90 Day Fiance--"Backed Into a Corner" summary s6e9

Previously on “90 Day Fiance”: Eric refused to stop paying child support, and Leida just kept repeating that she's not happy. So Eric said “This is over” and basically seemed fine with calling off the wedding. But then suddenly she said she understood and wouldn't protest the child support. We don't see any thought process or explanation for her changing her mind. My suspicion that Leida never changed her mind and just had her bluff called is supported by how she went back to the apartment and kicked Tasha out, effective immediately. Tasha wasn't going to go, but Eric appeared to back Leida up in a phone call, so she felt disowned and left. Larissa went dress shopping with Mom and Colt's cousin's wife Lea, and decided on a sexy dress because that's what Colt would want, except that it's double her budget so it's another thing she wants but is too expensive. Then Colt thought a barbecue would help Larissa and John stop hating each other, because he is an idiot. Of course they had a fight, with John deciding that Larissa was a terrible person for not wanting to live with Mom after they get married, and Larissa deciding that Mom had poisoned everyone against her and was out to ruin her life. Larissa uninvited John and family from her wedding, and then when Colt told her she needed to calm down she threw the ring on the floor and left the room. Fernanda basically shamed Jonathan into being nice to his mother, and having a closer relationship with his family. Because HER mother told her that how he treats his own mother, is how he's going to treat Fernanda. Kalani and Asuelu FINALLY had a conversation, except it was Kalani being mad that Asuelu shuts down and doesn't talk to her, and also that he tries to cuddle with her when she's mad. Asuelu explained that he's very physical, and so when she won't hug him, he thinks she's stopped loving him. Suddenly all of Kalani's doubts were gone, even though she acted like a disappointed mom the whole time and they never addressed the part where she said she didn't want to marry him because he's too immature to be left alone with the baby. Steven's stupid ass told Olga that his son's citizenship was the most important thing to him, more important than Olga's visa and also sightseeing when they go to Moscow to the embassy. They also meet Olga's best friend who knows what's up, and Steven does not convince anyone he's not an ass. Ashley and Jay canceled their wedding, because of racist threats, and she told her two bridesmaids that they were going to elope in Vegas instead. Then Natalie arrived at the house, because Natalie didn't take the obvious gift of not having to deal with these people's drama anymore. (click for more)

We have a short recap of Jay and Ashley. They really don't show either of them checking the cameras before just flinging the door open, which is stupid considering they were so worried about safety. But Natalie does start hollering, so I guess it's possible Ashley recognized her voice and knew who it was. Natalie says she had to beat on the door because “how else am I supposed to get hold of you?” I feel like if Natalie was messaging and/or calling Ashley she would have said so already, so either Natalie's been blocked, or she's exaggerating. But honestly, Natalie, they stopped speaking to you and you could have taken that gift of not having to deal with any of these shenanigans ever again. Ashley is worried about her neighbors, like, if someone is at my neighbor's house banging on the door and yelling, I'm not automatically blaming my neighbor. After some clarification, turns out Natalie has been trying to talk to Ashley, and Ashley was just ignoring her. Natalie couldn't take the hint, and has now arrived at Ashley's house to talk to her. She's apparently been calling and texting Ashley nonstop. Well why haven't we seen or heard about that? I would think maybe the producers would have had Ashley mention that? Anyway, Natalie feels Ashley is throwing away their friendship, which she is. But she's made it clear so you gotta let her crash and burn without you. Ashley interviews that it's not that she doesn't care if Jay cheated, but it is now actually about how Natalie is too dramatic about everything. Also Ashley has changed her tune from “I don't care what he's doing in Jamaica, he's only 20, he's far away” to “there is no proof, Jay said he didn't do it so he's innocent.” Natalie has now added “Jay can't take care of you” to the “Jay is a cheater so don't marry him” argument. Natalie is convinced Jay will cheat again, and accuses Ashley of choosing a “20 year old child” over their friendship. Quite frankly Ashley seems like exactly the type of person to do this, even without all the cheating drama. Now Ashley is like Natalie's sister. Ashley says you don't support my marriage or my relationship, so this is what I'm doing. Well what about the end of the day when you don't have anyone left? Ashley still has those two girls who were gonna be in the wedding. Right? Plus, she's never going to admit this is a bad idea until it blows up in her face.

Natalie interviews that now they're eloping to Vegas, and doesn't that say something, when you have to fly across the country and get married alone, without anyone supporting you. OK that's too far. You could MAYBE make the argument that if people loved Ashley more, they'd face the threat of violence and not back out of the wedding. But also, I certainly don't blame them and I certainly don't blame Ashley and Jay for not wanting to risk it. They aren't eloping because everyone hates the relationship. Jay pops his head out of the house, so Natalie bitches that they should be able to have a conversation about their friendship without Jay butting in. Girl. Ashley gave you the gift of never having to deal with her poor romantic choices ever again and you should have taken it. I was on your side but you're rapidly falling by insisting on pretending to care about these people. Ashley says that Jay is her husband, but they aren't married yet. Natalie interviews that Ashley deserves better than Jay, because he's just using her. “That's what they're told from the time that they can walk and talk, 'get out of Jamaica'”. Jesus. OK you guys, I was thinking this but I didn't say it because I thought it was just my soap opera fandom talking. But that was a pretty ignorant statement, and it makes me wonder if Natalie left all those comments on the wedding page? In an attempt to break them up? Natalie claims she can't live with herself, knowing this is happening. But it doesn't affect you. When it fails, you're under no obligation to comfort Ashley about it because she's ended your friendship. Jay tries to say something, but Natalie says he's “literally” ruining her relationship with Ashley and if he cared about her, he wouldn't be doing it. I didn't really see Jay doing much of anything to cause Ashley to stop talking to Natalie, except agree with Ashley when she decided to do it. Right? Did I miss something? Jay says Natalie's ruining the relationship, he doesn't have shit to do with it. Fair. However, she could keep from banging on the door. Natalie bitches that she has to, because Jay is “chirping in her ear” and I guess keeping Ashley from talking to her. Jay, by far the smartest person here, says “fuck this” and goes back in the house. Jay tells us in confessional that it wasn't his idea to cut Natalie off, and he doesn't particularly want to get between them, but Natalie keeps giving Ashley plenty of reason to be cut out of her life. I know I harped on Ashley for doing this before, but if this is what Natalie has been spouting, then I see her point. Especially since she refuses to take the hint that Ashley is not interested in talking to her. I think it's stupid for Ashley to pick Jay over her friends, but she's an adult and she's been perfectly clear that's what she wants. Ashley says she's done, nothing will solve this, go home. Natalie wants another conversation, but Ashley refuses to talk and goes back into the house. Natalie continues to yell from outside and beg Ashley to come outside so they can talk. Well, “talk”, meaning Natalie yells about how Jay sucks. Yeah I don't think there's anything else to be said. She stays out there so long Jay suggests maybe Ashley should call the cops. Ashley says it's upsetting because they've been friends for so long, but Natalie is being too difficult about this. I mean, I have yet to see any remorse on Ashley's part for no longer having her “best friend” around. But yeah. Jay says that Ashley probably would have reacted differently if she had rung the doorbell politely (unlikely) but this is too much. Natalie calls Ashley (we see that in her phone Ashley is something like “My Bessstttttfrrriiiiiiiieeeeeeennnnnnnnd” with six emojis) and interviews that Ashley is running away from all her problems. I still disagree about that, although I do think Ashley refuses to address Jay's possible cheating. Plus you can't be so convinced he's innocent that you end a long friendship, but then also not trust him enough to be texting people or leaving the house without your permission. Right? Natalie claims Ashley always runs away from things. How come Ashley's failed relationships are sometimes described as “everyone cheats on me” and sometimes described as “Ashley runs away from commitment”? Natalie yells some more, the best part of which is how she describes herself as “the bull waving the red flag”. Finally Natalie rides off on her scooter.

32 days left for Colt and Larissa. Colt reminds us of how he's an idiot and thought inviting everyone to his house would magically solve their problems. Larissa was looking for a fight, sure, but John and his decision that this whole thing is fake because Larissa doesn't want to live with Mom forever is also him looking for a fight. I honestly think that if Larissa wants to throw Colt's ring in his face, then he should buy her a plane ticket and pack her bags. So many tantrums on this show. Honestly call her bluff. Now Colt's heart is broken, but he is also looking for one-way tickets to Brazil. He can't live with someone unreasonable, and if she doesn't want to marry him, then time to go. Yes, good. Good plan. Larissa interviews that she was upset that Colt was blaming her for everything. She hasn't talked to anyone, especially Mom, because she's still convinced that Mom was shittalking her to John that Larissa was spending all the money and trying to take Mom's place in the house. I mean she is. That's not untrue. Now she's claiming she's sorry, and still wants to marry Colt. “I hope if I am sweet, he can forgive me.” Well my hope is that he makes you apologize to everyone, but I'm not holding my breath on that.

Larissa comes downstairs with the ring on, and Colt is mostly rude. Larissa is smiling what I'm assuming is her “I'm a hot girl so do what I want” smile. She's also making a big show about looking at her ring. Colt says in confessional that he and Larissa are polar opposites, but he first says that they're two different people, which, duh. He doesn't know how to handle her mood swings. Fair. She says she decided to put the ring back on, with her same smile. She clearly thinks Colt will be so thankful she did that he'll fall all over himself in relief. Colt just says “That's nice” and looks back to the computer. Ha! Attaboy. Larissa interviews that she “feels sorry for him” and wishes she could fix things because she feels guilty. Uh huh. She asks what he's doing, and he says he's looking at flights to Brazil. So she giggles and says “No.” Yeah, it's going to take more than that. No response from Colt. She asks if he's really looking or if he's being mean to her, so Colt gives her the computer so she can see he's really looking at flights. Larissa notes that these flights are soon, and he says that if she's not happy, then why is she here? Larissa didn't think he'd be so mean. “Try to buy me a ticket in silence.” This isn't mean, but I agree because I didn't think Colt would have the backbone to stand up to her. Colt says he's being hard with her because she said she didn't want to marry him and then threw the ring at him. Larissa admits she did a stupid thing because “the ring is amazing, cost a lot, and I could injure it.” Sigh. How exactly is this supposed to be getting him to forgive you? Colt points out, OR you could BREAK MY HEART, and she laughs again and agrees.

Colt just stares at her, until she says it's not that she's unhappy, she's happy with him, she just doesn't like some behaviors he has. Yeah, it's not going that well. Colt demands examples, so she says he should have protected her when John was yelling at her. Specifically when John was “crazy and insane”. Colt fires back that she's definitely crazy, and Larissa says “Okay, so I am the criminal and John is the victim.” Colt says John isn't the problem, Larissa acted ridiculous. But of course Larissa feels that John was the mean one and Colt should have taken her side. I know John went into this party intending to have a fight, and he certainly refused to listen to anything anyone had to say. I'm not saying Larissa wasn't also doing the exact same thing, but I think Colt needs to acknowledge that John isn't a saint either. Larissa knew John didn't like her, and Colt says “Look, they're my family, OK?” First of all, that doesn't mean John doesn't like her, and second, whenever anyone mentions your mom moving out you yell about how she's your only family, so don't go claiming John as your family now because it's convenient. Larissa says she's not causing fights, she thought his mother said stuff about her and Colt just blames her all the time. Anyone would be crazy. Larissa is convinced that Mom is saying bad things about her, but Colt is actively refusing to take a side. Colt thinks Larissa should have a calm conversation about her problems with people. But he points out she said she didn't want to marry him, and then refused to talk to him. She's being a child. He really says that. Larissa actually says “I'm sorry”, I guess because she finally figured out he was serious and also that he had the power to send her back to Brazil. She thought that it was “so far”? I'm not sure what that means; does she mean she's decided it's gone on too far? Anyway, “I would like to say I'm sorry.” She's still got that stupid smirk, so I don't know if she's the kind of person who smiles when nervous, or if she thinks she's won because he won't kick her out. Colt says he loves her, and Larissa says that she wants to marry him. Would have been more convincing if she hadn't heaved a huge sigh right before that sentence, but he buys it. Although he does say if she does it again it's over.

Time for Steven's stupid ass. They're taking the passport photo for the baby. Olga thinks if they grant Richie citizenship it will help her visa. She also knows Richie will have more opportunities in America, and she's happy to move there with her family. Aww. However, she is nervous because she and Steven are always fighting, and she thinks that's why Steven is not doing anything for her visa. He's only focusing on his son's passport. He hasn't said so outright, but I wouldn't put it past him. Back in the hotel they go over paperwork. This is hindered by the fact that Steven can't figure out that “SSN” is “Social Security Number”. Not even with the hint that N is Number. Olga asks why they need the baby at the embassy tomorrow. Why can't he just take the papers? Good question. Steven says probably so they can see he's not trying to fake a passport. He claims to have no idea, but the citizenship is number one. Olga reminds him that if he takes the baby to America, she can't come because she doesn't have a visa yet. Steven says “Yeah, I know” in a slightly annoyed tone, like he's irritated she reminded him. “Since you're not a US citizen or have a green card, you wouldn't really have a say in it.” She really needs to leave in the middle of the night and disappear for two weeks until he leaves. How's he going to do anything without speaking Russian? Also, how does he justify his picking a fight two episodes ago about how their relationship was supposed to be the priority? And now you won't even pretend you aren't planning to take Olga's son and ditch her here? Olga says “What?” which makes Steven laugh nervously, a little, and Olga points out she's Richie's mother. So how does she not have any say? Steven shrugs that it doesn't matter. I bet the production crew would help her leave. Richie is not going to live in Russia his whole life. Yes, but that's why you're supposed to be helping with her visa. Olga says Steven can live in Russia, which he has no response to. Steven goes back to paperwork and declarations of making sure he has everything because it will really piss him off if he doesn't. Olga says in confessional that it's really scary that Steven wants to take her baby from her. In the dual interview, Steven is still talking about how the only thing that matters is the citizenship, because if Olga's visa is denied he can still take the baby to America because that's where he's going to grow up. You asshole. I really hope he gets some karma about this. Because being an American gives you more opportunities. Steven orders Olga to go shower so they can go to bed. Olga interviews (while away from Steven in the bathroom) that she's worried she's taken care of her son for all this time, and being pregnant, and now Steven could take him to America.

30 days left for Kalani and Asuelu. There's actually a chyron that says “Three days ago, Kalani and Asuelu got some shocking news.” Kalani has managed to get pregnant again. Sigh. What happened to all your lecturing about how smart people use condoms and another baby would be a terrible idea? Kalani tells us this by heaving several giant sighs. Then she claims that because she's breastfeeding, they have limited options for birth control. While some types of hormonal birth control will cause your milk to dry up (like regular birth control pills), there are still a bunch of options. Including condoms. And if you are exclusively breastfeeding, that will keep you from getting pregnant, but only for six months or so. So yes it is harder, but far from impossible to use birth control while breastfeeding. Unless you're trying to tell me that Asuelu refused to use condoms, and you felt pressured to have sex with him, and that's why you're pregnant now. Oh, wait, that's exactly what she's saying. Asuelu refuses to use condoms, and I guess Kalani was unwilling (or unable, I don't know her insurance) to get an implant or birth control pills with the right hormones. Kalani thinks she should be excited, but this is terrible timing. Also all of a sudden she's actually admitting faults, saying she's not as good of a mom as she could be and now they're going to have another baby “to take myself away from my son even more”. You don't have a job, and you don't trust Asuelu with the baby, so what is taking you away from your son now? She's spreading herself too thin. With what!?! What do you do all day?! She's five weeks pregnant. She wanted to wait but now she's overwhelmed or whatever. Listen. I am trying very hard not to victim blame here. Asuelu should have sucked it up and used condoms. But knowing how Kalani treats him the rest of the time, I am having a hard time believing she felt so pressured to have unsafe sex that she just did it. If we're now having actual adult conversations about our problems, they could have talked it out where she explained they can't get pregnant right now, and even if he's saying they need to be physical or he feels unloved, you can do plenty of things without the risk of pregnancy. I guess I'm irritated at the immediate shift from “Asuelu is a child, I know what's best and I am the only one who knows anything here” to “Woe is me, this is terrible timing, life is so hard” as if she had absolutely no control over anything. Also she says she's sick of disappointing her family. Yeah, OK.

The next day they go to meet Kalani's mom at a park somewhere. Kalani thinks she'll be the easiest to talk to. Asuelu interviews that Kalani is mad because he's happy she's pregnant. I'm sure that's part of it, but I think she's mad about other things too. Asuelu says he comes from a big family, and he is glad his son will have siblings. But Kalani doesn't feel the same. I think Kalani feels having children that will be like, 15 months apart is the problem. I don't think she's opposed to having more than one child in general. Anyway, Asuelu feels weird, because Kalani's mom might not be happy about it. And since she asked how they were, and Kalani is just sitting there, Asuelu spills the beans. Mom is obviously not super thrilled. She asks if they planned it, but Kalani is just sitting there crying so I think that answers that question. Kalani thinks everyone will be mad at her. Mom doesn't know what to say. Kalani asks Asuelu to take the baby home because he needs to sleep and her mom needs to talk to her. I'm sorry, but we never established that Kalani got over her control issues around Asuelu being alone with the baby. Are we supposed to just forget that she said she didn't want to marry him because he was so unsafe she didn't trust him with the baby? Because you harped on it for FOREVER and now we're pretending it didn't happen. This is some bullshit editing. I would have loved to see her get over her paranoia and control issues.

Kalani's mom is shocked. Kalani says this was the stupidest time to do this, and it's one more thing to stress about. Mom asks if Asuelu understood that she didn't want to have a baby right now. I'd say probably not, because Kalani can't talk to him about anything like a normal adult. Kalani says he gets it now, because the day after she found out she cried all day. OK but the time for you to make it clear to him is BEFORE you get pregnant. Asuelu told her he felt sad because he didn't realize how sad she was. Normally I'd say he was a clueless man, but as we have seen, I am pretty confident Kalani wasn't clear about how she really didn't want to get pregnant right now. Mom claims confusion about how Asuelu could want this. I know why, because he wants a big family because that's how Samoa is, and Kalani refuses to sit down with him and actually talk, as equals, about these important issues. At least Mom knows that there's a cultural aspect to things. Kalani says part of her is mad at Asuelu because he doesn't understand things, like how you can't have a huge family easily. Because you have to tell him these things. Am I being unreasonable about this? Should Asuelu have figured out more than he has about how America really is? Mom asks if Asuelu got Kalani pregnant just to stay here. Kalani hopes not. Well she says that to her mom, but in interview she says that she thinks he might have. I mean...I really do not want to eliminate the possibility that Kalani felt pressured to have unprotected sex, and shouldn't take half the blame here. And she isn't claiming that, but she's also acting like this was an act of God that she took absolutely no part in at all. So of course now she's back to not wanting to marry him.

37 days left for Leida and Eric. Leida says she doesn't like Tasha's attitude, or her mess (which was confined to her room), and she needs a room for her son, so she kicked Tasha out. Leida claims to feel bad, which we know is probably not true. She understands that Eric loves his daughter, but she feels better without Tasha there. Eric is coming home early, and she wants to talk to him because she's been “accepting things” and she's done because she deserves to be the priority. I thought she backed off on this when she suddenly decided to be OK with the child support. Eric is annoyed because of course he came out of a meeting at work to his phone blowing up. He tells us that Tasha put him in a position where he had to choose between her or Leida. No, Leida put you in that position.

Leida just starts off by saying this is “unacceptable” and she's “done”. OK bye. Eric asks what happened, with the long-suffering face of someone who knows this is some stupid drama, and he is not moved. Leida admits she's not supposed to be in Tasha's room, but she claims she just “pushed the door” and there was a giant mess and she was in shock because Tasha is an adult. Then she goes for sympathy, saying Tasha is gone and she doesn't want to be in the wedding and she said Leida is the mistake and blah blah. Leida doesn't want to see her anymore. Eric doesn't want to have to choose between them, because it hurts, but Leida just shrugs that Tasha is the problem, not her. Leida says in confessional that she's homesick because it's different here and it's tough for her and Alless to adjust. OK so go home. Tasha should have moved out earlier, but get out of here with your “I just touched the door and it opened” garbage. She tells Eric she gave up everything in Indonesia, like her medical career that she's complained about and which she flat out told Eric was her whole point for being here. Like, she said she came to America to go to med school and be a doctor in America. So don't go whining that you gave up a career when the whole point of you coming here is your career. She says she gave up everything to be with Eric, and he's not making her the priority so what's the point? He already threatened to send you back, so did you forget? Eric is pissed Leida is making him choose between his current family and his new family, but Tasha is not going to leave the country if he doesn't pick her. So who the fuck cares if Leida leaves the country? I have yet to see any redeeming qualities to show why you want her to stay. Eric thinks he can resolve this with Tasha, but Leida will leave him so he has to focus on her. He says there's no choice, and if Leida had left, he'd never forgive Tasha. Great. OK then give up the child support too, if Leida is so important, because you've clearly made that choice that you whined was so hurtful. Leida gets everything she wants by threatening to leave. Leida just says thank you, without any emotion or happiness that she got her way. Eric claims to be torn, but I think he's made his choice clear. He says that Leida is the priority. I was so hopeful he'd stand up to her but ugh.

22 days left for Jonathan and Fernanda. They just got back from Chicago, and Jonathan is talking about how Fernanda has opened his eyes about taking his family for granted. I don't like the idea of “family over all” because sometimes your family sucks. I know it comes from a good place and Jonathan is an adult, so I guess whatever. At least he can try and see what happens.

Jonathan goes to meet his friend Stephen for drinks. I think Stephen is the guy whose house they went to way back at the beginning of the season. P.S., I guessed it was “Stephen” and not “Steven” and I was right. Anyway, Stephen has not spent that much time with Jonathan recently, since Fernanda arrived. Now it is revealed that Stephen has “concerns”. Jonathan says his mom likes Fernanda, but there are issues because of the resentment of finding out about the engagement on Facebook. Jonathan tells the explanation of how his mom would have had complaints, because she still treats him like a child. Stephen asks if Fernanda is old enough to make that decision, and can we stop with the age thing? How many people in America get married at 18? How many people get pregnant at an even younger age? Are they all old enough to make those decisions? Out of all the people on this stupid show, this is the healthiest couple, and that's taking into account the bar fight. As they talk, Fernanda actually texts Jonathan. Stephen asks if Jonathan has doubts about her maturity, and you can tell by how he's leaning forward and smirking slightly that he really thinks he's the smart one here. Jonathan talks about the bar fight, which means Stephen brings up her age again. Then he asks what Fernanda is doing all day when he's at work, and I think he thinks he can get Jonathan to doubt that Fernanda is faithful to him. But I don't think he will. Jonathan says she can't work, so yeah, sometimes she feels like she's in jail. Does Jonathan think she's going to resent him, because she can't earn her own money and she can't drive and go where she wants? As Stephen is asking this, Jonathan is checking his phone again. Jonathan thinks of course. But it's a work in progress. Jonathan then says he has to leave. He says in confessional that it's embarrassing, because he's only been there for 45 minutes. Yeah, he should be able to say he's out and will be back soon. But he also seems to understand why Fernanda is upset.

18 days left for Colt and Larissa. Larissa says she understands why Colt is upset with her, and she promises not to lose her temper anymore. Uh huh. She says she will keep her promise because she loves him and wants to marry him here. She's taking a long time to get ready because they're having a double date with two of Colt's friends. Oh, so Colt does have friends. Larissa says they're smart and nice, not like John. Angela says that they've seen Colt in several different relationships, but this one is different. They hope everything works out. As they drive to dinner, Colt refuses to say where they're going. It's a surprise! Sigh. He can't handle Larissa's ups and downs, and he wants her to be reasonable. OK but it's not that easy? As they drive, Larissa rolls her eyes and fans herself and sulks because she spent two hours doing her makeup and Colt didn't compliment her. Her future husband should compliment her every time she looks nice. Yeah but he was doing that and she was a bitch about it, so apparently he stopped. You don't compliment Colt. Larissa asks the other guy, Andrew, if American men don't give compliments to women. He says nice things. Colt asks what she's trying to tell him, and Larissa says “Don't talk to me.” How's he going to say nice things to you if he can't talk to you? Colt tries to protest that he's said she's beautiful many times, because he's an idiot that doesn't understand that doesn't count. Come on, dude, I'm trying to be on your side. Larissa then says he wants sex 24/7 and he doesn't give her any compliments. How will he turn her on if he doesn't give her compliments? What in the fuck. When Colt insists he loves her, she says stop it. You can't be passive aggressive about how you want compliments, and then when you get them, be mad about it.

They finally pull into the parking lot, and Larissa is still saying Colt doesn't compliment her so he's not a “real man”. Colt's friends are very uncomfortable with Larissa, because she's basically picking a fight and putting their sex life out there. Colt asks, outside the restaurant, if they can have a good dinner without fighting. OK that was really condescending. Larissa is upset because she spent two hours getting ready, and she knew Colt wouldn't say anything because he never does. We all know that's not true and there's tape to prove it. Colt gets sarcastic about using the list of “approved” compliments, and Larissa claims he needs to give her “true compliments” and he never does. They fight over if this is true or not, and Colt says she needs to see it from his side, that he works all day. She says she doesn't care, and she spent two hours to get ready. Colt says that's the problem, she doesn't care. He has to deal with his family, and the wedding, plus keep Larissa happy, so when does Colt get angry or upset? OK you don't get angry or upset because you think emotions are a sign of weakness and that your refusal to show emotions makes you better than everyone else. It's always about Larissa, and he doesn't understand this argument, because he's an idiot. She's angry because you didn't fall at her feet and pay enough attention to her. Larissa says she's tired of his blah blah blah, and Colt says he's tired of HER blah blah blah. She should be more patient. This is what he was talking about. Larissa decides that he's not complimenting her because he's too busy complimenting other women. Colt says she's thought too much about this, and when Larissa keeps arguing, Colt asks her if she's ever thought that maybe the problem is her? And she's batshit crazy? So what, Colt grew a spine in front of his friends? I guess so.

After commercials, Colt claims he can feel “the death in the air, the darkness”. Calm down. Larissa tells Colt's friends that she knows Colt won't give her any compliments, so should she argue or pretend nothing is happening? She is sure every other man will love to be by her side. Colt tells her that even if he did everything Larissa wanted, he'd still lose somehow. Colt interviews that he's embarrassed (sure) because Larissa has no right to start a fight with him in front of his friends, in public (no). In this situation, no, she picked a fight and I get that he's embarrassed. But I don't agree that he shouldn't ever be called out in public when he's being an idiot. He wants to start over, and he says he's “sorry [he's] not communicating in a way you find acceptable”. I wonder if her English is good enough for her to understand he's actually insulting her right now. He say she's beautiful (she makes a face, like, if it's so vital to you to get compliments then shut the fuck up when you get one), and he's sorry if his compliments aren't ones she enjoys. Colt continues to kiss her ass, which is stupid, but he did just give her the ol' “I'm sorry if you're offended” non-apology. So Larissa's response is to turn away from him and say “No Colt, not the time, okay, let me eat first.” He asked if he could be by your side, not if you could go have sex right now. Get it together. Finally she thanks him. Larissa interviews that she knows she has a temper, but Colt needs to understand she needs to hear nice things about herself. But only “real” compliments. I know when she first arrived when Colt would say she looked beautiful she didn't react so I would also stop complimenting her constantly. I wish he had said “I told you not to do it again” and left her. Larissa graciously agrees to stop. Angela thinks Colt was caught off-guard by Larissa, but I don't think he was. I think he knew what was going on the minute she asked Andrew about giving compliments to women.

As they walk to the table, Larissa orders Colt to follow her, because of course she does. Colt interviews they decided not to have the reception at the restaurant, so I guess this is the place where Colt flirted with the hostess before? Oh, it is, because of course it's the same hostess. Someone did that on purpose. Larissa knows where they are, and she says she's glad they're not having the reception there. Also she wants to see how Colt acts. I'd say if this was a normal, non-TV situation this woman might not remember them at all. But with the cameras around I'm sure she does. Colt at least has the smarts to ignore the waitress, so Larissa tells him he did a great job. Sigh. Then she tells his friends that Colt flirted with the waitress last time, and Colt jokes that he didn't even notice that someone escorted them out. Sigh. He says he doesn't want to fear Larissa, or what she's going to do. It's already at that point though. Larissa asks his friends if they think she's crazy, or if she can't express herself. Amanda says she's “fiery”, and Andrew (under duress) says she's at least a little bit crazy. She's maybe insecure. Larissa agrees, and she says she agrees with him but please give Colt some advice. Marriage is hard work and they should eventually learn about each other. Be patient and don't expect immediate gratification. I think that was aimed at Larissa and not Colt. Colt kisses Larissa's ass some more and says he should give her more compliments, because she does so much work. She should trust him more. Larissa says Colt is a great guy, and she loves him and she thinks he loves her. But it's delivered with a monotone and a facial expression that implies she is one second away from rolling her eyes. Colt admits she's crazy but he loves her. Larissa tries to claim she has a good heart, which, I have yet to see it. I know, I know, Colt's mom has said Larissa has some nice qualities. Still. Colt claims that Larissa will always be a little crazy but that's why he loves her. Maybe that's because this is the dual interview and she's sitting right there. Larissa declares that the woman should be the man's best friend, and Colt immediately says he would love that. Larissa finally gives Colt some compliments, and I want to say that these are the first compliments she's given him ever on this show? Please tell me if I'm wrong. She says Colt wants her to say that he has a big dick. Uh huh.

18 days left for Eric and Leida. Eric claims that if he hadn't kicked Tasha out, Leida would have left, and he can't have that because she's definitely the one he wants to spend his life with. I haven't seen any of her redeeming qualities but fine. The wedding plans are all getting done, and Eric's getting his hair cut. His dad has come along, and we're told his dad has been supporting him this whole time. Dad asks about Tasha and Leida, and Eric says he has to put Leida first, he has to take her side, because otherwise Leida will leave. Eric says his dad's upset Tasha won't be at the wedding. He knew it wouldn't go perfectly smoothly, but he wishes it had gone smoother. See, that seems pretty level-headed. Tasha is an adult and in Eric's eyes this is “natural consequences”. Dad agrees but says you also can't really kick your daughter to the curb. “As it were.” Eric says it's tough love. Dad knows Eric is being forced to choose, but he wouldn't kick a child out of the house for being a slob. He doesn't know if Leida's pressure is fair. Is Eric putting Leida ahead of his family? Yes. Eric says sort of, but this needs to happen and “it's what she needs.” Not sure if the “she” is Leida or Tasha. Dad just responds that he should stand behind his children, and it's not easy to let your children make decisions and not say anything. Eric is adamant that this is the reality check Tasha needs. I mean...yes and no. Tasha was certainly dragging her feet about moving out, when she was asked several months ago. But Eric could have also moved out, and they could have also talked about it without Tasha being told to get out this instant and then feeling disowned. Dad hopes they eventually accept each other, but I doubt it. Eric says being a father is the most important thing in the world, so kicking Tasha out is the most horrible decision, but you have to make tough choices and sometimes that doesn't sit well. Sometimes not everyone wants it. I was going to contradict him but he's getting choked up about it and crying, so I think he really feels bad. I mean, he still sided with Leida, but when he says it was tough I believe him.

Time for Jay and Ashley's wedding. They're in Vegas and it's the wedding day. Ashley knows this is different from her previous two engagements. It's disappointing they won't have a big wedding with everyone, but it fell through and now they've planned this. Jay jokes that he's going to be tied down forever. He tells Ashley that back in Jamaica he never dreamed of getting married. Ashley responds that's because he was a whore. Sigh. Luckily Jay laughs. They head for the pool so Ashley can have a drink.

Jay says the last 90 days have been a pain in the ass, and it's nice to have some time to get rid of stress and get away from the stress at home. Even though he's not old enough to gamble, Vegas has the same vibe as Jamaica. He tells Ashley they should just stay here. Then he brings up how “the elderly” always say everyone stops having sex once they're married. Ashley says they have plenty of sex, and then when Jay doesn't agree she gets alarmed and asks how much he wants to have sex, because three times a day is already way more than anyone else. Jay says he's black and has to keep his “blood pumping” because otherwise he will get “clogged up”. Ashley interviews that she's talked to her friends, and she has a higher sex drive than they do, but also it's not as high as Jay's. Then Jay says that's why people cheat, because...he doesn't finish, but I guess because their spouse won't have sex as much as they want. Ashley tells him to go ahead and cheat because he won't have a penis to cheat with. Charming. Ashley tells us that sex is important, but it's not healthy to have sex three times a day. I mean, to each his own. But if you don't want to have sex that much, then you two need to sit down and have an adult conversation about it. Now she's sniping that she does not want some young, horny teenager, as if she is only now realizing she's fallen in love with a young, horny teenager. It's not like you only just discovered his sex drive yesterday.

Steven's stupid ass again. He interviews that he's “thinking about” bringing his son home with him and leaving Olga in Russia. He claims this is a big decision and he wants to do the best thing, but he's made it clear several times that he's already made this decision, so I'm not sure why he thinks we're all going to think he hasn't yet or that “we need to talk about it” like he gives a shit about Olga's opinion. Olga tells Steven she's very nervous that Richie will get his American passport and Steven will take him. Steven's counterargument is “it's not like he's leaving with a stranger.” Ass. Olga knows that Steven cares more about his son than her. Also she says it's hard because she's not allowed in the embassy because she's not a citizen.

OK. I'm putting another paragraph because as I was looking around on Reddit I found a thread about his episode. The consensus is, what Olga is saying is correct. She can't go to the embassy because she's not an American citizen. HOWEVER! If she had an appointment, then that's fine. I mean that's where the visa interviews are, so it's not like non-citizens are never allowed in. So when Steven made this appointment, he should have been able to bring her along by giving her name. As Richie's mother, she could have gone. But for some reason Steven didn't put her name on the appointment. He has claimed that TLC told him she couldn't come at all, ever, but TLC has said that she could have come, but he didn't list her on the appointment, so all the paperwork was signed and notarized ahead of time. It's possible that the producers thought it would be much better TV for Steven to go in alone, with the baby, so Olga could freak out that he'd never come back. But it's also possible Steven fucked up because he's an idiot. OR he didn't want Olga there so he could tell her anything he wanted. Regardless, at this moment, she can't come because she's not on the appointment. It's unclear whose fault that is, but we can't totally eliminate the scenario that Steven doesn't want her there so he did it on purpose.

Anyway, Steven is also too stupid to reassure Olga he's not going to leave her, because that would be a total lie. Olga says it would be the end of her world if Steven takes the baby. And now she's got to wait in this park by herself. Three hours later, Steven finally reappears with Richie crying. Olga bursts into tears, as Steven promises he's OK and orders Olga to feed him. I guess they couldn't film in the embassy. So he's got his passport. Steven pretends to be upset about this, which is dumb because we all know he's not upset. Anyway, he tells Olga that Richie has his passport, so Steven feels he should keep him for now. For some reason he prefaces this with “he's OK to stay here” which is stupid. You clearly don't think so, or you wouldn't be having this conversation. At least Olga is forcing him to clearly state he wants to take the baby. Steven promises he'd take care of the baby, which is dumb. Olga wants them to go together. Steven says he didn't have a dad growing up and that's why he wants to be in Richie's life so much. Yeah, great, but that doesn't mean “being in his life is more important than him being with his mother.” He's talking as if Olga isn't saying she's coming to the US when she can. I guess it's possible he's figured out she's not thrilled with him and could just stay in Russia where she doesn't have to deal with his stupid ass. Steven claims he's going to do everything he can to be a part of his son's life. But not live in Russia because the baby's mother is stuck there, that's dumb I guess. Steven claims to understand it's not smart to take Richie from Olga, and also to not know what to do. We all know what you think you should do. He attempts to comfort Olga by saying it'll be OK, because he's an idiot. She turns away from him. Olga tells Steven in the dual interview that it will be hard for the baby to go to America without her, and Steven immediately says “what about me?” because this is still all about him. Olga has to reassure him that yes, it's hard for Steven, but she spends more time with the baby than he does. I guess this is a factor in why Steven should take the baby? I think he's really trying to argue he should take Richie to the US because Olga has spent more time with him. I don't know, honestly. Steven just always demands that everyone cut him slack and understand how hard his life is, but he absolutely refuses to extend the same empathy to anyone else. See, now because Olga doesn't want to lose her son, it's because she WANTS him to miss out on his son's life. I think when he grows up he'll understand about visas. Also he'll understand about his dad being an asshole. Olga gets up from the interview and leaves the room, while Steven just sits there and can't even pretend to be sorry.

Kalani and Asuelu go to get ice cream. Kalani is “confused” because Asuelu is happy she's pregnant. And of course, now the last thing she wants is to get married. Seriously everything makes her doubt she wants to get married. I wish she'd make up her mind. Asuelu wishes Kalani was happy about being pregnant the way he is. He wants to marry her, but he knows that Kalani has doubts. So now, with 22 days to go, they're going to talk about “everything that's been going on”. We'll see. Asuelu doesn't know how they're going to fix this. Kalani thinks they had a conversation about waiting to have a baby, and being careful. I'm not sure if she's talking about their conversation where she said smart people use condoms, or if they had some other conversation. She seems very reluctant to have serious conversations, though, and it's possible Asuelu didn't realize how opposed she was. Asuelu just wanted to make a baby. Yeah that's a problem. They both need to agree on things. Asuelu says it makes sense, and then asks if she still wants to marry him. Kalani claims she had all her doubts, and then “you got me pregnant”. Not exactly how that works, unless you had no say in the matter. Asuelu responds that he didn't come here to just get her pregnant and then leave. They can work together as a team. She wasn't ever sure and now they have a lot of new problems. But Kalani now says that everyone has problems and she's willing to work through them and get married. OK then don't have an interview where you say you don't want to get married, JFC. Make up your damn mind and then tell Asuelu so he can stop wasting his time. Asuelu thinks now no more problems will come to her family, he can't wait to get married and live happily ever after with their family. Kalani interviews that now that Asuelu has had time to process her feelings and her thoughts, he understands her. Now she believes he came here to take care of their son and her also. Then she literally says she's getting married fast and she needs to focus on that. Producers. Make up your fucking minds. Do you think we're all so stupid we've forgotten the interview you played literally three minutes ago? Asuelu is romantic, and now magically Kalani loves him and he's the person she thought and she wants to marry him. But she doesn't want to upset her family so she's not telling them she's pregnant. Well, she told her mom. And she promised to be more open with Kolini but now she's lying to her again. Kalani conveniently does not mention that she could choose not to lie to her sister, but she doesn't want to. Is she going to claim they got pregnant on the honeymoon and hope no one counts backwards? Because I had a friend who out of nowhere moved her wedding up like two months, and then said she got pregnant on the honeymoon and her full size baby was like a month premature. I honestly don't care if you have a baby out of wedlock, or if you had premarital sex, but don't insult my intelligence by telling me I can't count.

Tania, Eric's ex, wants to talk to Leida. Leida says she's done a lot for the wedding, but I'm not sure what that is, since Eric had presented all the planning as a done deal. Maybe she's bossing the florist around. Leida knows this is going to be about Tasha. Tania knows that in a way, no one cares about her opinion because she's the ex. But she also knows that if she started dating someone, she'd never tolerate them acting like this towards her kids. She doesn't want to cause more fighting, so I guess she thinks she can reason with Leida. It's a lot of superficial drama, but maybe Leida doesn't agree.

Tania says she's upset, as a mom, about what she's heard about the fighting. When the kids get upset, she gets upset. Leida interrupts her to say it's just the one kid. They have three kids? Also not sure why Leida looks so smug right now. Tasha made a mess, she wasn't paying rent, and now Leida thinks she was trying to cause fights between Leida and Eric to separate them. “Everyone” knows Leida was right. She also lets Tania know about how Tasha said Eric deserved better, and so forth. Tania interviews that all families fight, but Leida needs to learn not to fly off the handle. Actually she just says “she” so it might be about Tasha, who could also learn that lesson, honestly. Leida is an outsider, and pushing people away. It's more than just a fight between the two of them, because literally everyone is upset about it. Leida is pushing the family away. Ehh...I guess? In that she doesn't want to have anything to do with Eric's kids and she thinks he shouldn't either? Tania doesn't want that, and she doesn't think Leida wants it either. Leida agrees and actually apologizes, but then she gets in a huff again about how she's come such a long way and had to accept things, and she's done “accepting things” because she has to accept everything. Tania thinks it can be worked on, and Leida says not right now. The kids don't want to come to the wedding. Tania clearly thinks this will affect Leida, but her response in interview is basically “fuck 'em”. If they don't want to come, then don't come, because she has her pride and she's not going to beg them to come. The most important thing is Eric and Alless. Who cares about the other people. Everyone is upset, but Leida is just “whatever” about it. Tania abruptly says she needs to go to work and leaves. She reveals at least one of the kids hopes they break up before the wedding.

Fernanda tells us that last night when Jonathan was out with Stephen, he left her at home alone, and didn't respond to her calls and texts. So she's mad at him for that. She just went to bed mad, I guess, thinking she'd feel better in the morning. But we already know from the bar fight that she is still going to be mad in the morning. Fernanda tells us Jonathan doesn't understand that she's alone and she needs him here.

Jonathan comes home, and she's still sulking in the bedroom. He knows she's mad he was home late. So I thought this was because he went out, but I think it's because he told her when he'd be home and he was 45 minutes late. He also knows she's upset because she was home alone. Fernanda yells that it was over an hour. He said he'd finish his drink and come home, but she says why? She needs him, she needs someone. He points out that she spent six hours on the phone with her friends, but it's not the same. But what's he supposed to do while you're on the phone that long? I mean, yeah, be on the phone with friends and family. But he's got friends too. Jonathan's only had a drink with friends twice, but Fernanda insists she's gone out zero times. But she will, eventually. He's too selfish because he has a job and a routine and she has nothing. She says she was calling him, because “I'm bad and I need you, I tell you.” Jonathan tries to argue that she called him five times in ten minutes, and he can't just drop everything and immediately be home. I feel a little more sympathy for her, but also a little uncomfortable that she's kind of manipulating him here. “I'm having a bad night and you need to come home immediately” makes me wince a little bit, but only because so often one half of the couple resents it. He needs to be here with her because he can't leave her alone. Jonathan interviews that he's busting his ass and he feels like nothing is good enough. He's upset that she is blaming him for all of this. He tells her he goes out one time, for 45 minutes, and she freaked out and everything shuts down. He works 14 hours a day, and he left for 45 minutes. Fernanda says those 14 hours, she's home waiting for him. Then she says she can't do this, and leaves the room. Jonathan wonders in confessional if Fernanda is ready to get married, because she doesn't seem to understand what sacrifices Jonathan is making.

Jonathan goes to the other room to find her packing a bag and sobbing. So he begs her to stop, and she says that she doesn't want to ask him for anything. It's not like he was out until the middle of the night. She says “I don't want”, and then she says she doesn't want anything, she wants to go home to her family and friends. She can't, and she's sorry. Jonathan says the sacrifices he makes don't matter, so Fernanda says “Oh so you think I'm mad”. She says she always thanks him but she asked him for one little thing. Jonathan starts throwing all the things he's bought her in her face, so Fernanda goes back to mad and says thank you a bunch of times, and then just asks him to go away. Jonathan knows if he leaves, then he doesn't care, but if he stays, she doesn't want him in her face. What does she want? He thinks he's given her everything she's wanted, and he should be able to go have a drink. It's crazy for her to want to end their 90 days early. He asks her where he should go, which is dumb because she clearly is not interested in that. Fernanda wants to know what he wants from her? To just clean the house and wait for him to get home? Jonathan starts listing the things she's asked for, like a new car and pay for college and whatever. She apologizes that she doesn't have money to give him stuff too, so he of course says it's not about the money. Then when you list all the stuff you've done for her don't just list all the money you've spent, idiot. She gives him time and she's left her family. So she's waited two months. When they were apart, she went out with her friends every weekend and never called him. So what? So clearly that's what her life was like and sitting here alone isn't cutting it. He says he never got upset with her when she did that. But you weren't there, either. She says she's so bad and she's sorry. Are you trying to get her to stay or what? I don't get the sense he's calling her bluff, but he's actually decided to fight this way. Fernanda says no money compares to the sacrifice she's made for him. Fernanda calls her parents, while Jonathan pours himself a drink. Fernanda says she doesn't feel she belongs, and he pushes her. But she doesn't know what to do.

Next time: Olga's friend doesn't think that Steven even applied for the visa in the first place, and also he has a secret (spoiler: it's that he's been fucking around with her visa), Colt's mom doesn't really want to forgive Larissa, Tasha blames Eric for kicking her out, Fernanda writes Jonathan a letter, Kalani does tell her sister she's pregnant (I assume), Jay does something that Ashley probably should have seen coming.

It's time for another live episode. So let's see who we're talking about this time. Last time they spent like 15 minutes talking about some people not on this season. Ashley's friends are here, and Brandi is wearing a blue top with a huge keyhole, more than enough to showcase her sequined bra. The host even says “look at that cleavage” which is hilarious. Also the woman on the couch has a very low cut top with her bra showing. It's clearly just too low, and not cut to show off her chest. This new woman (whose former husband was the immigrant) says she actually really likes Fernanda and Jonathan, but they're going to have to work together. On the one hand, she has no one and is stuck at home. But an hour is not that long. The host asks if she has any advice, and after thinking about it she actually says she doesn't. Her fiance was a different person when he arrived. And every couple is different. She also knows she is in no position to give advice to anyone. After some updates on this woman, who I don't know, we get Ashley's two bridesmaids. They get really Mean Girls about Natalie and how she sucks. Also she came for a fight and not as a friend. Natalie could have been polite about it. I guess, but I doubt Ashley would have ever listened. The host asks if Natalie does this all the time, and they chalk up the whole thing to jealousy. Brandi says she herself a good friend, but she's not banging on the door all crazy. They think Jay does love Ashley, but like, Brandi can't even say that with a straight face. He's just not mature, because he's too young and that's just how it is. Brandi admits she's divorced and her ex is way younger than her. She means five years. Sigh. As long as Ashley believes in them, then yeah, they support the two of them. He's not “bad” immature, he's “fun” immature. Uh huh. Now it's time for Tara, who is Steven's close family friend. Tara is like his surrogate mother. She tells him (in some show footage) it's not about the two of them, it's about his son. Steven insists he gets it, but as we have seen he does not get it. She claims Steven was a ladies' man, but also wasn't sleeping around. Serial monogamy, I guess. Olga was his first serious relationship, though. Tara doesn't think Olga wants a green card, she sees maturity and she is sure that she's beautiful inside and out. When Steven told her he was going to be a father, she was sure he would “make it right”. He's just young. Uh huh. The host brings up how Steven has been an ass to Olga. Tara admits she didn't like it, but she also insists that he was acting out because of fear, and it's not him at all. Well I hope so, but I feel like she's not insisting it's false editing or something. The host asks for advice, because he needs to knock it off. And Tara does agree he needs to knock it off, and she says she's going to sit him down and talk to him. She doesn't like how he's being presented because that's not him. No, I think that's him, but you're “mom” and he treats you differently. Tara admits she was also freaked out that Steven said he'd take Richie away from Olga. Oh she's convinced someone is telling him that because she's sure he wants both of them. Nope. He doesn't care. Tara claims that he is telling her that he plans to marry Olga and bring her here. I'd like to note that it sounds like he's back in the US and doesn't have his son with him, which is great. And I think she did say “editing”, but also that she's going to sit him down and have a talk with him. If she really believed the editing was making him look bad and he was really a great guy, then I don't think she'd bother to talk to him. After an extended thing about some other season, we're done. This has taken me all damn afternoon.