Spoilers for Ultimatum Season 3 episodes 1-5. Netflix Rules Dating reality TV show The Ultimatum is set to allow cast members to gain a new perspective on what marriage is a divisive premise: Split a couple and they are going through a trial marriage with different people, come back together and decide whether to take the plunge or not. Both boyfriends and girlfriends get hooked on their trial spouses, at least thinking about someone new and their long・term partner, but in Season 3 of the ultimatum, Sandy Gallagher and Nicholas Tramontin go completely the opposite.

After the shocking twist of the season saw 4 cast members abandon the show without warning, Nick was left to spend a 3-week probationary period alone with his thoughts, while Sandy lived with her new trial husband. Nick and Sandy were already 1 of the most dramatic couples of the season before this big shake made them the most buzz-worthy pair of the season.. Below, read for our breakdown of Sandy and Nick's time on Ultimatum Season 3, of whether their pair's relationship survived the show.

Nick, a 38-year-old artist who at some point calls himself a "golden ultimatum", is a 27-year-old entrepreneur who counts Coachella as one of her annual traditions. He issued an ultimatum to NDI. According to them, Nick was initially the guy Sandy would get drunk and call after a night out before their relationship became more serious for 2 and a half years. Nick says he is ready to settle down somewhere quiet near the lake after 15 years of living in Los Angeles.Sandy finally wants that life, but now she is at a completely different stage in life, still enjoying the city's nightlife. In addition, according to her Instagram, she is a homeowner in Newport Beach and will probably want to stay in the area.

On their last night together, Nick and Sandy are both ready to start the process, with Nick even joking about "dumping her ass."When speed dating begins, Nick quickly clicks with his fellow "weirdo" Vanessa, and Sandy gets to meet her fellow Scorpio J.R.The nature of the two connections is very different while they have chemistry and instant chemistry; at one point Nick called Vanessa his "kindred spirit" and J.R.And Sandy looks like a combination of intense physical attraction and banter, but light compatibility. Also at an early stage J.R. And Nick presses each other's buttons, especially during the first night's cocktail party.R.Name Nick as a guy who doesn't want to date his ex. Nick later joined Sandy and J.When I saw R.Flirting, he says he saw them get along quickly and "That's what it is."

Nick and Vanessa and Sandy and J.R.The date will go well throughout the week, but J.R.Is a little torn between pursuing a "completely different experience" with Sandy or a match with Aria that is similar to the original partner Zaina. sandy and J.R. They connect deeply in some ways, but they are also the only new couple to share a kiss before a wife swap (aka choice). When it comes time to partner up, Sandy says she wants to be with J.Making it clear that they like R, Nick responds by subtly shading them to pursue their "fun" connection rather than something more serious. He said she was a J.J. when she took him a while at the start of their relationship.R.I have threatened to open it so quickly. sandy and J.R.Their choice is the most controversial of the whole choice dinners because Vanessa and Nick choose each other.

As the trial marriage begins, it soon becomes clear that Sandy and Nick cannot avoid each other for three weeks. For one thing, all couples live in the same building. Nick immediately encounters Sandy on a coffee run, where she meets her and J.R.He tells him off-camera that he has already kissed. The information shakes Nick, and Vanessa tries to comfort him while he's in his head. Sandy shares her side of the coffee interaction and says she understands why he is emotional, but calls her again and again and "disrespectful"

Vanessa doesn't have any testimony during this stretch so there's no way to know what was going on in Vanessa's head after this (But the next update we get is that Vanessa suddenly leaves the show with her former partner Dave without a word.) (Vanessa claims to have raised her head to Nick since then; Check out our Vanessa and Dave breakdown for more on that.Nick feels naturally abandoned and he and Mariah, whose trial spouse Micah also supports each other as friends, leaving with his former partner Chanel Meanwhile, Sandy wants to focus on her trial marriage, but she admits that this is a "recipe for disaster"."

From this point on, Nick always thought about Sandy, and she said to J.He has time and occasional meetups on his solo painting with Mariah to distract him from worrying that he might fall for R. He's sandy and J.R.I don't even know how well my trial marriage is going. He doesn't have the audience's view that they squirt at each other with confessions and kiss in the pool, but what he imagines could be even worse. And again, they all live in the same building. He's obviously still calling Sandy non-stop, and one night, he's talking to her and J.J., and he's talking to her, and he's talking to her, and he's talking to her, and he's talking to her, and he's talking to her, and he's talking to her, and he's talking to her, and he's talking to her, andR.You can even watch them have dinner together on their balcony from the ground outside.

Sandy meets her mother and sister J.R.When you take the powder keg will finally blow. Everyone loves him, and Sandy's family does not like Nick so much. Later that night, nick went to J.J.R.When he finds out that he has met his family, he loses it. We see clips of him calling over and over, she hangs up and laments as he is tortured, he even goes to their place to try to get Sandy to leave with him, and Sandy and J.R.Both feel the lines of respect crossed. It's really hard to see, and you can't deny that Nick had to deal with a lot emotionally.

The first batch of episodes ends with a night of girls and boys in case there hasn't been enough drama so far this season. The side of the girl goes pretty smoothly; Sandy is J.R.I have only a great thing to say about this.To his former partner Zaina, she tells Zaina that they are not hooking up. Surprisingly, Mariah points out that Nick doesn't deal with his emotions, but just growls or distracts, and she tells Sandy that he's a good husband (sometimes our youngest child is the smartest).

Nick said before he sat down, J.R.Start the night of the guys by apologizing to them. J.R. Not accepting the verbal apology, he shows up at their door and enters Nick, saying that Nick "lost all respect" for Nick at that point. It's a very tough love story, but J.R.Someone else needs to be the one to tell Nick how his compulsive behavior is not appropriate. In particular, J.R.When you follow it up by gushing over Sandy again.

Everyone is set to return to their original partner in the next batch of episodes on Wednesday, December11, with Nick and Sandy joining J.R.That's all, and whether they can work their way back from some huge emotional red flag.

Fans have had a lot of opinions about Sandy and Nick since the premiere of Season 3, and the biggest problem is that they actually show as a couple We don't know for sure until the 12/18 reunion, but a quick survey of social media gives results.Not conclusive.

Sandy and Nick both follow each other on Instagram, with photos on each page together and are believed to have been shared before the show started filming around late 2023/early 2024.instagram.com/Sandy/Nick After filming, their profile has a distinctive theme, Sandy focuses on bikinis and party fit and Nick "paints a picture through difficult moments" "

But then we go to Sandy's TikTok and she posts her way through the season's broadcast with references and reactions to the show. It's a good idea. In one recent clip, the title card says, "Believe me, you can't judge me as much as you've judged yourself."Meanwhile, in a comment on a reaction clip filmed with her mom (1 of Nick's paintings are seen on the wall behind them), Sandy responded to the fan, "There's a lot that he doesn't show up in the scene coming to our apartment."We'll have to wait for the rest of the Sandy and Nick saga to unfold in the coming weeks," he said.