- Ten singles desperate for love did the unthinkable.
They married complete strangers.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ So here we are, here we are ♪
- Last time, Chloe and Michael
had just gotten settled in after their honeymoon
while everyone else embarked on a couples retreat
in hopes of deepening their bond.
- I felt defeated and rejected when he ended up
spending the night in another room.
But he did apologize.
I know any relationship, any marriage
has its trials and tribulations.
But the whole point is to push through
and figure it out together.
- Yeah. Aw.
- Oh.
The hat is just so sexy.
- [laughs]
- It's like, I do wanna have a conversation with Cameron.
But at the same time, like, when he goes through stuff,
he likes to do it alone. - Right.
- I wish he did kind of, you know,
lean on me maybe a little more.
But I realize we're not all the same in that,
and he just wants to process by himself.
- There are all of these elements
that I've always wanted.
And if someone a little more feminine than what I've always
gone for is where I'm gonna find it,
we're gonna give it our best shot.
[upbeat music]
- Is she all right? [bleep].
- No, she's bleeding a lot.
♪
This is [bleep] bad.
[siren wailing]
- ♪ Kissing all the faces
- And tonight, we're halfway through the couples retreat.
Hopefully this could be an opportunity
for our remaining couples to reach a new level
of depth and intimacy
that can light their pathway to Decision Day.
[yelling]
[cheering]
- That's your man!
- When it comes to watching him kick ass,
it's a total turn on.
- We had a little accident.
Emily crashed into a tree...
[tense music]
And got a gash in her head, so.
- Whoa. - Emily.
- I would really like to build a bridge
because I am missing our connection.
- Doesn't feel good to, like, have to beg to be wanted.
- I was hoping tonight would end on, like, a good note.
Now I feel like that's not happening.
♪
- ♪ It's all or nothing
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way
♪ It's all or nothing
[dramatic music]
♪
- We get to the hospital.
The doctor confirms she doesn't have a concussion.
So we just, you know, breathe a sigh of relief there
and just await her getting stitches.
[line trills]
♪
- Hey, what's up?
- Well, as you guys know, we went ATV-ing.
And we had a little accident.
Emily crashed into a tree and got a gash in her head.
- Whoa. - Emily.
- Gash in her head?
- Yeah, the branch went under her helmet.
And she's got a nice little cut from it, so...
- Damn.
- We're waiting now to get some stitches.
She missed every major part she could have damaged,
so nothing major happened,
and we just gotta get this wound closed up
and get her back to her pretty self.
- Is she there with you?
- Yeah, she's right here.
- Can we talk to her?
- Yeah, of course.
- I'm so sorry.
- No. - Emily!
Oh, my gosh.
I just wanna give you a hug.
♪
I mean, that's a very scary thing to happen.
- Yeah.
Yeah, it was-- it was very scary.
But I'm happy that I'm okay, honestly, 'cause I did not know
if I was for a minute.
♪
- Well, we love you, and we'll see you soon.
- Okay, love you guys too.
- Love you. Bye. - Love you.
♪
- It's gonna be okay.
We got your back.
♪
- ♪ I don't care what people think ♪
♪ I feel so free doing me
- I cannot wait to see
what the couples have to say about that skirt.
[laughs]
- How surprised would you be if one of the other guys
was wearing something almost identical?
- Oh, there is not--
I would bet every last dime of the Powerball
that I don't have to worry about that.
You know, it's still taking me some time
to get used to it with Michael's fashion choices.
I don't want to dwell on it.
But you know, it's not easy when
this is what he's wearing.
- You know, you got chunky-ass sweater over here.
- I do. Yeah.
- I have... - A chunky ass sweater.
- Yeah, I got jeans.
You've got skirts. - Some denim action there.
How dare you?
- But the more I get to know Michael
and the more I learn who he is,
I'm hoping that these fashion choices
just become less of a concern.
- Are you kind of looking forward
to being in a group setting?
- Yeah, I actually really, really am.
I'm excited to get to spend some time with the ladies
because we didn't get much of that at the...
- Wedding. Yeah, yeah. - Wedding.
So I'm excited to be at the retreat.
- We were a little busy at the wedding, you know?
- You know, it's just this whole
getting married thing really got in the way.
- Yeah.
I'm really just kind of interested to--
to see what we learn.
They've been at this a little bit longer than we have.
I'm hoping we'll be able to feel like, okay, you know,
I'm learning something just by seeing
how they're interacting.
- Yeah.
- Do you have any more things you need to throw in that bag?
- Nope.
All good.
Let's blow this pop stand.
And let's go get our retreat on.
And you get your-- your runway on.
- [chuckles] My runway on.
♪
- You ready? - Yes.
Here, I got the door.
- No, no, no, after you... - Thank you.
- Prince.
♪
- ♪ Love me until the first sight ♪
♪ First sight
♪ Ooh
♪
- Hey, baby.
♪
How are you doing?
- I can't even get out of bed.
- Becca, she got hit with a stomach bug,
which sucks because, like, we wanted to put more effort
into our physical connection tonight.
- I just don't feel good. - That's okay.
You gotta take care of yourself.
But I just hope we can continue to grow our intimacy
when she feels better.
All right, one more.
Bye.
- Have fun. You look hot.
- Thanks, babes.
♪
- Thanks for staying here all day.
- I wouldn't miss it for the world.
- Truly an experience.
I don't think this is getting topped anytime soon.
♪
- Let's hope not.
- I don't think you can learn more about each other
in an event like today.
And I think you learned about me that I really do need
to be monitored at all times--
- No more operating vehicles unsupervised.
- And that, yeah, I bleed a lot.
- Yeah. You did good.
- Yeah.
- Remained calm, breathed the whole time.
You were a total warrior, like, honestly.
- Yeah, I'm warriored out, though.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, this can-- like, really puts stuff
into perspective when you're, like,
kind of unwell for a little bit.
- I had, like, your life in my hands.
She got quite the gash.
Her head is split open about 4 1/2 inches from her forehead
all the way, you know, to her scalp.
So she's ultimately gonna need plastic surgery.
But she's gonna be okay,
which is a huge sigh of relief for me.
And the fact that we were able to overcome it together
shows the type of bond we do have and, you know,
who we are as people and why I think we're
meant to each other's lives.
- Things escalated, but that is us.
- But we're here.
♪
- ♪ I've been catching feelings ♪
♪ I've been catching feelings ♪
- Hi, everybody.
- Hi. - Hello.
- I'm going first because-- - Hi.
- Hi, I'm Austin. - I'm Chloe, Austin.
- Nice to meet you, Chloe. - Nice to meet you.
- I feel like I have that same skirt, Michael.
- How you doing? - I'm feeling good, yes.
- What's up, my guy?
- I really wanna get to know Michael and Chloe.
They seemed so cute together at the wedding.
But I think it's--we also have to remember, like,
the wedding isn't necessarily, like, a depiction
of what the relationship is gonna be like.
- This is beautiful, huh?
- Isn't it stunning? - Yeah.
- How was the honeymoon? - Yes.
- It was good. - Yeah, we went deep.
I don't think we could have--you touched my soul.
I don't think we could have gone much deeper.
- I like cute [bleep] like that.
[laughter]
- So I wanted to say that Becca is unfortunately
not feeling well, so she's taking it easy.
- And also, Emily and Brennan,
they went on an ATV excursion today.
It was a little bit too exciting.
Unfortunately, Emily crashed her ATV,
and she suffered a head wound.
So she's getting stitches.
- But she--she's all right? - She's okay, no concussion.
All the scans came back clear.
- But we're glad to have you here.
- No, I'm glad to be here.
- And we decided to get a personal chef.
- So you guys can just take it easy, get ready for dinner,
and then meet us back out here.
- Yeah, no, for sure. - Sounds good.
- ♪ You have the power to make me feel like I'm Superman ♪
♪ I can do anything, oh, anything ♪
♪
- Mmm, smells so good. - It does.
- Beautiful. - We have water.
- Yes. - Stunning, stunning.
- This is nice.
♪
- We were gonna have a little party.
And the theme was gonna be dress as you partner.
[laughter]
- Yeah, I don't think you understand how, uh,
close to the truth that is.
- Yes.
Do you guys share clothes already?
- He's got a string of my pearls
and some of my earrings.
- I thought you were wearing her skirt earlier.
- I mean, it's a fair-- it's a fair assertion.
- Oh, yeah, I'm not hating.
- I mean, it seems right up your alley.
- Yeah, I could rock it.
- You should have heard this guy last night.
Me up.
He was having the time of his life.
- He was singing to himself, like, for a while.
- We had a few drinks last night.
- Was that what it was?
- I don't know. I had, like, a good time.
And then I just kind of went off on my own.
And apparently I didn't stop talking.
- It sounds like a good night.
- All right, everyone, who's ready for steak?
- Yes. - Oh, wow.
- That sounds fantastic.
- All right, so this is chimichurri.
- ♪ They never have
♪ But when I get home and see your face ♪
♪ I know I'm in the right place, the right time ♪
♪
- I'm glad we're all here because it's been
kind of a crazy journey for us.
And it's just nice to finally be here with all of you.
- Cheers to that. - Yeah, cheers.
- Cheers to that.
- Cheers.
- Cheers to that.
[laughter]
- You can't prepare for this.
I really thought--
- No, no, amen. - There's no preparation.
- That is the truth. That is the truth.
- You can't prepare.
- I never imagined that I would be
that emotionally and mentally fatigued diving into topics.
But pretty much every substantial topic that
we've covered thus far, we have been very much aligned
on our value system, our perspective.
So I was just thinking what if we weren't aligned,
like, how much more challenging would that
have been to kind of work through
and find a common ground of understanding?
- Right.
- Things are gonna get more challenging.
I have no doubt about it.
But the one thing I've been really
intentional with over the past two years
is just becoming the best possible communicator
that I can be.
- I think as long as you're giving each other grace
and spaces where you're like, okay, we're strangers actually,
you know, and we're trying to form this bond,
you guys are gonna be great.
- Yeah.
- I hope I hope I'm not overstepping any boundaries.
But we were curious on how everything was going
in terms of, like, how your guys' respective
journeys' have been.
♪
- Lauren and I, our marriage lasted ten days.
It was right after the honeymoon.
We had dealt with a lot of different intense things,
you know, that really kind of just
came out periodically throughout the honeymoon.
You know, there's been a lot of tension.
And so coming to the couples retreat,
I was really looking forward to just being able to find
our own peace of mind.
You know, if it's something that Lauren is up for,
I was looking forward with this weekend with both of us
trying to find common ground.
♪
I'm sorry I didn't bring this up sooner.
But you know, that is something that
I was looking forward to this weekend if it's possible.
♪
- Orion has a great demeanor
when it comes to addressing the group as a whole
versus talking to me.
In between when we film, there's no conversation.
There is no reaching out.
Or even last night, we spent the whole night talking
and chatting with everyone.
And there was never any indication of him wanting
to have a conversation.
So it doesn't seem authentic.
It doesn't seem real.
It's just frustrating.
- Would you like to respond when I talk?
[laughs nervously]
- I'm just gonna drink my wine.
♪
[soft music]
- Do you wanna go back to the retreat tonight?
Or do you wanna go back to your house?
What are you thinking after the surgery?
- Yeah, I'll go back to the retreat
just 'cause, like, everyone's there.
I think we get to see everyone, and yeah,
like, get hugs from people.
♪
- This day has been, you know, very challenging.
Our marriage is, you know, bumpy.
You know, we've had a lot of tough times
and the good times.
But I care a lot about her.
And I'm just praying and hoping
that her getting stitches goes smooth
and everything is okay.
But I'm here, sickness and in health.
- To the OR we go.
- Got everything? - I hope so.
- All right.
- ♪ And everything changed
- ♪ Whole world's talking all about me ♪
♪ Party won't stop without me ♪
- All right, so we all wrote these confessions.
Now, the fun part is, we pick one out.
And hopefully it isn't yours.
Read it and guess who said it.
♪
This one says, I used to have an afro from age 19 to 21.
And I would blow dry it upside down.
Mike, clearly.
- I mean, there's only so many options.
It's clearly a clear thing.
- That's my husband.
Yeah.
- It's my turn to draw here.
All right.
I used to have a bowl cut--one of my favorites, by the way--
and thought it would be a good idea to also get a perm.
- That has to be you.
- It was not me.
- You, huh?
- What about me screams bowl cut?
- Yes.
I'm sorry, yeah, it was terrible.
Shout out to my mom for that. - I did.
I had a perm. - What I would do...
- And I was proud of it. Yeah.
- To see photographic evidence of this bowl cut.
- No, you won't.
The evidence is burned.
[laughs]
It's nowhere.
- Oh.
Well, I open-mouth kissed a donkey.
- Ew.
♪
- Yeah, I did definitely do a lot of dumb [bleep]
when I was young.
- No, I love donkeys.
I just don't know if I'm going around
open-mouth kissing them.
Okay, got it. Got it.
- Well, I don't have much to say after that.
♪
- Oh, now, see, we're in trouble
'cause I'm not supposed to read my own, right?
- Well, can we-- can we see yours?
- So one of the most embarrassing moments
of my entire life was when I poured
an entire Jagerbomb all over Benji from Good Charlotte.
- That is embarrassing. - So yeah, anyway.
- How did you-- - I love that.
- I need details, like you purposely did it?
- Poured it on him. - It was, like, a paper cup.
And the Jager had started to eat through it.
And it collapsed, and it went all over him.
- What scenario were you with him?
- I was at--
- They used to date. - Wow.
- I was at a party that 'NSYNC was throwing.
And then I was battling whether or not to actually
swallow that Jager.
And I was like, I don't wanna do it.
Well, you gotta do it.
So I'm like, I'll do it, and...
- Why did you get the invite to 'NSYNC's party?
- I mean...
21 and full of hope, baby, 21 and full of hope.
- Who is this woman?
And what else is she hiding?
Either way, I'm into it.
I forgot about Jagerbombs.
That's what I forgot about.
That was my drink in college.
And that is straight poison now.
- Well, I mean, I'd take one.
- See, he's actually ready right now.
- ♪ I see words coming out your mouth ♪
♪ But I can't tell what you're saying ♪
- You know, hearing about what happened to Emily
makes me kind of think about the things that really matter.
And for me, that's my relationships.
Would you be okay if I stole your ear for a second?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- Have a seat.
- So I really just want the ability to honestly create
a new narrative with Lauren, just one that's more positive
and all of this tension just isn't present.
I mean, honestly, Lauren, I would--
I would really like to build a bridge
because I am missing our connection.
I don't know if at dinner me saying what
my intentions were about being here
kind of caught you off guard.
I just, I wanna be able to get to a point
to where we can actually team up
in a conversation like dinner and be like, yo,
this is what we went through.
This is the kind of [bleep] we dealt with.
And this is how we got through it.
♪
- I will start with saying, it doesn't seem fair for you
to wanna, like, team up and be partners in our divorce
when I feel like I didn't get that type of partnership
in our marriage.
I didn't get that type of partnership
when you solely decided you wanted a divorce.
Like, I didn't get a say in what happened with this.
And that really hurt my feelings.
You could have just pulled me to the side yesterday
and said, hey, at some point I do wanna have
a conversation with you.
You could have texted.
You could have called.
And it just feels like you only put me on the spot
in front of other couples.
So when you bring things up, it just doesn't feel real.
- Okay.
I'm very sorry I didn't make you feel like
we were a team in our marriage.
I'm very sorry about that.
I know I really haven't been too in communication with you.
But I'm really afraid to say something wrong
and then things just kind of go south.
And so that's where a lot of my just silence comes from.
But that'll change.
And I'm sorry about that.
Is that what needs to happen?
♪
- I don't know what needs to happen right now, Orion.
- Okay.
- I'm at a point where it's like a battle
of heart versus head.
Head is like, what am I getting out of this?
Why do I need to do this?
This is some bull-[bleep].
That's what my head is saying. - Okay.
- My heart is like, you still care.
You still, like, want to have some type of clarity on this.
You still want to have some type of forward progress.
And I still feel this state of confusion.
- That's on me. That is on me.
You know, I haven't had the best approach
when it comes to pulling you aside
to talk about these things.
But I'm wanting to do that.
I am wanting to do that.
- I mean...
I can take that and sit with it for a while.
It's just, I have to do what's best for me...
- Absolutely. - At this point.
Because like, I feel like I am a teammate of one.
In our marriage, I understand that you reached
your emotional capacity.
But for me post marriage, it almost
feels like I've reached mine.
And I--I don't know, Orion.
I just don't know.
♪
- ♪ All they do is sit and talk about you ♪
♪ And they'll believe what the rumors are true ♪
- Oh, there's our bleeding princess.
- I'm back.
- Baby. - How are we?
- How are you? - Had a day.
- Oh, no, sweetie.
- Hugs are welcome.
- Please, I don't wanna overwhelm you, but--
- No, no, no. Hugs are great. - Okay.
- Oh, God, girl. Oh, hi, sweetheart.
♪
- I've never seen that much blood for myself.
- Yeah.
Didn't know if I was fully gonna make it there for a sec.
- Can you explain the story and what happened?
- It was snowy and icy.
And then, like, there was just this branch,
and then I knew I was going right into the tree.
And then I saw blood.
I was like, oh, [bleep], I got a bloody nose.
And I was like--
- This is more than a bloody nose.
- I was like, where's the blood coming from?
And then he got off.
And he said he saw, like, blood drip down my face.
- She was in the tree.
And I was like, oh, [bleep].
So I just darted.
- Yeah, he was, like, the only one that was, like,
had a little bit of urgency.
'Cause I was like, ooh.
- And then I was like, call 911, like, immediately.
- Oh, man. - You're a trooper, Emily.
- Literally this is why you always wear [bleep] helmets,
you guys. Like, I would have been dead.
Everyone told me.
So it was a day.
Unexpected, woke up, looked great, came back.
Now I look like Frankenstein.
But I'm alive.
- But you're in such good spirits.
I know this is, like, a little thing, a little silver lining.
But I do love that you're always just like, yeah.
- I've never had a black eye.
I've never been in an ambulance.
- So you're knocking all the...
- Never had a head injury. - Bucket list items.
- Things that weren't-- things that weren't even
on her bucket list.
- You know, if you weren't looking at her
and just hearing her, you would think
that nothing ever happened.
You know, I think a lot of people
would have handled the situation very differently.
And the fact that she is taking it so positively
and being so good about everything just shows,
you know, a testament to her character.
But I know that I need to step up and be there for her.
So I wanna do everything in my power
to make sure that she has a speedy and healthy recovery.
- I'm ready to get back in that bed.
All right, love you guys. - Okay, night, night.
- Bye. - Good night.
- Holy [bleep].
- Stitches was this small. - Yeah, you said 15 stitches.
- 15 stitches was like this. - You lied.
- Yo. - It's like this.
- That was much bigger than I ever thought it would be.
- I'm glad Brennan was there for her,
and I'm glad he was very quick acting with everything,
'cause it could have been so much worse.
♪
- I'm still sick in bed.
I was throwing up last night, so I'm definitely not well.
Austin slept in another bed.
This is hell.
I hope I feel better soon so that I can get back out there
and see everyone and also to not look like this.
I am the walking dead.
Although, actually, Em is the walking dead.
I'm just, like, the walking semi-alive.
- Do we know how Becca is feeling today?
- I don't know. Hopefully better.
This'll be a fun little way to unwind, ladies.
- This is a great idea.
- I agree.
- Shout out to Chloe.
- Got the cucumbers. - Yes.
- I love it.
- Who wants what?
- I wanna do a foot mask.
- You want a foot mask? - Yes.
- I'm gonna get a face mask.
- I wonder if the boys are doing face masks.
[laughter]
- All right, who wants to lose all their money?
♪
- I like this energy, Brennan.
Like, I feel like we're gonna be competing at everything
and I'm here for it.
- All right, bro, careful what you wish for.
- I done wished it twice. - Uh-huh.
- Thank you, sir. - Texas Hold 'Em?
- Yeah.
♪
- Good morning, sunshine. - Hey, guys.
- Morning.
- How you doing?
- No, I slept like a baby.
- You did?
- I don't think anyone else could have come in
looking like that, Emily.
- That's what I said. I was like--
- Beautiful.
- I was like, you look beautiful.
- Like, a little ombre with the blood going on.
- Yeah, it looked like pink highlights at one point.
- It was like pink highlights.
- I thought I was gonna have permanent pink highlights.
Like, it's the worst to get out of your hair.
And I'm like, this is the worst color to--
- Yeah.
- It's crazy. I'm just glad she's okay, you know?
- We're glad she's okay.
- Handling it like a champ.
- I don't think I could have handled it as well as she has.
- Yeah, no, I don't know how she's
just in such good spirits and has been so positive.
It's really great.
- Chloe told us that her and Michael are doing well.
- Yay.
- I wanna hear everything because I missed it all.
Honeymoon-- - It's been a whirlwind.
And I just don't think you could ever be prepared for it.
But I think if there were any stranger that was going
to make it really easy to marry him,
it's gonna be Michael, just a really good man.
He's got a good heart.
And he's hilarious.
- I'll be like, you know, I'm--
I'm gonna take your earrings, and I'm gonna wear them.
You know?
- Did that actually happen, where you were like,
I'll wear your earrings?
- Oh, yeah, I literally was like--
- How did she respond to that? Like, did she laugh?
- Yeah, she laughed.
I mean, I'm not gonna snatch them off her ear or nothing.
- Are you trying to be funny, or you were just actually,
like, trying to wear them.
- Oh, no, I mean, it's kind of both.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, I'll throw it out there as a joke.
But if she's like, you can wear him,
then I'll be like, all right, cool.
Then pop one in, you know?
But I'm not gonna be like, hey, you know,
remember that other day when I said
I would wear your earrings, it's been 48 hours.
[laughter]
- He is high fashion to the max.
So it's just been a lot of fun to watch.
I've really enjoyed, like... - The skirt.
- Watching him.
That man rolled in with a skirt.
The best thing, he didn't even tell me it was coming.
He was just like, ready to go to the retreat?
And I was like, oh.
- Everybody, ready?
- You're like, love that. - Great.
Love that for you.
But when it comes to the sexual attraction,
having that flair and that really
fashion forward personality has been a challenge
for me, which is hard.
- I know in all my relationships,
I'm big on just saying you know what?
I think I'm getting triggered right now.
I don't know what is going on.
But this is triggering me a lot.
- I like the way you just put that.
You don't know what's gonna trigger you
until you're in the moment. You're like, ooh.
- No. - That's so true.
- Yikes, that's triggering me.
How do I tell him it's triggering me?
- When we were at the honeymoon,
it felt like sort of in the--
in the realm that we've been having, like, playful banter.
Like, I feel like it kind of just--it fits.
- So I know you and Emily are focusing on being friends.
Do you think what's happening right now is gonna change
that dynamic in any way?
- Yeah, so you know, since the accident, obviously,
everything changed quite a bit.
You know, we went through a traumatic experience.
And we're honestly trying to give it the best shot we can.
And I think it's going well so far.
- He was, like, amazing yesterday, honestly.
He saw a lot of blood, saw a lot of my inside of my head.
After, like, going through something like that, like,
it was--yeah.
Crazy, but, like, wouldn't have wanted anyone else there.
- I know. I know.
- Sorry. - We're all coming.
- But, yeah, it's crazy what really brings you together.
- No.
- I mean, obviously, I didn't want something that traumatic.
But, yeah, I think it just really
brought stuff into perspective.
- ♪ I won't give up on you
♪
- She's eatin' toast.
And it's staying in my belly.
I'm doing better.
We're gonna really rally here.
- ♪ Ooh, I came to win
♪ Right now, ooh, got me
♪ Ooh, like I'm glittering like gold, yeah ♪
♪ Ooh, so let's begin right now ♪
- Should I take my shoes off?
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Hello, hello.
- This couples retreat has been a little jarring.
- Whoa, I don't wanna be in front.
- No pressure.
- I'm just gonna sit down.
- And so I thought we could do some yoga.
I'm just hoping that this can just
bring a spirit of tranquility to the house
and just help us all on our individual journeys.
You brought a sandwich?
[laughter]
♪
- All right.
Hello, everyone. How's everyone doing?
- Good. - Good.
- My name is Lesley, also known as the Ebony Yogini.
And I'm excited to be here with you today.
We're going to be working through a flow of open throat
chakra and open heart chakra.
And the things that those promote
are excellent communication and open compassion.
- Thank you for being here.
- Happy to have you guys.
- We need the zen.
- Yes, and we are happy to provide.
Well, in this moment, I'll have you just find
a comfortable seat for yourself,
whatever that looks like for you.
When you're ready, go ahead and relax your shoulders down.
And from here, I'll have you extend both arms up above you.
Take some time to interlace your fingers.
Press your palms up towards the sky.
Drop your chin towards your chest.
Take a few deep breaths here.
We're tapping into our compassion space, our space
that allows us to connect not only with ourselves
but with others.
- Looking cute, Austin.
- And exhale.
We're coming down, switching sides, hands up.
- Do I look cute? - Yeah.
[laughter]
- It's a good look for you, bro.
- To roll your wrists.
- Hop your feet forward to meet your hands.
Rising back up, exhale, cactus your arms open,
deeper back bend. How far can you go?
Lift your heart. Lift your gaze.
Compassion, inhale, rising up, taking this moment
to consider what truths it is you have to share
and how you can best communicate those,
what love you have to give,
and how it can best be directed.
- Em, careful.
Just head up. - Okay.
- That's, like, the one thing you're not supposed to do.
- Fantastic.
I'll have you press back into a comfortable seat.
And since we are leaning into the concept of love,
compassion, and communication,
what does that really mean to you?
And how can you best show compassion in your marriage?
- I show compassion by trying to be as empathetic
and understanding as I can be.
You know, Emily and I went through something
pretty traumatic yesterday.
And I think she needed a lot of compassion.
And you know, just try to be there for her
and give her whatever she needed.
- I would say that I practice compassion first by extending
it to myself just because you can't count on someone else
to extend it to you all the time.
But you can definitely practice it within yourself.
And I think by giving that compassion to yourself first,
it allows you to just freely give it to others.
- You know, right now, Lauren and I,
we're in a weird, tough spot.
But you know, moving forward, I'd like to show compassion
and being more welcoming, you know, reaching out,
more opening lines of communication,
be it, you know, phone calls, texts, FaceTime,
whatever it may be, you know, and also just
coming at you in a very genuine way.
And, you know, ultimately, you know, things start to move
in a more positive light for both of us.
- Absolutely, I think we have some valuable lessons just
in total in regards to how we care for ourselves,
how we care for each other.
And I think it is of utmost importance in partnership
and in relationship to understand that you are not
enemies and that you are not in battle with each other,
that ultimately, though you may not be seeing
eye-to-eye in a moment, understanding that
if you extend your most kind and compassionate self,
then that will always lend towards an effective progress
that is beautiful and paramount.
- ♪ The strength in all we are ♪
- ♪ Ooh, where we go
- So how was sitting in on the yoga thing?
- I think you guys did great.
It was weird, I was like a spectator to yoga,
watching everybody. - Yeah.
It's not a very thrilling sport to watch.
- Aw, I loved it. - Yeah?
All right.
I'm glad to see you're feeling well enough to at least
sit there for that long.
It feels like you've been sleeping
for the past 24 hours.
- I have.
No, honestly, Em is inspiring to me.
I'm like, if Em can sit out there, I can sit out there.
So, yeah, it was good.
Glad to be back, sad I missed last night and stuff.
- Yeah, I'm definitely sad you missed last night too.
You would have enjoyed all the conversations.
You know, I know this weekend hasn't, like,
really looked like what we wanted it to.
So I guess I just wanted to check in with you to see
how that is sitting with you.
- Yeah, I mean, obviously nothing intimacy-wise
was gonna happen last night. - Yeah.
- In fact, I kicked you out of the bedroom.
- Yes, you did.
- I said, please don't be here.
Yeah, and you know, a month in a marriage,
I feel like nobody needs to see their spouse puking.
- Well. [both laugh]
I think I would like to, like, focus on enjoying
the rest of the day together.
- Mm-hmm. Totally.
- And then, like, seeing if we can get back into
that head space and seeing what happens, like,
tonight and after that.
- I think I just need, like, some effort, some flirting.
Like, you know, like, the basic things
that you need in a relationship.
- Yeah.
♪
- Well, thank you for--
you know, thank you so much for bringing those two.
It was spiritually opening for me.
- I'm glad that it helped.
I hoped that it would.
Just my intention was very much so
for it to just get us all in a different head space,
a different heart space.
So I feel like-- - It's quite effective.
- It worked. - Yeah, it's quite effective.
- My emotions towards you are open to being open.
- Yeah?
- I mean, you already said that you wanted to just,
like, reopen lines of communication.
So I feel like doing that, check.
But I don't know how to navigate divorce.
So I don't know what that looks like.
I don't know how much...
I can receive of you in divorce.
- Sure.
- Yeah, I don't know where I am.
I don't know. - That's okay.
I don't know either.
- I think that we are doing a good job
in these group settings of being civil,
of being friendly.
Genuine friendship, I don't know.
Right now, if I'm being honest,
I just don't know how much value I would see
in us having a friendship.
I want intentional friendships in my life at this point.
I want valuable friendships.
And I just...
- Just not there yet.
- I'm not there with you right now.
This time, like, three, four weeks ago,
I was in a very different mental state,
a very different heart state,
definitely holding out on love.
And I don't know why I was holding out
for so long for you to reach out.
- I had no idea.
- I didn't expect it to feel like a real breakup
considering it was so short, but it did.
But I feel like, yeah, like,
all this would have been, like, really good
for my soul three weeks ago,
really good for maybe us three weeks ago.
But now, it's like to me, it feels like
this is a great effort and a great step.
But it's, like, still, damn, where was this?
That's all, but...
- That's understandable.
So would you like to check in in maybe a week or so,
maybe a couple days?
- You know, maybe let me drive that.
- Sure.
- And I'll reach out if that's--
if that's okay with you. - Absolutely.
♪
- ♪ Not that the pressure, pressure ♪
♪ Pressure brings you down
♪ Not that you're better when there's no one else around ♪
- Hi, guys. - Good seeing you.
- How it's going? - Hey.
- How you doing? - Hello.
- Hi, I'm Clare.
- Clare, nice to meet you.
- We're just gonna get you warmed up really quick,
make sure that we're safe on all the obstacles.
And then we'll hop on that course, okay?
- Sweet. - Sound good?
- Let's do it. Yeah. - Yes.
- With all the things like Emily's accident
and then Becca being sick, I'm just hoping that
this obstacle course gives us a chance to, like,
bond as a group and slack off and have fun and not,
like, always be so serious.
- This is our swoop slider.
Really the only rules with the air bag is,
you just can't land on your head.
And you cannot put your arms behind you when you land.
Goal would be to grab those two hanging handles.
Those are called the flying squirrels.
Hayden's gonna demo for you.
Just pop that bar off the top.
♪
- Yeah. - I see.
- Becca seems so happy.
- This is crazy. - I'm nervous.
- Just like that.
- Way to go, you. - Yeah, that was great.
- You're good to go.
Just step off, and it'll take you down.
There you go.
♪
[cheering]
- There you go.
- Oh, man, now I gotta get to the next one.
What a beast.
[all groan]
- Clare.
- You got this.
- Whoo!
- Just like a little gymnast.
- You got it, you got it, you got it!
[all cheering]
- Look at her [bleep] back.
- Yes, Clare. - Yes, Clare.
- Hope it gives me enough momentum.
- Come on. - You got it.
- Little monkey.
- That was hard.
That was really hard.
- Give me a B.
both: B.
- Give me an R. both: R.
- ♪ Danger, danger
- Holy [bleep].
- Brennan! Oh!
- Now I'm scared. I'm nervous.
- I'm kind of nervous. - You guys got this.
- I'm nervous.
- ♪ Danger, danger
- Yeah, buddy.
Yeah, buddy. - Hey, hey.
- Hey.
He did that with ease. - You good, Mike?
♪
- Nice. - Wow, so graceful.
- Okay, show off.
- Nice.
- Monkey man. - Last one.
- Monkey Mike. - Monkey Mike.
[cheering]
- Wow, like, my husband is crushing it.
So I'm super turned on by Michael right now.
Determined.
- Let's go, Lauren.
- Yeah, girl.
- That didn't take me there.
[cheering]
- You're too tall.
- Here we go, Austin, here we go.
- Hey, I was waiting for the backflip.
- Let's go, Chloe.
[laughter]
[applause]
- That was-- - A for effort.
- That was a beautiful dismount.
- Why is this marriage so adventurous?
[laughs]
Ah! Thank you, husband.
- This looks kind of like a slide,
but it's not a slide.
So don't go down on your butt.
- Definitely too steep to be a slide.
So just face the wall on the way up and the way down.
So this would be the goal, to get to the top.
[cheering]
- Whoa. - Nice.
- Yeah, there's no way.
- This is not for the shorties of the world.
- All righty. - Who's going first?
- Who's first? - I'll try to walk up the 10.
- You can run up the 10. You'll make it no problem.
- ♪ La, la, la, la, la
♪ La, la, la
- It's hard 'cause you see it coming, and then--
- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, show me what you can do ♪
♪
- See, it's deceiving.
- Ow, ow, ow, ow.
- I don't think that hurt.
- Go, Lauren.
[cheering]
- I'll do this one. - Clare.
- Clare.
- I don't think I have this.
This is like-- did you start back here?
- Give me a C. - All the way?
- C. - Give me an L.
- L.
- Give me an A. - A.
♪
- An I, an I.
- R, E. - R, E.
[cheering]
Clare!
- Our little muffin.
- Who's next? - Why not?
- You got it.
You're, like, as tall as this thing.
- You got, bud. Let's go.
- M. - M.
- Go, go, go.
- This is it.
[cheering]
- That's your man.
What?
- I am loving watching my husband
absolutely dominate this obstacle course.
He's a man that definitely leans into his feminine side.
But when it comes to watching him kick [bleep] ass,
it's a total turn on.
Didn't know I was married to a ninja.
- You know, that's all that martial arts practicing
while watching kung fu movies.
♪
- You guys were animals out there.
- Animals. I'm proud of you two.
- Just animals. - Are you kidding?
- You can get through it.
- I'm gonna come to y'all's Decisions Days
and do pom poms.
[laughter]
- Can we talk about how Michael secretly
does this in his free time?
- I'm not just a boxer.
I'm also a ninja. - Yes.
- That's what he said.
Also, Brennan was, like, too strong for this [bleep].
- I'm surprised there wasn't a hole in that wall.
[laughter]
- It's how hard you could hit it,
not how high you could climb.
- Brennan smash.
- Smash.
- That was fun.
- It's a good weekend. It's a good weekend.
- We're flowing.
- Flowing, baby. - Flowing.
- I think for us, you know, we went through something
very traumatic together.
And I really believe as unfortunate as it was,
if we look at it from, like, a positive standpoint,
I think it really brought us closer together.
And wish we went about it a different way, but--
- What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
♪
- I feel like we got stronger,
which was what I ultimately wanted.
- Yeah, me too.
Yeah, I wouldn't have ever imagined
it would have gone down this way.
While it was very extreme, I think it brought us stronger.
And now I'm excited to, like, go into a normal week together.
- Yeah, I'd say I know we had a couple of little hiccups.
And I apologize for that.
But I feel like one thing that I need to really do is,
like, up my romance game.
I think that's been lacking a little bit lately.
So if you have any ideas, holler.
- I don't know, man. She saw you at yoga today.
[laughter]
- That ass.
- That was hilarious. You were like, I look cute?
- Still have tonight. - Still have tonight.
- Yeah, still got tonight.
- ♪ We came to, we came to win, not play ♪
♪
- ♪ High rise, sitting on a line tight ♪
♪ I'm just living love's dream ♪
♪
- [laughing]
- See, this is a 10.
This is a 10. You see? - Oh, no.
- Look at the shoulder test, the depth.
- No, no, no, this is a 15.
- Well, you see. You see what I'm saying.
- Yeah, I see what you're saying.
Okay, this is fabulous.
- It is.
I found these candles, kind of set the mood,
a little incense in the background.
I'm in the zone right now.
- I wasn't expecting you to just, you know,
be the whole reason that they created
an entire obstacle course.
- In transparency, I didn't expect that, either.
I was fully prepared to snap a hip at some point.
I couldn't let the young kids know, like, you know,
- I feel like going--
- This is what the old people have to do
after doing an obstacle course like that.
We gotta soak.
♪
- So how have you sort of taken in this couples retreat?
This is kind of the first time for me seeing everything,
so I'm curious to get your intake, your feedback.
- Yeah, I mean, well, first and foremost,
it was just nice to hang out with them.
I was surprised at some of the challenges,
surprised but not shocked.
I think surprised because, you know, I had optimism
for all the couples even though I didn't
spend any significant time with them.
I think just from my own mental and emotional comfort,
I had that level of optimism.
- Yeah. - How about you?
- That sounds fair.
- I mean, with this first full contact
with all of them, how was it?
- I was surprised at how many journeys
had veered in the direction that they have.
But the one thing I probably took from our time
with everybody else today is really
how well we have managed to communicate with one another.
I feel like the one thing that's
broken everybody else apart has been
a lack of communication, and...
- It does sound that way.
- We've done a really good job
at making sure that we're leaning into
each other's communication styles.
Communication has been our top priority with each other
from the moment that we met.
And, honestly, it's just sexy.
It's sexy watching him talk and communicate
and be open and most importantly shirtless.
I've thoroughly enjoyed watching you
take a bubble bath.
Thank you for allowing me this moment.
- Sure.
- ♪ It's new love, it's new love ♪
♪ It's new love, baby
♪
- Get all set up for movie night.
Today was long. - Mm-hmm.
- But it was fun. - Rallied.
- You rallied. I'm proud of you.
- Thank you.
- Kicking that cold's butt. - Cold?
- I don't know, whatever stomach bug thing you had,
whatever it was.
You were able to, like, come to Ninja Warrior.
- Yep. - Sit in on yoga.
- Yep.
I loved couples retreat for, like, the friends,
like, all the time we got to spend with our friends.
And we love our friends.
Friday, our, like, one night here,
was definitely disappointing for me.
♪
I think I just heard you talk a lot about, like, intimacy
and, like, working on intimacy and, like, getting closer.
And it started off on like a really--
- Poor note.
I think it was me. I get it.
And I'm sorry that that wasn't the mindset
I was in that night.
♪
- [breathing shakily]
♪
- It's not just the couples retreat,
but it's, like, leading up to couples retreat,
I just, like, keep waiting.
And then there was, like, this build-up to this weekend
where you were like, I'm really excited for couples retreat.
I'm really excited, and then--
so I just, like, keep waiting.
It doesn't feel good to, like, have to beg to be wanted.
- Yeah, and I understand
why you're feeling the way you are.
And I do want to make it better.
And I feel like I have expressed that, like,
just a rehashing of this conversation
that I thought we have gotten past
that we keep coming back to.
- I think you have moved past it.
I think it's still very much difficult for me.
I don't feel like--
I haven't gained a lot of clarity from--
- Okay, well, I'm happy to keep talking about it.
- No, I'm not saying we have to keep talking about it.
I just--but now I can tell
that you don't wanna talk about it.
- I admit my fault, but if you include
this entire experience, I think we've
had a lot of progression.
I mean, maybe it's like one--
- You think we've had a lot of progression?
I think we've made out a lot.
♪
- Okay.
I mean, intimacy isn't just physical.
But, yeah, let's-- but you're right.
It should be going further more often.
- It sounds good to hear you say that.
It just sounds like this is a conversation
that we have repeatedly,
and it's always left with a promise of I will do better.
I promise I desire you.
And...what happens is nothing.
♪
- Do you think this is going well, this conversation?
- I don't think that talking about it
is unhelpful for me.
Like, I just want you to want me.
And that hasn't really happened yet.
- Well, I do.
And I thought you, like, believed me.
- I do want to believe you.
♪
- Okay.
I was hoping tonight would end on a good note
so we could see what would happen,
and now I feel like...
♪
That's not happening.
♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ We're not talking anymore ♪
♪ And we can no longer ignore ♪
- My wrist is just, like, really hurting.
- How is that? - It hurts.
- Yeah, you got a gnarly little bruise here.
- Brennan stepped up to the plate
in, like, every way possible.
Yeah, my fingers are all bruised.
I tried packing.
- You did? How'd it go?
- Well, like, I organized. I just have to roll.
Sadly, while this was a traumatic event,
I think it did really show a lot to us both about how much
we care about each other,
and with Decision Day right around the corner,
time's a-ticking.
But I feel like we just reached new heights.
- You just stay there, and I'll just start
throwing stuff in a bag. - Okay.
♪
- I'm feeling disconnected from Austin.
I'm feeling sad about how last night went
and how I still had hope after that conversation on the couch
that we were maybe gonna still try to at least connect
with each other in some way.
And we didn't.
- I don't know.
Do you wanna talk about everything?
♪
- Do you--do you want to?
- So like, what do you think?
Where are you at?
- I think going to bed last night and, like,
you not wanting to snuggle or, like, anything,
like, was difficult.
And, like, this morning, I also feel that a little bit.
♪
- I think it's just, like, the rehashing of it,
constantly, that is, like, making it challenging for me
to get to a place where I am okay.
But I think just, like,
it just kind of keeps reopening the fresh wound in my opinion.
You know? - I know.
I'm just nervous, that's all.
'Cause I just feel you-- - And that's okay.
And you can be nervous.
But I feel like I'm expressing, like, where I'm at and, like,
and how I feel about just re-having these conversations.
It just feels like we're rehashing...
and re-opening the same, like, wound over and over again.
My apology about this weekend is sincere.
And, like, it seems like you do understand
where I'm coming from, and I appreciate that.
I'm not any type of way towards you.
I don't think that, like...
- Just felt that way a little last night and this morning.
- I'm sorry.
- Just a little kiss goes a long way.
- Hey.
♪
It's okay. We'll be good.
We are good now.
I do feel bad about the first night of couples retreat.
You know, I definitely would have changed that night,
and I would have taken it a little easier
and would have liked to have, like, you know,
prioritized her and kind of made that first night, like,
special for the both of us.
Hopefully we can fix that and move forward.
- ♪ And I know, yeah, I know, yeah, I know ♪
♪ Yeah, I know it's hard for you now ♪
♪ It's gonna be better, it's gonna get better ♪
♪ You're gonna be all right
- Goof.
- ♪ Whoa, oh
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
- All right, let's rock and roll.
♪
This weekend was long with a lot of emotions
considering what happened yesterday.
But I do think that there is hope.
Because after this, honestly anything is possible.
- Oh, you're just rolling it.
- ♪ We're ready to go
♪ The rulers, the rulers
♪ We're the rulers of the weekend ♪
♪ Feeling good inside, all right ♪
- ♪ Good inside
- ♪ Getting loose, I'm loving the vibe ♪
♪
- Ooh.
- Is that a wolf, or is it you?
- Awoo. - Woof, woof, woof.
Are you excited?
- I'm very excited. - Yeah?
- Couples retreat kind of didn't go
too well for Becca and myself.
And I don't think I really handled it appropriately.
So on our way back home,
hoping to make up for it.
So we're gonna have fun amongst the wolves.
And I'm just hoping we can kind of, like,
get back on, like, a good track
'cause it feels like we kinda got derailed
with, like, everything that happened.
Kind of nervous 'cause I want them to love me,
and if they don't, I'm gonna be really sad.
- Yeah, well, I'm sure they'll--
- Or if they, like, you know, bite my arm off,
that'd be pretty bad too.
- Well, as a fellow puppy, I'm sure they will love you.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Hi, guys. - Hi.
You've got Raven here. - Perfect.
- She is our almost one-year-old wolf,
and she is very excited to meet you guys.
- Wow, she's so big.
- We're gonna head in and say hello to her.
- Oh, she's just a puppy. - She is very big already.
- I know. That's crazy.
- She will give you kisses likely.
It's a greeting for these guys.
So she does wanna give you kisses.
We recommend that you take those
because if you turn away from them, she might get offended.
All right, well, if you guys wanna follow us in.
- That's good, thank you.
- You nervous?
- I think this will be a great spot.
- Right here in the sun.
- Raven! Yep. Yeah.
- Beautiful. - Hi, sweetie.
- Oh, kisses.
- Thank you so much.
- A belly rub.
- And she's a wolf, so she does what she wants.
If she did not wanna be sitting right next to you guys
getting this love, she'd be all the way over there.
Are you gonna sit in their laps?
- Oh, that's a sweetie. - So she has been doing that
ever since she was a little puppy.
- I mean, I think we have to get a wolf.
- We're just gonna walk down and around.
- Bye, Raven. - Bye, Raven, we love you.
- Bye, sweetie.
Yeah, you can come walk with us out.
- We love you.
- Mates are very, very special to these guys.
We actually do matchmaking.
So we will do arranged marriages right here as well.
So this is Denali,
and he's living in our matchmaker enclosure,
where we're able to make these lovely matches
between our wolves.
So it's got this side and that side over there,
and we'll have them living side-by-side as neighbors
to kind of monitor their body language
and their behavior to see if they're
interested in one another.
And then if all has gone well at that point,
we'll open up both doors.
They get a chance to have that first play date.
And we'll see lots of kisses, lots of fun and frisky play.
And at that point, we know that they have chosen each other
for the rest of their lives.
- That is adorable.
- Because wolves mate for life,
this is such an important process
that we're going through with them
to make sure that they are gonna be happy
with that other wolf forever.
- Yeah, you're, like, the experts.
- Oh, yeah.
So you guys didn't have an enclosure like this
to kind of... - No.
- See each other from afar, right?
- No, no, just at the end of the aisle.
- It's not always a very obvious pairing.
It takes a lot of work and commitment from both animals,
like it does with humans as well.
- The wolves really are pretty dependent
on their partners for happiness.
And it's a good reminder that I didn't go into this
evaluating whether I wanted my marriage
to be successful or unsuccessful.
To me, there was really only one option,
was for it to succeed.
- ♪ You make me smile
♪ You make me love
- Sometimes relationships and marriage take hard work
and getting your hands dirty,
and, you know, even when you're tired,
trying to connect with your partner.
And we just need to move forward
and get out of our heads, because I want it to last,
and I wanna be together forever.
- These guys meet and end up spending
the rest of their lives with the one true wolf, right?
- That's incredible. - Yeah.
[wolf howling]
- Oh! There it goes.
[both howling]
[wolf howling]
[laughter]
I'm howling your face.
Rawr, rawr, rawr, rawr, rawr.
♪ I love the way it feels waking up to you ♪
♪
- You did it.
- Next time on "Married at First Sight"...
- You know what tequila does. - Why do you think I got some?
- Our couples do everything it takes
to deepen their bond before Decision Day.
- I really liked him at the wedding.
I know you did too. - He is the greatest.
- Like, I'm going to stay together
with her on Decision Day.
- You really have been committed,
and, like, I have felt that.
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- I've appreciated, like, so much, like, you being here.
Who would have thought a tree would pull me in?
- So how has married life been?
- I have been overwhelmed.
Everything is moving so quickly,
so what I was thinking about was taking a few days apart.
- Like, oh, well, wait a minute,
do you not wanna be with me?
- All of these fights and all of these things
are, like, days and nights of rejection.
- Becca, do you want this marriage?
[dramatic music]
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