Gia attempted to flee with Scott, but incriminating footage showed her flirting and planning to meet another man.

A Married At First Sight Australia wife stages a fugitive-style exit on Tuesday night to avoid being exposed in damaging footage – but while she manages to flee the city, the tapes still come to light, leaving her rich husband wiping away the tears with wads of hundred-dollar bills that she will never get her manicured hands on.

Yesterday, all the wives went on dates with their backup husbands and absolutely nothing inappropriate happened. They were perfect angels who definitely didn’t flirt, exchange numbers, or tell strangers they’re only “70%” invested in their marriages.

… At least, that’s the story they’re trying to sell today. Unfortunately for them, producers have footage. And iPads. And a sadistic streak a mile wide.

Alissa gets ahead of the situation by deploying a pre-emptive strike.

“I would never disrespect you,” she tells David with the sincerity of someone who absolutely disrespected him. “There’s nothing wrong with networking with people – people do it all the time in the real world.”

Cut to yesterday’s footage: Alissa telling everyone she’s only 70% committed to her marriage before flirting with her alternative match – a professional athlete, because of course he is – before instructing him to drop his pants so she can inspect a butt tattoo. You know, standard behaviour for a happily married person.

If any hot married men would like to inspect my butt, please feel free to message me on LinkedIn so we can … er… “network”.

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Anyway, David believes Alissa completely. “She sat there and looked me in the eye and was honest and I take her for her word.”

Producers then hand out iPads so he can view the incriminating footage. David watches the highlight reel: the pants-dropping request, the 70% commitment rating.

“Disrespect is something I will not take,” he says. “I know it wasn’t a networking event.”

David begins his interrogation.

“Have you guys exchanged details?”

“No!” Alissa insists.

“So you don’t have each other on Instagram or Facebook?”

“No, we didn’t exchange details. No.”

“But do you have each other on socials?”

“ … Well, he sent me a friend request.”

“Okay, and so do you guys both follow each other?”

“ … Yeah, I followed him back.”

Thrilled to announce Alissa has made a new LinkedIn connection! #OpenToWork #Networking #TattooInspection

David’s had enough. “I’m just gonna walk out. I’m disappointed. I’m done. I deserve more than that. I’m not going to final vows.”

And here’s where Alissa follows in the footsteps of Bec and Gia: deflect, attack, play victim.

“I’m done too!” she announces, ripping off her ring and tossing it on the floor of Trash Tower with her microphone pack.

She storms off through the hallway in lycra activewear – her high ponytail swinging viciously as she searches for a new networking event to attend.

Delighted to announce Alissa has networked with a new contact – now following each other on all platforms!

Meanwhile, down the hall at Trash Tower, Scott returns to Gia after walking out of his alternative match date. He refused to participate, treating it like a work compliance training he had no interest in completing.

Gia squeals with delight and kisses him. “I’m very happy Scott didn’t go through with the date today.”

Scott asks how her date went.

“None of us did anything wrong … I don’t think,” Gia says, rolling her eyes about how her alternative groom tried to seduce her. “I said, ‘Back off – I’m not the kind of girl who cheats and flirts’. I didn’t flirt with him at all.”

Funny how the cameras didn’t manage to capture any of this alleged boundary-setting.

What she doesn’t mention: how she told her alternative match she’d hook up with him if they met at a bar. How he wrote down his phone number for her. How she told him, “I’m done in a week. I’m literally done,” before suggesting ways he could potentially contact her online.

Just minor details, really.

But Gia’s got bigger problems. Around their suite, all her bags are packed. She has made a sudden declaration of love and is trying to convince Scott they should flee the experiment immediately.

“I don’t wanna do it any more. I actually came for someone, and I found him,” she says.

Scott’s confused. “We’re literally two days out from finishing the entire experiment.”

But Gia insists, like a fugitive on the run, “We need to get the f**k out.”

Scott wants to stay. He has been dreaming of the big romantic moment at final vows – the declaration, the celebration, the closure. He tries to organise a date with Gia to talk it through.

But out on the street, Gia unleashes.

She spots the camera crew stuck on the other side of the road and assumes they can’t hear. Spoiler: they can.

She lashes out at Scott, spitting accusations and ultimatums.

“You never gave a f**k about me. Go away. I’m leaving. If you’re not coming with me, then let’s break up right now.”

She suddenly peers across the street and sees the camera operator. She huffs. “They’re listening to everything.”

Um … yes. You have a microphone strapped to your body.

Producers were this-close to getting the AFP to stop Gia at the airport and intercept her elaborate escape.

Gia continues terrorising the general public on the footpath before jumping in an Uber and speeding off to the airport. Her wedding ring is left behind on the kitchen bench like evidence at a crime scene.

Scott runs back to Trash Tower in tears.

Now seems like the perfect opportunity for producers to hand him the iPad.

Scott sits down and presses play.

There’s Gia flirting with her alternative match. Asking how much money he earns. Declaring she wants to be a trophy wife. Admitting she’d hook up with him in the real world. Telling him she’s done with the experiment in a week and he can find her online. Accepting his phone number via Bec, the helpful middleman.

Scott watches it all.

“That is f**king putrid. That’s disgusting,” he says. “She literally lied to my face. She wanted to leave because she was scared for me to see what she actually did at the final test.”

The pieces fall into place.

“The truth always comes out. You cannot hide YOU – THIS is Gia, this has been Gia the whole time. I was about to buy a massive house for both of us. I was about to pay for her to move all her stuff up to the Gold Coast. I was about to give my whole life to her AND her daughter.”

He breaks down.

“I’m done. This is my answer. I feel sorry for you, Gia, but we are done. She’s a complete manipulator and hypocrite. She just f**ked me over. I paid for everything this whole experiment. I’m f**king torn apart. I just got f**ked! She just used me!”

The tears keep coming. “She used my money! She used my life! She just f**ked me! She broke my heart completely. She just ruined me. This happens to me with everyone! They just use me! And the more money I make, the more used I get because I give so much to them.”

He just wants to go home to his canal-front semi-detached villa on the Gold Coast, relax in his bedside jacuzzi and dry his eyes with all his hundred-dollar bills.

It would be my honour to become Scott’s trophy wife in his canal-front semi-detached villa.

Down the hall, Bec’s telling Danny how excited she is to start their life together in the real world.

Cue mass destruction in five, four, three, two …

Producers knock on the door with the iPads. The tapes roll of Bec flirting with her alt groom – asking about circumcision before declaring, “I want someone who f**ks me!”

As Danny tries to explain his frustration with the behaviour, Bec gets defensive and plays the victim. Same script as Alissa and Gia.

But Danny’s had enough. He decides to articulate what has been happening all season.

“It’s crazy how these women want good husbands … but they’re all S*** wives. TERRIBLE,” he declares.

MAFS has a long history of casting toxic bachelors. But this year has been all about the toxic bachelorette.

And with that observation, Tuesday night fades to black.