Suggest it.
[clears throat]
Ahem. Goes to her.
Goes to her.
You are in my hot seat right now.
Justin, they talking to you.
So on tonight's episode, you and Alexis
talked all about the L word.
Let's see how that went.
[music playing]
Can you tell me how much you love me?
Right in this moment?
Uh-huh.
No.
I'm uncomfortable.
I'm sorry.
I want that security back.
I want to feel like I felt on the honeymoon
where it was just, like, no matter what I say,
I know this man is right behind me.
Wow.
How did it make you feel when she simply said,
no, I'm not comfortable saying that I love you?
It definitely took me by surprise, for sure,
but I think that's how she felt in that moment.
Sarah, I'm going to come to you.
Justin told Alexis just three days into the marriage
that he loves her.
Tell me your take on this.
As a viewer, you are kind of taken aback for a second,
because you go, you guys just got here, you just met.
But at the same time, everything is so fast tracked.
And I believed you when you said it.
I don't think that you said it in the heat of the moment.
I think you said it from your heart,
and it felt that way as a viewer.
So I felt like, all right, he's in love.
Let's go.
I know a lot of people were giving me
crap about saying I love her.
And what I meant by that is that I made my mind up
that I wanted to be committed.
It wasn't a feeling.
I had literally made my mind up, and that's what it was.
I was like, I'm in this.
That's why I'm putting everything on the table
right now.
OK.
So, Justin, you're doing a lot to make sure Alexis is OK.
Mm-hmm.
Do you feel that she's doing the same for you?
Nah, not really.
No?
You know, after the dog situation--
the knot in my throat is getting real.
There goes the lip.
I got the tissues.
We ready for you today.
Y'all so silly.
[laughter]
Y'all so silly.
Right now, I feel like she's focused on herself right now,
and I feel like she's reverting back to what
she is originally used to.
Do you feel like she's checked out?
Yes.
And right now, she's just waiting for the experiment
to be over. - Ah.
So do you have hope still?
Of course.
OK.
I'm optimistic.
Of course I have hope.
- Well, we're rooting for you. - I hope so.
Thank you.
So, Stacia, as Alexis's friend,
do you feel that she can come back from this?
Like, is there hope?
Absolutely. It's a choice.
OK.
You just have to push yourself,
get outside your comfort zone.
It was a mistake.
He didn't sic the dog on her.
You know?
So I think it was an honest mistake.
Understood.
That gives insight, because I don't feel that either of you
is coming from a place of malice.
You know?
It's misunderstanding.
Exactly.
And that's what this looks like.
Well, Justin, you are doing your best to win Alexis back,
but she's not making it easy.
Take a look at this clip.
[music playing]
So if we weren't married and we
were going through the exact same issues
that we're going through now, would you stick around?
No, I don't think I would.
The Newton thing really got to me.
So in the dating scenario, I would not allow someone to--
what seemed like a lie.
I accept people by face value.
Whatever you show me, whoever you show me you are,
I'm going to believe you because I have no other choice.
Yeah.
What were you thinking when Alexis
says, like, if we weren't married, I would have been out?
It made me feel some type of way.
I'm not going to lie.
It actually made me pull back.
It definitely rubbed me the wrong way.
Let's just say that. - OK.
Do you feel that Alexis was truly ready to be
married at first sight?
I don't think Alexis is ready to be married.
OK.
I think she likes the ideal of marriage.
There comes a lot of work that comes with being a wife,
you know?
And I don't think she's fully ready to commit to that
because she's still guarded.
Like Stacia said, the dog situation was unfortunate,
but it's a choice.
And she's choosing to pull back.