90 Day: The Last Resort featured Brandon Gibbs and Julia Trubkina having a major breakthrough after Brandon threatened to leave her, Gino Palazzolo considering an open marriage, and Stacey Silva giving Florian Sukaj another chance during the Season 2 episode that aired Monday night on TLC.
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Season 2 of 90 Day: The Last Resort stars Rob Warne and Sophie Sierra, Ariela Weinberg and Biniyam Shibre, Josh Weinstein and Natalie Mordovtseva, Gino Palazzolo and Jasmine Pineda, Florian Sukaj and Stacey Silva, and Brandon Gibbs and Julia Trubkina.
The six couples all reached a relationship breaking point and decided to spend three weeks at a desert resort in Arizona undergoing a rigorous relationship bootcamp designed to hopefully rebuild trust and connections.
At the resort, the couples work with therapists and counselors to navigate issues of jealousy, anger and intimacy through group therapy and untraditional approaches -- including hypnotherapy, pleasure mapping, sand tray therapy and off-grid excursions into the desert.
At the end of the retreat, each couple must decide if they want to stay together or call it quits on their relationship at the Final Recommitment Ceremony.
The 90 Day: The Last Resort episode began with Jasmine crying because Gino was clearly angry and hurt.
Julia tracked Gino down and insisted that Jasmine never cheated on him, but Gino pointed out how Jasmine wanted an open relationship with a guy named Matt whom she already knew from the gym.
"She never touched him. She never kissed him. She never had any intimacy," Julia argued. "She doesn't have anybody here except him. She has you and some random guy from the gym... in this country."
Gino said he didn't appreciate Jasmine trying to back him into a corner with her open-marriage request, but Julia said Jasmine still loved him with all of her heart.
Gino didn't care because he told the cameras that Jasmine must have had a relationship with this guy Matt behind his back prior to going to therapy.
"To me, that already feels like a betrayal," Gino explained in a confessional, adding how it now made sense why Jasmine had been going to the gym for several hours a day up to that point.
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"This guy Matt did not come out of the blue. I do think it was not an accident this guy was chosen. She might be cheating. She might," Natalie said.
Meanwhile, Stacey said she was living her "worst nightmare" because Florian had allegedly brought "a hot chick home in Miami" and got caught.
Although Florian claimed he had done nothing wrong, Stacey said she couldn't trust his words because he had cheated and lied to her before.
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Julia then revealed to the men in the SUV how Jasmine had introduced her to Matt via FaceTime and he had big muscles.
Gino explained how building an emotional connection with someone was cheating in his mind -- and it was "the worst of the worst," in his opinion. Gino apparently thought Jasmine's relationship with Matt was worse than if they just had sex one night.
That night, Julia and Brandon slept apart, with Julia crashing in Sophie and Rob's room.
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"If he's divorcing you because he's angry that your parents are coming [to the U.S.], then that shows you all you need to know, that he's not a supportive person for you," Sophie told Julia.
Julia said if Brandon broke up with her, she'd return home to Russia because she didn't have anybody else in America.
Meanwhile, Stacey was happy that Darcey had her back, and she acknowledged that Darcey was a good sister despite all the fights and tension they had over the years.
Stacey then reunited with Florian in their hotel room, and she said what she had found out the previous night was "the last straw" for her. Stacey demanded details from Florian, who explained that he had walked a drunken girl home after a night out but he never even walked her to her front door.
Florian said the woman was "falling down drunk," but Stacey didn't believe him.
At that time, Stacey was healing from surgery, and so she asked her husband why he didn't stay home to take care of her. Stacey wanted her man to be chivalrous and be there for her -- and not just for random drunk women at bars.
Florian said he hated that Stacey no longer trusted him, and Stacey admitted it would be hard for her to let this situation go.
Although Stacey was still very hurt from Florian's mistakes in the past, she set out to continue working on their marriage. Stacey said she loved Florian and wanted to grow with him but if he ever cheated again, they'd be done as a couple.
Over in Brandon's room, Brandon said he was so angry and ready to go home. He lamented about how Julia had kept so much from him, including the fact she had already filed a visa to move her parents to America without even giving him a heads up.
When Julia walked into the room, she noticed that Brandon was packing his bags.
"I don't see this as working," Brandon told Julia.
"If you're going to run away, this will be over," Julia replied.
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Brandon told the cameras that he needed to see Julia putting effort in to make their marriage work instead of just breaking his heart over and over again.
Julia asked Brandon to give her one more chance and stay for group therapy, and he ultimately agreed to it.
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Over in Jasmine and Gino's room, Gino said he felt unwanted, but Jasmine reiterated how she still loved him and never wanted to hurt him.
"You broke my freaking heart," Gino told his wife, before telling the cameras that it would be hard for him to walk away from Jasmine.
"But I have a lot more questions for Jasmine before I'd consider an open marriage."
Gino asked Jasmine for more information about Matt, and she shared how he was her age and she had never been to her house. Jasmine said they talked at the gym and went to a cafe together right next to the gym.
"He's good looking. I am attracted to him but I see him as a friend. I am not in love. I love you, baby," Jasmine told Gino.
"I don't want to get divorced. I want to grow old together... I did not cheat on you. I'm just trying to be honest with you. He's a friend."
Jasmine said they could negotiate the terms of their open marriage and it would be for them as a couple, not just for her.
Gino told the cameras it wasn't fair for Jasmine to give him an ultimatum and she wasn't trying to fix the problems in their marriage. However, Gino said he didn't want to lose Jasmine and so he didn't know how to proceed.
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Sophie said she trusted Rob to take care of their dog, Brandon said Julia would do what's best for their family, Julia wrote down that she trusted Brandon driving their car, Florian shared how he trusted "everything" with Stacey, and Stacey said she trusted Florian would protect her.
Gino announced that he trusted Jasmine loved him and could brighten any room she walked into, and Natalie said she trusted that Josh was a genius and self-made man.
Jasmine laughed and told the cameras that Josh was actually "a dumbass."
The couples talked about how they could build trust, and Natalie declared how she had never seen Josh's house before.
"Yeah, well, we've only been getting along for two hours," Josh quipped. "Before that, it was tough."
Josh had promised Natalie that if they made it through the retreat in one piece, he'd take her home. But Josh complained how Natalie had treated him poorly in the past and it wouldn't take much for all progress to be lost.
Brandon announced how he felt "lost" and "blindsided" and so Julia needed to do something to make him feel better. He wanted her to get a second opinion on her fertility issue, for example, so they could move forward with starting a family.
Julia agreed to get a second opinion for Brandon in that moment, and it made Brandon cry.
"It's something I dearly want, so this is a fantastic step," Brandon said with tears in his eyes.
Brandon was so thankful that Julia came around, and he promised to have her back through the whole process since Julia had been "trying to do this for two years" and she didn't think she could get pregnant.
The therapists and counselors gushed about how this was a huge moment and breakthrough for the 90 Day Fiance couple.
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"I didn't agree to the open marriage yet. It's something I'm considering right now," Gino revealed.
Rob never thought an open marriage would work out for the couple because Jasmine was "jealous" and Gino was "insecure."
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