90 Day Fiance: Forrest Admits Mother Knows Best – Before The 90 Days Recap [S08E18]

On 90 Day Fiance, Forrest chooses to go home with his mom instead of staying in the Philippines with Sheena to start a life together. Laura Nevenner too makes a tough choice but Birkan surprises her with his response. Trisha gets a hard truth from Rick Van Vactor. And Elise Benson has an epic meltdown while cascading down a waterfall. Let’s break it all down in this recap of Season 8, Episode 18 Emergency Exit.

90 Day Fiance: Forrest Listens to His Mom

On 90 Day Fiance, Forrest stands by his decision to stay with Sheena in the Philippines. Until his mom Molly delivers a scathing takedown of the plan. Sheena even leaves the table for a breather. Molly lays it to Forrest. He can’t stay in the Philippines and find work. She suggests he return with her to the United States and go through some government sponsored training. And then work on getting a K-1 visa for Sheena to come to the U.S.

Forrest fights back on 90 Day Fiance. But his mom won’t stop. Continuing to mock Sheena and tell Forrest to think with his head. Sheena sobs and Molly has zero empathy. Forrest starts to wear down under Molly’s tirade. And by the time they get back to the apartment for the final night in the Philippines, he’s sold that his mom is right. He tearfully tells Sheena that he’s going home the next day with Molly and Dev.

Forrest promises he will set a plan in motion and if he can’t get her to the U.S. he will return to the Philippines. But Sheena rightly has her doubts since Molly is so manipulative with her son. And makes it clear she doesn’t trust Sheena. The next day they head to the airport. Molly is smug while Forrest and Sheena share a tearful goodbye.

90 Day Fiance: Birkan Puts Laura on the Spot

Laura Nevenner spent the night alone after a fight with Birkan over her BFF Michal. Birkan feels betrayed by Laura after Michal admitted it was Laura who came onto him and not the other way around. Birkan actually enjoyed hanging out with Michal. And thinks he’s a good guy. But he’s not okay with Laura’s role in the friendship. Laura pouts in the hotel to production. But Birkan agrees to talk so she stops for some street food and coke as a peace offering.

Birkan is cold at first. Laura explains that she fibbed about who hit on who because she feared he would ask her to end the friendship. He asks if she would do that for him. She pauses but ultimately says yes. Birkan says ok. But then clarifies he wouldn’t want her to cut Michal out of her life. He suggests they remain friends. But just that. And not continue a “weird” friendship. Laura is relieved and they hug and agree to move forward.

Before The 90 Days: Rick Van Vactor Can’t Let Go of His Ex

After a fight at the airport over a text from his ex, Trisha is no longer speaking to Rick Van Vactor. But, Trish has agreed to talk to Rick on 90 Day Fiance. Rick sheepishly approaches Trish. Who is tired of his nonsense and questions his betrayal. Rick is wishy washy. Suggesting it’s Trish who he really loves. She questions how that can be since he was texting his ex while he was with her and her family.

Rick waxes over the relationship with the ex to production. They met on vacation and it just kind of fizzled due to distance. But it’s obvious he’s feeling something for her. Trish fires off an ultimatum: block the ex or she will walk away for good. Rick gets teary eyed and says he can’t block her. Trish demands to know why. And he chokes up and says that while he wants to stay with Trish, he can’t deny he has feelings for his ex and won’t block her. So, she blocks him and walks away.

90 Day Fiance: Elise Goes Overboard

Elise Benson’s time in Australia is winding down on 90 Day Fiance. In an attempt to cement things with Josh Lawson, she wants to FaceTime with his son. He agrees to try and arrange it. Elise wants to appeal to Josh’s love of outdoor adventure. So she arranges an abseiling outing without really understanding what it entails. So she’s shocked to find she’ll be jumping into freezing cold pools of water, careening down waterfalls and gasp getting her hair wet.

She goes along, but before long it’s disastrous. She’s freezing and her hands are numb. Not to mention she’s terrified once they send her rappelling down a waterfall attached to a cord. Elise screams bloody murder and puts her fingers in her mouth. Her helmet cam captures the whole meltdown. Finally Elise descends into the water below. And immediately receives medical attention. Josh rushes to comfort her in spite of thinking she was just being dramatic at first.

While recovering on the drive back, Josh gets a text from his son’s mom on 90 Day Fiance. She’s not cool with letting Elise FaceTime with their son. Elise gets dramatic about it and complains again about being cold. Josh says he wouldn’t blame her for “walking away” and runs off to grab her a sweater. Later she gets froze out again while dressed like a casino cocktail waitress in a windy restaurant. This time the waitress provides a blanket. Josh claims he’s in love with her. But she’s unable to say it back.

TLC Couples Face the Future

Rounding out this 90 Day Fiance recap are Stig Da Artist and Aviva Duhamel. It’s just hours before Aviva is to return to the U.S. and Stig changes the game plan. Instead of making their home in Belize as they discussed multiple times, he now wants to come to America. Aviva is annoyed by this but ultimately agrees. Later, Stig reveals he wouldn’t mind relocating to Houston, Texas. He’s got family there after all. And an ex.

Before The 90 Days couple Annalyn Fox and Jovon Fox renew their vows. But not until after Annalyn chides him for not having vows prepared and not buying her a ring. But Jovon earns points when he delivers short but sweet vows and surprises her with the very ring she wanted. Till next time!