- ♪ Yeah, I'm going after you ♪
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- Ten singles risked it all to find love.
[people cheering]
They married as total strangers.
- ♪ Sunshine, baby ♪
♪ ♪
- I would like a divorce.
- With Dom and Mac already choosing divorce,
our four final couples were confronted
with making the biggest decision of their lives.
- I just can't imagine life without you,
and I don't want to ever know
what life without you would be like.
So I would love to stay married to you.
- I love you fully,
and I would love to stay married to you as well.
♪ ♪
- I just don't feel like I'm the husband
that would be deserving of either of us.
So I think it would be best to get a divorce.
- I would agree that I think it's best for us
to get a divorce.
♪ ♪
- I know the wants and desires of my heart,
and I feel like in this marriage,
that's not what we've come to.
So, for those reasons, I would want to get a divorce.
- I'm glad to have gone through this with you.
But, ultimately, you know, I would like a divorce as well.
♪ ♪
- You've shown support.
You know, just taking all of that into consideration,
I would like for us to stay married.
♪ ♪
- And tonight Decision Day continues.
Our final couple give us their answer
to either walk away single or continue their marriage.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's a new day ♪
- And just because this experiment is coming to an end
doesn't mean that each individual's work is done.
- Should I have my team of lawyers read over it?
- [chuckles]
- It's important for our ten individuals
to reflect on what they learned in their marriages
and how they can use that moving forward...
- Well, he seemed happy in his picture.
Too bad it was a lie. - [laughs]
- To better understand themselves
so they can have the healthy and successful life
they're looking for.
- There's a couple candidates that could be resurfaced.
Being 41 and having to start all over,
it's a little daunting.
- I'll put my matchmaker hat on.
- Can we do it today? [chuckles]
- Dom, what's your life update?
- How's that pup? - He's doing great.
I got Beau because I needed some positivity in my life.
- Oh, my God, Dom got a dog.
I feel absolutely sad for that poor dog.
- Mac and Gina, would you guys want to go on a date?
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way ♪
♪ It's all or nothing ♪
♪ ♪
- Shaquille, I would say, yes, that I would love to continue
this journey with you.
And I would like for us to stay married.
♪ ♪
- All right, Shaquille.
- It's been very difficult for me...
as a man to really just try to step up to be the man
that you wanted me to be, that you needed me to be.
♪ ♪
But...
honestly, I'm just not settled with us.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- So what is your decision?
♪ ♪
- My decision would be for us to get a divorce.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
- I've been feeling alone.
I've been feeling like there's times where I needed you
and you wasn't there.
♪ ♪
Like, what more do I have to do as an individual
to get you to see that--
that it's been hard.
And every day I've showed up.
♪ ♪
[crying] I tried to get you to let down your guards,
but I don't think nothing is ever good enough.
Even when you say it, I don't feel it.
♪ ♪
I don't know if there's any more
that I can do to show you that I've been here
for you since day one.
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
[sighs]
[sniffles]
I hope that you can...
respect my decision.
- I feel like it takes more than eight weeks
to decide if you want to continue in the marriage.
I feel like I've given you chance after chance for you
to show up for me in this marriage,
and I've been very patient.
And I've shown you so much grace.
And I hate that you didn't receive
what you felt that you needed in this marriage.
I really wish that we both
could have explored a little bit more
and gave each other a little bit more time together
to see if this is something that we wanted to do, but...
I wish you the best.
And I hope that everything in your life
works out the way that you truly want it to work out.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm sorry that your heart is broken ♪
♪ And I'm sorry that you're not the one ♪
- Needless to say, this is not...
what we were hoping for.
♪ ♪
- I'm, like, totally shocked. [chuckles]
- yeah. - I'm just, like, gobsmacked.
I didn't expect this, Shaquille.
But it's your life, it's your feelings.
Only you are the expert at that.
♪ ♪
I'm just sorry.
♪ ♪
- Ultimately, my decision came from the heart.
And my heart was just heavy and wasn't at peace
to know that Kirsten and I can be together for a lifetime.
Can I get a hug? Please?
Thank you.
- ♪ And I'm sorry that you're not the one ♪
- Are you [bleep] serious right now?
Like, I should be the one crying.
You're the one that's saying no.
You're the one that's giving up.
Sometimes people can aim so high,
and they'll never receive what they really want out of life
or be okay with who they are and where they are in life.
So...
good luck.
- I'm just shocked. - It's... Wow.
- How much does he need?
- I'm sorry, I don't see him getting any better than that.
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- It's the morning after Decision Day.
- We said yes. - We said yes.
[chuckles]
- And we're very happy.
And we're reunited, since we spent the night
before Decision Day apart.
- Excited to meet with the other couples
and see what their decisions were.
I think we have a pretty good idea
of what some of them said-- most of them said.
- [sighs] - We'll find out.
- Either way, we're very happy that we are happy.
And we are spending the rest of our lives
together just like this.
Good day to start the rest of our good days together.
I love you. - I love you, too.
- ♪ Painted on the back of all our scars ♪
♪ Worn like a winter ♪
[buzzer sounds]
♪ ♪
- What's up? - What's going on?
[door closes] - Nothing much.
♪ ♪
- Got everything packed up yet?
- A little bit. - All right.
- Starting to get some things...
packed up.
- How do you feel leaving this place?
- I feel like it was starting to feel like a home.
So I feel a little sad
because I was just getting into the...
groove of everything.
- Mm-hmm.
- How do you feel?
♪ ♪
- I mean, same. It was like starting to feel like a home.
- Mm-hmm.
- You know, even starting to see
some familiar faces in the building, in the gym,
making friends with the neighbors.
Now I'm just about to dip. - [chuckles] Yeah.
I feel like I'm starting over,
but I feel like it's a start-over in a good way.
- I mean, I...
I guess I'm starting over.
- You are starting over.
- I don't know. I guess I'm comparing it to, like--
I mean, like, it was two months.
It wasn't like there was a kid involved
or there was a house involved.
- No, but it's like a new chapter.
Like, this one is closing.
Like, this was something you did, and...
- Yeah. - Now it's done.
I feel like the only thing I need to do differently,
if they gave me a do-over,
is something I've already learned, and I'm doing now.
I'm just gonna speak up, and I'm gonna
say how I feel in the moment and get it done then.
Like, I'm gonna just be sure my feelings are definitely
out there and in the open.
And you know there's no question.
But other than that, I was a damn good wife.
So, yeah, I ain't got to change much.
- So can I come visit Duchess?
- Can you come visit Duchess? Yeah.
Anytime you want, you can come swoop her up.
- You hear that, Duchess? You hear that, Dutchy Mama?
We're not done. - [laughs]
- We're not done.
♪ ♪
- We'll see if he come really get you.
- I will get--visit and get-- that's two different things.
- Oh, you just want to visit her.
- I might. Yeah, we'll see.
I know visit. - Okay, we'll start with visit.
- Start with visit. Ease into the water.
- [laughs]
- I don't have any regrets about my decision
to, you know, ask for a divorce.
♪ ♪
If I could go back, I maybe would
have tried to be more open and vulnerable a lot sooner
and not waited so long to make that happen.
But, ultimately, I think, you know, from the exercises
that we tried and the effort that we put in,
we just got to a point where we both mutually agreed,
you know, it's better for us to, you know,
just remain friends.
- [clicks tongue] - Keys.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I always thought that this would last ♪
♪ I never thought that you would be in my past ♪
♪ I always thought... ♪
- All right.
Bye to the apartment. [chuckles]
- Bye-bye, 313.
- 313.
♪ ♪
313, Dutch.
- ♪ How do we move on from here? ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ You and me are on our way ♪
♪ Yeah, you and me are on our way ♪
- Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, hey. - Oh.
- Oh, my goodness!
Somebody had a walk. - Oh, boy.
Oh. Hi, buddy.
Hi. Oh, hi. Hello.
- He's like, I'm getting used to walking down here.
How you doing? - Good.
Here we are. - I know.
- Like, it seems like a matter of months ago
that we moved in here. - I know.
It's crazy.
No matter how disappointing it might seem,
there's always a learning lesson through it.
And you always come out stronger on the other end.
So I feel like this has definitely changed
my life for the better.
It's brought up things that, you know,
I haven't thought about in a long time.
It's brought up different things within myself
that are new learning experiences.
It's proved how resilient I am.
I didn't even know I was this strong to be able to get
through something like this.
I think it's definitely life-altering.
But I think it's a positive one.
We'll be actual neighbors now. - Yeah.
- And I'm going out of town.
So, if you want to keep Hank at all...
- You want to hang out with me? - The option's open.
[laughs] - [grunting goofily]
Okay, I'll take him.
- Are you gonna miss him? - Of course.
- Aw.
- Come here. Come here.
I'm not walking away with a wife,
which was the ultimate goal.
And I want to ultimately have a family
and be able to grow that.
But what did I grow is, you know, my love
for a companion, having a dog in my life.
That was something that I didn't anticipate.
And, you know, it was a welcome surprise.
I think I'm walking away with immense gratitude
but also new learnings about myself.
And, yeah, a lot of happy memories.
Well, what do you think?
Should we go ahead and scram?
- Yeah, we got to leave our keys.
- Keys, that's right.
♪ ♪
- And... [clicks tongue, inhales deeply]
I guess we don't need these guys, but...
- The last bump. - Ting-ting. [laughs]
♪ ♪
That was a really pretty ring.
All right. - All right.
- Are you ready to go home?
I should try to put you in the wagon.
I'll make it work.
All right.
It's not goodbye. It's see you later.
- It's see you later.
- Not to the apartment-- to the apartment,
it's actually a very decent goodbye.
- Yeah.
- Wait, buddy. Wait for me.
We got to whole-ass wagon.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I feel like I'm turning ♪
♪ Into something I'm not ♪
♪ I find myself paralyzed ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I hope that I'm strong enough ♪
♪ To wake myself up ♪
- Hello?
- Hey, what's up? - What's up, brother?
- What you doing?
- I am packing up.
What are you doing? - Where y'all headed?
- Huh?
- Where y'all headed?
- No, I'm packing up. I'm moving out.
- You heading out. How you feeling?
- I'm okay, man. Taking it day by day.
It's kind of crazy, like, packing up my things now.
I never imagined this, you know, happening,
you know, especially moving out and going our separate ways.
It seems like Kirsten has already moved out.
So I'm--
- Oh, wait, she moved out?
She hasn't come-- She got her stuff already?
- Yeah, her stuff is gone already.
- Oh, so there was no face-to-face after that.
- No.
Hopefully, she doesn't have any hard feelings towards me.
♪ ♪
But, you know, you just got to give
people their space and their time
to, you know, deal with everything,
because I'm pretty sure it's tough to deal with.
- So what's next for you?
- Get back to life.
I don't know, just taking things slow.
Taking it day by day, bro. - Exactly.
- Going from here...
I don't have the first thought.
♪ ♪
It's definitely challenging to really pack up my life
and move on because this is something
that I really wanted.
This is something, you know, that I really
thought could work and, you know,
you live happily ever after.
♪ ♪
But it wasn't a fairy tale.
It was reality. to know that these are two individuals
from two different walks of life who are trying to create
this journey together.
And we were intentional.
We did show up.
We did the assignments that the experts gave us.
But something was just missing.
- ♪ Don't worry is a thing that's so much easier said ♪
♪ Easier said than done ♪
♪ Getting back on your feet is not that simple ♪
♪ When you have so far left to run ♪
♪ Don't let the sun go down ♪
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
- ♪ Don't let the fire go out ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Sometimes I walk on the water ♪
♪ ♪
♪ But the one thing I know ♪
♪ Is to never let go ♪
♪ ♪
♪ 'Cause everything will be fine ♪
♪ In the end ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ This time I'm makin' time for me ♪
♪ Makin', makin' time for me, makin', makin' time for me ♪
♪ This time I'm takin' time for me ♪
♪ Takin', takin' time for me, takin', takin' time for me ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh, store these in the bowels of the closet.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[cell phone ringing]
Hey, P.
- What up? What's new in the hood?
- I am...
I am unbound, an unbound man.
You know, it's gonna be a little weird not
having a 90-pound labradoodle licking me on the face
every morning.
[chuckles] - Yeah.
How are you doing with it all?
- I was hoping that the marriage
would be Mrs. Forever.
And we couldn't fall on just the friendship for it
to be, you know, a marriage.
- Attraction does have a place, you know,
although we're all gonna age.
And, I mean, you're 41 now, man.
Like, give us another ten years.
I've told you over the years, it's work.
A good part of this, it's work.
- Yeah, I've kind of thought about this.
It's like...
you know, could I move forward with other relationships
that I was in knowing what I know now?
And I think, yeah, potentially,
there's a couple candidates that could be resurfaced.
You know, being, 41 and having to start all over,
yeah, it's a little daunting.
But I'm gonna be definitely more intentional
with, you know, wanting to get serious with somebody
and somebody that can be,
you know, in a sustainable relationship
and be in my life for the rest of my life.
- I'm hopeful for you, buddy. - Yeah.
I think I'm equipped with more tools.
I have more sense of what I want.
Every step gets me
a little bit closer to the real Mrs. Webb.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Let's run ♪
♪ Let's never forget how far we've come ♪
♪ I think it's the best thing that we could have done ♪
♪ Let's go get right in, and let's run ♪
- I like it. It's big, a lot of land.
- Yeah.
Nice. Well, we'll give Kirsten a call here
and see how we get in here.
[line trilling]
- Hey, Mac.
- How are you today?
- I'm doing great. Are you at the house?
- I am. I just got here. I was wondering how I get in.
- It should be unlocked. - Okay.
- You can go and check it out and let me
know what you think about it. - Okay.
I'm disappointed.
You know, my original plan
was to go house hunting with my wife.
I don't have a wife anymore.
You know, Dom's whole thing from the start,
was, oh, I think he's just here for fun
and doesn't plan to lay roots, blah, blah, blah, which I did.
I did plan to lay roots.
That was my goal, to find me a nice wife and settle down.
And so, on to bigger and better things.
- Oh, nice. - Nice, I like the entrance.
- I like the entry, too. I like that chandelier.
- That picture's creeping me out.
- [laughs]
But I do like the kitchen.
- Yeah, the kitchen's nice.
- Yeah, the appliances are new, which is nice.
- It looks updated. - Yeah.
- Like, the land is good.
I do think Mac wants a lot of land.
It is a little bit outside of, like, the range
I think he wants to be in, a little outside of town.
But what I'm most hopeful for Mac
is that he's going to finally, you know, plant some roots.
And, you know, looking at houses today
is in the right direction.
Mac getting divorced obviously is a bummer.
But, you know, I'm hopeful
that he actually does meet somebody.
You know, that was the whole goal from the beginning.
So, you know, I hope he finally gets what he wants.
- I've never had a pool before.
I could get used to the pool life.
I like the little cabana thing out here.
- I know. This is really nice, actually.
I do like the cabana a lot.
- What do we think? We're liking it?
- Yeah. It's only, like, what, 20 minutes from downtown?
- Yeah, it's not bad.
- I mean, this is only the first one we've looked at.
- Yeah, no. - I do think--
- No, this is ideal, though. - It's a good first--
- Like, I like the neighbors away.
So, if I can find something similar...
It seems kind of big, maybe, for me and just two dogs.
[chuckles]
- Well, hopefully you'll have a wife eventually.
♪ ♪
- So I have this one, and there's one
in my closet, my junky closet.
- Let's get to it.
- I need to at least put some stuff in these container bins
so I can try to get my closet a little bit more organized
and get my life back on track.
He had the nerve to, like, say no on Decision Day,
and then he started crying. I'm like...
I said, I should be the one crying.
- So did he explain, like, why?
- He wanted me to be more nurturing.
And he felt like he was alone in this marriage
and that I wasn't there for him.
And I'm just like, okay.
- With some of the things that he said,
do you feel like you learned some things?
- Definitely.
Like, it definitely made me be more prone
to people's feelings and make for sure I am there emotionally
and supporting them and I'm being a nurturer.
- So, like, how do you feel, like, now, though?
Since it's over, do you feel like, okay, you just need time
to, like, kind of focus on you
because you have given so much to this process, or--
- Right now I'm mostly just gonna focus on myself.
And when the time is right, it'll just happen.
From here, the only way to go is up.
Like, for me to just continue to focus
on myself, my business, my health, my wealth,
all the great things.
I learned how to become a better woman
for myself and for the next man
that I get married for.
So business is booming right now.
And that's what I'm gonna focus on
and allow everything else to happen, to flourish.
I mean, now that I'm single again,
I am coming home to myself, sleeping by myself,
going out to dinner by myself, all over again.
It's the whole single-life saga.
Now, if I do decide to go back and date,
I have to go out here and start all over again
and meet new guys.
Like, that's a lot.
Dating is so much. - I know. It's a lot now--
- At this point, I just need a partner.
Like, who wants-- [laughing]
- Hey, you're my partner today.
- [laughing] Who wants to be my partner?
Who wants to be a friend?
I mean, we can be a partner for a lifetime.
We can just co-parent and do all of these things together.
♪ ♪
No, I need a husband. - You need a husband.
- I need a husband. - You deserve a husband.
- I deserve a husband. - You're gonna meet someone.
- I will.
- And God is just saying, like, not right now.
It's coming.
But you, like, went through this process for preparation
for that. - Mm-hmm.
- So, you know, just let it authentically flow to you.
- Okay. - Organically.
I need qualified candidates. - Mm-hmm.
And just let them show and prove.
- Yeah. - Show and prove.
Everybody is a friend until you show and prove.
- I'm just gonna take it one day at a time.
- That's it. [laughter]
- ♪ No matter where the road ends ♪
♪ I didn't give up hoping ♪
-There are times I want to throw it in ♪
♪ 'Cause it's one step forward and two steps back ♪
♪ But then I feel that rush kick in ♪
♪ And I tell myself, no time for that ♪
- I feel like I didn't realize how many things I moved with.
- Yeah.
- And then when I was leaving,
I just kept finding more things of mine.
- Beach towels. - So...
- Are you excited to be back home?
- Yeah, I am.
[cell phone ringing] Oh, my mom's calling.
Should I answer it?
Hold on, Mom, I'm about to put you on speaker.
Hello. Say hi to Haley.
- Haley. - Haley, hello.
- Is Mike there? - Yeah.
- Well, Haley came over to help me unpack
because I didn't realize how much stuff I moved over
to Clint and I's apartment until I started moving it out.
- She moved in moved in. - I, like, actually--
- Well, no, our apart--or like, me and Clint's apartment.
No, I didn't move anything into Clint's apartment.
He's got his separate apartment now.
My mom divorced at a young age.
And so I think there was always that fear
in the back of my mind that I might end up
in the same type of situation.
So definitely feeling disappointed.
But if anything, this experience has shown me
that I'm ready for marriage.
I'm still ready to spend my life with someone.
This experience just confirmed that.
And I know that I have a lot to offer.
- [laughs] - Okay, I will.
Love you.
- Bye. Love you. - Bye.
[line beeps]
- Do you think from this experience,
you've kind of learned what you like in somebody
and what your needs are?
- Yeah, for me, it's just about reading the room.
- Yeah.
- Like, just reading the room and maybe being a tad bit more
reserved in certain situations.
For me, I think like the most annoying part about Clint
is he's, like, kind of a class clown.
It's just, like, kind of a bizarre, almost, like, crass
sense of humor that sometimes made me
feel a little uncomfortable.
- And you got the big bidet here.
Nice. - [laughs]
- Oh, they went to Pound Town.
- That's not what I was gonna say.
- Shaq and Kirsten went to town.
- Please don't moan.
- I'm gonna moan so hard.
It's gonna be an X-rated roller coaster by the end of it.
[moaning]
- Clint is just so wild that I just,
like, couldn't find an ounce of physical attraction.
- Now that you're not married,
what do you think you're going to be up to?
- I'm excited to date. - [giggles]
- So, yeah, I guess I don't need the time to, like,
get through heartbreak.
Or I'm not dealing
with, like, sad emotions... - Yeah.
- That I need to process through.
It's more like--I feel like I've learned so much
through this experience of what
I want that I'm, like, excited to put it into practice.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah, I'm ready to date.
Who's gonna be the lucky man? We don't know.
♪ ♪
- ♪ All I ever wanted was a little attention from you ♪
♪ But you was chasing waterfalls ♪
♪ How'd that work for you? ♪
- Is that the last box? [giggles]
- I believe so.
Gosh.
- I feel like that's the wedding stuff.
Oh. - Such a gorgeous picture.
You were so pretty.
- Oh, gosh.
- So how do you feel about all of this?
Coming back home...
- Well, I'm glad to be back home,
but it's definitely a temporary thing.
I'm disappointed, obviously, that we chose divorce,
but I don't regret anything.
And gonna keep it pushing.
- I just want to know why he felt like
he didn't want to stay married.
What were some of the issues that he felt like was not--
- Well, the first problem is, he was never in.
Like, he was never all-in. Like, he was never giving 100%.
He was never trying in the marriage.
So that's definitely a reason why
he wanted to get a divorce, because he never tried.
- So, when he was around us, it was a facade?
- Basically.
- Well, he seemed happy in this picture.
It's too bad it was a lie.
- [laughing] - But...
Well, I know I'm biased, but I just don't understand--
What is it that he could be possibly looking for,
if he didn't see it in you?
- I don't know.
- Okay, so he don't want to be married.
Like, in my head, I feel like he don't want to be married.
- I don't think he was ready to be married.
I think he wants to be married.
I don't think he was ready to be married.
- I don't think he wants to be married.
- He said he wants to be. - No, he doesn't.
Because he would have stayed married with you.
He would have gave it more.
- But, listen, we didn't have any, like, chemistry.
We didn't have a spark.
- Yeah, but he is the man. - There was no romance.
- He didn't give it a chance. - No, he didn't.
And he admitted to that.
- So I'm trying to figure out, what was his--
where was his mind?
And what type of mindset-- - I wasn't what he wanted.
♪ ♪
- I'm gonna support her.
But I still have questions about Airris,
because, Airris, I looked at you as a nephew.
I looked at your family as my family,
that it was something that was gonna last,
that you was gonna put in the work of being
a husband, of being a dog dad.
♪ ♪
What happened?
Even if his mind was open enough to see,
how can we make this work, if we want to make it work?
How can I make her happy? - Yeah, he didn't--
- He's not used to making somebody happy
because he's used to being this person that does
what he want to do and date and go on.
For him to want to be married and for him...
not ever loving somebody--
Ain't that what he was saying, that he's never been in love?
How can you be 39 and never been in love?
Ooh, girl, so much just happened.
- In these little eight weeks, right?
Life is just--
I went from single to married to divorced
all in eight weeks.
- Girl, you divorced quicker than I got divorced.
- [laughs]
- I gave it a year or two. [laughter]
But I need a glass of wine.
♪ ♪
Oh, look at this little bottle of wi--
Is this what I gave you?
- Uh-huh, it is. - I'm gonna take my wine back.
- Oh. [laughs]
- But you know what?
I want you to be happy, Jas.
There is no reason for you not to be happy.
You have too much to offer for somebody
that don't want to accept it. - Exactly.
And I feel like that's just another reason
why I decided to be divorced, was because, like,
I'm not gonna be in a marriage
just for the sake of saying I'm married.
Like, I'm not about to just settle
just so that I'm not divorced.
- Okay, well, what about Duchess?
- I mean, he asked-- like, he was like,
can he have visitation, like, to come see Duchess?
I said yes.
- Why does he want visitation with Duchess?
- I think he was just saying that.
There's no way he's gonna come see Duchess.
I think he just said it.
He's not gonna come see Duchess.
But him and Duchess did have a little bond.
He did really like Duchess.
- She didn't have no choice because he was staying
with her mom. both: Okay.
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
♪ Y'all should have been down for it ♪
♪ Now you ain't around for it ♪
♪ ♪
- What's up, guys?
- How you doing, bro? - Doing well.
How y'all doing? - Good, man.
- I'm Bryan. - Shaq.
- Nice to meet you. - Dorian.
- Right.
- Nice to meet you.
- I'm gonna be showing you some stand-ups,
some Muay Thai kickboxing.
- Okay, let's keep it beginner, you know.
- Ah, yeah, we'll keep it beginner for sure.
- [laughs]
Working out definitely would get me back in, you know,
the regular schedule of Shaq Dillon.
You know, I kind of got off track throughout the marriage,
you know, focusing on the marriage and everything
and really wasn't being consistent with myself
with going to work out.
So I think this will give me the energy and the motivation
that I need to get back active in the gym.
- When I say jab, this'll always be your lead hand.
Throw it out, yes?
When I say cross, come from your backhand, all right?
One, two.
Roll.
Nice, right hand.
Pivot outside.
Jab.
One, two.
- ♪ So you say you're gonna take me down ♪
- Here we go.
- ♪ Well, I'd like to see you try ♪
♪ Better men than you have failed ♪
- Today is all about elevating myself,
focusing on myself--
my mental, my physical stability,
just getting back in the right groove
to keep moving my life forward.
And, hey, let's get to it.
- ♪ If the best revenge is living well ♪
♪ We're living it up ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm looking for a back road so I can get back ♪
♪ To myself, to myself ♪
- Oh, how cute. - Hello.
- Hi, how are you? - Hi.
- Good. Let us know if you need help with anything.
- All right, thank you.
- It's so nice and lovely in here.
Ooh, I really need some furniture, some nights stands,
some plants.
- New you, new furniture?
- New me, new furniture.
- Retail therapy? - Yeah, life after divorce.
- ♪ Happy feeling by myself ♪
- You've been so busy.
I know y'all had to move out and y'all went
to live in separate, right, you and Chris?
- Well, we were planning to live separately
until we got our new apartment.
But I've just been living in his apartment.
We were gonna go back and forth--I'm like, why?
- Yeah, that would have been too much.
- And he has the big bed.
Like, why are we going back and forth when he has the big bed?
- Right, when you can sleep in the bigger bed.
- Exactly.
- That's a win-win right there--
sleep with your husband in the big bed.
- Exactly. And we just got...
new pillows, a new duvet. - Ooh.
- Really working on it.
Keep calling it our marital bed.
I'm like, we're married now.
We can't have a single man's, like, bedding anymore.
♪ ♪
- I'm so happy for you. - Thank you.
- Well, enough about me.
Let's chit-chat about you, because I know it was hard.
I cannot imagine, you know, being in your situation.
If I said yes to Chris and he said no to me,
I would have, like, flipped some chairs,
thrown something at him.
- What do you mean you want a divorce?
- His car would be in the river.
Dr. Pepper would have been holding me back.
- Mm, it was hard.
But I feel more calm and more at peace about it.
Like, it's not lingering over me anymore.
- Do you think if he did reach out to you,
you would be receptive?
- If Shaquille reached out to me, I would be more receptive.
I would feel a little better,
because he is the one who said he wanted a divorce.
- Right.
- And so it's like, I know that I can reach out to him,
but it's like, something in me to ask myself like, why would
I reach out to someone who said that they
wanted a divorce from me?
So, in my head, it's just not making sense for me
to contact him, you know? - Yeah.
- So I'd rather him check on me and call me
and to see how I'm doing,
even if it's just, like, a text message, because...
Who knows?
Like, what if I was sitting in the room in the dark,
not coming out of the house,
all because he said he wanted to get a divorce from me.
- You know, if I were in Shaquille's shoes,
I would imagine he truthfully
does not know what to say to you.
I'm sure he wants to know how you're doing,
but it's very hard to be like, I'm the one
who broke this relationship.
But how are you? Like, how's it going?
Because if you were sitting in a dark room crying
and very upset and you tell him that, then it's like, okay,
glad to see everything's going according to plan.
And if you're like, no, I'm living my best life,
this is everything I've ever wanted,
then he's gonna be like, okay, cool,
so you don't miss me at all.
So I would imagine he just doesn't know what to say
and does not know what your response would be.
I don't think Kirsten and Shaq should get back together,
as much as I would like for them to.
Let me make that clear.
In a perfect world, they are back together.
But that's not perfect for them.
Perfect for me, and this isn't about me.
It just wasn't there.
And I don't think more time would really make it there,
as much as we all hoped it would.
I'm grieving from this breakup. Like, I am not over this.
- At this point...
it's not really much for us to discuss.
Like, the only thing that we can talk about
is just Decision Day.
- And maybe it's obviously a difficult conversation for him,
but he should have to have it. - Mm-hmm.
- But closure, I think, will help,
even if right now you feel like everything's fine
and you're living your single life
and happy in your own bed.
I think that will always be gnawing at you.
Like, why did he say no? - Yeah.
- Like, why?
♪ ♪
- ♪ If you don't want to speak, that's fine, but... ♪
♪ ♪
- Man, tequila--
that's what I need before I get back
out here on these streets, you know what I'm saying?
I wonder if it's the same the way I left it.
- Hey, only one way to find out.
- You think Raven got some friends?
- We can always find some friends for you.
- Hey, guys.
- What's up? - Look who's back.
- I know you ain't expect me back so soon.
But here I am. - No!
- Welcome back.
Wait, so it's only three shots?
- It's only three shots. - It's only three people here.
- It's just me, me...
- Airris, what? - Single again.
- What? No. - Yes.
- No. - Yes.
- [sighs] I was really hoping to meet her.
I wanted to double-date, you know, things like that.
- We can still double-date. Don't you got some friends?
- Oh, well, I mean, for you, yes.
- See, let's go. - They want you.
So it's kind of okay that you're back.
- Let's take a shot to Raven's friends.
[laughter]
- Here's a welcome back to the single life.
- You know, one thing this marriage
taught me is, like, your relationship
should have purpose.
Literally, everything you do should have purpose.
So I think, going forward, I'm gonna date differently
than I was in the past.
- Cheers to you.
- You know, in the past, I was just looking
for, like, you know, a good time, a temporary time,
but I honestly feel like those days are behind me.
So, going forward, you know, whether it's Raven's friends
or, you know, new people that I meet,
I'm definitely gonna be dating with a purpose now.
- I think one thing that could help you
is actually being in a long-term relationship
before the marriage.
You're more of a date for a few months and then, you know...
- Skedaddle.
- Once it's commitment time, you know,
you chalk up the deuces, and you're on to the next one.
- Yeah, yeah. - So...
being in an actual long-term relationship
would help you get those traits that you need
to go into a marriage.
- There's plenty of fish in the sea.
And someone will come with maybe eight out of ten
on your list.
But finding ten out of ten...
- Right, yeah, that's impossible.
- It's impossible, so...
- I'm definitely planning
to get back out on the dating scene.
Like, I don't really see a point
of sitting around waiting.
- [chuckles] - I hope your friends excited.
[laughter]
- Tall, short?
- I can do tall, short, thick, slim, light, dark.
- Younger or older?
- No higher than two, no lower than eight.
You bring it down a little bit.
- No lower than eight years younger?
- Yeah, maybe late--
- Well, that's right in my arena.
- Maybe late 20s, you know, it just depends.
- Okay, I'll put my matchmaker hat on.
- Yeah.
- I know this is very soon, but...
- Can we do it today? - No, no, not--
[laughter] Not today.
- ♪ Never gonna give up ♪
♪ Never gonna, never, ever gonna stop ♪
♪ Right now I know it ♪
♪ I'm gonna make it through this ♪
♪ No matter what it takes, no matter what it takes ♪
[knock at door]
♪ I'm gonna keep on going ♪
♪ ♪
- Hi. - What's up? How are y'all?
- What's up, brother? - Good, how are you?
- I'm good. - Nice to see you, man.
- What y'all up to?
- Pretty good. How you doing?
- Good, okay. - I am well.
Unpacking. - We back over here, huh?
- Back in the bachelor's pad. - Back at the crib?
- Yeah. - How you feeling, man?
- I'm good, you know.
Just trying to get things back organized, you know?
- Yeah.
- Get things back how, you know, I had them
situated before I left, so...
- Aw. - I know, right?
It's like a little sad, yeah. - Is it, like, sad?
- Mm, it's different.
I would definitely say it's different, yeah.
I think what I'm gonna miss the most
is definitely waking up to someone and going
to sleep next to someone.
That's one thing I liked best between us--
no matter how we felt,
we were there every morning and every night.
- So, bro, this is my question. - Mm-hmm.
- Do you have any regrets about, like,
man, did I make the wrong--like...
- I mean, that's the journey of life.
I don't want to go through, like, regretting,
like, hey, I made the wrong mistake.
It happened. - Yeah.
- And I can't go back and change it.
I don't want to live in the past.
Move forward.
But, you know, I just really wish it could have worked out.
- Me too.
- But I just wasn't settled on it.
And, ultimately, I think everybody deserve happiness.
And not to say, like, I wasn't happy,
but I want to be overjoyed. - Yeah.
- Like, I want to be, like, willing to come home
and hug you and jump on you. - Yeah.
- But it just wasn't there.
Like, for me, in that moment, it was like, dang, like,
I'm really having to say, I want to get a divorce.
I never thought I would say that in my life.
- Yeah.
- And it was scary, 'cause it was like, what's next?
- Right.
- So, in this moment, it's like, yeah, I got a good job.
My career is good, my school, you know, everything is good.
But it's kind of, like, no, like, what's next?
Like, if you want to find your real happiness,
how do you even get there?
And I'm, like, stuck.
Like, okay, wake up, show up every day,
do stuff that make you happy.
- So what is next?
- What is next? Yeah. What is next?
- Do you think, like, if you take some time,
maybe you could try to get her back?
- Yeah, is that an option?
Are you off the market?
If somebody walk up to you tomorrow, is it like, hey--
Like, what's next?
- For her and I, I would like us to become friends,
because you never know what happens.
You never know if we just really
needed some real-life time apart
to really think about our--
about what we wanted and needed out of the marriage
and really do some self-evaluation.
And, you know, what if that time does happen,
to where it's kind of like, okay,
let's start off as friends?
Because, hey, we're still married.
We ain't divorced yet.
Like, let's start off as friends
and then go on from there.
But then it's kind of like,
when a person tell they don't want to have nothing to do
with you, how that supposed to make you feel when you done
went through this long process with this person
and shared emotions
and thoughts and feelings with this person?
And that's kind of like, yeah, like--
Yeah, I don't have anything--
- Well, people say things they don't mean, bro.
- Out of anger. - And time changes things, bro.
Like, me and my wife, at a certain time,
broke up and wasn't together. - Yeah, before we was married.
- Before we was-- yeah, of course.
But I can't even imagine that now, you know what I'm saying?
But there was a time where that was what it is,
you know what I'm saying? So it's just like--
It sounds like you open to a reconciliation.
- I mean, if we talk things through.
- Honestly, bro, I thought y'all were a great match.
- I guess the sad thing about it is that we'll never know
which way would have been the better way, you know,
to say no and walk away or to say yes.
- You know, you never know.
♪ ♪
[door opens]
- Hello, hello. - Hey.
- Come here, Char-Char. Hi, boys.
- I was just prepping them for you.
- [barking] - Hi.
- Aw. - I know.
- He wants to play. He wants play time.
Go get him, Char. - Hi.
So I ordered us dinner. - Oh, good.
Thank you.
- Is it weird packing an overnight bag?
- Yeah, I'm like, I have to remember all the things.
And you know I probably forgot something, but--
- Well, it's only temporary.
- I'm just gonna put it-- Oh, our box with all of our...
- Yeah. - Vows and stuff.
Well, I'm just gonna add to the pile.
- Speaking of which, got the lease agreement.
- Oh, nice.
- So...
- Should I have my team of lawyers read over it?
- [chuckles] Right?
- But you read it, right?
- Yeah. - Okay.
There's nothing in here that says, like, if Nicole talks
too much in the morning, she's not allowed
in the apartment for 36 hours? - No.
- All right. - Trust me.
It's all from the building, so...
But it'll make it official,
and we can move in in a couple of weeks.
Here, I'll sign it. - Wow.
- Yeah. - This is happening.
You have, like, a real adult signature.
- I know.
So this is happening. So I'll turn this in tomorrow.
- And then we have our apartment.
- Yeah, there we go. - Go, team, go.
♪ ♪
- Look at them. They're ready. - Look at them.
Is food being delivered?
We don't have to pick it up, right?
- Yeah, it's being delivered. - Nice.
- We don't have to pick it up. - Full service.
- I mean, I figured we might as well be a little lazy.
- Once we're on a schedule and it's just our one apartment
and not our separate apartments,
we'll have to figure out how we're splitting everything.
Do you think we should set up
a separate account where we put,
whatever our bills are,
like, half that amount directly goes in there
so it just pulls from that account?
Instead of like, you paying for this, I pay for that,
and then we have to send each other money?
- Well, I have no problem making
the payment each month for it.
And then we can just split it.
I mean, you can just send it to me over one of those...
- Apps. - Well...
- I could write you a check. - [chuckles] Yeah.
[knock at door, dogs barking] - That's probably the food.
- Food's here.
- Hey, boys.
- I think a shared account makes sense immediately.
But if it's something that Chris isn't
comfortable with right now, it's not important enough
for me to push the topic.
But eventually it's gonna get tiresome for him.
But he will hear that or figure that out on his own.
- So do you feel like all the pressure
and everything is off now that we're past Decision Day?
- Yeah. - Do you feel a lot better?
- You know, I was a little nervous.
I was like okay, well, what happens
when we go to figure things out if we're not on the same page
like we always are?
But you have made a legally binding--
another legally binding commitment to me.
So I know no one's going anywhere.
- And then...
♪ ♪
Eventually when you feel comfortable
and have time, your last name, that's a legal thing.
♪ ♪
There's no rush on it.
♪ ♪
- It's funny...
♪ ♪
That you should say that.
- Did you already do it? - I didn't.
- Oh.
- But I did get...
all of the paperwork... - To change the name?
- And all of the envelopes to change my name.
Changing my last name is actually
way more important to me than I thought it would be.
I always viewed it as just something
you do when you get married.
But it is an act of choice.
You don't have to change your last name.
And the fact that Chris wants me to
but isn't pressuring me to
and keeps saying it's my choice
makes me want to change it even more.
So it's exciting.
- It says let's make it official.
- Let's make it official.
So...
- So you got to mail off, like--Oh, wow. That's crazy.
- I just wanted you to see how committed I am
to changing my last name so we can--
not that we're not official now.
But now I will officially be Nicole Ashley Thielk,
and I will live at this new address...
- Yeah. - With my husband
and our three crazy dogs.
- ♪ I only want to love you ♪
♪ ♪
- I like it.
- Cool. - It's cool.
This is gonna be fun. - I know, I'm excited.
- Definitely want to put a bunch
of people who might be under tense situations
in front of axes.
- Oh, look who it is. Long time, no see.
- Nice to see you.
♪ ♪
- Hi.
Oh, you look so nice. - How are you?
♪ ♪
- Your hair looks so good.
- Good to see you. God, everybody looks good.
- ♪ Because you can't have the shadows without the sun ♪
- Oh, hello. - I brought him.
♪ Oh, oh, oh, 'cause you can't kill the light... ♪
- Hello.
- ♪ With bullets and guns ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- We're all together again.
- You know, we all started this beautiful journey together.
And I know it was a big day for everyone, Decision Day.
I know some of us made that decision
earlier than yesterday.
But thank you for joining.
- We'd love to hear an update on your lives.
What's happened...
- Is there any new significant others?
- Since y'all went "splitskies"?
- "Splitskies"? - Work, a little play.
- You been going on any dates?
- Yeah, I've been on some dates.
- Okay. - Okay.
- I'm here for it. - Yeah.
- Any promising dates?
Because we're happy to vet these new ladies.
- I don't know if I want you guys vetting my dates.
[laughter]
Maybe Nicole. Maybe Nicole.
- Nicole's good. Nicole's good.
- Dom, what's your life update?
- How's that pup?
- Oh, he's doing great.
- So you got a dog?
- Yeah, I got Beau because I needed
some positivity in my life.
This whole experience is, like, super, like,
emotionally draining, I feel like.
And it's very stressful, like,
the divorce with Mac.
So I feel like it is the only love I need in my life.
So that's wonderful. He keeps me busy.
- Oh, my God, Dom got a dog. Like, you got to be kidding me.
Mind you, Dom works 9:00 to 5:00 throughout the week,
wants to travel, loves to party on the weekends.
I feel absolutely sad for that poor dog
that is gonna be stuck in a cage 9:00 to 5:00.
I'm not surprised, though, either.
It sounds like something Dom would do.
It sounds like an immature thing to do.
- And that's about it. - There you go.
- Yeah.
- So I would love to hear how everyone's Decision Day went.
- Well, me and Jasmine mutually agreed that it was best for us
to, you know, go our separate ways.
But we're still, like, thankful for this process.
And, like, I feel like we're ending on a good note,
I mean, as good of a note as you can be.
- Even though we're really great friends--
like, because we're really great friends,
we have a solid foundation-- it just wasn't there for us.
But I really do feel like I wouldn't have grown
into the woman I am had I not been matched with him.
I feel like we were placed in each other's lives
for a reason, so I'm thankful for that.
- That was very well said. - Yeah.
- Anyway... - [imitates bell dinging]
- I'm still gonna go play with Duchess.
[laughter] You know, we're--
- You're a dog guy now. - A dog dad.
- Yeah, that's growth right there.
- A 360.
- I got to take care of my responsibilities
as a dog dad, you know? [laughter]
- What about everybody else?
- Well, Gina and I will be renewing
our vows tomorrow, actually.
So, yeah, we're looking forward to...
like, starting off on a new page.
No, we decided we're the big D, the big D.
- We're leaving super amicable.
I don't feel like there's any animosity.
And, yeah, the interesting fact is that we still
live in the same building.
And so I told him he is welcome to have
visitation rights... [laughter]
As long as he doesn't kidnap Hank.
- At least they got a plan.
- So we're all good. - If Hank gone, he the man.
- I know nothing.
- If you see this note, it's already too late.
[laughter]
- Nicole and Chris, what's up?
- Yeah, we'll drop a bomb on you guys right now.
You guys didn't know this, but we said yes.
[cheers and applause] - Wow.
Well, congratulations. - Thank you.
Thank you.
- So, Shaq... - Airris.
[laughter]
Well...
ultimately, I decided--
I can't speak for us, but I decided to say no.
♪ ♪
And it honestly came from my heart.
It was like an emotional roller coaster for both of us
the entire time.
And I don't want you to hate me.
I just didn't feel it.
And, ultimately, it did come on Decision Day.
Like, it was down to Decision Day
to where it's like,
whatever comes out of my mouth will come.
And I prayed about it and everything,
and it just came from there.
And I respect Kirsten so much as a person.
And I honestly continue to and always
say that, like, I respect you as a person, as a human.
I think you're beautiful inside and out.
But I just don't think we were soul mates.
♪ ♪
- I was willing to give the marriage another chance,
because I feel like you really, truly
can't get to know somebody in eight weeks.
And I felt like it could have been a possibility,
but you never know until you give it a chance
outside of that experience.
So I'm like, well, I know we had our ups and downs,
and that's part of life.
But I also said that I didn't want to be married
if there was going to be any insecurities
or, you know, anything that was gonna
hold him back from his true self and his happiness.
But, yeah, it's gonna take me some time to get past it all.
- Do y'all feel like this is, like, truly a door being closed
or just, like. not a "right now"?
[dramatic music]
- Do y'all feel like this is, like,
truly a door being closed
or just, like, not a "right now"?
♪ ♪
- It's a door closed... - Okay.
- Because when you have a chance at something,
you take your chance.
And if you miss out, then it's gone.
♪ ♪
I don't have any plans on, like, calling you
or texting you or checking on you.
like, not right now.
Like, I just feel like when I close a chapter
or when I'm done with something
and I tell myself that, you know,
I'm completely finished,
then I don't communicate with that person.
I don't talk to that person.
And that's how I feel.
I don't really have much to say right now...
- Okay.
- Because I'm still processing everything...
- Of course. - But I'll be all right.
And life goes on.
And when it's time for me and my husband--
new husband, future husband--
to be together and have our kids, that will happen.
And that's how I feel.
- So, regardless of this, I know we've been
through this journey together, we've learned through this,
but we came through this experience together.
I don't think we can take it back.
We can only learn from it.
So I don't want to just put it in a box and tape it all up
to say, this is what we've been through.
And we don't want to open Pandora's box.
Like, it happened.
Life happens.
And all you can do is move forward.
And we can only wish each other the best
throughout this process.
And it's gonna take a while for both of us
to get to that point.
But however long it takes, it takes.
I know she's going to feel a major way about this.
But I think she's going to find her Prince Charming.
She's going to find that person.
It may be me again one day.
You never know where God may lead us.
- Well, we love both of you guys.
- Yeah. - And that's not gonna change.
And, like, we get it.
Sometimes it's just not always gonna be
a match made in heaven, right?
And, you know, I think we can speak to that.
But we're great friends.
And I think you guys could also be that.
And you guys also get to walk away saying,
we were married for two months in this crazy experience.
And we met a whole bunch of people that are unbelievable.
And this is awesome, and it's crazy.
But we took a chance at love.
We took the damn leap, and we tried.
- The personal growth.
I mean, I have never--
I came into this not realizing--
Like, oh, maybe I'll find a husband.
But I never thought I would grow
personally as much as I did.
And seeing nine other people--
like, it's only been two months, but we all started.
It was like preschool.
We were all like, oh, we're ready for school.
We don't know what's going to happen.
And now we've graduated college,
and the growth has been astronomical.
And I don't think any of us could
have gotten here without our husbands, wives, each other.
So I don't think we could be in this great of a place
without everyone's support and help,
because it takes a village.
And thank you all for your help.
And however we can help--
And you guys are not getting rid of us,
not getting rid of each other.
You know. - We know.
- You know. - That was beautiful.
- That wasn't an option. - There is no option.
Like, I will be randomly-- - She wouldn't let us.
- You're stuck with us forever.
- Meet at this time at this place.
And you'll be like, oh, we're all here again.
So...
whatever we feel today, just remember we're all connected,
and we always will be.
- Yeah, we're family. Honestly, like, we're family.
- A little dysfunctional, but what family isn't?
What family isn't? [laughter]
- Hey, guys.
Hey, I love seeing you guys.
I'm sorry, I really have to run.
But I'm gonna give everybody hugs.
- Good to see you.
- Sorry, I don't mean to, like, kill the moment,
but, you know... - Girl, good to see you.
- Bye. - Bye, good luck.
- It's good to see you. - Bye.
- Good to see you.
- Okay, bye, guys. Thank you.
- Bye, Dom. - Bye, Dom.
- Thank you. Wow, these are such perfectly petite glasses.
- They're so cute. both: Cheers.
- Cheers to the love that you have for everyone.
- So, Mac and Gina, I would love to learn--
if you're both ready to date.
you're both single,
you guys are both attractive people
and have the desire to be in relationships at some point,
would you guys be willing--
would you be willing to go on a date?
- So, wow.
I was not prepared for that.
I didn't see that coming from a mile away.
- I just think it would be, you know, amazing
to see if there was a missed connection.
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- Based on what, though? - Nothing. You know...
[laughter]
- We heard the rumblings, the rumors.
The street's been talking.
So we was kind of, you know, expecting something to come up
with the whole Mac and Gina,
but we weren't expecting it to be, like, right there
in that moment, like, in front of Clint.
But, hey, I'm here for it.
You know, if it makes them happy,
I say, why not?
- Yeah, I mean, I don't know.
I would be open at some point, maybe.
I find--I think you guys are all very attractive.
- You know what? Maybe coffee.
Maybe you start with coffee, see where it goes.
This could be magic in the making, and if not...
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- We'll keep you all updated
on what we do.
- Married at Second Sight. [laughter]
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- Next time on "Married at First Sight"...
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- Hi. - How are you?
I'm ready to get back out there,
get that wedding ring put back on this finger.
- This gonna be a regular thing with you guys,
walking your ex's dogs?
- I definitely hope I can continue to see her.
- It's just a one-time thing. - Oh, wow.
We be hard on these men.
- Hello.
- I'm intrigued by Gina.
I think she's very attractive.
- When we first all met to go to the airport,
I did notice you first.
- It's 1,900.
- You want to make sure that you're
on the same page with your budget and your finances.
I mean, that ends a lot of marriages.
I don't think the gold chair is necessary.
- And are you attracted to me?
- I'm very attracted to you. - Okay.
- ♪ Ain't nobody like... ♪
- Had any sex since D Day?
- As a matter of fact, I've had sex.
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Hi, there. - How are you?
- Good. It's good to see you.
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