Catfish: The TV Show (2012–…): Season 7, Episode 30 - Kristina & Faith - full transcript
When Kristina met Faith in a chatroom, she didn't intend to fall in love and betray her fiancé. Now Nev and co-host Tallulah Willis navigate a treacherous love triangle as they embark on an epic hunt to find the truth.
- Faith has made me feel things
that nobody ever has,
and I just
want to know who she is.
- "I told Kristine
I live on an island,
and it's super hard to get here
due to the lake freezing."
- Now, that's frozen.
That's crazy.
- I don't even know if she's
going to show up tomorrow.
- She literally
can't hide from us.
- Oh, my God.
Did you do this?
[dramatic musical sting]
- Hey, guys, Nev here,
and we're back
with a brand-new batch
of all-new "Catfish" episodes.
Let's do it!
We've been making this show
for over seven years.
We've done over 125 episodes.
- You're a coward, man!
- And what's amazing is we're
still encountering things
we've never seen before.
He was dead for a couple days.
What?
- Everybody in Hawaii
is in on this.
- ♪ What we see is just
the tip of the iceberg ♪
- New ways to fall in love.
We've never, ever had
two homies hook up.
All new deceptions.
- He just lied
about so much [bleep].
- And new
"what the [bleep]" firsts
that are going
to completely flip the script
on what you think
you know about Catfish.
- He has a twin.
- An identical twin.
So join me and all
our favorite co-hosts--
- Are we going to get jumped?
- Oh, my God.
- To dive head first into
an all-new season of episodes,
each with
a unique "Catfish" first.
- ♪ What we see is just
the tip of the iceberg ♪
- Here you are,
on your third ep.
- I feel like I got my stride
a little bit more.
- Haven't nailed
the camera angle yet.
- Yeah, okay, I know.
Yeah, the camera,
we're going to work on.
- That's okay, that's okay.
Why don't we get into it?
- Okay.
- See what we got cooking up.
"This is so complicated."
"Dear Nev and awesome co-host--
- Love it.
- "My name is Kristina,
I'm 21,
"and I live just outside
of Detroit in Romulus.
"Seven months ago, I met
an amazing girl named Faith--
- ♪ Baby ♪
- While I was on "IMVU".
- What is that?
- I don't know.
We'll probably find out.
"I battle with
anxiety issues,
"and Faith made me feel
so happy and secure.
"It was nice to believe
that somebody cared about me
and wanted me around."
- ♪ Don't you want that ♪
♪ Like we did that summer ♪
- "Faith and I exchanged
numbers and started texting.
"We also started speaking
on the phone.
"I never meant for anything
to happen between us,
"but as the months passed,
my feelings grew,
and so did hers."
- ♪ We could do it forever ♪
- "These days, things have
definitely spiced up.
- Love it.
- "But I can't shake
"the feeling that something
about Faith is wrong.
"Maybe it's because I haven't
seen many photos of her.
"Maybe it's because
she won't videochat.
"Maybe it's because
we both live in Michigan--"
- Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi.
- And have never met, what?
- I mean...
- ♪ Just for once,
don't think twice ♪
- "These are obviously
all red flags.
I would know because
I used to be a catfish."
Whoa.
- All right, so she knows.
- My catfishing days are over,
but I worry that they may
have caught back up to me.
So this could be
a little catfish karma.
"Faith makes me feel
incredibly special.
"I could see having a great
relationship with her,
but I really need
to know the truth."
Damn.
- ♪ Got to feel it, too ♪
- "Kristina."
Wow, a reformed catfish.
- They're in the same state.
- Should we hear a little
bit more from Kristina?
[Skype ringtone]
Hey!
- Hi!
- Hi.
- And I see you have
some dream-catchers.
- Yes, I love dream-catchers.
- We have to make
a Faith-catcher.
- Cast a wide net.
- All right, all right.
So tell us about Faith.
- Faith is wonderful.
Everything about her,
I find very fascinating.
We want to go
to school to be nurses.
We're alike in a lot of ways.
- How old is Faith?
- Faith is 22.
- And she lives in Michigan.
- Yes.
She lives on Mackinac Island,
about five hours away from me.
- I've heard of
Mackinac Island.
- Yeah.
- You met on IM--
- "IMVU".
- "IMVU", what is that?
- It is a virtual world
where you have an avatar
and it's, like,
an actual person.
- Okay.
- And you can go into
different chatrooms
and talk to people.
Where I met her, I went into
a lesbian bar chatroom,
and we just started talking.
It was, like, "I really like
your personality.
I want to get
to know you more."
So she gave me her number
and we started texting.
- And then, you started
talking on the phone?
- Yeah.
- So you know her voice.
- Yeah.
- So when did it go
from maybe, like,
a friendship into something
a little more romantic?
- I actually told her
I loved her first.
I've invested my feelings
into this person a lot.
She was always, you know,
there for me.
She was always somebody
that I could talk to.
She gave me the attention
that I wanted.
- Hm.
- But after New Year's,
we were supposed
to make plans to meet.
She cancelled on me
and said that
she had to study for school,
that she was too busy for me.
- And what happens
when you ask her
to FaceTime or videochat?
- When I ask her to videochat,
she tells me
that her anxiety
is really bad,
that she can't
go on the camera,
and she doesn't have
a camera on her phone.
- Well, that's, like,
a lot of excuses.
- You know those moves.
Those are--
those are
the classic catfish moves.
- Yeah, I know,
I know they're moves.
But I guess, it's--just--
- You got to have faith.
- You got to have faith.
- Yeah, got to have faith.
- [laughs]
- I'm sorry, I have to
tell you one more thing.
- Sure.
- Oh.
- Okay.
- Do you guys have
an open relationship?
- No, we don't.
- Do they know
about each other?
- Only Sami knows about Faith.
- How long have you and Sami
been together?
- Almost two years.
- How does she feel about this?
- Uh, she's really
upset with me.
She's really angry.
Well, see, when I met Faith,
me and Sami were
going through some stuff
when I went on "IMVU".
- Mm.
- When did you tell her?
- Um, I told her
a few days ago.
- Oh, so real, real fresh.
- Oh, wow.
So you told her you're
writing to the show,
AKA I've got this girl
I'm talking to on the internet.
- Yeah, yeah.
- So Faith has been
a big secret for you
for the past seven months.
- Yeah, and I feel like I'm
being torn between two people.
- Like, we don't choose who we
have feelings for, you know?
Or when they come along.
It's just about
taking responsibility
for what happens when they do.
- Right.
- All right, well, look.
Let's go to Michigan.
Hopefully, we'll figure
this out.
- Thank you both.
both: Bye.
- [exhales]
That was a real
catfish cluster[bleep].
All right, Michigan!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Whoo, all right, Michigan.
- Welcome to winter.
It's clear she knows
something is up.
- I'm mostly just curious
about this girlfriend.
- Depending on how they end up,
will she be there waiting?
Like, I don't know
if I could be there.
- This is it.
- ♪ You, only you ♪
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Nice to see you.
- It is so nice
to finally meet you guys.
- Yeah.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- I'm good.
- It is really cold.
You guys should come in.
- All right, let's go.
- This is
my girlfriend, Samantha.
- Hi.
- Hi, it's nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Tallulah, nice to meet you.
- Who's over here?Anybody?
[laughter]
- That is, uh, Tigger.
- That would be Tigger.
[upbeat music]
[laughter]
- Oh, what's up?
- He is really cute.
How'd you guys meet?
- I had a friend,
and I was lonely,
and I told her,
"Hey, find me a girl to go
flirt with, talk to, you know?
So she gives me Sami's number,
and I start catching feelings.
- How long have you lived here?
- Two years.
I moved from Ohio
to be with her.
- So you know why we're here.
- Yes.
- And I assume
you're a little--
- Not happy about this?
No.
- Right.
- Actually, when she told me,
I wanted to throw
my ring at her.
- What ring?
- Uh, we used to be engaged.
[tense music]
Um, we called it off,
but I still wear it
because it was
an anniversary gift.
- So you asked her
to marry you?
- Yes.
- Whoa, okay.
So what's the thought
now for you?
- I am trying to get her to
let all this go.
- I really do feel like
I deserve to know
who I've been talking to.
- I get this, I do.
- Well, that's why we're here.
- Yeah.
- Why don't we go sit down?
Let's see what we can find out.
- Okay.
- Well, so, when you first
started talking to Faith,
you said you guys were
going through a rough patch.
- Right.
- What was going on?
- Well, it started with a girl
that was texting my phone.
She was calling me "babe."
I was not interested.
She was--
- Another online friend.
- Yeah.
- And then, started,
sort of pursuing you.
- Yeah.
- And you found out, or--
- Yeah, I found out.
- But that obviously created
some issues.
Some trust issues, I guess?
- Right, right.
- Yeah.
- Yes.
It was difficult, actually.
Very difficult.
But I forgave her,
and I gave her that chance
because she is somebody I love.
She's somebody I want
to be with, and...
[soft music]
That's why it's
so difficult right now.
It's because I did
forgive her, and now,
she's just
doing it all over again.
- So wait a second.
As you're going
through that rough patch,
you start a similar
friendship with Faith.
- It wasn't my intention
to catch feelings for her.
I mean, as a kid, I wasn't
very, you know, attractive.
I wasn't very open with myself.
I wasn't happy.
- Right.
- So getting the attention
from other people,
like, saying,
"Hey, you're beautiful,
you're pretty."
Like, you know,
it means a lot to me.
- Right.
- And it gives me confidence.
- But that's fine.
People can still say
"Hey, you're beautiful,"
and you can say thank you.
- Yeah.
- But if they then say, like,
"What's your number," or,
"We should meet up,"
you should be, like,
"I'm flattered, but--"
- Right.
- And if Sami trusts
that you'll do that--
- Can I actually just
step away please?
- I know, you know, what I did,
it wasn't a good thing to do.
[soft music]
I don't want to say that
I regret meeting Faith.
She was there when
I needed somebody.
♪ ♪
- [sniffs]
I feel like [bleep]
for doing that, you know?
- I mean, you know,
we make mistakes.
Like, that's human, you know?
- Oh, hey, you all right?
- I'm not okay at all.
It hurts a lot,
and I try everything
I can to make her happy.
She is my everything, and for
her to do this, it hurts,
because I put my everything
into this relationship.
I left everything
in Ohio for her.
[exhales]
You shouldn't ask someone to
marry you if you're not ready.
- I almost feel like
you should just figure out
what you're doing
with your life.
I mean, you got to start
making some decisions for you.
- ♪ And maybe ♪
- That's why I told her
if she's doing this,
I'm going with her.
- You really sure you want to
put yourself through that?
- I can't stay on
the back burner anymore.
I need to know what's going on
so I can figure out what I'm
going to do with my life.
[sniffs]
♪ ♪
- For her to do this, it hurts.
It hurts a lot.
- Why don't you come inside?
We can get to
the investigating stuff.
- I don't want to
be around for that.
- That's fine.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- I am going to go
for a little bit.
I can't be here
right now, okay?
- Okay, be safe.
- Always.
- I love you.
- I love you.
- See you later, Sami.
- It's a really
tough situation.
I know I hurt her,
and I really hope
that she could forgive me.
- And yet, you are hoping
you meet Faith,
and that you and her
start a relationship.
- Yeah.
- Which means
breaking up with Sami.
- I don't know.
I feel like, you know,
I'm being torn
between two people.
- Are you still
in love with Sami?
- You know, I don't--
I love Sami.
I--I can't say that I'm
in love with her, still.
I feel like me and Sami, like,
since we've lived together,
after a while,
it kind of messed it all up.
- But keeping someone
on the line
when you're not
feeling the same level,
it's almost detrimental
to her--
- Right.
- By not letting her then
kind of heal from this.
- Either way--
- Right.
- Sami should know
how you feel.
We've had
love triangles before,
but we've never brought
someone's girlfriend with us.
She wants to come with us
on this journey to find Faith.
You're going to
have to deal with that.
- I know.
- Let's--let's refocus.
Can we see what
this girl looks like?
- Yes.
- Yeah, let's see.
[dramatic music]
Okay, she's cute.
- She's beautiful.
- And what about your texts?
- Yes.
- Scroll.
♪ ♪
Oh, she invited you
to come cuddle.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, you guys really--
I mean, you call each other
"babe" and "love."
- Mm-hmm.
- This is your girlfriend.
All right, so do you know her,
like, full name?
- I do not know her full name.
- What about social media?
- Her Facebook
is for her family,
and she doesn't
use Snapchat anymore.
- No Instagram?
- No Instagram.
- All right, why don't we just
sit at your table,
do some research?
Let's get to
the bottom of this.
Okay, we got a phone number,
we got some photos.
She lives on Mackinac Island.
I think we can start
with pictures.
- See where it takes us.
- Send me those photos.
- Okay.
- All right, perfect,
here we go.
[dramatic music]
Oh, we got a hit right away.
Elena [bleep].
- Oh, my God.
- Okay.
- Same pics.
This is her, wow.
- She looks like, also,
from the UK.
- Sadly, the girl in
the pictures is not Faith,
but is this girl, Elena.
- Yeah.
Seems to be that way, yeah.
[soft music]
[inhales]
♪ ♪
I mean, I'm not shocked.
- It's not what you wanted,
but you yourself
have done that.
- Right.
- So while it's still a bummer,
maybe it's not a deal-breaker.
- Yeah.
But, you know,
at least I know now.
- Right, no,
it's good that we know.
But let's see
if we can figure out
who you've been talking to.
- Should we look--should we
look up that phone number?
- Yeah, let's see
if we can find anything.
- 906.
- Uh-huh.
- [bleep].
- No name,
but Barbeau, Michigan
is the city that comes up.
Where is that?
- That is the Upper Peninsula.
- So that's close--
- Peninsula, yeah.
- To Mackinaw.
So that might
all be one area code.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Faith might still be the girl
who lives in Mackinac Island
who is studying to be a nurse.
Let's do a little
Mackinac Island research.
- Okay.
- Okay, Mackinac Island
is a city in Mackinac County.
The city has
a permanent population of 492.
- Okay.
- So if she lives there,
she's, like, one of very--
- Very few.
- Everyone knows everyone.
- Right.
- There can't be that
many girls named Faith
who live on
Mackinac Island, right?
- Have you looked it up before?
- I didn't have a last name
to look up.
- Well, no, but if you do
"Faith Mackinac Island..."
- Faith [bleep].
- Who's this?
She graduated high school
in 2017,
so that would mean
she's, like, 20.
- You know, supposed to be 22.
- Right.
- That's pretty close.
I mean, the fact
that there's a girl named Faith
who's close to the right age.
This feels like
our most promising lead.
- Okay.
- Everything is private.
This girl, she's cute.
Like, why would she--
- Hide?
- Unless she's--
I guess, in the closet?
- I mean, that could be, too.
- Yeah.
- She doesn't want
her family to know
that she's talking to girls.
- Yeah.
- I'm not ready to say
it's this girl.
- Yeah.
- But I feel like
based on what we've found,
she's certainly, like--
- The top contender.
both: Yeah.
- Look, at this point,
the only person
who can answer
any of these questions
is the girl
you've been talking to.
- Yeah.
- Like, let's just
give Faith a call.
- Okay.
[phone ringing]
- Your call has been forwarded
to voice--
- Shock.
- So now, we send her a text.
"Hey, Faith,
this is Nev from 'Catfish.'"
"Surprise, I'm with Kristina
in Detroit.
"I was hoping to speak with you
and help you guys meet up.
It would mean a lot."
- Yeah.
[phone whooshes]
All right, while we wait for--
[phone whooshes]
Oh, whoa, that was fast.
- "It isn't a good time.
I told Kristina
"I live on an island and
it's super hard to get here
"in the winter
due to the lake freezing,
and Kristina knows this."
- Did she tell you that?
- Yeah.
She told me that
the waters were frozen,
and that planes aren't flying
because it's too cold.
[phone whooshes]
- Oh, "I don't understand
what the big deal is.
"We're not in a relationship,
so I don't get why
she is talking to you."
She doesn't feel like you guys
are in a relationship.
I mean, I've seen the way
she talks to you.
- She's kind of, like,
pushing away
the responsibility.
- I mean, we might not be
in a relationship,
but my feelings are still here.
So for her to say that,
that kind of
ticks me off a little bit.
- Right.
- Yeah, of course.
- Like...
[tense music]
I've invested my feelings
in this person
for seven months.
I think I deserve to know
who I'm talking to.
- 100%.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'd like to
know you somehow ♪
♪ In normal ways ♪
♪ I'd like to see you ♪
- It's pretty brutal.
- ♪ Face moving ♪
[tense music]
- It's pretty brutal.
- Yeah.
- Let's give her
another few minutes.
She needs to just
sort of think and process it.
Take it all in.
Right now, let's see if Faith
is even telling the truth
about this Mackinac Island.
Well, can we fly there?
Detroit to Mackinac.
Pellston seems to be
the closest airport.
So there is a flight,
and then it's probably, like,
a 45-minute drive to the ferry.
Let's see if
the Mackinac ferry is running.
Here we go, here's the ferry.
[tense music]
[phone ringing]
Calling to see
if the ferry is running.
- Okay.
- Hi, I was just
calling to confirm
that the ferry is currently
running to the island.
- All right, great.
Uh, thank you.
- The ferry is touch and go.
- That wasn't necessarily
really a lie.
- Yeah, right.
But it's running.
- It is running.
- So barring her saying
she's not
actually on Mackinac Island,
at this point, all we know
is that there's a chance
it could be this Faith.
So we should just assume
we can go up there anyway.
I mean,
it's a very small community.
We can literally find her
if she's on that island.
- 100%, it won't be hard
to sniff it out.
- Right, she cannot hide.
Are you down to go
try to find her?
- I mean, I'm as ready
as you can get.
- In the meantime,
I think the right thing to do
is for you to tell Sami
whatever it is that you feel.
She kept saying,
"I want to go with you.
I want to be there.
I want to find out with you."
And, like,
that's a first for us.
- Yeah.
- We've never brought
someone's partner
on this journey with us.
So it's a big deal
for both of you.
So, like,
tell her how you feel.
Let her know what's up.
- Okay, I will.
- Okay, so why don't you
and Sami get packed up,
and let's just assume
we're going to get on
the first flight to Pellston.
We're going to have to get
an early start tomorrow.
- All right.
- All right.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
[dramatic music]
- Bye, guys.
Be safe.
- Bye.
- Thank you, bye.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
- That was a lot.
I think we are intersecting
with Kristina
at this massive crossroads
in her life.
- Yeah.
This should be interesting.
I mean, I like the idea
of showing up.
- I think, element of surprise,
because she literally
can't hide from us
or run from us.
- We're going to
Mackinac Island with Kristina
to meet the girl
she's in love with,
and we're taking
Kristina's fiancé, Sami.
We should get moving.
- All right.
- All right.
- This is a total
"Catfish" first,
to bring someone
like this with us.
This is shaping up to be
quite the road trip!
- ♪ I don't feel enough
until I do ♪
♪ It takes me under
like a tidal wave ♪
♪ No matter what they say ♪
♪ Don't tell me
that I have to wait ♪
♪ Lemonade ♪
- All right, we have about a
30-minute drive to the ferry.
It leaves in about
50 minutes, I think.
We should make it.
- How you guys feeling?
- Nervous.
- I'm nervous, but, you know,
excited at the same time.
[dramatic music]
- That looks frozen.
- Yeah, it is frozen.
- That's crazy.
Is the ferry running?
♪ ♪
It's only a couple
more minutes to the ferry,
so I think we're
going to make it.
Let's head in.
Hi, guys.
How's it looking out there?
- Are--is there still a ferry
planned for this afternoon?
- What?
Is there any other way?
- I guess that's the--yeah.
- Yeah.
- Great, and how many people
are even on the island
this time of year?
- Do you know any of them?
- Do you know a girl
named Faith?
- All right, thanks.
- Okay.
- All right.
- Let's see if we can
get on this plane.
[phone ringing]
- At the tone,
please record your message.
[phone beeps]
- Hey, we're trying to get
to Mackinac Island,
uh, either today or first thing
tomorrow morning.
Please give me a call back.
Thank you.
All right, so I guess
in the meantime,
we should figure out
a place to stay.
- Kinda regroup a little bit.
[dramatic music]
- Oh, yeah, that's--
that is pretty frozen.
It's just ice.
That's crazy.
It's just rock solid.
- Jeez.
- Gosh.
At this point, it's time.
I should text Faith
and let her know we're here.
- Yeah.
- "Seems the best chance would
be if we fly tomorrow, AM."
[tense music]
Hey, Driftwood Motel.
All right.
- Thank you.
- Get cozy and we'll see you
in a little bit.
♪ ♪
- Is Kristina in there?
- She's sleeping.
She isn't feeling good.
I think it's just nerves,
to be honest.
Like, her stomach.
- Man, there's a lot
to kind of process
in real time.
- How are you feeling?
- I want to know where I stand.
Like, I know this may
sound weird,
and for anybody to understand,
but I absolutely love her.
I've loved her since the first
time we started talking.
The connection we had--
that we still do have.
- So you're hanging on.
- I--I'm hanging on.
And that's what
I'm trying to show her.
She has someone here
who loves her
and wants to be with her.
- Which is great.
I just think that
she's never really
going to have to deal
with the reality
that, like, she could lose you.
- I get what you're saying.
I do.
I really do, I do.
- Yeah.
- I have to do what I feel
is right for myself, you know?
I need answers
just as much as she does.
- Okay.
[soft music]
- Have a good night.
- You, too.
- Later, Sami.
- Get some sleep.
- I'm upset that
we didn't get to go today.
I'm not feeling too well.
I'm sick to my stomach.
All I can do
is hope for the best.
♪ ♪
- You can't really tell,
but that is actually
the lake out there
under a blanket of snow.
The weather seems
to have improved,
so maybe we can get
that flight out there today.
But we haven't been able to
get through to the airline,
and still no response back
from Faith.
Not good.
Tallulah.
- Oh, my God.
- Morning.
- Good morning.
- Did you sleep
in your snow pants?
- No, I--
- Oh.
Got them ready to go.
- Ready to go.
It was cold last night.
- No word back from Faith.
- Nothing.
- But I don't know
if the girls
have heard anything.
[phone rings]
- Good morning.
- Uh, I'm all right.
How are you guys?
- Uh, yeah, I can understand.
Have you heard
anything back from Faith?
- [sobs]
- Aw.
[soft music]
- There is still
sort of one option left.
- The weather this morning
is clear,
so we have a small window
to fly to the island.
We can't get through
to the airline,
but the airport is, like,
five minutes away.
So I'm going to head over
there with Tallulah
and see if we can book
a flight for today.
So if you and Sami could get
packed up and ready to go,
we'll call you back
as soon as we find out
and we can get on a flight.
- All right, bye.
- It'll be full-on detective
mission when you get there.
- Yeah.
- Like, knocking on doors.
This is, like,
really kind of starting blind.
- All right, this is it.
All right, let's check
this out and see if we can fly.
♪ ♪
Oh, wow, hi.
- Hi.
- Can we help you today?
- We're a group hoping to get
onto the island this morning.
- Yeah.
Well, we do have some people
backed up from yesterday,
- Okay.
- And at this point,
we are definitely on hold
until further notice,
and I'm not sure of
when we're going to be able
to start flying again.
- Okay, I guess.
Just wait around.
- Northern Michigan.
It's--yeah, Mackinac Island.
It's anybody's guess
at this point.
- Yeah, can I leave you our
number if anything changes?
It's 818-[bleep].
- Got it, okay.
We'll let you know.
- All right.
If I have to give you
a little extra cash
to skip all these guys.
- Yeah, right?
Good luck with that one.
- Gentleman, good luck.
[phone rings]
- Hey, so we're at the airport.
It doesn't look like any
flights are going out today,
so we're just going to head
back to the hotel for now.
- Okay, bye.
- She definitely
sounds defeated.
- The fact that
we've hit a dead end
both with the weather
and with Faith--
- This is, like,
ghosting to a level--
- That's the fear, is that
we're going to leave here
not knowing
what's really going on.
That could be the most
heart-breaking part of all.
[dramatic music]
[phone ringing]
- Hello?
- We're back
if you want to come over.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- Come on in.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- Good, hi.
- Give us the update.
- Sami was asking me,
you know, why can't
I just let Faith go.
And I told her, you know,
it's not easy
to let somebody go when they've
been there for you.
And I know it hurts you,
but at the same time, like,
this person has made me feel
things that nobody ever has,
and I just
want to know who she is.
I want to know
who I've been talking to.
But now, it's, like,
she can't even text me back.
- Yeah, it doesn't look like
we're going to get
to meet Faith.
She's not responding to us.
I just--it isn't promising
right now.
- I know.
[sniffs]
- Look, there's a lot of stuff
around you
that you can't control,
but there is a lot
that you can.
And having a live-in fiancé
who you're not really
in love with anymore
that every day, makes you feel
guilty and bad, is not helping.
- For either of us.
[soft music]
- Do you want to
continue a relationship,
a romantic relationship
with Sami?
And don't answer that
with anything
having to do
with the word "Faith."
- I just want to work
on myself.
- Okay.
- I really do.
- Maybe the real reason
she came into your life
was to bring you enough
confidence to make this shift.
- I just--I want to change
and get back
to where I need to be.
And I think I can only
do that by myself.
- For your happiness and hers,
you should just decide
how to deal with Sami.
Make it clear to her
once and for all
how you feel, because I think
she needs to know.
All right, why don't you
go check in with Sami?
- I'm going to go
check on Sami.
- All right, we're going
to just wait and see
if we hear back from Faith.
- Okay.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Hey.
[exhales]
I just wanted to come
and check in,
see how you're doing.
- Not too good.
- Yeah.
- Just a lot going on
in my mind.
Done a lot of crying.
It's really hard.
I hate seeing her in this way.
- I think that the pain
and the anguish
that you're feeling for her,
I think that that's
obviously indicative of
how deeply you care for her.
But wouldn't you want someone
who is treating you
the way you're treating her?
It shouldn't be
this uneven, you know?
- It wasn't like this.
I think that's why
I'm holding on.
It was never like this.
- I mean, I'd be shocked if
she doesn't respond at all.
- I even texted her
this morning,
and I still haven't
heard anything.
- What did it say?
- Um, I said,
"Can you at least tell me that
you don't want to talk anymore?
"I'd appreciate it if you
would just tell me how you feel
so I can act accordingly
and just move forward."
- [exhales]
Yeah.
[tense music]
- I really [bleep] up.
- What do you think you did?
♪ ♪
- I told her not to come.
I told her to choose me.
She's not going to find Faith.
Faith has been standing in
front of her this whole time.
- Oh, my God.
- I've been Faith.
- What...
what made you--was this after
the first girl?
- I was suspecting that
she was cheating on me again
or talking to someone
behind my back again.
So I noticed
she was using "IMVU",
and I went for it.
And it was originally just
to catch her in the act.
But as time was going by,
that connection was there,
and I didn't want to lose it.
I enjoyed her
opening up again, and--
- Of course.
- But I didn't expect it
to go this far.
I didn't know how
to make Faith go away.
I hate myself for this,
and I hate seeing her in pain,
and I'm the one who caused it.
- It's happened.
We're all here.
But I think this could be
the conversation
that's needed, you know?
Because the person she
fell in love with was you.
She said, "I don't care
what you look like.
"I don't care
who this person is.
It's how they're
making me feel."
And that's you.
[soft music]
It needs to be over.
This is exhausting for you.
It's exhausting for her.
We got to just do this.
- Okay.
[tense music]
- A relationship
takes two people,
love takes two people,
and I can't let myself
fall under this anymore.
♪ ♪
I just want it over.
[tense music]
- Hey.
- Hey.
So I was just talking
with Sami,
And she has some stuff
she wants to talk about.
♪ ♪
- I know why Faith
didn't come around.
[dramatic musical flourish]
Faith has been standing in
front of you this whole time.
I'm Faith.
- [sniffs]
Are you kidding me?
- No.
- Why?
- Because I thought
you were going to cheat on me.
So I noticed that
you were using "IMVU",
and I got on there,
and I started talking to you.
And as time went by,
I couldn't let it go.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- [sobs]
What the [bleep], man?
- Take a breath,
just take a breath.
- I really don't know how
to feel about this at all.
I feel like I just got,
like, kicked in my ribs.
- Is this you ending things?
- No, I don't want
to end things.
- You don't want to end things?
- No.
- Okay.
- I want a future with her,
and trying to see if
she was cheating on me
was to see whether or not
I have a future or not.
But living two lives, I just--
I can't do it anymore.
I can't watch her
go through this anymore.
- The only thing I'll say,
and this doesn't take away
any of the anger and the hurt.
It's, like, this wasn't someone
[bleep] with you.
This wasn't someone getting
their rocks off by pretending.
- Yeah.
- The basis of all of this
was love and care.
- Yeah.
I mean, I am glad that it's
not, like, some random person.
- Take the time
that you need, you know?
Are you cold?
- A little bit.
- Yeah, we can go inside.
- Okay.
[soft music]
- Come on in, everybody.
♪ ♪
Well, I guess now that
we're all up to speed,
Sami, I have
a lot of questions,
which means Kristina must
have a lot of questions.
- You know about everything
that was going on.
What were your intentions?
- We've been going
through a lot,
and I know we've
been trying to work it out,
and I thought you were
going to cheat on me.
So I did it because
I had to know
whether or not to keep pushing
forward with you or not.
But talking to you
through Faith,
I could feel the connection
and I wanted it back
because our spark
was going away,
and I didn't want to let it go.
- I would have loved
to reconnect with you as you.
Not as Faith, with you.
- Can I ask, like,
if we kind of hadn't
gotten this ball rolling,
did you kind of have a plan?
- I mean, I wanted
to make Faith disappear,
and that's what
I was trying to do.
- We came all the way here.
Why couldn't you
have just said something?
- I did this because I knew
you weren't going
to find anything up here.
- Okay.
- And so after Faith
stood her up,
you would be right here
to comfort her.
- Yeah.
I wanted you to just
walk away from this girl.
Just go home.
I wanted you to choose me.
[soft music]
- How do you feel now,
knowing that this connection
that you had
with this person, Faith,
that meant so much to you was
actually, the whole time, Sami?
- I mean, I feel kind of
deceived, that I was lied to.
But I'm happy that it's
not some random person
that I was telling
everything to.
She lied to me, but you know,
I lied to her, too.
So it's not one-sided.
♪ ♪
- I'm curious.
Over the course of the
seven months that you talked
to Kristina as Faith, were you
using some sort of text app?
- Yeah.
- Like, would you guys
be next to each other, talking?
- No, I did most of it at work.
- So when you talked
on the phone,
how did you
not recognize her voice?
- It wasn't me.
- It didn't sound like her.
- It wasn't you?
- No.
Um, I had a friend
who helped me.
- Whoa.
- I'm sorry for deceiving you.
- Look, I'm not mad at you.
I know that your intentions
weren't to hurt me,
because I do know
that you love me.
I see it in your face.
I hear it when you talk to me.
And I don't think that you
would go through Mackinac
if you didn't love me.
I mean, I'm sorry that
I made it seem like
we were really distant,
and I'm sorry
that you had to
go through all this.
- I'm sorry
I put you through this.
- I would love to
have you in my life
because you've been here
for almost two years.
And to me,
that's a very, very long time.
Nobody's ever put up with
my bull[bleep] for this long.
It's just--I don't feel like
we should be in a relationship.
- ♪ If I'm going to lose you ♪
♪ There's nothing to do
but lose ♪
- I understand, I do.
- ♪ It's a fight
we're not winning ♪
- I guess I'm ready
to go home and pack.
- Yeah.
- Are you going to be okay?
Do you have a place to go?
Can you--
- Yeah.
- Do you have some sort of plan
that you can put together?
- Yeah.
- ♪ I'll be happy
that I knew you ♪
- All right, well, this is
a fresh start for you guys.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- ♪ If I'm going to lose you ♪
♪ There's nothing to do but ♪
- That was hard stuff to say,
and you did it.
- It's been rough,
playing two lives.
- The drama is over
for both of you.
- ♪ There's no more motion,
then how do I move? ♪
♪ And be happy
that I knew you? ♪
[Skype ringtone]
- Hey.
- Hi!
- Kristina.
- Hi, guys.
- What's going on?
You're in the car?
- Why?
- Where are you?
- I'm actually at work.
I work two jobs full time now.
Um, I'm going
to school online.
Once I get my GED,
I'm going to try to be
a medical nurse corps
in the military.
- Wow, you got a whole plan.
- That's incredible.
- I figure, you know,
it's time to start my life.
It's time to
get myself on track.
- Wow.
- So where does Sami
fit into all of this
future planning?
- Sami actually lives right
down the street from me.
- Lives right down the street
means she moved out.
- Yes.
We do see each other
once in a while.
We aren't on
a talking every day basis,
but we are talking.
I feel like maybe
being apart for a while
and seeing if we can
rebuild our friendship.
Things happen, and they happen
for a reason,
and I don't really
blame her for everything.
It was both of us.
But I'm moving forward.
- Wow, you seem like
you're doing really well.
- You and Nev really
helped me a lot,
and you guys really
kind of helped me
get back to knowing who I was.
- Well, we appreciate
you letting us
come along for the ride.
Having Sami come along,
and how it all shook out--
- Yes.
- That was
a total first for us.
- Yeah, we'll never forget
our Upper Peninsula adventure.
- Yeah, nice talking
to you, Kristina.
- It was nice talking
to you guys.
- Bye.
- Bye.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- We got Oceana
talking to Nelly.
- She's, like, "I'm trying to
give you that
serious relationship."
- Has Nelly been stalking her
this whole time?
Is she all these people?
It's creepy every time
someone hits you up online.
- They are creepy.
They make you not
want to talk to anybody.
- What if it's someone
that you know?
- I'm so mad, I can't even
stop [bleep] moving.
- Uh-oh.
980
00:41:37.
that nobody ever has,
and I just
want to know who she is.
- "I told Kristine
I live on an island,
and it's super hard to get here
due to the lake freezing."
- Now, that's frozen.
That's crazy.
- I don't even know if she's
going to show up tomorrow.
- She literally
can't hide from us.
- Oh, my God.
Did you do this?
[dramatic musical sting]
- Hey, guys, Nev here,
and we're back
with a brand-new batch
of all-new "Catfish" episodes.
Let's do it!
We've been making this show
for over seven years.
We've done over 125 episodes.
- You're a coward, man!
- And what's amazing is we're
still encountering things
we've never seen before.
He was dead for a couple days.
What?
- Everybody in Hawaii
is in on this.
- ♪ What we see is just
the tip of the iceberg ♪
- New ways to fall in love.
We've never, ever had
two homies hook up.
All new deceptions.
- He just lied
about so much [bleep].
- And new
"what the [bleep]" firsts
that are going
to completely flip the script
on what you think
you know about Catfish.
- He has a twin.
- An identical twin.
So join me and all
our favorite co-hosts--
- Are we going to get jumped?
- Oh, my God.
- To dive head first into
an all-new season of episodes,
each with
a unique "Catfish" first.
- ♪ What we see is just
the tip of the iceberg ♪
- Here you are,
on your third ep.
- I feel like I got my stride
a little bit more.
- Haven't nailed
the camera angle yet.
- Yeah, okay, I know.
Yeah, the camera,
we're going to work on.
- That's okay, that's okay.
Why don't we get into it?
- Okay.
- See what we got cooking up.
"This is so complicated."
"Dear Nev and awesome co-host--
- Love it.
- "My name is Kristina,
I'm 21,
"and I live just outside
of Detroit in Romulus.
"Seven months ago, I met
an amazing girl named Faith--
- ♪ Baby ♪
- While I was on "IMVU".
- What is that?
- I don't know.
We'll probably find out.
"I battle with
anxiety issues,
"and Faith made me feel
so happy and secure.
"It was nice to believe
that somebody cared about me
and wanted me around."
- ♪ Don't you want that ♪
♪ Like we did that summer ♪
- "Faith and I exchanged
numbers and started texting.
"We also started speaking
on the phone.
"I never meant for anything
to happen between us,
"but as the months passed,
my feelings grew,
and so did hers."
- ♪ We could do it forever ♪
- "These days, things have
definitely spiced up.
- Love it.
- "But I can't shake
"the feeling that something
about Faith is wrong.
"Maybe it's because I haven't
seen many photos of her.
"Maybe it's because
she won't videochat.
"Maybe it's because
we both live in Michigan--"
- Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi.
- And have never met, what?
- I mean...
- ♪ Just for once,
don't think twice ♪
- "These are obviously
all red flags.
I would know because
I used to be a catfish."
Whoa.
- All right, so she knows.
- My catfishing days are over,
but I worry that they may
have caught back up to me.
So this could be
a little catfish karma.
"Faith makes me feel
incredibly special.
"I could see having a great
relationship with her,
but I really need
to know the truth."
Damn.
- ♪ Got to feel it, too ♪
- "Kristina."
Wow, a reformed catfish.
- They're in the same state.
- Should we hear a little
bit more from Kristina?
[Skype ringtone]
Hey!
- Hi!
- Hi.
- And I see you have
some dream-catchers.
- Yes, I love dream-catchers.
- We have to make
a Faith-catcher.
- Cast a wide net.
- All right, all right.
So tell us about Faith.
- Faith is wonderful.
Everything about her,
I find very fascinating.
We want to go
to school to be nurses.
We're alike in a lot of ways.
- How old is Faith?
- Faith is 22.
- And she lives in Michigan.
- Yes.
She lives on Mackinac Island,
about five hours away from me.
- I've heard of
Mackinac Island.
- Yeah.
- You met on IM--
- "IMVU".
- "IMVU", what is that?
- It is a virtual world
where you have an avatar
and it's, like,
an actual person.
- Okay.
- And you can go into
different chatrooms
and talk to people.
Where I met her, I went into
a lesbian bar chatroom,
and we just started talking.
It was, like, "I really like
your personality.
I want to get
to know you more."
So she gave me her number
and we started texting.
- And then, you started
talking on the phone?
- Yeah.
- So you know her voice.
- Yeah.
- So when did it go
from maybe, like,
a friendship into something
a little more romantic?
- I actually told her
I loved her first.
I've invested my feelings
into this person a lot.
She was always, you know,
there for me.
She was always somebody
that I could talk to.
She gave me the attention
that I wanted.
- Hm.
- But after New Year's,
we were supposed
to make plans to meet.
She cancelled on me
and said that
she had to study for school,
that she was too busy for me.
- And what happens
when you ask her
to FaceTime or videochat?
- When I ask her to videochat,
she tells me
that her anxiety
is really bad,
that she can't
go on the camera,
and she doesn't have
a camera on her phone.
- Well, that's, like,
a lot of excuses.
- You know those moves.
Those are--
those are
the classic catfish moves.
- Yeah, I know,
I know they're moves.
But I guess, it's--just--
- You got to have faith.
- You got to have faith.
- Yeah, got to have faith.
- [laughs]
- I'm sorry, I have to
tell you one more thing.
- Sure.
- Oh.
- Okay.
- Do you guys have
an open relationship?
- No, we don't.
- Do they know
about each other?
- Only Sami knows about Faith.
- How long have you and Sami
been together?
- Almost two years.
- How does she feel about this?
- Uh, she's really
upset with me.
She's really angry.
Well, see, when I met Faith,
me and Sami were
going through some stuff
when I went on "IMVU".
- Mm.
- When did you tell her?
- Um, I told her
a few days ago.
- Oh, so real, real fresh.
- Oh, wow.
So you told her you're
writing to the show,
AKA I've got this girl
I'm talking to on the internet.
- Yeah, yeah.
- So Faith has been
a big secret for you
for the past seven months.
- Yeah, and I feel like I'm
being torn between two people.
- Like, we don't choose who we
have feelings for, you know?
Or when they come along.
It's just about
taking responsibility
for what happens when they do.
- Right.
- All right, well, look.
Let's go to Michigan.
Hopefully, we'll figure
this out.
- Thank you both.
both: Bye.
- [exhales]
That was a real
catfish cluster[bleep].
All right, Michigan!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Whoo, all right, Michigan.
- Welcome to winter.
It's clear she knows
something is up.
- I'm mostly just curious
about this girlfriend.
- Depending on how they end up,
will she be there waiting?
Like, I don't know
if I could be there.
- This is it.
- ♪ You, only you ♪
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Nice to see you.
- It is so nice
to finally meet you guys.
- Yeah.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- I'm good.
- It is really cold.
You guys should come in.
- All right, let's go.
- This is
my girlfriend, Samantha.
- Hi.
- Hi, it's nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Tallulah, nice to meet you.
- Who's over here?Anybody?
[laughter]
- That is, uh, Tigger.
- That would be Tigger.
[upbeat music]
[laughter]
- Oh, what's up?
- He is really cute.
How'd you guys meet?
- I had a friend,
and I was lonely,
and I told her,
"Hey, find me a girl to go
flirt with, talk to, you know?
So she gives me Sami's number,
and I start catching feelings.
- How long have you lived here?
- Two years.
I moved from Ohio
to be with her.
- So you know why we're here.
- Yes.
- And I assume
you're a little--
- Not happy about this?
No.
- Right.
- Actually, when she told me,
I wanted to throw
my ring at her.
- What ring?
- Uh, we used to be engaged.
[tense music]
Um, we called it off,
but I still wear it
because it was
an anniversary gift.
- So you asked her
to marry you?
- Yes.
- Whoa, okay.
So what's the thought
now for you?
- I am trying to get her to
let all this go.
- I really do feel like
I deserve to know
who I've been talking to.
- I get this, I do.
- Well, that's why we're here.
- Yeah.
- Why don't we go sit down?
Let's see what we can find out.
- Okay.
- Well, so, when you first
started talking to Faith,
you said you guys were
going through a rough patch.
- Right.
- What was going on?
- Well, it started with a girl
that was texting my phone.
She was calling me "babe."
I was not interested.
She was--
- Another online friend.
- Yeah.
- And then, started,
sort of pursuing you.
- Yeah.
- And you found out, or--
- Yeah, I found out.
- But that obviously created
some issues.
Some trust issues, I guess?
- Right, right.
- Yeah.
- Yes.
It was difficult, actually.
Very difficult.
But I forgave her,
and I gave her that chance
because she is somebody I love.
She's somebody I want
to be with, and...
[soft music]
That's why it's
so difficult right now.
It's because I did
forgive her, and now,
she's just
doing it all over again.
- So wait a second.
As you're going
through that rough patch,
you start a similar
friendship with Faith.
- It wasn't my intention
to catch feelings for her.
I mean, as a kid, I wasn't
very, you know, attractive.
I wasn't very open with myself.
I wasn't happy.
- Right.
- So getting the attention
from other people,
like, saying,
"Hey, you're beautiful,
you're pretty."
Like, you know,
it means a lot to me.
- Right.
- And it gives me confidence.
- But that's fine.
People can still say
"Hey, you're beautiful,"
and you can say thank you.
- Yeah.
- But if they then say, like,
"What's your number," or,
"We should meet up,"
you should be, like,
"I'm flattered, but--"
- Right.
- And if Sami trusts
that you'll do that--
- Can I actually just
step away please?
- I know, you know, what I did,
it wasn't a good thing to do.
[soft music]
I don't want to say that
I regret meeting Faith.
She was there when
I needed somebody.
♪ ♪
- [sniffs]
I feel like [bleep]
for doing that, you know?
- I mean, you know,
we make mistakes.
Like, that's human, you know?
- Oh, hey, you all right?
- I'm not okay at all.
It hurts a lot,
and I try everything
I can to make her happy.
She is my everything, and for
her to do this, it hurts,
because I put my everything
into this relationship.
I left everything
in Ohio for her.
[exhales]
You shouldn't ask someone to
marry you if you're not ready.
- I almost feel like
you should just figure out
what you're doing
with your life.
I mean, you got to start
making some decisions for you.
- ♪ And maybe ♪
- That's why I told her
if she's doing this,
I'm going with her.
- You really sure you want to
put yourself through that?
- I can't stay on
the back burner anymore.
I need to know what's going on
so I can figure out what I'm
going to do with my life.
[sniffs]
♪ ♪
- For her to do this, it hurts.
It hurts a lot.
- Why don't you come inside?
We can get to
the investigating stuff.
- I don't want to
be around for that.
- That's fine.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- I am going to go
for a little bit.
I can't be here
right now, okay?
- Okay, be safe.
- Always.
- I love you.
- I love you.
- See you later, Sami.
- It's a really
tough situation.
I know I hurt her,
and I really hope
that she could forgive me.
- And yet, you are hoping
you meet Faith,
and that you and her
start a relationship.
- Yeah.
- Which means
breaking up with Sami.
- I don't know.
I feel like, you know,
I'm being torn
between two people.
- Are you still
in love with Sami?
- You know, I don't--
I love Sami.
I--I can't say that I'm
in love with her, still.
I feel like me and Sami, like,
since we've lived together,
after a while,
it kind of messed it all up.
- But keeping someone
on the line
when you're not
feeling the same level,
it's almost detrimental
to her--
- Right.
- By not letting her then
kind of heal from this.
- Either way--
- Right.
- Sami should know
how you feel.
We've had
love triangles before,
but we've never brought
someone's girlfriend with us.
She wants to come with us
on this journey to find Faith.
You're going to
have to deal with that.
- I know.
- Let's--let's refocus.
Can we see what
this girl looks like?
- Yes.
- Yeah, let's see.
[dramatic music]
Okay, she's cute.
- She's beautiful.
- And what about your texts?
- Yes.
- Scroll.
♪ ♪
Oh, she invited you
to come cuddle.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, you guys really--
I mean, you call each other
"babe" and "love."
- Mm-hmm.
- This is your girlfriend.
All right, so do you know her,
like, full name?
- I do not know her full name.
- What about social media?
- Her Facebook
is for her family,
and she doesn't
use Snapchat anymore.
- No Instagram?
- No Instagram.
- All right, why don't we just
sit at your table,
do some research?
Let's get to
the bottom of this.
Okay, we got a phone number,
we got some photos.
She lives on Mackinac Island.
I think we can start
with pictures.
- See where it takes us.
- Send me those photos.
- Okay.
- All right, perfect,
here we go.
[dramatic music]
Oh, we got a hit right away.
Elena [bleep].
- Oh, my God.
- Okay.
- Same pics.
This is her, wow.
- She looks like, also,
from the UK.
- Sadly, the girl in
the pictures is not Faith,
but is this girl, Elena.
- Yeah.
Seems to be that way, yeah.
[soft music]
[inhales]
♪ ♪
I mean, I'm not shocked.
- It's not what you wanted,
but you yourself
have done that.
- Right.
- So while it's still a bummer,
maybe it's not a deal-breaker.
- Yeah.
But, you know,
at least I know now.
- Right, no,
it's good that we know.
But let's see
if we can figure out
who you've been talking to.
- Should we look--should we
look up that phone number?
- Yeah, let's see
if we can find anything.
- 906.
- Uh-huh.
- [bleep].
- No name,
but Barbeau, Michigan
is the city that comes up.
Where is that?
- That is the Upper Peninsula.
- So that's close--
- Peninsula, yeah.
- To Mackinaw.
So that might
all be one area code.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Faith might still be the girl
who lives in Mackinac Island
who is studying to be a nurse.
Let's do a little
Mackinac Island research.
- Okay.
- Okay, Mackinac Island
is a city in Mackinac County.
The city has
a permanent population of 492.
- Okay.
- So if she lives there,
she's, like, one of very--
- Very few.
- Everyone knows everyone.
- Right.
- There can't be that
many girls named Faith
who live on
Mackinac Island, right?
- Have you looked it up before?
- I didn't have a last name
to look up.
- Well, no, but if you do
"Faith Mackinac Island..."
- Faith [bleep].
- Who's this?
She graduated high school
in 2017,
so that would mean
she's, like, 20.
- You know, supposed to be 22.
- Right.
- That's pretty close.
I mean, the fact
that there's a girl named Faith
who's close to the right age.
This feels like
our most promising lead.
- Okay.
- Everything is private.
This girl, she's cute.
Like, why would she--
- Hide?
- Unless she's--
I guess, in the closet?
- I mean, that could be, too.
- Yeah.
- She doesn't want
her family to know
that she's talking to girls.
- Yeah.
- I'm not ready to say
it's this girl.
- Yeah.
- But I feel like
based on what we've found,
she's certainly, like--
- The top contender.
both: Yeah.
- Look, at this point,
the only person
who can answer
any of these questions
is the girl
you've been talking to.
- Yeah.
- Like, let's just
give Faith a call.
- Okay.
[phone ringing]
- Your call has been forwarded
to voice--
- Shock.
- So now, we send her a text.
"Hey, Faith,
this is Nev from 'Catfish.'"
"Surprise, I'm with Kristina
in Detroit.
"I was hoping to speak with you
and help you guys meet up.
It would mean a lot."
- Yeah.
[phone whooshes]
All right, while we wait for--
[phone whooshes]
Oh, whoa, that was fast.
- "It isn't a good time.
I told Kristina
"I live on an island and
it's super hard to get here
"in the winter
due to the lake freezing,
and Kristina knows this."
- Did she tell you that?
- Yeah.
She told me that
the waters were frozen,
and that planes aren't flying
because it's too cold.
[phone whooshes]
- Oh, "I don't understand
what the big deal is.
"We're not in a relationship,
so I don't get why
she is talking to you."
She doesn't feel like you guys
are in a relationship.
I mean, I've seen the way
she talks to you.
- She's kind of, like,
pushing away
the responsibility.
- I mean, we might not be
in a relationship,
but my feelings are still here.
So for her to say that,
that kind of
ticks me off a little bit.
- Right.
- Yeah, of course.
- Like...
[tense music]
I've invested my feelings
in this person
for seven months.
I think I deserve to know
who I'm talking to.
- 100%.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'd like to
know you somehow ♪
♪ In normal ways ♪
♪ I'd like to see you ♪
- It's pretty brutal.
- ♪ Face moving ♪
[tense music]
- It's pretty brutal.
- Yeah.
- Let's give her
another few minutes.
She needs to just
sort of think and process it.
Take it all in.
Right now, let's see if Faith
is even telling the truth
about this Mackinac Island.
Well, can we fly there?
Detroit to Mackinac.
Pellston seems to be
the closest airport.
So there is a flight,
and then it's probably, like,
a 45-minute drive to the ferry.
Let's see if
the Mackinac ferry is running.
Here we go, here's the ferry.
[tense music]
[phone ringing]
Calling to see
if the ferry is running.
- Okay.
- Hi, I was just
calling to confirm
that the ferry is currently
running to the island.
- All right, great.
Uh, thank you.
- The ferry is touch and go.
- That wasn't necessarily
really a lie.
- Yeah, right.
But it's running.
- It is running.
- So barring her saying
she's not
actually on Mackinac Island,
at this point, all we know
is that there's a chance
it could be this Faith.
So we should just assume
we can go up there anyway.
I mean,
it's a very small community.
We can literally find her
if she's on that island.
- 100%, it won't be hard
to sniff it out.
- Right, she cannot hide.
Are you down to go
try to find her?
- I mean, I'm as ready
as you can get.
- In the meantime,
I think the right thing to do
is for you to tell Sami
whatever it is that you feel.
She kept saying,
"I want to go with you.
I want to be there.
I want to find out with you."
And, like,
that's a first for us.
- Yeah.
- We've never brought
someone's partner
on this journey with us.
So it's a big deal
for both of you.
So, like,
tell her how you feel.
Let her know what's up.
- Okay, I will.
- Okay, so why don't you
and Sami get packed up,
and let's just assume
we're going to get on
the first flight to Pellston.
We're going to have to get
an early start tomorrow.
- All right.
- All right.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
[dramatic music]
- Bye, guys.
Be safe.
- Bye.
- Thank you, bye.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
- That was a lot.
I think we are intersecting
with Kristina
at this massive crossroads
in her life.
- Yeah.
This should be interesting.
I mean, I like the idea
of showing up.
- I think, element of surprise,
because she literally
can't hide from us
or run from us.
- We're going to
Mackinac Island with Kristina
to meet the girl
she's in love with,
and we're taking
Kristina's fiancé, Sami.
We should get moving.
- All right.
- All right.
- This is a total
"Catfish" first,
to bring someone
like this with us.
This is shaping up to be
quite the road trip!
- ♪ I don't feel enough
until I do ♪
♪ It takes me under
like a tidal wave ♪
♪ No matter what they say ♪
♪ Don't tell me
that I have to wait ♪
♪ Lemonade ♪
- All right, we have about a
30-minute drive to the ferry.
It leaves in about
50 minutes, I think.
We should make it.
- How you guys feeling?
- Nervous.
- I'm nervous, but, you know,
excited at the same time.
[dramatic music]
- That looks frozen.
- Yeah, it is frozen.
- That's crazy.
Is the ferry running?
♪ ♪
It's only a couple
more minutes to the ferry,
so I think we're
going to make it.
Let's head in.
Hi, guys.
How's it looking out there?
- Are--is there still a ferry
planned for this afternoon?
- What?
Is there any other way?
- I guess that's the--yeah.
- Yeah.
- Great, and how many people
are even on the island
this time of year?
- Do you know any of them?
- Do you know a girl
named Faith?
- All right, thanks.
- Okay.
- All right.
- Let's see if we can
get on this plane.
[phone ringing]
- At the tone,
please record your message.
[phone beeps]
- Hey, we're trying to get
to Mackinac Island,
uh, either today or first thing
tomorrow morning.
Please give me a call back.
Thank you.
All right, so I guess
in the meantime,
we should figure out
a place to stay.
- Kinda regroup a little bit.
[dramatic music]
- Oh, yeah, that's--
that is pretty frozen.
It's just ice.
That's crazy.
It's just rock solid.
- Jeez.
- Gosh.
At this point, it's time.
I should text Faith
and let her know we're here.
- Yeah.
- "Seems the best chance would
be if we fly tomorrow, AM."
[tense music]
Hey, Driftwood Motel.
All right.
- Thank you.
- Get cozy and we'll see you
in a little bit.
♪ ♪
- Is Kristina in there?
- She's sleeping.
She isn't feeling good.
I think it's just nerves,
to be honest.
Like, her stomach.
- Man, there's a lot
to kind of process
in real time.
- How are you feeling?
- I want to know where I stand.
Like, I know this may
sound weird,
and for anybody to understand,
but I absolutely love her.
I've loved her since the first
time we started talking.
The connection we had--
that we still do have.
- So you're hanging on.
- I--I'm hanging on.
And that's what
I'm trying to show her.
She has someone here
who loves her
and wants to be with her.
- Which is great.
I just think that
she's never really
going to have to deal
with the reality
that, like, she could lose you.
- I get what you're saying.
I do.
I really do, I do.
- Yeah.
- I have to do what I feel
is right for myself, you know?
I need answers
just as much as she does.
- Okay.
[soft music]
- Have a good night.
- You, too.
- Later, Sami.
- Get some sleep.
- I'm upset that
we didn't get to go today.
I'm not feeling too well.
I'm sick to my stomach.
All I can do
is hope for the best.
♪ ♪
- You can't really tell,
but that is actually
the lake out there
under a blanket of snow.
The weather seems
to have improved,
so maybe we can get
that flight out there today.
But we haven't been able to
get through to the airline,
and still no response back
from Faith.
Not good.
Tallulah.
- Oh, my God.
- Morning.
- Good morning.
- Did you sleep
in your snow pants?
- No, I--
- Oh.
Got them ready to go.
- Ready to go.
It was cold last night.
- No word back from Faith.
- Nothing.
- But I don't know
if the girls
have heard anything.
[phone rings]
- Good morning.
- Uh, I'm all right.
How are you guys?
- Uh, yeah, I can understand.
Have you heard
anything back from Faith?
- [sobs]
- Aw.
[soft music]
- There is still
sort of one option left.
- The weather this morning
is clear,
so we have a small window
to fly to the island.
We can't get through
to the airline,
but the airport is, like,
five minutes away.
So I'm going to head over
there with Tallulah
and see if we can book
a flight for today.
So if you and Sami could get
packed up and ready to go,
we'll call you back
as soon as we find out
and we can get on a flight.
- All right, bye.
- It'll be full-on detective
mission when you get there.
- Yeah.
- Like, knocking on doors.
This is, like,
really kind of starting blind.
- All right, this is it.
All right, let's check
this out and see if we can fly.
♪ ♪
Oh, wow, hi.
- Hi.
- Can we help you today?
- We're a group hoping to get
onto the island this morning.
- Yeah.
Well, we do have some people
backed up from yesterday,
- Okay.
- And at this point,
we are definitely on hold
until further notice,
and I'm not sure of
when we're going to be able
to start flying again.
- Okay, I guess.
Just wait around.
- Northern Michigan.
It's--yeah, Mackinac Island.
It's anybody's guess
at this point.
- Yeah, can I leave you our
number if anything changes?
It's 818-[bleep].
- Got it, okay.
We'll let you know.
- All right.
If I have to give you
a little extra cash
to skip all these guys.
- Yeah, right?
Good luck with that one.
- Gentleman, good luck.
[phone rings]
- Hey, so we're at the airport.
It doesn't look like any
flights are going out today,
so we're just going to head
back to the hotel for now.
- Okay, bye.
- She definitely
sounds defeated.
- The fact that
we've hit a dead end
both with the weather
and with Faith--
- This is, like,
ghosting to a level--
- That's the fear, is that
we're going to leave here
not knowing
what's really going on.
That could be the most
heart-breaking part of all.
[dramatic music]
[phone ringing]
- Hello?
- We're back
if you want to come over.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- Come on in.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- Good, hi.
- Give us the update.
- Sami was asking me,
you know, why can't
I just let Faith go.
And I told her, you know,
it's not easy
to let somebody go when they've
been there for you.
And I know it hurts you,
but at the same time, like,
this person has made me feel
things that nobody ever has,
and I just
want to know who she is.
I want to know
who I've been talking to.
But now, it's, like,
she can't even text me back.
- Yeah, it doesn't look like
we're going to get
to meet Faith.
She's not responding to us.
I just--it isn't promising
right now.
- I know.
[sniffs]
- Look, there's a lot of stuff
around you
that you can't control,
but there is a lot
that you can.
And having a live-in fiancé
who you're not really
in love with anymore
that every day, makes you feel
guilty and bad, is not helping.
- For either of us.
[soft music]
- Do you want to
continue a relationship,
a romantic relationship
with Sami?
And don't answer that
with anything
having to do
with the word "Faith."
- I just want to work
on myself.
- Okay.
- I really do.
- Maybe the real reason
she came into your life
was to bring you enough
confidence to make this shift.
- I just--I want to change
and get back
to where I need to be.
And I think I can only
do that by myself.
- For your happiness and hers,
you should just decide
how to deal with Sami.
Make it clear to her
once and for all
how you feel, because I think
she needs to know.
All right, why don't you
go check in with Sami?
- I'm going to go
check on Sami.
- All right, we're going
to just wait and see
if we hear back from Faith.
- Okay.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Hey.
[exhales]
I just wanted to come
and check in,
see how you're doing.
- Not too good.
- Yeah.
- Just a lot going on
in my mind.
Done a lot of crying.
It's really hard.
I hate seeing her in this way.
- I think that the pain
and the anguish
that you're feeling for her,
I think that that's
obviously indicative of
how deeply you care for her.
But wouldn't you want someone
who is treating you
the way you're treating her?
It shouldn't be
this uneven, you know?
- It wasn't like this.
I think that's why
I'm holding on.
It was never like this.
- I mean, I'd be shocked if
she doesn't respond at all.
- I even texted her
this morning,
and I still haven't
heard anything.
- What did it say?
- Um, I said,
"Can you at least tell me that
you don't want to talk anymore?
"I'd appreciate it if you
would just tell me how you feel
so I can act accordingly
and just move forward."
- [exhales]
Yeah.
[tense music]
- I really [bleep] up.
- What do you think you did?
♪ ♪
- I told her not to come.
I told her to choose me.
She's not going to find Faith.
Faith has been standing in
front of her this whole time.
- Oh, my God.
- I've been Faith.
- What...
what made you--was this after
the first girl?
- I was suspecting that
she was cheating on me again
or talking to someone
behind my back again.
So I noticed
she was using "IMVU",
and I went for it.
And it was originally just
to catch her in the act.
But as time was going by,
that connection was there,
and I didn't want to lose it.
I enjoyed her
opening up again, and--
- Of course.
- But I didn't expect it
to go this far.
I didn't know how
to make Faith go away.
I hate myself for this,
and I hate seeing her in pain,
and I'm the one who caused it.
- It's happened.
We're all here.
But I think this could be
the conversation
that's needed, you know?
Because the person she
fell in love with was you.
She said, "I don't care
what you look like.
"I don't care
who this person is.
It's how they're
making me feel."
And that's you.
[soft music]
It needs to be over.
This is exhausting for you.
It's exhausting for her.
We got to just do this.
- Okay.
[tense music]
- A relationship
takes two people,
love takes two people,
and I can't let myself
fall under this anymore.
♪ ♪
I just want it over.
[tense music]
- Hey.
- Hey.
So I was just talking
with Sami,
And she has some stuff
she wants to talk about.
♪ ♪
- I know why Faith
didn't come around.
[dramatic musical flourish]
Faith has been standing in
front of you this whole time.
I'm Faith.
- [sniffs]
Are you kidding me?
- No.
- Why?
- Because I thought
you were going to cheat on me.
So I noticed that
you were using "IMVU",
and I got on there,
and I started talking to you.
And as time went by,
I couldn't let it go.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- [sobs]
What the [bleep], man?
- Take a breath,
just take a breath.
- I really don't know how
to feel about this at all.
I feel like I just got,
like, kicked in my ribs.
- Is this you ending things?
- No, I don't want
to end things.
- You don't want to end things?
- No.
- Okay.
- I want a future with her,
and trying to see if
she was cheating on me
was to see whether or not
I have a future or not.
But living two lives, I just--
I can't do it anymore.
I can't watch her
go through this anymore.
- The only thing I'll say,
and this doesn't take away
any of the anger and the hurt.
It's, like, this wasn't someone
[bleep] with you.
This wasn't someone getting
their rocks off by pretending.
- Yeah.
- The basis of all of this
was love and care.
- Yeah.
I mean, I am glad that it's
not, like, some random person.
- Take the time
that you need, you know?
Are you cold?
- A little bit.
- Yeah, we can go inside.
- Okay.
[soft music]
- Come on in, everybody.
♪ ♪
Well, I guess now that
we're all up to speed,
Sami, I have
a lot of questions,
which means Kristina must
have a lot of questions.
- You know about everything
that was going on.
What were your intentions?
- We've been going
through a lot,
and I know we've
been trying to work it out,
and I thought you were
going to cheat on me.
So I did it because
I had to know
whether or not to keep pushing
forward with you or not.
But talking to you
through Faith,
I could feel the connection
and I wanted it back
because our spark
was going away,
and I didn't want to let it go.
- I would have loved
to reconnect with you as you.
Not as Faith, with you.
- Can I ask, like,
if we kind of hadn't
gotten this ball rolling,
did you kind of have a plan?
- I mean, I wanted
to make Faith disappear,
and that's what
I was trying to do.
- We came all the way here.
Why couldn't you
have just said something?
- I did this because I knew
you weren't going
to find anything up here.
- Okay.
- And so after Faith
stood her up,
you would be right here
to comfort her.
- Yeah.
I wanted you to just
walk away from this girl.
Just go home.
I wanted you to choose me.
[soft music]
- How do you feel now,
knowing that this connection
that you had
with this person, Faith,
that meant so much to you was
actually, the whole time, Sami?
- I mean, I feel kind of
deceived, that I was lied to.
But I'm happy that it's
not some random person
that I was telling
everything to.
She lied to me, but you know,
I lied to her, too.
So it's not one-sided.
♪ ♪
- I'm curious.
Over the course of the
seven months that you talked
to Kristina as Faith, were you
using some sort of text app?
- Yeah.
- Like, would you guys
be next to each other, talking?
- No, I did most of it at work.
- So when you talked
on the phone,
how did you
not recognize her voice?
- It wasn't me.
- It didn't sound like her.
- It wasn't you?
- No.
Um, I had a friend
who helped me.
- Whoa.
- I'm sorry for deceiving you.
- Look, I'm not mad at you.
I know that your intentions
weren't to hurt me,
because I do know
that you love me.
I see it in your face.
I hear it when you talk to me.
And I don't think that you
would go through Mackinac
if you didn't love me.
I mean, I'm sorry that
I made it seem like
we were really distant,
and I'm sorry
that you had to
go through all this.
- I'm sorry
I put you through this.
- I would love to
have you in my life
because you've been here
for almost two years.
And to me,
that's a very, very long time.
Nobody's ever put up with
my bull[bleep] for this long.
It's just--I don't feel like
we should be in a relationship.
- ♪ If I'm going to lose you ♪
♪ There's nothing to do
but lose ♪
- I understand, I do.
- ♪ It's a fight
we're not winning ♪
- I guess I'm ready
to go home and pack.
- Yeah.
- Are you going to be okay?
Do you have a place to go?
Can you--
- Yeah.
- Do you have some sort of plan
that you can put together?
- Yeah.
- ♪ I'll be happy
that I knew you ♪
- All right, well, this is
a fresh start for you guys.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- ♪ If I'm going to lose you ♪
♪ There's nothing to do but ♪
- That was hard stuff to say,
and you did it.
- It's been rough,
playing two lives.
- The drama is over
for both of you.
- ♪ There's no more motion,
then how do I move? ♪
♪ And be happy
that I knew you? ♪
[Skype ringtone]
- Hey.
- Hi!
- Kristina.
- Hi, guys.
- What's going on?
You're in the car?
- Why?
- Where are you?
- I'm actually at work.
I work two jobs full time now.
Um, I'm going
to school online.
Once I get my GED,
I'm going to try to be
a medical nurse corps
in the military.
- Wow, you got a whole plan.
- That's incredible.
- I figure, you know,
it's time to start my life.
It's time to
get myself on track.
- Wow.
- So where does Sami
fit into all of this
future planning?
- Sami actually lives right
down the street from me.
- Lives right down the street
means she moved out.
- Yes.
We do see each other
once in a while.
We aren't on
a talking every day basis,
but we are talking.
I feel like maybe
being apart for a while
and seeing if we can
rebuild our friendship.
Things happen, and they happen
for a reason,
and I don't really
blame her for everything.
It was both of us.
But I'm moving forward.
- Wow, you seem like
you're doing really well.
- You and Nev really
helped me a lot,
and you guys really
kind of helped me
get back to knowing who I was.
- Well, we appreciate
you letting us
come along for the ride.
Having Sami come along,
and how it all shook out--
- Yes.
- That was
a total first for us.
- Yeah, we'll never forget
our Upper Peninsula adventure.
- Yeah, nice talking
to you, Kristina.
- It was nice talking
to you guys.
- Bye.
- Bye.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- We got Oceana
talking to Nelly.
- She's, like, "I'm trying to
give you that
serious relationship."
- Has Nelly been stalking her
this whole time?
Is she all these people?
It's creepy every time
someone hits you up online.
- They are creepy.
They make you not
want to talk to anybody.
- What if it's someone
that you know?
- I'm so mad, I can't even
stop [bleep] moving.
- Uh-oh.
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