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The Most Shocking Moments on ‘Perfect Match’ Season 4 So Far

Amanda Orlando

Updated May 22, 2026 to include latest episode coverage.

“Perfect Match” Season 4 has only been on Netflix for a day and it has already delivered more genuinely jaw-dropping moments than most seasons manage in a full run. Some of them were funny. Some were devastating. Some were both at the same time. Here are the moments that stopped the episode cold so far — and with new episodes dropping May 20, this list is only going to get longer.

Nick Pellecchia Walked Out First

Two weeks after winning a million dollars on “Million Dollar Secret” Season 2 by outsmarting thirteen people in a game built on lies and betrayal, Nick Pellecchia became the first person eliminated from Perfect Match Season 4.

He was not voted out. He was not blindsided. He simply ran out of matches — Natalie chose Yamen, Alison chose Jimmy Sotos, and Nick was left without a corner to stand in.

His exit confessional was remarkably self-aware for someone who just got squeezed out by two women in the same night, noting that he could have played certain cards differently and that the cookie just crumbled in a different direction.

The man who read an entire cast of strangers well enough to take home a million dollars couldn’t quite figure out when to make his move. The timing is almost cosmically funny.

Chris Dropped Mackenzie So Publicly the Whole House Voted Him Out

Chris Dahlan matched with Mackenzie Bellows on night one, tried to give her a Louis Vuitton wallet the same evening, and told the other guys she was exactly what he was looking for.

Then Kayla Richart walked through the door and Chris was speechless before she even introduced herself.

Within 48 hours he had painted a surfboard with her using their bodies, kissed her on the beach, and told her “hell yeah” he wanted to match with her — before he had even spoken to Mackenzie about what was happening.

The house watched every second of it, and when the vote came, Marissa cast the deciding ballot specifically because of how fast and how publicly he had dropped his original match.

Chris and Kayla left together convinced they were the strongest couple in the villa. The house had a different read.

Demari Passed on Bri at the Boardroom — And She Showed Up Anyway

When Demari and Marissa won the first compatibility challenge and headed to the boardroom, Demari found his ex Bri Balram among the options waiting to come into the villa. He passed on her. Chose Kayla, Dave, and Jimmy Sotos instead, came back to the house, and told Marissa she had nothing to worry about.

Five episodes later, Bri walked through the door anyway — with four returning women — declined his hug, told him he was so funny on camera, and walked away.

Her entrance confessional mentioned keying a man’s car. The preview has Demari telling her he still loves her, with Bri saying she still loves him too. Whatever Demari thought he avoided at that boardroom followed him all the way to Mexico.

Ally Opening the Sliding Glass Door

Jimmy Presnell was mid-conversation with Sophie Willett — telling her she was the whole package, that he would be thrilled if she chose him for a date — when the sliding glass door behind them slowly opened.

Ally Lewber had been standing behind it listening. She poked her head through, said “love you,” and closed the door. Then walked away saying “I regret that. I regret that a lot. I regret that a lot.”

The fact that it worked — Jimmy still chose her — somehow makes it more shocking than if it had blown up in her face.

Jimmy & Ally Said “I Love You” & Then He Walked It Back the Next Morning

This one earns its place as the most genuinely surprising sequence of the first five episodes.

At the end of Episode 5, after Ally finally told Jimmy she didn’t want to be open anymore and he matched with her, they were in bed together when Jimmy told her she was his favorite person. Then he said “I love you.” She told him no he did not, stop. He said he wasn’t going to say it then. She said “okay, I love you too.”

They slept together.

The next morning, Jimmy gave Ally every indication that they were still open. She wasn’t loving it. Then the mixer arrived, and she kissed Hashim Moore.

The teaser shows Ally kissing Hashim again in a separate setting, voicing that her heart and her head are not agreeing — with Jimmy telling her it hurts that it’s not a no-brainer.

It walked back by sunrise — and kept walking. By Episode 7, Jimmy had left the villa entirely.

Marissa’s Weston Kiss

Demari and Marissa have won every challenge and looked like the season’s frontrunners for five straight episodes. Then the girls’ mixer happened.

Marissa was dared to kiss anyone she would match with if Demari went home. She chose Weston Richey.

The kiss was long enough and deliberate enough that it wasn’t completing a dare — it was information. In confessional, she said there was some possibility there.

The preview shows her telling Demari she kissed someone. His reaction hasn’t aired yet, but given how their matching conversation ended — with him saying “let’s just do it, please” — this conversation isn’t going to go smoothly.

Update: His reaction did not go smoothly. But it turned out to be the least of their problems.

Jimmy Presnell Gave Ally an 8.6 in the Kissing Challenge

The Episode 6 compatibility challenge was a blindfolded kissing challenge — everyone rated each other without knowing who they were kissing. At the end, Nick Lachey revealed that every current match had rated their partner a ten. Except Jimmy Presnell, who gave Ally an 8.6. His highest score went to Kayla Richart.

Ally’s confessional: “How did you not know that it was me? And then an 8.6 too? Like, that’s crazy. So much for Prince Charming and fairy tales and a true love’s kiss.”

He didn’t know it was her. That is somehow both the best and worst part of the whole thing.

Jimmy Presnell Walked Out on His Own Terms

By the end of Episode 7, Jimmy Presnell had had enough. Ally was sitting in Hashim Moore’s lap. She was crying on the couch. She told Jimmy she wanted to go home and couldn’t make a decision. Hashim kept walking over mid-conversation. Jimmy asked for five more minutes twice.

He eventually stopped competing. Told Ally that if she was genuinely leaning toward Hashim, what was happening wasn’t fair to him. He hugged her, told her best of luck, said he was a grown man and was not going to stand there and fight for someone who wasn’t choosing him. Then he walked out.

His exit confessional said he felt a little betrayed and that moving forward, when it comes to love, he wants to be wanted. Ally matched with Hashim and said “poor Jimmy” while in bed with him later that night.

The finale preview, however, shows Jimmy still in the room when Hashim reveals he and Ally were intimate — and Nick Lachey appearing to ask Ally to take a seat. Whether that means the story is actually over is one of the biggest questions heading into the finale.

Marissa Said “I’ll Just Leave Tomorrow”

Demari and Marissa spent most of Episodes 6 and 7 arguing about interrupting. Two separate arguments, two hours each, both going in circles. Demari had an amazing date with Kayla. Kayla closed the door on him when he did not come back to her. Marissa cried to Sophie about feeling guilty for having ADHD. Weston and Kayla matched instead.

By the end of Episode 7, Demari and Marissa had matched — but it did not look like a couple. It looked like two people who had run out of things to say to each other. Marissa sat on the edge of the bed and said “I’ll just leave tomorrow.” Demari sat next to her and said nothing. She got up and walked out of the room.

The finale preview shows Demari and Bri at a bar. She tells him to make it count.

“Perfect Match” Season 4 Episodes 1-7 are streaming now on Netflix. The finale drops May 27. This list will be updated.

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