I finally watched yesterday's vlog today. I have thoughts.
What really pissed me off is that Phillip, in his lace t-shirt, acts like he's Lord of the Manor....while the cousin of the actual owner is serving him his flippin' dinner. He is such an entitled little pr*ck. A total POS.
This is just my opinion, but he's not going anywhere. While I think Stephanie is as much a POS as he is, I find it hard to believe that she would have his parents there to the farm to meet her family if there was some plan to dispose of him. Also, she's allowing him way too much face time as the "historian" of the place - that's her brand, she should be the ambassador, she should be the one giving a tour of the chapel....but she's leaving it to him? She wouldn't do so if she didn't have faith and trust in him, misplaced as that might be.
I do feel there is a certain strain to their relationship that is very visible on camera. He makes a very obvious play at staking his claim - calling her "darling" (no 20 something says "darling", do they?) while she takes every opportunity to make fun of his unmanliness, scolds him also like a child. Which, by the way, he was doing to her not long ago.
It's a very twisted thing. I can't even tell what's real anymore with that place. Maybe that's the point.