- Everything has a risk to it.
But I feel like I should just take the chance on love.
- Where is she?
- I ask that you please stand.
- Almost two weeks ago,
ten singles took a giant leap of faith
in order to find love.
- Hi! Nice to meet you too.
- They married as complete strangers.
- Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, he put a ring on it.
I'm married.
[upbeat music]
- Last time, our couples moved into
their new homes together.
- Ooh. They want us to make babies.
[both laugh]
♪ ♪
- Katina and Olajuwon.
Do you feel he's communicating to you well?
- I will say that his execution is hard.
That's what I'll say. I told him--I'm like,
I don't deal with men who speak to me disrespectfully.
♪ ♪
- Jasmina and Michael.
- You've been aggressive. You've been yelling.
- When you feel like he's talking to you that way,
say to him, "I am not your enemy."
Are you willing to say that to him?
- Yes.
- Lindsey and Mark.
- I feel like I'm getting two different versions of you.
- I don't think I have two sides.
- I'm just telling you I'm seeing, like,
all these red flags and I'm diving into you.
I just feel like-- - I've seen red flags
and I'm just taking it day by day.
[tense music]
- Noi and Steve.
She doesn't have the luxury
of being as freewheeling as you are.
- Mm-hmm.
- She needs to know that "this great guy that I've married,
he's gonna provide."
♪ ♪
Alyssa and Chris.
- This is my Decision Day.
- So are you saying you want a divorce?
- I want a divorce.
- [sniffles]
- The road ends here.
I'm so sorry, 'cause this is not what we want.
- Like, I'm not a bad person and I'm a good person.
And it just upsets me
that he tries to make it look otherwise.
[upbeat music]
- And tonight,
with only six weeks left until Decision Day...
- I'm about to sleep good tonight.
- [laughs]
- Our couples start easing into domestic life together...
- How are you?
- And will finally get to see
their friends and family together
for the first time since their wedding.
- When he thinks he's right, he thinks he's right.
- That sounds just like you.
- Who the [bleep]?
- Am I the perfect dude? No, I'm not.
- 'Cause if he does something bad,
it's going down.
- I'm choosing not to work currently,
'cause I'm trying to develop myself further, develop us.
- That makes me nervous.
- You can't have intimacy with somebody
unless you've had conflict with them first.
Why do you keep rolling your eyes?
- I'm not trying to argue with you on camera again.
You know not to talk to me, girl.
Stay over there.
- It's awkward when Lindsey has to be outspoken to other people
that I know is gonna cause a fight.
When we're together, it makes me feel uncomfortable
when you do that. Don't do that.
- Okay, but you know what, I don't like to brush things
under the rug. - Have another drink.
I just can't do this anymore.
[dramatic music]
- ♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's all or nothing ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ You'll see ♪
♪ Much better next time ♪
♪ ♪
- Today I'm gonna make some brown sugar bacon
and eggs with some pepper jack,
'cause my wife likes a little spicy on it.
- Mm-hmm, I like a kick.
- Our couple have been married for just under two weeks.
- You want to try this?
It has all things you eat in it.
- What is it? - A grape leaf.
- Okay.
- And now, as they settle into daily life
together as husband and wife,
a whole new set of challenges begin.
- [laughs] - It's really oily.
No more of these games. This isn't fun.
♪ ♪
- The transition from single to married
may be easier for some than others.
- So this is what Steve got for Sushi.
- It's a pooper scooper. - It's a pooper scooper
so you don't have to touch the poop,
'cause I guess it grosses him out.
- However, it takes dedication and commitment from everyone,
because in just over six weeks,
our couples have to decide
whether they want to stay married or get a divorce.
♪ ♪
But for Alyssa and Chris,
it's the start of single life all over again.
- ♪ Let time stand still ♪
♪ For me and you ♪
- I told Pastor Cal that I want a divorce.
The most important metric in a successful marriage,
I think, is just trying.
The harder you're willing to try,
the more you can get past.
And I just feel like she had zero try in her.
I want to be with somebody who wants to be with me.
- ♪ Let time stand still ♪
- ♪ I know what's cooking ♪
♪ When you're looking for me ♪
♪ ♪
♪ A list of wrong decisions ♪
♪ If I could find my way ♪
- Hi. - How's it going?
You hungry?
- Yeah. I could eat.
- I can make some breakfast.
Let me just put some of this stuff away.
- Okay.
- How's everything going at work?
- It's busy. - And are you on a team?
- Yeah. Yeah.
I work in talent acquisition, so recruitment.
- Did you have to play a lot of catch-up after our honeymoon?
- Yeah. - Emails and whatnot?
- I'm still catching up. Yeah. - Yeah?
- Yeah.
- After finding out that Noi isn't happy about
the fact that I'm, you know, in between jobs, not working,
I definitely want to do what I can
to make sure she doesn't feel uncomfortable
or uncertain about us.
Right now, my current picture for myself isn't
picking up a full-time job,
but I still want to do my part in terms of this marriage.
- Mmm.
- Good? You like it?
- So good.
- Who made the food in your house?
- Both my parents. - Oh, yeah?
- Yeah, they both cooked. Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
You excited for the housewarming?
- Yeah.
Is there anything in mind that you'd make if we did,
like, a traditional Lao dish or some Chinese food?
- It'd be cool to make, like, sticky rice
and, like, papaya salad.
We could also do, like, larb.
What do you have in mind? - I don't know.
- Like, a signature, like, Chinese dish?
- Yeah, I'm not sure about that yet.
I feel like I'd have to give that some thought.
- Yeah.
Food is such a big part of the way that I grew up.
Meal prepping was always a big event.
Family gatherings, we'd all get together and cook together,
and it was a real memorable part of my childhood.
So I'm excited to see
the mix of both of our cultures come together.
- I did want to talk to you,
because after talking to Pastor Cal,
I was a little caught off-guard.
I didn't realize the severity of how you felt about me
being self-employed and me doing--you know,
living on my terms, to a degree.
I didn't know you felt that way.
- Yeah.
But I'm thinking long-term. I'm thinking about kids.
And, like, that makes me nervous, you know?
[tense music]
- I guess that's the piece that I wasn't aware of, you know?
'Cause it's like, I'm fine. I feel secure.
I've, you know, worked really hard to get to where I am.
Just because I don't fit a standard definition
of employed by a company,
it doesn't mean that I don't take care of myself
or take care of my priorities, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- But I also want you to recognize
that I'm choosing not to work currently
'cause I'm trying to develop myself further, develop us,
and create more opportunity for us.
- But where do I fall into this?
I'm now your wife.
You know, we need more of a plan.
It can't be this idea that you're just gonna do you.
♪ ♪
- I'm responsible for myself. I have my savings.
And when I need money,
I can always have multiple different sources to get it.
I'm not just quitting my job and figuring it out, right?
♪ ♪
I know when it comes to marriage
that we need to be on the same page here,
and I'd love for you to be supportive of it.
But that can only happen if you understand
who I am and understand what I'm trying to do.
♪ ♪
- I actually love the fact that he is so passionate
and he wants to live his life on his own terms.
But I don't know if I see any action behind those words.
And that's what scares me.
I want him to have a game plan of some sort.
Like, I always worked, like, my whole life.
Like, I've never been without a job ever.
♪ ♪
So for me, it's just a little unnerving.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I'm happy to see you, man.
- Yeah, so am I. - Seriously.
- You're looking good. - Think so?
- Yeah. You not eating or you working out too damn much?
- I am working out a lot. A lot, bro.
Jeff never guides me the wrong way.
He's a mentor as much as he's a friend.
He's in a successful marriage.
He has a beautiful son, a beautiful wife.
Anything he says, I know it's from the heart and it's real.
Yo, she reminds me of me just in so many ways.
It's crazy. Like-- - Chemistry is there.
- Yeah, she has a wild side.
She just doesn't-- She's more reserved with it
because she's a lady.
But she's definitely a Dickerson.
Also, forget that, chemistry's there.
But sex-wise, like, Pastor Cal told me
break the ice, change her life.
[laughs]
In other words, that's what he told me.
- That's probably the perfect advice, dude.
- Yeah, I know. But, you know, I worry, bro. I worry.
'Cause I think that if I do it, I might change.
Not change, but I will look at this differently.
Because I don't know her on a full mental--
- Like, I mean, I don't think you necessarily have to.
- Yeah, that's what Pastor Cal was saying.
He's saying, "Just flow with it, dude. You're married."
- Dude, this is the first person
I've ever met you nervous about...
- I know.
- Taking to bed, you know what I mean? Like--
- I know. [laughs] God.
- One thing that's really shocking to me is the fact
that they haven't consummated the marriage.
I'm just surprised, 'cause he doesn't
have a problem with women.
I mean, I've known him for ten years.
The first woman that he's actually had a mind block with
and he's nervous about-- Maybe she is the one.
So that's good. Seems like you like her a lot.
- Yeah, yeah. It's--I have my ups and downs.
- Do you have any red flags? She giving any red flags?
- The first time she went to the store,
she came back with, like, bread and water.
Nothing else.
She was gone for two hours and came back with just one bag.
[laughs] So I questioned-- I'm like, man,
does she not know how to go grocery shopping?
And her excuse was, "I only go for one person.
I never go for two, so I don't know how to."
- That's valid.
- It's valid, but I think it's bull.
- Dude, think about when I had my apartment in college, dude.
We were ordering out every day.
I ain't never bought groceries. - Right. Right.
And I gotta remember my wife likes to food blog,
so she likes to go out and try new places and dress up.
- Yeah. She's just not used to it.
- Yeah.
- Don't overthink it, you know what I mean?
- Nah, yeah. - I think you're playing
too many, like, mind tricks on yourself, and it's--
- Yeah.
- I think you're causing yourself
the most stress out of everything.
- Yeah. I think so too.
- I'll be honest with you, like,
you do kind of expect a lot. - Yeah.
- And I think maybe that could be a flaw in yourself,
that you just gotta understand that people are people,
you gotta take them for who they are
and just find the right one.
But you have a beautiful woman who cares about you.
- Yeah. She wants to make me happy.
It's awesome, bro. It really is awesome.
It's awesome.
It's just--like you said, it's my own mind.
My own mind game. My own mind game.
- Stop overthinking.
♪ ♪
[energetic rock music]
- ♪ I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut ♪
♪ It's hard to bite my tongue when I know you are the one ♪
♪ And I, I gotta find a new remedy ♪
♪ Breaking down the walls is the only way you get to me ♪
- What do you like about being married?
- I think having someone to come home to
is probably my favorite thing.
Like, we can go watch a movie.
We can go sit on the couch. We can do anything.
I have someone to do things with.
- Yeah.
- And I like that she's always there for me.
Like, she's already reached out to, like, my mom's doctor
to try to set up an appointment
'cause she hasn't been to an appointment
in, like, a year.
And I've never been in a relationship
where my significant other really helped me
with things that were on my plate ever.
♪ ♪
- Yeah. You usually are, like, head over heels, like,
first person to say you love the person, like,
you're ready to get married, like, right away.
Do you feel like it's that feeling already?
♪ ♪
- No. She's really caring. She's really loving.
But the first impression was just so
outside the box of what I'm used to.
It was a mix of we have things in common,
we have things in common, whoa, whoa, whoa.
So much in common. And then the other side,
it was like, you're a little loud,
and you say things in a public setting
that it almost makes me uncomfortable.
[quirky music]
- I don't want to hurt you. - I like it, actually.
- Pull the skin towards you a little bit.
- Yeah.
I want it to hurt a little. [laughs]
♪ ♪
- Oh, you got your sneakers on? - Yeah, bitch.
We dropping off layers.
In three hours, I'm not gonna have any underwear.
Good luck. - [laughs]
All right, never have I ever had a finger in my [bleep].
- Oh! - What the [bleep]?
- Mark?
[indistinct chatter]
- I'm more reserved in public settings than she is.
She's very comfortable in her skin
to say and do things than I could do.
- Does anything she do, like, embarrass you, like,
where you're, like--
Like, turn your head like, "I don't know you," like--
- [laughs] Well, like, on the plane,
she was, like, busting balls.
But the person didn't take it lightly.
And I'm sitting there, I could, like, count the outs
that he was giving her on the conversation.
- Yeah.
- And on the third out, he was just real upset.
And I don't know if she's really aware
of how it's coming across in general.
It's always coming from a good place, and I know that,
and I think the people that know her know that.
But, like, all these little moments don't help me grow.
I want them to stop happening
so I can see if I can really connect with her.
But I'm not there.
So because I'm not there, I kind of just--ugh,
just kind of don't say anything.
- I don't think Mark expected to be the one
that was kind of holding back and uncomfortable
and not ready to kind of jump in,
because that's the opposite
of how his past relationships have gone.
It's going differently than he thought, for sure.
But he's gotta take the leap of faith
and say, "I'm gonna tell you what I don't like,"
and don't be scared of how she's gonna react.
♪ ♪
- That's a turnoff for me.
That's not what I want, like, in a wife.
So you need to cut that out.
[intense music]
Most situations in the past, if I had this much difficulty,
I'd just be out.
- ♪ It's the dark side of love ♪
- ♪ Hey, look ♪
♪ I know that they pree man from the sidelines ♪
♪ But if you wanna snap ♪
[knock at door] - [laughs]
Hey, you. - You knew it was me.
- I knew. Nobody else. - Nobody else knocks like that.
How you doing? - I'm good.
Jeez, it's been forever.
- I know, I know.
Jasmina and I have had a rocky start to our marriage.
But Pastor Cal definitely helped us
start over on a new leaf.
However, we're still figuring out our communication.
So I'm looking forward to getting my sister's insight,
'cause Claire is not gonna hold back.
She's gonna tell me where I'm wrong
and how I can improve.
That's what I need right now.
♪ ♪
Every now and then, I look at this like,
"Hold up, what is-- This is a whole husband ring."
- I'm telling you. - Yeah.
- I literally can't get used to seeing it.
[laughs] But I'm pretty sure you got more going on than me.
What's going on?
- Can you see it on my face? - Yeah.
- I've been going like this since I got here.
- Yeah, right. You been releasing tension
since you walked in the door. - Yeah.
Oh, man, where do I start?
Wedding was beautiful.
Like, it was everything that I imagined it to be.
- Yeah, she was beautiful. Family was beautiful.
- She's beautiful. Then we fly out to Puerto Rico.
Energy's still good. We're still flowing.
Conversation's flowing.
I'm like, "This feels really normal. This feels great."
So then we started to have some conflict.
♪ ♪
Kind of just 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
because we all just met.
- So you think, in our marriage,
we're not gonna have conflict?
♪ ♪
I feel like since the wedding,
there's been some type of distance between us.
I would have liked for us
to have made a little more progress.
- I'm not gonna say, "Oh, I'm sorry I cut you off,"
'cause I don't feel I cut you off.
But I will say I'm sorry that you feel that way.
- So if the tables were turned...
- And you said sorry you felt that way?
- And I said that you-- "I'm sorry you feel that way,"
you would be like, "Okay"?
- You want me to apologize to you how you want me to.
I'm not going to do that.
♪ ♪
- After meeting with Pastor Cal,
we decided let's just start fresh.
But we have a lot to work through.
- Yeah. But also understand y'all don't know each other.
She doesn't know you.
- Yeah, 'cause I'm just a guy.
- 'Cause you're just a guy right now.
- Yeah.
- And for somebody who is as strong as her,
you gotta understand she's vulnerable.
- Mm-hmm.
- She's being super open in a way
that she's never been open before.
So women like us, when you feel too open,
when you feel too vulnerable, instantly you're like...
- "Let me--let me"--yeah. - "Let me protect this."
And you don't know who she dealt with before.
You don't know what her scars are like.
♪ ♪
- So what do I do? Like, how do--
What do I do in the meantime, then?
- She needs to trust that you got this.
- Yeah. - And it's hard to do that
with somebody you don't know all the way.
So don't be offended by her.
Understand that she is protecting herself
and her space the best way she knows how.
- 'Cause she don't trust me to do it.
- Not yet. She doesn't know you to do it.
Not that she doesn't trust you. She doesn't know that you can.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- ♪ 'Cause I know you won't be ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Coming back ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Coming back ♪
♪ ♪
- Alyssa and Chris decided to get a divorce
after only ten days of marriage.
- Hi.
- And in addition to the hurt
that comes along with a marriage ending,
they also have to break the news to the loved ones
that supported them through this process,
which can be equally as painful.
[line ringing]
- Hi. - Hey, Mom. How are you?
- Good. And you?
- It is sad and disappointing to be back here and single.
♪ ♪
Of all the people that I have to tell
that I'm getting divorced, my mom is the hardest one
because I don't know if she looked forward
to me getting married more than I did,
but she's certainly looked forward to it
longer than I have,
because she's wanted me to get married since I was little.
I know I haven't really given you an update,
so I figured I'd give you a call,
sort of tell you everything that's going on.
After the wedding, things kind of took a turn right away.
[tense music]
- Sorry for making you sit here.
I was just trying to get my thoughts together
and figure out, like, what was best to say.
- I don't know what this is, but...
♪ ♪
I'm sorry if I did anything.
♪ ♪
It sucked.
And it didn't start great.
So we go to Puerto Rico,
and we're supposed to stay in a honeymoon suite together.
It's gigantic. I'm willing to, like,
sleep on the couch on an entirely different floor,
and she doesn't want to stay in it with me.
And every time we sit down to talk about, like,
the state of our relationship, she left the conversation.
I am at this point--
- And I'm not gonna stand here on camera
if he's gonna say that. - I--
- Mm-mm.
I mean, I don't really like this.
So I don't like where this is going.
♪ ♪
So I'm gonna walk away for a second.
So I'm going to get up from this conversation,
because right now, that is the time for me to go.
So yeah, that is-- - Would you like to know
what I'm gonna do with the apartment?
- That is--that is it. Thank you so much.
- "Robbed" is the word she keeps using,
because the experts didn't give her the guy she wanted.
- Yeah, it sounds to me like you got robbed,
and she wanted her 15 minutes of fame.
- Maybe. But she says that she feels robbed
'cause she didn't get the guy she wanted.
I feel robbed because no one
was gonna get the guy or girl they wanted.
I just wanted somebody who was willing to try.
I'm pissed off about how this went.
Every day, I feel less and less like she tried.
It's just hard for me to think
that somebody can come into this process
knowing everything that is expected of them
and still claim that somehow it was worse for them
than, what, 50 other couples
that have gone through this process?
But we still, faster than anybody in the history
of this experiment, I think, are done.
- Yeah, she's looking for reasons
to get out of this without looking bad.
- And that's the thing is, like,
I don't--I genuinely wonder
if it was just a purely physical thing
and she couldn't get past that.
- Sounds like that's what it is.
- With Pastor Cal yesterday, I said,
"This is my Decision Day, and I'm here to say
what she won't-- That we should get a divorce."
[dramatic music]
I don't think she was ever in this process, so...
- If she's like that, I mean,
she's probably doing you a favor.
- Yeah.
- I mean, do you want to spend decades
with somebody that's like that?
♪ ♪
- No.
The silver lining is that I feel much better
about who I am as a person, having gone through it,
and that I'm so ready for the next person.
But it's gonna take some time for the frustration
and disappointment to move past it.
You own it, you internalize it, you move past it.
♪ ♪
- You just haven't met your match yet. That's all.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ We can be as free as we feel ♪
♪ Climb right into heaven, baby ♪
- Welcome to my-- - Your new abode.
- My new home.
- This is cute.
- I know, right?
♪ ♪
Here you go. - Thank you.
- How have you been?
- How have you been, Mrs. Dickerson?
- Oh, God, that sounds so weird saying that.
- Does it? Cheers. - Cheers.
I've been good.
♪ ♪
- Let's backtrack. - Okay.
- Wedding day. First impression.
- Okay, first impression, I was so overwhelmed,
and I'm like, "You cute."
[laughs] - Okay.
- I'm like, "You cute."
- Can we talk about the garter?
- Oh, my gosh. That was a lot.
[cheers and laughter]
- Okay, Chippendale!
[laughs]
- Ahh! - Whoo!
- What'd you think about the dance?
♪ ♪
- Um... - [laughs]
- A little bit much. A little bit much.
- It was cute. It was cute, but it was a lot.
But I still liked it. - Okay.
You had a good first impression of him...
- Mm-hmm. - Nonetheless?
- When I sat with him down at the "sweetheart table" --
That's what you call it?
Like, just the conversation with him there, like,
he showed me in that moment
that I don't need to carry a conversation,
that he's gonna always come up with something to talk about.
- Okay.
- So that's what I like about him.
- He will--[laughs]
The day that we actually sat with him,
the day after the wedding-- - He talks a lot?
- Oh, my God. - [laughs]
- He was talking a bunch of fluff.
Like, we asked maybe five questions
and he went off on a tangent.
So I didn't really know how to take it.
- I'm here for the right reasons.
I have put in so much effort.
I mean, it's been three months.
I'm not a bad-looking dude.
I don't struggle with the women category.
I tell her all the time, don't focus on the camera,
all that production and all that.
Focus on us.
- When you say all the time, you just met her 12 hours ago.
♪ ♪
- He was just talking so much.
It's almost like he didn't want us to ask questions.
[tense music]
I mean, maybe he was nervous. I'm sure he was tired.
You guys just had, like, a long day.
- Mm-hmm. - I'm gonna charge it to that.
But he said something--
And I'm sure you guys spoke about it.
He said you talked about his past.
- Mm-hmm.
- You're the first Black girl he's ever dated.
- I have never been with a African American woman.
But our connection feels so real.
- Why haven't you ever dated a Black woman?
- Never found one that was attracted to me, for real.
- That was attracted to you? - Yeah.
♪ ♪
I want to try something new.
- Something new is a minor change, right?
- Right, right, right.
- Getting married is a final decision.
The part of your life
that was available to women, it's dead now.
- Right. So it's something new.
♪ ♪
- So let me just say... - Yeah.
- I'm the first Black girl that he's been
in a serious relationship with.
You have to remember, he's half Irish
and he has a mohawk.
- He looks Black.
- I know. - He's Black.
- Me and you know that, of course.
- Does he? - 100%.
Yeah.
- The fact that he hasn't dated a Black woman ever,
it makes me reluctant for her.
It does. He looks Black. He's a Black man.
So it's a little alarming that he's never
dated a Black woman.
But we'll see.
I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt.
- It's really not a concern for me.
- It is a big deal.
- I know, and I understand, and I've had convers---
- So I just want to make sure you addressed it.
That's it. - Yeah, we did address it.
- As long as you guys have addressed it, that's fine.
I'm saying that alarmed me and put me on edge for you.
- And it alarmed me--no, but-- - It put me on edge for you.
- Girl, I'm the one married to the man.
- I know. - Of course it alarmed me.
- But you're, like, saying it's good, so I just--
- We are, because I've spent two weeks with him now,
so we've moved past that.
- Okay.
- Ariana's opinion is important to me
because I definitely know, you know,
she wants to be protective 'cause she knows
what I've been through, like, dating-wise.
But I really want her to give him a chance
and get to know him for the person that I've met
and that I've got to spend time with
and not who she saw at the wedding.
I see your concern, but it's not a thing for me.
- Okay. - Or him.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
That's me keeping my eyes on him, okay?
♪ ♪
[upbeat electronic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Ooh, I like to rendezvous ♪
♪ Ain't no better duo, that's me plus you ♪
- We gotta start prepping. - I know.
For this housewarming party we're gonna throw?
- Mm-hmm.
- Are you excited to have it?
- Yeah. I'm excited to have friends over.
- Yeah. - I want to see how, like,
my friends interact with your friends.
And we'll see whose friends are funnier.
I think my friends are gonna be funnier.
- Yeah, we'll see. We'll have to see.
- It says cherry tomatoes, but I don't see any there.
- I don't either. - Maybe they--
- We might have to pick some. - Oh, yeah.
Actually, yeah, maybe we can pick our own, then.
- I think they're on the farm. - That'll be fun--
That'll be fun to tell our guests
we picked our own tomatoes. - Yeah.
- So we're having a taco night.
And we're looking for shrimp to make tacos.
- And then some salmon as well. - Yeah.
Our housewarming is coming up,
and it's very important to me and Jasmina
because we want to be able to be like,
"I can have fun with this person."
We haven't had that.
It's like "Married at First Sight" right there.
- [laughs]
- This is me right here at the altar, heart pounding.
This is you coming down.
- ♪ We gon' keep on ♪
- [laughs]
It's the start of a new beginning.
Turning over a new leaf.
Thank you. - Have a good one.
- Thank you so much. - You too.
I'm excited.
- ♪ Risin', risin' ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Hey, if you write it in a letter ♪
♪ I'll rip it up ♪
- It's from Iceland. - So cute.
- I know. I wanted you to come so bad.
You would have loved it. - Oh, my God, I know.
Well, we'll have to go another time.
- Yeah.
- Maybe we can mix it with a dog rescue.
Kaitlyn is one of my best friends.
We rescue animals together.
You know, unfortunately,
she wasn't able to attend the wedding
'cause she was away.
And, you know, she's a really important person in my life.
So I wanted her to sit down and get to have
a conversation with me about everything that's transpired.
- So tell me about Chris.
- At first glance, he's not, like, physically my type.
- Mm-hmm. - That's hard to move past.
So I just kept trying to push through
and push through. - Yeah.
- And, you know, the things that I did hear about him...
- Oh, yeah. - You know, like,
weren't the best things, and that's--
- I know. - That's hard.
- It's kind of hard to imagine that his own friends and family
didn't paint him in the best light.
Or maybe--maybe they thought they were telling you
good things, and they were just everything
that you weren't looking for in a partner.
- I mean, I don't know if it's good
to ever tell anyone's significant other
that they would pick work before them. [laugh]
- Anyone that's immersed in their work in real estate,
more often than not, they're on their phones 24-7.
You tend to kind of be not a back seat, not secondary.
It's just, they're so driven and motivated
that you kind of need to grasp that.
- I'm not sure if that would sit well with anybody.
- All right, I'll give you that.
- [laughs] - Yeah.
In the honeymoon, did you guys ever get to have,
like, any conversations, deep conversations,
like, what he wanted in life versus what you wanted in life?
- No. We never got to have any...
- Yeah.
- Like, real conversations with each other.
You know, it was a very small resort,
and everyone knew where I was at all times.
And if he wanted to talk to me, he, you know,
could have very well found me. - Yeah.
- Can you tell him not to come over here right now?
- Yeah. Can you go over there?
- No, I do not want to talk to him!
I hate him!
- So you have nothing to--
You have nothing more to say to him.
- No.
- Are you feeling like you're okay with your decision?
- I mean, it wasn't my decision.
- How did that all go down?
- He was just kind of like, "Well, today's
the day I'm deciding, and I want a divorce."
And, you know, I spent the last few days being like,
"I want to start with a clean slate.
I want to move forward..." - Yeah.
- "And just see if we can be on, like, better terms,"
you know, no matter what that meant.
- Yeah. And he just wasn't--
- He just, like, didn't want any part of it.
- Like, he wasn't putting forward that effort?
- Yeah, I didn't feel any effort.
♪ ♪
- You know, I'm open and want to just,
like, remove a lot of the stuff around us
and just hang out.
I don't think I did a great job
of doing all I could to get you to understand
that I really do think you're just a cool person.
♪ ♪
- I don't-- I don't feel comfortable
moving into an apartment together.
- I get it.
I want you to do what you're comfortable with.
- I mean, I wish I could have met him,
just to get my own impression.
'Cause, you know, there's been some times when I'm like,
"Oh, you know, you're being a little too hard on this guy."
- Yeah.
- But from what you've told me about him,
it does sound like the way he handles himself
is not the type of man that you want to be with.
- Yeah.
- What's next?
I think I'm probably gonna pack up my bags and move to Texas.
[laughs]
I think I'll find my cowboy there.
But I will definitely talk to my psychic
before making any big decisions.
♪ ♪
- I think you're the first person I know
that's been married for 12 days.
- I mean... - [laughs]
- Do I get a prize, or what's happening?
- ♪ Cinderella ♪
♪ This ain't forever ♪
♪ You're a diamond kind of girl ♪
♪ Always better under pressure ♪
both: Hi. [laughter]
- How are you? - Good. How are you?
- I'm good.
- Pastor Cal has definitely helped Mike and I start over
in the sense of, you know, not having tension build up.
But I wouldn't say it necessarily
fixed our communication
because we haven't really talked.
So I'm meeting up with my good friend Sam.
She's been with her fiancé for about eight years now,
so I think she would be the best person
to get advice from.
- Does it feel different, like, just post-wedding?
- Yes, it definitely does.
- [laughs] So tell me about it.
- The wedding was nice.
It was so beautiful. - Aww.
- And, like, I found out we had, like,
so much in common.
And then our honeymoon was kind of when it took a turn.
♪ ♪
We had a difference of opinions,
and he used a tone with me that I didn't like.
- Oh, no. You don't like any tone.
- I don't like no tone.
Don't use no tone. Just talk to me.
And I was just like, "Don't do that," you know?
- Right.
- Then I ended up going to his place.
- Okay.
- And a bedroom door opened, and a woman walks out.
[tense music]
So I was like,
"I never knew you lived with a woman."
- Right.
- And I don't care that he lives with a woman.
I lived with a man.
- Yeah. - It's just, like--
- Why wasn't he forthcoming with that information?
- Yeah, like, why wouldn't you say it?
So as far as trust goes with Michael and I,
it's not really there yet.
- Maybe he thought that it wouldn't look good
but, like, not realizing that it would look worse
if he wasn't forthcoming with that information.
I really think it just comes down
to having conversations with each other.
Communication just comes from communicating,
so the more you communicate,
the better you get at communicating with that person.
With my fiancé, like, he comes home and, like,
immediately tells me what he had for lunch in the afternoon.
And, like, in my head, I'm like, "Oh, I don't care."
But I love to hear it,
because I love that he wants to tell me about this day.
So just talk as much as you can.
♪ ♪
And more conflicts will arise.
That's just part of having a relationship with a person.
So, like, maybe next time, try something different.
- But I think my thing is,
when he thinks he's right, he thinks he's right.
- That's sounds just like you, though.
- Who the [bleep]?
That is not true! - [laughs]
- It is true. I've known you for four years.
- That's literally-- I can admit when I'm wrong.
- You can, but you don't do it often.
- Yeah, because I'm not wrong often.
- [snorts]
♪ ♪
- ♪ If we don't try, we'll never know ♪
♪ Maybe we've found our pot of gold ♪
♪ Hang on ♪
- I can't wait. We're gonna have fun.
I think our friends are all gonna enjoy each other.
- Our newlyweds are about to bring
their friends and family together
and host their very first party as a married couple.
- Looks like we're having a Ring Pop party.
- [laughs]
- Everyone's getting married tonight.
- Successfully navigating how to merge their two lives
into one is a major step
and is incredibly important
for the longevity of the marriage.
- That's the best we could do.
- Yeah, I think it looks right.
- So although these parties are meant to be fun,
they're also a test
and a means to get feedback on their spouse,
so there's a lot at stake.
- I don't see any contact between that tape and the wall.
Can you see what I see? - No, no.
- I'm really excited for the housewarming party today.
I love to host a party.
- What happened to the original dough?
Is it in there?
- I just hope we can loosen up and have fun,
because Mark has pulled so much back since the honeymoon.
And the minute we said we were having a housewarming party,
I was like, got the theme done.
I chose pizza because we all get to try
each other's flavors, each other's tastes.
And I know my man likes pizza.
[laughs]
- Oh! - Hi.
- Oh, hey. - How are you?
[rock music]
I think it's gonna go...
fun?
I mean, I don't know.
I think it'll be nice to see our friends.
But you never know what to expect from Lindsey.
We'll see.
- We're gonna play Maher Madness today.
There are 21 points to win.
Right answer, one point.
♪ ♪
Wrong answer, minus one.
You don't answer, minus one!
♪ ♪
What popular ballroom dance shocked many
when introduced in the late 18th century?
- We're gonna go foxtrot.
[buzzer blares]
- That is not the answer.
Does anybody else want to steal it?
- The waltz. - That's right. That's right.
- I was gonna say that! I was gonna say that!
- ♪ It's like dinner with the thought police ♪
♪ Ahh ♪
- Bruce Lee.
- Chuck Norris? - [laughs]
- Jackie Chan.
- Jackie Chan. That's the one.
- Yeah! Whoo!
- Seeing Mark's friends and my friends get along
is a dream come true.
You are the company you keep,
and the friends that I've gotten to meet one-on-one,
they're just really lovely people.
- You gonna teach Kelsey how to pie?
Nice. - Yeah.
- The idea is just to kind of, like,
get it into a shape of a pie.
- Okay.
So are you guys adjusting to now living together?
And the honeymoon's over. Back to work.
- It's hard, because he's so overwhelmed and stressed out.
And for us, we hit this one little hiccup
for a couple days where he was, like--
I could just see him bottling up
because of every little thing
and not telling me what he needed.
And I was like, "Dude, I'm not a [bleep] mind reader.
Tell me what you need so I can help you."
And I think Mark really wanted this,
and he was really prepared for it,
and then there was a moment where he was like,
"Oh, my God, this is so much."
You know what I mean? - Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- Give me some advice on how to communicate to Lindsey
if I need her to, like...
change her tone
or not say things in a public setting
that we're gonna go into.
- So talking to Lindsey about how to reel it in.
- Yeah, like, if we're in public
and I can tell she's, like, pissed at somebody.
- I mean, I think that the biggest thing
is, you probably just need to let her know
how--when that happens... - Yeah.
- How it makes you feel. - Yeah.
- 'Cause you definitely don't want it to be like,
"You're doing it wrong."
And then, you know, just be about it,
like, in all your communication.
That's the biggest thing.
♪ ♪
- Anything you want to tell me about Mark that I should know?
- I feel like it's hard, because normally,
if you weren't married and you were just dating,
I'd be like, "Lindsey, watch out.
"Like, Mark is gonna, like, sleep over and then be like,
'Hey, let's move in, and hey, let's be together forever.'"
But you kind of already got that.
- Yeah.
It seems to me, from when I was talking to him
about his history, he's, like,
always been somebody's option but nobody's choice.
- Mm.
- And, like, I'm very ride-or-die too.
And I think what's hard for Mark,
he's always worried about taking care of others,
so the idea of somebody who wants to help him is foreign.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- She's gonna be fiery
no matter what. - Yeah.
- But you maybe can at least let her know that, like,
"Hey, when we're in public,
like, this is how it makes me feel."
- Yeah, it's hard, because if we're in situations
where I want to say something, I just don't,
'cause I don't--I feel like I haven't got comfortable yet
with her to say things, so I just don't say anything.
- The other thing, too, is, like,
if you keep it bottled in... - Yeah.
- Like, you're eventually just gonna pop and get mad.
- Yeah.
- And then you'll say stuff that, like, you might regret.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm the OG ♪
♪ I make it rain at the party ♪
♪ OG, everybody here know me ♪
♪ ♪
- Did you grow up eating chicken feet?
- Mm-hmm. Yeah. - Yeah, me too.
At what point did you find out it was weird to most people?
- Yeah, I was like, "You don't sit around with your family
and eat chicken feet?" - [laughs]
- Like, my friends--
- It just falls right off the bone.
- Yeah. [laughs]
- Okay. - How long will it take
to make yours--your food?
'Cause we-- Oh, it's already 2:00.
- It's 2:00.
Today we are having our housewarming party.
Me and Noi are both preparing some
homemade dishes from both of our cultures.
We're excited to have friends over.
We haven't had the opportunity to merge our worlds yet,
so I'm really excited to have my friends meet hers
and see who we are outside of just me and her.
I think we pulled it off.
- [laughs]
Whew!
- Hi! - Hello.
- Hey. - Hi.
- Come on in. - Hi!
- Good to see you. How are you?
- Hi. - Hey, come in, come in.
- Congratulations.
- All the way from western Mass.
- I'm more nervous than Steve is.
We did some cooking for you guys, so...
- Ooh! - This looks beautiful.
We're all starving, so I'm excited.
- Perfect.
Knowing my friends, I know that they're super protective,
so I'm a little bit concerned.
- One last piece too.
We also have some chicken wings.
All: Oh!
- They will ask him some tough questions, I'm sure.
- So you guys don't know each other two weeks ago.
Now you're married. - Yeah.
- Tell me. Like, looking at it all...
- Tell us. - Like, that's crazy.
It's insane. [laughter]
- Wait, what's crazy about it? What do you mean?
- What did you think?
Did you picture, like, Steve in your mind?
Or what was the person who you thought
they'd pick out for you?
- Yeah, like, I really went into this experience with,
like, an open mind, an open heart.
So, like, I purposely didn't try to envision
what he would look like or what he did...
- Okay. That's smart, yeah.
- Or anything about him, really.
So I was really just open. - Yeah.
- And then when I saw him, like, at the ceremony,
I was just-- It was, like, instant relief.
I was like, "Oh!"
- Our wedding day, I expected it to be some awkward moments.
- I thought so too.
- You know, it's like, you're a stranger.
But it was just effortless.
- Well, I was so excited when we got Noi's gift from Steve,
which is literally, like, a journal scrapbook.
And then you got him the same thing.
- We're like twins! I bought him a book too!
- How does he know you so well already?
- This is actually really eerie
that we bought each other the same gift.
- It's very similar to what I got her.
- Really? Oh, my.
- "A couple's memory journal." It's literally what I got her.
- Yeah. So it was funny, 'cause when I got your gift,
it's the same exact size as the gift that I got you.
So I was like, "Are they giving me back my gift?
Did he not like it?" [laughter]
- It said, "No, thank you."
- Returned. - "No, thank you."
- "Return to sender. Return to sender."
- "Try again." [laughter]
- Is Sushi gonna be a sibling anytime soon?
♪ ♪
- So we haven't talked time frame.
- Yeah. - We have had conversations
about number of children. - Yeah.
- So how many siblings is Sushi gonna have?
- I know how many Noi wants. - I'm sure you do.
- How many kids do you want?
- It's not that crazy. - I want three.
- No, no, that's not the crazy part.
It's a hard three.
- A hard three?
Do you have, like, two boys and a girl?
- What does hard three mean?
- Like, there's no two.
There's no one. There's no four.
- Just three. - Just three. Yeah.
There's a lot of things that I will budge on
and that I will compromise on, but this is something that I--
- You won't compromise on. - No.
[tense music]
- You know, I originally came into this wanting two,
but I'm open-minded to three.
- So then maybe you compromise.
- So three isn't really a problem for me.
My problem is the flexibility of open-mindedness.
It's, like, the principle behind that.
- Yeah.
- Is there anything you're not flexible about?
[laughter] - I was just about to ask.
- Me? - Yeah.
- Yeah, like, what's your three kids?
- What's yours? Yeah, what's your kids--your version?
- Do I have a three kids? - I don't know. I'm asking you.
- I mean, you guys--you guys know me.
Like, I live my life pretty, like, on the cuff, like,
whatever happens happens, you know?
- Yeah. - So, like, for me,
there's nothing-- Anything's possible for me.
I mean, if you see one, let me know.
- We need to talk to you about a lot of things...
- Yeah. - Steve.
- Okay. Yeah.
- Let's go. - All with love.
- Yeah. But, like--
- All with love. - I hope so.
- Yeah, we can all breathe through it.
- Yeah.
- My friends can be pretty overwhelming.
I hope they'll be nice to him. I'm sure they will be.
♪ ♪
- So, like, what does the future look like for you guys?
Like, in your mind?
- Yeah, so it's not just my mind at this point.
- Right.
- It's, you know, conversations.
But for both of us, I mean, the kids one is a big one,
because--and it's not the number of kids.
It's just having kids. - Yeah.
- For me, getting married, having a family, having a wife,
and having children is really important.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, everything can't be as great as you're making--
- Yeah.
- Like, there have to be some issues.
- I have concerns.
Like, I've never been the type of person where I'm like,
"Oh, I'm just gonna, like, not work for a little bit,
and it'll be all gravy." Like, I've never done that.
- Yeah.
- So if I'm thinking long-term and,
you know, potentially having children
and, like, housing them and feeding them,
it all becomes really real, right?
- Yeah.
- Like, yeah, like, everything's wonderful.
But, like, how are you gonna show up for me?
♪ ♪
Like, I don't--
I don't know what your plan is still.
- He does have a great network...
- Mm-hmm. - That he can tap into.
- Mm-hmm. - The company I work for, like,
they are hiring sales engineers all the time.
♪ ♪
- That's a little bit alarming, to know that you have
a vast network, people want to employ you,
but you're making a choice not to be employed.
- One of the things that Noi and I talked about a lot
beforehand is just, you know,
she comes from an immigrant family,
and they have, like, really struggled financially,
and she's worked so hard to be in this place where she's at.
And I know that you had a job
and then decided to travel, which is awesome.
But I know that she doesn't want to be, like,
primarily responsible for finances.
Like, she's--I don't think that is part of her grand plan,
that she would be the primary breadwinner.
♪ ♪
- It'll never get to that point.
It's just a matter of what do we want to plan.
Like, can we figure out another way?
♪ ♪
It's hard when the person you're with
doesn't believe in you
or has doubts about who you are
and possibly may never accept you.
I want to be with somebody who believes in me
and sees me for who I am.
You know, I'm a very adventurous,
trustworthy person who, you know,
can take care of all our needs
and still have the spontaneous life that I'd imagined.
Otherwise, it may not work for me.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Gonna have one hell of a party ♪
♪ One hell of a night ♪
♪ Gonna get the best of everything and do it right ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Gonna have one hell of a party ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, step over the line ♪
- That's a lot. - I know.
- That's what it said how much to put in there?
- Mm-hmm. Yeah. - [bleep].
- We about to sleep good tonight.
- [laughs] Okay.
- We playing games tonight?
How we gonna entertain these people?
- I have BTS "Uno" cards.
[quirky music]
- The thing is, let me warn you now,
I'm super competitive.
- So I gotta beat that ass one time
so you know not to come at me ever again.
[both laugh]
- Can you imagine if we were setting up
for this housewarming-- If Pastor Cal never showed up,
how tense this housewarming would be?
- Huh?
[both laugh]
I'm definitely glad that we got over that hump
before our housewarming,
just because I don't know how it would have been
when our family and friends came.
You know, it's good for now.
It definitely could be better,
but I'm hopeful that it'll get there.
- Oh! - Hey.
- The party's here. - Hey.
You know I had to come with the wine.
- The party's here.
[laughter, indistinct chatter]
- Hey. - How are you?
- Hello, hello.
All: Hello.
- Hi.
- Thank you guys for coming to our housewarming.
- Thank you. - Thank you for having us.
- Cheers. Yeah, thank you.
- Ooh, ooh. - I got it.
It's cool. Let's see.
♪ ♪
- Mmm.
What's the verdict? What's the verdict?
- It's good. - It's good?
- Giving you a 7.5.
- 7.5? [laughter]
- Where's the rest of it?
What I gotta do?
What'd I miss? What's missing?
[laughs] - It's the balance for me.
[laughter] - What is it?
You want it to be stronger?
[laughter] - And he was like,
"Should I pour the rest of the bottle in here?"
And I'm like, "No, people have work."
♪ ♪
- It's 5:00.
[laughter]
- Let's play-- Let's play charades.
- Oh. - Oh, what?
- What is that, like, the--you have to guess what I'm doing?
- Yeah. That's the only game we can play.
I am very competitive at everything that I do,
regardless of how big or small.
- When it comes to games, this is my turf, okay?
You don't want none of these problems.
- You want to play. Start it off--charades.
- Damn.
[energetic music]
- He making pizza. [bell dings]
- Damn! - Ooh! I see the connection.
That's crazy about y'all.
♪ ♪
A gymnast? - Yes!
[shouting, laughter]
- If you knew her,
you would know that that's a cartwheel.
- Tina Turner. [buzzer blares]
♪ ♪
- Roller coaster. - Yes.
- Y'all are so good at this.
- Ahh!
It's all for fun. Nobody's here for--
- Says Mr. Competitive.
- All for fun.
We just happened to win.
We just happened to win in fun.
- I'ma be honest, I don't think about winning or losing.
We just having fun, you know what I'm saying?
- So don't think about--
Honestly, that's a really great loser mentality.
- That's right, loser mentality, bro. No way.
- I'm happy that Jasmina wasn't turned off
by my competitiveness.
She actually is able to match that.
We're finally on the same level.
- So how is, like, the marriage going in general?
- It definitely started off really good at the wedding.
And then honeymoon was a lot of ups and downs.
Like, a lot of downs. - Oh.
- But Pastor Cal actually whipped us into shape
when he was here.
And, you know, we decided to just, you know,
start all over, reintroduce ourself,
and not, like, hold anything against each other.
- No grudges.
- And it's been fine since then.
- Okay. We love a reset.
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- Well, Jasmina, can I see the place?
- Of course. - I want to see everything.
- Look how I decorated.
- Show me the bathroom. I want to see all of it.
[laughter]
- The linen closet too? - Everything.
- This is the bedroom.
- How cute! - You like it?
- Yes, I'm a pillow person too.
- Are you? - I have, like--
I'm telling you, if not as much pillows, more.
- The first night, he thought he was supposed
to sleep with all these.
He literally just put his--
- How would he have slept on it?
- He literally left the pillows here and just laid on it.
And I was like, "You want to move them? They're decorative."
♪ ♪
- Honestly, I thought it was gonna be a little tense
when I got here.
But just to see that they're still joking and playing
and kind of back to, like,
the meat of things is exciting to see
because I'm super hopeful about their union in general.
- I like your brother. - Mm-hmm.
- He's very sweet.
He's amazing. - That's good to hear.
- You know, he's such a gentleman.
He's very kind.
- No, I do like him.
- And I'm just like, "Oh, my God."
- We have so much in common. Like--
- It's a hard way to feel, and so just hearing him say it,
I'm just like, "Damn, that's a hard way to feel."
- Yeah, and I hate that I made him feel that way.
I just wasn't thinking about just saying nice things
to someone that was, like, just putting me
in a negative space. - Right. And that's okay.
- 'Cause I was just very annoyed
with his behavior during the honeymoon.
- I'm sure you guys have spoken about, like,
what's been going on day-to-day.
- Mm-hmm.
- I think the one thing I think I'm still struggling with
is trying to figure out, like, what to do the next time
we have some type of conflict and how to maneuver.
Like, how do I--
How do I, like, get back in her space
without feeling like I'm doing too much or being overbearing?
Do I just give her space?
Do I try to talk to her? Do I stop--
You know, I don't know, still, like, how to--
- I wouldn't say-- Don't default to, like,
giving it space or time... - Yeah.
- For her.
I would say be patient and listen.
- Mm-hmm.
- Ask her, "Where did things go wrong?"
- Yeah. - "What exactly--what is it
that I said that kind of set you off?"
Instead of, "Well, but you did this, and I did that."
- Right.
- Where was the first thing that went left?
And work from there.
'Cause I feel like, especially knowing Jasmina,
things can just build and build and build.
And when I get mad at Jasmina or we get into a issue,
we end up forgetting whatever it is originally.
We're just now being petty back and forth.
- Yeah. - You know what I'm saying?
Like, so you just gotta attack it at the core.
Because we can go back and forth all day,
and she will go back and forth all day with you
if you let it get there. - Right, right.
- I personally think you guys--
You guys are literally-- They hit the nail with you.
- Mm-hmm.
- I tell people that all the time.
You challenge him. You tell him no.
- Oh, say that again. - [laughs]
You know, and then you stand on--
You stand your ground, and that's important.
- Yeah. - And it's important to him
to have a strong woman next to him.
It's important for me to see my brother
with a strong woman next to him.
You know what I'm saying? So that's very refreshing.
It's one of those things where, like,
if somebody bring his food wrong in the restaurant,
you're gonna send it back. - Mm-hmm.
- Whereas Michael would be like,
"It's okay. I'll just keep it." - Yeah.
- You know? - Yeah.
- The same way I'ma be like,
"No, it's not what he asked for"...
- Exactly.
- You're probably gonna be like--[clears throat]
"This is not what he wanted," you know?
- And I knew why we were matched.
Like, literally the first day that we met,
we had everything in common.
So I think I just needed to let my stubbornness go
and just, like, get out of my head.
- It's trial and error right now, and it's fine.
As long as you guys are like, "You make a mistake,
we talk about it. We're not going back there."
- Yeah. - You know?
'Cause he-- Michael has a huge heart.
And, like, honestly,
it doesn't take a lot to break it,
'cause when he's in it, he's in it.
His heart is open and he's giving everything he has.
- Yeah.
[tender music]
- ♪ Our love is on the rocks, baby ♪
♪ Let's take a shot, baby ♪
- Baby, I'm home.
- You're back. I can take this.
- I went a little bit more than what--
- You got the chicken? - Yeah.
I got a little more than what was asked.
- What'd you get? How many chicken pieces did you get?
- 50. - 50?
- Yeah, we some big boys, you know what I mean?
- That smells good. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- I am excited for the housewarming.
I haven't seen my friends in so long.
Their first impression of Olajuwon, it wasn't the best.
So I'm excited for them
to spend more time with my husband
and get to know him for the person that I've met
and that I've got to spend time with,
because that's really important to me.
♪ ♪
- Hello.
You left the door unlocked.
- [laughs]
What's going on? - How you doing?
- Hey, Jeff.
- How you doing? How you doing? - Good.
- Ooh, this looks good. - Mm-hmm.
- You guys made the chicken? - Mm-hmm.
- Oh, who did, you or him?
- I did. Of course, I did.
[music winds down]
- Hey, hey.
- My friends!
- ♪ Bring your friends ♪
- Hey. How you doing? - Good. How are you?
[indistinct chatter]
- ♪ Bring your friends ♪
♪ ♪
- To the newlyweds.
- Cheers.
- Katina's my girl.
- Yep. I would say you're the best friend.
- Stop it. I am. - [laughs]
- But the day after the wedding, when we met Olajuwon,
I was like, "I don't like him."
So for me, I just want to make sure that, like,
he is just as invested in this process as she is.
♪ ♪
How's it living with a man?
You've never lived with a man before.
- I will say, like, he has, like, a large personality,
which--it's not something that I can't, like,
handle or deal with,
but he's definitely, like, whoo!
Like, you know? - "Hi, I'm here!"
- So it is an adjustment... - Yeah.
- Being married to somebody who's always, like, on 1,000.
- Yep. - Do you snore?
- No, he doesn't snore. - No?
- I heard him-- - Do you snore, though?
- No. Oh, he heard me talk in my sleep.
- I snore. Talked in your sleep?
- Mm-hmm. He had to wake me up.
- What--who was you fighting, sis?
We gotta go in your-- - I don't know.
But it's definitely-- This must have been
the night where he was on my back about cooking.
- [laughs] Oh, you had some words.
- Yeah.
She's like, "Wait till I go to sleep."
- "Wait till I go to sleep."
- And then when I woke up, he was like this.
[laughs] - Right back to sleep.
- Yeah.
- So how's Katina fitting with your family,
the Dickersons? - They good. You know why?
'Cause the Dickersons like to party.
- Yeah. - They like to drink.
My wife likes to drink.
Her personality naturally fits in.
- How's the intimacy with you guys?
- So we haven't been... you know.
♪ ♪
- We are grown, sis. - No, I know.
But we haven't crossed that water yet.
- Damn.
- We're really, like, just focused on
having an emotional connection.
And I think, for him specifically, he needs that,
like, more so than I do.
- But I also want you to be happy.
♪ ♪
- I don't like that.
Because, like, sex is so important to her.
- Yeah. This is her husband.
♪ ♪
- Olajuwon, have a seat in our hot spot.
- You gonna give me all his deepest, darkest secrets?
- Absolutely not.
I'll let him share those with you.
- [laughs]
- So how's, like, the whole, like, household stuff?
Like, just her being what you envisioned as,
like, a wife in your eyes?
- Cleanliness, cooking.
I know cooking was a big one for you.
- Yeah, that's really big. She has effort.
♪ ♪
Am I the perfect dude? No, I'm not.
You know what I'm saying? So...
- Make sure you don't put that pressure
on her to do that. - No, no.
- Because she is trying.
Best believe, like... - I know she is.
- She really do want to make you happy.
- Yeah. I know.
- So how y'all doing?
- We're doing good.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
I feel like we get along good.
I feel like our connection is strong.
- He praises you a lot.
And the way he keeps talking about you, like,
"Dude, she's really catering.
"She's, like, always there. She even pulls me aside
and, like, calms me down, like, 'Yo, I'm here for you.'"
- Do you feel like she's holding back?
- Yeah, she holds back.
But I told her before, you gotta let loose.
Let your heart come out.
'Cause you see that right from me.
Like, I am a strong, opinionated person.
I am passionate when I say, like--
And you go through all my [bleep].
Like, when I have my little tantrum,
you have not slipped on me. - She's very patient.
- I see--I've seen him when he's flustered.
I've seen him when he catches the attitude.
That, I can deal with. But, like--
- He can get hot really quick.
He has a short wick. - Yeah, I seen that.
All I do when he gets like that,
I just "okay" him. I say, "Okay."
- If he's acting hot and out of place, just keep calm.
He may say it a lot more aggressive than, like,
I guess, I would. - Another person.
- I have a softer tongue, you know what I mean?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Like--
- So don't take it personal. - Don't. Don't.
And realize he's gonna cool off.
- Let him take a moment and calm down.
- Yeah, take a moment. Take a breather.
- That's what I thought the method should be,
but I just--you know, you know him better than me.
- I think Katina is actually really awesome.
It seems like she's understanding him
and being patient with him.
- You're gonna need to have that same patience
and grace with her.
And most importantly, like,
you can dish it, she can take it,
but it's like, always remember your delivery with everything.
- Oh, I know. Pastor Cal said that,
and I was like, "Yo, you know what's craziest?
"'Cause there's people that have told me before,
"they're like, 'Dude, I thought you was a [bleep]
"'talking to you at the beginning,
"'but then I realized, just hanging around you,
that's just who you are. You don't mean no harm by it.'"
- Harm by it, yeah. - Yeah.
- Like, "You would help somebody in a heartbeat."
- Exactly. Your delivery.
- "Just how you talk is just strong." Yeah.
- Yeah. You have to adjust. Like, even--
- I feel like she knows me.
- Even the day after the wedding, when we met, like,
that--there's still that adjustment period of, like,
"Okay, I'm not single O no more."
- No. - "I gotta be married O.
I gotta consider her feelings."
- Yeah. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
- I was a little worried, but I feel like he's so,
like, forthcoming and so welcoming of her
that, like, they're doing really well.
I really don't have much bad to say about him.
But trust, if he does something bad, it's going down.
- I want to cheers to our friends coming
and having fun with us.
- Yeah. No, for real. - Well done for us.
- It wouldn't work if we didn't have the faith of y'all.
- ♪ It's so far, so good ♪
- You got some amazing friends.
- Aww.
- ♪ Do you mean it when you say it like I do ♪
♪ Can you feel it like I feel it ♪
- Tonight Noi offered to cook me dinner
for the first time, which I thought was nice.
I've been cooking dinner a lot lately.
And so yeah, I said, "Sounds good to me."
She has her gluten-free noodles.
I have my regular noodles.
So I threw, you know, a pot of water on
and went to the bedroom.
Shortly after that, I went just to check on--
See how things were going,
and I noticed that her noodles were in her pan, in her pot,
but mine weren't yet.
I just think, you know, probably on autopilot.
Like, the noodles are probably almost done by now,
so I'm just gonna go check on them.
I go out, and they're, you know, almost,
at this point, boiling over, like,
kind of getting to the point where they are getting soggy.
And so I took the noodles out and drained them.
She goes to the door. She grabs Sushi.
She gets up and leaves and doesn't say where she's going.
- And, you know, I'm texting her.
I wait, like, a half an hour. I text her again.
"Hey, babe, you know, didn't mean to upset you.
Hope everything's okay."
And she--you know, she didn't respond
and basically, like, won't get on the phone with me.
♪ ♪
I don't understand why she's so upset.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ And you don't stop ♪
♪ And you don't quit ♪
♪ ♪
- 'Sup, beautiful? - Hey.
- ♪ I'm the mastermind ♪
- You gonna help me with these groceries?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But first, I got a surprise for you.
- What? What is it?
- So, you know, you kept saying that--
- Oh, you cut your hair? - You kept saying that--
You know, you said you wanted a man
that's close to Michael B. Jordan
or something like that, and the mohawk wasn't doing it.
You like it? - I like it.
- Do you? - Yeah. You look good.
- Aw, baby.
Mm, mm, mm.
- ♪ Can't live my life waking up like this ♪
♪ Looking in the mirror, feeling like [...] ♪
♪ I'm never hopeful ♪
♪ Always been a handful ♪
- My thing is, like, if this is how you're gonna react to me
letting you know about the pasta,
like, what happens if we have children?
Noi spent the night somewhere else last night,
and I've been trying to call or text,
but she hasn't responded this morning.
So I just don't know what to do.
I would even apologize
if she would just reach out to me,
but she won't speak to me.
I don't know what to do.
I'm just gonna keep waiting, maybe reach out to her again,
and hopefully we can work through this.
- Leaving at the first sign of a challenge
should never be an option in any marriage.
It is okay to take the time or space for yourself,
but ignoring your spouse entirely
is not just an unhealthy way of dealing with issues.
It will also prevent you from growing long-lasting,
healthy, respectful relationships.
[emotional music]
- ♪ Baby, you and me, we're all connected ♪
♪ ♪
- Hey. - What's up?
♪ ♪
[collar jangles]
- So are you ready talk?
- I don't know.
Last night, I went back to my own apartment,
and I haven't spoken to him yet,
because I'm still trying to process
what I want to do about the situation.
I know that we need to have a conversation,
but I just don't want to say anything
that I can't take back.
- You know, I didn't know what was wrong when you walked out.
I had to guess that you were upset about something,
and I put it together that it was the whole cooking thing.
But for me, I basically have gone a whole 24 hours
and I haven't even gotten a chance
to really say how I feel.
♪ ♪
Can't really just leave me hanging.
We're married.
This isn't like, "Oh, you're upset,
I'm upset, I can walk out."
I mean, I woke up this morning
and I was expecting at least a text or anything.
Instead, I just get this social media post
that's kind of ambiguous,
but at the same time, it seems pretty directed at me.
Like, was that--
Was that in reference to what happened?
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- I go on social media, and it's just a quote.
"Learning to say, 'Nah, this just isn't good enough, '
"will enhance your life greatly.
"You're allowed to say, 'This is simply not enough for me.'
"You're allowed to have a vision for yourself,
"your life, your relationships,
"and refuse to settle for anything less.
Say no often."
- That was, like, the first time
that I had ever cooked for you,
so it was just really, like, off-putting to me
that you would comment on something like that
instead of just saying, like, "Thank you for making me food."
It just came off really rude to me.
And I don't think this is, like,
the first time comments like that have been made,
so I think that's why it really triggered me.
I shut down when I get upset,
and I don't like usually talking about it right after
because, like, I need to step away
to process how I'm feeling.
You would just prefer that I handle conflict
the exact way that you do.
And for me, it's like, I'm not you.
♪ ♪
- There's healthy communication
and there's unhealthy communication.
You gave me the silent treatment.
You ghosted me and walked out of the apartment.
That's not a healthy response to what happened.
So yes, if you need time, by all means, ask for it.
Communicate that to me.
Even better, if you can give me the opportunity
to at least say something
so that I'm not just sitting here like,
"Okay, she's mad, but I can't speak to her,
"and I'm gonna wait for 24 hours,
"and when I look on social media
"and know that she's talking to her friends
"and letting everyone else know
that she's unhappy in her marriage."
It's like, that's--
That's what you mean by space?
Like, no, that's not acceptable.
You shouldn't post it and be like,
"This relationship's not working."
I wonder why it's not working. Because we haven't even talked.
I'm willing to apologize,
and I am sorry for upsetting you.
But you know how many of my family and friends
follow you right now? Think about that.
They're gonna come to me and be like, "What happened?"
And I'm gonna have to be like, "Oh,
"I told her how to cook pasta.
And she's saying this relationship's not enough."
Do you think it's acceptable? Do you think it's okay?
- Yeah, I probably shouldn't be sharing it with the public.
- Definitely not. Not probably.
Definitely not.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ You could have given us a try ♪
♪ Wouldn't it be nice ♪
- It's been a few days since Alyssa and I landed on divorce.
So tonight we are meeting up with everybody.
Believe we're going bowling.
And this is gonna be the first time that we tell
all the couples that we're done,
that we're getting divorced.
So that should be fun.
- I'm excited to see the rest of the couples.
I'm excited to see, you know, how married life is going,
because, you know, once you live with somebody,
that's when the real day one starts.
- Talking like this cannot be that comfortable.
Like, you just--
- [laughs] - Like, move your hand.
[upbeat music]
[bowling pins clatter]
♪ ♪
- Anyone bowl in a bowling league?
- [laughs] - Yes.
- You bowl in a bowling league? - You said yes real quick!
- Oh, wow! - Yeah!
- Mark, have you?
- I got, like, trophies.
- Oh, so you're ready for today, then.
- I mean, it's been a while.
- I'm still a little bit upset about our disagreement.
I think it's hard in this situation where we kind of
have to put on a good face.
- Everyone was looking at us as this shining example.
But just like everyone else, we have our problems.
We just don't talk about it
in front of the other couples that much.
- Here we go, Mark.
- ♪ One, two, three, four ♪
♪ I'm in the love-making business ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm in the love-making business ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Give love, share love ♪
♪ Make love as you should ♪
♪ I'm in the love-making business ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ And business is good, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Business is good ♪
♪ ♪
- I think I could play in a league.
I think I might start that as a hobby.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- Would you come support me? - Of course.
- Like, wear the pom-poms, the jersey?
- Pom-poms? [music winds down]
- Clearly, you've never been a cheerleader.
- [laughs]
I'll have a sign.
- Close enough.
- Where's Alyssa and Chris?
- Yeah, where are Alyssa and Chris?
- Has anyone seen them? I haven't seen them in a while.
- Not since the honeymoon.
- Oh, y'all, I gotta get this reaction.
My sweet little baby had a taco
for the first time the other day.
- Huh? - First time?
- You don't eat tacos?
- He had never had a taco before.
- You had never had a taco in your life?
- Wait, what kind of taco? - Like, a taco.
[quirky music]
- Mmm.
♪ ♪
This is so good.
- Look at your wife introducing you to things.
- Oh, always. [chuckles]
Always. "Try this."
- I'm so glad we got it on camera.
- But she tells me after I put it in what it is.
- Did she blindfold you too?
- No, but it's like-- - I would, though.
Let's take it to the bedroom.
♪ ♪
- Lindsey's always being inappropriate.
Like, read the room
and understand that, like, nobody cares.
♪ ♪
- So how's everyone doing? Do you like your apartments?
- I just want to say
this man never leaves the toilet seat up,
and that was my biggest thing. - Wow.
I don't know what that feels like, girl.
- I gotta be honest,
you got, like, 30% toilet-seat-up action.
- No, I don't.
- Is it a matter of you want to put the toilet seat down
because you just want the sanitary flush
or because-- - All right, I'm gonna just
step in as the nurse and the safety officer,
'cause I have a real bone to pick with this.
- Wait, let him ask his question, Lindsey.
- When the seat is up and you flush,
bacteria sprays six feet in the air...
- Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
- Over everything. - You have to close the seat.
- Just let him ask his question first
and get everybody's opinion.
[clears throat]
♪ ♪
Go ahead, Steve. sorry.
- So there's two--there's two approaches to that, right?
One, the sanitary one, right? And I get that.
But two, the other one is putting it down
because a female is going to be using it next,
versus a male using it.
- We just want to be able to go and sit on the toilet
without having to worry about the--
- Falling in. - Falling in and having to
put the seat down. Just extra work.
- Yeah, that's my main thing,
'cause I've fallen into some toilets.
- Gotcha.
- My first thought is poop spray.
Straight-up poop spray in the air.
Mm, funky. - Jeez.
- All right. Cool.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, hey! - Hi!
- What's happening? - What up? What up? What up?
- Damn, this should be interesting.
I can't wait to see what has been happening
with Chris and Alyssa.
I feel like Alyssa hasn't really given him a fair shot,
so I'm not exactly sure
how or if their relationship's progressed.
- Haven't seen you guys in a while.
- I know.
- Well, you still got your tan from Puerto Rico.
- Yeah.
- This'll be my color all summer at this point.
It's not gonna be easy to share with them
that we have landed on divorce.
Right? Nobody's rooting for this to fail.
♪ ♪
- How was everybody's visit with Pastor Cal?
♪ ♪
- I learned to not talk at somebody,
to talk with somebody.
It's more of just having respect.
That's your wife.
- Yes. He's gotten better, but Pastor Cal told him
he needs to watch the way he talks.
♪ ♪
And what about me? Nothing.
He didn't have nothing to say about me.
- All right, well, that says a lot.
- 'Cause you're the best.
♪ ♪
- I am the best.
Believe it, girl.
[laughter]
- I love Katina and O.
I think that they are just so great together.
- When you do this head thing, it's so funny to me.
Yeah. - Yep.
- They're really not funny, but they find each other funny,
so that's all that matters.
- Mike and Jasmina, how you feel?
- For us, Pastor Cal came and ripped us a new [bleep]...
♪ ♪
And basically asked us to, like, leave things in the past.
And since we did that, it's been fine.
- That's great.
- I read somewhere a long time ago
that you can't have intimacy with somebody
unless you've had conflict with them first
because when you have conflict and you learn how to resolve it
and respect each other's boundaries,
then you can have intimacy.
♪ ♪
Why do you keep rolling your eyes?
- I'm not trying to argue with you on camera again.
You know not to talk to me, girl.
Stay over there.
♪ ♪
- Don't let them get you amped up.
- We don't need any arguments tonight.
- That's okay. We can move on.
- It's awkward when Lindsey has to be outspoken
to other people that I know is gonna cause a fight.
These things don't need to happen.
It's super uncomfortable.
♪ ♪
- Chris, what about you guys?
- You or me? - You.
- Okay.
When Pastor Cal came,
it was a tough conversation for both of us.
♪ ♪
And we landed on getting divorced.
♪ ♪
I think, at the end of the day, us not being together,
I think, is what leads to
maximum happiness for both of us.
♪ ♪
- I can't say I didn't see it coming
because of the issues that they were having.
But it is a bit of a wake-up call.
You know, as me and my wife
are fresh off of a major issue
and then seeing this unfold in front of us,
it's just sort of a reality check,
knowing that this very well could happen to us
if we don't tighten up and work through our problems.
- I hate the situation that we're in.
I wish it didn't happen.
But yeah, this was super real for me,
so it's hard to talk about.
I know that I tried my best.
♪ ♪
[breathes deeply]
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
♪ ♪
I just wanted this really bad. [sniffles]
♪ ♪
- Alyssa said that she put in the same amount of effort.
I don't think she did.
I put in a lot of effort into my marriage,
so for her to say she made same effort as everybody else,
I don't agree with that.
Chris has put his heart out there.
And I feel so bad for the man.
- I love all of you.
I want to see you go four-for-four.
- Cheers to that.
All: Cheers.
- I mean, I'm surprised that Alyssa
even came on the honeymoon
or stayed there that long, because she was never in it.
But I guess the weather was nicer in Puerto Rico
than it was here in Boston.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[bowling pins clatter]
- You shouldn't have said that. Like, it's awkward.
I feel awkward when you do that.
- Okay, so you don't think
that this woman making eyes and rolling her eyes--
- I think that given your history,
you shouldn't say anything. It's gonna cause an argument.
- Okay, but, Mark, who are you here for?
- You. That's why I said don't do it.
- Okay, what did I do that upset you?
You literally watched this woman act like a child
and roll her eyes and guffaw at me.
- And then you had to jump in and say,
"What are you rolling your eyes for?"
- I said, yeah, "Why are you rolling your eyes?"
- Right, but you know what that's literally gonna do?
That tone is gonna piss her off, and you pissed her off.
- I don't care. - Okay.
- She was already pissed off, based on her eye-rolling.
- But when I tell you when we're together,
it makes me feel uncomfortable when you do that.
Don't do that. - Okay, but you know what,
I don't like to brush things under the rug.
I like direct-- - Okay, well this is a team,
and if you can't get that, this isn't gonna work.
- No, but you know what, I'm being here for you
as a team during all your [bleep] chaos.
♪ ♪
I'm not a team for you
when I put my [bleep] hazmat suit on
and give up a day of work?
I'll hold it. You dump it. - Okay.
- Oh.
What is this?
- Those are "90210" CDs.
- All right, this is gonna be trash.
To help you move out of your chaotic life?
- We're going in the past right now.
- No, no, we're talking about right now.
- Okay, I'm good. I'm good. - You're asking about a team.
That's what I thought. Walk away.
- Okay. Okay. - Call your mom.
See if she can let you in tonight.
- Have another drink.
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
I just can't do this anymore.
[indistinct chatter]
♪ ♪
She can't let things go sometimes.
She can't bury the hatchet on something that happened.
She can't not speak up at times
when I feel like she should walk away from things.
And I don't like this.
This isn't what I want in a wife.
I can't fall in love with that.
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- Hey. - Hey.
Super awkward.
You literally had to jump in
with someone that you had an argument with prior to?
And I'm like, "You know how it makes me feel."
Don't do that [bleep].
- It's a little bit of, like, a impulse control thing.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- You gotta pick and choose your battles.
- Yeah.
- And she picks every one of them.
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- [sighs]
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- She gets like this when she--I don't know,
she has a couple drinks, I feel, too.
It heightens her confidence. - Right.
- And I feel like the whole group
could feel it the whole night.
Like, when she talked, I'm like,
"They're pissed 'cause she won't shut up."
- Did you talk about this with Pastor Cal at all?
- Yeah, Pastor Cal was like,
"Lindsey, your husband can't talk to you.
He's afraid to talk to you."
And it's not that I'm afraid,
but I know it's gonna cause a fight.
- Yeah.
- I feel like I'm in this awkward situation
where I'm trying to get to know her,
but we can't get to know each other.
Like, I can't catch feelings.
I feel like, if she was like, "I'm out," I'd be like, "okay."
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- I think she did--I think she's done a great job
at trying to be very nurturing in so many ways towards me.
But we just have very different personalities.
What do you mean give them away?
- Is that her? - Yeah.
- Oh, wow.
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[laughter]
- Next time on "Married at First Sight"...
- ♪ You need a break from your life ♪
- You work out? - A little bit.
- I can tell. Can I touch? - Yes.
- [smooches]
If there wasn't sushi here, I'd kiss you.
- Do you think you are beginning to fall in love?
- So no, love is not on the table.
[dramatic music]
- Just because we're married,
it doesn't mean it's gonna work.
- I'm telling you to help me. - Calm down.
- I didn't expect it to take a left turn.
- You say to me I say things that make you hurt,
and you say stuff that annoys the [bleep] out of me.
- Okay, well-- - But you're not aware of it.
- Uh-uh. I'm done putting myself second.
Now I'm first. Now you gotta earn me.
- When we talk about a wife level...
- I know, and I--
- I need to see where you are as a woman.
- You know what, I need a break.
It just makes me feel bad.
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