walk on eggshells or like feel like that, this person is not right for you.

SPEAKER_00 35:10

I agree. Next up, we have the one and only Renee. Her prompt and response was, I begin to wonder if there are any sparks between Faye and Almira. What do you think about this?

SPEAKER_01 35:23

Um, like, give Faye a fucking chance, man. Like, she's trying. No, I think I don't I don't agree with Renee on this one. I feel like Elmyra is only 24 hours in and is still trying to get to know as many of the of the lovely ladies as she can. I think Faye is trying her absolute best to kind of have more than a minute conversation with Elmyra. I mean, you know what? As I'm saying it, maybe Renee has a point because if Elmira really, really wanted to continue to have a connection or like a conversation with Faye, she would try to put off other distractions so they can continue their conversation. And it just doesn't seem like that's happening.

SPEAKER_00 36:09

Yeah, no, I think that she would try to make it happen a little harder. And you know, Faye did immediately say, like, yeah, there are sparks on my side. Like, I don't know, I'm a slow burn, which I do think is a fair response because Almira is very new. She is trying to meet some girlies. I can't hold that against her. If I'm being honest though, I kind of think that Renee should have put that about Ebony and Imogen. Yeah, they do get they do get called out later, but I think this also kind of pertains to them because we'll get into this more later, but I'm not sure how much those two actually have sparks versus just like they kind of know each other and maybe they're curious to try it. It's like they're comfortable, is what it is.

SPEAKER_01 36:49

They're just comfortable being coupled up because they know of each other outside of the masqueradia, but that's not what we're here for. Like the point is to hopefully find a connection with someone new, not someone you're comfortable with because you were a friend of a friend of a friend of whatever.

SPEAKER_00 37:06

Yeah, I agree. Next up, our sweet angel baby, Elmira. I really like her. Her prompt and question was that she begins to wonder if Renee lives for the drama. I think that was an insane kind of call out there. Because she was in the middle of all that stuff at the dinner and she had to choose one. In response, Renee just said, My life's a movie. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 37:30

I love it. That's like the best type of response to have. But it's like she can't even lie and say that she doesn't live for the drama because she was in drama less than five hours ago. I mean, yeah, what are you gonna say to that? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:43

Own it.

SPEAKER_01 37:44

She did it. I love it.

SPEAKER_00 37:45

And next we have the other new girly, Kaylee. She begins to wonder if she should explore a connection with Tyra. I love that she said that. Ashley did not love that she said that, but I did.

SPEAKER_01 37:58

Yes, I was all for it. Tyra needed that because I think everyone was kind of falling similarly, like into Faye, where everyone just is wanting to be Faye's friend, but no one really has that connection with her, and it was similar with Tyra. Everyone is just her friend, but no one is really connected to her. Also similar with Nikita. Nikita doesn't have anyone who's interested in her in her yet. So it's like I was so freaking excited that Kaylee was just so out in the open with with that.

SPEAKER_00 38:33

I agree. And I think it's working in her favor. So we'll see what happens with them later. Tyra's also up now to go over her. She begins to wonder, and she says that she wonders if Ebony and Imogen's connection is only based on physical connection. Ooh. I think she hit the nail nail on the head here. She gagged them. And it was so funny because in her sa in her talking head, Lindsay was like, I don't think it's a hundred percent only physical. I think it's maybe like a 90-10 split. Which I think was hilarious. I also agree, especially because they have history and like know each other outside of this. So I feel like maybe there's just this sense of what would this be like, and not an actual we like each other.

SPEAKER_01 39:15

Yeah, it's that that comfortable feeling, that almost control feeling that Imogen has over Ebony. Hate it. I I need Ebony to be released from the Imogen vibes completely and explore on her own. Because I I feel like I do think that Ebony likes Imogen, but I think it would be really important for Imogen in this moment to let Ebony explore. And if she realizes, oh, none of these people that I'm exploring give what Imogen gives, and that's you know, maybe something that Imogen needs to feel wanted and chosen, but in a respectful way. I think Ebony will go about it respectfully because there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.

SPEAKER_00 40:02

I agree. We only have one more prompt to go through. I don't think they had I don't either they didn't have every girl do these or they only showed the ones that were kind of gaggy. The last one is Alicia. I also just want to say, because I meant to say this a second ago, I want Imogen and Elise out of the masquerad. Yes. Send them out. We should start a chain petition.

SPEAKER_01 40:23

Red fl Red Flag Island, the co-founders of the Masquerad Island.

SPEAKER_00 40:29

They gotta go. Send them out, send them out. Alright, so we're on to our final prompt, which is delivered by Alicia, and she said that she begins to wonder if Nikita is playing games, and all I wrote here is a face crack. Nikita did not did not like that at all.

SPEAKER_01 40:48

That was actually kind of unwarranted personally. I was like, why? None of you guys are interested in Nikita sexually. She's trying to get to know everybody. Yeah, she's playing the fucking game. Yeah, clearly.

SPEAKER_00 41:02

She said as much. She said as much. She was like, I'm just trying to get to know everybody, and my genuine connections have been with other people. And I agree. I think it was like a little bit out of left field. I don't think she knew what else to say. I feel like the girls are feeling some type of way because even if they do have a connection, Nikita's kind of sneaking up and pulling people from the club. Trying to talk to them. And I think they have feelings about that, which is valid. But I I think that was a little harsh.

SPEAKER_01 41:27

I agree. I totally think it was uncalled for. I don't think Nikita's doing it in a disrespectful way. We even saw it earlier in that episode, just like right before they went to play this Timu spin wheel. Nikita let Blessing know that she's kind of interested in getting to know all three of the newcomers, and she would love to have a conversation with Blessing because she is attracted to Blessing. And Blessing shut it down, which was kind of uncomfortable, but it had to be done. And Nikita wasn't like stressed about it. I think she's just trying to find a connection, and it's hard.

SPEAKER_00 42:03

Yeah, it's tough. I mean, you really have to put yourself out there when you're in a situation like this, and you have to be comfortable with either it really working in your favor or it not. And that's really hard. I wouldn't do that, but it is different when you're 24 years old and you're away from your family, your loved ones, your city, and you're somewhere else, and you're around production teams and camera crews and hot folks, and you don't know how to act anymore. So, but who do you who do you think should have been the one that is playing games?

SPEAKER_01 42:35

Elise, probably number one, I think would have been my choice there because she from the jump played in phase face horribly. I don't know if I'd pick anybody else if I'm being odd honest.

SPEAKER_00 42:48

Yeah, I would say the same. I think that's the most abundantly clear. I can't lie to you. When Alicia went up and was starting her prompt, I was like low-key hoping that she would say, but of course she wouldn't. I agree. I kind of feel for Nikita. I don't really think she deserved that shade, but yeah, Alice kind of dodged a bullet there because I think that absolutely could have been her.

SPEAKER_01 43:09

Yeah. I think everyone just like is trying to back off of Elise right now because she's been in the hot seat for a bit.

SPEAKER_00 43:16

Great. That was a fun little game. I agree. It's it was like a similar vibe to like the Twitter one, um, which was not on Love Island US this year. How dare you? I know. Um, it was so annoying because I needed a couple people to know about themselves and what we call. Um but um yeah, that's it. That's the game. Following the game, Danny does inform the girls that it's gonna be the kiss-off tonight and that somebody is going to go home if they don't get kissed. And Nikita immediately in her side interview was just like, I need to shoot my shot without Myra. She does. Um She's like, I need to get this figured out.

SPEAKER_01 43:50

There's no time to waste at this point. The kiss off happens in less than 10 hours. You gotta graft. Get your graft on.

SPEAKER_00 43:58

Yeah, time is of the damn essence. Once they get back to the masquerad, they're all kind of hanging out, chatting. We open up with Elise and Alicia. They're talking about Ashley throwing the red flag accusation. Um, Alice is like, I'm not love bombing you, I'm just obsessed with you. That's all that it is. That's love bombing. It is. And then Alicia's like, that was relieving.

SPEAKER_01 44:23

Like she asks no further questions. I love you, Alicia, but baby girl, this is not what you want. She's literally telling you everything you want to hear and is saying, I'm not love bombing you, and then accidentally says, I love you. I wanted to punch the screen, and then she takes it back. Elise takes it back. It's been three days in the mascarilla, and Elise is already, I love you. That was wild.

SPEAKER_00 44:54

That was wild, especially because it's like, okay, you were just told and called out publicly for being love bombing, and then you're gonna go and be like, I love you. Oh no, no, no, no, no. I've been no. I was not happy with that. And part of me is like, did she because listen, I remember the first time I wanted to tell my girlfriend that I loved her, and I thought it was too soon, it wasn't. Like, we had been talking for a while. I thought it was too soon, and I remember I wanted to say it, but I was like, you can't, you can't, you can't. Sometimes shit just comes out, but I kind of feel like Elise was using that as like a way to show Alicia how much she cares. It didn't feel genuine. I don't it kind of felt calculated.

SPEAKER_01 45:40

Maybe I'm just reading into it though. When she said it, I wanted to punch my own face and be like, am I awake right now? Is this real? Because I have been in that situation before where I was talking to someone and they loved bomb me so much, and I was so vulnerable and I was so love-deprived that I accepted it, then to realize later, like actually that was really bad, and I shouldn't have said I love you so soon. And I I'm also someone who when I feel something, I have to say it. So, like, even with my current girlfriend, like we were talking for a month, and then I told her that I loved her. Yeah, that's still kind of soon, I feel, but I didn't wait three days and then tell her that I love her. That's weird. It's like it she's moving weird. She's like trying, it's like she's trying to solidify her place in Alicia's life so soon.

SPEAKER_00 46:33

And to your point, it does feel calculated. It does, and I'm also again, could be just reading too far into this, but part of me is like, is this something where they are just really trying to make it to like is Elise really just trying to like make it to the end? Or does she genuinely like Alicia and is trying to keep her close? I can't quite tell. Doesn't really matter which one it is, I don't like it.

SPEAKER_01 46:57

I feel the same way. I feel like she's trying to maybe keep her so obsessed with her or connected to her that it is harder for Alicia to be interested in someone else who might be able to walk in and be more of her type.

SPEAKER_00 47:13

Yeah. I'm not here for what's happening in this situation, so let's stop talking about them for now before I punch my computer. Let's talk about Faye and Elmira. Finally, they're getting time to chat. But first, Nikita has to try and interrupt them to give Elmira tea, but then she walked away. Yeah. Good. Yeah, I'm happy that they're having their moment. They had a nice little chat opened up to Faye about her celibacy journey, which I think was I think, you know, there are people who are on various journeys in their life, and sometimes those can be hard to talk about. So I appreciate that she was up front about that because and I think she said as much in her in her talking head, but like that's for some people that's a hard no, and that's okay. And I think that she was willing to be open, honest, and vulnerable right up front. And Faye received it very well and was like, that's okay with me.

SPEAKER_01 48:07

Yeah, I actually really enjoyed their conversation. I felt like it got really deep. Um, and I do I did appreciate Elmyra being so upfront about her celibacy journey, yeah, because yeah, there are some people who are like that is an absolute no-no for me. If you're if you and I can't have sex, then this is not a relationship I want. But Elmira is not saying that they will never have sex, she's just saying currently she is on a celibacy journey, and I do appreciate Faye giving that reassurance of like that's not something that I absolutely need. I think the intimacy of connecting with someone, maybe you know, light physical touches, cuddling. She even asked if Elmira is okay with kissing, which I thought was very nice to not assume, you know. And I just really loved that conversation. I was like, wow, they're both getting really deep and understanding each other a little bit more.

SPEAKER_00 49:02

I do too, and I also really appreciated how they chatted about I think it was Faye specifically who was saying there's other ways of intimacy that don't involve having sex, and I think that's really important. For some people it's physical touch, for some people it's kissing, it could be something else for others, like and that's okay. And I think that's another reason. And I I feel like at this point we're probably gonna say this in every single fucking episode, but it's like communication is important. You have to be able to chat with your partner if things are good, if things are bad, if things are indifferent, like, and I think I think that they're on the right track with having that conversation so early. I'm not sure if if Almira had that conversation with Nikita, but they didn't. But it didn't think we're gonna go to that at all.

SPEAKER_01 49:40

We could definitely move to that conversation because Almira is trying to figure out who she connects with more. Yep. And from what I saw, I feel as though she connects more with Faye. But then she had a conversation with Nikita, and I felt like, listen, I know Nikita is trying to put the graft on, but I just felt it was very one-sided flirtatious. Like Nikita was laying it on really thick with Almira.

SPEAKER_00 50:06

I agree. I think that she was flirty from the jump, but then there was a moment where sh I guess, I guess Almira had something in her hair or a hair that was like randomly floating. I don't know what it was. She was trying to get it, which don't touch women's hair without asking, even if you have pure intentions, please, for the love of God, don't do that. But she did, and then she just kept trying to quote unquote get whatever it was, but just kept getting closer and closer and closer. And Almira in her side interview was like it felt like she was trying to, you know, like get close to me to try to invoke something. Um I thought granted, like Nikita does not have the context that we now have, knowing that she was talking about celibacy with Faye. However, coming off the back of that conversation, it was not really fun to just like watch that, which granted again, Nikita did not have that context, they did not talk about it, but it was so interesting going from going on a celibacy journey. Faye was cool with it, they talked about really important topics, and then Nikita's just trying to like push a kiss, you know?

SPEAKER_01 51:07

Yes, I felt the same way, it was very uncomfortable. Another scenario where I wanted to just mute my screen because I wanted to get out of there. In her talking head, Nikita did say that she wanted to get a kiss and trying to do that whole, oh, there's something in your hair bit. I didn't like it either. I hated it.

SPEAKER_00 51:25

It was icky regardless.

SPEAKER_01 51:27

It was icky, she wasn't reading the room, she was trying too hard, and then it didn't happen, and it just felt really uncomfortable the way it ended, and they both kind of just walked away from no resolution. Um really weird buttons.

SPEAKER_00 51:42

I feel like that tactic would work if you were both at a bar and you were both drunk enough to think you're flirting well. Right. I think that could work in that situation. But I've probably done that before. Like, I feel like in that situation, but this was not the time nor the place. Um again, I know Nikita didn't have any of the context that we did, but even if that wasn't the case and Almira wasn't on a celibacy journey, it was just still still kind of weird.

SPEAKER_01 52:06

It was, and we're like right before the kiss-off, so everybody's trying to have their final conversations, trying to, you know, be the last person on each other's minds, and it brings up Faye having her confessional moment saying that she doesn't know a love that she hasn't fought for. Yeah, and that made me feel really sad. I'm like, what is going on? Faye seems like such a fun girly pop, a good friend. Everyone wants to be around her, but no one wants to give her love in that way. And I've just felt really bad. Her saying that like she's always like fallen for people who just never fall for her, and she has to fight for them to love her. Love should not be a fight. No, it shouldn't be.

SPEAKER_00 52:57

So sad. I agree, and and there's more to that too that we'll get into in a minute. I did want to take a step back because we had a decent conversation with Ashley and Kaylee, where Ashley was pretty much being like, I I want to know where we stand. Like in the challenge, you had said that you're curious if there's something with Tyra, like what's happening here. And I thought it was a good conversation. There weren't ruffled feathers or hurt feelings. I think that Kaylee or that Ashley was genuinely just trying to be like, listen, what's happening? And I think it was handled very well. On the flip side, we also got some time with Ebony and Imogen. They were Ebony was kind of like, yo, I'm gonna be talking to people. Like, that's kind of the role of this. Fair and yeah, and Emogen didn't like that very much, and then she started crying for like 20 seconds and then stopped. And I felt kind of weird about that, and I have a conspiracy that it was a tactic. I am I overreaching here.

SPEAKER_01 53:57

No, I bel I do feel again, some of these women are moving in a way that feels calculated. I did feel that after she had like a 20-second cry, she didn't really open up with any real reason as to why she feels so upset about it. But her just crying was enough to make Ebony feel like, oh wow, she's being so vulnerable with me. But I'm like, she literally said nothing, she just started crying. So to me, I'm like, she's crying because she can't control you. That's what that feels like. It it felt icky.

SPEAKER_00 54:29

I uh I'm really not here for those two as a couple, and I I really am not a fan of Imogen. Like, you to be fair, when we did episode one, I had my wires crossed. I was like, I don't like Ashley, I think Imogen will be okay, and I was completely wrong about that, and I would like to apologize publicly to you, Amber, and I would like to apologize publicly to Ashley. Ashley, you've been handling things like a champ, Imogen. I was wrong about you, girl.

SPEAKER_01 54:58

Yeah, because Ashley could have had a very similar reaction to the whole Renee Lindsay thing where it could have been a blow-up.

unknown 55:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 55:05

And she could have like went to Imogen and been like, hey, fuck you, man. You're making me feel like shit, and you're over here completely closing off our connection before it even began. But she literally had the conversation with Imogen. Imogen didn't like the conversation, and Ashley was like, Alright, I wash my hands of this. I'm not gonna beg you to try and have a connection with me. You do what you gotta do. And I think it's biting Imogen in the butt because she went a hundred percent into Ebony thinking, Oh, we know each other, this is great. And Ebony's yeah, we know each other, but I also still want to get to know all these really great, amazing people who are in this masqueradia.

SPEAKER_00 55:42

Yeah, and that's the name of the game, right? Like is that why we're all here not to stick with the person that you know on the outside concept, honestly. Before we get into the kiss off, there was a very brief conversation with Faye and Almyra yet again. I think they're so cute together. Almyra was very honest and forthcoming that they she had a conversation with Nikita. Nikita really was honest that she was attracted to Almyra. She tried to kind of get that kiss, and I appreciate that she was honest about that and kind of like chatting before the kiss off versus like kind of leaving Faye in the dark after their last combo. Right. Um I really feel for Faye. And there was also a point where when Amyra was kind of talking about how she's attracted to both of them, she had mentioned that Faye she loves Faye's personality, and and Faye was kind of like, Why don't people say I'm fit? Like, I think I'm pretty fit. Everybody always wants to talk about how I'm funny or I'm this or I'm that, but nobody ever tells me I'm fit. And I really, really did not like that. It made me so I listen. Faye needs to be protected at all costs. I love her.

SPEAKER_01 56:48

Truly. I'm like, where is she now? Faye, call us.

SPEAKER_00 56:53

Your style is amazing. You are, in fact, a wonderful, wonderful vibe in person. Like, truly the total package. And I really, really hate that right off the rip she was paired with Elise, and then of course, everything that transpired from there.

SPEAKER_01 57:07

Elise truly broke any confidence that Faye had. I feel you could just see it crumbling in real time, and also even just seeing how she tried to have a conversation with Elmyra and Lindsay came in, and then she tried to have a conversation with Blessing, and then Akita came in, and it was kind of like Faye's there, but no one cares about Faye. Hate it, hate it so much. Because I feel Faye has given everyone just energy, like she's sunshine and rainbows, yeah, packaged in a gorgeous, gorgeous woman. Yeah, and no one is seeing it. And I just like, is everyone blind? I'm so confused.

SPEAKER_00 57:44

Yeah, I agree. Um, and leading up to the kiss-off, you know, the girls are feeling some type of way. Some girls are excited, some girls are nervous, some girls are sad, some girls are like, who the hell is gonna leave? None of them know what's coming next. It adds a layer of tension to it. And when they get to the wherever they're doing the kiss-off, you can feel the tension in the air. Danny walks in. She looks stunning as ever. I I feel like this is something we're gonna come back to constantly. It's again, just like Love Island. Oh my god. Somehow it looks better than I'm barking. No, truly, truly. And once they get there, the new girls are sent away. I like how they do that.

SPEAKER_01 58:23

We really love that they wait whenever a new person comes in. They did it in season one too, which I had forgotten about. But they're like, all right, oh gee girls, who do you want to kiss? And then new girls come in and say who they want to kiss. And it's just like such an added layer of what the fuck is gonna happen.

SPEAKER_00 58:40

Yeah, no, truly. And and that's what we need in a show like this. Just to go over the rules for anybody who has not watched this show, or you know, it's been a while since we saw the last kiss off. The kiss off is, of course, the main elimination event. Essentially, contestants decide if they want to stay in their current couple, which is who they were coupled up with when they first walked into the masquerad, or they can choose to go with somebody else. This is done by the partner standing back to back. The lovely Danny Minogue will say, if you want to stay with your current partner, turn for a kiss. If you don't, you know, don't turn around. Before we get into what this actually looked like, a little spoiler alert the OG couples were really not it.

SPEAKER_01 59:20

Yeah. Like none of them stayed together. No. I have a note about that too, where I'm like, that's actually really wild. So different from season one, where we did have some couples that were originally paired together stay together. But this season, everyone was kind of like, Hey, you're cool, but I'm gonna go and talk to this other person that I'm into. Bye.

SPEAKER_00 59:40

Yeah, literally. And Danny mentions it a couple of times throughout them going through this, but like production did not do a good job explicitly. She was just like, What happened? In a mind of mine, production didn't do a good job of matching these people, or these people were just had very different tastes than what was assumed.

SPEAKER_02 59:54

Right.

SPEAKER_00 59:55

Like nobody stayed together.

SPEAKER_01 59:56

I think that's a good point. I wonder what the questionnaire is and like what what do they ask in the interview process? Because let's use Nikita and Alicia as an example. Like they both are femme for femme, or Alicia was strictly femme for femme, and then Nikita was also kind of femme for femme, but really open to anybody, so not strictly just femme for femme. So I think they just went off of that, where it was like, oh, we have two femme girls, let's put them together when they really just were not the same compatible-wise. Yeah. So I'm really interested of like what's the questionnaire like I I want to take this test.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:34

At least it seems that there's no racists on this show, like somehow keeps happening on Love Island.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:39

Yeah, was there were no racists on the season one of I Kissed a Girl, I don't think.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:43

No, but on Love Island, the last two seasons, there have been multiple people that have been removed for that shit. So at least it seems at this juncture like they're doing their job on that end. They need to do social media research on Deep Creeps. You can just go on their page and like see these things. Like that's how people are finding them. It's like yeah, yeah, yeah. But we digressed. Do we want to get into the kiss-off and how everything turned out?

SPEAKER_01 1:01:07

Yes. I okay. So my notes only have who ended up pairing with who. I got us. I'll bring us home.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:13

I've got a detailed, I've got a detailed list. First up is Faye and Elise. They were the first ones to walk into the masquerad together. Of course, they're gonna be the first ones to decide. Um, my prediction was that neither one of them was going to turn exactly what happened. It was pretty straightforward. Elise mentioned that she was saving for who do we think Elise was saving for? Renee. I'm just kidding. Alicia, duh. Obviously, obviously. So Elise is saving for Alicia. Faye, of course, is saving for a new girl, Almyra. So we don't have a new couple yet.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:46

No new couple.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:47

Moving on, we get to Alicia and Nikita, just like before. Neither of them turn. Nikita saving herself for Almira. And now we have our first official couple because Alicia is also saving her kiss for Elise. So we have our first pairing.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:06

Dun dun dun. Red flag city.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:09

I don't think I think we know our thoughts.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:10

I'm kind of over having thoughts about Alicia and Elise until like Alicia starts coming to reality here because I I have nothing to say. She's just gonna let Elise continue to love bomb her. They're gonna be, I feel like I would not be surprised if they make it all the way to the end.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:29

For me, I'm a it's a little too soon to say because I do think that if another femme that Alice is more attracted to comes in, I could totally see that ending. So I'm kind of for me, it's like too soon to say, but I also don't disagree with you if that makes sense.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:44

I'm worried for our girl Alicia.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:45

Me too. She's gonna hate masks forever after this. Alicia.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:48

I know.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:49

Alicia, if you're listening to this, we are not all like this.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:52

No. I have a wonderful mask at home.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:54

Good old Spike. That's that's not her name, but that's all you all need to know. Um next up, we have Lindsay and Renee. Lindsay saving herself for other new girl blessing. Obviously, they're a beautiful couple, they're perfect, they're gonna make so much sense. Renee is saving for Ashley, which I love, and the girls are gagged. I don't think any of them were expecting that to happen. And also, like, if we know Renee is high femme tonight, she's in her dress. She looks so she looks hot like always. I'm like, okay, Miss Renee, Miss Renee came to play.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:31

Renee is ready, and I love that. Now I'm really hoping that Ashley picks her.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:38

Well, the good news for you is you don't have to wait too, too long because Ashley and Imogen are up next. If we think they're gonna turn, then you clearly haven't been watching the show because neither of them do. We also see that Imogen is, of course, saving her kiss for Ebony, and Ashley also says that she is saving her kiss for Renee. Yes! I know that's literally what I have in my notes. Renee kind of collapses in her arms a little bit and they share the kind of most awkward little peck.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:10

Such a funny little kiss, tiny little kiss. But it's that's their first kiss, so it's a little awkward.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:16

Yeah, they are. I'm really curious to see what's gonna happen in the next episode and what their new like will they share a bed? Will they cuddle? Are they just gonna take it really slow and kind of keep this friend thing going? Who's the little spoon? I need to know. I love being a little spoon personally. It shocks some people, but I'm sure you understand Amber as somebody who's with a mask. But yeah, I'm really curious for them. This is not how I expected this to go. Like, I didn't expect them for on day one to like end up with each other. So I'm I'm very curious.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:45

And I'm still hoping that whatever does happen, their friendship still stays the same and they grow stronger than ever. Because even if they don't make it romantically, this is a friendship that I would love to see outside the masqueradia. Like you know that they're gonna be doing some fun ass shit out there, like brand deals, social media stuff. Listen, I would love to see them on a podcast together. Same, same. That'd be hilarious.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:08

They can come on ours too. We'd love to have them. The last original couple that we have is Ebony and Tyra. Unceremoniously don't turn for each other. Tyra is saving herself for new girl Kaylee. So we have two people saying, no, we have two people saving for Elmira, one person saving for Kaylee. And we have Ebony who saves for Imogen. Duh. Had a feeling that was gonna happen. Didn't expect anything less, don't like it. Right. Yeah, nothing else to add. Or no good.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:36

They're they're the same. I'm done talking about them right now. They're not interesting to me because I just feel like it's very predictable. I'm just interested in seeing if anything comes out of Ebony, maybe hopefully feeling confident enough and not scared to talk to Kaylee. We'll see.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:55

Yeah. So once we get through all the OGs, we bring back the New girls. Blessing is up first. She obviously chooses our girl Lindsay. I think we're all better for it. They're so cute together. They both look great. They're matching. Like they literally match with their styles. I really like them.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:14

I really like them. I actually they suit each other so well. Very well. And it seems like compatibility-wise, like this is exactly who Lindsay was looking for, which I like. So I'm all for them. Blessing and Lindsay. Love you both down. I think it was a perfect choice together.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:31

Perfect choice. Perfect choice. I'm very excited for them. Next, we have Kaylee who chooses our girl Tyra. And they have the spiciest kiss that we have seen thus far. Even Danny said, Oh, that kiss was good. Yeah. I loved it. It looked great. I'm so happy for them. Oh, and all of this happened because Tyra put herself out there and was like, listen, girl, I've been trying to talk to you. I've been wanting this to happen, and was just very honest and vulnerable. And that's what happens. You miss 100% of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky, Michael Scott. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm so happy that she spoke her truth. I'm happy that it worked in her favor. I'm very excited for these two.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:23

I am very excited. I do still want Kaylee to have a conversation with Ebony because I do want Ebony to like kind of get away from Imogen in a sense. But I I hope this is the perfect scenario. Kaylee and Ebony realize that they're better off just friends. Yes. And Kaylee and Tyra continue to grow their connection. And then Imogen, I don't know, floats away on a rock or something.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:48

She goes, she goes to Red Flag Island with Elise. You know, I honestly would like for Kaylee to just go all in with Tyra.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:58

And I don't think it's her. I don't think that the whole Ebony and Imogen situation is her cross to bear. Yeah. Um, I would love to see her with Tyra. I think they're so cute together.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:07

She kind of seems like she's like a no-nonsense type of gal. Kaylee. I feel like if Ebony tried to really make a love triangle in a sense, Kaylee would not be about it.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:17

Yeah, I agree. Finally, we have our Aquarius, Almyra. She chooses. And then we cut to black. No one.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:28

We have no idea. It's between Nikita and Faye. And I love them both, but I am rooting for Faye so hard.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:35

I honestly think it was kind of rude. And like here's the thing. Could I have watched the next episode? Yes, I didn't because I knew we wouldn't be recording right away. And I want my thoughts to be fresh. But they did us dirty. They didn't have to do us like that.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:48

They really didn't have to do us like that. Can I tell you a secret? Yeah. I know who she picks. Girl, if you spoil it for me, I wouldn't. I'm not, I'm not gonna spoil it. But I do, I like how they kind of faded it to black, you know? Keep you wanting more. Which it did. I wanted more. I was like, hell yeah, give me, let me know who you pick.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:06

They took that Netflix recipe. They really did, but made it better. Made it better. Do you want to recap just real quick the couples that we have?

SPEAKER_01 1:09:14

Yes, okay. The couples that we have after the kiss-off. We have Alicia and Elise, Red Flag Island. Ashley and Renee. We love them. We have Imogen and Ebony, whatever. Garbage. We have Blessing and Lindsay, which we also love. And then we have Kaylee and Tyra. Elmira, no idea.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:34

Well, you know, but we don't yet.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:37

For the sake of this episode, I have no idea.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:39

No idea. Never knew her. Um never knew her. Yeah, I think it was bold of them to end on that note. I do kind of appreciate it. It probably worked. I think people who are not filming a podcast and Amber just went to the next episode and saw who she chose. But yeah, no, it was a solid episode all around. Jumping into the preview, they don't show us that they're gonna pick up with the kiss off, but I think it's pretty obvious that we're gonna pick them up. Exactly. They're gonna show us. They show another slow walkthrough of Danny who looks amazing. They're also going to play another game called the Tree of Desire, which is a competition with Temptation.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:12

I did watch a little bit of the preview for the next episode. That design for the game just had a bunch of cherries dropping from a tree, like disco ball cherries. And I immediately was like, I need five of them in my house. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:25

We should get them.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:27

We should DIY it.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:28

Oh yeah. My girlfriend and I actually just moved in together, and she was like, Can we get a disco ball? And I was like, duh.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:33

We could have a few little disco things. A disco ball like Scooby-Doo and Spooky Island, where it's the disco ball skull.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:40

I know what you're talking about. She's like, And it has like the spikes. Oh, come on. She would say no, but I will say yes. So if you send me a link, I'll just buy it. Final two things from the preview. We see that Ebony mentions being into Kaylee. Somebody is jealous, somebody by the name of Imogen. And we're also getting a new girl. They're bringing in another mask. We don't know who it is. I have no idea who it is. We saw her from behind and it's giving mask.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:04

And it also in the preview showed Imogen basically saying, Oh, if another mask comes in, that is more my type. Then basically implying that she's gonna give Ebony a taste of her own medicine. But I'm like, what is this calculated bullshit? Yeah. Ebony owes you absolutely nothing. You guys are not exclusively dating. She's not your girlfriend. What is this weird, controlling kind of claim that you have on her?

SPEAKER_00 1:11:30

Yeah, and I don't think Ebony gives a shit, Loki. She shouldn't. I don't think she will. Honestly, I would be shocked. Because I have a feeling that the second this new girl walks in, I have a feeling that Imogen is gonna be like on top of it. She's going to be ready to chat. Because yes, her and Ebony match that they kiss off. It's a very loose connection, in my opinion. So I think that she's going to jump at the chance of having a connection with somebody new.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:55

I agree. And then she's going to kind of play it off as like, oh, well, you wanted to get to know Kaylee. I think Imogen's going to be disrespectful about it while Ebony is trying to move respectfully.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:05

Last thing, if you had to choose like one or two things that you would like to see come out of the next episode, what would they be?

SPEAKER_01 1:12:13

You know what would be really fun is if this new mask came in and Alicia realized that she was interested in that mask and not Elise. That would be kind of fun. I would like to Tyra and Kaylee. I want to see more conversations from them. I want to see how they interact together throughout the day. You know? I agree.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:31

I would love to see. I feel torn because I would love to see Almira choose Faye. I also don't necessarily want Nikita to go home. I mean, I don't want either of them to go home, right? I don't, I don't either, but I'm like really rooting for Faye. Um, so I think that's what I would like to see right off the rip. And I would also really love to see the collapse of Ebony and Imogen. Um, I don't know if we're gonna get it so soon, to be honest with you. I feel like I could see this being something that goes for a little bit into the season. I hope it doesn't, but I could see it. Yeah um but I like your your take about Alicia now that she knows that she can be attracted to masks, right?

SPEAKER_01 1:13:11

Maybe being like, ooh. And if they show the new people coming in episodes of what's happening, it'd be really fun if this new mask came in and was like, Alice is not treating you right, and she is love bombing you. I'm not gonna love bomb you, and I'm gonna be really open and honest with you, and just like kind of whisk Alicia away from Elise so that Elise can stay with Imogen on Red Flag Island.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:36

I agree. Also, if there was a season three, I would propose a red flag island. I don't know how they would mash that up into the show, but yeah, the red flags are flying for a few minutes this season.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:48

Season one, they did a red flag challenge, if you remember. They should do that.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:53

Honestly, they might. I could see that happening later in the season. Um, and I think they absolutely should. Especially like it's already there's been accusations. There's been some red flag accusations, so I'm like, I think they're gonna have to like really dive into that at some point. And if they don't, that's why we're here.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:09

Stand 10 toes down on your red flags, just let it happen. Yeah. Um, anything else to close us out on? No, I'm so excited for episode four. I want to know who Elmira picks. Hee hee hee. I have no idea who could it be. Sneaky, sneaky. I also just want to see how things shake out with Renee and Ashley, and I'm just so excited. The season is, I hate to say it, but it's a little bit better than season one so far. I agree.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:39

I agree. I'm also excited about episode four. Can't wait to see what happens. Hope to see some new couples forming, some new vibes in the masquerad. I also feel like there's more masks this season. Maybe I'm just not remembering correctly, but like it feels like there's a lot more, right? Yeah, a hundred percent. Yeah, okay. Well, we love the show. We love the masks, we love the femmes, we love everybody. But yeah, thank you all for listening. And I guess that's a wrap for episode three.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:05

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