- ♪ love is just a word ♪
- You don't understand, like, how much I wanted this.
- It's happening.
- Ooh!
For the first time in my life,
My destiny is not in my own hands.
- Let's do it. - Whether I like it or not.
But I like it.
I'm insane for doing this.
- I'm absolutely going to lose it.
- My life will be forever changed.
- I know him.
- Previously, on "married at first sight"...
- You're gorgeous.
- Oh, thank you, you're gorgeous.
- Six bold individuals met and married
As complete strangers.
- You look gorgeous. - Thank you.
- ♪ when we are combined ♪
- Bao and johnny.
- We are really just acquaintances
Turned husband-wife, so it's going to be an adjustment to
Being married to them.
- Uh... - How do I do this?
- I think you go like here.
- ♪ I'm finally your spouse ♪
- Myrla and gil.
- Cheers to us. - Cheers.
- I was a little distracted
That my husband has a bald head.
But not for long because I was looking at his smile
And he has really kind eyes.
- You know how many kids you wanna have?
- It depends on what my body goes through
And then the mommy makeover that has to come after it.
- ♪ let's find a way ♪
- Michaela and zack.
- My hand's kind of low now.
- Let's see what you got behind you.
[laughing]
- The fact that I just feel, like,
Really comfortable with her makes me feel wonderful.
It's almost too good to be true.
- And three.
- I didn't want to kiss you, I-I...
- Well, you can.
- I'm hoping to fall in love for the first and last time.
- And tonight, our final two couples take
That brave leap of faith, to be married at first sight.
Brett and ryan.
- [sighing]
I really hope all this dating that I've done
Is going to be in the past.
- If I got my heart broken again, I would be devastated.
I don't know what that would do to me.
- Rachel and jose.
- Breathe.
My last relationship crushed a part of me.
If this doesn't work out, I'm scared of losing myself.
- Please stand.
- To see my parents go through divorce,
I have kind of something to prove.
I want the marriage to be perfect.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- This is "married at first sight".
- ♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- Please stand.
- I'm so ready for my love story.
I've been dreaming about this moment for my whole life.
I'm definitely a commitment girl.
I just believe in honoring
Your commitments, but I haven't had that in return.
If I got my heart broken again, I would be devastated.
I--I don't want to go through that pain ever again.
I--I don't know what that would do to me.
I'm gonna hold you like this.
- When they start playing the music I get nervous.
- She's back there, I promise, yeah...
- Okay. - I hope so.
I really hope all this dating that I've done
Is gonna be in the past forever.
I'm 35 years old.
I've always wanted a wife, start a family,
As I've seen my group of people doing that.
It has been almost a jealousy thing,
As far as them getting to have these things
That I haven't had the chance to do yet.
And I'm ready to do whatever it takes
To get to the next step in my life.
♪ ♪
- ♪ you live to feel the sun ♪
♪ you live to feel the rain ♪
♪ you live to feel the love ♪
♪ that won't ever change ♪
- Hi. - Hi.
- ♪ won't ever change ♪
- Too late in the game to get your blessing, sir?
I'm a little late to the party.
- Nice to meet you, man. - Nice to meet you.
I'll be seeing a lot more of you.
- Absolutely. [all laughing]
- Oh, we're here. - Hi. We're here.
- Let's--we have one little part to go.
- Oh, there, okay. [chuckling]
- My name's brett. - My name's ryan.
- Ryan? - Yes, ma'am.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you,
My soon to be wife, yeah. - Something like that.
- This is crazy.
- Hi. - Hi.
[all laughing]
- Ryan.
Brett's family and friends
Would like you to know this about her.
Brett is a hopeless romantic who has dreamed of her wedding
Since she was a little girl.
- That's... [chuckling]
- She has dreamed so big that she married a stranger.
- Yeah, big risk.
- Brett is kind and generous and goes above and beyond
For her family and her friends.
But don't let her kindness fool you,
She doesn't want to lose. - [laughing]
- She's very competitive.
- I'm ready for it.
- When she's not coaching volleyball and softball,
She is doting on her dog, baxter.
- I have two dogs.
- The trick to brett's heart
Is to be present and honest and be her glass half full
When she's half empty.
- Ryan's friends and family
Would like you to know this about him.
Ryan has a heart of gold.
Even though sometimes
He can appear to be serious and uptight,
He just has to warm up to you.
- Yeah.
- He appears to be cool, cocky and confident.
[laughing]
- That was not me.
- But in a good way.
He enjoys the finer things in life.
But he balances it out,
So you better be ready for weekends at the ranch.
Ryan loves a good guys' trip,
But he'd rather bake you a pave
And watch "the notebook"--it's one of his favorite movies.
- What? - Oh...
- Ryan is a person who just wants to love and be loved.
- Me too.
- Ryan and brett, you've written your own vows.
Ryan, you can go first and then brett.
- [sighs]
I promise to never encourage you to marry
A complete stranger again. - [laughing]
- I promise to be your biggest fan and partner
With whatever life brings.
What may come, I promise I'll always be there.
I never would imagine this being reality,
But I stand here in this moment
And I couldn't feel more fortunate.
I promise faithfulness,
Respect, patience, attentiveness,
And more laughs than I can put into words.
This is going to be an insane, beautiful adventure
And I cannot wait to do it with you.
- Okay. Me too.
- My hand was shaking on that paper.
- I know.
My turn? - It's your turn.
- From the bosom. Real classy, all right.
This is to my mystery man, but it's ryan.
It feels like we've been waiting for this moment
For so long.
I've been wondering how I'd feel, how you're feeling,
Wishing I could talk to you and imagining who you are.
Like, I don't know where you grew up,
But I hope we can make our home in one another.
I don't know what your heart has endured in the past,
But I hope you'll let me nurture it
And take care of it now.
For all my questions swirling,
There are some things that I do know.
So, I know you're brave and open-minded
For being here.
And I know you want commitment,
So we're already off to a good start.
- [laughing]
- I know that all my decisions and my experiences
Have placed me here in this moment, right now.
I promise that my heart is open,
Ready to receive this blessing of marriage
And partnership with you.
- Ryan, take brett's hand and repeat after me.
- With this ring. - With this ring.
- I wed you, brett. - I wed you, brett.
- I wed you, ryan.
- For today. - For tomorrow.
- For all the years to come.
- Please wear it as a sign of my commitment.
- And know this to the entire world.
- That I'm your wife.
- That I'm your husband. - Ooh.
- Please put it on.
- There we go, it's the only one on there.
- And now,
By the authority vested in me...
But most of all, by the power of your own love.
- [laughs] our love.
- I pronounce that you are married.
[cheering and applause]
- Kiss? Kiss.
[cheering and whooping]
- Okay, we skipped a couple of lines.
You may now-- - [laughing]
- You may now kiss--
- She told me to do it.
- Ryan, you may now kiss brett again.
[cheering, whooping and applause]
- You got great eyes. - You too.
- It is my pleasure to introduce
For the first time as husband and wife,
Ryan and brett.
[cheering and whooping]
[indistinct singing]
♪ ♪
- ♪ forever... ♪
♪ forever... ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh, my gosh, I've been kissed!
Twice.
- This is us. - Hmm...
- That's us, brett and ryan.
- Yeah, I think we have something to celebrate.
- Two-plus years, I got two kisses at the altar,
I jumped the gun--I think that was my fault, I didn't wait,
I was just, like, right, do it, do it, do it.
- I couldn't be more excited to do this with you.
- Me too.
I'm so relieved that I just, like, there you are,
You know what I mean? - Yeah.
- So I got so many, like, thumbs-up
To send out to people.
My wife is--is beautiful.
♪ ♪
Her eyes are freakin' amazing.
First impression could not be better.
She's so positive and she's incredibly attractive too.
How are you--how are you crazy enough to do this?
- I know!
- I mean, you honestly have
A lot to offer somebody as well...
- Yeah, I mean, it's like you're meeting people
And you're in relationships and they end.
You know, and then it's like...[sighs]
I don't want to go on first dates anymore.
- Yeah, that's exhausting.
That's a lot.
So, obviously, you're a coach. - Yes.
- Teach? - Teacher?
- Okay, tell me a little about the teaching.
- I'm a teacher-- I teach high school.
- Okay, that's brave. - Very. I mean,
I guess I'm brave, I never thought of myself as brave,
But I'm like, I teach teenagers,
I marry random people,
I mean, it's--I'm fine. - There's not much more.
- No, that's it, that's all you need to know about me.
- Yeah, so I work for a small oil and gas company--
- Okay, oil and gas.
- Shocking, right?
- So, sho--I'm shocked, I'm shocked.
- ...Oil and gas in houston, um, but yeah, it's been great.
I'm so happy with-- with my career.
- That's good, I am too, I am too.
- Now, my wife!
- Look--you got it all. - I'm very happy.
I'm very relieved.
Like, "don't screw this up, ryan."
- ♪ this is where it all begins ♪
♪ forever ♪
♪ I promise I do, I promise I do ♪
♪ I do, I love ya like no other will ♪
- Four couples have now said "I do."
Bao and johnny.
Michaela and zack.
Myrla and gil.
Brett and ryan.
And our final couple, rachel and jose, are preparing to meet
Their new spouse for the very first time at the altar.
- ♪ I do ♪
- So are you ready? - Ready as ever, man, I mean,
This is it, it's now or never, so...
- Any trouble on the way and we're gonna hold you down.
- No, man, I definitely ain't runnin' away, man,
I'm definitely ready, so...
So the day's finally here, I'm super excited.
Let's roll.
This day is so important to me
Because I thought about my wife for a long time.
I built so much in what I think is
A short amount of time for a man my age.
You know, I graduated college,
I got accepted to a master's program,
I had an incredible job, bought and paid for two homes.
I pretty much have everything but a wife.
This is why I took that leap of faith
Of being married at first sight.
Last chance? No? Okay.
- [laughing] - no? I guess I'm staying.
[laughing]
- Yes, you are staying.
- It's going to be good, man, it's going to be good.
- Once the wheels start rolling, you ain't going back.
- That's right, like a roller coaster, right,
It's exciting when you get in line and then it's like okay,
A little, little bit and you get closer and you start
Getting a little bit nervous.
And then they say, okay,
And you sit in there and you buckle up
And then that's it, there ain't no going back.
- You act like you're getting married or something.
- I know, right, silly me.
- So here's the dress. - Oh...
- I love it so much, I can't wait to wear it.
Everyone is gonna see it. I'm ready.
- We matched rachel and jose because they're both
Self-reliant go-getters
Who know what they want out of life.
While rachel has struggled to find her voice
In relationships in the past,
We believe that someone like jose who shares her level
Of commitment can give her the security she needs
To thrive as a wife.
And for jose, rachel's down-to-earth spirit
Can help even out his often overly structured nature.
- Your body's going to look amazing in that dress.
- We got the girls showing today.
- The day's finally here
And I'm just so excited to see my husband.
I'm just ready to be a wife and I feel prepared
Because even though my last relationship ended
Six months ago.
I gave him my everything and he was unfaithful.
As much as that crushed me, it did make me realize
That I'm ready to spend my life with someone in a marriage.
- ♪ a surprise I'm not gonna lie ♪
♪ I was gun shy, I already knew ♪
- You know, I've taken this time to kind of, you could say,
Reinvent myself, put myself back together.
I joined a gym.
I was able to lose 35 pounds,
And so it's completely changed
Not just how I looked physically, but mentally too.
I feel more confident, I'm stronger.
I feel like I have all the tools
To have a perfect marriage
And I can't wait to use them.
What terrifies me is that he might be boring.
Like, I can't have a conversation with him,
You know, like...I don't know, if he doesn't talk back.
Before a word is uttered, the first thing we're going to see
Is, oh, they're good looking, or he might not be
Because he has an amazing personality
And that's really what I'm hoping for
Because I love talking, but I'm an even better listener,
I think, so...
- But you're easy to bring up conversations,
You're probably going to have to.
- Yeah, but I don't want to do all the work.
- Yeah. [laughing]
- All the time.
- Are you feeling any more, I guess, pressure
Or just patient more right now?
- The pressure's yeah, it's definitely there
Because what goes along with this expectation,
Is she gonna be-- am I gonna be what she wants,
So there's two sides of the coin there, so...
There's an element of fear.
It's super scary and it's about to
Become super real in the next couple of hours.
So the risk right now is me not knowing who she is,
Who she could be, who the experts match me up with.
There's some insecurities there for me, you know,
I'm less than six foot.
I do think I have a larger nose and a little bit
Bigger forehead, straight up, and I just want her to be
Attracted to me sexually.
Yeah, man, yeah.
- In order to make this marriage work,
I guess I'm gonna ask those mini opinions
That you might disagree with of my husband, you know.
Maybe not rush to let me know exactly what you think of
Every little thing, unless it's a serious red flag.
For example, me being with him, I like, completely changed,
Like, I'm not this positive person anymore, I don't want
To go out, like I don't want to see you guys
Then you could be like, what's going on?
♪ ♪
- ♪ oh, oh ♪
- It's very risky to get married at first sight.
I'm very, very scared of losing myself.
Not even a year ago I was about to lose myself to someone else,
And I'm scared of that happening again.
I want to be married to someone who will accept me for me,
Who is gonna work on this marriage, who's gonna love me
And I'm gonna love him back.
- I'm ready.
- Breathe, keep your head up. - Breathe.
- I appreciate it, I appreciate it, man.
Being someone that has seen my parents, unfortunately,
Go through a divorce,
For me, I think it's given me a little bit more of a chip
On my shoulder in regards to what I have kind of something
To prove, um, because I want to be that great of a man.
And, um, I want the marriage to be perfect.
We're... Moments away here, so...
- Be patient with each other.
Just walk with one another and talk to each other, often,
And always, so that you are very clear
On what each one of you wants
And are expecting from each other.
Just getting flashbacks of your childhood.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I'm so proud of you, as a grown man now,
You accomplished many, many journeys.
- And all I wanted to do was see how proud you are for me.
- I am, I am so very proud of you.
You're the best son a mother could ask for.
- Thank you. - I love you.
- My mother is so supportive.
She's always been there for me, she always, you know,
Would do anything she could for me, even to this day,
And so, you know, she's very special.
- It's going to be great. - Yes.
- Hi, hubby, so I was so,
So looking forward to finally meeting you.
Please don't get cold feet 'cause I'm totally into this.
I'm ready, I'm ready to be your wife, I'm just ready to start
Our lives together and it's gonna be kick-ass,
So I just can't, cannot wait to finally meet you.
- I'm about to walk out and marry a stranger.
This is real life and this is happening.
You know, you've prepped and planned and done
All these things, you know, everything has happened
Up to this moment, and this moment is now here.
That's the bottom line, that's all.
- See you soon. - All right.
Here we go.
It's happening.
[dramatic music]
My last relationship crushed a part of me.
And honestly, I am worried that if this doesn't work out,
This might be another blow
Where I just kind of go back to the less confident rachel
Who's just a total doormat.
- Please stand.
- I don't know that I'll be able to tell right off the bat
That she is attracted to me.
I hope there's little things that I can latch onto
And kind of take notice of, but I don't know that.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
♪ it's now or never and I've never been the one to behave ♪
♪ the one to feel afraid, ay ♪
♪ so let's go take a walk on the wild side ♪
♪ I wanna feel the fire ♪
♪ are you ready or not ♪
♪ let's go take a walk on the wild side ♪
♪ I wanna feel the fire, are you ready or not ♪
- You look so gorgeous. - Thank you.
Hi. [laughing]
- Is it my turn?
- Shall I introduce myself?
I'm rachel. [laughing]
- I'm jose, nice to meet you.
- Hi. Say your name again? - Jose.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too. - You look so gorgeous.
- Thank you, thank you.
So we got the first step. - That's right!
- Are we good with that?
- That's my wife, that's my wife.
- "my wife."
- So, jose,
Rachel's friends and family would like for you to know
A couple of things about her.
Rachel has the gift of sleep, and I mean a deep sleep.
She sets 20 alarms just to make sure
She wakes up in the morning.
- I'm okay with that.
- Rachel must be fed at all times.
"hangry" rachel is someone
That only the brave can survive.
Are you ready for that challenge?
- Well, luckily, I cook, so we'll be fine.
- Yay!
- And lastly,
Rachel is fiercely loyal to those she loves.
And as times go by, it's our deepest wish that that love
Develops between you both and you are able to experience
That love from her firsthand.
So, rachel, jose's family and friends would like you to know
That jose has been preparing for you for a long time.
He is detailed, creative,
And very, very structured.
Emphasis on structured. - Okay.
- Jose is a risk taker, which is why he's here,
Marrying you today.
Jose has a big heart and will do everything in his power
To make you happy.
Welcome to the family.
- Ooh.
- I like that. [laughing and applause]
- Jose and rachel, you have written your own vows,
So please share those with us now.
- Rachel, I'm so happy and extremely excited
To have met someone as committed and as crazy as I am.
We're strangers. - Yeah.
- But I hope that one day we can look back and think, wow,
This was the best decision we ever made.
I've sacrificed and built so much independently up to
This point, knowing that one day, today, I would be able
To provide for a queen, yourself.
So I promise to be that man I think you always sought after,
That supporter, that provider, um, not only financially,
But emotionally, spiritually,
Independently, and sexually. [coughs]
- [laughing]
- But last and not least, you have my 110 percent commitment
To be your lover, your partner, your best friend,
Your teammate until the end in this quest for us
To become the ultimate power couple
Because I can't wait to start that fairytale with you.
- All right, so...
I vow to be the best partner you'll ever have.
I'll always be on your side.
I vow to grow with you and build with you
What I think will be
A beautiful marriage where I will learn to be patient
And learn to appreciate you every day.
I know it might get tough, but I vow to face challenges
With an open mind and ready to listen and learn
In order to make this marriage a success.
Something in this universe decided we were meant to be.
So we're about to begin this crazy adventure,
But I can already say I'm glad it's with you.
- Wonderful.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- You have chosen these rings as a symbol
Of your marriage covenant.
Breathe, repeat after me.
With this ring.
- Me or you?
With this ring...
I wed you, rachel. - I wed you, jose.
- For today. - For today.
- For tomorrow. - For tomorrow.
- And for all the years to come.
- All the years to come.
- Please wear it. - Please wear it.
- As a sign. - As a sign.
- Of my commitment. - Of my commitment.
- And a notice to the entire world.
That you are my husband.
- You are my wife.
- I think he was happy to say that last part.
- I was.
- [laughing]
- Jose and rachel have chosen the lasso ritual.
The lasso is a wedding ritual in which the couple
Are bound together with a ceremonial rosary.
With full awareness, know that within this lasso you are
Bound together before your friends and before your family,
But you also speak that intent before god.
Will you honor and respect one another
And seek to never break that honor?
Please say, "we will."
- We will. - We will.
- And now, by the authority vested in me,
I pronounce you husband and wife, and jose,
You may kiss your rachel.
[upbeat music]
- [laughing]
[applause]
- Put your hands together, ladies and gentlemen.
It is my pleasure to introduce for the first time
In the state of texas as husband and wife,
Jose and rachel!
- ♪ this is the moment... ♪ - whoo!
[cheering and applause]
- Yay!
- ♪ no I won't back down ♪
- ♪ I need to fight and I won't back down ♪
♪ this is my moment... ♪
- Yay!
- ♪ ...I won't back down ♪
- I need some water, like, desperately.
- Me too!
- My mouth is so dry, I'm like, oh, my gosh.
- My lips are stuck to my teeth.
- No, you look amazing, no. - Thank you.
- So I'm feeling great, I'm a married man,
And my wife is gorgeous.
- Finally I got some jewelry on my hands,
I've been feeling kind of bare.
- Here, I don't want to knock out my new bride.
- No. Whoo! Ha-ha! [cork pops]
- I'm initially attracted to her
Because of these big, beautiful, brown deer eyes.
She has a great smile.
- Cheers...Hubby. - And wifey, right?
And so I'm one happy camper right now and, uh...
I'm good, I'm good.
- I did not practice sitting in my dress,
So it's been a complicated situation today.
- Don't slide on, okay? - No, I'm good, I'm good here.
Whew!
Like, that is how I feel right now.
He's exactly what I wanted.
Charming, a complete gentleman.
Real quick-- I wanted to play a game.
We say one thing about ourselves
And see if we have that in common.
- Oh, that's cute, I like that.
- Okay, so, I'm houston born and raised?
- Yes. - Yay! Okay.
We're gonna drink every time?
All right, something about you, see if I have that in common.
- Um...
I love sporting events.
- Shut up. - So, yes?
- All my money went to, like, tickets to things.
- Yes? Oh...Amazing. - Yeah.
I went to the world series all by myself.
- What? - Mm-hmm.
- You could've called me, we could've went together
And probably--I could've proposed on the jumbotron.
- That's my-- you know that's my dream.
- I'll do it for our anniversary.
- This is so crazy, crazy. - I love it, I love it.
- I speak spanish. - Yeah.
- Cheers. - So...
- So I work out at least three times a week.
Yes? Si? Okay. - Yes, definitely,
At least, yes. - You do.
- I do, I do.
Oh, good, I think we're the same person,
You know, because sometimes people are like,
"opposites attract," and I'm like, no, I won't enjoy it.
- That is not fine with me. - Not with me either, no.
- No, no, no.
They were asking me, okay, well,
You know, what does she look like and what do you want her
To be like and whatever and I...
Got exactly everything I pretty much wanted.
- I described you to the t. - Did you?
- It was crazy because I was, like, I'm not into looks,
I'm all about personality.
And...I got it.
Boom!
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
♪ when we come together ♪
♪ ♪
♪ come together ♪
♪ ♪
- All five couples have now
Officially been married at first sight.
Bao and johnny.
Michaela and zack.
Brett and ryan.
Myrla and gil.
And rachel and jose.
And some of the newlyweds still need to pose for their
Wedding photos under the scrutiny of family and friends
They've never met.
- Have you ever married a girl with a boy name?
- I have not. - Dated a girl with a boy name?
- Toni. - Toni, nah.
- Brett's way better.
I didn't marry her. - You did not.
- Can I have you two right over here for me?
- Forget her. - [laughing]
My wife is so great.
Physically, not exactly what I described as my type and what
I envisioned, but it-- it absolutely--
It completely works.
Meeting you or seeing you again, sir.
That was a lot up there.
- I didn't mean to lose you at the altar.
- He was like, wait, I think we were supposed to say hello.
- It worked out, married her anyway, so...
- I did marry you anyway, sorry, sorry.
- I tried. - But we did it anyway.
- We're rebels, we're rebels.
- She's hilarious.
She has some sass, too, and that's, that's also what--
What I wanted.
Tell me what kind of face.
- Serious face or smile?
- Let's do a smile on this one.
- We just got married, and so these are pictures
That are gonna be around forever.
Yeah, it just feels good.
It is two seconds in, but I catch, like, little glimpses
Of things that make me project into the future
And I can picture a life with him.
[camera clicks]
- ♪ I can't believe I finally found ♪
♪ something that makes me feel like I'm invincible ♪
- Like, I'm good now, like, let's just go party.
- ♪ one thousand because I'm falling in slow-mo ♪
♪ two dozen because we stopping the whole show ♪
- I'm a very happy princess right now.
- Bride and my bridesmaids, really quickly.
- I like her. Yeah. - I like her too.
- She's so independent.
- Very independent, yeah.
- Hold those bouquets out to me, guys.
There you go.
- She wants family. - Yeah.
- She definitely wants a family, big time.
- Yeah. - So I like her.
- Okay, like this.
- When it comes down to the story of how I met your mother,
For our future kids... - Beautiful.
- They'll see these photos
And I'll let 'em know that mommy and daddy took a big risk
Because they both wanted the same things,
And we were strangers in the beginning, but we grew
To not only like, but to love each other,
And to create a family together.
- There you go, come a little closer.
Can we look at each other? Smiling...
- ♪ do you love me, love me ♪
♪ do you love me now ♪
♪ do you love me, love me ♪
♪ do you love me now ♪
- Are you a hand holder?
- I can be. - Okay.
- If you like it, I like it.
- Okay, good.
- ♪ our life... ♪
[singing continues]
- We were waiting to meet you-- hi!
- So good to meet you. - Oh!
- How are you feeling?
- Good. - Good.
- All right, rachel, I need the groom.
- I gotta hug her, can I hug her?
- Oh, please, please.
- Oh, I love you, don't let go.
- I'm so excited. Hi. - I'm julie.
- Don't you know who I am? - [laughing]
- This is my husband. - I don't know anybody--hi!
Nice to meet you--rachel.
- That's the dad, I'm the mom. - Uh-huh.
- And she's the stepmom. - Okay.
- You got the moms. - I got the same situation too.
- We all love everybody.
- All right, everybody, right here.
[camera clicks]
Now, jose, I need a smile.
Okay, just relax, just relax.
- I'm trying, man.
You know, taking photos,
I'm nervous that my wife is physically not attracted to me.
- All right, smiling, that's good, that's good.
Last one.
- Like, I don't know, if I
Would've put everything into, like, a machine
And said, this is what I want, like,
This is the young lady that I would've got.
- Jose, just leave that hand down.
Just put it in the pocket, just put in--
- Put it in my pocket? - Yes.
- Be cool, be smooth.
- That's good, all right.
That is good. Smiling.
♪ ♪
That's good, that's good. - Okay.
- Like, we can party now?
No. Okay.
- It's highly, highly important for me and my wife to be
Attracted to one another-- we're married.
I think, for me, marriage is so many things.
But at the same time,
Just being around rachel calms my nerves.
Seeing her joy, her happiness, it's contagious.
I have a very, very optimistic feeling.
I think it's gonna be great.
- ♪ always in my head ♪
♪ you're always in my head ♪
♪ thought I was feeling better ♪
♪ it's just something in my head ♪
♪ you're always in my head ♪
♪ all I know is I want to ♪
- And so I'm serious sometimes.
- I love it, I love it, I love it.
♪ ♪
[cheering and applause]
- Whoo!
- ♪ I can feel your heartbeat next to me ♪
♪ and I'll be your rolling thunder ♪
[cheering and applause]
♪ there's nowhere else I'd rather be ♪
- With the formal wedding photos finished,
It's time for our five newlywed couples to celebrate
The biggest day of their lives with their family and friends.
- ♪ I always knew we would find a way ♪
[singing continues]
- Hey! [laughing]
- Ladies and gentlemen, please help me join the beautiful
Newlyweds as they share their first dance together
As husband and wife.
- So when you first saw me--
- I said thank god you're not ugly.
- Okay. - You look nice and clean cut,
Have a nice smile, because smiles are important for me.
Your eyes are pretty, that's important to me.
- The very first thing I saw, like,
That popped out, were your lips.
They're, like, big and luscious.
- Not the dress? - No.
The first thing I noticed was the lips.
And then, when you was, like, right in front of me,
I was like, ooh, she's stylin'!
I love that little dress, like,
You gotta be confident to rock a dress like that,
Because I like somebody that's not only confident
But secure in themself, right?
So that was my biggest first impression, yeah.
- Okay, I like it. - You like it?
- I like it.
Dancing with my husband feels comfortable and warm.
I don't feel like... You know, like...
Like, like don't touch me--
I don't feel any of that stuff.
I was single for a long time and I think of being married,
And now I have a whole husband.
It's amazing.
[upbeat music]
- Wait--what? What did he say?
- He said "cheek to cheek". - Oh, of course.
- It's been like forever-- it's been over, like...This.
- What? Are you serious?
- Really? No.
- ♪ I owe it to myself... ♪
- So I'm dancing with my husband
And his arms are around me and I just feel comfortable.
I thought it was gonna be really awkward
With my dad watching
And my mom, but everyone disappeared and I like feeling
Really close to him and just having that physical contact
And there's some electricity there.
I think he's cute! Oh, yeah, he's super handsome.
- ♪ love love love love ♪
♪ till we die we got to love love love ♪
[cheering and applause]
[country music playing]
- You know how to two-step?
You're gonna learn.
Y'all ready to try?
- We'll go slow, we'll go slow.
- Oh, you gotta help.
- I feel really good.
- You do? - Yeah.
So, thoughts.
- Um, I feel like...I don't know what I'm doing right now.
- Spin her.
- I don't do any kind of dancing.
- None? - Not like this.
I feel anxious, I'm definitely outside of my comfort zone.
I don't know how to two-step, I don't know any country music.
You know, so it's like,
I feel a little bit like a fish out of water.
- We'll start spinning. - No, we're not.
- No? - No.
- You gotta do it a little bit. - No.
- You can spin a little bit.
[cheering and whooping]
You killed it.
There's gonna be a lot more of those.
- Dip her, dip her, dip her.
- No, stop it! - That's risky.
- I don't know what I'm doing. - That is very risky.
- At the end of the day, I think what's on, you know,
His heart and soul is what matters the most.
- You're about to go faster.
Two--you gotta two now. - No.
But to say, oh, I'm totally down, I can just fit right in,
I don't feel that way, you know,
I definitely don't feel like
I fit in with that lifestyle, I guess.
I'm not a country girl, at all.
[country music continues]
- You're killing it. - Am I?
- You sure you don't want to spin anymore?
- Nope.
♪ ♪
♪ everybody looking and you feel like you're a stranger ♪
♪ things that we do for love ♪
- Five couples have now been married at first sight,
But they know nothing about their new stranger-spouses.
It's as if they've been set up on a blind date
At their own wedding,
And they're legally bound as husband and wife.
- ♪ you're one in a million, you're one in a million ♪
- Oh, I need a little napkin,
I have a piece of gum in my mouth.
- Oh yeah. Here, I got it. - Are you serious?
- Yeah, for your gum, it's okay.
- Here you go. [laughing]
Thank you.
- Emotionally I'm feeling like I never felt before.
I've never been in love, but for the first time I could
Definitely see that happening, for sure.
In a very short amount of time I feel like someone
Is my partner, which is... I couldn't have expected this,
I couldn't have asked for this, so this is--it's unbelievable.
Are you really close with your sisters?
- Very. - Yeah.
I'm a person who takes marriage very seriously,
It's something I've always wanted.
I mean, I've been waiting for this day for a long time.
I've always wanted this and to actually have it happen,
It means the world to me.
It's just an incredible, incredible feeling.
What has been your longest relationship
And why did it end?
- Hmm.
My longest relationship was 364 days, um...
- Damn, okay.
- He dumped me. - Oh, hell no.
- Day one of one year, yep, and I was like--
- Why?
- Well, but we were honestly on two different paths.
He wanted everything now and I wasn't ready for that.
- When--when was this, when did it end?
- That ended back in 2017.
- Oh, so you haven't been in a relationship for what,
Four years?
- Eh, I've been in, like...
- Yeah, I get it. - You know.
It's been a while.
Do you use dating apps? - Yeah, I use dating apps.
But I prefer to meet someone out, so, you know,
If I see someone out, I would approach that person,
Like, yeah. - Really?
- I'd rather that than dating apps.
- So you're confident... [overlapping conversation]
- Yeah, yeah, I can talk to anyone, yeah, I just...
Because it's funny, like, I never had, like, like,
Growing up I was not confident, like, in high school,
I was, like, very skinny and small, got made fun of a lot.
But when I got to college is when I found myself.
- Hmm. - I became the person
I am today in college, like, more confident.
- Look at her looking at him, look at her looking at him.
- In high school I was always getting made fun of,
I went to an all-male white high school.
- Like a preparatory school?
- Yeah, it was a catholic private school.
- It's like a magnet. - Oh, yeah, oh yeah.
- It's crazy!
- And honestly, it would be like the black people
Would make fun of me too.
Me being dark skinned, like, that was
The topic of conversation.
I would get made fun of a lot because I was darker skinned
Than the average black person.
I was, for the most time, I was very self-conscious about that.
- Really?
- That really killed my self-confidence.
- I'm here to tell you that your skin is beautiful.
- [laughing] I appreciate that, no, no.
- You ain't gotta worry nothing with me, baby.
- ...Like, like... This is just...
[both laughing]
- ♪ even rain starts to shine ♪
♪ and the stars, they align ♪
♪ see you get what you reap because love is... ♪
- I got you. - ♪ ...A wonderful thing ♪
- I got you, wife. - Thank you, husband.
So are you really a gentleman?
- You mean like pulling chairs and opening doors?
Yeah.
- All the time? - All the time.
I open doors every single time.
- Okay, like car doors?
- And every other door. - Okay, good.
- Yeah, for sure. - Oh, I like that.
Oh, wait, wait-- what's your last name?
- And I was gonna ask you, what's your maiden last name?
Like, what's your last name before...Cuero?
- My dad's last name.
So I was just going to ask you that,
What are your expectations around, like,
Changing my last name, like?
- When it comes down to that,
I'm pretty traditional about it.
Like, I feel like you should change your last name.
I don't know how you feel about it.
- I don't think I ever really thought about it too much.
- Okay.
- I think my husband's perspective
Is one that is more traditional.
For me, it would mean something more significant for me
To change my name.
It's more of a symbolism for my dad,
My dad is no longer with me.
I think there's a lot of things to consider.
It's complicated.
[dinging]
[people shouting] - do it, do it, do it!
- What they doing that for? We're giving a speech.
- What does that mean?
- Oh, that's what that means?
Envisioning my first kiss at my wedding is me reaching in
And giving my wife a nice, big kiss on the lips.
I enjoy kissing, it's something I do passionately,
And my wife, myrla, she has very full, beautiful lips.
I cannot wait to kiss those lips.
[glasses dinging] - kiss on the lips.
- No, sir, I'm sorry.
- [laughing]
- Slow down, y'all, slow down.
- I'm sorry, we're going to be conservative.
- So a kiss on the cheek? Okay.
- I'll kiss you.
- That didn't go as planned.
[cheering and applause]
- ♪ oh, whoa ♪
♪ this is the magic ♪
- [laughing] - ♪ ...Of me and you ♪
♪ this is the magic, magic, magic ♪
- Oh, thank you.
- So, wait, you live where and you work where?
- So right now I live in the galleria area.
- Okay.
- And I work in rosenberg.
- Okay, so you live in the galleria.
When is your lease up?
- September.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- [laughing]
[clinking]
- Um...
[cheering]
[laughing]
- So for me I could tell you that
So yes, I tried the whole dating apps things or whatever,
But I want to say I put myself on a different level.
So I had a checklist, like, literally, a mental checklist
Of this is what I want, this is and this and this,
And from a beautiful picture, anyone can be, you know,
A gorgeous, attractive...
- Yeah. - ...Woman.
But then once you meet them,
There was just, like, a lot of things that I didn't have
In common with them, and I was like, oh, hell, no,
Like, this is not...
It's not what I want, like... - Yeah.
- I want what I want and I get what I want.
- My husband clearly knows what he wants,
But what he expects in a wife seems like a lot.
And I don't know if I can be that perfect wife for him,
So we'll see what happens.
♪ ♪
♪ last call ♪
♪ last chance ♪
♪ last chance for love ♪
[glass clinks]
♪ we've got one life to live ♪
♪ ♪
- Don't you just have, like,
5,000 questions you want to ask me?
- Oh, yeah.
- I don't even know, I have so many questions and they're
All just, like, all trying to come out at the same time.
♪ ♪
- We have time...Eventually.
It might not be tonight, but...
[tense music]
- Do you feel like you're a glass half full,
Glass half empty, glass in the middle?
- I think I'm gonna help you with that.
You want the glass half empty thing,
The comment that you made--
- I'm not a negative person.
But I think my, like, default...
- I mean, you're a realist.
- I am. - Absolutely.
- I am a realist.
- I'm probably overly positive a lot of the time.
- That's good.
He seems like a good balance for me,
And, um, that is, for me, what I was looking for.
For so long, I wanted to be married so badly
Because I know that I'd be
The best version of myself with a partner,
And I really hope ryan is going to be that person.
Do you work from home?
- No, I don't work from home, but I...
- But you do what you want.
- I can do my-- - you roam.
- I'm grown.
- You know what's the best thing of my job?
Summers off.
- Yep. - We can go wherever we want.
- What grade of school, or is it a mixture?
- Freshman.
- If you had been my ninth grade teacher...
- [laughing]
- There would've been problems.
[upbeat music]
- I take pictures of my food before I eat it.
So I could see the presentation.
♪ ♪
I just want everybody to have a good time.
Like one of the things that you'll find out is, like,
I just love bringing people together.
- I have trouble with that,
You're going to have to help me.
- Oh, yeah. - Because I keep people siloed.
But the way I show how I care for people is usually through
Gifts and acts of service. - Hmm.
I don't know about you, but I'm very affectionate.
- Like touch. - Touch.
- Oh, wow, okay. - And...Yeah.
I like it when someone is physically close to me and
Gives me little touches here and there,
And that's kind of how I know that
They're into me and maybe attracted to me...
- Right. - ...And all that stuff.
- I appreciate you telling me that.
- Yeah, and... [laughing]
- Because, um, it's actually low on my list.
Like, touch is rock bottom for me.
Johnny needs more touch and physical comforting,
And that's something that I struggle with,
But I am happy that the experts chose johnny
Because I know he's a good person.
In many ways I do think we're a really great match,
We really are. You know, I love that, like,
You ask for permission to kiss and stuff.
You've been so good, like, and very gentlemanly.
- Because what if you didn't want to?
- No, no, I really appreciate it--
It's very sweet and I do find that super attractive.
- Good. - Yeah.
- What do you keep busy with, then?
- Uh, I read.
- I've been meaning to do that because...
- I love it. - ...I love books but I don't
Have time to sit down and, like...
- Oh, yeah.
- But I listen to podcasts all day.
- Oh, podcasts are great too.
I trust you listen to sports podcasts.
- Sometimes. - Oh.
- More so like, uh, I keep up with the news,
I keep up with finance, try to be well-rounded, you know?
- That's good, that's really good.
- Are you good at saving money?
- I'm decent at that. - Okay.
- Decent.
- What's that last thing you splurged on?
- Um, the shoes I'm wearing, these...
- Ooh. Oh, what are you wearing right now?
- Jimmy choos. - Oh, my god.
- [whispering] but don't worry,
I got them, like, consignment.
- I don't even know what that means.
- Oh, so, they're like, pre-loved, but barely,
Like somebody wore it one time at probably someone else's
Wedding, they wore it once and they were like,
We're not gonna wear them again.
- I love this. - So it pretty much looks like
You wore them around the house.
- See, that's the thing, it's not often you think of anyone
That would say something like what you just said.
But I love that, like, I'm attracted to that.
- Oh, good.
- It's only been a few short hours,
But I feel like we've gone from
People that were kind of acquaintances that haven't seen
Each other in a really long time
To realizing we're about to start
Something really significant
And permanent together.
The vibe has been slowly getting warmer,
But the more time we spend together, the more we talk,
I feel like all the stars are aligned, one, two, three, four,
So I really hope that she goes into this
With as much commitment and
Dedication as I will, because I'm already bought in.
After today, there's no question.
Oh, my god.
- ♪ and I'm falling for your everything ♪
[dance music]
- ♪ let's go ♪
♪ I'm feeling so good I can't even take it ♪
- These five couples took a huge leap of faith,
So they have a lot to celebrate.
They just got married at first sight
In front of all their loved ones
And are now committed to spending
The rest of their lives
With a total stranger.
- [laughing] - I'm so bad at this.
[cheering and applause]
- Be nice.
[cheering and applause]
- Oh, we're feeding ourselves?
Oh, okay.
- I don't... [cheering and applause]
- Your favorite.
- I want to feed my wife.
Like a baby bird.
[cheering and applause]
- Our five couples now get the opportunity to meet their
Spouse's family and friends and learn more about the circles
That they just married into.
♪ ♪
- Hey, guys.
- How do you feel? - Yeah, I'm feeling good.
I mean, I'll admit,
I have never imagined bao in this light.
The first time I met her, it was purely business.
We were both running student organizations at the same time.
She was at u of h and I was at ut,
And I just thought of her as somebody I'm working with.
We just never thought about dating.
- When you met him ten years ago, was there any, like,
Initial attraction just based on appearance?
- Oh, I always thought he was cute.
- Oh, nice.
- I always had a little bit of a crush on johnny.
I have been crushing on johnny since college.
I've always felt that way about him.
I'm always kind of a coward about those things,
So I just left it.
But the universe has a plan in some bizarre way
Because now he's my husband.
[laughing]
- We're excited for him,
We're excited to have you in our lives.
- Well, what do you think so far, I mean...
- What do you think so far? - Yeah, what do you think?
- What do you think we think?
- I hope that y'all see that we have chemistry
Right off the bat.
It may not be physical chemistry right now,
But at least we have this baseline of common interests
And we know each other, we-- I hope to kind of break down
Those walls sooner rather than later.
- And how do you want to go about doing that?
I mean, she's not a prude, but she can be a little timid.
She doesn't like to be touched, at lot.
- I know!
- So how do you break down that? Yeah.
- That's a huge thing for me, is touch.
Physical touch is something that I need, to know that
Someone is interested in me
And wants to be intimate with me, so, um...
I am a little bit worried about that.
Even when I say goodbye to my family,
We have family dinner and I go around and I, like,
Touch everybody on the shoulder, like, see you later.
You know, as her close friends and brothers,
Do y'all communicate that way?
Or do y'all hug her?
- No. - No.
- ♪ let's go ♪
- How you feeling, groom-y?
- I'm feeling so groom-y. - That's good.
- Like the most groom-y I could possibly be right now.
- We'll be sitting and I'm like,
That's her husband. - Yeah.
- I'm like, that's her actual husband,
So just, like...You know? - That is me.
I'm the guy. - You're the guy!
- What did you think about
When you first saw her down the aisle?
- Were you expecting a redhead?
- I was not expecting a redhead.
I've never dated a redhead.
There's no in-between with a redhead,
It's either she's gonna own it, kill it or it's gonna be--
- Yeah, some who own it or they don't, and that's...
[overlapping conversation]
- She owns that red hair. - Yeah.
- She's not a natural redhead. - Yeah.
- You know what I'm saying? - She's a vivacious redhead,
That's a different type of redhead.
- She's good with all the shades of red.
- She absolutely owns it and it works.
- Yeah.
- Am I his type?
- No. - No.
- Not right away.
- Not even remotely. - And when you say "type"--
Right, that's like a-- that's a loaded question.
- It is a very loaded question. - Right, what's his type?
His type is what he's always dated.
- Our boy always failed. - And how has that worked?
- I feel like we're both in that same boat.
- Yeah? - Yeah, just, you know,
In general, like you were saying, um,
Surface level, I don't know that he's my type either,
Initially, like, y'all just said about me.
- Right. - Character traits--
What's different about him versus others?
- I think his character traits are on point.
- Right. - I think it's just like
When you're talking about small town kind of like
Country-ish things. - Yeah.
- Like I don't listen to country music.
I could maybe name you two country songs.
I don't know how to two-step-- that is totally outside of,
Like, anything that I've ever done before, and the ranch.
I don't really do that type of stuff.
I don't own boots, I don't know what to do with that.
You know what I mean, like, in my mind, I'm like,
I don't know what this means.
- The best part of the-- - am I a cowboy wife?
What do we do?
Thinking about those things like ranching and country music
And two-stepping, yes, it makes me question
If I'm gonna fit in, in his life.
- Like, what would be ranch-y that would be a yellow flag?
- I don't know, that's the thing.
- So ask me a question about the ranch, I'll tell you.
- Like do we kill things?
- Is that off limits?
- Ah, yeah, for me. - Okay.
Hunting is a part of his life.
♪ ♪
♪ there is time...♪
- These five couples met
And married as strangers mere hours ago.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg.
They now have to meet their spouse's entire family,
And the impression they make on them tonight
Could last a lifetime.
- I thought this whole thing was bull[bleep].
- [laughing]
- But we're happy for you and zack.
I see him, I see how he was holding your hands,
I see how he looks at you.
It's scary, to me,
How right I see this match.
- You guys raised a beautiful man.
- Why, thank you. - Physically and mentally.
[laughing] he's gorgeous.
So thank you for that.
Thank you for making him.
- Well, he-- he is a wonderful soul.
- He goes at everything with gusto, so we...
Zack attack. - Zack attack.
- He's all in, or not.
There's no...In-between. - There's no in-between.
- He goes after everything,
That's just the way he approaches things.
'cause he's real, um, single minded.
He's real analytical.
He's on ten.
Math is his favorite... [echoing]
- Extremely particular... [echoing]
- He solved a rubik's cube.
- Over, over, over-achiever.
- He'll tell you about an app he created.
- I think you guys will be great.
- So you did a thing today.
- Yeah, I know, I got-- I'm married now, you know?
- Married to our sister.
- We're just really protective of michaela.
- Why should we trust you with our sister?
- I mean...
Let my actions speak louder than what I'm going to tell you
Right now because you'll see over the next two months
When she's talking to you guys daily,
I know you guys are close and we all hang out together.
- Yes. - You'll see it.
- So how old are you? - I'm 27.
- Twenty-seven. - Yeah.
- Do you know how old your wife is?
- Yeah, 30. - [laughing]
- How do you feel about that?
- I love that, I mean, I'm more concerned about, um, you know,
Am I too young for her, you know what I mean?
Older women are obviously more mature.
I've dated younger women in the past
And it just hasn't worked out.
- What's the longest relationship you ever held?
- The longest relationship I've been in was nine months.
- So you know, obviously, michaela needs somebody's
That's going to be there for her no matter what.
- I promise you I won't let you down.
- We're watching you.
- ♪ we come to life ♪
- We're excited that myrla has found a significant other.
- Thank you.
- Is there anything of her,
Now that you've known her for a very short period time
That you are concerned of, or about?
- The designer stuff.
- She also enjoys giving back and making a difference
In the lives of those who are less fortunate,
Even if it means showing up dressed in designer clothes
At a clothing drive.
- [laughing]
Like, I'm not a designer person,
You know, I like to dress nice, don't get me wrong.
I'm not gonna be at prada or gucci every weekend.
- She is very fashionable, you know, she is high class,
But she's so driven with her job and work and profession
That I think the only way that she can enjoy her success
Is by splurging every so often.
- I don't make the most money in the world,
And so I'm pretty conservative about my spending,
And my wife seems to be the opposite.
You know, it makes me wonder
If that might be a deal breaker for her.
- I hope for the best.
- He does like you a lot, you could tell he likes you,
The energy is beautiful, but I worry about it because when
It comes to marriage you compromise a lot.
So a lot of things you used to do kind of...Drop.
- How about sometimes we cannot be like
The lifestyle that she has.
Like, if you're used to a certain amount of stuff,
But now with the marriage some of the stuff will change.
- Why would my lifestyle have to change?
- Gil is extremely cheap.
That's something could be interesting in the relationship
Because I think for gil, she's going to be pushing him
To do something that he might not want to
Or always doing things her own way, that could be something
That could be a problem.
That's where a lot of relationships start out
Really bad and end bad because it can't be like, well,
This is where I came from--
No, you gotta come in there, compromising.
- I enjoy the lifestyle that I work hard to enjoy.
For myself. - That's true.
- So I would want my husband to be able to
Enjoy those things with me too.
- Things are not the same.
- I like, I mean, I like to travel.
- Okay. - Internationally.
I like buying nice purses and shoes.
- Okay, so you're high maintenance.
- I don't think that's high maintenance.
- I mean...
♪ ♪
[slow romantic music]
♪ ♪
- All right, now, can I have all my single ladies
On the dancefloor, please, for the bouquet toss?
- I'm sorry if I hit someone in the face with this.
- One, two...Three!
[cheering and applause]
Make some noise!
- Oh, my god!
Oh, my god! [screaming]
Are you in there?
- ♪ sometimes you know just what to do ♪
♪ your love, it takes me to the moon ♪
- Okay. - [screaming and laughing]
- ♪ way oh, way oh ♪
[singing in spanish]
- All right, who's going to be next?
- Whoo!
♪ ♪
- Oh!
Oh, oh!
- Normally, towards the end of the reception,
The bride's and groom's minds
Turn to the idea of sex on their wedding night.
But when you just married a complete stranger,
Your expectations might be a little different.
- So...
- So you're getting lucky tonight?
- I feel like this is a huge, really tall uphill battle
Because it's just hard to move from people
That were kind of acquaintances to lovers
Unless you go on a week vacation somewhere exotic
And you spend lots of time together.
- Hmm, honeymoon, huh?
- Are you attracted to him like, do you think he's cute,
Because I can tell you what me and christine thought...
- Yeah. - ...The minute we sat down.
- Definitely think he's cute. - Yes.
- I'm very happy that he has a beard.
- Yes. - That was like, yeah!
- Thank god.
His boys kind of told me, like, I'm not really his type.
- Okay, yes, to an extent.
What he just said, like, redheads, though,
They either pull it off or you can't and he was like,
She pulled it off.
- [laughing]
- You've known this guy for a few hours.
- Yeah. - He is your husband.
- Mm-hmm.
- And you're gonna have to go to bed with him.
- Um, as far as, like, honeymoon suite,
I want to do romantic things, but at the same time,
It is an intimate thing to, you know, take all your makeup off
And, oh, you really love all this?
Well, it's all coming off, you know what I mean?
I mean, the eyes are real, so those are staying,
He'll be happy.
But I mean, that is definitely a moment of vulnerability,
But it's like I want to be vulnerable.
- Right. - That's why I'm here.
- Yeah, we finally meet. - Speaking of the devil.
- Dun-dun-dun. - Dun-dun-dun.
- So what do you think of my man?
- I think he is, like, everything that I ask for.
It's kind of weird, like, I feel really comfortable.
- Why didn't y'all kiss up there?
What's going on with that?
- I'm a more of a conservative person.
We're strangers, y'all. - Yeah.
- Y'all married, though.
- We're married, but it's not your traditional wedding.
We are strangers.
We're going to get to know each other
And continue to get to know each other.
For me, that is much more important than everything else.
- Do you have a specific timeframe when you would--
- No, that's not how life works.
- See, she ain't playing no games.
- There is no timeline, there is no "in 24 hours on this day
At this minute is when"--no.
We have to talk about it together and we have to get to
Know each other and feel what's comfortable for us
And at our pace.
♪ ♪
- So... - Uh-huh.
- What are your intentions about sex,
Touching, intimacy tonight?
- I can truthfully sit here and tell you that
I'm all about passion when it comes down to intimacy.
But we don't even know each other,
We don't know what we like.
You know, she might be some sex dominatrix
That I don't know about, you know what I mean?
For all I know, you know what I'm saying?
- You know she's an educator, she can teach you something.
- So I feel like we need to build some type of trust
And some type of rapport there
Before we get into sexual intimacy.
- How long are you willing to wait?
- As long as she's comfortable.
- Six months?
- Whatever she's comfortable with,
Because if we're going to be married for a long time,
Six months is nothing compared to 40 years.
Six months is just a drop in the bucket.
- You know, if the spark hits you, [bleep], why not?
It's your wedding night, right?
I mean, I know you just met each other,
So it's kind of like a,
"is this a one-night stand?" no, it's not, right?
- No, we're married now. - That's right, you're married.
- We're married. - And your wedding night,
You have special expectations, right?
- You go by what you feel, right here.
- Exactly.
- He's not in no hurry to jump into anything.
He wants to know you also.
- You have enough alcohol, go for it, girlfriend.
- [laughing]
- Hey, rachel.
Go for it if you want to.
[dance music]
♪ ♪
- There we go.
- ♪ in my mind... ♪
- Just a few hours ago
Ten singles married a complete stranger
Whom they hope will become the true love of their lives.
Now these couples who are just getting to know each other
Are preparing to spend their first night together
As husband and wife.
- Thank you, husband. - Yeah, thank you, thank you.
- He is everything that I hoped for.
I loved it.
Now I'm a whole wife with a whole husband and
I'm proud to be kissing my husband.
- ♪ when we kissed the ground, when we touched the sky ♪
- I really do pray and hope that this is it, for me.
Like, this is my marriage, this is the long haul,
This is my forever person.
- ♪ just keep on saying it over and over... ♪
♪ give it one more try, give it one more try ♪
- I cannot be more happy that I got married at first sight.
Brett's amazing.
She's so positive and fun and I am so ready
For my love story to begin with her.
- ♪ you just got what it takes ♪
- Getting married at first sight is crazy,
Craziest thing I've ever done.
And I'm excited that I'm officially married.
- Yeah, that first step's a tough one, help her up.
- Looking at my husband, I feel reassurance that
It was meant to be.
- ♪ I think we can make this happen ♪
- Do you--I got something in my hair?
- [chuckling]
This could really be the beginning
Of the rest of my life.
[traditional music]
- Ah! [laughing]
Oh, my god!
This is the most radical love story you could possibly write.
- ♪ I'm gonna get a little crazy ♪
♪ and it feels so good to me ♪
- I remember partying up with johnny
When we were college students, and now we're married.
I absolutely do think I could fall in love with johnny,
And I hope that we have a long-lasting,
Resilient love story.
- Me and my wife just have this natural, incredible chemistry
That is just-- it's great, it's surreal.
[cheering]
- Oh, this is amazing!
[mariachi music]
Aw...
- Rachel's just the wife that I've always dreamed about.
I'm happy,
I think it's destined for a fairytale ending.
I'm just looking forward to it.
Me and my wife just got married.
- I'm so happy.
- No, I--I am happy, I am happy.
[romantic music]
♪ ♪
- Don't hurt yourself.
- I'm good.
[laughing]
- I wish I could take credit for this.
- ♪ I wanna run, show me a brand-new ♪
♪ new, oh, I'm done ♪
♪ tired, it's you ♪
- [sighing]
- This is the first time our newlyweds
Will truly be alone together.
- [laughing]
- While sex might be top of mind for most couples
On their wedding night...
- This feels comfortable. - [laughing]
- Our couples barely know each other,
So they have a lot more to consider.
- This just feels really good right now.
- This does feel real good.
- However, they are husband and wife,
So if the sparks are igniting, it's their call.
- ♪ I wanna let go ♪
- Are you nervous about anything?
- Right now? No, I'm surprisingly comfortable.
- I'm so happy.
- "wishing you both a lifetime of love and happiness.
From the intercontinental hotel."
- ♪ run, run wild, run wild, run wild ♪
♪ ♪
- I didn't even get to see the suite, tell you the truth.
- It looks pretty good from here.
- Yeah, it does, a king size bed, the view's nice.
- Yeah, I mean, I can already tell
That we have a lot of chemistry.
- Oh, a hundred percent.
- You see, there's, you know, a bunch of condoms over there,
I think the experts trying to say something.
You wanna get out of this dress and be comfortable?
- Yes, yes.
- Okay, let's go. - Okay.
[romantic music]
- I need help.
- Well, let's do it, yes.
- Yeah, there's, I think, a zipper here.
- It's like a clasp.
- Okay, the little baby ones? - The buttons, yeah.
- Okay, now.
- So all the buttons, huh?
- Yes, please.
- How far does this go? This is kind of--
- You can start the zipper, but don't do the whole zipper.
- Is that good, or do you want more?
- Yes, that's good. - It's good? Okay.
- Thank you.
- You need help with anything else?
- No. I got it. - All right.
- Thank you.
- They did not want this to be easy.
- No. - Who helped you put this on?
- Several people. [laughing]
- Why is this so difficult?
- I almost feel like it's meant to go on and never to come off!
[romantic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ let get deep in this tonight ♪
♪ it's one in the morning, but it's time ♪
- I'm definitely excited to have someone lay next to me.
It's something I've wanted for a very long time.
- So you don't use pillows?
- I--I start with them but I don't really need them.
- End with them? - Yeah.
- Do you sleep all over the place?
- Nah, nah, I don't, it's not like that.
- I do move a lot, I also talk in my sleep.
- Really? - [chuckling]
- This will be hilarious.
I am very much so attracted to my wife.
From the moment I saw her, um, it was instant.
- Good night, husband.
- Good night, wifey. [chuckling]
It feels good.
- [laughing]
Your arms are getting tired, aren't they?
- I'm getting close, I'm getting really close.
- It's evil.
- Hey...Hey, you look good, I like it, oh [bleep].
- I still got a little makeup on.
- Wait, wait, hold on, hold on, hold on.
I didn't see all this in the dress.
- ♪ come on and have some fun ♪
- Okay, damn, okay. [laughing]
- I'm not mad, okay, all right, all right.
Hey, I'm not gonna lie to you...
Never mind, um, I'll stop, I'll stop.
- [laughing]
- My wife is gorgeous.
It's her being in her normal clothes without makeup on
Is more attractive to me than being all done up.
- ♪ I'm never usually like this ♪
♪ but I'm feeling it and I like it ♪
♪ gonna jump right into love ♪
- I am very sexually attracted to my wife.
Throughout the whole night I wanted to kiss her
And touch her and hold her,
And this is the moment
I've been looking forward to all night,
Just to really get to know her behind closed doors.
So I'm really looking forward to this.
♪ ♪
- ♪ you're my one and only ♪
- It's like the best birth control ever.
- I would start in the mood,
And I would get so frustrated with these buttons.
- And you're like, I'm so ready and then, like,
Halfway through, you're just like...
- Tired.
I got it, I got it, I got it.
- That's good, that's good, yeah, yeah.
- Good luck. - Thanks.
- Oh, I love you kept the bowtie on.
- Oh, I know, I kind of wanted to--I was gonna do, like,
A chippendale's thing.
Then I was like, well, no, maybe I shouldn't.
- Oh, my god, like... [laughing]
My husband has an amazing personality and honestly,
That's very attractive to me.
He's very affectionate, you know, touchy-feely,
Which normally would make me cringe
When it's with the wrong person,
But right now, since I'm with
The right person, it feels good.
- Hey.
- Hey, I'm still struggling through this.
It's like the buttons except they're pins,
And I'm still getting them out of my hair.
- All right. Can I help? - Yeah, you can.
I realize the makeup hid the freckles,
But now they're here.
- You have freckles? - I have some, yeah.
My mom calls them age spots.
- I'm weirdly attracted to freckles.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
- ♪ up and down, round and round ♪
♪ been playing for a while ♪
- I am attracted to my wife.
♪ ♪
But I know that she doesn't exactly
Warm up to intimacy right away.
So I'm really hesitant with making
Kind of advances towards her.
I normally sleep with like, a body pillow next to me.
- Ooh, wait, this can be your-- your body pillow.
Do you put it inside?
And since touch is, like,
Lowest on my, my list, then here,
It's like a little barricade for us--yay!
- Okay. - A little body pillow dam.
- I want to take it slow, as slow as she wants to,
But eventually, I hope she's up for the task
Of replacing my body pillow.
[sighing] good night.
- Good night.
- Get some sleep. - You too.
- Yeah. I get cold easy.
- I'll warm you up.
- It's my hope that ryan is gonna be into the less makeup,
Natural me because that's what I look like all the time.
And, you know, I think it's easy to like a girl when she's
All done up and she's in her wedding dress.
Everyone looks gorgeous in their wedding dress and so,
Yeah, I definitely want him to still think I'm super pretty
Without, without all the hoopla
And the hair and the makeup, for sure.
♪ ♪
Oh! [chuckling]
Hi. - I'm just hanging out.
- You're--you got pants on under there?
- Maybe. - [laughing]
- You don't know how I sleep.
- I, like, scrubbed my face for ten hours
To get all my makeup off.
Do I look like the same person?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- That is my look.
- ♪ I knew her from the first moment ♪
- I prefer that. - Really?
- I'm easy, like... - Easy.
- Give me sweats and-- - low maintenance.
- Bingo.
- Well, I got sweats,
I didn't bring a lot of them for this trip.
- I got some you can wear.
I'm incredibly attracted to my wife, and she's honestly
Not even somebody that I would've described
As being my type of attraction, but
The experts did a great job, I'm very attracted to her.
- ♪ I want you... ♪
- This night can go a lot of ways.
- ♪ I want you in my heart ♪
- And I'm open to every one of those.
- ♪ I want you in my heart ♪
- This season on "married at first sight"...
[upbeat music]
- ♪ you make me feel like ooh... ♪
- Hopefully, fingers crossed, I get my chance of the day...
- Yes.
- ...And then my kiss of a lifetime.
- Are you happy? - [laughing]
- Let's just say if last night keeps happening,
I'm gonna die a happily married man...
Sexually.
- ♪ I wanna know your favorite song ♪
♪ I'll sing it to you all night long ♪
- I care a lot about this girl, I really do.
She truly is the missing piece in my life.
- My wife, what's up?
Hi!
- I just want you to know where I'm at.
I really like you.
I'm falling in love with bao.
- Five times.
- This is all just a dream come true.
- [kissing] - you kiss him?
- Well, we haven't kissed, so I need somebody to kiss me.
- We are the last couple that have not kissed yet.
- Are you saying that I'm high maintenance?
- Absolutely.
- If I don't have boxes checked, it's not happening.
- I worry about if you're happy.
I worry about if you like me.
- Was I ready to face problems?
- You never came back.
- I came back after I dropped her off.
- You a [bleep] liar.
I'm not crazy!
I can't, I can't, I can't!
- You take drama to a whole nother level.
- Don't you like that about me?
- No.
- If you don't feel it, you don't feel it.
- We're not compatible.
This is where we end things.
- It breaks my heart.
- I cannot be your wife.
- Ryan, are you saying it's not helping?
Then get in the car with him because he's [bleep] leaving.
- There's nothing we can do to make him not leave.
What are we supposed to do, lay under the car?
- Get out! Get out!
[glass shatters, door slams]
[dramatic music]
- I love you, like, dude, I would not be sitting here
Having this argument and fighting this hard if I didn't.
- I can tell she cares about me and I care about her.
- I don't want to give up,
And I don't want to throw things away.
- Divorce is an option.
- I've never given second chances.
- ♪ careful what you wish for ♪
- It's time for you to make a decision.
- ♪ careful what you wish for ♪
- Do you want to stay married?
- Or do you want to get a divorce?
♪ ♪
- [sighing] oh, my god.
♪ ♪