A Married At First Sight wife flees the experiment on Tuesday night after receiving an anonymous handwritten letter demanding she be placed on a bonk ban for 10 days — which is apparently more offensive than last night’s double C-word scandal.
Meanwhile, Steven mistakes a tube of lipstick for a vibrator before melting cheese on stale Doritos.
So, a standard episode.
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Tonight’s a bit of a fizzer. Two couples refuse to participate in their assigned tasks. Clearly Trash Tower is mob ruled.
The only thing keeping this episode alive is the producers’ latest desperate attempt to cause chaos: The Anonymous Feedback Letter task.
The rules are simple: trash talk another couple in writing and they’ll never know who sent it.
Gia and Scott receive their letter. The mystery author delivers a comprehensive breakdown of Gia’s flaws: her obsession with group chat drama, her need for external validation, her failure to reassure Scott.
“Fully remove yourself from group chats and just 100 per cent focus on your relationship,” the letter states.
We agree. Producers should hide Gia’s iPhone and only allow her supervised access to a Nokia 1100 for emergencies.
But that’s not what sends Gia into a spiral.
The letter concludes with a request. Nay! A challenge. Nay! A dare. Nay! … A DEMAND: Abstain from sex for 10 days.
“I thought the letter was stupid. It was just … stupid,” Gia fumes.
She’s enraged. Not at the accurate critique of her behaviour — no, that’s fine. But the demand that her marriage be penalised with a bonk ban? War has been declared.
Gia initially suspects her arch nemesis wrote this poison pen letter. But then she spots a fatal flaw in her theory. The letter mentions group chats.
“I thought it was Bec initially because the way it was written, it seemed a bit harsh and something she might say to piss me off. But I was only ever in a group chat with Bec … she’d know I’m not in any group chats anymore,” Gia reasons, like a detective solving her own murder.
“So, who was it? It’s someone who doesn’t know us well.”
Spoiler: Stella and Filip are the Gossip Girls behind the missive.
But Gia couldn’t be bothered unmasking her trolls.
She rips up the letter in protest and isolates herself on the balcony to sob.
“I want to get the f**k out of here, babe,” she tells Scott. “I’m not coming back.”
He keeps asking her to explain the plan. She doesn’t want to. Not here. Not while producers and cameramen are eavesdropping.
“I don’t wanna talk on mic – everyone listens to everything!” she whispers, as a cameraman films through the window.
They pack their bags and plot a midnight escape to climb the barbed wire walls of Trash Tower Correctional Facility. The plan is simple: slip out quietly, avoid all human contact, and definitely don’t get caught on the 47 cameras installed throughout the building.
But this is MAFS. Nothing goes unnoticed. Especially when you’re hauling Samsonite luggage down a hallway at midnight while trying to look inconspicuous.
Alissa spots them attempting their prison break.
“I just saw them with their bags!” she squeals to David, like she has just witnessed a federal crime. “They’re leaving!”
After the past few weeks of drama, Gia can’t remain here. She doesn’t understand why she keeps getting painted as the villain when, in her mind, she’s just trying to help people.
Yes, the double C-word scandal has exploded exclusively because of Gia’s decision to expose Bec’s offensive screenshots. But surely, instead of being demonised, she should be awarded by the Australian government for being a fearless whistleblower!
The pressure is all too much.
She has crumbled like one of Steve’s stale Doritos.
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