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Every Love Triangle on ‘Perfect Match’ Season 4 — Explained

Amanda Orlando

Updated May 22, 2026 to reflect latest episode coverage.

“Perfect Match” Season 4 was designed to create love triangles. Seven episodes in, it has delivered more genuine, messier, harder-to-untangle ones than most seasons manage in a full run. Here is every triangle from the ones that closed cleanly to the ones still burning heading into the finale.

The Ones That Are (Mostly) Resolved

Natalie, Nick & Yamen

This one started on night one and closed cleanly by Episode 3, but it was the triangle that set the tone for the whole season.

Natalie Cruz matched with Nick Pellecchia first, was honest with him when Dave Hand kissed her, and was equally honest when Yamen told her he wanted to be her match.

She told Nick she liked him and told Yamen he had been standing in front of her the whole time.

Nobody was blindsided, nobody was cruel, and Natalie walked away with the match she actually wanted. It is the only triangle this season that resolved the way triangles are supposed to — with clarity and without casualties.

Alison, Yamen & Nick

Quietly one of the more interesting early triangles because neither man fully committed to pursuing it.

Alison Ogden was matched with Yamen Sanders from night one but was visibly drawn to Nick after the coconut kiss game. Nick knew Alison was who he was most attracted to but couldn’t quite pull himself away from Natalie. Yamen knew he wasn’t Alison’s first choice and started looking elsewhere.

By the time Alison matched with Jimmy Sotos, the triangle had dissolved on its own — not because anyone made a decision, but because the people involved got pulled in different directions before it could fully form.

Ally, Jimmy P. & Dave

This is the triangle that dominated the middle of the season and produced more confessional material than anything else in the first five episodes.

Dave kissed Ally Lewber on day two. Jimmy Presnell was annoyed. Ally spent two episodes genuinely torn, listing the merits of each man in a confessional that included ninth house astrology, smoothies, and a catio. She spied on Jimmy’s conversation with Sophie Willett through a glass door. She told Dave she wanted to know how serious he was and then asked him to leave when the conversation got real.

It resolved at the end of Episode 5 when Ally told Jimmy she had been freaking out, missed him, and didn’t want to be open anymore. Jimmy matched with her without hesitation. Dave matched with Sophie.

Jimmy Sotos, Alison & Katherine

This triangle was always going to be messy because Jimmy Sotos is the kind of person who makes everyone feel chosen. He held Katherine LaPrell while she floated in the water and told her she was beautiful and perfect. He told Alison she felt like home and matched with her.

Katherine left blindsided, called it feeling like being led on, and then caught herself mid-sentence before saying something she would regret.

The triangle is technically resolved — Jimmy chose Alison and Katherine was sent home. But Katherine is back at the mixer. She said in her exit confessional that she is so out of his league it doesn’t matter, and the preview shows her back with unfinished energy.

Alison said she trusts Jimmy. That trust is about to get tested.

Demari, Marissa & Katherine

This one started the second Katherine walked through the door and recognized Demari from “Too Hot to Handle.” They fell back into their dynamic immediately — banter, inside jokes, calling each other safe spaces. Marissa noticed within hours and told Demari directly that she was uncomfortable, that she didn’t think she would handle it well if this became a Yamen and Natalie situation. Demari mostly reassured her, said he would come talk to her if anything shifted, and then in confessional described the new singles as shiny new toys.

Katherine leaving at the end of Episode 5 didn’t close this triangle — it just paused it. She is coming back. And Demari told Marissa before the season started that Bri Balram was someone she shouldn’t worry about. The preview has him telling Bri he still loves her, with Bri saying she still loves him too.

Marissa kissed Weston Richey at the mixer. The kernel is officially popping.

This is not one triangle anymore. It is a cluster of unresolved feelings sitting on top of each other, and Episode 6 is going to pull all of them into the open at once.

The Ones Still Burning

Demari, Marissa, Kayla & Bri

What started as a Demari and Katherine situation became something much larger by Episodes 6 and 7. Katherine came back but it was Kayla Richart and Bri Balram who did the real damage.

The kissing challenge revealed Demari’s highest score outside of his match went to Kayla. She won a date with him because of it. Their boat date was easy and natural — she told him the way he delivered things felt like home, he told her she had a beautiful smile, and when she asked if he could see himself switching, he said it had crossed his mind.

He came back from the date, and instead of talking to Kayla got pulled into two hours of arguments with Marissa about interrupting. Kayla eventually closed the door on him entirely, telling him she wasn’t dealing with being a second thought. She and Weston Richey matched instead.

Bri, meanwhile, finally had the conversation she came to Mexico to have. She told Demari he broke up with her after she buried her grandmother, that he was disrespectful, that they were not cool and he shouldn’t act like they were. He told her she cut him off constantly and that was a problem they had throughout their relationship. Neither of them backed down.

The preview shows them at a bar. Demari tells her they only have a day left. She says so make it count. He asks what that means. She says whatever you want it to mean.

Marissa sat on the edge of their bed at the end of Episode 7 and said “I’ll just leave tomorrow.” Demari said nothing. She walked out of the room.

This is not one triangle anymore. It never was.

Ally, Jimmy P. & Hashim

The triangle that replaced Ally, Jimmy and Dave is messier, more emotionally complicated, and heading into the finale with no clean resolution in sight.

Hashim Moore came back into the house after the kissing challenge — his highest score had gone to Natalie, but he chose Ally for his date. The date went well. He gave her a massage, taught her bachata, told her she rated a 9.6 — better than Jimmy’s 8.6, a detail she clocked immediately. She came back holding his hand.

What followed was one of the most emotionally chaotic episodes of the season. Ally broke down crying on the couch. Jimmy told her he wanted her to want him. She told him she wanted him to want her. Hashim kept walking over mid-conversation. Jimmy asked for five more minutes twice. Eventually, Jimmy stopped competing, hugged Ally, told her best of luck, and walked out.

Ally matched with Hashim. She said “poor Jimmy” in bed that night with Hashim — still clearly on her mind.

The finale preview complicates everything. Hashim reveals he and Ally were intimate. Jimmy responds that she told him they just kissed. Kassy asks if there was more. Nick Lachey appears to ask Ally if she wants to change seats. Jimmy is still in that room. Whether that means she is going back to him heading into the finale is the biggest open question of the season.

The One That Never Quite Formed

Mackenzie, Dave & Jimmy Sotos

Mackenzie Bellows knew Jimmy Sotos was her type the second he walked in and said nothing for two episodes. By the time she pulled him aside in Episode 5, he had already come back from a date with Katherine feeling genuinely excited and had Alison consistently in his corner. He told Mackenzie she was right, he liked her too, and apologized. She told him he did not have to. Dave had already cut her loose the same night for the same reason — she took too long to open up.

It never became a triangle because Mackenzie never fully stepped into it. Her exit confessional said it herself — she wished she had spoken sooner and known her worth a little more. The triangle was always there. She just never claimed her corner of it.

Perfect Match Season 4 Episodes 1-7 are streaming now on Netflix. The finale drops May 27.

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