- Breathe.
It's very risky
To get married at first sight.
[dramatic music]
- Three days ago...
- Hi, husband!
- Ten singles took
A brave leap of faith
In order to find love.
- Nice to meet you, my soon to be wife.
- They married as complete strangers.
- You may kiss your bride.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- I am finally married.
- [squeals]
We're going to the florida keys.
I've never been.
- ♪ I'll take you higher ♪
- Last time, our five couples left for their honeymoon.
- Oh.
- Florida. - We are here.
- Rachel and jose.
- I don't know that there's anything
I wouldn't do with you.
- You would go skydiving?
- Um, I'd jump out a plane for you, yes.
- Aw, that's so sweet. - I mean--
- Every single point that I had in regards to a checklist,
She hits every single thing.
I don't know if I'd take a bullet for you, but...
- ♪ I'll take you higher ♪
- Bao and johnny.
- Some of the kisses that we've had
Have signaled a lot to me
In a positive light... - Okay.
- About how you might be as a lover.
[both laugh]
- Brett and ryan.
- You survived the flight. - If I was by myself, though,
It would've been way worse. - Yeah, you were freaking out.
Probably made a child cry.
Brett is terrified of flying.
I mean, if somebody acted like that on a plane
In a dating scenario, I would've definitely
Never been on a plane with them again
'cause I probably wouldn't be dating 'em anymore.
♪ ♪
- Myrla and gil.
- I think I'm very easy to please.
- Hm? Excuse me?
I'm--hey, okay.
- Are you saying I'm high maintenance?
- Absolutely.
♪ ♪
- Michaela and zack.
- Oh, babe.
This actually is, like, super sweet.
- ♪ oh ♪
♪ who are you, who are you ♪
- This is cool, huh?
- I love it, I love it.
- And tonight, our couples are honeymooning
At the beautiful isla bella beach resort...
- I feel like I'm going to throw up.
- And are continuing to grow closer.
- Five times. - Five.
♪ ♪
- I think the more time that I spend with you,
The more that I feel attracted to you.
♪ ♪
- So I woke up this morning
By myself.
- I would have kissed you on the lips.
- I am not like that on day one with people.
- Do you see that ever happening?
♪ ♪
- I just want you to know where I'm at.
I really like you.
I'm not really sure how you feel about me.
♪ ♪
- I'm leaving my honeymoon,
I'm leaving my husband, and that [bleep] sucks.
- ♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- This is "married at first sight."
- ♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- ♪ it's a new day, I'm up early ♪
♪ just like the sun, I'll be rising up ♪
♪ like the sun I'll be rising up ♪
- Morning.
- Oh, good morning from honeymoon morning one.
- We sent our newlyweds to honeymoon in the florida keys.
- Five times. - Five.
♪ ♪
[laughs]
- And though they've only known each other
For three days,
It's important for them to look forward
To what their lives are going to look like
As husbands and wives.
- How'd you sleep?
- I slept good. - Yeah?
- I think you were snoring and you were, like,
Talking in your sleep.
- You sure you weren't dreaming?
- And, like, I rolled--no.
- It felt like you was fighting.
- For real? - Because--
- Shut--you're lying. [both laughing]
♪ ♪
- How are you? How'd you sleep?
- I slept great.
- With your wife?
- With my gorgeous wife, yes.
I feel like a married man.
I feel like a happy married man.
- Aw.
- Waking up next to this wife of mine,
I just have this euphoric feeling about everything.
It's just so great, so natural.
Exactly what I imagined about being married to my wife.
- I mean, last night, I knocked out
And I was completely comfortable.
- Our connection is there because of the fact
That we both already know each other that well
And each and every single day is just--
It's building and it's just-- it's incredible.
- The last couple days, we've just found out
How similar we are,
But I think we might need to start trying to see
How are we different?
- Okay, so I can tell you one thing off top.
So you like your coffee, like, straight black.
- Uh-huh. - I need creamer in my coffee.
No, wait, coffee in my creamer. However--
- Yeah. - So I drink mine so that way--
I mean, and they're little-- they're little small things,
But I know for a fact that you like black coffee, so...
- Yeah. - That's why like, this morning
I made my coffee, yes, but then I also made yours
And I know that you like it just like that, so...
- Well, okay, so I could say this.
Last night with the whole
Brushing of the teeth thing.
- I really wish-- can I brush your teeth?
No? [laughs]
- Unless you wanna get hit with a toothbrush.
- No.
- You know, I've noticed, too, you like
Giving me food in my mouth. - Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- I'm not a little kid. Like, don't feed me.
- No, and that's perfect though.
- Don't brush my teeth. Don't, you know, like--
I guess the little independent side of me comes out.
- For me, on our wedding day, like, we said vows,
And so in that, I said that I wanted to be your provider,
I mean, and as your husband, I want to make sure
You're taken care of, and so for me,
That's just a way of showing you
That I wanna take care of you.
- Immediately, I feel conflicted.
You would think that's a dream come true
For your husband to want that.
But as someone who truly values her independence,
I feel a little bit of,
"well, what's gonna be my role in this marriage?"
When I was really young, my dad, he gave me,
I think, which was the best advice ever.
He goes, "if you're ever married, and say
"you're a housewife or something, you never know,
One day he can wake up and say 'I'm--I'm out.'"
And I'm left out on the street without an education,
Without a job, without anything.
So he goes, "before you get married,
"you better make sure you have your career
"in case that were to ever happen,
You're not out on the street."
I've never been in a relationship with someone
That's been so attentive and has that provider feeling.
It's always, like, two independent people.
And I see myself as a very independent person,
So it is an adjustment.
- As a man, of course, I want to take care of her.
I just hope that she lets me in
And the trade-off is there.
- I want you to feel like you are providing and everything,
But I want to put my contribution
Into this marriage as well.
- ♪ I won't compromise ♪
♪ keep my eyes on greater heights ♪
♪ do you wanna go with me? ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- We're both not morning people.
- You sleep okay though? - I did.
How about you?
- I think I slept like a log
Maybe seven hours out of the total time I was sleeping,
But I felt like we--we had some visitors last night.
[quirky music]
Some small animals, like, in our room.
They were making noise and, you know, so I woke up.
I wanted to make sure we were safe.
But it was actually just some snoring.
- Damn it! - [laughs]
- You need to stop! You need--
I have been told that on occasion, I snore,
And I have no control over that.
That is a personal insecurity of mine.
- Normally, snoring--
Yeah, I'm a pretty light sleeper.
But I'm-- I'm getting used to it.
Plus I have these headphones on the side.
I threw them on.
- Did you really? - Yeah.
- Damn it, damn it. - I threw 'em on.
- This is what I do when I travel with,
You know, noisy... - Animals?
- Bedfellows.
- Know what? You need to stop right now.
For the sake of this relationship.
- Okay, okay, all right.
Are you still appreciating this guy in the middle of us
Or do you think maybe
Tomorrow night we can move him a little bit?
- Well, maybe for your own good we should have him here
Because he muffles the animals for you.
- I mean, not really.
It's like, you know, down here.
- Shh! [both laugh]
- I am somebody that really values sleep,
And the snoring does bother me.
But now that we're married, I think this is gonna be
One of those things I have to get used to.
I'm wondering how much we should eat because,
I don't know about you, but we have a pool day, and...
I haven't really been working out
So I'm a little nervous.
- It's been a long time since I remember
The last time I've been seen in a bathing suit.
Something you should know. - Okay.
- Um, I collect bathing suits.
- Like, you have way more than you ever wear?
- Yeah, probably 90% of them
Have never seen the light of day.
[laughing]
- What? What?
That seems very unlike-- unlike you.
- Okay, here's the thing.
When I used to exercise more,
I was confident more in my body and...
I like the way I look in a bathing suit,
But I don't wanna show it off to the world.
So like, it's almost like
Practical lingerie for me. Is that weird?
- Are you wearing these bathing suits at home
And walking around in them? - Sometimes.
- What? - Is that weird?
- That is kind of weird. - [laughing] okay.
But you know, it's like, lingerie,
If you were to wear it and walk around,
Most people would just be like,
"oh, that's fine, she's confident.
You know, she embraces her sexuality."
But I walk around in a bathing suit and that's weird?
Like, for me, it's like, I'm walking around
In a bathing suit, and if I need to,
I can jump in a pool and I'm fine.
I'm not going to jump in a pool in a, like,
Little baby doll or something, you know?
- Do you have a pool at home though?
- No, but I'm just saying, hypothetically.
- I don't know if you--you probably haven't even see me
Shirtless yet, but--
- I think I snuck a peek earlier.
♪ ♪
- I'm kind of scrawny. I work out a little bit,
But I don't even really lift weights.
- You're really lean, but I dig that.
- Yeah? Is that your body type?
- Mm-hmm. - Perfect.
I've always looked in the mirror
And I've always thought that I look like michael cera.
[laughs]
He's, like, just a scrawny, awkward kid.
But for her to tell me, like,
"actually I think your body is super attractive,"
That affirmation does wonders because now it feels like
The physical attraction isn't a one-way street.
- The experts asked me, like, what do I find attractive?
And an example of a celebrity or something
And I said conan o'brien.
- Conan?
But me--conan and I don't look anything alike.
- No, you don't, but I like how
He owns his, like, lankiness, his awkwardness
And it's part of his humor, and honestly,
He's my hall pass.
I'm just gonna tell you that now.
- I like conan so much that
I'd be okay with that. - Oh, really?
- He doesn't have to be a hall pass.
- You can share your wife? - Go for it.
- Yes, yes! - If I can watch.
- Oh.
[both laughing]
♪ ♪
- All right, breakfast is here.
So we'll have breakfast in here
'cause it's a little humid outside.
- It's the first day of our honeymoon,
And waking up to him feels like--
I can't say it's, like, in a routine,
But it feels pretty good.
Like this is nice. Not too shabby.
Actually, it is a little too shabby for myrla,
But just don't include that part.
That's it?
- What?
- There's no protein here.
- What we got? Fruits.
- This big croissant is breakfast?
This is coffee?
There's no milk though.
- This not milk?
- I don't know what kind of milk it is.
♪ ♪
Wanna taste it and tell me what kind of milk it is?
- I wouldn't know.
- You don't know the difference between
Almond milk and regular milk?
- I think that's regular milk.
- Yeah, we need some almond milk.
- My wife is very particular.
- Good morning, ma'am. I asked for some
Frothed almond milk with my breakfast.
- I'm definitely taking mental notes
On the things that my wife likes and doesn't like.
The "doesn't like" list is much longer
Than the "likes" list.
It's something I just gotta work with day by day.
All right.
- This is, like, the biggest croissant
I've ever seen in my life.
- I like croissants. [laughs]
What do you think about your first day here?
- Do you see that grass with no beach?
- The marsh? - Marsh.
- I saw the marsh.
- So this does not feel like a honeymoon.
A honeymoon to me would be, like, a beachfront resort,
Not the senior citizen center in florida.
- You got all worlds over there.
You got the beach, you got the--
The little marsh jungle. - That's not a beach.
That's not a beach.
- You know what you don't like.
We just gotta enjoy it for what it is.
♪ ♪
All right, well,
I'm gonna go get ready. - Okay.
- I'm learning that my wife has a very strong personality.
She's a very nice person and good-hearted,
But she's not going to change who she is for anybody.
It makes me feel like that's somebody that I can trust
Because I know she's not fake.
So on a scale of one to ten,
How would you rate
How happy you are?
- That's a really good question.
I would say like an eight.
You know, you have this idea of what it's going to be.
You know, it's not exactly what--
- Not all glitz and glamour?
- You don't know what it's gonna be.
Yes, it's not all glitz and glamour.
- And of course, we all know--
- We all know that I'm a little bit of glitz and glamour.
- You need glitz and glamour. Yeah, for sure.
- I don't think I need glitz and glamour.
- You don't think so? - It's just a little different.
- Okay, so, for me--
- Of course, ten.
- No, it's not ten. Come on, man.
- Well, I mean, every-- I'm just waiting for the day
Where you're like, "everything's not perfect."
You complain about nothing, like--
- Because there's nothing to complain about.
- There's no one that's just content with
Every single thing, every day.
- I mean, I'm content.
I'm more excited about just the marriage.
- Okay. - I'm so focused on trying
To, like, get to know you better.
- But wouldn't it be nicer to get to know me
If we were laying on the beach?
- No.
- I think if you put him in the desert,
He'd probably be happy with the view.
That is where we are different.
I'm a whiner.
Yes, I whine.
And it's a good thing to know that
He's such a laid-back person and easygoing.
Hopefully, we don't see him explode
At some point throughout.
- I'm sure if it was like a red carpet out to the beach.
- No, I don't even need a red carpet.
- You need it a certain way.
- I don't need it a certain way though.
I just want the beach.
- Let's say it's a perfect white sandy beach
Exactly like you want it. - Lovely. Nothing to complain--
- You wouldn't say anything about this place?
- I surely would. - Exactly.
- You're making it seem like I'm the debbie downer.
- Well, the thing-- okay, you're not a karen.
- Oh, how dare you. - I said you're not.
- It should not even be in the same sentence though, like--
- As long as you don't take it that far, we good.
- ♪ things are looking up, no turning back ♪
♪ this road's going one way ♪
♪ I'm on the right track ♪
- Finally got some sleep. - I know.
I feel like you got a new wife. There was one lady yesterday
And you got a new one today
'cause I feel like a million bucks today.
- I'm very excited about having a chill day,
Which was not the case yesterday.
I learned that she's not great with airplanes.
And so that was kind of concerning to me.
But waking up this morning,
I'm trying to let it go and move on.
So what's the plans today?
- I think we definitely need to hit the pool.
I need you to slather me in sunscreen.
- Might take more than me.
It's going to be a lot...
Lot of sunscreen.
- Everybody needs to pitch in? - Yeah.
- That's a big perk of having a husband.
I got someone to put sunscreen on me now.
- Massive win for you.
- I'm winning all day.
So I'm excited to have our first dinner, like,
As a couple. - Married, married couple.
It's like our first date, but it's our first married date.
- When was your last first date and what was it?
- My last first date was
Probably two years ago. - Yeah.
- And it was at a bar.
- Sounds like an awesome first date.
- You know? I feel like that's usually
What my first dates are like.
- Sorry they didn't work out. - You're welcome.
- He maybe shouldn't have taken you to a bar.
- Where would you take me on a first date?
- So we would go to my restaurant spot of choice.
There. - Okay.
- They would make you believe that I'm important,
Even though I'm not.
And then you'd decide if I was a cocky [bleep]
And we get a second date.
I think I'd get a second date.
- You do? - Uh-huh.
Maybe. - [laughs]
I think when you're a new couple,
Like, even if you're dating and you're just
Out in the regular world, there's kinda like
This, like, defining date that you have
Where you go home and you're like,
"I really, really like them."
Time to get ready? Okay, let's go.
And so I'm looking forward to that feeling and just
Definitely looking forward to a breakthrough conversation
About, like, who we are as people
And what our hearts really want
And what we think about each other
Without joking and without playing it lightly.
You know, actually really discuss it
'cause we haven't really done that yet.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Gonna have a ring tan. First time ever.
- There's a lot of firsts.
- Never had a wifey bag or a ring tan.
- Or a wife. - Or a wife.
- Marrying a complete stranger is a unique experience
That few people ever go through.
- Hi! - Hey, welcome to our pool.
- Ah, is this your personal pool here?
- We'll share.
- So it's important for our couples
To build a support system with each other
And discuss their experiences as newlyweds.
It can be helpful to lean on each other
In these early stages of their marriages.
- Hey, hey, hey. - We got another.
- What's happening? Y'all having a party?
What up, bro? - Absolutely, man.
- What's happening? How you been?
- I'm good, man. Good to see you.
- Hey, what's happening? - How are you?
- Good, who we got here?
Hey. - This is brett.
- I'm brett. - Gil, nice to meet you.
- Brett.
- And then this is my wife, rachel.
- Hi. - Rachel, nice to meet you.
My wife is doing some work stuff.
- Who is your wife? We might know her.
- Yeah. - My wife is named myrla.
- Myrla. - Myrla!
- We know her. - Yes, yes.
- You got a giant smile on your face.
- That's what I was gonna say.
- Yeah, the little kool-aid smile.
- So it looks like everything's great, right?
How do you--how you-- - yeah, everything is cool.
We're getting along pretty well.
We just taking it slow.
- Yeah. - We're good.
What's--what's up with y'all?
- As far as, like, taking it slow
And feeling each other out, I feel like
At least that's how I operate.
- We're still splitting bathrooms at this point.
- Definitely splitting the bathroom.
- Well, that's a must because,
Like myrla, she has, like, tons of stuff and I'm like...
- I went in there to brush my teeth this morning.
I was like, "nope."
- My expectations were exceeded.
- Okay. - Like, and I had expectations.
I was like, "I know exactly what I want to happen."
And it's been, like, through the roof.
I was like, "oh, my god." - that's funny because
My man over here had a laundry list...
- Right, right, that's right. - Of expectations as well.
- I want her to be simple, classy, humble,
No ig model.
You know, active, work out, be a little bit fit.
- Sounds kind of picky though.
- So the fact that y'all both had, like, these long lists
And it's worked out? - It's crazy, bro.
- That's rare.
- Hi! - Hello.
- What's up? - Hey, what's up?
- This is my wife, bao.
- Bao, nice to meet you.
- Me and johnny, you know, we already have
Somewhat of a bromance going on, right, so...
What's up, man? You all right?
Great dude, and it's my hope that the experts
Have hopefully matched someone that's right for him.
- Cheers. - Cheers. Salud.
- Super excited to get to know them
On a different level and just, you know, have some fun.
- I'm glad y'all made it.
- I feel like we're definitely missing some people.
- Where's zack? Where's our fifth?
- I haven't seen him since I've been here.
- So it must be zack and michaela then,
The only two left. - Yeah, I've only saw zack once
Since this whole thing.
- So nobody knows anything.
[dramatic music]
Like are they-- are they together?
♪ ♪
- So zack and I decided
To sleep in separate bedrooms
Because he's really not feeling well.
And so I woke up this morning
By myself.
- Still laying in the bed.
I'm just--I feel really bad.
I feel really sick, really exhausted, tired.
I have, like, chills.
So I really think I have a fever.
I also haven't really eaten or slept a lot
In the last five days,
So that could also play a part in it.
I'm just, you know, exhausted.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- So any first kisses already? Any--
- We had two first kisses at the altar.
- We did. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- We haven't kissed yet. We're not there.
No, just kidding.
- I love rachel and jose. They're really fun.
You can tell that they know how to have a good time
And really outgoing.
- I can't keep my hands off this woman, like...
- Oh, yeah, I know. - Oh, they proved it.
- They're very affectionate. - Yeah, they are.
- ♪ you make me go ooh, ooh, ooh, ahh ♪
♪ ♪
- Good for them, though.
- Yeah.
- I think we're on one million. I don't know.
- Okay, that's cool.
Did y'all kiss?
- At the altar we did. - We kissed at the altar.
- And we've kissed many a time since.
- Okay, let's define kiss. [laughter]
I'm talking, like, tonsil hockey type.
- Ooh! - You know what I mean?
Like I'm talking about novella-type kissing.
- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
- I'm gonna say hard yes for them.
- Oh, definite hard yes for them.
- Absolutely, all my chips in for them.
- We're on that team as well. - Okay, cool, cool.
Y'all there? - Yeah, I need, like, a visual.
Can y'all, like, reenact?
- Yeah. - They will.
- I mean, we will. Like...
- He's already wetting his lips over here.
[all speaking at once]
- It's easy.
- Oh, there we go. - Oh, yeah!
- That's what we're talking about.
- Oh, my god.
- That's what we're talking about.
- Yes. - Oh, yes.
- Okay.
- What about you guys?
- We actually haven't kissed.
♪ ♪
- Really?
- Just cheek. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I specifically remember
Her saying when we were talking about
If we wanted to kiss at the altar,
Her saying, "oh, no, not me."
- Myrla, yeah.
She--she knew it was gonna be a cheek, yeah.
- So she can be particular.
- In my situation, if I was with someone
That I'm having a very strong connection with,
That I'm attracted to and I haven't shared a kiss with,
I would be extremely disappointed
And kind of start to feel a slight sense of rejection.
- Yo, what do you mean by
Your wife is a particular person?
- So she likes the finer things in life,
Which I don't knock it. It is what it is.
But she's--you know, like this place.
What do y'all think about this place?
- I like this place a lot. - I love it.
- Okay. - I think it's nice.
- Okay, that's what I said.
If she was here, and I'm not putting words in her mouth,
This is a retirement home.
This is an old folks home, right?
So that's what I mean.
Like, she's particular about certain things,
And she's very vocal about it.
Like, I might be opinionated,
But I handle things a little differently.
You know, she'll throw her little tantrum
If she gets cranky because she didn't eat
Or she didn't sleep.
And for me, I treat it like a toddler.
[laughter]
You know, they gonna tire themself out eventually.
So I just wait it out and then--or feed her
And then we good.
- I need her to come down here right now.
- As I'm hearing the tantrums thing, I'm kinda like,
"mm, okay, that's something that seems a little private."
- Kinda feel like if myrla found out
Some of the things that he said
And phrased in the way that he said it
That she'd probably have some choice words for him.
- Outside of the kissing,
Has there been any intimacy?
- [laughs]
- Um, I mean, I think the chemistry is great between us
And it's just--I don't think there's a timetable for it.
I think it'll happen when it happens.
- I mean, I second that, you know.
It's--it's so early.
At least for me, to be comfortable
To go down that road, it's like,
I want to have an emotional connection.
And for me, that's never happened in three days.
- I don't believe in love at first sight.
I feel like that's more like lust at first sight.
You can like somebody... - It's lust.
- But you not gonna love somebody.
- I can confirm you can get married at first sight though.
- Yeah, married at first sight can happen.
- You cannot be in love at first sight.
- Yeah. - Right.
- But on that note for us, it's not--
We didn't marry at first sight.
♪ ♪
We've known each other for years.
So when we saw each other at the altar,
It was just a jaw-drop moment. Like, "I know him."
- Hold on. Wait. - That is not fair.
- Why did you not start with that?
- Buried the lede here, you know?
- Oh, my god! - Hold on, go back!
- I met bao while we were in college.
We were running student organizations
At two different colleges.
We did some cross-collaboration events.
- Whoa! That is crazy. - What?
- I knew her.
- So apparently we went on a-- I think it was a "friend date."
I could not tell 'cause he was flirty, but then I didn't know.
He didn't call me back.
So I messaged him. I was like,
"hey, the museum of fine arts has this awesome exhibit.
"I just need someone to go with me.
I hate going solo to these things."
Nothing, silence. - Johnny, you did crickets?
[all speaking at once]
- Ghosted.
- I am, like, jaw on the floor.
Like, I think I just caught, like,
A bunch of flies in my mouth. I cannot--
I can't believe that they knew each other.
- I love that he was the reason
That they didn't progress.
So now I feel like she has control.
- Ooh, yeah. - And he's gonna
Have to pay for that, I think, eventually.
- That's a good point.
- Feel like we already have, like, this basis.
We're not strangers.
We kinda know a little bit--
A little bit about each other,
But we don't know each other as
Husband and wife, as lovers.
- Plus, it's been so long. - Yeah.
- I'm sure you've changed since then.
- We've changed, and on top of that,
We were never romantic.
You know, like we went on a--
What felt like it was a friend date.
It might've turned into something else
If she told me, like, she was into me,
But she didn't tell me that. - Well, maybe if someone
Gave me clearer signals.
- Maybe if you went to the museum, johnny.
- Maybe if you didn't ghost her.
- Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.
- That's just the difference between men and women.
You need to clearly say "I like you."
- Yeah, if she had just told me.
- I can't do that. [laughter]
- So obviously communication's something we're working on.
[laughter]
- Let's get in the pool.
- I am sweating. - I'm melting.
- Let's do it.
[upbeat music]
- Being in my bathing suit
For the first time around anybody,
I typically have some insecurities with that.
So I kind of picked, like, my favorite bathing suit
To start with.
- Whoo!
Ryan's in really good shape,
So I want him to think that I look good in my bathing suit.
Oh, baby!
- What are you doing? [laughter]
♪ ♪
- Can you spread it for me? - Yeah.
- Ooh. Whoa, whoa, whoa. All right, all right.
My wife, you know, she's got a great figure.
Whoa.
I have to, like, kind of focus on what she's saying
Because I am just looking at that ass.
- [laughs]
I think you got it.
- And she has got a great ass.
♪ ♪
- So this is myrla's stunt double.
She is coming in for her while she's not here.
She's her stand-in.
She was very sociable.
She was tossed around a little bit,
But she has enjoyed herself.
We all going through the same thing,
So to know that we have somebody to confide in
If things do get a little rough.
- Like, I'm having a really good time.
- Me, too. - Exactly, exactly.
- My wife's high maintenance. It's cool.
But she's having a great time.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- So I just found out I tested positive for covid.
Michaela's negative, which I'm happy about,
But she's obviously not excited.
- I'm so annoyed, zachary. - I know, I know.
But listen, I did not-- I did not plan this.
I did not want this. This is not my--
- Are you [bleep] kidding me?
Do you know how many outfits and swimsuits
And everything else that I had for you?
- I know, I know.
I personally, like, I'm not going to be by you.
I mentally cannot be next to you.
I just--
- I'm sorry, I know but I'd rather you not--
- I know, but I'd rather you be on your honeymoon by yourself
Than you have covid.
I am married now and I can't even have my man
On my honeymoon.
This is [bleep] up.
I don't want to leave my husband alone.
Like, I'm not just here
To have a good time my lonesome.
I'm here because I want a husband,
I want a relationship,
And I wanted to live the rest of my living days
With a man who wants to do it with me.
♪ ♪
[lively music]
♪ ♪
- Surprise, we're going fishing.
- No, what?
- Yes. - No.
Oh my god, really?
- Yes. - Is this the boat or what?
- This is it, yes. [laughs]
- Ah! That's amazing.
I'm just super excited.
I couldn't be any more happy and just so pleased with--
With her gesture and what she wanted to do for me.
Hopefully, fingers crossed,
I get my catch of the day. - Yes.
- And then my catch of the lifetime.
- Stop.
- I hope this is what I can expect in the future.
- I mean, so even though it's my first time,
Like, I wanna catch my own fish.
- I want you to catch your own fish, hell yeah.
- I don't want to be those, like,
"america's funniest home videos."
- No, you're not.
- I'm not trying to be that person.
Oh, my god, how exciting!
- Love it, ready to go fishing?
- Yessir, baby, let's roll. Let's roll!
I'm so excited that you chose to do this
Because I truly love and respect the fact
That you already know this much about me.
- Jose has to go fishing this trip.
That's why I want you to continue sharing what you like
So I can pick up on things.
So I'm like, "okay, he likes this."
So it gives me ideas.
- I mean, this to me, speaks volumes.
Like, I love it. - I'm so excited.
- ♪ this could be the start of something ♪
- Full throttle! Full throttle, I'm ready.
This is cool, huh? - I love it, I love it.
You're so amazing.
Whoo-whee!
- ♪ we're tripping on life ♪
- We're out here deep sea fishing.
Look at that, you can't see, like,
No land for miles.
Look at that.
- I always thought, like, fishing,
You were just sitting in the boat
And it's just, like, boring.
- No, bae, no. - Because you're
Just, like, waiting. - No.
- Like I don't even know how fishing works.
- Right. - It's something I'm gonna
Be able to do completely by myself?
- And I'll help you and show you.
We're gonna get through it.
We'll do whatever you-- whatever you want.
- Actually, I wanna see--
I wanna see if I can catch one of those fishes.
- I'll pop it right now. Do you want to?
Do you want to do that? - I don't know.
I want to, but after trying,
No, I don't know how you just grab a fish.
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god, how do you just grab a fish?
Jose is an extremely attentive husband.
He wants to take care of me,
And I have this pride in wanting to take care of myself.
But in this case, because I've never done it before,
I'm open to accepting his help.
It feels good.
I want to grab one. - Come on, baby.
- I got it, I got it! - Yeah!
- I got it, I got it! - Okay, okay.
- Oh, no, sorry.
- Ready? Just, like, throw the whole thing.
Ready? Go.
Beautiful. - That was horrible.
- Once it hits up top.
For me, this means the world.
- Oh, I got a fish!
- Everything that I'd asked for, it's all there.
We're communicating. Love and affection is there.
The teamwork is there.
- Oh, my god, how insane is that?
- It's exactly what I thought and envisioned
What a marriage would be like.
And that's--that's what I love.
- Oh, my god.
Touch it? - Yeah.
- Gnarly teeth.
- Do you see the teeth?
Look at the teeth on that. - Oh, gross.
- My wife's amazing. Great surprise.
- That was so cool.
Oh, my god.
- Couldn't be any happier. - I'm glad.
- Love it, love it, love it! - I'm so glad.
- I love it!
[upbeat music]
- ♪ I'ma put you under my spell ♪
♪ I'ma put you under my spell, baby ♪
- Even though our couples are married
And on their honeymoon,
They are still practically strangers.
Our couples need to use this time
To get to know the person that they have just vowed
To spend the rest of their life with.
- Actually, you're not gonna have a view of the sunset.
- It's okay. - Okay.
- I like having the sun on my back than on top of me.
- I have the sun on my face.
Okay, so tell me the tea. - All right.
So here's the tea. I get there.
I bring up, you know, has anybody kissed yet?
Jose and rachel are like, "yeah, we kissed."
You know, like, they were
Tonguing each other and-- one time.
I don't wanna say they were, like, tonguing each other
The whole time but like-- - oh, my god.
I can't wait to have girl talk.
- They demonstrated
How they're all over each other.
Brett and ryan, they spoke on how they've kissed.
It started off at the altar and it hasn't stopped since then.
Bao and johnny, they said the same thing.
They--they've kissed. They liked each other.
And then they asked me, um,
And I told them about, like, I just been, you know,
Like, tonguing your cheeks and...
- No.
We gotta watch the facials, you know?
- I told them our situation and how we feel.
- And they're like, "oh, that sounds lovely."
- No, of course, they didn't say that.
Thank you.
Obviously, they're looking at it, like,
I mean, I know what guys think.
"uh, okay, so she's not kissed him
'cause she don't like him."
- It's complete strangers though, like,
You okay with kissing a complete--
You don't know this person.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- I'm okay with that.
- But you're a dude, so...
Dudes will kiss anybody even if--
- And then on top of that--
- Even if they're ugly, you'll kiss them.
- Come on, now. - Some guys will.
- I'm only gonna kiss somebody I'm actually attracted to.
- Just checking.
- And then on top of that, we're married.
So yes, we're strangers, but-- - yes, we're married
But we're strangers. - See?
That's the way you think of it. That's your opinion.
And that's fine. And I've always said
You're entitled to your own opinion.
But my opinion is that
I would have kissed you on the lips.
- I've never kissed anyone
On the first, second, or third date.
- We are the last couple that have not kissed yet.
Kissing for me is--is big.
Physical touch for me is big
So if I feel like it's the time, but she doesn't,
Then we need to clear some things up.
Because you can say that you like somebody
But until you actually show it...
How many serious relationships you said you've been in?
- One, two, three, four.
- Four serious relationships. Got you.
What have you learned from those four?
Like the most recent one, I guess you could say?
- I've learned that I'm very solidified in what I want.
Something that's important for me,
Definitely in a relationship,
Is, like, I want someone who can spend time with me.
I want someone who can do things with me.
I want someone who is reliable.
You know, who you feel safe with.
- Okay, so quality time is huge for you.
- Yeah, like one of the things
That I, like, have always been in a relationship is like,
I am like a--I'm-- I'm just a touchy person.
- Do you believe you've been touchy with me?
- I am not like that
On day one with people.
It doesn't matter if I'm dating
Or, like, if I just met you as, like, a friend.
For me, that comes with time.
- Do you see that ever happening?
- For me, it's gonna take time.
Like, it has taken time for me in the past.
I think gil, my husband, is a handsome man,
But I think for me,
Personality, heart, and soul are what are attractive to me.
I wanna make sure that we are building the foundation
Of, like, trust, friendship.
Like really getting to know each other deeply.
And for me, that's much more important
Than jumping into, like, the intimacy component of it.
- So how do you feel loved
Outside from quality time?
- Gifts. - I love the honesty.
See, this is--this is-- - I have to be honest.
- This--this needs to get changed.
This is not-- not working at all.
- I just need to make sure if I gotta, like,
Pull out the credit card for it to be considered a gift.
If I was to get you, like, a cartier bracelet,
Compared--compared-- - well, do--do elaborate.
[both laughing]
You got my attention.
- Compared to, like,
I don't know, like a quilt.
- Quilt? Am I 85 years old?
- What if I stitched it? I did it. I knitted it.
- Boo, you give me a quilt, I'ma be like,
"check."
♪ ♪
- You ready? - Born ready.
- All right, let's go.
Got a little surprise for you.
- Like, a quilt surprise
Or, like, a cartier surprise?
- I mean, it could be both.
- 'cause I could always go... [laughing]
- It could be both, it could be both.
- Ooh, okay.
- ♪ I've been waiting for days like this to come ♪
- Very pretty!
- ♪ where I can give you everything you want ♪
- Look at that. What are those?
- Macarons! - Yes!
Look at that.
- This is a surprise, I would say.
- Right, right?
Anytime myrla is impressed with anything,
It's an exciting, joyful event.
[cork pops]
It takes a lot to impress her.
So anytime she's happy or content
About the small things, it's a win.
♪ ♪
- Very thoughtful.
And I'm--I'm having this one.
- I'm having this red-- this red one.
See how that goes. - Probably red's really good.
- Oh.
It's just a fancy cookie.
Just give me an old-fashioned chocolate chip cookie.
- It's a fancy, like, the texture of it and like--
- It's you. It's a bougie cookie.
This is a great representation on what you like
Compared to me, old-fashioned chocolate chip cookies.
- We agree to disagree.
- That's fine, and that's perfectly fine.
But that's why we are two different people.
- Oh, it looks like you like them though.
- It's good.
- So you're a little bougie yourself.
My husband and I are very playful with each other.
- Just 'cause I like 'em don't mean I'm bougie.
- "I don't like macarons."
We love to banter. He loves to make fun of me.
- Do you believe you're high maintenance?
- No, I don't think I'm high maintenance.
- Okay, so then I can't go by what you saying.
- I like nice things.
- 'cause if you don't believe you're high maintenance,
Ain't no way.
There's nothing wrong with that.
- Hopefully, it's an affectionate
Making fun of me
Because I'm so unique and interesting.
I know what I like
And what I don't like.
Y'all know that by now, shoot.
So we've talked about my relationships.
I think for some women, not all,
It is much harder for us to find a man
Who is willing to commit and wants marriage and kids.
That's my opinion, I think that.
But a 35-year-old single dude, who's, you know,
I think you're successful. - Correct.
- I will assume that you're successful.
- I'm content.
- You have your [bleep] together, I would assume.
- Correct. No kids.
- No kids.
But you're telling me there's no women
That have wanted to get married?
- I don't believe I've found the right one.
- How many relationships have you had?
- So for me, my definition of serious
Is, like, six months or more.
- Okay. - So I would say four.
Two of them were about a year and a half.
And the other two was one was six months
And the other one's about eight months.
- So the last couple of relationships,
Like, you just didn't see it going anywhere?
- No, so the last serious relationship I was in
Was six years ago.
- So you haven't been in a serious relationship
In six years?
- I have not.
♪ ♪
So since six years, I would say it's been flings.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I'll just be easygoing. - No minivan.
[phone ringing]
It's michaela, oh, my gosh.
Hi.
- Hey. - Hey, y'all.
- How are you? - This is my husband, jose.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Where are you? We missed you yesterday.
- Um, so zack wasn't feeling very well
And we all went to go get covid tested.
Um, he came back positive.
- Oh, wow. - Oh, no.
[dramatic music]
- How do you feel?
- Yeah, I would feel sad too. - Aw.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
- Yeah, I'd be dying right now.
- Yeah, I really, really don't like it.
But he doesn't want to get me sick.
He wants to protect his wife.
Me on the other hand, I'm all emotional.
Like, "nah, you can stay in this room
"and we can do nothing together.
Like, just sit over there."
- Yeah, six feet apart.
- Exactly, six feet apart!
- Honestly, I'm inseparable right now.
You know how you make bedsheets
To throw over the window to climb down?
I'd be, like, trying to sneak
Back into his room or something.
- No, she would.
- I will find a way
To see my husband and not get covid.
- [laughs]
- I completely relate with michaela
As wanting to stay with your husband.
We just got married and we just took these vows
That we would remain together through sickness and in health.
And I mean, this was one of those situations
Where you could kind of show that.
However, it is a very complicated situation
And we don't really know about this disease
And how it will affect someone.
So, I mean, I don't think there's any right answer
On how to handle it.
It sucks missing out on the honeymoon,
But I'm sure y'all will figure out a way
To kind of have another mini-honeymoon maybe
Back in houston.
But I see the big smile on your face
When you talk about him, so that makes me so happy.
Thank you for letting us know.
- Yeah, thank you so much for keeping us updated.
- Thank you for picking up.
- Bye, girl. - Safe travels.
Be safe, take care. - Bye, be safe.
- Bye.
♪ ♪
- Oh, man. That sucks.
Honestly, I feel like it's, like,
Super crucial to be together. - Oh, absolutely.
- Right? If we were separated for that amount of time, like,
I don't know, I think the strong connection would,
I don't know, start getting lost, and that's scary.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I miss you when you're gone ♪
♪ and even when you're with me ♪
- I definitely feel sick, look sick,
Look tired, and exhausted.
It's kinda hard to walk.
I still have my sense of smell
And taste so that's good.
- I'm sad, I'm irritated.
I'm--
I'm overwhelmed.
- You know, I'm going to think about how to make it up to her.
- It's, you know--[bleep] covid and [bleep] all that.
Like, I want to be with my husband.
- Yes, it's unfortunate.
Hopefully, she doesn't resent me for the rest of her life.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I miss you when you're gone ♪
♪ and even when you're with me ♪
♪ 'cause it feels like something's wrong ♪
- ♪ let's make some waves ♪
♪ ♪
♪ and misbehave ♪
- Oh, yeah. - Got a little sun today.
- You look really red right now.
- You're red too.
- Do I? - Yeah.
- You definitely got burned.
- It's gonna tan, I promise. You'll see.
♪ ♪
- Oh, yeah.
You take notes. - I kinda am.
Definitely gonna have to do some massages.
So far, we just get along really effortlessly,
But I feel like maybe I need to rock the boat a little more
Because we haven't discussed intimate topics that are,
You know, a little bit less surface level.
If you had your way, like,
When would you want to have kids?
- If I had my way, I'd want 'em, like, now.
♪ ♪
- I kind of always knew, or at least from a young age,
I knew I wanted to be a mom or I wanted to have kids.
But then the relationships that I was in
Didn't work out and then you're single.
And it's like when you're in your 30s, I was like,
"well, how bad do I want them?" and like, "why do I want them?"
You know? - Yeah.
So change of subject.
♪ ♪
[music stops]
I feel like we've been slowly
Getting more and more comfortable with each other
As far as intimacy.
If we keep continuing the rate that we're going,
I mean, we're gonna get there sooner than later.
- It's just, I think there's like
A time and place for it, obviously.
And before applying for this,
I was not really dating or seeing anybody.
So for me,
It's been a while.
The last time I was intimate with anybody
Was over two years ago.
So I am excited for our intimacy to progress.
That being said, I am happy with where it is right now
Because I want to take things slow.
And I want to make sure
That the feelings are there
Before anything physical happens.
- I am always, like, touching you and caressing you.
Like, I am a super affectionate person, and...
- Yes, you are.
- If it does continue on to that, I mean...
♪ ♪
I know it's a difficult subject,
But I am a very sexual person.
♪ ♪
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- ♪ lips on my lips ♪
♪ it sounds a little like a blast of a rocket ship ♪
♪ you take my breath away ♪
♪ well, how could such a little kiss ♪
♪ make me such a little kid? ♪
- Jose, my man. - Oh, what's up, brother?
What's going on? You all right, man?
- Yeah, I'm good. - Good, man.
Good to see you, man.
- Hey, sorry to pull you away from your wife--
- Nah, brother, all good, man. - On your honeymoon.
- All good, man. - But I was wondering
If you could help me out with something.
I'm trying to plan something special for my wife here.
I wanna have, like, a surprise dinner for her
On the beach, something romantic.
- That's gonna be nice. That's gonna be really smooth.
I think she's going to love it.
- So maybe if I could find her something to wear there.
- You wanna get her, like, a dress, or what do you...
- This is all foreign to me, man.
- All right, I mean it has all these nice colors in it.
It does--it's seashells and, like, other stuff.
What do you think though? - Yeah.
- I would say yes. - I'm not good at
Shopping for women. I brought you here
'cause you're like mr. Romance.
- Oh, man. - You're mr. Romance.
You know exactly what-- what it is.
I singled jose out today
Because he is the guy I'm trying to be.
I mean, something like this material, maybe?
- Okay, okay.
- All right, let's-- let's see what they got, man.
I mean, within the first two minutes of meeting jose,
He was open and honest,
And that's something I really need to work on.
Actually, I'm attracted to girls that are like that,
That are very open and honest with me.
And they tell me that they like me so I can be like
Go home, think about it, and say,
"yeah, you know what? She really likes me.
I think I like her too."
You've probably done this a million times, right?
- Oh, no, no, but I'm a man of detail
So I do the little things.
So this is nice that you're doing this
'cause she's gonna love it. - I appreciate it.
- Absolutely, man.
- I got that one in the back of my head.
Let's go take a look at the guy's clothes.
- Okay, cool, yeah, let's go check them out, man.
- I want like a collared shirt that's linen.
Really light, breezy.
I was thinking of, like,
Something real clean and simple.
- Yeah, man. So you're going to wear--
Is it white pants?
- I have some khakis. That's about it.
- Something like this, maybe.
So nothing at all crazy like this, right?
Nothing too flashy, right?
- This looks beachy, right? - Yeah, man.
- That's what I'm going for.
- Depending on if we go with that dress or not
Something that, you know.
Think it had blue in it, had pink in it.
So I think it'll really all mesh together.
- We got blue, we got pink.
Which one says like,
"after this dinner, let's get romantic."
- I think they both do, man. - They both do.
- It's all right here, man.
Whatever your heart says, bro. Just boom.
- I need to learn that from you.
- So have you already gotten a little bit of insight
As far as what she may be feeling, like,
Towards you in regards to, like, the marriage and...
- Like, bao and I, I feel like
We already kinda know each other...
- Right. - Which is kind of bizarre.
- That's awesome, isn't it?
- But I don't know how she feels about me
Romantically yet.
- Okay.
- And so I think tonight
If I can make it a romantic dinner,
I just wanna lay it out there
And tell her that-- how I'm feeling.
- Well, unfortunately,
Sometimes you gotta be vulnerable.
You gotta put yourself out there and say,
"hey, I'm willing to receive some news
That we feel the same way."
Or guess what.
She may not be into me just yet.
♪ ♪
- My biggest fear is that I do put myself out there
And I tell her everything that I'm feeling
And she's not there yet.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[relaxed music]
♪ ♪
- So today, we are about to embark on a journey.
- We're going fishing. - No.
Ugh, heck no, we're not going fishing.
That's boring. That's not a journey.
We are going to get on jet skis,
But they're going to take us to a location,
Kind of like-- - like a beach?
- Feels like a movie, right?
♪ ♪
Up there.
- Parasailing? - No.
On a seaplane.
- What do you-- - on a plane.
- One of those planes that lands in the water?
- Yeah, exactly. - Got it.
- Yeah. - Hope it's a very smooth ride.
I get motion sickness.
- What happens when you get motion sickness?
- I just feel like death. Like, you feel, like, sick.
- Oh, it just feels bad. - You feel terrible.
- I have a surprise for my wife.
I know she doesn't like surprises,
But I was like, "what the heck?
Let's try it and see."
But this is like pulling teeth,
'cause she is making everything so difficult,
And it's like, "hey, relax."
She needs to trust that
I wouldn't put her in a bad situation.
Are you gonna do it?
Or are you gonna be like, "you know what?
I'll just watch you from here"?
♪ ♪
- Are you gonna do it?
Or are you going to be like, "you know what?
I'll just watch you from here"?
- So he planned this surprise for me,
And I'm not happy.
If you have motion sickness
Or you get motion-- it's, like, miserable.
♪ ♪
However, I can see that this is what he wants to do.
♪ ♪
- You'll try it!
I love it.
- ♪ na, na, na, na, ay ♪
♪ na, na, na, na, ay, ay ♪
♪ na, na, na, na, ay ♪
♪ na, na, na, na, ay, ay ♪
♪ na, na, na, na, ay ♪
♪ na, na, na, na, ay, ay ♪
♪ na, na, na, na, ay ♪
♪ na, na, na, na, ay, ay ♪
- Is this a bumpy ride?
- It's gonna be bumpy taking off.
We're gonna be taking off, we're gonna be circling
A couple times, and coming back in to land.
So it's not gonna be a long ride but should be kinda fun.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, my god, this is gonna be terrible.
Like, I already know it.
♪ ♪
I feel like I'm going to throw up.
♪ ♪
- Oh, no? Okay.
We'll make it a little gentle for you; how's that?
- If it was something that she was doing by herself,
She would absolutely not do it.
But the fact that I'm there and I want to do it,
You know, she's going out on a limb and doing it for us.
And I appreciate that.
- ♪ in the moment, make it last ♪
♪ heart beat fast, I can feel it ♪
♪ I can feel it ♪
♪ here it comes ♪
♪ loud as thunder ♪
♪ we're having fun now ♪
♪ come on, oh, it's happening now ♪
♪ I can feel it deep inside of me ♪
- I don't feel good. - Okay.
In the back, there's some of these things here.
There's a little blue envelope.
In the blue envelope, there's a white plastic bag.
- We're landing now.
- That was fun.
- It was terrible. I felt like throwing up.
I do hope he's taking notes
For what types of activities I would and would not enjoy.
- Well, you gotta fly back home.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I actually have a surprise for you.
- What?
No, you don't.
- I have something in store for us tonight.
- What do you in store for us?
- And it starts with
A little bit of a costume change.
- What? Wait, are we matching?
- Uh, kinda.
So I got this little linen shirt for you.
- Nice.
Is it 'cause I need to be more colorful?
Oh, my god.
You knew my size was a double xl.
- That's the smallest they had. - How did you know?
You know me so well.
[quirky music]
You even forgot to take off the price tag.
- Oh, god.
Yeah, yeah, we'll do that. - You paid full price?
Why would you pay full price?
This is a little disappointing.
- Sorry. Let's pretend I got it on sale.
- Okay. - Here you go.
Typically in relationships,
I'm not the first person to make, like, a
Big gesture of romance.
And there's been kind of some questionable times
I feel like, ever since the wedding,
Sometimes it feels hot,
Sometimes it feels cold.
Sometimes it feels friendly,
Sometimes it feels romantic.
Ready to go? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely.
- But she's my wife, and we're on our honeymoon.
I want these next few days to start
At a certain place.
And that is with me telling her I unequivocally like her.
And I'm a little nervous
Because I don't know how she's going to take it.
♪ ♪
- ♪ don't come around here with eyes like that ♪
♪ don't show a little fear ♪
♪ I'm not okay with that ♪
- Where are we? Oh, my god.
Oh.
- ♪ look in my eyes ♪
♪ don't let them see you, don't let them see you cry ♪
♪ don't let them hear you ♪
- What do you think? - Oh, my god.
I can't believe you planned all this.
- Yeah, have a seat.
- Oh, my gosh.
This is beautiful.
No one has ever done anything like this for me before.
- No? - No.
I've never gotten a picnic before actually.
Not even a picnic.
This is--this is just above and beyond.
Really.
- Would you like some wine?
- Oh, I've always wanted a little picnic basket.
[soft music]
Oh, my. Did you remember
That I'm a big fan of white wines?
- I just remember you like prosecco.
- Yes. - 'cause you're a fan of...
- Yes, bubbles. - Mimosas.
- Cheers to us.
- To us and to not holding anything back.
- Cheers.
♪ ♪
- I normally would never do something like this,
But what I wanted to also tell you today was...
- What are you trying to tell me?
- Just everything I've learned about you so far.
- Mm-hmm.
- And what I know from-- about you from the past.
I know we're married, but, you know,
Like, love isn't guaranteed.
And I just want you to know where I'm at
Which is that...
♪ ♪
I really like you.
And normally, I'm not the kind of guy
That would say that upfront
Because I'm afraid of what I don't know,
Which is I'm not really sure how you feel about me.
But even four days in,
I really do feel like I can make this work with you.
And I'm starting to grow real feelings for you.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
You can tell me that you don't.
It's okay.
We can just enjoy the picnic and you know, tonight.
♪ ♪
- I really do feel like
I can make this work with you
And I'm starting to grow real feelings for you.
And you can tell me that you don't, that's okay.
We can just enjoy the picnic and, you know, tonight.
♪ ♪
- The feelings are mutual.
- Yeah? - Yes.
[bright music]
- Whoo-hoo!
[both laughing]
♪ ♪
Wow, really? - Yes, yes.
- Well, I--sometimes I get different feelings from you.
- Really? - Yeah.
Kinda like sometimes it's hot, sometimes it's cold.
- Really? - Yeah, sometimes it's awkward,
Sometimes it feels romantic.
- Well, I think the awkward is the fact that
We literally have just known each other intimately
For just a few days.
♪ ♪
- I understand. - But I definitely feel like
What we are building right now
Is stronger than what I feel I've had
In much longer relationships.
♪ ♪
- I really appreciate you saying that because
I've never had this type of start to a relationship.
- I don't think there's many people that can say
They had this kind of start to a relationship.
- Well, I mean, honestly, I think that's part of why
This has gotten to such a good--
Such a good start because
In most relationships, I go in without commitment.
I gotta admit that--
I didn't know when I was gonna tell you this,
But I have been on over a hundred first dates.
And anytime I came across something
That I thought wouldn't work, I would run,
Because I wasn't committed to her and I knew that
I could just hop back on to a dating app
And find another match.
- I feel for him that he's had to be
On a hundred first dates before meeting me.
Actually, we probably had met
Before the hundred first dates.
So if he had just not ghosted me,
He could have saved himself a lot of first dates.
Hmm.
- But in this case,
I might find something that scares me about you.
- And you will. You will find things.
- Yeah. - You can bet on that.
I don't want to self-sabotage.
I have, in my past, a tendency to do that.
I mean well.
It might not always come off well.
- Okay, I'm not running.
That's--that's it.
I hope to come out of this knowing that
We made the right decision in getting married.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ you changed, you changed ♪
♪ you changed my heart ♪
♪ ♪
- I just wanna toast real quick just to...
Not only the marriage that we have right now
But just the chemistry and connection.
Like, it's so wonderful. Like, it's amazing.
Yeah and so, I mean-- - cheers to the experts.
- Cheers to--to such an amazing match
And the rest of our honeymoon trip.
♪ ♪
So when we go back to houston and we start living together,
Have you thought about what that would be like?
'cause you've never had a husband
And the--have you lived with anyone before?
- I have lived with someone, and it never...
Goes well. [laughs]
- The only reason I asked is because,
Yes, I do have a house and I thought about
"okay, well, you know,
Would she live here with me?"
Because I would want for us to live, you know,
Possibly on my side of town.
- I don't know. I mean, thinking about it,
It makes my heart race a little bit
Because it is moving to your house,
And I'm just scared to feel
Like it's not gonna be our house.
It's always going to be me living in your house
And I feel that pressure of, like,
How am I gonna pull my weight
So it doesn't look like you're just maintaining me.
I just never envisioned myself like that.
- Well, first off,
You know, I would say, I want you to always want to feel
Like what's mine is yours
And what's yours is mine or whatever.
- Of course. - No, but I want you to know
That now that we are not on the single life terms.
What we're like-- we're a married couple now.
You know, she didn't want to just hop into the marriage
And into the home.
It's disappointing because I want her
To kind of release the reins and let me, as a man,
Be the provider and take care of us.
♪ ♪
For me, I think, you know, my five-ten year,
I want a two-story home. I want a pool.
I want a pool table upstairs.
I want to be able to have everything that I need
At the house. That's where I'm coming from.
- Again, like, I'm trying to pull my weight
As evenly as possible-- - you will, you will.
- So I wouldn't be wanting
To be in a situation I can't afford.
- And that's why I want you to understand that this is for us.
Like, this is not just mine. You're now my wife.
Like, I want to share this with you, like...
♪ ♪
- Ooh.
- This is incredible. - Yeah, it is. Wow.
I'm really excited about this.
- So thoughts on the guys.
You got to meet the guys finally.
- I did.
Man, I feel like everyone has such good personalities,
So it's just all different kind of vibes,
But I don't know, I think I probably clicked quickly
With gil compared to the other ones.
- He's just so-- he's such an open dude.
- Yes, I can see him and myrla together.
- He's the type of guy that can make it work with anybody,
I feel like though. - Yeah, I see that.
Do you feel like you could do that?
- No, that's an easy no for me.
- For it to be our first, like, romantic dinner
Together one-on-one,
It's kind of an environment that I really enjoy
Because I feel like the quiet
And the closeness and the one-on-one feeling
Kind of, like, leads to discussions
Of a serious nature and, like, kind of, you know,
Bring out certain sides of him
And pull him out of his shell.
And for me, that's what aids in romantic feelings.
What is, like, a thing that would make you, like,
Be like, "no, I can't?"
Like, "I can't make it work with this girl."
- I think the thing that I said
That would be the biggest deal-breaker for me,
I want babies. - Mm.
♪ ♪
- Not like "at this table" babies, but--
- I'm like, you wanna--
Do you wanna make one? - Yeah.
- Oh, my god. Babies, plural.
- 2.75 babies.
I gotta have a boy and a girl.
That's why I say 2.75.
Ideally, I want boy, boy, girl.
That would be my dream.
If I get some twins in there, that would be--
That would be the dream actually.
- That's a no--that's a non-negotiable for you?
- Non-negotiable.
- For me, though, when I started thinking about
Like, you know, I've been single for a while,
So I'm like, "okay, if you want to have kids,
"like, maybe you need to start thinking about
If you want to freeze your eggs or like what you want to do."
So what I kind of discovered about myself is, like,
I don't want to just be a mom.
Like, I never wanted to be a single woman with a kid.
What I actually genuinely want is to have a family.
If you said you absolutely don't want to have them,
I think I would be okay,
But saying you want to have them,
Then I'm on board for that.
- The family and kids thing is a big thing to me,
And she said beforehand she was content with that
Not being in her life,
And that would have been concerning to me.
Now hearing her opinion on it and where she stands
With the family part, I feel good about it.
- Very intense first date convo.
That's the weird thing, right? - Yeah.
- 'cause we're married. I feel like, you know,
I definitely--I definitely see like, good things,
And you've been amazing this whole time, so...
- You're falling in like with me right now?
- Right, exactly.
With you and me,
It's really early, but I feel like
The more time that I spend with you,
The more that I feel
Attracted to you.
- I'm listening.
- For me, attraction is something that
Grows with time
Because I need, like, a personal, emotional feeling.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Right? So like, in my mind at least,
In my girl mind, I'm like, "am I moving too slow?
Like, for you?"
- Yeah, I'm definitely
Growing more and more attracted,
Like, every day as we learn more things,
And it's way more than a physical thing.
And I can't wait for--
To see where we're at three days from now.
- Three days.
These are big conversations for three days.
♪ ♪
- ♪ if this is love, then I feel it for you ♪
♪ and if this is love, then I'll stay in it too ♪
♪ baby 'cause if this is what it feels to be ♪
♪ catching feels, baby ♪ - aww.
- So I got us a little something.
- This looks good. - Desert and--
- You know I have a sweet tooth.
- Aww.
I hope you enjoy. I hope you like it.
It's tiramisu.
Try it. - Let's eat.
I like tiramisu, you know?
- I want to be fed.
How about that? - That's pulling rachel
Out of her comfort zone-- - that is right.
I like big bites too.
I like big bites. - That's big right?
- From my wife. Yes, that's good.
I'll take that.
Mm-mm. - Oh, that wasn't that bad.
I could feed you.
Okay. - Excuse you?
- 'cause I'm just like,
"oh, my god, now I'm someone's mother."
[laughs] - no, you're my wife.
It's cool. I know that eventually,
I mean, she'll come around. She'll let me feed her.
So I want a dog. I don't have pets.
You-- - aww.
I'm down to get a dog. - So I kind of want like a--
Like, I foresee a boxer.
One, 'cause when they're like little baby puppies
They're so cute and even when they get bigger--
- They're adorable. - There's so loyal,
So family oriented like--
- I could totally see us having a dog.
- I would love that. - So that's...
- So let's--let's--
- Dog before kids to kind of practice?
- Absolutely.
Dog before kids. Yes, absolutely.
Like, just in the short period of time here--
So you're--you're like me.
You're very detailed and you're all about,
You know, little things and so I think that you'd make,
You know, an amazing mother if we ever get to that point,
And I think that it's inevitable.
- So the most special thing about tonight
Is being able to have some serious discussions.
It's things I've always thought of
In previous relationships
But never had the guts to bring up.
When we're talking about kids
And moving into each other's houses--
Just makes me feel great
That someone's there, ready for me
To be the mother of their children.
I know you're gonna make a great father.
- I hope.
- Like, I totally see it.
I think we're good. We would make a good team.
- Absolutely, absolutely.
- ♪ you and me just as we've always been ♪
[upbeat music]
- Okay, I'm gonna change. - Okay.
Myrla is bougie.
We know this. She's high maintenance.
Even when it comes down to doing her face routine.
- ♪ it's all about me, all about me ♪
- It's a regimen that doesn't skip a beat.
It's just, like, 80 steps, and it takes forever.
But luckily, I'm a patient person.
Do you like riddles?
- Uh, I want to say no.
- [chuckles] sounds about right.
Me and my wife, myrla,
We love to joke around with each other.
We're bonding more and more every day
And so--and I wish, I hope, she wants to kiss me.
I'm just waiting to see now.
Are you tired?
- I mean, it is my bedtime.
- Are you ready to go to bed?
- I promise you, like, my eyes are like--
You know when your eyes feel like a little heavy?
- You getting some weighted eyelashes there?
- First of all-- - [laughs]
- My lashes are not weighted.
I cannot wait to get my lash fill.
I'm not trying to be out here looking like spongebob.
- I don't even know what that means.
- You don't know what spongebob looks like?
- Not lash-wise. - He has three lashes.
- I didn't know that.
Do you naturally have three lashes on your eyes?
- No. - Okay.
- But if I don't go get my fill,
Eventually, I'm going to have three lashes sticking out.
- Girl, turn your light off.
- You're saying goodnight?
You're saying "be quiet and go to sleep"?
- That's how I know you sleepy. You talking nonsense.
- Goodnight, husband.
- Just another night, no kiss.
I never expected when I got married
That I wouldn't have a kiss by now.
Ay, dios mio.
- ♪ you're on my mind, on my mind ♪
♪ on my mind, oh ♪
- Okay, so I've made it back to houston safely.
I got a ride to the airport,
Got on the plane, the plane was delayed.
I don't have my luggage 'cause that was delayed.
It was, like, doing all of it
While knowing, like, I'm leaving my honeymoon,
I'm leaving my husband, and that [bleep] sucks.
Like, it sucks so hard.
And I miss him.
- Looking forward to-- to getting back to her
And sleeping next to michaela.
It's kind of weird, even though I just met her,
But I definitely miss her a lot.
I'm tired of being alone.
I miss her so much.
I really do.
- Do you want to try this? - Yeah.
- You said you've never been in a hammock.
- I've never been in a hammock before.
- Oh, boy. - Here, let me hold.
- This is gonna end up in a wet,
Shirt-ruined disaster.
Oh. - You did it.
There it goes! - This is not gonna work.
I'm gonna have to, like, move while you're getting--
- You're just gonna have to shift.
You're gonna have to hold this too.
- This is so bad. - Okay, hold on.
- Sit on it and I'm going to counterbalance,
Spilling wine.
Okay, hold on, come on, come on.
Little more. Oh...
We might not move. We're gonna be scared to move.
Just sleep here tonight. - Wait, wait, wait.
- You got it.
- Okay. - Wow.
- Woo-hoo. - Wow.
That might've been the most difficult thing
About this whole marriage so far.
We brought up a lot of serious things:
Kids, sex, intimacy.
The intimacy and sex part, she's just--
She hasn't had the dating experience
That I've had, so it--it means more to her,
In some aspects than it does to me.
I'm definitely understanding of
And very willing to wait
But I mean, we are married.
- I wanted to tell you thank you,
For just being cool and, like, rolling with the punches
'cause I know we're both
Definitely, like, a little bit out of our element
Just as far as this whole experience
And getting married.
I know that was, like, a big moment.
- Just a little out of our element?
- Yeah, like, a lot out of her element.
And I feel like you've been taking it all in stride.
And I think you're doing your best and so am I.
So I feel like it hasn't been that long, but,
Like, I want to be around you. - Yeah.
I truly am here for the right reasons.
I truly am thankful that I was matched with you.
I'm happy where we are.
I'm happy the direction we're trending.
I feel really good about it and that I'm trusting it
And I have every intention of following through with it.
And just, I want to make sure that you feel that
And it's not just words and we're not just--
- Yeah. All: Going through the motions.
- [speaking indistinctly] - [laughing]
- I needed that.
♪ ♪
Here we go.
That was good.
- ♪ can you see the lights burning on? ♪
♪ can you feel the rhythms beginning? ♪
♪ can you feel the earth starting to move ♪
- We're still on for tomorrow-- - I know, it's gonna be--
- And the day after tomorrow. - It's gonna be great.
- Just before we go to bed, I have to bring it up.
I know I think like after all these, like,
Intense conversations, I'm like, "let's have one more."
And it's just-- it's been my biggest concern.
And it's just like--
It's just our financial habits. - Okay.
- How you're able to save and you have your homes
And just, like, you just know a lot.
Like, I saw you in your app checking investments,
And I'm like, "oh, my god."
Me, like, I have a savings account.
Like, does it grow?
No. - Yeah.
- Sometimes I feel like I do spend recklessly.
I really wanted to go to europe,
And I was like, "I don't care."
Like, got a credit card,
You know, used it to go to europe,
But I just wanted to let you know
That it is a problem,
And I'm just like, "oh, my god, I need to grow up."
- It does raise a couple of flags
Because if we're gonna get to a point
Where we're going to have babies and do
All this other stuff that we've kind of
Already, you know, talked about,
We're definitely gonna have to get, you know,
Some boundaries and get some things in check.
So just talk to me about what do you think
Your responsibilities might be or--
- Well, just financially, living together
When it comes to groceries, when it comes to bills,
I feel like it should be 50-50.
Like, we're sharing all of this stuff.
♪ ♪
- So moving forward,
Are you okay with me controlling the finances?
Or how do you see it? What do you want?
- Like controlling my finances? - No, no, no.
In regards to joint, dual?
- I would like to have my separate account
And then we can have a joint account
That is for our joint expenses.
- For me, from a male perspective,
Head of the household,
Big picture is we both have joints.
Boom, right? - Mm-hmm.
- Let me take what I need from there
Then everything that's left, you can pull from there.
- I'm honestly shocked.
I didn't think people still did that.
And it kinda feels like he's giving me an allowance.
And I don't want an allowance.
- That's what I'm thinking. Like, I'm good with that.
- Oh, [bleep].
[bleep], [bleep], um, I'ma sleep on that.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ we go together like peaches and cream ♪
- It's been a long day.
- I'm ready to go to sleep. How about you?
- Yeah, me too.
After the date, I'm feeling like
I'm floating in the clouds
Because I got confirmation from bao that she likes me too.
So hopefully, she'll feel more comfortable with me
The rest of the week.
And we'll do a lot more smooching
And a little less talking.
I want to pursue this intimacy with her.
I feel like if she likes me and I like her,
We're on our honeymoon,
Can we maybe go from kissing to maybe making out?
- Hey.
- Thank you.
- I want to grab her close to me
And maybe not stick my tongue down her throat
But, like, at least put my tongue
Somewhere in and around her mouth.
- We gonna put the pillow fort in between us again?
- I was maybe hoping we can get a little closer tonight
If that's okay with you.
- Yeah?
I thought you needed the pillow fort
'cause you're used to sleeping that way.
- But if you're willing to take that spot.
- Okay.
Thank you so much for that surprise.
- I'm glad you enjoyed it.
- It meant a lot to me.
- I hope we have many, many more surprises.
- I have a feeling we will.
Um, I wanted to...
Share a thought I've had.
- Okay. - Just kind of how I feel.
♪ ♪
It's a little bit of a personal insecurity.
The animals that you mentioned that are coming
In the middle of the night or-- - right.
- I--it's something that I have always been
Very conscious of
Because I know it's not an attractive thing.
- I mean, but it's natural.
I feel like it's nothing to be ashamed of
Because so many people snore.
- I, for a long time, participated in a camp.
It was a leadership camp where I was a volunteer.
The volunteers get split into cabins at the camp.
On many years that I volunteered,
I would not sleep.
I would stay up at night
'cause I was afraid
That they would hear me
Because it's embarrassing.
- I know, but it's you.
I mean, it's natural. It's--it's you.
It's a part of who you are.
♪ ♪
But I understand. I get it, I get it.
There's just some things you just--
- I just, like--I know you're not trying to make fun,
But it--it actually really hurts.
♪ ♪
- Every time I get in a flow of a certain moment,
Bao hits me with a curveball.
I'm trying to open myself up and be romantic,
And then she takes it off on a tangent.
I hope it's not a red flag.
♪ ♪
I do poke fun at you because
It's, like, an endearing thing.
Like, if I don't make fun of you,
It's 'cause I don't care about you.
- Okay.
- But now that you brought it up,
I know, and I won't do it again.
- The thing is, if it does bother you a lot
And you--and you bring it up enough,
I just feel like I need to be in a different bed.
- Wow.
♪ ♪
- ♪ quit tearing us apart ♪
♪ tearing us apart, tearing us apart ♪
♪ quit tearing us apart ♪
♪ ♪
- Next time on "married at first sight"...
- ♪ there's nothing we can't do ♪
- How lucky are we?
- We are the luckiest.
- Ooh!
- You asked for chocolate chip cookies.
- That is amazing.
- Jose and rachel's relationship is spicy.
It is hot.
- Big question is,
Has anyone consummated the marriage?
- The fact that we have different opinions,
To me, it is a big deal.
- I don't want a dog 'cause I don't wanna walk them.
- That doesn't sit well with me at all.
That's just gonna make it harder for me
To even wanna get to know you further.
[dramatic music]
- Showering every single day was not my top priority.
- Is that so hard? Like, just rinse off?
- This is not the way I imagined our honeymoon.
- If I don't have boxes checked, it's not happening.
♪ ♪
- This is usually the point where I start thinking,
"is this for me?"
♪ ♪