Bachelor in Paradise featured Sean McLaughlin and Allyshia Gupta leaving Paradise after his diabolical strategy failed and two couples taking their relationship to the next level during the Season 10 episode that aired Monday night on ABC.

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The Bachelor in Paradise broadcast began on Day 15 of Paradise with Lea Cayanan telling Jonathon Johnson they should be targeting the strongest couples since $500k was on the line.

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Brian Autz also acknowledged that strategy was coming into play and a lot of people wanted his head on a silver platter.

Host Jesse Palmer then announced it was time for another relationship test dubbed "Treasure Hunk."

For the challenge, one person from each couple had to hunt for their partner, who was buried alive in a treasure chest.

The buried partner would have to give clues and instructions via Walkie Talkie in order to be found. Each couple had 30 minutes to complete the test, which included tasks and obstacles, and the first couple to cross the finish line would win an exclusive date.

The woman from the winning couple would also hand out the first rose at the next Rose Ceremony. The cast was warned that they'd be voting for two women to go home this week. In other words, two women would not be given roses to hand out at the Rose Ceremony, resulting in their elimination along with their partners.

The hunters were Brian, Lea, Allyshia, Alexe Godin, Dale Moss, Keith Gordon, Bailey Taylor Brown, and Spencer Conley.

Everyone failed except for Allyshia and Sean, Spencer and Jess, and Bailey and Jeremy. Only those three couples successfully navigated the challenge and made it to the finish line.

In the end, Spencer and Jess had the fastest time and won the relationship test.

"We never turned on each other, which I think is one of the most important things in a relationship. We came together and we found a solution," Spencer boasted in a confessional.

Lea said she knew she was on the chopping block because she wasn't romantically involved with Jonathon while everyone else was coupled up.

Kathy Swarts, for example, said Lea and Jonathon needed to go, but Kathy and Keith also had "a friendship love," and Jess told the cameras that the last Golden couple needed to go home.

After celebrating Jeremy's birthday, during which Jeremy said he was thankful for everyone -- even Brian -- most of the couples were making out in the pool as Lea just watched with sad eyes.

"I just didn't think it would go like this," Lea cried to Jonathon from the sidelines. "I'm a softie and I want to be in love. It sucks."

Jonathon told Lea, "We still have a fighting chance. I don't want to go, not yet. We can buckle down and actually get competitive and see what we can do."

Sean -- who has a dad in politics and said he thinks "diabolically" as a result -- wondered how he could knock people out of the running. Sean and Allyshia were ready to play the game and manipulate while Bailey wanted to see the strongest couples survive.

Sean went around telling people that they should vote out Brian and Parisa Shifteh -- and that they'd have the numbers to do it. Sean made everyone feel safe, except for Brian, who overheard Sean campaigning against him.

"Sean is talking sh-t and I'm just biting my lip. I kind of got hot. I do not like the way this kid is moving at all," Brian lamented to the cameras.

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Brian admitted that he wanted to slap Sean, and so he confronted Allyshia's partner in crime.

Sean explained that the three couples in jeopardy were pretty obvious to everyone: Lea and Jonathon, Kathy and Keith, and Brian and Parisa.

Sean admitted to Brian that he and Parisa were more "threatening" than the other two pairs and he'd rather "get rid of the strongest couples."

Brian didn't think it was necessary for Sean to lobby against him.

"I'm getting heated about it," Brian told Sean, who responded by saying he was just being honest.

Sean then told Katherine "Kat" Izzo that after the next Rose Ceremony, all of the girls wanted her gone.

Kat wasn't buying Sean's story, and Dale, on her behalf, noted how they'd cross that bridge once they came to it and there was no point in strategizing so early. Dale also asked Kat to take a breath and not get too worked up.

Jeremy even left the conversation because he didn't want others to think that he was being sneaky or shady.

Keith was then shown telling Kathy that he wanted to proceed with integrity and keep the most deserving couples around until the end, if possible. Keith said if things went his way, he'd be going home next.

But Kathy argued that since those people found love, someone else should be able to go home with the money. The pair clearly disagreed on whether to play with their heads or their hearts.

Allyshia then asked Sean to dial it back a little bit because people were starting to view Sean as "the politician of Paradise" when he was actually a very kind and trustworthy guy.

"Nobody likes politicians. I just don't want it to bite us in the ass," Allyshia told Sean.

However, Sean proceeded to try to make an alliance with Jeremy, Dale, and Andrew called the "Parliament of Paradise."

Jeremy shook his head and said, "I need a drink."

Sean let the guys know that he wanted to eventually take out Jess and Spencer. Given Spencer was his roommate, Andrew said Sean clearly couldn't read the room.

Meanwhile, Spencer and Jess had a tantric yoga session to build on their already-solid foundation.

Spencer told Jess that they needed to be careful because they had a big target on their back.

Spencer then asked Jess if she'd consider moving, and Jess replied, "I'm open to anything. I just want to be with you."

"I am absolutely 100 percent falling in love with you," Spencer replied.

"I was going to say that! I wanted to say that first!" Jess quipped. "I am 100 percent falling in love with you, Spencer."

Back at the resort, Sean, Dale and Jeremy met up for "Parliament of Paradise Proceedings."

Sean explained how none of them would be able to beat Spencer and Jess and so it made the most sense strategically to separate them. But Dale argued that he didn't necessarily think Spencer and Jess were the strongest couple just because they had paired up on Day 1.

"I don't know how I would be able to vote for Spencer," Jeremy told the guys.

Jeremy also said he wasn't sure if he could even trust Sean because of his antics.

Lea decided to use everyone's frustration against Sean, whom she accused of playing Survivor rather than Bachelor in Paradise. She tried to convince everyone to vote for Sean and Allyshia, which would hopefully keep her and Jonathon safe.

Kat told Lea that she didn't want to be associated with Sean and his dirty gameplay, and Andrew let Spencer know that Sean wanted to cut him and Jess.

"Oh, he's f-cking stupid then!" Spencer told Andrew.

Spencer told the cameras that the moment Jess' name left Sean's mouth, he was "done."

"I am going to do everything I can tonight to make sure that Sean goes home," Spencer boasted in a confessional.

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Dale and Jeremy, meanwhile, thought that Sean was going to have their back. But Bailey and Alexe discussed sending Sean home.

Allyshia walked into Alexe and Bailey's room and heard them whispering about Sean and herself.

"That hurt my feelings a lot," Allyshia cried to the cameras. "These are my real friends, and it hurts because I genuinely care about them."

Two hours before the vote, Sean realized he had made a mistake by trying to lure Andrew over to the dark side without knowing Spencer and Andrew were very close.

Rather than trying to cover his tracks, Sean was honest with Spencer that he wouldn't want to go against him in a competition.

Spencer pretended like he and Sean were cool, but he had every intention of slitting Spencer's throat in the game.

Brian then talked to Jeremy and tried to patch things up. Jeremy admitted to Brian that if he kept him around and Brian won the next challenge, Brian would probably vote to send him home.

Brian swore on his mother and told Jeremy that he owed it to him to keep him safe. Brian said he wanted to make it up to Jeremy, but Jeremy was still upset.

"Brian is expressing his remorse but 95 percent of me is still a little upset because he could've came and talked to me before he did all of this [with Bailey]. I also feel like he's trying to save his own ass," Jeremy shared in a confessional.

"But at the same time, I will forgive people. It doesn't mean I'm going to forget."

Allyshia, meanwhile, was frustrated that conversations were being had behind her back. Bailey and Alexe made her question where they stood in their friendship, and she said she was "really struggling" with the situation.

Allyshia told Sean that people were questioning his intentions and whether he even liked her. Sean said that was crazy, but Allyshia insisted that he was trusting the wrong people, including his supposed good friend Kat.

"I should've listened to you," Sean told Allyshia after learning Kat had betrayed him.

Kat was then shown writing Dale a note asking him to be her boyfriend. Dale checked "yes" and said, "I love me some Kat!"

Kat seemed giddy, and Dale assured Kat that they were on the same page and she wasn't freaking him out at all.

Allyshia later told Bailey, Alexe and Parisa that she was upset they didn't come to her with their problems about Sean first. Bailey explained how everyone was worried about what Sean was doing but it had absolutely nothing to do with how they felt about Allyshia.

Allyshia said she'd never consider voting any of the girls out, and the girls agreed with her.

Sean then pulled Kat aside for a chat, and Kat admitted that she was questioning his character and integrity. Sean told Kat that he'd never write down her name down or Dale's name since he was attached to her.

"That's the type of friend that I am," Sean told Kat. "I've done nothing but stake my neck out for you when everyone else says [stuff]. I have done nothing but defend you consistently."

Kat said she appreciated Sean being in her corner but he had been acting out of character that day.

"I don't need you to protect me. I never asked for it... and at the end of the day, it just came off shady," Kat said.

"All of this secrecy bullsh-t, I will tell you exactly how I feel to your f-cking face. It's crazy, this switch-up that you're doing right now," Sean replied.

"This switch-up? Yeah, I've let you disrespect me and curse at me. I tried to be kind and understanding, but I'm not going to sit here anymore and let you do that," Kat snapped.

"There's the thing. There's the difference between me and you, truthfully," Sean responded, before calling her "nuts."

Sean said he finally saw Kat's true colors and everything people have seen of her, including on Season 9 of Bachelor in Paradise, was true.

"Kat doesn't care about anyone else but herself, and that shows," Sean complained to the cameras.

Kat then cried in Dale's arms, and Spencer advised Sean to just chill because he was only doing more damage to his reputation.

Dale scolded Sean for overstepping and announced, "You pushed the boundary too far. I don't care what you have to say on that. Dude, that can't happen."

"Okay," Sean replied. "That's fair."

Kat felt protected and taken care of, and she gushed about how Dale's behavior was "hot." Dale said he couldn't act like everything was cool when someone was disrespecting his girl.

Sean didn't think he was being deceitful, but Spencer said he should've been focused on his girl rather than talking about everyone else.

"You really f-cked yourself man," Spencer told the cameras, before telling Sean, "There's second that [Jess] leaves your mouth... and you threaten [us], you're done once you f-cking say it."

Bailey then told Jeremy that she'd vote how he wanted, even if it meant sending her girl Allyshia home.

Keith said he felt bad for Allyshia but was "stoked" about the idea of potentially staying longer.

After the cast voted for two people to go home, the Rose Ceremony commenced.

Jess gave her rose to Spencer and said she hoped they had their last first date ever.

Alexe gave her rose to Andrew, Bailey pinned her rose on Jeremy, Kat gave her rose to Dale, and Kathy gave her rose to Keith.

"I thought we all were going to be voting based on relationship strength. This is kind of ridiculous," Parisa lamented in a confessional.

Right as Jesse was about to hand out the final rose, Allyshia interrupted him.

Allyshia announced how it was very difficult for Sean and herself to have their character and integrity questioned when they had both joined the show to find love.

"We would like to make the decision to leave together on our own accord. We are leaving here with something so much more valuable than money could ever buy and we'll continue on in our relationship in Tampa and get a big, fat bucket of popcorn to watch all this back," Allyshia said.

Allyshia said the people she thought were her friends clearly voted for her and they were all "snakes in the grass."

Allyshia quipped, "I think it's time to mow the lawn," and then Sean added, "I think you guys just voted off the strongest couple here."

Alexe confirmed that she never voted for Allyshia, and Bailey pointed out how there was still one rose left and so it made no sense for her to do that at that time.

"Allyshia and Sean, what were you thinking?!" Keith asked the cameras.

When Sean walked out hand in hand with Allyshia, he shouted, "Dale I love you, but Kat, don't call me crying after this one ends."

Jess quipped, "We're going to leave with integrity, but we're going to sh-t on everyone while we leave... That's a f-cking joke."

The women laughed, and Dale called that "wild behavior."

Kat also made fun of Allyshia for being a bad picker.

"She's probably embarrassed. I feel bad for her," Kat told the cameras.

Allyshia then said she had no respect for any of the people in Paradise.

"Kat is an absolute joke of a human being. Sean came in here defending you every single day... and it was you that painted a narrative that wasn't true," Allyshia said. "I am disgusted by you and I can't wait for karma to come full circle."

Sean also insisted he would've died for Kat before this night.

"Dale is going to leave Kat the moment this sh-t ends. Everyone knows that," Sean told the cameras.

"Kat is a little bit delusional at this point, but if you cross me, I hold a grudge. So watch out."

Jesse confirmed that Sean and Allyshia were going home anyways.

The final rose went to Lea, who gave her rose to Jonathon. Jonathon planted a big kiss on Lea and said he planned to play an honest and fun game with her, without backstabbing.

That meant Brian and Parisa had been voted out of Paradise.

Parisa said she was "bummed" out by her elimination but she thought she had found her "person" and was leaving Paradise with her head held high.

Brian, for his part, said he and Parisa were strong, happy and excited for the future.

The remaining couples were one step closer to "a life-changing opportunity" to win $500k.

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