- Breathe. It's very risky
To get married at first sight.
- All right, we're doing this.
I am ready
For the love of my life.
- Please stand.
Four weeks ago... - Hi, husband!
- Ten individuals took a courageous 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'm excited that I'm officially married.
- ♪ think of all the times ♪
- Last time, they tested each other to their limits
And discovered just how far they can go.
- Oh, my god! - [laughs]
- Bao and johnny.
- ♪ one more time that I need you ♪
- I am just feeling all-around happy right now.
- This is where I'm supposed to kiss.
- ♪ that I ain't leaving ♪
- Myrla and gil.
- I did want to share that I got my first kiss.
- Hey, man. - Hey!
We should drink to that!
- Oh, oh!
- You initiated it?
- I had to. That was, like, the thing.
He's like, "I'm not even gonna try."
- That's so cute.
- Brett and ryan.
- You feel the same? You feel better?
You feel-- - I feel better.
- I mean, about you and me.
- Yeah, I mean,
I definitely feel better.
- Michaela and zack.
- Do you honestly see our future together?
- I can't see it. Like, a future, it is doubtful.
[dramatic music]
But I am holding out hope.
♪ ♪
- Rachel and jose.
- So I go out, lock the apartment door.
Apparently, I lock her out.
She's like, "I want to get a divorce."
- I feel my husband doesn't even care for me.
[glass shatters]
I do not love him anymore.
[glass shatters]
- Mm!
- Tonight they celebrate their one-month anniversary
As husband and wife.
- Let's do this, let's do this.
- In only four weeks, they will have
To make a major decision:
To stay married or get a divorce.
- It hasn't felt forced. It feels--it feels right.
And when things feel right, everything else is, like, easy.
- I think we're moving forward.
- No, I disagree.
Like, I want somebody who sees a future with me.
I want to be wanted.
- Darling, how you doing?
- I mean, not great.
I am going through
A uniquely hard time.
- The way you talk to me,
The way you raised your voice,
Is this my husband's personality?
- I'm learning that johnny needs me
To initiate more--
Essentially romance my husband.
- Bao, stop what you are saying.
There is a lot I want to say.
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- This is "married at first sight."
- ♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ it's all or nothing ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- I don't even know how to even talk to you.
- I know, same here.
You know, it's crazy to think that, you know,
We had three impeccable weeks, and then now
It's to a point where we're not on
Really much speaking terms.
Hadn't really returned my texts
Or anything like that.
I don't think that there may be
A future in this, I don't know.
♪ ♪
- I just still don't feel like
I have the apology that I deserve.
♪ ♪
I was locked out of the apartment,
And you just didn't seem sorry.
- It wasn't intentional. I didn't do it out of spite,
Because I'm like, "oh, okay, well, this is
What I'm gonna do." I was out of habit.
You know every night, before we go to sleep,
I lock the doors. I will get up--
If even we're in a deep sleep, get up to go lock the doors
And make sure that everything is locked.
I'm sorry for locking the top lock,
But it wasn't on purpose. I didn't mean to do it.
- This is my point. You say "I'm sorry,"
And then you lead it with, like,
Excuses of why you locked, instead of being like,
"I'm truly, deeply sorry. I should have done better.
"I should have immediately blew up your phone
When I realized I locked"--
Like, that's what I'm expecting,
And I'm just not getting that.
- I don't know what you want from me.
I'm telling you I'm sorry. Like, it'll never happen again.
And you're just saying, "oh, well, it's not good enough."
It's like, okay?
- The thing is, I thought I was doing
Everything I had to do,
And I still got treated that way.
The way you spoke to me that night,
Then getting locked out.
Okay, it was an accident, I get it. For your protection.
But then how you acted about it the next day,
You just seemed to not care. And I was like,
"man, I'm here, like, willing to move,
"willing to do all this stuff for this person,
And this person doesn't even care for me."
- How do--how do you think I don't care for you?
What did I text you today?
The text verbatim says, "I know that you want a divorce,
"and you probably don't care about this whole text,
But I miss you and I love you."
- You know what I didn't see in that text?
- What? - An apology!
The apology I've been expecting.
I will move forward when I feel
I get the sorry that I deserve.
Because your wife was locked out
Of her own apartment at 1:00 in the morning.
- I get it, we keep harping on the same thing. I get it.
Are you ever gonna get over it? Ever?
♪ ♪
Like, [bleep], I [bleep] up.
Okay, so what the [bleep]
Do you want me to do?
Like, I can't do anything about it.
I can't go back in time and change it.
I'm so-- - see, it's like--
It's like you're mad. - I'm so sorry.
- You're mad that you locked me out.
- Everything that comes out of your mouth is,
"okay, well, you locked me out."
- [bleep], like--
- I'm still upset, clearly.
- I just can't have someone talk to me
The way you talk to me. Now I'm thinking,
"is this my husband's personality?
Is that him?" - mm-hmm.
- "like, is that something I'm gonna have to deal with
Again and again and again?" - mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- Those are personality, deep, core issues.
I'm saying, can that be fixed?
♪ ♪
- Those can be fixed.
When I'm upset and I'm bothered,
I now know to communicate to you
"I do not want to talk about this right now,
But we'll talk about it later," right?
- Mm-hmm. - Is that how you would like
That to be presented? - Mm-hmm.
- Perfect. So moving forward,
You know that my words cut
And I do not like to talk
About a certain situation right then and there.
I don't like to address it.
♪ ♪
And so for me, to combat that
Is to hold off, to cool down,
And then to address it at a later time.
I mean, I--I mean,
I have improvements I need to make.
I see that, okay, I need to work on--
Like, I need to work on my listening.
I need to work on that. I need to be more caring.
I need to send more texts, more phone calls.
Like, like, I'm gonna see this through.
Like, I'm gonna do anything I can.
So, um...
You know, okay, I'm not perfect.
Like, okay, I [bleep] up.
Like, I'm trying to tell you that I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for what I did.
It happened once. I'm gonna fix it.
We're gonna move forward from it. I'm just--
♪ ♪
- Thank you. I think that was
A very sincere apology, yeah.
I really do appreciate that.
That--I now feel better.
And I do.
I finally get the apology I thought I deserved.
And I'm finally getting, you know,
The jose that I thought I knew back.
Normally, in a regular relationship,
I've never given someone a second chance like this.
- ♪ I'll stay ♪
- But we're married. We're on the same team.
We have to fight for the marriage.
And I can't predict the future.
Will he charm me and sweep me
Off of my feet? We shall see.
- ♪ come what may ♪
- ♪ my, my, summer day ♪
♪ gonna dance, gonna play ♪
♪ and it feels like, feels like ♪
♪ I want you, you ♪
- Ooh!
- ♪ put a smile on my face and it feels like ♪
♪ it feels like you want me too ♪
- Can I still shake it, though? - No.
- It just feels like you have to, though.
- That's a myth.
- Hey, michaela, hi. I've never seen this outfit.
It's kind of cute, I like it.
- Pull your--pull your side over, and then we'll just
Put this on top or something, I don't know.
- With the couples about to reach
Their one-month anniversary,
They only have four more weeks
Until that all-important decision day.
Now is the time to dig in
To find out what they really need to know
In order to feel good about making the decision
To stay married or get divorced.
- I don't do well with limp hands.
It's gotta be, like, secure and comfy.
- Really? - You can put it here,
You can put it here,
You can put it here. You can put it,
Really, anywhere. - But that's not cuddling.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, whoa ♪
- I can smell the food.
- I made the biggest freaking omelet.
- You're gonna have to-- you're gonna have to "fwoop"!
♪ ♪
Look how--look at you! Look at this!
Thank you. - You're welcome.
- Did you sleep good? - Yeah, I feel good today.
- What's on the books today?
- Um, I have something for you.
A little bit of problem-solving.
- Oh, no, pressure.
- I set up a little scavenger hunt.
- Uh-oh. - You ready to begin?
- I'm scared, but yes.
- We're almost a month in,
And not a lot has changed, really, in my mind,
But I know that I need to
Put more effort into trying to make this work.
I don't want to go back to dating.
Those days are over.
♪ ♪
- Oh, come on. - There's five of 'em.
- "what do you have at the table for every meal?"
- It's not at this meal, surprisingly.
- My cup?
"if you were my lost wallet,
Where would you be?"
Your lost wallet would be by the bed.
Killing it! - [chuckles]
- "your last chance to run"?
- What is that referencing?
- My shoes? - There you go.
- My shoes? - Yeah.
- You're clever.
Aw, you're smart.
"I don't work"--[laughs]
Ryan, I know what this is, you ding-dong!
"I don't work, and I'm currently at 78 degrees."
- I had to go look and see what the temperature was
When I was writing the note.
- "I don't work." [laughs]
It's so shady.
"they're always watching." [laughs]
You are so funny.
- I even put a note on top of it,
'cause I knew it was gonna tear it like that.
♪ ♪
Make sure you read the side facing you first.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
"thank you for being the person that you are
At all/most times."
You're such a jerk. "kind of kidding."
Kind of kidding!
"granted, it was advice
"given by basically every human that knows me.
"I do require patience above all else.
"we're nearly four weeks into this crazy journey,
"and I can't wait to see where it leads us.
"stay positive and flip card.
Go get"--ha! Heck yeah!
You are so cute. That was fun.
- I was worried you weren't gonna be able to reach that.
- He likes to write notes,
And he's better at that than verbalizing things.
Aww. - So maybe you can go
Buy some things. - Oh, I'm going.
Money burns a hole in my pocket.
So, you know, I do like ryan making an effort.
It was really thoughtful.
I feel, like,
Definitely more optimistic in a long time.
But at the same time, I hope and wish and pray
That he would make more of an effort
When it comes to sex and intimacy,
'cause we're about a month in,
And so far, we've only kissed.
So I'm ready for it.
You know, I feel--I feel ready.
That was fun. A-plus.
- ♪ so come on, let your hair down ♪
♪ and by the way, I think we started something ♪
- ♪ we go together like peaches and cream ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, ay ♪
♪ low riding in your whip, I'm the queen ♪
- You excited?
- I'm very excited. - Yeah?
- I've been wanting to do this for a long, long time.
Tonight we're going salsa dancing with gil and myrla.
I don't know why, though. Like, I'm not even that good
At salsa dancing. - You don't think so?
- No, I've just always wanted to learn.
I think it'll be a cool interaction.
I know gil and myrla like to dance,
And I know michaela and I like to dance,
So I think it should be good.
You know, they're probably gonna show us up, so we can't--
- Well, I'm just gonna watch as all three of you show me up.
- Yeah, no, we can't look-- we can't look too crazy.
So we gotta make sure we mind our ps and qs.
- You keep saying this "we" word.
- What, you're not-- you're not gonna dance with me?
- We'll see how it goes.
- ♪ we go together like peaches and cream ♪
[salsa music]
♪ ♪
- You're not even gonna wait for your wife?
- No, I was gonna open the door.
- Oh.
- Tonight I'm taking my wife
To salsa lessons.
Salsa dancing is my passion.
You know, it's something that I hope
To bring into my marriage.
I want my wife to also enjoy
Dancing with me.
- I feel like we're in an intervention.
- And dancing salsa,
You have to be compatible with the person,
Because people dance on all type of different rhythms,
All different counts.
So now that we've been married
For almost a month,
It's time to put her moves
To the test.
- It's actually past my bedtime, so--
- Oh, my gosh.
- I'm a little tired.
- This is gonna be just joyful with you.
- I know, right? - Hello, hello.
- What up, what up, what up, what up?
- What's happening? - How you doing?
- Good.
- How are you? - How are you?
- What up, what up, what up, what up?
- Y'all came ready for this.
- How are you?
- Good, how about yourself?
- Good.
- Have you guys been here before?
- Never. - Never?
But you guys are expects, right?
- I have rhythm.
- She claims she has rhythm, but I don't know.
- Hey, how you doing? - Hi.
- Okay, I'm michael. I'm glad you guys
Have come in today.
So actually, I want to just go ahead
And get us up and start to learn
Just the basics of salsa.
I'm gonna have the ladies kind of lined up right here
And then the men lined up with me.
- Okay. - I'll get out of the way
So you can-- you can see each other.
So five, six, seven.
And one, two, three.
Five, six, seven. - Oh, I already messed up.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- Three. Five, six, seven.
- You got it.
- I got something.
- Doing good. - I told you I was good.
- I don't know about all that.
But you're doing good right now.
- Can't give me credit. Can't give me credit.
- Go back to our regular basics.
Forward and back.
Good.
All right, let's go ahead,
And we're gonna try to partner up.
♪ ♪
- You quit? - Yep.
[laughter] - I'm good.
- We'll get you back in, we'll get you back in.
It's not that hard. - Mm-mm.
- Seeing that she doesn't want to participate
Is not too surprising, because
She goes hot to cold, hot to cold all the time.
It's very confusing.
- You gonna make your husband dance with the instructor?
- I sure am.
- Come on, man.
- All right, we're gonna have your right hand
Kind of on her shoulder blade.
And so this is gonna be your dance front.
Good. All right, so you've done the salsa basic before.
Kind of wanna make sure that you understand what's going on.
So just go ahead and step forward with your left foot.
One, two, three. And back. Five, six.
And a smaller step back. Just step to the side.
One, two, three. Five, six, seven.
- If I was in his situation
And myrla, my wife--
If wifey went and sat down,
You know, I'd feel not wanted.
I would feel like, "okay, well,
"if she doesn't want to do this,
"she's not gonna want to do a lot of stuff.
"she's not even compromising. That shows me a lot.
That shows me this is-- this is who my wife is."
- How'd you like the class? - It was fun.
I had a good time!
- Did you? - I did!
I had a great time! - Okay, okay, but
What will it take for you to want to,
Like, participate in that?
What made you feel so uncomfortable?
Was it just the steps or the movements or what?
- Oh, I just didn't want to do it, period that's it.
- Because you didn't like dancing, or you just--
- No, I just didn't want to do salsa dancing.
There's nothing wrong with it. It's just sometimes
You just don't want to do something.
- So are you like that about everything?
[tense music]
Like, let's say he wants to do it.
- Mm-hmm.
- You won't try it 'cause he wants to?
- I did. - Okay, that's trying?
- Is it not trying? - Mm.
- That's--mm--I don't know.
It depends on who you ask. - I think I got the basic steps
And decided, "mm, no."
- But you didn't try it with him, though.
You--you heard the steps, and then when it was time
For you to dance with your husband,
You was like, "nah, I'm out."
You didn't even try one step with him
And then been like, "okay, I'm out."
At least one step. - That is true.
- Like, one and be like, "okay, cool, I'm good."
- I could have tried harder. I didn't want to.
- Okay, got you.
♪ ♪
So all right, so if we compare
This to our marriages,
What do you think-- is it comparable
How marriage is going for us?
- Oh, it's just a stalemate.
- Is it a stalemate right now? - Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Okay. - We're not really
Moving anywhere in particular.
- I--I think we're moving forward.
You don't think so? - No, I disagree.
I think we're moving backward.
- Backward? - Yeah, yeah.
♪ ♪
- Can you elaborate?
I'm kind of curious.
I want to understand why you think that.
- I think I thought we were moving forward.
You know, I was trying, and I was like,
"I'm committed, and, you know,
Regardless, like, we're gonna do this."
And there's only so much that a person can bear,
Like, hearing certain words come at you.
♪ ♪
- You're referring to when I said, like,
"I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel,
I don't see how this is gonna work out long-term,"
Like, those? - Do you honestly
See our future together?
- Right now, I can't see it.
Like, a future, it is doubtful.
But I am holding out hope.
- Like, I want somebody who sees a future with me,
Who sees being with me as long-term.
Like, I want that. I want to be wanted.
And I'm not feeling that with my husband.
♪ ♪
- Like, I want somebody who sees a future with me,
Who sees being with me as long-term.
Like, I want that. I want to be wanted.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I'm not feeling that with my husband.
[tense music]
- I understand how you feel that way,
And I respect that, but I just want you to know
I didn't think I would have strong feelings
For someone I didn't know within a week, and I did.
And just because I can't see a future
Doesn't mean I won't someday.
I understand what you're saying.
Like, of course, I don't want to be
With someone who says, "I don't see a future."
But just understand what I'm saying.
You know what I mean? - I'm confused.
I'm sorry.
I'm confused, I'm confused.
I wanted to be married at first sight so badly
Because I want to be wanted.
I want to be with someone
Who sees a future with me, who wants to be with me,
Who wants to be with me long-term and build with me,
Who thinks I can be better and do better,
And who loves me for me.
- I get both of y'all. I see what he's saying.
What he's saying is, he's telling you, yeah, look,
He doesn't see a future, but that doesn't mean
There can't be a future. - Yeah, exactly.
- That's what he's basically saying.
But I also completely understand
Where you're coming from, 'cause like,
"well, you give up. Why am I trying?"
But honestly, that's marriage.
We're different, like, we're very much different.
But the one thing that we're very similar in
Is our marriage goals,
The fact that we want to be together.
It's do you want to be with this person first?
You gotta ask yourself that question.
And if you do, then okay, then slowly but surely,
Everything else will start falling in line.
- ♪ I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive ♪
♪ life on the other side ♪
- ♪ all your dreams and all your fears ♪
♪ you think those worlds collide ♪
- Hello? - Hey.
- Hey, darling, how you doing?
- I mean, not great.
When I got home, there were just, like,
Two huge piles of vomit, like, on the floor.
[soft music]
And it was all bile. Like, there was nothing in it.
So I called the vet, and they were like,
"is he acting different? You know, is he eating?"
And they're asking all the questions where I'm like,
"oh, crap."
- ♪ oh, I don't wanna know ♪
- So they didn't have any appointments, so I took him
To this emergency vet. It took a really long time.
And then she calls me back and says
That basically he's in severe kidney failure.
- That's crazy.
- And so they want to hospitalize him overnight,
And basically, it's, like, 50/50.
Like, maybe he gets better, maybe he doesn't.
- Oh, so you're not sleeping tonight,
And you're gonna be,
Like, racked with worry. - Yeah.
He's either gonna get worse, or he's gonna get better
Or stay the same, but it'll probably be one or the other.
So waiting game.
And, um, just have positive thoughts, you know.
- Well, I love you. Call me if you need anything.
- Love you too. All right, bye.
[sighs]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- So hell of a week.
- Yeah.
Quite, quite a week, I will say.
- These past couple days have not been easy, for sure,
Especially because, you know, it's, like, my own actions.
Like, my own actions caused this whole thing.
I thought, before marriage, like, I was doing--
I was an excellent communicator
And I listen perfectly. - Yeah.
- And then now, throughout this process,
I'm like, well, "[bleep], I'm not
"as great a communicator as I thought I was,
"and I damn sure don't listen as good as I probably should,
Especially to my wife." so, you know,
I failed at a couple things.
And I can promise you x, y, and z,
But the actions have to back up what I'm saying.
Seeing is believing, and I'm all about,
You know, visualization.
And so, um--
So with that being said, I, uh--
I created these, um, you know, for me.
Right off top, first one is,
"I promise not to ever lock the door, ever."
- That's a good one.
- Second one is, "I promise to always check on my wife,
"morning, noon, and night, just to make sure that,
You know, you're safe. And I care."
- Yeah. - Like, you're my wife.
I want to.
"I promise to actively listen more.
Stop what I'm doing and make eye contact."
"I promise to be less controlling and let you be
The independent woman you are, always."
And then lastly, "I promise to handle
My anger and temper and aggression better."
I know that was one that
Really kind of tipped the scales, and so
I have to do a better job of communicating that
And hold myself accountable
For everything that,
Clearly, I put us through, so...
Coming into this marriage and being married at first sight,
I didn't think that I had issues.
I thought my communication style was on point.
I thought my listening was on point.
It's not until you actually have to start really
Putting them to work with someone else,
And I found out, you know,
I wasn't too great at that.
So these note cards show her that, you know,
I'm--I'm in it to win it.
I'm not, you know, just gonna just tell you
Some [bleep] apology
And just think you're gonna be okay with it.
Here's the action I'm now taking.
I mean, I'll do whatever it takes
To make this marriage work.
- I'm very happy for this, I'm very thankful.
I appreciate it. This is definitely
A great start.
I was kind of, like--
Like, "how does anyone get past this, you know?"
And now I see that it is possible to get past this.
So yes, I see this could work, you know?
But it's my job now to be very up-front.
Any time I'm getting some weird gut feeling,
I need to let you know right then and there,
And if it upsets either one of us,
Give each other time or communicate
Or whatever we need to do and handle it
In a very grown-up, mature way.
- I would definitely appreciate that, for sure,
Because we know, okay,
We hit this turbulence, we hit these uncharted waters,
And we see what it can do.
It's a good point for us to start
Hopefully rebuilding what, you know--
The same feelings we had, like, weeks ago
When we were, like, cloud nine.
You know, it's gonna take a lot of work,
But we'll definitely get there, for sure.
- Moving forward, this week, now we gotta put actions
Behind all of this conversation, you know.
And I really do think we'll both be successful.
This was just a bad three days.
Like, that's insane.
After, like, an amazing three weeks,
We had a bad three days, you know.
So I really am looking forward
To where next week will take us.
- And I will definitely do anything I can,
Moving forward, to prove that to you.
I mean, there's nothing I won't do for this marriage.
You know, I'm in this. I'm in this for the long haul.
♪ ♪
- Thank you.
Like, our conversations
Just get better and better, I will say, so...
♪ ♪
Come on. Good talk, good talk.
- ♪ that's what love is the most ♪
- ♪ you drive me crazy ♪
♪ got me going in deep lately ♪
- It feels like you're braiding.
- I think so.
I'm doing a fantabulous job.
It's like making eggs, sunny over easy, right?
- A month anniversary may not be a typical milestone
For most relationships.
But these newlyweds are far from typical.
- Can't look at you with a straight face anymore.
- Especially when you're doing like this right here.
- [laughs]
- So this one-month anniversary
Is an achievement.
- There is another vowel.
- Yeah, but what is-- what word has a u?
- You're gonna be so pissed. - Oh, "grow up."
- [laughs]
You were two legs away from death.
- At this point, they only have four more weeks
To decide whether they want to stay married
Or get a divorce.
- ♪ too fab, too fly, too funny ♪
♪ too gas, too high, yeah, we on it ♪
- This is bao, my wife. And my name's johnny.
- [chuckles] - we're jumping out of a plane.
- I've never been in a plane this small.
- Never.
- Right, here we go.
- Oh, my god, oh, my god.
- Yee-ha!
- [screams and laughs]
- It is our one-month anniversary,
So we're celebrating one month together
By taking a big leap of faith.
Showtime, aah! - Aah!
- All right, here we go! - Oh, my god!
Aah!
- To me, skydiving's more of, like,
The risk far outweighs the benefit.
- Oh, my god, we're flying! We're flying!
- But I'm willing to do it because
This is on bao's bucket list.
- Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Aah!
I am starting to freak out a little bit.
But I'm excited.
My family does not know I'm doing this,
Because they would not approve.
So they will find out afterwards
And then they will kill me.
- Let's do this. Let's do this.
- ♪ let me see everybody right now, jump ♪
♪ in the air, just jump ♪
♪ touch the sky, just jump ♪
♪ in the air, just jump ♪
♪ touch the sky, just ♪
- [screaming]
- ♪ wave them hands around ♪
♪ wave them hands around, jump ♪
♪ everybody jump around ♪
[both screaming]
[air whooshing]
- Dope!
- Oh, my god! - Oh, my god!
- ♪ let's go ♪
- Oh, yeah! - Safe.
- Good [bleep]. Thanks, tony.
- [screaming]
[laughs]
Aah!
- Whoo! - Oh, my god!
- ♪ can't waste another minute ♪
♪ without a leap of faith ♪
- There's been so many actual moments
That I've felt giddy with johnny.
When I think back,
The first time for sure was our wedding day.
- ♪ my whole life for someone just like you ♪
- I know him.
Oh, my god! [laughs]
[soft music]
You're all red, johnny. - I am.
[laughter]
- ♪ so if you're feeling the same ♪
♪ why don't we make our move ♪
- How was that?
- We jumped out of a plane together.
And it was just magical, it was just--
It was everything I wanted.
I don't know how else I can describe
How happy I am right now.
- Where's my kiss? - [laughs]
[upbeat vocal music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome. - [speaking indistinctly]
- Today is our one-month anniversary,
And we are celebrating it
Together in a very romantic
But fun style.
Before we go, you gotta-- you gotta trust me.
I'ma blindfold you, all right?
But the blindfold is--
- Blindfolding isn't good when your tummy hurts, but okay.
- But it's all right.
It won't mess up your lashes.
- Oh, perfection. - Is that good?
- I think it's sticking to my face.
I don't think that I look fashionable, but okay.
- I'm sure you do.
Come on, I got you.
- I don't like not walking-- not seeing.
- Don't worry, there's nothing in front of you,
So just walk normal. - Are we gonna be in the sun?
'cause I don't think that I wore enough sunblock.
- No, no, no, we're not gonna be in the sun.
I'ma stop you right around here.
You good? - I'm good.
- All right, so I'm about to
Take off these glasses,
And you're about to see
What I have set up for us.
There you go.
- Oh, this is so pretty!
- I know, right?
- It is!
Aww.
Wow, this is so beautiful.
I'm literally speechless.
I'm not a big wine drinker,
But I've always wanted to experience a winery,
And I had told him this.
So I thought that was really thoughtful
That he not only did that,
But he did it, like, a little above and beyond, like,
Setting up a little picnic, 'cause I've told him
About the picnic too, so I thought that was really sweet.
Good job, husband.
- Swirl it. - I don't think we have to--
- Let it breathe, 'cause apparently it got lungs.
Smell it.
And then...
- Okay, it's not like it's mouthwash.
[laughter]
- He said, "swish it in your mouth."
- "swirl it in your mouth," not like it's freaking--
- It's like listerine, like mouthwash.
Same thing.
So looking back at, you know--
It's a month anniversary.
How do you think--how do you think we sit, currently?
- I think we are in a really good place.
- Okay. - Like, I don't think
I've seen anything, like, "hmm."
Other than your snoring and your cleaning.
- Okay, I'm not gonna say I haven't had any "hmm."
I've had some "hmm."
[tense music]
Like, when I say, "we're gonna do this, then that,"
You're like, "mm, no, I'd rather go do this,"
Or, "why do we have to do that?"
And, like, when you're close-minded about stuff,
That kind of gets underneath my skin a little bit.
You take drama to a whole nother level.
- Don't you like that about me? - No.
It's like, I never had a child,
But I'm assuming that's like having a child.
- You're comparing your wife to a child?
- At those moments? Yes.
When you're throwing them little tantrums
And acting like that, like a little brat,
Yes, absolutely,
I'm comparing you to a child. [chuckles]
We don't need that drama.
- This is a very romantic one-month anniversary.
- I just want to tell you
Where I'm sitting at with everything,
Where's my mindset, but I choose--
I do choose to be here.
- What you see is what you get.
- Take it or leave it. - Take it or leave it.
You survived the venus flytrap for a month.
- I survived the venus flytrap. I haven't been--
My head is still intact, my limbs are still here,
I have not been attacked.
- We haven't had an argument yet.
I think we're growing more comfortable.
I don't even want to say comfortable,
'cause I feel like I've been comfortable with you.
You're so honest and direct.
Like, it's always felt comfortable
Because you set that from the beginning.
- Yeah, it has. It's felt like--
It hasn't felt forced, it feels right.
I think a lot of it has to do just how we--
- Interact. - Well, one, the fact--
Our mindset coming into this.
And two, the pace that we took.
Because, you know, things can start off hot,
And those can be good.
I've been in those relationships where
Things start off hot and it's good,
But then, you know, like,
When everything settles, it's like, "now what?"
- I think this is where we are
When everything settles. - Yeah, 'cause we--exactly.
- You know, everybody settles, and you're like,
"okay, this is a good place. I feel good."
- Yeah, we still-- - like, we can just stay home
And watch tv, or we can just do something.
- Yeah, we still coasting.
I like you.
I'm having those good feelings
When I think about you, when I'm not around you.
[soft music]
- Those falling in love feelings
Are slowly approaching.
- One month in, and I'm so thankful, grateful, happy
That I decided to get married at first sight.
He makes me laugh every day.
He brings me joy.
I love spending time with him.
And the fact that he's just, you know,
Everything that I wanted and more
Is just a dream come true.
Who would've thunk it? - Who would've thunk it?
- ♪ I want you, I want you ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ we keep walking on the edge ♪
♪ like we're gonna live forever, ever, ever, ay ♪
- All right.
I don't even know if I can eat.
- Still in that adrenaline rush?
- I am. Are you? - Yes, still.
I can't believe we just
Went skydiving together.
- Were you worried at all? - Um, yes.
Oh, my gosh.
How are you, this halfway through?
- At the halfway point. - Yeah.
- I think you-- I think it's well documented,
Our differences in how we're approaching marriage
And the process and all that. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- All I can say is that I am 100% committed to you.
We took an initial leap of faith
When we got married a month ago.
So far in this marriage,
It feels like I've been waiting for something to happen.
And if we both commit to just taking the leap
And being uncomfortable and doing things
That we normally wouldn't do, it's gonna happen.
What I'm really looking for-- I mean, I feel like we do
Have a lot of things in common already.
I know why we were matched.
There are a lot of reasons that
Would lead to a very successful marriage.
I feel like work and everything else
Is so planned already,
In my marriage, I want it to have
A little bit of spontaneity.
Like, if we can find a way to
Really just cherish the moment
And find little things that-- along the way
That we never thought we would've seen in one another.
'cause, to me, I think I've told you, for sex,
Sex is this buildup of the entire day,
Where we're just, like, back and forth, back and forth,
Back and forth, and it just gets to a point
Where, when we finally see each other at night,
Come home from work, it's like, "wow, I can't wait."
When we have sex, it's kind of like,
There was no indication that we're gonna have sex,
But boom, we have sex.
It just, to me, is, like, the little moments
Of building the tension... - Mm-hmm.
- And being flirty and all these things.
- Then touch me more, touch me more!
Touch me more, touch me more. - It's all good.
[tense music]
[sighs]
Bao doesn't get it.
♪ ♪
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.
- It was totally organic. After we finished the shoot,
I just ran for you, and you went for it.
Like, we just went for it. It felt natural.
- Mm-hmm.
- It was awesome.
- Yeah.
So yeah, more of that. More stuff like that.
- I really--I mean, I really do think it's because both of us
Have, in a way, benefitted from others initiating.
But I see what you're saying.
And I do think it is important, the journey.
There's moments when I'm like,
"maybe I need to be just very blatant."
Like, "hey, I need a hug right now," you know?
Like, when you were there, listening to me about
What I shared about my coworker
And some of the stuff I've been going through at work
That's been stressing me out,
I, in that moment, really wanted you to hug me.
[soft music]
Like, it was hard.
But I didn't--
I was afraid of being rejected,
So I didn't ask. - Mm.
- So-- - the mood was right.
- I just didn't know, and I should have--
Hindsight's 20/20--
Just asked you for that physical, like, comfort.
I'll do better next time.
- It's all we can do.
Hmm. - Everything else, for me,
Is coming organically.
We're sharing, we're talking.
I'm trying to ask you more questions.
- So what do you--what do you think we need to work on?
What's on the top of the list here?
- More cuddles.
- What else? What else do you-- do you need from me?
[chuckles]
- You're not initiating anything.
I'm getting nothing.
- Man, cuddles-- cuddles is hard.
We fall asleep at different times.
We're both very hot-temperatured body people.
- Mm-hmm. - So if we cuddle for, like,
Three minutes, I'm sweating.
You're really hot. [chuckles]
- Help me out, please.
Like, I'm willing to try.
I've tried and pushed and stretched myself
In so many ways throughout this process.
Give me something!
Please, throw me a freaking bone!
- [chuckles]
- ♪ I don't want to keep fighting what I want ♪
♪ 'cause you know I don't like to hold my tongue ♪
- "the art of making music is our passion"? Okay.
- We've been going through a couple of things,
Just to name a few.
And I'm excited, because we made it here.
- Oh, [bleep], this is very nice.
- You like it? - You planned this?
- Yeah. - Oh, my goodness.
- Last night, after salsa night,
We had a great conversation,
And he asked me what I wanted.
I told zack that I wanted happy zack back.
- This is, like, an actual studio.
- Yeah. - Oh, [bleep].
- It's an actual studio.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Zack is having so much fun.
I can tell, I can see his eyes dancing.
♪ ♪
- Yay. - Yay! [laughs]
- Thank you.
- I'm hoping that this one-month
Really brings us back to the beginning, essentially,
Because I'll do everything it takes
To get happy zack back. Happy anniversary.
- Happy anniversary. Thank you.
- 'cause happy zack makes happy michaela
And makes us a happy unit.
- It's weird, though, 'cause, like, it seems like,
When we first met, it was so long ago,
But it actually wasn't. - It wasn't.
- I don't know why it feels like that.
- It's literally last month. - I know, but--
How do you feel about it?
- I think it's been very dynamic.
It's been ups and downs and, you know, all of that,
Round and round and, you know,
Happiness and anger and all that kind of stuff.
It's actually been quite,
Like, just constant learning.
- Yeah.
What do you think you've learned the most?
- Hmm.
How to stop getting in my own way.
- Mm-hmm. Self-sabotage?
- Yeah. [laughter]
- You love you some self-sabotage.
[laughter]
- Yeah, none of that's good.
- Yeah, yeah. - Let me stop.
- Yeah, I feel that.
- Yeah, what about you?
- I have, like, a set of ideals or beliefs,
And, like, now I'm starting to question that.
And I feel like I've learned to, like,
Think about other people's perspectives...
- Mm-hmm. - And points of view.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, and this has really, like, taught me
To think about the other person.
Like, being married and being a wife
Is always on the forefront of my mind.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I like it, I do.
- I love michaela's surprise.
I really can't believe that she really
Put a lot of time and effort into
Getting it set up just for me.
It's kind of-- it's kind of crazy.
Having known michaela for a month now,
It just shows me how much she cares about me
And how much she loves me, honestly.
And I'm very thankful for her.
Okay, so having been married for a month,
Like, what-- what are the negatives?
- I don't think there are any negatives.
We are experiencing negatives. - Mm-hmm.
- But I don't think there are negatives
In being married to you. Does that make sense?
- Yeah.
I hate...
When you blast music like it's 3:00 p.M.
At 12:30 a.M. I hate that.
I tell you, I'm like, "michaela, yo, can you just,
Like, put that to volume two?" like, I'm just chilling,
Trying to do work, and you just, like, [bleep]
Blasting cardi b and [bleep].
Like, stop--like, stop.
Like, I hate that. Like, I just hate that.
You legit act like it's a day party, yo.
It's time to go to bed.
[laughter]
Honestly, I wouldn't change anything that has happened.
♪ ♪
- I agree.
♪ ♪
- ♪ oh, oh, whoa ♪
♪ oh, oh, whoa ♪
- I am going through a uniquely hard time,
Because I...
Had to put baxter down.
Get a belly rub.
Good boy.
Obviously, that was...
Incredibly hard for me.
Ryan, he was already gone, like, to the gym,
But he let me know that he's here for me,
Which, you know, is really nice
And really, really sweet.
- ♪ not giving up, I'm gonna conquer ♪
♪ fighting someone always harder ♪
- So right now, I am trying to
Rush as quick as humanly possible
To meet ryan at the movie theater
For our one-month date.
You know, I didn't want to cancel our date.
I want to, you know,
Acknowledge and celebrate ryan and I
Still being here after a month.
He is important to me, and I want to show him
That he's important to me by
Still, you know, going on our date.
- ♪ you got me shaking ♪
♪ you got me shaking ♪
- I'm excited for you to
See it for the first time.
You get, like, blankets
And all kind of stuff. - Yay.
- ♪ you got me shaking ♪
- I'm gonna let you go first. I want to see your reaction.
- Okay. - You pick the--
I'm gonna judge you on what seats you pick.
Brett means so much to me.
She's just so open about who she is.
Like, she's such a loving person.
And now that we're one month in,
I have a special surprise for brett at the theater,
And I just want to show her that I really do care.
♪ ♪
Sorry you don't like my drink. - Wow.
It's just so freaking gingery. You want it like that.
- It's not ginger, it's pepper. - What is that?
It's pepper? - It's, like, an ancho pepper.
My pecan pie has ancho chili peppers in it.
You haven't had that yet, though.
Not to jump into...
Baxter talk, but how do you feel?
- I think I feel "better" in the sense that, like,
I've had more time to, like, process.
- It's tough. I mean,
When my last dog got sick, she was seven.
And I didn't get another dog for, like, three years,
Just 'cause it messed me up so bad,
Having to make that decision.
Since brett had to make the decision on baxter
This morning,
I've only briefly gotten to talk to her,
And I know she's hurting more than she's showing.
Good? - Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
- I know that feeling, and
It sucks, 'cause I always want to protect people
And especially my wife.
Like, it affects you.
I just know what you're going through,
And I know how much-- how terrible it is.
- Yeah. - I don't know that I would've
Been able to make tonight, I'll be honest.
- Yeah. - So I appreciate
You kind of pulling it together for that.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I mean... - It's a lot.
- Baxter is on my mind.
But yeah, I mean, there's part of me that
I want to make sure that I, you know, put on a good face,
And I'm not faking it, by any means,
But, you know, just showing you, like,
You know, I'm here.
'cause I want to.
♪ ♪
[cheery music playing]
I am so scared to watch this right now.
I'm so scared. I hate watching myself.
- I think our video's about to--
- I'm so scared.
- About to show itself.
You've never seen yourself on a movie screen before?
- No, n--[gasps]
- Please stand.
- Oh, here we come.
- I was legit sweating.
- ♪ you live to feel the rain ♪
- Oh, we're here. - Oh, my god.
[tender music]
Oh, thanks--okay.
My name's brett. - My name's ryan.
- Ryan? - Yes, ma'am.
- Nice to meet you. - "yes, ma'am."
- soon-to-be wife.
- Brett's family and friends would like you to know
Brett is kind and generous
And goes above and beyond
For her family and her friends.
- Not a lie.
- The trick to brett's heart
Is to be present and honest.
♪ ♪
- To ryan. It feels like we've been waiting
For this moment for so long.
I don't know what your heart has endured in the past,
But I hope you'll let me nurture it
And take care of it now.
♪ ♪
- I promise to be your biggest fan and partner
With whatever life brings.
I promise faithfulness,
Respect, patience, attentiveness,
And more laughs than I can put into words.
♪ ♪
- I pronounce that you are married.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ oh, my love ♪
- It is my pleasure to introduce,
For the first time as husband and wife,
Ryan and brett.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- How do you feel?
- It was all literally a blur. - A big blur, a huge blur.
- It's just crazy that we--we had no idea
What was ahead of us then. - I know.
- I mean, to be able to see that,
That's a lot to process.
♪ ♪
Being able to see that was tough.
It made me think about how hopeful I was
And how in the moment I was at that time,
And I came into it expecting to meet my forever partner.
But it's making me realize that,
While I was hopeful that these feelings were gonna come,
But now we're a month in, and--and
They're lesser now than they were the first night.
Some days, it feels like it's been a week.
Some days, it feels like it's been a year.
- Yeah, stop it.
- I feel like maybe I'm to blame for that,
And maybe I need to put more effort in,
I need to reciprocate.
I'm not feeling like I did when I was at the altar.
That's what makes this so hard because
I don't want to hurt her feelings.
I'm excited to, like, see how the rest of it plays out.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- ♪ you're exactly what I like and I want you in my head ♪
- Ooh, what do we have here?
- [chuckles]
- Somebody's trying to be romantic
And burn down the place at the same time.
- Firefighter, I just remembered.
My husband did, like, a really sweet
Anniversary gift this morning,
And I decided to do the same for him.
- Mm.
- Look at the chocolate-covered strawberries.
I think my husband was completely surprised.
I do not think he had a single clue
That I was gonna do anything for him today.
So I think my husband is very touched
That I would do something this sweet and romantic for him.
It's, like, a little blanket?
- No.
- You got us t-shirts? That's so sweet.
"I am everything."
"I have everything I need."
That is so cute. - You like that?
- Can I wear it now? - You can if you want.
- This gift is like, yes.
It's so sweet.
Come, come. - All right.
- Experts' gift. - Experts' gift.
[soft music]
Ooh. - It's our vows.
- "from this day forward, I promise to be worth it.
"worth the time, worth the trip,
Worth the energy, worth the embarrassment."
You will always come first,
And of course, if you don't, for whatever reason...
"I will buy you food and some shoes."
- Today we become a family.
I promise to dedicate myself to your happiness.
"I promise to listen and learn from you
As we build a life together."
- You promise to listen.
You listen. - You did, too, say that.
- You don't actively listen, but you listen.
- But I listen. - Yeah.
- I really appreciate our vows,
Because they mean something different now,
Because they have meaning behind them.
Now we have actions
That are following our vows together.
He continues to be consistent in all the things
That I've seen in him since day one.
And now we've been living together for four weeks,
And we're so happy.
- I humbly give you all that I am,
And I pray that you take me as I am
And will teach me to love you.
I will be your willing pupil,
Your devoted husband
As long as we shall live.
- I remember that part, "I will be your wiling pupil."
- Out of everything, you would remember that.
I'm not surprised that's what you would get.
And I am learning, day by day. [laughter]
- I figured I would be happy and we would get along,
But I didn't think it was gonna be this good.
Both: Ooh!
- That's some good pictures.
- These are some really good pictures.
- I decided to get married at first sight
So I can find a wife like myrla,
Someone I can
Not only enjoy life with
But grow a meaningful life with,
And there's no animosity,
There's no judging.
- Oh, I don't like that one.
I look like I have a double chin.
- You look like you have a double chin?
- I don't have one. - Oh, okay.
- I look like I have one. - Oh, you look like--
- It's all about the angle.
Yes. - Oh, okay.
I can be myself, she can be herself.
And it just reassures me that
My wife is the right person for me.
- It feels good to just go back and see.
Like, it's so cool.
I just think, because we were
In such different places then.
I know my family was, like, beyond happy to, like--
- You're done.
"she's finally somebody else's problem."
- My good ol' patient... - "good luck."
- Willing pupil of a husband.
- They're like, "he doesn't know
What he's getting into."
[laughter]
"poor soul." - "he's in for a treat."
Look at you now, cheesin'.
♪ ♪
- So I got wifey one more gift
For our anniversary.
- Bye, bye.
Get that camera out of my face.
- This is the pooper scooper she wanted.
It's small, sleek, and very functionable.
- That is not small or sleek. I'm gonna look like
An idiot walking out on the street with that.
- You see what I have to deal with?
But yeah, this is her gift. So yeah.
- Thank you so much. - Yeah, whatever.
- You're sweet. - This is fake.
This ain't real, this ain't real.
- ♪ on fire, hold me up ♪
- Good evening, welcome.
- How you doing? - Good evening.
- Since our honeymoon got ruined because I had covid,
I decided to take michaela on a staycation.
I'm ready to try.
- Let's see what you got planned, yeah.
- You know, why not switch it up?
Maybe it could help us maybe rekindle
What we had initially.
- Oh, look, it's a z and a heart and an m!
- See, just like our wedding and honeymoon.
- Ooh! You just kind of hocked me on the bed.
- Oh, yeah, I did throw you on the bed.
- [laughs] - dang.
- And I just landed.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- This feels comfortable.
Want me to throw you on the bed right now?
Wanna do it? - Yeah, let's do it.
- Wait, with the dress on? - Yeah, yeah, let's go.
- You sure? - Come on, let's do it.
I mean, don't, like, throw me, throw me.
- You lighter now. - Like--what you mean I'm--
Oh, 'cause I don't have-- [laughs]
- 'cause you had that heavy-ass dress on last time.
It was pretty, though. - Thank you.
[cork pops]
- All right, you do the toast. - Okay.
When we first got started, when we first met
One month ago,
I was just elated.
I was so excited, I was glowing.
Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.
- You're gorgeous. - Oh, thank you.
You're gorgeous. - [laughs]
- Your willingness to be, like, open and patient
And to still be present
Even after everything that has happened
And after everything I said,
'cause I know the stuff I say
Is not the best.
So, like, cheers to you because
If it weren't for you, we would not be here.
Like, seriously.
I want you to understand, like, how much,
Like, you mean to me.
Cheers. - Cheers.
To hear that he is appreciative
Makes me feel good.
I don't know what being in love is.
I've never been in that kind of place.
But there is a love there to where I want to--
To try.
I want to keep trying.
♪ ♪
- I know you like bracelets, you told me, yeah.
- [laughs]
- And then-- and then it says "2-19-21,"
So, you know, so the day--
Essentially the day, like, our lives changed forever.
So--so yeah. - My heart, be still.
- Yeah.
- Seeing where we started
And then now where we are, it's kind of like, wow,
I know that we both really want that.
- Look at you.
Oh, shoot. [laughs]
- I do love him.
It's an uncomfortable thing for me to say,
But I've never done anything like this.
But being that I am learning and I'm growing
And I'm like, "what is this that I'm doing?"
I'm like, there has to be something there,
And that's love.
I can't believe this is happening to me.
- Want to go lay down? - It's late.
- Okay, let's do it.
♪ ♪
This looks good on you.
- Thank you. My husband got it for me.
- He's very--he has some taste.
- He does. He got me this too.
- That one too? - Uh-huh.
- What? - I know!
- Okay, dang.
- They seem to be coming every 30 days too.
- Mm, let's not get used to it.
- [laughs] - you know, month-iversary.
- ♪ if I'm gonna dream then I'm gonna dream big ♪
- [laughs]
- ♪ it's my time and I'm taking my shot ♪
♪ I'ma fight, give it all that I got ♪
- [chuckles] okay, okay.
- [laughs] they just keep [bleep] coming.
- It was a really good day.
- Yeah, it was amazing.
- I don't know about you, but I am pooped.
So you want to go to sleep?
- I do. - Okay.
Turn the lights off? - Yeah.
- ♪ all you need is love to take you ♪
- ♪ dream big, dream big ♪
- We got hungry, and so we are now at a restaurant
That's open till 4:00 a.M., getting us some cajun food.
But our month-iversary went awesome,
And this is how we're wrapping it up.
- I agree. It was great.
A very, very, very, very great day.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ yeah, oh ♪
- All right, you have to stay there, okay?
- Stay here? - Yeah, yeah.
Stay right there. I'm gonna come get you.
- Jose has something really special
For our one-month anniversary planned,
And I have no clue what it is.
- No, we gotta go this way, honey.
Okay, hold on, let me get you. Wait.
- I'm blindfolded! - I know!
That's the element of suspense.
All right, come on. - It smells like grass.
- It does! It is grass, okay.
- A picnic? - Close.
- In the hot-ass sun.
- It could be a picnic. We're gonna change pavements.
- It's, like, sand? - Maybe.
- Like, volleyball? - Close.
- At the park? - Close.
Okay, we're gonna change-- change more pavement.
- 'cause it was--oh, back to grass.
- Uh-huh. - Hmm.
- No--no cheating. You can't cheat.
- What? I'm just feeling it with my foot.
- Okay.
Whenever you want to take your blindfold off,
You can take it off. - I can take it off now?
Oh! Ah!
Aww. Oh, this is cool.
Oh, my god!
- So I wanted to bring you here
Because I know that, you know,
Early on, we talked about
Your passion for baseball and the astros.
- Yeah.
I went to the world series all by myself.
- What? - Mm-hmm.
- You could've called me. We could've went together.
- I know. - And probably--
I could've proposed on the jumbotron.
- That's my-- you know that's my dream?
- I'll do it for our anniversary.
- Oh, my god! - It would be nice
To have a nice little outing.
I set something up-- - and throw it, and pitch?
- Yes, of course. - I see that.
That looks so cool.
I would have guessed jose'd be creative
With coming up with the one-month anniversary.
- I got this for you, I hope it fits.
- Oh, and a glove. - It's a little baby one.
- Look at how little it is.
But to really take one of my interests,
Something I've always wanted to do,
And actually make it
Into our one-month anniversary
Just really shows how thoughtful he is,
How romantic he is.
You want to check me out? - I love it.
I love it.
- And just really caring about how I feel
On our one-month anniversary.
Let's play.
- Good.
Oh, jeez. - [laughs]
- It's all right.
Little high, there you go.
It's all right.
- I have a fear of balls.
In my face.
- Shut--my god, shut up.
- Don't be afraid. Of balls.
- That's right, don't be afraid.
Step into it. - In your face.
- That's right.
How's the glove feel?
- Perfect.
There we go. - There you go, good catch.
Good catch.
♪ ♪
- It's crazy to think that a couple days ago,
We were going through some major issues.
I was having doubts whether I loved my husband,
Even if I wanted to be with my husband.
- I can say you look a lot--
A hell of a lot cuter like that.
- Like this? - Uh-huh.
You look sexy.
[chuckles] I love it.
- And now to be here
On our one-month anniversary
And just playing and having a great time,
Fully in love with my husband again,
It's--it feels great.
This is awesome.
- So did you ever expect to be here?
- On a baseball field? No.
- Well, that too.
But as far as-- - in our marriage?
- Yes, through one month.
- No, I didn't know what to expect in a month.
But I can say I'm very happy where I am.
I mean, there are definitely topics we still
Need to talk about and discuss, but--
- But speaking of which,
The whole joint accounts, like,
Separate accounts and stuff,
Like, my one strategic plan
Of having one joint account is not the best way?
Okay, cool, we can have separate accounts. But--
- That's what I said-- kept suggesting.
- Oh, yeah.
Holy crap, like, I really don't
Listen as well as I thought. - [chuckles]
- I need to pay more attention to what you tell me.
And I'm open to it, so-- - yeah.
I mean, I would appreciate that.
I would feel more comfortable with that.
You know, like, I know you're the finance guy,
But it's all about compromising.
It took some crazy fight
To help bring all those issues out,
And even with the bad, like,
I'm really glad it happened. It's weird.
Like, no one would believe me, but it brought out some issues
That I was having in the beginning.
A lot of it with, like,
The decisions I felt like I'm making in order to--
What, at the time,
Was to fit into your mold. - Yep.
- And of course, like, I wanted to.
Like, it was a marriage.
I knew I was gonna have to make sacrifices.
But they all just piled up on me.
- Right. - And it freaked me out.
But now we stand here,
Me being able to talk about it without any hesitation,
With me really, really telling you
Exactly how I feel about everything.
You know, I don't feel any kind of pressure anymore.
I feel like you are listening and you are open.
I feel great. - I do too.
- Like, I feel great about where we are.
Happy first month, you know. - Happy first month.
Having rachel here with me, I mean,
This is something that I've always wanted.
I've always wanted that teammate,
That person that would want to do things with me.
It's surreal to think that we went through
Everything that we went through, and today
We're still bonding and connecting
As we were the day of our wedding.
And so, you know, for me,
This is exactly what I wanted in a wife.
This is exactly what I wanted. That's rachel.
- I can easily say where our next month is gonna take us.
- Europe?
- No, like, saying yes, that we want to...
Keep going with this. And now really, really--
- Oh, I don't know about that. I'm just kidding.
- Stop!
- ♪ have I felt like this before ♪
[upbeat music]
- [singing indistinctly]
[knock at door] - come in.
- Hello. - Hey.
- Hello, hi.
- Hey, you guys did new art. - We did this together.
- Aww.
- Kim, hey. - Hey, how are you?
Don't laugh. I know you're laughing at me.
It was a skiing accident, you know.
- I came over to visit my friend kim.
She recently tore her acl. - How are you?
- Brought us some food. - Oh, perfect.
- She probably knows me the best
Out of anybody on this planet.
Her advice is always exactly
What I need to hear at the right time.
And I just kind of need to lean on her advice right now.
- You've been married for, like, a month now, right?
- Yeah. - How are things going, though,
With, like, just a connection? Are you guys
Getting to know each other a lot better?
I know you were concerned about just chemistry.
- It feels like a lot of times,
When we're doing an activity,
She thinks about the end goal of the activity
And treats it as a-- like a mission.
For example, we did painting,
And the--she's just focused on painting the perfect picture.
Like, she even corrected my painting
Because it didn't line up perfectly.
I'm just gonna wing it.
- No, don't do that. Oh, no.
- It has been winged. - Yours is too high.
- I was okay with the imperfections.
I was more interested in...
- Just that interaction together.
- The process, yeah. Like, doing things together
And having the little playful moments while we're painting.
But there isn't-- there wasn't any of that.
There's no flirtation. There's no--I don't know.
- I think if johnny keeps focusing on the negative things
About his marriage,
That is gonna cause him to retreat
And not put 100% into the marriage.
So what are some things that you can do to help her,
You know, maybe have those-- - I think--I think it's to--
I need to initiate more romance.
- That might help. - But, like, part of me
Doesn't even--it feels like when I have to--
When I'm forced to do something,
It makes me want to do it less.
And actually, it takes me out of it.
- Have y'all talked to each other about this?
Have you talked to her about this?
- This is just something I thought about today.
♪ ♪
- How's it been since the wedding?
- It's been pretty good, it's been pretty good.
- Yeah?
- One of the things that's a little odd
About the relationship is, he doesn't initiate
Any kind of physical intimacy.
Even, like, cuddling, he doesn't cuddle.
Like, I have to initiate.
I'm big spoon all the darn time.
I've never been little spoon, ever.
- As girls, we tend to, like--
Like, when we get mad and stuff like that,
We tend to not talk about it, or maybe we wanted the guys
To sort of, like, read our mind or something.
But sometimes they can't do that, so, like,
You need to talk about your differences.
Start from there.
Communication is very important.
And then maybe it will help that...
- Mm-hmm. - To grow...
- Yeah. - To get better.
- Okay. - Mm-hmm.
- The problem for me is, like,
I'm not usually a touchy-feely person.
I don't, when in a relationship,
Don't like pda.
- He loves it.
And he tells me that he's mostly
Drawn to women that are more affectionate,
That initiate physical touch,
Because then it's easy for him to respond and reciprocate.
- I'm trying to figure out what she can give me
To make me--
- Okay, tell me a little bit more about her.
Then maybe, you know, we can try to brainstorm ideas
Of things to do, you know?
- She says she likes cooking.
- For me, I'm acts of service
And gifts.
And I combine those by baking and cooking.
It's my way of showing this is how I want to take care of you.
- How often do you cook? Do you cook every day?
- Oh, man, no.
I wish I had more time to cook.
- We've cooked one time, and we haven't cooked since.
- Maybe you make time for it.
Or, like, you know, you make a little friendly move, like--
- What would that even entail?
- You could hold her hand.
Get a little closer to her. What she--
It sounds like what she's waiting for
Is for you to make the move, right?
So just make the move. - She is.
- You ain't shy. Make the move.
'cause maybe she needs that reassurance from you.
You know? - Yeah.
- 'cause you don't want to walk away from this
And say, "I didn't try.
I didn't do everything that I could," right?
- Mm-hmm. - You want to make sure
That you're always doing everything that you can
So that when you make that final decision,
It's the right one, you know?
- It's just a challenge. And if you can
Pass this challenge or test--
- Hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after?
- I believe in that.
I can see that.
But it's gonna take some work,
And you can't just expect, like, magic.
It's gonna take some time. - Yeah.
- ♪ won't give up, won't give up ♪
♪ won't give up to find a better way ♪
- ♪ life is a hard ride, yes, but that's okay ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Thank you, brother.
- Our couples are more than halfway to decision day,
But they're not all on the same marital journey.
- [speaking indistinctly]
- Yes. - I feel good. See?
- So it's important for them to meet up with one another
To not only discuss how far they've come
But also to offer support and advice
To those who need it.
Because in just four weeks,
Our couples are going to have to decide
Whether they want to stay married or get a divorce.
- Who made this happen?
- ♪ can never be replaced ♪
[laughter]
- I got you a flower, actually. - Wait, where did you get that?
It looks eerily familiar. - Aww.
- Aww, johnny. All: Aww.
- Aww, it must be nice to have a flower.
- I can get you a flower.
If you want, I can get you a flower.
- So let me ask y'all something.
With the theme that's going on
And everybody feeling all lovey-dovey,
Do y'all feel like y'all are falling in love
Or falling in like with your partner?
- I'll start.
So I think I could definitely see myself
Getting to, like, me loving michaela,
Just because of how she is as a person.
She is literally the most thoughtful person
I've ever met in my life, yeah.
I would literally do anything for michaela, so...
Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Wow.
- I already love zack, and I've told him that.
- Oh, my god. [glasses clinking]
All: Aww. - Oh, man.
[laughter]
- That's--yeah, that big. That's huge.
- We've gone through our conflicts.
But now we're past it, and it's, like,
I do think that they gave me my man,
Like, the man for me, and mine--
To fit my personality and I to fit his.
And I love that about you. - Cheers to that.
- All right, all right. - Good, good.
- Seeing michaela and zack in a different note is awesome.
When we saw them salsa dancing, it was--it was awkward.
But, you know, seeing them today be like,
"you know what, I love you,"
You know, that's great to see.
- It feels refreshing to see that they worked it out
And they talked about it, and so I'm very happy
That they're in this place right now.
- Jose and rachel?
- So right after the barbecue
Is when I decided to tell jose
That I loved him.
That night, we were just, like, on the couch.
You know, we had such a great time that day
And just felt like, "oh, we hosted our first party,"
And it just felt comfortable,
And it was the right time to say it.
And then, like, fast-forward a week in,
Y'all know what happened. We hit a low, you know?
And I thought it was gonna be
Really hard to get over it,
But immediately, I fell back in love.
Like, I felt immediately safe and comfortable and secure,
And I'm glad that happened.
And we're in a really good spot.
- I was watching him the whole time
You were talking, and he was literally--
Like, what you just said,
I can tell how much it means to him.
- Yeah, I can definitely say, like,
We're totally in love,
And we're good. [glass clinking]
- To your clink, yes, we will.
- Aww. [laughter]
♪ ♪
- I'm judging, maybe, other couples and comparing.
Which I don't want to compare to any other couples,
But it's kind of a natural thing to kind of compare
Our relationship with theirs,
And I probably should stop doing that.
But it's tough.
I want to be in love and have that family
That I've been wanting for a long time now.
- Um, johnny, bao? Ryan?
Anybody want to take it? Yes? No?
- I mean, I'll go.
I'm, uh--
I care a lot about this girl. I really do.
I respect the hell out of her, and I think the world of her,
And I genuinely care about her, and I truly--I mean that.
- I know.
- But yeah, we've--we've--
We've had a lot of ups and downs as well,
And we're still kind of in limbo with everything.
And yeah, I feel like I've been holding back a bit,
Because I don't want to-- I'm trying to be
Cognizant of, like, her emotions and her feelings,
And I don't want to answer whichever way that I'm feeling.
And that's--that's-- that's where I'm at.
- It's a struggle, you know?
I mean, all of you guys know
I'm kind of going through a hard time right now.
- Mm-hmm.
- And, um,
I did want to take the opportunity to say that,
Like, all of you guys reaching out about my dog,
I just want to say thank you for that.
So yeah, there's just a lot--
A lot going on for me right now.
But I care about him a lot.
And I'm still hopeful too. I am.
I mean, I see a lot of reasons why we were matched.
I see a lot of good there.
My heart is gonna-- gonna always be open.
It's gonna always be open
For the hope that maybe that will be enough.
- Yeah, best you can do. - Absolutely.
- Exactly. - I agree with that.
- You know, I feel for brett,
Because I know she doesn't feel like
She's getting reciprocated
Everything that she's feeling, it's tough.
I think it's just gonna be a process with them,
But marriage is tough,
So they gotta take one day at a time.
I'm 100% in like,
And I'm actually
Falling in love with her.
To say I'm in love, I wouldn't say that,
But I'm definitely falling in love with her.
Everything about her is special, is unique.
She's a very unique princess.
- [chuckles]
- You know, my younger self
Probably wouldn't have put up with my wife.
I would probably have been like,
"you're way too much, I'm out."
I know what I want, and what's more important
Is, you know, trying to grow with somebody,
And because we want the same thing,
It makes it a little bit easier.
So I know--that's how I know I'm in the road
Of falling in love with her, so--
- "on the road," this dude's in love.
- Facts, [bleep]. - "on the road"?
- I made the choice to love my husband.
So much good in his heart.
I think everything that I imagined a husband would be,
He's just, like--like, an extra step above that,
And I never thought that would be possible.
And because of that, I feel so special every single day.
I feel like a little princess when I'm with him.
- My dude. - Yeah.
- And so for that reason, I think it's--
You know, it's a process.
Like, you make choices to love someone,
And I think, over time, we'll grow that love.
- Oh, yeah. - Nice.
- Bao, you're up.
- I feel like I'm still growing in like with johnny.
And I feel like I really have been trying.
I'm giving it my all.
I meal prep, I cook, I do gourmet meals, I bake,
I do all these things in the house.
- Bao, stop what you are saying.
That is absolutely not true.
You've cooked one time.
She plays the victim card too much, I think.
- I'm learning that johnny needs me
To initiate more--
Essentially romance my husband.
And something
I don't previously have experience doing.
I've mostly benefited in past relationships
Where I'm being courted. And so this is really
A big step outside of my comfort zone
To initiate a lot more.
But because I said I am 100% committed,
I'm willing to try.
So I did promise him that.
- It's always her that's trying too hard
And I'm not trying hard enough.
It's always her changing.
- Johnny?
- I'm not ready. I'm not ready for this.
There is a lot I want to say,
But I want to say it first
To my wife before I-- - oh, I feel that.
- Okay. - Okay.
[tense music]
- You're all right, man. - It's okay.
- Those flowers aren't all right,
But you're gonna be all right.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Johnny?
- There is a lot I want to say,
But I want to say it first to my wife before I--
- Oh, I feel that. - Okay.
- I feel that.
♪ ♪
- You're all right, man. - It's okay.
♪ ♪
- Those flowers aren't all right,
But you're gonna be all right.
♪ ♪
- How do we order more wine? - [chuckles]
- You been chugging that, zack? - He wasn't.
He just started drinking when they poured it.
- Oh, okay. - Cling, cling, cling.
- You want to toast? - Wait, where you going? Sit.
- Oh, I was gonna go run to the restroom.
- Oh, you can.
- That's, like, the third time, johnny.
- What's up with your bladder, bro?
- Just drinking a lot right now.
I'll be right back. I'll be right back.
♪ ♪
- I'm a kind of person that I look at the positives,
And I focus on that.
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make this work.
♪ ♪
- Every time I get in a flow, bao hits me with a curveball.
It's always me doing something wrong
And me that's being--expecting too much, being too critical.
I feel like I'm caught in her web of stuff.
I feel like I'm being manipulated.
I feel like I'm being played sometimes.
- You know, what are y'all really experiencing?
What are y'all--
- I feel like bao and I are experiencing
Two entirely different things. - Oh, okay.
- I feel like bao is not the person--
Like, in this group setting, that's not her in private.
♪ ♪
I'm married to somebody that is completely...
♪ ♪
She said in there... - But--yeah.
- That she cooks gourmet meals for us.
- That--no? - No!
She hasn't! That's a [bleep] lie!
♪ ♪
- I ate your caesar salad. - It's all good.
Hi. - Oh, good.
I keep telling you, like, I like to cook,
Or I like to bake.
I want to show you, hey, like these are things I can do.
♪ ♪
- I worked from home today, and after I got done with work,
Bao came over, and I'm making her some bachelor food.
First is frozen meatballs.
This is the magic ingredient. It's jar of pesto sauce.
What do you think? What do you think of your first bite?
- Most interesting.
- And the whole time, like, I'm there next to her,
I'm just like, "that's not true at all.
"like, why are you saying that? That's not--that's not honest.
Why are you saying that?" and I realize it's because
She's trying to make herself look good.
♪ ♪
It's so, like, controlling, manipulative, calculating.
Like, I don't want that in a wife.
♪ ♪
- Man, it's okay. You just--
- But she keeps giving herself credit
For stuff that she hasn't done.
Like, stuff that she says she's gonna do
But she hasn't followed through on.
Like, I want a wife that follows through
On what she commits to.
- I think--I think, honestly,
You just have to have that tough conversation.
♪ ♪
I want y'all to be successful. I want y'all to succeed.
I want y'all to be that successful couple.
- I wanted it so bad.
♪ ♪
- Square peg, round hole. And...
- It's just something that's gonna be, like,
An uphill battle for me.
♪ ♪
- Are y'all leaving? - Yeah.
- It was good seeing you. - Bye.
- Sweetheart, it was great seeing you.
- I think I just accept that she just needs to be viewed
In a positive light. She needs people to like her.
- ♪ I know it's hard to breathe ♪
♪ with the pressure there ♪
- And she will do whatever it takes to get that.
- ♪ I can't breathe ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I can't breathe ♪
- [sighs]
Bao, bao, bao.
What am I gonna do with bao?
- ♪ it's your step ♪
♪ you're just waiting on pressure ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I can't breathe ♪
[dramatic music]
- Next time on "married at first sight"...
With only four weeks left until decision day,
Our couples get to look at
What the future holds for them.
- Even though we married at first sight,
I'm still loving you all day and all night,
Always and for the rest of my life.
- Did y'all, uh, consummate?
[laughter]
- Things are just different,
And everybody has a breaking point.
- You could not criticize me one bit,
'cause I would be, like, out the door.
- Wow.
- When have you tried in this relationship?
- I am consistently thinking about you.
- You are not consistent at all.
- I can tell when someone's attention is divided.
- Is there someone else?
♪ ♪