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Episode 7: The tawdry and the damned | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Obviously, they've had a bad night. He asks her if he's dealing with Elizabeth I or Elizabeth II, a reference not to British monarchs but to his own personal theory that there are two versions of Elizabeth, on-camera and off.
"I'm not an actress," she sniffs. "I'm a real-estate person." Though she once played wantonly with her hair in an attempt to lure Andy away from his girlfriend, Elizabeth suddenly seems to have developed some last-minute reservations. But on closer inspection what looked like scruples turn out to be just a sort of soul-rash triggered by a night spent with Andy. It's the second time Elizabeth has defended both her virtue and her lack of interest in the dramatic arts by alluding to her job as a property broker, and one of these days we vow to figure out the connection. Andy, for his part, is still searching for an explanation for his lack of luck with "the ladies" and grappling with his native tongue. "Do you think some of the girls were inhibited or unattracted to the guys in the fact that we put ourself in this situation?" he asks her, his brows screwed up in concentration, just the way he's seen many "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestants do. "You have a girlfriend," the suddenly high-minded Elizabeth replies. "The fact that you would do this makes you less attractive to me." This must be on-camera Elizabeth talking. Off-camera Elizabeth -- the one who once dreamed of running away and opening a kayaking business with him in Belize -- would probably say, "The fact that she actually likes you makes you less attractive to me. Loser." "As Andy says," Elizabeth says later, "him and Shannon are on same page. But he and I are in completely different books." Billy and Vanessa, on the other hand, have "reached a closeness that not a lot of people can reach," according to Vanessa. Sadly, they have also reached an agreement not to disclose any more details about their night together; so, for now it's back to Mandy. In a mere two days, Mandy says, Jon "has taught me so much." "I'm glad I had him," Mandy says. Then she catches herself and smiles. "Have him." Finally, we spend another moment with the shiny couple Kaya and Alison -- just so everyone is clear that "Temptation Island" was not just about "answers," it was also about sex with sweaty strangers -- as they make out yet again. Alison says in voice-over, "I wish he didn't have a girlfriend." The three girlfriends are then reunited. Valerie, as always, stares into space. Shannon looks as though she's just eaten a puppy. Mandy remarks, "I swear this thing changed my life." Funny, we get the feeling she always acts this way, whether she's on "Temptation Island," "Temptation Supermarket" or "Temptation Crosstown Bus." Meanwhile, the boys sit down for a confab with an increasingly animatronic-looking Walberg, who reminds them that later that night, at bonfire, they will see their partners, speak from the heart and let them know what they've decided about the future of their relationship.
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