- Oh, God, I thought we were gonna have more time.
True love requires great risk,
so I'm willing to take that leap of faith.
- Just four days ago, ten singles
put their faith in the experts in order to find love.
- You are beautiful.
- They married as complete strangers.
[cheers and applause]
- Your girl is officially off the market.
- ♪ In my mind, made it up ♪
- Last time, they began their honeymoons together.
[cork pops] - [yelps]
♪ Someday ♪
- Noi and Steve.
- I'd fallen in love once in my whole life
and I feel like it's happening again.
- ♪ In my mind, yeah ♪
- Katina and Olajuwon.
- I promise to be the best husband.
I promise to be honest and truthful.
God brought us to this.
- He'll get us through this.
Both: Amen.
This is everything that I dreamed of!
♪ ♪
- Alyssa and Chris.
- I really do think you're just a cool person.
- I just want to come off as united
'cause, like, no matter the way we feel,
the experts just didn't do this right.
- Jasmina and Michael.
- If I'm being honest,
I expect you to talk to me respectfully.
- It's never, like, intentional
for me to sound, like, abrasive or aggressive.
So it is something I'm working on.
- I appreciate you for saying that.
I just have to believe what you say
until I see differently.
[dramatic music]
- Lindsey and Mark.
- I don't want to get too, too lovey-dovey
because we literally just met, and there's so many things
that are going on and it has to flow organically.
- Why would we have consummated our marriage?
Like, come on dude,
you're so stupid.
Ugh.
♪ Oh, live a little louder ♪
♪ Oh, laugh a little longer ♪
- Tonight, our couples enjoy the final few days
of their honeymoon in this tropical paradise.
- Doing a little exploring here in old San Juan.
- Before they have to return to the real world.
- I feel like it's about to get real.
- Just relax, the horse knows, it--
It's been trained, dude. - Okay.
- If the horse wanted to throw you,
it would've threw you all the way back there.
- Ooh, you're about to piss me off.
- I won't stop living my life
because my wife isn't comfortable.
- I don't really like this, so--
I don't like where this is going.
I'm a good person
and if I don't come off that way on this show,
I'm gonna be [bleep] pissed.
- I think you should just cut your loss.
- I am either all in
or all out.
- You wanna talk to him?
- No, I do not want to talk to him.
I hate him.
- ♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way ♪
♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- ♪ Look in my cloudy eyes ♪
♪ I never wake up on time ♪
- Morning!
- Morning, good morning, good morning!
- He actually woke up with me today.
He didn't go to the gym. - Nope.
[clears throat] I figured it would be important
to have my wife wake up with me beside her
instead of me walking back into the room sweaty, so...
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- We are outside enjoying this view.
- Our five couples
are now on day five of their honeymoon,
and while some of the newlyweds have started creating
immediate and powerful connections,
others have hit a few bumps in the road.
- Alyssa has been distant,
hasn't talked to me,
doesn't approach me at all off-camera to talk to me.
She wants me to act "husbandly"
and is doing everything she can
to get out of being a wife.
- So it's another day in paradise.
Hopefully today is a good day and we can all enjoy it.
And yeah.
Trying to keep my head up.
Trying to "stay in the game."
[chuckles]
I guess they would say.
It's not easy, but, you know, I'm still here
and I think that says a lot.
- But our hope is that the couples can use
these final few days of their honeymoon
to further discover who the person they married really is.
- Morning.
- We are headed out today to see a waterfall.
Just the two of us.
- Yeah, I'm excited to just hang out with you
and check out more of San Juan.
- We're gonna go horseback riding today
so I'm excited to do that.
- Can't wait to see if she can ride a real horse.
- Okay, bye. - [laughs]
♪ ♪
- ♪ We're breaking waves ♪
♪ Shooting stars ♪
♪ We live for glory, not forever ♪
♪ I'm reaching out ♪
♪ As where we are ♪
♪ Our hearts beat beatin' together ♪
- It's been a long couple days.
- [whispers] I know.
I'm hungry.
- I know, I'm starving, I got a good setup for us.
- Okay, let's do it. - Okay.
- Last night, we had a fight.
I had all these ideas and hopes,
but boy, did it go to [bleep] towards the end.
I don't want to get too, too lovey-dovey
because we literally just met
and it has to flow organically.
- Mm-hmm.
- I had a plan for this romantic dinner
and I let her know where I was during the dinner.
And, you know, she didn't react too well.
- I can slow back, but I pull way back.
- Mm-hmm. - Way--all the way back.
- But an hour later, we talked about it.
- The purpose of a romantic dinner
is to make me feel loved and cared for.
And that didn't make me feel cared for.
[contemplative music]
- Like, I committed a sin tonight.
I'm sorry.
We have an incredible core,
which is obvious 'cause we have so many things in common.
I was trying to do the best I can with this whole thing.
We can start fresh tomorrow on a better slate.
So do you wanna go upstairs together?
- Well, yeah, unless you wanna sleep down here in the lobby.
- No, clearly. - [chuckles]
- We squashed the topics of the dinner
and we bounced back and we're laughing again.
- It's this way, dude.
- I was going there.
- [laughs]
Hi, how are you? - How are you?
- Come on in.
Intimacy is about, like,
having a fight and moving past it.
I honestly think the communication
between Mark and I is great.
We're still learning each other, you know,
but I think that
we can talk through any situation, really, together.
- You know what we should do? - What?
- We should say a prayer.
- Oh, I like that.
- All right.
Dear God,
thank you for bringing us together
in a way that we never thought was possible.
Let's enjoy this wonderful meal
that you provided for us.
Thank you for everyone who supports us back home
or who's here with us
and get us through the rest of the honeymoon
safe and sound. Amen.
[serene music]
- That was nice, thank you. - Yeah.
Are you religious?
I know we just prayed, but--
I appreciate you doing that.
Are you into going to church,
something you wanted to do in the future with kids?
- So I grew up Greek Orthodox, super traditional.
Like, four and a half hour services
where they speak in Greek most of it.
- Wow. - And there's a lot of
the traditions in Greek Orthodox culture that I like.
Like Holy Week, we talked about in Greek Orthodox--
Easter. So I would definitely want
our children to celebrate that
'cause I think it's more of a cultural celebration
as well as a religious one. - Mm-hmm.
I'm okay with any church as long as
it's the right community. - Right.
- I really wanna bring my kids up in a church
or at least give them the fundamentals.
But I think as soon as our kids are old enough
to express themselves, if they say,
"Mom and Dad, I don't want to go,"
then we should respect that.
- Okay, how many kids?
- Okay, so I can't do three.
Pretty firmly not three. - Okay.
- I'll be honest with you,
I feel like whatever God gives us.
I don't want one,
I want at least two, I could do four.
I don't know how I wanna bir-- - You could do one,
maybe two, definitely not three, could do four--
So we're skipping three no matter what.
- Yeah, no matter what, no three.
- So we're gonna have a lot of kids in our future?
- I always wanted to have a big family.
What about you?
- I mean, whatever I can afford and whatever God gives me.
You don't get to say, "I want to have twins."
- That would be--oh, dude,
let's make a pact. - Okay.
If we have twins, we're done. One and done.
That would be [bleep]-ing gold!
- Okay.
[country music]
♪ ♪
- Hi! - How are you doing?
- Hi. - This is Sales,
we got Champagne over here.
- Champagne! - Ooh, I like that name.
- Which one of the two of these horses is calmer?
- He is following me, he's calm.
- He's calm. - I'm gonna put you on him
because this one likes to go in the front
so he will follow this one. - Okay.
- Me and her are both from the city.
We don't ride horses.
We only got traffic and cars.
So we figured it's our honeymoon,
we're gonna try just new events in our lives
and make more memories together.
- I can't believe I'm on a horse right now.
- [chuckles] - I do not like--
Oh, no, I like you.
Just kidding, I like you.
- Oh, Champagne, where you going--
I mean, Sales, where you going? - [chuckles]
- Sales, command your horse to walk.
- Oh, [bleep]. - Okay, come on, Sales.
- Command him to walk.
- Just do the tap-tap? - Yes.
- Can we go slow?
- Hiyah! - There we go, see, you got it.
- Good job, horse. - Don't get my confidence up
'cause he be start running-- He might start running.
- I am nervous about riding a horse
just because I've never ridden one before
and I already don't like animals.
Some people aren't animal people.
Sorry, PETA.
[chuckles]
How do I slow him down? - Good girl.
- Pull him back. - Pull.
- Also, Sales, remember that Champagne
will go at your speed. - Slow, slow, slow, slow.
- Good girl. - I don't feel comfortable.
- Good job. - Slow.
- I know, slow. - Slow.
- Slow--hey, slow. - Go slow, babe.
- This is the--this is the slowest this horse goes.
- How do you stop it? - Pull, she's--listen--
Listen to what she's saying. - Oh, I can't.
- Pull. - Okay.
- Come on. [clicks tongue] - Okay, stop--
- Slow, slow. - I need to stop.
Ooh, I don't like it. - Just go slow.
- The way that his personality is,
he just jumps in and does things.
But me, I'm more, like, cautious.
- You ain't gonna mess it up, come on.
You want this, come on. - Ugh, I'm shaking.
I feel like since I've met him,
I've been stepping out of my comfort zone
and I just need him to just take down his energy for me
and just go slower.
- Just relax, the horse knows. It--it's been trained.
You're not the first person to ride it,
you're not gonna be the last, it's okay.
- Okay. - If the horse
wanted to throw you, it would've threw you
all the way back there. - Don't say that.
- I'm saying have confidence in yourself.
She was taking a little bit
of the positive energy out of me,
but I don't want to lose my life experience
because somebody else feels like
they don't want to give it a full chance.
I am an adventurous person.
And I only could be with a person who's adventurous.
I didn't get into a marriage just to smile and say,
"We're married and we have kids."
I won't stop living my life
because my wife isn't comfortable.
- Sometimes you just have to be more patient with me.
- Oh. Gotta have some faith.
We'll be good, though.
- Ah-ah-ah! - Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
I didn't tell you that.
- It's just, like, not relaxing.
Ah-ah, Champagne!
It's because you're not in front.
[tense music]
Ah-ah-ah!
Slow down.
Chill, stop, like,
I'm not--you're gonna see a--
Ooh, you're about to piss me off.
It's not funny. - [laughs]
- It's not funny at all.
- Yo, you're so dramatic.
The horse ain't doing nothing. - Because I'm scared,
it doesn't matter.
But sometimes you have to come down
to, like, my level. - We're just regular walking.
- Stop pushing me and just listen to me in this moment.
- Ooh.
Have a seat.
[both sigh]
- How'd you feel about Champagne?
- I mean, I'm glad that I did it.
But it was, you know, I mean, I was nervous.
- I noticed when you're uncomfortable,
you just wanna stop.
But as long as I keep pushing you and pushing you,
you'll complain about it. Do you get what I'm saying?
- But that's also my nerves.
- Right, right. - When people are nervous,
they express themselves differently.
- But you were so uncomfortable,
you couldn't even get down the controls
because before we even got on the horse,
all you're thinking is, "Oh, my God,
I'm about to do this horse, I'm about to do this horse."
You was already dwelling in something
that was becoming so beautiful.
You know what I'm saying? - Mm-hmm.
- I've seen the buildup, that's why when you
got on it, you're like, "I don't wanna do this."
I'm like, before you even got on the horse,
you was already-- Your mind was already
telling yourself you didn't like it.
- Yeah, I want you to push me,
but I want you to know, in some situations,
if I'm telling you I'm really uncomfortable, then--
- I mean-- - I want you to know
when to not--
When to do it and when to not
'cause my nerves get really bad.
And I don't know, you'll have to learn, like,
okay, like, "She really doesn't want to do this.
- I would never put you through anything
I think you can't get through.
- I see that you're just trying to,
you know, like, help me override my fear.
- Right. - But in the moment,
I was like, "I wanna punch him in his face."
- [laughs]
So funny.
I'm always gonna push you.
For real, I'm always gonna push you.
♪ ♪
- In any marriage, it's important to agree
on a shared comfort zone as spouses,
but the process of demarcating the boundaries of the zone
can present challenges,
so it's essential to be aware
of each other's needs and fears
when enjoying new activities together.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I've been working like crazy ♪
♪ With everything really ♪
♪ All I can say is I want to get away with you ♪
♪ Oh, with you ♪
♪ ♪
- Rapids. - That looks dangerous.
[laughing]
- Nah, you got this. - I hope it's shallow.
This looks calm.
That's not even water, is it?
That's a puddle.
- We might be able to work our way in here.
It's a bit, like, busy over there,
but if we can get over that tree,
we can go for a little swim in that pool.
- So we're gonna go rock climbing and tree climbing,
and then we're gonna go into the water?
- In an ideal world,
I'd like to go on all types of adventures with my wife.
Are you okay with that? - Um, I guess so.
- You sure? - Yeah.
- I got you. I'll make sure
you get in there safely. - Okay.
- I like to explore landscapes, national parks,
so it would be great to have someone
be excited to do those types of things.
- I hope you're a good swimmer.
- I won't let you fall down the rapids, I promise.
I'm excited that we're diving headfirst into an adventure,
but it's a little disappointing
that she's a bit nervous about the situation.
- Oh my God, it's slippery!
[laughs]
[yelps]
[laughter]
I'm dying!
[laughter]
It's really cold.
[yelps]
[laughter]
- You're good. So what do you think?
You wanna try to learn how to float?
- Right here? - Yeah.
- Um, I guess so. - [laughs]
Tell you what, turn this way
so that way it will be pulling you backwards.
And I'm gonna hold your back
and I just want you to lean back,
take a deep breath,
and when you feel comfortable,
put your head back in
so that your ears start touching the water
and put your feet straight.
- Okay. - All right, ready?
So I'm gonna hold you tight here.
And now just lean back.
- Okay. - You can hold onto me first.
- Okay.
- Now put your feet up.
- [giggles] - Now, let go of my arm--
Let go of my neck.
I got you, I got you.
- Okay.
Now what? [laughs]
- Now slowly put your head back, take a deep breath.
You can put your ears into the water.
- Okay. It's cold.
Okay.
- Ready, now put your-- Put your ears in.
- Okay, give me a count. - Yeah.
- Okay.
- One, two, three.
- Why am I putting my ears in the water?
- Just do it, just put your head into the water.
- Oh, okay.
[shrieks]
[laughs]
- It was just a little frightening.
- Yeah, it was bad timing
on the fish's part. - This was bad timing.
- I do not feel safe right now!
- Sorry.
We're gonna--ah! - [shrieks]
But I realized they weren't gonna stop biting me
so I just, you know, let it go.
You did good, all right?
Come here.
[heartwarming music]
- My head is all over the place.
I'm super anxious, but at the same time,
he makes me feel safe and secure with him.
He would do anything, I think,
to make me feel safe and loved.
[Tom Bromley's "Holy Water" playing]
- ♪ Oh, holy water ♪
♪ Wash over me ♪
♪ Oh, holy water ♪
♪ I'm on my knees ♪
♪ My knees, my knees ♪
♪ Oh, holy water ♪
- I know she was a bit reluctant
and I think she still has some fears,
but it ended up being really fun.
It was great seeing Noi looking so excited.
Really makes me feel like I have a special wife
and makes me feel connected with her.
- ♪ Quench my thirst ♪
- I had a blast, how about you?
- It was really fun.
Like, I don't know, it was just a fun time.
I'm glad that we did it.
♪ ♪
- Happy honeymoon. - First time in a rainforest!
- That's right. - And first marriage
and first husband.
- [chuckles] - A lot of firsts.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Oh, holy water ♪
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Be cool ♪
♪ And on the ready ♪
♪ Are you ready for me? ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- We're gonna need that.
- No, it missed. - [laughs]
- The other experts and I
have been monitoring the situation
with Chris and Alyssa closely,
in hopes of seeing some new and positive developments.
However, when Alyssa began turning down Chris's offer
to participate in activities together,
we decided it was time to reinforce
the structure of the process
and set up an easy and fun activity
for them to connect over.
- All right, ready? - Yeah, you wanna play tennis?
- I guess so.
- I know that Alyssa
might not be super keen on playing tennis,
but I hope that my wife recognizes
that I am, in fact, trying.
Careful with the ankles.
I don't know if that's regulation footwear.
I'm very driven to find success
in all aspects of my life.
So I am ready to do
whatever it takes to make it work,
even if it ultimately doesn't.
And I'm hoping the fact that she showed up
means that she is still making an effort.
You gonna take it easy on me?
You've beat me at everything else so far.
- You snooze, you lose.
[upbeat bass music]
♪ ♪
- There we go.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Let me introduce myself ♪
♪ Introduce myself ♪
♪ I'm feelin' pretty ♪
♪ Let me introduce myself ♪
- More than one.
It's--it was a trap the whole time.
- I'm taking my shoes off so I don't trip.
- Oh, here we go.
I feel like it's about to get real.
[bleep], oh, there it is.
- ♪ Let me introduce myself ♪
- We'll call that 15-Love.
On paper, I think she's a great fit.
I think we're very compatible in our activities.
She genuinely is, like,
a fun-loving, enjoyable person to be around.
You having fun?
- It's a little bit hot out, but you know.
- All right, wanna just hang out?
Chill, talk a little?
- Sure.
I'm trying to be optimistic in the situation that I'm in.
I put in so much hard work to be ready for this.
You know, I think I do my very best
and I will continue to do that and try.
- Um, I know that one of the things
that I wanted to talk about
is what happened, sort of, after the honeymoon.
- Okay.
- Normally, I know that we'd be expected to move into
an apartment together. - Mm-hmm.
- What are your thoughts on that?
- Um, I don't--
I don't feel comfortable
moving into an apartment together.
- Okay.
- What are your thoughts?
- I get it.
I want you to do what you're comfortable with.
So, when I think of sort of,
what I had committed to early in the process,
it included moving-- - I wanna stop for one second.
I already don't like where this conversation's
going with, like, "I was committed,"
insinuating that I'm not, so, yeah.
- Okay.
- I know that with everyone else
living, like, in the apartments together and stuff,
they're gonna be, like, doing things together
and filming together, and, like,
all that kind of stuff. And I think...
I'm not gonna speak for you,
but, like, I feel,
like, robbed kind of the whole experience
that, like, we were supposed to have.
[tense music]
And I don't feel like it's fair
to, like, not be able to live there.
- I definitely want to move into that apartment,
but I also know that I want to do it with my wife.
Um, whether we're madly in love,
or barely friends trying to make it work,
we're expected to move in.
I think she has to sort of figure out
what she's comfortable doing,
but I know that's what I want.
- I guess I don't think you're understanding my point
is that, um...
We both want to live in this apartment,
and just because we don't want to live there together,
it seems like you've made a decision without me
that you are moving in and I'm not.
- No, you can move in if you want.
[dramatic music]
- I know, but-- But this is what I--
- That's on the table, if you want to move in,
I'm fine with that.
- Right, but that's, like, not--
- I know you're not comfortable with that.
It sounds like you're in a tough spot
and have a decision to make.
Unless--unless I'm told-- - Okay, I mean, I don't--
I don't really like this, so--
I don't like where-- Where this is going.
So I'm gonna walk away for a second.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Yeah, just, he doesn't stop.
He was like, "seems like you have a decision to make."
Like, why do you have to do that?
- Well, I mean, it's-- It's multiple things.
Like, I love the other girls and, like,
I want to be a part of it with them.
- Yeah. - And so, like,
if they all are like, last minute, like,
"Oh, want to come over?" Like, I can't just come over.
- Like, why is that fair that I get to not live there
because I don't want to live with you
because we're not compatible?
Why is that fair?
- I think that from the beginning,
I have always done what I thought she wanted,
but I don't know that
me doing what I think is reasonable for both of us
is in line with what she is expecting of me,
which, to me, comes off as a little selfish.
- Like, if you can't be kind, then don't talk to me.
- ♪ I was a fool in love ♪
- Ugh, look at his hand gestures right now.
Even that is, like, it's aggressive.
- No, like, he's, like, pointing--
Like, it's just like, ugh.
- I feel like I've had to be really patient
and I have felt all of the emotions.
I started with excited about the process,
and then nervous, and then anxious.
Then I got married and I was elated,
and then I was very confused
when I couldn't figure out what was going on
and she wouldn't tell me.
Now I'm frustrated.
- [bleep], when is enough enough?
- I think we're in a unique situation
and I genuinely don't know how we're gonna handle it.
- ♪ I was a fool in love ♪
♪ But I was not ♪
♪ I wasn't what she wanted. ♪
♪ And it chopped me to pieces. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Then dropped me to pieces ♪
♪ Can't tell if this is real or not ♪
♪ But I sure wanna figure it out ♪
- I feel so bad for my husband
because he is currently being browbeaten
by his landlord/mother figure.
[phone ringing]
She has been relentlessly calling and messaging him
on our honeymoon.
I'm not talking about once or twice a day,
I'm talking about four, five times a day.
- Okay, okay.
- Stating that he needs to contact her immediately.
[phone ringing] - Okay.
All right.
- And he is busy with me trying to get to know me.
- Good night.
[phone ringing]
- Really?
- All right.
- Oh, my God.
And she is non-stop.
She is just always stepping in and it is distracting.
This person who's been a confidant
and somebody he trusted in
is just really letting him down.
And it is getting to his best self.
[groans]
- ♪ We got each other ♪
♪ And that's a fact ♪
♪ We'll stick together ♪
♪ We made a pact ♪
- Daylight--ooh, it's getting hot!
- I know.
I personally enjoy getting together
with the other couples
because, one, I don't got no beef with none of them.
So I know that I'm always gonna joke around
and laugh with them.
Katina and O are the couple that
we both feel closest to.
So it is nice to also get, like,
a little double date with them
and catch up to see how they're doing.
- I just wanna get in this water.
- Yeah, I wanna get in this.
- Do you think there's fish?
- Do I think-- Yeah, I know there's fish.
- [laughter]
Sorry, sorry.
- No, I meant, like, on the edge.
- It's full of [bleep].
- Up close.
- A lot of [bleep] in this water.
- Don't-- Don't try to play, my friend.
Don't try to play, my friend!
- You see how he treats me sometimes?
- I understood. - [laughs]
- Did you guys expect to connect this fast
in such a short amount of time?
- No. - No.
- Mm-mm, I didn't. I'm actually surprised.
Like, it feels like I've known him for a long time.
So I think that makes it easier for me.
Are you guys seeing why you're--why you're matched?
- Yeah, I was about to ask that.
That's so crazy. - Why you were matched?
Anything, like, similarities or anything?
- Yeah, we definitely have a lot of things in common.
- I think you guys look great together, anyways.
- I like you guys together. - Yo, for real.
Such a sexy couple. - Thank you.
- You guys look nice. - For real, for real.
- Yeah, I can definitely see
why the experts paired us together
because we have a lot of similarities.
Our beliefs, what we want in the marriage,
what we want from a partner.
So even, like, the first day I was like,
"It's not even some things in common,
it's, like, all things in common."
So I could definitely see why they did that.
- I think personality wise, I think we're both, like,
very, like, opinionated.
- Mm.
- Very, like, um,
we speak with conviction
when we feel like-- We believe something.
So I feel like, in that regard,
we're kind of the same as well.
- Mm-hmm. - You get what I'm saying?
- Do you find, like, it's a challenge
with you guys are both opinion--opinionated?
- I don't know. I feel like I'm able,
sometimes, to see both sides,
and sometimes he's just like, "Nah.
- [laughter] - "Like, this is how it is,
this is what you did," type of thing,
and I'm like, "no, not even."
- That's funny 'cause I think-- I could think
the same about you. - I'm sure you can.
- I think we're the same in that regard.
- Jasmina and Mike,
at least they know, you know,
why they were matched and their similarities.
But, you know, she just married a stranger
so, um, it's just gonna take time.
And it's just, like, you know,
focusing on not trying to get your point across,
but just, like, being understanding to each other,
even if you have opposite point of views.
- I like to push my wife.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Like, I really do.
She knows it, too.
I told her, I was like, "I don't know
how you gonna live like this forever."
[laughter] Like, we're riding the horse
and my horse is going kinda fast.
But, like, I want to have, like, that thrill
so I can remember it too. - Yup.
- But at one point, after we went, like--
Shoot, we went--probably went two miles with the horse,
and then when we were coming back,
I could tell she was at her peak.
Like, "Yo, I'm not-- I'm not effing around no more."
Like, "slow down, or I'ma hit--
I'ma take care of you when I get off this horse."
- [laughs] - And, like, I like that,
you know, and--
And then I slowed down, you know?
You can--you just feel it, the energy.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You'll feel the energy.
- You definitely want to, like, push her
out of her comfort zone, but you don't wanna
push her too much. - Yeah, to scare her,
like, "I can't rock with him anymore."
Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. - Right, right, right.
- Like, "He's not listening to me" kind of thing.
- O is high energy, O is aggressive,
O is an alpha male.
That intensity, he's gonna
put into his marriage to push his wife.
So of course, it can be a pro
because you're pushing your spouse,
but also, if he doesn't, you know, reel it in,
that can also be a con,
so I can understand the friction that they're having,
but O is someone that
I know he knows how to self-correct.
So hopefully before it gets to be too much,
he's gonna fix it.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Shows up out of nowhere ♪
♪ And it lifts you out of the dark ♪
♪ It shines a light on what you've always known ♪
♪ And it gives you the strength ♪
♪ Right when it gets hard ♪
♪ Oh, it's the spark ♪
- Hey, I'm Lindsey Mayer.
This is Mark Mayer. - Yeah.
- And we're just gonna get a little rub down today.
I just love a massage,
but I can see in Mark's head
that all the stuff from his landlord
is still bothering him.
- Oh, my God, I'm so looking forward to this.
I have a lot going on.
I have a lot of stuff I'm dealing with back home.
There was, like, a bedbug situation
in my whole apartment so it's kind of a mess.
Probably, like, a stress level
of, like, eight--eight, nine.
So glad I planned this massage today.
[relaxing music]
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
♪ ♪
[glasses clink] Cheers.
- Cheers.
Oh, it's so good.
Do you feel better?
[exhales] You're dealing with
a unique situation
where your landlord is also your--
Was, like, your mother figure and a good friend of yours.
- A good friend.
You know, she looked at me like--
I think she looks at me like a son, but I get--
I get her position, but I was just shocked by it.
- How dare you change his lease
in the middle of the honeymoon
and send it to us and say, "New lease, no cats."
You knew he had three cats.
You're gonna evict him while we're on our honeymoon?
Can I tell you? - Sure.
- I'm a little bit of a mama bear.
- Okay. - I don't like what I've seen.
- Okay. - Mm.
She knows he's with me.
She knows we're getting to go--know each other.
Shame on you.
I'm so mad.
I think that is so classless.
You don't ever have to go back there again.
- Okay.
- You'll never have to deal with that again.
You can just move your stuff into my house.
- I had no clue who Lindsey was a week ago today.
[laughs]
And in a week...
in less than a week,
I'm married,
I've consummated my marriage,
we're talking about five cats,
a situation with some bugs in the apartment,
moving in together.
I mean, I feel like I'm in another world.
- Take Monday off. - Okay.
- I already have my cats at our new house.
- Okay.
- We go down to your apartment. - Yeah.
- Show me it for the first time,
we get you the [bleep] out of there.
- Okay. - Try to get somebody
to take care of the bedbugs
and just take the things
that matter to you. - Okay.
- Put all that stuff in my house.
- Okay. - And then we'll go
- to our new apartment. - Okay.
And the cats? - And our cats can go there,
all five of them.
- To the new place? - Yes.
- Okay. - We can give it a trial run.
- A trial run.
I think it's--
It's incredible that she's so easygoing
on this process for me.
It's very refreshing that she's like that,
but it doesn't shake the fact that I'm going through it.
So she's my wife, but they're-- They're my responsibilities,
like, it just--it feels weird
to have somebody just do something for me.
It's--it's very unordinary for me.
Even though we're married,
it would take time for that to feel okay.
- My whole life has been an eruption, mainly,
so I'm ready to help you with yours.
[upbeat synth music]
♪ ♪
♪ This is the last time you tell me to calm down ♪
♪ The last time you call me crazy ♪
♪ This is the last time we go round and round ♪
♪ All the spinning makes me dizzy ♪
♪ I think I had enough of you ♪
[phone dial tone]
- Hey, how are you? How's married life?
- It's not what I expected.
So things haven't gone the way I would've expected.
- Oh? - Yeah.
She has some sort of concerns about us
and she doesn't wanna-- - Okay.
- Talk about them.
She's walked out of a lot of conversations
and gets really defensive
about any time that I basically will express
any version of "you didn't give it a chance."
- I'm just sick of it, like--
Like, I'm stuck in a terrible situation
that's absolutely miserable
and I could be portrayed in a very poor light here.
And I'm sick of [bleep] crying.
And I'm sick of being positive
and trying to have a good day.
And I'm sick of being the good person
and taking the high road
when everyone's just [bleep] on me.
- And I asked, basically, the crew,
"Hey, if you want to ask her to talk to me,
like, in private, I'm happy to do that."
- No, I do not want to talk to him.
I hate him.
He's a [bleep] ass[bleep].
He's disrespectful, and rude, and he's doing me dirty.
And it's [bleep] disgusting
that a man is treating a woman like that
who's been nothing but nice to him.
- And it's essentially that
she doesn't think we're compatible.
She feels robbed because
she didn't get the person she wanted.
- He comes off as this good guy.
Well, guess what?
He's a [bleep] car salesman who sells houses.
Why does he think he can move into the apartment
and I don't get to move into the apartment?
Why can't I hang out with my girls?
Why don't I get to be there?
- She--she doesn't know if she got the person she wanted
because she doesn't even--
- Yeah, nobody gets the person that they 100% want
'cause that person doesn't exist.
- You know, it's funny, too, 'cause when we were
talking to her mom,
and Mom was telling her about
how you are very down to earth,
and you don't raise your voice,
and you're able to have conversations.
And her mom was saying that that's exactly what she needs
because she flies off the handle,
and she cries all the time,
and she needs someone that's gonna bring her down to earth.
- That's the same message I got from Mom and Dad,
and from her bridesmaids,
like, "We think you're perfect for her.
She needs a guy like you."
- The only time I'm happy here is if--
If I'm with one of the girls, or I'm sitting by myself.
I'm not being portrayed in a good light
and my mom is very upset.
She's mad because she thinks I'm not being nice to Chris.
And I am being nice to him.
I'm a good person
and if I don't come off that way on this show,
I'm gonna be [bleep] pissed.
- At the end of the day, it is a show about marriage.
The show's called "Married at First Sight,"
not "Single at First Sight."
'Cause if you're not a couple, you're not a couple,
you're done.
- Like, I feel like
if she's already dug her feet in this far
and is not willing to meet you halfway
or even have a conversation for crying out loud,
I think you should just cut your loss.
- Yeah, and I think I'm just about at that point so...
- ♪ Was a long hard day ♪
- I don't care about other people,
it's the way I feel.
I'm not being dramatic.
What the [bleep] is happening?
I feel like I am handling this better
than probably anyone in this group would.
- ♪ But I can't hide ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And I won't hide ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My evil ways ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I know you like ♪
♪ What you see ♪
- Good morning, everyone. - Good morning.
- We are just waking up
and we're getting ready for our day
and we can just enjoy some fun in the sun.
But yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
- You look like you're ready
to go by the water. - [chuckles]
- Rise and shine.
- Rise and shine, here we go.
- We're about to go meet our buddy, Chris,
to have a little-- Actually, I hope there's food.
- I hope there's food. There's usually always food.
- Well, we gotta keep you healthy.
- We gotta keep me safe, I gotta live to be 100.
- Just be happy that I'm only talking about the things
you put in your body, not on your body.
I haven't even begun to talk about clean beauty
and household products.
- Oh, my God. - [chuckles]
- I can't wait for that chapter to begin next week.
Oh!
- ♪ I click my fingers ♪
♪ You close your eyes ♪
♪ We find a happier place inside ♪
♪ And all the seasons ♪
♪ They pass you by ♪
♪ 'Cause you're not listening ♪
♪ Not listening right ♪
- Oh, hello. - Oh, hello.
- How are you? - How are you?
- Doing well. - Good to see you.
- Hi! - Oh, hey girl.
- Oh, hey! - You look so relaxed.
- I know, you look cute. - I brought you water.
- I thought I heard your voices.
- Hey, girl, hey. - Hi, how are ya?
Did you just "hey, girl" me? - Yeah, I did.
- Thank you. - I'll sit on this side.
- This one? - Yeah, I'll sit right here.
- Where am I sitting? I wanna sit right here.
How are you, my friend? - Yeah, how are you?
- I'm doing. - Yeah?
- I'm doing.
- You look like you're in a significantly better place
today than you were the first day I met you.
- The--the first couple of days.
- Yeah. - Uh...
Yeah, it's, um,
it's not where I thought I'd be.
- Like, what have-- What have you been thinking
these past couple of days being here?
- Yeah, I mean, I think it's definitely hard.
You know, like, I'm so happy for everyone,
like, that everyone's happy.
But, like, it's definitely hard
to, like, be around it
and like, know that, like, I don't have that.
- What happened?
- Wedding is great. At least I think it's great.
- Okay, no arguments?
- No, not during the wedding, no disagreements.
But then late that night,
she eventually comes out and says, um,
"I have some concerns."
And I said, "Well, like, what happened?
Can I clarify anything?"
And she said, "Well, it's been a long day,
we're both really tired."
So the next morning,
we sit down and I'm trying to figure out,
do I have to fix something, change something, adjust?
But she's basically like, "Nope, we're not--
"I just don't think we're compatible,
there are too many values differences."
- The next morning? - Literally the next morning.
We've literally never had more than a super--
Like, "What's your last name?" - Right.
- "What do you do for work?" - Yeah.
- These are the conversations you--
Remember your first conversation?
- Uh-huh. - Yeah, I'm just so confused.
- Obviously, neither Chris or I, like,
thought this was gonna be our situation.
I think what's tough
is I'm not blaming him,
but I feel like he's, like, blaming me kind of, and
that's, like, so upsetting to me.
- It sounds like she didn't even give you a chance.
Like, she had this vision in her head
and when she saw you at the end of the aisle,
you didn't fit that vision, physically,
and she instantly wrote you off.
- And she's never said anything physical
either direction so I've never heard her say like--
- 'Cause you're a good looking dude.
- Yeah! - I appreciate that.
- You're a stud. - She's never been like,
"No, no, no, you're attractive--
- Simmer down. - "But other stuff."
But she's also never been like,
"Oh, no, no, no, you're a good guy, I'm just not attract--"
She's never said either,
so that I honestly don't know.
If it's that,
maybe she's trying to just not say that, but...
- You know, I came into this
and put in all the same efforts
as everyone else, right?
- So you feel like you've done everything
to try to make it work?
- Well, I mean, here's the thing.
Did I--did I come into this to find a husband?
100%.
That wedding night,
I started talking to friends of his, right?
And family of his, they were telling me, right?
Like, all these things about him.
And unfortunately, a lot of those things were--
Were things that, like, didn't sit well with me.
- Even though, yes, you heard it from
his family and stuff,
sometimes you have to get to know someone--
- Mm-hmm. - You know, before.
So I think probably a slip up on your end
was taking everything that they were saying for face value
and already putting that
and making a decision in your mind,
instead of just taking what they were saying
and put it in your pocket.
And then when he did do that, be like,
"Oh, his family did tell me about this."
- Yes, I understand where you're coming from
and no matter how I feel about what happened,
I, you know, am doing my best to be
respectful and honest.
And I do feel like I'm doing that.
♪ ♪
- It's a shame because
you're probably exactly what she needs.
- You're saying-- - Exactly
what she's gonna want.
And the shame is she can't get out of her own way
and in ten years, she's gonna look back and go,
"[bleep] damn, he was a great guy.
"He was patient, he would love me
"the way I needed to be loved.
"He would've done anything,
"and I threw him away-- - Yeah.
- Before I even gave him a chance."
- I have to give you, like, lots and lots of credit.
Like, never in my life...
- [bleep]ing stand up man.
- Could I just be, like, calm about this.
I mean, I guess, like, the wedding,
I would give her the-- I'd be confused and be like,
"This is--this is weird."
Every day I'd be a little more, like,
"I can only have so much."
And at some point, I'd be like,
"You don't make any sense."
Chris is just being a bigger man in this
than I think a lot of us could be.
I think a lot of us could be a bigger person,
but at some point, we would have to be like,
"What are you doing?"
It doesn't make sense to me.
- Like, it's like you pick up a book
and you're like, "Mm, I don't like the cover,
I'm not gonna read it." - Yeah.
- It's literally a book by its cover.
- When you signed up, what were you thinking?
I'm curious.
Did you think it was gonna be a magical dream guy?
It wasn't.
It was gonna be a lot of things
that make sense for a marriage.
But I just feel bad that
she's really not giving it a chance.
- Do you think maybe one of the reasons
he might be blaming you,
if that's how you feel-- - Yeah.
- Because he's unclear as to
why you probably threw in the towel so quickly?
- Yeah, I mean, we've had many conversations
where I've explained to him
why I don't feel like we're a match.
- Okay, my personal opinion,
and you can correct me if I'm wrong.
I think you're not physically attracted to him
and I don't think there's anything wrong
with that. - Yeah.
- Some people might say it's vain.
I don't--nobody's you, you know?
- When I saw him, did I feel, like, that, like, physically
wasn't what I would normally be attracted to?
Yes.
Did I feel like what I asked for
in the experts was given to me? No.
Like, I would've rather them told me, like,
"We don't think we have a match for you,"
than match me with somebody that doesn't align,
like, with me.
- Those are your reasons.
I think you just need to tell him
straightforward and bluntly, this is what it is,
because it could be that maybe you think that you told him,
and maybe 'cause you don't want to hurt his feelings,
you probably beat around the bush
and so that's why he's like, "She didn't tell me."
- In my honest opinion, I do think that
Alyssa was done from day one so it doesn't seem like
there really was a chance that she gave him.
My heart definitely feels for Chris
because I know he really wants this.
- This is why I'm frustrated more than anything.
I think that we are compatible.
I wanted somebody driven
because the qualities that come with that in a person,
the drive, the ambition, I find incredibly attractive.
- We're going home tomorrow.
What is gonna happen tomorrow
in your marriage?
- I--
I can only control what I do,
I can try as hard as I can, I can give my all,
I know what I have to give,
I know what my weaknesses are,
I can only control what I do.
- At some point like, dude, like, you've gotta, like,
put it in the past.
I feel bad for him, but he needs to let go.
E rush ♪
♪ The way it's meant to be ♪
- Doing a little exploring here in old San Juan.
- ♪ I see you in my dreams ♪
- ♪ Feel the rush ♪
♪ The way it's meant to be ♪
Pa, pa, pa!
Pow, pow, pow!
Both: Too, too, too!
[giggling]
- ♪ I see you in my dreams ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Look what we see!
- I got her-- I got her surrounded by water.
Look at this. - Look at this water.
- Surrounded by water here. - Beautiful.
- It's so pretty.
[upbeat pop music]
♪ ♪
- Hmm, somebody carved their initials in there.
- That's nice.
Would it be corny to do the same thing?
- I don't know if it will work.
- At the beginning of the honeymoon,
we weren't seeing eye to eye.
It wasn't a lot of fun. There wasn't a lot of laughter.
We've had more difficult conversations
and awkward conversations than light-hearted fun.
So today, start of a new beginning,
I'm hoping that this will, you know,
clear the air a little bit and we can just focus on
having fun together.
So how are you feeling about being near the water?
- [chuckles]
The water is pretty.
I don't mind being near the water.
- Yeah. - It's just going in.
My mood is definitely off
and it's just because
communication is definitely
something we need to work on.
And I feel in this moment that he's being very aggressive
with his words. I don't appreciate his tone.
It's disrespectful, it's rude, it's loud.
I don't tolerate disrespect. At all.
Why would I want to be with somebody
that doesn't know how to have
a civil conversation?
But you can't swim, so--
- I probably swim better than you.
- But I'm trying not to let it affect these memories
that we're making and affect our honeymoon.
I just wanna feel comfortable around him
and I know that the more I get to know him,
the rest will follow.
- [clears throat]
I was on the school bus
and I was sitting down,
and some big bully, like fourth or fifth grader.
He sees me, he's like, "You're in my seat."
I'm like, "Okay," so I got up.
I'm six years old, I'm probably like,
three foot nine, I don't know.
And I get up out of the seat.
I sit in another seat.
He goes, "That's my seat too."
I'm just like-- I'm like, "Oh, okay."
- Oh, my God...
- Then he just started pummeling...
- Beating on you, a sixth grader?
- Yeah, it was sad, man. - You okay?
- I mean, I still got some trauma from it.
Can I have a hug or something?
- It's okay. - Um...
Trying to see if I can carve our name into here.
It's not gonna work, is it? - You're gonna be that guy?
- I am gonna be that guy, I'm gonna be that corny dude.
That--that kinda like a J?
- Look like that's the best it's gonna get.
There you go, that's better.
- Ah, [bleep].
- [chuckles]
It's the thought that counts. - Well, the J's there.
- It's the thought that counts. - The thought that counts.
- I appreciate it.
All right. - All right, I give up.
- Yeah, we're just gonna let it go.
Just ruined a pretty rock.
[laughing]
- You want to get in the water?
♪ ♪
- I'll--I'll try it out.
- Getting out of our comfort zone today.
- Don't splash me... - I won't, I promise.
- Push me, and we're all good.
- ♪ It's a good time to enjoy yourself ♪
- Ah! It's cold!
♪ ♪
- ♪ Get up and get at it ♪
- I'm surprised Jasmina's actually
willing to get into the water.
It's making me feel good,
it's making me feel like she's ready to do
something different, she's ready to be
uncomfortable, and she's having fun.
This is the first time
I'm seeing Jasmina smile
since our wedding day.
- Wow, lay down. - You wanna sit down?
- No, not at all--lay down.
We just had to have fun.
You know, let loose and be open because
that's the whole point of all of this.
But I still have it in the back of my mind
that I'm not sure if I will get there,
but I'm still open to it and I'm definitely trying.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's a good day to enjoy yourself ♪
- I know I always complain. I'm always gonna like it,
but I have to complain about it first to be dramatic.
But in the end, it's all worth it.
- You're starving? All right, let's go get something to eat.
Overflowing ♪
♪ We're just getting going ♪
- It's the last day of our honeymoon.
Mark and I are gonna have dinner with all the couples
and I'm feeling cautious.
I feel like I'm kinda being put in an unpredictable environment
with a lot of personalities during a high stress time.
Who knows what to expect with these people?
- Oh, there he is! There's a team!
- Hey, look at you guys.
- ♪ Live it up, raise your cup ♪
♪ We'll keep dancin' till the sun is coming up ♪
- Nice of you to roll up.
- ♪ Live it up, can't get enough ♪
- You need to get style tips from him.
- Everyone looks so nice today. - What'd you get for a drink?
What'd you get for a drink? - Um, sauvignon blanc.
- ♪ Live it up, wanna go crazy ♪
- She took off the heels. That was smart.
- I know, I'm like, this isn't gonna work for me.
- Are we the last? - I think so, yeah.
- Look at those two beauties. - Hi, guys.
- They look like Easter delight.
- They really do.
- ♪ Live it up ♪
- I'm excited to touch base with everyone,
see how everyone's doing and progressing as a couple.
- You guys want to get a bite to eat?
- Ooh, yes, I'm starving. - All right, let's go.
- I'm just hoping for the best and hoping we'll have fun,
but there's been tension
since the beginning of this honeymoon.
But hopefully,
I mean, I think that's all been squashed at this point.
- Look at this nice family style table.
What a nice view.
- Are you guys excited to get back to the real world?
- I am. I miss my job.
I miss, just, my every day, like, routine.
- Girl, what do you do?
I was trying to think about that last night.
- Teach toddlers. - Wow.
- That's right. I was like, I can't remember.
- You definitely gotta have some babies.
- You're gonna be fine, girl.
- If we had to guess which couple's gonna
have kids first, who would we guess?
[laughing]
- Them two? - For sure.
- I think it's either you guys on purpose or them by accident.
- I agree--
I agree. I 100% agree!
- Does everybody want kids in general?
- Yeah, well, I do. - How many?
- Raise your hand if you want kids.
- I would like three-- - But, like, one.
- I would settle for two,
the third could be the bonus, but two at least.
- So two and a possible.
- So how many kids do you want? You said two?
- Three.
- I heard someone over there say two and a maybe,
right, I kinda like that, like that's--
- Two and a possible. - Two and a possible, yeah.
- Three--three, no, we're having three.
- So--so Noi--Noi is dead set on three.
- I don't think you guys will know whether or not you
want to have a third until you have the first two.
- Yeah. - You're gonna--
[laughs]
- I didn't really want to have kids at all
until the last few years. I was very like,
don't want to get married, don't have kids,
just gonna live, and have fun,
and travel, and do whatever I want.
But I realized, maybe five years ago or so,
that once the rest of my life started to fall into place,
my career, my mental health,
my confidence, like, everything fell into place,
that I realized that I think,
now I feel comfortable having a kid.
- You're gonna be a great dad one day, Chris.
- Thank you. - Yeah, you will.
- Great husband and great dad. You got some good values.
- You think you could babysit my third kid just in case?
[laughter]
- Has anyone had any, like, bumps in your marriage
that you, like, had to, like, work through?
Whether it was, like, communication
or just anything throughout this week?
- We've been having an issue with my communication style.
Because if I'm telling my wife,
what you're doing is hurting me,
there's a way to deliver that message
that doesn't sound so-- - Harsh.
- Just aggressive, you know what I mean?
So I'm still learning
how to convey messages in a way that's beneficial,
and doesn't create a bigger issue
because of how I said something.
- Self-awareness is key.
So the fact that you know and you said that,
that is step one.
'Cause some people, they can't even acknowledge it.
Or they'll be like, "What are you talking about?"
And that creates a bigger problem.
- And even the effort too, you know?
Like, if you're actively trying, you might not always
get the words right, but it's like,
I'm doing my best here, you know?
- I learned that I gotta--
It's not just "I," there's a "we."
And I can't keep pushing my wife to the limit
on every excursion and everything I do in my life.
I'm just a energized person,
but not everybody's like that
and I have to learn to have more patience
and hear what she's saying until--
Before she starts getting real serious, trying to check me.
Even though-- It's good, it's cool.
But I need that in my life.
I would roll over somebody if they were just passive.
So I'm very thankful. - You sure would 'cause...
whoo!
[laughter]
I like it. - Love you so much.
- O and Katina,
even though they communicate on different levels,
they balance each other out.
You know, sometimes he can be a lot.
She'll reel him in.
Sometimes she can be dramatic, he'll reel her in.
I think it's a very great balance,
- Steve expresses himself very differently from me.
He's very analytical, he's very logical,
he's a realist.
So for me, I had to recognize that, like,
just because he's not
reflecting what I'm saying to him right away,
it doesn't mean that he's not feeling it.
- We had a tough conversation when she was asking me
how I felt, but I was like, "You know how I feel.
You know, between how I look at you, how I touch you."
We cuddle a lot.
We embrace, we hug, you know, we hold hands.
And for me, that's one of--
You know, that's one of the ways
that I communicate how I feel, for sure.
How--you know, the way we interact.
So I think that was reassuring for her,
even though I couldn't give her the verbal affirmation
she was looking for, but I'm learning to do that.
- I think for me, it's just, like,
allowing my wife to help me
in things that I'm used to doing for myself.
And I've never had, like, a situation
where I had so much support out the gate.
All: Aw!
- You look like a happy--
I knew I'd seen a glow on you earlier.
- Look at Lindsey getting red! Look at her!
[cheering]
- It's a sunburn! It's a sunburn.
- It's a sunburn. - And the passion.
- What about you guys?
- Anything?
- Don't look at me. [laughter]
- Yeah, yeah, your turn.
- Yeah, we're good.
- Uh, oh, I think we know that we're not in the same place
that you guys all are
so we've certainly had bumps.
- I think we're taking it day by day
as it comes at us
and, you know, we're both still sitting here so...
- That's great.
- I think that says everything, right?
- We're still figuring out the plan.
Alyssa and I don't talk outside of
when we are doing an activity together.
And I'm trying to push as hard as I can,
while giving her the space to grow
because everybody has always told me
that she moves incredibly slowly.
But if I'm not in this at all,
then I'm done and I want to move on,
and I want her to say out loud
on camera to everybody that we are done.
- ♪ I can't move mountains ♪
- So it sounds like everyone else
is gonna be moving in together,
and sharing an apartment, and continuing on this journey.
So I'm just curious, you know,
what your plans are for that?
- So we haven't had a chance to talk about it yet,
but my thought was that you could move into the apartment
for the first half
and then I could move in in the second half.
Because I know we both want to be a part of it
'cause I know I love you all so much
and just because it didn't work out in a romantic sense,
that doesn't mean that
we shouldn't be able to participate
when we're both still sitting here and
want to do that, in my opinion.
[tense music]
- I had not heard that strategy.
That's not something I'm interested in.
I love all of you.
I didn't come here for you guys.
I am either all in or all out.
- ♪ You turned your back, I pick it up ♪
♪ You shot me back ♪
♪ You saw alarm fires ♪
♪ We saw alarm fires ♪
♪ ♪
- So my thought was that
you could move into the apartment
for the first half
and then I could move in in the second half.
- I had not heard that strategy.
That's not something I'm interested in.
I love all of you.
I didn't come here for you guys.
I am either all in or all out.
I'm not looking to split time with you
like [bleep] divorced parents.
The notion that we would share this experience
like divorced parents,
deciding which weekend days
we were going to spend with our children,
our children being the other couples,
is absurd.
We're not picking weekends. This isn't a draft.
At this point, I believe she is continuing
through this process because
she wants to live in the apartment building,
not because of anything having anything to do
with our marriage.
My drive
is to find the person I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with.
And if somebody wants to move exceptionally slowly,
that's fine with me,
because my plan was a "rest of my life" plan.
I have time.
But I can't take those steps,
I can't keep putting myself out there,
unless I get something that's not zero back.
- I like that.
- Him saying I'm not trying isn't true.
For him not to want to compromise,
you know, when I'm trying to think of solutions
to these problems that we're having,
and he doesn't want to entertain them,
you know, that's disappointing to me
because Chris seems to be
trying actively to make me look bad.
And it won't happen because I'm not a bad person
and I'm a really [bleep] good person.
- I know how I handle it
is going to be based on what you want to do.
And if you are all out, then so am I.
If you are even 1% in, then I'm all in.
- Um, it's been a tough journey for me
and, you know, I know it's a tough journey
for you also, and I'm not saying it's not,
I just don't want to speak for you.
Um, and I just-- I want everyone to remember,
including us, that,
like, it's not my fault that this happened.
And, um, please don't do that, Lindsey, while I'm talking.
- I'm not doing anything.
- I just want everyone to remember that, like,
I came in this with the best intentions,
as everyone else did, and put in all the work
like everyone else did.
I feel happy that I can say that,
but just know that it hurts
that this happened this way for me.
- Everything that Alyssa says out of her mouth
is so ingenuine and fake.
All I can do is stare at a palm tree
or sand in the distance 'cause I don't have a poker face
and I just want to call bull[bleep].
- [voice breaking] This hasn't been easy for me.
And, um...
- It's okay--it's okay.
- We understand. It's okay.
- All talk aside, I just need to know
if you are all out.
That's it.
It's the only question I have.
- Do you understand what he's saying to you?
- Mm-hmm, but I think it's not a conversation...
- In front of everybody, yeah, exactly.
- Never is.
- Well, I think you have to also respect her decision
if she doesn't want to talk about
personal things in front of people.
- Yeah, that's what it is. - So if--
You guys do owe each other a conversation.
- Absolutely, you do. - Which I think should have,
you know, I know you have questions
that you want answered.
And I had a conversation with Alyssa earlier
and she's willing to sit down with you
and answer every question that you have.
And I feel like once you guys have that conversation,
you would know how to move going forward.
But I also do agree that it's not our business.
And that you don't need to speak about it in front of us.
- Yeah.
- I put myself in Chris's shoes--
My whole honeymoon, I haven't had an answer.
Oh, well, you know,
there's things that I can't talk about,
and this and that-- Those are excuses.
I feel so bad for the man.
His heart is so big, though, that he's hoping for that 1%
so he could give his 100 still.
- Either someone's trying or they're not.
- I know, but that's not fair to say, though,
'cause I'm still sitting here with everyone,
including you next to me.
And so you can't say that I'm not trying
because I'm still here.
And I had many chances to leave, and I didn't.
- Okay.
Does that mean that you're trying to decide
whether or not to try?
- Well, I think I've said it,
that I'm not gonna talk about that right now.
And I think I would appreciate it
if you could respect that 'cause we're in a huge group.
And like I said, that's not something I can just
sit here and say, like, yes or no to right now.
- I mean, you could've flown out yesterday,
but what is Boston's temperature right now
60 degrees? We're in 90 degrees,
so let's be real.
That was a bull[bleep] answer,
but if it makes her feel good to go to sleep at night
that she thinks she has given even half the effort,
or a quarter, or even a piece of what--
I can't talk other couples, but what I've done for my wife
to make her smile,
she's out her mind.
- Just because this isn't working out
like we both wanted it to,
doesn't mean that I'm not trying.
And to me that says a lot.
- I don't know what's going on with Alyssa.
I don't even think Alyssa knows
what's going on with Alyssa.
She keeps making it about her
and how she got robbed, but like, what about him?
Alyssa's not giving Chris a chance
and he really got robbed.
He got the shortest end of the stick, chick.
- You okay, Chris. Yeah?
- I still don't know
if I'm supposed to be moving on.
A lack of an answer means, to me,
that I can't bet my house on the idea
that you are out of it.
So by not knowing, the only way
I can feel good about it myself is to continue to try.
You picture a lot of different scenarios coming into this.
Well, this wasn't one of them.
- It's a very unfortunate situation.
- It is.
- ♪ Take it easy, take it easy ♪
♪ Don't let me, let me, let me, let me down ♪
♪ In the middle, in the middle ♪
♪ Don't let ♪
- ♪ Take a snapshot ♪
♪ This tonight ♪
- How are you feeling, babe?
- I'm just proud of you because I think during the dinner,
some of the conversations
between Chris and Alyssa were tough.
And I'm so proud that you didn't jump in
when she said your name.
- Like, it's not my fault that this happened.
And, um--please don't do that, Lindsey, while I'm talking.
- I'm not doing anything. - Okay.
- 'Cause at the end of the day, like, this is us.
So if you say something that I feel I would never say,
it affects me if you say it because we're a team.
So I was glad that you didn't say anything
and you just kind of were silent.
I was like, that's great, that's perfect.
- I don't have a poker face,
so I channeled all that strength into this hand...
She's making one of the biggest mistakes
of her life. - Yep.
[tender music]
♪ ♪
- What did you think of the dinner?
- It was great.
I'm so happy that we all could have sat down
at the table, put all the drama to the side,
and really vented out how we felt.
- But I'm also glad that Alyssa and Chris
spoke about it in front of everybody.
And I know that wasn't easy for them
to have that conversation.
- Man, with Chris pouring his heart out
to everybody at the table, yo, that [bleep]
was powerful.
That [bleep] was one of the
most powerful things I saw in real life.
- I can't keep putting myself out there unless
I get something that's not zero back.
- Listen to what he's saying to you.
Listen! Stop just thinking with your eyes.
Listen!
This is what you wanted. You want love?
That's what love is, somebody sacrificing,
putting his life on the line, embarrassing himself
in front of everybody, just to make you
happy to know where his heart is!
How can you not feel for the man?
I just--dude, my heart hit the floor
and came back in my chest, dude.
I love that it was said in front of everybody because
not everybody can get out of their marriage.
Step back. They already said
what they had to say.
They already came to agreement
that they will have their own discussion
when time is right.
- Mm-hmm.
- ♪ Think you know, but you don't know ♪
♪ Just passing judgment ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You only see just what I show ♪
♪ Check your assumptions ♪
- I didn't know that you were thinking
about basically sharing the apartment,
sort of, one month versus another.
Why do you think that that is the best solution for us?
- Well, it's not about it being the best solution.
I just know that I want to be part
of this experience and this experiment.
So for me, I want to be able to move
into that apartment for that experience
and to participate with the group.
♪ ♪
And I think that experience is very important for both of us.
- I am either in this to be married
for the rest of my life, or I am out.
The last couple of days, Alyssa is starting
to use the word "experience."
And I think that is a strong indicator of her motives.
She wants to enjoy the experience
but doesn't want to go through the process.
I think the language tells the story.
♪ ♪
Can I ask you a few questions about your thoughts
coming into the whole thing, like, pre-ever meeting me?
- Sure.
♪ ♪
- Do you feel like, coming into this process,
you were prepared to adjust
for somebody who wasn't perfect?
- Yeah, I can definitely--
I never thought that they were going to match me with somebody
that was 1,000% perfect, but I think there's a lot
of differences that two people wouldn't change on.
- Have you brought any of those up to me,
in your opinion, and asked me whether or not
I'd be willing to change any of those things?
- Yeah, there's definitely things that,
you know, we've talked about and been
brought up on differences and things like that.
- Like what? - Um...
♪ ♪
Um...
♪ ♪
Right now, mentally, I am not able to sit here
and have this conversation that you want to have,
but I am going to have that conversation with you.
♪ ♪
- When do you think we'll finally have that conversation?
- Well, I mean, we leave tomorrow,
so probably, um, I don't know, next week, I assume.
♪ ♪
- She has yet again said
she will answer the question
about whether or not she's in this,
but she will not do it in front of people
and she will not do it on camera.
The problem is, she will not do it off camera either.
When did you quit on it, tap out, say "Not gonna happen?"
- Well, I'm not quitting, because I'm here right now so--
- On the experiment,
the other people, and the other couples.
But I'm talking about me.
- And I'm telling you that I had a chance
to leave yesterday, and I did not go.
- Are you saying that there's still a potential for this?
- Okay, I--I think
I made it very clear, as did everyone else
at the dinner table tonight, that that is something that
I'm not willing to just sit here and give you an answer for
because that wouldn't be fair to me.
I understand that you're frustrated,
but, like, I'm also frustrated.
And I think you need to remember that we're both
in the same situation right now, right?
- I don't think we're both in the same situation.
Um... - [scoffs]
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
If this doesn't have any chance whatsoever,
I would much rather hear that you
genuinely think we're not compatible,
and therefore have no interest in trying.
And then, if you want the apartment
for two months, knock yourself out.
♪ ♪
I'm in this because I was looking
for someone to spend the rest of my life with.
- Correct, as was I.
- Fair, and therefore, I'm going to act accordingly.
Unless you can tell me
that there's any sliver of a chance--
- But I'm going to stop you 'cause I'm not
going to tell you that right now.
- If you are not going to tell me that
after the amount of time that we've spent together--
- I have already told you, and it's not fair or respectful
that you keep asking me the same thing when I'm telling
you I cannot sit here and tell you that answer right now.
And I don't like it when you continuously try to poke me.
And I am at a place right now where you are making me upset.
And so what's gonna happen is-- I don't like how
you're speaking to me, I don't like the way
you are portraying this conversation,
I don't like the way you portrayed it
at the dinner table.
It's actually disgusting to me,
and so I'm going to get up,
and I'm going to be done with this conversation
for tonight because I don't like the way you talk to me.
♪ ♪
- I don't know...
♪ ♪
No, I know that she has no interest in this.
I know confidently that she has no interest in this.
And if you want to go through this process because you
have friends here, you want to go through this process
because you enjoy the experience,
if you want to go through this process because you get
to live in a building with a bunch of your friends,
I'm telling you what I think is the truth.
- I already told you that I had a chance to leave yesterday.
- Sure, you had the chance to fly
away from Puerto Rico, whatever.
I think you create a false dichotomy
that we're in a situation
whereby you somehow didn't know
what you were getting into and are now in a position
where you have to make a decision.
- I did know what I was getting into, and this isn't fair.
And this is why I have a very hard time being calm
and having an adult conversation:
because I always feel
like it goes to the same place.
- I'm in a position where,
while on camera and in many situations,
she has said that she needs
more time to make a decision.
I believe that she is still here,
not for the right reasons.
- Okay, and that's why I'm telling you
that that's not fair.
And I'm not going to stand for that.
I'm here for the right reasons, and that is not okay.
This is my character, and this is the person that I'm
going to be shown as, and that's not okay
because I'm a really [bleep] good person.
And I came here with the right intentions.
And if I didn't have the right intentions,
then I wouldn't have gone through this process.
I would never, ever, in a million [bleep] years
let my family and friends be subjected to this
if I wasn't here for the right reasons.
So I will not stand here and have someone try
to assassinate my character and say that I'm not here
for the right reasons, because that isn't fair.
- Not a single person has said "keep going."
- That is--that is it. Thank you so much.
♪ ♪
- I wish that she would say how she really feels
and take the consequences of those feelings and opinions.
♪ ♪
♪ This is our day, I'm finding my way ♪
♪ Shine like a star, I'm finding my way ♪
♪ ♪
- Good morning. - How'd you sl
- Good. How did you sleep?
- I don't want to go. - [laughs]
- Most of our couples have enjoyed
the last few days in a Caribbean paradise
getting acquainted with their new spouses.
♪ ♪
- Oh, it's so bright. - Oh.
- Good morning. I'm gonna miss the weather.
- Yeah.
- And probably the piña coladas.
♪ ♪
- But now it's time for our newlyweds
to head back to Boston.
- Cheese!
I feel like Steve and I connected so well
and we learned so much about each other,
so I'm sad to be leaving San Juan,
but I'm excited to start
our new journey together as a wedded couple
that survived our honeymoon.
[chuckles]
- Their return to the real world comes
with a new set of stressors and challenges
that they'll need to conquer
if they want to build a successful marriage.
- What do you have on your walls at home?
- I have a lot of quotes.
- Oh no, you're not--
Are you kidding me?
- Like, not like a lot, but like--
- Did you hear me at the wedding when I said,
"Are you a 'live, laugh, love' sign
kind of guy, because I hope not"?
- I don't even know what that is.
- Like, that means like there's always the moms
who go to HomeGoods or something,
and they buy these signs that say...
- Oh, no, no, no. - "Be positive,
hang in there, love, family."
- No, I don't have, like, a Hallmark store my kitchen.
- That's what I'm concerned about.
The honeymoon's over,
and I can't wait to get back home,
where it's just going to be my husband and I,
and we can focus on ourselves and our goals and our future,
because that's what I'm here for.
- I think normalcy will be good for us.
- You're not going back and having
an easy 48 hours.
Let's just be very clear.
I want to get my husband
out of his crappy landlord situation.
I said to him, "The universe is telling you
"to get the hell out of there.
You're coming with me, sans bedbugs."
We're gonna remove that stress from our life,
and I'm looking forward to, like,
TV nights and him cooking me burgers.
- I think we can get through Monday.
I think it'll just be a tiring 48 hours.
- Good thing you have such a great wife.
[both laugh]
- Are you nervous about anything?
Going home?
- I am nervous that, like, maybe we start living together
and then that's when we see, like,
"Okay, I don't like that."
But I feel like we get along fine,
that that won't be the case.
But, yes, that is in my mind.
He has a very strong mind, and he's opinionated,
and he doesn't care what you say or what people think.
So best-case scenario is that we move in together,
we get along and have zero arguments.
Worst-case scenario is that we move in together
and he feels like I'm not the one for him
and I feel like he's not the one for me.
- I'm 90--
Like 98% that we'll be smooth when we go back.
But there's a little 2% that's like--it worries me.
♪ ♪
People get distracted, and they change, and all that.
I don't think you will. - Mm-hmm.
- I just hope that we don't let little [bleep]
like that impact us.
- Yeah, that's what I was gonna say.
- When you're tired at the end of the day,
still put effort into this marriage.
- That's what I was gonna say to you.
♪ ♪
Don't forget the conversations that we've had here
about being patient with each other.
- We'll be okay.
I love you. You know.
I want you to know that.
- What is that? - What the hell is this?
- Is that fish? - Open yours.
- Oh, that's mine.
- Why--why is this my plate?
- We have had, like, our ups and downs so far
on this honeymoon.
Every couple has their differences.
I don't expect us to always agree on things as long as,
you know, we're respecting each other's differences.
But the most important thing is communication.
Communication is definitely something that we
still need to work on in this marriage.
- My alarm goes off at 4:00.
Will that be an issue? Would it help?
- That's funny?
- I'm just asking you, is that gonna be an issue or what?
- Not--
Do you have that alarm clock that go,
ehhh--ehhh--ehhh?
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Bye, Puerto Rico.
Vámonos! - Take it easy, San Juan.
- I mean, we started our marriage like this.
We have to end the honeymoon like this.
- Say goodbye to your little rose petals.
- Bye!
- I'm so sad.
- Ha, I'm so sad! - I am!
That was so cute.
- Ready?
- Back to Boston, leaving paradise,
back to reality, ugh...
- Okay.
♪ ♪
- If I could describe my marriage in one word,
I would say it's a mess.
♪ ♪
- If I could send a message to Alyssa right now,
it would be that, while she might not think
that the experts gave her what she was looking for,
I think that they gave me what I was looking for.
♪ ♪
- I think working on this is a very hard thing to do.
- I did everything I could to make it work
in the ways that I can control.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Hold my head above the surface ♪
♪ Keep breathin' ♪
- I don't know what is supposed to happen with us.
Like, this isn't my fault.
I've put in a lot of time
and effort and work to be here.
I know I'm a good person.
And if you don't like me, then that's your loss.
♪ ♪
- Next time on "Married at First Sight"...
- This is home. - Oh my gosh, it's so cute!
There's a part of me that's nervous
about living with someone that I barely know.
- Have you ever lived with a woman?
- No, never.
- I didn't know you had a girl roommate.
- Yeah.
- I'm annoyed with Mike.
This is the first time that I'm hearing
about him having a female roommate.
- They got all the pots and pans and stuff.
- Man, so you really got no excuse.
When you going shopping?
- He's made it very clear that he wants
home-cooked meals, consistently, every single day.
- Mark's life has pretty much blown up,
hanging on by a thread, if I'm being honest.
I'm having a really hard time with you, Mark.
I feel like I'm getting two different versions of you.
- I mean, it just scares me a little bit.
Like, I don't want my kids to worry about money.
- You've been aggressive, you've been yelling,
and I'm trying not to get to that point.
- She has no interest in being married to me.
- So are you saying you want a divorce?
♪ ♪
- [pops lips]
♪ ♪