- Oh, my gosh. I'm getting married.
- I'm ready? Let's go. Let's go.
- To a complete stranger.
- I'm doing it. - Let's do it.
- Please stand.
[dramatic music]
- One week ago, ten singles took a brave leap of faith
In order to find love.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- They married as complete strangers.
- You may kiss your bride.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm feeling great.
I'm--I'm a married man.
- Whoa! - [squeals]
- Last time, our couples
Were honeymooning in the florida keys.
All: Cheers.
- ♪ yeah, I was on the fringes ♪
- Ooh!
- You asked for chocolate chip cookies.
- That is amazing!
I haven't had a kiss yet,
But it's one of those things where her actions
Are finally going behind the things that she says.
- ♪ I was a fool in love ♪
- What's up, man? How you doing?
- Good. How you feeling?
- I feel a little bit better. - Yeah?
- Missing michaela, but, you know.
- Oh, good.
- I came back to texas yesterday morning
And it sucks, but I understand.
You know, health and safety first,
But I do miss him.
♪ ♪
- I don't like it. I don't like it.
- Look, look, look, look. - I can't. I don't like it.
- Turn. - I don't like it.
I'm sure the manatee is the nicest manatee
That ever swam the world, but I don't want to look at it.
- She's been a trooper through it, and hopefully,
She continues to be open about that
'cause I have a lot more crazy [bleep]
That she's probably not gonna want to do.
- ♪ was not, it was a push and pull ♪
- If physical intimacy doesn't begin months from now,
I would think there's a problem.
- Again, as I told you, I have to have boxes checked.
If I don't have boxes checked, it's not happening.
- ♪ self ♪
- Showering every single day was not my top priority.
- Is that so hard? Like, just rinse off?
As I'm finding we have differences,
They're very important differences to me.
[eerie tone]
♪ ♪
- Tonight, the honeymoon is over
And reality is about to set in.
Are you happy?
- I am.
- You don't feel that way about her yet?
- Not yet.
♪ ♪
- Have you guys consummated your marriage?
- Well, to be honest, it's a slight fear of mine
Because if you do it too soon,
It could blur your judgment
Because the passion and all that can kind of take over.
♪ ♪
- After everything that happened,
I'm conflicted about us.
I plan on going home after this.
I need to just reset my mind and actually be alone.
♪ ♪
- Tell me a little bit about your intimate life.
- Um...
- No energy? No sexual chemistry?
- No.
- I took all my [bleep] and I left.
That's because of what you did. - You were gone.
Like--you--I have to te--you were gone.
- [bleep]-- no, I was not gone.
You a [bleep] liar.
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- This is "married at first sight."
- ♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ ♪
♪ it's all or nothing ♪
[lively music]
- ♪ hey ♪
♪ yeah, oh ♪
- I couldn't be any-- any more happier,
And that means that I got the spitting image of me.
And I would date me, of course. Clearly.
[laughter]
- I'm so excited. - Yeah, me too.
- We're gonna live together.
- [snoring]
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
- We landed. - We landed. First trip.
She's only missing her hat, but sorry.
We'll take care of that later.
- We made it back to houston.
- I'm kind of sad, but I'm happy to be back home.
- Much, much easier flight for her.
I'm less--less bruised this landing--
- Stop. I'm sorry. - Than the last one.
We are about to go check out the new apartment.
- I'm actually really excited to move in.
I think it's gonna be-- I think it's gonna be good.
- Not scared. - So no, I'm not scared.
♪ ♪
- Home sweet home.
- Let's check this out. - I got it all.
- I'm so excited. - Okay.
♪ ♪
- See the houston skyline. It's just so beautiful.
- This is awesome.
- Oh, dang. - This is once.
- Our couples met and married only seven days ago.
- Check this out!
Hey, you got this kitchen that you wanted.
- And now, they're back from the honeymoon
And will begin living together as husband and wife.
- There's lots of closets. This is good.
We're off to a good start.
- We provide each couple with a neutral apartment
To live in at the same complex because we want them to feel
Like they're entering this marriage on equal footing.
- Ooh, man! This is a very nice bathroom.
- Soon, our couples will realize
That the honeymoon is literally over.
- Look, a mop and a broom. Perfect.
- Do you sweep?
- Oh, absolutely. You know I do.
- And this first night together in their new shared home
Is truly the beginning of the rest of their lives.
♪ ♪
- Aw, it's our little home. - Love it.
- Oh, my god, it's so cute.
So nice.
For the drinks and everything, dishwasher.
You had said you don't believe in dishwashers.
- I don't. - I do.
- I mean, 'cause I--I do it myself,
So, I mean, I really don't.
- Moving in together, I would hope
That it will be two lives merging together.
I know my husband thinks I'm perfect or near perfect,
But I definitely have those little bad habits
That might rub him the wrong way, so.
I think I'm gonna...
Go to the gym at 5:00 in the morning.
♪ ♪
- So how many alarms would you set?
- So normally, I set about four alarms in the morning,
So it would be depending what time--
- How many minutes apart are they?
Let me ask you that. - 15.
♪ ♪
- So the first one will go off at 4:00,
4:15, 4:30.
- And 5:00. - 4:45.
And then, finally, when you get the last one,
You know that it's time to get up and go?
- It's like I really gotta go. - Why you do that?
Why don't you set one--
- 'cause I'm so scared of not waking up.
♪ ♪
- I'm really not looking forward
To all of them going off tomorrow.
This is now about to really hit home
In regards to normalcy as a married couple.
- I think you're just gonna have
To suffer through my alarms.
♪ ♪
- Let me put this in here first.
It feels great knowing that
This is our first apartment together.
You know, this is like why I wanted to get married,
You know, making memories with my wife.
And this is a big one.
- I'm gonna be like a limp person.
- [wheezes] I needed this.
Carrying her over the threshold in our first home
Is like the christening.
- I thought that was really corny
The first time, so it's corny.
Sorry, guys, for all the romantic wives out there
Who think that's beautiful.
- And now, you're here, princess.
I did it our wedding night
And I had to do it in our first home together.
Even if we move from this place into another home,
I'ma have to do it there too. It's gonna be a tradition.
- I still think that's just, like, a little awkward to do.
But overall, it's a sweet gesture.
- Stainless steel. - I like the colors.
A double oven. - Backsplash.
Nice little wine cooler there. - This is pretty.
It's very nice. I like it.
- I feel like it's up to your standards.
- Most definitely.
- I could do with much less, but I like it.
My wife's a princess. We all know it.
She knows it. I know it.
So it's a huge relief that myrla likes our new apartment.
That's one less battle I have to take with her.
[gasps] is that the master? This is dope.
- This bed is really tiny. Is this a queen?
♪ ♪
- Is this where the magic happens?
- No, husband, this is not where the magic's gonna happen.
We're still strangers. Slow down.
Can I sleep on that side?
- You can take this whole bed for all I care.
[laughter]
- Lovely.
- This is your world.
I'm just here, princess.
- I appreciate that.
♪ ♪
- Oh, yeah, this is awesome. - [squeals]
- This is gonna be awesome. - Oh, wow.
- Right on the corner. We can see way more.
- Me too.
- Being married is something that I've been looking for
For a long time now.
I'm used to coming home to an empty house,
And now I feel very fortunate to be married to brett.
It's a good feeling that somebody cares
And is genuinely interested in how your day goes,
And we're gonna make a lot of cool memories here.
I'm excited for it.
When do you wanna start bringing stuff in?
- I don't know. - Tomorrow?
- Mm-hmm. And I'm trying to figure out,
Like, how much to bring. - Two months' worth.
- Yeah. Oh, man.
The toiletries alone.
- Necessities.
Only necessities, please. - Mm-hmm.
When I think about living with ryan,
I definitely have some anxiety.
On the honeymoon, we had naps, pools, champagne.
So when you get home, it's just--it's real.
You know, it's real-life work ryan, real-life work brett.
And I'm used to unwinding when I get home from work.
I'm used to talking on the phone with my friends
Or going to the gym when I want.
Like maybe I want to go to the gym at 10:00.
I'ma have to basically consider him now
With everything that I do.
What are your thoughts on if the dogs don't get along?
- I mean, your dog's had a full life.
He's had 11 years. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- No, I mean, us, on the other hand,
What if you start snipping at me?
- I don't think that's gonna happen.
♪ ♪
- We already have something here for you.
- This place is gorgeous. I can definitely live here.
- Oh, there's no ice machine.
Not a fan of electric cooktops.
Does this vent out? No, it doesn't.
- You're doing, like, a home inspection
Or something right now. - Oh, yes.
This is so important.
- This place is great, but I feel like sometimes
She takes the fun out of things.
[grunts]
- Very nice.
There's definitely enough pillows for you.
Okay.
- Let me see. If I do this, this.
- Here we go. You're ruining my bed already.
- And this. - Knew this would happen.
- See, this is all I need right here, this much space.
- We'll just, um, reenact our honeymoon.
Here we go.
I think this was exactly what I experienced every night.
- All right, do you have any nerves about living together?
- Absolutely.
I have a feeling you're very particular.
- I mean, I had one-- literally just one thing
That I needed my housemate to do.
If, you know, if we're sleeping together,
Is just the showering thing.
- Yes. - That's really it.
- It's pretty intense, the "must shower before bed" thing.
Um, I-- - I prefer.
I prefer the shower before bed. - Okay, okay.
Because I'm gonna say, I'm not gonna do that.
I know it's your preference. That is not my preference.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
Um, I did sign up for this,
But I'm having some major concerns and some doubts.
It seems like right now, whenever we start talking,
We are on the verge of having an argument.
And I want to be real
And I want to make sure she's not blindsided
By how I feel.
♪ ♪
I mean, this is nice and all,
But I plan on going home after this.
♪ ♪
Maybe after dinner, you know, for a couple of days,
Get a break from this whole thing.
I feel like our honeymoon was really fun and exciting,
But it's also draining just 'cause
It was an emotional roller coaster for me.
- I know you're not trying to make fun,
But it actually really hurts.
- And every time you work out, don't bring it into the bed.
- I don't want to do that. What if I'm lazy
And I just want to crash-- - then take a shower!
If you're not 100% here, this is never gonna work.
♪ ♪
I--I want to be completely transparent with you.
After everything that happened,
I'm conflicted about us,
Like, and I need to figure out all the differences
That came up between us, like, how do I really feel about 'em
Because... [sighs]
I'm not sure.
- Yeah, so that's where I--I would have some concern.
If you need space for that long in a marriage,
It does make me question if you're in it,
Like, if you're really committed.
♪ ♪
I'm feeling mixed emotions right now.
A little bit disappointed.
If he's not willing to put in the effort
And he's willing to duck and run,
I'm not gonna stop him.
I hope you aren't setting a precedent
That whenever you feel like it's too much,
You're just gonna step away and just--and just walk
Out of our home that we created, you know?
♪ ♪
- I need to just reset my mind and actually be alone.
- Yep, that's fine. That is perfectly fine.
- ♪ I gave you my heart ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I gave you my soul ♪
♪ and you threw it all ♪
♪ away ♪
- ♪ are you ready? Are you ready? ♪
♪ are you ready? Are you ready? ♪
- Mm, first morning we're experiencing
With new--new everythings.
- It was great, except for one thing--my alarms.
- Oh, they're already pissing me off.
I couldn't sleep.
- The first days that our couples spend together
In their new shared apartments are extremely important.
- It's 5:35, and I already have to leave.
- Goodbye.
♪ ♪
- They will start learning how each other functions
In the real world.
- Morning.
- Finally got some sleep after a super, super long day.
- Yeah.
- Now we get to make it
More of a home.
[alarm blares] uh-oh.
- Oh. - All the alarms.
- That means we gotta go. - Okay, bye.
- Spouses who don't move in together,
Either by circumstance or choice,
Are losing valuable time with one another.
- Leaving this resort.
I can't tell you how [bleep] happy I am.
No disrespect. It's just hard to be in the same room
For five days without your wife,
But I'm definitely on my way home.
Thank you, jesus.
- Today, I am going to start packing
And get ready for our move-in.
I started last night. Me and nova did.
Getting ready to move into our neutral apartment with zachary
'cause I really do miss him and it sucks
That we've been away for this long, so okay.
- The sooner the couples face their futures together,
The better their chances will be
Of having successful marriages.
♪ ♪
- Putting on my war paint. Prepare for battle.
Good. All right. All right.
- For these next couple days,
While I'm away from my wife, I just need a reset.
Lately, it's feeling like I'm finding all the ways
That we're--we're-- we're different.
Are these differences gonna keep us
From having a successful marriage?
Can we get past 'em?
I mean--I mean, I hope so.
They always told me marriage is not easy.
I am barely married for a week,
And I agree.
♪ ♪
What the hell?
♪ ♪
- ♪ ooh, ooh ♪
♪ ♪
[doorbell rings]
♪ oh ♪
- Our couples have been married for one week,
And now it's time to get a closer look
At how their spouse lived before they were married.
- Welcome to my humble abode.
- As they pack up their personal belongings
To bring to their new shared apartments,
This will be the first time our husbands and wives
See their spouses' homes.
- What's the password? - Show me all the things.
I want to see everything. - Welcome.
- And there are bound to be a few revelations.
- I wanna snoop. I want to see everything.
- How are ya? - I'm already
Checking things out. Laundry room--
- Feel free. Feel free.
- I'll stay out of the laundry room.
First time at brett's apartment.
I think you can tell a lot by how a person lives
And digging into their decor and pictures
And artwork and books.
And I like the color.
I--I probably need some-- some color in my life.
- Baxter, who is that?
- "I have no clue, mom."
- You have a dad. You're his new dad.
- [grunts]
Show me the place. Show me the place.
- Okay! - Show me baxter's room.
- This is his whole room.
- Whoa. That was athletic. Parkour.
- I told you. - Extreme parkour.
Parkour, parkour.
Baxter is great.
High energy for an older dog. I didn't expect that.
- He's always excited all the time.
- For over a year now, maisey has really been
The only constant in my life,
So now I have another constant coming in.
That'll be awesome to have.
So I think we'll be good.
- And then, this is my bedroom. - Uh-oh.
- Ta-da. - It's very--very calming.
- Everyone always says that. - This--
- I'm glad. - It is.
I haven't lived with a significant other in 15 years,
So it's--it's been a long time for me
To--to share personal space, a bathroom, closets.
But I like that she does add her touch to things
And it--it looks good.
It makes me feel better about
Spending my life living with brett.
Baxter, you gotta come with us. - He is.
- Parkouring everywhere. - Everywhere.
Oh, got him! Tricked ya.
- Going to a new home, and you don't even know it.
- I know.
- I'm very interested to see
How him and maisey get along.
- It's a lot of pressure.
- Basically to sniff some butts.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- Hi. - Hey.
- So happy to see you. - I know, right?
So-- - oh, I'm so excited!
It's just crazy to believe that a week ago,
I was just a single gal living by herself,
And now I'm visiting my husband's house--
Possibly my new home, because that's what jose wants.
Okay. - I put a lot of time
And effort into it 'cause I was like--
- Nothing scary so far. - Of course not.
- Is this the office?
But I feel like I'm not quite there yet.
So I am a little worried because
I want it to feel like our home
And not that I'm just moving into his house.
- This is my bedroom.
- [gasps] it's big.
- And then, this is my nice, big sectional leather couch.
Is your couch better than this? - I mean--
- And so--so the corners, like, recline,
So this one pops out.
- Okay.
- And it goes back too.
It's nice, right? - It's really nice--
- And then, of course, you know, interior lights,
And then, so the high ceilings.
I put my big christmas tree here.
- Yeah. - It's a 12-footer,
And it's just-- it looks--
Especially overlooking the windows.
Of course, I want a two-story. - Mm-hmm.
- I want a pool table upstairs.
I want a swimming pool in the back.
You know, I think my mother gave it to me
'cause I think it was, like, a sewing thing, and she...
Take a quick look at that. Let me go grab a box real quick
So we can-- - oh, okay.
[dramatic musical sting]
Oh, no. The budget board.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
I know that you told me as well,
You--you have something like that.
- Well, no, I don't have something like that.
- It's similar, right? - No.
[dramatic musical sting]
- Um...
- I just have a calendar.
I don't write anything about my money.
- Okay.
[slowly] you want
To get to something like this,
And I'm gonna help you.
- He is very strict on his budget
And I don't know if I could fit,
You know, in a box like that when it comes to finances.
We work hard.
We should enjoy things sometimes.
And, yeah, splurging a little now and then
Isn't such a big deal.
♪ ♪
- ♪ this is my world ♪
♪ ♪
♪ this is my world ♪
- Welcome to my humble abode.
- Okay.
Looks good. I like it.
All right. Let's see what we got there.
[laughter]
Oh, let's see the decorations.
I likey. I likey.
A week ago, I didn't know who myrla feria was.
Now, she's my wife, and I'm excited
To see everything that entails a diva's apartment.
I expect 24-karat gold everything,
Diamond everything,
You know, just glitz and glam all over.
All right. Here we go.
- This is my humble abode, in the bedroom.
- Look at that king size.
This is awesome.
Tell me about these pictures.
[all vocalizing]
- These are my trips.
I like to take pictures of the trips that I go on.
- And I liked that you-- memory is not good enough.
You gotta make sure you see yourself.
- ♪ she's a certified painting ♪
♪ this girl is magical ♪
♪ ♪
- You love yourself. I told you.
- Who doesn't love-- who doesn't love themselves?
- I'm just saying.
- ♪ this girl is magical ♪
- Well, let's show you the closet.
- All right.
Ooh. - This is my closet.
My small closet.
[singing in italian]
♪ ♪
- Jesus, you got a boatload of clothes.
Golly!
Like--
- I think it's really nice.
- Louie vuitton. Marciano. Gucci.
What do these typically run?
- Like the classic styles are, like, $600.
- ♪ oh, my god ♪
- What's the most expensive pair you have in here?
- Like a thousand dollars. - What these run you?
'cause I know louis' expensive.
- I think they were like 800 or 900.
- [blows raspberry]
How often do you buy a pair of these?
Like, how many times a year would you say you buy
A pair of designer-- like louis vuittons, louis?
- Like I'll buy, like, two or three pairs.
- And you'll be done for the year?
- I probably go, like, two to three times a year.
- Golly!
You know, being a firefighter, I am not bougie,
So I was a little amazed about how much she spends in a year.
I want to put my money towards real estate
Or things that's gonna be a little more lucrative
For what I envision in my future.
How much would you say,
If you had to put insurance on your closet?
- Like 15. 10 or 15. - Okay.
Now that we're married, she has to understand
That we come first before clothes and shoes
And all those material things.
So is she gonna continue to shop how she did
When she was single, or are things going to change?
- I don't keep count of how much I spend on shoes.
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's all about that money, money, money ♪
- Must be nice.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I never really know ♪
♪ ♪
♪ which way this is gonna go ♪
♪ ♪
[line trilling]
- Hello? - Hello.
Hey, so I'm outside.
Maybe you can bring maisey outside,
That way I don't have to bring baxter inside
To, like, be all up in her territory for the first time?
- All right. I'll bring her. - Okay.
- Bye. - Bye.
♪ ♪
Oh, the puppy!
She's so fluffy.
Hello. Hi.
- She's like, "why am I on a leash?"
This is exactly why you're on a leash.
No, come here. Sit down.
- Maisey is like a giant fluffy puppy.
She's the cutest.
I'm a huge dog lover/ animal lover,
So my mind is just kind of, like, spinning
With, like, what's gonna happen if they don't get along
And what are we going to do? [sighs]
He's like, "what is going on out there?"
Look at his face.
[baxter growls] [sinister tone]
- Baxter is ready to go nuts.
- Mm-mm-mm. - Only one way to find out.
- Come on.
- What is that?
What is that?
- Okay, okay, okay. It's okay.
- "come play with me."
Y'all are good. Y'all are good.
- Kisses.
- ♪ call it puppy love ♪
♪ ♪
♪ call it puppy love ♪
- They're gonna be fine.
[baxter barks] - oh, no.
[baxter growling] baxter, stop.
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh.
- It's okay. No, no, no.
He's like, "I'm done with this."
Come here.
Baxter, stop.
I mean, the tails are wagging. Is that normal?
- I think they'll probably be better off the leash, I think.
- You think? I'm worried, though.
♪ ♪
- Brett is incredibly stressed with the dogs right now
And I need her to just relax about things sometimes.
She's high-strung about certain things,
Whether it be the flying, or the kayaking, and now the dogs.
♪ ♪
- I don't know.
- Just sometimes you just have to relax
And not overthink everything.
- All right. I'll put him in the car.
- Yeah, put him in. - Okay.
- They'll revisit very soon.
- Come here. [baxter snarls]
Why? Why?
- ♪ yeah ♪
♪ ♪
- Ta-da.
♪ ♪
- It smells wonderful. - It smells good.
I love candles. You're a candle guy too.
- I see that. I am--I am a candle guy.
- I really am looking forward to him just seeing
All the travels I've had.
I want him to see what my sense of style is
And see that I am a very organized and tidy person.
- So, yeah, you know--
- You know what happened here? - Whoa.
- Called an ice storm. - What's all this clutter?
Damn near tripped on myself walking in.
There was five empty water jugs
That greeted me at the front door,
So there may be some hoarding tendencies that were there.
Like I would have discarded with them,
She just kinda kept them hanging around, so.
How many bags do you have? - I have no idea.
- [sighs] - so--
- I can't be too mad.
I mean, it's not, like, overly crazy.
- It's not crazy stuff, right? - But it is.
Meh.
- So here's the desk.
So all these little pencils are actually places I've traveled.
- Wait, what are we gonna do with this
In the next two years?
You're gonna keep all of 'em? - I can't have my own desk?
♪ ♪
- I mean, we could. Yeah. - With my pencils?
- Um...
Come on, like, you don't need--
You don't need 50 pencils.
I know they probably mean something to her,
But a lot--lot of pencils.
- So this is my little globe.
- Oh, interesting.
- I write a place that I would like to go visit,
And then, I'm like, oh, we're going to japan.
- That's--okay. - Uh-huh.
- Can you be that spontaneous? - Yeah, no.
- Oh. [forced laughter]
- She likes to travel. I get that.
You know, I didn't know that it was to that extreme.
It's a lot of money.
♪ ♪
- Come on. - Come on.
This is my home. - Ooh. Hello, home.
- There's not a lot down here.
It's an--there's an empty bedroom.
We can go upstairs, and that's where things
Actually start happening.
My sister got me that for christmas,
I felt like-- - oh, my gosh.
- I had--I had to put it up.
♪ ♪
A lot less color. - Very much so.
I mean, the house is gorgeous.
I can definitely see myself living here, yeah,
But definitely a man lives here,
Which is what I expected.
There's probably, like,
12 different shades of brown in the house.
[laughs softly]
We can--we can work on it. It's fine.
Lots of space for one young man.
- You wanna go up? - Yeah, let's go up.
- You lead the way.
- Come follow me. Let me show you my house.
- Maisey, come on. Maisey.
Okay, later.
Ignore the deer. That's probably not your--
- Ooh! Scared me.
- But I usually-- I usually dress him up.
- Oh, my god. I can't.
Um, surprise deer head in the bedroom.
Not shocked, but not a fan.
Did you kill him? - Yeah, I did.
- You did? - Yeah.
♪ ♪
Why would I have a random deer on the wall
That I didn't shoot? - I don't know.
I don't shoot stuff.
- No. No, I shot the deer.
- You're very attached to this? Are you keeping this forever?
- No, it can go in, like, the garage or something.
- Perfect.
- Wherever baxter's timeout area is
For snipping at my dog, that's where that thing can go.
- Don't put baxter up there on the wall.
- [chuckles]
[baxter whimpers]
♪ ♪
- Here's my lovely abode!
- It certainly is not.
Ooh, lord.
- What's up, buddy? - There's water on the floor.
That means he does slobber. - It's probably just water.
Hype, hey.
- I smell dog.
- [barks orders]
See, he's trained?
Please. Thank you.
- I was imagining a smaller dog.
This is my first time meeting my husband's dog
Because I have no choice.
- But he's chilled. He's chill.
He likes people. He was just gonna come say hi.
- I don't want to have a dog.
I'm just not really excited about having slobber,
Hair, and smell of a dog in my apartment.
[dramatic music]
But I do want to be married, so I have to compromise.
[hype whimpers]
- Damn it.
[clock ticking]
- [in slow-motion] hype.
Hype. Hype. Hype.
♪ ♪
- Hype. [ding]
Took a minute. I think?
- All right. Well, while we're here--where you going?
Come say hi to hype. - I did.
- What you say? - I said hi.
- Give him your hand. Put your hand out.
- But he smells. - Put your hand out.
You don't wash your-- no, not your finger.
What are you doing? Hype, sit.
Come here.
- Hype is excited. - [grunts]
- My hand's gonna smell like a dog.
- Oh, my gosh! She's gonna smell.
We have soap and water for that.
- Good. - He gets weekly baths.
- We won't be able to smell him in the apartment.
- No. All right?
He just wanted to say hi. - [laughs]
- It's okay. I--I love my dog.
You gotta love him if you're gonna love me.
- Oh, you're gonna smell like a smelly dog.
[kisses loudly]
Oh, my gosh. You kiss him?
- No, he kisses me.
[music stops]
Not on the lips, though. I don't do that.
- My husband is a dog kisser, y'all.
It's--you don't kiss dogs. That's just ew.
[kisses loudly]
Oh, my gosh.
That's gross.
It's gonna push the kiss coming a lot further.
- I actually have a painting of my dad I didn't show you.
So this is my dad. Yeah, I look like him, right?
Funny story about this picture.
So he had nelson mandela, martin luther king,
Malcolm x pictures,
And then his picture up there, like, on the side.
And he would tell everybody that would come to the house,
He was like, "those are the four greatest men
Of history--in history."
And so, like, that was his running joke.
So he's, like, kinda like you.
This--so-- - he's kinda like me?
- Because he got himself posted up at his house.
- ♪ when sparks, sparks fly ♪
- So he had--
- Maybe your dad wanted you to find someone
Who would bring out those attributes.
- ♪ when the sparks, sparks fly ♪
- There was a reason why we were matched.
- ♪ sparks fly ♪
- My princess.
- ♪ when the sparks, sparks fly ♪
♪ ♪
- Even though some of our couples
Want to spend all their time together,
It doesn't always work for everyone.
- More wine? - Yes, please.
- You might be needing it. - Yes, please.
- For some, maintaining a form of independence
Or stepping away to get some perspective
Is part of their process.
- New arrivals.
- What? Oh, you're talking about--
- David yurman. - Oh, my god.
- Our couples have to do what works for them as long
As they're still communicating openly with their partner.
- Lots of gray. Beauty is in the gray.
I haven't seen my husband since last night,
And I'm a little bit nervous about seeing him.
I get the sense that johnny has less experience
And that I might be the more emotionally mature one
In the relationship.
But I'm trying really hard to not be discouraged
Because johnny has potential.
I believe he wants this to work,
But doesn't know whether he's able to commit.
I think if you really want it, you just make it happen.
- Honey, I'm home.
♪ ♪
I brought some thai food.
- Food's here. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
You up for it? - Yeah. Why not?
It smells good.
- Gonna destroy the cork there.
♪ ♪
- You know what kind of red it is?
♪ ♪
- Give it a taste. Maybe you can tell.
- I don't know. It smells like red wine.
[dramatic musical sting] with a hint of cork.
- For me, the distance that we had apart was necessary
And really therapeutic.
And it made me reassess how I--
How I reacted to certain things.
And I'm coming into this with a fresh perspective.
Well, to our new place and our first dinner together.
- Why not? Cheers. - Cheers.
- Second dinner. - Oh, yeah. Second dinner.
That's right. - Mm-hmm.
- It's really communication.
And one of the things that I think the experts did well
Is matching me with somebody that's a good communicator.
She knows how she feels about things
And she's not shy about communicating.
♪ ♪
I think the last time we were sitting here in this apartment,
I was feeling kind of overwhelmed
With, like, the relationship.
We would get in disagreements, but then
No time to, like, process it,
No time to resolve those things.
- Mm-hmm. - And now, it just--
Some things don't matter to me
As much as I thought they did in the moment.
And some things are worth, like, compromising on, right?
- [clears throat]
Some of this, I think just kind of--
Because this is so accelerated, things just surface
That wouldn't normally surface so quickly, I think.
- And that's a lot of what I reflected on.
In a normal relationship, by date two or three,
If we had that many arguments,
I would have already said, we are not meant to date.
[laughs]
But because experts matched us for a reason,
I feel like, at some point over the next two months,
We're gonna grow to find out we have so much in common
And that we do actually complement one another.
- Mm-hmm. I agree.
As long as you're here and present with me
And you're committed in this relationship,
I'm here, you know? - Right.
And that's what I'm focused on, is just here and this.
This isn't something you just walk away from.
[chuckles]
[soft laughter]
All right. I'm gonna go get ready.
For the first time,
I have encountered hardship very early in a relationship
And I'm not backing down.
I'm facing it.
I clean my tongue and I also clean the roof of my mouth.
- Oh, I do too.
- I've always had this fantasy of my wife over there
Brushing her teeth with me.
So I'm really excited to see what she is like
As a potential lifetime partner.
♪ ♪
Primarily your stuff is in this one.
This is kind of like your bedroom,
Or do you want to make it our bedroom?
- Oh, the question you're trying to ask is,
Are we going to share this bed? - Yeah.
- I'd like to.
If you want to.
- I do.
♪ ♪
- I think, in a way, this is our opportunity
To try to do things differently.
- Hey. - Hey.
We're kind of learning the way each of us think.
We have a real opportunity here
To have the most incredible love story.
And what are the odds that the two of us
Would get married, matched by experts?
- ♪ take my words right from my mouth ♪
♪ kiss me, love me, shout it out ♪
- Let's see where it takes us.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- ♪ kiss me, love me, shout it out ♪
♪ let me be your only girl ♪
♪ your only girl ♪ - [giggles]
- ♪ it's all because of you ♪
♪ I'm trying ♪
♪ I promised you that I would come through ♪
♪ I know it's overdue ♪
♪ keep fighting ♪
♪ ♪
- I told michaela that I'm still testing positive
For covid, even though I'm negative,
Because I want to surprise her this morning.
So I got some flowers,
And I can't wait to see her reaction.
[knocks on door] I really feel bad
That we haven't been able to see each other.
[upbeat music]
- [bleep] you. [laughter]
- Hi, wife. What's up?
Hi. Oh, my goodness. I missed you so much.
[laughter] - oh, my god.
Are you serious? - Yeah!
- You knew this was gonna be thing!
- Hold on. This is for you.
Watch your hands. There's a lot of thorns and stuff.
- I can't believe this is happening.
You smell good.
Being apart sucked.
And it's been a hard lesson to learn
About him wanting to protect me from--from covid,
From being harmed.
I'm so excited to see you.
We haven't had a lot of time to really, like,
See into each other and see our daily habits
And all that, so that makes me nervous.
But I'm super excited
To begin spending some quality time with zack.
- Hi, nova. - Nova, meet your daddy.
- Hi. I like her a lot.
- Sure, because you're gonna be with her
For the next 10, 12 years.
Isn't that right, bear cub?
- ♪ what I really need is you ♪
- Let me show you the rest.
Let's see. What else?
- Oh, you got--you did the-- oh, this is our picture.
Wow. Oh, my goodness.
- Yeah. - This is so pretty.
- That's for you. - For me?
Aww.
Aw, this is so sweet.
- That was supposed to be our one-week.
- Dang, I got a one-week. "to my husband.
"still think you're hot. Still love your smile.
"still need your hugs. Still craving your kiss.
"still love when you touch me that way.
"I'm so glad I'm married to you.
Happy one-week anniversary. Love, your wife, michaela."
Aw, thank you.
We have a lot to do to make up for our honeymoon,
And it feels really good hugging her and kissing her.
Thank you, thank you. - You're welcome.
- Babe. Aw, that's so sweet.
And, you know, looking forward to doing a little bit more
Of that, you know, when the cameras aren't around.
I don't deserve all this stuff.
- No, you don't.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- ♪ can we talk about us? ♪
♪ can we talk about us? ♪
- Let me put this up before...
Both: Pastor cal gets here.
- I'm super, super excited.
- Now that our couples have returned from their honeymoons
And are settling into life together,
It's time to check in on them.
[knocks on door] - ooh!
- I think he's here.
Hey. How are you? - What's up, my man?
- Good to see you. You all right?
- What's up, buddy? - Good to see you.
- We're going to have to accelerate the pace
At which these couples are getting to know each other.
You guys are married and--
- Happily married. - Yes, yes.
- "happily"? Oh, happily married and home.
- Very happy to say that. - Yes, sir.
Yes, it's been a-- it's been really, really good.
- We need to dig deeper into important issues
Like children, finances,
Roles, responsibilities, and intimacy.
Because in just seven weeks,
Our couples are going to have to decide
Whether they want to stay married or get a divorce.
- What's up, married people? - Yes!
- Pray tell. - A lot.
It just feels like we've been together so long.
It was an immediate connection.
Like-- - that's very cool.
- I can't wipe the smile off my face.
Like, I just want to be happy, be with someone,
And I'm so--I'm so grateful.
- Yeah. I'm sure he is too. - Very.
- Look at that cheshire cat smile he has.
Yeah. [laughter]
- This feeling is why I got married at first sight.
I knew exactly what I want and what I didn't want.
And, um, didn't expect I would get that much more.
- You married up. - I did, I did, I did.
- See, I think I did. - Yes.
That's pretty cool.
So I know you guys have started off
And you've--you've jumped right into deep conversations.
Do you foresee anything?
You know, "we have to be careful about this.
We have to watch out for this"?
- Um, the biggest thing for me, it's, okay, we're now married.
Financially, we're no longer in these two separate accounts.
We're gonna have this joint account.
- And I was concerned, you know, like,
Well, he really wants to be very tight with the money.
And here I am trying to go to europe,
But I'm like, I want to do it with you.
So you're ready to go to europe next month?
- You've already done it, so I think that--
- But I wanna do it with my husband.
- I know. I think your car has seen better days.
So what's more important:
Your car that you need that's gonna take you to work
Each and every single day-- - yeah.
- Or $3,000-europe trips?
- That car still works to me.
It can hold off another year.
♪ ♪
- You know, again, marriage, and then we may need a car,
And then, okay, we're gonna buy another house together.
So all I'm seeing is, okay, these are, like, expenses
Where we could probably forego a trip to europe a year...
Or two.
- You think so much, man.
You know, I know you're good with schematics and whiteboards
And all this, but I look at the two of you
And I say, you're like the science here
And you're the art, okay?
- I like that. - Because she's like,
"but I want to travel. I want to have fun."
And you're like, "okay, but let's wait a minute.
Here's our budget."
However, this is who she is.
She's gonna bring your life fun.
She's gonna bring you enjoyment.
You cannot snuff that. You can't.
- Well, and then this is-- - don't kennel me.
- So this is kinda-- yeah, this is--
No, no. Not at all.
- You're gonna have to let her
Push you out of your comfort zone occasionally.
But understand that his planning is only for the best.
- Oh, absolutely.
- You know, and--and-- - I understand that.
- And she wants to create experiences,
So sometimes you gotta just learn to balance that thing.
♪ ♪
So, one--one thing that I also wanted to ask you is,
What level of affection
Are you experiencing at this point?
Have you guys consummated your marriage?
♪ ♪
- Of course. - Yeah.
- That's awesome. Awesome!
- Yay! Definitely - I love it!
[laughter]
I'm glad you guys decided,
"you know, what? We're married."
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- "let's just be married," you know?
And--and just, you know, just allow it organically
To develop.
- I will be honest.
It's good, but it's a slight fear of mine
Because if you do it too soon,
It could blur your judgment
'cause the passion and all that can kind of take over.
And it's scary because you're like,
"could this really happen this fast, this easy?"
It feels very easy."
- Don't put on the brakes. - Yeah.
- Because remember, you were matched,
So you should get together and it spark.
It should happen that way. - Okay.
- I mean, you want to have some brake pads.
- Right. - Yeah. Yeah.
- Okay? Because we don't want no surprises.
- Of course, of course. - But don't put on the brakes.
- Right. - Yeah.
- ♪ don't stop ♪
♪ only you know what I want ♪
♪ coming like more, more, more ♪
- ♪ I don't mind, mind, mind ♪
♪ what you find, find, find ♪
- All right. Here we are.
- It smells good. Smells clean.
- It does smell clean.
- Hi, bella. This is your new place.
- This is it, our home together.
And I'm super excited. Our babies get to meet now.
I'm a little nervous about how bella and nova
Will interact with each other
Only because they're two big dogs
And they're in a new environment, both of them.
♪ ♪
Are you ready, nova?
But I'm super excited to see the new family dynamic.
[bella growls] - bella, it's okay.
It's okay, it's okay. Just say hi. Say hi, say hi.
- Say hi.
Good girl. Good girl.
[upbeat music]
Say hi.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- How did you think it was gonna go?
- I don't know. - I felt like
You thought the worst, yo. Why? - I did. I was nervous.
I thought nova was gonna be a bully.
I mean, she still kinda is a bully, but--
She keep pinning nova by her neck.
This is my first time moving in with a man.
We're both not necessarily the most experienced
In relationships,
So we need to learn how to live as a family
Versus as, like, two single adults.
♪ ♪
- So what time do you typically go to bed?
- Um, whenever I want.
- Yeah, but you-- but you sleep at 9:00.
- It depends.
If I got the dog walker to come for nova,
Otherwise nova's gonna get me up right about 8:00.
- You know, I think we'll get along great.
I mean, I don't know. I just feel like it's--
It's been pretty easy so far.
- How do you think our first night will go living together?
- I don't know. I don't know.
Are you the type--are you the type to, like, storm off?
Like, okay, let's say we get in a fight.
You're like, "okay, I'm going home tonight"?
Like what are you-- - I would--no, I think
That's abandoning people, and that's just [bleep] up.
So I'm not the type to be like, "I'm leaving,"
And, like, actually leave 'cause I think that's--
That's actually abusive, to do that to somebody and leave
And ignore their phone calls and all that kind of stuff.
- I agree. Yeah. - It's emotionally abusive.
- I agree with that. Yeah. - So I don't do that.
- I've always said, I'm looking forward to our first fight.
- Really?
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm full of desire ♪
♪ ♪
♪ you know exactly what I like ♪
♪ your eyes, babe, full of fire ♪
♪ ♪
- Bao and I are not always on the same page,
But things are going well right now.
The thing I'm most excited about is to kind of see
The little details of, like, how she lives
So I can see what to expect as we live together.
- [chuckles] - hi.
- Okay, I guess I have to give you a tour, huh?
- Yes, please. Let's see the kitchen.
- Kitchen, kitchen, kitchen, kitchen,
Kitchen, kitchen, kitchen. Okay.
- I feel like if I were to live here, you'd be cooking
And I'd be, like, washing dishes or something
And have, like, a game on or friends hanging out.
- "a game on." mm-hmm.
Those are all my family pictures.
- You used to really be into, like, bangs, huh?
- Uh-huh. [laughter]
- Hey, your bidet. - Yes!
- That's cool.
- Got all the toilet paper. You can wipe your butt with,
Like, the little, you know, butt wipes.
And--and a bidet so, like,
You can't get cleaner than this.
This is my closet. I have bunch of shoes.
- Yeah. I like that you have multiples of the same
'cause I'm like that.
There is a lot of stuff, more stuff than I'm used to,
But I think it makes the--her house
Kind of warm and inviting.
♪ ♪
This is not my style, but I like it.
I mean, I could see myself living here.
Hey, you keep a really clean home. I like it.
- I try. - I am impressed.
- Well, I'm looking forward to seeing your place.
♪ ♪
- Take a deep breath. - [inhales deeply]
- Welcome.
This is my living room.
- Very nice.
It's so spacious.
I see yellow is the accent here.
- Yellow is the one. Before, there was no yellow, so.
- Even your disinfecting wipes are yellow.
- Yeah.
- It does seem like johnny's house
Definitely needs to be spruced up a little,
Have a little woman's touch.
I think he needs some help.
I'm happy to help.
- My closet. - Oh, my god!
You have the exact same shirt how many times?
- It was on sale. Just this color, though.
- Oh, you do have a bidet! - I do.
- We both have bidets.
This is so, so weird. - Only on this one, though.
I don't want other people using my bidet.
- Hmm.
I know we both have our differences,
But we have so much in common.
When I look at it,
There is so much alignment between johnny and I.
♪ ♪
Are these lightsabers?
- They are lightsabers, but yeah.
I'm gonna have one of these.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
You wanna--you wanna lightsaber duel a little bit?
Like-- - all right. Give it!
♪ ♪
[imitates swooshing]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
♪ ♪
- What I really like about johnny is that
I can be my quirky self
And he can be his quirky self.
And that gives me hope, you know?
- Man, you hit pretty hard, actually.
[both grunt]
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- Hey. - Hi!
- Oh, my goodness. Look at you guys.
You guys are like a little family.
- We are.
We got a big and little. - Hi.
Hey, gorgeous.
Oh, my gosh. I'm gonna take one of 'em.
- Take that one. Take the little one, please.
- Take the little one? - Yes.
- So how are you guys?
- We're good. - Good.
- Well, you guys look good together, though.
- Oh, thanks.
- So tell me a little bit about--
About how things have been so far.
I mean, you're married.
I know you had expectations when you came into this,
But now it's kind of like, this is the reality.
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- So what--how-- how are you feeling about it?
- What I've been telling anybody that asks me,
I'm like, "honestly, she's like one of the coolest people
I've ever met." like, she's--she's awesome.
Like I could hang out with this girl in any scenario.
- Look at you. Yes.
- It's my first time hearing that.
It's great. - It's just--it's just easy.
We take each other's banter extremely well,
Which I was worried about.
- He has a very dry sense of humor.
Like, we definitely, like, jab at each other a lot.
- Right. - It's like
Third graders flirting. - Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But, like, I feel like you have, like, a really soft side.
And he just, like, takes care of everybody around him.
- How does that make you feel?
- It makes me feel like I can relax.
I don't always have to be in charge.
I don't always have to be strong all the time.
- Right.
- Obviously, we don't know everything about each other
And it is still very new, but I trust him a lot.
- I love that. I love that.
Is ryan anything like the type of guy you dated?
- No, not at all. [laughter]
- So you had a traumatic experience
At my house yesterday.
[sinister tones]
- Oh, my god.
He had a deer head on the wall, and, you know,
Like, not a fan.
- I like being outdoors. I like doing--
- Yeah. - Stuff like that.
And I don't know that she shares that as much as I do,
But we're just still gonna do some country things.
Yeah.
[laughter]
- Um...
- All right, girl. Soon, you're gonna be roping cattle.
- Good lord.
♪ ♪
Outdoors, boots, country music.
At the end of the day,
I think those things don't really matter
'cause heart and soul is what matters the most.
But I definitely don't feel like I fit in
With that lifestyle.
- But differences are not always bad
Because quite often, you learn from each other.
- Yeah. - What I love about you guys
Already is that you're showing affection to each other.
Was that easy?
- I think it was. - Yes.
- It hasn't gotten crazy. It's been natural--
- "hasn't gotten crazy." what does that mean?
- I mean...
We've--haven't rushed into--into things.
- Correct.
- But we--we've always been touchy, and--
- Mm-hmm.
- But you guys have not had sex?
♪ ♪
Both: No.
♪ ♪
- And look, my thing is,
It has nothing to do with whether or not you do.
It's about whether you're comfortable
With your progression.
And I think it's so important if one of you
Is not comfortable and the other one
Is--is comfortable, then that's--that's a problem
'cause it really can screw your relationship up.
So are you--are you happy
With your level of intimacy at this point?
♪ ♪
- So are you happy
With your level of intimacy at this point?
♪ ♪
- I am.
- It has been slower than maybe I would have anticipated.
But it's growing, and yeah.
I'm--I'm a fan.
♪ ♪
- How quickly advancing are your feelings for each other
At this point? Why are you smiling?
- 'cause we haven't talked about that.
- You have not? - Mm-mm.
- You haven't talked about how you feel about each other?
- No. - Well, let's talk about it.
- We haven't.
- How do you feel about him?
- I have a crush on him.
I have a crush on you.
♪ ♪
- Are you blushing right now? - Yeah.
- Yes, she is. She really is.
- That's how I am, like, on the inside.
I just probably haven't been
Expressing that verbally as much as I want to, actually.
♪ ♪
- What about you, ryan? Are you in like?
♪ ♪
- Yeah, and I--and I think we can get past that.
And I do think we can get past that.
- You can see it. - Yeah.
- Me too.
- Okay, define for me what you just said.
You think you do get past, what?
- He can see past the liking.
Like, we can get to the other thing.
- What is the other thing? - You know, love.
♪ ♪
- That thing. - That thing.
- You've been in love before. How did you know?
- I--I think so. - Okay.
What does-- what does it feel like?
- It's just a feeling that I get, that I just--
That I value them more than me.
- You don't feel that way about her yet?
♪ ♪
- Not yet.
♪ ♪
And I have no problem being open about that.
♪ ♪
I just want to make sure we're on the same page
As far as--as that goes.
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's a new day ♪
♪ I'm up early ♪
- Good morning.
- What's up? [laughter]
Aw, man. - The apartment's really sunny.
I'm not used to this.
- Her toothpaste, my toothpaste.
I don't know. Differences.
- Look how much I love maisey.
♪ ♪
I love, like, getting a husband and a dog.
I wanted another dog. Yeah!
[maisey chomps] ow. Puppies still bite.
I woke up this morning,
And zack is not here.
He left the apartment without informing me of anything.
♪ ♪
No text messages to my phone, no phone calls,
No sticky note on the door.
Nothing.
He didn't answer my phone call,
Answer my text message, respond to me.
And so, I'm out.
[dramatic musical sting]
[door slams]
♪ ♪
[knocks on door] - what's up, brother?
- Good to see you. - Hello. Good to see you too.
- Wow, you're married.
This is awesome. - Yes, it is.
- Aw, and who's this guy? - This is hype.
- This is the dog that I didn't want,
But he didn't listen to me. - All right.
- Me and my wife, we like to kid.
We like to joke around with each other
Because we like to keep everything fun,
But there's obviously a few things that we--
We do still need to hit on and discuss.
Hype, come here.
- He says, "I have a new friend."
- I am excited to meet with pastor cal today.
I'm very anxious to hear what he has to say
And just ready to hear his advice
So we can have a successful marriage.
- First of all, I'm-- I'm excited for you guys.
You know, we matched you guys
'cause we thought you would be good together.
You'd make a great pair, but--
- We believe that. - Good, good, good.
That's what I want to hear. - We do believe it.
- That's exactly what I want to hear.
Now let me just dive into how you progressing because,
At the end of the day, we want you to be successful.
- Right. - She's very extravagant.
She likes to spend.
♪ ♪
- Correct. - So tell me,
How much have you guys talked about money?
- We have, but I don't think we've gone, like, really deep.
- Um, closet is about...
A hefty price there.
- How hefty?
- If I had to guess--
- Sure, guess.
- About $70,000 worth of merchandise in her closet.
- Is that--is that-- is that ballpark?
- No.
♪ ♪
- How many red bottoms you got in there?
- Thank you. How many red bottoms
You got in there? - I don't know.
- Okay, there you go. - Like 10.
- There you go. - Like 10.
- Okay. Enough said.
Enough said. And so--
- But you don't know how many--
- I'm gonna go with his estimate because you already--
You already disqualified yourself.
So how do you feel, gil? How do you feel about that?
- I--I think-- I think that's too much.
We had a conversation last night about,
Would you shop less?
- No. - She said--
- I mean-- - no.
- I basically said no because I wanted a specific example.
So, like, what would be the reason to, like, shop less?
- To divert money elsewhere. - Exactly.
- But if I'm already diverting money right now,
Like, what's an extra $1,000 of shopping gonna do--hurt?
- That's exactly--that's-- - like, I'm already
Saving, though. - Ladies and gentlemen.
- But let's look at the principles.
- That's what I'm saying. I already saved.
- Okay, fine. So now, we gotta transition
From single activities to married activities.
♪ ♪
These are things that you all-- you all are going
To have to start conferring with each other on.
I mean, irrespective of the price.
Okay, I mean, you don't have to tell him
You're going to buy a $100-, $150-,
But when you're talking about thousands of dollars,
These are marriage decisions.
♪ ♪
Tell me a little bit about your intimate life.
- Um...
♪ ♪
So recently, it's been
A little more intimacy when it comes down
To just, like, just like this type of stuff.
- Like just touching? - Just touching.
Or, like, cuddling when we go-- before we go to sleep,
For when we fall asleep together and stuff like that.
But that's the hype. That's the peak.
That's the climax right there.
- That is not a climax, my man. [laughter]
- That is--I'm telling you, it's a low-budget film.
- I'm sorry. - It's a low-budget film.
- That's not the goal.
♪ ♪
Has there been a kiss?
- No. Cheek.
- And I know at the wedding, she cheeked you.
- And she's been cheeking me.
- I mean, I'm looking and, yeah, I'm seeing the touching.
Are you this way in private also off-camera?
- Yes, yes. It's just the kissing.
There's no kissing but, like, we're touchy all the time.
- And there's no energy?
No sexual chemistry? No--
- For me, there is.
♪ ♪
I don't--I can't speak for her.
I'm gonna guess there is also, but it's--
- [exasperated] you shouldn't have to guess.
♪ ♪
Do you guys want to have sex?
♪ ♪
- Do you guys want to have sex?
♪ ♪
- Eventually, yes.
- Yes. - Okay.
- Just yes for me. - Okay, okay. Just--
Screw the "eventually." just yes.
♪ ♪
What do you feel like you need from him
To feel more comfortable?
♪ ♪
- I think I need to get to know you just more.
- I think it all goes back to intimacy.
I could be--I could go two, three months.
I can go this whole experience not having sex
And be perfectly fine with that.
That's not the issue.
When I say intimacy, I say--I mean kiss.
So the fact that that hasn't happened--
- Why is kissing such a problem?
I'm sorry to interrupt you.
- I mean, for me, it's very intimate.
- But--but a peck on the lips?
♪ ♪
Is that outside of your comfort zone?
- It is-- - a lip peck?
- It is outside of my comfort zone right now.
♪ ♪
- What I hear is, "this is how I always been."
That's what I hear.
- But for me, it's more like, it's gonna come.
Just my comfort. Like, I'll get there
Just like I get there with everything else.
This just takes me a little longer.
I care about how I feel
And the pace that I feel comfortable going at.
And so, it always makes me feel like,
Oh, people are trying to put pressure on us.
People try--so I have to just remind myself,
Ignore the voices. Just focus on how you feel
In your marriage with your husband.
- ♪ show me you will ♪
♪ I wanna give it to you ♪
- I understand. I just want her to be comfortable.
- Yeah. - You know, I don't want
To push it, you know, but I asked her straight up.
I was like, "do you think you could go from now
"until decision day without a kiss?
Without giving me a kiss?"
She said, "probably."
♪ ♪
And I said, "okay, well, just know,
"I'ma be 100% real with you,
If that happens, I am going to ask for a divorce."
♪ ♪
- Wow.
- The fact that you will say it,
But won't show me, knowing that I'm like--
I do want to be with you, but if you're not kissing me,
Do you really want to be with me?
- ♪ you know I've thought about it, baby ♪
♪ ♪
♪ you know you drive me crazy ♪
♪ ♪
- Do you want a beer? - I'm good. Thanks.
You okay? Everything good?
Like-- - I'm fine.
- You sure? - Yeah.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
- I'm back in the apartment with zack
Because we have a meeting with pastor cal.
I'm pretty upset zack did not communicate with me
That he left or anything,
So it's frustrating for him to say,
"are you okay?" when you know I'm not okay.
♪ ♪
- Michaela.
- You really wanna know what's wrong?
- Yeah, yeah. It's fine. - Okay.
So this morning, I wake up-- - mm-hmm.
- I don't have my husband next to me.
And there's no bella, there's no zack.
They're gone.
You told me, "I'ma get her to bed,
And then after she's asleep, I'ma come to the bed."
That's the last thing I heard from you.
And so, when I woke up in the early morning
And my husband wasn't next to me
After eight days of being apart--
- The reason why I didn't sleep in the same bed as you
Is because I fell asleep-- I fell asleep.
Like, I just fell asleep. I was very tired.
I didn't mean to--I wait for her to fall asleep,
I fell asleep same time.
Didn't wake up until 7:00 a.M.
When I woke up, I had to take bella to the daycare.
- But you never communicated that.
- I understand why you're mad, and I'm sorry,
But there was a reason behind
Why I didn't wake you up, why I left.
So I just want you to know it wasn't on purpose, okay?
- It felt like it was intentional.
- What was intentional? - All of it!
[dramatic musical sting]
And I also don't see
Why you couldn't send a simple text message.
A text message isn't waking somebody up.
It's just saying, "hey, I left."
♪ ♪
- You think I, like, did this on purpose?
Like I--why do you think I did that?
- I think you made decisions on your own,
And you're good at that,
And I find that both endearing and irritating.
- I told you-- - because I think
You make decisions, and you just make them.
- You don't make decisions too? Everybody makes decisions
In life. - I do. I do.
But it's like-- god damn, zachary.
Like, I'm in there waiting on you.
What am I supposed to think?
- So you thought I was gonna be gone forever?
Like what you thought-- - no.
I didn't think you were gonna be gone forever.
You give me such limited information
That it's like, well, okay. - Okay. Hold on.
- Well, if you're gonna act in an independent way,
Then so should I. - All right. Hold on.
Is that why you left today? - Yes!
- Okay. You know what's funny, though?
'cause, you know, we actually talked about,
Like, how we would handle, like, the situation,
Like, who would leave. - It's not funny.
It's not funny. - It's funny as [bleep] to me.
The rash decision to just leave the apartment
Because of something so simple as I left without saying bye,
This is a red flag
Because I've dealt with this in the past
And I hate this type of behavior.
And it hasn't worked out for me in the past,
And I don't know if it's gonna work out for me now.
- I took all my [bleep] and I left.
That's because of what you did.
You never came back! You never came back!
- I came back here at, like, 9:15. You were gone.
Like, you--I have to te--you were gone.
You said. - [bleep] nope.
I was not gone at 9:15. You a [bleep] liar.
- Okay, okay, okay. - You a [bleep] liar.
♪ ♪
- Unfortunately, I think I've reached my limit of--
About talking about this 'cause I have to move on.
I can't--like, I can no longer talk about this situation.
- Is there a resolve here?
- Um...
[knocks on door]
[bleep].
♪ ♪
[door opens]
What's up, man. How you doing?
We have a visitor, michaela.
[eerie tone]
- ♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- ♪ how do we stop the rain from falling? ♪
♪ ♪
- I can no longer talk about this situation.
- Is there a resolve here?
- Um...
[knocks on door]
[bleep].
♪ ♪
What's up, man. How you doing?
- What's up, big guy? - How you doing?
- Good.
♪ ♪
We have a visitor, michaela.
- Yes, we do.
- All right. Good to see you guys.
- You too, you too, you too.
You guys are married. - Yeah, I know.
- All right, all right, all right.
I want to talk to you.
I just came to see you, to visit.
That's all. - Uh-huh.
- You guys are sitting so far apart.
- We just had, like, a little--a little argument.
Our first little argument.
- Our first real argument.
- Yeah, our first real argument.
- Welcome to marriage, okay? - Yeah, yeah.
- I've noticed that you guys have matched me with a man
Who is as challenging, dynamic, and strong--
As me. - As you.
- [chuckles]
Like-- - absolutely.
- You know, our little argument changes nothing about
How I feel about you, right?
Like, I still think you're an amazing woman.
I think you're the most caring and loving girl
I've been around, and so, it...
It's just a little bump in the road.
♪ ♪
And I don't like you making that face.
See-- - I'm--I'm looking at that too.
- See, now it's gonna be really difficult.
Okay, so-- - sorry.
- No. But hold on. No, no, no.
No, I want you to stop for a second.
Inter--interpret what that's all about.
What's the squint for?
- There is a guard. I'm sorry.
- Mm-hmm. - There is a guard up.
So when you say these things, like, they--
Yeah, they sound good, but...
- Okay, hold up, hold up, hold up.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
From my perspective, I literally--
All I did was fall asleep with my dog accidentally.
The next morning, I took her to the daycare,
And I showed up to the apartment two hours later.
Like, what have I done
That shows you that I'm not telling the truth?
Like, that's what I don't like, because I've been honest
In this whole process from day [bleep] one,
And I'm not lying now.
I've never seen that squint you did.
We've had a lot of conversations,
A lot of deep conversations on- and off-camera,
And I've never seen that.
- What did that mean to you?
- It just means, like, you don't believe me
And I'm not being genuine or something like that.
Like, even the way you're acting now.
♪ ♪
- Yeah. Well, I want you to-- I want you to let him know
Why you--what-- what you're feeling
And why you're responding that way.
- [voice cracks] I'm nervous.
And I don't let my guard down. - Right.
- And I want to believe you. I want to trust you.
You are absolutely a phenomenal person.
You're a phenomenal man.
And I pray that what I believe you are is true
And that I can be with you for the rest of my life.
But that makes me nervous!
- [softly] why?
- The safety and security of it.
If--if--when my dad died,
I had to pretty much protect myself.
Like, my dad always had my back.
Now I have a husband and I have to put my vulnerability in him.
And so, the idea of allowing myself to be
Watched over and led by another man is--is scary.
- Okay, I understand that. And--and--
See? Okay, see? I can't--
- Zack, zack, zack, zack, zack.
Look at me. Zack, look at me.
Okay. No, I hear you, but just--
- I'm sorry. - No, no, no.
I'm--I'm going to intervene here
'cause I want you to hear me. - I tried.
- No, no, no, no. No, no, no.
But I want you to hear me. - All right.
- Now I want you to hear me, okay?
'cause I want you-- I want--I want you guys
To see what happened, okay?
I motioned to him and asked him to close the gap.
Now you sort of jokingly, but not jokingly,
You recoiled.
And that is again saying to him,
"oh, she still doesn't trust me."
- If I'm, like, genuinely trying
To, like, you know, be closer to you
And you don't want it, like, it's gonna be okay.
I'll just-- I'll take a step back.
And I'm okay with that. I want to give you your space.
I want you to be comfortable, like, and that's okay.
- That's--but I disagree with that.
I think that's complete bs. I think you want him
To touch you. - I do.
- You want him, but--but-- - now the moment has passed
And I'm physically checked. - No.
Zack, the moment never passes.
No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no.
Nope, nope, nope. This is marriage.
This is where we push through the difficult times
And the difficult crap for reconciliation.
She wants your closeness,
But it's difficult for her to receive it.
Did you hear what she said a moment ago?
Her dad was her protector.
When someone loses someone who's like that,
It's crushing.
Am I right?
You felt abandoned when your dad passed,
And you felt abandoned ever since.
- My dad's gone forever. He was a good man.
- Mm-hmm.
I know.
♪ ♪
- It's okay. Come here.
♪ ♪
- Let him--let him be there for you, okay?
♪ ♪
It's okay. Listen.
You leaving the house without her knowing it,
You see how that could have stirred up something
As far as, "where's my protector?"
Can you--can you hold his hand?
♪ ♪
Good.
- I can't imagine how you feel, honestly.
It's--it's like--I know it's a traumatic experience
And I really can't relate, but I promise you, like,
You know, I have your back, whatever you need.
Like, I'll be there for you,
Whatever, like, it takes to make you feel more comfortable.
- That's a lot of responsibility
For you to take on.
I don't feel like you need
To, like, take this, like, burden on.
- I don't feel like-- I don't need to do [bleep].
I don't--but I want to.
- Here's the thing. Here's the thing.
Don't worry about the responsibility.
The man is saying--he sitting here right in your face,
Telling you, "it's not too much for me."
Why are you telling him it is too much?
Why--why--why are you convinced that it is?
Let him do that, okay?
This is why you wanted to be married.
To have this kind of support.
Doggone it, you got it right here.
Stop pushing it away.
♪ ♪
You both have to work out your own baggage.
You guys have an incredible amount of potential
To be just an awesome couple.
- ♪ not sure if you know much about me ♪
♪ is that what you wanted? Makes it easy ♪
- I don't want you to derail this early on.
- ♪ I want to be the one for you ♪
♪ will you let me through since it's up to you? ♪
♪ ♪
- Pastor cal! - Johnny, my man.
So, you're married.
First of all, let's go back to the wedding.
How was it?
- The ceremony was amazing.
- I heard! And I heard also that you guys had met before.
- We have. - I had a crush on you,
I shared, like forever, you know?
And--and you just never noticed me
'cause I wasn't miss popular.
- Oh, my god. - I was the nerdy bookworm.
- Wow.
- I was not even on his radar.
- Okay. Okay.
- Oh, my god. - Yeah, I know johnny.
I know you're feeling kind of bad now.
But let's continue. - We're married now.
You're stuck with me. - I know.
Let's continue.
You guys have had some-- some early challenges already.
And I know. I've talked to you individually,
And you've shared with me some of the challenges you've had.
But for every challenge you've had,
I believe that a lot of them arise out of--out of fear
And out of--out of this--
Just not feeling as though you've been accepted.
You guys had any deep conversations?
- Something that I didn't expect to happen
During honeymoon was
Instead of having really surface-level conversations,
We dove straight to the deep end.
And that's why we've also had,
You know, our handful of arguments.
There's no way you could go that deep
Without arguing about some things.
♪ ♪
- Tell me what-- what are we talking about?
- Something that I am insecure about is
That I sometimes snore.
And, you know, he-- he dismissed it immediately
After I brought it up.
He was acting like I was being overly sensitive
And making a bigger deal of it than it is.
But, you know, when you made fun of a vulnerability,
That made me feel less attractive.
I feel like sometimes that you're rejecting me.
I feel I have to initiate all of the physical touch.
Just trying to get any kind of affection.
♪ ♪
- But I feel like I do initiate.
- Okay, let me stop right here.
If she feels as though you're not initiating,
It makes no difference what you feel.
- Yeah.
- You know, I want you to hear what she's saying.
She said she doesn't feel attractive.
She doesn't feel like you're initiating it.
And I want--I want to know that if you aren't, which is fine,
And if you're not attracted,
Now's the time to find out why.
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
- Yeah. Okay. 'cause you're--you're struggling.
You're struggling, and I know-- and I know you're struggling
'cause you don't want to say anything
That's gonna hurt her feelings. - Yeah.
- Okay, but if there is something, do you want to know?
Do you want to know that? - I do wanna know that.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- I want you to hear what she's saying.
She said she doesn't feel like you're attracted.
And you're not attracted, now's the time to find out why.
♪ ♪
Do you want to know that? - I do wanna know that.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
- When you get happy and excited,
It feels like you get very giddy,
Almost like a little kid.
♪ ♪
I personally don't find it attractive.
Here we are.
Mimosas. - Yes, bubbles!
Get in here, get in here. Stabilize me.
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
- [giggles]
- I think it's 'cause I'm trying to be,
Like, physically intimate.
Like, I want that to grow, and when you do that,
It turns me off.
♪ ♪
And actually, a lot of your advances towards me
Are also very--
- Kiddy. - In that line.
Like, you'll come up to me and kind of be like,
Look up to me with like-- like, "ready for a kiss."
♪ ♪
And I'm like...
And I kiss you, but it's not, like, hot.
It's not spicy. It doesn't get me going, you know?
And so, I'll kiss you, but it's really a friendly kiss.
- Yeah, it is. Hmm.
- How is what he's saying making you feel?
[dramatic musical sting]
- Not attractive at all.
- I know. - He's comparing me to a child.
- And I didn't--that's why I didn't want to say it.
- It's--it's okay, johnny. It's okay.
This is what marriage is.
We talk about these issues,
And we either adjust or we accept,
But we don't break and run.
So that's--that's what we're doing now, okay?
So don't--don't--don't worry about saying how you feel.
And I want you to take how he's saying
As simply how he's feeling.
- Yeah, but you know, it does make me feel like
A part of me--it makes me feel like I can't be myself,
That in my moments of joy--
And most people don't see that side of me,
When I'm just giddy, and that's how I express that.
And I only do that with a romantic partner.
♪ ♪
I feel like, in a way, he's disgusted by my joy
Or the way that I express joy.
- Here's what I don't want you to do.
I don't want you to get into your head, okay?
With this, okay? - Okay.
- Because there's nothing wrong with how you express joy.
And there's nothing wrong with just laughing with,
You know, with abandon.
I'm going to challenge you to be giddy.
Stay with me. Stay with me.
Instead of looking at it as a negative,
Understand, this is your grown wife.
She's a grown woman, in every sense of the word.
And so, I want you to put all this in--in context, you know?
And I--and I--I'm not picking on you johnny,
'cause you know you my dude.
You know that, but I,
You know, I'm gonna come straight with you, okay?
This is not bao's issue. - It is not. I agree.
- This is johnny's issue, okay? - It's my thing.
- Even though I want her to appreciate the fact
That you will open enough to share it--
- I do. - Okay?
But I--I don't want you to diminish who you are
Because there's nothing bad about who you are, okay?
And I will bet that the more open and honest you are,
And the more you deal with your issues,
The more you're going to find yourselves
Growing in some serious,
Intense affections to one another.
- ♪ I put my hands up ♪
♪ I put my hands down ♪
- The only hindrance to the success
Of your relationship is you.
- ♪ everything just seems so heavy now ♪
- You guys are it. You can make it succeed,
Or you can make it fail.
- ♪ I choose ♪
♪ to love you ♪
♪ ♪
- Congratulations, and to great health.
- Next time on "married at first sight"...
- Yeah, baby! Ow! All: Cheers.
- Being with someone all the time,
It does accelerate the feelings.
- Like, I'm scared I'm gonna be restricted.
He's scared I'm just gonna, like, blow all this money.
And I think he needs to let loose a little bit
On his finances. - Right, so that's--
That's the thing. You gotta make sure
That he's not controlling it 110%.
- Define it for me. - "extra." look it up.
You want me to give you an urban dictionary of "extra"?
Too much. - Like too much of what?
- Everything.
- So at what point, though, are you like,
"okay, this is..." - I don't know.
- "I can't do this anymore," you know what I mean?"
'cause you're gonna reach that point.
- Sorry I made you feel that way.
It's very disappointing for me to hear.
- What's wrong? Are you all right?
Dude, we're gonna put our heads together.
You're good.
- Now she's just a [bleep]. [laughs maniacally]
Because I'm a [bleep].
♪ ♪
- I feel horrible right now. - I didn't know that!
And I'm not trying to cry now. I didn't know that.
♪ ♪