Welcome back to another week of Love at First Flight, where four couples gallivant around the country for a month, then decide if they want to get married. It’s just like real life! We left our couples in Colorado. Let’s see how they’re doing.
Alma and Mike are in Estes Park, Colorado. They’re using a selfie stick, so that’s a thing that happened. Alma is feeling better about their relationship since Mike opened up to her about his brother’s suicide and because he knows she prefers to be photographed from the left.
OG Stephanie and Ryan are Packing up the car in Denver. They were the first to get physical and have hit a bit of an impasse because they don’t want to live in the same place. Stephanie is super excited to get a text that they’re headed to Las Vegas! As are the other couples, as we see in a montage.
Cale is really excited that he’ll be spending his 30th birthday there so Jenna, destroyer of all things fun, tells him that he needs to bring his enthusiasm down a little bit. From a 20 to a 6 or 7.
There was something about trust in the texts, so Other Stephanie thinks there’s going to be some kind of something going down in Vegas to make the couples want to cheat. That sounds about right.
In the morning, Cale says that his birthday is the next day. Jenna gags in the 
background. As you know if you’ve been watching this show or reading the recaps (and, if not, why are you jumping in on episode 5, you weirdo?) each couple will get a challenge on their first day. Depending on how well they do, and how well they work together while doing it, they’ll either be staying somewhere luxurious, or somewhere…not-so-luxurious. Cale gets a text. “Trust each other to share the load at Dig This!” She says she trusts him to carry the load, and he says he also trusts him to carry the load. Well, at least they both know he’s the only one putting in any effort.
Other Stephanie and Michael are texted an address and then a van that says “Adventure Combat Ops” pulls up to collect them. It looks like the most fun ever. OG Stephanie and Ryan are headed to something called “Club Domina” for “a performance that’s sure to be arousing.” He’s worried that this is some kind of dominatrix thing. She’s hoping that it is. Alma is digging Mike even more since they got to Vegas, but then he talks about how hard he clubs when he goes to Vegas (which is 4 times a year) and she’s worried about that. Somebody comes to the door with two envelopes. A text comes telling them to double the cash they have in their envelopes and they can upgrade to a suite. Otherwise, they have to leave the hotel. Alma says she isn’t into gambling, so she doesn’t like this challenge.
Things are getting awkward with OG Stephanie and Ryan. They’re told they have to put on a tantalizing performance to get a suite, and then hot dudes appear. OG 
Stephanie is way too excited about it. Oh, goodness, it’s Magic Mike Live. If Ryan can give her a lap dance she’s into, two nights in the suite. If not, two nights in a motel. The guys all demonstrate on her first and then Ryan awkwardly tells the camera “Stephanie is definitely not the first girl I’ve lap danced.” Oh my goodness, this is the most awkward thing I have ever seen. Why is this happening? The Magic Mikes vote and decide that Ryan did a good job with his weirdo strip tease and they can stay in the suite. Plus, they have tickets to Magic Mike Live. Which is, I’m sure, exactly what Ryan wants to do with his evening.
Cale and Jenna have to “tag a car with triggering words and then demolish it.” Wow. This one might actually be good for them. She does “haters,” which is cliche, but she is basic AF, so whatever. Cale asks her why she chose haters and she says she has a problem with people who judge you and hate you before they know you. Oh, she’s making it about Cale, who hates her because she’s a terrible human. Got it. He rightly said she wants to pick a fight. So he said “bad attitudes,” because they suck the fun out of everything and kill the fun and “I hate it.” Cale is a hero, honestly. Now she says hers wasn’t about him, when she clearly made it about him. So he does “manipulation.” He says he dated a woman like that and extends an olive branch. So she does “drugs” and they move on and then crush the crud out of the car. They win!
Back to Alma and Michael. Alma isn’t totally comfortable with this, and Ryan is really into it. She has concerns. She says that, if this was their money, she wasn’t sure she could be with him. She starts having fun, though, when they start winning. They double the money and get their suite! Still, she says, she never wants to do this again, and she’s not sure she’s into Mike enjoying this.
Other Stephanie and Michael are doing this combat training thing that looks like hella fun to me, but it involves killing zombies so OS is scared. Not a fan. “I’ve already passed out mentally” she says. Michael is killing zombies left and right, keeping Other Stephanie safe. They succeed and get to stay in a suite.
OG Stephanie and Ryan are in the VIP area at Magic Mike and she is super excited. She says it’s not because they’re not, they’re just really good dancers. Mmhm. Also, she’s wearing a shirt that is literally almost cut down to her belly button and her bra is hanging out. She gets up and starts waving cash around and Ryan is getting really uncomfortable. She’s yelling “take it off!” Ryan goes to get drinks, he says he just wants to get through the evening and she can have her fun. But while he’s gone, one of the dancers comes over to ask OG Stephanie for permission. She happily gives it. So, when Ryan gets back, she’s getting a lap dance. He just says “of course.” Then a second guy comes over and has Ryan hold her drink while he gives her a lap dance. he’s trying to laugh it off. The third time, he’s a little less of a good sport, but is trying to keep his composure. For the fourth one, they bring her on the stage. That’s when Ryan leaves. Once she realizes, he finds him and he doesn’t want to talk about it when he’s been drinking. Seems reasonable. They get in the car, he still won’t talk and she gets out.
The next morning, Michael and Other Stephanie are talking about waiting for sex, walking the Christian walk, those good things. Anybody else excited to see a couple of modern Christians depicted on television? It’s pretty refreshing.
Alma and Mike are in the car when Alma gets a text reading “trust will help you go far on a lake bed called Delamar.” She seems pretty excited that he might take his shirt off, but she tells him she’s concerned that he’s still into the club scene. He says things would change when he’s a married man and he’s glad they’re communicating. She says she has feelings for him now. D’awww. They go land sailing, which is a thing that exists. They kiss at the finish line. D’awww again.
Jenna and Cale are off to do a trapeze thing, which is what I would absolutely want to do with somebody I don’t trust on my 30th birthday. Cale is cheering for her like a good human when it’s her turn to go. He’s a former gymnast, so he’s feeling confident when he’s up, but he also has trust issues, so he doesn’t totally want to let go. Jenna is a dick about it, which is about right.
In the evening, she reserved a table to celebrate Cale’s birthday. Let’s see if she can be a human for the entire meal. He starts opening up about his trust issues, and Jenna does the same. They realize they’re both very self-reliant, and Cale wishes they’d had this conversation on the first day. She finally gives him the crystal that she got him in Sedona and didn’t give him at the time. He is getting choked up. I swear by the power of Greyskull, if he stars to have feelings for her, I give up on everything.
OG Stephanie and Ryan are having a tense moment in the suite. He says that he always puts her feelings first and she needs to do the same thing. He has no confidence in their future right now.
Two episodes aired this week, but I’m going to make you wait for my recap. It’s just how I am. Be good, everybody.
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