Love Island catch-up: Tom and Arabella leave the villa after double dumping, and three other talking points
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Your support makes all the difference.Love Island returned on Thursday night for an explosive, angst-filled (and slightly longer than usual) episode that culminated in a double dumping.
Tom and Arabella were sent packing – a result both of the public's votes and their fellow islanders' decisions (but more on that later).
Aside from the dumping, much of the episode was dedicated to Tom and Maura's feud, which has now been resolved by way of Tom's departure.
It's over for Tom and Arabella
This is the major takeaway from tonight: not one, but two islanders have left the show. The public's votes were used to determine which couples would be spared during the dumping, until four pairs remained.
Of the remaining couples (Arabella and Danny; Amy and Curtis; Maura and Tom; and Anna and Jordan), the islanders were asked to pick who they wanted to send home. The safe female islanders (Molly-Mae, Lucie and Amber) decided to end Tom's tenure in the villa, while their male counterparts (Anton, Tommy and Michael) decided it was time for Arabella to leave.
Arabella was sad to leave without Danny, with whom she was coupled up. This also means Danny is now single (due to Anton, Tommy and Michael's decision, so we'll see how that plays out). Maura is newly single too, but given that she had spent most of the episode arguing with her partner Tom, she was most likely ready to move on regardless.
He said, she said
This brings us to the other hot topic from tonight's episode: Maura was left furious at some comments Tom allegedly made about her. She heard from Jordan that he had called her over-the-top, attention-seeking, and cringey. Tom's defence appeared to be that he initially thought those things but had looked past them and now had a different perspective.
After much back and forth, Tom and Maura never really worked things out, and Tom was sent packing.
Are Tommy and Molly-Mae the new Curtis and Amy?
Molly-Mae and Tommy were sent on a horseback-riding date and had a lovely time. Molly-Mae couldn't stop laughing at Tommy's goofy attempt to get onto his horse. Tommy, meanwhile, couldn't get over how wonderful Molly-Mae looked on her horse. Long story short: these two appear closer than ever, and could soon compete with Curtis and Amy for the title of most solid couple in the villa.
What will become of Amber and Michael?
Seemingly out of nowhere, Amber and Michael started arguing with each other. It was unclear who had said what, or done what, but some tense words were exchanged. Should we expect more tension between Amber and Michael in the future? Only time will tell.
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Arabella and Danny; Amy and Curtis; Maura and Tom; and Anna and Jordan remain.
Oh, so the public's votes only decided which four couples would still be up for elimination. The safe islanders get to pick which two people get eliminated from the show.
Unfortunately, it's very hard to understand what people are saying when they're whispering in microphones.
Molly-Mae, Lucie and Amber get to pick which male islander they want to send home.
And they've picked... someone who "hasn't necessarily handled certain situations in the best way possible", says Amber.
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