- ♪ Closer to you ♪
- No one's ever gonna want to be around us.
We're never gonna shut up.
- 10 fearless singles
took a brave leap of faith
in order to find love.
They married as complete strangers.
♪ ♪
With less than a week before Decision Day,
our couples enjoyed a retreat with the intention
of strengthening their bonds.
Jasmine and Airris.
- I think I just need for you to keep creating
a safe space for us to continue to grow
our connection and intimacy.
- The fact that both of us are still trying,
hopefully that spark can come with the little bit
of time we have left.
- Gina and Clint.
- I have just fully charged my batteries being out here.
- I think there's no doubt in my mind
that Clint and I have fun together.
And there could be a chance that this marriage
could still build into something.
- Nicole and Chris.
- I really would love us to solidify a plan of what
our lives together will look like after Decision Day
because it is making me a little anxious
and can you at least promise me
that we will figure something out?
- It's been the plan the whole time.
- So yes, you're saying yes.
OK, thank you. - Yeah.
- Kirsten and Shaquille.
- Where do we go from here?
- I'm working to get on the same page.
- Working to get on the same page.
Do you feel like that's possible?
- I know it's possible.
- I just don't want my marriage to feel like a struggle.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Don't stop, don't stop ♪
♪ Come on, move with me ♪
- And tonight, our couples must navigate the reality
of what their lives might look like after Decision Day,
and if their marriage has what it takes to last forever.
- This man, you're attracted to him
but you're questioning everything.
Be patient with this man, for he does have
a lot of growing up to do, but his heart is good.
- He brings this energy that's like this sense
of a bizarre energy.
At first I was like, like it's the crass sense of humor,
like almost like a feeling of secondhand embarrassment.
- To sideline me out of nowhere
with just like this crazy information.
Like, why? What--what was the intent?
- Lord. Like, I don't understand what's going on.
[dramatic music]
- Can I see myself with this woman
for the rest of my life?
Will it last?
- When the process is done, do I still
think I'll feel the same way?
- Why do you want to marry this--
stay married to this loser?
- Sometimes I don't feel that spark.
- Is it me?
- It's like, why are we here?
Do we like each other?
Like, what's going on?
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's all or nothing ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Finally.
- Home sweet home.
- Feels so good to be home.
- I've never been so happy to come to this apartment.
- Oh. Thank you. - Whoa.
You're welcome. - Heyo.
♪ ♪
- Let me just unpack.
- It feels good to be home.
- I know.
I miss the boys, though. - Yeah.
It sucks we didn't make it back in time to get them
but it's all right.
- But it was a worthwhile road trip, right?
We had fun.
- Yeah, it was a fun weekend, for sure.
I enjoyed it.
If I had to go just off this weekend, I don't know.
It's kind of very close, neck and neck
between Airris and Jas and Shaq and Kirsten
making the biggest strides.
- I think-- - I think it's close.
- Jas and Airris have made the biggest.
- Yeah.
- And I always feel like whenever we talk
about who's growing and who's doing well,
we always leave ourselves out.
- Yeah.
- I know that we are doing really well,
but every time we do have-- even if it's a little growth
moment, that's huge for us
because we have grown so much already.
So I definitely saw a little of your competitive side
and you saw my competitive side,
and normally I would have been a sore loser
or not participated.
- Yeah.
- Ugh.
I have flipped a Monopoly board before.
- Have you? - Yeah.
I start to falter a little bit and then
I start to get really angry.
But because of you reminding me, like, this will be fun,
and even if you do lose, it's OK and it's not a big deal.
I will admit, I had fun, even though I didn't win.
And that really showed me that if I'm with you,
I can do anything and make it enjoyable.
So that was a nice moment.
And you didn't pineapple me at all.
I think we should have a code word.
Don't ask me why, the first thing that came into my head
when I thought of this was pineapple.
If you ever feel like "old Nicole" coming out
or I'm just being too much and you're like,
"Hey, Nicole, pineapple."
I'm like, OK.
He's giving me the signal to back off and just relax.
- No, I mean, I agree with that.
And I think it's a good thing too.
- Were there any situations
where you wanted to but you just didn't?
Like I need--I need to know if I was failing at my goal.
- I mean, honestly, speaking of that...
♪ ♪
I've never had to pineapple you.
Like, it's not necessary, because in the beginning,
you're probably like, I might be too much for this guy,
I don't know this guy, like, who knows.
I've been maybe told that I'm too much in the past.
But I've obviously told you you're not.
And I've told you if you get to that point,
like, we'll just talk about it.
So like, rather than using the word,
I think it's more like,
I can just give you a look or kind of like touch you
and you're like, we understand each other.
So I think it'd be a fun idea to just get rid of it.
- OK.
- So--and to kind of show that, I say let's kind of,
do out with the pineapples.
- We're never getting rid of pineapples.
But we can get rid of the safe word.
- I'm talking about the stuff in the apartment.
- We can compromise.
- I do love pineapples myself, but--
- It can go into my office. How about that?
- It can be part of your office.
- They don't need to be part of our marriage.
Is that a fair compromise? - Yeah.
- I can come on strong and be a lot.
And I know some men can be intimidated by that.
All right. - There's two.
- We love you, but you're just going to come to my office.
But my husband doesn't just love me on my good days.
He sees more of the bad days than anything else
and he loves me not in spite of that, but because of that.
I wish more people could feel this way, but it's my feeling
and I'm gonna live in it, and I love him.
I think that's it.
- There's one more.
- No, that's the dog toy.
We're not getting rid of that one.
That is for the dog.
- No, I'll take it back to my place for them
so they have toys when I bring them over there.
So don't worry about it. - OK.
- So I'm not throwing it out, I'll just take it back.
- We can't get rid of the dog's toy.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Ooh, where we go when we are alone ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ ♪
- Well, the weekend is over. [laughs]
- Thanks for making couples retreat just smooth
and welcoming and a lit, fun, turnt-up time.
I appreciate it.
- You left Airris and you came back
Mr. Couples Retreat King.
- Ooh. Can't get enough of that.
- [laughs] - Hi, haters.
- It was real.
- It was real, it was fun, it was real fun.
- Heading into Decision Day.
I think each couple has some things to work on.
- Yeah.
- You know, so everybody makes the proper,
best decision and no regrets.
[soft music]
I feel like everybody's headed on the right path, overall.
So I feel like, just coming back after couples retreat,
having that reset.
It appeared that everybody left like, in good spirits.
- Yeah, to leave better than you came.
- Happy for us.
I'm happy for the group overall.
- Yeah.
- I feel like you've already, like,
shown improvement and made efforts
to like, you know, work on the things that we discussed.
So I just need you to just to continue like, speaking up.
That's when you're the best version of yourself, so.
♪ ♪
What do you need from me to do?
- I feel like just continue to create the safe space for me
so that I can feel OK if you do something,
or just expressing how I'm feeling in general,
whether it has anything to do with you or not,
and trusting that like, you want to hear that
and that you want to listen to me and that you care.
And then just basically us finding different ways
to connect and to like, increase our intimacy.
- Yeah.
I would have no issue.
Like if there were times where like,
you initiated like, a hand grab or a hug or something.
I mean, you already have, so.
- I just want to feel like you want to do those things.
So.
- And I feel like we've started a little bit
and it doesn't feel forced, it doesn't feel like--
you know, like it feels natural.
So I feel like the more and more we do it,
it will just continue to feel natural
because for the longest--
the longer we didn't do it,
it felt awkward to do it, you know?
So. - Yeah.
- Feel like we can just continue to do
those things going forward.
- ♪ Let the magic begin ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat country music]
♪ ♪
- I'm ready for a coffee.
What about you, buddy, huh?
You need that caffeine kick?
Get you a triple espresso.
Things are going really well for me and Gina
right now, just where we are in our relationship,
but it's been maybe a little more slow rolling.
On the other hand, Hank is my boy.
We've got a full-on bromance for sure,
so we have a good connection.
We're a pack.
Hanky.
What do you want?
Do you want something of the fall season?
Yeah.
I would like to get a pumpkin cream cold brew
and then for my furry canine companion
we would like a pup cup.
♪ ♪
Come here, buddy.
You want a pup cup?
Oh, there it is.
Here it is.
Oh, it's so good.
Yes, get it all over your face.
Get it.
Oh, it's so good.
You are all the way in that thing.
Good for you.
Oh, so much drool.
I would hate to hurt Gina's feelings
and say that Hank loves me more,
but he loves me more.
You all jazzed up too?
All hyped up on some whipped cream?
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Oh, is this love, is it right ♪
♪ All I know is what I like ♪
♪ ♪
- How's your day going? - Good. How you doing?
- Happy to see you, brother.
- Happy to see you too.
- Oh, Lord, we have so much catching up to do.
- Yeah. Definitely.
How are you doing?
- I'm doing good. I'm doing good.
You know, Shaquille and I are still on this journey.
- How's it been going? - [sighs]
It's been up and down, honestly.
Like, we've had our good days and we've had other days
where we still try to figure out the communication.
And when we're together, I don't feel like
we're having enough intentional conversations.
- When you say intentional, what do you mean?
- Like, where do we see this marriage going?
Like, what are our plans after this experience is over,
like our living situations?
Like, intentional conversations like that, the real me, like.
- So what do you think gonna happen next?
Without him saying anything, what do you think?
- I'm still a little undecided because I still
don't feel 100%, like, emotionally connected to him.
And then sometimes I also don't feel
like the physical connection is there as well.
Like, I don't feel like we're being affectionate
enough towards each other.
I just don't--
I don't feel like he's trying to win me over.
Like I don't feel like he's that interested
in being in this marriage with me.
♪ ♪
It just feels like we're--
- Disconnected. - Disconnected.
And it feels like we're just living
with each other and existing together.
I feel like he is trying to insert himself
in so many things at one time
that he's gonna miss out on something.
- He gotta keep school over here,
he got to keep his wife right here,
he got to keep his job over there.
Because if you try to put all them things together,
then you really not gonna know.
- So he needs to find balance.
- And that's why it's hard.
Yeah, that's why it's hard for you
to feel secure because he's doing a lot of things
at one time to try to get to where he's going,
which is understandable.
But you got to really learn to separate them things
because you don't want your job and your marriage
going hand in hand, because you start doing stuff
like that, it just, it don't turn out right.
- You lose focus, yeah.
Thank you.
- So do you feel like it's anything you need to fix?
- I mean...
- Do you feel like he's just
the happiest man in the world?
- He said he's happy, but now that we've been together
for a while, I really feel like in order for me
to continue to make him happy, it's like,
make for sure that he's coming around the family
and everything because that's something
that he really wants.
So I can definitely kind of like, step up
and take the initiative.
Make him feel like he's part of our family, because he is.
He married into our family.
So I am gonna have something at the house,
but it'd just be me, you, Mama, and Shaquille,
because we're the only ones that are available.
And I know you don't have much time because you have to work,
so I appreciate you just hop by.
- But I still want to make him--
- Feel welcome. - Make him feel welcome,
make him feel like he family. - Mm-hmm.
And I want to take him by Dad's house soon
because he still hasn't met Daddy yet.
- I know you want to make sure he's the right person
though, when you take him to Daddy.
- [laughs]
- Just like, I'll be whole.
That's like the judge.
- Right.
- That's the judge. You got to make sure.
He got the magic eye, he can see it, he can feel it.
[laughter]
- Yeah.
So we'll see what Daddy says.
But I want to feel it too.
- I feel you.
- I want to feel it.
I'm always like, one foot over the fence and one foot
on the other side of the fence because if we're meant to be,
we're meant to be.
But I also want to feel it.
And right now, I'm not feeling it 100%.
So I don't know.
♪ ♪
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, there's old cars.
That's crazy.
My brother's a life coach, so honestly,
he has a lot of really good insight.
So I wanted to bring Brandon here today
because I thought it'd be a cool place just to kind of
chat about my big decision and how things are going,
but also, kind of just look at some vintage cars,
look at a little bit of blast from the past kind of thing.
[upbeat music]
- This one is quite interesting.
You notice if you look down, it's on two wheels in line.
So it's a little gyroscope in there, it spins up.
Show you guys something else.
- Yeah.
[whirring]
Wow, that's crazy.
- Does it run? Yes.
Is it practical?
No, not really. [laughter]
♪ ♪
- Oh, man.
- Pretty cool place. - Yeah.
Yeah, I appreciate you taking the time to come here.
Obviously big day's coming up for me.
Decision Day is coming really quick.
It's kind of crazy that it's already almost here.
- Yeah, it flew by.
Are you excited?
- Yeah, no, I'm real excited.
It's been a journey.
I feel really good about like, where me and Nicole are at.
We get along really well.
We've had like little bumps here and there,
but nothing major.
- It seems like you guys have really
come together and created an understanding
between each other, and that's only
gonna continue to develop.
- I mean, you know, she does have kind of a bit of a more
intense personality than I do, but like,
we balance each other out.
Like when she gets kind of ahead of herself
and going a mile a minute, like, I'm able to kind of--
- Re-center.
- Re-center her, calm her down a little bit, and like be like,
hey, give her a different perspective on stuff.
- So is there like-- is there anything you can
think of that you feel like she could do better at this stage?
- Before we said we loved each other,
she was like, questioning our relationship and the aspect
of like, well, you know, I'm going through some stuff,
I'm resolving stuff and if you're not planning
on being here to like--
through that to help, let me know now, kind of thing.
But yeah, I mean and then she also, you know, she does.
She's a very self-critical of herself at times,
like her body image and stuff and she doesn't need to be.
So I always try to tell her how beautiful she is
and things like that.
So she's working on that stuff but she's
gotten better at it like--
- Kind of like, put her guard down, basically.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
It's kind of mind blowing to think
like how much your life has changed in such
a short, short time, right?
[laughs] - Yeah. Yeah, no.
I mean, it really has been.
Like, I mean literally two months ago, I was single,
didn't even have a girlfriend.
And now I'm married and I'm just--
when looking into Decision Day,
I'm just thinking, like,
can I see myself with this woman for the rest of my life?
What is that--what is life after this process
gonna look like?
Like, is this what the happiness is now,
but will it last?
And if it doesn't, it would literally--
it'd be heartbreaking-- it really would,
because like, we've put in so much work
and we've done so much together that like, I just--
I don't know.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Feeling confident ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Anything, I'ma keep rock, rock, I'ma keep ♪
♪ Rockin' it confident ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Anything, I'ma keep rockin' it confident ♪
- How's married life treating you?
- Dude, we're-- we're still married.
- Yeah? - We're still married.
We're having fun.
We're having a good time.
- No--no moves made yet or--
- No moves.
- So it's not vice versa either?
She hasn't tried to put a move on--
- No, like, I grazed her butt once.
I was like, oh, my God, I'm so sorry.
She's like, you don't have to be apologetic.
- Right, right.
- You know, the other things are like strong,
and they're nice.
You know, it's stronger than a lot
of the other relationships I've had.
- Yeah.
- She's trying to get out of that work focus
where like, that's her sole focus in life.
And so she's adaptable, she's moldable and to like
see that potential.
- Yeah, that's good.
I am surprised that Clint and Gina are not--
they're not attracted to each other.
I think Clint's a good-looking dude
and I think Gina is a good-looking girl.
Me and Gina are both entrepreneurs, hard workers,
goal-oriented, not these big partiers
and I think we're both attracted--or like,
I'm pretty sure she found me attractive
and I clearly think she's attractive.
So yeah, I wish maybe me and Gina would have
been matched over me and Dom.
If she wasn't married, yeah, maybe we'd go on a date.
Who knows?
- So what about you, dude?
You dating, you getting out there?
- Yeah, I've been doing a little dating.
- Anybody special?
- No, not really.
A couple--I've only gone on a couple of dates,
but yeah, just playing the--
- Playing the field.
- I didn't want to say play the field.
- Play the field.
- I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
I would love your perspective.
But I knew Dom for 14 days, and we didn't--
I thought we had a connection and then
clearly we didn't, so you know,
I came into this looking for love.
So I don't see the point of holding back and waiting
any longer than I need to. - Yeah, of course not.
I mean, it's like, why would you
deprive yourself of the opportunity
of meeting the right person?
- Yeah.
- So you've got to get out there
and you've got to keep moving, right?
You've got to keep pushing.
- Yeah, so it's been going.
It feels good to get back out there
and hopefully I find the one.
We'll see.
- You're walking away with a different perspective.
- Oh, for sure.
- You know, you've learned a couple of things.
- Yeah.
- You've been exposed to marriage.
Like you can say, "I've been married.
I was a married man."
So yeah, dude, I think you'll be fine.
- Yeah.
I'm looking forward to the future.
So.
Couldn't be more excited.
I guess you don't know yet, because you still
have Decision Day coming,
but how do you see your future going
and what's your next step here?
- We got a lot of sailing regattas that are coming up.
Take some time off and-- - Awesome.
- Yeah, just-- - That's how I picture you.
- Taking in life, you know, and if that has Gina
in that picture, then great.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- What up, brother? How's the wife?
- All is good.
Waiting around for the baby, the princess.
- Oh.
- How is your wife?
How are you and your wife?
How are you, like, mentally?
- Mentally out of 10,
I would say kind of like 6, 7.
I'm still trying to balance our marriage, school, work,
and making sure that, you know, I'm showing up in,
you know, my best self and my most authentic self.
- I know y'all still have Decision Day, right?
How far are y'all out from that?
- We're a few days out.
But even with that, it's like, it's kind of like,
where are we in our marriage?
And it's kind of like a tricky place,
because we honestly just been trying to vibe
and show up for each other and everything else.
And I always say, like, we're growing,
but are we growing together?
- So y'all basically just
going through the growing pains?
- Just going through the growing pains.
And I was like, you know, when is it
gonna be a time to where like,
the vines just connect and then we just start, like,
growing together, you know?
- I mean, in a perfect world, that takes place
like, on a fast timeline.
But in reality, I mean, you know,
that's a lifelong journey.
So I just tell you to be patient.
But so how was the family?
Because that's big too.
Like, so have you been talking--
have y'all been FaceTiming the family back home?
- Like, we talk to my family often.
You know, like, I have the phone on speaker
and we all having like one conversation.
Anybody in my family I'm talking to, I try to like,
include Kirsten in the conversation.
But honestly, like, I haven't met her dad.
- So it's been kind of like closed off?
- For me, that's been a huge part
because like, I want to understand
the family aspect because ultimately,
like, I do want a family.
- Yeah.
- Can you see me being around your family
without you around?
Can you see us having kids and, you know,
me dropping the kids off to your parents' house?
You know, I just want to feel included in Kirsten's life.
- Yeah.
It's gonna be tough.
♪ ♪
- ♪ My eyes on the prize, I'm not letting go ♪
♪ The others can try ♪
♪ I've got this for sure ♪
♪ ♪
- Hi.
- Hey.
My name's Cherry.
- Jasmine. - Gina.
- Hi.
How's it going?
Are you ready to learn how to pole dance?
- We are ready. - Yes.
- OK. - Born ready.
- I didn't bring shoes like that.
- OK.
- I feel like for me and Gina throughout this process,
you know, our husbands have not been attracted to us.
So I was just like, let's get our sexy back.
Like, let's not worry about, you know,
the things they're saying.
Let's do something that's sexy to us
and makes ourselves feel good.
- So you're gonna have your dominant hand
high on the pole, and then you're just going to walk.
With that second hand you can go up your body,
go through your hair.
- Yes, Gina.
- We're gonna body roll.
So you're gonna go head, chest, forward.
- OK.
- And then wiggle your heels in and out.
- Oh, oh. - Clap it.
- Clap it a little bit.
- I see that booty in the mirror.
[laughter]
- So then to add some spin, left leg up high,
and then we'll jump towards the leg we have picked up.
♪ ♪
Yeah!
And here, we're in the perfect position
to twerk it out.
- Okay, sis. - [laughs]
- At the end of the day as a wife,
like, you want to feel sexy.
And so at this point, I'm open to anything.
[laughs]
- Do we want to go over everything
you've learned again? - Yes.
- Yeah. - We'll start with the walks.
Two, three, then body roll.
[music playing]
Circle, circle.
Yeah.
Got it.
- ♪ On a big jet overseas, let's get higher ♪
♪ Let's go spend this money ♪
♪ 'Cause we got too much of it ♪
♪ Boy, we gonna spend this money ♪
♪ Let's go get some rides, a house and designers ♪
♪ When are we gonna spend this money ♪
♪ 'Cause we got too much of it ♪
- Bravo. [laughter]
I heard Jasmine was doing a little pole dancing class
and I thought it'd be a good idea to surprise her.
- So I'm gonna go. You can...
- Get out of here.
- Let your wifey twerk a little bit for you.
- I've never seen Jasmine in this light, in this element.
Take it from the top.
- Here we go.
- ♪ It's my time ♪
♪ And I'm taking my shot ♪
- I knew she could dance, you know, obviously
from her cheer background.
But just like, seeing her on a pole, like, you know,
it's pretty sexy.
- ♪ Dreaming ♪
♪ Dreaming ♪
♪ It's my time and I'm taking my shot ♪
♪ I'ma fly, give it all that I got ♪
♪ If I'm gonna dream, then I'm gonna ♪
♪ Dreaming, dreaming ♪
♪ ♪
- You got to have a certification to be a stripper
or you just start, you just show up to the club?
- I don't know the stripper qualifications.
- You ain't trying to find out?
You look like you had such a good time.
We'll get one for the house.
- A pole for the house?
- Yeah.
- ♪ Rock this boat ♪
- ♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
- What are you doing over there?
- We are having breakfast.
- Oh, really?
- What's up?
- You really trying to fluff me up, right?
You know I've gained weight.
- No, I just want to make sure that you're eating.
- How can I jump in and help you?
- Um, we can make cinnamon pancakes.
♪ ♪
- I'm only gonna eat one pancake
because I had chicken and waffles earlier.
- Oh.
- I had a good talk with my brother.
We were just talking about you and I and Decision Day
and he was like, just making for sure that we're talking
through things and having the conversations
and spending the time that we need to.
- You ready to put it in the skillet?
- Yeah.
I'm inviting my family over.
- Here?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
That's dope.
- We can hang out and have some family time together.
- Why do you think it's taken a while to like--
that moment to happen, though?
- Because people are working, and it's always like,
hit or miss.
- But for me, like, I'm the person
that say people make time for what
they want to make time for. - I agree.
- And it's like, is it important to you,
is it important to them to actually like,
want to meet me, because I am like,
a part of their family now.
So it's kind of like, is it me, like,
or is it them like trying to hold back, or is it you?
So it's like, for me, like understanding like,
the biggest--
- No, that's it, it's just the scheduling.
- So the scheduling been a problem
for like, two months now?
- Yeah, it has.
- That's what we'll go with.
The scheduling.
- Yeah.
- It's kind of really weird.
I don't know if it's not enough communication or a lack
of communication and what it may be with her family,
but it's kind of weird to know like,
if she's been asking for them to just stop by,
just to check up on us to see how we're doing
in our marriage for months,
do her family just really not support her?
And I guess I never been through that
because my family always just show up
and support whenever the case might be.
But for her family not to show up and support her when she
asked them in her time of need for something that she
really needs, and they don't,
it's like, oh.
If there's a hesitation of, well,
I don't know if we're going to be together
Decision Day or afterwards, like, if that's the case,
that's cool with me too.
- If that was the case, I would just say that.
Now that really isn't the case anymore.
But I was telling my brother,
sometimes I just want you to make me feel...
Like you like me, basically.
[tense music]
Sometimes I don't feel that spark.
Like, and I don't have that affection sometimes.
Like, when you come home, I don't feel
like you're happy to be here.
Sometimes you don't talk and I'm like,
I just don't get that feeling.
♪ ♪
Sometimes I just don't feel like we're connected.
Sometimes I feel like we're in the same room,
just existing there, and not even talking
or touching each other.
That's weird to me.
♪ ♪
It's like, why we here?
Do we like each other?
Like, what's going on?
- We never had a conversation about it.
I didn't know you felt like that.
- Yeah.
Well, I'm telling you now
so we can work on it.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Blindfolds. - Not blindfolds.
- Now that Jasmine and Airris are finally in a place
where they're opening up to intimacy in their marriage,
we've sent them a surprise to help them ignite
that spark that's starting to grow.
- Handcuffs, no keys.
- [laughs]
That's a massager.
- I don't know what feathers are supposed to do.
- It's just kind of like a--
like a soft touch.
- OK, I guess that's--
- Nobody ever rubbed you with feather before?
- No, but it's a whole world out there.
I mean, might do something to somebody.
- See, it's like a--
like a tickle.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
That tickle?
♪ ♪
Does it tickle?
- It's probably like certain areas
that are more sensitive than others.
Like, I'm sure a feather on the gooch
will probably feel sensational.
- All right, Airris.
- Oh, you know what is good too?
- What? - Put the blindfold on.
So the next pageant you in when they got you wearing heels
all day, you can just come home and just
get a nice foot massage.
♪ ♪
- You're pretty good at foot massages.
♪ ♪
You got all the pressure points.
- Mm-hmm. - You know.
♪ ♪
- I guess we can try the handcuffs.
- OK.
I'll do this on your back.
[soft music]
- ♪ We dreamed about this day ♪
♪ In times before ♪
- Just relax.
- Mm-hmm.
I could get used to this.
♪ ♪
Thank you so much.
Would you ever be like, a dominatrix?
- I don't think I'm opposed to it.
But I'm not trying to like--
- You ain't trying to punch nobody.
- No, no, no.
- Like, if I was just like, slap me.
- I don't think you want to be slapped.
- I mean, I don't know.
I might get slapped and I might be like, ooh.
They might come back, you have a mask on,
I'll be chained up to the wall or something.
This might be the beginning of it.
Come on, let's just try it real quick.
On the count of three.
Ready, let me--hold on, let me psych myself up for it.
All right. Come on, Come on.
- Oh, my goodness.
OK, count me down.
- One, two.
Harder!
Come on.
Is that all you got?
You're trying to turn me on.
- I don't know if you want a hard--
- Slap me harder. Slap me harder.
One, two, three.
Oh, yeah. Harder, a little bit harder.
- Hard than that? - Yeah, harder than that.
Come on.
You got to look at me sensual, and then slap me.
Come on. - Oh, damn.
- One, two, three.
OK, we got something. We got something.
- Is that better?
- We're working with something.
I do consider myself a sexual person
and that was one of the things I was excited about
coming in the marriage is like, you know,
they ask me like, what is married sex like?
And I don't know, but it's something I'm excited about,
looking forward to.
And I do feel like there's a sexual, intimate energy
shift that's slowly starting.
So, you know, who knows what will happen?
- ♪ Everybody needs somebody to love ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[video call ringing]
- There he is.
- I won't take up too much of your time
because I know, you know--
- My time is your time.
Whatever time you need you have.
I got to go. I'll see you later.
- Yeah.
No, I just I wanted to talk to you,
chit chat a little because Decision Day
is coming up in a few days.
- What can I possibly say?
Because this is your decision to make.
- I know.
- You make a decision, you make it right.
I'll support whatever decision you make unless I thought
he was a total loser, and then I'd be like,
why do you want to marry this--
stay married to this loser?
He's absolutely not a loser,
and he's not a serial killer.
So we have him-- - There you go.
I don't want to make a decision
based on how I feel in this moment.
I need to make a decision based on how I've felt
this entire time, how I feel about me and Chris
and what our future looks like, because if I say yes,
it's because I think this is the man I'm spending
the rest of my life with.
- He seems to be stable, pragmatic, intelligent,
emotionally stable, which is two words
you don't usually use for men.
Plus it's clearly working for you two.
So I'm supportive of you two.
I'm supportive of him with you, because Lord knows,
he needs support, and I'm supportive of you with him.
- I feel really good about him and our future together.
Honestly, our living situation which we still
need to confirm and finalize is the one thing that's really
stressing me out the most.
It's like, how can we be a proper married couple
with no plan to live together?
- Living separately is not a good thing because
you take a step backwards.
- Like him being so chill about it is a little frustrating
because like, OK, you keep saying it's going to get done,
but how do we take the steps to get it done?
I would love, by Decision Day, even if we don't have
our situation finalized, we at least have
a better idea than just, it'll work out because
it's going to work out is not enough for me
to have an emphatic, 100% yes.
- I mean, you're gonna do this, do it.
If you don't want to do it, don't do it.
But if you're gonna kind of do it, you're not doing it.
That's what I said, 99% commitment
is 100% uncommitted.
You're either gonna do it or you don't.
There's no, well, we might do it.
We'll just have to see how it works out.
- ♪ This was never your time ♪
- ♪ Shout it out ♪
♪ When you're on ♪
♪ If you wanna sing along ♪
♪ Everyone, let me hear you say ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
- Hey, hey. - What's up?
How you doing? - Good.
- Good, good. What's going on, man?
- Clint, Marlon. - Marlon.
Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, man.
- For sure. For sure.
- Thanks for coming in to do this.
- For sure. Thank you guys for having me.
Go ahead and get you right here, man.
- Oh, man. - Are you nervous?
- I'm strapping in.
I feel like I'm getting ready to like
get out of the Earth orbit.
- Whatever, you live on adrenaline.
- Taking it off.
- I'm about to get slayed by a professional.
- For the first time in how long?
- This dome piece has not seen
the scissors of another in eight years.
I'm a big time outdoors guy. - OK.
- So I sail, I hike, camp, all that stuff.
So I like the length just because it's easy for me
to maintain. I don't have to put anything--
I don't put anything in it, right,
but I'm not opposed to doing something stylish.
- OK.
- So--and Gina's been like,
you're getting a damn haircut.
So.
- Do you like the length on it?
- Yeah, I think the length looks good.
I mean, I think it could go either way.
So it kind of just depends on what you're comfortable with.
- I don't know. - What do you think?
- Will you still love him if he cuts it all off?
- Either way. [laughter]
- All right.
I got you.
Cool.
- Clint's been his own stylist for eight years.
It's like baby's first haircut, you know?
- OK, gotcha.
You're gonna sit still, right? [laughter]
- I'm fully confident that Marlon
is gonna cut your hair better than you.
- Well, I feel better that you feel good about it.
- I wouldn't lead you astray.
- OK, all right.
Let's do this thing.
- We're going to go from Jesus to Bradley Cooper.
- Ooh, I love it. - Let's run it.
- ♪ Uh-huh, living on my own accord ♪
♪ Living out dreams and more ♪
♪ This that life I chose ♪
♪ Now, before I go, yeah ♪
- Oh, that's already looking so much better.
Not that it was bad.
I commend your work, Clint, but sometimes
it's just a professional eye.
- I was just a DIY-er.
- You're going to feel so much better with it
not like, thick at your neck.
I bet it's hot.
- It's good for the winter.
- He's a mountain man.
- It's like Hank's fur.
- Something a little lighter.
- Yeah, it's definitely lighter.
I think I lost 10 pounds off my head.
- No gym required.
- It's definitely shorter.
Don't kill me. - [laughs]
- Rough but clean?
Purposely rugged.
- That's it.
Fresh out the box.
- All right, man.
Gina, get your opinion on it.
Let me know what you think.
How is that?
- Look at that. - Yeah.
- Fresh. - Yeah.
A lot cleaner. - Rugged.
- Yeah.
Looks good. - I love it.
- Dude, nice. - Nice.
- Looks good.
- He's got some swag, he's looking good.
So I don't know if we're at the point of that
leading on to anything.
But, you know honestly, that might be
what I've been missing this entire marriage.
♪ ♪
I don't know.
- I might have a whole new swag now.
- Oh.
The King of Swag has arrived.
- Sultan of Swag.
- The Sultan of Swag.
- I love it. Love it.
- ♪ Have my own back ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- When I was younger, we used to go to my grandma's house
every weekend so we would go to church with her.
And then we used to be in the kids choir.
We used to have to go up there and sing--
- You probably sung your heart out.
- Mm-hmm. [laughs]
- Kirsten and I are very strong-minded individuals,
and I think we both have high expectations.
So I think it's important to make sure that we are being
intentional about our faith as well,
making sure that God is directing our path,
that we are making decisions that
are according to God's word
and just keeping our faith first.
♪ ♪
If I go to church every Sunday, every Bible study, I would.
When I was growing up, we always went to church.
Like, we lived by the church.
So it's kind of like, when I went to college,
I always went to church.
Like, it wasn't the thing to where
someone had to make me do.
And you know, I definitely want church to be like,
a safe haven for us.
Like even if like, you don't feel like going, I don't feel
like going, like, we kind of like, push ourselves to be
like, we need to go together.
- Like, I definitely make for sure
we attend church together, because that's important to me
and that's something that I want for our marriage
going forward, you know?
Because it is very important to have this spiritual connection
with you because I feel like that
can help us to be strong together.
- Definitely the foundation. - Mm-hmm.
- Even like this marriage, I've been praying
like that he just lead us in the right direction
and order our steps.
And I know it's been--at times, it's been challenging.
But I know, like, I've been definitely tapping
into my faith to say like, Lord, like, I don't
understand what's going on.
I may not understand what you're
doing but I will continue on this path
of life of where you want me to go, to guide me
and to lead me.
- I mean, I pray daily for the both of us,
you know, for this marriage and we also
have to be mindful that God, you know, will watch over us
and he will guide us.
But we also have to put in the work as well.
- And just continue to grow.
- Amen to that.
Amen to that.
[sighs]
Fix it, Lord.
Let it all be done in your will.
♪ Hallelujah ♪
[chuckles]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[chimes clinking]
- Hi there. - Hi.
- How are you? - Good.
- Good.
My name is Jennifer Green.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- And I'm happy to do your readings.
- Thank you.
- It's just been an emotional roller coaster
of just really trying to figure out
if he likes me, if he doesn't.
He's been very hot and cold throughout this whole process
but our relationship in this moment is in a good place.
And so I brought Airris here today with the medium
just because I wanted to put him in the environment
to where he could possibly connect with some loved ones.
And I just thought it would be another
great first experience for us.
- Have either one of you had readings before?
- No. I haven't. - No.
- No? - First time.
- I want you to sign me your name.
Full name.
I've done this for a long time,
and I've only seen this two other times.
- Two other times? - Yes.
The way how your signature is. - Oh.
- How your A-- Airris, just with the energy
of your handwriting, your spirit has
a strong energy of confident
and it's destined to be a statement.
A statement wherever you're at.
Where your name is strong, your last name and energy
becomes a little bit confusing and weak.
So this tells me that you're still finding out
and discovering who you are.
Now Jasmine, from your name, the first initial J,
strong, powerful.
I know who I am, I know what I'm doing and I'm confident.
But you question yourself so much
and you carry a lot of fear on you.
There's a lot of fear in what you're doing.
Fear of a mistake, fear of regret,
fear of not--fear of failing.
This is a time decisions are made.
So in both of your readings, decisions are being made.
And this is inside your cards.
So this shows your spirit that you have begin something
that you almost went in, almost like a fool,
very blinded, without much knowledge.
- Mm-hmm. - And your spirit has--
your spirit's been holding a lot of guard up
to watch over your heart chakra.
- I am very fearful of making a wrong choice
or, you know, making a mistake or something like that, so.
- First energy shows me that this man that you sit next to
truly wishes you well.
Wholeheartedly, unconditionally,
wishes you well.
And it tells me he's a man of his word.
There is a good connection here.
♪ ♪
Airris, first energy I feel is a strong presence of female,
very, very motherly.
This woman is--she is, looks like she's in the kitchen,
maybe you look five or six.
She doesn't see you as a grown up, she sees you as a child.
You carry favorite child energy on you.
And she has you sitting in a chair and she's
bringing you a plate of food and she's
kissing you on your head.
Who is this female?
- My great-grandmother.
- She loves you and she's proud of you.
And she says she wants you to settle down
and it's time to have children.
She wants to see you settled.
She's worried about you
and she likes Jasmine very much.
And I hear, "She's the first girl that I like."
- [chuckles]
- And she likes you because you have old-fashioned energy.
You have an old soul.
And that's a good energy. - Yeah.
- That's good.
Relax your hand for me.
Let me see your hands for me, Jasmine.
Spirit wants you to note that your energy, your reading,
now is a time for your eyes to be on yourself.
For too long, you lived for everyone else.
For too long, you lived in the eyes of others.
This man--this man, you're attracted to him,
but you're questioning everything.
Be patient with this man, for he does
have a lot of growing up to do, but his heart is good.
♪ ♪
- You come into this process and you know
like, what you want.
And then you have to kind of come to terms with what it is.
And I'm afraid that, you know, I could want something so bad
that's maybe not for me or think it's not for me
and then regret it later.
You know, so yeah, I'm definitely
fearful of making the wrong choice on Decision Day.
- And both of you have a very good chance, high level energy
to stay together, but the both of you
got to get out of your uncomfortable energies
and get out of everyone else's head.
Make the decision from the heart,
because something like this doesn't happen every day.
- ♪ Breathing ♪
♪ Keep breathing ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Don't forget to call your mom.
- I know, I'm about to call her right now.
[line ringing]
Hey, when you come, park on P3.
♪ ♪
We'll see you in just a second.
I wish my brother was able to come today,
but he's working.
He wasn't able to push his schedule back to come.
- Oh.
He got to make his money.
- Yeah.
I have a working family.
I'm glad we all get to spend a little time together.
Even though it's just the three of us.
- Miss V is enough energy herself.
♪ ♪
I'm excited to see her.
- I thought I heard her in the hallway.
[line ringing]
- Let me see if she here.
- She's in a black car.
♪ ♪
I have a headache, and I need to eat.
I don't want to be hangry.
♪ ♪
- I found her.
- Hi, Mama.
I'm glad you made it.
How are you doing? - I'm well. How are you?
- Kirsten has planned a family dinner with her family and I,
and it's kind of really weird because
the only person that showed up was her mom.
But hey, we're here.
And at this point, this is what it is.
♪ ♪
- How are you?
- I'm doing well. - Yeah?
How's work?
- Work is good.
I love my job.
I love the people I work with.
The students, great leadership.
It's really good.
- Schoolyear going good?
- Oh, yeah.
It's our largest freshman class,
so it's a lot of people.
Largest enrollment in history.
- I'm glad that you are having a wonderful schoolyear.
How's the marriage going?
- You can go, or you want me?
I can be open and honest with saying like, you know,
like, I ain't my best self right now, like.
- OK.
- I definitely told Kirsten from the beginning
it was like, I saw she had guards up.
Like, I saw it.
I felt it.
It was like, you know, let me help you
take down these bricks one by one, like,
how can I help?
And then it was like, OK, they're starting to come down,
I'm starting to seeing light through the wall.
Like, it felt good.
But then to be here now it's kind of like--
well, is my walls up?
Did I put up walls?
Like did I use her bricks that I was taking down
to build up my wall?
- The transference.
- Yeah, like we transferring the bricks to each other.
Like, I understand Kirsten wants more quality time,
more conversation.
But even in that, I like I feel like I do it.
But sometimes it may not be, I feel like, enough.
[tense music]
- I understand.
- But at the same time, I just want him to feel happy
when he's walking in, like happy to see me,
happy that he's coming home, like not being stressed out
and overwhelmed.
Like, I don't want us to just be existing together.
Like, I want the both of us to be happy.
I feel like that's what will ultimately
make us fall in love whenever that time comes.
♪ ♪
- When it's that moment that we just intertwine
with each other to say like, now we are growing,
other than growing separately.
- Words of wisdom to you all.
Let the expectations down.
Let those go.
Well, I wanted him to do it like this--he's not.
I wanted her to say it like this--she's not.
It's not happening.
And it's OK.
You expect, you're always gonna be let down.
Sorry.
You get caught up in that and you miss out on really living.
- Yeah.
- Take the wall down.
Pull the shade up, whichever way you want to look at it
and enjoy each other.
Relax, laugh, smile, breathe.
You know?
That's where the love grows from.
Living, not expecting.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ This is our time now ♪
♪ Don't you dare look back ♪
[knock on door] [dog barking]
- OK. All right. - Hey.
- Hi, there.
- Hi.
- Hello, there.
- How are you?
- Hi, Hank.
- With Decision Day less than one week away,
Pepper and I have decided to visit Gina and Clint,
who are struggling the most.
We want to make sure we discuss our concerns,
as well as help them navigate what they feel is holding them
back, to hopefully get them on the right track
before Decision Day.
Good to see you guys.
You guys look great. - Thank you.
- Thanks.
- I know you got a haircut, and are you happy with it?
- Yeah, I think it's great.
Just had--just had it done, so I haven't
had time to really adjust.
But I mean, it's not--
- He said he feels lighter. - Yeah, lighter.
- You feel lighter? - Yeah.
- Yeah. I mean,
the hair's got some weight, man.
- Imagine if you cut that. - Oh. Yeah.
- Be a different person.
- I might float away.
- You might-- - [laughs]
- The reason we're here is, of course,
because we're less than a week away from Decision Day.
But also because it's kind of a moment
to talk about accountability and responsibility.
So I do, in fact, want to know what you've done to be more
intentional about what you do.
- We did my birthday, so that was one of the special things
that was nice for me.
- So let me ask you about the other things
that I've asked you to do. - Yeah.
- There's movies that I think are emotionally moving.
Did you ever see "Driving Miss Daisy"?
- Yeah.
- Or of "The Art of Racing in the Rain."
- I love that.
- Did you see the movies?
- Nope. - No. Did not see the movies.
- So what was I doing here last week?
I mean, honestly, guys.
I mean, you agreed.
So why not?
Why not?
- Yeah, I think it's just a time thing.
We went on the couples retreat like right after.
- I guarantee you if I said, I've got $3,000 for you
to pick up, somewhere you would have found the time.
- Yeah, probably. Yeah.
I think that's a fair statement.
- I want things that will be more on the emotional side
since you guys are highly rational,
which is a good thing, except that here,
I'm hoping for some emotion.
If you do these things and you are unchanged by them,
so be it, you know.
But I really want you to do them.
Please?
- Yeah, yeah.
I mean, we're not anti.
We want to do things that can encourage and invoke
maybe a different side of the relationship
that we haven't been able to tap into.
But it's just been crazy.
It's been a crazy week.
- Looking at you guys, looking at your body language,
you guys look like you're comfortable
and you're comfortable with each other.
- Oh, yeah.
- How would you describe where you are right now?
- I know personally for me,
my feelings just haven't gotten there.
So they haven't progressed past friendship for me.
And we've been spending quality time, like,
and we're doing all the things that should spark that.
- At the wedding, if I remember it correctly,
there was a lot of touching, there was kissing,
was that real?
- I would probably say it just was more in the moment.
Looking back, I think that we are in the mix of something,
but I don't think it was ever a point
that it was like a physical draw.
- Yeah, I think it was like kind of the expectation, right?
There's just so much weight on you.
- "Oh, it's your wedding."
- Yeah, and there's so many people that came in town,
and it's just, that's what people expect.
You know, when you go to a wedding, that's what you see.
- But did you do that for their expectations
or were you feeling some--
- I think both.
I mean, some of it was kind of like out of body experience,
and you know, so it's like kind of going
through some of the motions.
But together our thoughts after the fact,
I think like, what do you do, what's your passions,
what are the things you want out of life,
like just the normal stuff that you would do
when you're courting somebody.
- I know you, Gina, you were like,
let me try to make the best out of this at the wedding.
- I have the tendency to look at things consistently
with like a positive mindset.
But other than us just being able to have
personable conversation and agree on business
and like, support each other in that way,
I mean, to me, that's legitimately been it.
- So then what you guys want out of life--
they're not compatible?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
- So then, what you guys want out of life are--
they're not compatible.
- I mean, there's definitely lines
that blend into each other.
And then there's lines that deviate.
- Yeah.
But I mean, that's normal for any couple.
- Yeah. Yeah.
I'm not saying like, there's direct alignment and all that.
But yeah, I mean, there's also some,
like--we're both very business-oriented,
successful in our own rights, like, driven people.
So I think there's a lot of commonality there.
We have a ton of commonality, like no doubt.
- Absolutely, yeah. - No doubt.
That's not the problem.
- What is the problem?
- It's that physical aspect, like,
we don't have that yearn to want to get romantic
with each other.
And that's the stopgap.
♪ ♪
- You agree? - Yeah.
I think I agree with that. - Why do you think?
- The physical attraction wasn't there in the beginning
and I feel like, we talked about like,
some personality stuff too that I just feel like has been
a little bit of a mismatch.
- For instance?
- I think that Clint's personality is
like outrageous and wild and fun
and he's the life of the party, and everyone is like,
consistently laughing and he brings this energy
that's like this sense of a bizarre energy
that I've grown to love about him.
At first I was like, like it's the crass sense of humor,
like, almost like a feeling of secondhand embarrassment,
which sounds terrible to say, but for me,
you could be the one that everyone's like laughing at
and you're the life of the party,
but it's not someone that you like, are attracted to.
So I think that's one thing.
And then, I don't know, through this whole process,
I don't think there's ever been a time
that I really felt like a wife.
I don't know if I was waiting for that initiative of like,
someone that wants to treat you like a wife or someone that
wants to like, go the extra mile to prove,
but like I said, we've always felt like friends,
so why would he want to do that?
- But if he had?
- I don't--I don't know.
I mean, I've questioned it. I don't--
- Yeah.
- Or like, just the act of pursuing at all.
Like I never felt like any act of pursuing, whatsoever.
- What do you think?
- I don't know.
I don't know.
I mean, have I taken on the full duties
and responsibilities that I feel like a husband would?
- And what are those duties, like...
I mean, I don't-- I mean, I don't know.
I'm not a husband.
So if you guys could give examples.
- I mean, you know like, I try to do thoughtful things
for her, you know, like cook dinners,
I try to incorporate her in that.
- Don't take this wrong way, but a lot of the cooking
is for Clint. So like--
- He enjoys it. - I don't know. Yeah.
I don't know that it's necessarily like,
I'm doing this for Gina.
Like, I'm cooking this meal for Gina.
- There it is.
- Like, this is-- I'm cooking this
because I watch cooking shows, I love to cook
and I love to present and I love to cook for everyone.
So to me, it was never like--
I appreciate your cooking, I love it,
but that wasn't something like, I think at the end of the day,
like, I'm going to make this meal
specifically for Gina because she loves,
you know what I mean?
- I see what she's saying, but what I'm wondering is,
what could he have done which would have made you feel
like, I see Gina and this is what she--
she would really like.
- That's the thing is that I'm not really sure of that.
I just don't know that there really ever was
intentionality as a husband.
It was intentionality as anyone that you care for,
the same that you would do for Airris or Chris
or me or Nicole or anyone.
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- How did this just come up?
Why? What--what was the intent?
I'll take onus where onus is due.
I did not act in full capacity like a husband
like I could have, and that's on me.
And I'll wear that, and that's on me.
But to sideline me out of nowhere
with just like, this crazy information.
Like, we're at the end of this and then all of a sudden
you're like, Clint's this, Clint's that, he's weird,
he's creepy, he's crazy.
Like, whoa.
Very interesting.
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♪ Or are they just pretty little lies ♪
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♪ Little lies ♪
- ♪ Let's come together ♪
- Next time on "Married at First Sight"...
- ♪ Let's make love last forever ♪
- To be happy.
- What a ride.
- ♪ Let's come together ♪
- Oh, look at that.
- Every fantasy I've had about being in love,
this is what those fantasies were about.
- For me, I do want to be a wife.
- He was like saying, I think things
could change after Decision Day.
Like, it'll get better.
We can grow our intimacy.
- Like, if we can't make that decision yet,
is it because we don't feel like
we're ready to live together?
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- So can you see yourself maybe single again?
- I feel like things will get better.
But you know, it's up to you to believe me.
- I'm still unsure, I guess.
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- Hearing things. - [laughs]
- What is going on?
- I slid in Gina's DMs.
- I was caught completely off guard.
Just blindsided.
- I got like rescues and [bleep] veterans
and all of the stuff I've trained.
- Do I like the attention?
Of course I like the attention.
- I gotta say, this outside.
- What's outside? - 740.
- Oh, the 740. - Let's go.
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