- There we go. That's what I'm talking about.
- Ten singles made a blind bargain
With a stranger to find love.
They wed their spouses sight unseen.
[cheers and applause]
- If you can think about your perfect wife,
What would she look like? Her.
[upbeat music]
- Last week, our couples continued
To build a new shared world together
While working on strengthening their personal connections.
♪ ♪
Lindy and miguel.
- Me being overly emotional and just, like,
An inner--an angry inner child that's just like,
"[bleep] you, la la la la la." and she goes crazy,
Will he choose me?
- Krysten and mitch.
- I do feel like sometimes I'm getting a little lost
In trying to please you, and maybe
Be a version of myself that I think mitch would really like,
But it is a struggle.
- Alexis and justin.
- I feel completely misunderstood.
I have to constantly go in circles,
And you still don't get it.
I'm like, "[bleep] it, it makes sense in my head."
- When you give up on me and when you shut down,
You're not helping me help you help us.
- Stacia and nate.
- If you keep not believing in what I'm trying to do,
And you're not gonna believe my actions,
It's just not gonna work out.
- I'm not saying it's not enough.
- Well, that's how it's coming--
That's how it's coming off.
- I'm just saying that I want
An emotional connection as well.
- We got emotion now.
- Morgan and binh.
Alexis came to me, woman-to-woman,
Friend-to-friend.
- Binh has been going behind my back and telling lies about me
To other people.
- ♪ my, my, oh, my ♪
- Happy one-month, babe.
- And tonight,
As their one-month anniversary approaches...
- He's not telling me he loves me.
- Our couples search for ways to go deeper,
To reinforce the foundation of trust and intimacy...
- [groans]
- Before they are faced with the biggest decision
Of their lives. - How you doing?
- Pretty good. - Good.
Careful. Careful.
There's thorns. - Thanks.
[dramatic music]
- I'm over here telling you I'm about to move in with you.
You're like, "eh." you an [bleep].
- "I don't want to put pressure on mitch.
"oh, I gotta make sure I do this and do this,
And I can't do this."
I'm gonna snap soon.
I'm gonna snap.
- That's you--between yourself.
- It has nothing to do with myself, baby!
- It does! - Like, I'm talking about--
- It still hurts.
And that's I want you to know.
It still hurts.
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- This is "married at first sight."
- ♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- [vocalizing]
♪ baby, I think you're on to something ♪
♪ every moment is bringing us closer ♪
- Oh, my goodness.
Check out that view.
And look at this delicious food.
And he's also making waffles with berries.
- With their one-month anniversary
Just around the corner, our couples will soon celebrate
Their first milestone as husband and wife.
- So apparently, there's no room in the bed for me.
Newton has taken over.
He's, like, "no. Absolutely not.
I'm in comfort. Maximum."
- By looking back at the last month,
We hope our newlyweds will remind themselves
Of the commitment they made to each other.
- I think everyone has had their challenges now.
Like, all five of us.
That's how relationships really are.
Like, relationships aren't gonna be perfect.
- Mitch silverstein reporting live from the bed,
With my wife. - Hello.
- With only four weeks until decision day,
Our couples will have to focus on the needs of their partners
And the demands of their marriage
Before they have to make the fateful decision
Of whether they are going to stay married or get a divorce.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- So I thought we could make some candles today.
- Oh, my gosh, how cute. - So cute.
I have a plan.
I'm gonna do, like--like, on the right side of the rainbow.
Like, work up.
You'll see.
- ♪ the time is now ♪
♪ the time is now ♪
- How are things going with you?
- How much time do we have?
- I mean, it seems like we have a while.
This kind of--this chopping is just going snail's pace, so.
- I mean, married life in general
Is just as good as I thought it would be.
- Oh, great.
- Like, we have so much fun together.
- Aww. - It feels like a marriage.
It feels like a really good marriage.
- So you think it's a good match.
- Okay. Well, I said--
- You just said you think it's a good marriage.
- It-- - oh.
- I guess I might need your help, 'cause I'm very,
Very conflicted right now.
- Oh, no.
- Like, I don't even know what happened.
But he just got a little, like, obsessive about this topic
In which I tell him that, you know,
I want to be an entrepreneur... - Right.
- Flipping houses. - Right.
- And he's just so fixated on that flipping homes is--
Has a negative connotation. - Why?
- And that developers are bad people
And that success is the enemy of the environment.
- [chuckles]
- It felt like he was... - No.
- Not supportive of my dreams.
And I felt like that he wanted me to rethink about
What I wanted to do with my life.
I hate to say it, but I think about my parents.
- Mm-hmm.
- My parents are--sorry.
My parents are really important to me.
- Yeah.
- And if they don't approve of how somebody treats me,
I don't know how I can go on.
- Come--come back from that. Yeah.
- Yeah.
I learned from my parents' marriage
That marriage is a really tough journey.
But when it is good, it can be great,
And it can be the best experience that
You can share with someone if it's right.
I was not expecting to cry during candle making.
- And I'm sorry.
But it seems like there's a lot of pieces of you
That he's not valuing at all.
And there's a lot of pieces of you
That maybe he wishes were different.
And I don't want you to take that into consideration
And ever change yourself for anyone, because there's
Somebody out there, whether it be mitch or something else,
That will love you for you.
Where does this take you now then?
- Yeah. - Because this is not great.
- Well, that brings me to now here.
- Okay. - Now it's now.
- Okay. And what are your thoughts?
- I'm gonna be the best damn wife I can.
If I am the best wife that I can be,
Patient, kind, understanding, I'm gonna
Get the best version of him. - Right.
- And if I get the best version of him,
And I still feel this way,
Then I have a tough decision to make.
- All I want is you to be happy.
- I know. And I am.
That's what's confusing. Like, I am happy.
It's just...
- He has little spurts and little moments.
- Is this a match?
I don't know. I don't know.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm pulling everything ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I wake up, I drink my coffee ♪
♪ I ain't going nowhere ♪
- ♪ I ain't got nowhere ♪
- Hello, hello, girly. Ooh, this looks nice.
[both chuckle]
All right. Hey.
- Hello. Another hug.
- I miss you.
Ooh. So what is going on here?
- So I mean, like, you know what happened on the honeymoon.
He told another husband that I essentially
Lied about being a nurse.
I found out that he never stopped going
To justin with our issues.
They talk on a daily basis.
And how do I trust someone who has now broken my trust daily?
You know, thank god I'm really close with alexis.
She was like, "I kept hearing these things that binh
Was saying about you.
And, you know, justin has been on speakerphone
When he's talking to him on the phone,
And I hear the things binh's been talking about you,
And it just didn't seem right.
'cause whenever I'm with you,
I know you're a good person, but the person
That binh's making you out to be is the complete opposite."
- Ooh. - Mm-hmm.
- This is bad.
- A couple days ago, went up to the apartment,
Grabbed some stuff, and I knew if I talked to him
Right then and there, I would lose my mind.
So I was just like, I just need to walk out,
But I also need to let him know that I know.
♪ ♪
- He, like, kind of ran after me.
I think it hit him that I do know.
- "do you want to talk about it?
"like, what did--what? What?
"what do you know? Like, what did she say?
Blah blah blah." and I just kept walking.
♪ ♪
I'm driving back to my place.
Alexis messages me.
She says, "binh is at my apartment right now.
♪ ♪
He's sitting right next to me." - wow.
- So instead of figuring things out with me,
He ran straight to their apartment.
- Yeah.
- So he starts facetiming me.
I was not calm. I was not mature.
I let everything out.
I've never been that angry before.
I've never yelled like that before.
- Quite honestly, it's embarrassing.
- I feel sad. - Yeah.
- Because I know you were really hoping
This was the one.
Like, I know how you were through the process.
- Yeah. - I saw you with the dress.
I saw you coming down the aisle.
- Yeah. - But--damn it.
[both laugh]
I feel you closing the door.
- Yeah.
- ♪ when the walls come crashing ♪
♪ when rescue can't be found, when it all comes down ♪
- ♪ I got that good, bad look for you ♪
♪ I got that good, bad look for you ♪
♪ doing things that you don't want... ♪
- Sometimes I wish I was like a ocean creature,
I lived below the sea, just to see what's down there,
'cause I'm nosy as [bleep].
- You want some wine? You want some tequila?
What do you want? - Wine, please.
Let me get it for you, married woman.
- I didn't say I wanted wine. I'm married. I need tequila.
- I'll show you.
- I got you.
I think I'm down now, though. - You down there? Okay.
- I'ma let that sit. - Yeah.
- It probably gonna be a while.
- So what's been up, man?
- You tell me, man.
How's married life treating you?
- [bleep]. - [laughs]
- I want to know.
- Married life is challenging.
- Yeah? - It's challenging, boy.
- I'm not typically, like, an emotional
Roller coaster type of girl. - Yeah.
- But I feel like I'm in an emotional roller coaster.
We have good days, but we also have bad days.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I don't do well with bad days, 'cause it's draining.
- Yeah.
- So freaking draining.
- I discovered that I do these random-ass outbursts.
Nobody's ever called me out on them.
It's exhausting. [bleep] frustrating.
It's exhausting trying to get you to understand.
Like, that's why I shut down, 'cause it's like,
You're not gonna understand me.
Even if I try to break it down like a third-grader,
It's like, oh, okay, you know.
I have to constantly go in circles, three different times,
And you still don't get it, I'm like, [bleep] it,
It makes sense in my head.
It's draining for her.
And so now, I'm in my head.
And when I get in my head, I [bleep] up consistently,
You know.
- Like, he doesn't self-regulate
To know, like--you know if you're getting really
Frustrated, you're like-- - I need to collect myself.
- Exactly. - I need a moment.
- He doesn't know how to do that.
- Okay. Yeah.
- So I do it for him, and I'm like,
"I see that you're getting--you know,
Let me give you a break."
And then he'll come back and be like,
"you know what, you were right. I did need a break.
This is what I'm thinking and feeling and things like that,"
But it's just a lot.
I just feel like there comes a point
To where it's just, like, excuses only get you so far.
And I mean, maybe it's something that I can't
Get past, 'cause it doesn't stop.
I'm losing a bit of, like, my drive.
Yeah, and I feel like I'm shutting down trying
To get him not to shut down.
- If decision day was gonna be tomorrow,
What decision would you lean towards?
- If I said no, I would be uncomfortable with that,
But if I said yes, I feel like I still would be uncomfortable.
So I feel like I'm just somewhere between right now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ all of the level, gotta love the channel ♪
♪ don't need the bass to make me feel better ♪
♪ the streets are bright, the night is mine ♪
- We're gonna be making grandma's cookie bars.
- Awesome.
So I'll spread this out.
- I'm going to talk to my mom about, you know, trust issues.
Nate needs to reassure me that he is falling in love with me
Through his actions, because I don't want
To be in a loveless marriage.
I don't want to wait forever.
I want to be able to trust nate.
I want to be able to trust him with all
Good, bad, ugly, pretty, and know
That he'll still have my back and he's not gonna leave me.
- What's been going on with you?
- It's a lot.
I think right now, he's, like, trying to open up,
But he's a slow mover.
- I know it's hard.
I know you. - Yeah, I can't move--
- I know you want answers right now.
- I can't move forward in life until the obstacle is removed.
- You want to do deep, so it's like picking a scab.
It heals, you move forward, and then you
Go back to picking the scab.
Okay?
Versus accepting what happened, moving forward,
And let that scab go.
Okay?
If he says he loves you, trust that he loves you.
- He's not telling me he loves me.
- He's not showing you?
- He's showing me through future actions.
- What he wants to do for you. - Yeah.
But the emotional part, where he's opening up,
That hasn't happened yet.
- Okay. - It's slowly happening.
- Okay.
- I just don't give him enough time to, like, open up.
- It's a month, right? - I know. I know.
- Yeah.
- I'm not a person that shies away
From having conversations.
I do like to, you know, hit those issues head-on,
And that's not everybody's cup of tea.
So I do have to make sure that I am trying to come to nate
In the most positive way.
You know, I just have to continue to show patience,
And that's kind of hard for me.
I always want to continue to make sure
That the person that I'm in a relationship with
Is trustworthy. - Right.
- And I feel like, in past situations,
I might have been too trusting, and that has bit me--
- Hurt you. Backfired. Yeah. - Yeah.
And he's constantly saying, "just have faith in me.
Have faith in me." and I'm just like, how?
- That is faith--not knowing. - Isn't that being irrational?
- You don't have to know everything.
You don't have to be in control of everything, right?
- I don't think I am, though.
- Why do you struggle with trust?
- 'cause I feel like I've been let down.
I feel like trust is earned. It's not given.
And I feel like people are gonna
Always just let you down.
- It saddens me, 'cause I feel like I'm part
Of that problem with trust.
She saw me in a relationship that was pretty difficult.
But I pray that she gets through this
And gives him the opportunity to trust.
Still do your homework, still dig, still ask questions,
But come from "I'm gonna trust you until I don't trust you,"
Versus "you're gonna have to earn trust."
You have to allow people
Their feelings and their space.
- I get that, but I feel like I'm empty.
'cause I'm not getting the feelings
Or the answers either. - Mm-hmm. I get it.
- So I just want to know now.
- But you still have to allow him that space so that he can
Let you in and let you know.
- ♪ many times, but now I'm shatterproof ♪
♪ shatterproof ♪
- ♪ I got everything that I could want ♪
♪ I'm blessed ♪
- Happy one-month, babe. We made it.
- What are your hopes for today, honey?
- My hopes for today is just to have a good day.
Lots of smiles and appreciation.
♪ ♪
- The one-month anniversary is a huge accomplishment
For our couples.
- What are we doing today, miguel?
- We're going on a boat, and we'll lose
Our virginity on that boat. - Wait. What?
- You said it first. - Boat virginity?
- Along the way, they've endured ups and downs
And seen their relationship grow and evolve.
- Rock the boat club.
- Nautical-nautical mile club.
♪ ♪
- Do you think, like, you're where you wanted to be?
Where you thought you would be?
- I definitely think we're pacing, like, at a good pace.
- Four weeks is a significant milestone,
And it's the perfect time for our couples
To celebrate and to reflect on the journey so far.
♪ ♪
- Today is
Officially one month since I've been married.
♪ ♪
Doesn't feel like it. [chuckles]
♪ ♪
I'm just not excited.
I don't want to see him.
I'm just tired and mentally drained,
And I woke up exhausted, 'cause I'm not ready for this.
I need to face him, and I need to tell him how I feel.
So it'll be interesting to see what he says.
♪ ♪
- ♪ we got-got one life to live ♪
♪ we got-got one shot to win ♪
♪ I got-got this shot to win ♪
- Hey, lune, you ready to go on your big adventure?
♪ ♪
- Don't. She don't like that.
- Okay.
- She likes the butt rub. Yeah, there we go.
[knock at door] I got it.
Both: Hey! - Come on in!
- How are you? Oh, gosh.
- Oh! Hi, luna! - Yep. Mm-hmm.
- Mitch and krysten are going on a romantic getaway
This weekend for their one-month anniversary,
And I have volunteered to watch luna
Because I know that nate wants a dog.
You really want a dog, though?
- I do want a doggie.
- Can we borrow krysten's dog?
Like, babysit?
- But you know what-- you know what mitch said?
- What?
- Krysten's dog snores hella loud.
- I'm not opposed to having a dog.
It's just the maintenance of the dog.
I don't really care for pets, but I know
I have to kind of give a little bit, give and take.
We're in a marriage, and there has to be compromise.
So I think that this is a good trial run.
- You say hi to stacia?
Say, "hi, stacia!" - hi, luna.
- "hi!" - [dog groans]
- What--what does that mean?
- That is her breathing.
- Hi.
- There we go!
- Hi. Hi. - Aww.
She likes you, stash!
- That's good, right? - That's really good!
- Okay.
So do I have to get, like, some treats for her, that way
She really, really likes me?
- Are you ready for the lowdown?
- Okay.
- So this is gonna be your saving grace.
- Oh, yeah. Yes. - We know this.
- I even took the liberty of adding a refill for you.
- Wow. All right. - It's very important.
I'm gonna clean the wrinkle today.
I need you guys to clean the wrinkle tomorrow.
It's a once-a-day thing.
She's gotta have it. I'll show you.
Lulu. Come here, bubba. Come here.
You're gonna hold her like this.
- Wait, why do you hold her like that?
- It's the only way she'll let you.
Get right in there.
Just like that.
♪ ♪
I took the liberty of fashioning a schedule for you.
- Oh, my god.
- So 7:00 a.M.-Ish, that's when she likes to have her walk.
You gotta make sure she pees and poops.
She gotta pee. She gotta poop. She got to.
- I'm, like, trying not to, like, show it on my face,
But I know it's really hard for me
To keep my facial expressions straight.
I do not have a poker face at all.
I'm trying my hardest to kind of keep it in,
But I'm freaking out.
- I got the bags.
Gotta clean the poop up.
You got to.
- Wait, I'm picking up poop? - Yeah.
You know, you put your hand in it,
And you'll pick up the poop, and then
You'll turn it inside out, and then you'll throw it away.
It's gotta go somewhere.
It's gotta go in the trash. - Into the earth.
[laughter]
- All right, stacia, this has been real.
We really gotta get going.
♪ ♪
- ♪ ooh, come and dance with me ♪
♪ I'll make you fall in love with me ♪
♪ whoa, whoa, ooh, ooh ♪
- Here we are. - Yay.
- I think I'm gonna be frozen as soon
As I step out of this car. Look at the lake!
- Well, as you said, all you need--
- Look at the lake! - I know, it's so pretty!
- It's so pretty!
♪ ♪
After you. - Thank you.
- I'm just gonna make you open the door for me.
Wow. - This is so cool.
- This is super cool.
We're here at the quiet mind retreat.
It's very... Buddhist, I'm thinking?
I'm getting major buddhism vibes.
So it's pretty cool.
♪ ♪
Get cold feet.
- It feels like yoga is the perfect way to start
Our anniversary weekend.
I really wanted to do this because I want to make
Positive memories this weekend.
That's what I want to do.
I don't really want to have heavy discussions
About feeling like he does not support me
And wondering if I'm gonna have to give up on my dreams.
I don't want to do that. I just want to have fun.
- Cool room. - How are you?
- I'm good. I'm lorien.
- Hey, lorien. - Nice to meet you.
I'm krysten. - Nice to meet you.
- I'm mitch. How should we begin?
- Maybe let's have you come to your mats.
- I'm looking forward to doing the yoga just because,
You know, my mind's usually not very quiet,
So it's really good for me.
- You're gonna step forward with your right foot.
Cartwheel up.
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
[groans]
- Just let it all out.
- It feels so good.
- [groans]
Mm...
- The man grunts a lot.
- [growling]
- And it's loud.
- [grunting]
And it's a lot, and I'm laughing
Because he's, like, "waaa."
- [groaning]
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- It's getting hot. Should I take this off now?
[laughter]
- Namaste. Thank you guys.
- Namaste. Thank you. That was wonderful.
- Thank you for... - Thank you. Good to meet you.
- Making us feel good.
- Enjoy your time.
- I feel very relaxed. - I know. That was so nice.
- Help. Me. - [laughs]
- [groans]
- You make a lot of grunts.
Between you and luna, man, I just
Got the grunters following me.
- You like noisy...
- People and animals? - Creatures. Yeah.
- Are you releasing the demons? - I'm releasing.
Just releasing, you know? - Yeah.
- So much in there, as you know.
It's gotta release.
A lot of tension, you know?
Holding up tension.
It's kind of like in a marriage.
- Okay.
- When you're in the stretch and you kind of find
Your limit, that's the edge.
Seems to relate to a relationship a little bit.
- I like it. - Right?
- Uh-huh.
- You know, we're, like-- we've pushed--I've pushed
Your edge a few times, for sure, and you
Pushed mine a couple times.
And you've gotta find out where our edges are and--
- Oh.
- You know, there's a little bit of that.
- Yeah. Bob and weave.
- And then ultimately, kind of, we find somewhere there,
You know?
- Interesting.
I've never thought about it that way.
[thunder rumbling] wow, I think a storm is coming.
- Storm's brewing.
- And it's finally not me and you.
- Nice.
♪ ♪
- ♪ hold your head up to the sky ♪
♪ love ain't easy, but that's all right ♪
♪ keep on going, don't think twice ♪
♪ spread your wings and you'll learn to fly ♪
- Hi. - Hello.
- Hi.
- Welcome aboard "claudia."
- Thank you. Thank you for having us.
- What a beautiful boat! Oh, my gosh.
- Yes, thank you. Come aboard.
- Previously, I'm more of a big milestone celebrator,
But, like, every experience that miguel and I have
Is a new experience, so we're celebrating
All the time because we're creating new memories.
- It's a stone. I wouldn't call it a milestone.
It's--we're-- you know, it's one month.
It's like one foot in the right direction.
[upbeat music]
- Oh, my gosh, this is so pretty.
- This is nice. This is nice.
♪ ♪
- ♪ and we love ♪
♪ we're in deep ♪
♪ ♪
♪ sail ♪
- What is that? Oh, there's a wedding!
Miguel, that was us one month ago.
Aww. How cute!
- Do you think they're strangers too?
- I don't think normal people get married to strangers.
But, like, with how comfortable I feel with you,
It definitely doesn't feel like a month ago.
- No, I know, it doesn't.
I was hoping for this exact scenario--
That it would feel like old friends...
- Natural. Yeah. - And natural.
'cause yeah, that's what it feels like.
You're very familiar to me. - Familiar. Yeah. Definitely.
Your kind of personality is what I wanted.
You're, like, all the things that,
Like, 20-year-olds don't have. - Right.
- And now I just get the whole--
- Yeah.
I mean, no, these gray hairs aren't just for show, like...
- I love your gray hairs. They're so cute.
- I've earned them. [both laugh]
Like, the older I've gotten, the more I've realized
Maintaining something that's worthwhile
Takes a lot of work, takes a lot of perseverance,
Patience, dedication.
And it's gonna be a day in, day out-type, figuring out
The room that I have to express myself
And figure out where she's at.
And, you know, it's almost like a constant tug of war.
- Are you okay? I'm in this, like, bird.
- I'm good.
- I'm living on the insides of a bird right now.
- Yeah, so I read an article.
You can get along with someone
As long as you have reliability and predictability.
- So predictability.
- In some cases, you're consistently inconsistent.
- Okay.
- But there's a security in that,
'cause I know what to expect.
You may get passionate about something
And fly off the handle. - Yeah.
- But it's, like, almost like a--like a calculated risk.
- Even with those, like,
Flying off the handle instances, though...
- Yeah.
- Do you still feel like there's a level
Of predictability within that? - Exactly.
- It's not gonna get out of control.
- Exactly. Exactly.
The unknown is scary to some.
For me, it's like, I've made peace with that already.
'cause I'll tell you this: I've seen you at your worst.
- No, you haven't!
You've not seen me at my worst.
- Well, damn, okay.
- You have not seen me at my worst.
- Okay. Now I'm scared.
- You should be scared. Buckle up, baby.
[thunder rumbling] what the [bleep] was that?
Was that thunder? - Yeah, I think so.
- We know we're in the honeymoon phase still.
- Maybe. Maybe. Maybe this is--this is a phase.
It's not even-- or maybe it's not a phase.
Maybe this is just what it is.
- Hopefully. That would be great.
Is it raining?
The [bleep] is going on?
No.
♪ ♪
- So we are getting ready to go see the lawyer.
And we have luna, and she keeps scratching at the door.
Do you think we should take her to the lawyer's meeting today?
- I think she should be good for a couple hours.
- Okay.
- ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[vocalizing]
- Come on in. Come on in. - Okay. Over here?
- Yeah. Take a seat. - Okay. Thank you.
- Of course. You look very cute.
- Thank you. - Yes. You too, man.
- Oh, thank you. [laughter]
- In the beginning, we had talked about the postnup.
- A who? - A postnup.
So like a prenup. - Oh.
- But since we're already married,
To just kind of protect my assets.
- Dang, you don't have faith in your boy?
- I don't know what, you know, could possibly happen.
I am relieved that nate agreed to sign this postnup.
I feel like I can trust nate a little bit more,
But trusting nate brings fear because you're kind of,
You know, relinquishing some of your control.
I want nate to be able to lead in certain instances,
So I need to be able to kind of give him that space
To do that, and I'm doing that.
- I printed out copies of the postnup.
- Okay. - So we can go through it.
If there's any questions.
- So we have been talking about finances
And joint accounts, and right now we're staying separate.
- Okay.
- Eventually, we're gonna work towards having a joint...
- Okay.
- Where our, you know,
Corporate jobs will be put into that pot,
But we still have our own businesses and investments
That will be separate. - Okay.
- But--not saying that this will ever happen, right?
We do get a divorce... - Uh-huh.
- And we have a million dollars in this savings account.
How is that gonna be broken up?
I think it's fair, if someone's putting in 90%
And the other person is putting in 10%,
Wouldn't it be split 90/10?
Or do you not think that that's okay?
- Whatever is coming back out, it should
Come back out proportionately. - Okay.
- Yeah. - All right.
So what we're gonna do, we're gonna
Initial and sign each page.
But if you have any questions 'cause you saw something,
Feel free to ask.
But you're just gonna initial every page.
- Okay.
- She's asking for action, and so
I want to show her that I'm really serious about not only
Protecting her, but, you know, just showing
That I'm not trying to, like, take anything from her.
But I'm a little nervous, because, you know,
It's, like, even more real.
Like, this is, like, another serious thing
That we have to do, and so I'm very conscious
Of the consequences of actually getting divorced.
I just want her to know that, you know, hey,
This is really a big deal to you.
So I'm a team player, and I'm showing
My wife that I mean business.
♪ ♪
- I'm pretty happy right now.
- Me too. [knock at door]
♪ ♪
- Oh, my gosh.
- Oh!
What is that?
It's stuff. - It's stuff.
- Bring it over.
Oh, my god!
- Photos and vows and wine. Look at us.
If you close enough, you can see the band-aid on my head.
- Yeah, no, I--I can see it. - Yeah.
I can't believe the day we met was the day we got married.
It's so insane.
- All right, should we do photos first or vows first?
- Let's do photos first. - Okay.
♪ ♪
Oh, my god.
What is going through this man's head right now?
- I don't know. I'm probably freaking out.
- Yeah.
- You know, at first, when I saw that book,
I was like, oh, god, like, I don't want to look at this.
Like, that day was so crazy, and I don't know,
Like, what kind of emotions it's gonna stir up.
But it was actually pretty cool to see the pictures
For the first time.
- Aww. This one is really cute.
It was beautiful, wasn't it? - Mm-hmm.
We've had a kind of a harder week,
And we've had some ups and downs, so the timing
Is actually really good. It's the one-month.
And, you know, they're just trying to pull
At our heart strings a little bit, but in a good way.
You know, like, just remind us of that optimism and that
Hopefulness we were feeling and that need
For companionship, you know.
So it is really nice to kind of look at that.
- I mean, it looks like we've known each other
Longer than an hour. - I know, right? It's weird.
You know, that was really all we had, was hope and optimism.
So I think we've come a long way, and I feel,
You know, sentimental about that, and appreciative.
- My dad.
So happy.
I just wasn't expecting to see my dad
So happy like that, you know? - Mm-hmm.
- I think marriage is really hard,
Especially when you marry a stranger.
I think if me and mitch continue nights like tonight
And continue embracing the positive
And being in the moment, I think we can
Both fall in love, for sure.
So I look forward to more moments like this with him.
Should we re-read our vows now?
"dear new husband."
- Hello. - That's you.
"I vow to show and share with you
"all the real parts of me,
"the good, the bad, and the bougie.
"I vow to protect you during this crazy journey
"because no one will ever know what our story
"feels like except you and me.
"we're in this together.
"no matter what this brings, I will defend,
"support, and have your back.
And I will give this everything I have to see it through."
All true to this day. - I like your vows.
It was great to hear them again, actually.
- Don't they, like, still fit me?
- They're better now, 'cause I know you.
- Yeah. - All right.
So "krysten, my new wife and partner.
"the first thing I want you to know
"is that I'm fully committed to this journey,
"committed to you and committed to us.
"we may not know each other yet,
"but I vow to be your rock-solid partner in marriage.
"I will be open to growth, open to love, open to family,
"open to adventure, and open to sharing everything I have
And everything I am with you."
Let's just say it's good for me to read those again
And remember exactly what I wrote and what I vowed.
You know, I've done my best, but it's good
To just remember what I-- what we both committed to.
That's all. - Yeah.
- Judge me how you want, but, um,
I feel like I maybe could have done
A better job living up to my vows,
Especially 'cause I think I let kind of my judgments
Get the best of me, and it kind of hurt our trajectory.
And I do feel a lot of affection towards her,
So I think it's definitely possible I could fall for her.
♪ ♪
- No matter how this goes, how it ends,
I feel very at peace,
Because I know that I have no regrets so far.
I know that you're giving it your all.
I can see that you're giving it your all,
And that's all I can ask for.
- Yeah. No regrets.
- No regrets, baby. - No regrets.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my gosh.
Did you have fun on the boat ride?
- I did.
- It got pretty choppy there, I'm not gonna lie.
There was a couple points
Where I thought we were gonna capsize.
- I know you did. Yeah.
- Since I've met miguel, personally,
I'm definitely much less anxious.
I haven't been biting my nails, which is a really big deal.
And I feel that miguel's done such a good job of
Dealing with me when I show him parts of me
That aren't fun and lovely.
Miguel needs to just keep accepting me and making me
Feel secured and cared for.
I mean, he's doing a swimmingly--
Swimmingly?--Job of it.
Swimming job?
I don't know what the word is.
[knock at door]
Ooh. - I wonder what that could be.
♪ ♪
Oh, hello. - What is it?
- It's a gift basket.
- Oh, cute!
Like, it's cute to put, like, towels in those.
- I already-- I already see a picture.
- [gasps] oh, my gosh.
It's so weird to see-- okay, I'm so excited.
- All right. It's been one month.
- It's so weird that that was a month ago.
♪ ♪
- Pour game on point.
- All right. Okay.
Oh, my goodness, how cute. Okay.
Wow, we look so good together.
Let's be real.
Okay, there's miguel.
- [laughs] that's one of my friends.
Yeah, that's so funny.
- Was this your face when you saw me?
- [laughs] maybe.
- You look very disapproving.
I'm standing kind of far away from you.
- Me too.
- I thought we were holding hands at a certain part.
Oh, my god!
Look how awkward I am with my kiss.
'cause we both went over. We both went over.
- I think it's a good picture.
I don't even see what's awkward about it.
- I was, like--I was so excited to kiss you.
- I was happy.
- Oh, yeah, that awkward conversation
We had right after the--
- Why--everything you say, it's, like, negative.
What the [bleep]?
I don't think--I don't think it was awkward.
- It was awkward for me. - Okay.
- It was really uncomfortable.
Oh, my bridesmaids.
- Lindy is kind of being a little snarky.
She's being, like, very hypercritical.
And it was kind of detracting from,
Like, the overall positive experience that it was for me,
And, like, I do have feelings for her,
Strong feelings for her, and I don't know,
It's just like, let's enjoy this moment.
Like, look, this is our wedding day.
Like, you know, "aww."
"and so even though we're starting off as strangers,
"I do promise to show up, to be present,
"and to put in the work to get to know you
"and to show you that I'm committed
"to this process and to you.
"let's see what we can accomplish together as a team.
"I can't wait for us to begin living our celebration
"of having found each other.
"may we finally find the love we've been searching for.
I'm yours in all things."
- Aww, that's so sweet.
Seriously, I remember that.
I was so emotional 'cause your vows were so beautiful.
- Thank you. - And it made me cry.
- How do you feel like I've been living up to them?
- 100%.
Like, you meant every word, and you've shown me that
The past four weeks, that you are present,
You know, you're committed to this process.
We're doing the work.
Yeah, no, definitely. I loved your vows.
This is the healthiest relationship I've ever had.
- I think our chemistry makes it easy.
I don't think it would-- it would come as natural
With another person.
- We haven't told each other we love each other,
But I know he's committed.
He wants this to work.
I'm still falling more and more
In love with miguel every day.
The more time we spend together,
The more I get to know him, the more he opens up,
The more I open up.
It's just been kind of a natural progression for us.
But it's been one month, and it's been easy
And it's been fun, but we just need more time.
- So I'm--I don't know, I consider myself very lucky.
- Yeah, me too. Definitely.
- ♪ tomorrow, yeah ♪
[tense music]
- Oh, my gosh, I need this so bad.
Binh and I are not good anymore.
Kick hard.
Punch--punch hard.
Punch well.
Tomorrow, we're celebrating our one month of being married.
And we had plans on going back to our wedding venue
And either retelling our vows or rewriting our vows.
And I'm definitely gonna give him some vows tomorrow.
- One, three. One, two, three. Two.
- I'm gonna tell binh a lot tomorrow.
- Now one more.
♪ ♪
- Binh doesn't know what's coming.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ I got this new, fun feeling ♪
♪ like the sun is shining bright ♪
♪ ♪
- Look at this dog.
This is a girl, by the way. What are you doing?
Luna, you acting wild, bruh.
♪ ♪
All out of breath.
[luna grunting]
What the hell is that? What is happening right now?
This dog's weird.
♪ ♪
- All right, so you ready to make some scrapbook?
- Let's do it.
- So you take that.
I take this.
And let's get this party started.
- Let's get this party started now.
- My marriage is currently challenging me.
We are working through issues, trying to overcome them,
And then having the same issues come up again.
So it's just like, ugh, when does the cycle end?
But since it's our one-month anniversary,
I hope that we can really just look back and reflect
On how far we've come and really just
Cherish these moments and take it all in over again.
This honeymoon?
Like, babe, this day was one of the most perfect days.
- That was a good day. - That was a great day.
- That was a fun day. - On the honeymoon?
I remember this was when we first got there,
And we were just like kids in a candy shop.
And, like, look at us. Just, like, so happy.
- That's my favorite.
- Why is this your favorite?
- 'cause that's the night I told you I love you.
♪ ♪
So when I was fishing with my brother, one of the things
That really stuck with me, he was like,
"I know you trying to work on things,"
But not to try and work on everything all at once.
- Do you feel like you were doing that?
- Um, yeah.
I would say maybe a little bit, just because I was--
I was literally focusing on not trying to be perfect,
But just trying to focus on things that would benefit
Our marriage, you know, long-term,
But also trying to get that accomplished
Before this whole process is over.
And so I just let him know-- I was like, hey,
I know I gotta a [bleep] ups, but, you know,
The time I want to fix those [bleep] ups,
I don't have enough time.
- Can you help me understand?
You're saying it's too late to fix everything?
To me, that translates as, like, that's it, you know?
Like, "I've done all that I can do."
Is that what you're saying, or am I misunderstanding?
- Basically what I'm saying is, like, in my mind,
I feel like I don't have enough time.
But just because I don't have enough time
Doesn't mean I'm not gonna keep trying, that's all.
I'm just gonna have to hope for the best
When decision day comes.
But I think I just gotta get out of my head.
- I mean, I just think it depends
On what's in your head, you know?
'cause I feel like if you keep thinking of all the mistakes,
It'll kind of hinder you from thinking of the--
Like, we're halfway through, I feel like, so it's like,
You can still make up for--
Like, we both can still make up for the mistakes we've made...
- Mm-hmm. - And, like, progress together.
So it's, like, just as much time we spent making mistakes,
We can spend just as much time, like,
Rebuilding our relationship and making this
The best x amount of weeks--
I don't know, I haven't been counting--left...
- Uh-huh.
- And really just go out hard, you know?
If I wasn't married to justin, I probably would have
Called it quits already because I just,
I think I experienced-- we experienced
Too much hurt too soon.
But I came on "married at first sight" to be loved,
To be with somebody for the rest of my life.
So me being considered a runner is not what's keeping me here.
My husband is keeping me here.
At this point, we're starting to know each other's triggers,
Know how to speak to each other,
So I feel like we almost got the cheat codes.
- Mm-hmm.
- So knowing that, we just gotta put it into action,
I feel like, so we--
I don't feel like we don't have enough time.
I feel like we have just enough time.
- I like that.
- I just want you to know, like,
Just as much as you pay attention to, like,
The bad things, don't forget the good things,
'cause we do have good times.
Like, look at this.
- That is true.
- And some of these were after the honeymoon.
Like, this was significantly after the honeymoon.
This was last weekend.
You know, like, these were good times.
I don't want to look at decision day as, like,
An end date, you know? - Mm-hmm.
- Like, we have so much life to live.
- We do.
- So much love to give each other.
Just make sure you're balancing it out.
- Yeah.
- Perfect, honey.
- I like that. That's really good.
- You make my heart smile.
- I love that. - Love street.
'90s.
Remember what matters most.
It's beautiful.
The end. - I like it.
- For now. To be continued.
Not the end. - Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I don't mind, mind, mind ♪
♪ 'cause you fight, fight, fight ♪
♪ I don't mind, mind, mind ♪
♪ what you do to me ♪
- Look.
"happy one-month anniversary, stacia and nate."
Oh, my god. This is crazy.
♪ ♪
This is cute, babe.
- Would you like a glass of pinot noir?
- Thank you.
How you feeling?
- I feel great.
- So what have you learned in the last 30 days?
Did you think that we would be here?
- I wasn't sure, to be honest with you.
You know, my commitments, my actions, and everything
That you asked for, like, I was doing my best to,
You know, show you, and then, like, you pretty much,
Like, dismissed it. - Right.
- And I was afraid of that.
So you know, at that time, no,
Because you don't realize that
You're saying things that are tied to trust,
And you don't realize that you're hurting me too.
♪ ♪
- And is that basically because of what has happened prior,
Where you are trying to display these commitments,
And I'm like, "oh, anybody can do that"?
So is that what you're--?
- Yeah, that kind of messed me up.
- Okay. - It messed me up, you know?
Because it's hard to really open up
When the other person is closed off.
- You thought I was closed?
- In some arenas, yeah.
- Wow. Okay. - I'm over here telling you
I'm about to move in with you, you're like, "eh.
Anybody can do that."
Like, you was an [bleep].
♪ ♪
- Did you just call your wife an [bleep]?
- Yes, I did.
- Wow. - Mm-hmm.
But I think you didn't mean it intentionally.
- No, I didn't.
- It was coming from a place of fear, of the whole trust.
- Yeah.
- And so now that we're starting
To understand each other more, and you trust me more...
- Yeah. - I trust you now.
You know, I can definitely-- like, I see it.
I see the future with you, you know?
- So where are you on this love feeling?
- I've fallen in love with you.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
Yeah. - Wow!
- Why you act surprised? Why you acting surprised?
- What?
You feel it. - I feel it.
- You feel it now. - Yeah.
And my love for you is growing.
- Where are we on that scale?
- We're moving up.
- Where we at? I was at a four.
- We, like, at seven, eight. - Wow!
- Yeah. - Oh!
- But it's because-- - okay!
- No, hold on, hold on.
It's because we actually went over a hurdle.
You got a big old, smile. Let's go.
That big, old smile, girl.
I trust you, you know.
Like, I'm committed to you, you know what I mean?
- Thank you. I appreciate that.
- ♪ I feel like I ♪
♪ could love you forever ♪
♪ forever, ever, ever ♪
♪ I feel like I ♪
♪ could love you forever ♪
♪ forever ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm seeing so clearly ♪
♪ breathing in like a daydream ♪
- So right now, I'm at the place that we got married,
And I'm gonna surprise morgan for our one-month anniversary.
- ♪ feels like happiness ♪
I honestly can't believe it's been a month.
It's just, like, flip the switch,
And we're already here.
But I want to come here because our wedding, it was perfect.
- ♪ feels like I've waited all my life ♪
- I don't know if she's still mad.
I haven't been able to talk to her.
But maybe she has some walls up, maybe she doesn't.
Maybe this is another step to bring the walls down.
After our dinner, we're gonna go back to the honeymoon suite
That we were at for our wedding and just hopefully have
A good time and get to know each other
On a more intimate level.
- ♪ yeah, guess I think I'm happy, yeah ♪
- Morgan.
How you doing? - Pretty good.
- Good. - Thank you.
- Careful. Careful. There's thorns.
- Thanks.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
I wrote my original vows, and I was excited.
- Mm-hmm. - I was excited to meet you.
I really thought that I was meeting a person who was going
To care for me, who was gonna be on my side,
Who was gonna be my partner, someone who was actually
Going to be my husband, to have my back at all times.
♪ ♪
You're not that man.
♪ ♪
My vows are not for you.
♪ ♪
I'm giving you this one opportunity,
Right now, to explain yourself, to really explain it,
To have a real conversation with me, for once.
- For what?
- You've been going to justin this entire time,
And every single time I would ask you--
- Morgan, from the first time--
- Every single time I would ask you...
- You saw me when I went to justin.
- When you would hang out...
- You saw me when I went to justin.
- With the guys, I would say,
"binh, like, what'd you guys talk about?
"you guys catch up? What's good?
Like, how are the guys doing?"
You would say, "yeah, you know, all the guys would just
"talk about their problems, but I said,
"out of respect for my wife,
I'm not gonna talk about our issues,"
Even though you went to justin every single time,
And you've told him everything,
When I asked you specifically--
- The stuff from the honeymoon.
- When I asked you specifically not
To go to any of the other couples with our problems.
Like, you told justin to his face, word for word,
That morgan is lying about being a nurse.
- In that moment-- - I found that out.
- In that moment, morgan, when that happened.
But we cleared that up.
You're working on your bsn, but you're officially a nurse.
- There's so much more you've told him, binh.
- What-- - there's so much more.
- Can we please--
- And you're just not fessing up to it.
- That's the only thing that we really talked about, morgan.
What?
- And now you're lying to my face.
- That doesn't make sense. But--
- You told justin that I was mad
That your family is perfect.
- I never said that. - You said that.
- There's no way. Can you--can you call justin?
- You do realize that justin talks to you on the phone,
On speakerphone, and alexis hears everything.
- I never said--
- You're sitting here lying about everything
You've told justin.
I've never once
Gone to the other couples about any of our problems.
- I'm sure you talk to lindy. - Ever.
- I'm sure. - No. No. Never.
- Because when I facetimed her--
- You want to look at my phone?
You want to see how many times
I've messaged lindy specifically?
Never.
I've never talked to lindy about any of our issues.
But you have gone to multiple people about our issues.
'cause you know what, I had respect for you.
- Morgan. - Binh, I had respect.
- I know. It's only justin.
- It's call respect. - I only--yeah.
I only talked to justin. - And then miguel.
- When miguel--but miguel was for the what's it called?
- Oh, "but, but, but."
- Miguel was for asking if I was a people pleaser.
- No. "I've only gone to justin.
But I also went to miguel." - do you see?
- For the people pleaser.
- Do you hear that-- how that sounds right now?
Do you have any idea? - Okay, so you want me--
- You're still not owning up to it.
You're still not--
- I already apologized for the bsn stuff--
- You're not even owning up to any of the stuff.
You're not even listening right now.
This is such a pointless conversation
Because you're not even fully grasping
What you've done here.
You lost my trust.
You were gaining it back. And now it's gone again.
I wanted to believe that you were a good person
And that you respected me.
But you don't.
That's not a husband.
That's not a partner. That's not even a friend.
And I don't care what you do.
I don't care who you run to after this.
I don't care if you call justin after this.
'cause I see you for the person who you are right now.
♪ ♪
You lied to my face, multiple times.
♪ ♪
Any ounce of respect that I had for you is gone.
So I want you to enjoy the time you have here.
Enjoy your dinner. But I'm gonna go home now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ when this world tips over your mind ♪
- He's not gonna talk.
♪ and I feel like I'm stumbling in the dark ♪
- I'm crying because I'm frustrated.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- I just, we're not gonna get anywhere.
- Morgan.
- I'm not gonna do this. - Okay.
- I'm not gonna sit down with you unless you actually
Own up to your [bleep].
- Okay, I'll own up to it all of it.
- This is ridiculous, and this is embarrassing.
- Okay. I'll own up to all of it, then.
I apologize for everything.
And work this out.
Figure it out.
- The moment you start lying, I'm walking away.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I find myself in this rain ♪
♪ ♪
♪ again ♪
- This whole thing, to me, has been a nightmare.
I feel like I can't do right.
I feel like I'm damned if I do, I'm damned if I don't.
I'm fighting an uphill battle
That I can't even see the top in.
I really don't know.
- ♪ I'm not trying to fool you ♪
♪ count me out ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I find myself in this arrangement ♪
- I'm sorry I hurt you, again.
Multiple times.
I definitely talked to justin behind your back.
Absolutely.
Multiple times.
- You've involved justin in our marriage way too much.
I'm tired of justin being in the middle of our marriage.
- Justin's not in the middle.
- You forced justin in the middle of our marriage
By going to him with all of our stuff.
You do realize that is the one thing I asked you not to do.
♪ ♪
The one thing I asked you not to do.
♪ ♪
- It's not like--all right, I'll own up to it.
- No, go ahead.
- It's-- - say what you need to say.
- It's talking to a person that I trust,
A person that I can go to.
- It's lying to my face.
- But it's not--
- It's lying to my face.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
♪ ♪
- Yeah, all I can say is, I apologize for lying
Straight to your face, multiple times.
That's all I can say. It's not a debate.
I don't want to try to defend it.
That's it.
- There's no respect here.
♪ ♪
- I honestly--to be honest, I don't know
What to do right now.
- It's incredible how you completely
Broke my trust the first time, and here we are again.
You knew how much pain I was in from that...
♪ ♪
And you did it again.
Behind my back, you were talking [bleep] about me.
- Not talking [bleep]. - Talking [bleep].
- No way. - Talking [bleep].
- That's crazy.
- And you thought you weren't gonna get caught.
And you were going to continue to lie to my face
Until the [bleep] end.
♪ ♪
It would be easy for me to walk away.
But I'm going to continue to go through this process,
And you're gonna show up with me every single day,
'cause I want you to see me every single day.
And I want you to remember, and I want you to know
How much you've hurt me.
♪ ♪
- Is the next four weeks
To decide if things could work--is that possible?
♪ ♪
- I know we're gonna have to talk
To the experts about this.
Whether that's in the next week, couple weeks,
I don't really know when that's gonna happen.
So this isn't it.
I'm not quite really sure where I'm at at this point.
And I hope that the experts can kind of help us out with that,
Help us start those conversations,
And work through these things,
Because I'm definitely mentally and emotionally
Exhausted from everything.
So I really need to take the time
To think about what I want moving forward
And what I'm going to do.
Because honestly, I just don't really know where I'm at.
- ♪ is this right for me? ♪
♪ I don't know what to do ♪
♪ is this right for me? ♪
♪ I can't tell if it's right for me ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ you can try to run away ♪
♪ but you know the ghosts will stay ♪
♪ and lock you in their chains ♪
♪ ♪
♪ so come in and close the door ♪
♪ leave your clothes on the floor ♪
♪ two can play this game ♪
- A month ago here today, I was getting married.
- ♪ I'm all out of silence ♪
- I was not expecting this.
Justin was just somebody that I could vent to,
And vice versa, and, um,
She doesn't think there's coming back from that.
♪ ♪
I'm sad.
Shocked.
I definitely feel like I got punched in the face today.
Yeah.
I thought we were building progress with the dates
That we had for each other.
But obviously, things took a turn.
- ♪ take me back to the start ♪
♪ before it had begun ♪
- All I was just trying to do was defend my case,
And at the end of the day, it wasn't enough.
But it was just venting, man.
It was just venting.
- Yeah, I'm gonna leave.
- It's just tough.
It's just tough.
♪ ♪
I didn't even-- there's no words right now.
I just want her to be happy.
♪ ♪
- ♪ you, you keep me hurting ♪
♪ you, you keep me... ♪
- I--I don't know.
I hope there's hope, but I really don't know.
- ♪ oh, you, you keep me hurting ♪
♪ you, you leave me burning ♪
♪ you leave me burning ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Good morning, honey. I have a surprise.
Your anniversary gift is, we are getting tattoos.
- Hey! Slick!
Matching tattoos? - Yes.
And we're going to get our wedding date.
- Let's get it. I'm all in.
- Oh, wow! - Yeah.
- ♪ my new tattoo ♪
♪ new tattoo ♪
- I'm super nervous right now.
- Really? - Yes.
- Why? - 'cause it's gonna hurt.
- You got a whole bunch of tattoos.
- I know. Hi.
- Hi. - Hey. What's going on?
- What can we do for you?
- So I made an appointment for me
And my husband to get tattoos today.
- Yes. Come on back.
- We're getting this tattoo because it's
Showing each other the level of commitment that we have.
It's a now commitment, and it's gonna be a constant reminder
For basically ever. - Most definitely.
I mean, these tattoos are forever.
- Whew. - All right.
- Okay, wait, I'm starting to sweat now.
My body getting real hot right now,
Because this is gonna hurt.
- Well, you know you're gonna have a baby pretty soon,
So how you gonna deal with that?
You got a whole baby coming out that womb like, ha!
- You're so funny. You're just so funny.
- Tattoo ain't [bleep].
- Am I sitting here? - Hey. How you doing? I'm nate.
- Oh, you got him. - Fella.
- Fella? - Yeah.
- Nice to meet you, fella. - Nice to meet you, man.
- I'm ready to do the damn thing, man.
I heard you're the man, the myth, and the legend.
Is that true? - Definitely.
Definitely, man. - Whoo!
- We will never be the same. - All right, girl.
We got this chair. - All right.
- You got married just a month ago, huh?
- Yeah, just a month ago.
- How long have you and your wife known each other for?
- So we've known each other for a month.
- You've known each other for a month.
- Yeah.
- And you just got married a month ago?
- Yeah.
- All right.
[laughter]
- Here we go. - Oh, my god, oh, my god,
Oh, my god, oh, my god, oh, my god, oh, my god.
- Deep breaths. You got this.
- Oh, my god.
♪ ♪
- You are so dramatic.
[tattoo gun buzzing]
- Oh, we quiet now, huh?
[both laugh]
♪ ♪
- Am I almost done? - Almost.
♪ ♪
Yep.
- Awesome.
Oh, my god.
That looks great.
- It better, right? - Yeah.
I'm done, babe.
- All done? - All done.
- Wow. That was quick.
This is a gesture that both of us
Are communicating to one another
That we're very serious about this relationship.
And for that reason, like, you know,
This is a special moment, for sure.
- This is basically telling me that nate is committed
And he's doing an action behind that commitment now.
It's not a future. It's today. It's present.
And I'm super appreciative of that.
- I got you.
This is gonna stay literally forever.
- Yeah, you're gonna look at this in, like--
- I can lose this, but I can't lose that.
You know what I'm saying?
- You can't lose that unless you take that off, sir.
- Do you feel, like, unconsciously,
Like, a little bit more reassured
That I'm, like, all in?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
- Yeah, you're showing me.
- Okay. All right. Let's get it, then.
Let's go get some food now.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Are you excited to see all the other couples?
- Yeah, I'm always excited to see the couples.
It's gonna be fun.
- Tonight, our couples will get together
To celebrate their one-month anniversaries.
- There you go! - I look nice, right?
- Look at this dapper man.
- Wear these... - Cleans up nice.
- A couple times a year, you know.
- And it's time.
- Meeting with the other couples
Is a valuable opportunity
To not only compare notes,
But to also offer support
And encouragement for one another.
- Those shoes are nice.
- Sheepskin. - Sheepskin?
- I think so.
- Why are you always murdering animals?
I'm just kidding. - Can't help it.
- Because in less than four weeks,
Our newlyweds are going to have to decide
Whether to stay married or get a divorce.
- Ooh, we look good.
- You ready, babe? - I'm ready.
- [laughs]
- Let's get it, my queen. - Thank you.
- Let's go.
- Goodbye, luna. Don't hate us.
- You're free! - Don't hate us.
- ♪ he loves me ♪
♪ fantasy, reality ♪
- Ooh, this is nice. - Oh. This is dope.
- Ooh, this is so fun!
All: Hey! - What up, guys?
- I love that color.
- You look so fine, girl.
Eat you and spit you out. [growls]
- Hi. All: Hi!
♪ ♪
- Hey hey. All: Hey!
[overlapping chatter]
- Where's binh?
- They're not coming.
- Uh-oh.
Is there something I don't know?
- I don't--I don't know.
- I don't know anything. I just know they're not coming.
She just told me she's not coming.
- Oh. - Okay.
- Is binh coming? - No idea.
- No, he's not coming.
- They're not coming, and honestly,
I have no idea why.
Me and mitch have been very rocky, but we are in it.
So I didn't think that them not coming was a possibility.
- He's taking a mental health day.
- Oh. Got ya.
- Oh! - Support. Support.
- Okay. - Okay, great.
That would be awkward if he just came without her.
- Shoot, if he didn't come, I'm coming.
- [laughs] - sorry. No?
[laughter]
- Oh, you're saying if I didn't come?
- Yeah. Like, if you couldn't come.
Dinner? My friends?
- On a party bus?
- Count me in.
All right, so this is the crew.
- This is it. - Shots?
- Where's the tequila? Tequila?
[upbeat music]
[cork pops] - whoo!
All: Cheers!
- ♪ feel the rhythm driving, driving ♪
♪ bass thumping, thumping ♪
♪ I love your party ♪
♪ hit the ground running, running ♪
♪ everybody's coming for me, move that to that ♪
♪ you mad? ♪
♪ baby, no, no one can forget ♪
♪ I must be having sent ♪
♪ 'cause I'm perfect on the bed ♪
- Look at this.
- Wow. - Wow!
- This is gorgeous. - This is dope.
- This is beautiful. - Look at all these candles.
- I wish this was my living room.
- Yeah. - Stunning.
- I love seeing everybody dressed up.
I mean, mitch, he's in dress shoes.
- Yeah. - Like, what?
He's in a blazer, a collared shirt.
- Right. - Looking snazzy.
- Yeah, everyone's looking good.
- I mean, yeah.
- Yeah, it's about to be a good time.
- Now, this is my kind of dinner party.
- This is cute.
- And mitch, this table's wood.
[laughter] - it's not plastic.
- How's everyone doing?
- So for me, things are better than I expected.
I'm super surprised and happy that things are so well.
'cause I never thought I would have a connection
Like this with a stranger.
I hoped for it, but if you asked me, right, I'm like,
It's unlikely. - Yeah.
- But here I am, like I said, like,
Having to eat those words, 'cause, yeah.
- Aww. - It is working out.
- Yeah. Yeah.
[all speaking at once] - you guys are cute.
- I'm just, like, so happy. I don't know.
Like, I've been in relationships where I've been
Able to get away with murder. - Same.
- And just, like, spew my [bleep], say whatever,
And they're gonna take it. - Facts.
- And I respect miguel, and I don't want that
To be part of our relationship,
And I don't want to treat you like that.
So it takes a lot--it's taking a lot of work on my end,
But, I mean, he's more than worth it, so.
- Aww.
- Yeah. - That's awesome.
I'm happy for you guys. - Thank you.
- I'm really happy for you guys.
- Thank you.
- Okay, how are you guys?
I mean, we know you look good.
- And we know you got tatted. But tell us--
- Yeah, we know you got tattoos.
- Tell us the deets.
- It's been a lot of growing pains, I think, for me.
I felt like I came into this knowing exactly what I wanted,
Exactly who I am.
And I think that, through this, it kind of showed me
I do know what I want, I do know who I am,
But I also have work to do on myself.
We do have disagreements, but we make it
On the other side of those.
And I think that it just builds character, growth,
And it just brings us closer together.
So yeah. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
So I have a little bit more of a, like, more calm approach
To things, and I do think we, you know--
- I'm not calm? - Sometimes you are.
Sometimes you are. - Okay.
- But we do complement each other, you know what I mean?
And we do have the same vision.
Us seeing the bigger picture can alleviate, like,
All the little-- little, small disagreements
That we have, because right here in the now,
You know, we're in this forever,
You know what I'm saying?
And so you know, I feel like I definitely am falling in love
With you, and I'm very happy. I'm very happy.
And so I want my best friend next to me.
And stacia's definitely my best friend.
- Oh, my god. - Stop!
- You guys are so cute! - That's incredible.
- That was so real.
- That was beautiful. - That is amazing.
- You guys are so well-spoken. - That was beautiful.
- Hear, hear. - That's ridiculous.
- That is. Almost as ridiculous as y'all.
- Beautiful. - Like, that was amazing.
- That's why you guys are at the head of the table.
- Stacia's a hard act to follow.
- So how do you feel after a month of marriage
With a guy like me?
[laughter]
- I'd actually appreciate it if you went first.
- I'm not gonna lie, it has been--it's really--
It's been really demanding and really difficult.
I mean, I'd never even lived with a girlfriend before,
So this was all very, like--really,
A huge leap of faith for me.
And just speaking for myself, as a person,
Like, it's been--it has been a journey of self-discovery.
Like, I've done a lot of work, but it was, like,
Kind of with myself, and, like, I didn't--I wasn't even sure
If I had the capacity to be, like,
A husband, you know what I mean?
Like, I thought maybe I was, like--I didn't even have it,
You know what I mean? So.
- Right.
- You've grown a lot. - Yeah.
- You are really an incredible man.
You--I don't think anyone at this table doubts
How hard you are trying.
But you say a lot of stuff where I'm just, like,
You signed up to be married.
I'ma keep it together. Don't worry.
I struggle when you say things like, "I don't--I wasn't sure
I could be a husband."
♪ ♪
You signed up to marry a stranger.
And I came into this already a wife.
♪ ♪
People constantly say, "I'm proud of you, mitch.
"yeah, mitch.
We got this, mitch."
And I'm like, what about me?
And part of me feels like this is going so well
Because I am trying so hard, and I am showing up,
And I am compromising.
But when does krysten stop compromising,
And krysten gets to do whatever krysten wants to do,
And krysten gets to do krysten, and not,
"oh, I don't want to put pressure on mitch.
"oh, I gotta make sure I do this and do this,
And I can't do this, and I need to do this"?
I'm gonna--I'm gonna snap soon. I'm gonna snap.
♪ ♪
- Yep.
- And I might completely lose mitch when I snap.
- But it's better to lose mitch than to lose yourself.
- Yeah. There you go. - No, for sure.
I just feel like I am putting in a lot of work.
And you are too.
I want to--I want that to be known.
You are too.
But I just think, emotionally, I was so maybe,
More prepared for this, and it--just, I'm feeling it.
I'm feeling that. So I don't know.
I don't know what can happen for me not to feel this way.
I don't know.
♪ ♪
I don't know.
And I'm so sorry.
I just want to-- I just want to be real.
- Yeah. - Don't apologize for that.
- I mean, I don't--yeah, you don't need to apologize.
And I think--I don't want to offer advice,
'cause I don't actually think you've
Asked me for advice. - No.
- But I just, I want to encourage you to just--
Just be your true self.
Like, if you feel like you need to snap
Or you need to express something to me
About how you're feeling...
- Yeah.
- I want to welcome it.
And I don't want you to feel like you need to tiptoe
Around me and my [bleep]. - Thank you.
- You know what I mean? - Yeah.
- Whatever you need to be or whatever
You need to express to me...
- Let that (bleep) out.
- Yeah. It's not gonna shut me down.
I'll be there for you. - Okay.
- And I'll be there-- - I know you will.
Thank you. - All right.
- I'm proud of you, bro. - Yeah.
- Thanks. - Yeah.
- Compared to, you know, like, when I met mitch,
I've seen a lot of growth.
I think, from the outside, looking in, I've seen
A lot of [bleep] growth, bro.
You know, and I think that's a beautiful thing.
So just give yourself some credit
That you've had-- you've made progress.
A lot of progress. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Thank you.
Thank you for letting me always speak my truth, too.
I appreciate that.
You do let me speak, so thank you.
- Who next? - You, alexis.
- Yeah, what about you, alexis? - What about you, baby?
- Yeah, baby.
♪ ♪
- I don't want to talk in this moment.
- That's okay. - I want to listen.
- Yeah. Okay. - Listen.
- Respect. - I want to listen.
- You don't want to talk about the weather?
- I love that. Setting boundaries.
- I don't want to talk. I want to--I want to listen.
- We'll come back on your terms, if you want to.
- Thank you. I appreciate y'all.
- She got me in my head now.
- Sometimes, it's better to listen.
And I'm trying to be respectful of my husband's sensitivity.
I'd rather just not say anything
Rather than to say I don't think my husband's
Making progress, especially when my husband is talking
About everybody else's progress,
And I'm just like, what about yours, you know?
So I just felt like it would be better
To not say anything at all.
- So since my husband keeps asking me
If I have anything to say about the marriage,
Our marriage-- - I ain't talking to them.
I'm talking to you. - I know.
They can all see you. Like, we can all see you.
- You don't have to talk about if you don't want to, I mean...
- I mean, it's making my husband uncomfortable,
Evidently. - Extremely.
I just find it odd that you don't have anything to say.
- What does that mean?
- Just exactly what I said, babe.
- Can you explain it in a different way?
'cause I don't understand.
- What I'm saying is, like, it bothered me
That you didn't have anything to say, you know.
- What--what about that bothered you?
I'm not understanding.
- It bothered me because it makes me feel like
I'm, like--I think we're doing good and we're overcoming
Challenges and we're strengthening our marriage,
But when you don't have anything to say about it,
It's just like, oh, are you on another page?
Is it something I don't know?
Because we've talked about just about everything.
- So if you're comfortable in that, stand in that.
- Okay.
- When I'm upset, I talk to you, baby.
I talk to you. - That's not the point.
♪ ♪
- When I'm upset, you know I'm upset.
- Can I get another one of these, please?
I don't think you understand what I'm saying.
- I don't, honey. I'm sorry.
- We're all sharing. You know what I'm saying?
So what do you mean? - And that's my biggest point--
That you want me to share, and I don't want to.
- It's--I don't want you to share.
I'm just asking. [bleep] it.
♪ ♪
- Do you want his? 'cause he's pouting right now.
- I'm not pouting. I ain't got nothing to say.
♪ ♪
- So for me, I feel like you, justin, at some times,
Don't self-regulate.
Like, in this moment right now, I feel like you're pouting.
So for me, it's just, like, I need you to be consistent.
And it's very uncomfortable when you are inconsistent,
Because I don't know which person
I'm gonna get every day.
And that's a scary place to be for me.
Like, you said, you're emotional at times.
I feel like it's jekyll and mr. Hyde.
I feel like it's just like you're just
Two different people, and it scares me.
'cause when--and then you come back and apologize,
But I'm like, that still doesn't take away the hurt.
- What have I done at this moment,
During this session, that has bothered you?
- You said, "no, I just ain't got nothing to say."
That bothered me, because I said that a few minutes ago,
And I feel like you're just doing, like,
A tit-for-tat type of thing. - Nope.
Right now, I am emotional, and if I say something,
It's gonna be an outburst, and you told me to work on that,
So that's exactly what I'm doing.
Look at it from my perspective.
If that's not what I'm used to, and then you--all of a sudden,
You're like, "nah, I'm good."
Here, I'm thinking I'm [bleep] up.
I'm doing--I'm like, yo, what the [bleep] did I do?
- But that's you-- between yourself.
- It has nothing to do with myself, baby.
- It does. - Like, I'm talking about--
- You asked me, "did I do something wrong?"
And I said no, baby.
I just don't have anything to say.
- Okay. - Didn't I say that?
- You said that. - Okay, then.
So I don't get why this is an issue.
♪ ♪
I don't.
This is a thing that happens all the time,
And I feel like I have to self-regulate
For me and my husband.
And I know you're working on it.
I know you're trying.
But that does not make me hurt any less
Because you're trying.
And it's like, yo, you're emotional.
You're high intentions, and you're very emotional.
You call it passionate.
But I'm hurt.
And when you come back and apologize and you're like,
"you know what, you were right, babe," you're right.
It still hurts.
And that's all I want you to know.
It still hurts.
♪ ♪
- Did I do anything in this moment to hurt you?
- Babe, it's just-- in this moment.
In this moment. That's what you're stuck on.
After everything that I said, you're
Thinking about in this moment. - You're not listening.
You're not listening. What I'm asking is,
Did I do something in this moment
That I said I wasn't gonna do?
That's all I'm asking. I understand.
- I need a break, babe. - All right.
♪ ♪
- I need a break. - I'm sorry.
♪ ♪
- Am I crazy? Am I crazy?
- I feel--I feel for them.
- Yeah, of course. - I really do.
- Yeah.
I see both their perspectives. - I do too.
- I put my truth out on the table.
You know what I'm saying? I [bleep] love her.
♪ ♪
- I don't know.
I don't know what happened tonight.
- Like, it's so frustrating.
It's like, I have to appease him at every moment.
Like, I have to coddle this man like he's a [bleep] baby.
Like, I don't have kids.
- But it's like, even when I try,
It bites me in the ass, even though, like, I'm trying.
♪ ♪
- ♪ wake up, I'm coming up to you ♪
- Ahh!
- Next time on "married at first sight"...
- This is your neighborhood? - This is it.
- With less than one month until decision day...
- I want to take a little trip through my life.
- Our husbands and wives will get a glimpse
Into each other's pasts as they try to build
An even stronger bond with their partner.
- So you was really just hustling.
- Yeah. - You're the best.
- You're the best too.
- I don't know why I'm so [bleep] nervous right now.
- It's adorable.
- Hey. All: Hi.
- Great setup. - It's about to go down.
- I understand that she's hurt,
But I'm trying.
- What's up with the hostility?
- 'cause, for the one person, out of everyone here,
Who should have had my back, it should have been my husband.
And he did not.
- I really, really wanted to make him happy.
And, to be honest with you, I don't want to do it anymore.
♪ ♪