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At the end ofepisode seven, that shifts.
Marissas resistant because she grew up with Mormonism and now bristles at any patriarchal associations.
The conversation drifts: Does Ramses believe in God?
Marissa believes in past lives; Ramses suggests they watchPast Lives; Marissa wants to watchBarbiefirst.
(Remember: It was the fall of 2023.)
Ramses, who is from Venezuela, is strongly against American imperialism.
They did not date each other again after that conversation.)
Its unprecedented, and it represents a kind of conversation that rarely appears on reality TV.
(And, frankly, about relationships more broadly.)
For one, they dont disagree all that much.
The conversations in episodes seven and eight both end with something that looks like consensus.
For them, their different perspectives have no active role in how theyre choosing to live their everyday lives.
Marissa doesnt want to go back on birth control.
Ramses doesnt want to use a condom.
They dont want to have a baby right now.
Where does that leave them?
