- True love requires great risk,
so I'm willing to take that leap of faith.
- Five couples...
- Nice to meet you.
- Searching to find love...
- How are you? - Hi.
- Took a brave leap of faith
and got married at first sight.
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
Lindsey and Mark.
- I'm ride-or-die. - Yeah.
- And I'm so loyal.
I'll hide the body for you, boo.
I've never met a stranger I didn't like,
so I hope that he could keep up with me.
[bleep] you. [bleep] you.
You, you're cool.
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah. - I'm out.
- Jasmina and Michael.
- My schedule is so crazy. I'm up at 4:00.
- 4:00? - Yeah, 4:00.
♪ ♪
Yeah. - Every day?
- Monday through Friday.
♪ ♪
- Katina and Olajuwon.
- What are you intentions for my daughter?
- I think Katrina is--
- Katina. - Katina.
Sorry, sorry. Katina.
My wife's name is Katina.
- Noi and Steve.
- I'm currently in between jobs.
- Wow.
Steve is unemployed right now.
It sounds like it's temporary, but we'll see.
- Alyssa and Chris.
- There's, like, been some things that have been said
that just don't sit right with me.
♪ ♪
- I don't know what this is,
but I had a really good day today.
I'm sorry if I did anything.
What do you want to do?
- Oh!
- These couples were total strangers
just a few hours ago.
Both: Two, three.
- And now they will spend their first night together
as husband and wife.
- This is not the way that I expected this to go.
This whole day has been about making her feel comfortable,
so I have no idea.
I don't know how the next 24 hours is gonna go.
I don't have any idea what's going on right now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Oh, baby ♪
- And tonight, before they leave for their honeymoons...
- Hey, you. - How are you?
- Each spouse will meet individually
with their new family and friends
in order to get to know who they just married.
- She said that she doesn't think we're compatible.
- Maybe it'll just take time.
- I'm--I don't wanna be rude, but it's superficial.
- How soon are you thinking about kids?
- Um-- - If you're gonna have a baby,
you have to have a job first.
♪ ♪
- I'm not a bad-looking dude,
I don't struggle with the women.
So I want to try something new.
- Getting married is a final decision.
- You think I'm [bleep], call me out, bro.
♪ ♪
- We're off to Puerto Rico for our honeymoon.
- What happened?
- What? Do you want to fight me?
- It's not true. - I am, at this point--
- And I'm not gonna stand here on camera
if he's gonna say that. - I--
- He just called me a [bleep] liar.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's all or nothing ♪
[funky music]
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ I want it all ♪
♪ Your body, body, body ♪
- We just got married.
This is Mrs. Morency. - Yes, it is.
- I think we look damn good together, if you ask me.
- ♪ Don't you know you give me that feeling ♪
♪ I can't describe it, baby, that feeling ♪
- Honey, how do you feel being a married woman?
- I feel like I got a good man.
- All right. She got a good man.
That's good.
- I got married at first sight,
and I got everything I ever wanted.
I think he's very handsome.
I'd love to see what he looks like under that jacket.
You know, like, do we have a dad bod?
I wanna see what we're dealing with here.
I'm ready to jump into the deep end.
[fabric rustling] I'm ready for the honeymoon.
[huffs] - Ooh!
- That's what you have to look forward to.
- I can't wait. You're so ready.
- [laughs]
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ One in a million ♪
- We just got married. - Got married.
- And we just had a great celebration
with both of our families.
- [gasps] Can we jump in the bed?
- Yeah.
- ♪ We got a one-in-a-million ♪
♪ Kind of love, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
- Is it feeling more real to you?
- I mean, we're in the...
- The honeymoon suite.
- Honeymoon suite at this point.
- Yeah. A bed of roses too.
♪ ♪
- It feels crazy. Oh, my God.
I can't believe I'm somebody's wife.
I have to consult with another person
about my whereabouts, and-- [laughs]
[cork pops] Ooh!
- Ooh!
- Our couples met just mere hours ago
and are still practically strangers.
However, they are legally married,
so whatever they want to do tonight is up to them.
- ♪ Tonight we're gonna feel good ♪
- Ready? - Yeah.
- Breathe. Ooh. - Mm-hmm.
Thank you. - No problem.
My pleasure.
- I'm not nervous if we're gonna be intimate or not.
He seems like someone who can be patient.
I feel like he'll just let me take the lead.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
[sensual music]
- I am absolutely ready to let go of my playboy days,
so that's why I got married at first sight.
When I was in college, I used to run around,
do whatever what I want, play with whoever I wanted to,
didn't care about anybody's feelings except mine.
I was very selfish, but I'm excited
to move forward with my wife and look into the future
and not look back anymore.
A new chapter of life.
♪ ♪
I'm happy I met you, for real.
And I hope that this is longer than just the process.
- Well, it will be. We're married.
You're like, "Yeah, but, you know."
- Right, but you might take off on a brother.
- No, I don't think so.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Make tonight, make tonight ♪
- I think it was kind of interesting
that both our moms weren't here today.
- [sighs] My mom is so complicated.
She's not nice to me at all.
As an adult, I've drawn a lot of boundaries on her
but always left the door open,
and I really wanted her to come to the wedding.
- Mm-hmm. - And she actually
didn't tell me she wasn't gonna come.
She sent an email to somebody, saying,
"I'm probably not gonna come to the wedding,"
and talked really badly about me in the email.
And I was like, "Just don't come."
- I'm sorry. - "That's fine.
Don't come at all." - Does that bother you?
- Um, she's kind of a mess.
I don't feel like hiding anything from my husband.
I love a man with good values and a strong heart,
so I'm excited to get to know the heart behind the man.
What's going on with your mom, Rose?
- So my mom, she's just-- When she retired,
she kind of, like, stopped dressing up.
She started wearing nightgowns all the time,
and she wouldn't leave the house.
And then when my dad died,
she just wouldn't want to get up to go to the bathroom.
- She has severe depression. - Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
- Did she get help? - Um,
she wants it, and then she rejects it.
- That's--you need help. - Yeah.
That was, like, my only, like, worry
about, like, how my wife would react
to, like, my mom's situation.
I think the more we find out about each other,
the--the more comfortable it seems.
And we talked about Mom, and she wants to help,
so I couldn't have asked for a better end
to the first day of my new life.
You want to get ready for bed? - Uh-huh. I do.
- All right. You wanna get out of the dress?
- I do. - Okay.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Whoa-oh, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa-oh ♪
- All right. - I want it all.
- Got everything? - Brush my teeth.
Wash my face. - Yeah.
You want me to help you bring that in there?
You got it? - I got it.
- Okay.
- I really love
his vulnerability and his honesty,
which I think has been very clear
that those are things I value highly.
And I look forward to getting to know him more.
I usually sleep naked.
Maybe once I'm comfortable enough with him,
I'll go back to the nude.
But for now, it's PJs.
- ♪ Make me want to fly to the sky ♪
- Gotta get all that bad juju out.
Yeah, yeah.
Ooh, it's cold in here.
That ain't gonna fly.
[quirky music]
[water trickling]
Before he catches. [thermostat ticking]
[laughs]
Put that right to 80.
- Tonight begins the rest of my life with Lindsey.
Is the heat on? It just got real hot in here.
Ugh. - [chuckles]
- So let the story begin.
Here we go.
- It is very toasty in here.
[laughter]
- ♪ Write a song for me, I want to be the one ♪
- Okay. Thank you. - You're very welcome.
- ♪ The one who makes you feel ♪
♪ ♪
- Do you mind helping me zip down, please?
- Of course. - Thank you.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Make you want to stay forever ♪
♪ Nothing I can't get you through ♪
- I wanted to me married at first sight because
my current dating life wasn't fulfilling me,
so I decided to get the life that I always wanted,
which is wife, kids, and a family.
I'm seeing signs that she can be the woman that I want,
but I do understand that we don't know each other,
so I'm trying not to let the positivity
overshadow the fact that we still have so much ways to go.
Best-case scenario, we talk and we click
and it just reiterates the feeling of--
That we made the right decision.
- Knock, knock. [laughter]
- Let's move all these away.
What side do you want?
- The middle. - Okay.
♪ ♪
[both sigh] - [chuckles]
- When we got to the reception,
your stepfather pulled me aside and we had a conversation.
It was just like, "Don't let her boss you around."
- Oh, my God!
- Of course.
[laughter]
- Yeah.
- Of course. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
- Of course.
[laughter]
- Do not listen to that man. [laughter]
- I mean, I'm not gonna say yes to everything.
- He thinks I'm so bossy.
- Are you? - I'm not bossy.
I just dated one guy who didn't want to argue with me.
- Yeah, you won't gonna have that problem with me.
♪ ♪
- ♪ We got it all right here ♪
♪ We got the world tonight ♪
♪ ♪
- Will you be mine?
[laughter]
- Should we do this ring? - Yeah.
Put a rock on that finger.
- Oh, my God. It matches my wedding dress.
- Yes. - Perfect.
I love it. Thank you.
- ♪ We got it all right here ♪
♪ We got the world tonight ♪
- She said yes. - It's so cute.
Whoo! [laughter]
♪ ♪
It's really weird that I am taking my makeup off
and going to sleep with my husband that I just met,
who's never seen me without makeup.
Um, I'm hoping that my husband is going to accept me as I am
since he already married me.
[pensive music]
♪ ♪
- Come on in.
Whoa.
I'm very attracted to my wife.
I might have overheard
the fact that you may want to cuddle tonight,
which, if you're open-- - I mean, only if you want to.
- You know what? Get over here.
I'm not too nervous about intimacy
and how things are gonna go.
In my wildest dreams, we would have sex tonight.
And it's crossed my mind,
but, you know, by all means, no pressure for that.
- ♪ You got me, baby ♪
♪ Baby, just trust I'm the only me ♪
♪ And I'm all you need ♪
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- I don't know what's going on.
She doesn't want to sleep in the same room as me tonight.
This is as out of left field as it gets.
♪ ♪
She said that there's some things that didn't sit right
with her.
♪ ♪
I said, "What? Did I do anything?"
And she said, "Let's not talk about it."
♪ ♪
I have no idea.
I had a really good day today. I have no idea.
♪ ♪
Do you want to talk off-camera? - [speaking indistinctly]
Oh, not tonight. It's--it's so late.
I feel uncomfortable at this moment
just from some things that were, like, said to me.
- Said to you by who?
- I just--I really don't want to get into it right now.
Just, like, wait until we can sleep on it
and, like, get clear heads
and, like, have a little time ourselves.
- Okay. - Okay.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I wanted to get married at first sight
to find my person,
to find the person that I'm gonna be with
for the rest of my life.
This is not how I expected it to go.
There's a reason that the experts said
that we'd be a good fit, so I trust the process.
I want to make this work.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Better that I let you hurt me ♪
♪ ♪
- I have no idea what I did or said.
- ♪ Far from your potential anyways ♪
♪ ♪
- Maybe my friend said something.
- ♪ You were trying to hurt me ♪
♪ ♪
- I don't know.
- ♪ You can believe your lies ♪
♪ But clearly you had no value in me ♪
- I wish I was with somebody
who wanted to spend the wedding night with me,
getting to know each other.
This is not the way that I expected this to go.
This whole day has been about making her feel comfortable,
so I have no idea.
I don't know how the next 24 hours is gonna go.
I don't have any idea what's going on right now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I need to run away ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's the best feeling ever ♪
♪ To have you in my life ♪
♪ It's the best feeling ever ♪
♪ To have you by my side ♪
♪ It's the best feeling ever to have you in my life ♪
♪ It's the best feeling ever to have you by my side, yeah ♪
- The first morning, waking up Mr. and Mrs. MTS.
- Yeah, Mark the Shark. - Mark the Shark.
- Here I am. [laughter]
- It was nice to wake up, like, holding each other
and it felt like we've been doing this for weeks and weeks.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- We woke up yesterday single,
and now we're married. - We are married.
- Less than 24 hours ago,
our couples were complete strangers.
- Now they are legally married.
And this is their first morning
waking up as husbands and wives.
- It's a good feeling, waking up to a beautiful woman.
Who wouldn't be excited waking up to that? [laughs]
We established last night, I need to work on my cuddle game.
[laughs] - Yeah.
I'ma give him time to get it together.
[upbeat music]
- Good morning.
- [chuckles] Morning. - Good morning.
How'd you sleep?
- Felt like I wanted to sleep longer, 'cause I'm tired.
- Did I snore last night?
- Honestly, I was so tired,
I didn't hear anything. - You didn't even hear it.
- You probably did.
Waking up next to my husband this morning feels great.
We thought we were gonna, like, stay up all night talking,
but we were just super tired from the party
that we just went right to bed.
You want me to just take the tray,
help you out a bit?
- Nah, I got it. Yeah. - Okay.
I think we're still getting comfortable
being around each other,
but we really haven't had a moment to ourself
to really take in what just happened.
♪ ♪
- [sighs] - That's nasty.
- What? - [chuckles]
This is not how you drink your coffee.
- You don't like black coffee? - No.
- Not at all?
What I like most about my wife so far is,
she's down to earth, she's not hard to talk to.
I like that everything feels natural.
Do you even know what my last name is?
Or your last name?
- Morency. - Morency.
Both: Jasmina Morency.
- That's cute. - Yeah.
- That's real cute.
What if I wanted you to take my last name, though?
- Huh? [laughter]
Man, why are you creating something that's not a problem?
You wanted to take my last name.
- Yeah, I heard you. - Okay.
♪ ♪
- How'd you sleep last night?
Did it feel like laying next to a stranger?
- No. - No?
- Did it feel like that for you?
- No. It was pretty cozy.
I felt like-- I felt super comfortable
laying next to you and just holding you.
Waking up with Lindsey,
it was great to just lay next to her and hold her.
This is something I've wanted for a while,
just to wake up on a Sunday
and have breakfast with my wife.
This is great. I could get used to this.
- Mmm. - Good?
[utensils clatter]
♪ ♪
- So... 37. - Yeah.
- Why'd you decide to jump into this?
- I think because I've always been ready for this.
I've always known what I want,
so it was just a matter of when was she gonna show up.
And you showed up, so... [chuckles]
And just finding out how much we have in common,
it's like, wow, wow, wow, wow.
♪ ♪
How about you?
- I think that I'm a giver,
and I've been with a lot of takers.
- Yeah. - Honestly,
loser after loser after loser.
Like... so many jabronis.
♪ ♪
I don't know about everybody else's husbands and wives.
I really wish them well, but, like, I don't know.
I feel like I got the prize.
Do you ever drink matcha? - No.
- Tastes like grass. You want some?
- It looks like avocado juice.
- I feel really lucky.
I'm not really selling it, but it tastes like grass.
- Yeah? - I like it, though.
[chuckles]
[music winds down]
- Yeah, it definitely tastes like the ground.
You know what? You enjoy that.
- I think him and I will laugh
for the rest of our lives together.
I have no doubt that we're gonna be a success.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- Good morning. - Morning.
- How'd you sleep? - Um, good.
How did you sleep? - Not that long.
But it was comfortable. - Yeah.
Today I wake up, and I am a married woman.
And I now have a husband.
He's really comfortable to be around,
and his presence makes me feel at ease.
- At your service. - [gasps]
Cute!
As strange as it is to marry a stranger
and go to bed with a stranger,
by the time we woke up, I mean, I felt,
like, really comfortable with him,
like we've been together for a long time.
Were you nervous at all
about, like, us spending a night together?
- I mean, at different times over the past month or two.
- You were nervous? - It's just,
okay, who is this person gonna be, you know?
How is this gonna go?
Once I did meet you, I think my nerves--
Whatever was going on internally,
I kind of just got put at ease
once I did spend a little time with you.
- Mm-hmm. I'm glad that we got to cuddle last night.
That was cute. - Yeah.
I think it was interesting,
considering we just met that day,
it did feel kind of natural and comfortable
to be cuddling with you. - Mm-hmm.
- There's definitely a lot of chemistry between us.
This is something that I've always wanted.
♪ ♪
But we didn't have sex.
[music winds down]
Yeah, there was no sex last night.
I think, if everything goes well,
it will eventually get to that point.
♪ ♪
So I heard you got a dog. - Oh, yeah.
His name is Sushi. He's a shih tzu.
He's a little bit of a diva.
He sleeps with me in my bed.
- Oh, really? That spot's kind of taken?
- Yeah, so you guys may have to duke it out.
- Gotcha. - You're not afraid of dogs?
You like dogs? - No, I like dogs.
- Okay, great. Whew!
I was, like, nervous about that.
I'm so excited for them to meet
so that I can get a glimpse of how he would be
as a dogfather or maybe a father in general.
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
- How do you feel now that you're a married man?
You slept with your ring on? - Yes. Feels good.
I don't even think it can come off my knuckle if I wanted to.
- Good. Don't take it off. [laughter]
- That's good, you don't got stinky morning breath.
[laughter]
I woke up today, first time with my wife.
It felt amazing. It felt great.
And her breath didn't stink.
That's what I was worried about.
I was like, yo, I hope she don't got stinky breath.
That'd turn me off.
She smelled good, like she did last night.
You still got a smile on your face
after my struggling of cuddling?
[laughs] - Yeah, I do.
I still can't believe I have a husband.
This is definitely surreal.
I feel like I'm living in a dream.
The only thing is, he's not a cuddler.
But that's okay. I am.
But I feel like over time,
that's just something that we can work on.
Last night, you said, "Oh, like,
I used to not treat women that good."
Like, what would you define as, like--
- I guess you could say a cheater,
but you really can't say that either
because I never put a title on anything.
- Okay. You just had multiple girls.
- Yeah, I guess you could say it like that.
I mean-- - That's what it is.
- Yeah, I was having fun, the time of my life.
I was in college. I was young.
- You were doing your thing. I hear you.
- Yeah. You know, so...
So is there any secrets I should know?
- My friends would describe me as a party girl.
Like, I'm the fun one, so, like, I'll drag you out with me
and then I'll be out till 5:00 in the morning.
- All right, so there's no, like, meet, go home.
- I've had, like-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I've had a [bleep] buddy before.
- Yeah, of course.
[laughter]
I got to know these things, you know what I'm saying?
- And if I was, it's too late. You already married me.
- No, I know, but it's good to know.
Like, I mean, I have a past,
so I can't judge you on anything you have done.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Every time I think it through ♪
♪ I know there's nothing that I wouldn't do ♪
- Yesterday was mostly great,
and then it really wasn't.
♪ ♪
- I just, like, don't feel--
Don't feel good about what's transpired.
Um...
yeah, I'm just a little bit disappointed.
- She said, "Yeah, sure, I'll sit down and talk
without cameras."
So we sat down last night at 2:30 in the morning,
and she told me that we just didn't vibe.
I feel blindsided.
It's not what I signed up for.
It's not what I expected to happen.
I don't know what--what's gonna happen at this point.
We're getting ready to talk over coffee.
But I don't know. We could be done,
all of 18 hours after the wedding.
♪ ♪
Hey. - Hi.
- Good morning. How are you?
- I'm good. How are you? - I'm good.
Tired but good.
- Yes, I'm very tired.
- I'm glad we get a chance to talk.
- Mm-hmm.
- How you feeling?
- Um, I don't feel well. [chuckles awkwardly]
I didn't sleep much.
Um... - I'm in the same boat.
I'm worried that you're checked out completely,
so that's what I'm feeling right now.
- Okay.
It seems like
you feel like I wasn't in this for the right reasons maybe.
- Do you think that, at the end of the day,
we're not that compatible?
- I think there are certain things
that I feel are important.
I think both physical appearance and personality
are super important in relationships.
If I turned the corner and he had snaggle teeth,
I would have to say, "This was fun."
I do feel like we're two very different people.
I think there's a lot of things that we don't have in common.
I think our hobbies are extremely different.
I think that the way we would live our everyday life
is very different.
- If he ever comes off as condescending,
he's saying, "I can teach this person something,"
and help you become a better person.
- Have you, at this point,
decided that this isn't gonna work?
- I still want us to try to have a good experience,
no matter, like, what happens,
but just in general,
I'm a person that takes things, like, at a very slow pace.
- Whatever the pace is that makes you feel comfortable,
and me, that's the pace that I want to go at.
How does that make you feel?
Is that something you still want to do?
[pensive music]
- In my opinion,
we get as far as we can get through,
no matter what the outcome is,
like, I still want us to try to have a good experience,
like, just see what happens.
The next eight weeks are
for trying to see if, like, this would work.
I don't know what hope I have, honestly.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Kiss me, kiss me ♪
♪ Send ripples down my spine ♪
- How you doing? Good to see you.
- Nice to see you. - Likewise.
- Thanks for coming.
- We've asked each spouse
to sit down with their in-laws and friends
to get some insight on who they just married
before they go on their honeymoon.
- I'm actually on my way to go meet with Mike's sisters.
- Sister. - [chuckles]
I wanted to see where their head is at,
how they felt about me,
you know, what their concerns were.
I can't wait to talk to them
and see just what they really think.
- So how was your night? - It was so much fun.
- Yeah? - It was so beautiful.
I can't believe I was, like, freaking out.
And as soon as I put my dress on,
I just lost it,
and I was just-- I could not stop crying.
- Your dress was everything. - Thank you.
I thought everybody in my family did not like my dress.
- That's crazy. It was so lit. - That's funny.
It was so dope. - They said it was extra.
But, like, I'm extra.
[laughter]
- But anyways, did you guys...
you know-- - Consummate your marriage?
[laughter]
- No, we did not.
- I don't think-- He would never do that.
- I didn't think he would either.
- No, he's such a gentleman. - A gentleman.
- He wouldn't have. - He's such a gentleman.
But we, like, talked so much this morning
when we were, like, waking up.
And I was like, oh, this is so nice.
- And he's very, like, loving like that.
- Yeah. - So that's why we say,
be nice to him, be nice to him.
Even if he's a little-- I know, even if he gets
a little difficult, like, just be nice to him, please.
You're patient, so...
- How is he when he's, like, angry?
- He'll walk off and then calm down and come back.
Michael always, like, assumes the worst.
He doesn't expect the worst, but he always assumes it first
so that he doesn't, like,
I don't know, overanticipate the outcome of something.
So he's always like, "Okay, it's not gonna go well,"
just so he's not disappointed.
- I do think it's a red flag
that he thinks the worst of every situation.
I'm worried it might hold us back
from really getting to know each other.
My relationships have all been long-distance.
[dramatic music]
So I've actually never dated someone
in the same state as me.
♪ ♪
- So what are your hopes for the two of you moving forward?
- I hope that we continue to be honest with each other
and, like, wake up every day
willing to work for the marriage.
I really just hope for longevity.
Like, I want to be with, you know, him
for the rest of my life
and, like, work, you know, for the marriage
and have kids, like, you know.
- Kids.
- I really want this to work.
- We're happy to know that you're all in, girl.
- And we love you already. - We love you already.
- Stop it. I love you guys too.
- And you guys are gonna make it.
[hopeful music]
- How you doing?
- Feeling good. - Yeah?
- Feeling good, it's my first day as a married man.
- Ooh, I like it.
- So what do you guys think of last night?
What are your-- What are your thoughts?
- I can speak for myself.
I am feeling slightly more comfortable in the process
than I was when she told me she was
getting married in two weeks. - Okay.
- But I'm always gonna be cautious.
Jasmina has seen an example of a marriage
that is successful and one that has failed.
She was young when she, you know, experienced divorce.
What examples do you have for marriage?
- It's a great question.
So I don't have any examples
of, like, a successful marriage.
My mother and my father were never together,
so I've never even had, like,
a great male role model in my life
outside of, like, my brother.
But I have five sisters.
I was raised by my mom.
I was raised with my grandmother and my aunts.
They all taught me how to be a protector,
how to care for a woman--
Not specifically how to be a husband,
but I think all the same rules and tools still apply.
- Wow, that's concerning, and it's--
- [laughs] - No, I'm--
- Yeah, I understand that. - It's concerning, and it's--
It's exciting because you have an image in your mind
of what a good marriage looks like.
- Right.
- But not seeing it in motion...
- Yeah.
- Sometimes you get lost in expectations
as to what a wife is or what a marriage should be.
- Right.
You have any other concerns with her marrying a stranger?
- To be honest, it's always been her safety.
[tense music]
My mother-in-law is terrified.
I can just see it in her face.
I can see it in her eyes, which I understand.
She's handing her daughter off to a complete stranger.
I know it's gonna take some time,
but I wanna prove to her that I am a good guy.
- I don't know anything about you
other than what we're seeing, and--
And I don't wanna be rude, but it's superficial.
♪ ♪
[mellow music]
- Did you guys have fun?
- We had a lot of fun. - Yep, lot of fun.
- Yeah? My parents just, like, loved you guys so much.
- Well, that's good to hear. - Yeah.
There's a lot of nerves attached
to this meeting with Steve's parents.
They'll probably have a lot of questions for me.
I just hope it goes well.
I know how much his parents mean to him,
so it's important that they accept and embrace me as well.
- It's an unusual situation,
so we have some questions to ask.
- Yeah. No, I think this one's mine.
- I noticed the things that you wore during the wedding.
[cheers and applause]
- Ah! - Wow!
- [laughs]
- I liked that. And Steven likes that.
- When I asked him to wear the pha biang,
which is, like, the sash that I had on him,
like, he was so excited about it, and I'm like,
oh, my gosh, like, that just, like,
made my heart melt because it just meant a lot to me.
[sentimental music]
He just embraced it right away.
- I'm so glad.
- He just seems--yeah, just really perfect so far.
- And I get the feeling that
he feels the same way about you too.
- You do? - Yeah, the look on his face.
- [laughs] He's hard to read.
- He's hard to read.
- I think he's happy. I don't know.
- But you know what? You just have to ask him.
Ask him anything. He'll just tell you.
- Yeah, he's wonderful.
♪ ♪
- So I was thinking that when you get into the situation,
you obviously want the other person to have a job.
[quirky music]
- Um...
- Steven's-- He's like a vagabond.
- Yeah?
- He really just wants to travel.
♪ ♪
What do you think?
- It's definitely something that is a little concerning,
so I'm hoping that, you know, he'll have some sort of plan.
But that's something we haven't discussed yet,
but I'm sure we'll be on the same page.
- My main concern is, you know,
what if it doesn't work out?
- I would be devastated if it didn't work out.
We're just, like, in such a good place right now.
It's just hard for me to imagine.
♪ ♪
- Hi. - Hello.
- I'm Sriracha. - You look great, Sriracha.
- Oh, thank you.
I'm Noi's other sister. [laughs]
I'm actually Noi's younger brother, Michael.
I got dressed up today to meet Steve
'cause I kinda wanted to see and gauge his reaction.
This is Sriracha.
Sriracha is my other half-ish.
Same person, whatever, but yeah.
- Your alter ego. - But I go by Sriracha.
Not my alter ego, though, 'cause, like, this is me.
- Okay. [laughs] - Hello. Whatever. Yeah.
- Where did the same Sriracha come from?
- She's spicy. - She's spicy.
- [laughs] That's a key factor. - Yes.
- I'm excited and a little nervous
to meet with Noi's family.
Noi's brother is gonna challenge me a little bit.
- So what's gonna happen tonight?
- Tonight? - Yeah.
- We just met, man.
I don't expect anything tonight.
And I think we're just gonna have some conversations.
Hopefully when he is no longer concerned about who I am,
he'll open up to me a little bit more.
- So question.
Why did you travel? Did you find yourself?
Did you eat, love, pray? That [bleep]?
- It wasn't about finding myself.
It was about reconnecting with myself
so that I can be refreshed for whatever I do next.
- I heard that you are doing mostly freelance right now.
So are you considering something more stable?
- That is another conversation.
I think right now with how crazy everything is for us...
- Yeah.
- Doing freelance work is a lot better for me.
- How soon are you thinking about kids?
- Um-- - I mean, you're 38.
- I'm 38, and that's a big factor for me, you know?
- Yeah.
- You know, I'm not--it's not something I wanna rush.
- What are your plans to be financially responsible
for your future children?
- You know, different people have different expectations
for what they want out of life.
♪ ♪
- What do you want out of life?
♪ ♪
- I want grandkid. - Wants a baby.
- If you gonna have a baby,
you have to have a job first.
♪ ♪
- So how did last night go?
- It went well. - Yeah?
- Time got away from us.
He's like, "You're not gonna like what time it is."
He's like, "3:45."
I'm like, "No, I do not like that."
[laughter]
Mark is really selfless in the way he cares
for his friends and family,
so this'll be a great opportunity for me--
Finding out how I can show him
that same type of care and appreciation,
like, what Mark needs that Mark doesn't know he needs.
He was telling me the stuff he eats,
and I was like, "Dude, preservatives."
- We're so glad you're here.
- I was like, you're eating... - And you're married to him.
- He packed a suitcase of Goldfish, guys.
- I was telling him last night,
"Mark the Shark, MTS.
That chapter might be closing now."
- No, no. I'm Mrs. MTS.
[laughter] I already took it on.
- You can take the name, but I mean, like,
you know, open up.
- You'll have to just get him
to break his guard down and just have some fun.
- That one's me.
- One of his best qualities is definitely, like,
that he does wear his heart on his sleeve.
He trusts everybody almost, like, to a fault.
And, like, you know, we were really hoping that, like,
he'd be paired with somebody who would look out for him.
- Yeah.
- When you turned the corner though yesterday
for the ceremony and you saw him up there,
were you nervous?
- No.
Like, I literally was calm as a cucumber.
There was a part of me where I saw him,
I was like, "Okay."
I am excited to finally be with somebody
who's emotionally available, emotionally intelligent--
Not the same things.
But I also think he would absolutely defend me
or stand by me, and... - Yeah.
- Like, ride or die.
I also think that he's really intuitive
and really caring.
- Do you think he's gonna have a hard time,
like, traveling?
- 'Cause it seems like you've been everywhere,
you've done so many things.
- This morning, he goes, "Where have you been?"
And I go, "Oh, hold out your hands."
And I started listing it, and he's like,
"Is there anywhere you haven't been?"
I'm like, "Not yet."
- So you think they got the perfect match for you guys?
- I do, yeah. I think it'll work out.
- That's awesome.
- Any advice for, like, the mom situation?
How I could be supportive for him?
- I mean, his biggest thing is definitely that--
Just that she's safe.
I don't think he feels like he needs to, like,
be living with her and taking care of her.
He wants to just know that she's safe and that she's okay.
- I was a hospice nurse... - Yeah.
- For a long time, so, like,
I'm very familiar with delicate family situations.
- Yeah.
You know, I'm really happy that Lindsey is who she is.
First impressions-- She is totally fun.
Caring.
She seems like an amazing person.
I think you're gonna fit in great.
You're gonna be part of the family.
- You're so sweet. [laughter]
He told me you'd be the hardest on me,
but you're really a softy.
- [laughs]
- She's got this personality
that could, like, knock a thousand people over.
- Yeah.
- So I think that's exactly what he needs.
It's kind of like the yin and yang relationship.
They're gonna have a good, equal balance.
- I'm easily excitable, so that makes sense.
- Lindsey's gonna push the boundaries for him,
which might make him a little uncomfortable
but in such a good way.
- Anybody want some cats? - [laughs]
- Two cats was pushing it, not three.
Not five. Oh, my God.
- If that's your biggest challenge
is to figure out what to do with your cats,
I'd say you're off to a pretty good start.
- You're gonna come to the housewarming
when we have a housewarming? - Sure.
- Take a cat when you leave. [laughter]
- Everyone gets a cat. - That's our free gift.
Everybody come, and you get a cat.
- Yay! - You get a cat.
You get a cat! [laughs]
- I think it's time, right?
- Yeah. [laughs] - Yeah. So we have a--
A Lindsey survival kit.
- Oh. - [laughs]
[laughter]
- You need one of those chairs and a whip.
- Lindsey survival kit?
- I'll let you go ahead and take a peek in there.
- I appreciate you guys thinking of me and doing this.
This is something that you said that I have to keep with me...
- Yes. Both: At all times.
- Because it's-- For emergencies.
- And this particular type is what she loves?
- And no matter what she's upset about,
just say, "You want a snack?"
- This is great.
- She'll let you know when she's angry,
but try not to get there.
- This is probably the greatest thing in such a short time.
This is definitely something...
- Yes. - I totally...
- No.
- Yes! [laughter]
- No! - [laughs] Yes!
- She needs to hear that word more often.
- This is perfect.
Thank you. I love this. - Yeah.
Well, that's my biggest fear for you,
that you're so willing to do anything and everything
and treat her like a princess,
but she also needs someone to say no.
- When she goes off the deep end,
you just gotta figure out how to rein her in.
- Mm-hmm, yeah. - It really--yeah.
- Because when she gets off the deep end...
- Yeah.
- You gotta be a lion tamer.
I wasn't kidding when I said that.
- Yeah.
- Her tongue sometimes can be vicious.
[tense music]
And I told her she needs to really watch her words.
Be on her good side.
- ♪ You're playing with fire ♪
♪ You're gonna get burned ♪
- ♪ When I feel your body, I know, yeah ♪
♪ Way more than a little ♪
♪ Baby, you fill me up ♪
- This morning, I'm having brunch
with Alyssa's mom and Taylor.
I don't know if she's talked to them about
everything that sort of unfolded yesterday
and into last night.
I get yesterday was a whirlwind,
but I wanna get another perspective
from the people that are closest to her
and whether this truly is
a "just take it slow,"
or if this is "she's done,"
because I'm thinking Alyssa may be done.
- How was your night?
- It was long.
[sighs] It got a little interesting.
- Hmm.
- Um, she said...
that she had some concerns
that she doesn't think we're compatible.
[dramatic music]
Like, she just wants to be friends.
♪ ♪
- Which may be the start of something,
because I think you're great.
I think you've got a wonderful heart,
and maybe it'll just take time.
- Yeah.
- She's always been very particular with guys,
and so I think she's being a little rash.
And I think the honeymoon's gonna actually be good
so you guys can kind of--
Even if it is just friends at first, just kind of, like--
- Yeah. - But that's
how relationships start.
- You guys don't know each other at all.
- I hope that's gonna be a chance
to connect and see what a great guy you are.
♪ ♪
Alyssa needs someone like Chris, I think.
He seems like such a wonderful person,
and I think that's why they were matched,
because they're a little different,
and he could definitely center her,
and that's exactly what she needs,
so I'm still hopeful.
I do think there's hope.
- If she says, "I'm 1% into this,"
I'm all in.
That's--at whatever pace. - Yeah.
- But if she says... - Yeah.
- Zero, that's different, right?
- ♪ What's keeping me from loving you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
- So you probably have a ton of questions for us, huh?
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- I don't even know where you start. [laughs]
- What made you think this was your right path?
- I mean, yeah, I think it's a really hard decision.
Things just, like, brought me to this place,
and I didn't know anything,
but I'm like, okay, the worst that can happen
is, it's not right.
So I'm like, you know,
if that's the worst that can happen,
then why wouldn't you have an opportunity
to be matched with somebody
that could potentially be the right person, you know?
- Right.
- From what I can see,
it looks like the match--
Did a pretty good job at the match.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
- I do feel like I'm a very, like, open person.
I don't think I'm, like, a very private person.
But I don't feel comfortable talking about last night,
like, with his family.
Like, it's, like--it's weird, and I don't like it.
So what do you guys all like to do with Chris
on your free time?
- Well, we don't get too, too much time with him,
'cause he's so busy working and stuff.
- Real estate never sleeps.
Anyone that's immersed in their work in real estate,
more often than not, they're on their phones 24-7,
and mostly, they're looking for new properties,
they're talking to clients.
You tend to kind of be... not a back seat--
You're not secondary.
It's just, they're so driven and motivated
that you kind of need to grasp that
and appreciate it and know it's...
it's a good quality, not a bad quality,
which is kind of hard to do in the beginning.
- [laughs]
I mean, Rick told me
that I would come second to work.
[laughs]
I mean, that's crazy.
I don't think Chris has, like, a work-life balance.
Work isn't life,
and if you're looking for a wife,
which he said he is, like, that cannot be your life.
♪ ♪
- Hi! - Hey.
- How are you? - How are you?
- You're looking mighty chipper today.
- Yeah, yeah. Great day.
- How was that night?
- It was good. It was good.
She said I need to work on my cuddling game, though.
- Oh, okay. - It's not strong?
- No, no. I'm not used to it yet.
- Yeah. - It's been years
since I actually, like, cuddled with a woman,
to be real with you, so...
- So since y'all didn't cuddle,
I'm assuming y'all didn't... cuddle?
- Mm-mm, mm-mm.
She has nice lips, though. We had a little make-out.
It was cool. It was cool. - Okay, okay.
Okay. - I mean, it was cool.
The vibe is there. It's not that we didn't--
I think me and her just trying to get on a mental--
I really wanna know her, know her.
- How are you feeling today?
- So far, I feel as though
I've made the right decision doing this,
and I feel as though he's, like, genuine
that he really, really wants to be a husband,
but he told me, "Yeah, I used to not, you know,
treat women that nice," when he was, like, dating.
- Oh. Well, at least he told you.
That's good. - I know.
- Communication is great. - It is, it is.
But do you feel like he's, like,
really ready to just be committed
to one woman?
- Yeah. I mean, I think
he's going into this very--very open
and really wanting a wife and a family.
- Mm. - You know?
So I think this is a perfect opportunity
for me to give you a few little gifts.
So if you wanna open those... - Thank you.
- And I can explain them, and I'm gonna take
a few bites to eat, 'cause I gotta go to work.
- Okay.
- So I'm turning over my role as his cheerleader to you,
and hopefully you'll wear it...
- I'm gonna wear this on our honeymoon.
- And it will mean something to you.
[laughs] - "You make me smile."
He does make me smile.
- I was his cheerleader on the sidelines,
so I'm gonna give that role to his wife now.
- I will take good care of him.
No worries. He's in good hands.
[laughs]
- This is... not a typical scenario.
It's not the kind of method
that you need at all,
so there has to be something
you want out of this process, right?
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
- It's either you really believe in the process,
you believe that somebody can do a better job
at finding a match for you... - Right.
- Or you have ulterior motives.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I, um--
I'm here for the right reasons.
And I feel like she's been around enough [bleep]...
- Oh, yeah.
- She'll be able to call it out
if that is what it is, you know?
- Yeah. - I'm not a bad-looking dude.
I don't struggle with the women category.
So I wanna try something new.
- Trying something new is, like,
a minor change.
Right? - Right, right, right.
- Getting married is a final decision.
When you say "till death do us part..."
- Right. - You know what I'm saying?
- Get what you're saying, 'cause you're saying
like, you're not-- You're making it sound like--
- It's the gravity, right.
It's about gravity, seriousness.
- I get what you're saying.
♪ ♪
- I really did have an issue with his [bleep] answers.
It raises questions about what his intentions are
and whether or not he's just on this for attention.
That's it. 'Cause he just seems like
he's doing it 'cause he wants to blow up.
- There's--you guys are her protectors.
Call me out. You think I'm [bleep],
call me out, bro.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's time to be strong ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's time to fight for what you want ♪
- So I just met her sisters and her mom.
I still have a lot of winning over to do.
They aren't sold 100%.
And she met my sisters.
- And they are sold. Okay?
- No, they're not. - They are sold.
They was like, "Yeah, sis. We are all for this."
- ♪ There's nothing like living in the moment ♪
♪ There's nothing like living in the moment ♪
- How was your brunch?
- It was good. Your friends are so nice.
They were like, "He needs a little zhuzhing.
He, like, wants to explore. He wants to be adventurous."
I'm like, "Got it."
What are the stupid, concerning things my dad said?
Because he does love to say some crazy stuff.
- Oh, yeah, your dad was like, "Gotta be able to reel her in."
♪ ♪
- Your friends gave me a survival kit.
They were like, "Listen, whenever, you know,
she gets out of line." - No, no.
- You know what? I like that.
- I thought that was the best gift.
- That's so neutral. Do I get to use it too?
- No, no, no!
- [laughs] It's gonna be great.
- No. [laughter]
- ♪ I know we're just friends ♪
♪ But I think it's time to cross that line ♪
- What's going on?
Oh, yeah. - Good to see you.
- I made it. - You made it?
- Came out alive.
- How was it?
- It was great, but Sriracha kind of came at me hard,
not as hard as she could've.
- Sriracha keeps it real.
- What about you? I mean, I'd imagine
my family came at you some way.
I mean, was it a different approach or...
- Yeah, so your dad kind of brought up
that you're kind of, like, in between jobs,
you're not currently working.
So, like, what is your plan with, like, work and...
- Um...
I think we need to have some conversations
about where we're headed, what we want,
and where we're gonna be
before, you know, making a decision
about if and where I wanna commit to a full-time job.
♪ ♪
- I'm pretty serious about having children,
and I need to have a partner that's financially stable,
so I just need to know, you know,
how he's gonna show up for me in that way.
- We have a lot to talk about.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- ♪ When we gonna do this ♪
♪ You like me, I like you ♪
♪ When we gonna do this ♪
♪ ♪
- I met with Cheryl.
She gave me the shirts
and the hat she used to wear at your football games.
- That's fire.
- Did you learn anything helpful
from meeting with my friends?
- Um, no, not really helpful. - [laughs]
- Kara, she was-- She was welcoming.
She was welcoming, and then Jelani
was questioning like,
"Are you here for the right reasons?"
- Mm-hmm.
He's kind of like my protector.
Like, I take his advice.
His advice really matters to me
because he's a good judge of character.
- I can't say. I don't think his judge of--
I don't know. I don't know him enough.
I don't think it is, though.
Everything I say to him, he questions.
He was asking me, like,
"Why are you really here?"
In his head, he already has his own image.
- Mm-hmm. - I gotta stand my ground.
I'm like, "Bro, this is it."
- So it is important that I hear
my friends' opinions of my husband.
If they're seeing a red flag that I'm not seeing,
I want to just take it, put it in my pocket,
because we just met each other.
Like, maybe I'm blinded. I don't know.
- He has--you know, he's got his own opinion.
- Mm-hmm. - I told you from the beginning
I don't try to convince no grown man.
If you don't rock with me, that's what it is.
It's what it is.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Good ♪
♪ Whistle as I'm walking these days ♪
♪ Blowing the gray clouds away ♪
♪ Nothing but blue skies now ♪
♪ And this all great ♪
- Wow, we got a little gift basket here.
- Oh! - What is that?
- Ooh-la-la.
- Oh, my gosh! This is so cute.
- We've surprised each couple with gift baskets
to celebrate their marriage...
- "Congrats, newlyweds. We are so happy
you two have finally met each other."
- "The honeymoon is a chance to discover one another
without distraction of your everyday lives."
- "Take this time to discover your new spouse.
Here's to love, marriage, commitment, and a lot of fun."
- But, more importantly, to let them know
where they'll be spending their honeymoon.
- "We are sending you to San Juan, Puerto Rico."
[laughs] Whoo!
- Puerto Rico! Oh!
Puerto Rico!
- [laughs] Let's calm down.
- Too much? I'm too excited?
- Puerto Rico!
You know how to do salsa?
Bachata? You know how to do a little?
- Have you ever been? - Never.
- It's wonderful. - Yeah?
We're going to Puerto Rico!
I've never been there.
And she has, so this is great.
- It's really one of my favorite places.
I've been there...
- We're gonna get awesome color.
- Maybe a dozen times. No, maybe, like, seven times.
- Do they have burgers in Puerto Rico?
- You're not eating a burger in Puerto Rico.
Do you like calamari? - Mm-mm.
- Oysters? - No.
- Wait, what do you eat?
- Clearly, Goldfish.
- You'll expand your palate.
- I think it's gonna be wild
because I don't speak the language,
and Lindsey does.
She's very adventurous.
She knows what she's doing. I have no clue.
- It gets cold on the plane.
- So should I go sweatpants?
- No. - No.
- Sweatpants aren't worn outside of the house, bud.
- Okay. Oh. - [laughs]
- So I'm gonna be honest. What is this for?
I have no clue. - [gasps]
- What is this?
- Oh. - Okay.
[laughter]
- We are going to Puerto Rico.
I'm so excited.
I've never been to Puerto Rico.
I've never been out the--
Well, it's not out the country.
But you're still in the country.
Um, I've never been that far from home, though.
It should be exciting.
[laughter]
- ♪ Arriba ♪
- Matching hats. - Oh, my God, cute!
Oh, my God, this is adorable.
- Deck of cards, maybe? Yeah.
- Cute. [laughs]
- Everything's cute with Noi.
- Cute!
- [laughs]
So this thing is new to me.
- Oh, that's, like, a complicated dress for women.
- I'm not quite sure how to fold it.
- This is a bathing suit. [laughs]
This is a sarong that goes around the bathing suit.
- Okay. - So you tie it like this.
- Like that? - Yeah.
Cute!
- [sighs] I hope I brought enough clothes.
♪ ♪
- Ready for the beaches? - I am.
I'm ready for the pool.
I'm ready to have a couple drinks.
- Me too.
- What do you like to wear when you go to the airport?
- I'm all sweatpants. - Okay.
- Are we gonna go to, like, a little dance spot?
- Yeah, we can.
- Do you know how to do, um, bachata?
- No. - Oh, man.
Do you wanna see--like, try?
- [laughs] - Come, come.
I'm not that good either. It's okay.
- I have two left feet.
- When we got up-- That's all right.
You go--and when you got heels on too.
- Oh, my God. - Come close.
- Okay. - And all you gonna do
is literally one, two,
come take one step. - Okay.
- I think our honeymoon's gonna be sexy.
I think it's gonna get real hot, steamy.
Pop the hip.
- This hip? - Yep.
Pop the other hip. Boop.
Boom and then boom.
- [laughs] Do I think
we will have sex on the honeymoon?
- Mm, mm.
♪ ♪
I don't know.
We're gonna plead the Fifth.
[laughs]
- Oh, we have a gift.
♪ ♪
[laughs]
All right.
This is awesome.
At brunch, Taylor told me
that this is sort of classic Alyssa.
Just give her time. I'm perfectly fine with that.
My plan coming into this process
is decades-long, right?
I'm looking for a lifelong marriage.
I'm very excited.
I've always wanted to go to Puerto Rico.
- Yeah, I've never been there.
- One of my best friends is from Puerto Rico.
Maybe he'll meet us there. - Oh, that's cool.
- So for me,
on a scale of one to ten,
if a ten is married for 50 years
and a one is molasses,
I'm fine with a one through ten.
But I'm not convinced that she's not at a zero.
I know that we've talked a little bit about, like,
what we want to do, how we wanna move forward,
right, with this.
How are you feeling about going on a trip like this with me
and with everybody else too?
- Um...
I think I'm ready to go on a trip
and, like, see the other couples.
♪ ♪
We'll get to spend, you know, like, hopefully,
some time with them.
- You know, I'm open and want
to just, like, remove
a lot of stuff around us
and just hang out.
That work for you?
- Sure does.
♪ ♪
- It'd be nice to kind of explore too,
see what's local, whether it be
with the shopping-- - I'm not a big explorer
on vacation.
- We could go, like, shopping downtown.
- Uh... - Game for that?
- I like the beach. - All right, beach it is.
That's fine with me.
- It's been such a short amount of time,
and he just, like, rubs me the wrong way.
♪ ♪
He's trying--
Trying to yes me to death.
He's like, "Oh, yeah, maybe, like, shopping"
or this or that, and I was like,
"Like, I'm good just, like, sitting at the beach,"
and he's like, "Okay, yeah, me too."
- This is perfect, 'cause I know we're gonna spend
the entire time on the beach, right?
- [laughs] - That's the goal.
- Pretty much.
Well, you can go do things,
like, that you wanna do.
- All right, see you soon.
- Okay.
- So I am
getting ready to go on the honeymoon.
Found out that we are going to Puerto Rico,
um, and by "we,"
I mostly mean that Alyssa and I
will be in Puerto Rico
but not the way that I would have wanted
to be in Puerto Rico
with the woman that I'm married to,
which is... disappointing.
- ♪ You write your own story, you write your own ♪
♪ 'Cause time keeps ticking away ♪
- ♪ Ticktock, ticktock ♪
- It's frustrating. It's disappointing.
It's not what I wanted.
I'm not sure if she came into this
with the right intention,
because in this moment,
I feel like she's already written me off.
We'll see what happens in Puerto Rico,
but it's making it hard
to try.
- ♪ 'Cause time keeps ticking away ♪
♪ Ticktock, ticktock ♪
- ♪ Boy, boy, boy, boy, boy ♪
♪ Boy meets girl, boy likes girl ♪
♪ And tries to get with girl ♪
♪ Boy kisses girl ♪
♪ And girl likes that ♪
- You all set?
Ah, no.
- One of us gonna have to change.
- No, not gonna be-- - It's not me,
'cause I got dressed first.
We're not doing rock, paper, scissors.
- ♪ This is how the story begins ♪
- All right, you ready to catch a flight?
Let's do it. - Whoo!
- You just got good taste. That's all.
- Stay outta my closet. [laughter]
- Puerto Rico!
- [laughs] - We're out of here, baby.
- Adios.
- Hi! - What's going on?
- What's good? - Morning.
- Morning! - Morning!
- On our way to the airport.
- On our way where?
- Puerto Rico! - Whoo-hoo!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- It's-- come down to my level.
- Just made it through security.
We have our bags packed, ready to go.
- We're ready to go on our honeymoon.
- We're off to Puerto Rico for our honeymoon.
- I'm so excited. I can't wait.
I want a piña colada as soon as we land.
- I need a massage in the sun.
- Course you do.
- We're excited to relax.
Have some fun.
- Eat some food. - Have some drinks.
- Activities. - Lay on the beach.
- What are you looking forward to most?
- Um, just exploring
the whole beach with you
and having a good time together.
First trip being married.
♪ ♪
- That was a mess. We should redo that.
♪ ♪
- We just landed.
- In Puerto Rico!
- Ready to have some fun.
- Let's go get our bags.
Get drunk.
That means one drink.
- Have fun.
- Just landed in sunny Puerto Rico.
I am...
excited to hang out at the beach.
I think Alyssa just walked right by me
through security.
♪ ♪
- When we're leaving the airport,
we're getting into a van,
and Lindsey and Mark don't join us.
- So MTS and Mrs. MTS
are getting royal treatment on this trip.
We have our own private bus.
- What happened?
- That's fine. She should be upset.
- It's perfect. It's perfect.
- Where's my hat?
- I think you're sitting on it.
- Did I lose it in the chaos?
- No, no, I think you have-- It's right there.
- So I'm already feeling a sense of awkwardness
or uncomfortableness between the couples.
- [laughs]
- She should be upset.
- She's trying to tell people in this bus
what language to speak here.
We're all adults.
You wanna speak English, you wanna speak Spanish,
you speak what you want.
Don't come over here telling people what to do
'cause we're adults, man, we don't play that.
Nobody's-- You're not nobody's mother.
Talk to your husband if that's what you wanna do.
Don't talk to other couples
what language we're gonna speak here.
Lindsey comes over to me and my wife,
Katina, right before we get off the plane,
and she says, "Olajuwon, can you speak Spanish?"
And I said, "I know a little bit.
I don't speak it fluent."
And I said, "When I get there, I'ma speak English
because that's what I'm comfortable with,"
and Lindsey made the remark
of, "Oh, well, you're in the native land,"
or whatever it is,
and my response is,
"Lindsey, worry about your husband.
Stop worrying about me and my wife."
Don't--don't come near me if you're gonna tell me
what language to speak. That's it.
- And then when people were walking away,
she's gonna say, "I wanna fight him."
You not even Spanish, girl.
I don't care if you lived here for eight months
or a year. Like, you are not Spanish.
- Um, so we are on a separate bus.
We had a little situation
at the airport,
but we are gonna work through it
tonight and this week,
and we're not gonna let anything spoil our honeymoon.
- We just met.
Like, how is it that in a couple of hours,
like, things like this are happening?
- I-- - Keep her away from me.
I'm dead serious.
Keep her far away from me.
- This is a great start to our vacation.
You know?
♪ ♪
Can't wait to see how the rest of it plays out.
- And nothing's gonna stop our sunshine.
Okay?
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- You're not gonna say nothing else, right?
- No, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.
- My first time seeing you hot.
- Yeah, that's not even close.
- [laughs] - For real, for real.
- On the plane, Lindsey and my husband
had an exchange of words.
She literally was just like,
"I'm gonna keep irking you."
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
Lindsey, she just-- Is just a lot.
I'm usually a forgiving person,
but right now, I don't really know about her.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- So I just checked in to the honeymoon suite.
I felt like I needed a second
to regroup.
I think we were all laughing and joking on the plane
and one of the husbands
got a little aggressive with me about fighting,
and I was like, "What, you wanna fight me?"
Thinking we were joking,
and then he started posturing
and waiting for me at the end of the line
and puffing his chest out and raising his voice,
and it--and it just really triggered me.
And it really brought me to a place
where I didn't feel comfortable.
♪ ♪
And it really, like, shook me at my core, so...
And I just needed a moment...
[inhales sharply]
To kind of, like, feel better,
but I have to say, I have the best husband in the world.
I just love him so much.
He's so supportive and caring and nurturing.
He said, "Go up to the room. Take a shower.
I'll go see what happened, talk to the people,"
and just kind of stood by me
and made me feel safe and cared for,
and that's all I've ever wanted,
and I'm so grateful.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- Wow. Dang, look at this.
- Chris, you wanna hold hands? - Look at the palm trees.
[laughs]
So it is the first day
in beautiful Puerto Rico,
and Alyssa's making it really hard,
because she doesn't interact with me at all.
- Oh, my God, it's so pretty.
- Whoo! - We made it!
- Yay! - Wow.
- My God, this is gorgeous.
I love this. I love this.
- Hey, give me a kiss.
- Welcome to our honeymoon! [laughs]
- We made it.
- I'm sure it's coming across to the other couples as well.
I'm sure they're noticing it.
I think it's probably why they tiptoe around us
and they don't ask us, "Hey, what's going on?"
They don't ask us, "Hey, what'd you guys do
the wedding night?" because they're like--
They know that they're not like us.
- [laughs] - It's so pretty.
- I've spent time with Chris.
We've had great conversations.
He's a great guy.
But I haven't really seen much interaction
with him and his wife. I'm not exactly sure
what the disconnect is.
But it's obviously awkward, a little tense.
- I'm so happy to be here.
- We're only missing one thing,
and that's alcohol.
- Here we go. There it is.
- Yeah! - Hey.
- Lindsey and Mark are not joining us for drinks.
Things were very heated when we were on the plane,
and so I do think that everybody needs
a little bit of space.
I'm just happy sitting on this couch
and sipping a piña colada,
because I don't have time for none of that.
Like, I'm here for my honeymoon.
- So we had a disagreement.
We're not gonna let that mess up our journey.
As much as we're getting to know our spouses,
we're also getting to know each other
as individuals.
We're a brotherhood, a sisterhood, you know?
- This is beautiful. - Hey, hey, hey.
Come on. - Okay.
- It's for Puerto Rico, all right?
- Okay, okay, okay. - She's married to me.
- I respect it. I respect that.
- We can't have two different opinions, right?
No, I'm just kidding. Just kidding.
- Hey. - Mark.
- Mark the Shark. - Mark the Shark.
- Hey! - Sorry.
I apologize, brother. - No, no, it's all right.
- Seriously, man, seriously.
- No, no, it's-- - You're a good man.
She--we're all learning about each other.
I was just saying that we're all learning about each other,
and things are gonna happen like that.
- And that's what I told her.
I'm like, "Linds, like, there's
so many different personalities here."
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- And everyone has a past.
- Oh, we set you up, brother.
- Ah, thanks. [laughter]
I told her--I'm like, "Linds,"
I'm like, "you're always at a ten."
- Absolutely. - "And everyone has buttons.
"You have buttons. Olajuwon's got buttons.
"Chris might have buttons.
I doubt it, but Chris might have buttons."
I wanna apologize for what happened
on my team, and I don't want you guys
to feel that we all can't get along.
We wanna rise above this. - Right.
- And we don't need tension over little things, right?
- Right. - And at the end of the day--
- So can we cheers?
Let's get together.
- To forgiveness. - To forgiveness.
To moving on. - To moving on.
- To being respectful of everyone.
- To having fun in Puerto Rico.
- Coming back together, yeah. - Cheers!
- Cheers, yes.
- To no more drama and a good honeymoon.
- We need to move on, and we can't let this
mess up our honeymoon.
I'm here for my wife.
We need to focus on each other
because this is a process between us,
and I just want everybody to be happy.
- If she apologizes to you,
would that mean something?
Would that change the dynamic?
♪ ♪
- I'm cool with it. I don't need an apology.
Me and Mark the Shark are head-on,
and I have nothing to worry, you know.
- So I think, for me, I have a lot of patience,
so if you see me mad,
it's kind of like, "Whoa, like,
you must really be bothering her."
I'm gonna be super respectable, of course.
I'll still be friendly, surface level,
but I think that I just--
I can't be in a space with her
for a long period of time
'cause her personality is just way too much for me.
- Of course I'm a little worried.
You know, I still feel like there could be tension
between my wife and, uh, Katina and Olajuwon.
You know, it is what it is.
But we're here for a week,
so I'm hoping things may change.
We gotta work past this.
You know, we're all here together.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Take a chance with me ♪
[laughter]
- Don't hit your wife. [laughs]
[cork pops] Ah!
- Cheers. - Cheers.
♪ ♪
Thank you...
husband.
- No problem, wife.
- Aw.
- My wife. [laughs]
Every time I say it,
there's a bit of a reality check,
making me realize that yes,
I did just get married,
and we are together.
- It's so beautiful out here.
- You scared to go close to the edge?
- Yeah, a little bit.
Um...
- Hey, come on over here.
- Oh, okay.
Oh, we're up really high.
- Come here.
Can you look straight down?
Does that scare you? - No, I don't want to.
- We have a building under us. Okay.
- You're used to looking down. You're really tall.
I'm not!
- This is what my life is like every day, okay?
- I'm afraid of heights.
- I got you.
- I'm glad I was matched with you.
- Yeah, me too.
- We've only known each other for two days,
but I do feel like I'm developing
really strong feelings for Steve.
There's chemistry,
and it seems really effortless.
- This is pretty incredible.
- But I still have a lot to learn about him,
so I'm anxious to see how this trip will go.
What do you wanna do first?
- Parasailing has always been on my list.
It's just something that I haven't done before.
Otherwise, I'd definitely be down for some jet skiing
or ziplining.
What about you?
- Um...
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- Hey!
♪ ♪
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
- Wanna say something?
- Let's cheers to our honeymoon,
to getting to know each other on a different level,
and making memories.
- Cheers. - Clink, clink, clink.
♪ ♪
- Mmm!
[peacock calling]
You hear that?
- [laughs] Was that a bird? What was that?
- I thought I was tripping.
I'm like...
Puerto Rico birds.
- They're different.
♪ ♪
- What do you think about the trip so far?
- So far, so good.
I mean, it was nice to meet all the couples.
- Mm-hmm. - But of course, we got...
off to a rocky start
with, like, O and Lindsey.
We just met, so we kind of have to assume
there's gonna be conflict,
but I think the way we resolved it
in the end-- - I don't agree with that.
- What do you mean? - I don't think that
there's gonna be conflict 'cause we all just met.
I think if people just respect each other's boundaries,
then that's it.
- But when you first meet somebody,
you don't know their boundaries.
Right? You're still learning mine.
- True. - And I'm still learning yours,
so there might be a situation
where I might do something
based on what I think is okay,
and you can tell me, "Yo, Mike, that's not cool."
- Mm-hmm. - But there's gonna be conflict
in me trying to figure that out,
'cause we don't know each other.
- Like you said, we can agree to disagree.
- So you think, in our marriage,
we're not gonna have conflict?
- I'm not thinking about conflict.
If I was to wake up every day
and think that in this marriage,
there would be conflict, that would just be me
inviting negativity and just thinking,
"When is the conflict gonna start?"
I'd rather just live in the moment.
The type of person that I am,
I'm thinking positive.
I'm thinking the best out of the situation.
I am not going to go into a room
with five people and say,
"I don't know these people. There is just--
There might be conflict."
That's just not my mindset.
I am very shocked that
Mike and I are having our first disagreement so soon.
You know, his sisters did mention
that he likes to think the worst in situations,
and I do think that, you know, in the future,
it could be a problem.
♪ ♪
I'm gonna shower.
- This discussion and this conflict
is not shocking.
I'm a realist.
I assumed we were gonna have conflict.
I assumed that we were going
to have some type of disagreement.
I mean, I did ask the experts
for someone that can challenge me,
and I have it right in front of me right now,
so it's kind of time for me to really assess,
is this really what I want?
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ I just wanna have your love ♪
♪ That's all I need, all I need ♪
- Hey! How are you?
Oh.
- I've been married for two days,
it's the first day of my honeymoon,
and, like, the journey here
was half the battle,
so just taking it one moment at a time.
♪ ♪
How was drinks?
- Uh, it was good.
We, uh--they really wanted to make sure
that you, O, and Katina were good,
and O does want to let you know
that he wants you to feel comfortable around him.
- That's nice of him. - And--yeah.
And he's like, "I wanna talk to her.
"I wanna, like, hug it out.
Like, I wanna, like, make sure she's good."
Two people hit a nerve,
and we're all new.
We just gotta, like, be careful
if we provoke anyone
or we have conversation
with people we don't know well enough yet.
♪ ♪
I always have your back.
- I know.
- I'm just glad you're okay. - I am, thank you.
I just have learned
that when somebody makes me feel that way,
I should probably just take a second.
- Yeah. There's nothing wrong with that.
Having me in your life is gonna be helpful to you
to work through these situations.
- I'm sure.
You're gonna help me with a lot of things.
- A lot of things.
- I like how kind and caring you are
to, like, everybody in every situation.
I mean, Mark's everything I could ever ask for
and more, so I'm really grateful
for the experts.
I feel like you guys have matched me
with, you know, the perfect person
that I'm supposed to be with.
I feel Mark's support consistently.
I love his positivity.
I think I already love him,
and that sounds crazy,
but we do seem like we're both crazy.
[laughs]
- Stuck with me. - Yeah.
- Forever. - That's true.
Forever.
- You and the cats. Team Litter Box.
- Ah, 'cause we're the [bleep].
- 'Cause we're the [bleep]. [laughter]
♪ ♪
- This feels awkward.
♪ ♪
I want to be happy
that we're on this honeymoon
because it is a dream of mine to be married
and spend the rest of my life with somebody,
but I'm stuck not knowing
if I should be trying or not trying
in an effort to try to make it work.
- Gorgeous.
Super pretty.
- It's gorgeous.
But do you wanna stay in it, here?
♪ ♪
- I don't think I feel comfortable
staying in the same room with somebody,
like, that I don't know very well.
- [laughs] Like, what?
♪ ♪
It's, I mean, a ridiculous notion.
♪ ♪
We spent a total of 40 minutes together,
and then you told me that
you didn't wanna stay in the same room.
You told me that we couldn't talk about it then.
I had to get the microphones and cameras away
so that we could talk about it at all.
I think that you've tapped out.
What frustrates me
is that there was never a point
in this process where you've put in an effort.
I think you went into this
expecting the perfect person...
- I--no, I don't expect the perfect person.
- And when you got somebody that wasn't...
- No. - You said, "I'm done.
I'm not even gonna take any steps to learn something."
- Okay, but I'm telling you that's not the case.
You know, I feel gypped,
you feel gypped, and this sucks for both of us.
There has been nothing but problems
from almost the second that we met,
and there has been nothing but differences
in our core values, beliefs, everyday life,
personalities, and hobbies.
There's been nothing but differences
in every way, shape, and form
in just, like, literally every single thing
and just there's--
- All these things keep happening,
and you're telling me that you really gave this a chance?
- Yeah.
Do you think I'm lying?
[tense music]
- [sighs] Yeah.
♪ ♪
There was never a point in this process
where you put in an effort.
I am at this-- - That's not true,
and I'm not gonna stand here on camera
if he's gonna say that. Mm-mm.
He just called me a [bleep] liar.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- I'm a nice person. Just, like, be nice to me.
Like, why would you just call me a liar?
You don't believe that I don't feel comfortable
sleeping over with somebody that I don't know?
And you said, "Yeah, I think you're lying."
Every single time I say, okay,
I'm over this one thing that I saw
or that I found out or that I heard,
another thing happens.
Like, I find out that you're saying something
to my family and my best friend,
it's not being respectful.
- She said that she had some concerns,
that she doesn't think we're compatible.
Like, she just wants to be friends.
♪ ♪
- I would never do that to you,
and I didn't do that to you.
♪ ♪
- I wasn't gonna lie to your mother and Taylor.
- But it's not lying.
- If they say, "Hey, how's it going?"
How would I respond to, "Hey, how's it going?
How was your wedding night?"
- Right, and you can say,
you know, it wasn't the best.
You're saying something
that was supposed to be confidential.
I mean, this situation isn't fun,
and it's not good.
Dude, we're not compatible.
- Will you-- - I don't wanna argue anymore.
Why don't we just stop and say
this isn't going to work
and be respectful?
- I do think, on paper,
we were compatible,
but I was paired with somebody
who it felt like had zero interest in trying.
- I don't know what's gonna happen this week.
I hope that you can be respectful of me.
I really, really, hope,
because that is what I give to you
and that's all that I want back.
It's gonna take time for me to build--
Build back up to a place where I think I can trust you
and where I hope that we could sit in a conversation
and not have disrespect involved.
- Okay, um...
at this point, I don't mind going to another room,
give you space, and go from there.
♪ ♪
I don't believe that I disrespect Alyssa.
I think she may be gaslighting me.
- ♪ What is, what is the truth ♪
♪ ♪
- It's a pretty [bleep] feeling
to come into this process,
have somebody go through an actual wedding with you,
and then at this point, we've spent
not a whole lot of time getting to know each other,
and she's already written me off.
I'm frustrated.
I'm really frustrated.
♪ ♪
I'm still fighting with myself
over whether or not any part of me
wants to still try to save this marriage.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Got me spinning ♪
♪ Around and round ♪
♪ Flying through the air ♪
- How do you feel like the day went?
- Rather than the little incident we had
with Mark and Lindsey, I think it was great.
But I do appreciate you stepping up.
It was good to know that my wife has my back
right off the jump. - Mm-hmm.
- 'Cause I'ma have your back no matter what.
You're like a little mini Chihuahua
that you just don't wanna play with.
That's what I feel like.
It felt good to know that, you know, the love's real.
- I guess the reason why I kinda, like, snapped on her
is because I don't like when females bully other people.
Like, I think that on the low, she's shady.
- Let's look past that 'cause we're not here for that.
- Okay. - You dwell in that--
- I'm not dwelling.
- No, I'm saying. I'm just saying.
If you do dwell in that, when you're near her,
you're already gonna be irritated,
so when she does something,
you're gonna just go right at it.
This is about Olajuwon and Katina
and their love for each other.
- Mm-hmm.
- And that's what we need to focus on.
- Mm-hmm. - And I think me and you
are gonna just get closer, maybe we could break the wall.
- You think I have a wall?
- I think you ain't being, like,
all the way open with your boy.
♪ ♪
- Damn, you putting pressure on me.
I'm not a stone wall.
I know that it's okay for me to open up,
be vulnerable.
But it just takes me some time to get there.
Like, we just met.
[laughs] Um, but yeah.
On the honeymoon, I definitely want us
to just get closer and build our bond
so I could, like, trust him
and be vulnerable with him.
♪ ♪
- So why is it so scary for you to be vulnerable?
- I think I'm just scared of, like, being disappointed.
- You think I'ma disappoint you?
- I don't know. People are people.
- Yeah, but there's not--
There's--people are people, but I'm your husband.
- I know, but-- - That's different.
- I--I understand you're my husband,
but still. - You can't be scared.
- It's just like, I still can't help being cautious.
I used to have, like, a lot of "rope" for people.
So what that means is, like, I would give, like,
a lot of like, chances, then I would kinda, like, get burnt.
It's not that I'm not hopeful
and I don't give things chances.
It's just, I'm more on guard.
- Don't let what people-- How they mistreated you...
- Mm-hmm.
- Dictate our future because
this man, who's your husband, will cherish you.
- Mm-hmm.
- And maybe you're scared because I told you that
that's who I used to be.
I would never try to manipulate you.
You're my wife.
- Mm-hmm. - Wife, wife, wife.
Please don't think or misunderstood that--
How I treated women in the past,
like, this is nothing like that.
- I could tell that when he talks about his past,
he's--it's not a proud moment for him,
but, like, realistically,
people can't change overnight,
so it is a thought that I can get hurt
if and when my feelings start to get deeper.
- I believe that we could do this forever
if we just really have faith
and we put everything and our heart into this.
You know what I'm saying? - Mm-hmm. I don't know.
I just am good with moving with, like, caution sometimes.
♪ ♪
- Whoo!
- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
- Next time on "Married at First Sight"...
- ♪ Hey ♪
- Off he goes.
- Whoo. - [laughs]
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- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
- I feel like I'm falling in love.
- Like, I love him. He's the one, that's it.
- You love him? [bleep].
- You offer me another woman, why would I not?
[music winds down]
- Don't bring that stuff over here.
It's not happening.
- I didn't know the true consequences of my actions.
- It's like, you're already putting doubt.
- You want me to apologize to you how you want me to.
I'm not going to do that.
- You are very here, which is saying something.
Just--no matter what.
- So are you in or are you out? There's no in between for me.
Why would we have consummated our marriage?
Like, come on, dude. You're so stupid.
- When you get liquored, don't cast that on other people.
You're way too old for that.
- That's really rude. - 'Cause you're rude.
- That's not okay.
- It's [bleep] raining.
I don't wanna [bleep] go swimming with him.
Like, I--I'm not happy.
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